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Through my work with ABC Bees (Apiaries & Bees for Communities) and our urban beekeeping projects, I receive calls throughout the summer about bee nests being overturned or found under peoples decks. These individuals are calling me afraid that they may have killed the bees by accident or worse, that the bees are going to aggressively attack. Each time I have responded to the call, I calmly engage and educate the caller like a 911 operator and 99% of the time find out that it has been a Bumble bee nest overturned.
Many of these callers think that the hive dug up was a honey bee nest, and with the media coverage of Colony Collapse Disorder and the disappearing bee, they call me to seek advice on how to act. So, here is some information to help you differentiate between pollinator groups and help you in considering your opportunities of action. Knowing more about bee behaviours will help you decide the best way to interact with them.
Bumble Bees
- Thick and furry body. Fat all around with yellow, orange, and or black colouring.
- Thick wings visible when landed.
- Various sizes from 2-5cm.
- Live in poorly drained soils. Small nests os 5-50 members.
- Queens are the only bee to overwinter, they hibernate at the nesting site.
- Bumblebees can sting multiple times, but only the females can sting.
- Bumblebees do not produce a honey surplus like honeybees.
- They are native to Canada, with over 25 species specializing on the Rocky Mountain Regions.
Honey Bees
- Small body, fuzzy torso, sleek abdomen, and thin wings.
- 2.5cm in length
- Colonies of 1000-25000.
- Can sting only once, but the males cannot sting
- Produce a honey comb and honey surplus
- Large portion of the colony overwinters with the queen
- Honey bees are not native to Canada, brought over by Europeans during settlement.
Being able to differentiate between the two is essential for understanding the behaviour each. Bumble bees are not aggressive and will only sting when the hive is threatened. Honey bees are calm and unaggressive, but the quantity of bees can make the homeowner anxious and usually irrational in actions, disturbing the bees and making them feel threatened.
The removal of a honey bee hive can be challenging and may take a professional, call your local Beekeepers Association, while bumble bee nests should be left undisturbed until the winter months because they too are in danger! Go to http://www.thepollinatorfoundation.org or http://www.xerces.org to learn more about the endangered bumble bees.
Sharing your yard with any kind of pollinator is an excellent sign of your community health and prosperity. Be sure to respect the bees, and not to fear them. They are not after your meals, they are eaters of pollen and nectar and will leave you alone if you leave them be.


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7 things developer should know about SQL Server
Here are few ways a developer should know about SQL Server:
1. SQL Server has built-in zero-impact instrumentation resources.
SQL Server's Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) can tell you all types of fantastic things like:
Which SQL claims are resulting in the most fill on your server
Which indices are spending area and delaying inserts/updates/deletes
How quick storage area is replying to demands on a database-by-database level (and even more fine-grained than that)
Where your server's bottleneck is, like CPU, hard drive, system, securing, etc
2. Yesterday's content and guides are often incorrect nowadays.
SQL Server has been out for over 10 years, and a lot has modified over the years. Unfortunately, the old content isn't modified to protect what's occurring nowadays. Even today's content from reliable resources is often incorrect – take this review of Microsoft's Efficiency Adjusting SQL Server information. Other Microsoft company Qualified Expert Jonathan Kehayias highlights a whole lot of really bad guidance that comes directly from a Microsoft company papers.
When you study something that appears to be like helpful guidance, I like to try the Anti-Doctor-Phil strategy. Dr. Phil preaches that you should really like every concept for Quarter of an hour. Instead, try disliking it – try to disprove what you study before you put it into manufacturing. Even when guidance is usually outstanding, it might not be helpful guidance for your own atmosphere.
3. Prevent ORDER BY; type in the app instead.
To type your question outcomes, SQL Server burns CPU time. SQL Server Business Version goes for about $7,000 per CPU primary – not per processor, but per primary. A two-socket, 6-core-each server jewelry up at around $84k – and that's just the certification expenses, not the components expenses. You can buy very much of a lot of program web servers (even ones with 256GB or more of memory) for $84k.
Consume all of the question outcomes as quick as possible into storage in your app, and then type. Your program is already developed in a way that you can range out several app web servers to spread CPU fill, whereas your details source server…is not.
4. Use a staging/apptempdb information source.
Your app probably uses the information source for some the beginning execute – handling, organizing, running, caching, etc. It wouldn't crack your center if this information vanished, but you'd like to keep the desk components around completely. Nowadays, you're doing this function in your primary program information source.
Create another information source – refer to it as MyAppTemp – and do your function in there instead. Put this information source in simple restoration method, and only back it up once everyday. Don't stress with high accessibility or catastrophe restoration on this information source.
This strategy achieves a lot of really awesome scalability things. It reduces the changes to the primary app information source, so that you get quicker cope log back-ups and differential back-ups for it. If you're log delivery this information source to a catastrophe restoration site, your important information will appear quicker – and not be obstructed by all the the beginning execute. You can even use different storage area for these different data source – perhaps inexpensive regional SSD for MyAppTemp, maintaining your distributed storage area relationship free for the crucial manufacturing things.
5. "WITH (NO-LOCK)" doesn't actually mean no securing.
At some part of work, you're going to begin using WITH (NO-LOCK) on everything because it gets your question outcomes quicker. That's a good concept, but it can come with some amazing adverse reactions that Kendra talks about in her "There's Something About No-lock" movie. You are going to pay attention to one of them here, though.
When you question a desk – even WITH (NO-LOCK) – you take out a schema balance secure. No one else can modify that desk or in dices until your entirely completed. That doesn't sound like an issue until you need to fall a catalog, but you can't because people are regularly querying a desk, and they think there's no expense as long as they use WITH (NO-LOCK).
There's no gold topic here, but begin by studying SQL Server's solitude stages – I bet READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT ISOLATION is an even more sensible choice for your app. It gets you reliable information with less preventing complications.
6. SQL features hardly ever work well.
Good designers like to recycling rule by placing it into features, and then contacting those features from several locations. That's a great exercise in the app level, but it has large performance disadvantages in the information source level.
Check out John White's outstanding publish on Pushing a Similar Query Strategy – in particular, the listing of things that build a sequential concentrate the program. Most features will cause your question to go single-threaded. Sad trombone.
7. Use 3 connection publish in your app.
It can be said that, you've only got one SQL Server nowadays, but believe in me, this is value it. Set up three relationship publish that all factor to the same location nowadays, but down the street, when you need to range, you'll be able to set up different information source web servers to manage each of these:
Connection for Creates & Real-time Flows – this is the relationship sequence you're already using nowadays, and you think that all information needs to come from here. You can keep all of your rule in place, but as you make new rule or contact current webpages, think about modifying each question to one of the below relationships.
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BTW it is Three Robots, not Four That is my favourite of the 3 I've seen. I like the lightness and comedy between the 2 very violent episodes either side of it.
I also have the nagging feeling that not a lot (if any) female writers and directors were involved, which would be a shame.
I found them to be very uneven, ranging from brilliant to trash, but they are all pretty short so it's worth checking out.
The "bad" ones were only bad in comparison to the brilliant ones, in my opinion. Is there any word about another season?


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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2450050.001.2 great bowling, and what a super catch from Karthik behind the stumps. This is a Test match length, which does not allow Vohra the clarity about what he needs to do with his feet. Should I go forward, or back? And by the time he can decide, the ball is on him, having seamed away off the pitch. Vohra has to play, and for that trouble, he gets an outside edge that is excellently pouched by Karthik diving to his right 11/165405692162.5013.6 first IPL wicket for Agarwal and it comes off some special catching. The ball comes back at him, hard, and low. But he's ready to take it. A quicker delivery becomes a short one but it still brings Lions some luck 128/330243241125.009.2 slower ball does him in! Marsh relies on his timing, his touch and Tye knows that better than most having played for the same franchise for years. Goes for the knuckle ball, Marsh doesn't pick it, goes for the flick and finds himself meeting the ball way too early. He looks up horrified as the ball loops over to midwicket for the easiest catch 81/231181913172.2214.2 looks for the reverse sweep, but though the length is there for it, to get under the ball and power it away, the pace is too quick. Struck on the front thigh, but he is bending down to hit the shot and is in line with middle stump. 132/479200077.7717.5 beautifully done. Stoinis is looking for big hits. So deny him the pace. The knuckle ball from Tye, hitting a good length, fooling the batsman into thinking this could he hit out of the park. Stoinis takes the bat, he mistimes it to long-off 157/534172332200.0018.4 good running catch by Finch at long-on. Axar fancies taking on a short ball, just outside off stump, and he could well have got himself a boundary if not for the long-on fielder's calmness under pressure. Moves to his left quickly, sticks out both hands just far enough and makes a touch grab look easy 174/61051001200.0019.6 nails the yorker this time, Saha digs it out, the ball doesn't even go past the cut strip, but they look for a single. Thampi fields it himself, runs back to the stumps at his end and runs Saha out 188/7not out43500133.33Extras5 (b 1, lb 3, w 1)TOTAL188/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Manan Vohra, 1.2 ov), 2-81 (Shaun Marsh, 9.2 ov), 3-128 (Hashim Amla, 13.6 ov), 4-132 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.2 ov), 5-157 (Marcus Stoinis, 17.5 ov), 6-174 (Axar Patel, 18.4 ov), 7-188 (Wriddhiman Saha, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SS Agarwal 4 0 42 1 10.50 7 3 3 0 0 NB Singh 2 0 7 1 3.50 8 1 0 0 0 SK Raina 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 Basil Thampi 4 0 44 0 11.00 6 4 2 1 0 AJ Tye 4 0 35 2 8.75 7 4 1 0 0 RA Jadeja 4 0 32 1 8.00 7 3 1 0 0 DR Smith 1 0 18 1 18.00 1 1 2 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR66410100.000.6 McCullum misses a full toss! A low full toss, straight. The worst ball of the over. McCullum just plain misses his flick. Struck in front of off. Absolutely plumb. Gets away with a not-so-great over does Sandeep 6/113123001108.335.4 Stoinis thinks he has the catch, but both he and the umpires are looking for confirmation. Soft signal is out and it appears the be clean. Excellent work, first from the bowler Mohit, who sees Finch backing away and immediately bowls wide and full. The batsman reaches out to drive and gets it off the toe end. Then it was all up to Stoinis, who moves to his left, dives low and, to me, he has his hands under the ball. Tons of replays are being used. Tons of time is being taken and Finch thinks he might get lucky and goes back to taking his guard. In the end, the right call is made 46/232244240133.338.6 excellent work by Maxwell, first in placing himself at a hot spot - deep midwicket for Raina - and then pulling off a fine catch right on the edge of the boundary. He positions himself as far back as he could, has his eyes on the ball all the way, realises he has to jump, times that perfectly, and comes away with the ball in hand, and stops just short of the rope. Excellent balance. So a short ball has possibly turned the game. The gun batsman backs himself to clear the man in the deep, but his timing is just a shade short of what it needs to be 70/3not out58446960131.81971210128.5711.6 leading edge, and Cariappa takes the catch himself, diving forward. The around the wicket angle from the offspinner - and the fact that he is bowling flat and quick, not really trying to turn the ball - makes Jadeja close the face of the bat a bit too early. This time, though, the ball holds in the pitch and deviates from the straight. Cariappa sees the mis-hit, realises he has an opportunity and dives forward to take a good, low chance 95/444210100.0012.6 has he got all of this? No. Smith's holed out to long-off. This seemed like the ball that could get the batsman going. Slow, loopy, almost overpitched. The loft over long-off is a logical option, but there is a man there, a good fielder, Stoinis. Smith backs himself to clear him, but his power fails him this time 102/5012000.0013.1 does not pick the very straight, very full carrom ball, plays all across it and is trapped plumb in front. Nath, in his first match of the season, under immense pressure, backfires 102/622121521183.3316.4 goes back to the yorker and topples middle stump. No need to be funky if you can nail this ball. And it even reverse swings into the right-hander, looking to heave it over long-on. Tye misses, Sandeep hits 137/7not out11101710110.00Extras7 (b 1, lb 2, w 4)TOTAL162/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Brendon McCullum, 0.6 ov), 2-46 (Aaron Finch, 5.4 ov), 3-70 (Suresh Raina, 8.6 ov), 4-95 (Ravindra Jadeja, 11.6 ov), 5-102 (Dwayne Smith, 12.6 ov), 6-102 (Akshdeep Nath, 13.1 ov), 7-137 (Andrew Tye, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sandeep Sharma 4 0 40 2 10.00 7 7 0 0 0 MM Sharma 4 0 25 1 6.25 10 2 0 1 0 T Natarajan 3 0 22 0 7.33 4 0 1 2 0 KC Cariappa 4 0 24 2 6.00 8 2 0 0 0 AR Patel 4 0 36 2 9.00 7 4 1 0 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 1 0 1 0
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Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (HM Amla 23, SE Marsh 26, Ex 3)
- HM Amla: 50 off 30 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 4
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab - 188/7 in 20.0 overs (MM Sharma 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 2 wickets)
- Gujarat Lions: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 0
- Gujarat Lions: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 2
- KD Karthik: 50 off 35 balls (6 x 4)
- Gujarat Lions: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 6
Match CoverageAll Match News
All-round Axar takes Kings XI home
Axar Patel had a fine all-round day, two wickets to go with his 17-ball 34, leading the Kings XI Punjab past a strong Gujarat Lions side
Dwayne Bravo's chances of playing IPL 2017 extremely slim
West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo is almost certainly not going to play in the 2017 IPL because of his ongoing rehabilitation for a hamstring injury he suffered in December
Kings XI defend 188 for first away win
Kings XI Punjab defended their score of 188 by 26 runs against Gujarat Lions for their first win on the road this season
Amla, Marsh continue impressive form in Kings XI win
Kings XI Punjab broke their four-game losing streak by defending 188 against Gujarat Lions, a total they built on a quickfire 70-run partnership between Shaun Marsh and Hashim Amla
Kings XI and Lions in search of re-ignition
Two teams looking to change their fortunes soon face-off in Rajkot - Gujarat have begun their path to recovery but how long will it take Kings XI?
Fast hands DK
Dinesh Karthik is the first wicketkeeper to 100 dismissals in the IPL


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The New Milford Baptist Church was founded in 1814 with the help of local Baptist brethren from Roxbury. Two congregations of Baptists were meeting in New Milford; one in Northville and one in Merryall on West Meetinghouse Road. They combined and used a parishioner's large home, at 60 Little Bear Hill Road, for services.
In 1821, a meetinghouse was erected on property in Northville on the west side of Rte. 202. Between 1956-58 the historic meetinghouse was moved to the corner of Buckingham road and rte. 202. That building served the congregation well for 169 years.
In the 1970's, "First" was added to the name of the church to distinguish it from several new Baptist churches in the area. In the 1980's, the meetinghouse property on Buckingham Road was sold. On nearby Little Bear Hill Road 6.5 acres of land on the West side of Rte. 202 was purchased.
Until the present church was built, worship services were held at Schaghticoke School on Hipp Road. The old colonial farmhouse which existed on the new property was used for several years as church offices and meeting rooms.
We moved into the new, much larger church building in 1992. At that time, the name of the church was changed once again to Northville Baptist Church. Church offices in the old homestead were moved to the new building and the home was renovated extensively and is now used as the parsonage.
Northville Baptist Church has long been a positive presence in our community as well as a launching pad for the work of Christ around the world. Through the years, our church has sent missionaries to China, Burma, Thailand, Africa, India, Peru, and Mexico. This tradition continues today as members of our church sacrifice their time and money to help others in need around the world.


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A good cook tips to be shared in this blog. What to do if a dish is too spicy. Don't simply throw it away as we can do some adjustment for the spicy taste.
Depending on the dish, try adding some citrus juice (lemon or lime work best with most flavors), vinegar, chopped pineapples or tomato juice or sauce.
Add shredded carrots or cubed or shredded potatoes to temper heat. The sugar in them helps fights the heat while their porous texture may help to absorb some of the spice.
It may sound nuts but adding peanut or almond butter or tahini (a sesame seed paste) can go a long way toward toning down that piquant dish.
Sugar can help counteract the spice in a dish. try adding a teaspoon of granulated sugar, a spoonful of honey or even a squirt of ketchup to tone down the heat.
If the hot dish in question is a chili, sauce or anything that can take being thinned down the add a ladleful of broth or other mild liquid. This will spread out the heat more per serving, thus diffusing it.
Dairy tempers spice. Stir in a tablespoon at a time of yogurt, sour cream, milk, coconut milk and/or a mild cheese like Parmesan to counteract overly hot flavors.
Make More
If you have extra ingredients on hand and don't mind a double batch, you could add more of every ingredient except the spicy one to diffuse the heat. The same amount of spice in a bigger dish will be less.
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Pursuing higher education is an absolute essential for one's professional and personal development. But it can be financially burdening as well, which is why a lot of students usually find themselves stuck under bricks of student loans and debt. A lot of these students also move out of home at the same time thus only making the problem worse.
However, unlike Europeans and Americans, most South Asian students still live with their parents throughout their academic lives. Not only that, their parents usually end up funding all of their higher education as well. This is because a lot of these parents consider providing for their children's education as one of their fundamental responsibilities towards a better upbringing for their children. Simultaneously, some teenagers also consider it a privilege to have their parents pay for their education – one which they duly take advantage of.
Nonetheless, speaking from a student's perspective, there's no harm in actually helping your parents out by making some simple decisions to relieve them of the financial stress they take on to educate their children.
Go for the best, cheapest option
Everyone dreams of studying at the best college or university in the whole world. Sadly, not many of those options are even close to home, let alone affordable. There are times when settling for something lesser than the best is the better option because the expenses of choosing the best schools can be financially burdening. Not just the tuition fee, but the added expenditure of traveling and living abroad can also be overwhelming.
Private educational institutions are a lot more costly than government ones – and not every government college is sub-par. But making use of the quality of education that is being imparted in an educational institute is more of an individual effort. A number of the names behind some of the world's biggest corporations were college drop-outs after all.
Work hard for an academic scholarship
If you're coming from a moderately well-off family, then this is of little relevance. But if you're coming from a middle to lower class income background, then this is probably the best way you can save on a big slice of tuition fees and ease your parents as they cover the remainder of your academic expenses.
College scholarships are awarded on academic performance ad excellence – in short, merit. Though the number of scholarships being offered is generally limited, working hard towards them is still an option. It is of course equally important to understand that you don't just get a scholarship overnight – it is a realization that has to be cultivated as you grow.
Take up a part time job
A lot of students tend to be overwhelmed by putting too much on to their plate while they're studying. They feel that things might get difficult to manage and they just might end up compromising their grades. But a little bit of time management can fix that.
Taking up part-time work during your studies will help you add to your income and at least cover some personal expenses, if not some of your tuition fee. Though, depending on the job that you take up, you might actually be able to pay for your entire tuition fee as well.
And lastly
If you know that your parents are working hard to pay for your education, the best thing you can do to ease them out of the financial stress is to cut back on your own personal expenses.
Did you like this article? Let us know in the comments section below! And don't forget to share with your friends and family!


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Most people remember Phalanx for its cover: an old man playing a banjo next to his dog while a spaceship flies by in the night sky overhead. What the banjo player and his hound had to do with a fairly typical space shooter has left laymen and scholars alike arguing for the past fourteen years. The hypothesis that most people work under: it was a clever ad campaign to get people talking about an otherwise unremarkable game. We're still talking about it almost a decade and a half later, aren't we?
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I knew then the war was already purposeless
Einhänder: because sometimes being the kamikaze vanguard in the war between the Moon and the Earth is just the right thing to do.
NHL '94: Abstraction and Simplicity in Video Gaming
This is why controls are so important to a title. Good controls remove one more barrier between a player and the gaming world. Bad controls take a player out of a game, like seeing a boom shadow in a film. The illusion is shattered. Frustration replaces aspiration. It takes time to learn the controls of a game, of course, but if the design sensibility matches the learning curve, the transition becomes seamless.


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I'm a pet sitter. I drive a lot. I listen to the radio, a lot. I hear McDonald's commercials, a lot. I cannot stand them, at all. Why? Just listen to these series of commercials:
It's not just a fish sandwich, its THE FILLET-O-FISH!
The McGriddles is so good, somebody had to rap about it
I'm going nuts for a nutty Sunday.
It burns into my minds. McCafe, McGriddles, Fillet-O-Fish. Over and over again. Their pathetic attempts at appealing to a young, hip, urban market. SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! They're annoying as hell because of what McDonald's is, the definition of bland(except for their awesome mushroom and Swiss angus burger, which they got rid of, assholes!). You're not fooling anyone. You're not cool, you're not hip. You are the Walmart of fast food.
Sure, I eat at McDonald's, but only because there're ubiquitous in my service area and I often don't feel like cooking, but its certainly not because of the radio ads.
Heck, I'm not the only one who hates McDonald's radio commercials:
That's it, that's all I have to say. Mcdonald's radio commercials suck and I'd wish they'd go off the radio asap.


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Pacific Cross Insurance provides employee health insurance for businesses across Asia. With over 65 years experience providing expatriate employees health insurance, Pacific Cross provides peace of mind to professional who work in Asia.
With flexible underwriting and benefit design Pacific Cross Insurance can provide employee benefits plans to match your business requirements and budget.


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Trouble assigning Schema Master role to DC
- C:\>ntdsutil
- ntdsutil: roles
- fsmo maintenance: connections
- server connections: connect to server [myserver]
Binding to msspueblomain ...
Connected to msspueblomain using credentials of locally logged on user
- server connections: quit
- fsmo maintenance: select operation target
- select operation target: list roles for connected server
Schema - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MYSERVER,CN=Servers,CN=MYSITE,CN=Sites,CN=Configura tion,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com
Domain - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MYSERVER,CN=Servers,CN=MYSITE,CN=Sites,CN=Configura tion,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com
PDC - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MYSERVER,CN=Servers,CN=MYSITE,CN=Sites,CN=Configuratio n,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com
RID - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MYSERVER,CN=Servers,CN=MYSITE,CN=Sites,CN=Configuratio n,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com
Infrastructure - CN=NTDS Settings,CN=MYSERVER,CN=Servers,CN=MYSITE,CN=Sites,CN=C onfiguration,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=com
Now just quit until you exit. Repeat this procedure on all of the domain controllers so that you are clear on what they think are the FSMO role holders.
Next you will need to check on replication. Check the Event log's Directory Services and File Replication for errors or warnings. Some of the Microsoft warnings about replication are underrated and really should be errors. If DC's cannot replicate to other DCs eventually you can stall replication altogether. A bad situation to say the least. You can use replmon.exe from the Support tools to get more information. Also, run DCDIAG on each one of the domain controllers and check out any warnings or errors produced. This utility will also let you know if the problem is related to name resolution and DNS.
If there are multiple DCs that believe that they are the Schema master, you may have to demote one DC to get it to clear its information and promote it back up. This may also involve some manual cleanup of AD.


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With this massive run of easterly winds, its a good time to book some holiday off work, unless of course you already have! Yep, booked it last year!!! Cat that got the cream! Two weeks off work, this Saturday 8th October! I have never booked two weeks in October before, so I am more than excited!
East winds forecast until at least Friday 14th October, can only mean one thing: rares, megas, walking miles, searching, running, petrol burning, adrenalin rush, surviving on snacks, no cooking, late nights, early mornings, blogging, sorting through hundreds of pictures, no sleep – holiday? No, but it will be an exciting two weeks!!! Here we go!
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
October – East Winds, Rares, Megas, Excitment!
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We're Patty and Ladybug, and we love food. The only problem is, one of us has a gluten sensitivity. The other thinks a diet change might help with distractibility. And neither of us feel very well after eating preservatives. We love all types of food but we love our health more, so we've decided to change some things. First, and most importantly, we're eliminating preservatives. I, Patty, declare that I love chocolate, Lucky Charms, pizzelles and all things sweet. I, Ladybug declare that I love, love, love anything bready – pizza, for sure, doughnuts, glazed especially, and any sandwich shop in view. But we have to do better than this. So we're starting a wild adventure in eating healthier and I Patty, will be sharing what we learn with you. Cuz who needs preservatives!
If you'd like to join us in our journey, please make sure you check with your doctor about any diet changes.
I am also working on a memoir about the challenges of immigration, racism in America and the unraveling of my relationship with my parents, which quickly worsens with the news that I have an American boyfriend. I was supposed to have an arranged marriage. Yikes.
Visit www.pjtemple.com to read snippets from the book and subscribe to receive updates. Thanks for reading!


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Dr. Roizen has more than 40 years of experience as a medical doctor and has been the doctor to eight Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 Fortune 500 CEOs. He currently serves as the Chief Wellness Officer of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, which is consistently ranked as one of the top ten hospitals in the United States. He's also the chief medical consultant to the Dr. Oz Show and a best-selling author of 14 books, including four New York Times Best Sellers. A co-founder and originator of the popular RealAge.com website, and host of the national podcast: YOU the Owner's Manual Radio Show, which airs on RadioMD. Dr. Roizen's mission is to use his influence to help make America healthy.
Supplements are the latest trend in the wellness industry – from adding collagen to your morning cup of coffee to taking a turmeric pill, consumers are adding supplements to their wellness routines like never before
BUT most consumers are unaware that the supplements they may be adding to their daily regimes could have risky drug-nutrient interactions with the prescription medications they're taking
Persona is leading the way in personalized nutrition. Acknowledging and recognizing drug-nutrient interactions is vital and something most consumers don't take into consideration," said Michael Roizen, M.D., Chief Wellness Officer at the Cleveland Clinic and Persona science advisory board member. "Persona subscribers can take advantage of the industry's breakthrough technology utilizing the curated survey to help find the ideal supplement regimen that works for their wellness needs."
From The Los Angeles Times: Understanding How Medications Interact with Vitamins
Technology, science and research are offering a personalization powerhouse at our fingertips, including products made specifically for us delivered to our doorsteps. We wear personal fitness trackers to track our steps, sleep and heart rates. Personal trainers design fitness routines made just for us. We understand that our family history, lifestyle choices and even genetics are predictive of our health needs and this information is integrated into our health care plans. But with all of this personalization, nutritional supplement options still deliver the same cookie-cutter solutions.
According to New Nutrition Business and its report "10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2017," personalized nutrition is the next big nutrition movement, as people want individually tailored diets. When creating a personalized nutrition plan, it's important to take into account holistic well-being; however, deciding what is truly right for you can be confusing."Personalized nutrition shouldn't be taken lightly. It's not a catchy-named pack of vitamins or nutrition plans curated from a few questions about how you want to feel; it needs to include everything that makes you unique, down to the medications prescribed by your doctor," said Dr. Michael Roizen, original chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic, co-author of the new book "Age-Proof: Living Longer without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip" and Vitamin Packs science advisory board member. "Technology is creating amazing advances in personalized nutrition, but it's only as good as the data it can collect and the information you are willing to share."
Medication and nutrition interactions
Nearly 50 percent of the U.S. population is taking prescription medications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 68 percent of Americans are taking dietary supplements, based on Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) estimates.With several new personalized vitamin subscription services launching, it's important to select one that takes into account your diet, physical fitness, sleep patterns, lifestyle habits and family health history as well as medication use. Some drugs can deplete nutrients while others add nutrients to the body. One subscription service, Vitamin Packs, delivers customized vitamins and nutritional supplements in daily packs based on what it learns during a free nutritional assessment. Its technology cross-examines more than 650 possible medication interactions and recommends only what an individual's body needs.
Mixing meds and nutritional supplements
Taking a statin? You will want to add Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) because the average blood concentration of CoQ10 in blood plasma decreases within 30 days by an average of 50 percent.
* Taking a medication for allergies or inflammation? Consider adding vitamin D and calcium. These types of medications may reduce calcium absorption, which can lead to unnecessary bone loss. Supplementing with vitamin D and calcium together may support bone health and calcium absorption.
* Taking a blood pressure medication? You should know that taking an iron supplement two hours before or after taking this type of medication can decrease its absorption rate.
* Taking a synthetic thyroid hormone? Look at your supplement facts to be sure you're avoiding soy, iron and calcium. Soy, iron and calcium, if taken within four hours of a synthetic thyroid hormone, may reduce the absorption rate.
Personalized nutrition should be focused on the whole person. Be sure to consult your health care practitioner before starting any dietary supplement regimen.


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Once we figured out how to open it, we could use it. That coincided with me being home alone for the past two weeks, and I decided that while Andy was away, I'd have a smoothie every day! I don't know why it had to be when he's away, but it made sense at the time.
|Mango, banana, soymilk, oats, and LSA.
Andy comes home tomorrow, so now seems like a good time to share my smoothie knowledge, and photos. Some of these things may not be revelations to anyone, but they were to me - I've been slow to the smoothie bandwagon, because of the lack of blender till now.
|Banana, peanut butter, and soy milk.
Frozen fruit makes a smoothie which is more like a bowl of ice cream. And there is nothing more wonderful than having a bowl of ice cream for breakfast. Fruit that is cut before freezing is best for my (non-Vitamix) blender, except in the case of bananas - whole-frozen bananas break into pieces pretty easily, but once they've been sliced it seems the pieces freeze together into a block.
|Pina Colada - pineapple, coconut milk, and lime juice.
Frozen pineapple is really good, but it's probably worth cutting out the fibrous core before freezing. We don't bother with this when we're eating pineapple, but there were a few fibrous chunks in my pineapple-y smoothies.
|Tropical - mango, banana, pineapple, LSA, oats, lime juice, and coconut milk.
Green smoothies are fo reelz - they don't taste like spinach at all. I knew this in my head, and have always thought green smoothies are a cool idea, but when confronted with my first celadon-hued smoothie, I was a bit trepidatious. Until I had a taste.
|Oats, almond meal, ceylon spinach, mango, banana, and pineapple.
In addition to adding green veggies, you can make orange smoothies, with carrot!
|Oats, almond meal, carrot, spinach, blueberries, raspberries, banana, and sunflower butter.
Adding a small handful of oats, soaked overnight in water or milk (soy or coconut, for me), makes me feel full all morning.
|Oats, banana, almond meal, and I don't know what else!
I had the clever (I thought) idea of soaking almonds and adding them to the smoothie, like basically making almond milk without straining. Not a good idea - the smoothie had lots of throat-tickling chunks of almond that were still chew-able, rather than soft. Almond meal, however, is a good way to pump up the protein for a post-exercise smoothie without choking.
|Almonds, soaked in a bit of water, and blended up with a banana, and with soymilk that was rinsed around a nearly-empty jar of chocolate sauce.
I prefer to eat my smoothie out of a bowl, with a spoon, in almost every case. This reduces the likelihood of painful brain freezes. This one looked thin enough for a glass, but then I ended up eating with a spoon in the end.
Brain freeze aside, eating a big bowl of ice cream for breakfast did make me very cold on a few occasions - it must have cooled my core down, or something. This was good on the mornings when I rode in to uni, but on a Saturday morning I had to dive back under the doona to warm up - when it was 32 degrees outside.
|Blueberries, mango, pineapple, oats, flax seeds.
Getting 2-4 serves of fruit, the odd serve of vegetable, a serve of rolled oats, and most mornings some almond meal and/or flax seeds is a pretty good start to the day, I think.
|Carrots, oats, almond meal, flax seeds, mango, and banana.
So, what am I missing? I readily admit that I am still a smoothie novice, so give me your favourite smoothie tips!


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Hi everyone!
Today I want to talk about everyone's favorite point in a novel – the plot twist. Whether you're a reader, a writer, an author, a movie-goer or a television watcher, you're familiar with the plot twist. Everything is going perfectly fine (or at least, in the same, expected direction) and then suddenly, a key component of the story is spun on it's head. This forces the reader/viewer to adapt or even change their opinions about a character, event, or challenge.


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SILENT by DESIGN
Soundproof windows use the natural resonance of noise disturbances against themselves. By using different thicknesses of glass and specialised frame design, our windows disturb the flow of sound, preventing it from entering your home.
Our search for the perfect soundproof windows and doors has lead us on a long journey, testing materials and products from around the planet. By working alongside some of the best known manufacturers, we are proud to offer you the best solutions available on the market today.
But let's talk about what makes our soundproof windows and doors so effective in keeping out unwanted noises.
SILENT by DESIGN
The key to reducing noise pollution in your home is to ensure that there are no gaps or spaces through which sound can travel. So the first thing to do is to ensure that every aspect of your window or door unit is optimised to combat noise complaints.
The most important and also the trickiest thing to optimise is the frame itself. This is because there is a variety of fittings and parts which need to be taken into consideration. So let's start with the basics.
All of our products can be manufactured with different timbers, though there are two basic categories which they fall into:
Hardwood timbers include Meranti, Elm and Maple. These woods are generally considered to be stronger than their counterparts, though this isn't strictly true. What it comes down to is the presence of vessels of pores inside of the wood, which allow for water flow. As a consequence, they tend to offer better noise reduction qualities, but are also more difficult to work with. This means that in general hardwood windows are more expensive, though often better in terms of performance.
Softwood Timbers include Cedar, Fir and Pine. As stated above, these timbers are generally not as strong as your Merantis or Elms. However, as they grow far faster than hardwoods, and are easier to work with, they are considerably cheaper materials. Though they may be less effective in terms of noise reduction, softwoods still offer great reductions, especially for the cost involved.
As with most modern timber windows, the products we stock are manufactured with a triple layered design. Two pieces of hardwood tend to sandwich a piece of softwood in between, set against each other's grains.
First and foremost this is to prevent swelling in the wood. This is where water gets into the vessels of the timber causing it to expand and contract. This is the main cause of windows getting jammed. By setting them against each other's grains, any swelling that will naturally occur due to water absorption is offset, preventing the window getting stuck.
Additionally, by using woods of different thicknesses, we further combat the transference of noise due to an upsetting of natural resonance (read more about that here).
Compared to frame design, soundproof glazing comes down to more of a product choice than anything else. This will depend upon the budget you have, as well as the severity of your noise complaints.
Most of our products come with either Pilkington or Saint Gobain glazing installed, and offer you a range of noise reduction values to choose from.
By using different thicknesses of glass, these glazing units work to disrupt the wave pattern of the noise you are experiencing, basically rendering it powerless and preventing it enter your home. For full details click here.
By stocking products manufactured with the finest quality hard and softwoods, all of our soundproof windows and doors come with up to 20 years guarantee. Safeguarded against swelling and disease, they're built just for you.
Through specialist manufacturing and precision technology, we can reduce noise pollution by up to 95%. By installing specialist soundproof windows and doors, we provide you with the best products on the market. Don't compromise on design. Don't compromise on quality.


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It was 1990. My Aunt Kay came over a weekend to watch my brother and I while my mom was out of town. My Aunt Kay was the "fun" aunt. She was the aunt that let my brother and I drink soda after 8 pm, let us watch R Rated movies, and most importantly, one fateful night, let me watch Tales From The Crypt.
Yup. Tales From the Crypt. Along with Creepshow, the reason I love anthologies so bloody much. I mean, what's cooler than a crazy corpse telling different stories week in and week out? All it took was me not being able to sleep and joining my Aunt on our couch while she watched the episode "Four Sided Triangle" that involved Patricia Arquette falling in love with a scarecrow. I don't know why but something drew me in and after that night, I was hooked. My mother, on the other hand, wasn't the biggest fan and she had a rule that the first episode that terrifies me, I'm done. Realizing what a gamble that was, I agreed. Thankfully, as long as we had HBO(a few years), I never got scared and I was able to enjoy the series as long as I could. Great retellings of the old EC Comic comics in which evil is always met with a sweet demise or cruel and ironic fate. It was like actually watching a real life comic book and that definitely appealed to this young lad!
With the biggest stars including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, Michael J Foxx, just to name a few and the biggest directors hoping to become a part of this successful show, it's easy to see why it remained so popular for years well after it's cancellation. The series was released over the years on vhs in many volumes which included 3 episodes per tape. And finally, in 2005, the first season was released on DVD, with the following 6 season to follow over the span of a few years. Yours truly was there to pick up every season on the day it was released every single time and they currently sit on my shelf proudly. To this day, I consider it my favorite show of all time. No matter what series, I can sit, marathon and proudly enjoy it every single time.
|The star, his royal creepiness himself, the CryptKeeper
It seemed the 90s belonged to the CryptKeeper. He was everywhere! The manaical host, played amazingly by hysterical standup and voice actor John Kassir, became a household name thanks to merchandising that That includes the Tales From The Cryptkeeper cartoon, which I hated even as a kid because I thought it was nothing more than a horribly watered down cartoon. At the same time. it was good to see The Crypt Keeper on tv and being so widely available to all age groups. A game show on CBS in 1996, Secrets of the CryptKeeper's Haunted House, would follow. I liked that a little more than I liked the cartoon. I don't know why, but I did.
I gotta admit though, there's something super awesome about having a twelve inch talking Crypt Keeper doll on my shelf spouting out goofy lines and right below the shelf is a cassette tape of the Christmas themed "Have Yourself A Scary Little Christmas". So many other items including trading cards, action figures, Budweiser bar items, shirts, and so many other items that I could sit and list but we don't have that much time. I suppose stuff like that also helped it to become my all time favorite tv series.
|A sample of my Tales From the Crypt collection!
-Chad, The BBQ-Keeper


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The name of Dakar's first FabLab, Defko Ak Niep, stands for the general philosophy of all FabLabs – translated from Wolof, it means "Do It With Others."
Started as an initiative of the Center for Bits and Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA, FabLabs are a global network of workshops that offer low-cost, open source digital fabrication technologies. They were originally designed as platforms where community entrepreneurs could quickly prototype ideas, so Defko Ak Niep's mission – to provide a platform for local artists and artisans to share knowledge with other professionals – is true to the original vision of the movement. In Africa, FabLabs are being seen as a way to spread technology and leapfrog the innovation process, allowing grassroots talents to solve the problems of their communities, and by extension, their countries. In 2007, South Africa set aside 16 million rand to establish ten FabLabs in the country. In 2014, the P2P Foundation also lists FabLabs in Lomé, Togo; Nairobi, Kenya; Casablanca, Morocco; and Tunis, Tunisia. FabLabs are an important part of the digital innovation network across the country, which includes makerspaces, technology hubs, and business incubators.


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We just listed a charming Bungalow home near Downtown Greenville SC and only blocks away from Greenville's Swamp Rabbit Trail. The exact age of this Bungalow is unknown but it is believed to have been built pre 1920's era. On the outside the home offers a spacious screened front porch, fully fenced front and side yard, a huge rear deck, a private and deep back yard, and a one car garage with plenty of storage and working space.
On the inside, this charming and beautiful home offers a very large kitchen, a spacious great room, two nice sized bedrooms, a full bath, and one very large laundry room with a sink. The flooring in the home is original…


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Terrifc. Can hardly wait to watch the clip from the show.
LifePrints Hand Analysis on NBC's Today Show
Ronelle Brings Life on Purpose to NBC's Today Show
I got the call and what a call it was! Right there on my own voice mail was a message from a producer at NBC's The Today Show telling me that they were going to do a segment on hands and fingerprints and they'd like to talk about featuring me on the show. It was a Saturday at 5pm Pacific when I picked up the message and I dialed back immediately. The producer, Danielle, answered, even though it was 8pm Eastern time, and we had a very nice chat about it all. She'd found my book on the web, and didn't even have a copy yet, so could I send her one, and might I be available to fly to New York in less than two weeks? The next day I put together a package and sent it overnight. On Thursday I made a polite follow-up call to make sure it got there. Danielle called back quickly and confirmed everything was a go, they liked what they saw, and I stopped holding my breath on whether or not this would even happen. When I called my friend and colleague, Janet Savage, the first thing she asked was "So, what are you going to wear?"
And, yes, believe it or not, this was the most challenging part of the whole adventure because you can't wear just anything in front of the cameras. Nothing shiny (that ruled out the beautiful silk Vietnamese dress I'd just had made and shipped from Ho Chi Minh City), nothing with a small print (the cameras translate fine prints into polka dots or the pattern "crawls"), not plain white (I don't wear it anyway), and jeans were definitely out. A run through several department stores turned up nothing for me to try on, much less actually buy. The winter colors were all wrong for me and none of the current designs seemed interesting or special for this very special event. Time was short but I wondered if there was someone local who could make me something. I searched the web and confirmed what I already know about Portland, OR…it's not exactly a fashion haven (black or gray hoodie sweatshirts and knitted watch caps are all the rage, along with super funky 60s retro clothing, hardly tres chic…forgive me Portland!). But there was one designer's site that looked like a possibility. So I grabbed my guy, who has a strong aesthetic eye, and drove across town to her boutique before it closed. Alice Dobson designs beautiful comfortable classic/contemporary apparel for women whose brand name is Sofada. And though I was convinced I wanted trousers and the right blouse, when she pulled a dress off her rack for me to try on, I knew it was IT. When I came out of the dressing room both she and my sweetie's eyes bugged right out of their heads. There was only one question left—could we find fabric in the right color to make it in? Alice and I both searched the fabric stores the next day and she came up with the lovely peacock teal fine-wale Corduroy we went for. After two fittings I was able to pick up the dress just the night before my plane flight out. I also took the opportunity to have my favorite San Francisco jewelry artist, Amy Faust (www.AmyFaust.com) make me the necklace and earrings to go along. I'd bought a ring from her to commemorate my book's acquisition by Llewellyn Worldwide a couple of years ago and thought it would be nice to have an ensemble to remind me of the publication of my first book and my first national TV appearance since the two are completely intertwined.
My fabulous and talented editor, Carrie Obry, from Llewellyn Worldwide, met me in New York and dubbed our trip The Today Show Double Junket since the show flew me out and I, in turn, flew her out on my many air miles. There wasn't as much time for me to play as I'd thought, but we managed to drink lots of coffee and visit MOMA on Friday, in-between my prepping the host's hands and fingerprints and visiting the studio for set-up in the afternoon.
At last, Saturday morning arrived and it was SHOW TIME! The dress was ironed, I'd prepped the loose "script" the producer had very skillfully constructed, I'd gotten a call at 10:30pm the night before telling me they had to swap out one of the hosts, and the only thing I was worried about was having a "brain freeze" on camera in the very short time of the segment. The producer was thrilled that she'd been granted the longer time slot of 4.5 minutes (instead of the standard 3.5) and it was time for me to decide to lay it all down and TRUST MYSELF and the entire process from here on out. I'd prepared for TEN YEARS for this through every reading offered, every group of people I'd read to each other, every lecture done, every class taught. I never worried for a moment about what I know about hands and how to deliver what they have to say…it was only that everything had to be expressed in the shortest soundbites possible and I needed to convey the essence of everything—hand analysis, the fingerprints, and something about the host's hands—ALL IN 4.5 minutes and LIVE (the show was not recorded in advance). And then, there was the deodorant problem! Carrie met me outside of the studio, where all the people look through the window and wave at the cameras, and we told a security guard that we were on the list. The street was barricaded in preparation for the fans who would come later. We were taken up to the Green Room by an NBC Page. Pages are interns who have the coolest jobs in the world working in many different positions for different NBC shows. Our's was a lovely soft-spoken woman who had worked a stint on the David Letterman Show before coming to Today. The producer, Danielle, came from Austin to Today as an intern and thought she'd live in NYC for six months, then they offered her a job and she's been in New York for three years (they were smart to keep her!).
Carrie was looking forward to eating bagels in the Green Room and her dream came true! There was a tasty spread laid out below the pictures of all the show's hosts. As food-oriented women, we sure enjoyed it!
Once we were settled in, another page brought me the new host's hands. Originally one of the hosts was Amy Robach, but she got called out on assignment (so much for the four foot blow-ups of her hands on the set) and Jenna Wolfe stepped in. Interestingly, they have the exact same fingerprint pattern/life purpose, so my life was wonderfully uncomplicated in terms of re-memorizing print charts.
Then the moment came…Carrie pulled a stick of deodorant out of her purse for me! I'd forgotten mine and never managed to stop in a drugstore the day before so I'd emailed Carrie (she's on iPhone…I want one too!) asking her to pick some up on the way to the studio while humming that old song, "getting to know you…getting to know everything about you…" And before we knew it here comes another page to take us up to make-up…perhaps for me one of the scariest moments of surrender. I'm not the kind of woman, who is, well, very womanly about makeup and hair…I don't wear makeup except when presenting and I do nothing to my hair except wash and comb and let drip dry. I'd gotten up a little extra early so I could give it time to dry and curl naturally. But as soon as I sat down in the hair guy's chair I quickly realized I should've gotten the extra snoozes instead. The hair guy went after my curls with one goal only…to straighten them out entirely. I told myself "Ronelle, you decided to just go with the process here." So I did and hoped I would come out looking at least somewhat like myself. A makeover certainly wasn't what I had in mind!
A few minutes into the hair, and the makeup woman starts working on me. They both knew exactly what they were doing and were REALLY GOOD at their respective arts/skills because, let me tell you, being worked on by both of them was much trickier than putting on my own mascara while driving! And they had to get the job done quickly, the clock was ticking. As soon as they were done they sent me to put on my dress and heels (everyone loved the dress) and onto the set…
…where we did the last little bit of setting things up. Everyone was very calm. This is where it became very apparent that they not only do this everyday they do something like fifteen segments everyday! What was a big event for me was the daily routine stuff of their work lives and they are very practiced at it. Their calm definitely rubbed off on me at this point. Lester Holt came in with his script and introduced himself, a microphone was put on me, some of the crew asked me where the heck I learned this anyway?
Then someone started counting…45 seconds, 44 seconds…and the entire crew swiftly, quietly, and efficiently all took their places. Carrie was in the kitchen (we were on the other half of the show's kitchen set), behind the counter, unobtrusively snapping pictures (with that clever iPhone—no flash necessary). She moved a little bit and someone shouted, "Be still in the kitchen!" and she froze and then we were on the air.
What was amazing is how fast it all went once the cameras were rolling. It started, and then it was over in the blink of an eye.
The host, Jenna Wolfe asked me a question about her prints afterward (in the 20 seconds or so available to her before she had to run to the next set and segment) and the crew slipped off to the next thing they all had to do.
Carrie snapped a quick shot of me with Danielle then it was back to get our coats so we could go. Later that day I heard from her that "it couldn't have been more perfect" and that her boss was very pleased.
As we left the building we received lots of positive feedback from everyone in the building who was watching the show (the studio has screens everywhere). Then out the door we saw the end of show wrap-up on the street where all the fans were. Perhaps one of the sweetest moments was when the last security guard politely asked me if I could look at his fingerprints for him. He was so friendly and warm and he had exactly the purpose I suspected, Master of Love & Connectedness! I did go ice skating right there at Rockefeller Center, after changing clothes (it was below freezing), and for those of you who know about how much I love the ice, it was a magical time.
Later that night I got to celebrate with Carrie, her good friend Shawn (who graciously put us both up in the livingroom of his teeny 3rd floor Hell's Kitchen walkup—I only stayed in a hotel one night because I had to go to bed early), and their good friend Callie! Now, what could be better than that and the several hundred well-wishing emails I received? Thank you to everyone. I'm so honored to get to cross paths with each of you and to have my life enriched beyond anything I could have ever dreamed for myself…I couldn't be here without all of you!
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Ronelle! I am soo excited about this. You looked lovely and you brought this gift to so many people! I cannot wait to see the clip when you get it!
I am so enjoying hearing about your recent feats. Besides the show excitement, I'm glad you got to skate!! Congrats on all. xoxo TJ
Wow, what a trip, Ronelle! (In every sense of the word) So impressed, but not surprised that you did a great job. Can't wait to see the clip.
P.S. I'm a Portland-ite, and I love hoodies!!!
Ronelle, I love the moment by moment description of your adventure. I felt part of it at every step. I can't wait to see the video. You look incredible too! Wow!!! Hooray for Hands and what you DO!
Congratulations Ronelle and well done! You look great on TV. It's exciting to watch you grow personally as well as professionally. Are we going to see you host your own show on NBC anytime soon? Hmmm…
All the best, MH
Ronelle, it was wonderful to watch live, but I am also glad to have the clip to post on my website with your testimonial. Thank you for all you have done for my life's journey!
This is wonderful!! Enjoyed reading your exciting story.(And your book which I received for Christmas!)
You're a star, but that was always true. Shine, shine, shine!
Great description of your adventure in TV-land! Sounds like it was a lot of fun. I agree with Peter: What a trip!! I'm curious as to the results of such fantastic national exposure: a surge in booksales? or?
Ronelle, the clip of you at NBC is engaging, informed, light…congratulations! And you look beautiful, as always (even with straight hair!).
Congratulations Ronelle! Your book is wonderful – and now TV !!! I still remember your gift of words from Borders bookstore on Powell St. / San Francisco~ and… then the insightful classes with more instructions about how our hands hold so much information. You are gathering a greater audience now that you've had this exposure on the TODAY show. The nation is set for many to seek another way to fulfill their life dreams and you bring such inspiration and guidance regarding what each of us hold in our own hands. I am so very happy for you. You have done extraordinarily well and overcome so many challenges. It was wonderful to see you on TV!!! Love, Danica


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This week's tragedy of the rabbi shot and killed in Miami coincided with the anniversary of a priest being shot on the front porch of the rectory at St. Paul's Church in Birmingham, Alabama on August 11, 1921.
Human beings need scapegoats. We have a terrible time accepting that we collectively suffer, do, and tolerate horrible things. We tend to take out our fury on someone we can dehumanize. No small group gets as much widespread hatred as the Jews. Last week, Rabbi Joseph Raksin of Brooklyn was apparently shot in cold blood while walking on a public street on the Sabbath. In 1921, Fr. James E. Coyle was shot on the rectory porch while saying his evening prayers.
I attended the annual memorial Mass for Fr. Coyle at St. Paul's Cathedral on Monday. Judge William Pryor of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals spoke at the reception afterwards about the great priest living in the dreadful days following the First World War when groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the True Americans made war against those they feared and scapegoated. The murder resulted in a now largely forgotten "trial of the century" during which future U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black inferred that the menace of the Catholic Church itself was an aggravating factor in the temporary insanity of Rev. E.R. Stephenson when he shot and killed Fr. Coyle. The jury, composed mostly of Klansman, bought the temporary insanity defense. Rev. Stephenson walked out a free man.
Fr. Coyle had presided at the sacrament of marriage of Rev. Stephenson's daughter Ruth to a Catholic born in Puerto Rico, Pedro Gusman. Ironically, Rev. Stephenson, a Methodist deacon, did not have a parish, but rather, his ministerial duties consisted of performing quick wedding ceremonies for young couples in the Jefferson County courthouse. Truth is stranger than fiction, and law professor Sharon Davies has captured the multiple ironies in her page-turner of a detective story: Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America. Here she discusses her book on television. As a former prosecutor, her analysis of the trial is keen, as is Judge Pryor's.
Hugo Black is Alabama's most famous jurist. The federal courthouse in Birmingham is named for him, yet the most famous trial he ever conducted resulted in the acquittal of a murdering Klansman. Black's joining the Ku Klux Klan after the trial shows what a political animal he was, though it is unthinkable today that a former Klansman could be elected to federal office or confirmed as a federal judge. His bios on the web do not mention the murder trial that made him famous and got him elected to the U.S. Senate.
A few years ago, a local Methodist minister read the story of Rev. Stephenson murdering the priest, and it caused him to become an ecumenical force for prayer and reconciliation. There was even a Methodist memorial service for Fr. Coyle during Lent in 2011. At the annual Mass for Fr. Coyle at St. Paul's, there is always a Methodist minister present and sometimes the local Methodist bishop as well as ministers from other Christian churches. Representatives of the Jewish community likewise attend because the Jews know as well as anyone that religious freedom denied for one will be denied for another.
Rabbi Raksin, requiescat in pace.


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Miscellaneous Pets
Rabbits, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Aquarium fish: importer need only to apply for an Import Permit from the Veterinary Services of the Department of Agriculture. The permit will contain all the condition of entry.
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I took two lessons with Chemaine in September, and since then, things have gotten much better. I don't think Speedy's leg yield is going to be getting any 8s at our next show, but I am hopeful that we might start getting some 7s.
Little by little the exercises have changed - we rarely do 20-meter trot circles any more. Now it's 10-meter circles followed by a shoulder in or serpentines with counter bending to soften Speedy from poll to tail. And of course, we work on the leg yield.
They weren't perfect, but there was the beginning of some rhythm to them, and we finally made it from one corner to the other without falling into a walk or feeling the need to buck or rear.
The thing that has helped the most was getting control of the outside shoulder. I started riding the leg yield into an almost counter bent outside rein. Instead of having a little inside bend, I keep him pretty straight. By keeping him firmly on that outside rein, he can't bulge through his shoulder rather than step over with his inside hind leg.
When I felt him lean on that outside rein, I gave him a half halt and said HAUNCHES with my inside leg. Looking at his haunches to make sure I am getting them over has also helped. Overall, it feels like I am pushing his shoulders one way and his haunches the other!
I know Chemaine will see improvement this next weekend. Riding with her every month has definitely helped us improve. Now, if she'd just consider moving to Bakersfield ...


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Refrigerated Display
The Dynamic Range Refrigerated Display unit is a 3 tiered merchandiser used for displaying cakes, pre-packed sandwiches and drinks. This model comes in 4 different sizes (600 mm, 900 mm, 1200 mm and 1500 mm) and can be manufactured using curved or square glass. Units can also have a dropped well which is ideal for holding drinks, bottles etc., and allows you to keep shelving space for other items.
Glass Profiles
VF Refrigerated Displays are available in both curved and square glass units. Square and Curved Glass units tilt forward for cleaning purposes
Display Area
Adjustable glass shelves complete with individual lighting. Shelves can be positioned at a slight angled to enhance the appearance of product on offer.Units also come with hinged back doors, providing easy access for staff to product throughout the day. Extra perforation on doors increases the fridges efficiency and temperature control.
Available Sizes and Performance
VF Dynamic Range Refrigerated Displays are available in 600mm, 900mm, 1200 mm and 1500 mm sizes and subject to humidity, product display temperature is between 2-5 degrees C, set in a 23-25 degrees C ambient atmosphere
New Features
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Tata Crucible Campus Edition 2015 – Delhi – Preliminary Round Questions
Preliminary Round Questions:
Q1) Which Apple product slated to be released soon, has the tagline- 'Our most personal device yet'?
Ans) Apple Watch
Q2) Sun rays- Famous ship. There's a distinct '+' sign on the ship. Which Indian group owns the ship?
Ans) Essar
Q3) Starfleet- Fictional organization in which TV/film franchise that comprises a fictional universe and an entity knowns as the "United Federation of Planets" (The Federation)?
Ans) Star Trek
Q4) What brand of shoes launched in 1996 owned by Mirza International?
Ans) Red Tape
Q5) Who in India owns the Indian franchise for this?
Ans) Sushmita Sen
Q6)In 2015, Union Budget what scheme announced by the Finance Minister in the honour of former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee?
Ans) Pension
Q7) Which Asian city was adjudged the most expensive city in the world during March '15 as per the Economist Intelligence Unit?
Ans) Singapore
Q8)ID these 2 ad characters, eponymous with an ad campaign considered one of the worst ads in 2013-14.
Ans) Ramesh and Suresh
Q9) Which sports star joined Forbes 2014 Billionaire list at No. 1741?
Ans)—Michael Jordan
Q10) Which legend was known as "Zeus of Wall Street" and also the "Pope of Wall Street"?
Ans) JP Morgan
Q11) Audio oscillator device from 1939 for the Walt Disney film 'Fantasia'. Which company made this and started its great technology journey with it?
Ans) HP
Q12) Which specialized vehicle got its name from "something that pulls" , or from Latin for 'pulled' in the form of a verb, in the late 18th century?
Ans) Tractor
Q13)Which franchise restaurant chain operates in Australia with the brand name – 'Hungry Jack's' ?
Ans) Burger King
Q14) Identify the brand from this lady.
Ans) Liril
Q15)Which famous brand of soft drink concentrate is owned by Ahd'bad based Pioma Industries?
Ans) Rasna
Q16) Which state in India (from North East) us targeting that by end of this year – to be a completely organic farming State?
Ans) Sikkim
Q17) What venture was started by Captain Nair named after his wife?
Ans) Leela
Q18) Which brand entered India in 1895 with the name 'Royal Disinfectant Soap'?
Ans) Lifebuoy
Q19)Identify the brand from this advertisement campaign.
Q20)Which Indian drugmaker acquired the opiates business of GSK in Australia?
Ans) Sun Pharma
Questions contributed by Subhodeep Jash!


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Firstborn Linked by Isobar and Adidas launch Interactive Photography Campaign
Last week, Firstborn Linked by Isobar and Adidas Originals launched a new interactive ad campaign to promote the popular NMD sneakers. This latest mix from the longtime sportswear manufacturer has combined social media experts in both New York City and Los Angeles with custom Instagram Stories, pop-up events, Google Maps, and photography. This particular campaign is only set to last until Sunday, July 16.
The push will follow the Instagram stories of a pair of social media photographers with built-in audiences who have cataloged the going-ons of the two largest cities in America. New York City native Dondre Green will give a tour of places important to him by snapping shots of his hometown. While L.A.-based Sagan Lockhart will do the same in his. If you so choose, you can then watch these two visit these locations (as well as get a look at items from their 'capture collections,' that will give you some insight into their creative processes) via Adidas Originals' Instagram Stories.
Read the full story on complex.com.


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A quarterly profit increase of 10 percent at Texas Instruments disappointed analysts and sent shares tumbling in premarket trade.
The company, which makes cell phones, televisions, computer chips and a variety of other products, fell well short of forecasts, sending the stock price down 6.6 percent before the opening bell.
"It has to do with our concerns with regards to the market share loss at Sony Ericsson specifically this quarter," Jefferies semiconductor analyst John Lau told CNBC, "and our additional concerns of their continuing to lose market share at Nokia next year."
TI forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $3.4 billion to $3.68 billion, compared with the average analyst view of $3.7 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
Nokia has been Texas Instruments' largest wireless customer.
Lau is not alone in his concerns. Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Lehman and UBS have all cut their ratings on the company.
"We were very, very surprised by the outlook given for the December quarter," Lau said. "The impact of the diversification by Sony Ericsson hit them harder than we thought...they're off by over a hundred million dollars."
Other analysts were also taken by surprise. "People didn't think it was going to be that significant," Charter Equity Research analyst John Dryden told Reuters.
The diversification has been particularly hard on Texas Instruments because of rising costs.


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St Giles Circus has been featured in Building's News section (Issue 30 - 28.07.17). It is an incredible project and we love working on it with Orms and the client Consolidated Developments.
The project has recently started on-site, so we will keep you updated with everything that is happening on-site and all the latest photographs.


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1. Conditions of membership
1.1 Members may be individual traders or businesses.
1.2 Members will not be allowed to participate in the club merely to obtain opportunities without providing opportunities for others. Records may be kept to monitor numbers of opportunities issued/received to ensure members properly participate. Members receiving opportunities but failing to provide a reasonable amount of opportunities may be voted out by a majority of members present.
1.3 The Club does not impose any restriction upon members also being members of other networking organisations but does expect that those members who are also members of other organisations will provide a proportionate amount of opportunities to members of Reading Business Club (Hereinafter may be referred to as RBC).
N.B. New members will only be admitted subject to their trade, profession, or service being different to that already available from an existing club member.
1.4 Members or members companies are expected to attend at least half of the regular meetings or they may be asked to resign from the club and be replaced by another person or business offering a similar portfolio.
1.5 Members may provide a substitute from their organisation, at any time, in their place.
2. Applications for membership
2.1 Membership vacancies may be advertised on the Club website and members asked to nominate persons/companies they consider would benefit the club if they were to join. They must approach the persons/companies to determine interest.
2.2 Any potential applicant(s) may attend up to two meetings free of charge during which time they are able to apply for membership if they wish. They are not allowed to attend if they are offering a trade, profession, or service which is already provided by an existing club member.
2.3 The application must initially be submitted to the committee of the Reading Business Club who will review the application on the basis that the applicant is not offering a service that conflicts with an existing member. The existing member/s may be approached by the Committee in the event of uncertainty.
2.4 Once an application for membership has been submitted and been approved in principal by the Committee, its details will be circulated to all members, this may be done at a Breakfast meeting when at least 50% of members are present. Members may then suggest alternative potential members to the service/trade/profession applying.
2.5 When there is more than one applicant for the position, each applicant will be asked to present themselves to members. Members will then vote on their preferred applicant. The applicant with the most member votes will be offered the position. Voting may be on a show of hands at a breakfast meeting when at least 50% of members are present.
2.6 Some trades/professions may be allowed to join subject to committee approval without referral to the members. This procedure will apply only in cases where there is no perceived competition for membership, i.e. when no similar business or profession has visited a Club meeting or function, or has been invited to do so by existing Club members.
3. Club subscriptions
3.1 Club subscriptions are invoiced four weeks in advance of their start date and cover the next six months period. Payment is due within four weeks of receipt of invoice, and in any event before the next six-monthly cycle commences, and is non-refundable.
3.2 Members who do not settle their account within two weeks of issue of the invoice will be reminded after two weeks that they have only two weeks left to settle their invoice. In the absence of payment thereafter, they may be deemed to have resigned.
3.3 Membership fees include the cost of breakfast for one company member per meeting, members may appoint a substitute from their own company to attend any meeting in their place.
3.4 Members may invite guests interested in joining the Club to a maximum of two breakfasts free of charge.
3.5 Applications for attendance at an RBC meeting received direct from non-members are permitted but must follow the same process and be vetted by two committee members to check on any conflicts before being allowed to attend. If the conflict is obvious, only one committee members is required to enable RBC to decline the application.
3.6 Guests will only be permitted provided they are not from a trade or profession that is in direct competition with another existing Club member(s).
3.7 Guests asking for information on particular areas of business should only be directed to the member(s) whose Club approved portfolio includes the services sought. This also applies to other guests visiting when not looking to replace a leaving member.
4. Networking
4.1 Members allocating opportunities on behalf of an existing client will be deemed the Client Manager in so far as that client is concerned.
4.2 The Client Manager shall assume responsibility for client co-ordination and will ensure the client receives the level of service expected.
4.3 Members do not have to act as Client Manager. However, where a member introduces another member's services to his/her client, out of courtesy, any further introduction by the second member should first be discussed with the original Client Manager member.
4.4 If a member visits or carries out work for any client introduced by a Client Manager, any requests from that client that could result in further work either for the member, an associate, colleague, or any other Club member shall firstly be referred back to the Client Manager for consideration.
5. Code of Practice
5.1 Members agree to conduct themselves in a professional manner and live up to the ethical standards of their profession.
5.2 Members agree to uphold the reputation of the Club and that of individual members.
5.3 Members agree to carry out their work with all due integrity, without bias and without allowing personal views to influence their judgement.
5.4 Members undertake to respect client confidentiality and not to disclose client information to third parties without prior approval of said client.
5.5 Members agree not to use information obtained in carrying out work for one client that could be deemed detrimental to another client.
5.6 Members undertake not to receive any material benefits, other than normal fees, as a consequence of any recommendation made.
5.7 Members will carry out all work to the best of their ability and to the price agreed.
6. Mentoring
6.1 The Reading Business Club shall from time to time operate a mentoring scheme for businesses to help them either set up, manage business change, or assist with other issues.
6.2 The Mentoring Committee shall promote applications for mentoring assistance.
6.3 The Mentoring Committee shall review the applications received and decide on the most deserving applicant. Applicants are not allowed if they are offering a trade, profession, or service which is already provided by an existing club member
6.4 The accepted applicant (mentee) will be allocated a mentor who will guide the applicant through the process and identify RBC members who can provide help to the successful applicant.
6.5 The mentee will be given 6 months free mentoring by the Club but is expected to attend at least 50% of the normal breakfast meetings that take place during their period of being mentored.
6.6 Upon completion of their 6 months programme they are invited to join the RBC as a full member without going through the normal application process, subject to approval by the Mentoring Committee.
6.7 Mentees are required to provide a short paper describing their involvement in the mentoring programme and list the benefits they have received.
7. Charities
7.1 RBC may support local charities by sponsoring events during the year subject to the availability of funds and approval of members.
7.2 This support would generally include the financial proceeds of any raffle and the sponsoring of a summer event.
7.3 Members are asked to nominate charities to benefit from these donations.
7.4 A member representing the selected charity may attend an RBC meeting to present to the members.
7.5 Full membership of RBC is not available to charities.
8. Annual Meeting
8.1 An annual committee meeting will be held to review the performance of the RBC during the previous 12 months and suggestions of how to move the club forward.
8.2 The copy of the minutes is to be taken and circulated to all members for comment.
8.3 The annual meeting shall take place in February of each year.
9. Events
9.1 RBC may host members events during the year subject to members wishes and the availability of funds.


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Olive Kalista - Flats in Kakkanad is a luxury township that is all set to add a new dimension to people's lives in Kakkanad. Situated adjacent to world-renowned Infopark, Kalista comprises of four towers and luxury Bungalows that promise to become a real crowd puller at the heart of the city with its grand infrastructure and unmatchable aesthetics. With the introduction of Kalista, Olive Builders are bound to consolidate their status as the leading providers of luxury flats in Cochin. The city dwellers and international travelers are guaranteed to be lured by the sheer grandeur of expansive township that stretches across 8.54 acre campus.
The arrival of Spectacular Township in the hub of Kakkanad has marked a new episode in the history of prominent builders in the country. Kalista has clearly injected new sense of happiness and modernity into the urban setting of the region. The highly refined style and designs of Township have succeeded in satisfying the varying tastes of home seekers in Kakkanad. The perfect amalgamation of flats and apartments in the township will surely become the ideal object of residential investment for many.
Man Made Lake With Foundation
Tropical Garden
Lake side Deck
Shuttle Court
Skating Rink
Swimming Pool
Children's Play Area
Meditation hall
Elders Corner
Barbecue Area
Club House
Health Club
Pastoral Ambience with Lawns
Palm and Varieties of Trees
Maximum cross ventilation full privacy from one flat to another. Maximum carpet area. Each apartment with independent and spacious balconies.
Vitrified tiles for living, dining, bedrooms and kitchen
Polished granite kitchen counter with SS sink with drain board. 45 cm dado above granite kitchen platform with ceramic glazed tiles. Provision for Aqua-guard. 16 A and 6 A plug point in the kitchen.
Ceramic glazed tile dado up to 210 cms height. Matching white/pastel coloured European Cascade type EWC with flush tank in all toilets. Matching white/ pastel coloured wash basin in all bedroom toilets. Hot and cold mixer unit for shower in all toilet. Provision for geyser in master bedroom and exhaust fans in all toilets.
Door frames in hard wood with moulded shutters Brass hardware for main door and cylindrical locks for all other doors. Living room balconies with French sliding doors. Premium quality aluminium powder coated windows and ventilators.
Interior: Emulsion roller finish Exterior: good quality emulsion.
One TV point in living room and master bedroom with provision for cable TV connection. Elegant modular electrical switches. Concealed wiring in conduits with superior PVC insulated copper cable for lights, fans, sockets. 3 pin 6A and 16A for power points, distribution switch board for ELCB and outgoing MCBs, independent energy meter. Telephone points in all bedrooms and living room. AC power point in bedroom.
Three automatic high speed passenger lifts in each block. Elegant spacious lift lobbies with cladding up to the ceiling on lift side wall..
EPABX with intercom facility for each apartment
Underground and overhead tanks with pumps will be provided with KWA and well water. Water treatment Plant. Sewage Treatment Plant. Rain water harvesting.
Round the clock security personnel.
Fire hose hydrants and extinguishers on each floor. Fire resistant electrical wiring.
Glass wash basin.
Seismic 3 zone complaint RCC framed structure using high performance concrete. All internal walls smooth plastered with emulsion finishing. Covered car parks at extra cost.
Olive builders have emerged as a prominent renter of flats in different regions across the country...
Most flat owners feel overwhelmed by the prospect of having to resell their apartment to home seekers...
Olive Builders possess highly experienced professionals who work around the clock to address ...
Interior Designing is one essential aspect of residential development that one cannot overemphasize...


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Getting Vietnam visa on arrival means you will receive the visa stamp and visa sticker upon arrival at Vietnam Airport with the approval letter which is granted by Vietnam Immigration Department.
Our service will help you process the approval letter within 2 working days (normal service), then you print it out and prepare some documents to get the visa stamp at the airport for entering Vietnam normally. That's all procedure (No need to go to the Embassy in your living country, No need to send us any documents).
Vietnam Visa Stamp
Upon arrival at Vietnam International Airport, you go to the Visa Landing Office to obtain the visa sticker. After that, you will come to the Customs Counter to check-in and receive the blue stamp.
To avoid any problem, please check carefully information when you get back passport. There are two stamps in your passport including:
– The entry stamp is the stamp which will show the date you enter Vietnam.
– Permitted days of staying: this stamp shows you are permitted to stay until …day…month…year.
It means you just can stay in Vietnam for number of days on the stamp and must exit Vietnam before the end-day. If not, you have to extend visa to stay in Vietnam longer.
Because there are many visitor arriving Vietnam every day, the Vietnam Immigration Officers have to work continuously, so it is difficult to avoid errors in your passport. That's why you need to check carefully information before leaving the Landing Visa Counter.


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HP, Hynix push memristor commercialization
Keywords:memristor? resistive RAM? memory?
The deal is non-exclusive, and HP may work with others in the ReRAM arena. However, HP itself does not want to be in the ReRAM business, according to Stan Williams, senior fellow at HP and founding director of the information and quantum systems laboratory at HP Labs.
HP hopes to eventually use ReRAMs in its own, undisclosed products, Williams told EE Times. Initially, on the chip front, the company is working with Hynix. Then, HP hopes to work with other memory makers. This will allow the industry to purchase ReRAMs at competitive prices, he said.
Hynix will implement the memristor technology in its research and development fab. Hynix is working with other companies on rival memory technologies. Hynix and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd are jointly working on rival MRAM technology. Hynix and Grandis Inc. are also working on a next-generation MRAM technology called spin-transfer torque RAM.
Source: HP Data Central. (Click on image to enlarge.)
FeRAM, MRAM, phase-change and ReRAM are next-generation memory technologies.
ReRAM is non-volatile memory with low power consumption that is seen as a potential replacement for flash memory. It is also seen as a potential universal storage medium that can behave as flash, DRAM or even a hard drive, according to HP.
End-user products based on ReRAMs are expected by the end of 2013, Williams said. ''This is a darkhorse technology,'' Williams said. ''We think this will break out of the pack.''
HP and Hynix have not defined the first end-user products based on ReRAM. In any case, ReRAMs are ideal for solid-state storage, main memory for PCs and other products, he added.
The memristor, short for "memory resistor," was postulated to be the fourth basic circuit element by Leon Chua of the University of California at Berkeley in 1971. It was moved into practice by researchers in HP Labs.
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