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Meet King.
I should have learned a long time ago that fate likes to laugh when you make plans. Sometimes, it likes to laugh a lot. I think it's currently peeing its pants its laughing so hard.
A week or so ago, a horse person from another blogging platform forwarded me King's Craigslist posting. I, upon discovering that he was a Tennessee Walking Horse (strike one), a gelding (strike two), and had been out of work for awhile (strike three), almost just let his ad slide on by.
Instead, I shrugged and said "he's got Image's face. Might as well at least talk to his owner…"
A few emails later, and we had set up a day for me to come and meet him. I blinked at my computer screen, a bit perplexed at how I had gotten to this step when I realized that I did, in fact, want to go meet him. What happened to wanting a sassy, spicy Spanish gaited horse? Harrumph.
So, I did go see him. Today, in fact. M, his owner, met us at his barn in western Massachusetts (and by us, I mean my coworker/friend/partner in crime, L) and introduced us to the little gold horse. King pricked his ears and frisked me for cookies. Once he determined that I was fresh out, he turned back to M and mooched a couple of cookies out of her. "Food motivated" is an understatement, and he knows exactly who is going to give him said food. M is such a sweetheart of a woman, and King has her wrapped around his hoof. She was refreshingly honest about King's shortcomings and made no excuses as to why. I appreciated her thorough description of her critter, and her wherewithal to bring his registration paperwork. It's REALLY nice to know a horse's background. In this case, King Shadow Maker was bred in Tennessee, raised a bit in North Carolina, and then came up to New England as a three year old. In recent months, he hasn't had much work due to M's bad back — she's way worse off than me, the poor thing!
It was shortly after going to get my tack that I realized I had (stupidly) left my stirrups at home — please don't ask, I'm completely and totally mortified that I didn't notice that I had no stirrups on my saddle to begin with — it was decided that we were going to just play with him. King took one look at me when I got on the end of his lead line, and went "Hmm. Newbie. What can I get away with?"
He attempted to barrel through me.
I backed his ass up. His name might be King, but I am the Queen when it comes to whatever horse is on the end of my lead line.
His ears swiveled — first one, then the other, then they tipped back, and when I laughed at him, he pricked them forward again. He might be a blonde, but he's no dummy — he knows perfectly well who is on the end of that line. He figured out very quickly that I was not going to tolerate bullshit from him. He was still a bit of a fidgety fussbucket and it was very obvious, very quickly, that he's BORED. He's bored with his life and the monotony of standing around doing a whole lot of nothing. So, we toodled off to the indoor to play.
I lunged him a bit, and he reacted accordingly: a little affronted that I was asking him to work and even more annoyed that I wasn't letting him get away with simply turning in and stopping. Once he settled in a bit, I had his attention and he was trying to respond to the buttons I was press. I knew that I wasn't pressing the right buttons to get the correct response out of him (if they're even installed!). I honestly wasn't interested in getting the "right" answer out of him. I just wanted to see his reaction to slightly confusing stimuli. He was honest with his responses, and that was encouraging to see. He didn't overreact to correction, and moved off when I asked. He was VERY soft in my rope halter (yes, that was Image's. Yes, it broke my heart a little to pull it out and put it on another horse), and I absolutely loved that.
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He was very pacey, though he gave me good moments of a running walk once or twice. I'm not going to hold that against him on the ground, but it will be interesting to see what he's going to offer me as a default under saddle, and whether or not the correct buttons have ever been installed to get him to collect up and gait properly.
He entertained us while we stood around talking by inspecting my camera bag, poking me incessantly with his nose, and generally acting like a goofy kid who just wants to be paid attention to. Of course, this meant that I had to entertain him…so, I did. There were a bunch of these hanging around the indoor, so I just picked one up and plopped it over his neck. He didn't bat an eye. His funny, curious, thoughtful nature shone through when I asked him to walk around with it around his neck and he just went "Oh…um, okay. This is weird, but sure! Cool new game!"
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Once I was done messing with him, he did something terribly mean and cruel and adorable and god damn it horse this was NOT OKAY AT ALL.
Except…I might want this one. Next week, I go back to take him for a spin and see how he is under saddle, which will make or break the whole thing.
Damn it all.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's (er, today's?) escapades with a coworker that has Paso Finos up in NH.


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Company redefines the possible for world's most advanced networks
MILPITAS, Calif. – February 20, 2013 – Dialogic Inc. (NASDAQ:DLGC), the Network Fuel™ company, today announced its expanding commitment to the development of solutions that energize service providers' networks, enabling them to offer a dynamic customer experience that includes video, voice, data – and whatever's next. For service providers and application developers who want to turn up the volume on the infrastructure they already have, Dialogic supercharges performance while allowing customers to expand, connect and communicate beyond what the market has ever imagined.
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Dialogic is applying its Network Fuel approach to the five most important market segments as defined by its customers, which include 48 of the top 50 mobile operators and nearly 3,000 application developers around the globe. These key segments are:
About Dialogic
Dialogic (Nasdaq:DLGC), the Network Fuel™ company, inspires the world's leading service providers and application developers to elevate the performance of media-rich communications across the most advanced networks. We boost the reliability of any-to-any network connections, supercharge the impact of applications and amplify the capacity of congested networks. Forty-eight of the world's top 50 mobile operators and nearly 3,000 application developers rely on Dialogic to redefine the possible and exceed user expectations.
For more information on Dialogic and the communications solutions energized by our technology, visit www.dialogic.com and www.dialogic.com/en/showcase. Also, visit our social media newsroom for the latest news, videos and blog posts.
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Weld County commissioners suspend Almanza's for repeated health code violations
January 7, 2019
Fans of Almanza's carne asada fries will have to look elsewhere while the restaurant strengthens its food safety practices.
The Board of Weld County Commissioners voted Monday to suspend the Mexican fast food restaurant at 2502 8th Ave. in Garden City until it meets conditions to address repeated health code violations.
Barbara Kirkmeyer, chairwoman of the board, said the conditions include the usual requirements for retail food restaurants that go before the board, as recommended by the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment: The restaurant must hire a food safety consultant, train all staff in food safety and acquire food protection manager certification for the manager and owner. The restaurant must pay a $1,000 civil penalty, which can be used toward code compliance costs.
In its most recent inspection, Almanza's was issued nine critical and two non-critical health code violations, including an employee not changing gloves and washing hands after handling raw meat. Since January 2016, the restaurant has received marginal health ratings at best and was closed twice in early 2017 because of sinks in the kitchen and women's restroom not functioning properly.
Once Almanza's management meets the criteria to lift the restaurant's suspension, health department staff will do two follow-up inspections. If the restaurant repeats any critical violations, the restaurant will be brought back before the board, Kirkmeyer said.
Kirkmeyer said Tomas Alamilla Lopez, owner of Almanza's, a consultant with Sysco and two managers from Almanza's appeared before the board. Lopez said by phone Monday the restaurant will work with the county to reopen.
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Have you ever published a blog post that just sank? Maybe you got one or two tweets and comments … or perhaps nothing at all.
The best way to avoid this happening in future is to ask yourself five key questions. Get into the habit of asking these about every post you write — and you'll get great results every time.
The best time to ask these first three questions is while you're planning your post:
Question #1: "Does this post have one key topic?"
Your blog posts should have one topic — not several. Of course, you can still make sub-points — but those all need to relate to a bigger picture.
In this post, the key point is "improve every blog post you write" and that's broken into five questions.
Question #2: "How will this help my reader?"
Rather than just writing about whatever's on your mind, think about what your readers want. That could be a "how to" or tutorial, or it might be a list of tips or ideas.
Even if you're promoting a product (or service), you can give value by pre-empting readers' questions, or by writing an article on a related topic that mentions your product and links to the sales page.
Question #3: "How will this help me / my business?"
Although your readers matter, you should have goals for your blog (or your business) too — otherwise, it's going to be hard to make progress.
A great way to ensure that the post benefits you as well as the reader is to add a call to action at the end (e.g. "click here to sign up for my newsletter and get my free ebook"). This works best when you can tie the topic of your post to the call to action.
These final questions are great ones to ask during the editing stage:
Question #4: "Have I used formatting effectively?"
Your post needs to look attractive on the screen. That means subheadings, bold text for key points, and perhaps bullet-points or blockquotes to help add visual interest and white space.
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Question #5: "Will my title grab readers' attention?"
If readers come across your post through a social network, they may only see the title before deciding whether or not to read it.
This means your title is the most important part of your post — and it needs to be engaging enough to grab readers' attention. Great ways to do that are with numbers and adjectives.
Your turn! Which of these questions is the one that could make the biggest difference to your blog? Let us know in the comments … and if you have any great questions to add to the list, let us know those too.
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11 Responses to "Five Great Questions That Will Improve Every Blog Post You Write"
Love it. Keeping it simple never goes out of style and these 5 questions will make sure I do just that.
Well written post, Ali…
Your being from a writing background(deeply immersed) means you would have some insight into knowing that, "Just writing for the sake of writing" in the Blogging medium(especially in certain niches) no matter how great the quality of content is, can sometimes be a total fizz-er ……
I think we sometimes get so caught up with the writing process that, we can end up not leaving enough on the table, for visitors(readers) to take something away with them….
On the other side of the coin, we may be so focused on the visitor enjoying our lovely post, yet, we throw away an opportunity to include a little bit of " soft marketing" ….
Some sites I visit promote products and services with every post…some over-do it, whilst others get the balance right…..
Andreas Jacobsen
Wow, great post for bloggers! really helpful..
What I especially like is question 2 and 3. I guess I have been slacking with question 4 too. I do my very best to provide value, but I don't think I have been very good at focussing on what my reader want, even though it is perfectly simple.
Say you are writing a blog post about list building. Huge subject, but a beginner might be most interested in a "how to" blog post. Knowing how to set it all up with Aweber and such. Makes the post much more relevant.
Thank you for this post, and I will make sure to check back for more great content 🙂
– Andreas
I always start by asking peroses write a post about the benefits obtained by the readers of my blog. After that then write the article according to the standard of writing. One more thing that many take time and often confusing is the phrase as the title of a powerful bait that will be achieved by the reader when I first read it.
Sometimes I have to make some titles and then choose the best one.
Thank you Ali, has shown that the question must be submitted by every blogger before taking action To publish news. I will make this as a list of checklist before posting articles.
If i were a reader,i would choose my necessary information,it is the same with blogs.From my point of view,the first and the third have great significence.In place of saying too much ,i try to surpport your blogs .
Hi Ali, i have just started my first blog which is a bit daunting so these tips have helped me clarify what i need to do. the main thing is to make your article interesting so that they read to the end and come back and visit you again. hopefully i will work out what works best in time but for now i'm just getting tips like these to help me on my way.
Hamza Sheikh
Great post! I am agreed here. Yes, these are the most important and essential points that we should ask to ourselves before posting anything on our blogs.
I personally love the Question #1, and #5.
One should have a single point of view in his post not multiples, and if mistakenly you have couple of point of views, then you should be ready to resolve the issues of your readers.
I guess that one basic thing that one need to ask himself is "Does this article contains enough information that I would bother to share it across several users on social media platform". If the answer is No, you need to still work on the article till your answer becomes Yes.
Amanda Prior
Great post Ali. It should be printed out and used as a checklist before hitting the publish button.
One thing I'd add though. As well as having an attention grabbing headline, you need to lead the reader through the article to get them to the end. Grab their interest and keep it!
Ehsan Ullah
Awesome post Ali and those are the question that every blogger should ask themselves before publishing their blog post.
When it comes to improving every blog post, there are a lot of things that a blogger should consider like the headline, the content and everything.
Ali, I remember, you've written a similar post like this on ProBlogger long time ago with title "Nice Way To Spice Up Any Blog Post"
BTW, enjoyed reading it.
Chimezirim Odimba
How a post will help your reader is perhaps one of the most important things to consider while writing a post. The truth is that you don't have a business if you don't have eyeballs on your messages. Granted, you need to ensure it leads to a response from your readers. However, that wouldn't be a problem if you have taken the time to identify your target customer.
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Welcome to English @ the Movies, where we teach you American English heard at the movies.
Today's phrase is "time bomb," from the movie The Big Short. It is about a financial crisis that led to huge losses in banks and housing. Let's take a look. Watch for the phrase "time bomb."
今天的词组是time bomb,出自电影《大空头》,电影讲述导致银行和房地产业损失巨大的一次金融危机。看电影选段,找出词组time bomb。
So what does that mean? Is a "time bomb" A) a bomb that will go off at a set time or B) a kind of clock? Listen again and see if you are correct.
那么,这个词组是什么意思呢?time bomb是指A)在设定好的时间会爆炸的炸弹还是B)某类时钟?再听一遍,看你的理解是否正确。
A "time bomb" is one that explodes on a timer. The movie talks a crisis that will explode, not in actual bomb. A time bomb ticks or makes a clicking sound, building tension. People can be time bombs too. Worry builds up and they can explode by yelling or using bad language.
Time bomb意指定时爆炸的炸弹。这部电影讲述了随时可能爆发的危机,并非指真正的定时炸弹,定时炸弹发出嘀嗒或嗒嗒的声响,会营造一种紧张的分为。人也可能是定时炸弹,烦恼堆积,可能通过大喊大叫或者讲脏话来发泄。
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"Lace Up" is host to single "Wild Boy," which is RIAA-certified Gold, selling over 500,000 copies. MGK was presented with his first Gold plaque by Sean "Diddy" Combs, Harve Pierre, James McMillian and manager, Byron Kirkland during a recent private dinner. Since its release, "Wild Boy" has become a club and party anthem with the official video receiving more than 25 million views on YouTube/VEVO.
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In addition to the successful "Wild Boy," the debut LP will include singles "Invincible" featuring Ester Dean and the bass heavy "Stereo" featuring Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums. Other standout tracks include "D3mons" featuring DMX, which MGK describes as a very dark and eerie record, as well as "Edge Of Destruction," which includes fellow rapid-fire rappers, Tech N9ne and Twista.
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The National Association of British Market Authorities (Nabma), responsible for the highly successful Love Your Local Market campaign, are working in collaboration with the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) and Market Operators Groupe Geraud, who deliver over 2,500 across Europe each week. The Memorandum aims to increase the retail market profile and presence at European level – especially towards the European Commission and its associated funding partners.
Nabma CEO Graham Wilson, OBE said 'Love Your Local Market has become the biggest markets event in the UK. Last year it involved 700 markets and enabled around 3000 people to try market trading for the first time. We are hoping to achieve even greater success this year. Giving Love Your Market an international dimension will demonstrate the ability of markets across Europe to work together and enable us all to show the importance of markets to local communities in many different places. It will also show the vital contribution made by markets to boosting local business and culture."
Co-signatories of the Memorandum included European partners from Holland, France, Italy and Spain who are already working to promote retail and wholesale markets with the intention of beneficially supporting the growth and development of small and medium sized businesses. Collaborators include the European Projects Central Markets (Central Europe Programme), Marakanda (ENPI CBC Programme) and Urbact Markets (Urbact II Programme), along with the following city and market signatories: Mercasa, the Institute of Barcelona Markets (IMMB) and the City of Venice.
Managed by WUWM the agreement will adopt all aspects of the UK's Love Your Local Market campaign, "WUWM is delighted to be playing a leading role in bringing retail markets from Europe and the wider markets community together to enjoy the benefits of international market celebrations. This provides an opportunity for markets to learn from each other and demonstrate the strength of markets in many different places. WUWM looks forward to working with all our partners over the next two years to develop an international "Love Your Local Market "
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Red Lentil and Mint Soup
(Ezo Gelin Corbasi)
1/2 cup red lentils, washed and drained
1/4 cup fine grain bulgur, washed and drained
1/4 cup rice, washed and drained
2 tbsp olive oil or butter
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1/4 cup diced tomato, canned
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 or 5 cups chicken stock
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
1 tbsp dry mint
Mint Butter Sauce:
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp dry mint
Saute the onion with olive oil for about 2 minutes, then add the garlic and saute until the smell of the garlic comes out. Throw the diced tomatoes in and let them soften for about 10 minutes. Then add the rest of the ingredients. First cook at high heat to bring to boil, then turn the heat down to simmer. Cook for about half an hour, stirring occasionally. Pour it into the blender and pulse 3-4 times. Pour it back into the pot. If it's too thick, add a little bit of more hot chicken stock or water.
Melt the butter in a small pan. When you see the bubbles, turn the heat off. Add the dry mint and stir. Pour it into the soup, stir and serve with lemon wedges.
Makes 4-6 servings.
*Before serving, always taste first as you might need to add more salt:)
Meal Ideas:
- Stuffed Zucchini and Apricot Dessert.
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Right folks, here's the thing...!
From September 15th onwards, TUESDAY nights at Sunrise Organics will be EVENT NIGHT! Not sure at this stage if this will be a weekly thing or fortnightly but the vision is to host REGULAR evening talks and workshops on all things HEALTH related for the BODY, MIND and SPIRIT.
These will be paying events usually priced around a fiver (but could be a little more for a workshop or for guest speakers who have travelled some distance to be with us) and will run from 7.30pm-10pm and include complimentary light refreshments as well as time to mingle and network with like minded peeps afterwards. Due to the limitations on space at Sunrise tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis and will be available to buy in advance from the shop and online. (IF the events prove popular (and we very much hope they do!) and we find we outgrow the space then we will definitely look into hiring a local hall instead!)
However, before all the seeeeerious health stuff gets underway, we thought "let's start things off with a FUN and LIGHT HEARTED get together in the form of a VEGAN BAKE OFF!" So that's what this event is! It's gonna be a cross between a pot luck evening and a bake off in that EVERYONE gets to taste the entries and EVERYONE gets to be Mary or Paul... ie, a judge - YAY!
As we don't have enough space or the facilities at Sunrise, all baking will need to be done at home prior to the event. So if you are going to 'bake an entry' then all you have to do on the evening is simply rock up (in good time!) with your wonderful creation and we will do the rest - SIMPLES!
There aren't going to be any particular catergories as such as we thought best keep it simple, but there will be PRIZES for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place as voted by YOU! The only stipulations are that whatever you choose to bake MUST be VEGAN, must have the ingredients listed for all to see and last but by no means least, must have been baked by YOU! (Oh, and BIG enough for potentially 30 eager peeps to have a piece, slice, bite or errrrr... nibble!)
TICKET PRICE FOR THIS EVENT = £1 with a 'bake' or £2 without!
***Ticket price includes light refreshments ***
Tickets will ONLY be available to buy in the shop for this one and will be available from TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER. (Please note, numbers ARE limited so do get in quick to avoid disappointment...)
Okaaaaaaaay, well I think that about covers it! We're both reeeally looking forward to meeting you all on the 15th and tasting your 'bakes' and ultimately it being the start of regular Sunrise gatherings...
But for now... Happy baking!
Liz and Mark x
P.S. Thanks to Jamie Oliver for this uber saliva inducing pic! Get recipe HERE!
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Mam! When Sunrise Organics organized different events, we learned many useful things about maintaining good health and to build a solid body and mind level. I want you to organize such events in upcoming future please.
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Over the past several months I've been working with the Monoprice Select Mini V2 it is a solid printer right out of the box especially for the price. Despite all of the amazing things about this printer, it does come with a couple of small flaws, many of which can be fixed for pennies with a simple print and some cheap hardware. Today I'm looking at the E3Dv6 carriage upgrade by US Water Rockets. As a bonus I've included a short guide on how to effectively wire the LED and part cooling fan that is meant to be attached to this modification.
I'd had my eye on this upgrade soon after picking up this printer. I'd noticed that the stock carriage for the E3Dv6 style extruder that comes with the printer causes the gantry to tilt ever so slightly forwards as the center of gravity is quite far away from the linear rails. Additionally, printing calibration cubes demonstrated that the printer had a fair amount of play in the x axis. Initially in order to fix this I had printed some belt tensioners also designed by US Water Rockets. However, this carriage design improves the belt tensioning system dramatically by integrating it directly into the carriage.
This upgrade was also an opportunity to upgrade the stock plastic GT2 pulleys with full metal ones (Shout out to spool3d.ca). The part cooling fan is the only part of this print where I could see there being room for improvement, the rest of this upgrade is rock solid and really made a measurable improvement in the printer's accuracy.
The Build:
US Water Rockets already has a great set of instructions on hackaday.io so I'll just be adding my notes to their already comprehensive instructions.
In order to ensure the longevity of this part, I would encourage anyone printing it to use carbon fiber filled PETG. I used ColorFabb XT-CF20 to print all of the parts pictured here, remember you will need a steel hardened nozzle to print with this filament.
Stumbling Points:
- Removing the cap for the X axis rods was somewhat difficult on my printer, and I was wary of using the wooden handle of my hammer, but I can testify that it worked just fine.
- The linear bearings are quite a tight fit on the printed parts. In order to force them into place, I placed the flat piece of a metal paint scraper on top of the linear bearing (slightly inserted into the carriage) and placed all of my body weight on it. It quickly slipped into position.
- I ended up needing much less GT2 belt than the 48cm listed in the instructions. I recommend trimming off 1 cm at a time until you have the length you need.
- You will likely need much more than a 3mm bed spacer if you use this modification in combination with a glass bed upgrade. At the moment I am using a 7.5mm bed spacer.
- Installing the part cooling fan was not covered in great detail in the hackaday instructions, I'll detail what I did below.
The hackaday article did not cover in any detail how to install the part cooling fan and there seemed to be a lot of questions around the internet, but no solid answers.
Parts Needed:
- Small piece of perfboard
- Male / Female Plug
- 2x Cold wire splice (Optional)
- 100k resistor
- Narrow gauge wire
- 2x 3mm white LED
- 30mm part cooling fan
Start by using the cold wire spices to attach a female plug to the positive and negative wires on the existing 12v fan. You don't need to use a cold wire splice, as it is possible to solder the wires together, but this make the process pretty quick and painless.
Next up, take a 2 x 8 piece of perfboard and attach the positive and negative connections to one end of the board. Having a helping hand really makes this process significantly easier. Solder in place the 100k resistor and a pair of wires to attach each of the LEDs.
You can then solder the fan into place along with the negative connections to the LEDs. This nice little package fits nicely inside the bottom of the fan shroud out of the way of most air flow. You can see why using a very narrow gauge wire is important for the installation of the LEDs.
Once the plugs are wired in and fans screwed into place the entire assembly is ready to go. You can see the final product below.


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Hello folks, it's that time again already so I'd better fill you in on events this week:
On Monday evening we did Linux Outlaws after a major delay and some technical problems. We were supposed to start at 7pm (UK) but ended up starting at about 9pm. Thanks to everyone who was so understanding and especially those who waited around for us. For those who didn't wait, I really don't blame you. It seems there are some issues with Ustream and audio breaking periodically. The joys of Flash, arrgh! Some people have to keep reloading the page during the show and I'm sad to say it's hit and miss at best. We'll keep looking into other solutions and let you know ASAP if we have something. I was looking at Icecast streaming myself a while back but was told by a lot of different people the bandwidth is a killer. If anyone has ideas on streaming solutions or you know a bit about Icecast; please let me know in the comments, it would be really useful.
I've been working away on my script all week for ScriptFrenzy and I'm happy to report it's going quite well. Considering this is the first time I've ever written a script of any sort, my expectations are pretty low. I just want to finish the first draft on time and make is as good as I possibly can. That's all you can ask for. I've been using Celtx to do the work though, which is of course a lovely Open Source program and gets a thumbs up from me for that. I'll do a proper review as soon as I can but things are a bit hectic right now. First impressions are that I like it but it has quirks; a lot of the functions are only available if you're online. That makes me think it's more of a front end to a web service but who knows. More on the that in future.
I met up with some of the other people from the script group in Liverpool on Wednesday night and they seem a really lovely bunch. I have to say that they might read this 😀 No, I'm kidding, they're great honestly. My script is a bit of a crime drama with political overtones I'd say. That's probably making it sound far too grand but it's got a bit of humour and some explosions so far. Two things I always look for in any film, I'm a culture vulture to the last.
I wrote and published the first of my new series of Jargon Jam articles during the week. I hope to do these as videos in the near future, explaining all these buzz terms we use in the Linux world. It would be good to make short clips with some animations and humour. I'm thinking of some kind of ODF presentation recorded with RecordMyDesktop, and then mixed with music. The only problem being that I have zero video production ability. That will be a learning process to say the least. Again, if anyone has suggestions for how I should attack this problem please fire away.
Speaking of learning processes, I've written my Arch article at last and spent a lot of time working on it this week. It's almost 3000 words. I tried cutting it down but after editing it was still around 3000 words. Either I'm not ruthless enough, or for everything I cut out I managed to find something else to put back in. It's probably a bit of both. I'm hoping to publish that tonight but if not, tomorrow. I've actually stopped working on the screen shots just now to write this very update. No rest for the wicked hey.
2 new episodes of the podcast were released this week, 85 and 86. We're trying to get to 100 in record time and we'll be back for our regular Monday night recording/streaming session at 7pm (UK) 6pm (UTC) tomorrow. We hope to do it without any difficulties this week. I'm also working on the next Software Freedom Law Show as we speak, that's to be released on Tuesday. So keep an eye out. The Arch article is imminent as I said and I'll be hopping onto something new this week while still trying to complete this script writing challenge. No doubt more interesting things will unfold by the end of the week. I'll see you there, race ya? Actually no, I can't be bothered, let's just stroll 😉


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Red Hat is dusting off its crimson Fedora today to announce that nominations are now open for its fifth annual Innovation awards, which will be presented at the Red Hat Summit and JBoss World, taking place May 3–6, 2011 in Boston. Customers, partners, and the developer community at large are invited to show how they have utilized Red Hat and JBoss technologies to "creatively address" application development challenges.
Submissions for the awards will be accepted until March 11, 2011. The company says that four categories will each recognize two winning submissions, one from Red Hat and one from JBoss — and the Outstanding Open Source Architecture category will recognise one winner who is deploying both Red Hat and JBoss solutions. From these category winners, one Red Hat Innovator of the Year and one JBoss Innovator of the Year will be selected by the community through online voting.
Categories for the 2011 Innovation Awards include:
- Optimized Solutions: Recognition of striking performance, scalability and/or usability enhancements delivered with open source solutions.
- Superior Alternatives: Recognition of the most successful migration from proprietary solutions to open source alternatives.
- Extensive Ecosystem: Recognition of the use of Red Hat or JBoss' partner ecosystem to create innovative architectures based on open source solutions.
- Carved Out Costs: Recognition of customers who have leveraged open source solutions to significantly cut costs and extract added value from existing systems.
- Outstanding Open Source Architecture: Recognition of the use of Red Hat, JBoss and partner offerings to create innovative architectures based on open source solutions.


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55 - Key Doctrinal Chapters: Helaman–Moroni
Section 5: Teachings of the Book of Mormon
Chapters of doctrinal significance in the books of Helaman, 3 Nephi, Ether, and Moroni are listed and briefly summarized in this chart. The account in 3 Nephi 11–27 of Jesus Christ's visitation and instructions to the ancient American people is the crux of the Book of Mormon. Those key chapters testify powerfully of the Savior, expound his gospel, record how he established his church, and fulfill earlier prophecy about Christ.


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Ceramic Wild Rice Coffee Mugs
These mugs are all handmade pottery. Great gift that matches the Wild Rice Jars.
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Large capacity pill box for organising a full weeks dosage of tablets. Convenient preparation by pulling out the pill tray. Easy access to tablets via a pull out clear tab to reveal morning, noon, evening and night dosages. Includes medication record card to keep track of your doses.
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You would never believe these bars layered with decadent caramel, rich chocolate and peanuts are refined sugar-free. This healthy version of Snickers bars is the perfect sweet treat.
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Caramel Candy Bars
- 1 c rolled oats
- 32g vanilla protein PEScience 30% OFF code PBCHOCO
- 1 tbsp ground flax
- 1/4 c natural peanut butter
- 1/4 c all natural sugar-free maple syrup Joseph's
- 12 dates, pitted
- 1/4 c + 1 tbsp all natural peanut butter
- 2 tbsp all natural sugar-free maple syrup
Carramel Layer
- sugar-free chocolate bar (80g) Lily's
Chocolate Layer
- 1/4 c unsalted peanuts
- Place all base ingredients into a food processor and blend until combined. Remove and press into a loaf pan lined with plastic or parchment paper. Place in the freezer while you prepare your caramel layer.
- Place all caramel ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. You will need to stop and scrape the sides from time to time. Press the caramel evenly over the base.
- Sprinkle peanuts over the caramel layer press them down into the caramel.
- Melt chocolate bar and pour evenly over the peanuts and spread using a rubber spatula. Return to the freezer for 1 hour before cutting into slices and serving.
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"Extra's" Michael Corbett recently took a trip to Rome and took a tour of one of the city's hidden gems… Rose Garden Palace Hotel!
The luxury hotel is in the perfect location, surrounded by some of the most popular sights, including the Colosseum, Via Veneto, and the Forum.
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Tributes have been left outside the Maelbeek metro station, where at least 20 people were killed in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels, after police reopened the main road passing past it this morning (24 March).
People in the European Union quarter of Brussels left flowers and messages in memory of the dead in the hours after Rue De La Loi, cordoned off until this morning, was reopened.
A group of at least five people were drawing hearts in chalk on the pavement leading up to the station and on lampposts and railings.
At about 10.45am, more flowers were being laid around the scene of the outrage and outside the many entrances to the station. Much of the pavement was soon covered.
They were also accompanied with chalk messages calling for "peace" and "love". Such messages have been adopted as a symbol of Brussels' residents defiance and solidarity.
People begun writing on the pedestrianised area near the Bourse in the city centre, which has become an unofficial place for vigils and remembrance, after the worst terror attacks Belgium has ever experienced.
Two large wreaths were among the tributes left close to the Thon Hotel, which was turned into a makeshift hospital after the attack.
Tributes outside #Maelbeek. People still bringing flowers. #BrusselsAttacks pic.twitter.com/fW9Tskm77C
— James Crisp (@JamesCrisp6) March 24, 2016
Elsewhere in the city, there was a heavy police presence near the Palais de Justice courthouse. Paris attack suspect Salah Abdelslam was today charged with that outrage but claimed to know nothing about the Brussels attacks.
Military and police, many of whom wore body armour and balaclavas and carried machine guns, surrounded the building, as did the press.
#Brussels. Street where metro station is remains cordoned off. #Maelbeek pic.twitter.com/EH25d5aHJL
— James Crisp (@JamesCrisp6) March 22, 2016
The nervous atmosphere in the city, which is in national mourning and at its highest terror alert, was made more anxious by frequent sirens on the streets.
Nerves in the predominantly Congolese neighbourhood of the Matonge were set jangling after what sounded like an air raid siren went off. It turned out to be a test of an emergence fire system, which would normally only be tried out on the first Thursday of the month.
Residents struggled to complete their daily commute in the city, where flags outside all public buildings are being flown at half-mast, with many preferring to walk rather than get on public transport.
Replacement bus services have been laid on for the Maelbeek station's line, which leads to the heart of the European quarter.
The buses were packed full of commuters as the city struggled to return to some kind of normalcy. Each bus, run by the STIB network that also runs the metros, had posters in French and Flemish in their windows.
They read, "The STIB loves Brussels."
Public transport still very disrupted. Buses are packed. Many walking instead #BrusselsAttacks pic.twitter.com/cF9nXoQu0i
— James Crisp (@JamesCrisp6) March 24, 2016
Many of the embassies of other countries, including the American and Turkish, as well as the European Commission, also lowered their flags.
The Commission building last night projected the Belgian flag against it in a sign of solidarity with the capital that hosts the major EU institutions.
#Brussels . European Commission. #BrusselsAttacks pic.twitter.com/rjieKuCVag
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Molten Games lead producer Oksana Kubushyna has penned a lengthy requiem for the recently closed studio on her personal blog. Molten was working on a title called Blunderbuss when it unexpectedly lost its funding last month.
The post features a series of snapshots and videos detailing what it was like to work at the San Diego studio on a daily basis, and Kubushyna also says that the game itself was pretty far along. "It was a complete vertical slice with an installer, patcher, back-end platform (multiplayer, basic matchmaker, persistence, monitoring, telemetry), back-end administration tools, automated deployments, automated test framework, gameplay systems, UI, and of course content -- multiple champions and a beautiful map," she writes.
You can view the Blunderbuss cinematic demo after the cut.
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A British teenager who was killed while on a skiing holiday in the French Alps has been named.
Louis Ross, 17, was with a group of friends when he lost control on a slope in Meribel, the same resort where former F1 world champion Michael Schumacher suffered a brain injury in 2013.
Louis was a lower sixth pupil at Canford School, an independent co-educational school in Wimborne, Dorset.
In a statement the school said: " We are devastated by this shocking news and are doing all we can to support the family during this time. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Canford community are with them."
Friends of the teenager have taken to Twitter to express their shock at Louis's sudden death, with one saying "RIP Louis" and "Don't take life for granted".
French police said Louis was going too fast down an intermediate blue piste despite signs asking skiers to slow down ahead of an intersection.
He lost balance and smashed into the slope at 10.35am on Wednesday.
Despite wearing a helmet, Louis suffered injuries to his face and, according to mountain rescuers, also sustained internal injuries to his chest.
The resort has not had significant snowfall for nearly two weeks and police believe the hardness of the piste contributed to the severity of the accident.
Mountain rescuers were on the scene within 10 minutes and found the teenager in cardiac arrest.
Despite multiple attempts at resuscitation, it became apparent when the medic arrived in a helicopter that nothing could be done to save him.
The authorities are investigating the incident.
Manu Dupost, a member of the mountain rescue team, said: "My message to the English public is to please be careful.
"Ski slopes are dangerous and it's important to be cautious with your speed to help avoid an accident and keep you safe."


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Tyler is standing inform of a house being built.
AUDIO: Hi, I'm Tyler Young. I'm twenty-three. I just finished my apprenticeship in general construction.
Graphic on screen title: Name: Tyler young
Age: 23
Apprenticeship: Certificate III in General Construction
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TAFE/ Training Provider: South West Institute of TAFE
Employer: Westvic Staffing Solutions
VIDEO: Tyler saws wood and installs a door. Tyler drives around in a red Ute.
VIDEO: Tyler sits inside house.
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VIDEO: Tyler walks outside.
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VIDEO: Tyler untangles some wires and uses electric saw to cut wood.
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Wall decorations with Shanghai motif - on bimago you can find canvas paintings, photo wallpapers and wall stickers with your favorite design. Canvas paintings with Shanghai motif will be a modern decoration for your home, while the photo wallpaper with Shanghai can help you with beautifying the interior. The biggest advantage of the Shanghai wall sticker is that you can use it, not only on your wall, but also on the doors or furniture.


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A v-neck sweater is one of the most versatile pieces of clothing you can own. Throw it over a button-up shirt or wear it alone to the office, dinner, or any occasion. Pima cotton is naturally wrinkle-resistant, stronger and longer wearing than standard cotton.
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ASUS looks set to expand their tablet collection further by introducing a new pocket-friendly (size as well as price-wise) MeMO Pad ME176C tablet that will have Android as the operating system of choice, although it will be powered by an Intel Atom Z3745 Bay Trail processor, which is a departure from the norm. There is no word on an official launch date for the MeMO Pad ME176C, although there has been whispers of this bad boy retailing for as little as $149 when it finally makes its way to the market.
As for what one will be able to find underneath the hood of the ASUS MeMO Pad ME176C, this 7" Android-powered tablet will feature a 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display that boasts of wide viewing angles, 1GB RAM, a choice of either 8GB or 16GB of internal memory, a microSDXC card slot for expansion options, a 5MP camera at the back as well as a 2MP shooter in front, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, and GPS support.
A 3,910mAh, 15 Whr battery would keep things running for perhaps up to 10 hours, where Android 4.4 KitKat will run with the Asus ZenUI user interface on top of it. Will consumers bite, that is the biggest question of it all.


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Companies in the Infrastructure-roads and highways segment are set to grow further as more number of contracts are expected to be awarded in FY 2017-18 with increase in allocation on the budgeted spending in the form of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) and the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) models.
In the past only about 1,000km of road construction projects had been awarded in the year 2013. The removal of infrastructure bottlenecks is seeing an increase in road construction now, with contracts being awarded rising to over 4,000km in financial year 2016-17.Also, with just 24% of the National Highway network being four-lane or more, the scope for improvement is immense.
The government had set a target of awarding 25,000km of road projects in FY 2016-17. Of this, 15,000km was to be awarded by NHAI and the remaining 10,000km by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH).NHAI and MoRTH had together awarded about 10,098km of national highway projects in FY16 against 7,980km in FY15. During April-February 2017, NHAI and MoRTH together have awarded 9,700km of projects.The awarded contracts are well short of the target on account of issues related to land acquisition, but with an expectation of more clearances on this front more number of projects are likely to be awarded in the current financial year as compared to the previous one.
The BJP led NDA Government was already focusing on infrastructure as it was one of its main agenda after it came into power and the increase in the outlay by 10% to Rs.3.96 trillion as compared to the last year's budget is the testimony.
The allocation for Roads and highways has increased to Rs.649 billion for FY 2017-18 from the earlier FY 2016-17 allocation of Rs.524.47 billion. Rural roads construction work is expected to accelerate to 133 kms per day in 2016-17 from 73 kms per day in 2011-14. There is an increase of 8% in the allocation for railway expenditure to Rs.1.31 trillion with 3,500km of railway lines to be laid in 2017-18 against 2,800km in 2016-17. The increase in allocation for the infrastructure sector would mean that companies in the public private partnership space would receive more orders from the Government. Companies that build roads and highways would be big beneficiaries as increase in their order book would eventually translate into higher revenues and profitability for them.
The Government at the Centre has also launched the Bharatmala scheme for construction of expressways in the country. According to government officials working out the details of the scheme, the total road length to be developed as expressways under Bharatmala will be around 51,000km. In the first phase 29,000km will be developed with an outlay of Rs.5.5 trillion. The total investment for this flagship programme is estimated at Rs.10 trillion—the largest ever outlay for a government road construction scheme.
Bharatmala will replace the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) which is expected to be completed this year, with only 10,000km of highway construction left under the scheme launched in 1998 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Infrastructure sector supports other sectors such as cement and capital goods which gain as the demand for their products increases. The roads and highways segment in the infrastructure space is set for the next leg of growth and companies in this space would be able to deliver on financial performance for next few years.
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The allocation for Roads and highways has increased to Rs.649 billion for FY 2017-18 from the earlier FY 2016-17 allocation of Rs.524.47 billion.The increase in allocation for the infrastructure sector would mean that companies in the public private partnership space would receive more orders from the Government. Companies that build roads and highways would be big beneficiaries as increase in their order book would eventually translate into higher revenues and profitability for them.
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I laughed when I read this week's topic! How strange it seemed to me. Here's the thing. You're going to be shocked at what I have to tell you. You won't believe you're reading this correctly. I am a person who LOVES to travel. I dream incessantly about traveling the world. I fell in love with Julia Roberts in Eat.Pray.Love and would drop everything to take my family on such a trip!
However, I've never been on vacation!
That's right. I said it! NEVER! Okay, when I was little we took a few trips to see my family in Georgia and I spent weeks every summer riding around in my dad's semi as we traveled across the states. But these weren't vacations really! As I got older, I planned my trip, but then ended up moving here instead and got married! So that definitely can't fall under the disaster category!
Instead though I will tell you about the most memorable trip I have with my dad in the semi! This particular trip will be a story I tell my grand children. It constantly reminds me of what it was like the first time I experienced a life so vastly different from my own!
When in the trucking business there are times in which involve a lot…I mean a ridiculous unimaginable amount of time sitting around and…waiting. You drop a load and travel to a truck stop and wait for your next load. There are times where you receive you next load before you've even dropped the one you're carrying but other times you just sit!
This particular day was a sitting day! Luckily joining us at the stop was Jeff, Scott, and another driver I'd never met. Truckers develop a keen friendship with each other and my dad was always good at maintaining these friendships. Jeff, Scott and my dad drove together a lot and always had a great time!
We all piled into my favorite truck stop, Gateway, in St. Louis. We ate breakfast, checked about a load, mused over the stores, and proceeded to the arcade! Further proving my point that boys don't really grow up!
After 3 hours of gaming, we ate lunch and checked about loads again. Still….NOTHING! Now my little 8 year old self can only stay busy so long. The men decide a nap is in order for the after noon because if we do get loads now it will be a long drive!
After 3 hours of gaming, we ate lunch and checked about loads again. Still….NOTHING! Now my little 8 year old self can only stay busy so long. The men decide a nap is in order for the after noon because if we do get loads now it will be a long drive!
Killing hours on end in a truck stop is only so entertaining and for the guys who do it on a daily basis, each stop begins to be the same!
After about an hour of rest, we get the call! This was before cell phones were really popular so we all rush into the building and hit a pay phone! I remember prancing anxiously as I built up excitement towards hitting the open road again!
We get our load details and the men plot the route. One problem….the dispatch must have made a mistake. The town isn't even on the map. Spelling must have been wrong!
Phone again. Nope that is the town. It is on the map we must just check closer. Soon enough we find the little dot. It's there and we've never heard of it!
But we're ready to go! So we pile in and hit the road.
5 hours later we see a sign. This is suppose to be it but wait….there is NOTHING! I'm not joking. The old saying 'a one horse town.' This was it. This is what all the stories are based on. At the very bottom of Tennessee, is a one street town.
We drove straight through it looking for the town. We turn around. Nothing like seeing 4 18-wheelers driving up and down a mile strip!
We stop. I need to use the bathroom. And I'm hungry.
We ask a local police officer who is parked in the parking lot across from us where we can get a bank. He points at the local grocery store.
That local police officer was the ONLY officer. Yea it was that small of a town! Not even a deputy!
This 'grocery store' wasn't much bigger than your average McDonalds. The bank was inside and it also operated as the gas station!
After walking around looking ridiculous (and probably what felt like agonizing hours of complaining from me!) we asked the only employee in the store where we can find an atm.
She stared at us as if we were aliens and then proceeded in her very movie like southern accent to ask "Is that one them machines what you put money in and it give you a card?"
Stunned my dad finally informs her it is the other way and that you put a card in and you get money.
Her response you ask…well…
"No we ain't got nothing that fancy 'round here. Hey, yall must be from New York or something!"
And this is where my trip went very sour. Between 5 of us we managed to get $20 out of the trucks in change! Hardly enough to eat dinner on. Even better was that we only off loaded in the morning! And there wasn't a restaurant or a place in sight with a public bathroom. Where's the southern hospitality?
Needless to say we made it through the night, although I'm pretty sure I thought I was dying! We left in such a hurry the next morning and never looked back! I've never seen my dad drive so fast to a truck stop! Breakfast never tasted so wonderful!
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