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- September 26, 2014
26 Sep'14
Brocade SDN and NFV could replace routers with standard x86 boxes
In the Brocade SDN and NFV story, service providers and enterprises will trade in physical routers and network service appliances for virtual machines running on x86 servers, managed by SDN controllers and OpenStack.
- September 18, 2014
18 Sep'14
Five commercial SDN controllers to know about
Like open source controllers, commercial SDN controllers have begun to come to market as part of various vendors' SDN platforms. We rounded up five commercial SDN controllers to know about.
- September 17, 2014
17 Sep'14
Cisco-Sourcefire integration creates threat-aware ASA firewall
Cisco Sourcefire-ASA integration creates a next-generation firewall with IPS and advanced threat protection built in. The integration also ties ASA firewalls to Sourcefire's endpoint security product.
- September 16, 2014
16 Sep'14
ONF launches vendor-neutral SDN certification program
With its SDN certification program, the ONF aims to set a standard for engineers to have a broad, foundational understanding of SDN technology and concepts.
- August 29, 2014
29 Aug'14
Gigamon brings network virtualization monitoring to NSX
Gigamon integrated its network visibility infrastructure with VMware NSX for improved multi-tenant network virtualization monitoring.
- August 26, 2014
26 Aug'14
Dell-VMware-Cumulus package NSX, bare metal, Linux OS
Dell will resell VMware's NSX network virtualization and offers a network reference architecture for Dell switches, Cumulus Linux and NSX.
- August 25, 2014
25 Aug'14
SDN blogs: Cloud controllers; How does Cisco ACI work?
This week's SDN bloggers take a look at controller use cases and the cloud, Cisco ACI, the history of load balancing, and how to deal with schema changes.
- August 20, 2014
20 Aug'14
Array boosts remote office environment connectivity
ICYMI: Array unveils low-cost WAN optimization; Cisco layoffs are more strategic than you might think.
- August 01, 2014
01 Aug'14
Transit companies seek to upgrade communications capabilities
Amtrak's announcement to upgrade its on-board Wi-Fi emphasizes the pressure on the transportation industry to provide faster service at a low cost.
- July 31, 2014
31 Jul'14
Cisco ACI is now shipping, with $250K starter kits
Cisco ACI is now shipping, with starter kits available at $250,000. Network engineers will now measure ACI against VMware NSX and other overlays.
- July 31, 2014
31 Jul'14
With open networking, engineers could slash network spending
Open Networking User Group members say programmable, software-based networks will let them save dramatically on network opex and capex. Instead of furthering the network device glut, they'll move to commodity servers and virtual network services.
- July 30, 2014
30 Jul'14
Cisco DevNet asks network engineers to commune with developers
With the DevNet community, Cisco hopes network engineers and developers will build software on top of its APIs. Network engineers could find a DevOps future there.
- July 29, 2014
29 Jul'14
Five must-know open source SDN controllers
Open source SDN controllers enable the testing of applications and the promotion of network virtualization and NFV. Check out five open source SDN controllers to know about.
- July 24, 2014
24 Jul'14
SDN blogs: SDN in telecom; Cuckoo hashing; what is ONIE?
This week, SDN bloggers explore the future of SDN in telecom, Cuckoo hashing, the Open Network Install Environment, and the ONF's OpenFlow Conformance Testing Program.
- July 22, 2014
22 Jul'14
Big Switch launches SDN cloud fabric with bare-metal switches
Big Switch Networks launched is data center bare-metal product, Big Cloud Fabric. The SDN cloud fabric includes controller software, switch software and white box switch hardware.
- July 21, 2014
21 Jul'14
SDN and DevOps to shrink network teams, weaken their control, IDC says
With SDN and DevOps, IT teams will shift control of the network to collaborative teams of virtualization, server, application and network pros. This will shrink network teams and force network pros to reposition themselves.
- July 17, 2014
17 Jul'14
Teamwork: The new threat intelligence strategy
SN blogs: This week, an analyst said sharing threat intelligence information is a new security strategy; data analytics as a service offers all enterprises a competitive edge.
- June 27, 2014
27 Jun'14
Pluribus reduces its top-of-rack switch price by outsourcing hardware
Startup Pluribus outsources manufacturing of its top-of-rack switch; it may embrace the bare-metal switch approach.
- June 27, 2014
27 Jun'14
Riverbed APM gets more root cause analytics, mobile visibility
The rebranded Riverbed APM portfolio now includes SteelCentral AppInternals 9.0 with expanded mobile visibility and analytics capabilities.
- June 26, 2014
26 Jun'14
What is a CPU-based SDN switch? Infoblox's Stu Bailey explains
InfoBlox's Stu Bailey talks about the differences between the CPU-based LINCX SDN switch and ASIC-based switches, and how users can get involved with the development of LINCX.
- June 19, 2014
19 Jun'14
Network Innovation Award: ThousandEyes multiplies view
ThousandEyes is this month's SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award winner for its network performance platform.
- June 18, 2014
18 Jun'14
VMware NSX price finally published as channel starts selling
The VMware NSX price is finally publicly available, both monthly per-VM and perpetual per-CPU terms.
- June 10, 2014
10 Jun'14
Juniper, Aruba partner to unify wired and wireless network management
Juniper, Aruba announced a partnership to converge their respective wired and wireless LAN technology for simplified network management.
- May 29, 2014
29 May'14
SDN blogs: Ansible for network automation; SDN, IPv6 hype?
Bloggers look at network automation with Ansible; SDN, IPv6 hype; and the differences between SDN, automation and orchestration.
- May 28, 2014
28 May'14
Hushed Apple CDN plans; Global Internet users to reach three billion
Apple's CDN plans may include deals with ISPs, while an ITU study estimates three billion global Internet users by the end of 2014.
- May 20, 2014
20 May'14
Do OpenDaylight and OpenStack compete or complement?
OpenDaylight and OpenStack combine to enable IT as a service, but first the communities must wade through the overlapping features.
- May 08, 2014
08 May'14
SDN WAN startups vIPtela and CloudGenix attack hybrid WAN complexity
CloudGenix and vIPtela emerge from stealth to fight WAN complexity with SDN technology.
- May 06, 2014
06 May'14
Motorola unveils iBeacon-based indoor positioning technology
Motorola unveils indoor positioning technology using Bluetooth beacons retail businesses to reach customers, with or without guest Wi-Fi networks.
- May 01, 2014
01 May'14
Pica8 claims to be first vendor to support OpenFlow 1.4
Pica8 claims to be the first vendor to support the new OpenFlow SDN protocol, OpenFlow 1.4. What value does it bring to networks?
- April 24, 2014
24 Apr'14
Dell bare-metal switches will power Big Switch SDN
Dell integrates Big Switch Networks' SDN software onto its bare-metal switches, giving customers an alternative to ODMs.
- April 23, 2014
23 Apr'14
New Cisco managed security services detects hackers, zero-day threats
New Cisco managed security services collect enterprise network telemetry and apply real-time analysis and detection of threats.
- April 23, 2014
23 Apr'14
Choices in SDN wireless technology emerge
New SDN wireless technology uses intelligent controllers in the cloud to granularly direct traffic and policy among access points on premises.
- April 16, 2014
16 Apr'14
VMware, Microsoft end encapsulation protocol turf war with GENEVE
Microsoft, VMware, Intel and Red Hat have submitted the GENEVE encapsulation protocol to the IETF for network overlay standardization.
- April 10, 2014
10 Apr'14
SDN blogs: Why Cisco OpFlex isn't an OpenFlow killer
SDN bloggers take a look at security's role in the software-defined data center and whether or not Cisco OpFlex is an OpenFlow killer.
- April 10, 2014
10 Apr'14
Cloud provider adopts Juniper Contrail for multi-data center cloud
Cloud Dynamics builds a multi-data center cloud using the Juniper Contrail SDN software and MetaFabric.
- April 08, 2014
08 Apr'14
The onus is on IT to improve perceptions around IT culture
Improving IT culture starts by communicating often with different departments and marketing their services to their end users.
- April 02, 2014
02 Apr'14
Cisco OpFlex: A southbound SDN protocol for network policy control
Cisco proposed OpFlex as an alternative, southbound SDN control protocol that relies on distributed network intelligence.
- April 01, 2014
01 Apr'14
Fortinet steps into high-end ADC market
One year after acquiring Coyote Point Systems, Fortinet releases its first high-end application delivery controllers for enterprises and MSPs.
- March 31, 2014
31 Mar'14
OpenFlow as a network control protocol goes deeper than data center
OpenFlow can be transformed into a network control protocol that pushes past Layer 2 to transform the WAN and optical transport layer of the network.
- March 28, 2014
28 Mar'14
Overlay vendor Midokura teams with Cumulus for bare-metal VXLAN gateway
Overlay network vendor Midokura partnered with Cumulus Networks to enable a bare-metal switch as a VXLAN gateway.
- March 20, 2014
20 Mar'14
SDN blogs: Google SDN; Open vSwitch overlays; SDN certs vs. coding
SDN bloggers take a look at Google SDN at ONS 2014, installing overlays on Open vSwitch and SDN certifications versus coding.
- March 19, 2014
19 Mar'14
HP trains partners, developers and engineers for SDN app store
HP's SDN app store needs apps, so HP is training partners, developers and engineers to build them. HP and its partner, Kemp Technologies, discuss.
- March 05, 2014
05 Mar'14
AT&T Domain 2.0 kicks into high gear as carrier embraces NFV and SDN
AT&T is no longer waiting to build its next-generation network with SDN and NFV. AT&T's Domain 2.0 vision comes alive this year.
- March 03, 2014
03 Mar'14
Q&A with Big Switch CEO: Bare-metal switches or bust
In this Q&A, Big Switch CEO Doug Murray previews the SDN cloud fabric his company is developing with white-box switches.
- February 28, 2014
28 Feb'14
Open Networking Summit 2014: Let's talk scalability and SDN use cases
Plexxi's Michael Bushong says the Open Networking Summit 2014 should move beyond the SDN buzz and into the technical nitty-gritty.
- February 21, 2014
21 Feb'14
Asian carrier offers self-service WAN via Vello Systems' OpenFlow SDN
Pacnet built an OpenFlow-based WAN using OpenFlow software and white-box equipment from Vello Systems.
- February 19, 2014
19 Feb'14
Pica8 doubles flow rule capacity in its new OpenFlow 1.3 switch
Pica8 introduced a new OpenFlow 1.3 switch that doubles the flow-table memory of its previous switches from 4,000 to 8,000 OpenFlow rules.
- February 14, 2014
14 Feb'14
SDN security issues: How secure is the SDN stack?
The security and integrity of software-defined networking remains unproven, particularly the controller, which is a single point of failure.
- February 12, 2014
12 Feb'14
New modular PA-7050 Palo Alto firewall scales to 120 Gbps
With the PA-7050 chassis, Palo Alto Networks aims to sell firewalls deep into large data centers.
- February 05, 2014
05 Feb'14
A10 Networks embraces SDN, overlays and cloud with aCloud architecture
With VXLAN and NVGRE support, multiple partnerships and integrations, and pay as you go, A10 embraces SDN, overlays and cloud.
- January 29, 2014
29 Jan'14
Aerohive helps manage mobile devices and Wi-Fi infrastructure together
Aerohive adds the ability to manage mobile devices to its Wi-Fi management platform, combining mobile device management and network management.
- January 29, 2014
29 Jan'14
Dell offers bare-metal switches through Cumulus partnership
Dell says yes to bare-metal networking, allowing customers to run Cumulus and other operating systems on its switches.
- January 29, 2014
29 Jan'14
Cisco SDN push: Commercial OpenDaylight controller, ACI progress
The multifaceted Cisco SDN onslaught trudged forward with the OpenDaylight-based XNC controller, onePK support on the Nexus 7700 and ACI momentum.
- January 23, 2014
23 Jan'14
Cisco CCNP Security certification revised to be less device-centric
Cisco's revision of the CCNP Security certification curriculum will teach engineers how to do their jobs rather than master devices.
- January 10, 2014
10 Jan'14
Thinking about SDN? Here are 42 vendors that offer SDN products
After determining your organizational needs, it's time to find a vendor whose SDN product works for you. Here are 42 vendors that sell SDN products.
- January 08, 2014
08 Jan'14
14 questions to ask SDN vendors before investing
Considering SDN technology? SDN expert Ethan Banks breaks down 14 questions to pose to an SDN vendor before investing in their technology.
- December 18, 2013
18 Dec'13
15 SDN experts to follow on Twitter
Whether they were sharing content or chatting with peers, SDN experts had a lot to say on Twitter this year. We picked out 15 to follow.
- December 17, 2013
17 Dec'13
Engineer wish list: SDN companies must work together, embrace openness
Network engineers tell SDN companies to pursue a common vision for networking, embrace OpenFlow and commit to openness.
- December 16, 2013
16 Dec'13
New Dell switches offer end-to-end 1/10/40 GbE campus networking
Two new series of Dell switches and OEM Aruba access points give the vendor an end-to-end campus networking portfolio.
- December 11, 2013
11 Dec'13
Between Cisco and VMware SDN, which will network engineers choose?
In the Cisco vs. VMware SDN battle, Cisco ACI may win out among network engineers, who are more comfortable with the hardware-centric approach.
- December 09, 2013
09 Dec'13
NetCitadel automates security threat assessment and response
NetCitadel ThreatOptics automates assessment and remediation of network security threats by correlating and analyzing third-party security data.
- December 06, 2013
06 Dec'13
Ten SDN blogs worth following
2013 was a big year for SDN, and no other group had more to say about the new technology than SDN bloggers. We rounded up ten SDN blogs worth reading.
- December 05, 2013
05 Dec'13
How SDN and NFV simplify network service chain provisioning
SDN and NFV simplify service chain provisioning, making it easier and cheaper to spin up applications in enterprise and service provider networks.
- December 02, 2013
02 Dec'13
Bare metal switches: Will merchant silicon take over networking?
New vendors are pushing network architectures that decouple software from hardware and run on bare metal switches with merchant silicon. Have we reached the x86 era in networking?
- November 27, 2013
27 Nov'13
VMware adds NSX firewall integration with Palo Alto Networks
VMware NSX integration with Palo Alto Networks applies advanced security policies to network virtualization overlay traffic.
- November 26, 2013
26 Nov'13
Can Andreas Voellmy's Maple controller simplify SDN programming?
Researcher Andreas Voellmy explains how a single programming module concept inspired the Maple controller, which doesn't rely on programming languages.
- November 21, 2013
21 Nov'13
Rob Cannistra talks OpenFlow development on the Floodlight controller
Marist's Robert Cannistra talks SDN research and current OpenFlow development for the OpenDaylight Floodlight controller.
- November 20, 2013
20 Nov'13
VMware NSX will change the network admin role: Are you ready?
VMware NSX could bring network virtualization under the management of system admins, or it could alter the network admin role. Which will it be?
- November 19, 2013
19 Nov'13
Nexus 9000 vs. Nexus 7000: What's in your future?
Cisco's new SDN master plan revolves around new hardware -- the Nexus 9000. Are your old Nexus switches obsolete?
- November 18, 2013
18 Nov'13
Your next job may be 'network programmer': What you'll need to know
SDN brings flexibility to networking, but this will require engineers to gain new skills in order to fill the emerging role of network programmer.
- November 14, 2013
14 Nov'13
Competitors on Cisco SDN strategy: Is hardware really the answer?
Cisco competitors blasted the new Cisco SDN strategy, saying it uses inflexible hardware for software-driven networks and bypasses SDN standards.
- November 14, 2013
14 Nov'13
User-, app-centric security key in enterprise security architecture
Today's enterprise security architecture must become contextually aware in order to support the growth of mobile devices and cloud-based applications.
- November 13, 2013
13 Nov'13
Can multiple SSID Wi-Fi configurations contribute to performance woes?
Multiple SSID network configurations can be trimmed down with dynamic policy controllers in order to boost wireless LAN performance.
- November 13, 2013
13 Nov'13
Bare-metal networking: Facebook shares progress of Open Compute switch
Facebook revealed that Open Compute will likely accept contributions from Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox and Cumulus into its bare-metal switch project.
- November 11, 2013
11 Nov'13
As encryption standards tighten, Array retools ADC, eyes SaaS clients
Array Networks revamps mid-level ADC as it targets Software as a Service providers for its 2,048-bit SSL-compatible appliances.
- November 07, 2013
07 Nov'13
Juniper Contrail's open source SDN will change the enterprise network
Glen Kemp discusses Juniper's open source SDN controller and the impact the OpenContrail project and NFV may have on enterprise customers.
- November 04, 2013
04 Nov'13
Cumulus Networks update: Broadcom Trident II-based bare-metal switches
Cumulus Networks released version 2.0 of its Linux-based network OS for bare-metal switches based on Broadcom Trident II chips.
- October 31, 2013
31 Oct'13
Xirrus 802.11ac access point: Equal support of high, low-speed clients
Xirrus' new dual-radio 802.11ac access point separates high-speed and low-speed clients by supporting both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels on both radios.
- October 29, 2013
29 Oct'13
Jennifer Rexford: The road to SDN programming language started at AT&T
SDN researcher Jennifer Rexford talks about her work with SDN programming languages and Pyretic, a Python-based language for OpenFlow networks.
- October 11, 2013
11 Oct'13
NetSocket targets the branch router with network virtualization
NetSocket has pivoted its end-to-end network virtualization product toward replacing the branch router with software.
- October 09, 2013
09 Oct'13
Aruba introduces reliable cloud-based network, Wi-Fi management tools
Aruba introduces reliable cloud-based network options to the enterprise with embedded control in APs and cloud-based Wi-Fi management.
- October 09, 2013
09 Oct'13
SDN buyer's guide: Book chapter on what to look for in a solution
Rajesh Kumar outlines SDN basics in his new book and includes an SDN buyer's guide with key SDN components to look for in an SDN solution.
- September 27, 2013
27 Sep'13
Five key issues admins face when configuring Cisco routers and switches
Two Cisco-certified experts detail the five biggest challenges admins face when configuring Cisco routers and switches.
- September 25, 2013
25 Sep'13
Not all OpenFlow hardware is created equal: Understanding the options
In this Q&A, Ixia's Mike Haugh explains why OpenFlow hardware support varies so much from vendor to vendor.
- September 20, 2013
20 Sep'13
Magic Quadrant: Network services wanted for wired and wireless networks
Enterprises want sophisticated network services for their wired and wireless networks, according to the Gartner's Magic Quadrant report.
- September 19, 2013
19 Sep'13
Brocade's new Vyatta virtual router is 10x faster
Brocade's Vyatta 5600 virtual router is 10 times faster, setting the stage for telco deployments, NFV and high-performance overlays.
- September 19, 2013
19 Sep'13
WAN vendor Ipanema Technologies sets cloud app performance platform
Ipanema Technologies introduces a cloud application management platform that ensures application performance through multiple networks.
- September 16, 2013
16 Sep'13
Large file transfer doesn't have to be risky or eat WAN bandwidth
Moving large files across organizations doesn't have to violate security policies or consume pricey bandwidth. Better options exist.
- September 13, 2013
13 Sep'13
Will SDN pose network security vulnerabilities? It depends
With a centralized control plane and easy-to-use APIs, does SDN introduce new network security vulnerabilities? New SDN security strategies can help.
- September 11, 2013
11 Sep'13
SDN blog roundup: Do SDN start-ups fit into an overlay network world?
SDN bloggers discuss an SDN book review, along with overlay networks and China's adoption of SDN.
- September 10, 2013
10 Sep'13
802.11ac range issues: Overcoming wireless signal shortcomings
802.11ac range is shorter than previous Wi-Fi standards. Enterprises can overcome range shortcomings with range extenders, additional access points.
- September 09, 2013
09 Sep'13
VMware network virtualization will spell trouble for Cisco, eventually
The VMware network virtualization platform won't end the Cisco-VMware relationship, but it could hurt Cisco in the data center over the long term.
- September 06, 2013
06 Sep'13
Open SDN: The fine line between progress and vendor lock-in
Within open SDN, there are two dynamics: trying new things and avoiding lock-in. Michael Bushong explains the area between progress and lock-in.
- August 29, 2013
29 Aug'13
Upgrading the network? Don't forget the network security tools
Network security tools -- like firewalls-- must be upgraded when moving to a high-speed enterprise network in order to prevent bottlenecks.
- August 27, 2013
27 Aug'13
Vendors link hardware switches with VMware NSX network virtualization
Every major network hardware vendor minus Cisco announced integration of their physical switches with the VMware NSX network virtualization platform.
- August 22, 2013
22 Aug'13
Agile vs. Waterfall development: Embracing each method appropriately
The pros and cons of Agile and Waterfall development are telling. Handle development processes thoughtfully to benefit from both.
- August 21, 2013
21 Aug'13
SDN blog roundup: Is OpenFlow SDN all it's cracked up to be?
SDN bloggers discuss OpenFlow SDN, the future of SDN and network virtualization, and how affinities can be used in and out of a Plexxi network.
- August 09, 2013
09 Aug'13
New role for NAC? Endpoint visibility enables contextual security
Network access control is dead. Long live endpoint visibility, access and security. New acronym, slightly different product.
- August 05, 2013
05 Aug'13
Using big data for SDN: How analytics will enable programmability
Using big data for SDN is important for centralized control and programmability, but do the tools exist to mine data and then apply it to the network?
- August 02, 2013
02 Aug'13
Overheard on Twitter: SDN security; network functions virtualization
SearchSDN explored Twitter and saw users discussing SDN security, network functions virtualization and network virtualization, and SDN use cases.


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LinuxDevices.com: Report from the 2nd Embedded Linux Expo & ConferenceNov 05, 2000, 23:32 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Rick Lehrbaum)
"I suspect it will come as no surprise that the second Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC), held October 27, 2000 in Westborough, MA (near Boston), was another great success! As in the case of last June's ELEC, the event was well attended from both the attendee and exhibitor perspective, and the day was permeated by a clear sense that Embedded Linux is truly "a market on fire."
"This time, there was an additional day -- the day prior to the one-day Conference & Expo -- devoted to an all-day classroom-style Embedded Linux hands-on workshop. The session was conducted by Kevin Dankwardt of K Computing, a training and consulting firm. I had the pleasure of attending that session, and can heartily recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about embedding Linux."
"There were about 25 participants and we worked in groups of two to a lab bench. Get this: our project for the day was, working in teams of two, to convert the PC on each of our lab stations into a remotely controlled "headless" (i.e. no graphics output) embedded mp3 player. Basically, in the course of the day, we started from Red Hat Linux 6.2 sources and built a minimized kernel (starting from menuconfig) and filesystem, created and tested a system image, compressed and transferred the system image to a floppy diskette, booted from the floppy, and tested the resulting standalone mp3 player. Incidentally, we used BusyBox for embedded utilities, syslinux to load Linux, and GoAhead as the embedded webserver."
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Double Clip - Pacifier Clip
Easily attaches to baby's clothes to keep pacifier clean
Easily attaches to baby's clothes to keep pacifier clean
- Two BPA-free clips with leashes
- Clip easily attaches to baby's clothes to keep pacifier clean, safe and within reach
- Flexible ring fits all MAM pacifiers as well as competitor pacifiers with a knob or ring
- Can be used with ring handle pacifiers once flexible ring is removed
- Smart design enables one hand use
° All MAM products are made from materials free of BPA and BPS.
Fits button soothers and soothers with handle.
For flexible attachment of soothers, teethers & other accessories.
Sliding mechanism. Quick & easy fastening thanks to the wide opening.
Honored with the EU PRODUCT SAFETY AWARD 2019
Your baby means everything to you and that is why we do everything to offer you only extra-safe products. For this reason, many MAM innovations are researched and developed in partnership with medical professionals. In addition, our internal safety standards and testing criteria go well beyond the norms.
These efforts have now been formally recognised by the European Commission, which presented MAM with the prestigious EU PRODUCT SAFETY AWARD 2019. Because for us, there is nothing more worthwhile than supporting the healthy development of babies and making parents' daily life easier.


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Somaliland lies in north western Africa, an autonomous region of Somalia fighting for international recognition as an independent nation. Somaliland, next to Ethiopia and Djibouti, is in The Horn of Africa and very close to the Arabian Peninsula. Based on information provided by contacts in the region, CCF estimates 300 cheetah cubs are being smuggled through Somaliland each year, then taken by sea or air into Yemen. They are sold throughout the Gulf States, where cheetahs are a favored pet. The area is recognized as the largest source of wild cheetahs for the illegal pet trade and a preferred route or traffickers.
CCF has been developing contacts in the Horn of Africa to assist with the issue of illegal trafficking for more than a decade, but has stepped up efforts in the past two years as the situation in the region has become more critical. In December of 2016, the International Fund for Animal welfare (IFAW), an organization we've been collaborating with since 2014 on illegal cheetah trade in the context of CITES (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species), and CCF co-organized a Cheetah Stakeholders Workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to engage with government and NGO leaders in the region and address this issue. Prior to the Workshop, we also had an opportunity to attend the Horn of Africa Wildlife Enforcement Network (HAWEN) Steering Committee meeting, where we were able to share information with regional government officials.
Whenever possible, CCF cooperates with governments in the Horn to assist with confiscations of illegally trafficked cheetah. In early April 2017, Patricia visited Somaliland for the first time to assist our collaborators from the area. We didn't have expectations. We knew the government was dealing with a drought that was affecting millions of people. Our goal was to meet face to face with authorities, especially the Hon. Shukri Haji Ismail, Minister of Environment and Rural Development, and develop a framework to facilitate Somaliland's ability to fight the trafficking of wildlife. The Minister was not only a gracious hostess, but also showed her commitment to being a pro-active partner in these efforts. One thing is clear: Somalilanders do not want to be known for the actions of wildlife traffickers. They agree that harming animals is against Islam, and against the law.
Following this visit, our new contacts from the Horn Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (SPCA) sent us a link to a video where police appeared with a cheetah. Our SPCA friends, two smart, young veterinarians, told us about three young adult cheetahs that had been smuggled from Ethiopia into the region of Wajale; they had escaped from the vehicle in which they were being transported. We immediately sent the information to our contacts in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, who got approval from the Minister to dispatch our team to fetch the cheetahs.
While this was happening, we also learned that authorities had confiscated nine small cheetah cubs in El Sheik, somewhere between Hargeisa and the coastal city of Berbera. The Minister asked our collaborators to pick up the cubs. Vehicles were rented, and a team mobilized to travel to both places the next day. By evening, the team had taken possession of the cubs.
Quite unexpectedly and with no resources at hand, our collaborative team of two in Somaliland had their hands full with cheetah cubs to look after. Anyone who has rehabilitated wildlife or taken care of baby animals knows exactly what this means. Sleepless nights, constant cleaning and feeding, worrying, and providing all manner of care. Several of the cubs did not make it more than a few days before passing away.
But taking on these cubs opened the door to a host of new problems. There is no wildlife rescue center in Somaliland. In addition, the Somaliland government no longer allows the transfer of confiscated animals to rescue centers outside the country, as they had done in the past with other confiscated cheetahs. Funds would be needed to secure a place to keep the animals and to pay for food, supplements, enclosures, and round-the-clock caregivers. CCF contacted many potential partners, including IFAW. Within one day, IFAW offered to partner with us on this latest rescue and to support the first six months with much-needed funds to provide shelter and care for the cheetahs.
Very quickly, the team in Somaliland mobilized to manage the situation. A temporary shelter was created at a rental home, a walled compound with sufficient outdoor space. Enclosures were built in the courtyard, and the surviving cubs were transferred to their new base. As of this writing, three of these cubs have survived their ordeal and are growing rapidly. They appear to be healthy, however we are not out of the dark yet. Small cheetah cubs are very difficult to raise. While what will happen for them in the future is unknown, for now, they are safe and being well looked after.
Confiscations like this may be considered a success, but they don't come without challenges. In addition to the financial needs to provide these animals with appropriate housing and care, future confiscations present a difficult situation. A Somaliland sanctuary is being considered, but it must be carefully planned and managed properly. In addition, an effort to increase awareness, reduce trafficking and increase confiscations and penalties against traffickers must also occur to achieve success.
CCF is taking a leadership role in the fight against the illegal trade in cheetahs as we consider this to be one of the main threats to long-term cheetah survival in this region. We will continue working towards solutions in Somaliland and have high hopes for the future. But for now, CCF will work to provide care and nurturing for these cubs until they can be permanently placed. CCF will also continue to work with the Somaliland Minister of Environment and Rural Development and all the organizations who support our efforts, especially IFAW –our partners in this fight.


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Allow me to introduce you to the wonderful Hjalmar Söderberg whose collection of short stories has consumed the last day of my life.
There are people who are not exactly devoid of conscience, but who have never by themselves come upon the idea that they might have done something wrong.
The two old ladies stop in front of the bronze group and exchange their thoughts about the work of art; I cannot hear what they are saying, but I see from the shaking of heads and from the violent waving of the dark green parasols in the air that they are regarding the matter from the point of view of morality rather than aesthetics, and that their verdict is unfavourable.
There is wisdom and wisdom. The wise men of old will always remain the wisest of all. But there will come a time when any fool can do a number of things which the wise men of old considered impossible. Tricks and trifles of no special importance. But what is it that you want of me?


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Emergency Guardianship
Get instant authority to help a loved one.
How do I know if emergency guardianship is necessary?
Ask yourself: Is your loved one currently in an emergency or crisis? For example, does your loved one suffer from Dementia or Alzheimer's and is he or she wandering off, refusing to take medications, or hallucinating? Have you tried to solve the problem, but can't? Do the problems continue to get worse? Is your loved one refusing to go into a long-term care or nursing facility even though it would be in his or her best interest?
If you answered "yes," or if you feel like you're currently in an emergency situation that will not get better without court intervention, then an emergency guardianship may be in your loved one's best interest.
What is an emergency guardianship?
An emergency guardianship gives a guardian authority to act on behalf of your loved one for 30 days.
Usually, a spouse, parent, adult child, loved one, or friend is named by the court as the "guardian" of your loved one. A guardian is responsible for your loved one's health, support, and maintenance. The guardian also possesses the authority to limit your loved one's right to visitation or communication, including the right to visit others or receive visitors, make or receive phone calls, and send or receive text messages, social media messages, and personal mail.
How do I know if my loved one qualifies for an emergency guardianship?
Your loved one qualifies for an emergency guardianship where all three of the following apply:
1. your loved one is "incapacitated";
2. an emergency exists; and
3. no other person appears to have authority to act in the circumstances.
How do I know if my loved one is incapacitated?
If your loved one suffers from at least one of the following, he or she is "incapacitated" according to Alabama law:
1. mental illness;
2. mental deficiency;
3. physical illness or disability;
4. physical or mental infirmities accompanying advanced age;
5. chronic use of drugs;
6. chronic intoxication; or
7. any other cause to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate responsible decisions.
Ask yourself: Is my loved one incapacitated?
If you answered "yes," then go to the next question.
If you answered "no," before you abandon the idea, you may wish to speak to a doctor, caretaker, or attorney to get a second opinion.
Ask yourself: Is there a doctor's letter or other evidence that proves my loved one is incapacitated?
If you answered "yes," then determine whether an emergency exists.
If you answered "no," then call your loved one's doctor or speak to others who have knowledge of your loved one's incapacitation and make sure they're willing to testify, draft a letter, or sign an affidavit stating the facts concerning your loved one's incapacitation.
How do I know if an emergency exists?
Emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes a caretaker, doctor, or other professional will let you know when an emergency exists. Other times, you'll experience recurring problems for which there are no solutions, or the solutions you've tried have proven futile.
If you suspect an emergency exists but you're not sure, it may be helpful to obtain a second opinion from an attorney, doctor, caregiver, or someone with knowledge of or close ties to the situation.
Ask yourself: If I don't do something immediately, will the situation get worse?
If you answered "yes," then determine whether anyone else has authority to act.
If you answered "no," before you abandon the idea, you may wish to speak to a doctor, caretaker, or attorney to get a second opinion.
How do I know if anyone else has authority to act on behalf of my loved one?
Ask yourself: Does anyone have guardianship over my loved one?
If you answered "yes," then someone else has the authority to act on behalf of your loved one and you should contact him or her immediately. If he or she is unable or unwilling to act, you should contact an attorney immediately.
If you answered "no," go to the next question.
Ask yourself: Does anyone have power of attorney over my loved one?
If you answered "yes," obtain a copy of the power of attorney, take it to an attorney, and find out if the person has authority to act on behalf of your loved one in the present emergency.
If you answered "no," then emergency guardianship may be in your loved one's best interest.
My loved one qualifies for emergency guardianship, now what?
To obtain emergency guardianship of your loved one, a petition for emergency guardianship must be filed in the probate court in the county where your loved one lives or is presently located.
The petition for emergency guardianship must show at least the following:
1. your loved one lives or is present in the county where you're filing the petition for emergency guardianship;
2. your loved one is "incapacitated";
3. an emergency exists; and
4. no one else has authority to act on behalf of your loved one.
Is an emergency guardianship permanent?
No! In Alabama, an emergency guardianship lasts 30 days from the date of the judge's order granting emergency guardianship.
30 days is usually enough time to get a loved one admitted to a long-term care or nursing facility. It is also enough time to file a petition in the probate court for a permanent guardianship and/or conservatorship.
Do I need an attorney to file for emergency guardianship?
No. But if you have questions as to how to get started and what the process entails, it is a good indication that you need the assistance of an attorney.
An attorney well versed in the Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act can help reduce stress and costly mistakes in court.
Ask yourself: If I worked with a helpful, knowledgeable attorney, would it help me through the process with greater ease and confidence?
If you answered "yes," then you need the assistance of an attorney.
A former Special Judge of Probate, Brent Helms heard and ruled on guardianship and conservatorship cases as a judge. As an attorney, he focuses his practice on probate law.
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The European Union created new legislation intended to combat the trade in illegal timber back in 2010. Known as the "EU Timber Regulation", this measure prohibited illegally harvested wood from being sold on the European market. It outlined how operators would need to be diligent when assessing the risk of purchasing illegal products from their suppliers. This would become easier, as provisions would be put in place to facilitate the traceability of timber and timber products within the European Union, from the time they first entered the EU market. The new regulation covers a diverse range of timber products from paper pulp to wood flooring.
The regulation (Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market), came into force earlier this year on March 3rd 2013. All member states have been affected and the EU Timber Regulation covers a majority of wood products, including paper and pulp. Operators must now be able to verify that all timber originates from legal sources. So, this involves ensuring that records are kept, as well as all details of their suppliers. If they cannot confirm that their timber is from an approved source, they will face sanctions.
Illegal timber accounts for 30% of the global timber market
The international police organisation INTERPOL, estimates that illegal logging supplies up to 30% of timber in the global market. It costs businesses over £13 billion (€15bn or $20 billion) per year. So, the European Union has taken action in response to demands from various stakeholders and EU Member States who had all called for measures to be introduced that would put an end to illegal timber entering the European Union. The new EU Timber Regulation and other similar laws are now having a significant impact on the world's timber producing nations.
Although the European Union adopted this law back in 2010, it has taken until March 2013 for it to come into force. The reason being, that private companies and Member States have needed sufficient time to put effective measures in place.
Due Diligence System
Operators are now required to exercise "due diligence" under the EU Timber Regulation, using the due diligence system (DDS). This means that those who originally place a timber product on the EU market are responsible for the traceability of that wood. Law now requires them to "make every effort" to ensure that the timber they trade in is legal under the new regulation.
The DDS is made up of three elements. These consist of the following:
- Access to all information: This includes information on suppliers' details, quantity and the country of origin.
- Companies must evaluate whether the timber has been produced in accordance with the laws in the country of origin.
- Companies must also take all necessary steps to ensure that timber is legal, if there is any doubt about its origin.
However, the new EU Timber Regulation also applies to traders who buy or sell any timber that is already on the EU market. They must also be able to ensure the traceability of the timber and keep "adequate information".
The EU has stated that it has a responsibility to safeguard the world's most valuable remaining forests and those who are reliant upon them. Illegal logging has severe consequences in an environmental, economic and social sense. The term "illegal logging" refers to any timber harvested that breaches the regulations or laws in the country of origin.
Project Leaf
The United Nations and INTERPOL, the international policing agency, launched Project Leaf in 2012. Project Leaf (Law Enforcement Assistance for Forests), is a climate initiative created to tackle organised forest crime and illegal logging. Nearly 200 people involved in an international, organised illegal logging operation were arrested in February (2013). The three month operation involved 12 countries in South and Central America. This resulted in a total of £5.2 million worth of timber being seized.
According to The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Central Africa and South East Asia are hotspots for illegal timber trading. They noted that Hong Kong and China processed a significant amount of this illegal timber before shipping it off to Europe and the UK in particular.
Although many environmental organisations have welcomed the new EU timber Regulation as something of a landmark piece of legislation, the WWF pointed out that the legislation doesn't address forest management systems. Whilst a timber product may be legal under the new regulation, that doesn't mean that it has actually been produced in an ecologically sound way in the first place.
Unfortunately, the demand for cheap wood has driven the illegal timber trade. The EU Timber Regulation now requires companies to ensure that they are procuring sustainable timber and timber products. All timber that originates from tropical rainforests should be checked to ensure its legality, as timber from these sources carries the highest risk. Companies are advised that should they be in any doubt, they should leave well alone.
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) join the global effort against illegal logging
The fight against the illegal timber trade is a global effort. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), is one of the world's leading pulp and paper companies throughout Indonesia. It has been clearing natural forests across its supply chain, which raised some pertinent questions about its environmental credentials. However, it announced in February that the company will stop this, thanks to pressure from environmental campaigns.
Director of sustainability and stakeholder engagement in Europe at APP, Jacek Siwek, publicly backed the EU. He said that the new EU Timber Regulation and other similar measures would have a significant effect on timber producing nations. It would reduce the trade in illegal timber and could potentially eliminate it altogether. He went on to say that Indonesia was on board and that it would play its role in ensuring the supply of legal timber to the EU market. Part of this is making sure that all timber products that are exported from Indonesia are fully traceable. For example, EU Member States will be able to verify the origin, transportation and processing.
The new EU Timber Regulation should go a long way towards conserving and protecting natural forests. The illegal timber trade is also an economic drain on legitimate companies that buy and supply timber products. Money is currently being lost to organised crime, which has a serious impact upon all timber producing countries, socially, economically and environmentally; not least, the countries from which the illegal timber originates.


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Man buries himself alive for luck, found dead in the morning
A man who had a friend bury him alive for good luck was found dead the next morning, the BBC reports.
After heading into an improvised coffin in a garden in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, the friend filled in the whole, leaving after he called the friend by mobile phone to check on him.
The coffin featured air pipes, and the man took a bottle of water with him. He believed that going underground for the night would bring him a life-long run of good luck. Instead, he got a very short run of bad luck.
The man, a software developer, left a small child behind.
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Sometimes I get depressed by all the over-educated people in the world who seem to regard the expression of strong convictions as a mark of poor breeding. At such times I like to re-read this poem by the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado (1875-1939). In particular, the lines:
y pedantones al paño
que miran, callan y piensan
que saben, porque no beben
el vino de las tabernas.
Mala gente que camina
y va apestando la tierra . . .
(and pedants lounging about in their bathrobes
who look on, say nothing, and think
they know, because they don't drink
in the ordinary bars.
Foul people who go all around the earth
spreading their stink . . . )
Machado lived most of his life in the provinces, employed as a high school French teacher; his poems and prose were not fully appreciated until after his death. The one and only love of his life had a first name eerily reminiscent of Poe's "rare and radiant maiden": Leonor Izquierdo. He married her when she was 16 and he 34; she died two years later of consumption. He never remarried. He died one month after fleeing into France ahead of the fascists.
Machado would've made a great blogger. His "apocryphal professor," Juan de Mairena, served as Machado's alter ego for a nearly endless stream of commentaries on literature, culture, philosophy and politics. He told his students that
We live in an essentially apocryphal world, a cosmos or poem of our own thinking, ordered and structured on undemonstrable suppositions postulated by reason, which we have come to call principles of logical discourse. It is these principles, compacted and synthesized into a principle of identity, that constitute the master supposition of them all: that all things, by the mere fact of their being thought immutable, are anchored forever, as it were, in the river of Heraclitus. The apocryphal character of our world is proved by the existence of logic – our need to put our thinking in accord with itself, to compel it in a sense to see nothing but the supposititious or its postulates, to the exclusion of all other things. In a word, the fact that our whole world is founded on a predicate which might well be erroneous is either dreadful or comforting, depending on the eye of the beholder.
That's from the Ben Belitt translation of Juan de Mairena (University of California Press, 1963), the only edition I have. (Though Belitt is an execrable translator of poetry – his Neruda volumes for Grove Press are among the few books I would advocate burning – I don't suppose he can do as much damage to prose.)
Machado maintains a light-hearted mood throughout, in accordance with Mairena's stated belief that solemn lyricism should be saved for poetry. Last night as I was re-reading these essays, I was struck by how closely Mairena's views approximate my own. Evidently I had the same reaction on previous readings, because the margins are filled with notes in my own hand – something that, as a librarian's son, I almost never do to my books. (I guess I must've figured it was O.K. to deface a Ben Belitt translation.) The following paragraphs, for example, express a thought I've often entertained:
Blasphemy is part and parcel of all popular religion. Beware of the community in which blasphemy does not exist: underneath, atheism runs rampant. Proscribe it with punitive laws as drastic as you please and you will poison the heart of a people and turn their dialogue with divinity into a fraud. Will the God who reads all human hearts allow Himself to be so swindled? He would sooner forgive the professed heretic – never doubt it! – than the latent desecration of the hypocrite who sins in his soul – or more hypocritically still, subverts his blasphemy into prayer.
Blasphemy is more than mere 'folklore,' as my teacher Abel Martín used to maintain. In any duly constituted faculty of theology, a chair of blasphemy – in preparation for the doctorate, of course – would be indispensable: occupied by the Devil himself, if possible.
The book is concerned above all else with pedagogy. Machado not only invented an idealized professor; he had him speculate in some detail about what shape an ideal institution of learning might take.
Juan de Mairena had long cherished the idea of founding on his native soil a popular school of wisdom. He abandoned the project only with the death of his teacher, for whom he had destined the chair of poetics and metaphysics. The chair of sophistry he had reserved for himself. . . .
Such a school would flourish in Spain, needless to say, only if there were teachers capable of implementing those aims – and nowhere more so than in Andalusia, where man has not yet been debased by a perverse mystique of hard work, or rather, a feverish pursuit of money for purchasing pleasures and material satisfactions in exchange for muscular exhaustion. . . .
Ours would be a Delphic order of aphorism translated into the vulgate of the Romance languages in suasive rather than categorical terms: "It behooves thee to strive after . . . " And we would add: "Let no one enter here who presumes to know anything about anything" – not even geometry, which we would probably study as an essentially inexact science. For the keystone of our school, with its two founding chairs like the two blades of a single shears – the chairs of sophistry and metaphysics – would be to reveal to a people, namely, the folk of our native soil, the whole context of their possible thought, the length and breadth of those vast zones where the spirit is alternately illumined and darkened; to induce them to re-contemplate the already contemplated, to un-know the already known and doubt what they already hold in doubt: for that is the only way we can begin to believe in anything."
I had planned to leave you with that thought, but I just found one more paragraph that perfectly sums up my attitude toward my own sophistry. Perhaps I should append this quote to the "Disclaimer" I wrote last week:
Let me repeat what I have so often told you in the past: always take me with a grain of salt; I have no stock of truths to reveal to you. Nor would I have you assume that my purpose as a teacher is to induce you to mistrust your own thinking. I prefer, rather, to lay bare the mistrust which I have for my own. Disregard the air of conviction I frequently employ with you, which is only a rhetorical or grammatical gambit of language, and my somewhat disrespectful and cavalier manner in alluding from time to time to the great minds of the past. They are only the peevish affectations of a doddering orator in the most provincial sense of the word. Give them a deaf ear.
Hear, hear!
A search of the web doesn't turn up more than a few pages of select quotes from the profesor apócrifo. There is a blog that purports to contain new thoughts of Juan de Mairena, but it seems more dedicated to math and logic problems than to apophatic sophistry in the spirit of Machado.


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Hillary Clinton's logo accidentally puts Rosa Parks in the back of a bus
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday on the anniversary of Rosa Parks' Dec. 1, 1955 arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger.
The event sparked the boycott of Montgomery buses by black Americans to protest segregated seating. But Clinton, the current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, also marked the occasion with a special logo on her social media accounts.
It did not go over well on Twitter, where users suggested that Parks is seemingly seated at the back of an H-shaped bus.
.@HillaryClinton's design team honored Rosa Parks today by moving her to the back of the bus. pic.twitter.com/eIYnVQ9uPa
— George Scoville (@stackiii) December 1, 2015
You could've at least let Rosa sit at the front of the logo @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/cTGorXG5c3
— the other one (@imfromraleigh) December 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton has (what appears to be) Rosa Parks in her logo. I'm disgusted.
— Ebenigga Scrooge (@PhillyTheBoss) December 1, 2015
In Alabama, Clinton spoke movingly about Parks's legacy in the civil rights movement.
"It's always struck me how, depending on the way you look at it, Rosa Parks either did something tremendous or something rather humble," she said, noting that history is often made with an ordinary act "by seemingly ordinary people doing something extraordinary."
Speaking at the majority-black Dexter Avenue King Baptist Church, Clinton also said the United States must forcefully address issues like mass incarceration, gun violence and attempts to erode voting rights.
"We must be honest about the larger and deeper inequalities that continue to exist across our country," Clinton said.
But much of that seemed to be lost on Clinton's critics on Twitter, some of whom accused Clinton of being culturally tone deaf with her use of the logo.
Hillary Clinton's PR team needs to be stopped. That Rosa Parks-ish logo is an obscenity of cultural incompetence.
— Kristen Mc Hugh (@kristenmchugh22) December 1, 2015
So now @HillaryClinton is basically pimping Rosa Parks' legacy in her logo for black votes? Nah. Just nah.
— Lester Asamoah (@LesterAS1) December 1, 2015
Hillary gotta fire whoever threw Rosa Parks on the logo. Gotta do it tonight.
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) December 1, 2015
Did those Black ladies in that PR firm think putting Rosa Parks in a Hillary Clinton logo was a good idea? If so, they suck at their jobs.
— #IamSandraBland (@RavenRobin) December 1, 2015
Rosa and her legacy are both above this.
Nah. I'm not feeling it for *any* candidate. pic.twitter.com/F4CoLEMzVV
— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) December 1, 2015
Clinton's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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There is a basic requirement for most data structures to distinguish between a 'list', which is ordered, and a 'set' which is not. I cannot see how, in XML Schema, to make this distinction. For example: <element name="CoordGeom"> <complexType> <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"> <element ref="Line"/> <element ref="Curve"/> <element ref="Spiral"/> </choice> </complexType> </element> How can I indicate if the sequence of element instances within the choice is significant ('list') or not ('set')? I have not been able to determine the answer to this question from reading the spec, except that by omission I think the answer is 'you cannot do this in XML Schema'! That would be a serious limitation for data structures. Any help appreciated. Robin -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robin La Fontaine, Monsell EDM Ltd (R&D Project Management, Engineering Data Exchange using XML, EDIF) Tel: +44 1684 592 144 Fax: +44 1684 594 504 or +44 870 054 2811 Email: email@example.com http://www.monsell.co.ukReceived on Wednesday, 12 July 2000 10:26:16 UTC
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Top 3 Common Homebuying Myths Busted
Thursday March 9, 2017
Whether you're a first or fourth-time buyer, buying a home is a big decision. There are a lot of myths floating around the world of homebuying. That's why Normandy Homes, as trusted DFW homebuilders, is going to bust three of the most common myths about buying new homes.
1. It's Cheaper to Rent
All over the DFW area, home rental prices are skyrocketing whereas home pricing is staying consistent. Renting may seem like a better deal at first, but in the long-run, buying is the better option. If this is your first time buying a home, there are plenty of tax benefits that you and your family can take advantage of. You also won't find a shortage of great new homes in the North Texas and DFW area!
2. You Need a 20 Percent Down Payment
This homebuying myth is half true. A 20 percent down payment on your house will make your monthly mortgage payment and interest rate lower, but it isn't necessary to buy a home. There are a variety of other options available to those who can't put down a full 20 percent. You can speak with your lender to get all the specifics on different lending options that don't require a 20 percent down payment.
3. A 30-Year Mortgage is Your Best Option
When home buyers are given the option of taking out a 15-year or 30-year mortgage, many will opt for the 30-year mortgage because it means lower payments. However, you'll pay significantly less interest with a 15-year mortgage. It is best to speak with your lender about which option would be best for you. You can also check out this mortgage calculator to get an idea of all the numbers before speaking with your lender.
When it comes to buying a new home, there are a lot of things to consider. If you have any questions or concerns about homebuying, feel free to contact your friendly DFW homebuilders at Normandy Homes today! We can tell you all about our new homes in our wonderful communities.


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Light can be described as one of the most important elements in daily life. At the same time; it is still an understated element as well. Scientific studies show that proper lighting affects the mood of the person and it also plays an important role in making a space attractive.
Lights can be arranged in different ways to enhance the life of the people and they can be used effectively to make daily tasks easy and hassle free as well.
Good lighting strengthens and highlights the structural features in a home and it also provides the much needed romance and warmth to the environment. Various companies have come up with different types of lights and it can be said without an iota of doubt that with the introduction of highly advanced options like modern sconces, the lighting concept has undergone tremendous transformation.
Different types of lighting
Basically speaking, lighting can be arranged into four categories and they include task lighting, ambient lighting, accent lighting and decorative lighting. Task lighting can be described as a bright light that illuminates a particular area where activities like food preparation, reading or stitching can be performed. Ambient lighting helps people fill undefined areas of a room and it is being done by providing a soft level of general light, adequate enough to navigate through the room.
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Accent lighting resembles task lighting to a certain extent and a largely directed light can always be associated with this category. This type of lighting can be used to highlight architectural features, artworks or other similar features and it also affects the mood of the person positively if installed properly. All these categories can be converted as decorative lights and decorative lighting options like chandelier always becomes the focal point in a room.
Modern wall sconces
In Toronto, modern wall sconces can be found in different styles, shapes, colors and designs as well. On the basis of style; sconces can be classified into different categories and they include contemporary, casual, classic, traditional, functional, transitional, period style and many more. Specially designed lights are available for indoor purposes and there are outdoor sconces available in the market as well. Other leading categories usually found in Toronto include sconces with switches, wall up-lights, plug-in wall lights, swing-arm lights and so on.
Efficient lighting is all about putting light where people need it. In order to make the atmosphere more comfortable and attractive, lighting needs to be balanced and there should be seamless flow of light between the rooms. The most effective way to achieve balance is to layer the light sources in the best manner and first of all, people need to identify the major activity areas and the focal points.
The brightest layer of light should be directed towards rooms with multiple focal points and the middle layer of light should be designed in such a manner that it fills the background with utmost efficiency. Top quality wall sconces can be used to achieve this effect and it can be said without any hesitation that these types of lights make the lighting arrangement in a home extremely cost effective and hassle free as well.
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the Vests Rock! collection
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Last spring I put together a collection of 7 designs called Tuscan Knits. I focused on yarns from Tahki yarns for the entire collection. I enjoyed working with the folks at Tahki Stacy Charles so much that I'm at it again. This time with five vests all knit with Tahki yarns:
Kits will be available soon for all five of these designs.
Shale is knit in "Kismet," a wonderfully light alpaca.
Kismet is a personal favorite of mine from last year's new yarns. I love the color palette and am excited to see the addition of a rich dark brown this year. My next collection might very well be all in Kismet! Shale is knit all in one piece with seams only at the shoulder and back neck. Simple yet elegant to wear.
Obsidian is knit in yet another new yarn for fall 2014: "Mesa."
Mesa is a wonderful super wash merino available in 7 tonal prints. Obsidian is knit side to side and features short rows to add that extra swing at the hips.
Moonstone is knit with one of Tahki's new yarns for fall 2014: "Zona."
Zona is a wonderful blend of 35% Cotton, 28% Wool, 26% Poly Acrylic, and 11% Nylon. It's available in 6 beautiful tonal tweeds. "Moonstone" has a figure flattering cable that meanders over the front and back and slit pockets in both fronts.
Chert, knit in another new fall 2014 yarn: "Gemini."
Gemini is a thick yarn that knits up at 2 sts per inch. It is made up of 80% wool and 20% acrylic. This vest could easily be knit in a weekend! The front tabs are made with short rows, but go very quickly and are explained so even a novice could tackle them.
Granite is knit with a favorite from Tahki, "Tara Tweed."
Tara Tweed comes in such a wide range of colors; this vest could take on many looks! Here it is done with neutrals, but it would be stunning in a range of colors. It is knit in strips, so would also be a great project to learn intarsia.
Patterns for all five designs are available as pdf downloads on Kennita's Ravelry page. Kits are currently available online for pre-order and will begin shipping August 30th.


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DENVER, CO - The Western Athletic Conference announced golfers of the month on Thursday. After posting a pair of top-15 finishes in the month of October, NM State women's golfer Dominique Galloway earned WAC Golfer of the Month for the first time in her Aggie career.
Galloway posted the lowest score on the NM State women's golf roster in each of the teams October tournaments. With a second place finish in the NM State Aggie Invitational, a new personal best, and 13th at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown.
The Rio Rancho, N.M. native's round score of 69 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown was also a career-low. For the month of October, the sophomore led the WAC with a 71.83 scoring average.
The golfer also posted a career-best 18-hole score in the second round of the Las Vegas Showdown, firing a 3-under-par 69. On the season, Galloway leads the WAC with a 71.58 stroke average through 12 rounds.
NM State women's golf wrapped up the fall season with two first-place finishes and the team looks to carry that momentum into the spring season which begins at the Bruin/Wave Invitational in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Feb. 26-27.


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Sixth Form enjoy a special Afternoon Tea
29 March 2018
During the last two periods of the day on Wednesday 28 March, Sixth Form enjoyed a much anticipated afternoon tea, provided by the school's very own catering team. Rather than the usual enrichment activities consisting of yoga, ceramics and sign language to name a few, the girls were treated to an array of scones, sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks as well as a glass of fizz to celebrate their hard work during the term. Despite being served after lunch, it came as no surprise that the girls all enjoyed second helpings of the wonderfully prepared treats.
The afternoon was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all girls. On behalf of the Sixth Form, we would like to say a special thank you to all those involved in the organisation of the event and to the catering team for their hard work.
Briony Chitty, Year 12
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From shafting and supports, to round and square rail guides, linear motion systems to pillow blocks, Thomson demonstrates how our products excel as the best solution in a wide array of industrial applications.
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Tolerance describes the tolerance on 'H' as a function of carriage - rail assembly, measured from nominal dimensions.
Ball bearings used as the rolling element, standard profile rail design.
Cylindrical rolling elements. Increased load capacity and rigidity over ball bearing style. Only available with a preload. (500 Series Only)
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Ball bearings separated by a retaining cage. Increased running smoothness and lower noise at high speeds. (400 Series Only)
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500 Series Ball
Double backed ball arrangement. High accuracy and rigidity.
500 Series Roller
Double backed cylindrical roller arrangement. Highest load capacity, accuracy, and rigidity of profile rail style product.
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Double faced ball arrangement. Transport grade product that meets the needs of most applications.
Miniature style profile rail. Stainless steel construction in industry standard sizes. Available in 5mm up to 15mm.
Miniature style profile rail. Stainless steel construction. Available in 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm.
Carriage preload eliminates internal clearances between the rail and carriage, minimizing elastic deformation caused by external forces, resulting in increased rigidity and zero backlash.
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The Type 531 ZZ Metal Scraper made of stainless steel, serves as an added protection to the seal lips against large dirt particles, metal shavings or chips. Large contaminants are easily pushed away providing an extra level of protection to the seal lips. The Metal Scraper is easily installed in conjunction with the other optional modular accessories providing you with an easy upgrade to the standard seal. These can be easily installed on-site in the field or can be supplied from the factory.
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Standard bellows are available for all assemblies. The bellows cover the entire length of the rail. The bellows are used to provide additional protection against dirt, dust and splashed liquids. Installation is simple and requires little time. Retrofitting is possible when the rail ends are drilled for the attachment of the end plate 531. Bellows are available in three styles:
Long Life Lube Block
The 531 LL Lube Block is a solid lubricant that is a mixture of polymers, oils and selected additives that reduce the penetration of dirt, grit, and liquids into the ball path, preventing premature failures. The oil diffuses, lubricating the ball path surfaces by capillary action. Additional oil is supplied to the ball path surfaces from the polymer. For additional protection the assembly is packed with EP2 grease. There is no need for maintenance or additional lubrication during the life of the Lube Block filled bearing. The 531 LL Lube Block can be easily installed in conjunction with the other optional modular accessories providing an easy upgrade to the standard seal. These can be easily installed on-site in the field or can be supplied from the factory.
Oil Reservoir
The Type 531 OW oil reservoir is a cost effective, automatic lubrication system. It is constructed with an integrated oil reservoir that provides a uniform, consistent lubricating oil to the ball paths for extended periods of time. The Type 531 OW oil reservoir lubrication plate eliminates the need for a routine maintenance schedule, assures lubrication gets to the required points, can be refilled if required, and can operate up to 5000 km of travel. The Type 531 OW oil reservoir can be easily installed in conjunction with other optional modular accessories providing an easy upgrade to the standard seals. These can be easily installed on-site in the field or can be supplied from the factory.
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Additional features machined into carriage or rail. Please see Thomson Profile Rail Linear Guides catalog for machining details.
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When it comes to team mascots, there are Titans, Warriors, Vikings, Sun Kings and many more. And these all have one thing in common—they're usually portrayed as men. In the world of professional, college and high-school sports, female mascots are few and far between.
But Madeira City Schools are a part of something special, they represent and support both their male and female athletes with two individual mascots: Mustangs for the boys' teams and Amazons for the girls' teams. It's a unique situation that has been informally recognized throughout the community since the 1970s, but was never officially established with a true Amazon mascot. Madeira City Schools asked LPK to create new expressions for both mascots that were unified and flexible.
We knew that demonstrating both equality and teamwork with the mascots was vitally important, so our designers crafted new, complementary brandmarks for both the Mustangs and the Amazons. Further, when the two are placed back to back they form a third, singular Madeira athletics logo revealing the letter "M." This design detail cleverly expresses the unity and equality of both girls' and boys' sports, and ties in to the school's guiding mantra: Madeira Strong (#madeirastrong).
"The Mustangs and Amazons are an important part of our district's story; who we are, what we stand for and what makes us unique," says Madeira City Schools Superintendent Kenji Matsudo. "Our new athletic brandmark captures the essence of what it means to be a Madeira Amazon and a Madeira Mustang while presenting a single, unified logo for our entire student body to rally around."
Our work with Madeira City Schools went beyond their athletic department. We also collaborated with them to establish a cohesive story for the entire district. LPK utilized research and testing to provide valuable insights about what students, faculty, alumni and community members feel makes Madeira unique. The insights allowed us to craft a brand refresh that improves communication and collaboration between the schools and the community as well as outside interests.
The visual expression for Madeira City Schools features a blue ribbon brandmark with a simple, clean design that conveys excellence with quiet confidence and pride. We also crafted a communication plan to outline how to articulate the messaging both internally and externally.
"Before we started this project, we did a lot of listening," said Design Director Meredith Post. "We heard from faculty, staff, students, parents and alumni. One thing was abundantly clear, there is an endless amount of passion and pride for the community's past, present and future. It was truly inspiring to our team, and made us energized to create something completely different and special for this community."
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Giwa Hangeul
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I am a fiber artist and a textile designer living in Michigan and studying M.F.A in Fiber Art at Cranbrook Academy of Art. I was born in 1982 in Seoul, South Korea. My B.F.A in Fiber Art was received from Maryland Institute College of Art(MICA) in 2010 and B.S in Clothing Science was received from Seoul Women's University in 2006.
I have designed the geometric, abstract, and graphic patterns which are inspired from the lines of Korean alphabet, 'Han-geul'. Because of Han-geul's geometric and modern patterns with vertical lines, horizontal lines, squares, triangles, and circles, it has strong potential as a design instrument. I have also used various dyeing methods and techniques to produce them.
More than any other medium, I have accomplished my work by pouring myself into challenging silkscreen projects that demanded considerable time, extensive processing, and skilled craftsmanship. Though exhausted at times, I was enthralled by the creative process of using my own design tools.
In this work, I recomposed two opposite patterns; the dynamic and three-dimensional wave pattern from 'Giwa'(Traditional Korean Roof Tile), and the static and two-dimensional pattern from Korean alphabet.


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Will States and Localities Keep Opting for Higher Fees?
In the years during and after the Great Recession, governments have been turning more toward raising fees, according to a recent report.
In tight fiscal times for governments, raising taxes to close budget holes is a surefire way to rile up cash-strapped constituents. So in the years during and after the Great Recession, governments have been turning more toward raising fees, according to a recent report by the Federal Funds Information for States.
Fees as a percentage of state and local revenue have increased to 20.7 percent of income in 2010, up from 19.2 percent in 2008, according to the report. The report uses U.S. Census Bureau data from 2010 and includes localities, which tend to rely more on fees than their state, in each state's data. The income is from state and local sources, with no contributions from the federal government.
"It's definitely been a trend right now and it makes sense given the fairly lackluster growth at the state level," Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers told Governing.
But, Pattison continued, that trend isn't a given for the future.
"As the economy gets better, you'll see income improvements in income and sales taxes," he said. "Fees are something that are turned to more in bad times because it's politically easier to do."
But states that drift toward the extremes – that have relied more on fees or taxes in the past – the budget crafting becomes a little trickier.
Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, South Carolina's own-source income shows the heaviest reliance on fees, with charges making up 36.7 percent of its earnings. Meanwhile, it has the nation's lowest reliance on taxes, which make up 51.6 percent of its income.
Much of that is due to the state's budget philosophy, said Les Boles, director of that state's Budget and Control Board.
"We're a very conservative state and we don't raise taxes," he said, adding that the "biggest" tax increase most recently came when the cigarette tax was raised from 7 cents to 50 cents. And last year, South Carolina even cut some individual income tax rates for small business.
But even though the state may have at least temporarily reached its limit with raising fees, the state is more likely to make cuts than raise taxes to balance its budget.
"It's been more difficult over the last year as fees have gone up," Boles said, adding, "there's even more scrutiny. We have a balanced budget every year so we look closely at setting priorities and balancing the budget that way. But we don't do any indiscriminate cutting."
On the opposite side of the spectrum is the District of Columbia, which records the lowest reliance on fees with the charges making up 7.3 percent of the jurisdiction's income.The District is second only to Connecticut for its reliance on taxes, which make up 78.5 percent of the city's local revenue.
Fitzroy Lee, deputy chief financial officer for the District, said the city's heavy tax reliance comes in part because it can apply higher levies to areas that target visitors, businesses and commuters rather than the city's more than 600,000 residents. For example, the District increased its sales tax during the recession, Lee said.
"Whereas fees are going to be paid pretty much by the residents," the District has the luxury of exporting some of its taxes to the additional 600,000 people who enter the jurisdiction each day to go to work, he said.
But like its neighbor to the south, the District is finding that it must ease up on that reliance. Earlier this year, the District instituted a Tax Revision Commission to review the current tax code and make recommendations for the future.
Indeed, the last budget passed by the council did not include new taxes but it did include a plan for more traffic cameras across the District, an effort that would raise the fee revenue for the city.
"We have to remain competitive," Lee said. "We don't know how much of the fiscal cliff … we'll be able to manage through higher revenues on commercial or sales tax. There is a limit to how much we can do with that."


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People and Society is a flexible course that gives you the opportunity to study topics that are interesting and relevant to you. Topics are drawn from social studies, health and wellbeing, and religious and moral education.
You will learn about people and society from across subject areas. It helps you to develop important skills such as communication, investigation and critical thinking.
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People and Society helps you to develop an open mind and respect for the values, beliefs and cultures of others. The course is very flexible. You will study themes drawn from social subjects and social sciences, including topics such as behaviour, citizenship, diversity, environment, equality, and technology. You will find out some of the consequences of the ways people behave in society.
The course has three compulsory units, plus an added value unit that assesses your practical skills.
People and Society: Investigating Skills (6 SCQF credit points)
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People and Society: Comparing and Contrasting (6 SCQF credit points)
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Game's administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) closed 277 stores last week, resulting in 2,104 job losses, but the sale of the group to OpCapita will ensure the remaining 333 UK stores continue to trade as normal.
Nearly 3,200 staff will keep their jobs as a result, with a small number of staff who were served redundancy notices last week set to regain their jobs at the retailer's head office.
OpCapita, which has picked up Game Group for £1, specialises in turning around troubled retailers, following on from its recent £2 acquisition of electronics specialist Comet.
Henry Jackson, managing partner at the private equity firm, said: "We strongly believe there is a place on the high street for a video-gaming specialist and Game is the leading brand in a £2.8bn market in the UK.
"We have assembled a strong team of experienced industry operators to implement the programme of operational change that is needed. There is a huge amount to do, but we look forward to the challenge of restoring Game's fortunes in partnership with its employees and suppliers."
Game has struggled to modernise its business in the face of increasing competition from internet retailers such as Amazon, as well as from the UK's major supermarkets.
The retailer fell out publicly with suppliers at the start of the year after being unable to honour deals. As a result, stores were unable to stock Electronic Arts game Mass Effect 3, one of the year's most anticipated releases.
Tesco is ramping up its aggressive moves into the gaming market and last week ran a press campaign positioning itself as the "home of gaming", with claims that the supermarket has the largest number of gaming stores in the UK, alongside more than 10,000 games available online.
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The idea for The EMOM Box was grown out of a love for stuff, a love for training and a love for the sport of fitness.
I take box curation very seriously; the packaging is all done by hand. This is a family business grown and run by a family that loves what we do for each of the subscribers that trusts us to deliver them the best subscription box they've ever gotten.
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What is fear of falling?
Fear of falling is more complicated than it sounds. It is a person's belief in their own ability to perform a task safely, without losing balance or falling. However, it is even more than just having the confidence to do something. A fear of falling involves real anxiety and can result in physical sensations associated with fear, such as nausea and palpitations.
Often, fear of falling appears after a fall. But it can also affect people who have not had any falls, usually those with dizziness, difficulty walking, depression or balance problems.
Why is it important?
Fear of falling is important as it can lead to avoidance of activities which in turn causes a person to move less and therefore become less fit - losing strength, mobility and balance, putting the individual at further risk of falls. This sets off a vicious cycle of falling and fear, as is illustrated above.
Larger version of the diagram shown at the top of the page.
It can affect people in different ways. Some people may avoid leaving the house altogether, out of a fear of falling outdoors. Whereas some people may only experience their fear in very specific situations. For example, someone who fell while taking their rubbish out on a windy day, may only experience their fear of falling when taking the rubbish out, or on days when it is windy.
Can we treat it?
Yes. Treatment is often delivered by a physiotherapist. The aim is to stop the cycle by increasing activity, improving gait and increasing confidence with balance.
A full falls assessment should also take place to address any other risk factors, preventing further falls and breaking the cycle with a different tactic.
Another emerging treatment is cognitive-behavioural therapy. We will explore some of the recent research around this therapy in Week 4.
Measuring your fear of falling
Back in Week 1, we asked you to complete the fear of falling survey. On the next step we are going to view and discuss the results. If you have not yet done the survey and would like to, you can complete it by revisiting Step 1.20. Otherwise, continue to the next step where we can see the survey results.
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Friday Sep 01, 2017
Links to Agile Resources
Agile hospital: how to cure yourself of everything that is not agile!
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Friday May 02, 2014
Feature teams versus component teams
In the book "Scaling lean and agile development" by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde, chapter 7 is devoted to the explanation why scaling up with feature teams is to be preferred over scaling up with component teams. In case you are stuck with the latter and cannot change to feature teams, this writing on ScrumAlliance.org explains how to cope with the latter situation.
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Saturday Jun 04, 2011
Certified Scrum Master
This week I became Certified Scrum Master by attending the training given by Paul Goddard.
Paul turned out to be an excellent trainer as well as a skilled drawing artist:
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Thursday Sep 16, 2010
Incrementing versus iterating
A big pitfall (and hence risk) in many Agile projects is that the team tries to incrementally deliver perfect features at the end of every increment (sprint in Scrum jargon). Of course, this will almost always lead to disappointments, as the product owner most of the time does not have a crystal clear picture of his requirement (user story) from the start, let alone that the team has enough time and information to realize it.
Incrementing would ideally imply the delivery of perfectly implemented features at the end of each increment.
Iterating means that most of the user stories are iterated over multiple iterations, eventually reaching "perfection":
Iterating asserts that the product can be taken into production at an early stage and that the product owner has the choice to pay for the "glossiness" in the last iterations.
Acknowledgements: The above pictures have been taken from this presentation.
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Friday Sep 03, 2010
Unit tests rendered useless
In this post I will argue why test coverage obtained from functional tests leads to associated metrics from which genuine conclusions can be drawn, as opposed to the much more commonly accepted view that useful test coverage related metrics can be obtained from mere unit tests. Moreover
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A view of Pigeon Point lighthouse. North of Santa Cruz and south of Halfmoon Bay. I always enjoy taking pictures of this lighthouse. Especially the cliffs nearby. The way the ice-plant drapes over the edge of the cliff is pretty cool.
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- Date Taken: 2009-08-00
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Cannon A1, 50mm canon f 1.4, Kodak Gold 200, 55mm Skylight 1A
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- Date Submitted: 2010-04-29 8:44
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