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June 16, 2016 – The National Fire Protection Association has produced a white paper, Community Risk Reduction: Doing More with More, aimed at helping fire service leaders gain management support for launching a Community Risk Reduction program in their departments.
The white paper was written by members of NFPA's Urban Fire and Life Safety Task Force, which is comprised of representatives from large, urban fire departments whose work involves community risk reduction. Members of the task force fill a variety of fire department roles including that of chief officer, fire marshal, fire and life safety educator, community relations officer, and data expert. Task force members work on specific projects designed to assist urban fire departments across the globe to implement strategic Community Risk Reduction programs. The white paper, the most recent task force project, was written by Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer, Philadelphia Fire Department; Battalion Chief Derrick Phillips, St. Louis Fire Department; Education Specialist Dana Catts, Seattle Fire Department; and Liaison Officer David Sawyer, Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire.
Community Risk Reduction is defined in NFPA 1035, Standard on Fire and Life Safety Educator, Public Information Officer, Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist and Youth Firesetter Program Manager Professional Qualifications as "programs, actions, and services used by a community, which prevent or mitigate the loss of life, property, and resources associated with life safety, fire, and other disasters within a community."
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text: Trump campaign aides on Twitter said the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has yet to make a decision, but separate media reports said the conservative governor has emerged as Trump's choice. Pence had been on a final shortlist for the spot along with former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to Trump. He was also the overwhelming favorite of GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Roll Call first reported that Pence was Trump's pick, citing a source with direct knowledge of the decision. CBS's Major Garrett also reported that Pence would get the nod from Trump, and The Indianapolis Star confirmed the news a bit later. In picking Pence, Trump is selecting a candidate who could improve his conservative bona fides and help appeal to the party's base. Pence is a former House GOP leader who served in the chamber from 2001 to 2013. He would fit Trump's need for someone who could work with Congress from the executive branch, and he would also do much to shore up Trump's relationships with social conservatives and GOP officials. Well this isn't 100 percent yet, but every time Trump has met with Pence over the last two weeks the meetings have only been positive. The one thing that makes Pence an excellent choice for Trump, is that Pence is very against political correctness, social agendas, and the Obama agenda. Out of all 50 states in America, Indiana has been one of a few success stories under the Obama administration. You see it everywhere in America where jobs are being lost and rights stripped away, however in the state of Indiana unemployment in the state is one of the lowest maybe even the lowest. When it comes to rights Pence has said no to gun control, no to refugee resettlement, and got rid of common core in the state of Indiana. If Trump chooses Pence as his VP, not only will Indiana continue it's success but the whole country will get a taste of it.


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The deals just keep coming in. This one is for the unlocked Moto G4 Play, a respectable little device. Usually clocking in at $150, B&H has it for $100 which is a nice 30% off. This covers both the black and white colors, but the latter is currently listed as "More Coming Soon."
If you need a last minute gift for someone, or you just like to collect phones like Richard and me, this is perfect. The G4 Play even made it into our Most Wanted Budget Phones list for this year, so it's a pretty decent buy at a hundred bucks. Be sure you get in on this one before the black version goes out of stock, too.
Also of note for the G4 Play, Best Buy has the Verizon prepaid version for $75. Despite the meager $10 savings, this is an even better deal for Big Red prepaid subscribers. Both of these will be in the source links below.


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Creator: Habluka
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lmao i didn't suffer a lot from the last drop plane(second try that iirc) idk why1] Like
i did that with the good align and it just needed 1f,always think that is easy
yea some jumps are disgusting and last save is dumb but honestly speaking the whole game is really neat
i did that with the good align and it just needed 1f,always think that is easy
yea some jumps are disgusting and last save is dumb but honestly speaking the whole game is really neat
Rating: 7.6 76 Difficulty: 78 78
Apr 4, 2018
Really cool game except for the last save.[0] Likes
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Dec 11, 2019
Cool short game with some interesting setup jumps, some of them designed around vstrings. Final dplane is fine, the platform resets your valign so it's just a bonk and 2 fulljumps and the game even displays your exact position so there's no reason to complain.0] Likes
Rating: 8.0 80 Difficulty: 75 75
Dec 6, 2019
Fulljumps galore. Has some kinda fun parts and some really unfun parts[0] Likes
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Apr 3, 2018
This game was actually really good if it hadn't been for the final save. The production value and needle were very similar to ftfa for the except of more saves. I would have given this game excluding the last save an 8.5 rating and 75 difficulty. The last save however makes this game's difficulty spike up and my rating a 5. The last save has a v-align dependent jump which you have to 1 frame full jump for if you want to bonk the downward plane at the end of the save. The v-align needed HAS to be LOWER than .40 or higher. To avoid this you can grab the good align for the v-align jump however in doing so makes it so you have to cancel the downward plane. Doing this also gives the good align for the corner at the end as well. It's a choice between a cancel downward plane or v-align jump. Regardless, I really liked the game up to this point and would recommend ONLY to this point and not the last save. It was probably one of the worst saves I have ever had the displeasure of doing.0] Likes
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Time management is an enormous challenge in Reading Comprehension. To
have enough time for the questions and not sacrifice time elsewhere in
the Verbal section, you'll need to be able to get the gist of the
passage in only two or three minutes. This may seem crazy compared to
the amount of detail in a passage, but it is actually a much more
productive, successful strategy than trying to swallow all the facts in
a text. The reason for this leads to the following points:
In the GMAT Reading Comprehension, Think Global.
The GMAT test-makers want to see if you understand how, and
especially why, authors develop their arguments in prose. As a result,
what an author says is much less important than what an author does.
Furthermore, what one line of a text does is much less important than
what a paragraph, or the whole text, accomplishes. We're talking
structure here, rather than content. And reading for a text's global
structure is crucial to Reading Comprehension.
In GMAT Reading Comprehension, Act Local
While you can't memorize all the details in a text, you can prepare
the terrain for detailed work whenever and wherever the questions
demand. This means skimming through the text just well enough to note
the author's key points, references, conclusions and transitions. With
the text roughly mapped out, you are then prepared to "act locally" in
that specific portion of the text relevant to a question. Take a look at
the following questions:
The modern multinational corporation is described as having
originated when the owner-managers of nineteenth-century British firms
carrying on international trade were replaced by teams of salaried
managers organized into hierarchies. Increases in the volume of
transactions in such firms are commonly believed to have necessitated
this structural change. Nineteenth-century inventions like the steamship
and the telegraph, by facilitating coordination of managerial
activities, are described as key factors. Sixteenth-and
seventeenth-century chartered trading companies, despite the
international scope of their activities, are usually considered
irrelevant to this discussion: the volume of their transactions is
assumed to have been too low and the communications and transport of
their day too primitive to make comparisons with modern multinationals
In reality, however, early trading companies successfully purchased
and outfitted ships, built and operated offices and warehouses,
manufactured trade goods for use abroad, maintained trading posts and
production facilities overseas, procured goods for import, and sold
those goods both at home and in other countries. The large volume of
transactions associated with these activities seems to have necessitated
hierarchical management structures well before the advent of modern
communications and transportation. For example, in the Hudson's Bay
Company, each far-flung trading outpost was managed by a salaried agent,
who carried out the trade with the Native Americans, managed day-to-day
operations, and oversaw the post's workers and servants. One chief
agent, answerable to the Court of Directors in London through the
correspondence committee, was appointed with control over all of the
agents on the bay.
The early trading companies did differ strikingly from modern
multinationals in many respects. They depended heavily on the national
governments of their home countries and thus characteristically acted
abroad to promote national interests. Their top managers were typically
owners with a substantial minority share, whereas senior managers'
holdings in modern multinationals are usually insignificant. They
operated in a pre-industrial world, grafting a system of capitalist
international trade onto a pre-modern system of artisan and peasant
production. Despite these differences, however, early trading companies
organized effectively in remarkably modern ways and merit further study
as analogues of more modern structures.
1. The author's main point is that
(A) modern multinationals originated in the sixtenth and seventeenth
centuries with the establishment of chartered trading companies
(B) the success of early chartered trading companies, like that of
modern multinationals, depended primarily on their ability to carry out
complex opertions
(C) early chartered trading companies should be more seriously
considered by scholars studying the origins of modern multinationals
(D) scholars are quite mistaken concerning the origins of modern
(E) the management structures of early chartered trading companies are
fundamentally the same as those of modern multinationals
2. According to the passage, early chartered trading companies are
usually described as
(A) irrelevant to a discussion of the origins of the modern
multinational corporation
(B) interesting but ultimately too unusually to be good subjects for
economic study
(C) analogues of nineteenth-century British trading firms
(D) rudimentary and very early forms of the modern multinational
(E) important national institutions because they existed to further the
political aims of the governments of their home countries
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would
characterize the activities engaged in by early chartered trading
companies as being
(A) complex enough in scope to requrie a substantial amount of planning
and coordination on the part of management
(B) too simple to be considered similar to those of a modern
multinational corporation
(C) as intricate as those carried out by the largest multinational
corporations today
(D) often unprofitable due to slow communications and unreliable means
of transportation
(E) hampered by the political demands imposed on them by the governments
of their home countries
4. The author lists the various activities of early chartered trading
companies in order to
(A) analyze the various ways in which these activities contributed to
changes in managemnt structure in such companies
(B) demonstrate that the volume of business transactions of such
companies exceeded that of exceeded that of earlier firms
(C) refute the view that the volume of business undertaken by such
companies was relatively low
(D) emphasize the international scope of these companies' operations
(E) support the argument that such firms coordinated such activities by
using available means of communication and transport
5. With which of the following generalizations regarding management
structures would the author of the passage most probably agree?
(A) Hierarchical management structures are the most efficient management
structures possible in a modern context.
(B) Firms that routinely have a high volume of business transactions
find it necessary to adopt hierarchical managemnt structures.
(C) Hierarchical management structures cannot be successfully
implemented without modern communications and transportation.
(D) Modern multinational firms with a relatively small volume of
business transactions usually do not have hierarchically organized
managemnt structures.
(E) Companies that adopt hierarchical management structures usually do
so in order to facilitate expansion into foreign trade.
6. The passage suggests that modern multinationals differ from early
chartered trading companies in that
(A) the top managers of modern multinationals own stock in their own
companies rather than simply receiving a salary
(B) modern multinationals depend on a system of capitalist international
trade rather than on less modern trading systmes
(C) modern multinationals have operations in a number of different
foreign counties rather than merely in one or two
(D) the operations of modern multinationals are highly profitable
despite the more stringent environmental and safety regulations of
modern governments
(E) the overseas operations of modern multinationals are not governed by
the national interests of their home countries
7. The author mentions the artisan and peasant production systems of
early chartered trading companies as an example of
(A) an area of operations of these companies that was unhampered by
rudimentary systems of communications and transport
(B) a similarity that allows fruitful comparison of these companies with
modern multinationals
(C) a positive achievement of these companies in the face of various
(D) a system that could not have emerged in the absence of management
(E) a characteristic that distinguishes these companies from modern
8. The passage suggests that one of the reasons that early chartered
trading companies deserve comparison with early modern multinationals is
(A) the degree to which they both depended on new technology
(B) the similar nature of their management structures
(C) similarities in their top managemnts' degree of ownership in the
(D) their common dependence on polical stability abroad in order to
carry on foreign operations
(E) their common tendency to revolutionize systems of production
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Still Learning- A Nutrisystem Post
So, last week I was doing great. Eating less.
Eating Nutrisystem with just a couple extra proteins, fruits and veggies.
I felt great....
Waking up was easy- not feeling heavy or bloated.
Getting things accomplished.
Doing what I had to do.
I had the energy and I even lost a pound.
My pants felt looser even straight from the dryer!
And then the weekend....
We ate at the diner one night and the next day we had a BBQ.
I hate too much and not the right foods.
And even if that is where it ended, fine.
But, the mornings were horrendous.
I felt lousy.
I felt bloated and forget being fat.
I felt fat.
And as much as that stunk, I am happy it happened.
Just once again, I learned a lesson of what I need to be doing.
And it could not fall on a better week!
My new Nutrisystem order comes tomorrow!
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Nüz: The case of the missing 'Scream' print is closed.
The Planet Hunter: Despite what 'Rolling Stone' magazine says, the folks at UCSC are doing more than toking hooners in the redwoods. Meet Steven Vogt, UCSC professor and leader in the race to find other worlds.
Rev: We drove onto fine powdery sand that had been stirred up by the wind, hesitated--and into this fluff our tiny Opel sank.
Suburban Sodom:
'A Dirty Shame': this title is certainly accurate!
Deep Thoughts: 'What the #$*! Do We Know!?' tries to explain the mysteries of modern physics.
Adios, Amigo: In memory of Johnny Ramone, the last--and possibly only--great conservative punk.
'Blue' Streak: The SC Symphony takes some inspiration from Bonds and hits its opener out of the park.
The Rock Show: Paul Thorn.
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FRANKFURT, Germany -- A top European Central Bank official says the European Union should move ahead quickly with a new banking supervisor to deal with its shaky financial system.
Benoit Coeure, who sits on the bank's six-member executive board, said in a speech Monday that adopting a new watchdog role for the ECB is "the most urgent component" of bringing bank supervision and bailouts under the control of the EU. Coeure added that it needed to be in place "as early as possible in 2013."
EU officials have proposed a Jan. 1 phase-in for the ECB to start supervising banks in the most troubled countries, with all 6,000 banks being supervised by the start of 2014.
But German officials say it can't be done that quickly and momentum has slowed on the project.
The idea of a single supervisor and bailout fund, dubbed "banking union," is a key part of eurozone officials' efforts to contain their three-year-old crisis over too much government debt.
Troubled banks are a key part of the region's problems, because they can quickly ruin government finances through heavy costs for bailouts. National supervisors have also been protective of domestic financial institutions and slow to force insolvent banks to restructure.
Ireland and Spain, for instance, had relatively low levels of debt before the crisis, but were then hit by expenses for rescuing banks that had made lots of bad real estate loans.
Coeure says that three elements were needed: the single supervisor, plus a bailout fund and EU-wide deposit insurance to protect people's savings if a bank goes under. Germany also opposes the deposit insurance pillar, apparently fearing its domestic banks will pay for problems elsewhere.


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Moisture susceptibility of resin-modified glass-ionomer materials
The purposes of this experiment were to determine if resin-modified glass-ionomer cements are less sensitive to moisture than are conventional glass-ionomer cements, to investigate the effects of barrier coatings, and to study the effects of different setting environments. Discoid specimens of a variety of resin-modified glass-ionomer materials and a conventional glass-ionomer cement control were stored in different environments and were protected with different barrier coatings. The diametral tensile strengths of the specimens were determined and analyzed with three-way analysis of variance. Resin-modified glass-ionomer cements are less sensitive to moisture than is the conventional glass-ionomer cement control. Drier environments produced stronger resin-modified glass-ionomer strength, and the individual materials differed in strength.
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Household clutter will not seem much right now. Overtime however, it will build up and the next thing you know you are suffering from mountains of things to organize. It is rather important that you keep the clutter in control, that way you won't be having any hardships in the long run.
Keeping a house clutter free as well as clean is a journey every day that sometimes can low key drive you crazy. However, you don't have to worry, there are many experts in this field that can help you deal with this in the long run. All you have to do is to take the time to do the legwork and you will be thanking yourself in the future.
In this article, you will be given ideas on how to keep your home clutter free. This home organization tips and tricks you can totally do on your own. Or you could call a professional but where is the fun in that?
Whether you are in the kitchen or in any other part of the house, it is important to remember that you'll have to organize your things. Inside the closet or inside the pantry. It is a lot easier if you already give it a chance to be classified into different containers for easy access. You can get a bottle printing or buy a label maker to add some vlog worthy look.
Sometimes it's easy to just use a movable kitchen rack smack dab in the middle of the room, because it is something that is well easy. However, using something easy will be at the cost of your own space. So, instead use hooks and clever racks that you can hide inside your cabinets that could give you more space. This way you are giving the space a chance without costing you too much.
A place can look cluttered with all the clashing colors there is. If this is so, it might be important to consider that there are again easy ways to fix this. You can either use paint or wallpapers to give it a nice new color and then to use clear jars or bottles to give it a nice look to it.
It's one thing to not know what to do, and just put things as is in the rack. However, for a more sophisticated and a more chic look, use wicker baskets as well as galvanized buckets. Those are pretty nice to look at as well as totally give you the farmhouse vibes. Who says storage units should look crazy and boring, so bring it to life.
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On the topic of commands I haven't used much since the last migration
from 7.0 to 2000, while using different methods to test moving data
from 2000 to 2005, I
come across having to deal with constraints and triggers. Lets
say you script out a database structure, indexes, triggers and
constraints and run that in Sql2k5. I have a little tool called
sqlDump that I use to export data without having to create a DTS
package. Now when you want to load up all the data again, you are
going to run into some constraint violations and insert/update triggers
are going to start firing off. Instead of going in to delete all
those constraints and triggers only to add them back later, just
disable them all using a system stored procedure called
sp_MSforeachtable will loop through all the tables in the database,
performing a command. In our case above, we want to run 2
commands: 1 to set NOCHECK on all CONSTRAINTs, and another to DISABLE
all TRIGGERs.
sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? NOCHECK CONSTRAINT all"
sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? DISABLE TRIGGER all"
The '?' serves as a place holder for the table name. Once your data is loaded, just turn everything back on:
sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? CHECK CONSTRAINT all"
sp_msforeachtable "ALTER TABLE ? ENABLE TRIGGER all"
You can be a bit fancier and run more than 1 command per call to
sp_msforeachtable (limited to 3 commands) by passing in parameters of commands you want to
execute per table.
sp_msforeachtable @command1="ALTER TABLE ? CHECK CONSTRAINT all", @command2="ALTER TABLE ? ENABLE TRIGGER all"
Another great use for this sp is for DBCC commands on tables or
database, as there is also a sp_MSforeachdb stored procedure too.
sp_msforeachtable "dbcc checktable ('?')"


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Located in the southwest London inner-city district of Battersea. Bollingbroke Hall opened in 1880 as an assembly hall. On 6th October 1907, it became the Bio-Pictureland Theatre. In 1910 it became the Bio-Picture Palace with a seating capacity for 600. From 1917 until around 1923 it was re-named Bollingbroke Picture Hall.
From November 1928, work began on re-construction and enlargement by theatre architect Bertie Crewe and Walter Gibbons, with interior decoration by scenic artist Andre Chaussent. Now it had 963 seats, plus standing room for 160, plus a Compton organ with 2Manuals/5Ranks was installed, with the console on a lift. It re-opened as the Globe Cinema on 29th August 1930. By 1937 it was operated by the London & District Cinemas Ltd. chain
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I was the 2nd Projectionist at the Century Cinema Northcote Road, in the late fifties. I remember that Granada installed the old projectors from The Granada Clapham Junction, and we were one of the first cinemas to install Zenon arcs, having the old Peerless ones removed. My Chief Operator was a Burmese fellow called Joe Pinto, and the third was a lad called Brian. I can't remember his second name at this stage. The Century in the fifties looked far different from the illustration shown here, as it does today having been converted to a Supermarket. The fate of many of our lovely Cinemas. A final note. It was here at the Century that I met my wife Margaret, a Part Time Cashier and Usherette. We have been together for over 50 years, longer than the dear old Century lasted.
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New thought on Configuration Management: In a truly federated environment in which CMDB consumes data from other sources, the owner of the CMDB will little control over the quality of the data he or she receives. Do we need to review the goals of Configuration management or the roles?
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Interesting question but possibly an academic one. I have never seen a real world example of a customer using only federated data with their CMDB. In fact instances where I work with a customer using any federation at all are rare. In Customer Support, there are two possible reasons for this.
1) It is widely used but very robust and rarely experiences a fault that customers want to report
2) Very few customers use the feature.
In most cases I can't tell which of these is the answer
Of course, I should say that a feature could be both very robust, and also not widely used at the same time :)
Nick Caulfield - it isn't as academic as you might think. We aren't using the Federation links in Atrium. However, I am currently consulting with an organization who has the concept of "Sources of Record" and Atrium CMDB consumes their information. We (as owners of the CMDB) can report any data quality issues but are reliant on the owners of the Source or Record to clean up their data. Rather than being the "Single Source of Truth", our commitment is to accurately represent the Source of Record. If the Source of Record isn't correct or provides faulty data, we have little recourse.
My opinion (granted I am not a CMDB "expert") is truly federated data is a mythical creature in a Atrium CMDB. There are probably some lesser-used niche cases where federation is used but largely I think the data has to be stored in the Atrium CMDB for most of the functionality to work.
I think Sydney Dent's use case if the first I have seen where they are looking to use purely federated links to another system. I think in an ideal world this is a neat concept. In reality I think the challenges Syd is face with will be the norm, and why most people will store the data in their Atrium CMDB instead of federating.
Syd, how is the performance using the federated links? I tried it out a bit around 2010 in 7.6 with our LANDesk DB for application data and we not impressed. We were not going to be able to use this data as part of licensing compliance so we knew right away besides performance that the lack of capabilities wasn't going to work for us.
I would venture to answer your question "Do we need to review the goals of Configuration management or the roles?" by stating that both need to be reviewed and updated if your data is going south. Data quality is always a result of definition and definition should always be stated in the CM plan. CM is the definition of what your CMDB will reveal. Do you have a CM Plan?
Jason Miller - we aren't using BMCs Federation. The data is maintained externally and then we run AI jobs to bring the data (with a fair amount of data checking and cleanup). So performance isn't really an issue. In the future, I think we are going to start providing some Federated links back to the source programs. They have a significant amount of contact info, cost info (stuff typically managed manually).
Janie Sprenger - that is a valid question. We have a governance document that manages the data in the CMDB. It controls the AI jobs that bring the data in, review and notification processes around data quality issues, processes for adding new sources of information.
The interest challenge with this environment is that we have several "approved" inventory systems. We take feeds of the inventory information in for our Applications, Servers, Network Info, Database Info, and Services. A very common ticket is "why isn't my CI in the CMDB?" Usually we can track the reason to some violation of "policy" of the inventory system that we screen for but the inventory system doesn't. In other words, our governance and control is pretty strong, but our authorized sources aren't so rigorous.
We are doing CM for the Atrium CMDB, but our sources of record aren't nearly as mature in their CM processes. We're working on it. ADDM is being used and pointing a number of issues that are having to be addressed. But we can only cajole, beg, bargain, or refuse to take their data. We can't add the necessary controls to make them more reliable.
In a follow up, Janie Sprenger question is really the heart of this discussion. My organization may be exceedingly siloed . But if the management of inventory is distributed, do we "distribute" CM? Personally, I think the best solution would be to have a framework the inventory systems would use and have to live by. We aren't there yet.
IMO, CM has to mature beyond the CMDB so that it's policies/processes/procedure's inputs and outputs extend to the Source of Record and Transaction systems. The CMDB is only one of the tools in the application of business processes that define Configuration Management.
Practically, it makes no sense to say that your Reference system (CMDB) has to comply with these objectives (x, y, z) when the inputs (Source of Record or data feeds) either don't or cannot supply the required component. Additionally, the CMDB really just holds or refers to "this is what it is since the last time we put the data in the CMDB" CI data. What's important is the transaction record regarding that data - the fix, the change, the release, the expiration of a contract on an approved system, etc. Sometimes the transactions take place outside of ITSM too so then how is the CMDB acting as an input to their requirements?
Once CM starts to be seen as a Business Process instead of the CMDB, then CM begins to develop as a Practice and the CMDB provides support to that practice.
Just to prove my theory that federated links are not really used. Adding to the academic aspect... from what I have seen there are two ways use the term federation is used...
1) the data is imported (copied) into the Atrium CMDB from another source. This other source is supposed to be the system of truth for that data.
I have been in discussions where instead of relying on discovered data or some other systematic data (monitoring tools, etc.) the federated source is a table in another DB where users are fat fingering data. Besides maybe removing some duplication of data entry I don't see much being gained in this specific example (of fat fingered data). Still highly prone to data errors and omissions by people. Why don't they just put the data straight into the Atrium CMDB/Asset Management (they are the same basic data so let's not differentiate).
I have an issue with this definition of federation. Sure the data is coming form other source but is it "true" federation?
2) What I tend to think of when I think about "true" federation (at least in terms of Atrium CMDB) is the data is not stored in the Atrium CMDB. All of the federated data exists in some other system (which could be an Atrium CMDB) and is pulled real-time into the Atrium CMDB upon demand.
Are these two ideas of what federation is the difference between conventional federation and productized federation in the case of Atrium CMDB?
Although after I typed that last paragraph I looked up the DMTF had to say about it: http://dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0252_1.0.1_0.pdf
Page 9 states:
"The mechanisms and formats used to store data. The specification is concerned only with the exchange of data. A possible implementation is a relational database that stores data in tables. Another possible implementation is a front-end that accesses the data on demand from an external provider, similar to a commonly used CIMOM/provider pattern."
Maybe the concept of Atrium CMDB federated links tainted my train of thought regarding federation.
Alternately "The CMDB Imperative" does states on pg 128:
"Many CMDBs, especially in large environment rely on copy integration to get their data. This immediately makes the data's accuracy and authenticity suspect. Instead of using data that is duplicate, federation ensures you tap only into the one true source."
The debate rages on :)
Jason - Federated links and the concept of Federation tends to be a convoluted subject for 2 reasons: 1) Lack of definition on what Federation means, 2) Lack of capability to execute -whether system or user driven. My thought on the matter is that BMC has done some nice work to increase the system capability; however, without the user capability of understanding when and how to use it, the system capability is fairly useless.
Here is one of many practical scenarios for Federated links between the CMDB and SCCM --> Computer Systems (specifically PCs) are loaded into the CMDB from an integration with SCCM. SCCM contains a great deal of information that 'could' technically be mapped to the CMDB - things like CPU, memory, processor, OS info, installed software and about a 100 other things. But why map them into the CMDB when they're already in SCCM? all of those things are useful information facts for solving issues with PCs or even research for changes, but none of those items themselves are used against Change, no Software Contracts are being allocated, License Management isn't used, etc etc etc. It's alot of information that has the potential to change quickly, but has no practical purpose for the Transactions that need to be used against it. (At least as it's been defined for not-said company). So, what's the solution to extend the capability of a reference system? Use a federated link from the PC's CI to the SCCM URL page where it displays all of this information. People who need the information have easy access to various sources from one system. It meets the transactional business requirement, but doesn't over-architect the data requirements.
So my take on it is that Federation is what it is, it's the user's ability to understand the system's technical capabilities that allow a corp to implement a strategic plan to capitalize on data system(s)...
We could say the same for SQL DBs and the functionality to use DB Links to other DBs. If your DBA doesn't know what they are, when and when not to use them, can't create them, etc - then there isn't really a debate, it's just a lack of knowledge and an inability to utilize functionality that may or may not help the business with a strategic data plan.
Thanks for your thought. I agree with the CMDB/SCCM scenario. What I am wondering is that actually being done by companies? If they don't care to track those components for CM/IM/PM/etc. are they finding enough valuing by building the federated links?
"BMC has done some nice work to increase the system capability; however, without the user capability of understanding when and how to use it, the system capability is fairly useless."
That is true for almost the whole Remedy product line. What I am starting to find is much of what BMC has built it beautiful and neat but too complicated for many organizations.
Very few companies effectively use the Federation capabilities in BMC, in my experience that's due to a maturity problem in optimizing process service models.
For reference, this is an interesting tutorial video from BMC on Federation. http://www.bmc.com/education/tutorial-videos/245866161.html


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There is not a day that goes by that Goldie the sun conure does not scream. This is a major issue with many sun conure owners and forces many owners to give up the squawking birds. A sun conure will never be a quiet bird. However the noise can be managed so that they scream less often. Please beware though if you are a person that is sensitive to noise a sun conure is not the parrot for you. They don't always tell you this at the pet store.
Goldie the sun conure screams when she wants something.
Goldie the sun conure screams when she wants to be with her owner.
Goldie the sun conure screams when she sees something she doesn't like.
What can you do to cope with sun conure screaming?
First make sure the diet is well balanced and the sun conure has been checked out by a vet. Also make sure the cage location is good. Goldie likes to be the center of attention so her cage is in the living room.
Make sure the parrot is getting enough sleep. Goldie is put to bed usually around 6:30pm and gets up at around 6:30 am depending upon the time of year. She also takes a daily nap.
Goldie the sun conure likes regular baths also. Sun conures take pride in their appearance and feel good when they are clean. Provide a bowl full of cool water or spray mist for the parrot whichever they prefer. Goldie prefers to have a bowl of cold water and jumps into the bowl herself.
Lots of play time and stimulation is important for sun conures. Provide music, toys, and shredding toys for the sun conure. Goldie the sun conure loves music and has music or television on many hours a day. She also likes shredding toys. Magazines, phone books, toilet paper rolls all work the same purpose. Find out what your individual parrot likes. Goldie also spends several hours a day outside of the cage at least, if not more. She shares meals with her owner as well. Remember sun conures are very social birds and crave interaction.
Give the sun conure some sunlight. After all they are sun conures. Make sure that if you put them outside that you provide some shade and beware of any outdoor dangers from predators and protect against possible theft of your bird. If putting the bird outside is not an option consider getting a lamp and offering full spectrum lighting.
Positive reinforcement is the most important factor in managing the screaming sun conure. This takes time and patience. Goldie loves attention as do most sun conures. Give love attention, soothing words when the bird is being good. Try to use the same words all the time.
Ignore screaming, but make sure all other needs are met such as diet, sleep, toys etc. Make sure that everything is ok; for instance that your bird has not fallen, or that something is wrong. There have been plenty of reports of parrots screaming when there is a fire or a burglar. Knowing your bird and the sound of the noise it makes helps recognize this. Spend time with the sun conure playing when they are good and behaving well. Goldie loves it when she is told she is a good girl. Ignoring screaming is difficult, but if you give the parrot the idea that by screaming they will get what they want, they will continue to scream and scream even more. Positive reinforcement takes time, but it does work. Sun conures are highly intelligent birds with large egos and vibrant personalities.
Be patient. Again remember a sun conure will never be a quiet bird. They will scream occasionally throughout the day-this is normal.
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E.T, a Chinese company recently marketed an electric scooters which can be folded (folding scooter) for internal use and melee. ET Scooter was already traveled around the world from one exhibition to another, until last appeared at the 2014 Intermot.
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The scooter design is very simple and neat. With a view consisting of a vertical pillar as the main axis of the wheel and handlebars, and supported by horizontal cantilever to the seat, and diagonally to the rear tire at a time act as supporting.
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Interestingly, this scooter can be folded when not in use. The scooter dimension was small and use tiny tires with a diameter of 12 inches greatly facilitate the folding process. Besides, the scooter is easy to be moved because of its weight only 30 kg (66 lbs). Manufacturer claim that this scooter can carry a passenger with the weighs five times the scooter weights.
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Ethan had a week off of school, so Katie decided to go on a road trip with him. Just the two of them. They are traveling down the coast of California visiting a couple of different Missions a day. (A Mission is an old style church built during the colonization of California by the Spanish.) They travel a hundred miles or so and then see a new Mission. Each one has its own history and unique aspects.
At the end of the trip they will go to Disney Land. Hmm, doesn't seem to be congruent, but hey, its California.
I don't think I had any trip like that growing up. Most of the trips I went on were to Florida where we played alot of tennis. Once, we went to Acapulco, but I was very little and just remember crawling in the sand trying to make it back to the hotel. My ideal trip (in my mind) is to go to Hawaii or the Caribbean, where the water is warm and clear. The sand is smooth and white. Katie's ideal trip is much different. It has memories etched into your mind about seeing interesting things and meeting unique people.
She would rather hike a mountain than lounge by the pool. After the trip to Tahoe, and hearing Ethan's enthusiasm on the phone, I think I am growing to appreciate this new ideal of a vacation. The adventure vacation.
What is most important is that you have stories to tell. Clearly, this is the benchmark of a great trip. Make sure when you plan your next vacation you ask yourself, "Will this be a story-friendly trip?"
On a related note, I wanted Yes-Man on DVD with Jim Carrey. The premise is that he is forced to say YES to every opportunity. Katie could have stayed home with Ethan, but she was open to adventure. I'm glad she did.


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HOÀ BÌNH — The sight glass of a steam boiler at Hoà Bình Sugarcane JSC in northern Hoà Bình Province recently exploded, killing a worker who was operating the boiler.
On Tuesday, Bùi Thị Thảo, 28, in Lạc Sơn District's Ân Nghĩa Commune was operating the steam boiler at the sugarcane factory of the company when the sight glass of the boiler exploded.
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Authorised agencies are investigating the incident.
According to the initial investigation, the factory, located in Lạc Sơn District's Tân Mỹ Commune, was found to be discharging untreated wastewater into the environment, causing mass fish deaths affecting farmers in central Thanh Hóa Province.
The Vietnam Environment Administration had suspended the operation of the factory and asked it to address the situation.
The factory had asked for permission from authorised agencies to resume its operation. Although it had not yet received any reply, it continued to collect sugarcane from farmers and operated the business. — VNS


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When it comes to foundation, my holy grail has got to be a medium dewy coverage, so when Vichy kindly sent me their new Dermablend range I was skeptic to see how it would feel on my skin.
I'm always up for trying new products when it comes to the face and for such a well-known brand like Vichy, I had to see what it was all about! I haven't yet tried any of their range but Dermablend is something I've been familiar with in the blogosphere. Their full coverage foundation seems to be a hit with a lot of people so I was excited to see how it looked on my skin, I always worry full coverage can look cakey or dry my skin!
When I received the setting powder too, a lot of people immediately said how good it was for setting and blending the foundation, something I've never tried myself. Don't get me wrong I've dried dozens of powders to set the foundation but not a specific setting powder like this where it's a universal shade.
The Vichy Dermablend range has had a total revamp and I'm loving the new packaging, its simple and sleek but it does look luxurious. Its well put together especially the setting powder, it comes in a sturdy box and I just think it looks so expensive looking. The foundation has a screw top which is easy to apply but the nozzle definitely doesn't keep clean with the left over foundation.
The Dermablend Fluid Corrective Foundation* is now available in 8 shades. I had to look into what shade I was and I ended up picking Sand 35 which is in the middle of the range. I'm not pale but not dark either but as you can see the foundation is a little dark on the swatch but once blended it works fine – even better when I have self tan on. So straight away you can see with one swipe how well it covers, I was amazed actually how thick it was but in a good way! It's very matte though so if you don't like them types of foundation I wouldn't recommend it.
At this time of year my skin is a lot drier but this foundation still fit so well on me. I tended to use this foundation while I was at work – to see its durability, I work next to ovens all day and honestly it did not budge all day, even my colleagues said how good my skin looked. For £18 and 30ml of product it definitely is justifiable and will last you about the same as any other foundation I think. If your like me and prone to a breakout now and then, this will be your best friend. This foundation came at the right time for me, I had a few stress spots and they did cover them so easily.
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I'm glad I got the opportunity to try this powder, it's definitely something I'd continue to use now in part of my beauty regime. It retails around £11-17 which is a good price for a powder that will last a while.
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| 8.6°C Belfast
A teenage girl has died following a road accident in Northern Ireland.
Charly Jean Thompson, 15 and from Cookstown in Co Tyrone, was one of four people taken to hospital after a collision involving a 4x4 and another car.
It happened on the Drum Road between Cookstown and Omagh last Wednesday evening.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that she died overnight.


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H.R.4667 - Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes.115th Congress (2017-2018)
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|Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] (Introduced 12/18/2017)
|House - Appropriations; Budget
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|Senate - 01/04/2018 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291. (All Actions)
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Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017
This division provides $81 billion in FY2018 emergency appropriations to several federal agencies for disaster assistance related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; and wildfires that occurred in 2017. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)
This division amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response and recovery programs.
This division amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to designate cottonseed as a covered commodity beginning with the 2018 crop year. (Producers of covered commodities are eligible for Department of Agriculture [USDA] price and income support programs such as the Price Loss Coverage program.)
It also amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to remove the $20 million cap on annual expenditures for livestock producers under the federal crop insurance program.
The bill requires all states to participate in USDA's National Accuracy Clearinghouse, which is a database for states to use to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) participants from receiving duplicative benefits in multiple states. (The clearinghouse is currently a pilot program with five participating states.)
This division exempts the budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) and other budget enforcement rules.


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About me
I was appointed to the post of Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head & Neck Surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital on in 2000. I obtained my MB BCh from Ain-Shams University, Cairo in 1974 and completed all my basic and higher surgical training in the UK. I obtained his FRCS in 1983 from Dublin, and subsequently obtained my FRCS (ORL-HNS) in 1999 and my CCST in June 2000. I was awarded the Fellowship ad eundem from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2008.
I have been practicing ENT for almost 30 years, 13 of them as a Consultant and Clinical Lead in the United Arab Emirates and from July 2000 at Musgrove Park Hospital totalling 25 yearss as consultant.
I have a wide range of experience in all aspects of adult and paediatric ENT and Head & Neck Surgery and I am highly experienced in most otological procedures. In Head & Neck Surgery. I gained substantive experience in salivary gland and thyroid surgery. In paediatric otolaryngology I have dealt with several cases of congenital choanal atresia, on which I have several publications as well as a patent design for a Sadek Choanal Atresia Stent for the treatment of the condition (patent number US6606995).
My special interest is Rhinology and Thyroid surgery. I has substantive skills in functional endoscopic sinus surgery and Rhinoplasty, having performed over 300 cases of the latter.
Areas of interest
Thyroid surgery; Rhinoplasty / nose surgery/FESS; Rhinology (nasal disorders); Salivary gland surgery; middle ear surgery; paediatric ENT surgery
Medical secretaries
- Katie Popham
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital Staplegrove Taunton TA2 6AN
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Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head & neck surgeon at Musgrove park Hospital and the Nuffield hospital Taunton.
I am the lead thyroid surgeon for the Trust
Research interests
My experience with ten cases of congenital choanal atresia led me to develop a new method of using endotracheal tubes for stenting, the results of eight cases of which were published in 1997. The absence of commercially available easy-to-use stent for this condition spurred me to develop a design of my own. Patent No (GB 9918973.0) & (US 6,606,995B1).This has been manufactured by Exmoor Plastics and is now available commercially.
Personal interests
Scuba Diving: He regularly dives in the Gulf including night dives. He hopes to dive at some stage in the Red Sea and Maldives.
Sea Fishing: He is an avid sea fisherman.
Music: He enjoys playing the drums with his children who sing and play guitar and piano. His wife also participates, as she is a very good amateur singer
Motorbiking: He enjoys riding his Harley Davidson XR 1200.
Awards received
Clinical excellence awards 2005 and 2008
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Gujarati - Fluent
- Hindi - Fluent
1 Congenital Bilateral Choanal Atresia
2 A novel stenting technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia
3 Pocket ENT Emergencies (Handbook)
4 Teflon Injection of the Vocal Cords under General Anaesthesia
5 Carcinomatous changes in Pharyngeal Diverticula
6 Intralaryngeal Arytenoidectomy
7 The Efficacy of Topical Anaesthesia in Flexible Nasendoscopy
8 Temporal Bone Dissection – a possible route for Prion transmission
9 A Novel Stenting Technique for Congenital Choanal Atresia (Abstract)
Courses offered to GPs
Regular speaker on GP training courses and local GP teaching sessions
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- MBBCh Ain-Shams University, Egypt 1973
- FRCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1983
- FRCS(ORL-HNS) Intercollegiate Royal College of Surgeons 1999
- FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2008
GMC registration
Reference number 2905066
Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)
- Examiner for the MRCS The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2009
Details of entry to specialist register
Affiliations / memberships
· British Medical Association
· British Rhinological Society
· British Association of Endocrine Surgeons
· Medical Defence Unit
· Member of the Court of Examiners for The Intercollegiate MRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons of England
· Visiting overseas Professor of ENT at Islamabad Medical & Dental College (2009)
Practice hours
Appt Bookings
- Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital, TA2 6AN
- Wednesday
- 14:00 - 18:30
- 01823 286991
Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details
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Tel Aviv Diary: You Say al-Haram al-Sharif. I Say Temple Mount
As Tel Avivans swelter under what has been the hottest July ever (so far, temperatures have averaged 5 degrees above the norm), they were comforted — until now — by the fact that the two main news stories of the summer have been the widening scandals surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ongoing saga of President Donald Trump, which Israelis happily gaze at from a distance.
That complacency has been shattered in the last few days by two very different events.
First, the shooting of Israeli policemen by men who emerged from the Temple Mount.
And second, the sudden public spat Israel has gotten into with the U.S. over the ceasefire in Syria.
Thursday's attack from the Temple Mount, or as it is known in Arabic, al-Haram al-Sharif, is feared by many to be a game changer.
The Temple Mount, the site where the Jewish First and Second Temples once stood, has been the site of the al-Aqsa Mosque since 705 CE.
When Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six Day war (50 years ago), a decision was made to allow the administration of the Temple Mount compound to remain in the hands of the Muslim Waqf. Jewish prayer would take place in the plaza below — at what was known as "the Wailing Wall", now renamed the "Western Wall" (whose stones were part of the retaining wall for the Temple Mount created in King Herod's time (1st century BCE)).
Israel's decision to defer control over the Temple Mount compound was eased by the fact most leading rabbis at the time believed Jews should not ascend to that area, due to the fact that one could not be sure where the ancient Temple's "Holy of Holies" had been located (i.e. a place Jews were not permitted to visit.)
In the years that followed the 1967 war, an unwritten agreement, known as the "status quo," maintains the delicate division of authority established over the Temple Mount compound.
Under this agreement, the Waqf, which was controlled by Jordan, would administer the site and maintain order. Jews would be allowed to visit, but not pray, at the site.
The status quo remained in place without serious difficulties until 1996, when construction on the site by the Waqf, and the opening of the adjacent Western Wall tunnel by the Israelis, created serious tensions and resulted in the abrogation of the long-standing agreement.
At the same time, a campaign instigated by Sheik Raed Salah, head of the Northern Islamic Movement, who served at the time as mayor of Umm al-Fahm (an Arab Israeli town) that asserted "Al-Aqsa is in danger," gained steam.
During the Second Intifada (beginning in Sept. 2000) the status quo fell apart completely. For three years, Jews were not allowed to visit the Temple Mount site. In 2003, Israel unilaterally established a new status quo that permitted Jews to visit the compound.
It should be noted that, concurrently, there was a growing sub-group of religious Israelis who demanded the right to pray on the Temple Mount and refused to accept the restrictions set in place by the status quo. Two years ago, a mini "Intifada of Knives" broke out that spurred attacks in response to the cry "Al-Aqsa is in danger."
The tension over al-Aqsa two years ago was partially resolved by intensive diplomatic efforts achieved by then US Secretary of State John Kerry. The cry "Al-Aqsa is in danger" has been extremely effective for over nearly a century in creating resistance to the Jewish presence in Palestine.
The slogan "Al-Aqsa is in danger" was first used in 1928, as a catalyst to the riots that year; uprisings that ended centuries of Jewish presence in Hebron. Attempts to reach a new agreement — especially as related to security— have failed, despite the positive input of the Jordanians.
Which brings us to Thursday's attack and subsequent problems. This latest attack was carried out by three Arab Israelis from Sheik Raid Salah's town of Umm al-Fahm — a rare instance of any Arab Israelis partaking in a terror attack.
It was also the first time the Temple Mount was used as a base to carry out an act of terror (something that has clearly been out of bounds until now).
As a result of the attack, Israeli police closed the Temple Mount for two days, only reopening it on Sunday — and only after instituting new security measures that included introducing metal detectors at the entrances of the compound. Most, but not all representatives of the Waqf have objected to that act.
Many have refused to enter the compound. Last night, violence broke out between the police and Muslim worshippers praying outside the compound. There is palpable fear that after months of quiet, the current situation at the heart of the holy city could spin out of control.
Looking out toward our northern border, news that Israel is a very unhappy with the agreement reached between the United States and Russia, regarding the Syrian ceasefire, has come as a surprise to most Israelis. A majority of Israelis remain under the illusion that the Trump Administration has Israel's back. Furthermore, Prime Minister Netanyahu's apparent close relationship with the Russians was assumed to be strong enough to ensure that the Russians would keep Israeli interests in mind in formulating any agreement.
Israel has two main concerns in Syria — i.e., To make sure that Iran does not dominate the country and that it does not establish permanent bases there. It would seem the agreement that has been signed accomplishes neither of these goals. The result of the Syrian Civil War — beyond the 500,000 innocents that have been killed — is that Assad who has murdered most of the dead in the war, (including through use of chemical weapons), remains in power.
Moreover, Iran, Israel's most deadly enemy (and in reality, Israel's only real enemy that is a nation-state) may now maintain bases close to Israel. It would seem that the Trump Administration was so keen on reaching an agreement with the Russians, that they were not willing to sweat the details to ensure Israel's interests.
This morning, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov issued a statement, saying that Israeli concerns will be kept in mind in the future.
During the Obama Administration, many Israelis were not happy with how much interest Secretary Kerry expended on trying to move the peace process forward. Former Defense Minister Moshe "Bougie" Ya'alon once complained that Kerry was nearly "messianic" in his desire to achieve an agreement, at almost any price.
No one then, however, contended that Kerry was unwilling to sweat the details.
There is a growing fear that the understaffed and inexperienced Trump Administration is incapable, or unwilling, to sweat the details that while they may not have achieved peace in our region, may have kept the situation from spinning out of control.


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Can a Plastic Rain Barrel With a Hole in It Be Repaired?
A rain barrel with a hole in it may seem problematic, as it leaks out the water you're trying to save. A hole or leak may occur around attachments such as a spigot, or around a crack or dent. These leaks are repairable using epoxies or sealants designed to withstand moisture.
An epoxy designed for use underwater, such as a marine-grade epoxy that is also safe for potable water, can be used to patch a hole in a rain barrel. Clean the rain barrel inside and out first. Apply epoxy to the damaged area on both the inside and outside, smoothing it out with a craft stick or putty knife over the hole, making sure the epoxy fills the hole as well.
Silicone Sealant
Silicone sealant for exterior use, often used to repair cracks around windows, also fills holes in rain barrels and holds up under water. Empty and clean the rain barrel thoroughly, then squirt a bead of the sealant over the hole inside and out, pressing sealant into the hole. Smoothing the substance beyond the damaged area ensures a better seal.
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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland voters are going to the polls to choose candidates for governor, attorney general and various state and local offices, but problems have been reported in Montgomery County.
Nine precincts in Montgomery County were reporting errors with electronic poll books used to look up voter names. Affected voters were permitted to cast a provisional ballot.
A county elections official said Tuesday afternoon that replacement electronic poll books were delivered.
Maryland Board of Elections spokeswoman Nikki Charlson says a tree fell on a power line in Allegany County, briefly cutting electricity to a polling place.
Voters can cast ballots until 8 p.m. Tuesday.


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MIAMI (CBSMiami)– Thousands of signed petitions were delivered to the Florida Attorney General's Office Thursday morning asking her to drop the state's legal challenges holding up gay marriage in the state.
Four same-sex couples from a group called Equality Florida Institute delivered signatures which call for an end to the legal battle they said is tying up their right to marry.
"It's time. It's time to let the law move forward and let the ruling move forward," said Chris Cooley.
They carried green signs in support of gay marriage. They claim Attorney General Pam Bondi is holding up gay marriage with a taxpayer-funded legal fight.
"Why are we wasting all this money to try to appeal a ban that hasn't been upheld anywhere else in the country. It doesn't make sense. It upsets me," said Sean Cooley. "There's over 7,000 signed petitions."
They left them with the Attorney General's Secretary hoping they'll be delivered to Bondi herself.
Click here to WATCH CBS4 Brian Andrews's report
"Our marriage is no longer recognized in Florida and that not only affects people who have children, but people who are older, like ourselves, who have beneficiary rights and inheritance rights and social security and Medicare," said Robin Gray.
The state's ban on gay marriage was struck down by a judge in the Keys last week but that ruling was stayed pending an appeal by Florida's Republican Attorney General. An appeal court has refused last-minute motions to allow the stay to be lifted.
Bondi has said, ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide what states like Florida who ban same-sex marriage should do.
"We shouldn't be tied down by legal loopholes and appeals from the Attorney General for us to start a family," said Sean Cooley.
In 2008, voters amended the state constitution to define marriage only as a union between a man and a woman. Legal challenges to the amendment are pending in Miami-Dade and in federal court up in Tallahassee.
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Alrighty then, here goes. If you are unaware I am doing a charity skydive in memory of Matilda Mae you must be a new reader here, so Hiya and welcome. I mention it quite often on Twitter and Facebook that I am trying hard to fundraise. Sadly my donations haven't taken off yet, so I'm trying something else.
UPDATED – I have changed the donatition link in the Rafflecopter form to support Claire as I have reached the £400 I needed to reach. Sadly Claire hasn't yet. All entries made via my donation page are still valid of course. The only change is where future donations end up.
Also the lovely Lucy has a super-fast last minute raffle going on, same principal, make a small donation and you could win something. We are all working as a team to try to help each other raise money.
A MAHOOOOSIVE charity raffle. The prizes so far are listed below, and I am still trying to add to this list. To enter the raffle is easy peasy – there is one compulsory first entry on the Rafflecopter widget below – a donation of £2 or more. Anyone who does this, THANK YOU, you will then get the option of extra entries such as following the social media pages of some of the companies kindly donating prizes or tweeting about this raffle to get more donations to the JustGiving page. I won't fib, I just want your money! But for the Lullaby Trust, not me. You can read about the Lullaby Trust and last years skydive on my blog.
The prizes, in no particular order.
Reef 2 on DVD thanks to Paramount home media.
Voucher Express are very kindly giving a £50 voucher, they sell pretty much every gift card going. Check them on twitter @Voucher_Express. Shopping is so much fun when its "guilt free" using vouchers you've won.
£25 of Vileda cleaning products.
To celebrate the launch of their new campaign, 'Floor Miles', I've teamed up with Vileda, the UK's leading household cleaning brand. Vileda is offering one lucky reader the chance to win £25 worth of cleaning goodies to get their home ship shape this spring. Perfect for busy homes, Vileda products are designed to last miles longer and make your cleaning miles easier! For more competitions and to find out how to collect Vileda 'Floor Miles' and be in with a chance of winning a family eco-holiday, head to the Vileda UK Facebook page facebook.com/ViledaUK.
A 4 pack of E-cloths. Great for allergy suffers as they are designed to be used chemical free, with just water.
MAM baby are donating a bundle of baby products. I'm unsure of the exact items, think of it as a surprise.
The lovely folks at Suppose.com are donating Sweet, a cookery book by Levi Roots.
The "typist" at Wagg pet foods say Dalton dog is offering two pet food and treat prize packs. One for dog owners, and one for cat owners. Again the contents are a slight surprise but I am confident it will be good.
A Speck products iPad PixelSkin-HD case in cobalt blue. This is in the proper packaging, it was only removed to review it here but Blokey wanted his genuine Apple case more. Worth £44.95 on the Speck website.
Something nice from Dodo Pad. "LordDodo" is offering an Acad-Pad desk and wall planner and an address book to one of the winners, worth about £30.
To be clear, each item on the Rafflecopter is going to be chosen separately, but if your name comes out more than once you might win more than one prize.
If you are a business owner or a PR reading this and thinking about donating a prize, please do contact me.
If you like this why not enter the #MMraffle on Clare's blog. She's jumping with me!! Eek