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The rabbit-derived antibody is purified with protein A-conjugated agarose followed by acetylated histone H2B (Lys120) peptide affinity chromatography. It specifically recognizes histone H2B with acetylation at Lys120.
This product is produced by immunizing rabbits with a synthetic acetyl peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Lys120 of human histone H2B. Antibodies are purified by protein A-conjugated agarose followed by acetylated histone H2B (Lys120) peptide affinity chromatography.
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For Western blotting, incubate membrane with diluted antibody in 5% nonfat milk, 1 x TBS, 0.1% Tween-20 for two hours at room temperature with gentle shaking.
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A. Dot blotting analysis on indicated amount of acetylated H2B peptide at Lys120 (lane 1), succinylated H2B peptide at Lys120 (lane 2) and unmodified H2B peptide at Lys120 (lane 3) using acetyl-histone H2B (Lys120) rabbit pAb.
B. Western blotting analysis on 30 μg of crude proteins from HeLa whole cell lysates with (lane 2) or without (lane 1) treatment of sodium butyrate (30 mM, 4 hours) using acetyl-histone H2B (Lys120) rabbit pAb (1:2000).
The ε-amino lysine acetylation of proteins is an important reversible modification controlling protein activity.The amino-terminal tails of core histones undergo lysine acetylationin multiple sites, termed as "histone code".Lysine acetylation in core histone soccurs in response to various stimuli and plays vital roles in the regulation of many cellular processes including chromatin dynamics, DNA transcription, cell cycle progression, apoptosis, differentiation, and nuclear import.. In most species, histone H2A is primarily acetylated at Lys5, 9, 15, and 36; H2B is primarily acetylated at Lys5, 12, 15,16,and 20. Histone H3 is primarily acetylated at Lys4, 9, 14, 18, 23, 27, 56,and 79. Histone H4 is primarily acetylated at Lys5, 8, 12, 16, and 20. Morethan 20 histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and 18 histone deacetylases (HDACs)have been identified to date, while the mechanistic details of substrateselection and site specificity of these enzymes remain unclear. The regulation of histonelysine acetylation status is impaired in the pathologies of cancerand other diseases and therefore, enzymes regulating histone lysine acetylationhave become promising targets for anti-cancer drugs.
Store product at -20oC. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw. Antibody is supplied in PBS with 50% glycerol and 0.01% sodium azide.Stable for 12 months from date of receipt.
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It's been an amazing season for the Arizona Cardinals. Not only did the team achieve its best regular-season record in the franchise's 118-year history at 13-3 (including a nine-game winning streak) and led the league in total offense, its players amassed hefty accomplishments in the process.
Quarterback Carson Palmer had the best year of his career and, more importantly, stayed healthy. The always classy Larry Fitzgerald, who re-upped his contract with Arizona before the season, was one of the top receivers in the NFL and also smashed team records along the way. And rookie running back David Johnson simply was on fire.
Sure, there were a few bumps in the road, including star safety Tyrann Mathieu's injury, but that woe was tempered by all the glory that Arizona enjoyed. The Cardinals vanquished divisional rivals, won every prime time game they played, and triumphed during a few nail-biters.
Oh, yeah, and the Cardis emerged victorious from one of the greatest playoff games ever played last weekend against the Green Bay Packers.
There were scads of outstanding moments for the team this season, and we're definitely hoping for a more. Like, say, during this weekend's showdown with the Carolina Panthers for the NFC championship Sunday, and in Super Bowl 50 next month against either Denver Broncos or the New England Patriots.
Arizona is a three-point underdog this weekend against the Panthers. But the Red Birds have overcome the odds many times this season, and if players can show the same chutzpah that got them to the NFC title game, its definitely possible they will make the trip to Levi's Stadium in Northern California in early February.
So as we look forward to Arizona's making their final drive toward the Super Bowl, we'd like to offer our fellow members of the BirdGang a look back at some of the best moments from this season.
10. Tyrann Mathieu swats Drew Brees' pass.
The Cardinals were dealt a major blow when defensive standout Tyrann Mathieu suffered the second ACL injury of his burgeoning career in December, cutting short what was shaping up to be a fantastic season for the 23-year-old free safety. That's because the "Honey Badger" was fierce in the 14 games in which he played, tearing through Arizona's opponents while posting a career-best 80 tackles and five picks. (Some sports wags called him one of "best blitzers in the NFL," and they weren't wrong.)
One of our favorite Mathieu moments came was when he leaped into the air and swatted down a pass by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in week one that could've been a turnover had Kareem Martin not let the ball touch the ground. Who knew honey badgers could fly?
Aaron Rodgers sacked again, fumbles, Cory Redding returns it for the TD. pic.twitter.com/7048vIOP7D— ?arcusD (@_MarcusD_) December 27, 2015
9. Cory Redding's fumble recovery.
Arizona's defense was merciless to Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers when the Red Birds routed the Packers, 38-8, in December. Cardinals defenders turned A-Rodge into a tackling dummy by sacking him nine times through the game. On one such occasion, Cory Redding was there to scoop up the fumble and run the ball in for the TD. And he did it with style, stiff-arming a Green Bay behemoth and strutting like wrestling legend Ric Flair after the score. No, seriously.
Cory Redding (6'4'', 318 lbs) makes a 1-handed pick and only has Matt Stafford in his way
Stafford got'em! #AZvsDET
http://t.co/hwD42AtTLm— NFL (@NFL) October 11, 2015
8. Cory Redding's one-handed pick.
It certainly wasn't Cory Redding's only stellar moment of 2015, as the dude also managed a one-handed interception of a throw by Lions quarterback Matt Stafford in the blowout of Detroit. And it would've turned into touchdown to boot, had Stafford not scrambled and taken Redding out at the five-yard line.
J.J Nelson 64 yard TD pass from Carson Palmer. #AZvsCIN #SNF pic.twitter.com/dHrqVjCB6X— NFL (@NFLIive) November 23, 2015
7. Carson Palmer's long bomb.
Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer had an MVP-worthy season, his uneven performance in last weekend's victory over the Packers aside, racking up 4,671 yards and nailing 35 touchdown passes, both of which are team records. One of his biggest throws of the season so far, however, was a 64-yard bomb to wideout J.J. Nelson that helped Arizona topple the Cincinnati Bengals, his former team, in November.
3 career touches.
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David Johnson --> 108-yards TO THE HOUSE! #AZvsCHI http://t.co/YD9qdU9Jii— NFL (@NFL) September 20, 2015
6. David Johnson's 108-yard kickoff return.
Running back David Johnson had plenty of highlights this season (including rushing for 187 yards and scoring three touchdowns against the Philadelphia Eagles last month), which makes his inclusion on the short list of potential "Rookie of the Year" candidates a no-brainer. And one of his biggest moments came when he returned the opening kickoff in Arizona's early-season contest with the Chicago Bears for a touchdown.
5. Justin Bethel's pick-six against San Francisco.
Arizona's 47-7 rout of the San Francisco 49ers in September kicked off with this spectacular pick six by Cardinals cornerback Justin Bethel in the game's opening quarter. After grabbing a Colin Kaepernick pass out of mid-air with a leaping catch, the three-time Pro Bowler raced into the end zone for TD, the first of many scored by the Red Birds that afternoon.
.@tonyjefferson1 closes the door on the Ravens comeback attempt. #BALvsAZ #MNF https://t.co/PcwjXFYRc2— NFL (@NFL) October 27, 2015
4. Tony Jefferson's Ravens-killing interception.
Tony Jefferson snuffed out a come-from-behind victory by Baltimore when the Cardinals safety snatched up an end zone pass from Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco in the closing moments of a Monday night nail-biter in October. It helped the Cards clinch a 26-18 win, their fifth of the season, and made the crowd at University of Phoenix Stadium go bonkers.
Teddy Bridgewater goes for the win.
Dwight Freeney goes for the strip-sack fumble.
And the Cardinals win. #MINvsAZ https://t.co/vQz2uxsmrt— NFL (@NFL) December 11, 2015
3. Dwight Freeney's strip-sack fumble.
Victory was similarly snatched from the jaws of defeat during Arizona's hard-fought battle against the Vikings last month, thanks to the heroics of veteran linebacker Dwight Freeney. Arizona was clinging to a three-point lead in the closing seconds with Minnesota deep in their territory and gearing up to go for a game-winning touchdown or tie the game with a field goal.
Enter Freeney, who went full-tilt boogie with his trademark spin move to get to Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater in time to strip sack the QB, recover the football, and help his squad eek out the win. Arizona clinched a playoff berth with the W while Freeney got a well-deserved $200,000 incentive bonus for the play.
2. Larry Fitzgerald's 75-yard run
It's not surprising that future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald was winded in post-game interviews after Arizona's big overtime playoff win over the Green Bay Packers last weekend. After all, Fitz had just finished almost single-handedly winning the game, including bolting 75 yards past befuddled Packers players to set up the winning touchdown — which Fitz scored one play later. It cemented his status the greatest athlete in Valley of the Sun sports history.
The Dagger!!! Andre Ellington 48 yard TD run. #AZvsSEA Goodnight Seattle pic.twitter.com/dxHAXLOw2o— NFL (@NFLIive) November 16, 2015
1. Andre Ellington's sideline run and Drew Stanton's big dance
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A trio of unforgettable moments occurred after Cardinals running back Andre Ellington galloped 48 yards down the sidelines for a touchdown in the final minutes of Arizona's mid-November battle against the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
First off, it secured a Red Birds win in a tight game against a dreaded divisional rival on enemy turf, a rarity in recent years in the home of the "12th Man." It also resulted in a look of gobsmacked shock on Seahhawks head coach Pete Carroll's face, a priceless sight on national TV for Arizona fans after years of watching their team get trounced by the 'Hawks.
Then there was backup QB Drew Stanton's adorably awkward victory dance along the sidelines during the play. He shimmied, shuffled, and spazzed — in addition to shaking his tail-feathers and waving his arms like one of those inflatable figures seen at used-car lots. We hear that Drew also does a pretty mean version of The Dougie.


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AUGUSTA—It's sunflower season — a season of about 10 days in length when the symbolic flower is in full bloom.
Diana Burress and her husband, Walter, who plant these flowers each year, open their field to the public for free for family photos and senior portraits.
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Morphology, perception and locomotion are three key features highly inter-dependent in robotics. This paper gives an overview of an underwater modular robotic platform equipped with a bio-inspired electric sense. The platform is reconfigurable in the sense that it can split into independent rigid modules and vice-versa. Composed of 9 modules, the longer entity can swim like an eel over long distances, while once detached, each of its modules is efficient for small displacements with a high accuracy. Challenges are to mechanically ensure the morphology changes and to do it automatically. Electric sense is used to guide the modules during docking phases and to navigate in unknown scenes. Several aspects of the design of the robot are described and a particular attention is paid to the inter-module docking system. The feasibility of the design is assessed through experiments.
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AI: The Somnium Files is a detective adventure game in which you investigate the mystery behind a series of murders in a technologically-advanced modern day Tokyo, Japan.
The game starts out with a bizarre murder case where a body is found with the eye gouged out of the skull. Players take on the role of a detective named Kaname Date on the trail of the serial killer behind this murder. Date's left eye is an artificial eye with an AI unit within it that he uses to solve crimes.
If Date is investigating a case and finds a key witness or suspect, people will not always give up information freely, so Date can enter their memories and extract information. These memories are kind of like dreamscapes. The latin word for "dream" is "somnium," so in the game the dreamscapes you enter are called somnium.
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- Hone your detective skills in this thrilling sci-fi murder mystery with 30+ hours of gameplay and multiple endings.
- Enter dreams to solve puzzles and learn clues. With a 6 minute time limit, every second counts.
- Discover the truth by interrogating suspects and using 3 special vision modes to investigate crime scenes.
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After months of hard work by a great crew, our new web site is up and running. We want to thank a few folks for their efforts.
First, our partners at Acorn Internet Services deserve a round of applause. With Dale and me being as computer illiterate as anyone, Lisa, Annie, Willie, Helena and their associates had their hands full keeping things moving along. Their patience and perseverance kept this project on track, as they pulled us into the 21st century. We hope you'll agree that the site is indeed a testament to their talents and skills.
Our consulting partner, Peter Schermann of the B&B Team, as well as Peter's lovely wife Peggy, did an awesome job with interior photography. Their work truly highlights the renovations that we undertook last year. Our thanks to both of the Schermanns.
We owe particular thanks to our daughter Amy. She took the lead with Acorn in getting this project off the ground, and prodded us to get things done. While we had our disagreements along the way, she continued to push us in many ways to finally get this project completed. We are so proud of her, as well as our son Jay, for all of their help and support.
Check out www.chanceyhillinn.com and let us know what you think of the new web site.
24 September, 2010
After months of hard work by a great crew, our new web site is up and running. We want to thank a few folks for their efforts.
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I was very impressed by your website. Now when I talk about your beautiful B & B I can refer folks to your website and they can see for themselves how great it is. This morning I have the opportunity to visit with Amy -- I always look forward to seeing her. Tell Dale to get her hiking boots out because I'd really like to get up there before it gets TOO cold. Enjoy this welcome fall weather. Hope to see you in the not too distant future.


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My daughter (senior in high school) was playing volleyball in a co-ed gym class.
The PE teacher was supervising three classes at once in three different rooms.
The teacher was in the basketball room at the time my daughter was injured.
My daughter hit the ball over the net, scoring a point.
The male on the other side of the net kicked the ball towards her, hitting her in the head. My daughter got a concussion, her fourth.
She will be absent from school for most of the remaining year, jeopardizing her GPA and honors standing.
Is the school district negligent in allowing the teacher to supervise three sections simultaneously? Is the teacher negligent for doing it? If the teacher was present, perhaps the male would not have taken that action. After the incident, my daughter had to go find the gym teacher for assistance with her injury.
Should schools be permitted to have co-ed gym classes for this reason? What are our options? Thank you.
Disclaimer: Our response is not formal legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. It is generic legal information based on the very limited information provided. Do not rely upon the information in our response, or anywhere else on this site, when deciding the proper course of a legal matter. Always get a personalized case review from a local attorney.
Dear Diane,
The obvious question from a defending lawyer would be, why have you continued to allow your daughter to play volleyball after she had sustained three (3) previous brain concussions?
A brain concussion is a serious traumatic head injury caused by a blow to the head or any other activity which jars or shakes the brain inside the skull. After a concussion, the brain is much more sensitive to damage. Most physicians strongly advise patients who have sustained brain conclusions to avoid future activities which might result in additional blows to the head.
If your daughter had been treated for her three previous brain concussions, her physician would have undoubtedly advised her not to continue playing sports where the possibility of a head injury may exist. That includes volleyball.
From the facts you present, you did not seek medical care for your daughter. That is something difficult to understand, especially as this was her fourth brain concussion.
There is a legal doctrine called "Assumption of the Risk." As it relates to sports, assumption of the risk basically means when you are aware a sporting activity may result in specific injuries, and you ignore that risk and play anyway, you assume the risk of injuries normally associated with that sport.
When a person assumes that risk and an injury then occurs, liability attaches to the person who assumed the risk, and normally not to the person who unintentionally inflicted the injury.
In other words, it is entirely possible when playing volleyball a player may get hit in the head with the ball. In this case, someone kicked the ball and hit your daughter's head. While apparently unsportsmanlike, there is no evidence the injury was purposely inflicted.
As to the teacher's coaching three classes at one time, there is no evidence the coach would have been able to stop the injury from occurring if he had been coaching less classes. As a result, liability would likely not attach to the teacher or the school district.
To read more about Assumption of the Risk in sports go to:
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One comment on "Liability for improper supervision?"
You make several incorrect assumptions here:
(1) Daughter was not advised to abstain from all sports.
(2) Gym is a required course in NJ. We did not "choose" for her to play volleyball.
(3) Of course, we got immediate medical attention for our daughter: hospital visit for a cat scan, concussion doctor, and physical therapy–still ongoing.
(4) Testosterone-filled male may not have chosen to kick the ball if he knew a teacher was observing.
At any rate, the school is working with us to assure daughter's grades do not drop. Hopefully, she will be able to enjoy the usual senior activities.


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Call of Duty: Warzone game details
Updated 3/12/20 By Cliff Henjum
Extra Specs for Call of Duty: Warzone
Call of Duty: Warzone not only features two brand new high-octane game modes (Plunder and the classic Battle Royale), but it also has two extra sets of detailed system requirements. Most games only list the minimum and recommended requirements, but Warzone also has specific specs for Competitive Settings and Ultra Settings.
While the recommended requirements will enable you to play Warzone with Medium graphics settings, Competitive will give your PC the ability to run it with a high and stable FPS with the graphics turned up to high on a high refresh monitor. To reach this level, your computer will need something that's at least as powerful as the GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER. In the CPU slot, you'll need at least an Intel Core i7-8700K or an AMD Ryzen 1800X. Don't forget to also include 16 GB of RAM. Needless to say, the specs needed to push Warzone to High graphics are higher than all other Battle Royale competitors, including Fortnite.
If the Competitive Specs didn't send your computer running for cover, then perhaps the Ultra Specs will. Only the best of the best hardware will run Warzone in 4K resolution with a high and steady FPS. Essentially, you're going to need the newest and most powerful video card, such as the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER or its AMD equivalent. In the CPU slot, you're going to want something along the lines of the Intel Core i9-9700K or the AMD Ryzen 2700X. The RAM requirement for Ultra is the same as it was for Competitive so you'll still need 16 GB. Nvidia also wants to remind players to update their drivers to get the most out of this massive Battle Royale.
Here are the Call of Duty: Warzone System Requirements (Minimum)
- CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
- CPU SPEED: Info
- OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit (1709 or later)
- VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon HD 7950
- SOUND CARD: Yes
Call of Duty: Warzone Recommended Requirements
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X Processor
- CPU SPEED: Info
- OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest Service Pack)
- VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / GTX 1660 6GB or AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
- SOUND CARD: Yes
Can my PC run Call of Duty: Warzone?
Updated: March 25, 2020 by JT Hussey
Fortnite has finally found its killer in Call of Duty:Warzone. Since its launch, Warzon has been an overwhelming success with millions of players going at each other in this epic new battle royale. Warzone isn't done yet though, publishers have planed on adding new maps, weapons, and modes to the game. As such, the addition of new content may test your PC so meeting the minimum and recommended graphical requirements is necessary now more than ever.
By Cliff Henjum March 9, 2020
Once again, Call of Duty has jumped back into the Battle Royale world with its brand new (semi-) standalone game, Warzone. Warzone is a Free-to-Play Battle Royale that supports cross play and up to 150 players on the map which features a lot of portions of past Call of Duty maps. There is also a new twist on an older mechanic from the BR genre. Everybody hates dying early in Battle Royales while your teammates play on, so games like Apex Legends introduced the revive mechanic to separate themselves from the genre giants like PUBG. In Warzone, players who have been killed who have teammates still alive will be transported to the Gulag - a small arena where players will be pit against each other in fast 1v1 battles for a chance to respawn in the game. With the Free-to-Play price tag, and ability to play with friends on console, Call of Duty: Warzone is launching with a huge influx of PC players wondering if their PC can run it. If you have already been playing Modern Warfare on PC, you'll be good to go with another 20-25 GB of hard drive space. If you're checking out Modern Warfare/Warzone for the first time, you'll need a computer that passes at least the minimum system requirements test.
Fun fact: the minimum system requirements for Warzone are the same as the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare! In order to drop into the war zone with graphics settings set to Low, players will need hardware that is at least as powerful as the following. In your video card slot, your computer should have at least a GeForce GTX 670 or a Radeon HD 7950. In addition to your GPU, your CPU needs to be at or above an Intel Core i3-4340 or an AMD FX-6300. You will also need 8 GB of system RAM to enable your PC to run Warzone with passable FPS. If you want to drop into the fray of battle with your graphics settings maxed out, you will want a PC that also passes the recommended system requirements test.
With only slightly over 40% of the people who tested their PCs for Modern Warfare passing the minimum requirements test, we expect significantly less than that to pass the recommended requirements for Warzone unfortunately. The gap between the minimum and recommended requirements will keep a fair amount of players from running the game on max settings. In order to max out Warzone, your computer should have at least a GeForce GTX 970 or a Radeon R9 390 for its GPU. In your CPU slot, you are looking at needing something along the lines of the Intel Core i5-2500K or the AMD Ryzen R5 1600X. Lastly, you will need 12 GB of system RAM to get up and over the recommended specs. At least these requirements aren't nearly as crazy as the speculated specs for Doom Eternal.


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"Busted flush", "Jose hates Manchester and is miserable", "City are going to romp the league", "it's our year", which came ad-nauseum from the scousers and this, was all before bells of October tolled for Manchester United. We were finished, an empire crumbling with all the drama of Rome in 476AD and writing this just before Christmas, it has to be admitted that United have had some disappointing results since August. Drawing at home to Stoke City, Burnley and conceding stupid late equalisers against Arsenal and Everton Continue reading Gorse Hill Sunset's Fine – Manchester, 16th December 2016
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Presented John Stones Roses – Liverpool 26th April 2015
It's always good to be at Goodison Park. Along with Villa Park, White Hart Lane and Loftus Road, it's a proper football ground in a proper footballing area. Like the aforementioned stadia, Goodison has houses, shops and pubs, glorious pubs nearby. Then we have St Lukes Church on the corner of Gwladys Street and Goodison Road, a place where you could pick up a drink and a butty for a reasonable price. I couldn't believe how quaint and civilised it all was. Goodison isn't perfect. The Bullens Road and Goodison Road stands are archaic, they have huge pillars which can occasionally block the view. However, compared to being stuck on the back row of the Anfield Road stand, it's a relative minor inconvenience. Whatever imperfections of Goodison, give me there anyday over being stuck in a concrete bowl in the middle of bleeding nowhere. Like Stoke, Derby or the Riverside in Middlesbrough. Those places are so bland and dull that the rats give them a wide berth.
View from the back row of the Goodison Road stand's upper tier
A final score of 3-0 looks bad, but to me, it was just one of those days. Manchester United were nowhere near as bad
Continue reading Presented John Stones Roses – Liverpool 26th April 2015
Chasing Shadows – Manchester 13th April 2015
Despite Manchester City being erratic lately, I expected them to turn up at Old Trafford yesterday and for the first ten minutes, they did. They had Manchester United chasing shadows. In the 6th minute, Jesus Navas brilliantly beat United's offside trap and only a poor finish stopped City going a goal up. Two minutes later, James Miner fed David Silva on the left flank who, in turn, set Sergio Aguero up to make it 1-0 in front of the Stretford End. Seeing this goal had me wondering if United's defence will ever learn. Silva is the best player I have ever seen in a City shirt and over the years, I've repeatedly seen him tear down the left flank against United and set up a goal.
With United caught on the back foot, City inexplicably took their foot off the pedal, Continue reading Chasing Shadows – Manchester 13th April 2015
See You At The Other Side – West Bromwich 20th October 2014
Thank God the football is back. Since United last played a match, a 2-1 win against Everton on what seems like a lifetime ago, Roy Keane has released a book every bit as blunt as everybody expected it to be. Everybody seems to have forgotten Rio Ferdinand's relatively bland tome released just prior to Keane's second memoir. The most interesting thing to emerge from Ferdinand's book was the shocking revelation that David Moyes had banned United players from eating oven chips the day/night before a match. It's fair to say that Keane's book has been a little bit more interesting than that.
First half at The Hawthorns as West Brom attack the Smethwick End (photo courtesy of Daniel Burdett)
We also had two sleep inducing matches where England won on their march to inevitable European glory/first round knockout in 2016. Last Sunday saw The Sun on Sunday with the startling revelation that Antonio Valencia is as good at delivering photographs of himself to the right place as he is delivering a cross. Continue reading See You At The Other Side – West Bromwich 20th October 2014
An Overcast Day And A Sultry Night – Manchester 14th of September 2014
Up to and including the match against City on the 2nd of November, there's only one United match that is not being shown live on television. That is United's next home match against West Ham in a couple of weeks. By then, United's first six games will have been shown live on television. That is quite something for a side that finished 7th last season. No matter what is going on at Old Trafford, for good or bad, United are the biggest show in any town it happens to be.
The obituaries had been written about United over the summer, Continue reading An Overcast Day And A Sultry Night – Manchester 14th of September 2014


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TRUE COLORS: Virtually every club nowadays gets a "grand opening" but few do it with quite the style of the Boom Boom Room, the new invitation-only, VIP Club at the top of the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District.
The bash took place Saturday night and the vibe was like Bungalow 8 meets the Rainbow Room, with a little Studio 54 thrown into the mix. Like the top floor of the NBC Building, the space has floor-to-ceiling windows, providing a panoramic view of the city. Then there's the enormous bar in the center of the room.
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And for good measure, the place was swimming this weekend with enough celebrities, fashionistas, and socials to rival the annual Vanity Fair Oscar bash. Madonna and Jesus Luz were hanging out in a booth in the back with Steven Klein, Daphne Guinness, and Jerry Seinfeld. Across the way were Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who lasted until almost 3 a.m. Calvin Klein and Donna Karan toured the venue hand in hand. "Did you see the bathrooms?" he asked.
They too feature floor-to-ceiling windows, which means that if you're shy, best to watch your fluid intake.
Perhaps more remarkable is the smoking ledge. Step more than five feet out on the long narrow corridor, and the ground beneath your feet becomes completely clear (and unbelievably thin — like one inch thin). Look at the floor and it's like peering at your death — an 18-story abyss.
"I made it about three feet," said the designer Peter Som. "That was as much I could take."
Even Lindsay Lohan remained close to the door as she puffed on a cigarette.
Others partying until the wee hours and offering congratulations to Andre Balazs were Jude Law, Francesco Clemente, Ingrid Sischy, Aerin Lauder, Vivi Nevo, Tory Burch, and Kirsten Dunst.


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This Russian Sweet and Sour Beef stew is a meat lover's heaven. It's made with beef, smoked kielbasa sausage, bacon, mushrooms and more!
For more delicious beef recipes, check out our Beef in Truffled Cream Sauce or Beef Bourguignon.
It might not feel like it but spring is here. Just the other day I was walking past a blooming magnolia blowing about in the freezing wind, and found it impossible to not feel for the tree. It was as if its blooming was poorly thought out and untimely.
I looked at the young branches whipping about in the wind and imagined them snapping before they ever saw sunshine. It felt so bleak.
And then just like that I realised that no matter how harsh the weather might be, spring is here and this tree will continue to bloom. No early morning frost or bitter wind can stop it from maturing with each passing month.
Sometimes it's important be reminded that the seasons keep coming. Even when the signs are not visible, spring always shows up.
Although we are living in hope of warmer weather and lovelier days we still need to get warm now when we come home because, after all, winter doesn't want to let go!
Now let's talk about this Beef Stew called Solyanka in Russia. Not long ago I was asked to join a Red Tractor Beef and Lamb Campaign, that encourages everyday cooks to embrace simple, rustic cooking, with the tagline #LivePeasant, and I was happy to jump both feet in.
It didn't take me long to know what recipe to cook with beef, it had to be Solyanka!
What is Solyanka?
This sweet and sour beef stew is one of the brightest examples of Russian peasant food. The origin of its name is unclear, it's either derived from the word sol meaning salt or selo meaning village.
Whatever the source is, one thing is not disputed – it's a meat lover's heaven. Made from a combination of beef and a variety of smoked meats like ham, smoked sausage, bacon, salami and salted preserves like pickles, mushrooms, olives, and capers, this hearty beef stew has got it going on.
How do I make Russian beef stew Solyanka?
One of the best things about this beef stew is that it's very forgiving and the ingredient list is easily adjustable.
The only two requirements are the right balance of sweet, salty and sour and a somewhat lengthy cooking time, but you wouldn't mind it just bubbling away on your stove, would you?
This recipe is my own take on the tradition. I adjusted quantities of ingredients and added or omitted some of them to my own liking.
Thankfully Russian food allows for that kind of freedom of expression and I know there will be no authenticity police lurking around. 🙂 I like Solyanka as a stew but a soup consistency would be more traditional.
{This recipes was created in partnership with Simply Beef and Lamb. I was compensated for my work, all opinions remain my own.}
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- 1/2 cup dried porcini or mixed mushrooms
- 1 cup/250 ml hot water
- 2 kg/4 lbs stewing beef
- 4/340 g smoked sausages/Polish kilebasa
- 100 g smoked bacon lardons
- 1 cup pickes/gherkins chopped
- 6-8 marinated mushrooms preferably from Eastern European store
- 15 Kalamata olives pitted
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 carrot sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp butter
- 500 g tomato passata or crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp sweet paprika smoked
- 6 baby potatoes halved
- 2 tbsp of each chopped dill and parsley
- sour cream/creme fraiche
- lemon slices for serving optional
- Soak dried mushroom in boiling hot water and set aside to soften for 30 minutes, then remove mushrooms from water while and straining the liquid through a fine sieve, set aside for later use.
- In a large cast iron pot fry bacon lardons until they render fat, remove to a separate plate. To the same pot add stewing beef and brown on high heat with a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper, remove to the same plate as bacon, then add sliced smoked sausage and brown briefly, remove to the same plate as beef and bacon.
- To the same pot add chopped onion and sauté on medium heat for 5 minutes, add chopped carrot and garlic and continue sautéing for 5 more minutes, then add butter, marinated mushrooms, pickles, olives and rehydrated mushrooms and paprika, cook while stirring for 5 minutes.
- Return beef, bacon and smoked sausage to the pot, add 2 bay leaves, the liquid mushrooms were soaked in, tomato passata and 1.5 litre of water, bring to a boil and then turn the heat down to low. Simmer for 2 hours. 30 minutes before the time is up add halved baby potatoes.
- Check your stew once in a while, stir to avoid burning. By the end of the cooking time it should be thick and the beef should be very tender. Add chopped herbs at the end. Taste and adjust the flavour if necessary. You might need to add 1 tsp of sugar if your tomatoes were not very ripe.
- Serve with sour cream or creme fraiche and slices of lemon if desired.


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text: By Mahesh Sharma | July 19, 2013 -- 10:26 GMT (03:26 PDT) | Topic: Start-Ups Over 800 global executives have nominated India as the world's most promising location where technology innovation can flourish. KPMG released its "Global Technology Innovation" report on Thursday, surveying 811 business leaders between April and June. These comprised respondents equally from the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa. Specifically, 25 percent of respondents were from the United States, 12 percent from China and 9 percent from India. The report found that India trumped Israel, the United States, and China in the inaugural "confidence index," which uses ten factors--including talent, infrastructure, and government incentives--to assess a country's prospects for tech innovation. India ranked number one with an index of 72, beating Israel by a point, and the United States's score of 65. The other criteria include: development of disruptive technology breakthroughs; mentoring and access to innovation network (Founders, CEOs, etc.); access to alliances or partnerships; supporting ecosystem (law firms, VCs, and etc.); access to capital; education system, and the ability to drive customer growth. Overall, India took the third spot on the 2013 Global Tech Innovation Index, behind the U.S. and China. Ten percent of respondents believed that India would generate disruptive breakthroughs, compared with the United States (37 percent) and China (24 percent). The U.S. is being tipped to retain its crown as the global capital technology innovation, as only a third of respondents believe this concentration of activity will shift elsewhere. Last year, 44 percent believed it would shift. KPMG India's head of technology and markets Pradeep Udhas said that India's "farsightedness" offset other short-term and structural issues. "Despite several concerns on data privacy and local technological infrastructure, the outlook for the sector is largely positive. The government can assist the technology sector by enabling easier access to capital through investor-friendly policies and strengthening IP protection laws," Udhas said. Related Topics: India Tech Industry Innovation CXO Government Smart Cities By Mahesh Sharma | July 19, 2013 -- 10:26 GMT (03:26 PDT) | Topic: Start-Ups


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Your family will love this easy to make no-bake blueberry cream pie. Made with blueberries and tangerine (or orange juice) this pie is packed with flavor and superfruit anti-oxidants!
One of the great joys in life is a Blueberry Cream Pie. Loaded with lots of fresh blueberries and just the right balance of cream and sweetness to make this dessert a showstopper!
Cream pies are one of those treats we always look for when we're out but for some reason, we never get around to making them at home. This is a simple recipe that can be used with a variety of fresh fruit and fruit juices. So once you master this easy to make dessert, you can have freshly made cream pies on your dessert menu on a regular basis.
Let's start by gathering our ingredients aka mise en place. There aren't very many ingredients necessary for this delicious Blueberry Cream Pie and it's a No Bake pie that can be made ahead of time and frozen till needed. (missing from this picture are cream cheese and blueberry greek yogurt)
You never know what you're going to find in my refrigerator, sometimes I'm surprised by what's in there and I do all the shopping. I had picked up a few star fruit that were on sale at Publix last week and thought what better way to let everyone know this Blueberry Cream Pie was a superstar than with star fruit!
You have to feel good about a dessert that tastes this good and is made with locally sourced fresh ingredients. And what a delicious way to use fresh blueberries!
If you enjoyed this recipe you may also like these:
- Italian Strawberry Ricotta Crostata
- Mascarpone Strawberry Cheesecake
- No Bake Peach Tart
- Blueberry Peach. Crostata
No Bake Blueberry Cream Pie
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
Blueberry Cream Pie
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup blueberry-honeybell juice you can also use tangerine or orange juice
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 packet packet knox gelatin
- 8 ounce cream cheese
- 6 ounce Greek blueberry yogurt
- 1 Star Fruit to garnish optional
- 2 tablespoons blueberries to garnish optional
- 1/2 cup heavy cream whipped to garnish optional
Graham Cracker Crust
- melt butter and allow to cool slightly
- mix graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar together in a bowl, then add melted butter to mix and blend until it's completely worked in.
- press graham cracker mixture into a springform pan, working mixture about an inch up the sides. (use a glass with a flat bottom to push down the crumbs and into the sides)
- place springform pan in refrigerator for 1-2 hours before filling to allow the crust to set.
Blueberry Cream Pie
- place mixer bowl in the freezer to chill
- add blueberries into a saucepan with sugar and blueberry honeybell juice. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 5 minutes.
- Pour blueberry mixture into a bowl to cool.
- When blueberry mixture is still warm (not hot) add in the knox gelatin by sprinkling it on the top. Be careful not to clump it up. Using a wire whip mix in the gelatin.
- place blueberry mixture into the refrigerator until needed.
- Whip cream in chilled bowl, whipping on low then medium gradually whipping the cream. Do not mix on high the whipped cream will break down faster if you whip the cream too fast. Place cream into fridge until ready to use.
- In your mixer whip softened cream cheese and Greek yogurt. After blending add in your chilled blueberry mixture. Mix until fully blended.
- Fold whipped cream into chilled blueberry mixture and pour into springform pan.
- Freeze for 2 hours to set up or chill overnight in your fridge.


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X-Factor supremo, Simon Cowell, is said to be livid after his select hopefuls apparently held a party in his three hundred million pound Spanish Villa in Marbella and trashed it.
A source inside the X-Factor listed the many items damaged during the party, including a five thousand pound rug, a bondage rig and some valuable antique jars. Additionally, they drank all of the booze in the villa, including the mouthwash Cowell has flown in specially from Tonga.
Cowell has said that the damage will be paid for from the contestants' first royalty cheque, giving an indication which contestants are likely to be chosen by Cowell to win.
All is not what it seems, however.
The contestants have all been sworn to secrecy over the whole incident; however, Angelo Deville, the gardener at the fifteen thousand pound a day villa, came forward with a startling revelation.
The contestants were not in the villa that evening, having all been shipped to a nearby hotel.
Cowell, who is engaged to be married to Mezhgan Hussainy, was apparently alone in the villa with Sinita and Angelo's wife of two weeks for the entire evening. Angelo, who lived on the grounds of the house until yesterday, has vanished, and is no longer able to corroborate his story, although his wife has been employed as a maid.
Therefore, the story that the rug was stained and vases broken during a wild threesome are mere speculation only, until Angelo turns up, or one of the contestants breaks the confidentiality agreement.


text: Howard Stern on Joan Rivers' Funeral: "I Was Crying Like a Baby" 4:05 PM PDT 9/8/2014 by Aaron Couch FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME AP Images Howard Stern Joan Rivers Funeral - H 2014 "Joan made it look easy" Howard Stern eulogized longtime friend Joan Rivers at her funeral Sunday, and shared some of those comments on his SiriusXM radio show Monday. Stern recalled meeting Rivers in 1983 when he was working at NBC Radio, noting it was a big deal to have the permanent guest host of The Tonight Show as a guest back when he was a "pariah" of the entertainment industry. "She was very, very embracing of the show and what I was doing," Stern said. "She was a fan of the show and she was a great cheerleader " At the funeral, Stern said he teared up when Hugh Jackman sang one of Rivers' favorite songs, "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" by Peter Allen. "I was so f—ing moved by this guy's performance that I had tears. You know me, I'm a big scumbag. I don't get moved. I appreciated this guy so much," said Stern. Then the New York Police Department brought out a bagpipe procession to play "Amazing Grace." "I was crying like a baby. I was thinking about Joan, all the appearances she made on the show, being invited to her home," Stern said. Stern noted that he never thought of Rivers as an 81-year-old, because she had so much vibrancy to her, and remained current by reinventing herself. "Joan made it look easy, but she's one of the few pioneers we had left — not only a pioneer because she was a woman, and when she started, women were told not to be stand-up comics," Stern said. Rivers' funeral took place Sunday at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El. It was attended by family and famous friends, including Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Cohen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Joy Behar, Paul Shaffer, Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford, Giuliana Rancic, Bernadette Peters, Clive Davis, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kyle MacLachlan and his wife, Desiree Gruber. Rivers died Sept. 4 at 81, one week after she was rushed to the hospital when she reportedly stopped breathing during surgery. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Aaron Couch firstname.lastname@example.com AaronCouch


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Monday Luke 6:1
the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
Luke's story continues in the book we now call the Acts of the Apostles. Although Easter continues liturgically in our worship at church, our scripture readings do not allow us to linger long in resurrection relief. Instead, we are catapulted head-long into the complicated, gritty, controversial and sometimes painful mission of God. Luke is very honest about the struggles and the mission of the early church. Let's look at that today.
First, Luke tells us that the Hellenists and the Hebrews are at tension in the early church. The Hellenistis or Greeks were probably not exactly people of a different ethnicity from the Hebrews. They were themselves Jewish, but they were 'raised' outside of Roman Palestine, away from Jerusalem and some of the customs were a bit different. They were accustomed to a greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. And they were more comfortable with diversity than the Hebrews who lived in and around Jerusalem.
We will remember that a significant theme in Luke's presentation of Jesus is that he crossed boundaries. He went to the Samaritans, spoke to women, touched lepers, ate with unclean and 'sinful' women and men, and with the despised wealthy as well. Today's story from Luke reveals that the early church struggled with this. The Hellenist's were different and distrusted. Some Hebrews may have wondered if this 'church' they had joined was becoming a 'Hellenist church.'
Leslie Newbigin writes, 'The mission of God changes not only the world, but the church as well.' Right away Luke shows us that the mission of Jesus was being carried out by the early church, whether they were comfortable with it or not. There were exclusions to be undone and relationships to be created. The mission of Jesus, of taking the good news of God's love for all creation continued, sometimes despite the apostles.
Church as a place of disturbance of the status quo. Church as a place not where beliefs are supported, but challenged. Church as a place, going beyond beliefs, where attitudes, behaviors and actions are challenged. Church as a place of Holy Disturbance?
Could that be what church is all about, allowing the Spirit to disturb us?
Donna Lucy
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In my last blog entry, I mentioned the Devops culture was often counter-intuitive for larger enterprises. How do we then implement DevOps in such companies? Remember, DevOps is a culture built on collaboration and communication across all IT professional units and key stakeholders while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure change. From that perspective it is a fundamental change in the way IT departments operate. Rather than operate around technology silos, the idea is to rally resources around value streams, enabling a smooth evolution of a functionality from initial business requirement to fully functional module in production. This requires communicating and working together across organizational boundaries. Such fundamental transformation of an organization is not done in one day. This is why I suggest a step-wise approach focused around people, processes and technologies.
DevOps is not for all applications
A DevOps and Agile approach may not apply to all applications in the organization, so the IT department will, for the foreseeable future, have to combine the traditional way of working with teamwork performed by empowered groups. The only way to implement such transformation is by having the teams themselves experimenting the change in their daily work and build on the internal experience and the drive to innovation. I'll describe a way to achieve this in a minute but let's first discuss where we could start.
How do we find candidates?
In previous blog entries, I described a way to analyze your application portfolio, based on a simple 2*3 model, you see depicted in the picture here under.
DevOps adds most values in areas where regular releases are expected. The more releases, the more automation increases speed while reducing effort. As your company evolve to the digital enterprise you may want to experiment with new business models, with other ways to interact with your clients and end-users. Business teams must be able to experiment as the outcomes of such new approaches cannot be guaranteed upfront. This points to systems of engagements, the systems that interact with the end-users. For that reason, systems of engagements are the right place to start.
In the move to the digital enterprise, the business wants to differentiate itself from competition to disrupt the marketplace. So, it is not just any system of engagement that is the best candidate. We would argue the best place to start is with CORE systems of engagement. In Geoffrey Moore's definition, CORE is what differentiates your enterprise from its competition. CORE systems are the ones supporting the true company differentiation. So start by asking yourself what is CORE for your organization. The applications you identify as CORE systems of engagements are ideal candidates for implementing agile and DevOps approaches. Systems of innovation could be considered as an alternative. However, these systems are originally developed for experimentation and there is no guarantee they will deliver lasting benefits to the company. From that perspective they are less visible throughout the organization.
Implementing DevOps, one step at the time
Changing the way your teams are cooperating cannot be imposed top-down. For that reason I suggest to start small and have one or two teams experimenting with agile and DevOps. I would propose you to work closely with the business, understand what business processes they are looking to transform or create, identify the applications that support those processes and finally assess the development teams to understand which one is most capable of pioneering new development approaches such as agile and DevOps. This team is your candidate.
Once you have one or two teams identified, set-up a one week workshop where you get the developers and operations people in the same room. Ideally also get key business representation from the areas they are working on right there with them. Alternate training, discussion forums and actual working sessions. Train them on the concepts surrounding DevOps, allow them to discuss their future way of operations, what they will change, what key operating principles they want to highlight and how they will self-organize their teams. The training should be given by specialists that remain on hand during the whole time and become their coaches and go-to team every time they struggle with one or another aspect of the change. Have them also experimenting with the tools you've chosen (and we will come back to that choice).
When the week is over, have them return to their work, but ensure they operate along the principles defined during the workshop. They will start working in sprints which will allow you to quickly see progress. Keep the coaches available on demand during the first one or two months. Communicate widely about what the team is doing, what the benefits are and what they achieve. Celebrate visibly each achievement. The objective of this is to demonstrate to other teams that this new approach is interesting, cool and fun. You want to attract more people as, once you are convinced of the benefits of the new approach, you will want it to spread across the organization. You will want to identify the next one or two teams you want to transform. This time, rather than using external coaches, identify some members of the first teams and have them sharing their experience. It recognizes the pioneers while making things more tangible for the next group.
Over time increase the teams involved. When all your CORE systems of engagements are further developed using agile and DevOps, include the CONTEXT ones. For systems of innovation, wait till a new development is started and initiate the activities directly using the new approach.
As most systems of records will not gain much from going agile/DevOps due to the low number of changes required, you will have plenty of work for your employees not willing to experience the new approaches.
What tools to use?
I've been talking about the human side of things, but there is also an automation side. Where do we start here? In parallel with the workshop, start looking at the automation. Maybe you're already doing something. If not, you may want to look at Continuous Integration first. This implies the automation of most of the testing. Have your test engineers think through how they could automate some of the tests they already do. Do that during the workshop. Make sure they get help for choosing tools and methods to automate testing by including a test coach.
Change the way development is done. When developers work on some new functionality, have them first describe how this functionality should be tested. Their colleague responsible for testing will then automate the test procedures while they develop the software. As soon as a first version is out, it can be tested. The benefits, a faster identification of issues. This ultimately benefits the developers as it increases their productivity.
Once that is done, start working on continuous deployment by including a couple operations people on the teams. Have them describe what they have to do in the deployment process and which difficulties they face. Initiate an open debate. It is not about who to blame but about how things can be improved. Once an initial understanding is created, get the operations people working on deployment automation. Use a topology-based approach where specific deployments can be identified for middleware and database. Re-using the same topologies for these components leads to consistent installations and facilitates operations. This however implies that governance is put in place early on to define what installation approaches are taken. In case a developer requires a different installation they should go through the governance process to gain approval. The benefit here is consistency and ease in operations.
Many tools exist and new ones are appearing on a fast pace. So, realize you will probably want to change the tools you choose today sometimes down the line. So, don't go overboard, chose a small number of tools upfront. Focus on source code management, a continuous integration service, a build service, some testing tools and a deployer. For team communications you may want to use a "chatops" environment, a tool that facilitates social media type communication while including bots presenting information gathered during similar conversations.
Have your own R&D
Set-up a small team that supports the progress of agile/DevOps in the organization and continuously monitors the tools market to look at what tool could bring value to the actual teams. That team may become the guardian of the knowledge gained by the organization and initiate the lessons learned and experience sharing activities.
Focus on the human side
I cannot mention it often enough, focus on the human side. Make sure your teams understand what they can gain from using DevOps. Have them experimenting it. Make sure they are recognized for their pioneering, and let them have fun doing it. This will attract others and this is how you enlarge the traction for this new way to approach development and operations. But make sure the management team understands how important their attitude is for gaining traction. So at all levels in the process, make sure they are fully engaged and buy into having their engineers working in a collaborative manner across organizational boundaries. If you do not do that, management will kill your efforts by not supporting your approach.


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Steps to take to be baptized at Crossway
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2. Talk with one of the elders/pastors at Crossway to express interest in being baptized. Click here to email a pastor.
3. Fill out the Application for Baptism.
4. Pursue baptism in conjunction with church membership (if applicable).
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Bacteria, fungi, shellfish, and maybe even fish live in Lake Vostok, the buried Antarctic lake that's been likened to habitats that might exist on other planets or moons, a new study says.
But soon after the paper was published and widely reported, other Vostok experts voiced strong skepticism about its conclusions. (Related: "Race Is On to Find Life Under Antarctic Ice.")
Nothing like the kind of multicellular life described in the paper has been identified in Vostok ice cores before, they said, and the paper does not provide the strong scientific support needed to back its extraordinary claims.
Study leader Scott O. Rogers, of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, acknowledged the other scientists' doubts and said he expected it.
He said that his team used a new technique to concentrate and then analyze genetic sequences found in the sample, and that "time will tell if we're right or we're wrong."
The paper, published July 3 in the open-access, peer-reviewed online journal PLoS ONE, identified the genetic signatures of more than 3,500 different life-forms in samples taken from the Vostok ice core 5G, which was drilled by a Russian team, with American and French help, in the 1990s.
The core section that was analyzed came from the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver—not from the celebrated column recovered by the Russians in early 2013, a year after their team drilled into the lake for the first time. (Related: "Russian Scientists Breach Antarctica's Lake Vostok—Confirmed.")
The sample studied is from what is called "accretion ice," which freezes on the bottom of the 2.5-mile-deep (4-kilometer-deep) glacier that sits atop the lake, which is roughly the size of Lake Ontario in North America. The accretion ice is formed from the top millimeter of the Vostok water column, which in some places is 2,600 feet (800 meters) deep.
Researchers have previously identified small but predictable numbers of single-celled organisms in various Vostok cores. But the new study's discovery of DNA and RNA sequences from complex organisms is new—and controversial.


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Oscar Wilde has become infamous in the literary world for being a satirical writer. Many of his works include satire and as we can see in "The Importance of Being Earnest" this could be one of his most satirical pieces. Wilde is not the only satirical writer and many elements found in his work can be found in modern works including plays, literature, films and more often than not in comedy sketches.
In "The Importance of Being Earnest" Lady Bracknell is the "Blocking Figure". She is the character that creates most of the difficult situations and stands in the way of a happy ending. Lady Bracknell tries to stop Jack and Gwendolen from getting married. Jack also becomes a "Blocking Figure" when Lady Bracknell discovers Cecily has a sum of money and wants Algernon and Cecily to marry. This in itself is satirical because Lady Bracknell is of high class society and has to ask somebody who she believes is lower class than her for permission as this would not have happened in Victorian times if Lady Bracknell had been male. The role of the "Blocking Figure" is to make the story as interesting as possible as otherwise the story would be short, simple and straight to the point buy adding a "Blocking Figure" the story can become as twisted with as many ups and downs as the writer can think of making the story longer, more complex and a lot more interesting. In modern works there is almost always a "Blocking Figure" for example in "Meet the Parents" the "Blocking Figure" is Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro. On first meeting Gaylord "Greg" Focker who intends to marry his daughter Pam. Jack takes an instant dislike to Greg when he finds out he is a male nurse the plot then follows Greg trying to impress Jack and failing.
This film also ties in with social status as the reason Jack doesn't like Greg is because he is different to the Byrne's social background. Greg is a middle-class Jewish man whilst Jack is from an upper class...


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Managing Director and CEO
R Mukundan is the Managing Director and CEO of Tata Chemicals.
An engineer from IIT Roorkee, he joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1990, after completion of MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He is also an alumnus of the Havard Business School.
During his 26-year career with the Tata group, he has held various responsibilities across the chemical, automotive and hospitality sectors of the group. He serves on executive committees of various industry forums viz the Confederation of Indian Industry, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Employers' Federation of India, All India Management Association, etc.