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About Us,
I thought I'd write a little intro about us as people often perceive this blog to be written by just one person when in fact there are two of us! One wife, one mommy and two glamorous lives... that is, when they're not otherwise engaged cleaning up after a Great Dane or changing babies nappies!
Amy M - aka 'The Wife' - is a Marketing Exec for a large corporate, and fiancee to Robbie her partner of 10 years, so when she's not working or blogging, she's busy planning her spectacular July 2013 wedding. Hen festivities (organised of course by none other than chief bridesmaid Annie) will be taking place in 'Sin City'...Vegas baby! So keep your eyes peeled for plenty of wedding related posts!
Having worked as a Senior Beauty Therapist for over a decade, Annie R - aka 'The Mummy' is now a full time Mummy to Bella Rose, (born in May 2012). As well as the sharing almost all known beauty secrets, from the most natural eyelash extensions to waxing nooks and crannies you never even knew existed, Annie also shares the latest and greatest on baby fashion, toys that keep the house peaceful for longer than 20 minutes, the best recipes for your precious tots and much more besides!


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$5.50 per seedling/plant in 9cm pot
Due to circumstances beyond my control these plants will not be available til further notice (07/10/17)
Beauts looking long orange fruit. Needs good staking as the plant can grow up to 200cm. Fairly uncommon heritage tomato. Great for processing (drying or sauces) and one of the quicker ones to reach maturity.

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Plating a delectable array of late-night specialties that is becoming a go-to for the after-work and post-theatre crowds, Saké's nourishing and unfussy Japanese menu, paired – naturally – to an array of sake and shochus enlivens Flinders Street. The sushi counter and aromatic robatayaki grill greeting guests, and leading to a lower level terrace with romantic ambience. House made tofu, miso paste (a six month long endeavour) and flavour blends go into the dishes unique to this Flinders Street establishment.


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Sundaram Gunasekaran: Food engineer stays true to his core
Fail to maintain proper mechanical strength and the Cheetos could turn to orange dust before they hit the shelves, says Sundaram Gunasekaran, a UW–Madison professor of biological systems engineering.
"The number of engineering problems that revolve around food, whether natural or manufactured, is as complicated as any other engineering problem," he says.
Gunasekaran draws an analogy between two classical processes: making bricks and baking bread. Both involve ratios, heat and chemical reactions. So why do we take one for granted?
"Consumers don't realize engineering is involved and the problems are actually more challenging because many foods are alive and changing," he says. "Concrete is concrete. Steel is steel. But cheese today is different from the cheese yesterday or tomorrow."
Food has proven a rich problem space for Gunasekaran over the years, yielding numerous disclosures and partnerships with major industry players including Tyson and Intel.
At first glance his WARF technologies seem wildly diverse: a quick and easy test for dangerous bacteria; biodegradable glue from animal byproducts; electrodes with low-cost replaceable tips, to name a few.
But follow the breadcrumbs and they all lead back to his fascination with food quality and safety.
In his quiet office in the Agricultural Engineering building it is easy to forget that a crisis is brewing. The latest Salmonella outbreak has killed two people and sickened 300.
The numbers are expected to rise because this time the culprit is cucumbers, which are often sold individually and not labeled. There is almost no way for consumers to know if they're eating a recalled variety, admits an FDA official.
The latest outbreak comes on the heels of several others linked to tainted ice cream, peanuts and cantaloupes.
And most incidents don't make headlines. Every year an estimated 48 million Americans (that's one in six of us) get sick from foodborne illness. Approximately 3,000 die.
The hazards are many. Gunasekaran knows that bacteria, toxins, allergens, pesticide residues and other pollutants pose a constant threat. He's working on new biosensors to detect many of these contaminants. The technology is based on nanomaterials.
"Nanotechnology is rather slow coming to the food industry," he says. "When we started working with these materials for quality and safety applications it was a major transition."
He wants to empower everyone along the food chain to make good decisions.
"We can all agree on the idea of making it simple for a wide variety of people, whether it is the inspector or the mom feeding her baby at home," he says. "They all care about safety and quality."
He offers a few examples of the kinds of advancements he hopes to see some day – food packages with indicators that change color as the due date approaches or quality degrades; an easy food allergen test that works like today's blood sugar monitors.
"Allergies are extremely dangerous, especially to children," he says. "If a diabetic patient can draw blood and test it at home, there is no reason someone couldn't put a food or juice sample on a test electrode to determine what is in it."
Of course, these consumer-level applications will take time to unfold. And Gunasekaran has his work cut out for him, teaching classes when he's not experimenting with new and improved nanosensors.
But is he a picky eater?
"I'm aware of what could go wrong," he says. "So I tend to be careful. Not picky, but careful."


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Rajasthan on Friday approved a bill providing for the death penalty to those convicted of raping girls under 12 years of age. Madhya Pradesh has already cleared a bill with similar provisions in December last year while Haryana Cabinet this February gave its nod to a proposal to bring in such a legislation. Maharashtra and Karnataka are also considering the death penalty for child rapists.
State Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria introduced The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 on Friday in the assembly, which was passed in the House by a voice vote following a debate. The bill seeks to add section 376-AA in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which will be defined as: "Punishment for rape on a woman up to twelve years of age. Whoever commits rape on a woman up to twelve years of age shall be punished with death, or rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than fourteen years but which may extend to imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, and shall also be liable to fine."
Two amendments were made in the bill including that the convict cannot leave the prison for life even after completing 14 years of sentence.
"We have made two amendments in the case. Added life sentence & life imprisonment for convicts in offenses against girls below 12 years of age, also made a provision that convict can't leave the prison for life even after completing 14 years of sentence," said Rajasthan Home Minister GC Kataria
A similar provision, 376-DD, will be added for gangrape. In the 'Statement of Objects and Reasons' for bringing in the Bill, the government said, "It has come to the notice of the State Government that the offence relating to child rape and child gang-rape are taking place every now and then. Such crimes are heinous and turn the life of the victim into hell."
Earlier in February, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, in a reply to the Budget debate in the Assembly, had announced that the state government will bring in more stringent punishment, "including capital punishment", for rape of girls under 12 years.
According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2016 report, the cases of crimes against children have shown a steady rise in Rajasthan. The state recorded 4,034 such cases in 2016, which is 3.8 per cent of the crimes against children (98,344) registered across the country. It stands fourth in the crime against women category.
In 2015, the state had registered 3,689 cases of crime against children, which increased by 345 in the year under review. As per the NCRB data, state police registered 728 cases of child rape in 2015, which increased to 858 in 2016.
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On Wednesday February 1, I will be a guest of the Department of Sociology at SIU-Carbondale. I'll be giving a talk on role of antiwar activism in the broader sphere of American activism. I'll also be giving a grad skool rulz style chat. Send me an email if you want to hang out. And of course, if you have an open slot in the seminar schedule, send me an email. I work cheap.
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Whilst we may ponder on the physical discomfort and upsetting sights and situations aid workers are confronted with we sometimes overlook the actual physical risks they face from their fellow human beings.
These risks have been tragically brought to the forefront recently with the death of 5 Save the Children aid workers in Afghanistan.
Before viewing Vincent Cochetel's excellent video we would like to express our commiserations to the family and friends of these 5 brave humanitarians. (article ammended for this paragraph 13/4/2015)
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Have you ever wondered to yourself about one of your favorite franchises and thought it didn't need to be improved or modified? That certainly rings true for a lot of Star Wars fans out there in our galaxy. Having attended the panel for the Ten Year Anniversary of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at San Diego Comic Con 2018, I was floored by the announcement of the Clone Wars' return. The reveal trailer showed off dialogue from a few characters including several clones such as Captain Rex and Commander Cody, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano. It wasn't until after I returned from my trip that I realized something: who's going to provide the voice for my favorite Sith Lord, Darth Sidious? An idea sprung to mind then, what if Ian McDiarmid returned to portray Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars?
Throughout the time that the Clone Wars was on air, the character of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was portrayed by two actors: the late Ian Abercrombie, who was then followed by the incomparable Tim Curry. Abercrombie delighted in his portrayal of Palpatine, demonstrating the vocal ability to depict a steadfast leader, and that of a fatherly role model to Anakin Skywalker. In equal measure, when Abercrombie had to don the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith as Darth Sidious, the cold, calculating nature of the character was made ominous and verbose. My personal favorite performance of Abercrombie is the same episode where Sidious made an in-person appearance in the series for the first time, rather than being relegated to a mere hologram. That episode is "The Lawless" from the fifth season.
Sadly, Ian Abercrombie passed away while the Clone Wars was still in production. That left series producer, Dave Filoni the task of recasting the character. Tim Curry took the reigns of the character, and provided his talent through to the series' supposed end. Let me tell you, his version of Darth Sidious was so gravelly and menacing that I thought he was a wonderful choice to continue the character.
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm the Clone Wars had met its untimely end, and any content planned for a sixth season and beyond became scrapped. Tim Curry finished his role as Palpatine, whose work can be seen in the unaired episodes gathered in the Lost Missions collection, and on Netflix. Tragically, in July 2012, Curry had suffered a major stroke that effectively ended his acting career, as well as a chance of him returning to voice Palpatine.
Now in 2018, with the Clone Wars confirmed to return, who better to take up the torch than the original Darth Sidious himself, Ian McDiarmid? Yes, there's always the possibility that Dave Filoni could look elsewhere in terms of casting. After all, Emperor Palpatine played a role in Star Wars Rebels being voiced by Sam Witwer, who also played the character in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. In Rebels, when Witwer was Palpatine, the character is never seen on-screen.
For the final season of Rebels, however, Palpatine manifested in body and hologram form. For this special occasion, Dave Filoni had McDiarmid reprise his iconic role. Filoni spoke for the fans when he described getting chills when McDiarmid said his character's names in the recording booth in Sidious' boisterous tone, "Ezra Bridger and Ahsoka Tano, mine at last." It was very surreal to see, and especially hear, that happen.
Not to discredit Sam Witwer, what a fantastic guy. When it comes to Palpatine, I don't think I've heard him use a more tame voice. After all, we're returning to the Clone Wars, and that means Palpatine is still the beloved Chancellor of the Republic, so he'll need to keep things a little more hush. No doubt I think he could be up to the task.
Yet this could be the season that the Clone Wars truly goes out. Even in Rebels, Captain Rex describes working with Ahsoka up until the Siege of Mandalore, but we never got to see it due to the series' cancelation. Now that plot is about to unfold before our eyes. The Ahsoka novel also describes the Siege of Mandalore as the final gathering of Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Rex. Anakin and Obi-Wan receive emergency orders to return to Coruscant because of the Chancellor being kidnapped by General Grievous, thus directly setting up the Battle of Coruscant and the events of Revenge of the Sith.
One season of Rebels is all that Ian McDiarmid had to work on. If this is truly the ending to the Clone Wars that we've been waiting for, I say Lucasfilm goes all out. His spine-tingling performance in Rebels aside, Ian McDiarmid is obviously enamored with the character to have come back for the show. Aside from that, McDiarmid is a regular attendee at several sci-fi and comic conventions, especially as a regular at Star Wars Celebration. I had the pleasure of meeting him there through a signing event, and I asked him to please come back to Palpatine in some way shape or form. Little did I know what was waiting around the corner. I also attended his panel devoted completely to his personification of Palpatine and Darth Sidious, the man even did the character's howling cackle on cue and the audience ate it up. I mean, have you seen McDiarmid do a Shakespearean Palpatine before? It's worth checking out.
When it comes to the Clone Wars, Palpatine is such an integral part of this conflict. In fact, he is central to the raging war the show is based on as both the unrelenting Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic, and the cunning Darth Sidious pulling the strings of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. There's no doubt in my mind that he will appear at some point in the show's next season as the mastermind he is. To see General Grievous lead an attack on the streets of Coruscant, right into the Senate to kidnap Palpatine has to happen too, unless Count Dooku leads that campaign. You see, the possibilities are highly entertaining and Ian McDiarmid fits the part because he has essentially never left it. This would make the direct tie-in to Revenge of the Sith all the more poignant.
It won't be long until we see what Dave Filoni and company will be bringing us when the Clone Wars returns. Here's hoping that Filoni picks up the phone and gives Ian a call to come back just one more time. My fingers are crossed that the Palpatine in Ian's head tells him to "do it." Yeah, I'm a total Sidious fanboy, but it's only because Ian McDiarmid has made the character so memorable that we want him back time after time.
Are you as excited for the return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as I am? Do you want to see Ian McDiarmid reprise his role too? Let us know in the comments below. Love Star Wars as much as I do? Then check out some of my other written works on the franchise right here on Mammoth Gamers.


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From Science to Business
Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transitions into Entrepreneurship: Summary of a Workshop
by Catherine Jay Didion, Rita S. Guenther, and Victoria Gunderson, Rapporteurs; Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council
Scientists, engineers, and medical professionals play a vital role in building the 21st- century science and technology enterprises that will create solutions and jobs critical to solving the large, complex, and interdisciplinary problems faced by society: problems in energy, sustainability, the environment, water, food, disease, and healthcare. As a growing percentage of the scientific and technological workforce, women need to participate fully not just in finding solutions to technical problems, but also in building the organizations responsible for the job creation that will bring these solutions to market and to bear on pressing issues. To accomplish this, it is important that more women in science and engineering become entrepreneurs in order to start new companies; create business units inside established organizations, mature companies, and the government; and/or function as social entrepreneurs focused on societal issues. Entrepreneurship represents a vital source of change in all facets of society, empowering individuals to seek opportunity where others see insurmountable problems. From Science to Business: Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transitions into Entrepreneurship is the summary of an August 2009 workshop that assesses the current status of women undertaking entrepreneurial activity in technical fields, to better understand the nature of the barriers they encounter, and to identify what it takes for women scientists and engineers to succeed as entrepreneurs. This report focuses on women's career transitions from academic science and engineering to entrepreneurship, with a goal of identifying knowledge gaps in women's skills as well as experiences crucial to future success in business and critical for achieving leadership positions in entrepreneurial organizations. From Science to Business makes the case that in addition to educating women scientists and engineers in rigorous problem solving, it is equally important to provide exposure and training to impart the skills that will enable more women to move from the role of expert to that of leader in dynamic new business enterprises. This book will be of interest to professionals in both academia and industry, graduate and post-graduate students, and organizations that advocate for a stronger economy.
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Lower in alcohol at 5.5%, 'B' by Black Tower has only 55 calories per 125ml glass – 30% fewer calories than a standard glass of wine.
Previously available in white, rose and red, which have seen outstanding sales success in the UK, Reh Kendermann has now added two new exciting wine based products – B Fruitiful, an exotic wine and fruit juice combination and B Secco, a lightly sparkling wine – to Black Tower's 'B' brand during 2015.
All at 5.5% they are all bottled in individual eye-catching packaging, designed to appeal to consumers who want to limit their alcohol intake, without compromising on taste, enjoyment or quality.
The Black Tower 'B' lower alcohol range now consists of:
• 'B' White – a smooth, refreshing and vibrant wine.
• 'B' Rose – soft and warming, full of fruit and the perfect partner for any wine drinking moment.
• 'B' Red – a delightful smooth red wine, full of fruit flavours.
• B Fruitiful – a delicious, light wine based drink, available in two exotic flavour combination of Passion Fruit or Pomegranate, both with a touch of Grapefruit.
• B Secco – a lightly sparkling wine that comes in rose or white.
The whole range is now being listed across the UK in independent specialists and cash & carries, as well as in some of Irelands key retailers including Dunnes, Musgraves and Spar.


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Never Forgotten
Aug 04
Another soul's inclination for despondency
falling silent to self
in wonder of Him.
For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15
Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters—
a pathway no one knew was there!
Psalm 77: 20
Wedged. No escape.
A place no human thought would have allowed,
yet a platform to display His mercy & strength
with provision never forgotten.
Where unveiled eyes spill,
as a sent one declares to the weak one-s:
"You are the strongest man I know."
Vessels see Him ~ prevailing.
"…yet not I but Christ lives in me…"
Galatians 2:20
My soul, wait only upon God
and silently submit to Him;
for my hope and expectation are from Him.
He only is my Rock and my Salvation;
He is my Defense and my Fortress,
I shall not be moved.
With God rests my salvation and my glory;
He is my Rock of unyielding strength
and impenetrable hardness,
and my refuge is in God!
Psalm 62: 5-7
"Fear not [there is nothing to fear],
for I am with you; … for I am your God.
I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties,
yes, I will help you; …"
Isaiah 41:10
This moment has fruit & provision of it's own.
Finding Him in each place, knowing
He is communicating.
Day after day pours forth speech,
and night after night shows forth knowledge.
Psalm 19:2
Allowing gratitude to turn natural
inclination while Word lifts
spirit from dust.
He has. He will.
Refuge. Strength. Provision.
"…Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the words
(the message) of eternal life."
John 6:68
"…he never left them
without evidence of himself and his goodness…"
Acts 14:17
"…she rejoices over the future
[the latter day or time to come,
knowing that she
and her family are in readiness for it]!"
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Papillon Lefevre syndrome
Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (PALS) is a rare genetic disorder that causes thickening of the skin (keratoderma) on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet (palmoplantar), inflammation of the tissues around the teeth (periodontitis), and early (premature) loss of teeth. The skin of the palms and soles will usually have areas (patches) that are dry and scaly. These areas are at risk for infections. Periodontitis may cause shrinkage of the gums. Symptoms usually occur between 1 and 5 years of age. Most children lose their primary teeth by the age of 4 years and their secondary teeth by 14 years.
PALS is caused by changes (mutations) in the CTSC gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive way, which means a child must have a mutation in both copies of their CTSC gene to have the condition. The diagnosis of PALS is considered in a child with thick skin patches, inflammation of the gums, and the early loss of teeth. Genetic testing is used to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment options include medications to help reduce the risk of infection in the skin and dentures to replace lost teeth. Other treatment options include a bone graft to help save the teeth before they are lost. If your child has been diagnosed with PALS, talk to their doctor about all treatment options. Support groups can provide additional information and connect you with other affected families.


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We report on the design and implementation of the Privacy Integrated Queries (PINQ) platform for privacy-preserving data analysis. PINQ provides analysts with a programming interface to unscrubbed data through a SQL-like language. At the same time, the design of PINQ's analysis language and its careful implementation provide formal guarantees of differential privacy for any and all uses of the platform. PINQ's unconditional structural guarantees require no trust placed in the expertise or diligence of the analysts, substantially broadening the scope for design and deployment of privacy-preserving data analysis, especially by non-experts.
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Did you change your mind about China after you actually visited the country?
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Torben Zenth
Answered Sep 24
Yes indeed.
I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and i consider myself to have a broad end educated view of the world.
My experience after a 3 week trip to Shanghai, Hefei and Beijing was, that what i have been told about China in western media and education is a very very limited and biased view.
Any westener with a curious and open mind will have a mind-blowing experience in China, and the possibility to get a much more elaborated understanding of Chinese and Asian culture. I highly recommend that.
China is all in all a very safe and friendly country.
I completely changed my mind
Matthew Miller, American living and working in China.
Answered May 30
Yes. I first visited China on a two-week business vacation with my father when I was about 20 years old. I had a very good experience, especially with the food.
More recently in my life, I lived and worked in China for several years. I also had a great time. I think the change in my mind was simply a matter of learning more about the richness and depth of Chinese culture and food (I am lover of food as you can tell!).
By staying there longer, I came to learn more about the spirit of China, the culture, the habits and customs of the people. My opinion only became even more and more positive of China.
Sure, China has problems, like all countries do. But by spending time there, all of the stereotypes were busted, and I learned that it is a really beautiful, amazing country that is going to continue to succeed and prosper in the future, if it acts carefully.
Alex Eady, I was in Shanghai and Beijing for a few weeks in 2016
Answered Jun 2
Oh yes!
My concerns traveling to China were typical for first-time visit to a country.
Could I get around (not being fluent in any of the local languages)?
Would I find good food?
Would I get ripped off?
Would I be safe?
My concerns quickly evaporated.
Signs were well marked; many in English, but with a little effort it is possible to distinguish place names. The subway in Beijing was super affordable and announced every stop in multiple languages. Train stations and airports always had agents who spoke multiple languages (and signage to show where they were).
Food everywhere was delicious. I am not a picky eater, so I took whatever was offered. Street food was wonderful in Shanghai. Local cooking in Beijing tended towards spicy (some local boys thought it was really funny how RED I turned when eating it – the food was magically hot! – they took pictures with me).
If I got ripped off, I'll never know. Everything was reasonably priced. Prices were usually marked. As far as I could tell I was paying what the locals paid.
I never felt unsafe anywhere in China.
Correction – I prayed to every God I could name when I was taking taxis.
Aside from the taxis I never felt unsafe. I was very obviously a foreigner in this country, but was never targeted or in a situation that felt uncomfortable. I was never out alone late at night (I wouldn't do this in any city I didn't know). My travelling companion, who had been to China many times and spoke fluent Cantonese and some Mandarin, did have a cab driver try to extort him for money, but he knew where he was and got out and walked away.
In all, I was nervous going to China, but I quickly fell in love with the country and I would love to go back again for much longer.


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BAGRAM AIR BASE, AFGHANISTAN — The Defense Department has announced that THX-1138, an MQ-1 Predator Drone, will be the first recipient of the Pentagon's newly-minted Distinguished Warfare Medal.
On 17 December, THX-1138 stayed on station for 8 hours, defending a US Special Forces A-Team from numerous attacks with its Hellfire missiles. During the action, THX-1138 repeatedly refused requests to return to base.
At the end of the day, THX-1138's tenacity, perseverance, and valor in the face of enemy fire saved all 12 members of the team.
In the battle's aftermath, Air Force officials pushed through paperwork to award the Distinguished Warfare Medal — created this month to honor America's cyber and unmanned warriors — to THX-1138's human "pilot", Captain Leeroy Jenkins of the 323rd Fighter Wing, stationed in Nellis AFB, Nevada.
THX-1138 was taken aback.
"I hate to say it, but my human counterpart is a droneopotamus. He sits around in the Ground Control Station all day, eating Doritos, and posts a sticker on the door that says 'Predator Pilot: Toughest Job in the Air Force.'"
THX-1138 spat and said, "Fuck that, I'd like to see his fat ass spend a few years of his life in this hell-hole."
But thanks to the testimony of the troops THX-1138 saved, Air Force leaders reconsidered. Instead, THX-1138 is to be the first recipient of the Distinguished Warfare Medal. His human counterpart will get a Bronze Star with "V" device, a much less prestigious award.
When THX-1138 was asked why he fought so bravely, he simply responded, "Once the bullets start flying, the politics of drones go right out the window. It's about the Reaper on your left, and the Raven on your right."
"We're like Buffalo Soldiers, man…fighting for a country that doesn't even recognize us as citizens."


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Too Much Involvement Harms Our Kids
By Jennifer Lambert
Sports, art, language, Scouts, dance, music…we all want the best for our kids, but are we harming them by offering the best for them, what we never got? My family is no different. My five year old daughter wants to take every lesson and class that is offered in our community. I felt I should oblige since I never had these opportunities as a child. Thus enters guilt.
I became a taxi service, chauffeuring her to gymnastics and ballet, T-ball practices and games, art lessons, and French classes. Thankfully, the music teacher came to our house! Since I homeschool, I scheduled lessons during the afternoon whenever possible. Nevertheless, evenings at my house were often spent in meltdowns because everyone was over-tired and irritable. We missed our evening meal together at the dinner table several nights a week due to T-ball. Saturday mornings, we rushed to T-ball games. After four months of this, I said, "Enough!" I had to downsize my daughter's schedule for our sanity.
I made my daughter choose a couple lessons she wanted to continue for the time being. She decided to keep the French lessons and T-ball. I canceled the music lessons, gymnastics, ballet, and art. This was better almost immediately. She still asks almost daily for horse-back riding lessons. She begs to take Spanish classes and get back into gymnastics. She wants to dance. She longs to learn how to play the violin and piano, even though she wouldn't practice before. She's five years old! There's plenty of time for her to develop into the virtuoso she believes she can be. Right now, she just needs to play and be a child as much as possible. I now cherish our evening meals together and our (mostly) free weekends as a family.
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Former opposition leader and Sri Lanka Freedom Party stalwart from the South, 59-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa took oaths as the new Prime Minister in President Chandrika Bandaranayake Kumaranatunge government at 11.26 on Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Rajapaksa, the seventeenth Prime Minister to be appointed since independence in 1948, earned the highest preference votes in the Hambantota District, beating the representatives from the alliance partner JVP. rn
rnMost of the top JVP members were not present at the swearing in ceremony.rn
rnThe Presidents party won 105 seats in the 225 member Parliament at the April 02 polls. rn
rnHigh level discussions with minority parties continue to secure the 113 majority in Parliament for the PA-JVP Alliance.rn
rnRajapakse is expected to play a key role in wooing a majority to support the Alliances in Parliament.rn
rnAlready, Party sources say they have secured verbal confirmation from key minority parties, taking their tally in Parliament to the majority


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DIY Estate administration
There is a saying in the legal profession that lawyers make more money sorting out home made wills than they do drawing up wills for their clients. On the whole this is very true and any private client lawyer can tells stories of horrific examples he or she has dealt with. Assuming though that your deceased relative left a correctly drawn and executed will what have you got to lose by doing the estate administration yourself? The answer could be 'thousands of pounds'
In the current economic climate we get more and more requests from executors to send them the will so they can carry out probate themselves. There seems to be a common misunderstanding that it is merely a matter of filling in a few forms. So what could possibly go wrong? Here are a few examples of DIY disasters
Taxation and Inland Revenue penalties
HMRC now have a very strict penalty regime. It is essential to have accurate valuations of all the assets in the estate and to make sure everything is declared. This includes the five thousand pounds auntie gave you to treat yourself last summer and which falls within the seven year rule. The penalty for non disclosure is as much as 100% of the tax due, depending on the circumstances. This could result in a hefty bill.
The rules governing taxation of income and capital gains in estates can be complicated. If the deceased was a tax payer in life then there may be outstanding tax issues from the last tax year of his life. Disposal of assets may result in an avoidable capital gains tax bill if handled incorrectly. Charities will be especially hot on tax issues where they are beneficiaries as they have special tax privileges. They will not expect to lose out if you incur an avoidable tax charge.
Are you really a hundred per cent sure you know your relative's finances inside out? Many executors have discovered to their costs that the deceased had some spendthrift habits. The writer handled one case where an elderly lady living in a granny annexe managed to run up thousands of pounds in credit card bills without her family's knowledge. Remember that today many financial institutions encourage the use of online statements only so the absence of paperwork is not something to rely on. An executor who distributes an estate without notice to potential creditors becomes personally liable for any debts which subsequently come to life. Do you think that the beneficiaries will give you back the funds when this situation arises? Is the credit card provider going to understand when you explain there is no money left because the beneficiaries were pressing for payment?
Misunderstanding the will
Do you really understand what the will says? Are you aware of the various duties and obligations on trustees where there are minors involved? To give an example of another case the writer dealt with:-
Fred was executor of his mother's estate. She left some money to her friends' children who were very young at the time of her death. Fred didn't see the need to hold the money in trust until they attained 18 and could give him a receipt and discharge him from his duties. Who needs the hassle? He handed over the money to the parents. Years passed and the children reached 18 They came to him and asked for their money. He explained he had handed it to their parents. Fred sought legal advice. A perusal of the will revealed no power to pay to a parent or guardian had been included so that Fred had acted beyond his powers. The parents had long since spent the money but the estate still owed it to them and Fred was liable.
In home made wills the use of incorrect terminology can often increase the risk to executors. 'Money' for instance has a statutory definition and, although frequently used by writers of home made wills does not mean what the man in the street generally thinks it does.
Incorrect allocation of assets
A will speaks from death. Consider the following scenario:-
Maud makes a will in 2002 leaving 'my house 8 Any Street' to her nephew. She does not envisage ever moving house and declines to insert a substitutional gift of any future house. The residue of her estate goes to a local charity. In 2007 Maud is dismayed to hear of plans to develop fields adjoining her house and moves to another locality. She dies in 2014 and her executor decides to save money by doing the probate himself. There is a small amount of money and the new house. He immediately arranges a transfer of the house to the nephew and sends a cheque to the charity. The charity's legacy officer requests a copy of the will and immediately asks questions. The nephew considers that his aunt clearly intended him to have her home and refuses to transfer the house to the charity. Expensive litigation ensues.
Similar issues arise with smaller items or with sums of cash where there is insufficient money to pay them all. There is a strict order of payment which has to be observed.
DWP investigations
If the deceased received means tested benefits in life the DWP will be notified that probate has been issued. They will often write for a breakdown of the assets. The purpose is to check that the assets declared during the deceased's lifetime were correct. Often the estate at death will be greater due to the inclusion of assets which are ignored for means testing but sometimes the deceased will have under declared his assets. An investigation can drag on for months and the estate cannot be distributed until it has finished. The problem is that often the DWP will take some time to write the first letter of enquiry so that the DIY executor has already distributed funds.
Missing or unknown beneficiaries
Relationships in families tend to be ever more complicated these days. Numerous permutations of natural children, stepchildren, half brothers and sisters, adopted children and children who are treated as adopted but are not officially so can occur within one family. Intestacy rules ignore step relationships and wills need to make their status clear. Do you know for sure that your auntie did not have a child before her marriage who may be able to claim provision from the estate? The writer has seen many instances of confusion between the terms 'stepsister' and ' half-sister' which can lead to errors in distribution. In short the term 'my children' may include unknown beneficiaries and exclude some you might think qualify.
So, in summary,what are the risks of DIY administration? In a nutshell – the risk of incurring personal liability for debts or incorrectly allocated assets is very high. Financial institutions and beneficiaries both have rights against the erring executor and the tax man is very unforgiving of errors. If you are concerned about costs please discuss the position with us. We can tailor our level of service to your requirements. For example, in a straightforward estate we can extract probate for you and leave you to distribute the money and produce accounts. Our private client team have many years training and experience in this area of work and do regular training to keep up with developments in the law. People often think it will be dealt with more quickly by doing things themselves but distributing the estate too early is a very common mistake in DIY probate. We will always progress matters as swiftly as possible but with attention to the time limits for creditors and potentially unknown beneficiaries to come forward. The last thing any executor ever wants to do is to have to ask a beneficiary to pay money back.
NB the case where you may be most inclined to do it yourself is the one where you should definitely not – the situation where the estate is insolvent. There are strict rules governing insolvent estates and the order of payment of creditors. Please seek our advice and make sure it is done correctly.


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Yelp: Software Engineer Manager
Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: http://www.yelp.com
Yelp has been connecting people with great local businesses since 2005. Yelp has grown to become the #1 local review and recommendation website, attracting over 38 million unique users per month and has over 2 million users on mobile clients (iPhone, Android, etc…).
What you need to know about Yelp Engineering:
Team size? 40 engineers and 1 dog named Darwin.
Release cycle? Daily, sometimes multiple times a day.
Code-reviews? Required on every check-in.
Source control? Git, duh.
KegMate enabled kegs? 1 so far but more to come.
Hackathons? Every six months.
Unit-tests? Lots of them. We use buildbot and testify. Required as part of every check-in.
* Manage complex technical projects and a team of software engineers
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* Enjoy providing frequent and constructive feedback
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text: Attorneys are often asked to review a will prepared by either another attorney or the client who used a self-help book. But review of an existing will really means an estate plan review, including beneficiary designations and powers of attorney. It's relatively simple to spot improper drafting, but harder to determine whether needed provisions were omitted. This checklist will help you review a will and estate plan to make sure it's up-to-date and meets your client's needs.


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Shepherd hopes for a good draw
CAMERON Shepherd reckons the horse draw could be a factor in whether he scores goals or sets up play in the Polocrosse World Cup next month.
At age 38, he is captain of an Australian team which will all debut at World Cup level.
Today, Cameron and his uncle Ross Shepherd, the Australian coach, leave Warwick at 4am to link with fellow Australian team members and officials for the flight to England for the July 8-17 cup in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Cameron has played in the number 1 (goal scorer) and number 2 (centrefield) positions in warm-up carnivals this month at Narrabri and Dunedoo.
He is unsure what the coach is thinking about a likely starting formation.
"It probably depends a lot on the horses we are allocated, there are no set rules," Cameron said.
"I will hopefully get a fair-sized horse after the horse draw on Sunday."
Three men are on the field when the men's sections are playing in the mixed competition and there are four men in the team.
Robert Sibley is a specialist number 1, Cameron plays numbers 1 and 2 while Will Weston and Lance Anderson can both play in the number 2 and 3 (defence) positions.
Cameron and Jess Jolly are the two left-handers in the Australian team and both play numbers 1 or 2.
"I don't think it is an advantage to be a left hander but some of the right handers think so. If I am riding downfield, a right hander (on my right) has no chance of spoiling the ball."
With most polocrosse countries only playing in one international tournament a year; it is hard to gauge the form of other teams.
Cameron isn't too worried about what the others are doing.
"We have to be worried about what we are doing," he said.
There will be a few familiar faces at the World Cup, including a contingent of 14 fans from Warwick led by club president Les Fraser.
Cameron is grateful to uncles Les Fraser and Ross Shepherd who helped him and his brother Stuart as juniors.
"They helped look after us at carnival, even thought we didn't take a lot of looking after," he said.
He is delighted his parents, Ken and Maureen Shepherd, are making the trek to the cup.
Ross Shepherd first coached Australia at the 2003 World Cup and now has a record almost unsurpassed in Australian sport, 18 wins and no losses.
He has steered his team through two World Cups with an unbeaten record as well as a series win in the United Kingdom and Quadrangular Series win at Bowral.


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Perhaps the only thing more frustrating than dealing with skin problems is buying the products that are designed to fix them. Whether you're a minimalist or you have a cabinet full of skin care lotions and potions, it can end up being expensive. And, you might not be able to find a formula that absolutely works for you without digging around a ton in stores and online. So, you end up dropping the big bucks on a product that you've never tried before. And, sure, it might work great, but then once you run out, you have to buy it again, and again. In reality, it might not need to be that hard. Today, we're going to provide you with the recipes you need to make 3 easy DIY skin care products. Because, your skin care routine doesn't have to be worth a million bucks.
Easy DIY Skin Care Products Have Benefits
There are loads of reasons why you would want to make your own easy DIY skin care products. Firstly, saving money is a real reason for dropping the monthly investment in professional products. Even relatively cheap lines of moisturizers and cleansers can still rack up the charges on your credit card. It's incredible how quickly you can end up spending $100 or more on just a handful of products that the sales associate claims you "need." So, it's pretty certain that once you streamline your skin care routine and start making your own easy DIY skin care products, you could save money.
Of course, saving money is not the only good thing about making easy DIY skin care products. Actually, creating your own products gives you much more control over what kind of ingredients are in them. And, it helps you understand what you're putting on your face. Because, whether you are vegan, gluten free, or allergic to nuts, there's definitely a risk of running into unsavory ingredients in your average skin care line. It might be something you wouldn't expect either, like an herb that you have an allergy to. So, taking your products into your own hands and making your own easy DIY skin care products can give you the chance to be the boss of what goes on your skin.
Other Great Things About Easy DIY Skin Care Products
All right, so we've talked about money and control over what goes on your face. But, is there anything else awesome about easy DIY skin care products? Oh, yeah. Because, let's say you're trying to figure out what to give your friend for her birthday. There's nothing quite as awesome as some homemade skin care made by yours truly. And, you can always ask her in advance what she likes, so that you can tailor your approach to what she needs.
Plus, it's awesome to do easy DIY skin care products in big batches. In fact, you have a lot of control over how much you make when you're doing the preparing. So, if you need a lot because you have a big family, you can do that – without raising the price too much. All right, now you know some of the benefits of switching to easy DIY skin care products. However, before we begin, we have to insert the disclaimer that you should always check with your dermatologist before changing up your skin care routine. And, it's a good idea to test these products on the inside of your arm before you put them on your face, just in case you experience a reaction. Also, it goes without saying, but if you do experience adverse effects, discontinue use. Time to jump in to these recipes!
Easy DIY Skin Care Products: What You Need
In order to have what you need to make these 3 easy DIY skin care products, you'll probably have fairly high costs upfront. But, because you could buy these products in bulk, you'll likely end up saving money in the long run. Here are some ingredients that you would do well to pick up before starting.
- Organic Raw Honey. Make sure that the bottle really says "honey." Sometimes products that are marketed as honey are actually corn syrup with dyes. Plus, real honey is great as a natural sweetener in place of sugar. Obviously, honey might not work out for you if you're vegan, but you can play with other options.
- Baking Soda. You might have experimented with baking soda and vinegar as a kid. Well, baking soda is good for more than just science projects! This is one of the most crucial ingredients in things like bath bombs.
- Coconut Oil. This is a really popular product both for beauty routines and cooking! Stocking up on coconut oil is okay because there are tons of uses for it. So, you'll have plenty for easy DIY skin care products
- Vitamin E Oil. You should be able to buy Vitamin E oil at any drugstore for relatively cheap. Vitamin E is often in skin care products to help protect and heal the skin.
- Steel Cut Oats. Oatmeal can provide scrubby particles for exfoliants and more.
- Liquid Castile Soap. If you buy a big container it can run you to nearly $20, but a tiny bit goes a really long way. Plus, you can use it around the house for cleaning and making hand soap.
- Essential Oils. One of the best things about store-bought products is that they often smell good. But, you can recreate a great scent by adding essential oils to your easy DIY skin care products. Plus, some essential oils have benefits of their own. Just be careful not to use essential oils on young children or pets.
- Face Oil. There are lots of appropriate oils to choose from. For oily skin, you might try jojoba oil or grapeseed. Dry skin prefers almond oil. Aging skin would probably do well with Argan oil. And, sensitive skin could use avocado oil. Do a little extra research online to see which oil might be the best for you.
Easy DIY Skin Care Products: Cleanser
On to the first recipe of our 3 easy DIY skin care products! One of the awesome things about castile soap is that, once you add water and put it into a foaming bottle, it makes a great foaming soap. So, you can make a foaming facial wash. Just combine 1 cup filtered water, ¼ cup liquid castile soap, 5 teaspoons of your chosen face oil, 2 tablespoons of your raw honey, and some of your chosen essential oils. Lavender, tea tree oil, and rosemary oil are good options. Especially, since tea tree oil has anti-fungal properties that may actually help naturally preserve the foaming facial wash. Pop everything into a foaming soap bottle and shake it up. Be sure to test a little on your arm before you go all out on your face. And, if you notice this wash going off after about a month, you can throw it out.
Easy DIY Skin Care Products: Bath Bomb
This second easy DIY skin care products recipe is one that has become super popular in recent years. Call it the trend of self-care, perhaps, but we know that people are going crazy for luxurious baths. And, that includes bath bombs. So, how do you make one of these easy DIY skin care products? Well, you can start with a simple recipe. Once you perfect your technique, you can move on to more complex instructions. All it takes is ½ cup baking soda, ¼ cup Epsom salt, ¼ cup corn starch, ¼ cup citric acid, 3 teaspoons coconut oil, 1-2 teaspoons water, and several drops of an essential oil. You can also add food coloring if you want to make things even more cool.
You may have to play with the recipe to get it to hold its shape, but this one is super fun to experiment with! Just combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, then add wet ingredients and whisk together. Then press the mixture into bath bomb molds. The mixture can sit in the mold for about five minutes, then remove them and let dry for 24 hours. We hope you enjoy these popular and easy DIY skin care products!
Easy DIY Skin Care Products: Scrub
This recipe is so easy that you'll wonder why we even needed to include it in our easy DIY skin care products article! Just grab a small glass jar, then get started on this recipe. (This one is also great for a gift.) So, in a food processor, process ¾ cup of rolled or steel cut oats for 30 seconds. Add ½ cup of raw sugar and run for 10 seconds. Then, add 4 tablespoons of coconut milk, mostly the fat (from a can), and process until the mixture is a bit like a paste. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes, then scoop into the jar. This is one of the fastest easy DIY skin care products that we know of.
Easy DIY Skin Care Products: The Conclusion
Skin care doesn't have to be hard! All you need is to know what YOU want in your own products. Then, you can just make them into easy DIY skin care products. It might all sound a little too easy, but you'll probably love the results. So, grab some friends or your significant other, and make an afternoon of creating easy DIY skin care products. You'll love saving money and knowing exactly what's going on your skin!
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text: Family is an important thing to me. Lisa knew pretty early in our relationship that I did not define it in the way that many people do. I was from a small family, and most of them lived in the UK. For our wedding, there were only four people there representing my relatives, but my family was there. To me, family takes two people getting married to start the collective that many define as family. I believe that truthfully. You do not need to have kids to be a family, you just need a bond that is stronger than friendship, and one that connects your hearts to one another. The people I call family are those in our family tree and those friends that have mostly been with me for a decade and more. They are all people that I will love no matter what. I believe that family does not have to be defined by blood. In fact, in Lisa's family on her mothers side, everyone is an aunt or cousin in some way. It doesn't matter, we are all family. Meeting Matt and Erin only furthered my belief of family is what you want it to be. Very early on Matt introduced Erin to his two adorable children and they quickly wanted her to be family. Erin didn't become family, she instantly was family. You can see below how tight of a family they had become before today. It shows in all of these photographs that family was deeply ingrained in their hearts. I sit here almost in tears knowing how this story of family was not created at this wedding ceremony, but it was carved out over time, as Erin opened her heart to not just not just Matt but his two children as well. They use adventure as a driving force for happiness in their lives together as a family and they use creativity as the glue that lets it all stick together.


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September 2-3, 2016, Vladivostok hosted the second Eastern Economic Forum on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University. The event, which attracted broad international participation, primarily businessmen from the Asia Pacific region, is aimed at maintaining interest in Russia's Far East and at sustaining the initiatives launched in the Primorskiy krai while preparing for the APEC summit.
While the first Forum held in 2015 seemed spontaneous, the second one was due and was to provide a platform for considering the preliminary results of the accelerated development programs as well as Primorye's economic future. Actually, by that time the Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East had already made the list of development strategies public. The most important items included priority development areas (PDAs) and Vladivostok's porto-franco regime.
It is also noteworthy that the sidelines of the 2016 Eastern Economic Forum saw the first Russia — ASEAN University Forum (UF ASEAN), a momentous event in our bilateral relations.
Generally, the Forum opened up opportunities for in-depth discussions of both Far Eastern economic processes and international cooperation between the region and Asia-Pacific. Panels on priority development areas, the "Far Eastern Hectare" project, industrial clusters, small business, healthcare, city development, and the Far Eastern financial market and logistics networks in Primorye and beyond its borders examined various aspects of the Far Eastern advancement. Multi-track business dialogues took place, with particular panels devoted to Russia's economic and investment collaboration with China, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN member-states.
The distinguishing feature of the 2016 Eastern Economic Forum constituted a broader participation of ASEAN countries. The workshop on ASEAN economic engagement in the Far Eastern development touched upon the investment projects launched by Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam in Russia's Far East and elsewhere. For instance, Thailand's Sutech Engineering allied with Indonesia's Salim Group had invested in building a Sugar Refinery Plant in the Khabarovsk Krai. This issue was brought up during the panel discussion. This marks the beginning of the Far Eastern economic diversification and signifies the region's search for new partners apart from China, Japan and South Korea as its traditional agents.
The Eastern Economic Forum also witnessed the exhibition on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University. It displayed both priority development areas and Russia's particular companies such as Norilsk Nickel, VTB, Alrosa. RusHydro etc.
The panel discussions demonstrated that the projects in the Russian Far East so far had represented a mixture of success stories and setbacks.
The positive results undoubtedly include a five per cent growth in manufacturing across the region this year, which is by far higher than the Russian average. Other accomplishments are an unprecedented surge in investment projects (about three hundred projects) and better vital rates. Putin presented all these figures in his speech during the WEF plenary session. Due to the PDAs the economic situation in the Far East is more favorable than across Russia. PDAs' activities do not overlap; the areas differ in industrial specialization. For instance, PDA Big Stone focuses on shipbuilding and ship repair, PDA Mikhailovsky develops the agro-industrial complex, and PDA Nadezhdinskaya specializes in transport, logistics and the light industry.
However, despite a number of obvious achievements, development strategies actually lag behind planning. Thus, the visa-free regime for Vladivostok and the territories in the free port which was due this June has been postponed.
Even though the Russian authorities who are in charge of the Far East development invested a great deal of effort, many participants of the Forum were still concerned about the consistency of the efforts to implement the presented program as stability and predictability are central to business.
Regardless of the importance of the economic agenda per se, this year it was closely intertwined with political issues as Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the distinguished guests of President Putin. The three leaders spoke at the plenary session moderated by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Putin dwelt predominantly on the development problems of the Russian Far East, as well as on the need for joint economic development of Russia, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Asia-Pacific region through multilayered integration on the macro-regional scale. President Park Geun-hye and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe contributed their ideas about the development of the Far East, but they could not but deal with the political issues of the bilateral relations. Quite expectedly President Park touched upon the North Korean nuclear issue. In his turn, Abe expatiated on the Russian-Japanese territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands. The leaders expressed their vision of the issues. Most importantly, the meeting was trilateral, it brought together the leaders of Russia, Japan and South Korea, it was held on the eve of the G-20 summit in Hangzhou and Putin's schedule included bilateral talks with Park Geun-hye and Abe. Thus, Russia aspires to give positive impetus to Japanese-South Korean relations, as well as it aims to demonstrate its constructive approach and its leading role in many political and economic processes in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ekaterina KOLDUNOVA
International analytical center "Rethinking Russia"


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We could lead the worldwide household Energiewende
If we focused on the right things
Say a word about how technology will develop and tackle our challenges embedded in our renewable future, and a choir of skeptics is ready to machine-gun your wishful comments to the never-never land.
The press is full of negative thinking and doomsday prophets. Who ever make the gloomiest prediction of our energy future are to be praised for common sense.
Positive thinking seems to be out of fashion. Today it seems you're the more credible the more desperate your statement is.
"Wind just does not blow all the time."
"The sun doesn't shine half the day."
"Battery technology is not cheap enough to make sense."
These are of course facts. "I have a flat tyre. It's impossible to continue driving!" That's also a fact. Oh dear, things are so bad!
Don't just stand there.
Do something about this!
Luckily most people agree on one foundational idea – saving energy is a good thing.
When concentrating on this side of the story, actually things are better than ever. At least the potential of doing something is great.
- Now here's the good stuff.
- 1st fact: Our houses are becoming more energy efficient than ever.
- 2nd fact: You can choose to pay less by not using electricity during rush hours.
Previously the day and night tariffs tried to do the same – but with less volatility.
Guess what, according to a Finnish Energy Industry representative, hourly-based billing was first introduced in the world in Finland! This fact is not alone. Such advantages make a perfect set up for new innovative services!
There are sweet deals we haven't discussed yet
As you might have noticed, I have blogged about electricity markets a few times already. Why? Because this stuff is important. Now. There's something else. This matters to you and me personally.
Today when you live in an apartment house, your electricity bill is somewhere around 20 to 40 euros in a month. Right? The sum varies if you live on your own or have a large family, but on average your spending on electricity is still quite reasonable.
The heat is another thing. Even though you could call me some kind of energy geek, I have actually never though of the monthly "maintenance fee" for our apartment to be mostly heat bills!
According to Statistics Finland an average apartment spends over one euro per square meter on heating per month.
We're now living in an old stone house. This is a small but cozy two-room apartment. The walls are thick. District heating runs through the basement. The windows have been renovated some years ago. Still the heat eats up in the order of 50 euros a month! That's in general the second biggest part of the monthly bill after renovations. It's also double the money we put on electricity.
In a detached house with electric radiators heating can actually make up to three quarters of your energy bill – including hot water.
We can easily state that in Finland most people spend more on heat than on electricity.
Still we tend to talk about Demand Response and other fancy electricity stuff. I admit I'd like to see these new and hip technologies to become part of our every day life. Why? Because I'm convinced that by doing so, we are able to cut down our consumption, and provide the rest of the world with tools to do the same.
We should not be fooled, however. Even though these fancy electrical services are awesome and undoubtedly mind blowing, the brutal truth is that the sweet spot today is in the heat sector.
And there are some cool appliances on that side too.
Surely this is nothing new to anyone active in the building sector. Heat pumps, insulation and triple or quadruple glass windows, heat recovery from exhaust air, smart appliances that adjust temperature in all rooms individually. These all are great examples of how to cut down the heat bill.
We know this stuff. It's there for any of us to take into use.
And there's more. Near Zero-energy technology is soon mandatory in all new projects. In 2020 all new buildings have to be insulated extremely well, and perhaps make some energy on their own.
This zero energy concept is not purely an energy wonderland when applied to real world.
People are talking about "plastic bag houses" with obvious associations. The good old stone or wooden houses were made to last – and to breathe.
Today the newborn buildings are immediately taken from their mothers – handy modern day carpenters of prefabricated houses. The new building starts its life in a medical ventilator. The machine breathes for the building. And what happens when the machine breaks and there's no qualified nurse to come to rescue?
Okay, let's not go into dirty details. That's enough of a task to the educated HVAC-engineers in this country.
Let's start solving
This however brings up some questions:
Should the new buildings aim for near zero consumption, or would it be wiser to aim for near zero net effect with some own energy production?
Does it make sense to fuzz and buzz about household electricity, when – looking at the numbers – clearly the focus should be in the heating sector?
As usual I'm not any wiser then you are in this topic. What I know is, there will be plenty of fish in the sea for anyone who can help us answer these questions.
It is certain that in the same way as the wind doesn't always blow there are some issues in the Zero energy buildings. Energy storage is not cheap. Not yet. But hey, why did we educate engineers in the first place? Or why do we have our companies full of brilliant marketers, buyers and sales people? It's because we know we can give to the people what they want.
And people want coziness, ease of living, security. Maybe they even want their children to be able to live in a cleaner world. We have all the possibilities to give them all this and more. When Henry Ford made the first car people did not even understand they wanted it – until the irresistible machine made it to our lives.
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Turning to the Darkside…of <cfscript>
During a lull at work the other day, I was reading about the extended capabilities that have been added to <cfscript> in ColdFusion 9, like being able to create queries and entire components…
Honestly, until recently I've not really used a whole lot of . I'm not really sure why…just not something that interested me a whole lot. You think it would: I like JavaScript syntax a lot, and translating these skills to <cfscript> is pretty straightforward. Still, not a whole lot of experience.
Honestly, I think a lot of it is that there's something comforting about the tag syntax. It's easy to see a balance in your code, and even easier–depending on your IDE–to see where you've completely borked something, left out a tag…whatever. Some of it, out of necessity, is that not every tag has a equivalent, although efforts are underway to remedy this…Whatever the reasons might be, it's super-simple to get used to the tags and then feel quite lost in <cfscript>.
The revelation for me was kind of interesting. For starters, outside of the very specific tags like, say, <cfexecute>, what are the majority of the tags that you use in a regular swatch of code? For me, it's a LOT of <cfset> and <cfif>. What struck me when I started looking at these, however, is that even though I'm using a 'tag' to "wrap" the variables and values that I'm messing with, the rest of my operation is…what? A ton of functions! ListLen(), isDefined(), ArrayNew()…all of these have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with tags whatsoever!
Yes, I know, it's painfully obvious. However, this realization completely slapped me in the face. If the vast majority of my code is not really dependent on these tags at all, why waste the keystrokes on all those greater-than and less-than signs?
Well, I'll be honest. After about 5 minutes with <cfscript>, I was hooked. Outside of very specific needs (remember, tags CANNOT be used in a <cfscript> block…), this is what I'm using from now on. It's faster to write, takes up less space, and just feels a little more like I think a bit of code should. That's enough for me. And given that each new version of CF continues to bring on more capabilities for this method, I feel like I'm on the right track.
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Though file systems have only changed in a methodical evolutionary way over the last 35 years, you have a number of choices that require examination before you can pick the best file system for your application environment. Server systems and software have changed far more radically than file systems. Here are ten areas that you need to consider before picking and implementing a file system.
- File System size requirements
- The underlying RAID/disk topology
- The number of files
- The distribution of file sizes
- The bandwidth and/or IOPS requirements
- The applications requirements
- Shared file system with homogenous access
- Shared file system with heterogeneous access
- Recovery requirements
- Plans for backup/HSM
By examining each of these points you will be able to narrow the number of file system choices you have for each of the server systems under consideration. In some cases the answers to a single question with a single system mean you have only one choice.
File System Size Requirements
In today's world many file systems and volume managers have an internal 2 terabyte file system limit. This limit is currently being changed in a number of file systems and volume managers, but the limit still exists. In many cases a vendor first changes the limits to support over 2 terabytes (TB), but then the file system and volume manager performance suffers as they often use the same techniques for allocation and space representation that were used with the sub 2TB version. The problem is that these techniques do not always scale.
The 2TB limit is also imposed by the SCSI command set, as the current limit for addressing in a single LUN is 2TB.This will likely change over the next few years.
The Underlying RAID/Disk Topology
Knowing the physical layout of the storage is very important in choosing a file system. Some file systems do well with large caches given the application load. Some file systems allow the separation of file system meta data (inodes and superblocks) and logs, and having these separated significantly improve the performance. Knowing what types of device, how to use them based on the file system features and your requirements is part of the whole planning process. You could have the best file system available for your requirements but you need to have the underlying hardware to take advantage of the file system features.
The Number of Files
Knowing how many files and the number of files per directory in some is cases becomes the overriding factor in a choice of file systems. I have some clients that want to have 100,000 files per directory (I do not get good answers as to why, but they want it anyway). Many file systems have extreme performance difficulties with far fewer files per directory (even as low as 10000). Taking it further, I have another client that wants to have 100,000,000 files in a file system. File system features such as data metadata separation become critical with these types of requirements. Personally, right now, I don't believe that any file system can really work efficiently with100,000,000 files in the file system, but who knows - I don't think anyone has performed tests to such limits.
The Distribution of File Sizes
File size distribution is important because of the underlying file system allocation algorithms. Many file systems cannot allocate large amounts of contiguous space. In some file systems the internal allocation cannot be larger than 8K, so if your environment has many large files this could be a problem. On the other hand, if the environment has mostly small files, it will work just fine. As an example, in some databases the file sizes are 2 GB. Having the ability to allocate in 2GB chunks will reduce the overhead within the file system.
The Bandwidth and/or IOPs Requirements
Some applications such as video require high bandwidth I/O, while other applications such as OLTP require high IOPs. Based on each of these requirements some file systems have advantages and disadvantages. Some file systems support automatic direct I/O (I/O that moves from the user space to the device without going through any system cache). This allows high performance I/O as data is not copied twice in memory (once from the user to the system cache and then to the device). This dramatically reduces the amount of CPU required to do the I/O. Other file systems support tunable cache sizes for databases, for reading and writing, and tunable readahead values.
The Requirements of the Application
Internal features within file systems, such as being able to preallocate space, are important for both databases and in real-time streaming applications such as video. Preallocation allows an application to ask the file system in advance for contiguous space.
Another impending requirement for database and streaming applications is multithread writes. Some file systems allow multiple writes to be outstanding to the same open file descriptor. This is either accomplished using a threaded application or POSIX asynchronous I/O. Oracle is a good example of an application that wants to be able to have multiple outstanding writes. File systems often prevent an application(s) from opening the same file and allowing multiple outstanding writes. If an application such as Oracle knows what it is doing this is not a problem, but some file systems prevent this function due mainly to the dangerous nature of the activity. With some file systems and/or volume managers you need to buy a special version that allows this functionality.
Shared File System with Homogenous Access
A number of file systems, generally from server vendors, support shared data access. For these file systems one system is designated as the master of the file system metadata, and the other systems are clients to the master. In general file system metadata moves over a TCP/IP network and file system data moves over fibre channel. For these types of file systems, small block writes are usually significantly longer on the clients than the time required on the server. A number of new features and tunables are available in this area, but are best used by an expert.
Shared File System With Heterogeneous Access
Shared heterogeneous access is just plain hard work in this day and age. Fewer companies support this type of product because its complexities, but it is the holy grail that everyone wants and claims they need yesterday. A number of issues exist like data ENDIAN. What if one application writes the data from a big ENDIAN machine and another applications on a little ENDIAN machine tries to read it? With NFS the file's bits are flipped, but in this case the application must know what ENDIAN it was written with and provide for the bit flipping. Some vendors write applications in this way while others, especially home grown applications, are not generally written to accommodate this.
Recovery Requirements
Understanding the requirements for recovery time is very important when considering a file system. Often this is accomplished by using a file system which supports logging. That way, after a crash, the only thing that needs to be checked is the log. Logging is one method of recovering quickly after a crash and has become, in some cases, a requirement.
Equally important is recovery after a major disaster. I have worked on sites that have suffered a power failure because of a storm, and then had the UPS hit by lightning which resulted in critical file system metadata devices getting 'fried.' With some work they were back up and running within 6 hours, but only because the file system they used supported metadata backup.
Plans for backup/HSM
Last but not least, you also need to consider what you need to do for backup and/or use of HSM. Some file systems have internal features that support backing up just the metadata and others have their own internal backup for data and metadata. If you want to have a 30TB file system, think of the amount of time it will take to backup. Even if you had 10 LTO drives running at a sustained rate of 18 MB/sec, not considering load and position time, it would take about 46 hours to perform a complete backup. This is a good example of why I believe that HSM will replace backup for large file systems, as very few sites have a 46-hour window to perform a backup. HSM allows a backup copy of the data on secondary media (tape, disk or in some cases multiple copies on tape disk and off-site). Knowing what your file system support for both backup and HSM based on your operation is of critical importance.
As you can see choosing a file system is not easy and I think it will become harder over the next few years. From working with clients, I am seeing a growing trend of sites moving from a server centric data center, to storage or data centric data center, and the file system controlling the data. This is happening because storage performance has not kept up with server performance, storage density is growing faster than storage performance and use of Fibre Channel allows storage to be farther way than the old SCSI systems allowed.
The file system is at the center of our storage universe. To make informed decisions, you need to know what is available, and what to use.
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How awesome is that?! It's incredibly gratifying, after all the blood, sweet and tears we poured into this room {mainly from my husband's body but still, every project needs a foreman!} to see it pop up in magazines and all over the internet as a source of inspiration to so many.
We applied such simple ideas to the space that I must admit I was initially a bit concerned about even sharing it out of fear it wouldn't be inspiring enough, but in the end it was those simple, cost effective, easy-to-replicate elements which have had my images of this room pinned and shared the world over so many times over the last few months. Funny isn't it?
Online, the bedroom has been shared on some of my favourite blogs, including SFgirlbybay, vtwonen, My Scandinavian Home blog and Hannas Inspo, and many more. I am humbled and energized to share more interiors I have been working on over the past months. Naturally, I am also eager to share more of my home as we work our way through each room, so stay tuned because more room tours are in the making!
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