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Back in July I wrote about a new ratio I developed and currently testing called the Prune Ratio. The Prune Ratio is a portfolio analysis tool to determine which positions have significant equity growth that is outpacing dividend growth. Within that article I identified Hasbro (HAS) as a potential sell but used a wait and see strategy. It has been two months since that decision and HAS stock price has been pretty stable. The prune ratio sits just over my minimum requirement of 4 at 4.06 so I decided to sell (prune) 50% of my position.
I did not sell my entire position in HAS as they are one of the strongest companies in the toy industry. Though they will be losing toy revenue from Transformer and Jurassic World products they have the Star Wars line of toys to compensate. But, like much of the toy industry, HAS is yet to figure out a formula for girl toys and continue to see dramatic declines. The weakness of girl toy sales has tempered my expectations for future dividend growth in the 6 to 7% range, not bad but not spectacular and as such trimming back the position and redeploying in other assets is the appropriate action to expand my portfolios annual income without adding additional cash.
I currently have my eye on Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), WP Carey, (WPC), Domtar (UFS), and Span-America Medical (SPAN). My likely plan of attack will be to re-deploy the cash over three new positions providing not just more annual income but additional diversification as I currently do not own these positions. I have some time to be patient and will be opportunistic on my buys and estimate this little excursion to increase my annual income by $50. Combine this with July's annual income gain of $80 and the annual income increased an additional $130 without ever adding additional cash to the portfolio!
It is still too early to declare the Prune Ratio a success but early results are promising. - Comments: 0
It's OK to Sell Good Stocks - 24 Jul 2015 23:34
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The Prune Ratio
As an investor you probably have self-implied rules to sell a stock when things are going bad. If a company's dividend looks to be unsustainable with a possible freeze, cut or elimination then you might sell your shares. If a company has been running a deficit for the last 2 years you might sell your shares.
But would you sell a stock if there was no bad news and the company was the same as when you bought it? If you are new to dividend growth investing this may seem counter to the Buy and Hold mantra you constantly hear. But, as those with experience can tell you, this is nothing more than a general rule or guideline. No single rule can apply to all scenarios. Life just does not work that way. As we gain experience we make supplemental rules to adjust our needs at that given time to accommodate various scenarios.
Normally I preach stock price is secondary to dividend income but in this instance it can represent an opportunity. What if the equity value (capital gain) is growing at a faster pace than dividend growth? In theory, you could sell at a higher value and re-invest in a different stock with a similar dividend growth rate and higher yield resulting in a larger annual return without ever investing any additional money.
This is far from an original thought. Investors for decades have locked in capital gains to reinvest in other opportunities. My problem is the lack of discipline to constantly check when capital gains exceed dividend growth. When I perform semi-annual portfolio analysis I am so focused on looking for alligators I forget to look for opportunities. To help me quickly identify opportunities within my portfolio I have developed a ratio that signals when to investigate a stock that fits this scenario called the "Prune Ratio".
The Prune Ratio is calculated by dividing your stocks capital gain percentage (CG) by the total dividend growth percentage (DG).
Prune Ratio = CG% / DG%
If the ratio is near or above a value of 4 then I investigate. Why anything above a factor of 4 and not 1? The answer is simple, a factor of 4 represents the minimum significant gain you can achieve while offsetting a capital gains tax and commissions for selling and buying. If you are operating in a tax sheltered account like an IRA or have an offsetting capital loss then you can reduce this factor.
An additional benefit of using the ratio is that it takes the emotion out of selling a winner. I can't speak for all investors but the investors I talk to (myself included) routinely begin a sentence with "If only I sold when it was…". Call it greed, the home run factor, or whatever for some reason it is difficult to sell winners.
Theory Put in Action
To better explain here are three holdings from my portfolio that I will use as examples.
1. People's United Financial (PBCT)
Bought in 2011 at $12.22/share and annual dividend of $0.63
2015 share price at $16.44/share and annual dividend of $0.67
Share price capital gain = 32%, Total dividend growth = 6.9%
Prune Ratio: 32 / 6.9 = 4.63
This was not a hard one to decide. PBCT's annual dividend growth is around 1.5% (below my required 7%). What also helped make this an easy decision was that my portfolio was slightly overweight with banks (12% of my portfolio).
I sold all my shares (300) which reduced my exposure to banks to 9%.
I reinvested 2/3 of the proceeds in Omega Healtthcare Investors (OHI) and 1/3 into General Motors (GM) of which both had better dividend growth prospects and better yields.
The Result
Original PBCT annual income $201
New OHI & GM annual income $281
Annual Income Change: +$80
2. Hasbro (HAS)
Bought in 2012 at $37/share and annual dividend of $1.44
2015 share price of $79/share and annual dividend of $1.84
Share price capital gain = 113%, Total dividend growth = 27.7%
Prune Ratio: 113 / 27.7 = 4.03
This one was an extremely hard decision. To start, the average annual dividend growth rate sits at 9% well above my required 7%. While the share price has more than doubled since purchased 3 years ago most of the gains have come in 2015 (it is only July) so it may be an anomaly.
The current dividend yield is 2.31% and finding a new investment with a greater yield is no problem but finding one with as good of a dividend growth rate is extremely difficult.
This one I'm placing on hold to be re-evaluated later in the year to see if the stock price and earnings are stable. If the stock price remains stable I will not sell the entire position due to the attractive dividend growth rate but instead prune it back by selling some shares to capitalize on the gains and reinvest the proceeds to help with income and diversification.
The Result
Annual Income Change: $0
3. Procter & Gamble (PG)
Bought in 2013 at $77/share and annual dividend of $2.40
2015 share price of $80/share and annual dividend of $2.65
Share price total return = 3%, Total Dividend Growth = 10.4%
Prune Ratio: 3 / 10.4 = 0.28
Not much to explain on this one. The Prune Ratio was way below my requirement of 4. The average annual dividend growth sits just below my requirement at 5.8% but PG has been selling off businesses to refocus on core products. I expect dividend growth to start accelerating once again in 2017. The decision here is to leave the investment as-is.
The Result
Annual Income Change: $0
My initial use of the ratio to evaluate my portfolio was effective in generating an additional $80 a year, improved my portfolio diversification and providing a better growth path for future dividends.
It is still too early to declare a success as time will be needed to validate the ratio. My estimate is I will need at least three years to prove its effectiveness but in the meantime I am pleased with the initial results. - Comments: 0


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If you or someone you know has recently been involved in an automotive accident in or near Tempe, Arizona, then you may be seeking a means of recovering your automobile to its former glory following the damage which it sustained in the accident. Recovering from an auto collision in Tempe can be difficult, particularly if you lack the knowledge or resources to get the process started. This handy guide will aim to provide individuals who have recently been involved in an automotive accident in Tempe with the tools and resources to start getting their lives back on track.
The first step you should take following an automotive accident is to assess all damage which has been done to your vehicle. Determine, first and foremost, which parts are still operational, which parts are salvageable, and which parts have been completely lost. An auto collision Tempe will vary substantially in terms of the severity of the collision, but you should still be able to determine with a strong degree of certainty which parts of your car are still functional and which parts have been permanently lost. First, check if your engine is still running. From there, do a full rotation of the vehicle until you have assessed every corner of the car, from the radiator and transmission to the hood and trunk. Once you have determined conclusively what kind of shape the car is in, you will be ready to proceed to step two.
The second step which you want to take is to take your vehicle to a specialist who works on cars which have been involved in an auto collision in Tempe. A Tempe automotive specialist will be able to give you a better idea of exactly what sort of replacement parts you will need, as well as a general idea of how much you can expect to pay to get your car back up and running. Most importantly, meeting with a specialist will allow you to determine where your car stands in relation to similar vehicles – while you are at the shop you can have your automotive specialist run a diagnostic on your vehicle to make sure everything which is functional in your vehicle is running optimally. Once you have received your price quote from your specialist, you will be ready to get your vehicle serviced, and you'll be back on the road in no time!

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B.B.C. Article
A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, according to its US inventors.
Just 2mm across and finer than a human hair, the tiny device can magnify nanoscale objects and gives a sharper focus than top-end microscope lenses.
This electron microscope image shows the structure of the lens (white line is 0.002mm long)
It is the latest example of the power of metamaterials, whose novel properties emerge from their structure.
Shapes on the surface of this lens are smaller than the wavelength of light involved: a thousandth of a millimetre.
"In my opinion, this technology will be game-changing," said Federico Capasso of Harvard University, the senior author of a report on the new lens which appears in the journal Science.
The lens is quite unlike the curved disks of glass familiar from cameras and binoculars. Instead, it is made of a thin layer of transparent quartz coated in millions of tiny pillars, each just tens of nanometres across and hundreds high.


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Midwest symphonic dream-prog duo, The Receiver, has revealed the initial details for its upcoming studio album, All Burn. All Burn – the group's debut on progressive powerhouse, Kscope – will release on June 23 in North America. A teaser trailer can be seen here:
Comprised of brothers Casey (vocals, synths/keyboards, bass) and Jesse Cooper (drums & vocals), the siblings call All Burn their "best material to date which focuses on a dreamier aesthetic than our earlier work."
All Burn is also the first self-produced Receiver album, with mixing handled by Danny Kalb (Beck, Ben Harper, Foster the People, Karen O) and mastering by Brian Lucey (Sigur Ros, The Shins, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys).
Commented Jesse Cooper: "We're hoping our fans will think this album was worth the wait! It's the first time we've completely self-produced one of our albums, and we feel we got it right. This album is on the more ambient and groovier side, but is still undeniably a Receiver album. We feel it's our best work to date, from music to concept. We wanted to make an album with a collection of songs that are able to stand alone by themselves, but also had a cohesiveness to listen to as a complete piece of work. The end goal was to create an album that stands the test of time."
"A lot of music out there is one and done," added Casey. "It might be really catchy at first, but it's so instantly gratifying that it loses its luster after a few repeated listens. Our hope is that our music is catchy, but to always have layers that don't demand attention upon first listen. The goal is to provide a lot for the listener to comb through over time – music to get lost in for a while."
For a taste of what's to come, check out the band's stripped down performance of the upcoming album's title track on the 'Mug & Brush Sessions':
The brainchild of Jim Morris, owner of The Mug & Brush barbershop in Columbus, Ohio, the sessions are an independent music video series featuring national and local Columbus artists, performed in the barber shop. Sessions are engineered and mixed by Keith Hanlon.
Track Listing:
- Drift
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Formed in 2005 at The Ohio State University, The Receiver released its debut album, Decades, in 2006 on the New York-based, Stunning Models On Display Records. The duo returned with the sophomore offering, Length of Arms, in 2009 through Vital Music Records.
The Receiver is an incredibly active touring partnership, having played throughout North America and sharing the stage with notable acts such as St. Vincent, Midlake, The Album Leaf, Mono, Dawes, Royal Canoe, Maserati, Telefon Tel Aviv, Mr. Gnome and Operators to name a few, as well as performing at 2014's CMJ Festival in New York.
The brothers have been featured on MTV2's "Bands on The Rise," and have songs included on the FX Network's series, Dirt, as well as a number of independent shorts and films.


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Friday, March 31, 2017
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Dear Christian Ladies,
It has sadly become the trend, even among many professing Christian women, to see how far we can push the boundaries when it comes to our clothing. Join me at Raising Homemakers today, where we will consider our responsibility in what we wear.
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- tealady said...
I read all the posts offered in this article and I really wish women and girls would listen and learn. I find it disgusting when you go shopping out to dinner or where ever and women are pretty much showing everything. Some might say I sound like a bitter old women who is jealous, I'm not. I just don't want to see a woman's body half naked. It seems just so degrading and sad that some women think they have to show everything to get a man. I believe a woman gets a much better husband when he's not going for a woman who does not follow Gods rules.
- March 31, 2017 at 10:09 AM
- Blessed Homemaking said...
Thanks so much for your comment, tealady. I also wish women and girls would listen and learn. It's really bad manners to go around dressed with almost everything exposed--I don't like seeing it either. And very true about the husband part--if you attract him in a carnal way, expect him to be a very carnally-minded husband after the wedding too.
- March 31, 2017 at 10:38 PM
- living from glory to glory said...
Hello, I will go and read the post here in a few, but I wanted to say that your comment on this post was so very true...
I have gotten to the point of not looking forward to the hot weather as that's when it is the worst!
Always, Roxy
- April 10, 2017 at 9:43 AM
- Blessed Homemaking said...
Thank you, Roxy. I know what you mean about the hot weather. It is so bad that I want to start handing out dresses or some other cover up to these women who are walking around exposing everything.
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Anamika 20th March 2013 Written Episode Update
Anamika 20th March 2013 Written Episode, Anamika 20th March 2013 Written Update
Episode starts with Pratap Saluja asking Nani on why she went to Rano's house and told to stop the marriage. Nani refuses ad none believes her. Nani then agrees on being against Jeet and Rano's marriage due to Rano's mental condition but Pratap declares the marriage will take place on the same date. Pratap then rings Rano's mom and tells that the marriage will take place at the same sate. Jeet comes in Rano's house and does not find her while Rano's mom thinks that she might have gone to the doctor.
Rano is sat in front of the doctor and tells her that she has been doing things that she would never do. The doctor then tells her that she is having hallucination and asks if she has ever felt like anyone about to kill her. Rano refuses while we see Anamika sat beside her smirking. Jeet then asks Rano's mom if something is bothering her while she tells about Nani. Jeet about to go home while Rano comes in and asks him not to talk about the issue with Nani while Jeet asks her to smile every time in return. They then have some emotional conversation and shares a hug. Jeet asks them to be happy and have no more tears. Jeet then drives home while Rano sees him off. Anamika then tells that She would never let their marriage happen.
In the morning Jeet is shown doing crunches while Pratap comes in and Jeet is surprised. Pratap then tells Jeet that he is very happy with Jeet as he has promised to take care of Rano forever. He says that he has always thought that Rano was too good for him but now he thinks Jeet is good choice for Rano too. Father and Son then shares a hug. Episode ends.
Precap: Anamika in Jeet's voice asking Rano to meet him or else he would be annoyed with her.
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I started my blog in January of this year...just 6 months ago. In that short time, I have met countless women who have touched my life in so many ways. It could have been a short comment about a post, a long email about family or a question about paper piecing hexagons. It has gone so far as to make a dear friend 3000 miles away. We send each other comments, long emails and joke that we were separated at birth (not sure how that worked, because she is younger than me. That's how we're explaining why we do everything alike). Even though we have never met, this is what blogging has done for me...a friendship I cherish.
All of you make me laugh, you make me cry, you share your families and you inspire me beyond belief. My "friends on Friday" post are about friends who have emailed pictures of their projects that they have made from the Tool Time Tuesday post or just friends that inspire me speechless. Popover to see these 3 great women and see what they have been up to!!
First is Cathy from Cabbage Quilts. I've blogged about her great Pringles can in the past, but you must go see her again. She has the most beautiful applique quilt in her recent post. I've pictured it below...isn't it wonderful.
and this hexagon quilt just blows me away. She sewed this on a machine!! For all of us paper piecers, this is a must do. Each hexagon is cut in half. Again, my "To Do" list is growing by the minute. Thanks Cathy...big hugs from the other side of the world.
Next, you must visit Sandy from Sandy's in Stitches. She made these adorable car caddies from one of my TTT posts. She made them for herself, her daughters and daughter-in-law when they travel for their vacation. Don't you just love the fabric. Take a peek at the rest of her blog too. She made these little matching dresses for her 3 granddaughters...so cute!!
Last, but certainly not least is Diane from Grandma's Quilts. Look at the design wall she made in lightening speed from this post. This wall is fantastic...look how big it is. I still haven't put together the tutorial for the larger one yet and she has one twice the size. I love it!!! Not to mention the unbelievable blocks she has on that wall. I think we need to see a close up of those. Go visit and leave her some blogging love and maybe she'll post a picture of them.
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- AnonymousApril 24, 2015 at 5:44 AM
you are really happy in the photo lols! love the sweater!ReplyDelete
hey, how do you maintain your hair? i think i have the kind of hair like you.
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3 instances when musicians need a lawyer
For a successful music career, it is necessary to have good legal assistance. There are many ways artists are exploited. A lawyer can protect them. Here are three situations when musicians must hire a lawyer.
1. Before signing a band agreement
When you form a band, there are many issues that you must negotiate with your band members, for example, who owns the copyright to the songs, who owns the name of the band or how the royalties will be distributed, etc. A music lawyer must be hired in order to look into these details.
2. Before signing with a publisher
If you are a songwriter and have just made a deal with the publishing company then you should hire a lawyer. You need to decide with the publishing company how much money you are going to receive when your songs will be played on shows or TV. There are other complicated issues related to publishing of music for which you must get the help of a lawyer.
3. Before signing with a manager
You should never sign a deal with your manager before getting the contract reviewed by a lawyer. These agreements are very serious and it may affect your financial position. You should be very cautious so that you don't get exploited.
The music industry is very complex. A single clause of a contract can change an artist's career. So, when signing different contracts you should have a lawyer beside you who will take care of all your rights.
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Book 1
It was like I was going against the wind in a blizzard – it was so hard to concentrate on him. But fear and death were staring me right in the face and I knew if I looked away I'd be lost.
Fifteen-year-old March Howe is going through some bizarre bodily changes – the last thing she needs when most people at school already think she's a freak. Little does she know that those changes are leading her into a supernatural world of strange mysteries and terrible danger. March is a were-wolf – but not just a were-wolf. She's the last known female of the species, and that makes her a rare commodity.
Just when the guy of her dreams asks her out, a pack of were-wolves invade her house to take her back to their den, where she must be heralded through her first change or risk certain death. Along the way, she meets the dark and handsome Greyson, her only peer in the pack, and is caught up in the dark intrigue surrounding her new "family" and the strange truth behind her existence. Will she fit in this new, magical world better than she does at school? Will she even survive her first change? Or will the power that's growing inside her destroy her and the entire were-wolf bloodline?
In Book One of the Lone March Series, March Howe must choose between mundane and magical, the familiar and the unknown, freedom and responsibility. Will she decide her fate before the last of the were-wolves decide it for her?
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One of the secrets of living well is to see all our problems as opportunities. I have often quoted Friedrich Nietzsche, to myself as well as to others: 'That which does not kill us makes us stronger." There are many events in life that can test us. It is how we turn problems into opportunities that make us stronger.
Life for many is not easy. Another less well-known quote of Nietzche's is: 'To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.' Christ provides that meaning. Nietzsche's words, 'He who has a why to live can bear almost any how' are something of a theme in Viktor Frankyl's book, Man's Search for Meaning. So what is Christmas to you or me? Does it bring problems, or opportunities or can a problem become an opportunity? The first Christmas was one of the most meaningful events in history, God becoming man in most humble circumstances and later ending his life as the God-man in an horrific death. The birth of Christ invites us to re-examine what is important in our lives and to grasp the opportunity to show what is meaningful to us. Again to quote Nietzsche,We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. In essence, Christmas invites us to be together in family love. All the disputes and differences can be put aside and we can re-establish the relationships the way we want them.
At the celebration of Mass in the Comboni chapel this week, the congregation was down to about half its normal size. Many of the expatriates have already left Juba for their home destinations. I know that every flight out of Juba has been full for the past few days and one can also see a welcome reduction in the amount of traffic on the roads. More importantly, it is noteworthy that the wet seasons, that always brought lulls in the fighting during the long years of war in South Sudan is over, and yet the country has remained generally peaceful. There is not yet a negotiated lasting peace in South Sudan but there is no sign of the panic or fear that led many to flee the country last December. The airport is very busy but it is not overwhelmed as it was last year. Juba airport is always overcrowded and inadequate, a continuing problem. Once again, returning last week from meetings in Rome, my Egypt Air flight was diverting from landing in Juba to Entebbe where we sat on Ugandan soil for a couple of hours. Twice I have been to Uganda but have never touched Ugandan soil – other than when I peel our imported potatoes!
After our annual Solidarity get-together at the beginning of December, almost half of our members left South Sudan, some on home leave and some for a few days to nearer destinations, most commonly Nairobi in Kenya. About half of those have already returned as early in the New Year, we take advantage of the long school vacation to begin in-service teacher training. In South Sudan, the Southern hemisphere academic timetable is followed where the school year corresponds to the calendar year rather than from July to July. Our registered nurse and midwifery training begins in early January. We have been busy reporting to donors, balancing the books and completing submissions for new funding but with most of that now done, we look forward to a couple of weeks of respite and peaceful relaxation with good friends in South Sudan.
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This chapter describes how to configure Cisco Prime Access Registrar 6.1. Prime Access Registrar is very flexible. You can choose to configure it in many different ways. In addition, you can write scripts that can be invoked at different points during the processing of incoming requests and/or outgoing responses.
Before you can take advantage of this flexibility, it helps to configure a simple site. This chapter describes that process. It specifically describes a site that has the following characteristics:
•Uses a single user list for all of its users
•Writes all of its accounting information to a file
•Does not use session management to allocate or track dynamic resources
This chapter contains the following sections:
To configure Prime Access Registrar, use the aregcmd commands, which are command-line based configuration tools. These commands allow you to set any Prime Access Registrar configuration option, as well as, start and stop the Prime Access Registrar RADIUS server and check its statistics.
This topic contains the following sections:
Prime Access Registrar stores its configuration information in a hierarchy. Using the aregcmd command cd (change directory), you can move through this information in the same manner as you would through a hierarchical file system. You can also supply full path names to these commands to affect another part of the hierarchy, and thus avoid explicitly using the cd command to change to that part of the tree.
The aregcmd commands are case insensitive, which means that you can use upper or lowercase letters to designate elements. In addition, when you reference existing elements in the configuration, you only need to specify enough of the element's name to distinguish it from the other elements at that level. For example, instead of entering cd Administrators, you can enter cd ad if no other element at the current level begins with ad.
You can use Prime Access Registrar's command completion feature to see what commands are possible from your current directory location in the Prime Access Registrar server hierarchy by pressing the Tab key. You can also press the Tab key after entering a command to see which objects you might want to manage.
The aregcmd commands are command-line order dependent; that is, the arguments are interpreted based on their position on the command line. To indicate an empty string as a place holder on the command line, use either two single quotes ('') or two double quotes (""). In addition, if you use any arguments that contain spaces, make sure to quote the arguments.
The aregcmd commands can be grouped into the following categories:
•Navigation commands—navigates within the Prime Access Registrar hierarchy; commands include cd, ls, pwd, next, prev, filter, and find.
•Object commands—adds or deletes objects; commands include add and delete.
•Property commands—changes the value of properties; commands include set, unset, and insert.
•Server commands—manages the server; commands include save, validate, start, stop, reload, status, stats, dia-stats, and trace.
•Application commands—allows user access to the application; commands include login, logout, exit, quit, and help.
•Session management commands—queries the server about sessions, release active sessions, or count the number of sessions; commands include query-sessions, release-sessions, and count-sessions.
This chapter uses only a few of the above commands to configure the Prime Access Registrar RADIUS server. For more information about all the aregcmd commands, see "Chapter 2, Using the aregcmd Commands," in the Cisco Prime Access Registrar 6.1 User Guide.
The simplest RADIUS or Diameter server configuration is a site that uses a single user list for all its users, writes its accounting information to a file, and does not use session management to allocate dynamic resources.
To configure such a site, do the following:
1. Run the aregcmd command on your Prime Access Registrar machine.
2. Configure the Prime Access Registrar server settings, such as the server name and the server defaults. For example, with RADIUS object.
3. Add users by copying the sample users.
4. Configure the Network Access Server (NAS) clients and proxies that communicate with Prime Access Registrar.
5. Change profile attributes as needed.
6. Save your changes and reload your Prime Access Registrar RADIUS server.
This topic contains the following sections:
•Configuring Prime Access Registrar Server Settings
•Validating and Using Your Changes
•Troubleshooting Your Configuration
aregcmd is the command-line interface program used to configure the Prime Access Registrar server. The aregcmd program is located in $INSTALL/bin.
Step 1 Run the aregcmd command:
Step 2 When asked for "Cluster," press Enter.
Step 3 Enter your administrator name and password.
When you install Prime Access Registrar software, the installation process creates a default administrator called admin with the password aicuser.
Prime Access Registrar allows you to perform the following:
•Change the administer's password. See Changing the Administrator's Password.
•Add additional administrators. See Creating Additional Administrators.
The administrator ID admin and password aicuser are default settings for all releases of Prime Access Registrar software. For security purposes, you should change the password for admin at your earliest convenience.
To change the administrator's password:
Step 1 Use the cd command to change to the Administrators level. Prime Access Registrar displays the contents of the Administrators object.
cd //localhost/Administrators
Step 2 Use the cd command to change to admin:
cd admin
[ //localhost/Administrators ]
Entries 1 to 1 from 1 total entries
Current filter: <all>
Step 3 Use the set command to change the administrator's password. You enter the password on the command line in readable form, however, Prime Access Registrar displays it as encrypted.
The following example changes the password to
345. You are asked to reenter it for confirmation.
set Password 345
Optionally, use the set command to change the description of the admin administrator.
set Description local
Step 4 Use the ls command to display the changed admin.
Use the add command to add additional administrators.
Step 1 Use the cd command to change to the Administrators level:
cd /Administrators
Step 2 Use the add command and specify the name of the administrator, an optional description, and a password.
The following example adds the administrator
jane, description
testadmin, and password
add jane testadmin 123
Step 3 Use the ls command to display the properties of the new administrator:
The top level of the Prime Access Registrar RADIUS server is the RADIUS object itself. It specifies the name of the server and other parameters. In configuring this site, you only need to change a few of these properties.
[ //localhost/Radius ]
Name = Radius
Description =
Version = 184.108.40.206
IncomingScript~ = uery
OutgoingScript~ =
DefaultAuthenticationService~ = local-users
DefaultAuthorizationService~ = local-users
DefaultAccountingService~ = local-file
DefaultSessionService~ =
DefaultSessionManager~ = mgr-rad
Note For session managers, user groups, user lists, and profiles, the attributes defined must match the protocol of the incoming packet. For example, if the incoming packet is a Diameter packet, the attributes defined must be specific to Diameter or common to both RADIUS and Diameter. Similarly, if the incoming packet is a RADIUS packet, the attributes defined must be specific to RADIUS or common to both RADIUS and Diameter. Otherwise, the incoming packet will not be processed.
This topic contains the following sections:
•Checking the System-Level Defaults
Because this site does not use incoming or outgoing scripts, you do not need to change the scripts' properties (IncomingScript and OutgoingScript).
Since the default authentication and authorization properties specify a single user list, you can leave these unchanged as well (DefaultAuthenticationService and DefaultAuthorizationService). And because you have decided to use a file for accounting information, you can leave this property unchanged (DefaultAccountingService).
Session management, however, is on by default (DefaultSessionManager). If you do not want to use session management, you must disable it. Use the set command, enter DefaultSessionManager, then specify an empty string by entering a set of double quotes:
set DefaultSessionManager ""
Note When you do not want Prime Access Registrar to monitor resources for user sessions, you should disable session management because using it affects your server performance.
You have now configured some of the properties for the RADIUS server. The next step is to add users.
To check the server's health, use the aregcmd command status. The following issues decrement the server's health:
•Rejection of an Access-Request
Note One of the parameters in the calculation of the Prime Access Registrar server's health is the percentage of responses to Access-Accepts that are rejections. In a healthy environment, the rejection percentage will be fairly low. An extremely high percentage of rejections could be an indication of a Denial of Service attack.
•Configuration errors
•Running out of memory
•Errors reading from the network
•Dropping packets that cannot be read (because the server ran out of memory)
•Errors writing to the network.
Prime Access Registrar logs all of these conditions. Sending a successful response to any packet increments the server's health.
By default, Prime Access Registrar uses well-known Linux ports 1812 and 1813 for TCP/IP communications. Prime Access Registrar can be configured to use other ports, if necessary. You can add them to the list of ports to use.
To configure Prime Access Registrar to use ports other than the default ports, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Change directory to /Radius/Advanced/Ports.
cd /Radius/Advanced/Ports
[ //localhost/Radius/Advanced/Ports ]
<no ports specified, will be using the well-known ports, 1645, 1646>
Step 2 Use the add command (twice) to add ports in pairs. (The ls is entered to show the results of the add command.)
add 1812
add 1813
[ //localhost/Radius/Advanced/Ports ]
Entries 1 to 2 from 2 total entries
Current filter: <all>
Note After modifying Access Registrar's default ports setting, to continue using ports 1645 and 1646, you must add them to the list of ports in /Radius/Advanced/Ports.
Step 3 Enter the save and reload commands to affect, validate, and save your modifications to the Prime Access Registrar server configuration.
Validating //localhost...
Saving //localhost...
Reloading Server 'Radius'...
Server 'Radius' is Running, its health is 10 out of 10
The first subobject in a RADIUS or Diameter hierarchy that you can configure is the Userlists. The UserLists object contains all of the individual UserLists, which in turn contain the specific users.
When Prime Access Registrar receives an Access-Request, it directs it to an authentication and/or authorization Service. If the Service has its type set to local, the Service looks up the user's entry in the specific UserList, and authenticates and/or authorizes the user.
Prime Access Registrar, by default, specifies a Service called local-users that has the type local and uses the Default UserList (Figure 5-1).
Figure 5-1 Choosing Appropriate Services
This topic contains the following sections:
•Displaying the Default UserList
Step 1 Use the cd command to change to UserLists/Default:
cd /Radius/Userlists/Default
Step 2 Use the ls -R command to display the properties of the three users:
ls -R
Prime Access Registrar displays the three sample users:
bob who is configured as a PPP user
jane who is configured as a Telnet user
joe who is configured as either a PPP or Telnet user depending on how he logs in.
Use the aregcmd command add to create a user under a UserList.
To add a user:
Step 1 Use the add command to specify the name of a user and an optional description on one command line.
add jane
Added jane
Step 2 Change directory to jane.
cd jane
[ //localhost/Radius/UserLists/Default/jane ]
Name = jane
Description =
Password = <encrypted>
Enabled = TRUE
Group~ = Telnet-users
BaseProfile~ =
AuthenticationScript~ =
AuthorizationScript~ =
UserDefined1 =
AllowNullPassword = FALSE
Step 3 Use the set command to provide a password for user jane.
set password jane
Set Password <encrypted>
Note When using the aregcmd command, you can use the add command and specify all of the properties, or you can use the add command to create the object, and then use the set command and property name to set the property. For an example of using the set command, see the "Adding a NAS" section.
To delete the sample users, or if you want to remove a user you have added, use the delete command.
From the appropriate UserList, use the delete command, and specify the name of the user you want to delete. For example, to delete user
beth from the Default UserList, enter:
cd /Radius/UserLists/Default
delete beth
The UserGroups object contains the specific UserGroups. Specific UserGroups allow you to maintain common authentication and authorization attributes in one location, and then have users reference them. By having a central location for attributes, you can make modifications in one place instead of having to make individual changes throughout your user community.
Prime Access Registrar has three default UserGroups:
•Default—uses the script AuthorizeService to determine the type of service to provide the user.
•PPP-users—uses the BaseProfile default-PPP-users to specify the attributes of PPP service to provide the user. The BaseProfile default-PPP-users contains the attributes that are added to the response dictionary as part of the authorization. For more information about Profiles, see the "Configuring Profiles" section.
•Telnet-users—uses the BaseProfile default-Telnet-users to specify the attributes of Telnet service to provide the user. The BaseProfile default-Telnet-users contains the attributes that are added to the response dictionary as part of the authorization.
For this basic site, you do not need to change these UserGroups. You can, however, use the add or delete commands to add or delete groups.
The Clients object contains all NAS and proxies that communicate directly with Prime Access Registrar. Each client must have an entry in the Clients list, because each NAS and proxy share a secret with the RADIUS server, which is used to encrypt passwords and to sign responses. See Adding a NAS, for more information on adding a NAS in Prime Access Registrar.
Note If you are just testing Prime Access Registrar with the radclient command, the only client you need is localhost. The localhost client is available in the sample configuration. For more information about using the radclient command, see the "Using radclient" section.
You must add your specific NAS from both ends of the connection. That is, you must add Prime Access Registrar for your NAS, and you must add your NAS for Prime Access Registrar.
To add a NAS in Prime Access Registrar:
Step 1 Use the cd command to change to the Clients level:
cd /Radius/Clients
Step 2 Use the add command to add the NAS:
add QuickExampleNAS
Step 3 Use the cd command to change directory to the QuickExampleNAS directory:
cd /Radius/Clients/QuickExampleNAS
Step 4 Use the set command to specify the description
WestOffice, the IP address
22.214.171.124, the shared secret of
xyz, and the Type as
set Description WestOffice
set IPAddress 220.127.116.11
set SharedSecret xyz
set Type NAS
set Vendor USR
set IncomingScript ParseServiceHints
EnableDynamicAuthorization TRUE
EnableNotifications TRUE
The script, ParseServiceHints, checks the username for %PPP or %SLIP. It uses these tags to modify the request so it appears to the RADIUS server that the NAS requested that service.
Note When you are using a different NAS than the one in the example, or when you are adding NAS proprietary attributes, see the Cisco Prime Access Registrar User Guide for more information about configuring Client and Vendor objects.
Configure your NAS, using your vendor's documentation. Make sure both your NAS and the Client specification have the same shared secret.
The Profiles object allows you to set specific RFC-defined attributes that Prime Access Registrar returns in the Access-Accept response. You can use profiles to group attributes that belong together, such as attributes that are appropriate for a particular class of PPP or Telnet user. You can reference profiles by name from either the UserGroup or the user properties. The sample users, mentioned earlier in this chapter, reference the following Prime Access Registrar profiles:
•default-PPP-users—specifies the appropriate attributes for PPP service
•default-SLIP-users—specifies the appropriate attributes for SLIP service
•default-Telnet-users—specifies the appropriate attributes for Telnet service.
This topic contains the following sections:
•Setting RADIUS / Diameter Attributes
•Adding Multiple Cisco AV Pairs
When you want to set an attribute to a profile, use the following command syntax:
set <attribute> <value>
This syntax assigns a new value to the named attribute. The following example sets the attribute Service-Type to Framed:
Step 1 Use the cd command to change to the appropriate profile and attribute.
cd /Radius/Profiles/Default-PPP-users/Attributes
Step 2 Use the set command to assign a value to the named attribute.
set Service-Type Framed
When you need to set an attribute to a value that includes a space, you must double-quote the value, as in the following:
set Framed-Routing "192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.1"
When you want to add multiple values to the same attribute in a profile, use the following command syntax:
set <attribute> <value1> < value2> < value3>
The AV pairs cannot be added one at a time or each subsequent command will overwrite the previous value. For example, consider the following command entry:
set Cisco-AVpair "vpdn:12tp-tunnel-password=XYZ" "vpdn:tunnel-type=12tp" "vpdn:tunnel-id=telemar" "vpdn:ip-addresses=18.104.22.168"
Cisco-Avpair = vpdn:12tp-tunnel-password=XYZ
Cisco-Avpair = vpdn:tunnel-type=12tp
Cisco-Avpair = vpdn:tunnel-id=telemar
Cisco-Avpair = vpdn:ip-addresses=188.8.131.52
Note The example above is for explanation only; not all attributes and properties are listed.
After you have finished configuring your Prime Access Registrar server, you must save your changes. Saving your changes causes Prime Access Registrar to validate your changes and, if there were no errors, commit them to the configuration database.
Using the save command, however, does not automatically update your server. To update your server you must use the reload command. The reload command stops your server if it is running, and then restarts the server, which causes Prime Access Registrar to reread the configuration database.
You must save and reload your configuration changes in order for them to take effect in the Prime Access Registrar server. For more information, see Saving and Reloading.
From anywhere in the radius object hierarchy, enter the save and reload commands.
Step 1 Use the save command to save your changes:
Step 2 Use the reload command to reload your server.
Now that you have configured some users and a NAS, you are ready to test your configuration. There are two ways you can test your site:
1. You can act as a user and dial in to your NAS, and check that you can successfully log in.
2. You can run the radclient command, and specify one of the default users when making a request. For more information, see Using radclient.
You can use the radclient command simple to create and send a packet. The following example creates an Access-Request packet for user
john with password
john, and the packet identifier
p001. It displays the packet before sending it. It uses the send command to send the packet, which displays the response packet object identifier,
p002. Then, the example shows how to display the contents of the response packet.
Step 1 Run the radclient command.
. /radclient -s
Step 2 The radclient command prompts you for the administrator's username and password (as defined in the Prime Access Registrar configuration). Use admin for the admin name, and aicuser for the password.
Cisco Prime Access Registrar 18.104.22.168 RADIUS Test Client
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Logging in to localhost... done.
Step 3 Create a simple Access-Request packet for User-Name john and User-Password
john. At the prompt, enter:
simple john john
The radclient command displays the ID of the packet
Step 4 Enter the packet identifier:
Packet: code = Access-Request, id = 0, length = 0, attributes =
User-Name = john
User-Password = john
NAS-Identifier = localhost
NAS-Port = 0
Step 5 Send the request to the default host (localhost), enter:
p001 send
Step 6 Enter the response identifier to display the contents of the Access-Accept packet:
Packet: code = Access-Accept, id = 1,\
length = 38, attributes =
Login-IP-Host = 18.104.22.168
Login-Service = Telnet
Login-TCP-Port = 541
If you are unable to receive an Access-Accept packet from the Prime Access Registrar server, you can use the aregcmd command trace to troubleshoot your problem.
The trace command allows you to set the trace level on your server, which governs how much information the server logs about the contents of each packet. You can set the trace levels from zero to four. The system default is zero, which means that no information is logged. For more information, see Setting the Trace Level.
Step 1 Run the aregcmd command.
Step 2 Use the trace command to set the trace level to 1-5.
trace 2
Step 3 Try dialing in again.
Step 4 Use the UNIX tail command to view the end of the name_radius_1_trace log.
host% tail -f /opt/CSCOar/logs/name_radius_1_trace
Step 5 Read through the log to see where the request failed.
To configure Prime Access Registrar to perform accounting, you must do the following:
1. Create a service
2. Set the service's type to file
3. Set the DefaultAccountingService field in /Radius to the name of the service you created
After you save and reload the Prime Access Registrar server configuration, the Prime Access Registrar server writes accounting messages to the accounting.log file in the /opt/CSCOar/logs directory. The Prime Access Registrar server stores information in the accounting.log file until a rollover event occurs. A rollover event is caused by the accounting.log file exceeding a pre-set size, a period of time transpiring, or on a scheduled date.
When the rollover event occurs, the data in accounting.log is stored in a file named by the prefix accounting, a date stamp (yyyymmdd), and the number of rollovers for that day. For example, accounting-20081107-14 would be the 14th rollover on November 07, 2008.
The following shows the properties for a service called Cisco Accounting:
[ //localhost/Radius/Services/local-file ]
Name = local-file
Description =
Type = file
IncomingScript~ =
OutgoingScript~ =
OutagePolicy~ = RejectAll
OutageScript~ =
FilenamePrefix = accounting
MaxFileSize = "10 Megabytes"
MaxFileAge = "1 Day"
RolloverSchedule =
UseLocalTimeZone = FALSE
Before you perform SNMP configuration, you must first stop the operating system-specific SNMP master agent. Then, configure your local snmpd.conf file located in the /cisco-ar/ucd-snmp/share/snmp directory. Whenever snmpd.conf is modified, you must restart the Prime Access Registrar server using the following command for the new configuration to take effect:
/etc/init.d/arserver restart
This topic contains the following sections:
•Enabling SNMP in the Cisco Prime Access Registrar Server
•Modifying the snmpd.conf File
To enable SNMP on the Prime Access Registrar server, launch aregcmd and set the /Radius/Advanced/SNMP/Enabled property to TRUE.
cd /Radius/Advanced/SNMP
[ //localhost/Radius/Advanced/SNMP ]
Enabled = FALSE
TracingEnabled = FALSE
InputQueueHighThreshold = 90
InputQueueLowThreshold = 60
MasterAgentEnabled = TRUE
set Enabled TRUE
Stop the Prime Access Registrar SNMP master agent by stopping the Prime Access Registrar server.
/opt/CSCOar/bin/arserver stop
snmpd.conf file is placed in the /cisco-ar/ucd-snmp/share/snmp directory. Use vi (or another text editor) to edit the snmpd.conf file.
The three parts of this file to modify are:
Access control defines who can query the system. By default, the agent responds to the public community for read-only access, if run without any configuration file in place.
The following example from the default snmpd.conf file shows how to configure the agent so that you can change the community names, and give yourself write access as well.
To modify the snmpd.conf file:
Step 1 Look for the following lines in the snmpd.conf file for the location in the file to make modifications:
# Access Control
Step 2 First map the community name (COMMUNITY) into a security name that is relevant to your site, depending on where the request is coming from:
# sec.name source community
# For IPv4
com2sec local localhost private
com2sec mynetwork 10.1.9.0/24 public
# For IPv6
com2sec6 local localhost6 public
com2sec6 local 2001:420:27c1:420:214:4fff:fef8:9f3e public
The names are tokens that you define arbitrarily.
Step 3 Map the security names into group names:
# sec.model sec.name
group MyRWGroup v1 local
group MyRWGroup v2c local
group MyRWGroup usm local
group MyROGroup v1 mynetwork
group MyROGroup v2c mynetwork
group MyROGroup usm mynetwork
Step 4 Create a view to enable the groups to have rights:
# incl/excl subtree mask
view all included .1 80
Step 5 Finally, grant the two groups access to the one view with different write permissions:
# context sec.model sec.level match read write notif
access MyROGroup "" any noauth exact all none none
access MyRWGroup "" any noauth exact all all none
The following example provides a sample configuration that sets up trap recipients for SNMP versions v1 and v2c.
Note Most sites use a single NMS, not two as shown below.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
trapcommunity trapcom
trapsink zubat trapcom 162
trap2sink ponyta trapcom 162
Note trapsink is used in SNMP version 1; trap2sink is used in SNMP version 2.
trapcommunity defines the default community string to be used when sending traps. This command must appear prior to trapsink or trap2sink which use this community string.
trapsink and trap2sink are defined as follows:
trapsink hostname community port
trap2sink hostname community port
System contact information is provided in two variables through the snmpd.conf file, syslocation, and syscontact.
Look for the following lines in the snmpd.conf file:
# System contact information
syslocation Your Location, A Building, 8th Floor
syscontact A. Person <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Restart the Prime Access Registrar SNMP master agent by restarting the Prime Access Registrar server.
/opt/CSCOar/bin/arserver restart
Prime Access Registrar supports the Dynamic DNS protocol providing the ability to update DNS servers. The dynamic DNS updates contain the hostname/IP Address mapping for sessions managed by Prime Access Registrar.
You enable dynamic DNS updates by creating and configuring new Resource Managers and new RemoteServers, both of type dynamic-dns. The dynamic-dns Resource Managers specify which zones to use for the forward and reverse zones and which Remote Servers to use for those zones. The dynamic-dns Remote Servers specify how to access the DNS Servers.
Before you configure Prime Access Registrar you need to gather information about your DNS environment. For a given Resource Manager you must decide which forward zone you will be updating for sessions the resource manager will manage. Given that forward zone, you must determine the IP address of the primary DNS server for that zone. If the dynamic DNS updates will be protected with TSIG keys, you must find out the name and the base64 encoded value of the secret for the TSIG key. If the resource manager should also update the reverse zone (IP address to host mapping) for sessions, you will also need to determine the same information about the primary DNS server for the reverse zone (IP address and TSIG key).
If using TSIG keys, use aregcmd to create and configure the keys. You should set the key in the Remote Server or the Resource Manager, but not both. Set the key on the Remote Server if you want to use the same key for all of the zones accessed through that Remote Server. Otherwise, set the key on the Resource Manager. That key will be used only for the zone specified in the Resource Manager.
Note For proper function of Prime Access Registrar GUI, the DNS name resolution for the server's hostname should be defined precisely.
To configure Dynamic DNS:
Step 1 Launch aregcmd.
Step 2 Create the dynamic-dns TSIG Keys:
cd /Radius/Advanced/DDNS/TSIGKeys
add foo.com
This example named the TSIG Key, foo.com, which is related to the name of the example DNS server we use. You should choose a name for TSIG keys that reflects the DDNS client-server pair (for example, foo.bar if the client is foo and the server is bar), but you should use the name of the TSIG Key as defined in the DNS server.
Step 3 Configure the TSIG Key:
cd foo.com
set Secret <base64-encoded string>
The Secret should be set to the same base64-encoded string as defined in the DNS server. If there is a second TSIG Key for the primary server of the reverse zone, follow these steps to add it, too.
Step 4 Use aregcmd to create and configure one or more dynamic-dns Remote Servers.
Step 5 Create the dynamic-dns remote server for the forward zone:
cd /Radius/RemoteServers
add ddns
This example named the remote server ddns which is the related to the remote server type. You can use any valid name for your remote server.
Step 6 Configure the dynamic-dns remote server:
cd ddns
set Protocol dynamic-dns
set IPAddress 10.10.10.1 (ip address of primary dns server for zone)
set ForwardZoneTSIGKey foo.com
set ReverseZoneTSIGKey foo.com
If the reverse zone will be updated and if the primary server for the reverse zone is different than the primary server for the forward zone, you will need to add another Remote Server. Follow the previous two steps to do so. Note that the IP Address and the TSIG Key will be different.
You can now use aregcmd to create and configure a resource manager of type dynamic-dns.
Step 7 Create the dynamic-dns resource manager:
cd /Radius/ResourceManagers
add ddns
This example named the service ddns which is the related to the resource manager type but you can use any valid name for your resource manager.
Step 8 Configure the dynamic-dns resource manager.
cd ddns
set Type dynamic-dns
set ForwardZone foo.com
set ForwardZoneServer DDNS
Finally, reference the new resource manager from a session manager. Assuming that the example configuration was installed, the following step will accomplish this. If you have a different session manager defined you can add it there if that is appropriate.
Step 9 Reference the resource manager from a session manager:
cd /Radius/SessionManagers/session-mgr-1/ResourceManagers
set 5 DDNS
Note The Property AllowAccountingStartToCreateSession must be set to TRUE for dynamic DNS to work.
Step 10 Save the changes you have made.
After the Resource Manager has been defined it must be referenced from the appropriate Session Manager. You can use radclient to confirm that dynamic DNS has been properly configured and is operational.
To test Dynamic DNS using radclient:
Step 1 Launch aregcmd and log into the Prime Access Registrar server.
cd /opt/CSCOar/bin
Step 2 Use the trace command to set the trace to level 4.
trace 4
Step 3 Launch radclient.
cd /opt/CSCOar/bin
Step 4 Create an Accounting-Start packet.
acct_request Start username
set p [ acct_request Start bob ]
Step 5 Add a Framed-IP-Address attribute to the Accounting-Start packet.
Step 6 Send the Accounting-Start packet.
$p send
Step 7 Check the aregcmd trace log and the DNS server to verify that the host entry was updated in both the forward and reverse zones.


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"Painting and becoming a master painter is by developing that skill and doing it. Writing is the same way. So try speaking in front of a crowd as much as possible. And, to give you more practice, allow your nervousness to be the advantage and give you the energy you need."
– Linda M. Brandt
from Public Speaking Super Powers
Artist Linda Marie Brandt presents a wide and variegated portfolio of both spiritual and secular paintings.
Her style is late impressionist with the influences of the Pont-Aven (Nabi) and Fauve turn of the century schools.
Drawing since the age of 4, Linda landed her first professional job illustrating political cartoons at the age of 19. With a background in both formal and personal training, Linda continues to illustrate a totally unique style of color and award-winning design.
Internationally, Linda has affiliated with the Order of St. Mary the Virgin, headquartered in Paris, France, and its fine arts ministry of the Marial Museum of Sacred Art.
Linda's work has hung in Europe and is in the homes of private collectors, including several Ohio political figures, the late President Ronald Reagan, and past Ohio Governor, Senator George Voinovich. In addition to her famous portraits, Linda is also well known for her life-like murals of Tuscan Vineyards and Floral Gardens. With numerous awards during her art career, she has been featured as WTLW-TV's Art Director and has been at the helm of many International Companies, designing and marketing new and successful products.
Having recently undergone brain surgery for a very rare and serious tumor, Linda experienced a near-death period after contracting spinal meningitis and was in hospital critical care for nearly two months. While receiving an additional MRI, her predeceased son, Scottie, was sent to "bring her home." Needless to say, her work was not done and Linda was returned to the present.
Linda began painting once more after 13 months of rehabilitation, learning to walk, drive again, and by the prayers and love of her family and friends. Most of all, Linda believes in the Grace of God. Collectors of Linda M. Brandt's work believe it is even more inspirational and dramatic than before as she shares her "triumph over tragedy" through the gift of art.
Along with her passion for the arts, Linda had written a children's book titled, Henry's Life as a Tulip Bulb or Developing an Attitude of Gratitude. Little did she know that this initial draft would evolve into a series of books that would speak to individuals who have experienced life's difficulties in any capacity. The reader will relate, laugh and cry at the story of "Henry's Life". Published by Bloch Publishing Company, Henry's Life as a Tulip Bulb is the first in a series of 8 "Henry" books and is being enjoyed around the world by children of all ages.
Linda's speaking engagements relate her experiences of being grateful and how it can affect a person's being, both now and in the hereafter.
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Fair warning: as you might expect from a stop-motion animated short based on the mega-popular Call of Duty: Black Ops video game, this video–comprised completely of Lego figures and CGI effects–is gleefully violent and loud.
So if your sensibilities are insulted by senseless Lego minifig violence and teeth-rattling gunfire, see if you can just appreciate the project for its, you know… technical merits.
Via Reddit, who's pretty sure that most of those minifigs were asking for it. Smarmy bastards.
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Heidi Nakamura, Global Health Director
I love springtime. It brings a respite from the grey, winter skies of Seattle and signifies transformation and hope. I watch a mother duck with her downy ducklings as she waddles towards the lake, gently shepherding her babies when they fall out of line. At first, these tiny ducklings will depend solely on their mother to show them the way. Over the summer, they will grow to be independent and by autumn they will be mature enough to fly beyond the protection of their mother's watchful eye.
My first trip to Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda was in 2005, as a medical volunteer for Adara. As a nurse with a background in neonatal care, my role was to provide training and education for the staff, as well as input in the development of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The early days were not without their challenges, but over the next 13 years, I would watch the unit grow and progress. I remember celebrating with the staff the first time a baby weighing 1000 grams went home. Before that day, no baby that small had ever survived. I saw a transformation in the staff that day- I saw a newly found pride in their abilities and the light of hope.
Sister Christine Otai, an incredible midwife with years of experience (a mama duck of sorts), provided strong leadership in the NICU from the very beginning. She was motherly, yet stern, and could be seen "shepherding" the young nurses when they needed direction. Under her guidance, the Kiwoko NICU has come to be known as a centre of excellence, providing some of the best newborn care in Uganda and Eastern Africa. The overall survival rate for babies in the NICU is 89% (up from 31% in 2005).
Sister Christine retired from the hospital almost a year ago and is now working for Adara as our Uganda Global Health Manager. The nurses who were just "babies" when I met them so many years ago, are now providing the leadership in the NICU. They are strong, confident and independent. They are flying solo and doing an incredible job. I couldn't be prouder of them.
It's a 30-minute drive from Kiwoko, down a dusty, bumpy road to reach the nearest government run hospital, Nakaseke Hospital. Our work began with Nakaseke in September 2017, as part of Adara's commitment to knowledge sharing and reaching as many people as possible. Having 20 years of experience in the development of the NICU at Kiwoko Hospital, we hope to use our learnings to expand our reach- saving the lives of even more newborn babies. Part of our holistic newborn care programme consists of education and training as well as a strong mentoring component. The nurses and midwives of Nakaseke come to Kiwoko to learn and work side-by-side with expert NICU staff to gain invaluable hands-on experience.
Sister Christine spends time at Nakaseke, mentoring the nurses as they work and evaluating the progress of the programme. Just as in the early days of Kiwoko, we encounter challenges. However, despite the challenges, there is an excitement from the administration and the staff of Nakaseke . This is a time of transformation and a time of hope. The young nurses are hungry to learn, wanting to run before they can walk- already hoping to fly. They "text" Sister Christine on days when she's not there, wanting to know when she'll visit again. As she talks about it, Sister Christine laughs. She loves this role and it's a role that suits her well. She once again becomes the mama duck, providing them with gentle but stern leadership and lovingly tucking them under her protective wing. With her guidance and support, I have no doubt that someday soon, these baby ducklings too, will fly.


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Southbank Residents' Group
18 Sep 2012
Planning for planning
The Future Melbourne Committee has met and discussed the C-171 Planning Amendment Scheme, which will be sent to the Minister of Planning, Matthew Guy, for his blessing. Sadly though we don't believe the City of Melbourne is backing the community stand regarding the separation between towers (residents would like 24m v 10m proposed).
However, we praise them for seeking mandatory heights in some areas, such as the Southbank Village, among other things.
We now have to wait and see what this amendment will look like at the end. I can only say thanks to all those residents who have invested their time in becoming experts in this matter and who have constantly raised the concerns of the community in council meetings and at every available opportunity. Not an easy tasks for too few people, who have kept up with the complexity of the topic and the tight deadlines for submissions, while juggling full time jobs in some cases.
While we wait for the outcome of this long process, SRG focus moves to the next issue of concern, traffic congestion & noise, which seems to be getting worse. I have written to the City of Melbourne regarding this issue and I have received some vague responses from the Lord Mayor.
Some key issues affecting the area are: traffic congestions in Queensbridge, City Road and Power Street. The Lord Mayor replied to SRG's letter regarding this issue and advised that most of the congestion is related to traffic exiting the CBD and that new developments in Queensbridge Street would make up only a small percentage of overall traffic volumes. It is like pouring more water into a glass already full and thinking that the water is not going to spill.
Another issue is having placarded trucks in the area which are a great contributor of noise, particularly at the entry of the Burnley tunnel. The answer from the Lord Mayor is that this can't be addressed, as there is not a current viable alternative route for these vehicles. I think the problem here is the lack of planning and a real search for alternative options. This is an unfair situation for those residents living in the Mantra building and Eureka Tower.
While I do understand some issues may take time to be resolved, given the various authorities and bodies involved when it comes to traffic congestion and noise, I would like to see the City of Melbourne take proactive action to address these concerns and look after its rate payers.
A good way to start is by calling for a traffic and movement needs analysis for the area prior to elections this year. This will ensure that future developments go hand by hand with planning and the appropriate infrastructure required.
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Join us in downtown Whitehorse for the 28th running of the Yukon Quest international sled dog race!
Teams depart every 3 minutes starting at 11am.
Come see our mushers and their dogs get ready in the morning before the great start. 2011 Yukon Quest merchandise will be available for sale, and as well as coffee, tea and hot coco for the cold ones!


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I claim that I am usually correct in pretty much any declarative statement I make.
How could this realistically be true?
Well, I read. A LOT.
I study. I experiment. I test. I attempt to think deep thoughts.
But with that, I'm probably only more likely to be right than wrong.
So how can I claim to right?
If I haven't studied, tested and pondered the subject to the point where I'm nearly certain of the answer, I just say "I don't know."
LonADay is the online observations and reporting of Lon Koenig, Director of Lon Koenig Productions. Lon's alter ego, "Schnoggo" creates games, game extensions and contributes to game fan sites.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
How to be (nearly) Always Right
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As I said, mongodb general Linux release didn't support SSL, and Also, they will not exist after version 4.2 https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/a-proposal-to-endoflife-our-generic-linux-tar-packages So, I changed my mind about using them and will use ubuntu xenial binaries from http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu/dists/xenial/ for now, as they have SSL support, maybe there will be an official Arch Linux repo of mongodb one day :)
I also separated -tools package and now there will be a mongodb-tools-bin package
There is only one problem and that is the mongoreplay binary is not exists in -tools packages of mongodb-org repo of any distro!
I filed a bug here about it, and maybe it will be added soon. https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/TOOLS-2220


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Our idols will always ask us to prove ourselves and our worth, while God will simply carve out a path for you to BE all that He created you to be.
Worship is this: It is a heart that is set on God, and out of worship we find the fruit of the Spirit manifesting itself in our lives.
What is holding people back from fully surrendering their life to Christ? I think the answer to that question is this: We hold onto the things that make us feel like we are in control, and that give us purpose and meaning
Let's explore what it means to worship God. The mightiest God wants the smallest part of you. The biggest God wants your attention. The highest God wants to sit next to you. In this four-week mini Bible study you will gain the encouragement and the wisdom you need to know what worship in your daily life looks like, and how to start implementing a life a worship on a regular basis!


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Funding Donald Trump's Child Care Program
By Jon Coss, CEOSeptember 26, 2016
Donald Trump recently announced plans for a new child care and paid family leave plan. While I will not be offering any opinions on the plan or on Donald Trump as a candidate, I was interested to see that the announcement sparked discussion of government fraud, waste, and abuse. In this case, the discussion surrounds the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program because Mr. Trump claims that he will reduce fraud in UI by over a billion dollars each year to help pay for his proposed child care plan.
Paymentaccuracy.gov, a government website devoted to providing information on payment inaccuracies, estimates a 10.7% improper payment rate in UI for 2016 resulting in $3.5 billion in erroneous payments. While a small amount of this actually represents underpayments, the majority of the $3.5 billion is waste. The trick, of course, is reducing fraud without delaying benefits to those who are eligible and without spending more money on improving the system than you actually save!
This is where things get interesting. The White House Office of Management and Budget claims that UI program integrity improvements, over the next 10 years, would result in just $150 million a year in savings, or just over 4% of the $3.5 billion. The Congressional Budget Office's estimates are even worse. They estimate annual savings of $40 million at a cost of $17 million per year, for a net gain of just $23 million per year!
These dramatically different viewpoints between Mr. Trump and government regulators point out two problems when discussing government fraud, waste, and abuse. On the one hand, aspiring politicians and much of the public dramatically underestimate how difficult it can be to detect, investigate, and enforce fraud findings. On the other hand, many government agencies only report on the fraud they know about and estimate savings based on using traditional techniques against those unrealistically small numbers.
Here's what I can tell you from our experience working in Unemployment Insurance. By combining modern detection techniques with cooperation between states and the federal government, we could net far greater savings than are estimated today. Whether or not other facets of Mr. Trump's program are viable is up to you, the voter, to decide. However, I think we can all agree that there are better uses for those funds than making payments to fraudsters.
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Why has the world become chaotic?
The world has become chaotic or turbulent for essentially three reasons: increase in the number of people, speed, and connectivity.
Number of people
How many of us were on earth 150 years ago? 1 billion. How many are we today? 7 billion. During the last years, within hardly a few generations, the population grew incredibly. We have gone from 3 to 7 billion in just one or two generations. We could then say that while our parents lived in a world that was quite empty, we now live in one that is very full.
Our world is also moving faster and faster. The lithosphere (mineral) evolved over billions of years. The biosphere (life) evolved over millions of years. The noosphere (information) is now measured in nanoseconds! At the scale of human history, it took man 3 million years to go from the hunter & gathering era to agriculturist & breeding era; then 30,000 years to enter the era of industry & commerce; and only 300 years to pass into the age of creation & communication which itself is only 30 years old.
Another example of speeding changes: our grandparents came into the world, worked and died close to the same geographical place, but for us today this seems highly unlikely (you can see Kevin's life for more on that)! Similarly, the 1000 words of common conversation that our parents learned were, with very few exceptions, the same 1000 words they would use at the end of their life. The 1000 words that you use most commonly now are already quite different from the ones you learned as a young person.
The world of commerce and especially finance, a historical human activity, has also accelerated in an unbelievable way. Trades that took weeks or even months on foot or on horseback or by ship just a few hundred years ago, happen today, in the world of finance, in High Frequency Trading. Now, stock market orders take place in 150 millionth of a second.
Time is speeding up!
Technological, social and economic revolutions happen today over two generations or even a single one. Neither human beings nor cultures have time for gradual adaptation. During previous transition the "human world system" had time to change and adapt in a "near to equilibrium" way and traditional Newtonian mechanical could be used to understand the transitions. But at the unprecedented speed of change we are seeing now, the system is put out of equilibrium, even very far from equilibrium and classical rules and views don't apply anymore. We may then have to look at Chaos Theory to help us to understand this new world.
If the human civilization is facing an unseen increase in the numbers of people and speed of change, it is also facing an incredible increase (and again at an amazing speed) of number of connections between these people.
On 4th August 1938, an exploratory expedition of the American Museum of Natural History looking for new species of birds in New Guinea, changed human history. Entering the Great Valley of the Balim River, which was thought to be uninhabited, Richard Archbold and his colleagues were surprised to find a culture with a population of over 50,000 people. They experienced what was to be the last first encounter. For one of the last time in human history, men and women who were completely ignorant of each other's existence in a part of the planet met. Indeed, 500 years ago, a human being had little chance of meeting over 1000 people in his or her lifetime. But in 1900, 11 cities had over 1 million inhabitants. And today 414 cities have more than 1 million inhabitants. More than 50% of the world population is living in cities. We are living closer to each other. But not only that, at every moment, 1 million people are flying above our heads. Over 100,000 flights land and take off each day in the world and make it possible for millions of people to meet across countries.
People are meeting each other more and more. And even more important, they also communicate more and more. We are even more connected in the virtual world than in the real one. As I write this, over 3 billion people have access to the Internet. And since 2014, they are more mobile phones than people on this planet. There is actually more people who have a mobile phone than who have a bank account… or access to drinking water or toilets!
A chaotic world
More and more agents (people) being more and more connected. All that happening at a speed that takes the whole system (human world) far from equilibrium, that's exactly what we need to have a chaotic system.
As David Ruelle, one of the first scientists to speak about the theories of chaos, writes: "The more oscillators there are and the more interconnection there is between them, the readier we should be to see chaos."
So again, it may be a good idea to see what chaos theories can tell us about our new chaotic world, understand how a chaotic system can evolve and even be able to see a fractal world…


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Easter Brunch 2011
Ah, the gentle hum of the dishwasher. What a great sound. I had a few friends over for Easter Brunch today. I really enjoy entertaining, but what I also like is that satisfying feeling after putting my home back in order when it is all done. Thankfully, too, I have friends who are willing to trek all the way to the Upper East Side on a weekend when the MTA has decided that the one subway line to my neighborhood has to be completely re-configured for repairs. I hope that the food I served was worth it.
I was thinking about how impromptu get-togethers used to be more common at an earlier stage in my adulthood. Now, things seem like they are such a big production, so it is just easier to make reservations and go out to eat. Why is that so? For me, this was a good chance to bring out some old favorite brunch recipes and to test out some new ideas that I had, based upon what is the farmers' market at the moment. It was a great chance to introduce my guests to a few amazing local food products as well.
No matter what holiday you are celebrating at this time of year, I really hope that it is surrounded by those whom you love and who love you and that great food is a centerpiece of your celebration.
Breakfast Casserole from this recipe from The Kitchn
(I adapted it using Italian cooked ham, challah from Hot Bread Kitchen, and Cabot Clothbound Cheddar from Jasper Hill Farms)


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