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Ina Cariño was born in Baguio City in the Philippines. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Oxford Review of Poetry, Fugue, Tupelo Quarterly, Nat. Brut, VIDA Review, and December Magazine, among other journals. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
Leah Poole Osowski is the author of Hover Over Her, winner of the 2015 Wick Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, Gettysburg Review, Black Warrior Review, and elsewhere. She was the fall 2018 Emerging Writer in Residence at Penn State Altoona and works in grad student services at Penn State. Find her at leahpooleosowski.com
John Patrick McShea is from Pennsylvania. He holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His writing appears or is forthcoming in Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, and Fence, among others. He works in marketing and graphic design at Penn State.
Bryce Emley is the author of the prose chapbooks A Brief Family History of Drowning and Smoke and Glass. He works in marketing at the University of New Mexico Press and he is co-editor of Raleigh Review. Read more at bryceemley.com.
Landon Houle's book, Living Things, won the 2017 Red Hen Fiction Prize judged by Charles Yu. Living Things is set for publication in 2019. Other writing has won contests at Black Warrior Review, Crab Creek Review, and Permafrost. Her essay "The Plains We Cross" was listed as a notable in The Best American Essays, and her story "Travelers" was listed as a Pushcart Prize honorable mention. Other work has appeared in Baltimore Review, Crazyhorse, River Styx, Harpur Palate, The Long Story, Sonora Review, and elsewhere. Landon holds a Ph.D. in English from Texas Tech University. She is the co-editor of Raleigh Review and an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina.
Christine Hennessey's writing has appeared in Joyland, Flyway, The Boiler, Bodega, storySouth, and LIT, among others, and she has received fellowships to the Weymouth Center, the Vermont Studio Center, and Aspen Summer Words. She lives in Wilmington, holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and works as a content specialist at a software company.
Jessica Pitchford's fiction has appeared in Extract(s), Gris-Gris, storySouth, New Delta Review, Waypoints, and elsewhere. The former Editor-in-Chief of Pembroke Magazine, she now teaches writing and literature to high schoolers at the South Carolina's Governor's School for Science and Mathematics.
Heather Bell Adams is the author of the novels Maranatha Road (West Virginia University Press 2017) and The Good Luck Stone (Haywire Books forthcoming 2020) and short fiction appearing in The Thomas Wolfe Review, Pembroke Magazine, The Petigru Review, Broad River Review, Pisgah Review, and elsewhere. She works as a lawyer in Raleigh. www.heatherbelladams.com
Tyree Daye is a poet from Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the author of two poetry collections River Hymns 2017 APR/Honickman First Book Prize winner and Cardinal forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press 2020. Daye is a 2017 Ruth Lilly Finalist and Cave Canem fellow. Daye's work has been published in Prairie Schooner, New York Times, Nashville Review. Daye won the 2019 Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship, 2019 Diana and Simon Raab Writer-In-Residence at UC Santa Barbara and is a 2019 Kate Tufts Finalist. Daye most recently was awarded a 2019 Whiting Writers Award.
Shelley Senai is currently a fiction candidate at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She is a 2018 recipient of the Emerging Artist Award in literature from the St. Botolph Club Foundation. She resides outside of Boston with her husband and two young children.
Samuel Piccone is the author of the chapbook Pupa (Anhinga Press, 2018). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including, Southern Indiana Review, Passages North, Greensboro Review, and The Pinch. He received an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Currently, he resides and teaches in Nevada.
Chris Wiewiora spent his childhood in Warsaw, Poland, but now lives in Orlando, Florida. His chapbook The Distance Is More Than An Ocean is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University. Read more at www.chriswiewiora.com
D. Eric Parkison received his MFA in Creative Writing at Boston University and his MA in English at the University of Rochester. His work has appeared in Zyzzyva, B O D Y, American Chordata, and Hawk & Whippoorwill, among others. He has work forthcoming in Antigonish Review. He lives in Lynn, MA.
Daniel Tam-Claiborne is the author of the novel What Never Leaves and a contributor to the literary anthology While We're Here. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Huffington Post, The Shanghai Literary Review, LOST, Sage, and elsewhere. He holds degrees from Oberlin College and Yale University, and is currently an MFA candidate in fiction in the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. He lives in Seattle.
Robert McCready is the author of The Magic of Fiction: An Alchemy in Haiku Incantations, and teaches writing workshops around South Carolina.
Jeff McLaughlin was born in Nebraska, grew up in the Carolinas, went to college in Minnesota, and now lives in Paris with his family. He is revising his first novel, from which Burning is drawn. Other segments have appeared in december magazine, Kenyon Review Online, and The Olive Press.
Lindsay Lake is an MFA candidate in poetry at UNC Wilmington where she works as the graduate publishing assistant for Lookout Books and the designer for Chautauqua Literary Journal. She is the co-director and founder of 350 Wilmington, a grassroots climate justice organization, where she has organized rallies, events, and community learning opportunities. She earned her BA in English from MSU Denver.
Amanda Bales hails from Oklahoma. She has since lived in many places, including a dry cabin in Fairbanks, Alaska where she received her MFA from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Her work may be found or is forthcoming in Cincinnati Review, Southern Humanities Review, New South, and elsewhere. She now lives in Champaign, Illinois and teaches at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Erin Osborne is a writer and Library Media Assistant living in Beaverton, Oregon. Her fiction explores themes of stasis and imagination and has appeared in NOON Annual, Elohi Gadugi, M Review, and Habit. She holds a B.A. in English Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing from Marylhurst University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. In 2009, she received the first Jackie Mosier Emerging Writer Award, and in 2017 received her first Pushcart Special Mention. She lives with her daughter.
Leila Chatti is a Tunisian-American poet and author of Deluge, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2020, and the chapbooks Ebb (Akashic Books, 2018) and Tunsiya/Amrikiya, the 2017 Editors' Selection from Bull City Press. She is the recipient of scholarships from the Tin House Writers' Workshop, The Frost Place, and the Key West Literary Seminar, grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and Cleveland State University, where she is the inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Publishing and Writing. Her poems appear in Ploughshares, Tin House, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
Dorianne Laux's most recent collection is Only As The Day Is Long: New and Selected, W.W. Norton. She is also author of The Book of Men, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize and Facts about the Moon, winner of the Oregon Book Award. She teaches poetry at North Carolina State and Pacific University.
Joseph Millar's most recent poetry collection is Kingdom, and he teaches in the MFA programs at Pacific University as well as NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Millar is the chairman of Raleigh Review.
Rob Greene is the founder & publisher of Raleigh Review. His own poems have been published in Sport Literate, Great River Review, WLA: War, Literature & the Arts, and in the Berlin based annual Herzattacke. He resides in Raleigh, NC where he teaches at Saint Augustine's University. Greene earned his MFA from NC State University, and his PhD from University of Birmingham in England.
Raleigh Review recognizes the following staff members for significant contributions:
Eric Cipriani | Copyeditor (2019-2020)
Arthur Powers | Board Member (2014-2020)
Cassie Mannes Murray | (2010-2012) & (2018-2020)
Chelsea Krieg| Poetry Editorial Staff (2016-2020)
Cady Vishniac | Copyeditor (2014-2019)
Selma Abdulhai | Intern for Raleigh Review Loft Unspoken Word Open Mic Events (2012-2015)
Heather Bowlan | Assistant Poetry Editor (2013-2018)
Chase Burke | Fiction Editorial Staff (2016-2018)
Tyler Sutich-Neeb | Accounting Manager (2016-2018)
Tayler Heuston | Assistant Fiction Editor (2015-2017)
Meghan Purvis | Assistant Fiction Editor (2015-2017)
Chloe Campbell | Poetry Editorial Staff (2014-2017)
Zak Nelson | Fiction Editorial Staff (2015-2017)
Sejal Mehta | Board Secretary (2012-2017)
Lynn Otto | Newsletter Editor & Proofreader (2015-2016)
Henry Kivett | Art Editor-Cover (2011-2016)
Craig Lincoln | Fiction Editor (2013-2016)
Sierra Golden | Poetry Editor Emerita (2010-2015)
Karin Wiberg | Managing Editor & Board Secretary (2013-2015)
Susan Shah | Board Treasurer (2012-2015)
Hao Minh Nguyen | Fiction Editor (2013-2014)
Will Badger | Co-Founding Fiction Editor and Advisory Board (March 2010-June 2013)
Smriti Ravindra | Co-Founding Fiction Editor and Advisory Board (March 2010-June 2013)
Walt Wolfram | Board Member (March 2010-July 2013)
Tasha Gervais | Poetry Staff & Coordinating Editor (December 2010-November 2013)
Jake Young | Poetry Staff (August 2010 - January 2012)
Raleigh Review Staff
Rob Greene
Landon Houle
Bryce Emley
Jessica Pitchford | Fiction Editor
Leah Poole Osowski | Poetry Editor
Kathrine Cays | Visual Art Editor
Shelley Senai | Assistant Fiction Editor
Tyree Daye | Assistant Poetry Editor
Leila Chatti | Consulting Poetry Editor
Editorial Staff
Heather Bell Adams | Fiction
Amanda Bales | Fiction
Ina Cariño | Poetry
Christine Hennessey | Fiction
Lindsay Lake | Book Reviewer & Poetry
Robert McCready | Fiction
Jeff McLaughlin | Fiction
Erin Osborne | Fiction
D. Eric Parkison | Poetry
Sam Piccone | Poetry
Daniel Rottenberg | Fiction
Daniel Tam-Claiborne | Fiction
Chris Wiewiora | Fiction
Other Staff
John Patrick McShea | Layout Designer
Leah Poole Osowski | Layout Designer
Board of Directors
Joseph Millar | Chairman
Dorianne Laux | Vice Chair
Landon Houle | Member
Bryce Emley | Member
Tyree Daye | Member
Rob Greene | Member

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Weren't Macho and George on E when Randy confessed about Stephanie?
That was always the rumor why Macho didn't get into the Hall of Fame when he was alive.
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Last time I saw him was on that awful B Team with Bo Dallas.
Vince must be in love with Zelina. How many cameras shots of her facial expressions does he have taken per match? He is going to do the same he did with AJ and overexpose her.
Gronk is probably the only reason Mojo Rawley has held onto his employment with WWE so long.
My favorite ring announcer of all time and from listening to podcasts, he loved pro-wrestling until the end.
Still scratching my head as to how this team has gotten this far but screw it...making the NFC Championship Game is a hell of an accomplishment.
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Steve Bryant is a member of the firm's litigation section. Steve defends clients charged with serious traffic offenses including DUIs; he was recently ranked #1 among DUI attorneys in Richmond by Thumbtack.com. His practice also includes business and real-estate related matters. Steve is BV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and is a member of the John Marshall American Inn of Court.
For almost 40 years, Steve has been assisting people and businesses with the challenges of everyday life. He is a Richmond native and was educated in the Henrico County school system. Steve is active in civic affairs, sporting events and professional organizations.
- University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
- Hamden-Sydney College, Virginia
- B.A. Economics – 1972
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Should a technical manager be a technical expert?
Hello everyone!
There seems to be an on-going debate about how technical an engineering manager ought to be.
Some say that any manager worth his or her weight in salt has to understand the technology they're managing well enough to actually have answers and be capable of doing some of the work themselves.
Others say that any manager worth his or her weight in salt doesn't have to understand the technology. They just have to know how to "facilitate" the technologists who are the experts in the technology.
So who's right? What's the answer?
And the answer is: Neither is right? Or to put it another way: Both are wrong!
An example of the first answer is Bill Gates. It's pretty clear that Bill Gates was up on most of the technology in Microsoft. By all accounts he was capable of doing a good deal of the technical work performed by the technologists in the company. Obviously he couldn't because there was only one of him, but he was capable.
Because Microsoft was so successful, many come to the erroneous conclusion that Microsoft was successful because Bill Gates was at the helm. They conclude that because Microsoft was so successful and Bill was such a technologist, there must be a causal relationship here.
Not so. Bill only had this influence when Microsoft was small. The reason Microsoft became a powerhouse and was so successful was because it had a monopoly, not because Bill was a geek. The CEO of Microsoft would have had to have been a rock to drive Microsoft into the ground, at least up until recently when it finally got some competition. So Bill Gates is not a valid nor good example of how technical a manager has to be in order to be successful. The causal relationship in the success of Microsoft is not with Bill Gates but with it's lack of competition.
If you want to read in interesting article that erroneously supports the idea that the technical Bill Gates made Microsoft successful, then read the article titled "How Hard Could It Be? Glory Days", by Joel Spolsky. The article appears in Inc. Magazine, dated July 1, 2008.
In it, Joel talks about when he was a young Program Manager at Microsoft and had to give a presentation to Bill Gates. Joel wrote a specification and had to run the specification by Bill Gates. Joel talks glowingly about how Bill actually read his spec and how this was a testament to Bill's technical prowess. Joel's bottom line conclusion by the end of the article is that a good technical manager must be technically savvy. The more technically savvy the better. And as far as Joel is concerned, the Bill Gates he presented to was extremely technically savvy and therefore Bill represented the epitome of good management.
And of course, this myth persists still. People still believe that Microsoft was successful because Bill, the ultimate CEO-geek, was at the helm.
I don't think so. This is not management. This is self-aggrandizement.
At the opposite extreme are those managers who don't know anything about technology and therefore manage to drive their teams in the wrong direction. This usually happens when managers attempt to make decisions when they don't have the minimal technical knowledge to make intelligent decisions.
I know plenty of managers who think that because they know management they can manage any technical team. Their position is that because they can manage, they think they can take any number of highly technical people, in any technology, and turn them into a successful, high performance team. They're fond of saying, "I don't need to be the technical expert. I know how to manage technology and therefore I can manage any technical team." These are the managers who say that their role is to "facilitate" the team. They don't need to know the technology because they are really only "facilitators".
I don't think so. This is not management. This is self-deception.
So what is the right answer? How technical should a manager of technical people be?
The answer, Einstein famously said, is, "Just enough but no more".
Actually, when Einstein was asked how simple things should be made, he responded, "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."
The same applies here. How technical should a technical manager be, "as technical as necessary, but not one bit more".
So exactly how technical is "as technical as necessary?"
Technology is changing rapidly. In fact, so rapidly that few people can keep up with it for more than a decade. In fact, keeping up with technological advances for several decades is very difficult. The kids coming out of college have the latest knowledge and it's only good for 5 to 10 years at the most, unless it basic technical and engineering knowledge they've been trained in.
So the technical managers' job is not to have the latest technical knowledge. It's not to know how to do the work that his or her direct reports are doing.
Here is the way I look at it. When I'm managing a team, my goal is to give my direct reports as much independent latitude as possible and no more. That means that each person is treated differently and each person gets a certain amount of independence, depending upon their expertise, and the situation. My goal it to keep them from failing. Put positively, my goal is to help them to be successful.
The metaphor I use is that my job is to keep them from "falling off the cliff" and yet, I want them to get close to the cliff. Getting close to the cliff means that they are pushing the boundaries of their own capabilities. It means that they are learning. But I don't want them to fall off the cliff and fail.
Therefore, my job is to know "where the edge of the cliff is." My job is to know when my direct reports are heading for disaster. That's as technically savvy as I need to be. My job is to know when my direct reports are making technically sound decisions, but operationally poor ones. That means they and we are all close to falling off the edge of the cliff.
That doesn't require that I have 100% technical knowledge. It requires that I have a combination of technical knowledge, interpersonal communication skills, and an ability to integrate facts as well as unrealized potentials. It means that I have to be able to integrate the known and the unknown in a model that can be projected into the future.
Instead of looking for managers that are technically savvy or for managers who can facilitate, we ought to be looking for managers who can integrate what they know about the technology and what they know about their team and what they know about the environment and be able to use their frontal lobes (where decisions are projected into the future) in a way that they can make sound decisions.
If you want to really understand how this is done just compare and contrast Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Bill Gates is smart but he doesn't project unknowns into the future well. Just notice how Microsoft delayed entry into the Internet because Bill was so technically savvy he was sure he knew what was up. In fact, a great majority of the success Microsoft has experienced has been the result of its monopoly.
Now look at Steve Jobs. Apple, with it's small market share, has been projecting far in advance of the current state. And all with a CEO who is not a geek. Go figure!
The primary requirement for managers is not to be able to "do", but to be able to "see".
The technical manager must constantly ask himself or herself, "what do I need to know and understand in order to point my technical experts into the future I see?"
Ask and answer that question consistently and often and you will be just technical enough.
Be well,
Steven Cerri


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The Al Jazeera news network is not well liked by many governments. It has the bravest, most consistent and unyielding reports from the front lines of Middle East turmoil, as the uprising in Egypt has shown. Al Jazeera journalists have been among the victims of the Mubarak regime's brutal crackdown on the media today in Egypt, events that the U.S. State Department have expressed concern about.
Despite the fact that the Obama administration has been watching Al Jazeera to get the latest out of Egypt, the U.S. has a tortured history with Al Jazeera, as Jeremy Scahill of the Nation points out: bombing its offices in Afghanistan, shelling a hotel in Iraq and killing the network's Iraq correspondent and holding a network employee in Guantanamo Bay for seven years. Recent WikiLeaks cables obtained by Counterpunch add more to the U.S.-Al Jazeera story.
According to a January 31 story authored by Kathleen Christison, the U.S. government, in the wake of the 2008-09 Israeli assault on Gaza, held a meeting with Al Jazeera to complain about its coverage of the assault:
CounterPunch can show, through a Wikileaks-released cable from the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar, where al-Jazeera is based, that U.S. officials were still ragging the network in February 2009 in the wake of Israel's three-week assault on Gaza, because, alone of news networks the world over, al-Jazeera had actually shown what was happening on the ground to Gazan civilians besieged by an unrelenting Israeli air, artillery, and ground attack…
According to the cable from Doha, on February 10, 2009, three weeks after the Gaza assault ended, U.S. Ambassador Joseph Lebaron arranged a meeting with al-Jazeera's director general, Wadah Khanfar, to express concern that the network's reporting from Gaza was harming the U.S. image "in the Arab street." Lebaron's contorted reasoning went as follows: al-Jazeera's coverage "took viewers' emotions and then raised them to a higher level through its coverage…"
Lebaron simply did not like the fact that al-Jazeera had shown what was happening in Gaza. With jaw-dropping illogic, he complained that al-Jazeera provided no balance in its reporting because on one side it showed Israeli talking heads, while "on the other side of the scale, you are broadcasting graphic images of dead children and urban damage from modern warfare."
Alex Kane blogs on Israel/Palestine and Islamophobia in the United States at alexbkane.wordpress.com . You can read all of 'The Palestine Cables' reports here. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane.


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A low-growing, succulent native groundcover for shade, it carpets the woodland floor with whimsical round leaves arranged in threes. In spring it is covered in white star-shaped flowers. A slowly spreading, floriferous selection from Mineral County, WV, via The Primrose Path of Scottdale, PA. 'Larinem Park' is more tolerant of shade and moisture than other Sedum species.
|Sedum ternatum 'Larinem Park' LP32 - 32 per flat
|Sedum ternatum 'Larinem Park' - 72 per flat
Height6 Inches
Spread12-18 Inches
Spacing10 Inches
Bloom ColorWhite
USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9
Look for this native wildflower on your next hike as it is one of the first to flower in the spring. This tiny wildflower is found widespread throughout this area. It is typically found in large mats covering rocks, trees and mossy areas on the ground and near streams. Although it would prefer shady woodland soil, it will tolerate other conditions if not too dry. Look for it in areas of full sun to full shade along bluff bases and stony ledges. Sedum ternatum is a small, spreading, perennial wildflower. It grows 2" to 6" high and spreads by creeping stems which root at the nodes. Stems break away and die in the winter, leaving newly rooted plants separated from the mother plant. The leaves are rounded and succulent-like to 3/4" long which appear in whorls of three which give it the common name of Three- leaved or Whorled Sedum. Clusters of tiny white, star-like flowers with purplish stamens appear on erect stems above the foliage. Although it spreads slowly by creeping stems, any unwanted plants are easy to remove. - Wild Ones Lexington Chapter Newsletter, Volume 12: Issue 1
S. ternatum can be found in the wild growing on stony ledges and in woods from New Jersey to Iowa south to Arkansas and Georgia. Prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun to full shade. Propagate by division or vegetatively by stems that have broken off from the mother plant. Excellent as a groundcover or in rock gardens.
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I've come across tips on how to keep Docker images small and Dockerfiles with strange lines that seem to exist only to optimize image size. Well, it turns out they're all wrong.
They may have an effect with flat Docker images, but everything else (i.e. 99% of what people do), cleanup steps are just extra steps. When Docker builds an image from a Dockerfile, every step is a checkpoint, and every step is saved. If you add 100 MB in one step, then delete it the next, that 100 MB still needs to be saved so other Dockerfiles with the same step can reuse it.
test/baseline latest 7b590dec9b43 7 hours ago 272.6 MB
test/baseline_lines latest e165025980f7 9 minutes ago 272.6 MB
test/baseline_lists latest b40f9e108a93 About an hour ago 272.6 MB
test/combo latest 744b502e0052 2 seconds ago 269.8 MB
test/combo2 latest be8f1c1de02e About an hour ago 249.8 MB
test/combo3 latest da948e2838d9 About an hour ago 249.8 MB
test/install latest e7cadcbb5a05 12 hours ago 269.8 MB
test/install_clean latest dd1383285e85 12 hours ago 269.8 MB
test/install_lists latest e55f6f8ebac8 12 hours ago 269.8 MB
test/purge latest ef8c2aa7400b About an hour ago 273.5 MB
test/remove latest 75e3e5c4e246 About an hour ago 273.5 MB
Hypothesis: Docker's base Ubuntu image does not need `apt-get clean`
I did an experiment around Docker 0.6. I think my conclusion was that `apt-get install … && apt-get clean` saved a few megabytes. But I head that you didn't need to do that. If you compare the "test/install" and "test/install_clean" size, you'll see there is no difference. So you don't need `apt-get clean`.
Hypothesis: `rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*` saves some space
I've been seeing a lot of Dockerfiles lately with this line. Including lots of official Docker images. If those guys are all doing it, surely it must have some effect. Nope.
Hypothesis: Combining similar lines saves space
There's some overhead for each line in a Dockerfile. How significant is it? Well, it turns out it's not. What I did find out though, is that it does save a significant amount of time and saves a lot of disk thrashing. So combining lines does not save space, but saves time.
Hypothesis: Combining multiple steps saves space
This makes sense. If you skip making checkpoints, you're not storing intermediate states. And it turns out this is the only way to get a Docker image made from a Dockerfile smaller. But this is at the cost of readability, and more importantly, at the cost of reduced redundancy between images.
Hypothesis: `apt-get purge` saves some space
Well this hypothesis seems silly now. But I see it used now and then. Deletions do not save space.
Write your Dockerfiles the same way you run commands. Don't prematurely optimize by adding extra cruft you saw someone else do. If you're actually worried about image size, use some sort of automation to rebuild Docker images behind the scenes. Just keep that logic out of the Dockerfile. And always keep on measuring. Know your bottlenecks.


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Tea That Burns: A Family Memoir of Chinatown , by Bruce Edward Hall. Free Press, 308 pages, $25.
Aunt Thelma Fung put it this way: "He can give himself an English name, but he can't change the color of his skin!" Maybe so. But in 1950, Bruce Edward Hall's father–a Chinese-American Episcopalian with a beautiful, blond and blue-eyed wife and a recently changed name–was basking in the considerable pleasures of successful assimilation. Settling into a house in suburban Connecticut, he had gone as far as he could go from Hor Lup Chui, the family's ancestral village in southern China.
The long journey had been accomplished in only two generations. Had the successfully assimilated Chinese-American brought his late grandfather to the golf course, the other corporate executives might have been distracted by the sight of the patriarchal Hor Poa with his shaved head and the long queue hanging down his back. These were signs of the old man's allegiance to the Manchu Emperor in Peking. In suburban Connecticut, signs of allegiance to the American dream included madras jackets, Kelly green shirts and ritual reading of The Wall Street Journal over gin-and-tonics.
In Tea that Burns , Bruce Hall sets out to separate himself from his father's "white bread" world and to recover his Chinese heritage. In Manhattan's "old" Chinatown–"those few blocks of Mott Street from Canal south to Chatham Square, and then up Bowery to Doyers and Pell Streets, then west back to Mott"–he finds his great-grandfather's China in miniature. Although Mr. Hall has never lived there, Chinatown becomes the force field that holds this rambling memoir together. "Chinatown was the only constant in my life, it seemed, the only spot to which I could always return … and see the thumbprint of generations that had died before living memory." With consistent narrative exuberance, Mr. Hall weaves the human story of four generations of his family into an often captivating tale.
Dwelling in his imagination, he wants everyone else to join him. "I want the reader to be able to know what it felt like to live in Chinatown through the years, what it looked liked, what it smelled like …" He concentrates on storybook detail, paints a Chinatown of narrow streets lined with strings of painted lanterns, a place where merchants took their songbirds for a morning walk, festival celebrants posed in colorful, embroidered silks, and opium merchants, smoking long pipes, reclined on porcelain pillows. At the Chinese General Store, the patrons bought dried sea horses for the kidneys and rhododendron blossoms for asthma. So that their ancestors would bring them good fortune, worshipers tempted them with offerings of delicious, sugary dumplings.
Like stock characters in a Chinese opera, the members of Mr. Hall's family move through that Chinatown playing out their well-defined roles: his great-grandmother Gon She, his "bookie" grandfather Hor Ting Pun (a.k.a. Hock Shop), his father Herbert Sing Nuen who changed his name to Hall. So small is Chinatown, that everybody knows everybody else: Uncle Duck, for example, who never says a word because he doesn't speak much Cantonese and has never learned to speak English. On this storybook level, the memoir serves as Mr. Hall's celebration of the richness of Chinese life. Who would not choose this downtown Eden over a bland, suburban limbo?
Like most romantic visions, Mr. Hall's view of the Chinese-American experience includes not only nostalgia but danger, suffering and evil. Beneath that bright surface texture–the world of painted flowers, mooncakes and golden dragons–lurks a darker reality. Carefully folded into the pages of the memoir are the somber facts of Chinese-American history. Mr. Hall's family makes its way in the face of the Exclusion Act–an unpardonable piece of legislation, in force until 1943, which prohibited Chinese naturalization and restricted the immigration of laborers. At that time, Mr. Hall tells us, there were "no restrictions of any kind on the millions streaming into the United States from every other nation on earth."
Now the immigrant's determination to prevail in America–and on the other side, the country's intention to thwart him–becomes the memoir's more profound concern. Again, like those one-dimensional opera characters, Mr. Hall's relatives become emblems, representations of the Chinese experience in America: Hor Poa's perilous journey to California, his back-breaking work for the "White Devils" building the Central Pacific railroad, his migration to Mott Street where he allies himself with the Tong, the draining battles with isolation and loneliness, his marriage to "the Belle of Chinatown," and his final years as the unofficial "Mayor of Chinatown."
Seen through this lens, Chinatown acts as more a prison than a sanctuary and Hock Shop, Mr. Hall's colorful grandfather, is clearly a victim. In the 1920's, this smart, talented man has almost no choices. He can become a shopkeeper or a laundryman, or he can work 14 hours a day in a restaurant (at the Oriental on Pell Street, say), waiting on tables for about $100 a month. Nothing else is open to him. How else can he support 12 family members and pay the rent on the three rooms in which they live? Hock Shop will end his days running lottery tickets for the Tong and hanging out in a noodle shop, smoking cigarettes with his familiar gang. Yet to most Chinese in the "old" country, the members of Mr. Hall's family are rare "Celestials" favored by the gods. (When someone faces impossible odds, they say he hasn't "a Chinaman's chance," a reference to the likelihood of being maimed or killed while handling explosives during the construction of the railroads.)
With his romantic vision, Mr. Hall creates a seductive, dream-world Chinatown–but grounded in history. As long as he knows the difference between myth and history, the memoir works. But the line blurs. Is it possible that Uncle Duck really stopped speaking because he'd forgotten his only language? Perhaps it was something else, another trauma–or merely a family legend.
Often I have a sense that something is missing. More troubling than what Mr. Hall creates from his imagination is what he simply does not see. He remains an observer, a distant recorder–a man who manages to elude the burden of writing about emotion. As he moves his characters through Chinatown, their bouts with poverty, opium addiction and even death are given no more emotional weight than eating a roast pork bun at a New Year's celebration. How much more interesting if, for example, he had shown us Chinatown through his father's ambivalence about being Chinese-American–or even Hock Shop's despair at being excluded from this country's economic possibility.
In this memoir, where attitudes toward ethnicity are central, Mr. Hall seems shockingly unaware that his point of view is limited by the prejudices of his own age. He can't see that the dominant Anglo-Saxon culture seems bland because it's most familiar. (It would look mighty exotic to the folks back in Hor Lup Chui.) Does he really think that there's no culture at all in WASP American life? Mr. Hall won't allow himself even a passing interest in his own WASP mother's ancestors. Presumably, their milquetoast ghosts wander undisturbed from one end of the Scottish Highlands to the other.
Perhaps it's not just tunnel vision that determines the choice of focus. A memoir about the descendants of "John Chinaman" now has more literary cachet than one by a writer who counts John Alden or even John Adams among his forbears. Had Mr. Hall written in midcentury and sniffed the postwar 50's Zeitgeist, he might well have found deliverance in the tale of his family's migration to Connecticut's greener pastures. But in the 90's, the country's engagement with multiculturalism has devalued the American currency of the once-reigning WASP.
It's out of this change that so many engaging memoirs are coming. If we don't get a complete portrait of how America's ethnicity works, or even Mr. Hall's, at least, we are getting to see a previously hidden part of the picture. Instead of English breakfast tea and the Boston Tea Party, there's Tea That Burns , a spirited salute to multiculturalism and to America–Mei Guo, the "superlative country"–from one of its own.


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DNC Reacts to GOP Obstruction on Gun Violence Measures
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DNC Chair Statement on GOP Unwillingness to Address Gun Violence
WASHINGTON – DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement on House Republicans' unwillingness to address gun violence:
"Yesterday, surrounded by Democrats staging an unprecedented sit-in on the House floor, I was touched by the many stories we heard that the American people have become all too familiar with, about the victims of gun violence and their families. I read one of those stories aloud from a letter written by my dear friend and former colleague Gabby Giffords. Gabby's life changed instantly five years ago when a deranged gunman opened fire as she spoke to a crowd of her constituents, killing six innocent people and injuring thirteen, including Gabby. She wrote, 'speaking is difficult for me. But I haven't been silenced. And neither should the American people. Their Representatives must vote to prevent gun violence.'
"But Speaker Paul Ryan, and the Republicans he leads want nothing more than to silence the debate on reforming our gun laws. And because they currently hold the majority, they have been able to block even a simple vote on the commonsense laws that Democrats and a majority of Americans want to see passed. Enough is enough. That's why I'm proud to join my colleagues to sit in and stand strong for the American people. But we cannot stop here. Elections have consequences, and we cannot achieve true progress if our elected leaders stand with the gun lobby instead of the people. Democrats believe our nation is stronger when we work together. We must elect more Democrats to the House and Senate, and a Democrat as our next president to end the obstruction, end the silence and stand up for 90% of Americans who agree that someone who isn't allowed to fly because they're on a terror watch list should not be able to buy guns, assault weapons and explosives."
Democratic Engagement Black Caucus on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling
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DNC Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
WASHINGTON - Despite an attempt by conservatives to challenge Affirmative Action protections, the Supreme Court today reaffirmed that diversity is a crucial factor that can be considered in the college admissions process with a 4-3 decision. In response to the Supreme Court decision, the Chairs of the DNC's Hispanic, AAPI, and African-American Caucus released the following statement:
"The Supreme Court made the right decision today. As a nation, our diversity is our strength. We are at our best when we are opening doors, not when we're building walls. Today's ruling will ensure that our colleges and universities can continue to take proactive steps to level the playing field and give everyone a fair shot, regardless of their race. When people of all backgrounds have the opportunity to succeed, America succeeds.
"But today's Supreme Court decision also highlights the fact that there remains a vacancy on our highest court. Republican leaders refuse to do their jobs and hold hearings and a vote to fill that seat for one reason: they want to elect Donald Trump and give him the power to pick the next justice and fill any other vacancies over the next four years. As the most divisive, reckless, and erratic presidential nominee in modern history, Trump simply lacks the judgment and temperament needed for a job as important and consequential as choosing a Supreme Court justice.
"Democrats will continue to fight for a full and functioning Supreme Court that will uphold the principle of equal opportunity for all. We must elect a president who has the experience and temperament to carefully, thoughtfully and competently choose our next Supreme Court nominees."
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, DNC Secretary-Treasurer
Donna Brazile, DNC Vice-Chair
Maria Elena Durazo, DNC Vice-Chair
Lottie Shackelford, DNC Women's Caucus Chair
Virgie Rollins, DNC Black Caucus Chair
State Senator Iris Martinez, DNC Hispanic Caucus Chair
Bel Leong-Hong, DNC AAPI Caucus Chair
Earl Fowlkes, DNC LGBT Caucus Chair


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Intel reports "best ever" financial quarter
Chipmaker Intel has reported its "best ever" quarter with second-quarter revenue of $10.8bn (£7.1bn), up 34% year-on-year.
Chipmaker Intel has reported its "best ever" quarter with second-quarter revenue of $10.8bn (£7.1bn), up 34% year-on-year.
The company reported operating income of $4bn, net income of $2.9bn and earnings per share of 51 cents, up 4bn, 3.3bn and 58 cents respectively compared with the year before.
"Strong demand from corporate customers for our most advanced microprocessors helped Intel achieve the best quarter in the company's 42-year history," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and chief executive officer.
He also ascribed Intel's good results to the shift to working on the internet and using services based in remote datacentres where chip sales were up 170% compared with 2009.
"The PC and server segments are healthy and the demand for leading-edge technology will continue to increase for the foreseeable future," said Otellini.
Intel's record results have raised hopes that businesses have begun a hardware and software refresh, signalling recovery from the world financial crisis, analysts said.
The results, which boosted Intel shares by more than 8% in extended trading, are expected to give a lift to the whole technology sector.
Intel is expecting another record three months, with a revenue forecast for the third quarter of $11.6bn, plus or minus $400m.


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University Council member Peter McNaney CBE.
Dr Peter Mc Naney CBE graduated from the University of Manchester with an LLB in 1980 and practised as a Solicitor for 20 year before becoming Chief Executive of Belfast City Council . He served in that role for 14 years and stood down in 2014.
He is presently a Board member of Invest NI and the Chair of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
Peter is married to Karen and they have 4 children. He enjoys hill walking, current affairs and sport although now mostly watching rather than participating.


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The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministerial Meeting will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 10 to 15, with the theme "Raising the Competitiveness and Innovation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Era of Globalization".
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will direct the meeting on September 15, according to Mr. Ho Sy Hung, Director of the Enterprise Development Agency at the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
The meeting will contribute to the diversified activities of APEC 2017, being held in Vietnam later this year.
It is an opportunity to exchange, discuss, and propose effective cooperation ideas within the APEC framework and improve the integration capacity of localities and enterprises in the context of deepening economic integration.
The conference consists of three sub-themes: Facilitating business's access to markets and engaging more deeply in global value chains; Facilitating the business environment for SMEs; and Promoting the APEC business spirit in the digital age.
The meeting is expected to adopt key documents: the APEC Declaration on Promoting Business Enterprises; the Strategy to Promote Small and Medium Green, Sustainable and Innovative Enterprises, and the Report from the Ministerial Meeting to the 2017 APEC Leaders' Meeting.
A series of related meetings will take place during the event, such as the 45th APEC Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Working Group Meeting, the APEC Online to Offline (O2O) Forum, the APEC Startup Forum, and the Forum on APEC Digital Economy.
Vietnam hosts APEC 2017 in the context of the region and the world changing profoundly with instability and vulnerability being more unpredictable. There is a shift of power from West to East, stiff challenges in traditional and non-traditional security issues, and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on all aspects of life.


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These self-trimming or drop-in top mount sinks are generally placed in a cutout in the vanity top. These sinks are secured in the place by the rim of the sink.
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- Cast iron: This is most durable and heavy material coated with enamel that offers smooth surface. Such sinks are available in different color choice.
- Vitreous china: This is a clay-based ceramic material used to make durable sinks. These sinks are easy to clean but can get cracked if knocked hard.
- Glass: Glass metals look very stylish and decent in any bathroom. They are generally in vessel type and offer endless options in colors, styles, and designs. Most of the time tempered glass is used for bathroom sink construction as it is more resistant to cracking and shattering. They are easy to clean.
- Stone: Stone bathroom sinks are ideal bathroom furnishings as they come in wide assortment of styles. Vessel sinks are most prevalent varieties in stone materials.
- Metal: Metal sinks come in different varieties and options. Brass, stainless steel, and copper are most common among the metal varieties.
- Concrete: If you are looking for customized bathroom renovations and remodeling think to install custom-fabricated concrete sinks. Readymade sinks are also available in concrete materials to choose from.
- Wood: Wood sinks, especially the sinks made of bamboo materials are most exotic types of bathroom sink materials. These sinks look really very great and offer most decent look to any bathroom.
- Solid surface: Solid surface countertop materials are also used by bathroom sink remodeling company making the counter top and sink a one-piece assembly. These are the ideal choice for a hard-working bathroom and a home having children.
Materials choices alone offer you a wide range of options for bathroom sinks. Choose the right type of materials and sink bathroom sink design ideas! Choose the right sink materials that can withstand for a longer duration, highly functional and that can help enhance the look of your bathroom. Selecting between the wall-mounted or under-mounted sink is equally important as that of selecting the style and design of the bathroom sink.
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Underpinned by our global data model, extensive client research and interviews with senior consultants, this report explores the Healthcare consulting market through detailed analysis of the trends that matter, allowing you to fully understand what's impacting the market, and why.
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Beautiful view overlooking the Colorado River and Mt. Garfield.
We encourage you to bring a picnic.Family owned boutique winery/vineyard specializing in small batch hand-crafted wines, produced from our own quality grapes. Tastings by appt. Bring a picnic and enjoy our amazing view!
At AVANT Vineyards, the principal winemaking philosophy is to keep the process as basic and natural as possible, letting the character of the fruit come through. We make our wine in hand crafted small batches from our own grapes. They are grown along the mighty Colorado River at the base of the Grand Mesa on Colorado's western slope, where the cool night breezes coming off the mountains meets the hot sunny days of this high mountain environment. All this makes our select fine wines ridiculously delicious. Because we're not trying to please everyone. We're only trying to please you.
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Pests are one of the biggest drawbacks to Natural/Organic farming in most people's way of thinking. Healthy soil practices usually diminish the problem and keep things manageable, but some years. . . YEESH! I am so happy to have Kristi from Stone Family Farmstead as our guest! She has some practical, real and useful information and tips!
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Taking care of a garden, regardless of size, can be daunting when you are dealing with an overpopulation of pests. Aphids are one of the worst because of how rapid they multiply in your garden. If you are an organic gardener, you will want to know how to get rid of aphids naturally and organically.
Preventive Care
But before I get to the remedies for aphids, let me share a few things that can be helpful for keeping all pests at bay. Using these tips will train your eye on what to look for, and you will learn when something looks "off" with your plants, which would allow you to head any pest or disease issues off at the pass.
- Make an appearance in your garden every day, preferably early in the morning. Taking a walk around your garden in the cool of the morning to harvest and look for chewed up leaves, eggs and larvae on the back of leaves, droppings, or any other indicators that something else is enjoying your bounty before you get to is a habit that will pay dividends.
- Keep your plants pruned back as much as is healthy for them. This will aid you in quickly assessing your plants for any stripped branches, droppings, pests on the backs of the leaves, etc. Make sure not to prune them back too much, though, or your fruit can suffer sunscald.
- All plants and gardens have some kind of bugs on and in them, and that's ok. Some pests on our plants will not multiply as rapidly as others, and so it's fine just to remove them by hand. Others, not so much. If you find a few aphids on insects on your plants, let that be a warning for you to start examining your plants briefly every day so the bug population doesn't get out of control.
About Aphids
Aphids attack a wide array of plants. They can be many different colors, but they all look and behave the same. Aphids carry diseases from plant to plant and are sometimes accompanied by a large colony of ants.
They collect on the undersides of leaves, at the base, on stems, or in darker crevices of plants. They are rarely alone, but usually in large clusters on squash, tomato, roses, or many other types of plant leaves.
How to Get Rid of Aphids
Examine the undersides of your leaves to find colonies of these little guys. If you find them, you have a few choices on how to deal with them.
Three choices to get rid of aphids
- Chemical-free treatment: A natural way to get rid of aphids before using any kind of organic pesticide, remove all of the severely infested leaves from the plant. Next, if you still have small clusters on the backs of leaves (or the tops sometimes) you can just smush them with your fingers (wear gloves if you are squeamish!). If smushing isn't your jam, you can power spray your plants with water and that should knock them off of your plant. You'll need to do this daily until the infestation is gone. I have handled aphid issues just using this method, and a sprinkle of diatomaceous earth on my plants (do not us DE when plants are flowering, as it will also harm pollinators.)
- Another way to get rid of aphids that is also effective is a warm soap and water solution (1Tb dish soap to a small bucket or 32 oz spray bottle of warm water, add essential oils if you prefer). Spray or sponge solution onto plants and leaves daily until the infestation is gone.
- Organic pesticide treatment: Neem oil can be used in the garden and while it may not kill off beneficials, it may repel beneficials because of the smell. There are also all-natural insecticidal soaps that can help. I would suggest using organic 100% neem oil. The neem oil varieties at the local garden centers contain only the neem oil, and none of the active ingredient azadirachtin, which is the component of neem oil that kills the chewing bugs in the first place. (source)
Peppermint Neem Oil Recipe - To a ½ gallon of water, add .5-1 tsp. 100% organic neem oil (2 capfuls), 10 drops of peppermint essential oil, and a squirt of dish soap. To use, spray on the aphids, soaking the leaves where the bugs are. Repeat daily for a few weeks, or until the infestation is gone.
Consistency is key
Learning how to get rid of aphids naturally is easy, but it takes some consistency. Once you see the infestation subside, your plants no longer need to be treated with pesticide, DE, or soap treatments until you see indications of another infestation. Do so for very long poses the risk of killing off the population of beneficial predator insects, which would make it easier for the next infestation to take hold. For further information about aphids, check out UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' page on the topic.
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56 Responses to Newt Gingrich warns of vulnerable U.S. power grid: we could be without power for 'months, or even years'
I do agree with him….not many are prepared for this scenario….
and it's funny …many still won't prepare for this scenario!
This may be the most insightful comment the man has ever made, in all his years of public service.
Newt is telling the public, something akin to saying that the Emperor, forgot to get dressed.
Chaos would ensue. We are trying to prepare and probably are more prepared than many (finally hubby is listening to me), but we are still far, far too dependent on all our devices and comforts. Hard to wrap the mind around this kind of thing, but it's coming, I'm sure. In one form or another.
Your gasoline operated generator would suffice until it ran out of fuel, then where do you get
your refill?
Most generators start up off of an electric ignition which would not work after an emp . . .
what about solar generators,they currently cost around 1700.00
Ive got a Lp powered generator and farm tractor. Ive filled as many 100 pound bottles as I can find. Lp dont go stale like gas or diesel will. However you can run any 4 cycle gas engine on firewood. there is plenty of info on the internet about wood gassifiers.
This is a extremely timely article with an X class flare bearing down on us. Some of our scientists have put out the story this will have no effect on us. I hope they are right but with our country's infrastructure in the condition it is in I don't understand how you can predict that with such certainty. If nothing else I think the press should in good consciousness be talking about preparedness. After all common sense is not that common in our society as a whole.
We now ground all power in canada so we will be fine
Maybe not. Grounding won't prevent the fine copper ribbons in circuit boards from melting in a severe solar blast. Remove all the electric circuit boards in Canada, and how much will still be operating?
There would be no sanitation, no oil, no water and no food on the shelves in the shops. I watched a video from Alex Jones's site either last year or in 2010 about this.
When I see something like this from someone like newt I think OHH-boy something must be coming if they are sounding the alarm so to speak.
I think main stream Americans simply dont want to know about such news and look at the problems as silly or bothersome or with a "I cant do anything about it anyway" attitude.
They have enough problems as it is and dont want to be bothered by this type of stuff.
I myself would love to get off the grid but in my current situation I dont see how I could although there are things that can be done to help ease the transition back into the dark ages.
Right now I think we'd be wise to be prepared for a major earthquake and fires in Calif. We should always be prepared, we are well over due!
Yeah here people steal the copper wire that they use for a ground off of all the power poles. They do it to sell it as scrap not relizing or not caring what effect it will have on those who live nearby these power poles- if those ground wires are not there when needed.
We have a large Amish community near my home town, they live without electricity every day.
I have been researching this senerio ever since I was terrified after reading "One Seond After". While I may not agree with Gingrich on a lot of issues this is definitely one smart man who has been out front on this topic for several years.
Newt for all of his faults—and he's got a LOT of them–actually vaguely gets civil defense in a way that few politicians have since the early 60s. A bill to address some of the vulnerabilities in the power grid died sometime last year after passing the House I believe (it would have ordered and maintained some spares in the ultra high voltage transformers among other things).
It will be easy to rebuild after it all is going down, then to do it as we stand, I have my own company and today no one working gives a dam about any one or any thing, I don't no why but that's the way it's been for the last year,
With no power none of us would last long because all our Nuclear Power plants will MELTDOWN!
Maybe..one could only hope there is enough standby power to get the plant shut down safely…that would've been the case in Japan, had their generators been operating after the tsummi..
Finally! Someone is actually calling attention to this!
Like I and others have mentioned before, it is like we are in the 1930's all over again.. BUT; here I think is the big difference. Back in the 1930's poor people lived on rural land and it was mostly the wealthy that lived in the cities; now today the wealthy live in the rural areas and the poor are warehoused into the cities and tight, old suburban areas.Why is this important? Just look at what many of us are writing on this blog… Grow our own food… Only the wealthy can do that… I grow vegetables on my tiny plot of land and it would not feed our family, plus who knows how much it just cost me to water it during this drought that just ended; during a crisis will the water company be operating? and if they are do you think they will not restrict your usage severely?Draw water from the nearby lake but the family needs that boiled for personal use, I can go on and on with all of this but my main point is that even survivalist do not have a clue really. If the Lord does not build the house it is built in vain. Yes, be prepared for cataclysmic events but even more importantly be prepared for eternity because even if we survive this eternity still awaits us.
Alvin said: " If that( unparalleled catastrophe) system ever broke down; the Amish communities wouldn't last one week without being overrun by desperate, marauding Americans, marching with guns, sticks, and clubs. Certain antibiotics, drugs, and blood also requires refrigeration…Water treatments plants and nuclear plants also need electricity to contol their hazardous waste by-products and heat.
Let's just all pray that day never happens "
We all need to pray and reflect on this accurate and real world comment by Alvin. Guns and rations will not keep out desperate people. Prepare….Absolutely !, but put God, Family, friends and unfolding events in proper perspective.
too busy working overtime to pay for our Carbon Tax, which is being implemented here in Oz. to worry bout this stuff
the horse has bolted on this one (greenhouse gases)
talk about milking the cows (sheeples) dry, before they carve em up for hamburgers and steaks
pity they wont have the power or wood to cook with
We humans are far too reliant on technology, too many people got their hands glued to their cell phone always texting, phone calls, etc….kids have forgot how to use a ruler, do math without a calculator. To be honest, a break of technology would do humanity some real good..& be honest because most of you feel the same.
Where will Newt be…….when the power is out……..and the mayhem begins….
ok, all the power outages are showing up ,now. sf,denver,souix falls,atlanta,chicago venice,losangles,so far.. tesla,refused his noble peace prize with edison, because he felt we chose the wrong system ,of power grid,he said the power is in the ground , interesting canada follwed the advice.. i heard that our power grids were going to go down on both coasts, ,as a new world order move,, about 5 years ago from a kid whose dad worked at NASA ,,been waiting to see if was true. . if a new infrastructure is needed, the old one has to come down ,right? , as far as the world ending : in revelations doesnt it say that there will be a famine for 1000 years ,before the final horn blows and the stars fall on earth, if so we still got a ways to go,none of us will be around ,.in this current incarnation ,anyway..please pardon my naivete and correct ,if wrong.. alvin's book is on my list of "to get"..
Susanm: I hope this helps. In Revelation, "1000 years" appears only in connection with the 1000 year reign of Christ, which begins with the bondage/imprisonment of Satan (Rev. 20). Famine is associated with the third horseman (the third seal, Revelation 6:5-6), but there are no specifics given in regards to duration. In verse 13 of the same chapter, after the sixth seal is opened, stars fall to the earth. The Seven Trumpets appear in chapter 8 and are associated with the judgments of God…. Even for students of the Bible, Revelation is confusing, even overwhelming. Events depicted and recorded therein are not necessarily linear, as 1-2-3 or a-b-c but more often 1-2-7 or a-b-h, which renders the actual sequence of events a matter of debate. In Luke 21, verses 5-36, Christ gives a summary of events that may be helpful, but even He avoids specifics in regards to time.
And yet, the govern mentals are building highspeed rails, so hundreds can be crashed at a time…
A new television series coming this fall, called Revolution. It is about the Government shutting down the power grid in the U.S.
It shocks me that he is even coming out and saying this. It is absolute truth.. but how freaky is it that he is SAYING it?? Sorry.. not accustomed to so much truth coming out of DC. It worries me! lol
I live on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast. We were without power for just over 4 weeks for Katrina. We were also without running water as there was no power to run the pump for the well. There was no fuel, because you can't pump fuel with no electricity. No banks. No ATMS. No money. NO FOOD shipping in. The looting and violence began SO fast. It took 2 weeks for the National Guard to get where we were with supplies… and by that time we were getting worried to say the least.
Yall it was bad.. but it was NOTHING compared to what this would be. Think of how small an area the Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast is compared to an event like this happening across the country. I sincerely hope the good Lord takes us home before an event of this magnitude takes place.. I believe he is on his way. Yall please, please- Put your faith in Jesus.
It is not that the electrical grid is old that is the problem with CME's, it is the fact that all the transmission lines are linked together and act as one massive antenna. The weakest link in the power system is the transformer what ever the voltage. One possible course of action would be to isolate the power transformers from the grid when a CME is due to strike the earth. Lord knows there is a lot of sun monitoring. People can have the choice of a few days without power or years without power. This will not work for a weaponized EM, but that is what security is to protect against????
Alvin, Enjoying the cooler weather in Cambridge UK
This is why the Hopi say we need to go back to the old ways, garden, raise children in families, honor the Mother, live simple. There will be no other choice. Those that make the transition will have found their spirits tied tightly to the creator again. Thanks for this site!
Wow, there is a lot of comments here! ok, first thing first, the Government has not been focused on our eroding infrastructure, thusly the electronic grid. remember the bridge collaspe in minneapolis( sorry if i mispelled that). i may not know alot about the infrastructure but i know our Electric grid is VERY vulnarable to pretty much anything; remember the black out of '04, that can certainly happen agian because of a high x class solar flare. i think the people of this nation, and of the world need to know this. i will certainly starting to buy batteries in bulk; COSTCO HERE I COME !!!
Prepare? People need to know? For what? I´ll pray for an Earth directed X45 solar flare, like Halloween 2003 to end this bleeding heart liberalism. What´s wrong with people dying? They are dead anyway.. just a matter of time. We´ve got 7 billion greedy and stupid mouths to feed… au revoir les enfant.


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Grenfell Tower and Nepal earthquake fundraiser Shakila K launches singing career with new EP
PUBLISHED: 07:00 11 August 2018 | UPDATED: 12:59 14 August 2018
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Teenager Shakila Karim who raised funds for Grenfell Tower families and for victims of the Nepal earthquake with her own benefit concerts is launching a singing career with her first EP record.
The 19-year-old former Bethnal Green schoolgirl, now a student at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, releases 'The Mask is Always On', co-produced with fellow student Milxnake.
The pair have become good friends and are now working on Shakila's first EP being released online on August 20.
"I'm on a journey of discovery," she admits. "It's only now that I'm developing a clear artistic vision."
Shakila K, as she calls herself, staged a gig in Spitalfields at the Canvas community café off Brick Lane in 2015 as part of her fundraising "marathon of 26 gigs" for the victims of the Nepal earthquake.
"The news on Marathon Day that year was full of the terrible earthquake," Shakila recalls. "I'm no marathon runner, but thought at least I could perform a 'gigathon' to help raise funds."
Shakila was brought up in Whitechapel and went to Bethnal Green's Gatehouse Primary before the family—originally from Bangladesh—moved to Hertfordshire.
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Learning from Madness
Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art
Kaira M. Cabañas shows that at the center of this advocacy stood such significant proponents as psychiatrists Osório César and Nise da Silveira, who championed treatments that included painting and drawing studios; and the art critic Mário Pedrosa, who penned Gestaltist theses on aesthetic response. Cabañas examines the lasting influence of this unique era of Brazilian modernism, and how the afterlife of this "outsider art" continues to raise important questions. How do we respect the experiences of the mad as their work is viewed through the lens of global art? Why is this art reappearing now that definitions of global contemporary art are being contested?
Learning from Madness offers an invigorating series of case studies that track the parallels between psychiatric patients' work in Western Europe and its reception by influential artists there, to an analogous but altogether distinct situation in Brazil.
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examination of the western art world and Brazil's place within it and outside of it. . . . Learning from Madness is a clearly written and fascinating read. It will certainly generate interest in this period of Brazilian art history and, hopefully, more English language research on the topic."
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