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Information about SQL Server instances isn't the only type of information that DBAs need. They also need information about other software and the hardware installed on servers. SQL Server can give you access to the OS if you enable the xp_cmdshell option, use OLE automation, or use non-SAFE CLR code (i.e., CLR code in which WITH PERMISSION_SET is set to something other than SAFE). However, if you don't want to use these methods or you have servers that aren't hosting a SQL Server instance (e.g., they're running Oracle instead), you need alternative methods to access the OS and get the information you need.
Fortunately, Windows-based systems have a plethora of scripting languages and diverse methods to collect and analyze server data. One of the most exhaustive ways to get information from local and remote systems on a network is using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Through WMI, the OS exposes a lot of information about the hardware and software installed on the machine. This information is accessible through WMI Query Language (WQL) queries.
Using WMI and WQL, I created a simple SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) solution that collects information about the total amount of space and the amount of available free space on logical drives installed on networked computers. It stores the data in a SQL Server table for further usage. Although this solution collects information about logical drive space only, you can easily adapt it to collect different types of information on an almost unlimited number of computers so that you have a lot of useful information about the environment in which SQL Server operates.
I'll walk you through how to create this SSIS solution on SQL Server 2005. (You can apply the same procedures on SQL Server 2008.) Here are the steps involved:
- Create the maintenance tables.
- Create a new project and package.
- Create a temporary output file.
- Create the connection managers.
- Build the WMI Connection Strings list.
- Add a Foreach Loop container.
- Add the WMI Data Reader task.
- Add a Data Flow task.
- Add a Derived Column transformation.
- Add an OLE DB Command transformation.
1. Create the Maintenance Tables
The SSIS solution needs a database that's dedicated for monitoring purposes. So, if you don't already have such a database, you need to create it. For this example, I named the database DBACoolStuff.
In DBACoolStuff, you need two tables:
- dbo.ServerList_SSIS. This table stores the list of servers that are going to be analyzed.
- dbo.SQL_Drives. This table stores the information that the SSIS solution collects.
Listing 1 shows the T-SQL code you can use to create these tables. You can download this code as well as the SSIS solution by clicking the 102563.zip hotlink at the top of the page.
Listing 1: Code to Create the Maintenance Tables
2. Create a New Project and Package
The next step is to create a new project. Open SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and create a new Integration Services Project. Name it WMIDataCollection, and select the Create Directory for Solution check box. Rename the package from package.dtsx to WMICollectDrivesInfo.dtsx.
You need to define two variables for the WMICollectDrivesInfo package: WMIConnStrList and WMIConnStr. Select the Variable option on the SSIS menu. Enter the information that Figure 1 shows for each variable. These variables will be used to control the Foreach Loop container.
3. Create a Temporary Output File
The main element in the WMICollectDrivesInfo package is a WMI Data Reader task. These tasks use WQL queries to obtain WMI information from machines. You can store the query results in a file or a variable. I'll describe how to use a file here. For information on how to use a variable, see the sidebar "Using a Variable to Store the WMI Data Reader Task's Output."
In the WMICollectDrivesInfo package, a file named E:\all_drives_per_server.txt will contain the WMI Data Reader task's output. However, this file is just for temporary storage. The dbo.SQL_Drives table is where the WMI data will be permanently stored.
The E:\all_drives_per_server.txt file must exist before you proceed to the next step (otherwise, you'll encounter errors), so use Notepad or another text editor to create it. In the file, add the header line
This needs to be a comma-separated list, so don't include any spaces in this line.
4. Create the Connection Managers
The WMI Data Reader task needs four connection managers to work. In SSIS Designer, click the Control Flow tab to make the Connection Managers area available. Create the following connection managers:
WMI Connection Manager. Right-click in the Connection Managers area and select New Connection. In the Connection Manager Type list, select WMI – Connection manager for the WMI tasks, then click OK. In the WMI Connection Manager Editor that appears, enter MyWMIConn in the Name field, a short description in the Description field (if desired), and \root\cimv2 in the NameSpace field. Leave the Server Name field blank. Select the Use Windows Authentication check box and click OK.
After the MyWMIConn connection manager is created, right-click it and select Properties. Under Expressions, create a property named ConnectionString and give it the expression @\[User::WMIConnStr\], as Figure 2 shows.
This expression ensures that the connection string for the MyWMIConn connection manager is updated from the WMIConnStr variable in each iteration of the Foreach Loop. This way, with each execution of the loop, one server will be contacted and the data collected from it.
OLE DB Connection Manager. Right-click in the Connection Managers area and select New OLE DB Connection Manager. In the OLE DB Connection Manager Editor, enter DBACoolStuff in the Name field and click OK. The DBACoolStuff connection manager will be used to connect to the database that hosts the two tables created in Step 1.
File Connection Manager. Right-click in the Connection Managers area and select New File Connection Manager. In the File Connection Manager Editor, select Create file in the Usage type drop-down list. In the File field, enter E:\all_drives_per_server.txt. Click OK.
Flat File Connection Manager. Right-click in the Connection Managers area and select New Flat File Connection Manager. In the Flat File Connection Manager Editor, enter the settings shown in Figure 3.
As you can see, this connection manager also points to E:\all_drives_per_server.txt. Click OK.
If the OK button is grayed out and you receive a message that states Columns are not defined for this connection manager, click Columns in the left pane. This will force SSIS to read the content of the E:\all_drives_per_server.txt file and activate the OK button. This file also helps identify the columns in step 9.
5. Build the WMI Connection Strings List
You're now ready to build the WMI connection strings list for the WMI Data Reader task. On the Control Flow tab in SSIS Designer, drag the Execute SQL task icon from the Toolbox's Maintenance Plan Tasks section to the Control Flow design surface, then double-click the task to edit it. On the General page of the Execute SQL Task Editor, configure the fields as follows:
- Name: Populate WMI Connection Strings list
- ResultSet: Full result set
- Connection: DBACoolStuff
SELECT 'ServerName=\\'+ServerName+ ';Namespace=\root\cimv2;UseNtAuth=True;UserName=;' FROM dbo.ServerList_SSIS
Leave the rest of the fields unchanged (i.e., at their default values).
On the Result Set page of the Execute SQL Task Editor, enter 0 in the Result Name field. Under Variable Name, select User::WMIConnStrList.
6. Add a Foreach Loop Container
After you've built the WMI connection strings list, you need to add a Foreach Loop container by dragging the Foreach Loop container icon from the Toolbox's Control Flow Items section to the Control Flow design surface. Double-click it to bring up the Foreach Loop Container Editor. Configure the Collection page as follows:
- In the Foreach Loop Editor area, select Foreach ADO Enumerator from the Enumerator drop-down list.
- In the Enumerator Configuration area, select User::WMIConnStrList from the ADO object source variable drop-down list.
- In Enumeration Mode area, select Rows in the first table.
Next, go to the Variable Mappings page. Select User::WMIConnStr from the Column variable drop-down list, then type 0 under Index.
Now you need to draw a precedence constraint from the Populate WMI Connection Strings list task to the Foreach Loop container. To do so, click the Populate WMI Connection Strings list task. A green arrow will show under it. Click the end of the arrow. With the mouse button still held down, drag it toward the Foreach Loop container until it appears glued to the container, then let go. The green arrow will now connect the two items. The green color and the arrow direction ensures that Foreach Loop container executes only after the preceding task is successfully completed.
7. Add the WMI Data Reader Task
The next step is to add a WMI Data Reader task to the Foreach Loop container. Drag the WMI Data Reader task icon from the Toolbox's Control Flow Items section to the Foreach Loop container. Right-click the task and select Edit to bring up the WMI Data Reader Task Editor. On the WMI Options page, configure the fields as follows:
8. Add a Data Flow Task
You now have to process the contents of the temporary output file E:\all_drives_per_server.txt. Add a Data Flow task by dragging the Data Flow task icon from the Toolbox's Control Flow Items section to the Control Flow design surface. Draw a precedence constraint from the Data Flow task to the WMI Data Reader task.
Switch to the Data Flow tab. Drag the Flat File Source icon from the Toolbox's Data Flow Sources section to the Data Flow design surface. Right-click it and select Edit to bring up the Flat File Source Editor. In the Flat File Connection Manager drop-down list, select WMI output.
9. Add a Derived Column Transformation
The WMI Data Reader task doesn't provide the WMI data in the format needed for the dbo.SQL_Drives table, so you need to add a Derived Column transformation to format the data. You'll also use it to add a new column that will store the date and time the WMI data was collected.
To add a Derived Column transformation, drag the Derived Column transformation icon from the Toolbox's Data Flow Transformations section to the design surface of the Data Flow tab. Draw a precedence constraint from the Flat File Source to the Derived Column. Right-click the Derived Column and select Edit to open the Derived Column Transformation Editor. Enter the settings shown in Figure 4.
10. Add an OLE DB Command Transformation
The last step is to add an OLE DB Command transformation that will insert the WMI data in the dbo.SQL_Drives table. Drag the OLE DB Command transformation icon from the Toolbox's Data Flow Transformations section to the design surface of the Data Flow tab. Right-click the OLE DB Command and select Edit to open the OLE DB Command Transformation Editor. On the Connection Managers page, enter DBACoolStuff in the OleDBConnection field. In the SQL Command field on the Component Properties page, enter the command: INSERT INTO dbo.SQL_Drives (Drive_Letter, \[Server\], MBFree, TotalSize, DayRun) values (?,?,?,?,?). On the Column Mapping page, configure the fields as follows:
Save the WMICollectDrivesInfo package by choosing Save Selected Items on the File menu. Figure 5 shows what the Data Flow component should look like.
The entire package should look like the one in Figure 6.
The Results
You need to run the WMICollectDrivesInfo package under an account that has permission to create files. Let's say the dbo.ServerList_SSIS table contains the server list shown in Table 1.
If these were real servers in a network, you might get data similar to that in Table 2.
As I mentioned previously, you can easily adapt the WMICollectDrivesInfo package to collect more than just logical drive space statistics. MSDN has a wealth of information about the types of data you can collect and how to do so. MSDN's coverage of WMI starts at msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582.aspx. For information about writing WQL queries, go to MSDN's "WQL (SQL for WMI)" web page.


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There are several keys to World Cup success but none is more important than a talismanic attacking player. For the U.S. national team, that probably means Landon Donovan; for England it almost certainly means Wayne Rooney.
Both had big days on Wednesday. Donovan scored his first Premier League goal, a well-taken one in Everton's 2-0 victory over Sunderland. Donovan could have had a second goal but for a last ditch clearance by one of Sunderland's fullbacks.
But the big night out belonged to former Everton star Wayne Rooney (though still reviled by some Everton fans, Rooney has been caught on tape asking for the Everton result as he entered the Man U locker room after a match). For it was Rooney's goal that sent Manchester United into the Carling Cup final, settling one of the most bitter and exciting clashes in recent memory.
United's opponent was Manchester City which, after an injection of seemingly unlimited funds, has emerged as a more-than-worthy rival. Indeed, City won 2-1 in the first leg at their ground. Both goals were scored by Carlos Tevez, who became the first player in 30 years to go from one of these clubs to the other after United, for some reason, declined to re-enlist him for this year.
The already charged atmosphere for the second leg at Old Trafford became white-hot after United's veteran leader Gary Neville criticized the way Tevez had celebrated his goals. Although a number of Man U players greeted Tevez warmly before the match, the match itself featured fierce challenges and plenty of pushing, shoving, and elbowing all over the pitch. Craig Bellamy, at the heart of much of this action, was knocked to the ground when an idiot United fan struck the abrasive Welsh forward in the head with a coin as he went to take a corner kick.
City had dreams of their first Cup final in almost 30 years after a scoreless first half (United has appeared in 21 Cup finals during that span). But United scored almost immediately after the Bellamy incident (it started with a phenomenal cross-field pass from Rooney) and scored again to take a 3-2 lead, on aggregate, with only 20 minutes remaining.
Rooney could have settled things, but missed right in front of City's goal when it would have been easier to score. Almost immediately thereafter, Tevez found an inch of space in which to score from an unlikely angle. It looked like the match would go to overtime, a prospect most neutrals surely would have welcomed.
But in "stoppage time" (time added to match by virtue of stoppages in play) Rooney headed home the winner from a perfect cross by Ryan Giggs. City had been denied in by far the best match I've seen this season.
So what of this summer in South Africa? Barring an injury, it can only be a plus for the U.S. that Donovan is playing regularly in England. And barring an injury, Rooney looks poised to live up to the international-level promise he showed as an 18 year-old at Euro-2004, when he was probably the best attacking player on display.
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Pocahontas based Arkansas Grown Highest Quality Peanuts contracted 8,200 acres of peanuts last year with farmers, co-owner Kyle Baltz said. In 2013 the number of acres will likely drop.
"We had a tremendous peanut crop this year in Arkansas and around the country ... we hope farmers will continue to grow peanuts ...," Baltz said. "I'm certain our farmers will grow less this year."
Each year in the United States about 2.2 million tons of peanuts are consumed, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that in 2012 about 3.4 million tons were harvested. China bought 350,000 tons of peanuts, and Baltz said that will help with the surplus, Baltz said,
Many farmers got $700 for every acre dedicated to peanuts last year. A farmer has to make at least $500 an acre for it to be worth it, Baltz said. It's not clear how much companies will pay farmers for peanuts this year.
Half the peanuts bought by Ag HQ are being held in its warehouse, Baltz said. The primary growing areas here are Lawrence and Randolph counties, but farms in Mississippi and eastern Greene County are expected to grow peanuts this year.
Unlike crops such as rice, peanuts have a short shelf life. Peanuts can only be warehoused for a year before they go bad, officials said.
About 18,000 acres were dedicated to peanuts in 2012 in Northeast Arkansas. There were many farmers who wanted to grow them, but couldn't.
Some of those farmers might make up for the acreage losses with farmers who've already grown them, Baltz said.
Peanut companies began a concerted push into Arkansas in 2010. Disease, drought and other factors in states such as Georgia and Texas forced companies to find new regions to grow the crop.
Fluctuations in demand affect every crop, and one reason peanut companies came to Arkansas was to avoid farmers who only grow peanuts when prices are high. Besides the farmers, the additional laborers needed got jobs and helped to spur the local economy.
Baltz hopes farmers and public officials will see the benefits of peanut farming and make long-term plans to keep growing the crop.
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getting organizedThursday, September 06, 2012
Enjoy your weekend!
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Did you find stuff you forgot you had?ReplyDelete
I did the same thing yesterday. I still LOVE your green OHD bag! Happy Weekend!ReplyDelete
I just cleaned out my yarn stash it was definitely cathartic.ReplyDelete
Haha, what treasures lurk in knitting bags.ReplyDelete
I think this is why I only own 1 bag, and I carry it everywhere with me :D
I'm glad I'm not the only "bag lady". I love your captions.ReplyDelete
Oh my! I need to do this is a big way too. Thanks for the inspiration...maybe I'll do it next month lol!ReplyDelete
I wish I could say I can't relate to this but unfortunately.....ReplyDelete
I have at least 3 poor little projects still undone.
And isn't there a perfectly good reason for each one?
Let's see: 1. Too boring 2. Don't like the border and it's too much work to go research a different one. 3. Uh-oh, I think I've messed something up and I'm too lazy to figure it out.
This photo was fun.
(I have that exact same OHD bag!)
Don't even get me started. I spent a year knitting up all my UFOs and getting all my needles back in the case. And then turned around and started about 10 new projects. Maybe I should get rid of some of my knitting bags! JenniferReplyDelete
This is fascinating, Leslie! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has unfinished projects and a million pens and highlighters (that I can never find when I need them).ReplyDelete
In my head, you've never got more than one project going . . . so this was a surprise!
- Maureen9/08/2012
I'll forever be a "bag lady" I guess...but to help tame the contents, I filled clear plastic pencil boxes with stitch markers, stitch counters, tape measures, etc., etc. - all the things I need for every project. And yes, of course, I also have several bags with unfinished projects! Time to get moving - thanks for the push!!!ReplyDelete
glad i'm not the only one. ;)ReplyDelete
Inspiration. I need to do this with my entire closet. And perhaps the kitchen cabinets.ReplyDelete
Oh I love this post.....it has given me inspiration to sort out all my knitting bags ...six separate project bags at the moment..goodness knows what i'll find in there!ReplyDelete
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I love your blog and I´ll be here again!
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The Obama administration extended Thursday by one year targeted U.S. sanctions against Myanmar to prevent backsliding on democratic reforms.
But to sweeten the pill, the administration eased some of the U.S. visa restrictions imposed against Myanmar's former military regime in recognition of the nation's dramatic shift from authoritarian rule.
The actions come as expectation mounts that Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House this month. It would be the first such visit by a Myanmar leader since 1966.
Congressional staffers and a State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the possible event, told The Associated Press such plans were in the works. President Barack Obama visited the country also known as Burma in November.
The administration has yet to announce a visit by Myanmar's leader, which could stir controversy because of an explosion of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims in western Rakhine state in recent months that has spread to central Myanmar. The attacks have left hundreds dead and more than 100,000 displaced. Most of the victims have been minority Muslims.
While there's still broad bipartisan backing in Congress for the administration's efforts to support and strengthen the hand of Myanmar reformers like Thein Sein, the unrest, and Myanmar authorities failure to prevent it, has stirred concern in some quarters about the human rights situation in the country and lifting restrictions too quickly.
Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, D-NY, said he was still waiting to hear details of Thursday's moves, but urged the administration to stick to its policy of "action for action."
Last year, the U.S. normalized diplomatic relations and, using a presidential waiver, suspended broad trade and investment sanctions. That followed the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the release and election to parliament of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who visited the U.S. in September.
The administration, however, retained targeted restrictions against some officials and cronies of the former regime and the option of re-imposing the broader sanctions if need be. Those restrictions were extended Thursday.
While human rights groups say Washington is being too accommodating to Myanmar, where the military is still accused of serious abuses in ethnic regions, the European Union has moved even faster to roll back restrictions, paving the way for virtually unimpeded economic ties in one of Asia's last unexplored markets.
The 27-nation bloc last week announced it was lifting sanctions - previously only suspended - to support the country's "remarkable process" toward democracy, even as it warned that the Southeast Asian nation must curb the recent outbursts of ethnic violence. Like the U.S., the EU retains an embargo on arms sales to Myanmar.
The Obama administration is keen to laud reforms by Thein Sein's government but restated Thursday its demand that it unconditionally release the remaining political prisoners, sever all military ties with North Korea and end violence that has resurfaced in areas such as Rakhine state.
The administration terminated a 1996 visa ban but narrower prohibitions remain in place under other legislation, specifically forbidding travel by those who impede reforms and are implicated in rights abuses or military trade with North Korea.
Associated Press writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Beauty Stuff
Ten days ago, I was chatting with my mum on the phone and I was pretty stressed out and close to tears so she asked me to visit a parlour for whatever I wanted, and she'd pay. This, from a woman who's only entered a beauty parlour once that I can remember. Anyway, so yesterday I finally managed to go. Went to a Chinese affair that's very close to the Lake Gardens rail crossing, called Kim Lee. Or Kim Jong. Or Kim Wah. Something like that.
Went for a shampoo and a pedicure, but they were pretty crowded and I needed to leave in a bit for work so I settled for a shampoo only. They washed my hair with L'oreal shampoo. And that's the best you can say about that. The handling was rough, the woman asked me afterwards if I wanted it dried (wtf?) and then just went to work with a blowdrier. Just a blowdrier. Nearly tore off chunks of hair because she used no conditioner. When I asked about that, another girl came over, touched my hair and said it wasn't dry enough for conditioning. Where did she learn that?
Whatever, tried to gently comb out tangles while the drying was going on. Came away with rough straw where I used to have a scalpful of hair. I do a darn better job at home. And to think I coughed up Rs. 150 for that! No conditioning, no setting, no nothing. Am never going back there and am seriously considering sticking to only the upmarket parlours in the future. Am no parlour person really so I don't know where the best places are around home.
Anyway, what with one thing and another, I gave myself one of my biennial pedicures tonight so my feet feel all nice and soft and look pretty. They are still cracked underneath but who's looking?
So am feeling pretty good about myself right now. My hands are a mess, but no point doing them up, really. No polish will last. But tmrw I'm going to work in pretty skirts that point out my feet, yay!
18 comments:
- Opaline said...
Shouldn't expect more from a parar seloon. I cut my hair there but I'm considering moving somewhere better. Theres a swish looking parlour in South City, if you're interested.
- Sue said...
Srin -- Had thought of that first, actually. Thought to try out local stuff first. Mind you, I wouldn't have written the post were it not for the Rs. 150. That bloody hurt. Habib's charged me the same amount and I came away looking fab.
- Grafxgurl said...
i KNOW what you mean.
for my wedding. in Cal. i went to a Chinese salon. NEVER AGAIN. i ended up doing my entire makeup ON MY OWN right there just because those girls didnt know what they were doing. and they curled my hair and in the end i looked like a 18th century chinese madame. so i got out and smoothed my hair out like i wanted. sigh. they really need to update their styling habits.
Years of that stuff has made me NOT trust beauty salons even here.. lol so each time i go to one here i am so skeptical.. even though they do a great job each time.. lol.
NICE footsies!!
- Random Vignettes said...
Uh-huh am with you on sticking to upmarket parlours..will go once a year of necc and spend a fortune but will not succumb to the miserly thoughts that lead me to places like Kim jim or jo bhi..my hair is the way it is because of ppl like 'em!
- ~nm said...
Oh yeah..finding a decent parlour in this day and age is still such a task!!
- The Marauder's Map said...
Try the Lakme salons, quite professional and clean, though I've never tried the Cal ones. Cal para parlours suck big time, and man, what attitude. Once we were in a hurry and at this totally sleazy looking place (only went there coz R's mashi took me) the girls were having a leisurely lunch and post-lunch adda. And when we asked them to hurry up, it was like 'dekhte pachhen na khachhi'? Sadly, I find that's the level of service in a lot of places in Cal.
- Poo said...
God I think I have actually been to this monsterous and hideous parlor! Was taken there by a clueless cousin when I was in Cal on vacation!!!! It sucks big time! The local Lake garden type parlors suck I guess coz I went to another one where they almost impaled me with a hair brush!! shudder!!!
- Poppins said...
*lightbulb goes off in the head*
- Mona said...
agreed, upmarket salons only. hygiene is super important.
your feet look pretty.
i'm on a no-open-toed shoes strike in a bid to force myself to take better care of my feet.
so far, no luck.
my nails may not be done, but my feet are cleaner and softer than they used to be. maybe, just maybe, this no-open-toes-shoes-policy wasn't such a bad thing after all!
- D said...
Oh oh! You need to visit some place better. Because there's nothing like someone else massaging your scalp gently and finally shampooing your hair, conditioning your hair, towel drying it before finally giving you the most beautifully unreal blow dried hair. And then you do come back feeling all good about yourself.
- Monika said...
Hey Sue! Chanced upon your blog thru Nidhi's blog. Glad to meet a fellow city blogger.
I've had similar experiences like yours. More so coz I am from North Kolkata which has a dearth of all "good things".:(
- March Hare said...
My parar parlour is not bad, though. It is called Be-Bonnie, and if you take a rickshaw (from lake gardens), you can actually be there in 15 minutes or less. 100 bucks for really nice shampoo. and, they are polite too.
have never had a haircut there. or pedicure. so can't really say about those.
- Saya said...
I have a reverse story.. i always go to one lakme parlour coz i am so scared of other parlours.. But this sunday i went to this parlour near stella maris college.. very small.. very minimal.. but they did a fab pedicure..
I am Saya.. delurking for the second time.. i kinda come here often after reading the Rilla of ingleside mentioned in one post..
- Shuki said...
Sunne. You don't go to dubious beauty parlors in Lake Gardens -- or anywhere else, for that matter. When it comes to beauty treatment, you rely on the big names. Even if they are ridiculously over-priced, at least you know that you are in safe hands (quite literally!). Besides, that's why we go to these parlors rather infrequently, right? It's a luxury (for me, at any rate...)
- eve's lungs said...
Kim Ling charges Habib but is terrible. If you want homegrown go to Nita's down the road from AK Ghosh - if not, Sunflower behind Menoka movie hall.
- Sue said...
Grafx -- Where was this? Sounds scary. I wasn't happy with the way Mapui's did my wedding hairdo either but I didn't have time to change. Oh well, at least I did have a veil, however thin it may have been.
RV -- Oh but I think you looked damn cute. :)
~nm -- Why, I wonder?
Marauder's Map -- Yes, I know what you mean. It annoys me on so many levels, including the one where I want to shake the idiots and ask them if they are not in need of money why do they waste good real estate setting up shop? I've found a Lakme on Lansdowne (East) so I'll give it a shot say around Christmas, if I feel so rich.
Poo -- Really? You have my sympathy. Evie points me to a decent parlour (her comment a little after yours). You know the best place in town? Head Turners, next to the Guru Saday Mainland China. And even they have folks who scalp you while trying to shampoo.
Poppy -- Eh?
- Sue said...
Mona -- Oh closed shoes are better any day. I really need to go buy myself a pair. My heels cracked badly last winter and are taking forever to heal. I'm so lazy I don't ever moisturise or anything.
D -- I know! That's why I thought of a shampoo for a pickmeup. There's this L'Oreal place near my parents' home in Madras that gives fantastic shampoos. And great cuts. Prices are decent, normal upmarket prices.
Monika -- Hello! Same back to you. :) Where in the north are you from, then?
March Hare -- Be-Bonnie is a very familiar name. Where is it exactly, please?
Saya -- Hi there. Email me the details of the parlour? I go to a nice place in Madras for haircuts, but it's pretty expensive. Stella Maris is not that far from where my parents stay.
Shuki -- Oh yes, for me too, that's why I only went when the mother suggested it as a treat/timeout for a stressed out daughter. We should totally have a pedicure party I tell you! Dana's game. ;)
Evie -- Thank you, am filing away for future ref. In the meantime, am considering paying myself for a good shampoo. I could do with the 'income' and my head could use the pampering. :)
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Moisturex or Efaderm and socks every night on your feet girl.
You're just 26. If your feet are already cracked now, you got a chance in hell by the time you reach my age.
Get a parlour girl to come home someday and give you a good hair wash condition, facial and pedicure. And you can have the bhablet around, so its no stress, and works out cheaper.


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How easy is it to get your game on Wii U? Surprisingly, it's easier than you may think.
While you may have heard the handful of developer horror stories regarding the last-generation WiiWare service, thankfully Nintendo has been working tirelessly to address developer concerns - starting with a clean slate on the 3DS eShop, providing a much better user interface and even a mild bit of editorial review to help push various types of content to the forefront each week. With Nintendo's newest eShop on Wii U, Nintendo has taken to heart even more common developer concerns to create arguably one of the best digital store fronts yet seen on a home console.
Good idea. Sony's been using that strategy for the last 4 years, and look at how many great games they've got (like Journey, Swan, SoundShapes and other indie games)
Heard a rumor that dev kits were free now, if so then it's great news for indie devs.
My only concern is Nintendo's history with online accounts and online stores.
How often do games on Nintendo's store go on sale compared to XBL, PSN, Gog.com, Steam, etc? Not very often.
How many games are added to Nintendo's store on a monthly basis compared to XBL, PSN, Gog.com, Steam, etc? Not very many.
And how does Nintendo handle account changes? Do they have cross-buy between games? Is it easy to transfer your digital games from one WiiU/3DS to a new one?
That's why I'm skeptical this will work out. Sure, the 3DS and WiiU will get some nifty indie games. I'm sure some of them will be cool. But Nintendo has never been known for digital downloads because they are so behind the times compared to other companies.
my launch 360 only had 20gigs and I got a 32gig Wii u so the memory doesn't bother me, I like to buy all retail games in physical form because I have a massive collection of games and I like them on the shelf, the only games I download is indie games. I hardly download dlc and my 160gig ps3 is full of mandatory game installations, something the Wii u doesn't need to do because it has 3x faster disc read than ps3. even if I do chose to go digital I will purchase a external HUD for about £40 of amazon. a lot of people make issues out of nothing. forgetting how easy it and cheap Nintendo have made there eshop for developers and that is the point of the article.
Its been like this for a while. Indie devs never needed a publisher to put their game on a Nintendo system. Many indie games came to WiiWare but not PSN or XBLA because it had no publisher.


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Some parts of the country on the east coast feed are getting the late CBS game; I'm not one of them, so I can't answer your question. My area is getting everything on time.
Last leg, James got his knee in sewage, so Abba is doing the roadblock. Abba thinks his scale is built correctly, but it didn't get approved. His ropes are wrong. He can't find the right rope.Abbie & Ryan and Natalie & Nadiya both get taxis. Natalie & Nadiya tell their taxi driver that they have to beat the"goras" (aka Abbie & Ryan). Apparently goras means white people but it isn't derogatory. Why can't they just say Abbie & Ryan...Abba finds the right ropes. *I can't tell which is which. Apologies. Natalie & Nadiya and Abbie & Ryan both arrive at the market. They both get the clue from the eggplant vender.Josh & Brent depart 4th at 10:53 AM. Brent works on the farm the entire time, and Josh works in the city 5 days a week.Rob & Kelley depart at 10:59 AM.Chips depart at 11:10 AM.Abba's scale gets approved, so he starts to try to balance it. He finishes the roadblock. Detour!Detour: Straw Dogs or Bamboo Jungle.Straw Dogs: Help manufacture eco-friendly jute bag.Bamboo Jungle: Grab 40 bamboo poles of various lengths and put them on a rickshaw. Then deliver it to a construction site.
For what we see in the caps here (unless there's another FF involving the jute - you never know -), and the caps in the Pre-race videos thread, is pretty clear that the jute task and the bamboo task are both sides of the Detour. We can see Ryan & Abbie doing the jute; and Rob & Kelley, Lexi & Trey, Natalie & Nadiya, Jaymes & James, and the Beekmans doing the bamboo.
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Wow. This is going to be cool. Thanks for the PM on the One Ring btw.
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No problem Thomas! Archive added above
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FYI ) 350 points Gondor (Ste271279) vs Mirkwood (The_Newbie is not working for me.
The rest are too cool.
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From my shady perch on a high, breezy ridge, I scanned wooded slopes and rocky ledges fading to blue in the distance underneath a cloudless sky. It's somehow comforting to know that hundreds of years ago, explorers sitting in this spot would have taken in roughly the same view of the rugged Balcones Escarpment landscape, now within the boundaries of Lost Maples State Natural Area.
Most people see only a tiny fraction of this park. That fraction—a concentrated stand of Uvalde Bigtooth Maples lining the Sabinal River on the park's East Trail, not far from the parking lot—certainly warrants a visit. But don't stop there.
The other 2,000-plus acres contain rocky slopes, wind-swept plateaus, rugged canyons, springs, streams, and ponds, shaded by maple, walnut, oak, pecan, sycamore, juniper, and rarer trees such as madrone and buckeye, all populated by a variety of birds and wildlife. The best way to experience them is on foot, and overnight, in one of eight primitive camping areas along 11 miles of trails. So, I dusted off my backpack, called my niece, Riley Tiller, and we hit the trail.
The park offers about 70 campsites, ranging from sites with electricity, water, and nearby restrooms and showers to remote "primitive" sites that require carrying your gear a mile or more from the parking lots. With the idea of escaping the crowds that flock here each autumn to witness the park's famous display of fall color, we chose Primitive Area G and prepared to get a workout.
We left our vehicle at the west parking area and headed down the dirt-and-gravel East Trail through patches of woods and open areas sprinkled with cactus and fall wildflowers. A hawk circled far overhead. At about three-tenths of a mile, we bore left onto the West Trail, stepping on stones to cross clear, shallow Can Creek, then followed Dry Can Creek along limestone bluffs adorned with beards of green ferns. The trail summited a 2,200-foot-high plateau, where we soaked up the view.
Shouldering our packs again, we passed the turnoff to Primitive Area E and plunged 400 feet down a steep slope into Mystic Canyon. Its rocky walls threw the trail into shade and brought the temperature down; canyons such as this one allowed the ancestors of the park's rare "lost maples" to survive an eons-past warming trend. When the maples aren't displaying their fall color, they can be hard to distinguish from sycamores, but displays at the park entrance reveal the secret: Maples have paired leaves on opposite sides of the stem, while the sycamore's are offset.
At the next fork, about 2 1/2 miles from our start, we turned left onto West Loop Trail and climbed a short distance to our home for the night. Thick trees surrounded the small meadow where we pitched our tent. Then, carrying just a few essentials in our packs, we completed the West Loop, roughly two miles, circumventing another plateau and passing a spring that had attracted a crowd of dragonflies. Back at camp, we watched for gray foxes, white-tailed deer, armadillos, javelinas, and other residents of the park as dusk arrived. While we didn't spot any, the starry night was sufficient reward.
The next day, we hiked back to the West Trail and turned left, following Can Creek a little more than a mile to a swimming and fishing area called the Ponds, where we spotted a shimmery green kingfisher. It wasn't warm enough to swim, but we dangled our feet in the water and enjoyed a snack in the shade. That left us sufficiently rested for the 350-foot scramble up a steep slope to the top of another ridge, overlooking the water below. Half a mile later, we took a detour to a scenic overlook with even better views of West Canyon and Can Creek. Back at the main trail, we continued across cactus- and juniper-studded open and sunny terrain. On the backside of the ridge, the trail descended by way of loose rock and steps to denser, taller woods at mile nine.
Here, Lane Creek joins the Sabinal River, whose headwaters emerge just a short distance upstream. We followed the river as it weaves around and tumbles over the rocky floor of Sabinal Canyon—the green water, white limestone, and riot of red, yellow, and orange trees creating a stunning tableau. At mile 10, the trail traverses the day-use area, a good place for lunch.
A short trail crosses the river, and we took it back to our car. On the way home, we rewarded ourselves for our effort with a thick slab of pie at The Apple Store in Medina and discussed plans to return in spring, when birds migrating north along the Central Flyway set the park aflutter.


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RIVERSIDE, Calif. -
Junior Lilyana Morejon finished third in the women's 5k race as the Cal State Northridge women finished seventh while the men were eighth on Saturday at the Big West Cross Country Championships at the UCR Course.
The Matador women tallied 189 points and a total time of 1:52:45.60. Northridge's seven women posted an average time of 22:33.12. UC Santa Barbara claimed the women's title as the Gauchos amassed 50 points for the championship, besting second place UC Davis by 11 points. Cal Poly was third with 74 tallies, while Long Beach State rounded out the top four with 100 points. Fifth place went to host UC Riverside with 112 points, sixth belonged to Cal State Fulleron with 153 points, while UC Irvine (204) and Pacific (288) completed the scoring on the women's end.
On the men's side, Cal Poly took home the title as the Mustang men tallied 28 points. UC Santa Barbara finished in second with 67 points, while UC Davis rounded out the top three with 81 tallies. Host UCR was fourth with 86 points, Long Beach State ended up in fifth with 117 points, while UC Irvine was sixth with 143 points. Cal State Fullerton (182) and the Matadors (249) wrapped up the scoring in the men's 8K race.
Morejon's third place was the highest by a Matadors since Liz Camy's third place finish in 2005. Morejon ran 20:36.3 to finish just behind UC Davis' Sarah Sumpter (20:34.0) and Cal Poly's Kayleigh Tyerman (20:35.4). Zitalic Ley finished 38th in 22:13.0, Nanci Velarde was 45th in 22:39.7, Mallory Day was 59th in 23:18.8, Sandra Velarde was 66th in 23:57.8, Ana Rosales was 67th in 24:24.1, Marissa Crook was 69th in 24:33.2 and Ariana Gomez was 71st in 25:39.7.
Cal Poly's Joe Gatel won the men's overall title with a Big West and course record time of 23:36.8. Julian deRubira of UC Santa Barbara was close behind Gatel with a time of 23:40.3 for second place, while Evan Anderson of Cal Poly was third in 23:41.6.
WOMEN'S 6k
1. Sarah Sumpter, UC Davis - 20:34.0
2. Kayleigh Tyerman, Cal Poly - 20:35.4
3. Lilyana Morejon, Cal State Northridge - 20:36.3
4. Crystal Reed, UC Santa Barbara - 20:43.5
5. Katy Daly, UC Riverside - 20:43.9
6. Amanda Moreno, UC Santa Barbara - 20:48.9
7. Abbey Gallaher, UC Davis - 21:00.9
8. Missy Barclay, Long Beach State - 21:01.8
9. Breanne Strenkowski, UC Santa Barbara - 21:06.9
10. Katie Voigtlander, UC Santa Barbara - 21:07.7
MEN'S 8k
1. Joe Gatel, Cal Poly - 23:36.8
2. Julia deRubira, UC Santa Barbara - 23:40.3
3. Evan Anderson, Cal Poly - 23:41.6
4. Chad Hall, UC Riverside - 23:44.4
5. Scott Smith, UC Santa Barbara - 24:00.5
6. Carl Dargitz, Cal Poly - 24:03.9
7. Jon Peterson, UC Davis - 24:09.6
8. Andy Wright, Cal Poly - 24:13.9
9. Emmanuel Ngula, UC Riverside - 24:24.3
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A veteran cowboy would seem to be a difficult subject to resist for a documentarian, as the cowboy life tends to be a potent combination of scenic beauty, storytelling richness and mythic personality. So even when it meanders, and "Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde" occasionally does, director Suzanne Mitchell has a ready supply of landscape and lore to corral viewers back in again.
The Michigan-born, Berkeley-educated Hyde, a gently grizzled, soft-spoken conservationist now in his late 80s, certainly earns his bio-doc credentials as the man behind a 12,000-acre wild-horse sanctuary in the Black Hills of South Dakota. But he's also been a rodeo clown, rancher, photographer, wildlife enthusiast, prolific author and activist against uranium mining. Mitchell treads gingerly when it comes to Hyde's family, and the strain that obviously developed when Hyde played the born-roamer card and left his wife and kids behind on their Oregon ranch after the death of his daughter. (He now lives at the sanctuary.)
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You dont hear the same from white europeans about muslims in europe.
big difference, folks.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3726983&forum_id=2#34175819)
Why did this happen? Flight due to gangs and drugs that resulted from immigration.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3726983&forum_id=2#34205412)
2. It is a city of several hundred thousand people, so comparing it to most cities in America is silly.
3. Very familiar. Close relative used to live there. It was never nice, but used to be much nicer. An English speaker used to be able to get around. Not the case anymore.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3726983&forum_id=2#34205663)


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what T2 are you at?? it may depend on your school/ region you are interviewing at
i will weigh in here. 28 oci's. 9 rejections, 0 callbacks.top 10 school. just a HAIR below the mean gpa. no journal. strong public service-oriented resume. actually, working in the public sector is what i want to do, but thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to work at a firm this summer so as not to foreclose any possibilities for myself.my friends all have callbacks and it is quite demoralizing. no flamers (that's what they're called, right?) please; i just want to know if anybody else is in a similar situation. should i just give up on the idea of working for a big firm over the summer?


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– As of this past weekend, WWE is still planning on doing Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena for the WWE Title at this year's SummerSlam pay-per-view. The storyline will likely have a Total Divas twist to it as stars of the show, The Bella Twins, are both dating Cena and Bryan.
The feud between Cena and Bryan likely won't begin until the first or second week after Total Divas debuts on TV. There is a plan in place to do an angle on RAW where Cena asks the fans who they want to get the WWE Title shot at SummerSlam, with the idea that Bryan will be picked.
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The midweek round of matches in France saw Montpellier claim a hard fought victory away to Stade Brest, as Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne played out a frustrating draw
A highly-controversial penalty earned Nice a fourth league win in five games, as they battled to a 1-0 win over nine-man Rennes in a fiery clash at Stade du Ray.
The action exploded into life after a turgid first half in the southern city, when Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik was shown a second yellow card for a rash challenge on Dario Cvitanich.
Things got even worse for the visitors when Yassine Djebbour was shown a straight red card after a controversial push on Eric Bautheac. Up stepped Dario Cvitanich to continue his fine goalscoring form, tucking away the penalty calmly amid the furore.
Nice held on, as they maintained their fine run of form in Ligue 1, though Rennes will be highly aggrieved with the manner of the defeat.
Lille rebounded from their draw at the weekend with a comfortable and assured 2-0 victory over Toulouse at Grand Stade Lille Metropole.
Aurelien Chedjou enjoyed the best of the first half chances, as his audacious attempt was saved by Ali Ahamada, with Nolan Roux also testing the France Under-21 goalkeeper, in a dominant first half from the hosts.
The deadlock was broken in the second period as Dimitri Payet's in-swinging free kick delivery was met powerfully by Marko Basa, who diverted the ball into the net.
The win was sealed in emphatic fashion by Payet, who provided a sumptous curling finish to beat Ahamada, and seal a top half place for Rudi Garcia's men.
Ajaccio moved further away from the drop zone with a comfortable 2-0 victory over a struggling Stade de Reims outfit in Corsica.
The hosts took the lead just after the half hour mark as Adrian Mutu scored from a free kick, easily beating goalkeeper Kossi Agassa with a fine delivery.
It would be a set-piece that would provide the source for the second goal, as Mickael Tacalfred deflected Paul Lasne's flick past his own goalkeeper to hand Ajaccio the victory.
The result means Reims are now without a victory since early October, when they were fifth in the table. They currently sit in 17th spot.
Evian finally ended their three-month wait for a home victory as they saw off a Troyes side who slumped to the bottom of the Ligue 1 table at Parc des Sports.
Pascal Dupraz's men raced out of the blocks early, as Aldo Angoula and Yannick Sagbo went close in front of goal.
Kevin Berigaud was the architect of the opening goal, as his cut in from the right and picked out Cedric Barbosa, who fired past the goalkeeper for the opener.
The Portuguese midfielder bagged his second midway through the second half, with a simple finish from a loose ball after Saber Khlifa was thwarted by Yohann Thuram-Ulien.
Lorient's resurgence continued with a fine 2-0 victory over Sochaux at Stade du Moustoir, as they claimed provisional fifth place on Wednesday.
Alain Traore notched his fifth goal of the season with a thumping strike from outside the box - with the Burkina Faso international registering a contender for goal of the month.
Sochaux struggled to assert themselves, though Sloan Privat did well to fashion an opening as Lorient stepped up their efforts.
The win was sealed in the second period as Lamine Kone capitalised on poor defending to secure another morale-boosting victory for the hosts. Sochaux slip back into the relegation zone.
Olympique Lyonnais' hopes of pulling further clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table were dashed as they were held to a shock 1-1 draw by Nancy.
Jean Fernandez's men moved off the bottom of the table thanks to their performance at the Stade de Gerland, which banished the memory of several near-misses in the last couple of weeks.
The visitors were the better of the two sides, and deservedly took the lead in fortuitious circumstances when Jordan Loties deflected the ball into the Lyon net after Remy Vercoutre attempted to deal with Salif Sane's header.
Michel Bastos restored parity with a fine finish with seven minutes left, as Remi Garde's men looke ahead to the crunch clash against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, with the hosts just three points ahead of Carlo Ancelotti's side.
Brest's formidable home record took another tumble as they lost for the second time in succession at Stade Francis Le Ble on Wednesday evening.
Previously, Landry Chauvin's men had only been defeated once at home this season against Marseille two weeks ago, but they suffered at the hands of the champions, who are moving up the table with each passing week.
It was the hosts who broke the deadlock when Paul Baysse's delivery into the box was helped on by Daniel Congre, with Eden Ben Basat firing Brest in front after 14 minutes.
Johan Martial's own goal put Montpellier back on track, though Younes Belhanda, Souleymane Camara and Bruno Grougi all failed to put away good chances.
Eventually, Rene Girard's men pulled themselves in front through John Utaka's fine finish, though it perhaps should have been more as Camara hit the post with a brilliant header late on.
Olympique de Marseille began the process of erasing a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Lorient at the weekend with a gritty 2-1 win over Bastia.
The hosts had been slapped with a one-match stadium ban after recent crowd trouble, though the club circumvented the rules by erecting a giant TV screen outside the stadium, with fans clearly being heard just outside the ground.
The early minutes were rather competitive, as smoke from flares wafting in from the supporters outside Furiani made its presence felt, though Marseille did strike first with through Mathieu Valbuena's wonderful volley.
Andre Ayew converted a penalty in the second half to hand Elie Baup's men a further advantage, though a grandstand finish ensued when Anthony Modeste scored late on.
Marseille hung on though and lie three points behind Lyon in third place, while sitting level with PSG.
Both side's hopes of keeping in touch with Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille at the top of Ligue 1 took a major dent as Saint-Etienne held Bordeaux to a ninth league draw in 17 games on Thursday evening.
Neither side could strike a decisive blow heading into the last two matches before the winter break in a poor first half that witnessed just two shots on goal.
Romain Hamouma tested Cedric Carrasso, who elected to nullify the visitors' threat by punching the ball away, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired wide in the pick of the action.
The second half was equally even as the defences held firm, leaving both sides level on 27 points and a full eight behind the leaders after a night of frustration at the Stade Cheban-Delmas.


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Maureen Carr, managing director, CapitalSource
Maureen Carr has been promoted to managing director of the Corporate Asset Finance Group of CapitalSource, a commercial lender to small and mid-size businesses. Based in the firm's Chicago office, Carr is responsible for strategic direction, business development, credit and operations. She previously was senior vice president, director of capital markets for the Corporate Asset Finance Group, where she was responsible for indirect originations and new business volume syndications. "Maureen brings more than 16 years of experience in sales management, credit and finance to her new position at CapitalSource," commented Laird Boulden, president of CapitalSource. "We look forward to leveraging her deep industry knowledge as she leads the Corporate Asset Finance Group which has been an important contributor to improving loan growth across our lending platform." Carr came to CapitalSource in 2010 from Tygris Asset Finance, where sher was senior vice president and director of capital markets. Before that, Carr worked for RBS Asset Finance and Heller Financial.
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Analyst Says What We Already Knew: Apple's Multi-Touch Patent Fight Won't Help Its Business
from the in-case-you-didn't-get-it-yet dept
His reasoning is twofold: first and most obviously, Apple stands to gain more by competing in the market than competing in the courts. Second, he says that if Apple went ahead with patent suits, it may not be able to win them. He says that it appears that much of Apple's multitouch IP portfolio is based on work from a couple of its employees -- who also were granted a number of multitouch patents while they were employed by the University of Delaware. The University holds those patents, while the analyst also found a lot of potential prior art he says could threaten the Apple patents' validity if they're reviewed. So if Apple realizes the patents may not stand up to a review, it could explain the bluster; but once it's clear the threats are empty, they hold no value. The question now seems to be how long Apple will try to play out the show, and how many resources it will throw at it that would be better spent on developing its products.


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Brit Floyd presents P-U-L-S-E 2013 at The Vets
The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show, Brit Floyd, returns to North America in 2013 to present P-U-L-S-E 2013, The Pink Floyd Ultimate Light & Sound Experience. This stunning new three-hour show will be at The Vets on Sunday, April 7, at 8 p.m. for one night only. The Vets is located at 1 Avenue of the Arts in downtown Providence. Tickets are on sale at PPAC/The Vets Box Office at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, online at www.thevetsri.com and by phone at 421-ARTS (2787).
P-U-L-S-E 2013 celebrates the music of David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett and features note-for-note performances of five full album sides from "Wish You Were Here," "The Wall," "The Division Bell," "Animals" and Pink Floyd's classic groundbreaking album, "The Dark Side of the Moon," which was released 40 years ago on March 1, 1973. Inspired by the 1994 Division Bell Tour and including the trademark Pink Floyd arch and circle light show and brand new Floydian animation and projection, P-U-L-S-E 2013 will beBrit Floyd's biggest show yet.
The new show recreates the legendary, enigmatic Pink Floyd in its many forms, from '60s psychedelic pop band to '80s stadium-straddling behemoth and the reunited dream-come-true of Live 8.
Musical director, guitarist, and vocalist Damian Darlington knows every detail, every nuance of every Floydian moment and the band's execution of all Pink Floyd's greatest works makes each familiar track sound fresh and pristine. Solo projects aside, this is as close to Pink Floyd as you will now ever get.
The LA Times said, "Shining like crazy diamonds, Brit Floyd are flawless and astounding. A gem of a rock show" and the Portsmouth News said, "Blindingly brilliant, jaw-droppingly authentic...at last Pink Floyd have the tribute show they deserve."
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Title: My Fair Concubine
Author: Jeannie Lin
Publisher: Harlequin
May Contain Spoilers
From Amazon:
Yan Ling tries hard to be servile—it's what's expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle.
Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit—until he realizes she's the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a "princess." In two months can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman?
Yet it's hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own….
I love historical romances, but I occasionally want a change of scenery from the flood of Regencies that crowd stores shelves. Don't get me wrong – I love a good house party as well as the next Regency junkie, but every now and again, I want something different. I have always been interested in history, so I'm game to read a romance set in any time period. My favorites are Greece, Rome, and Asia. There are not enough books of any kind set in these locations, so when I saw Jeannie Lin's latest release, a Harlequin Historical set in China during the Tang Dynasty, I was excited to check it out.
First off, I wanted to comment on the cover. It's beautiful. I love the pinks and the splashes of blue, but most of all, I love that the male looks Asian (the heroine, not so much, as her head is turned, I'll give it the benefit of doubt). I love his hair, I love his expression, and I love his armored tunic. The cover is distinctive, and it made me look at it twice. I don't normally read the Harlequin Historical imprint; I'm not sure why, but I usually gloss over these titles every month, preferring to grab a couple contemporary romances instead. This cover made me stop and want to read the book, because I could immediately determine that the setting wasn't Europe or the American West. Pubs, can we please have more diversity in romance, both in terms of characters and settings?
When Yan Ling is tossed out of the only home she has ever known because of her temper, she is forced to beg a favor from Fei Long, the man she dumped a pot of tea on and the reason she got herself into trouble in the first place. Because Fei Long is in a pickle himself, he agrees to help Yan Ling in a moment of desperation. His sister has run off with her lover, abandoning her duty to marry a Khitan tribal leader. Now without a "princess" to present to the Khitan to cement their uneasy alliance with the Tang Empire, Fei Long fears that his family name will be shamed. With nothing to lose, he convinces himself that he can teach the peasant Yan Ling to carry off an impossible ruse. He will instruct her to be a lady, and pass her off as his missing sister Pearl.
Yan Ling's act of temper opens up the world for her. The tea girl finds herself traveling to the capital, away from the small village where she grew up. Yan Ling has never known her parents; she was abandoned as an infant, and the owners of the tea house took her in. She has known nothing but hard work, and the thought of being treated like a princess is so alluring that she can't turn it down. Not only will she have enough to eat, she'll also have a warm place to sleep, and she'll never have to work again. But first she must learn to behave like a well-bred lady, and not a lowly tea girl.
Because of the class differences between Yan Ling and Fei Long, the romance is very subtle for most of the book. There are forbidden glances, the tantalizing brush of fingers during writing lessons, the glimpse of a bare forearm. The sexual tension tormented both characters, and it was a nice change of pace that they didn't shed their clothes within the first ten pages. I never considered how sensual the act of writing could be, but when Fei Long instructs Yan Ling how to write hanzi characters, the mere act of stroking the brush against the paper was transformed into a drool worthy exercise. Think about it for a moment. Fei Long's strong hand directing Yan Ling's clumsy fingers to sweep the brush against the paper with a bold flourish, his chest pressing ever so slightly against her slim back. Yeah, sign me up for that, because the artistry of that scene was beautiful and poignant.
I liked Yan Ling, and found her a feisty, sympathetic character. While I liked Fei Long, too, there were times when I found him so frustrating. He is an honorable man, and his family's reputation means the world to him. It is how he defines himself. After his sister throws duty away to be with the man she loves, and after learning that his father wasn't as disciplined with his own pleasures, Fei Long slips behind a unapproachable mask. His father ran up a ruinous debt, and honor dictates that he pay it back. He closes himself off from Yan Ling, shutting her out of his concerns and anxieties, as he takes on the weight of the world. This leads him to make some very unwise decisions, and I wished he would just open up and let go of his constricting pride.
If you enjoy subtle, slow-burning romances, give My Fair Concubine a try. If you are looking for something different, don't look any further. This was a quick enjoyable read.
Grade: B
In stores May 22, eBook available June 1
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Joseph W. McQuaid: City should honor all fallen officersBy JOSEPH W. McQUAID
New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher
December 06. 2012 1:08AM
Manchester aldermen who voted Tuesday night to honor one fallen police officer by naming the new station for him do a dishonor to another fallen police officer. They can do better.
One way, as Alderman Joe Kelley Levasseur suggested, would be to name the new station for Michael Briggs and Ralph Miller. A better way would be to come up with a suitable memorial within the new building that would honor all police officers who lose their lives in public service.
The current Ralph Miller Public Safety Center is not named for some ancient memory. Officer Miller was shot down in 1976. His murderer is still very much alive and still in prison. The Miller family, including his widow, children, and parents, still live here.
Police Chief David Mara said the Briggs family, which lost their loved one in 2006, should get to see the same honor bestowed on him as was bestowed on Miller.
That is a fine sentiment. But what happens, God forbid, if in 20 years another officer is killed?
Will the Briggs family be shunted aside? Will they feel then as the Miller family and friends must feel now?
We understand that emotions are still raw for those who served with Officer Briggs. His killer faces the death penalty. Appeals may linger for years. But emotions are also still very much alive for those connected with Officer Miller. And what of the sacrifice of Officers McAllister and Moher, who died in an earlier era?
This need not be an either/or choice.
The aldermen would do themselves and the city proud by taking a new vote to suitably honor all officers who have given their lives to serve and protect their city.


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Local Tom Kinzer opted for a liquid lunch during a recent shift at MGM Grand. Even though it started off with the prick of a needle, it ended up being one the most refreshing lunches in recent memory. "I feel great," he says. "I feel rejuvenated, ready to go."
Kinzer, 46, enjoyed an intravenous drip full of saline fluids, vitamins and antioxidants at REVIV, a new spa/minimedical clinic that opened at MGM in August. The Royal Flush treatment costs $195, but REVIV was running a two-week special for hotel employees that Kinzer couldn't resist.
"I thought I'd do a little test drive on it, see if it really works," Kinzer says.
The idea behind the medspa is to provide hydration therapy to people who are suffering from hangovers or tourists who underestimated the power of the valley's sun. If needles aren't your thing, they also offer oral medications.
The experience is meant to be soothing, relaxing and revitalizing, says Dr. Raanan Pokroy, the spa's medical director and an emergency medicine physician. He and three other doctors teamed up a couple of years ago to open a franchise of hydration medical spas. Their first REVIV opened in Miami in summer 2012 around the same time the Hangover Heaven bus debuted on the Strip.
Originally, REVIV doctors had hoped to open first in Las Vegas but they couldn't sell the concept to a casino, Pokroy says. Then Hangover Heaven came along and garnered international attention for treating willing tourists with IV fluids outside of a hospital setting. The bus' success softened resistance to REVIV's business plans.
Staffed by a team of nurses, paramedics and a Nevada board-certified doctor, REVIV shares similarities with quick cares or express clinics that are popping up in pharmacies, says Dr. Daliah Wachs, a local family practice physician and radio personality.
Some people may balk at the idea of receiving an IV outside of a hospital, but it's not that unusual, Wachs says. As long as the procedure is overseen by a qualified doctor who has assessed the patient, it's as safe as any medical facility, she adds.
REVIV is staffed by at least one Nevada board-certified physician at all times, along with a team of registered nurses and paramedics trained to administer IVs and vitamin treatments. Treatments are administered in one of four full-body-massage-chair rooms or in a group "living room" furnished with a large couch and a high-definition television. Guests receive iPads upon check-in to use while relaxing during their treatments.
The medspa provides a service that can help free up emergency rooms, Pokroy says. He frequently treats patients who come to the ER because they have a hangover. The "Annals of Epidemiology" ran a study examining the medical costs of dehydration. In 2004, hospital charges from "dehydration admissions" exceeded $5 billion. "Just to see my face in the ER it will cost you about $1,000," Pokroy says.
Add in treatments and you could be looking at a bill of more than $2,000. At REVIV, you can receive the same hangover remedy you would get in an ER for $99 to $195.
As health care continues to change, more doctors will probably start offering boutique medical procedures similar to REVIV, says Wachs, a former ER physician.
"A lot of doctors are going to be offering a lot of services of this type," Wachs says. "I think we'll see a lot more express clinics, a lot more convenience type medicine because of lack of access. Hopefully, it will be services that can free up emergency rooms."
REVIV is open from 9 a.m. to midnight daily. It's in the Underground, the retail space between MGM's parking garage and casino.
Contact reporter Sonya Padgett at email@example.com or 702-380-4564. Follow @StripSonya on Twitter.


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iPad Mini For the Cockpit
One thing I've never figured out about the iPad�or actually the people who use them in the cockpit�is how tolerant pilots are of mounting the things in suboptimal locations. Well, okay, ridiculous locations. My Oscar for most ludicrous mounting in an airplane too small for it goes to the Mooney owner who mounted his iPad at eye level a foot from his face, blocking radios and instruments. I've always felt the iPad was just a beat too big for ideal cockpit use, so when I use it for flying, I rarely mount it and especially not on a yoke.
Now comes the iPad mini which, theoretically, at 70 percent the size of the full-up iPad, should solve this problem. But does it? I've been messing with a mini for a couple of days and I'd say yes, it definitely does. In my view, it's what the iPad could and should have been in the first place, and not just for cockpit apps. The mini is perfectly sized to work with a small kneeboard I have and I suspect it will mount nicely in a yoke, although I haven't tried that yet.
There are some tradeoffs. Images and iconography for app commands are smaller and this can't always be addressed with pinch scrolling. But for plates and charts, you can find the right scale to make them just as readable on the mini as they are on the iPad. One unexpected bonus is that the slightly smaller keyboard and overall smaller size of the mini make it easier to thumb type than on an iPhone. I haven't mastered fast or accurate thumb typing on the phone, so I tend not to do it much. The iPad is just slightly too large and too heavy for thumbing.
Speaking of weight, at 10.9 ounces, the mini is less than half the weight of the iPad. When I toss my iPad in my backpack, I know it's there; I don't even feel the mini. One thing I don't like is that Apple is still equipping these devices with the highest reflectance displays among all the products in this market segment; the mini could double as a signal mirror. This is a nuisance in daylight and sometimes even at night, since it can also reflect instrument displays. The solution is a $30 anti-scratch/anti-glare screen that the competition doesn't require. (And of course, you need a $30 case and a $100 remote GPS, unless you buy a celluar version, which have onboard GPS.)
The tech press has been mildly enthralled with the mini, but some evaluators say that Apple blew it by not equipping it with the high-res Retina display. The mini has the same 1024 by 768 pixel display found in the original iPad, rather than the 2048 by 1536 used in the pricey iPad with Retina model. Those, by the way, start at $499, compared to the $329 for the starter mini. I haven't used the Retina version, although I've seen the display. For $170 and twice the weight, I can't see a functional difference for cockpit use. The lower res works just fine.
But, as the tech writers have noted, Apple's competition in the Android market, Google's Nexus 7, has a higher res display so Apple is seen here as somewhat wanting. The entry level Nexus is also cheaper, at $199. That got me wondering if Steve Jobs, were he still with us, would have let the mini out of Cupertino with a lesser display than the competition has, assuming he could have been talked into a 7-inch product in the first place. For some technical reasons related to power consumption, thickness and weight, the lower res display has some advantages. But Jobs was famous for pushing his technical staff to achieve what they argued wasn't possible. So my bet is that he wouldn't have let the mini out with the lower res display and would have insisted on something better that also wasn't heavier.
Judging by the timing, maybe Apple just didn't want to give up the Christmas sales to Google. As a result, the mini may not be insanely great, as Jobs liked to say, but for the cockpit, it's still an incremental improvement over the original iPad, which I have not picked up since the mini came out of its box last week.


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Nathan Chunn's big day helped the Escalon Cougars hold off the pesky Hughson Huskies.
Nathan Chunn's big day helped the Escalon Cougars hold off the pesky Hughson Huskies.
The Cougars went on the road and beat the Huskies 28-18 on Friday in a matchup of old rivals. Chunn, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior fullback, ran for 229 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries.
Escalon (4-2, 1-1 Trans Valley League) lost to Ripon 34-28 last week.
"It was very important that we bounce back from that loss. We had control of the game early, but we just couldn't shake them," Escalon coach Mark Loureiro said.
After a scoreless first quarter, Chunn scored on a 4-yard run and Alex Loureiro caught a 15-yard TD pass from Phil Kimble to give the Cougars a 14-0 lead. Tanner Duron had scoring runs of 58 and 63 to get the Huskies (3-2, 0-1) within 14-12 in the third before the Cougars lengthened their lead.
Chunn also had a 1-yard scoring run, and Kimble threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Zavala. John Costa had 13 tackles for Escalon.
At Modesto, Ripon coach Chris Johnson and his staff were guarded about the possibility of a letdown after last week's win over defending TVL champion Escalon.
The Indians quickly put those fears to rest.
Ripon jumped to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and handled the Crusaders on both sides of the ball in what Johnson called his team's "best game, hands down."
Michael Morris rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on seven carries and caught a 4-yard touchdown, Josh McCreath ran for 84 yards on 20 carries with two scores, and quarterback Kyle Wengel completed 8 of 10 passes for 75 yards and four touchdowns.
Ripon (6-0, 2-0 TVL) held Modesto Christian (3-3, 1-1) to 147 yards of total offense.
"Our defense was dominating," said Johnson, whose team hosts Hughson next week. "We were in their backfield before they could do anything. We got a good look at how good we can be when we're clicking on all cylinders."
At Stockton, Ben Huckaby rushed for 326 yards on 17 carries with four touchdowns to lead the Eagles (4-1) to their fourth consecutive win. Huckaby scored three TDs in Elliot Christian's 28-point outburst in the first quarter at Lincoln's Alex G. Spanos Stadium. On his four touchdown runs alone, he amassed 131 yards (38, 14, 57, 22).
"Every time he touched the ball, it looked like he was going to score," Eagles' first-year head coach Jason Tacderan said. "He runs real hard and is able to break tackles. He's our key offensive weapon."
Huckaby's 326 yards were not a season-high for the senior. On Sept. 7, Huckaby rushed for 336 yards in a 46-8 win over Turlock Christian.
He has 952 yards rushing this season.
Nelson Hanson scored on runs of 2 and 3 yards, and D.J. Boyd caught a 10-yard touchdown from Antoine Dabil to close the scoring.
At Oakdale, sophomore linebacker Brock Whiting set the tone with a wicked sack in the first half, and the Mustangs rode the emotion to a rout of the Jaguars. Oakdale (4-1, 2-0 Valley Oak League) led 21-7 in the first half with Kimball driving. On 3rd-and-13 at the 50, Whiting ran past a linemen without being touched to bowl over Jaguars' quarterback Zack Johnson to force a punt with 1:40 left. Marcus Northcutt rushed for 175 yards, and Spencer Thomas threw for 175 yards and three touchdowns for the Mustangs. Johnson's 48-yard TD toss put Kimball (1-4, 0-2) up 7-0 on its first possession, but they got 15 yards the rest of the half.
- Richard Estrada, Modesto Bee
At Tuolumne, Taylor McArn rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on six carries for the Knights (3-2), but it wasn't enough against the Bears (5-0). Brookside Christian senior linebacker Darius Henton had 16 tackles.
At Denair, Andrew Brown ran for five touchdowns and returned a punt 70 yards for a score for the Knights (4-1, 2-0 Southern League).
Brown opened the scoring with a 60-yard touchdown and added TD runs of 28 yards and 1 yard in Ripon Christian's 22-point first quarter.


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Miami Lakes, FL(www.orangebowl.org) – Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck became the 15th Orange Bowl veteran to be selected with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. Luck, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl, was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Luck led Stanford to a 40-12 victory over Virginia Tech in the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl. Against the Hokies, Luck completed 18-of-23 pass attempts for 287 yards. He threw four touchdowns and one interception. Luck holds the Orange Bowl record for highest completion percentage (min. 10 attempts) having completed 78.3 percent (18-of-23) of his passes in the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl.
After throwing for 86 yards in the first half of the 2011 Discover Orange Bowl and holding a 13-12 lead at halftime, Luck threw for 201 yards in the second half and earned Most Outstanding Player honors. Touchdown passes of 41-yards, 58-yards and 38-yards to tight end Coby Fleener helped Luck and the Cardinal outscored Virginia Tech 27-0 in the second half. Fleener's 173 yards receiving (six receptions) is an Orange Bowl record for most receiving yards in a game. Fleener is a projected first or second round selection in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Including Luck, 253 players hosted by the Orange Bowl have been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. In addition to Luck, 14 other Orange Bowl veterans have been selected with the first overall pick. Past players hosted by the Orange Bowl who were selected with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft include: Sam Bradford (2010 Draft), Carson Palmer (2003), Peyton Manning (1998), Russell Maryland (1991), Irving Fryar (1984), Billy Sims (1980), Tom Cousineau (1979), Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Tommy Nobis (1966), Tucker Frederickson (1965), Frank Sinkwich (1943), George Cafego (1940). Additionally, Brian Bosworth (1987) and Bernie Kosar (1985) were selected with the first overall pick in the supplemental draft.
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A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck near Rowland Heights Saturday afternoon, one of more than a hundred aftershocks to a powerful temblor that shook Southern California Friday night.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the Saturday quake at 2:32 p.m., the largest aftershock of Friday's magnitude-5.1 earthquake.
The heavy activity of aftershocks is typical, according to seismologists.
"We have a long ways to go. It will be months and months before we're down to a rate of one a month in that area, which is where it was before the main shock," USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said after Saturday's strong aftershock.
"Look at the 4.1 a week or so ago," she said, pointing to the quake centered in Encino. "It's still having aftershocks."
A magnitude-3.6 aftershock struck at 9:30 p.m. Friday, and another measured at magnitude 3.4 at 9:02 a.m. Saturday,
Jones added that the risk of a larger earthquake to follow was declining with each passing day.
"There will be aftershocks for awhile," she said. "This is pretty typical. It's just been quite awhile since we've had earthquakes of this size in the area, so people forget."
She pointed out that until Friday, there had only been two quakes measuring above a magnitude of 5.0 in the Los Angeles area since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. In the decade prior to that devastating quake, there were several large magnitude earthquakes.
"This has been the quietest decade in some time."
No major injuries or damages were reported from the aftershock.
Friday's magnitude-5.1 earthquake, centered just east of La Habra, jolted much of northern Orange County, where 26 homes were red-tagged.


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Nashua woman charged with assaulting childBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2013 1:02PM
NASHUA - A 27-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with assault after police say she hit a girl in the face, causing the child's nose to bleed.
Police say Malissa Wheeler, 24-1 Scripture St., struck the child in the face with her open hand, then picked her up by her hair and threw her face first into a corner wall. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at a residence on Temple Street.
The child, according to police, is under the age of 13. Authorities did not say whether the girl was related to Wheeler.
Wheeler has been charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and was being held on $5,000 cash or surety bail. She was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.


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When I need to find why a hard drive is running out of free space, simply searching for files by size using Windows' built-in search capabilities isn't always up to the task. I can certainly find the largest files on a drive, but they lack the context of surrounding files and file types. Furthermore, you can't identify problems caused by large numbers of smaller files. Instead, I prefer to use the free WinDirStat directory statistics tool. Inspired by the KDE tool KDirStat, WinDirStat is a portable application that provides multiple views of file-space usage. It's compatible with Windows 95 and later.
The multiple usage views, as seen in Figure 1, simplify getting a quick overview of disk usage.
Figure 1: Get a quick overview of disk usage with WinDirStat (click to enlarge)
The expandable folder listing shows folder usage sorted by size, including percentage of space used, absolute size, and number of items. The extension listing in the top right provides a breakdown on usage by extension and provides a color key for the file types that are displayed in the Treemap view at the bottom.
The Treemap view is what I use to quickly get a usage overview. Blocks, proportional to size, represent files and are arranged so that each larger rectangular grouping is a directory or subdirectory. With a few seconds of inspection in WinDirStat, I usually know why a drive is getting full.
One caveat to keep in mind is that on Windows 7 and Windows Vista, WinDirStat's uninstaller doesn't correctly remove the All Users\Start Menu\Programs folder for WinDirStat or the installing user's desktop shortcut. You'll have to remove these leftover pieces yourself. However, WinDirStat doesn't actually need the installation routine, so you can just install it once and copy WinDirStat.exe and WinDirStat.chm to a network location or USB drive for mobile use.