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our homes are the centers of gravity in our lives,
so it's nice to know we can create sustainable living spaces
that are healthy, environmentally sound, and beautifully
designed and crafted. As new technologies emerge and public awareness grows, green building is becoming the norm,
rather than the cutting-edge exception. Elegant solutions
for designing and building homes that are better for our
health and the health of our planet are increasingly more
available. Organizations such as the Conservation Services
Group ( csgrp.com) can help point consumers and design
professionals to the many quality sources for new products
in solar- and wind-powered electrical systems, green home-building materials, HVAC systems, and much more.
Other sources of information, education, and products will be the two major exhibitions
on design and construction coming to Boston this fall. The first is Build Boston (buildboston.
com/register), the annual convention and trade show for design, building, and management
professionals sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects. Always a showcase for the latest in
building products and methods, the show will be at the Seaport World Trade Center November
18 through the 20th. In addition, the U.S. Green Building Council will bring its Greenbuild
International Conference and Expo ( greenbuildexpo.org) to the Boston Convention Center on
November 19 through the 21st.
The fall calendar is packed with fun and educational opportunities for homeowners and
design professionals alike. In September and October, the Mitchell Construction Group will hold
a Home Design Workshop Series at its headquarters in Medfield, Massachusetts (508-359-7904,
mitchcogroup.com), and The Van Millwork Home Design Seminar Series, cosponsored by
Design New England, begins at Van's Needham, Massachusetts, design center (781-444-8744,
vanmillwork.com). September 23 through the 25th, the Boston Design Center will sponsor
Design Boston ( bostondesign.com), its annual market days. The program includes seminars in
which professionals can earn educational credits as well as presentations on design trends for
2009. And on October 23, architect Marcus Gleysteen of Gleysteen Design LLC in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, will join up with kitchen showroom Arclinea Boston ( arclineaboston.com) and
Design New England editor Gail Ravgiala to present a workshop called "The Ultimate Home"
with insider tips for great design results.
Just like our kids, we'll be learning a lot this fall — in our case about the innovative way we
live today.
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boston design center and design new england hosted a party to mark the closing
of the 2008 dream home and celebrate the success of bdc's trade magazine, cybele.
From left: Dream Home designer Mark Bombara, BDC vice president Alexis Contant, Design New
England editor-at-large Jill Connors, and Stark's Robert Bagshaw; Peter Wheeler of Sara Campbell
Ltd. and Dream Home designer Tony Cappoli; interior designer Laili Kafi and Paul Gonzales.

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The optional ice bucket is designed to hang on the side of the spa using no tools. The insulated design keeps beverages cold, while providing easy access while enjoying a relaxing soak in the spa. Enhance your enjoyment of your spa with this fun accessory. The Ice Bucket is made of the same resin as the spa for a perfect color match and years of maintenance-free use!
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Happy New Year guys and gals, I hope you all saw in 2010 stylishly! However, if like me you've overindulged on the mince pies this Christmas, here's a healthy way to kick-start 2010. I bring you my hot list of free gym passes across London.
Yes, I'm sure you'll agree that it's essential to try out the facilities at any gym before committing to a membership, and with most health club chains jumping on the 'try before you buy' bandwagon, it's good news for us. Here are some hot offers, from places in town, potentially giving you a week's worth of free gym access - not bad at all!
Editor's Choice
Get a FREE 3 day trial for you and a friend at The Bankside Health Club
With a large air conditioned gym, state of the art cardio equipment and a dedicated spin studio, the Bankside Health Club is a convenient option for south Londoners. It's the newest and biggest health club in SE1, bringing the 'bigger is better' gym culture of America to the UK. Choose from over 50 studio classes per week and get physical in the fully equipped boxing ring.
If you're smitten with the facilities, the average membership costs around £50 per month and there's no joining fee. To claim your pass, email email@example.com
The Bankside Health Club
Unit 11a
Blue Fin Building
110 Southwark Street
London SE1 0SU
Tel: 020 7921 9343
Web: www.thebanksidehealthclub.co.uk
Get a 1 day FREE pass plus two weeks membership from £14.00
Harpers Fitness is a chain of 70 centres in the UK, and the health clubs have recently undergone a 2.6 million facility makeover to feature the latest gym equipment, fitness classes and personal training. There are branches in Lewisham, Wileseden and Harrow, all offering you the chance to test out the new look facilities.
These health clubs are community based, so you'll find the surroundings fit for families and individuals alike; great if you don't mind the pitter patter of tiny feet by the poolside, or if you have children in tow yourself.
Visit the website to claim your FREE pass and for more information on getting a two week membership from £14.00. This is ideal for getting you on the fitness track whilst waiting for pay day. Not bad, considering you could pay that for attending a few cardio classes in one week alone. For your nearest branch visit the website: www.harpersfitnessshop.co.uk
FREE Power Plate Session - various venues
Power plate sessions promise to offer a non-sweaty alternative to a productive workout. It has been claimed that 10 minutes on a Power-Plate achieves the same results as 60 minutes of conventional cardio training. It's the machine that gives the body's muscles a high-speed workout by using vibrations to stimulate them to contract and relax. Try it for yourself with a free session available across a number of health clubs throughout London, here are my top choices:
Movers and Shapers
7 Branches in London including Stanmore and West Hampstead
A 30 minute workout and personal training.
Book via Wahanda
Powertone Studios
4 Studios in London, including Chelsea and Mayfair
A 25 minute workout and personal training.
Book via Wahanda
Powerflex Studios
Located in Victoria, London
A 25 minute workout and personal training.
Book via Wahanda
FREE Introductory Pilates Session at Kinesis Studios
Pilates is still a big favourite when it comes to low impact classes, personally I'm a big fan so see what all the fuss is about with a complimentary pilates session worth £35 at one of the top studios in London.
Kinesis Studios is based in Notting Hill, and run by a team of highly trained teachers. Sessions are usually a group class of up to 4 clients with one instructor on pilates apparatus. Whether you're just starting out or a pilates fanatic, everyone is instructed to work according to a program individually designed to address personal goals and needs. Book your free session via Wahanda
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Tel: 020 7229 2100
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Principles of Design
The principles of design are:
These principles are often used unconsciously, but they exist nevertheless. By knowing and consciously using these principles, the designer may make more objective design decisions and focus and hone the effect of their design. The use of these principles can be key to why a design does or doesn't work.
Deliberately breaking or deviating from these principles in order to get the desired response is sometimes also very effective.
Balance is the arrangement of visual weight throughout your design.
The balance of a garment or decoration on a garment may be symmetrical (formal balance) or asymmetrical (informal balance) or even radial. The balance is distributed (or not distributed) around a central point (in the case of radial) or around a horizontal and/or vertical axis.
In the 'Mangyle' pattern above by Sarah Sumner-Eisenbraun, the asymmetric balance of the argyle "stripe" on the right is balanced by the wide field of stockinette to the left. Asymmetric designs may need a detail or visual weight to balance the main bulk of the design.
The Kate Gilbert 'Anouk' child's pinafore is actually an 'approximate vertical symmetric' design; the horizontal axis is symmetric, but the vertical axis is not completely symmetric — the weight of the stripe at the bottom is balanced by a longer field of stockinette at the top in combination with the tabs, giving an effect of a symmetrically weighted design. (Changing color for the collar in the same green as the bottom stripe would have given a more symmetric design, but changed the visual weight of the top.)
The Garn Studio DROPs design is a radial design, with the back of the garment radiating from a central point. Other radial features may be pleats or drapes that are arranged around a central point.
The balance of a garment may also have to do with the contrast of one area of the garment against another. Contrasts in fabric texture (seed stitch panels under a smooth stockinette belt, for instance), color, or focal points will affect both the balance and proportions of the design.
Largely because most bodies are symmetrical, we naturally tend to look for symmetry and balance. Balance speaks of order and principle to our eyes; therefore flouting this principle can say interesting things about a lack of respect for order.
Rhythm is the repetition or alternation of elements or details within your design. Rhythm might create movement, and/or provide pattern and texture. There are different kinds of rhythm:
Features or details may be repeated regularly or irregularly. They may be part of the structure of the garment (pleats, gathers, drape, button spacing) or of the fabric (regular or irregular texture or pattern motifs).
The use or absence of repetition affects the rhythm of the garment. As in music, the rhythm of the garment affects its overall feel: is it calming, soothing, regular, or is it lively, enthusiastic, irregular?
© 2008 Teva Durham
Dominance may best be explained with a question: when you are looking at a design, where does your eye go first? In the Teva Durham design at left, what do you feel are the important parts of the design? Are they proportionately the biggest part of the design or are they the most important part of the design? What parts of the design are the next important, and which are the least?
Each element will have its place in the hierarchy of dominance within the design.
The dominant element is the element that is of primary emphasis within the design. It usually, although not always, has the greatest visual weight.
The sub-dominant element or elements is/are of secondary importance within the design.
The subordinate element is of least visual importance, receding to the background of the piece. As mentioned above, this does not mean that it is not of importance within the design, as it takes exactly the right element to set off the dominant elements well.
Related closely to unity, dominance, balance, contrast, and symmetry, proportion is the relationship of scale between elements of the design, whether those elements are decorative elements or parts of the garment (sleeves to body, collar to cuffs, the garment to the body, etc.)
Proportion may also refer to the distribution of forms throughout the design. (Do not forget that sometimes a plain field of stockinette or purl stitch may be the knitting equivalent of white space in a graphic, and this proportion must also be taken into account!)
Ideal proportion is often dependent upon the eye of the individual. In this picture of Leigh Manson-Brown's 'Irish Rose Scarf, where would you have placed the roses and leaves on the scarf and would you have changed the size of any element? (Remember that a scarf is made to be worn; will how the scarf be worn change the placement and proportions of the elements?) Is the proportion of the piece pleasing to your eye? Where would you have placed the elements of the design, if you'd have placed them differently? Would you have made a thicker fringe? Would you have used any fringe at all, and if not, how would that affect the proportion of the piece?
Proportion can create illusions of body shape: changing the proportions of the design, moving seams and details around, etc.
Unity is what ties all the disparate elements of a design together; it is what makes a cohesive design look like all the parts belong together — if you take one thing away, the design no longer "works" as well. It is the sense of wholeness that is the hallmark of a good design. This is an extremely complicated concept, involving how the human brain sees an object as both itself as a whole thing, and as a conglomeration of many elements. A good practical exercise in unity is to try adding or taking away elements in a design and deciding whether you feel if the design is impacted negatively or positively by these additions or subtractions.
As mentioned above, this is only a sliver of each principle — do explore further! In the meantime, let's now briefly go over some of the elements of design that bring the principles above to life.
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5 May Events To Not Miss
It is May in Milwaukee! That means that snow is behind us, we have already been teased with some nice 70 degree weather, and events are getting into full swing. May is really a warm up month for June with both events and weather. Here is a list from Swarmm Events of 5 events to not miss this May!
Cinco De Mayo
Friday, May 5
Attention Taco lovers. Cinco de Mayo exists to commemorate Mexico's victory over the French during the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
This is a big day for local Milwaukee Mexican restaurants so go out and support them and enjoy some tacos and tequila! Some of our favorites include: Cafe Corazon, Gypsy Taco, Matador Taco and Tequila Bar and Margarita Paradise.
Each of these places offers a little bit different experience and all have great tacos!
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Italian director Matteo Garrone made a big wave in 2008 with his crackling, layered gangster epic "Gomorrah," which earned the support of Martin Scorsese and wound up with a Criterion Collection edition as well. Not too shabby at all. Well, for his next film, he's turned his eye from crime to the media.
According to Cineurope, the helmer has started work on "Big House." Starring Aniello Arena and Loredana Simioli, the film written by Garrone, Ugo Chiti and Massimo Gaudioso will focus on "the TV industry, reality shows and the illusions of notoriety."
The film has begun an 11 week shoot in Rome and Naples, and while no release date has been set, this looks to be an easy entry for the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. If you'll remember, Garrone took home the Special Grand Prix from the fest in 2008 for "Gomorrah" pretty much ensuring his next effort will be welcomed with open arms.
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People from all over the U.S., along with international representatives of organizations supporting the "Cuban Five," will gather here April 17-21.
The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five announced the event on its webpage.
The main objective of the International Committee ― a network of concerned citizens from several countries in Europe, Latin America and the United States ― is to raise awareness about the case of the Cuban Five ― Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, and Rene Gonzalez, internationally known as the Cuban Five ― who were arrested in 1998 and convicted of espionage-related charges at a controversial trial in Miami in 2001.
The defendants and the Cuban government unsuccessfully argued that the five Cuban expatriates were only monitoring Florida-based ultra-right organizations that have carried out alleged terrorist actions against Cuba.
During their 11 years in federal U.S. prisons, visitation by the prisoners' families and others has been severely restricted and in at least one case disallowed altogether.
An April 21 rally near the White House will urge Obama to free the Cuban Five.
During the five-day event, activists will also raise awareness about the ongoing U.S. blockade of Cuba and the U.S. government travel ban on Cuba. The program includes public meetings, film showings and a day of lobbying the U.S. Congress.
A major event will take place April 20, entitled "Obama Give Me Five." The focus of the event will be analyzing ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations.
Some of international leaders expected to attend the event include Father Miguel D´Escoto, Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Noam Chomsky, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan, Angela Davis, Gayle McLaughlin, and representatives of the National Lawyers Guild, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Network on Cuba, the School of the Americas Watch, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Global Exchange, Alianza Martiana and others.


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Colkirk Covenant
Stonehenge Tribunal
The Stonehenge Tribunal is made up of England and Wales. The Order of Hermes has had some presence here since the early 9th century, though only a small number of the covenants that have been established here still exist.
Politically, the tribunal has been dominated by Blackthorn for several decades. To some extent this has been because few other covenants have bothered sending representatives to tribunal meetings; a large proportion of these meetings have been invalid due to the poor attendance. However, the tide has been turning in recent years, with Voluntas being the very active center to the opposition against Blackthorn.
Compared with most other tribunals, Stonehenge is slightly more permissive about Hermetic interference in mundane affairs. This is due in large part to the fact that mundane presence is more ubiquitous and unavoidable here than in other parts of Europe (there is also some concern that this will lead to a shortage of magical resources, as the mundane population encroaches on magical territory).
Next tribunal meeting: Autumn 1226
Active covenants:
Former covenants
- (nameless) (817-1011)
- Blackrose (1104-1107)
- Castrum Antiquum (852-1030)
- Concordia (821-823)
- Harold's Vengeance (1066-1068)
- London (896-952)
- Lumen (998-1003)
- Lux Draconis (915-1100)
- Magnantrum (1111-1187)
- Natura Antiqua (1133-1143)
- Occulta (893-897)
- Rector Maris (866)
- Rector Novus (938)
- Roma Nova (946-1008)
- Rosalba (820-899)
- Servus Maris (1160)
- Stellasper (1025-1163)
- Sursum (875-931)
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The cd introduces the new singer of the band : Hernan "Eddie" Hermida - All the lyrics were wrote by him except for "You Can't Stop Me" which was written by the late Mitch Lurker (former singer).
This is a big role for Eddie because so many fans are expecting the same heavy hitting Suicide Silence they have grown to love and he does not fail at giving this to them.
Stand out tracks are : Inherit the Crown, Sacred Words, You Can't Stop Me and Don't Die.
On May 6, 2014, the song "Cease to Exist" was released as the first single on the album. The lyric video to "Cease to Exist" has been released on youtube and from their new record label "Nuclear Blast". The second single is "Don't Die" which was released on June 12, 2014.
The band is currently touring on Mayhem Fest 2014 along side Cannibal Corpse, Miss May, Korn, A7x and many more heavy hitting bands!
These are a few pictures I took during Mayhem Fest 2014 in St. Louis!


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A former Hell's Angel has reportedly filed a lawsuit against FX claiming that he created the concept for Sons Of Anarchy.
According to TMZ, Chuck Zito has alleged that he pitched a show about an "outlaw motorcycle club" to the network in 2004.
Zito, who was previously head of the Hell's Angels New York chapter, has reportedly said that he had an "implied-in-fact contract" with FX that if his ideas were used he would be "reasonably compensated and afforded appropriate screen credits".
He alleged that the network decided not to develop the series but claimed that Sons Of Anarchy, which premiered in 2008, is "substantially similar".
Zito is thought to be suing for more than $5m (£3.3m) for breach of the "implied-in-fact" contract.
FX has declined to comment on the reports.


text: OchoNueve 158 Report post Posted May 5, 2014 A friend of mine ran into JR Smith at Golf Galaxy in Charlotte this weekend. He seems like a potential guy that would fit in well on the court with what the Hornets are doing. 3 point shooting and slashing/scoring should be a priority need. Off the court and in the locker room, I'm not so sure about him... No idea if he is here on vacation, leisure, or a team visit with the Hornets front office but I've always been a fan of his game and would entertain adding him as a 6th/7th man as long as it left the cap space for another big free agent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Itzy Ritzy Nursing Happens Infinity Breast Feeding Scarf with Leather Cuff
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- made of luxurious modal cotton fabric for breathability and softness.
- includes a genuine leather cuff to wear as an accessory, secure shirt for easy feeding, or use as a reminder of which breast to nurse with next
- generous size provides full coverage as a nursing cover
- conveniently wraps into an infinity scarf when you aren't nursing, saving space in your diaper bag
- machine washable
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Romney Declares Marco Rubio Still in Consideration for VP
HOLLAND, MI - Marco Rubio is still on the list for Vice President.
In a hastily arranged news conference outside of Captain Sundaes, a local ice cream shop in Western Michigan, Mitt Romney announced the Florida senator is being "thoroughly vetted" for the job, calling an earlier report Rubio was out "entirely false."
"There was a story that originated today - apparently at ABC - based on reports of supposedly outside, unnamed advisors of mine," Romney told a group of reporters at an unplanned stop. "They know nothing about the Vice President selection or evaluation process." "There are only two people in this country who know who are being vetted and who are not, and that's Beth Myers and myself," he continued.
Romney took no questions following his statement.
Myers, a long-time trusted advisor and campaign manager during his presidential run in 2008, was picked by Romney to head the selection process in April shortly after he clinched the nomination. At that time, she promised to make the vetting process the most thorough ever.
Rubio has long been under speculation as a short-list candidate for Vice President. Young, charismatic and Cuban, he has quickly risen within the ranks of the Republican Party. Many view his moderate stance on immigration as a potential bridge to the Latino community - a group Romney desperately needs to win over in order to succeed in November.
Hard-line stances on immigration by prominent conservatives have driven many Hispanics to the Democratic Party over the years. Currently, President Obama is leading Romney among Hispanic voters by a 2-1 margin. And the report Tuesday could have angered or driven more Hispanics away.
Romney's statement was the second instance when the campaign hastily arranged a statement for the press on his current 5-day bus tour. The President's change of policy relating to young illegal immigrants dominated headlines on the first day, forcing Romney to address reporters following an event in Milford, NH.
The supposed leak to ABC News is uncharacteristic of a usually tight-lipped, fiercely loyal, and disciplined campaign. Campaign manager Matt Rhoades is known for his intolerance of non-public information finding its way into reporter's hands.


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Queensland plans to send police officers to serve in Papua New Guinea and host officers from the neighbouring country.
Premier Campbell Newman, who is in PNG, says up to 150 police officers will be exchanged to improve policing operations and protocols in PNG.
"The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is world renowned for its training and mentoring capabilities, and it will be a great opportunity to share this knowledge with our closest international neighbour," the premier said in a statement.
Queensland police have served in East Timor, Solomon Islands, Haiti and Cyprus as part of United Nations missions.


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Educational Articles
Many birds naturally eat plants as part of their diet. Some birds will chew on and possibly consume plants out of curiosity or in the course of play. Birds left unsupervised out of their cage may easily encounter plants kept around the house and in the garden.
Many birds naturally eat plants as part of their diet. Birds will chew on and possibly consume plants in the course of play and curiosity. Birds left unsupervised out of their cage may easily encounter plants kept around the house and in the garden.
As with hair, each feather normally emerges from one follicle. Polyfolliculosis (sometimes called Pruritic Polyfolliculosis or Polyfolliculitis) is a malformation of the follicle in which multiple feathers (2-6) grow within one follicle (12 feathers in one follicle has been reported). The word "pruritic" means "itchy".
The polyomavirus of pet birds belongs to the family Papovavirus, the same group of viruses that causes benign skin tumors (papillomas or warts) in birds. Polyomavirus can cause benign feather lesions in budgies (the so-called French molt or Budgerigar Fledgling disease) or acute death.
Poxviruses can infect many species of birds, and each species of bird may have its own unique species of pox virus (mynah bird pox, canary pox, parrot pox, etc.). Poxviruses can cause several different clinical syndromes, depending upon what part of the body is infected.
Among our pet birds, the uropygial gland (preening gland or oil gland) is found on budgies, parrots (except Amazon parrots), canaries, most finches, cockatoos and waterfowl. It is absent in doves, pigeons, Amazon parrots and Hyacinth macaws.
Having your pet properly prepared before blood collection helps to ensure that test results are as accurate and reliable as they can be. Sometimes abnormal test results say more about how the pet was prepared than about true illness.
First recognized in the early 1970's, proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) was originally called "Macaw Wasting Disease", as the disease caused a gradual wasting of macaws. Since that time, the disease has been found to affect more than 50 different species of pet birds.
This disease was first described in Australian cockatoos in the early 1970's. Since that time, the disease has infected over 50 different species of birds. The virus causing the disease works slowly. The disease is often called "Bird AIDS" due to some similarities between it and the human disease of AIDS.
Our knowledge of bird nutrition is constantly evolving. This is due both to heightened awareness of the importance of nutrition and to increased research. As with all other animals, birds need a proper balance of carbohydrates, proteins, fat, vitamins, minerals and water.


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Editorial - African leaders, Somaliland is calling, do you hear us?
By Bashir Goth
January 24, 2006 - 11:43
Honorable leaders, we know your hands are full and the issues on your table are heavier than mountains, so we assume. We also know that Somaliland is not one of them; because it doesn't have the hallmarks it needs to be qualified to attract your attention. How can it appeal to you when there are no warlords, no smoking guns and no bloodshed; not even mass movement across the border or desperate boat people running away from genocide. For heavens sake, what a dull country it is! We can hear you say. Just peace, stability and democracy; dismiss it; next point, please.
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- Jo
- Hi......I'm Jo, welcome to my crafty corner where I aim to share my adventures in paper crafting, baking, cross stitch & cats.....hopefully with some hints, tips & inspiration thrown in too! Please leave a comment if you call so I know you've been, I would love to visit you back and please become a follower if you like what you see. Thanks for popping by.........
Sunday, 11 May 2014
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hi jo ... just love your card ... love that green ... well done and of course "they" loved it ... hope you have not lost your voice with all the shouting from the side lines ... my son who used to play for a local footie team said he could always hear me shouting above anyone ... oops ... have a great week ... happy crafting and love sandy xxReplyDelete
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fab card Jo - love the CAS style. Hope the rugby went well! Hugs from me! Rachel xxReplyDelete
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Wow I'm so happy that i am still here and did not leave!!! i got a missionary that was already in my zone, Elder Miranda, he's Dominican and is really cool. He loves basketball and is really good to, were going to play together tonight at the activity and not lose haha, waste everyone! this is his 4th transfer and hes excited to work, so lets pray its a good 6 weeks and not like.....well you know.
So ya like you know I'm really excited that I'm here for these 3 baptisms we have this Saturday, it seems like I'm baptizing the whole world here haha, i have been here 3 months and this is numbers 7,8, and 9 in this city. crazy huh?? so I'm so excited and pumped to work this transfer.
Well our 2 baptisms went down last week, Albany and Flor got baptized, it was really sweet and a great spiritual experience. I love seeing people coming into the church, i cant ever explain to them the love i feel for them. I wore a brand new tie to the baptism that you will see a picture of and it will only go on the days of baptisms, cause i want it for when i go home on my homecoming, mom you will love it!!
Oh ya, haha so i like pulled a muscle or tendon or something important in the shin and foot playing kickball after the baptism haha, it hurts so bad to walk, but you know, pain to me is nothing anymore haha, just thought you should know haha.
Not much else has been going on this week, just good work! but it sounds like all of you guys are doing good, well besides Josh and his surgery. Don't worry bro, your in my prayers love you! ok!!! Jakelle what did i tell you??? your a Westergard, its like expected from you since birth to be good at what you like, and not only did you make cheer, but VARSITY!! and advanced dance! way to go sis, i cant say i taught you that stuff haha but your carrying on the Mesa High varsity spirit me and your other bros. had! hey definitely we will talk Spanish when i get home, if you want you can write me to in Spanish, you know to practice.
I hope you all had a good Valentines Day, i kind of forgot about it cause it was just like another day here of work, but i hope you guys got good things, Josh got a valentine yet?? mom i got the newsletter thank you so much, it was very good! all of us friends are getting so old.....well me and Tate are haha everyone else has like a year, but they are getting there.
Sorry my letter is really short but nothing to exciting, except the baptisms, went on. I hope you all have a fun week watching the Olympics and almost march madness and stuff like that i miss. Hey what went down with the all star game? how did Nash and Stat do? well i love you all and your in my prayers. cuidense mucho, adios!
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"Thing's Just Ain't The Same is a powerful song in every sense of the word. But what really drives it is Deborah Cox' wonderful voice. This new version of the song is a powerful dance track that ignites an already wonderful song. The original release was a slower more hip hop jam that accompanied a sound track and was released as a single. This version is all dance. The haunting lyrics, sung any other way, would bring tears. But Deborah sings them like a woman dying of thirst in the desert. You can actually hear her throaty breath in several portions of the song, and you believe her pain. She puts true emotion into the song, and it comes alive. You dance and you listen to her vocal power, but you never lose sight of the yearning in her voice, nor the meaning of the lyrics. This is a must have single that leaves you waiting to hear what the new album has in store."
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As we work out way gradually through the holy season of Lent, the Dominican Breviary refreshes us with a new Nunc dimittis antiphon beginning tonight at Compline. We will use this antiphon up till the Saturday before Passion Sunday exclusive.
This time, the antiphon is the famous "Media vita", which is a humble acknowledgement of our utter helplessness against the power of sin and a somber plea for help from our "Holy God, holy Mighty One, holy and merciful Savior ." This antiphon is actually an old responsory, and it is said that when chanting it, St. Thomas Aquinas was brought to tears.
This antiphon could easily be our mantra throughout the year and we can draw much spiritual fruit from meditating on it. May St. Thomas pray for us, that we be granted the grace to feel true sorrow for our sins, to repent for them, and for the grace to turn to God in our weakness and frailty.
St. Thomas Aquinas...pray for us.
From the Ist Sunday of Lent through Passion Sunday, the responsory is changes as follows:
In the Office of Sundays and feast days the responsory is:
℟. In peace * I will lie down and sleep comes at once.On all other days, the responsory is:
℟. Into your hands O Lord, * I commend my spirit.The resposory In peace is is not repeated and is followed immediately by:
℣. I will give no sleep to my eyes, to my eyelids will give no slumber. - I will lie down and sleep and sleep comes at once. - Glory. ℟. In peace I will like down and sleep comes at once.This is followed immediately by the hymn for Lent:
Christ, qui lux es et dies,
Noctis tenebras detegis
Lucisque lumen crederis,
Lumen beatum praedicans.
Precamur sancta Domine,
Defende nos in hac nocte:
Sit nobis in te requies,
Quietam noctem tribue.
Ne gravis somnus irruat,
Nec hostis nos subripiat,
Nec caro illi consentiens
Nos tibi reos statuat.
Oculi somnum capiant,
Cor ad te semper vigilet:
Dextera tua protegat
Famulos, qui te diligunt.
Defensor noster aspice,
Insidiantes reprime,
Guberna tuos famulos,
Quos Sanguine nercatus es.
Memento nostril Domine,
In gravi isto corpore:
Qui es defensor animæ,
Adesto nobis Domine.
Præsta Pater omnipotens,
Per Jesum Christum Dominum.
Qui tecum in perpetuum
Regnat cum sancto Spiritu.
You are, O Christ, the light and day
Who chases nightly shades away;
Yourself, the light of light confessed,
Proclaim to us the brightness blest.
O holy Lord, we pray that you
May guard us well this whole night through;
In you, O let us find repose
All peaceful till the night shall close.
Let not dull sleep our spirits quell,
Ward off from us the foe from hell,
Nor let the flesh with him unite
To make us guilty in your site.
Then let our eyes due slumber take,
But hearts to you forever wake;
And may your right arm from above
Shield all who turn to you with love.
O strong Defender, hear our prayer,
Repel our foes and break each snare;
Control your servants, be their guide,
Who for their ransom bled and died.
Remember us, O Lord we pray
In weary body here today;
From every ill the soul defend,
Be with us, Lord, until the end.
Almighty Father, this accord
Through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord,
Who, with the Holy Spirit true,
For ever reigns in bliss with you.
The antiphon for the Canticle of Simeon, from the III Sunday of Lent to Passion Sunday exclusive (except on feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary), is:
Ant. In the midst of life, we are in death. To whom do we look for help but to you, Lord, whose anger, with good reason, is enkindled because of our sins? * Holy God, holy Mighty One, holy and merciful Savior, give us not over to bitter death. ℣. Do not reject us now that we are old; when our strength fails do not forsake us, Lord. - Holy God.
Ant. In the midst of life, we are in death. To whom do we look for help but to you, Lord, whose anger, with good reason, is enkindled because of our sins? * Holy God, holy Mighty One, holy and merciful Savior, give us not over to bitter death. ℣. Do not reject us now that we are old; when our strength fails do not forsake us, Lord. - Holy God.


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Institutional ownership of Apple Inc. shares declined by about 4% in the second quarter, the third such quarterly decline in a row, according to Michael Amenta, research analyst at FactSet. But with a recent rebound in the tech giant\'s share price, that trend may not hold.
In the second quarter, Apple ownership declined by 3.5% among institutional shareholders, with Fidelity Management & Research — Apple\'s largest holder as recently as the third quarter of 2012 — the largest seller during the period. Over one year, Fidelity\'s stake in Apple has declined to 3.2% from 4.8%, according to FactSet.
Over the second quarter, Apple shares fell 10.4% to close at $396.50.
That tide may have shifted though. Shares have rebounded 28% since the end of the second quarter.
The FactSet figures pre-date Carl Icahn\'s recent announcement that he took a large stake in the consumer electronics firm, reportedly valued at around $1 billion. On Monday, Apple closed up 1.1% at $507.74. Shares closed above $500 this past Friday for the first time since Jan. 23 after pushing past the mark intraday on Wednesday.
Apple\'s decline in the second quarter appeared to be Microsoft Inc.\'s and Google Inc.\'s gain.
Institutional investors increased their stakes in Microsoft by 2.9% and in Google by 1.7% over the second quarter, according to FactSet. Unlike Apple shares, however, the third quarter hasn\'t been as kind to Microsoft and Google with their shares trading down 9.1% and 4.5% respectively.
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|Steve Charles
When hiring former federal employees, you need to be aware of the many restrictions placed on these individuals. Former federal employees who willfully break these restrictions court felony conviction -- and, by extension, so do company officials who knowingly encourage these individuals to break these restrictions.
First and foremost, former federal employees are banned for life from communicating with their former agency on behalf of another person or organization on matters in which they participated "personally and substantially," if their intention is to influence events. The ban extends to any matter in which former federal employees had direct and significant involvement.
The lifetime ban doesn't apply to behind-the-scenes assistance to a company that seeks to influence the government -- with emphasis on "behind-the-scenes." If the assistance is done in a way that makes the involvement common knowledge, it's no longer behind-the-scenes.
There also are temporary cooling-off periods. Former federal supervisors can't communicate with the government for two years with the intent to influence any matter that fell under their official responsibility during their last year of government service. This is different from the lifetime ban, which requires personal and substantial participation in a matter. In this case, the mere fact that a subordinate was involved with a matter is enough to require supervisors to stay outwardly silent on the issue for two years.
In addition, if federal employees had anything substantial to do with source selection for a contract worth more than $10 million, they can't accept a job with the company awarded the contract for one year from the award date. The restriction applies to former federal employees who, at the time of selection of the contractor or the award of a contract to that contractor, served as the procuring contracting officer, the source selection authority, a member of a source selection evaluation board, or the chief of a financial or technical evaluation team.
These employees, however, can accept a job with the company awarded the contract if they are in a division or affiliated company that does not produce the same or similar products or services as contracted for, although clearly only the largest companies can take advantage of this exception.
Similarly, program managers, deputy program managers and administrative contracting officers overseeing the post-award phase of a contract worth more than $10 million are prohibited for one year from working for the company awarded the contract (separate divisions excluded), starting from when they last served in that position.
Meanwhile, former senior civil servants are subject to a one-year prohibition on communication with their former agency on behalf of another person concerning any matter. To be "senior," a federal employee must have been paid, as of this writing, at least $155,440.50 a year, have held the military rank of brigadier general or real admiral, or have been a presidential appointee.
Former "very senior" federal employees have an even stricter cooling-off period preventing them from communicating not just with employees of their former federal agency for two years, but also with other very senior federal employees who served during the last year of their employment. Very senior federal employees are almost all political appointees and earn at least $199,700.
The preceding information was adapted and digested from the book "The Inside Guide To The Federal IT Market," published by Management Concepts Press. For more information, visit www.insideguidetofederalit.com.
Steve Charles is co-founder and executive vice president of immixGroup, which helps technology companies do business with the government. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on technology and the federal procurement process. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Event 3200 Meter Run
Mark 10:24.20
Place 1st
Race/Results Page Complete Results
Round Finals
Heat 1
Team Alexander Central
Native Country USA
Season Outdoor 2017
Level HS
Meet Date Mar 10, 2017
Date Added Mar 13, 2017
Grade 2019
Timing FAT
Personal Best? No
Season Best? No
Venue Mooresville High School Track, Mooresville, NC, USA
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By Jake Donovan
It's not the fight Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. had in his sights when he began training camp several months ago. Still, the second generation former champ is grateful for any chance at redemption.
The news of Rafael Marquez twice pulling out of a scheduled date was disheartening, but the rescheduled October 6 show was salvaged when Jonathan Oquendo agreed to face Vazquez Jr. Rather than a continuation of the long-running in-ring rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico, it's an all-Boricua battle this weekend in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
"I think everybody deserves a chance and Oquendo gets his chance but I'm training hard to win this fight on my way to a world title shot," stated Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 18KO) of this weekend's bout. "I fought the best at 122 lb and have learned so much."
Learning lessons have come in his past several fights, including losses in two of his last three ring appearances. Vazquez Jr. has been stuck on a 12-round points loss to Nonito Donaire this past February, hoping to turn around his career earlier this summer.
Anxious to prove he's still one of the best in a loaded 122 lb. division, Vazquez Jr. jumped at the opportunity to face Marquez in August. "I came into boxing with the goal in mind to fight the best in the world," insists the 28-year old. "I didn't want to just live off of my father's name. That's why I want to fight the best. If I didn't do that, then my career wouldn't mean anything."
There is plenty of meaning in his career, thanks to his quick rise through the ranks. Rather than milking his name while feasting on no-hopers, Vazquez Jr. was quickly guided towards the title stage.
A golden opportunity came when rising young fighter Marvin Sonsona quickly outgrew the super flyweight division and set his sights on a 122 lb. crown. Vazquez Jr – who is trained by father and former three-division champ Wilfredo Vazquez Sr – racked up a career best win (to date) in scoring a 4th round stoppage over the popular Filipino in Feb. '10 for his first major title.
Two successful defenses came before running into a resurrected Jorge Arce in May '11. Vazquez Jr. was on his way to a win before falling apart late and getting stopped in the 12th round of his Las Vegas debut and also his first fight with Top Rank as a co-promoter.
It was hardly the first impression he sought, but doesn't at all regret the path chosen.
"The way I look at it: nothing is easy," Vazquez Jr says both of his past and what lies ahead in the future. "If I want to be recognized as one of the best in the sport, I have to do it against the best fighters, not just the biggest names."
For the moment, Vazquez Jr. is struggling to get the job done against either of those choices. The two losses on his career happen to have come against his two best opponents to date – Arce last year and Donaire earlier this year. A win over Marquez was supposed to help right the ship, a fight camp which saw Vazquez Jr. go all in and not allow for any outside distractions.
Even with the change in opponents, the Puerto Rican star is still treating this weekend as if his entire career is on the line. It's the mindset he needs, if only to start anew.
"It's a difficult time for me. I stayed away from the press. I've learned that a lot of people are not my friends, they say things about me. I cleaned up my team a little bit, got rid of negative people in camp. I'm staying ready for the biggest fight of my career."
The mentality is a far cry from the circumstances surrounding the Donaire fight. The pre-fight hype included a war of words and social media exchanges, as the wives of each fighter began feuding on Twitter, and both fighters also carrying the beef over in person during the press conference and weigh-in prior to their HBO-televised co-feature.
Vazquez Jr. put all of that behind him, though the points loss – a surprisingly scored split decision in a in a fight that wasn't that close – remains a learning lesson. Every fight still is, considering his first moments as a pro were spent learning as he earned.
A limited amateur career put Vazquez Jr. behind the eight-ball, but quickly adapted to the pro ranks. Proof came in his fighting for and winning a major title after just over three years of punching for pay.
By his own admission, there was plenty of motivation to turn pro rather than go the traditional 'crawl, walk, run' amateur system route. Vazquez Jr. was always confident in his ability to make a pro career work, with the payoff being a well-paying job as opposed to other career options at the time.
"I didn't get into this to be famous. I got into it for the money," Vazquez Jr. shamelessly admits. "You can do well if you win. If you train properly, the job pays well. I fight for my family, to give them what they need."
Vazquez Jr. has been well-compensated for his time, but is now out to prove there is more to his career than just a quick blitz towards the top. The first day of the rest of his life comes on Saturday night at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, the same venue where he won his first major title.
A win over Oquendo doesn't necessarily take him to the promise land, but it will serve as a fair indication of where he's presently at in his career. The 29-year old Oquendo (22-2, 15KO) has won eight straight, including knockouts in six of his past seven contests.
With the card undergoing several changes and even the addition of countryman Ivan Calderon, there was an easier route for Vazquez Jr. to travel. His name still means something in boxing circles, particularly in his Bayamon hometown.
Unlike most other next-generation fighters who never come close to measuring up to their more famous family members, Vazquez Jr. remains on a mission to prove he is his own man. The hunt continues this weekend.
"I don't need the publicity; I don't need to be famous. I just need to provide for my family."
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com. Follow Jake on Twitter: @JakeNDaBox


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Bibliotheek Rijksmuseum koopt Perspectiva Corporum Regularium van Jamnitzer uit 1568 bij Christie's Londen
JAMNITZER, Wenzel (1508-85). Perspectiva corporum regularium. Das ist ein fleyssige Fërweysung. Nuremberg, 1568. 420 x 280mm. Engraved title and 49 plates by Jost Amman.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BOOK ON PERSPECTIVE. Jamnitzer was the best known German goldsmith of his era and worked for a succession of Emperors, including Charles V, Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolf II. He is thought to have invented an embossing machine and he performed scientific studies to improve the technical knowledge of his guild. Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, based on Plato's Timaeus and Euclid's Elements, is highly prized for its striking engravings of polyhedra.


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Each year, there is always a population of individuals that scramble to put together their forms and file their taxes before the April 15 deadline comes and goes. These procrastinators often have to rush and contend with a lot of stress, and mistakes can be quite common when things are left until the last minute.
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Create a list
As with other business processes, company leaders might see increased success if they draw up a to do list to ensure that nothing is forgotten. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, this step is equally important if leaders are scrambling with only a few days left to file. The source said that startup owners should list the forms they need, individual financial accounts, personal claims, investment data and other elements that will be crucial to have on hand when doing taxes.
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Despite the temptation that might be present, this is not the time to cut corners, even if it can save a few minutes. According to the Denver Business Journal, the IRS has begun cracking down on companies that under report earnings, and it is exceedingly easy to verify the correct amounts. This can result in audits and red tape that can tie business processes up and result in lost face and revenue alike.
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Accounting software can be invaluable during these times. Not only can company leaders save a lot of time that would otherwise be spent manually entering numbers or waiting on a third-party service, but in using these programs, administrators can ensure that their firm is compliant with all applicable laws. Mistakes are often easily caught when this process is automated, so to save time and avoid penalties in the future, financial software might be the way to go.
Entrepreneur also reported that this can help small business owners make sure their tax preparers - if they aren't doing it themselves - are shared on all the appropriate documents.
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Then these 2 below are changes in hue and saturation of my favourite part of the painting where the layers of paint and brushstrokes are evident.
I've printed most of these out on Jacquard inkjet cotton sheets ( having restocked my supplies with 2 packs of 30 , that should keep me going for a while....) These are currently marinading on my design wall while I decide how to use them as Journal Quilts .
Also in the post besides inkjet supplies was a copy of Jane Dunnewold's 'Creative Strength Training' which I pre-ordered. I've started reading it and thinking about the exercises but first I want to crystallise my understanding of the 'Reading a Paint Surface' course now I've had time to ponder what the take -home messages are for me. By coincidence, this week's Painters Key's post 'returning to a cold easel' offers a different perspective on the same subject.
"The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared." (Georges Braque)


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\[Author's Note: Each month, this column discusses various aspects of the advanced administration of e-business sites. This month, I introduce you to the major features of Application Center and provide design considerations for deploying this server in your environment.\]
Historically, deploying and managing multi-tier applications in Web farms or clustered environments has been complex—in some cases, even impossible. This month, I explain the design, configuration, and implementation of Microsoft Application Center 2000 and show you how to use this server to deploy and manage even the most complex Web applications in Web farms and clustered environments. I introduce you to the six major Application Center features, delve into some of the more important design considerations, then discuss Application Center implementation. "Application Center Resources," page 2, lists additional articles and a white paper that will help as you consider using Application Center.
The Application Center Feature Set
Application Center has six major feature areas. Of course, you don't have to use all the features of the product. Nevertheless, this complete and concise list will help get you started thinking about which features you'll deploy in your shop.
Application Center applications. Application Center uses the concept of an application, which is a collection of resources (e.g., IIS Web sites, HTML and image files, Active Server Pages—ASP—applications, COM+ components and applications, database connections, security settings, registry settings) synchronized as a whole. You define which resources make up an Application Center application. An Application Center application lets you manage these resources as a logical grouping or, put another way, as one application image.
Application Center provides a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to manage Application Center applications. You update and change an Application Center application from one console, which Figure 1, page 2, shows, then automatically synchronize those changes across large server arrays. Like most Microsoft products, Application Center is an open technology. All the server's APIs are exposed, which means that your developers can write Web-based management applications based on Application Center that perform well beyond the functionality of the MMC snap-in.
Realtime performance and health monitoring. Application Center provides an integrated view of Web application and server performance and health. What makes this monitoring special (and powerful) is that Application Center combines into one view all performance, event, and log data from all the servers in an Application Center cluster. Application Center has default monitors that handle such components as Web services, Application Center services, and system events. You can easily add thresholds (i.e., monitoring rules) to existing performance-data collectors to create additional monitors. For example, many performance-data collectors ship with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000. Application Center can integrate the Commerce Server performance collectors into its integrated monitoring.
When a data collector meets its threshold rules, the state of the data collector changes (e.g., from normal to critical). For example, you can define a CPU threshold so that a collector enters a critical state if processor utilization is greater than 90 percent for 1 minute. Using thresholds, you can define the areas of the system that you want to monitor. In addition, you can define conditions that warrant an alert. Some administrators want to receive 300 system-monitoring email messages (or pages) a day from Application Center; others want to be notified only in times of crisis.
Simplified load balancing. Load balancing distributes Web-application-processing loads evenly across multiple servers. Network Load Balancing (NLB) is a clustering technology that balances incoming IP traffic among the nodes in a multinode cluster, such as an IIS server farm, as Figure 2 shows. NLB decides on a packet-by-packet basis which packets a given server should process. The essence of NLB is a mapping of shared virtual IP (VIP) addresses to the real IP addresses of the servers that are part of the load-balancing scheme. Load-balanced servers (frequently called hosts) in an NLB cluster provide two important benefits:
- Application scalability—As application traffic increases, NLB lets you easily add servers to the cluster without bringing down the application.
- Availability—NLB automatically detects server failures in the cluster and automatically repartitions client traffic among the remaining available servers.
Fault tolerance. One big challenge that Web-application developers face is maintaining session state (sometimes called coherency) for a user as he or she moves among Web pages. The Application Center Request Forwarder preserves session state in a clustered Web server environment. In the event of a catastrophic failure on a server in an Application Center cluster (such as a NIC failure on the public Internet segment of the LAN), Request Forwarder automatically routes the session and all additional traffic to the next available server.
Application Center can also proactively repair software faults. Application Center enables high availability because no single point of failure exists within the cluster. Even if the Application Center cluster controller is unavailable, the cluster's other servers can handle requests, and the user is unaffected.
Application staging and deployment. Application Center simplifies the process of deploying Web content, Internet Server API (ISAPI) filters, and COM+ applications through the development, testing, and production life cycle. The server also allows seamless, incremental, scheduled application updates and upgrades without requiring system downtime. One of Application Center's primary functions is to coordinate the deployment of one or more single-application images to one or more servers. You can use a simple wizard to immediately deploy selected applications to selected servers. Or you can schedule applications for deployment in nonpeak hours.
Application replication. Application Center provides a core replication engine and drivers to move applications between cluster nodes. Application Center's replication technology is based on Microsoft Site Server 3.0's Content Replication System (CRS), and the engine keeps Web applications synchronized across arrays of multiple servers.
Application Center Project Design Considerations
Before I dive into project design considerations, let me dispel a couple of myths. Myth number one is that you won't benefit from Application Center if you have only one Web server. A single-server shop can benefit from Application Center's help in managing Web site content and components as they move from development to staging to production Web sites on the same server. In addition, you can benefit from realtime performance and health monitoring. Most important, however, Application Center in a single-server scenario provides a quick, easy, and inexpensive road map to multiple servers in a Web farm.
Myth number two is that Application Center requires two NICs in each server in the cluster. If you decide to employ Application Center's NLB feature to create Application Center clusters for content synchronization and health monitoring, you must use dual NICs in your machines. But no other Application Center feature requires a second NIC in each server.
Using two NICs in a Windows NT server is a potential security risk because one NIC can see the other NIC's traffic. However, Microsoft added superior networking drivers to eliminate that potential risk in Windows 2000.
NLB emits periodic "heartbeat" messages so that it can monitor all members of a cluster. These heartbeat messages impose very low overhead on network traffic, but for optimum cluster performance, you might want to install a second NIC on each NLB host to handle them. In this configuration, a front-end NIC carries the load-balancing traffic resulting from client (user) requests and a back-end NIC handles the management traffic addressed to the server (i.e., the heartbeat messages).
If you need or want two NICs, configure them on separate, nonroutable IP subnets to ensure security and efficient messaging. In addition, assign a static IP address to each back-end NIC. Although Application Center supports DHCP-assigned addresses, using static IP addresses can increase the reliability of intracluster communications.
Next, you need to update the HOSTS file for the back-end IP address of each member of the cluster. The HOSTS file resides in the \%winnt%\system32\ drivers\etc\hosts folder and must have entries for each server that you add to the cluster. Finally, to ensure that you apply all appropriate settings, you need to restart each server before proceeding with the cluster-creation or member-addition process.
If you want to use Application Center for content and component synchronization, you need to be in a "version release" mentality. In other words, collect updates and implement them together rather than one by one. Application Center doesn't deploy single files into production very well.
In addition, remember that Application Center's purpose is to synchronize content and guarantee that Web sites match. If a developer is working on an application feature on your development Web site, make sure that the developer completes his or her work before you move that feature to the staging environment. When content is in the staging environment, Application Center will move it to production, whether it's ready or not.
Also, if you're planning to implement Application Center and your development, staging, and production servers are out of sync, you should clean up the mess before employing this set of technologies.
Managing with Application Center
Using Application Center to manage a cluster is no more difficult than using it to manage one Web server because you administer clusterwide configuration from one MMC console. Each cluster has one server designated as the cluster controller. This server, which can serve requests in addition to performing its controller duties, is the source (master) of all cluster synchronization, including content, component, and configuration details. If the cluster controller is unavailable, the member servers continue handling HTTP requests from users. You can dynamically designate any node in the cluster to be the controller. After you've defined an Application Center cluster controller, you can automatically deploy new content to the cluster group as a whole, configure load balancing, and monitor cluster performance. As you'd expect, numerous command-line tools and exposed APIs are available to make all of MMC's functionality available through scripting.
Next Month
You deal with complicated tasks every day—tasks such as rebuilding software configurations on Web servers, moving applications from test servers to staging servers, changing software configurations on multiple production Web servers, creating clusters, and rolling application versions into production. Application Center has a powerful set of features that can help you complete these complicated tasks swiftly, automatically, and easily.
Now that I've got you excited about Application Center's features, here are some tips for selling it to your management. You can measure Application Center's Return on Investment (ROI) in several ways: faster Web server deployment, shortened application- development cycles, higher application availability, improved site performance and scalability, and reduced management complexity. Software and hardware costs are, in most cases, the smallest costs involved in deploying software solutions. The most substantial costs come from the personnel costs required to manage the solution after it's in place (often called production support). This production support arena is the area in which Application Center is most effective. Next month, I'll show you how to install and configure Win2K Server Terminal Services to manage IIS.
Microsoft Application Center 2000 is a wonderful tool. Here are a few resources to help you in your decision to use this server in your environment:
Application Center Synchronization
Tim Huckaby, "Application Center Content, Component, and Configuration Synchronization," April 2001
Network Load Balancing
Tim Huckaby and Christopher George, "The Tao of Network Load Balancing," http://www .win2000mag.com, InstantDoc ID 21838
Application Center Request Forwarding
Tim Huckaby and Christopher George, "Managing a Web Farm with Application Center 2000," February 2001
Application Center Features
Microsoft white paper, "Application Center 2000 at Microsoft—Managing the
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So, to recap McCain's position: (1) in order to win in Iraq, we need to expand our military by 100,000 more troops; (2) we don't have anywhere near 100,000 troops to send to Iraq, and nobody suggests that we do; (3) a draft is absolutely unnecessary.
HINDERAKER: Let's talk about the war in Iraq. What's the difference between you and your opponent, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, when it comes to the war in Iraq?
KENNEDY: You know, I've been consistently focused on adapting to win - whatever it takes to make sure that we prevail against an emey that has stated that their goal is to - y'know - eliminate us from the face of the earth.
My opponent came out on Meet The Press and twice said that the approach should be a diplomatic and political solution - that we should negotate with people who would just as soon kill us as look at us. We need to make sure we prevail, but we can't just get there by wishing it would go away. We have to make sure we support our troops and do what is necessary to achieve victory.
HINDERAKER: How about the economy?
he Upstate media today is all about Tom Reynolds' bizarre press conference yesterday, at which he surrounded himself by small children. At one point, reporters asked if he could make the children leave so they could as adult questions, and he refused.
Question: Okay, this question is for the children who you've surrounded yourself with. Children, raise your hand if Representative Mark Foley has ever molested you or sent inappropriate e-mails. Okay, same question, but now for Representative Reynolds.


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The Autochrome Lumière is an early color photography process. Patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907 it was the principal color photography process in use before the advent of subtractive color film in the mid-1930s.
Autochrome is an additive color "mosaic screen plate" process. The medium consists of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic grains of potato starch dyed red-orange, green and blue-violet (an unusual but functional variant of the standard red, green and blue additive colors) which act as color filters. Lampblack fills the spaces between grains, and a black-and-white panchromatic silver halide emulsion is coated on top of the filter layer. Unlike ordinary black-and-white plates, the Autochrome was loaded into the camera with the bare glass side facing the lens, so that the light passed through the mosaic filter layer before reaching the emulsion. The use of an additional special orange-yellow filter in the camera was required, to block ultraviolet light and restrain the effects of violet and blue light, parts of the spectrum to which the emulsion was overly sensitive. Because of the light loss due to all the filtering,
Autochrome plates required much longer exposures than black-and-white plates and films, which meant that a tripod or other stand had to be used and that it was not practical to photograph moving subjects. The plate was reversal-processed into a positive transparency — that is, the plate was first developed into a negative image but not "fixed", then the silver forming the negative image was chemically removed, then the remaining silver halide was exposed to light and developed, producing a positive image. Each starch grain remained in alignment with the corresponding microscopic area of emulsion coated over it. When the finished image was viewed by transmitted light, each bit of the silver image acted as a valve, allowing more or less light to pass through the corresponding colored starch grain, recreating the original proportions of the three colors. At normal viewing distances, the light coming through the individual grains blended together in the eye, reconstructing the color of the light photographed through the filter grains.


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I am a bit late to the party with reviewing the Autumn Edit 2017 by the Parcel, especially since I received this a few weeks ago, but better late than never!
The Parcel has been fairly consistent in delivering great, excellent-value-for-money beauty subscription boxes, and I have been subscribed to them for the longest time out of all the beauty subscription boxes available in Australia. I guess it helps that it's a seasonal subscription service (i.e. one box every 3 months), as you don't get as many repeated products. It's also affordable at $25 per box (or $99 for 4 boxes).


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When he finally turned to face Randy, he had this priestlike aura about him, a kind of holy ecstasy, a feeling of cosmic symmetry revealed, as if Randy's jaw, and his brilliant oral-surgery brain, had been carved out by the architect of the Universe fifteen billion years ago specifically so that they could run into each other, here and now, in front of this light box. He did not say anything like, "Randy let me just show you how close the roots of this one tooth are to the bundle of nerves that distinguishes you from a marmoset," or "My schedule is incredibly full and I was thinking of going into the real estate business anyway," or "Just a second while I call my lawyer." He didn't even say anything like, "Wow, those suckers are really in deep." The young brilliant oral surgeon just said, "Okay," stood there awkwardly for a few moments, and then walked out of the room in a display of social ineptness that totally cemented Randy's faith in him.
Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon p. 779
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Microcosm and Macrocosm
David Pears
- Reason, Truth and History by Hilary Putnam
Cambridge, 222 pp, £15.00, February 1982, ISBN 0 521 23035 7
There is an odd experience that Plato may have had. If light filters into a room through a small enough aperture, anything moving on the street outside will cast its shadow on the ceiling and back wall, and the shadow may have only the most abstract resemblance to the original. Perhaps the human predicament is really like that. The truth about the world may be difficult or even impossible to attain by ordinary methods.
The way to develop this kind of speculation is to take a part of human experience that is known to provide us with inadequate representations and to suggest that the whole may really be inadequate in a similar way. A skull is quite like a camera obscura and Plato's Cave is a powerful image. Hilary Putnam's version of the speculation is more frightening. He imagines brains in a vat of nutrient liquid with a computer giving their sensory nerve-sockets all the stimulations of daily life and collecting and taking account of all the impulses coming from their motor-nerve outlets.
Plato's prisoners could escape from the cave, but Putnam supposes that his brains in a vat will never find their way into skulls placed on the shoulders of bodies that walk the world. Is there any other way in which they might discover their predicament? If not, then, given that the microcosm of their experiences is exactly like ours, how can we tell that ours is not produced in the same way as theirs? So how do we know that we attain the objective truth about the macrocosm?
The theme of Putnam's book is that truth is attainable only if it is partly dependent on the mind and so partly constituted by the methods by which it is attained. If this is a viable strategy for avoiding scepticism, it is one that needs careful planning, because it is easy to go too far and to fall into subjectivism.
The speculation that we might be brains in a vat seems to be endemic at Harvard. Robert Nozick, in his recent book, argues ingeniously that, though he does not know that it is false, he does know something incompatible with it – namely, that he is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Putnam does not let things get so far, because he thinks that the speculation is necessarily false. His argument is that, if the brains in a vat described their predicament in our vocabulary, the words would have to be interpreted not in our way but in theirs. The two nouns, 'brains' and 'vat', as used by them (impulses picked up by the computer from their motor-nerve outlets), would refer, not to the two types of thing to which they refer on our lips, but only to two types of stimulation of their sensory nerve sockets or to related phantasmata in their microcosms. He then claims that, on this interpretation, their description of their predicament could not be true, because (to put the reason in our way) it would imply that they were hallucinating that they were in a vat, and not that they were really in one. So if we actually are in this predicament, our description of it must be false.
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Following more than an hour of deliberation at a special meeting on Dec. 4, the Douglas County School Board voted 7-0 to hire a firm to conduct a national search for a permanent superintendent. "I …
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Following more than an hour of deliberation at a special meeting on Dec. 4, the Douglas County School Board voted 7-0 to hire a firm to conduct a national search for a permanent superintendent.
"I do see that it is an investment," board member Wendy Vogel said at the meeting at DCSD's administrative building in Castle Rock. "And it is something that will pay off in the long run for us and specifically for our students."
School board President David Ray and board member Kevin Leung will conduct interviews of three national search firms and select one no later than January 2018. The school board will then work with the search firm to find a permanent superintendent for the 2018-19 school year.
Prior to the school board's decision, Douglas County interim Superintendent Erin Kane made a recommendation:
"I would encourage you to engage in a search — I would encourage you to engage in in a quick search at least," Kane said. "Whether I am the future leader of this school district or not, I will tell you that our number one issue is indeed receiving more funding for this school district and if we are unable to receive more funding in November of '18, the challenges to come are very, very significant."
Kane does not know if she will participate in the search for a superintendent, she said before leaving the boardroom while the school board discussed the three options on the table for hiring a permanent superintendent.
Options included selecting one of three firms to do a national search, conducting a regional search in-house or hiring Kane as permanent superintendent.
Kane was hired in 2016 after former superintendent Elizabeth Fagen resigned and took a position in the Humble Independent School District in Texas. Many teachers and parents blamed Fagen, who was hired in 2010 by a school board majority of reform-minded members, for policies that led to an exodus of teachers and administrators over the past several years. During her tenure, the school board severed ties with the teachers' union.
In January 2016, the Douglas County School Board extended Kane's contract through the 2017-18 school year.
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