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Indecent, Ethan Brant, CreateSpace, 2016
Inspired by true events, this book is about one man's journey through the criminal and political underworld of present-day Yugoslavia.
As a teenager, Zlatan (born in Bosnia, raised in Serbia) is sentenced to several years in prison for putting another teenager in the hospital. While inside, he is introduced to the criminal underworld. He becomes friends with an older ex-security agent who he calls "Uncle." He is suddenly let out of prison. Agents of the State Security Service pick him up and make it clear to him that his freedom is not free. He is expected to kill several government opponents living all over Europe. Saying no is not an option.
Zlatan finds it easy to pull the trigger; it does not mean that he likes it. After several such murders, he is under the impression that his obligations to The Service are fulfilled. Zlatan and a couple of friends get into the drug business with money from the robbery of a Cartier jewelry store. After several years of success, one day, The Service calls, and makes it clear that his obligations to them are not fulfilled.
Zlatan spends the next several years as the "power behind the throne" to President Koshtunica, the last President of Yugoslavia and then Prime Minister of Serbia. Zlatan wants, and gets, police protection for his drug shipments. After several more years, Zlatan leaves, and hides with a friend in an isolated cabin, away from everyone. The phone rings.
This is a novella, so it is a quick read. It gives an interesting look inside a very turbulent part of the world. It also has plenty of violence, and it is really good and worth reading.
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Hi I'm Kayla with Cheaphumidors.com and today I'm going to tell you a little bit about our imperfect humidors. We have a whole section on our website that is dedicated just to our imperfect humidors, and it's important that you understand what we mean when we say that an item is "imperfect."
These humidors come to us from damage claims, direct from the manufacturers, or from accidents out in the warehouse. It can be anything from a nick, to a ding, to a scratch, or the whole corner can be missing finish; anything like that. It can be something simple like this one, where the manufacturer put the plastic bag on the humidor too soon after clear coating it, so you see these little striations in the clear coat.
Or it could be something like this one, where our engraver spelled a name wrong. We can't sell it to the customer, but it still holds humidity. It just has somebody else's engraving on it. Now during the summer months (we're in Florida), we have tons of storms and we're constantly losing power. If we lose power during an engraving, we end up with a partial engraving print, and this will come to you as an imperfect.
It can also be things like this one, where we're missing a tray because we sent it out for a replacement. So it's missing a tray, a divider, and it can be missing a key. Anything on the inside that doesn't actually produce humidity, it can be missing.
What we don't mean is a completely destroyed unit. This one is not something we would sell as an imperfect because it's completely destroyed and the seal is no longer intact, so it can't maintain humidity.
So these are great items if you have too many cigars for your current humidor and you just want one for all of your extra sticks that you're going to put in your closet. It's great for flavoring your cigars or anything like that. It's not good for a display piece or if you're giving it as a gift. You want to move away from these ones because they're not going to be perfect. They can have anything from a nick, ding, or scratch up to all of the issues; it's damaged, it's engraved, and it's missing items. However, it will always maintain a seal. I'm Kayla with Cheaphumidors.com and this was a short intro into our imperfect humidors.[VIDEO] What is an Imperfect Humidor? by Kayla Becker

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Natasha O'Brien (Bisset) is a world class pastry chef, one of only a handful of chefs honored with inclusion in "The World's Most Fabulous Meal" - a feature in Max Vandeveer's fine dining magazine. When the other chefs included in the feature begin dying in poetic ways associated with their famous dishes, her ex husband, Robby Ross (Segal), a fast food king, helps her find out why, and keeps her from being the next to be murdered.
This film is recently available on DVD, though it's not a well produced version, from reviews I've seen. The television trailer is above, uploaded to YouTube by seanmc31076.
Obscurity factor: 8 (not well known, available on DVD, rarely screened on TV)


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Diamondbacks fans, it's time to make sure you have a nice TV and a comfortable couch, because that is where you and the D-backs will be watching the postseason from this year.
Arizona has fallen back to .500 after being swept at home in a three-game series by the San Diego Padres this past weekend.
"When you get in streaks like this, sometimes it doesn't seem fair," said Kirk Gibson after Sunday's loss.
When asked about the team's playoff chances, Gibson said "crazier things have happened," and after the way September was last season can anyone say he's wrong?
One thing is certain; the Diamondbacks are not playing good baseball, not by a long shot. They are now 2-5 over the first seven games of this crucial 10-game home stand.
The Results
Game 1
When a team and an organization enter a series and are thinking sweep, a crushing series opening loss can be tough to swallow. On Friday night that is exactly what happened; the D-backs were four-hit by the Padres and Patrick Corbin had one of his worst starts as a big leaguer. To give you an idea of how bad the game was, the game highlight video shown at Chase Field towards the end of the game featured only a few actual plays from the game and was mostly focused on the fans. Padres 5, Diamondbacks 0
Game 2
With one swing of the bat in the bottom of the second inning, Justin Upton got the crowd into the game and made a statement that this game would be different from the first. Upton hit a line drive off the right-center field wall that ricocheted away from all the Padres outfielders and allowed J-Up to score on a two-run inside-the-park home run. However, that would be the high point for the D-backs, as they would get only five more hits the rest of the night. Ian Kennedy continued to struggle, as he gave up six runs in 5.1 innings of work. Padres 9, Diamondbacks 3
Game 3
Trevor Cahill didn't pitch well, the D-backs' hitting was erratic and the Padres scored all five of their runs with two outs. Kirk Gibson said the team had a lot of energy prior to the start of the game, but it didn't transfer too well onto the field. Arizona is now 10-19 in one-run games this season. Padres 5, Diamondbacks 4
What it Means
Arizona is now 7 games behind the Giants and they are 6.5 games back of the final wild card spot with a record of 64-64. Let's assume for a second that the Giants and Dodgers play .500 ball the rest of the way (which they won't). The Diamondbacks would need to go 25-9 the rest of the way just to tie for the division lead. That isn't happening, plain and simple.
Series Report Card
Record: F
The Diamondbacks needed to win this series; a sweep would have been ideal. There was a sweep, but it was not what Kirk Gibson's squad was hoping for. The team's playoff hopes are looking more and more like a mirage with every series.
Offense: D
The Diamondbacks have now failed to score at least five runs in five consecutive games and six of their last seven, all at home, making this the second longest such streak of the season. Ironically, the longest such run last season was the nine-game streak between August 16th and August 24th. For whatever reason, Arizona just doesn't like to score runs this time of year. There was really no timely hitting for the D-backs in the three games. They struggled to get runners on base, and when they did they couldn't get them around to score. Chris Johnson, after all the praise he received when he first got to the Valley, has slowed down considerably of late. He went just 2-for-10 in this series and is just four for his last 30 at-bats (.133) with no home runs and two RBI. Just to compare, Ryan Roberts is nine for his last 30 at-bats (.300) with one home run and five RBI. So was it smart to so quickly shun Tatman? I'll leave that up for you to decide.
Defense: A-
A good series from a fielding standpoint for Kirk Gibson's squad, as they went errorless over this three-game set. Aaron Hill had several nice sliding plays at second base, Miguel Montero threw out his first base runner since mid-July and of course there was Paul Goldschmidt's "Web Gem" unassisted double play in the first inning on Friday.
Pitching: D
The Diamondbacks' starting pitching was atrocious in this series, as no pitcher made it into through the sixth inning. Patrick Corbin, Ian Kennedy and Trevor Cahill combined for a 9.69 ERA in 14 innings of work. The other major problem is that number of innings pitched; your starters shouldn't be pitching only half of the innings of a series. That is a good way to burn out your bullpen in a hurry. All three of the starters earned losses for their performances. The bullpen was erratic at times but did a very good job since it accounted for almost half of the innings in the series.
Managing: C-
Kirk Gibson started Chris Johnson every game against San Diego and while I understand that this team really has no other decent option at third base, I'd much rather see a younger player get a chance to prove himself. Can't get any worse at the hot corner, can it?
Series Awards
Play of the Series:
Justin Upton's inside-the-park two-run home run on Saturday night. Upton was returning from a hamstring injury, but you could never tell by the way he ran the bases during that home run.
Player of the Series:
Justin Upton. Although he did not play on Friday, he went 4/8 in the series with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI.
Quote of the Series:
"We probably overachieved last year. Maybe this is more who we really were." -Kevin Towers before Sunday's game.
The "Dikembe Mutombo Finger Wag" Award:
The Diamondbacks starting pitching. I've been over the numbers already.
Best Moment of the Series:
This is more something that had to do with me rather than any of the games, but pregame on Friday I had a long conversation with Breeja Larson, an Arizona native, who won gold at the London Olympics in swimming. She let me hold her gold medal and since I don't see myself participating in the Olympics any time soon, that was an amazing experience.
The Road Ahead:
The Diamondbacks continue their home stand with a three-game set against the NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds. Tyler Skaggs makes his second big league start Monday in the opener against Reds veteran right-hander Bronson Arroyo.


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Certolizumab pegol (Cimzia ®) delivered rapid and consistent improvements in a broad range of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients after 12 weeks of treatment regardless of whether or not they had received prior TNF inhibitors or whether or not they were receiving concomitant DMARDs, concluded the latest analysis of the Phase III b REALISTIC trial presented at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) meeting in London, May 25-28 (abstract FRI021).
"These results are encouraging because they demonstrate the clinical usefulness of certolizumab pegol in a broad population of patients with RA and reflect the patient variability we see day-to-day in clinical practice," said Roy Fleischmann, one of the investigators from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
In previous studies of certolizumab pegol patients populations have been largely homogenous, with the treatment used either as monotherapy or as add-on therapy to methotrexate in RA patients who have had no prior exposure to TNF inhibitors.
In the REALISTIC (RA Evaluation in Subjects Receiving TNF Inhibitor Certolizumab Pegol) trial,1,063 patients were randomized 4:1 to CZP (n=851) or control (n=212). Patients, who were recruited from North American and Western Europe, had active RA at screening and baseline defined by >5 tender joints, >4 swollen joints and C-reactive protein levels >10mg/ and or erythrocyte sedimentation rates >28 mm/hour. The main results of the REALISTIC study, presented at the American College of Rheumatology meeting 2010, showed that ACR20 response rates at week 12 were 51.1% in the certolizumab pegol group versus 25.9% in the placebo group (p<0.001).
In the current abstract investigators undertook a subgroup analysis of the REALISTIC data to investigate whether there were differences in efficacy for certolizumab pegol according to whether it was used in patients with and without prior TNF inhibitor use, and whether it was being used with or without concomitant DMARDS.
Results showed that for patients who had used prior TNF inhibitors the ACR 20 response rate was 47.2% for those randomized to certolizumab pegol versus 27.5% for those randomized to the control group (P<0.01). For patients with no prior TNF inhibitor use the ACR20 was 53.5% for those randomized to certolizumab pegol versus 25% for those randomized to the control group (P<0.0001).
"Based on these ACR 20 responses we found no significant difference for patients with prior anti TNF and no prior anti TNF," said Paul Emery, from Leeds Teaching Hospital (Leeds, England), president of EULAR, who was also a REALISTIC study investigator. Furthermore, in the post hoc analysis investigators found no significant difference in ACR20 results regardless of whether patients received monotherapy or one concomitant DMARD or two concomitant DMARDs.
UCB has announced its plan (25 May) to launch the first industry sponsored anti TNF head to head study. The study will randomize patients to receive either certolizumab pegol plus methotrexate (MTX) or adalimumab plus MTX for 12 weeks, after which patients who respond will continue on their treatment, while nonresponders will switch.
Weinblatt M et al. Certolizumab pegol as monotherapy or with concomitant DMARDs in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without prior TNF inhibitor use: analyses of the REALISTIC 12-week Phase IIIb randomised controlled study. Poster presented at the EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology; 2011, 25-28 May; London, UK. FRI0214
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Plenty of buzz about the Sky Tower coning this morning.
We can tell you that it was the work of Colenso for the energy drink V.
"All will be revealed on TV on Sunday," says a Colenso insider.
UPDATE: Here's the link to the site
It was supposedly done by a guy on a jetpack. We reckon it's a fake.


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Every four years, we're given the World Cup: a four-year period where our image of Germany goes from "an eccentric, somewhat suspicious but ultimately benign European country with strange porn and cabaret" to "Holocaust Holocaust Holocaust Holocaust." During the World Cup, even the most progressive Americans can gloat in defeating a developing nation with a comparatively low development level- a nation that was also the ultimate port of call for millions of slaves who ended up in the United States.
On one hand, it's not pretty. On another hand, it's a rare opportunity to pretend anything other than differing levels of institutionalized exclusion determined the fates of millions of nations and peoples worldwide.


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I also added a little banner to the top of my blog so you can easily vote for me everyday in the Akira contest. Akira just updated the participants updates on scoring and I have stayed in 2nd place since the start. Right now, I am a whole 70 votes below 1st :( So I really, really would appreciate your vote! There is only 8 days left to vote. And if you want you can even go back to the Romwe giveaway here and redeem another "slot" into my contest which ends in six days.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
I also added a little banner to the top of my blog so you can easily vote for me everyday in the Akira contest. Akira just updated the participants updates on scoring and I have stayed in 2nd place since the start. Right now, I am a whole 70 votes below 1st :( So I really, really would appreciate your vote! There is only 8 days left to vote. And if you want you can even go back to the Romwe giveaway here and redeem another "slot" into my contest which ends in six days.
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Jensen, Max (2005) On the Discontinuous Galerkin method for Friedrichs Systems in Graph Spaces. Technical Report. Unspecified. (Submitted)
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Shrimp rolls
Everyone loves egg-rolls! Its a big hit in parties, gatherings or just for a snack. Best of all it can be frozen for future use.This appetizer is sure to please the crowds at parties, gatherings or snacks.
Vinaigrette for dipping
Ingredients you will need:
About 2lbs. of Divine tail on (black tiger) shrimp
2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoon of MSG or 3 teaspoon chicken granulated as an alternative
1 package of All purpose spring roll wrapper ( I like to use the MENLO brand)
3 egg yolk or 2 table spoons of all purpose flour with one teaspoon of water
1 Large bowl
1 Medium tray line it with parchment paper
1 flat surface plate (cutting board works great)
Vegetable oil
deep frying pan or fryer
Make sure to rinse and pat dry the shrimp. Place the shrimp in a large bowl, season it with salt, black pepper and MSG (or chicken granulate). Cut the spring roll wrapper in a triangle shape and separate the sheets. On a plate place a sheet, one shrimp, and roll from the bigger end of the wrapper tightly towards the point. Use the egg yolks or flour paste to seal the egg roll flap and place it in a tray. Deep fry at 375 degrees in about 2 inches of oil until golden. Place in a strainer to let all that oil drip out and serve.
Ingredients for sweet and sour dipping sauce:
1 cup of vinegar
1 cup of fish sauce ( available just about everywhere, even Wal-Mart)
1 cup of sugar
3 cups of water
4 cloves of garlic
3 red peppers
3rd a cup of shredded carrots
Crushed roasted peanuts
Honey (optional)
In a large pot combine vinegar, water, sugar, fish sauce and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Let it cool down then add mince or ground the garlic, peppers together, add shredded carrots and stir it into the liquid. Peanuts are optional and honey is added for an extra sweetness. This sauce can be used as a vinaigrette and dips for all kinds of food. It can also be stored in a plastic container for about 6 months.


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Here is the LO in full that I did for Shimelles UKS challenge. Apologies for the shadow cast across the photo. I only have my iPhone camera at the moment and have been having trouble loading photos onto the computer recently. It seems to want to sync my phone at the same time (it never used to) and this means losing my carefully selected playlist.
And when I say carefully selected, I mean it takes me nearly an hour to scroll down all the albums we have stored on here, manually tick the songs I want one by one (if anyone knows how to select many on iTunes, be grateful if you could tell me) then, upload them back up.
It also means that I can't alter the photo. Mind, not I know how to do that yet...have only just uploaded Picasa so am still fiddling with it.
Anyhoo, I had to post this to Facebook, then save it onto my computer from there to beable to get it into the gallery. I don't normally post my LOs on there but I suppose there is no harm in my family seeing what I do on my days off :P
In case anyone is wondering, the pictures are of me, (Brownie uniform), sis and bro having our pics taken at my nans. I'm currently 'stealing' photos from my Uncle to scan so I can scrap them and there are a lot of these type of photos.


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Registration is now under way for the Spring 2012 semester at Lone Star College-Tomball (LSC-Tomball). Spring classes for college credit, workforce development and continuing education start on Tuesday, January 17. Students are encouraged to enroll early to ensure the best selection of classes and times.
Registration is also under way for the Winter Mini-Mester. The Mini-Mester is an excellent way for Lone Star students and students from four-year universities to earn additional college credit and accelerate their graduation and/or transfer date. Courses begin December 19 and run for three weeks. Advisors will be available during the Mini-Mester to provide support to students taking these classes.
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It has been a long while since posting. Holding down a job, family and my inner world is tough, tougher when you have Myalgic Encephalitis (ME) and energy is the currency of consciousness and thought.
Like the world debt, the 3 debts of;
monetary debt;
energy debt and
environmental debt,
without these energies all becomes harder to do, there is collateral, damage and suffering, financially, prosperity and pollution's death of a thousand cuts.
Well ME is similar as this, only embedded in the personal: physical, mental and conscious. Unhealthy and mind and body numbing.
When it struck me down at the end of 2005, all was lost, and quality of life stolen like a house repossessed by the bank.
See my first poem below on the first wave of devastation and energy starvation, just what will happen to our modern society on this planet soon?
Certainly, as I say in the title and at the end, I am not the voluntary lost, and I think we are all 'not the voluntary lost' in these times of 3 debts coming home, we will all feel like this before the end of my lifetime, not from an illness like my ME, but from the failure of our leaders to address the real 3 debt crisis. God damn it, we even have radar to see the icebergs, but we go on sailing the Titanic of our civilisation at as fast a speed as we can, straight towards the rock of reality that will hole us way below the water line.
Not the voluntary lost
Stage #1
My Myalgic Encephalitis ( M.E.)
I've got the decorators in, but I never invited them here.
They've torn back the wallpaper in uneven slices,
Left ruffled layers of dampened past memories hanging,
Then gone home with paint cans and brushes left out.
I've got the builders in, unwelcomed,
With plans I have not been informed of.
Knocking down walls, breaking plaster and cracking views,
Rearranging the rooms in my slowly ceasing mind.
I can't find my mental list of things to do;
I have looked in all the memory draws I can find,
Everything crammed in and covered by the shadowy weight
Of moving paperwork and once new clothes.
What's left has all been stir-shifted, piled up on the floor,
Or hidden under clueless dustsheets. . .. . ., or broken,. . .. . .. or skipped.
Even I seem different now, not the person I had been.
I haven't the physical or mental strength to move, to wave,
Drowning, stuck in this ocean of verbal inability, cut off.
Me... that is I... am not the voluntary lost.
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A past training in progress at the Resource Center
The Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with the Linked Mental Health Project will conduct three-day training on SPSS for Investigators in the Linked Mental Health Project and the faculty members. The training will commence from Monday 10th February to Wednesday 12th February, 2015. The forums will run daily between 9:00am to 1:00pm.
The training will take place at the Projects Resource Center, located at the Patient Support Center in the KNH Mental Health Department.
The training is expected to impart quantitative data handling, entry and analysis skills to the investigators and the Faculty, most of who are supervisors to the Masters students in the department.
Speaking of the training and welcoming the faculty to the event, the chairman of the department Prof. Kuria said that the training is very essential and timely especially at this time when the department is making strides in developing a strong Mental Health Research Team. "The scientific world is very dynamic and we cannot afford to be left behind, and more so in light of the ever changing methodologies in research. So I welcome all the investigators and Faculty members to the training."
Speaking on the same, Dr. Mathai Muthoni, the Co-PI; Linked Mental Health Project said that the training is expected to refresh the participants' knowledge in quantitative research. "There are so many things that are emerging in quantitative data methodologies which are a benefit to medical research in general. That is what we expect to share in the forum. The trainers invited have the most up-to-date knowledge and experience in using SPSS. We hope that we shall tap and use these skills to strengthen our work both as researchers and mentors in Mental Health."
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Happy Summer everyone! I've been wanting to create a shaker card for a while now, especially since I've collected quite the bag of plastic packaging! Does that mean I've been purchasing too much?
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I chose the starfish and stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Tattered Rose, and then used the Brushed Corduroy Distress Marker and colored just one edge of each fin. I then used an AquaPainter to blend the colors a bit. I also inked the edges of the paper towards the center.
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Here's a better look ... even with my glasses on, I can't figure out what the words say ... maybe I blended the colors too much? lol
For the card base, I used Regal Rose cardstock and Crumb Cake. I stamped on the Crumb Cake with Versamark ink using the retired Cheesecloth background stamp. I also distressed the edges and inked w/Brushed Corduroy as well as the sentiment, also from the same stamp set.
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I layered the Whisper White onto Sahara Sand, and after stapling a piece of Not Quite Navy taffeta ribbon with my Tiny Attacher, adhered that to a piece of Not Quite Navy. The card base is Crumb Cake, and the butterfly is stamped with the Butterfly punch and some DSP from the retired Blueberry Crisp.
This last card was also dry embossed the old fashioned way. I then removed both the cardstock & stencil, and using sponge daubers, I lightly tapped color over the image. I used Powder Puff Chalk Inks in the colors of Biscotti, Purple Passion & Very Berry. After removing the stencil, I tapped a little more Biscotti ink in the center. I then paper pierced the corners using my paper-piercing template.
The card base is Soft Suede with some Elegant Eggplant Textured cardstock on the bottom half. The Whisper White was run through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots folder. I wrapped this w/Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon. As a finishing touch, I stamped the saying using the Tiny Tags set and the Biscotti Chalk ink and punched out with the Jewelry Tag Punch.
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I was just at the annual North American CSCMP event in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of spending time with some leading supply chain influencers and friends such as: @bob_ferrari, @lcecere, @arnoldmarkwells, @jeffashcroft to name a few.
What struck me was the absence of supply chain planning was from the event. Well I guess it should not be a real surprise when so many vendors have come and gone trying to provide users with the optimal "plan." Over a decade ago there was an explosion of companies that could provide an optimal planning the likes of i2 , Manugistics, Red Pepper Software or Numetrix to name a few, all looked to plan or schedule or optimize different parts of the extended supply chain. The ERP players did not stand still and created their own supply chain planning and optimization offerings - SAP APO even spelled it out- Advanced Planning and Optimization. But then the tide turned.
Businesses and supply chains realized that all the planning and optimization in the world was not a magic bullet. Companies such as i2 and Manugistics recognized they needed to add execution engines to their offerings to compete. ERP players like SAP and Oracle went about developing or acquiring their own execution engines. The past 5 years has seen an increase in the need for better execution, such as TMS (transportation management systems) solutions. Which brings me to CSCMP where the conference was heavy on the logistics and transportation side of supply chain. So has planning been killed off once and for all? No.
Planning will not go away, it should not be retired. Why? Planning is what allows companies to determine how resources will be allocated, where personnel is needed, the level of investments needed and finally what the goals are for the business. The basis of all plans is to determine a path to achieve a goal. Think about football (the american version), you have plays scripted and practiced, why? To achieve goals. Whether the goal is to score a touchdown, gain 5 yards or run out the clock, there are plays (plans) in place with the intent to reach these goals. Of course once on the field, you must execute this plan. As we all know, "no plan survives the first contact with the enemy." This is where execution kicks in, you need to be able to execute your plan. There is a third element to this - reducing the gap between execution and the plan. What do I mean by this? The ability to rapidly sense out of plan events, determine their impact and take corrective action.
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What do you think? And if you were at CSCMP what were your thoughts?
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When I was a young attorney, I was assigned to monitor the activities of an outside law firm that was representing my employer in a lawsuit. The billing statements showed one associate working 14-hour days. I had no reason to believe that the law firm was padding the bill—in fact, the total number of hours seemed reasonable. But I couldn't help wondering if the long hours made the tired associate less efficient and whether she would have done a better job in fewer hours if she had been fresh.
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We were in Houston for a few days when we first arrived from Austin and we packed in some good times but really enjoyed some down time as well. My brother Caleb came in town from Georgia so we had a wonderful time getting to see and play with him. And then I also got an evening to get away and spend the night at my sister Katie's apartment for some good girl time. I seriously cannot imagine life without a bunch of siblings. Its so much fun!
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There is no right or wrong way to work. People need spaces that reflect their own working style. Go To zones are adaptable multi-use spaces that allow everyone to organize their mind in their own way. Your workspace reflects you, and the
way you want to work.
From one to many
Hum for collaborative and interactive work. We work alone, we work together. Hum helps you switch modes, from individual work to teamwork, within the flow, without disruption, without booking a meeting room two floors away and two days away, without the need to move, change places, or shift context. From I to we without changing place. From I to we without changing pace.
Configurations for every workspace
Hum for total flexibility. Hum is an adaptable solution that works in tight spots and out in the open. Hum delivers for individual needs, for different working teams, and for whole organizations. Hum is designed to help improve office-wide interactions.
Learn More- Kimball : HUM® (1.94 MB)
Interworks EQ®
Sometimes the simplest solution is the smartest solution
The Interworks EQ panel system provides everything you need to set up workspaces, without any of the usual hassles. Straightforward components make it a cinch to understand, plan, specify, install and reconfigure. Clean lines and durable construction mean the system looks as good years from now as it did the first day it was installed. Plus, Interworks EQ integrates with other innovative Kimball Office products, so you can make a functional, productive and visually coherent office, without breaking a sweat.
Sustainability focused
Interworks EQ exemplifies Kimball Office's commitment to the environment. It's certified as low-emitting furniture; fully Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) compliant.
Improve the productivity of people by improving the productivity of space
With Interworks EQ, you can build workspaces that are highly functional and won't bust your budget, but will still be interesting and inspiring to employees. With just a few key components, including our innovative hinge connector, everything comes together quickly and simply to make spaces that reflect hard work and great taste. And Interworks EQ is just as easy to take apart, manage and put back together, to accommodate change and growth.
Snap in and plug in
Interworks EQ features increased data cable capacity and an improved electrical system that reduces installation time. The top-channel has enough capacity to lay in as many data cables as required for today's high-tech work force. And you can set up data and electrical plug-ins at either the mid- or base-wireway.
Make hard work a little less difficult
With Interworks EQ, you can make workspaces that accommodate every job function, from welcoming reception areas, to offices that let staff meet, greet, strategize, confer and get more out of every hour of the day. A wide range of sectional and stackable panels improve functionality, communicate professionalism and express your company's individual style.
Learn More- Kimball : InterworksEQ® (2.3 MB)
Now, your ideas need not be confined to the cube
Xsite is a frame and tile system that lets you think beyond the usual vertical and horizontal constraints. Run walls around architectural elements. Design offices of almost any dimension. Make turns at 120 degrees. Place storage components where they're most useful. Go monolithic inside the office, and modernist on the other side. Whatever office you're dreaming of, Xsite can make it real.
Set your offices free
With Xsite, complete off-modularity is built right in. The Traxx mounting system is integral to the frame, so you can place tiles, work tools, desks
and storage anywhere you want. Xsite lets you make the most of your wall space and your floor space.
If these walls could talk
Use low walls (30," 42″) to keep communication moving between stations. 50″ walls provide seated privacy, yet daylight streams in. Or build high (68″) to ensure conversations stay inside the office. Xsite frames are available in five heights, with stackers that let you build up to increase privacy.
No matter how tall you go, tiles can always be placed independent of the frame, so there are no limits to your creativity. And, you can give staff just what they need to stay organized, on task and productive with Footprint® storage. Cabinet, drawer, file and shelving components are available in many shapes, sizes and heights, to give you plenty of options to customize office configurations.
Learn More- Kimball : XSITE® (784.95 kB)
TRAXX and TILES®
Synergize your space
Turn architectural elements into useful square footage. Personalize any area to fit your work style with Traxx. Traxx is a simple, but revolutionary, horizontal mounting system. Traxx rails attach directly to building walls, allowing you to place storage, worksurfaces, panels, functional tiles and presentation tools wherever you want them.
The simple Traxx rail is the key element of this ingenious system of horizontal support for Footprint worksurfaces and storage, tiles, and more. Mounting to building walls. Traxx attaches to the existing building structure—studs, blocks or solid masonry—without additional blocking, because of its horizontal orientation.
Plan Freely
Traxx maximizes floor space, optimizes vertical space, and eliminates panel redundancy. You can even create a built-in look using standard Footprint components. Traxx allows placement of panels, components and worksurfaces to be 100% off-module. You can field scribe Traxx to
work within the constraints of the interior architecture and allow easy access to building utilities.
Traxx traverses columns and building obstructions, making every inch of space available for use. Scribe the worksurface to fit around existing architectural elements and support it from Traxx, to create useful workspace anywhere. Traxx-suspended worksurfaces leave building utilities easily accessible. Tiles can be scribed around light switches, thermostats and building obstacles.


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Welcome to another installment of the CodeGuru Update. Over the last couple of weeks I have mentioned a few things that have been announced from Microsoft. This week I'm going to mentioning a little more on the Windows XP Service Pack 2.
There is a chance that SP2 could impact your applications in a number of ways. This service pack brings changes to the internals of Windows XP that will cause changes. First, there will be increased network protection. This includes the use of a Windows firewall, reduced privileges for RPC services, and DCOM access control restrictions.
There will also be better email security including attachment controls. Web browsing will also be made more secure by including a pop-up manager and by locking the local machine zone down. Yet another area of change is in the area of new memory protection. SP2 will also include Hardware enforced data exception prevention (DEP).
This all adds up to changes in networking, email/IM, Web access, and hardware usage. These changes to the underlying Windows code will thus result in changes to the way things work for many applications.
One of the things that Microsoft has done in this service pack is to recompile the core components of Windows. They used some of the optimization features that are available in Visual C++. For example, they used the /GS switch when compiling. You should use similar switches when compiling your own programs.
The /GS switch should be used when compiling. This will help to provide better security. This was introduced in VC++ 7.0 to do a buffer security check. By using this switch, you can detect potential buffer overruns which could be exploited. Safer exception handling, the avoidance of vulnerable pointer parameters in functions, and other potential liabilities in security can be caught using this switch.
In addition to the /GS switch, you should also consider WPO and PGO.
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If you wrote PocketPC applications that used RAS on a version of Pocket PC before 2002, then you may find that they don't work with Pocket PC 2002 or later. Learn how to give new life to these RAS applications.
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The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a landmark international treaty which became international law in 1970. The objectives of the NPT are to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology and to achieve nuclear disarmament.
The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a landmark international treaty which became international law in 1970. The objectives of the NPT are to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology and to achieve nuclear disarmament.
- The NPT is essentially a bargain between those nations with nuclear weapons, who have undertaken to get rid of them, and those without, who have undertaken never to acquire them.
- The NPT contains, in Article VI, the only existing binding and explicit commitment to nuclear disarmament on the part of the nuclear weapon States.
- For the purposes of this treaty, a nuclear weapon state (NWS) is defined as one which has "manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapons or other nuclear device prior to 1 January 1967." Therefore only 5 nations are recognised as NWS – the USA, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom.
- Currently every nation in the world except four are Parties to the NPT. These four nations – Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea – all have nuclear weapons.
- Governments who are Parties to the NPT meet every five years at a Review Conference in the United Nations to assess the implementation of the Treaty. Originally intended as a temporary treaty, the NPT was indefinitely extended in 1995. Since that time, Preparatory Committee meetings are held in the three years in the lead up to the major Review Conference to assist in the work of the Treaty.
A Nuclear Weapons Convention would strengthen the NPT further by laying out a systematic program to achieve the goal of the NPT's Article VI for nuclear weapons states to disarm their nuclear weapons. Working in conjunction with this existing Treaty obligation, a Nuclear Weapons Convention would advance negotiations to prohibit the development, testing, production, stockpiling, transfer, use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. It is an aspiration of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons to advocate for a Nuclear Weapons Convention to be brought into force to strengthen the existing commitment of the NPT to disarm nuclear weapons.
Essential reading:
- To read more on the background of the NPT and MAPW's recommendations for the Australian government on the NPT, read MAPW's explanatory booklet, Understanding the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or contact MAPW to order a hard copy.
- Read the Treaty text
- Commentary and analysis provided by Reaching Critical Will.
- 'The Pillars of Modern Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control' – an IPPNW briefing paper.


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POT TV – Urban Remo and Bubbleman dab some well travelled dry sift hash at the Champs Expo.
Remo the "Urban Grower" has been growing medical-grade cannabis for over 10 years and has become a well-known figure in the medical marijuana industry in Canada and internationally. Remo began producing episodes of Urban Grower on YouTube back in 2006, and has received almost 18 million total views.
You can now find The Urban Grower on Pot TV or go to The Urban Grower website for more episodes and information.


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Jan Svensson becomes CEO of Rejlers Energitjänster
Rejlers Energitjänster is part of Rejlers' operations in Sweden and has over 30 employees in Motala, Kumla and Karlstad. The company offers various types of energy metering services. Jan Svensson, who worked at Rejlers 2003-2007, is now returning to become CEO of Rejlers Energitjänster.
"It feels really good that Jan is back here at Rejlers. Energy is one of our key growth areas and I am sure that Jan, with his experience and background, will be able to help develop our business in a positive way", says Peter Rejler, president and CEO at Rejlers.
Jan Svensson came to Rejlers when the company acquired Epsilon High Tech in 2003. He worked as a Site Manager at Rejlers in Norrköping / Linköping until 2007 and was part of establishing a new office in Jönköping. Since 2007, Jan Svensson has worked with marketing, management and sales issues for several major industrial companies, both as an employee and in-house. He will assume his new position immediately.
For further information:
Peter Rejler; President and CEO, +46 70 602 34 24, e-mail: email@example.com
Rebecka Oxelström; Head of Communications, +46 73 412 66 75, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Rejlers is one of the largest engineering consultancy firms in the Nordic region. Our 1,800 experts work with projects within the areas of Building and property, Energy, Industry and Infrastructure. With us, you will meet specialist engineers with the breadth, cutting edge expertise and not least energy to create the results you want. We are continuing to grow rapidly and our activities are spread across 80 locations in Sweden, Finland and Norway. In 2013 Rejlers had revenue of approx. SEK 1.5 billion and its Class B share is listed on the Nasdaq OMX, Nordic list.


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TMSA hosted one of the biggest events in Robotics.
FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) is an international inquiry-based program for children ages 9-14 that grows their interest in science and technology through an exciting, team-based, competitive event that includes a research assignment, a robot game, and life skills projects. FLL participants get to:
- Design, build, test, and program robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology.
- Apply real-world math and science concepts.
- Research challenges facing today's scientists.
- Learn critical-thinking, team-building, and presentation skills.
- Participate in tournaments and celebrations.
TMSA Elementary and Middle School Robotics had four teams that participated to two different competitions during this year's tournament. Two teams went to Flat Rock Middle in Winston-Salem and two teams competed here at TMSA.
This year's FLL challenge name was "Trash Trek" which required finding better ways to manage trash. Students involved had worked hard on all aspects of the FLL competition to find innovative solutions for this year's topic.
TMSA hosted an FLL competition for the first time and it turned out to be a great success. All twenty four different teams from North Carolina had a lot of fun and learned skills that will last a lifetime. All our Robotics teams came very close to qualifying to the state level.
Everyone involved had a good time during this great learning opportunity. TMSA Robotics Team would like to thank all mentors and volunteers that helped making these events successful.


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Recent times found Leatherface dropping their latest and now the unholy trinity has been completed with the release of The High Hate Us. It's on A.D.D. and it is almost worth the wait. Not eleven years worth of wait (and yes, I know about the OWTH split) but still pretty great. Davey is still the best worst guitar player and songwriter out there. There is a hell of a lot of Bivouac-era Jawbreaker in the Tiltwheel sound and it is delivered in the power trio paradigm that all the best music comes in. The song titles are more than a little much (buy it and see), but the songs themselves are top-notch. Vinyl nerds will have to wait a bit, as something has gone awry in production, but you can get it from the expected MP3 vendors and on CD from A.D.D. here. Do that now and harass Davey about those fools hauling their carcasses out East.
Oh, and for the record: no they don't. Not by a long shot.


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Ocotber 30th Market Direction
Candlestick analysis is not merely the interpretation of each individual signal, it is the common sense accumulative analysis of what is occurring in indicators that have a correlation to each other. The market trend is much more easily assessed when you analyze the Dow, S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the transportation index altogether. Simple logic makes candlestick analysis easy for even those that do not have any technical trading background. Analyzing what each index is doing, with visual candlestick analysis, that takes less than a minute, allows the candlestick investor to have an accurate evaluation of what is occurring in the overall market trend. Logic says if one index is trading higher while another index is trading lower, the current trend has not changed, there is merely shifting from sector to sector.
Knowing that the overall market trend is still progressing in a particular direction, albeit very slow and/or steady, allows the candlestick investor to take advantage of high profit/high probability pattern breakouts. All boats will rise in a rising tide. Utilizing candlestick analysis allows investors to participate in the extremely fast rising boats during a rising tide. Candlestick signals and patterns illustrate where there is a large change of investor sentiment, making those price movements much more profitable. Simple scanning techniques provide valuable information as far as pinpointing which sectors are moving the strongest. Currently, oil stocks are moving very strong, making a slightly overweighted positioning of oil stocks in the portfolio viable. At the same time, the candlestick charts on retail stocks have shown strong bearish reversals, making short positions in the retail sector viable. Candlestick charts are the graphic depiction of what human nature does time after time when it comes to their investment dollars.
We will conduct a "Members Only" chat session tonight at 8:00 p.m EST.
Good Investing,
The Candlestick Forum Team
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Treyarch has announced that they will be activating Double XP and Double Weapon XP in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 starting at 10AM PT on Friday, April 1 and ending 10AM PT on Monday, April 4.
Need help making weekend plans? We've got you covered. 2XP/2xWeapXP goes live on Friday. pic.twitter.com/6Yquiyi9Yy
— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) March 30, 2016
The Double XP and Double Weapon XP will be available in both multiplayer and zombies modes across all platforms.


text: My niece and nephews adore anything that tastes like cake batter and are always fighting to lick the bowl. I took monkey bread rolled in cake batter crumbs and topped it with a cake batter glaze, with lots of sprinkles, of course! Using Pillsbury® Grands!® Homemade Biscuits, you can quickly bake a decadent batch of monkey bread for your morning celebration. Divide each biscuit into four with a knife or kitchen shears and roll them into balls. Mix together the brown sugar, cake mix, cinnamon and sprinkles in a bowl. Dip the balls in melted butter and then in the brown sugar mixture. Make sure each ball is covered. This is where the kids love to help! Place the balls of dough in your pan until they reach the top. I used 4-ounce individual soufflé dishes, but you could use a 9-inch cake round. While they are baking, mix together the glaze ingredients in a bowl. Pour the glaze over warm monkey bread. Generously sprinkle the tops and serve warm.


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Security has been stepped up at a Rugby supermarket after raiders escaped with cigarettes worth thousands of pounds.
The thieves got on to the roof of the Sainsbury?s store, in Bilton Fields, but police and store managers have not revealed exactly how they got into the building.
They escaped with cigarettes, tobacco and other goods worth about #16,500 and more than #1,500-worth of postage stamps.
A spokesman said: ?We can confirm that we did have a burglary. About #18,000-worth of goods were stolen, primarily cigarettes.?
He said they did get on to the roof.
?Since the incident, we?ve added more security measures, the nature of which we would not want to publicise. We have also relocated high-value goods.?
The raid happened overnight on Sunday but police have only just released details after officers drew a blank with initial inquiries.
?The store is quite well lit because it is used throughout the night by people going to the cash-points.
?It is quite possible someone may have seen or heard something suspicious.
?We would also urge anyone who is offered cigarettes or stamps for sale in unusual circumstances to call us.?
The store has had several break-ins in the past year. In February, four men were questioned after the front door was smashed in a break-in.
Burglars fled empty-handed after a botched raid on Sainsbury?s petrol kiosk in December last year. The petrol kiosk has been raided twice since last July.
Anyone with information about the latest burglary is asked to phone PC Adam Parton at Rugby on 01788 541111.


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Love Your Enemies
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 5:44 (Luke 6:27,35)
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.Ex. 23:4,5 (Deuteronomy 22:1-4)