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I was lucky enough to marry my daughter Sarah's lovely friend Jane and her husband Trent at the pretty Swan Shell area of the Burswood Casino.
It was hot……….nothing new about that. A quite nervous (she is quite shy really) but stunning Jane arrived on the arm of Jeff to join her cheeky and confident husband Trent. Her Mum's friend, Betty, arranged all the floral arrangements and did a great job.
So, how did the young girl, Jane, born in New Zealand meet he love of her life? Her lucky break came in the form of Jane's mother Audrey, who had known Trent for some time. Having always preferred women's company, Trent was lamenting to Audrey the lack of suitable suitors, and said, "come on Audrey, you have 3 daughters…….introduce me to at least one of them". And so, it went from them meeting, a few dates, telephone calls and emails…………….and all of a sudden they both knew even then, that they wanted this person in their life one way or another. Dare I say it, they fell in love.
And then when, Trent was transferred to far north Western Australia for his work, it didn't take Jane long to decide that she wanted to go with him. And little would this Kiwi girl have known that she would end up in outback Kununurra, at least for the next little while. And look, my view on these sorts of challenges is that what does not kill you, can only make you stronger. And from all reports they have both settled in beautifully, joining social groups, and both mixing in with the locals and community. My very best wishes to you and good luck to you both!
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Here it is – 2008 – and I am busy working on new pieces as well as the obligatory New Year Resolutions. High on the list of resolutions is the diet. I must confess that I fell off the dietary wagon over the holidays and, if the truth be told, sometime before the hilidays. I made the pragmatic decision not to start my diet until Jan. 2. How can one truly enjoy the bowl games on New Year's Day with snacks – to do so would seem almost, well, un-American. I am now approaching the one-week mark for my diet and am still hanging in there.
As I mentioned in my blog last month, while certainly not sacrificing acoustic considerations, I am moving more in the artistic direction with my instruments. The continued exploration of highly figured wods, new and varaied inlay materials, as well as design development takes much of my time. Often I find that I simply lose track of time and find myself in my own world as ideas float around in my mind. I have decided to design and build some display hangings for special pieces, like the Dali piecd. It would be hung on the wall as art, but could also be taken down and played, ie.-functional art – more on this later.
'Tis the season for applying to art shows and lining up my Art Fair Schedule for 2008. I will post my schedule as shows line up. One thing that I am going to try to do this year is to take a western tour. Have my fingers crossed for a number of western shows in places such as Seattle, Park City, Ut., Sun Valley, ID., etc. I especially want to get to the Pacific Northwest. For those who are interested in finding wonderful woods, this is a Mecca. Hope it works out.
So begins 2008. I would like to thank those who took advantage of Free Shipping for December – hope that this helped. May you havae a most wonderful year, may your resolutions come to fruition, may you have good health and may your hearts and lives be filled with love, peace and joy. Until my next blog- be safe and healthy.


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I also met some girlfriends for Thai food (I forgot to take pictures) and had my favorite bookclub that is more laughter and fun than anything.
Dressed up for Date Night in black lace shorts and a sheer black blouse.
Our temperature is still 90 to 100 during the day but we are getting down into the 70's at night. That means our pool is in the 80's which is beautiful during the day but too cool for my cold blood in the evening (yes, you can laugh at me!) The nice thing about lower evening temperatures is that we are enjoying sitting outside at night. So beautiful.
I have made a fair amount of progress on knitting this scarf that I started in Maui.
It was definitely a full and wonderful month.
Please let me know if you like these "Elle's Life" blog posts. I want your feedback! If you don't like this post, tell me (I won't be offended) and if you do like them, what else you would like included. Thanks and I hope your month was as fabulous as month.


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What would you do?
Pay around £400-450 for staying at a hotel from 30th december to 1 january in Edinburgh OR not do that and just SAVE the damn money. Well?
Needs more details...
but in virtually every circumstance my answer would be the second one.
I've been wanting to go to either London or Edinburgh for ages now to celebrate new years eve there, with Rick. And I decided its gonna have to be Edinburgh..and then I checked out some hotels but there are almost no available at this time, people have taken all the good deals :( but I did find some hotels that's available! But its not exactly cheap and you need to book for minimum 2 days at this hotel. I reaallllyy want to do it..but its a lot of money that I could spend on other stuff! But I dont know..Need to decide SOON!
sounds far too pricey
but it depends how much money you've got I guess. that money could probably be used for something much better, perhaps put it towards a holiday with this Rick fella?
the thing is
I'm moving back to Norway again in january and we just dont know when we will see eachother again after that. He will be busy with his last year with uni and I will be working fulltime so not much time basically. So I thought it would be good to just enjoy those days and relax and not think about whats ahead of us!
ahhhh... if it was only a bit cheaper I'd def do it. I do have enough money but its gonna be tight with money after that :(
i would well say you could stay at mine.
£400 is a lot. but i don't know if i'm going to be here for new years yet...
aww that's nice of you!
It's just that I'd want the whole package with Rick, nice dinner, going out and have a nice time +++ but thanks for the offer:) where are you thinking of going?
i can cook!
actually that's a lie, i really can't. umm well i'll be in france with my family for christmas, so will probably be at my parents house down south for new year en route to coming back up. it's sort of quality family time vs. fun time, decisions decisions!
Oh do they live there? where at? Sounds fun tho :D
not in france
but down south, but it's complicated cos they're doing a "grand design" and half moving house ARGH AND IT'S ALL THEY EVER TALK ABOUT. we just always go out to france for christmas, family thing.
tbh, about your dilemma, i'm sure it'll be nice whatever you choose to do. i mean, something small can be just as nice as somehting big if you're with someone who loves you, and it'll be more about the time you spend with each other than about "oh look at the expensive thing we're doing".
I'd love to go france every christmas! whereabouts do you go then?
You're right! :) Rick doesnt really care what we do, he says its all upto me..haha so yeah thanks! :D
I would say that is far to pricey.
I mean I don't know if £400 - £500 is a lot of money to you or not, though seeing as your asking I guess you must be thinking it is too much. Just seems a lot to celebrate one night of the year, and I know if the night didn't turn out to be amazing I would be annoyed.
Why does it have to be Edinburgh, did you look into london at all?
I do think it is too much
But I keep thinking that I will look back on it and stuff :D only if it was good yes ofc lol.
and then it would be 2 nights at the hotel and I've wanted to celebrate new years eve there for some time now..or London as I said. Its not gonna be London cos we live in Dundee so..we'd either have to take the megabus but it takes 12 hours! or flight..takes too long and will cost a bit more!
Well have you looked into...
...any bed and breakfasts? a lot of smaller places might not have websites so you could e-mail them. Also have you looked into maybe hotels or B&B that are a bit outside? Even if you have to pay an stupid amount for a taxi it could end up cheaper?
nah I havent actually!
I wanted to be quite near the town and stuff buuut... I might have to go do that now, thanks! :D
It's a lot of money
but fuck it, you've a good bit of time to make up for it til then right? Only live once and all that...
I like ur attitude
you DO only live once and its not THAT MUCH MONEY yeah?? yeah..alright thanks haha. I'll make a decision next weeeeek!
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I mean if you can afford and then can make it special then it probably will be quite amazing. Maybe just cut back a bit before then too, so in your mind the cost isn't as much as an issue.
well, unless you forsee needing that money for something vital,
fuck it. spend it on something that will make you happy, ya know? or someone ;)
cheers dood!
Nope was just thinking of buying a really good camera tho..so the money could have gone to that! But I will have plenty of time to save up for that :D
You'll probably end up regretting it major style if you don't
And if you're me, you'd end up spending that much or more on pints until then...May as well spend it on something great and memorable.
Let us know what your decision is either way!
will do!
Nowhere is very good on New Years Eve.
Edinburgh is slightly better than most other places.
London is far worse than most other places.
So, get some drinks and some nice food, then stay in and fuck someone pretty.
oh myyy
London isnt good then eh?
I'd looove to go there for new years. Maybe next year!
I looked at all those hotels last week tho but I'll check some again! Might find some stuff. I think I might wanna go book the apex hotel tho..Hmmmm decisions decisions!
Oh oooppss
no available left! :(
Apex Waterloo Place Hotel! Oh yeah
that includes breakfast for 1 day.
Not very cheap but OH WELL. It looks very nice there tho!
I figured out I can easily earn in the money fast enough sooo.. I went for it :D
oh are you now
where exactly?
looks good
hope you have a good time!
Stay here:
http://www.smartcityhostels.com/home.html I was in a shittier hostel down the road, but this place seemed fucking awesome, amazing cafe/bar with Wii/pool/Guitar Hero etc. 'mazing!
Oh I've already booked!
I did check it tho and no available at that time!
Stay here:
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Earlier this summer, brides-to-be who had ordered their gowns from Alfred Angelo, a U.S. chain of bridal boutiques, discovered to their horror that dresses they had paid for would not be delivered. With no advance notice to employees or customers, stores were closed for good. It's quite a heartbreak for those involved – but just one of many occurring right now in the retail sector.
This year hasn't been kind to retailers. Consider the following:
- More than 300 retailers have filed for bankruptcy so far this year – a 31% increase over last year.1
- Major department stores such as Macy's, Kohl's and Sears have already closed hundreds of their stores and expect store closings to continue.
- Credit Suisse predicts that, in the next five years, between 20% and 25% of shopping malls in the U.S. will close their doors as e-commerce continues to grow.2
- As of this writing, the S&P 500 Index has returned 9.77% year to date, while the S&P 500 Retail Select Index has returned -11.76% over the same time period.
These troubling trends for retail as we know it are driven by several factors. First, there is currently a glut of retail space in the U.S. According to a 2016 Morningstar report, the U.S. has 23.5 square feet of retail space per person, compared with 16.4 square feet in Canada and 11.1 square feet in Australia — the next two countries with the highest retail space per capita. Second, consumers are finding it more convenient to shop online for what they need rather than going to a brick-and-mortar store. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average growth rate from 2011 to 2016 was around 9% for online retailers versus -3% for department stores. This change also manifests itself in the rise of Amazon Prime subscriptions; in the U.S., 60% of all Amazon customers are Prime subscribers. Finally, younger consumers who value experiences more than material goods don't have as many reasons to visit the local shopping mall.
Changes in retail trends extend beyond the mall to the grocery store. While consumers have yet to shop for the majority of their groceries online, cost consciousness has driven them to warehouse clubs like Costco and discounters like Aldi. German discount grocery chain Lidl will be entering the U.S. market this year, starting in Virginia and North Carolina. All of this spells trouble for large U.S. grocery stores.
The story is similar for grocery stores in the UK. Initially, UK grocers who had been earning excessive margins (around 6%) were pursuing a race for space. Then, UK grocers suffered a perfect storm of structural change in consumer shopping behavior in addition to a weak economy, which pushed consumers to the discount formats of Aldi and Lidl.
The shift to Aldi and Lidl was not simply around price (discounters are up to 20% cheaper than the Big Four UK grocers); these stores also stepped up the quality of their offer and increased their space aggressively to accommodate their shoppers. The established UK players were slow to recognize the threat posed by the discount stores. But after dismissing them for a number of years, they found they could no longer ignore them.
E-commerce has brought about even more changes in the way people shop for groceries. Earlier in the summer, Amazon announced it would purchase organic grocery store chain Whole Foods Market Inc. This acquisition will help the online retailer gain logistics experience and quickly establish a significant brick-and-mortar presence in groceries, an area in which Amazon has long been interested, while giving Whole Foods a chance to become more profitable through Amazon's online shopping dominance.
But the Amazon-Whole Foods alliance is more of an exception rather than the rule; well-capitalized companies aren't usually keen to serve as white knights saving brick-and-mortar enterprises. This was a targeted purchase for a specific reason, and this rationale won't hold true for many of the traditional, mall-based "fashion trend" stores that are struggling in today's environment. Many of these stores could fail in the years to come if they don't make necessary changes to their business models.
Retail companies must continue to find ways to accept and adapt to the changing habits of buyers… or risk the possibility of extinction.
Retail companies must continue to find ways to accept and adapt to the changing habits of buyers, particularly millennials and Generation Z, or risk the possibility of extinction. Shopping malls have responded by adding higher-end restaurants, fitness experiences such as yoga and kickboxing studios, and entertainment to their standard fare of department stores and specialty shops. These new additions have helped bring back some shopping traffic.
For grocery stores, online and discount competition will likely force incumbents to pre-emptively adjust their product assortments and price points. Tesco, Sainsbury and Morrison have since responded with aggressive price cuts, sharper offers and the recognition that there is simply too much selling space in UK grocery, resulting in store closures and restructuring costs. This has obviously weighed on margins, and the established players face a constant battle to protect margins before pushing them higher. But these difficult decisions had to be made in order for bigger stores to continue to be profitable.
While heartbreak can be devastating, it can also bring about the kind of changes that ultimately lead to greater happiness in the long run. After getting past the initial pain of loss, retailers are finally starting to learn what it will take for their relationships with customers to improve—and endure.
1CNN Money. "Retail bloodbath: Bankruptcy filings pile up." June 13, 2017.
2Business Insider. "Wall Street bank says a quarter of shopping malls will close in 5 years." May 31, 2017.
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This week I continue my ongoing review of the original Foundation trilogy written by the great master, Isaac Asimov, in the 1940's and 50's. As I said last week, I really enjoyed the first book, Foundation which is a collection of short stories related to the process of forging a Second Galactic Empire a mere millenium after the fall of the first one and goes to about two hundred years into that process. Foundation and Empire picks up after Foundation and features two crises. The first crisis is the inevitable clash between the growing forces of the Foundation and still strong but rapidly receding and greatly diminished Galactic Empire, while the second deals with the emergence from almost nowhere of a figure known only as the Mule and his ability to defeat the previously unstoppable forces of the Foundation.
As I mentioned, Foundation and Empire is split into two longer stories that go much further in depth than the stories in the previous novel. As one of my main problems was the relative lack of development in the shorter stories I thought this was an excellent improvement for the series and I hope that the later books are just as developed, if not more so. The first story centers around the Empire general Bel Riose, an ambitious young warrior who seeks to expand his career and the Empire by finding the mysterious magicians said to exist in the galactic periphery who perform incredible feats of technological expertise. Perhaps what I found most interesting about this story was that the Foundation, despite being technologically superior to the Empire in many ways, still could not win open battles with the Empire and was on the defensive for pretty much all of Riose's campaign. Even in a state of advanced atrophy, the Galactic Empire still has a significant bite to it. The Foundation is only saved, in fact, because of larger social and political forces predicted by the great visionary Hari Seldon. As it's explained in the novel, Seldon predicted that a combination of a strong emperor and a strong general would lead the ambitious general to attack the Foundation to expand his career, the Empire, and perhaps place himself in a position to contend for the Imperial throne. While the Foundation would stumble over these defeats, the strong emperor would eventually be recalled to the imperial capital of Trantor because of the Emperor's own fear for his throne, halting the imperial advance. While it still kind of relies upon the very disputed great man theory of history, I appreciated its larger political and social implications.
One thing that kind of bugged me was that between the short stories the Sack of Trantor, the Imperial capital world, has already happened. It was foretold in Foundation and considered to be a major event that would mark the end of First Galactic Empire, much like the sack of Rome and death of Romulus Augustus in 476 CE marks the "official" end of the Roman Empire in western Europe. Basically we go from the story of Bel Riose to the story of the Mule and the Empire has already vanished. A rump state ruling over a mere twenty agricultural worlds exists, but any claims to imperial dominion over the entire galaxy are fanciful delusions at best. I had really hoped to see more of the empire falling and the dramatic Great Sack but sadly those were regulated to off-screen events.
The thing I really liked about the Mule's story is that we actually see the Foundation lose to something that hadn't been included in Hari Seldon's plan. While there was a civil war among Foundation forces that was brewing and Seldon did predict, the actions of the warlord known as the Mule were completely unaccounted for in Seldon's plan. (At least, that the First Foundation knows about, but more on that later.) It was actually really interesting for me because after facing down four crises, the Foundation had become complacent in the faith that Seldon had planned for everything and they need not worry about future events. Indeed, the myth of Foundation invulnerability is well know to all the characters at the three hundred year mark in our series' timeline and people assume the Foundation will win regardless. If the Foundation had won and successfully weathered the civil war crisis, as interesting as it could have been, it would have suffered the same problems as Superman suffers as a character. Superman is boring as a character because he is immune to pretty much everything that isn't kryptonite and has more powers than I have battle scars. There is never really any doubt if Superman will save the day or not because he can freaking FLY BACKWARDS IN TIME TO FIX THINGS, which completely destroys any dramatic tension. The same can be said for the Foundation who, while they cannot travel through time except in the usual manner we all do, are convinced that Seldon's great plan is completely flawless and will result in a Foundation victory regardless of other factors. Having the Mule come in and basically throw the game pieces out of the window was a refreshing change of pace.
Basically, the Mule is a mutant about whom very little is known and who has risen to considerable power in a short period of time. Because he is a mutant and apparently has powers beyond the scope of normal human abilities, he is well outside Seldon's plans for First Foundation and utterly derails the original crisis between the democratic free traders and the autocratic plutocrats. However, as it is hinted very strongly at the end of the book, it may be that Seldon counted on the Mule after all and the Second Foundation has the tools necessary to defeat the would-be galactic conqueror. I will admit that the mysterious and charismatic figure leading a galaxy-uniting military campaign bears more than a few passing similarities with the Emperor and his Great Crusade to reunite humanity in Warhammer 40,000.
The thing I liked the most about this novel in specific was its direct parallels with classical history and the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 300's and 400's CE. Having learned a little of those time periods from a number of different classes I found the transition to a sci-fi setting pretty darn cool and really enjoyed it. I also felt that Asimov really did his research before writing these stories and doesn't rely on some of the less credible explanations for why empires collapse, instead focusing on the clearly quantified social, economic, and political factors. So for all of my readers who happen to be Roman history buffs and science-fiction fans this is definitely a book you'll want to check out. As for all the other sci-fi fans, I really am seeing how this is a landmark series in the genre and you should definitely go check it out as well.
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Dream Satelite TV installation (Bangkok)
We are just moving from Shanghai to Bangkok and looking for english language TV programs. We know about the True Satelite pack, but it's not as good as the Dream Satelite from the Philippines.
We were able to install Dream in Shanghai and try to find somebody who could do the same in Bangkok, any experience on this?
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A bit more patience would be helpfuller than trying to push people for answers.
All contributors are doing the support on their spare time. Within the holiday season it might be slower than at other.
I am sorry, for inconvenience. I used to create c++ programs on windows OS, so about one week I am using Linux Ubuntu, and I have installed QT creator 3.6.0 and trying to use valgrind, I use instructions mentioned in QT documentation http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-analyzer.html, but valgrind not starting correctly and this make me nervous. I hope you understand me. I am sorry for double posting. You are right: "A bit more patience would be helpfuller than trying to push people for answers."
I am sorry, but I am a Windows user as well. I have used successfully Qt creator for debugging on Ubuntu, but that was last year (2014). Since I have never used valgrind, I am of no real help. I have been looking for a valgrind port to windows, but that seems to be a barrel with no bottom.


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Notes from a Revolutionist's Diary:
One little trooper in subversive garb
confided in me, around a late night campfire
that after "all this time" he still sometimes wondered
whether he enlisted, or was drafted.
(Nobel Re-Finishing Tip:
If it feels important, but seems hard to say – Why try?)
On this one weird little world
it was only at times when things were temporarily too easy
that the people would begin to spray their brains.
In their attempt to reverse the usual,
(an overly used procedure) this one merry little band
adopted as their "Operational Philosophy"
the ideas of a man yet to be born; the central one being:
"You can tell a lot about a person if you don't tell them a lot."
At this one recent out of town conference-cum-fist-fight,
a wide fellow, in a narrow hallway, handed me a note that read,
"Any language with hard, definite rules, based on some scheme
of logic and reason, is a language for the simple lipped…and I say,
'Phooey On Their Households!'"
(I'll just wager that some of you expected me to say that I had
made substantial grammatical changes in his note, in my recounting
of it to you…so there, I say, "Phooey On Your Ole Expectations!")
I guess I gotta tell you about this one little human hypochondriac,
who, after a hard day of being, "unappreciatedly ill," would,
upon returning home, go alone into the back yard and return
to the safety of his "placebo."


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Sunday was gun show day. *ahem* I mean, sportsman show.
Gun shows are fun for watching people. They're fun for talking to people, too, since you can have some awesome conversations with total strangers. But you also get some weird people who really just leave you scratching your head.
Despite all the signs posted, I had at least five people ask if they needed to provide a FOID card before they could look at a firearm. Why yes, yes you do.
Do I need one to purchase? Yes, yes you do.
Do you guys do background checks? Yes, yes we do.
Do you make me wait three days? Yes, yes we…Wait, are you from the ATF? Is this a sting?
Most of these people are just impatient. Or lazy. Or cheap. When asked why they don't want to wait, they say they don't want to have drive to pick it up in 3 days.
There's an impression that it's ridiculously easy to get a gun. It's not, at least not through legal channels, and especially not in Illinois. You have to have a FOID card, which takes anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks to get[1]. Once you have a FOID, you have to purchase a firearm from a dealer[2], and go through a background check. These are pretty simple – on the dealer's end, they take about 2 minutes to process initially. Some can take several days due to delays and individual assessment by the Illinois State Police. Then you have to wait – 24 hours for a long gun and 72 hours for a handgun. Finally, you – yes, you, not your wife, not your brother, not your son – have to pick up the firearm from a federally licensed dealer within 30 days[3].
If you aren't willing to drive to the dealer you purchased it from, it has to be transferred to another dealer. This costs, in shipping and paperwork. And takes longer.
I can't speak to how easy it is to buy a gun off the street – I enjoy my freedom, and don't particularly want to jeopardize it by committing a felony.
Soap box moment. I've heard a lot of talk from a lot of people about universal background checks. Some have said they're ineffective. I don't have the statistics, but I can say there's something to be said to requiring them every single time a firearm changes hands. Not only is it nothing more than a minor inconvenience, it gives the ISP a chance to say, "OK, this person is clear." or "Hold on, something doesn't look quite right, we need to examine this more closely."
How anyone can be opposed to that, I don't know.
- The ISP says it takes no longer than 6 weeks to process a FOID application. This isn't true. I waited for over 12 weeks. When I called the ISP to ask what the hold-up was, I was told that my last name is extremely common so the background check was taking longer. If you're name is Smith, you're screwed.
- You can purchase a firearm from a private party. It's a fairly similar process, although private party sales don't require a background check [yet]. Everything else is the same.
- After 3o days, you pretty much have to start the entire purchase process over.
Related articles
- Dart Seeking Authority To Seize Guns When FOID Cards Revoked (chicago.cbslocal.com)
- Illinois GOP 2012 Platform defends gun owners; proposes repeal of state's FOID card (illinoisreview.typepad.com)
- Background Checks Gain Ground as Republicans Defy Gun Lobby (bloomberg.com)
- Gun shows and the process of making a purchase (wcyb.com)
- FOID card apps hit all-time high in January, Illinois Gun Lobby reports (illinoisreview.typepad.com)


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I know I've posted the photo of José from the October 2002 issue of GQ before, but this is a fuller, more complete, version. Thanks to fellow fan Tyler for sharing!
José (Jo-say) Theodore (Thee-uh-dore) was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 and played with them until March of 2006, winning the Hart and Vezina Trophies in 2002. He spent two and a half seasons with the Colorado Avalanche. José signed with the Washington Capitals in July 2008 where he played the next two seasons. He was awarded the Masterton Trophy in 2010. He played the 2010-11 season with the Minnesota Wild, and then played 2 seasons with the Florida Panthers.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
5:30pm – 10:00pm
El Cerrito Community Center
Volunteers Needed!
Thank you to the many volunteers who have already signed up to help at the Auction! But we still need more! Please review the full job list and sign-up using VolunteerSpot.com. Follow the instructions below.
- Click this link to go to our invitation page on VolunteerSpot
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- Sign up! Choose your spots – VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy!
- Please provide your phone number in case you need to be reached on the day of your assignment due to any last minute changes. After you select a job in Step 3, you should get a pop-up window asking for your name and phone number.
Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer
not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually. Not sure what you want to do, but you know you want to help? Contact Beckie Denio.
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Do your children enjoy the library? The music program? Science? Computer lab? Garden? Well it's that time of year again… time to ensure those programs remain, and more come to our school. It is up to each of us in the Madera family to do our part in making sure our children get all the opportunities available. The Madera auction is our biggest fundraiser – raising up to $25,000 for extracurricular activities that our children grow from.
This year's auction theme is the Kentucky Derby, so dig out your hats and ascots, arrange your baby sitters, put on your dancing shoes and be ready for a night of great food, drinks, good music and incredible shopping! What can be better than that?!?!, This event is a lot of fun and a great opportunity to socialize and strengthen our Madera community.
Need a babysitter? The Sixth Grade is providing on-site daycare (or night care in this case). The cost is $25 for one child and $40 for two. Space is limited so act now! To reserve a spot, please contact Alonn.
Tickets are $30 for one $50 for a couple in advance, $35 each at the door
Make Checks payable to Madera PTA and leave in the Auction box in the office. Be sure to put your name, phone # and the # of tickets on the envelope
You can also contact Rula Craner for tickets.
Thanks to all of you who have already purchased tickets! You can check the Google Doc to ensure your order has been received.
Thanks again and hope to see you all there!
Online Auction is Now Closed!
Madera's Online Auction is now closed but you can go to auctions.readysetauction.com/madera to preview items that will be sold on auction night.


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KGS Meaning - What does KGS mean?
KGS meaning is Kansas Geological Survey and other full form of KGS definition take part in below table. There are 6 different meaning of KGS acronym in the table which are compilation of KGS abbreviation such as Geology, Names and nicknames, Religion, Greece, Currency etc. terminologies. Unless you can not find the meaning of KGS acronym which you look for in 6 different KGS meaning table, please search again as using question model like "What does KGS mean?, KGS meaning" or you can search by typing only KGS abbreviation in the search box.
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- Kansas Geological Survey Geology
- Kentucky Geological Survey Geology
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- KGS (letter K)
It is suitable to say that K letter has the letter of alphabet which make career. They are successful, they need to be respected . Their unusual ideas makes them who live in them ends . The privacy issue is given top priority. They have own secrets.
If they cannot realise their power, they become shy and introverted. They take on a character . In addition, They can be one who become dissatisfied with society and unsatisfied person.
- KGS (letter G)
Surrounded by energies that are wrapped perfectionist and meticulous. For them, everything must be full. They are prone to search as well as detailer. They quite care about other people's thoughts. They do not think without 'What others say '.
They are dreamiest and it enables them to produce creative ideas. They are very lazy or very hardworking. They do not fear the challenges of life.
- KGS (letter S)
The S letter person which managed by Saturn, is known for his strong and study . He does not hesitate to fight and indomitable in the face of difficulties. He makes a difference at every job since he is productive. He wants to be known by the public, it wants to be recognized.
Their charismatic structure and friendly behaviors make them sympathetic. They are emotional and afraid of being broken. They may be forced to make decisions, they tend to immediate response. They have natural ability for earning money.


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"Here and There" is a live storytelling event all about intimacy and authenticity, showing the human side of what is happening at the border, and an extension of The Storytellers Project.
This event will highlight stories from people in Coachella Valley with compelling insights into the region's relationship to the border and Mexico, but also into what everyday life is like in Coachella Valley, and what it means to be from "there."
These are the unexpected stories – some charming, some harrowing, some funny – from Coachella Valley who have insights the rest of America should hear so we can all better understand what is at stake in this conversation around border wall construction.
Megan Finnerty, founder of the Storytellers Project
Daniel Gonzalez, border issues reporter at The Arizona Republic
Steven Hernandez – Coachella, Calif. Mayor
Daniel Gonzalez, border and Hispanic issues reporter at The Arizona Republic
Jose Genis, vice president of Aguilas del Desierto
Marina Barragan, Organizer with Sierra Club
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I have never run into this problem before and I am frustrated. What am I missing? I am trying to initialize an array of five social security numbers. It does fine until the fifth one, then throws an error saying something about the indexer out of bounds.
SSN has to be a string, Also would like help in formatting it as xxx-xx-xxxx. The line I commented out gave me other errors. Thank you.
static void Main(string[] args)
// instantiate an array of five (5) Taxpayer objects.
string SSN = "0";
int income = 0;
int tax = 0;
int x = 0;
Taxpayer[] taxArray = new Taxpayer[5];
// Implement a for-loop that will prompt the user to enter the Social Security Number and gross income.
for (x = 0; x <= taxArray.Length; x++)
taxArray[x] = new Taxpayer();
Console.Write("Please enter the Social Security Number for taxpayer {0}: ", x);
SSN = Convert.ToString(Console.ReadLine());
//SSN = String.Format("{0:000-00-0000}");
Console.Write("Please enter the gross income for taxpayer {0}: ", x);
income = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());


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I have an obsession with peanut butter. It's downright amazing. I sense that 0ur good friend, Jen, at Sweet Little Details, has the same obsession. If you're right there with us, you should check out her multiple peanut butter recipes below. A peanut butter love.
For the Chocolate Peanut Butter Lover
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes. For the sake of time on this amazingly gorgeous day, I am just going to tell you, you need baked chocolate cupcakes. If you have some buttermilk in your refrigerator and want to make them from scratch, go for it. Or if you have a box of Duncan Hines in your cabinet. Whatever you pick…bake 2 dozen cupcakes and let them cool.
Peanut Butter Filling
4 Tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup milk
2 cups confectioners sugar
Beat butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add in milk and then confectioners sugar until creamy. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of filling to add to frosting. Scoop remaining peanut butter cream into a pastry bag and attach a round tip, I use a #12. Push tip through top of cupcake and fill.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup shortening
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Approximately 6 cups confectioners sugar
1 bag Bite Size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped and chopped (the wrapper would really put a damper on the flavor)
Using a mixer beat butter and shortening in a large bowl until smooth. Add milk and vanilla and cocoa powder. Mix in reserved peanut butter cream. Finally beat in confectioners sugar until smooth. Spoon frosting into a pastry bag and pipe onto cupcakes. Top with chopped bite size Reese's peanut butter cups. Enjoy.
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups quick cooking oats
1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
In a large bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add egg and beat well. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir. Add oatmeal and stir.
Drop by teaspoons onto greased baking sheet, and press each mound down with a sugar covered fork to form 1/4 inch thick cookies. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes, or until cookies are a light brown. I normally like my cookies, soft, but for this recipe you want your cookies to be a little more done.
To Make Filling: Cream 3 tablespoons butter or margarine with the confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter, and the cream. Spread filling onto half of the cooled cookies, then top with the other half to form sandwiches.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Cookies
Makes about 2 dozen
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Peanut Butter Centers:
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
In small bowl blend flour, cocoa and baking soda. Mix until well blended.
In large bowl beat sugar, butter or margarine and 1/4 cup peanut butter, until light and fluffy. Add milk, vanilla and egg, beat. Stir in flour mixture until blended. Set aside.
To make peanut butter centers: Combine confectioner's sugar and 3/4 cup peanut butter. Blend well.
Roll filling into 24 – 1 inch balls. I covered my hands with powdered sugar to make this process even easier…and a bit more sugar never hurt anyone right? For each cookie shape about 1 Tablespoon of dough around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes. When cookies are done, they should be set and slightly cracked. Cool Completely.
Once cookies are cooled, I melted 3/4 cup chocolate chips and 2 tsp peanut butter and drizzled over cookies.
Do you want more? Because there's more…
Peanut Butter Banana Chip Muffins
A Little More Peanut Butter and Chocolate
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You could fill up the MCG 23 times over with the amount of material that's going to be dredged from the Great Barrier Reef, environmental groups warn.
Queensland's government has unveiled its draft ports strategy focusing on five established ports including Brisbane, Mackay/Hay Point, Gladstone, Townsville and Abbot Point.
Dredging outside of those areas would be prohibited for a decade, but dredging proposals within those areas and plans to dump dredged material on the reef would go ahead.
UNESCO has been warning Australia to rein in major coastal developments or risk having the reef listed as a World Heritage site "in danger".
Greenpeace slammed the strategy, unveiled on Thursday, calling it a "con job that did nothing to address the UN body's concerns".
"All of the current dredging proposals, which UNESCO is worried about, are within those five areas," spokeswoman Louise Matthiesson told AAP.
She claimed the amount of mud that would be dredged could fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 23 times over.
"Don't forget they're still going ahead with major ports developments outside those areas that don't require dredging," Ms Matthiesson said.
"It's a game of smoke and mirrors, they're saying `we will stop everything, except for the stuff that's already planned."
The Australian Marine Conservation Society warned that the dredging would kill the reef and cripple the tourism and fishing industries.
"No one is going to come from around the world to see the world's biggest coal ports," spokeswoman Felicity Wishart said.
The strategy is open for public comment until December 13 and legislation would be in place by next year.
Along Queensland's 7000 kilometre coastline, there are 20 ports including 15 trading ports, two community ports and three gazetted non-trading ports.


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On pg. 357 I give the proto-form of iuxtā as *iugistā. The zero-grade u with a short vowel goes
against de Vaan 2008:318 and Watkins 1975:530 who specifically notes "a ma connaissance aucune évidence ne nous empêche de postuler un ū longe." But the evidence of Old French, which has joste 'next to' and the derived verb joster 'put side by side, joust' points clearly to a short vowel. See the Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français s.v. Forms with u in the various Romance languages are secondary. This fact has interesting consequences for the morphological analysis of this form. It makes connection with the neuter s-stem iūgera even more difficult, but it also doesn't exactly favor Watkins's deverbal superlative analysis since those forms too tend to have full-grades.
In any case connection with the root of iungō is unavoidable and this means that the g of iug- has been devoiced before a voiceless consonant without the operation of Lachmann's Law. The absence of lengthening—cf. fūsus from *fud-to- with LL—might be explained in a number of different ways. It might be the case that LL didn't apply to secondary sequences arising by syncope (hence maximus, despite its lone apex, really doesn't have a long vowel). Or it might be the case that it did apply to such sequences but only if the voiced stop was temporarily reintroduced on the basis of related forms. In the case of iuxtā the derivational connection with iungō was obscure enough that this didn't happen.


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The Savant Lake gold project is situated approximately 240 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario in the Savant Lake Greenstone Belt. The Property is accessible by all-weather roads (provincial highways 17 and 599) and is within 25 km of the Canadian National Railway's main line.
The Savant Lake gold project includes iron formation hosted gold occurrences within a very prospective mineral district in Ontario. The Savant Lake Property consists of 1,000 claim units covering 203.9 square kilometres, updated since the transition to online grid staking in April 2018. New Dimension stands to earn a 100% interest in the Savant Lake Property by paying the vendors in cash and shares.
The Property is situated within the Archean age Savant Lake Greenstone Belt and is underlain primarily by greywacke interbedded with cherty magnetite iron formation and mafic volcanic rocks. These rocks have been metamorphosed to upper greenschist (+/- amphibolite) facies and complexly folded such that the iron formation horizons are repeated. There is a cumulative strike length of 60 kilometres of prospective iron formation interpreted from geophysics. The property is traversed by two ENE trending shear zones. Physiography is typical of the Canadian Shield with gentle, tree-covered terrain interspersed with muskeg and lakes.
Magnetic data indicates that strong folding of the iron formation has occurred resulting in the development of multiple steeply plunging fold hinges. Examples of fold hinges hosting mineralization include the past producing Lupin and Homestake mines. The setting of the Savant Lake gold occurrences also shows many similarities to several other significant iron formation hosted gold deposits including Goldcorp's Mussewhite Mine, Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank Mine and Agnico's recently discovered Amaruq deposit.
The Savant Lake Property, which had not seen any significant exploration since the early 1980's, hosts seven known gold occurrences that have yielded gold values ranging from below detection limit (BDL; <0.1g/t Au) to 138.87 g/t in recent prospecting. Of the seven historical gold showings on the property, all but one is spatially related to oxide facies iron formation. Gold mineralization is similar among all the showings, being hosted in mixed iron formation and adjacent pyritic meta-sediments with varying amounts of quartz veining and carbonate alteration.
In 2018 prospecting and mapping will be completed on high priority areas in the Savant Lake Project. This work will focus on untested gold occurrences coincident with iron formation and conductive anomalies identified in the 2016 VTEM survey. The goal of this program will be to identify additional surface mineralization and refine existing drill targets.
As well as the conductive targets identified for follow up, significant gold mineralization has been identified in non-conductive areas which highlights the importance of testing Au showings in iron formation with no EM response. These gold-in-rock geochemical anomalies occur at fold noses where iron-formation thicknesses normally increase with resultant improved ground conditions for the potential introduction of mineralizing solutions. The drill testing of these, along with additional detailed geological mapping and surface geochemistry will be key areas to follow-up on. The Company believes that many of the Project's best targets remain untested.
In 2017 New Dimension completed an 8-hole, 1626 m diamond drill program on the property to test mineralization associated with conductive targets generated from the 2016 airborne VTEM survey. Significant sulfide mineralization was intersected in 6 of the 8 drill holes. Additionally, alteration observed with the sulfide mineralization indicates hydrothermal origin.
New Dimension carried out a 925-line kilometre VTEM airborne geophysical program over the Property in 2016. The airborne survey successfully identified 18 high priority anomalies and resulted in a significant expansion of the claims.
A mapping and prospecting campaign completed in 2016 successfully advanced the understanding of multiple target types on the project including iron-formation hosted gold that was the initial project target priority. In addition, increased focus is being given to gold-bearing volcanogenic massive sulphides ("VMS") targets and shear related mineralization. Prospecting discovered the "Big Sandy" occurrence and returned gold values ranging from BDL to a maximum of 3.6 g/t from grab samples collected from variably sheared mafic volcanic rocks over an area measuring 300 metres by 500 metres. This shear zone type of mineralization was not previously observed on the property and significantly expands the discovery potential on the project. Further prospecting at the Horseshoe target yielded additional high-grade gold mineralization, including two samples yielding 38.8 g/t and 14.3 g/t, extending the strike potential to over 500 metres.
In 2014, a total of 57 samples were taken by the Property vendors over the historical showings with values ranging from BDL to 138.87 g/t gold. In total, 35 samples reported grades exceeding 1.0 g/t gold including 11 samples exceeding 20 g/t gold. The known showings are locally covered by shallow overburden, but more than 90% of the interpreted iron formation horizons do not outcrop.
During the 1980's two of the gold showings were tested by shallow drilling which returned values of 0.3 to 0.5 oz/t gold (8.5 g/t to 14.17 g/t) over narrow widths of 1.0 to 1.4 feet (0.3 metres to 0.43 metres). Historical stripped areas over the western drilled area exposed mixed oxide facies iron formation and clastic meta-sediments, which are host to pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization as well as quartz veining and ankerite alteration.


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How To Repair A Lawn By Seeding
Before repairing a lawn with seeds, choose the type of lawn renewal –new seeds or new vegetation cover – depending on the degree of damage. If less than 40% of the grass is lost, it will be enough to sow new seeds.
Why do you need to repair the lawn? Try to find out why your lawn has withered. On this depends which seeds to choose and the procedure of how to repair a damaged lawn.
Estimate the scope of the works you need to do. Before starting to work, try to estimate how much work is to be done. Will you need an aerator? Will be a seed drill necessary? Will you need the help of a professional to perform some of the work?
There are two different ways to repair the lawn:
- By adding new seeds from scratch;
- Using a new grass cover.
If more than 40% of grass is ruined, the best way to repair a patchy lawn is to apply a new grass cover. If less than 40% of the lawn is destroyed or ruined by weeds, you can resort to reseeding, i.e. supplementing new seeds to the existing grass. It would be enough.
Before restoring the lawn, it is recommended to test the soil. To do this, take a small amount of soil and send it to the laboratory. Many landowners don't do this simply because they do not know about it. Others refuse to conduct testing because of its cost. In fact, starting a lawn repair with soil testing is the most reliable solution.
If you don't analyze the soil, you'll never know what is lacking to improve it. You can apply fertilizers again and again but you'll not get any results. The testing of the soil will show you what to do and what to avoid.
The method of testing differs in different countries of the world. As a rule, it is conducted in commercial laboratories. The laboratory will develop a detailed action plan for you that will help understand how to fix the lawn or a bad yard in the most effective way.
Determine The Time Of Work
Typically, the appropriate time to repair the yard depends on the climate in the region. Make sure the soil has warmed up enough so that the seeds could sprout and the shoots went into growth. To do this, the soil temperature should be at least 10 degrees Celsius.
Wait until the first trimming in this season. When the lawn turns green, you will know for sure that the grass has started to grow.
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If you understand why the old lawn has dried up, you will not repeat your mistakes when repairing dead grass. Thus, if the vegetation cover has become scarce because of the growth of trees that shield the lawn from the sun and compete with it because of water and nutrients, then the shade-loving grass varieties should be used. It may be necessary to prune some twigs to open a lawn for rain and sun.
Remove The Weeds And Straw
Start repairing with getting rid of weeding (especially evergreen) or remove them with herbicides. Now the new grass will not have to fight for light, water, and nutrients. When using herbicides, read the label carefully and follow the instructions. After using most of the products, DIY lawn repair can be done a week later. But some herbicides will not allow the seeds to sprout for another three to six weeks.
Check the amount of straw by lifting a tiny piece of vegetative cover with a shovel a few inches deep. If during compression, the spongy layer reaches a thickness of more than 2 cm, excess straw should be removed. If your lawn is more than 300 square meters, you may need an electric rake or a vertical lawn mower. For small lawns, a rake to remove straw manually is enough.
Preparing The Soil
In addition to removing the straw, a vertical lawn mower can be applied for sowing to prepare seed wells. Mow the entire area of the yard by immersing the mower's feet to a depth of about 3 to 12 mm. Then collect the garbage from the surface using rakes.
You can also prepare the soil for planting and restoring dead grass is to conduct intensive aeration. In this case, aerate the whole lawn 3–5 times to ensure the necessary aeration. But, the best result is guaranteed by combining both methods – aeration and removal of straw by a vertical lawn mower. This will greatly make the circulation of water supplying seeds and shoots better.
A typical problem with the damaged lawn repair is too thick or too hard soil, as a result of which oxygen and water cannot penetrate to the plant roots, which leads to a slowing of growth. The aerator is great at creating water and air holes in the soil, while a vertical lawn mower cuts out the plant cover increasing the amount of grass and making the lawn look better.
Watering The Lawn
Seeds and shoots of grass for active growth and rooting require water. Soil should be rather moist. If the lawn is dry to the touch and the rain is not expected in the near future, begin to create water reserves in the soil a few days before seeding dead grass. To do this, turn on the sprinkler for a couple of hours a day.
It's very important to evenly water the grass. With even watering and sufficient soil temperature, a proper effect is easily achieved.
Using Fertilizers
Fertilizers contribute to the growth and strengthening of new seeds and seedlings. Fertilizers should be applied immediately before sowing. Use slow-acting nitrogen fertilizers. Having tested the soil, you'll learn if you need to additionally make nitrogen and potassium and how to repair a patchy lawn effectively.
How To Reseed Existing Lawn – Sowing
If your lawn is in a more or less normal state, use the same mixture of grass seeds as before. Soil testing will also show you which seeds are best to apply so that you could know how to repair dead grass and refresh your yard.
Sowing can be done manually, however, to distribute the seeds evenly, it is better to use a seeder.


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Where's RONALD (store associate who always makes our dinner right and delicious) or at least that's what the TRACKER says his name is, when you have hungry kids waiting to watch Trolls!! Never have I ever had a problem with my online orders double cut and double baked, until tonight.
The manager CANDACE was so frickin rude because I called the store about my order not being correct. Upon learning her name I said the tracker stated you are the team member that made my order.
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Product or Service Mentioned: Dominos Pizza Manager.
Reason of review: Poor customer service.
" you have hungry kids waiting "
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Germany's Reality Check 2012 is in the books. Germany's premier streetball competition has once again crowned a new champion, the Kingz of Congo. We have gathered the very best pictures of two action-packed days of fierce streetball competition after the jump and in an exclusive Facebook gallery!
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Cloud Strategy
Grazed from BusinessInsider. Author: Julie Bort.
"Cloud computing is going to change everything whether you like it or not," Vimal Thomas, vice president of Yamaha of America tells us. "Get in front of it before it starts landing on top of you." Thomas ought to know. He completed an unprecedented project to move nearly all of the company's 200 computer servers to Amazon's cloud, Amazon Web Services, getting rid of his company's data centers and saving $500,000 a year in the process.
Nearly every company is using public cloud computing services like AWS these days (Microsoft, Google, and IBM also have similar services). This is a market that will grow 21% year over year to $32 billion in 2015, and account for about one-third of all IT infrastructure spending, according to IDC...
Grazed from Fortune. Author: Jonathan Vanian.
Hewlett-Packard is officially set to split in two. The tech giant filed regulatory documents Wednesday that confirmed its long discussed plans to spin off its printer and personal computer business in November. "Today, I'm more convinced than ever that this separation will create two compelling companies well positioned to win in the marketplace and to drive value for our stockholders," HP CEO Meg Whitman said in a statement. "Since we announced our plan to separate in October, we've made significant progress and remain on track to complete the separation by the end of the fiscal year 2015."
HP HPQ 1.11% , along with legacy tech companies like IBM IBM 0.29% , has seen its business slump over the past few years as the market for personal computers continues to decrease. Additionally, new rivals like Amazon AMZN -0.58% dominate emerging enterprise technologies like cloud computing...
Read more from the source @ http://fortune.com/2015/07/01/hewlett-packard-filing-split/
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Pedro Hernandez.
CEO Satya Nadella is setting a new agenda ahead of its new fiscal year and the imminent, high-profile launch of Windows 10. More shakeups may be on the horizon. Microsoft has a new mission statement as the tech giant prepares for the release of Windows 10 and the start of a new fiscal year, CEO Satya Nadella announced to employees in an internal email this week.
"Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. I'm proud to share that this is our new official mission statement," wrote Nadella (pictured) in the email obtained by GeekWire. "This mission is ambitious and at the core of what our customers deeply care about. We have unique capability in harmonizing the needs of both individuals and organizations."...
Grazed from Fortune. Author: Barb Darrow.
If Microsoft is not weighing a bid to buy hotshot container startup Docker, perhaps it should be. The idea, talk of which cropped up late last week, is intriguing and a purchase would be a bold move by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who is trying to position the company's Azure cloud as the cloud-of-choice for businesses, but as part of that effort also a first-class home for containers and for open-source software.
Docker is an open-source container technology that lets companies package up applications in a lightweight way so that they can run on different sets of infrastructure with minimal tweaking. To confuse matters, Docker is also a venture-capital-backed startup, once known as DotCloud, that is commercializing this technology and is reportedly valued at over $1 billion...
Grazed from AFR. Author: Stewart Oldfield.
Larry Ellison's Oracle is trying to transition from a mature data management software vendor into the world's biggest play on cloud computing, a sector which could triple its revenues over the next five years. Off a relatively small base, Oracle's cloud computing revenues are growing at 30 per cent a year, while the traditional on-premises software licence business on which the company was built is going backwards.
Given Oracle has a market capitalisation of US$190 billion ($233 billion) and a forward price-to-earnings multiple of more than 15, the market appears to be backing Ellison's vision of becoming the global leader in cloud computing. To his credit Ellison, 70, was one of the first to see the threat/opportunity posed by the internet and cloud computing to big enterprises' IT demands...
Grazed from ITbusinessEdge. Author: Mike Vizard.
As part of an effort to provide a set of managed IT services in the cloud, CDW has announced that it will now manage implementations of the Microsoft Azure cloud on behalf of its customers. Best known as a multi-billion dollar reseller of IT hardware and software, CDW in recent years has expanded its service portfolio to include managed services for IT hardware and software installed on premise.
Now Stephen Braat, vice president of cloud and managed solutions for CDW, says the company is expanding the scope of those services to include the cloud. While not committing yet to providing managed services for clouds other than Microsoft Azure, the company does have plans to support multiple cloud computing platforms via its network operations centers (NOCs), Braat says...
Read more from the source @ http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/cdw-outlines-cloud-computing-ambitions.html
Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Sharon Gaudin.
Microsoft is working to help its enterprise customers move their data, apps and operations to the cloud – specifically the hybrid cloud. At its first Ignite conference in Chicago today, the company unveiled Microsoft Azure Stack, a collection of the company's hyper-scale public cloud technologies that it uses for its own data centers.
The new Azure Stack software makes both the Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) software available so enterprises can use it in their own on-premises clouds. Microsoft also took the wraps off what it's calling the Microsoft Operations Management Suite, a group of hybrid tools and software focused on managing enterprises' workloads, regardless of where they are – on the Azure platform, Amazon Web Services, Linux, VMWAre, Windows Server or OpenStack...
Grazed from BSMinfo. Author: Christine Kern.
A study by Meritalk finds, despite a majority (62 percent) of federal agencies in 2010 that reported they would move to cloud-based computing within five years, in a recent poll, just 41 percent of Feds see cloud as an integral component of their overall IT strategy. This latest study demonstrates that, despite the potential savings of $18.9 billion annually, federal agencies are dragging their feet in the migration to cloud services.
In the 2010 survey, just 5 percent stated that they did not intend to ever migrate to cloud services, while 19 percent predicted a shift within two years. Despite the best efforts of cloud vendors, 89 percent of federal agencies polled report being apprehensive about moving IT services and applications to the cloud, and only 51 percent have utilized cloud-only for a limited number of specific applications...
Grazed from WhaTech. Author: Editorial Staff.
Outsource surveyed 150 senior IT and management decision-makers, 110 in Australia and 40 in New Zealand. Forty six percent of respondents said that cloud had CEO and board support.Respondents represented avariety of industries including banking and financial services, education, government, other professional services, retail, transport, insurance, utilities, resources, and entertainment.
However this board support has not so far lead to the same level of adoption. Only 13.3 percent of respondents' organisations were using Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) with full senior management approval...
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Nathan Eddy.
Cloud computing is becoming more and more prevalent in the financial sector, though many respondents of a recent survey claimed to have less than 50 percent of a solidified, concerted cloud strategy, with controls and security being main concerns. According to the worldwide survey of more than 100 professionals conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and sponsored by CipherCloud, 61 percent of respondents believe a cloud strategy is in the formative stages within their organization, with 39 to 47 percent planning to use a mix of in-house IT, private and public clouds, and 18 percent planning to use private clouds.
None of the respondents has plans to be hosted mostly in a public cloud, according to the report. "Primarily the top security concerns were more focused around data protection," Luciano Santos, vice president of research and member services at the Cloud Security Alliance, told eWEEK. "Data confidentiality, data governance and data breach were the top-ranked security concerns identified by the financial institutions that participated."...
See more at: http://www.eweek.com/small-business/financial-firms-in-search-of-a-cloud-strategy.html#sthash.aaucheLZ.dpuf