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Uses: Supports digestive system calm in children and healthy appetites and energy
Supports a healthy growing appetite for fussy or picky eaters, naturally*
Maintains existing healthy energy levels and stamina*
Supports a healthy constitution and digestive system harmony*
Supports the resilience of the ever growing immune system*
Supports the nervous system and feelings of well-being*
What is Kiddie Florish?
Kiddie Florish is a 100% safe, non-addictive, natural herbal remedy formulated by a Clinical Psychologist for fussy and picky eaters, and contains a selection of herbs known for their tonic function in supporting digestive calm and well-being.
Kiddie Florish can be effectively used to safely promote a healthy appetite, routine nutrient absorption and systemic balance in the stomach and digestive system, without harmful side effects.
In combination with a healthy lifestyle and balanced nutrition, Kiddie Florish supports a child's growing body, thereby helping to support growth through nutrient intake. Vital organs in the body that are instrumental in regulating healthy appetites, metabolism and energy expenditure need systemic harmony to function properly.
The formula remains true to the whole spectrum method of herbal extraction, ensuring the bio-availability and balance of all the active ingredients contained in the remedy. This method of manufacture maintains all active ingredients in perfect balance – exactly as nature intended!
The natural way
Lack of appetite in children is often a cause of concern for parents. The most crucial factor in how to get your child to eat healthily is to not make an issue of food. Keep the emphasis on health by getting your child involved in cooking and shopping for food.
Figuring out what healthy eating for children is can be challenging. If you are wondering how to get your child to eat, there are some helpful tips. Empowering children by encouraging them to make healthy meals is one of the ways. Another way to get your child to eat is to allow them to serve themselves (if they are old enough) as this will also give them an idea of portion control and help to develop an independent relationship with food.
Keep in mind, when children go through growth spurts, they may need extra food. Make sure your child stays well-hydrated. Keep children active and encourage them to participate in sports or other physical activities that are not only good for growing bodies – but which also stimulate the appetite too!
Natural remedies have been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years to support a healthy appetite, helping to promote a balanced relationship with food. In more recent times, research has confirmed this traditional wisdom.
There are now many published clinical studies demonstrating the ability of a range of herbs to support the normal functioning of the stomach and digestive system, as well as promoting a healthy appetite.
What are the ingredients?
Kiddie Florish is a 100% herbal formula and contains the following ingredients in therapeutic dosage:
Amla (Emblica officinalis)
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Ginger (Zingiber officinalis)
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Note: Kiddie Florish contains less than 1% pure pharmaceutical grade ethanol when diluted as directed.
How do I use Kiddie Florish?
Children 1-12: Take 1 drop per year of age in 1/4 cup water or juice 2-3 times daily before meals.
Caution: Not recommended for children under 12 months unless under medical supervision. If symptoms persist or worsen, consult a health care professional. Keep this and all medicines from the reach of children.
Get optimum support with regular use
People can differ widely in their response times to natural remedies depending on individual makeup, lifestyle and diet. Some may experience a general feeling of wellness within days, while for others it may take longer before an effect is felt.
Often, as in the case of all good tonics, a gradual improvement is felt over time. Best results are achieved when it is used consistently along with a healthy lifestyle.
How long will a bottle last?
One 59 mL bottle of Kiddie Florish will last approximately 30 days depending on age of child and frequency of use.


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The prosecution motioned to stack the sentences on Jan. 15, when the jury recommended Dauben serve 10 years in prison on each of three counts of sexual assault, and 10 years probation on one count of indecency with a minor. The jury also levied $10,000 on Dauben as well.
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Cash on Delivery Aid
I like Nancy Birdsall's idea of "Cash on Delivery Aid" a lot. Instead of spending money on building schools or hiring teachers or any other means towards an educational end, just pay for outputs instead:
We propose that donors offer to pay recipient governments a fixed amount for each additional unit of progress toward a commonly agreed goal, e.g. US$200 for each additional child who takes a standardized test at the end of primary school. That is, the donors pay "cash" only upon "delivery" of the agreed outcome. The key features of this proposal are: (1) the donor pays only for outcomes, not for inputs, (2) the recipient has full responsibility for and discretion in using funds, (3) the outcome measure is verified by an independent agent, (4) the contract, outcomes and other information must be disseminated publicly to assure transparency, and (5) this approach is complementary to other aid programs.
If a prize-based approach is a good idea for things like vaccines, why can't it work with education, and other areas with clearly-definable and measurable outputs?
To spur government action and allow for civil society to participate in bringing about change, each COD Aid contract (as designed) would rely on a single, measurable goal; e.g. children completing primary school or households with access to clean water. Choosing an indicator that is simple, central to people's lives, and easily auditable, Nancy says, is critical to the success of a COD Aid model.
The problem with this model is I think at the donor end: the government can spend the money on anything it likes, from kickbacks to Kalashnikovs, and people — and even governments — donating money for early-childhood education or clean water don't like risking their money being spent elsewhere. But Nancy has a 100-page book coming out on the subject; maybe that might help to change some minds.


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After last weekend's elections in Finland and America, both countries are closer to choosing a president. In the case of Finland, a lot closer. Practically done, in fact. For the US, however, it is still a long slog, but with some fascinating twists sure to come.
The Finnish poll turned out as expected with Sauli Niinistö getting the lion's share of the vote, some 37 percent. The Green Party candidate, Pekka Haavisto, also as expected had a strong showing, though squeaking into second place only 1% ahead of the third-place finisher, veteran politician Paavo Väryrnen. Niinistö and Haavisto now continue to the next round, to be decided a week from today. Early voting has already started.
A couple of encouraging things to note from the first round. "True Finn" Timo Soini came in a distant fourth with only 9.4% of the vote, a far cry from the nearly 20% his party garnered in the parliamentary election that shook things up so much last spring. However, it might be wise not to read this as a complete repudiation (almost wrote refudiation there, shades of Sarah Palin!) of the xenophobic party that Soini represents. The presidential race here has more to do with the individual candidate, not the party, which helps explain how Haavisto's personal popularity outstrips the Green Party's relatively low level of support (only 10 MPs in a 200-member parliament).
The other positive takeaway was the turnout. A few weeks ago, I heard a Finn lamenting how people here don't bother to vote as much as they should, with a typical turnout (he said) of only 60-something percent. That sounded low to me, though not bad compared to voter turnout in the US. Average turnout is around 50% for US congressional elections, maybe more for higher-profile White House races, which is pathetic for a country that prides itself as the model of democracy.
It turns out that the 60-something figure for Finland claimed by my friend is indeed too low. In the first election round last Sunday, almost 73% of voters turned out nationwide, and even more in Helsinki. I can't help but boast a little that turnout in my neighborhood was a whopping 85%. As I've said, Finns are a civic-minded people.
While the Finnish election was satisfying, the one in South Carolina was absolutely galvanizing. I even stayed up to watch the coverage on CNN, which started at one in the morning Helsinki time. When the voting ended an hour later, CNN was ready within minutes to declare Newt Gingrich the winner, a stunning comeback for the Georgian who had until a week earlier been badly trailing Mitt Romney in the polls. Not only did Gingrich beat Romney, he trounced him by 13 points.
The victory for Gingrich, which keeps him in the running and denies Romney an early anointment as GOP nominee, was bizarre. And it highlights the bizarre, you could say even schizophrenic, nature of the Republican Party in 2012.
The winner of the first 2012 Republican primary to be held in the conservative and religious South is a two-time adulterer who has most recently been attacking the GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney for being a capitalist tool. Go figure.
Something like 65% of South Carolina GOP voters identify themselves as evangelical Christians, the most earnest and in-your-face type of churchgoers in a region that's not known as the Bible Belt for nothing. Yet by a margin of nearly 2 to 1, this devout demographic voted for a man who has traded in not only his wife three times, but also his faith. He was born a Lutheran, became a Southern Baptist while in college, then converted in 2009 to the Catholicism of his current wife.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this; it's just a bit ironic a deep-red, born-again state like South Carolina doesn't have a problem with it. You could think that Gingrich's flipping churches is his way of applying free-market principles to religion. If a particular religion doesn't serve your needs, why not shop around for one that does? At least you have then given the matter of religion more thought than most people, who usually stick with the faith that was chosen for them by accident of birth. That's the charitable way of looking at it. When it comes to Gingrich's ditching his first two wives, I'm afraid there's no charitable way of looking at that. None at all.
This is beside the point anyway. It's not that Palmetto State voters chose Gingrich because they admired his freewheeling attitude toward spouses or churches. (After all, as people always like to point out, redemption is an important tenet of Christianity – good news for the occasional politician or clergyman caught with their pants down.)
And South Carolinians' enthusiasm for Gingrich probably has nothing to do with his critique of Mitt Romney's money-grubbing business skills, which were dubbed "vulture capitalism" by leftist Rick Perry before he dropped out of the race. South Carolina voters seem to be riled up for Newt mainly because they are mad as hell, and they see in Gingrich someone who not only shares their blinding anger at Obama and the Democrats, but also is also snarly enough to fight.
If voters didn't think so before, they saw the light when Gingrich lashed out at CNN debate moderator John King, who had the nerve to ask Gingrich about claims from Gingrich's second wife that he had asked her for "an open marriage" so that he could carry on unhindered with his mistress Callista. With that outburst, he won their hearts.
South Carolina may well turn out to be a fluke, however, since mainstream Republican leaders and pundits have piled on Newt, and polls in Florida, where voting next takes place on Tuesday, are showing Gingrich back in his familiar second place, far behind Mitt Romney. Maybe even yesterday's endorsement from Herman Cain won't be enough of a boost to save Gingrich. Come to think of it, a nod from Cain might be the last thing Newt needs.
Anyway, I'll probably be drifting off to sleep in front of the TV in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, watching to see how Gingrich fares in Florida. Looking ahead, I can't wait to see what happens with Gingrich on Super Tuesday in my, and his, home state of Georgia – not as diverse as Florida, but not as reactionary (I hope) as South Carolina.
Maybe it doesn't matter. I have a feeling that by the time March 6th rolls around, karma will finally bite and Georgia Republicans will no longer have the option of voting for their native, and very prodigal, son.


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Stephaniem3 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 29 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Leader of the Pack
Logo is for a community service platform for a contestant in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen program. This is the teen pageant for the Miss America Organization. The name of my platform is "Leader of the Pack" which focuses on the importance of proper animal care and the benefits of animal rescue and adoption.
I am looking for a cute dog of some kind that would wear a crown that is the same design of the Miss America Outstanding Teen official crown.
I would like 2 logos one with just "A dog with crown" either on his/her head or maybe in the mouth like a bone. (not sure how that would look) and then a separate one with the dog/crown and the slogan "Leader of the Pack"
Update:2/26/11 How about a girl dog with a pageant sash that says "Leader Of the Pack" but still has the crown on, maybe lopsided with one ear sticking through.
I have attached a concept of what I am looking for along with pictures of the official crown. However, I need it to be more graphic so it would look good on tee shirts etc... I wouldn't mind if the dog was more animated or cartoon like just something cute. Actually, it could also be a group of animals ( dog, cat, bunny, gerbil, guinea pigs, etc... ) because my platform deals with all pets not just dogs. But I would still like the dog to have the crown. Target audience would be Teens.
Update: picture added that has examples of what types of animals are rescued etc..
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We are not able to get a stand at this years York show.
However for anyone wishing to place an order for collection please head over to the shop, it gives details of a coupon code to enter to ensure postage is discounted.
I will be hanging around with Trevor and Paula on the Coritani/Magnetic Bases stand and will sweet talk them for orders to be collected from there.
I will put up shortly a list of shows we will be attending either as trader or visitor for people to place orders.
I will be going to Salute as a visitor but will ensure we get something special sorted for that show for anyone placing orders for collection.


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J1939 Protocol
Each Instrument, whether a gauge, tachometer or speedometer, can be connected directly to the bus network without using a costly external instrument controller or another device such as a tachometer, speedometer or separate display that provides the interface to the bus network for the other instruments. Of particular note, gauges can now operate in the bus network on their own. And, the system can be run in series or in parallel, depending on the application.


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Tuesday May 2nd In the morning Mary-Lou and Wesley accompanied me on horseback for a few miles. Crossing the river Thames ......
I had managed to plan my route along quiet back roads for the most part.....
Diane took me to the neighbouring St Patrick's cemetery to see the gravestone of five of the notorious Donnelly family who were massacred in an infamous feud which took place in 1880.
James and Johannah Donelly emigrated from Tipperary to Upper Canada in 1842 where they raised a family of eight, initially as squatters before settling on contested land near Elginfield. Among other activities they ran a stage coach line and there appeared to be constant friction with rival companies. These were lawless times: the Donnellys seem to have been a contentious bunch, and were certainly regarded with disfavour by a large section of the local community. But whether through jealousy or genuine disregard is unsure, as their guilt in many of crimes they were accused of remained unproven. However it is true that James Sr served seven years in prison for killing another settler in a brawl.
In January 1880 the barns belonging to a Patrick Ryder were burned down and James Sr and Johannah accused of arson. Following this a posse consisting of members of the newly formed 'Vigilance Society' turned up at the house of the senior Donnellys and using a pitchfork, axe, shovel and guns, massacred the occupants. The victims consisted of James Sr and Johannah, their youngest son Tom, and a visiting niece Bridget. A young visiting farm lad Jonny O'Connor escaped by hiding under a bed, and later acted as a key witness for the prosecution. After setting fire to the house the posse continued to the house of second son William Donnelly, shooting third son John Donnelly when he came to the door.
The leader of the vigilante group James Carroll was brought to trial, but the lack of hard evidence and the influence of local feeling meant the jury were unwilling to convict him and he was acquitted.
The case attracted a lot of attention and visitors came for miles to see the original tombstone erected by William Donnelly in 1889 which included the word 'Murderd' under each name. It was removed in 1969 as sightseers had chipped pieces from it as souvenirs.
The present gravestone was erected by family members omitting the dread word, but visitors still come and leave small tokens such as coins, pebbles and buckles on top. The coins are apparently left in the belief that the Donnellys will grant wishes in return.Interest in the case remains unabated and has spawned a small industry. There is a Donnelly museum Donnelly website and tours of the Donnelly property where the massacre took place. You can even buy T shirts, teddies and mugs, not to mention pyjamas and baby bibs with 'I love the Donnellys' rather incongruously emblazoned on them.


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In Halfway Home, Paul Monette, the National Book Award winning author of Becoming a Man delivers a 'fast-paced novel that swings between humor and tragedy, high camp and lowdown realism, gays and straights, winners and losers, people who are dying and people who are afraid to live' (Los Angeles Times). Halfway Home centers around the story of thirty-four year old Tom Shaheen, an actor living with AIDS in southern California who has been forced to retire, because of his illness, to an isolated beach house. Tom's peaceful existence is shaken to the core when he receives a sudden and unexpected visit from his brother, Brian, a former high school football hero who, well-loved and athletic, was Tom's exact opposite while growing up. Brian's visit turns out to be more than Tom bargained for--Brian is seeking safety and sanctuary for himself and his family because of shady dealings in his contractor business back in Connecticut. In the midst of dealing with his brother's crisis, Tom begins to bond deeply with his landlord. Gray--a connection that evolves into a bittersweet love affair, inspiring hope that there can be a life after AIDS. Halfway Home is 'an exceptionally honest and expressive work...a satisfyingly sane novel about living in an insane time' (The New York Times Book Review).
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
10 comments:
- Frasier Olivier said...
superbe ambiance...bravo.
- December 19, 2007 at 2:15 AM
- louis de la taille said...
merci beaucoup de partager tout ça avec nous. C'est rare de pouvoir voir ce type d'images, et c'est très motivant !
- December 19, 2007 at 3:34 AM
- Stoyan Petrov said...
I love those trees on the first one cuz they make that temple look as if it's in "a pool of light" and, at the same time they strengthen the feeling that this whole site is being hidden from the outside world...
Great work, as usual, Luc!
- December 19, 2007 at 5:09 AM
- Ivan's blog said...
awesome work luc, Im a fan of your work. Really cool blog. I really like the top one.I love the colors and lighting.
- December 19, 2007 at 3:58 PM
- martin wittig said...
Beautiful work!! I just discovered your blog!! I will be back for more soon:)
- December 21, 2007 at 4:28 PM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
Olivier, Louis,
Merci et bonne annee a tous.
Stoyan, Ivan,
Thank you...It's all about mood.
Welcome to Ushuaia and come back often. I visit your site sometimes and I really love your 'Ghosts' illustrations. Great stuff.
- December 21, 2007 at 6:54 PM
- Ross Dearsley said...
Amazing work Luc - really inspirational. Thanks so much for posting it all.
Also, my daughter has recently discovered 'Spirit' on DVD, so it's great to show her lots of the development art! Thanks!
- December 29, 2007 at 7:30 AM
- Luc Desmarchelier said...
Thanks Ross,
It's all about the little ones.
- January 3, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Genevieve Tsai said...
These are amazing!! Oh, I've always wished they would release an artbook for "The Road to El Dorado!" I love the early 2D Dreamworks films like this one, and "Spirit," and "Prince of Egypt..." Seeing all these fantastic paintings and renderings you did for the film is really exciting.
- December 7, 2010 at 12:16 AM
- bag said...
Its opportunity are so fantastic and working style so speedy. Nice post.It's only after editing when I realize what I've done.
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In her first interview since leaving MI5, she also admits the agency was "overenthusiastic" in its targeting of leftwing groups during the cold war.
Extracts of Dame Stella's memoirs, which give a unique insight into Whitehall's secret world, will appear exclusively in the Guardian starting on Monday.
She was the first director general of MI5 to be officially identified and the first woman head of the agency. She describes the traumatic experience of suddenly being treated as an errant outsider as the Whitehall establishment tried to persuade her not to publish her memoirs.
It was "quite upsetting because suddenly you go from being an insider to being an outsider and that's quite a shock". But she adds: "I've never been one to retreat at the first whiff of gunshot".
She was told to remove any mention of the SAS even when she describes the well-documented killing of three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar by SAS soldiers in 1988. "I thought that they were being excessively and sometimes rather ridiculously care ful," says Dame Stella, referring to senior Ministry of Defence officials who vetted the book after failing to stop her going into print.
She says the absolute duty of confidentiality the secrets act imposes on former members of the security and intelligence services is "unrealistic".
The blanket ban in the act preventing any former member of the security and intelligence agencies from disclosing anything about their work was recently upheld in the high court in a pretrial judgment on the David Shayler case.
Her bitter row with Whitehall mandarins over the publication of her memoirs, called Open Secret, has convinced her that what she calls a "clear system" should be set up to vet publications by former Whitehall officials. "It's obviously got to be subject to challenge," she says. "It's clear that there's got to be a group of people and I would have thought there must be some kind of outside element on it."
She describes the "Kafkaesque" experience of trying to get clearance for her book. "I think I understand better what people outside feel when they're trying to deal with the state, or particularly with the secret state ... you do just get a feeling of how persecuted you can feel when things are going on that you don't actually have any control over".
Asked what attracted her to MI5, she says: "Even though there were all of these tweedy guys with pipes, I still thought the essence of the cold war and spies and stuff was fun. You know, going around listening to people's telephones and opening their mail and stuff."
She concedes that during the cold war MI5 was "overenthusiastic". "Files were opened on people who were not actively threatening the state," she admits.
However, she insists that individuals on whom MI5 has files - they include Patricia Hewitt, the trade and industry secretary, Harriet Harman, the solicitor general, Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, and Peter Mandelson - should not be allowed to see them.
She denies allegations that Roger Windsor, chief executive of the miners' union during the 1984-5 strike, was an MI5 agent or that the agency had any informers in the NUM.
Choosing her words carefully, she says: "It would be correct to say that he, Roger Windsor, was never an agent in any sense of the word that you can possibly imagine."
She gives the first official confirmation that during general elections, MI5 checks files on prospective MPs to see if "there is anything in there of importance ... so the prime minister can take it into account when he forms his government".
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(March 3, 2010)
Contact: Rick DelaHaya, Centenary News Services, 318.869.5073
Poet Stanley Plumly to Receive the 20th Annual Corrington Award
SHREVEPORT, La. (Centenary News Service)—The poet Stanley Plumly, whose most recent book is a "personal biography" of the English poet John Keats, will receive the John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence Tuesday, March 16 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Whited Room located in Bynum Commons on Centenary's campus.
Stanley Plumly
Plumly is the 20th recipient of the award, and will read from his own work during the evening event. Sponsored by the Centenary English Department, the event is free and open to the public.
Born in 1939, Plumly grew up in his native Ohio and in Virginia. Educated at Wilmington College in Ohio, a liberal arts college founded by Quakers, and at Ohio University, Plumly began his distinguished teaching career as an instructor in creative writing at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 1968. Since 1985 he has taught at the University of Maryland, where he directs the Creative Writing Program.
Plumly is the author of eight books of poetry. The most recent is Old Heart (2007), a finalist for the National Book Award. A persistent concern in Plumly's autobiographical poems is his relationship with his alcoholic father, who died of a heart attack at 56. "Increasingly," according to the literary scholar Ronald Baughman, "the poet's chief concern is the how and why of memory, how and why exercising memory and writing poetry are virtually synonymous."
Another theme in Plumly's poetry is the "chance for immortality" through a union with nature. "I could come back as a bird," Plumly has said in an interview. "Human beings are the most fragile and beautiful presences on the planet because they end up ... turned into everything else, animals, vegetable, mineral, whatever, with a little left over."
As a reviewer of Plumly's 2000 retrospective collection, Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me, observed, "No one writes so electrically about birds and trees, wind and clouds and rain, yet the focus is always on human consciousness."
Articles as well as poems by Plumly appear regularly in such periodicals as The American Poetry Review, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker. His articles, as Ronald Baughman notes, have made Plumly "an important commentator on and theoretician of contemporary poetry in general."
Plumly's 2008 "personal biography" Posthumous Keats was lavishly reviewed by professional scholars and fellow creative writers alike. Jack Stillinger, the editor of the standard edition of Keats's poems, declared it to be "certainly the best book ever written about Keats," and the novelist Nicholas Delbanco described it as "beautiful" and "brilliant." The poet and editor of The Virginia Quarterly Review, Ted Genoways, found it to be "full of feeling and drama and those fleeting moments we call genius."
A selection of Plumly's books is for sale at the Centenary College book store.
Named for the novelist and Centenary alumnus John William Corrington ('56), the award takes the form of a bronze medal designed by the Louisiana sculptor Clyde Connell. This year's presentation marks the 20th year of this annual event. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of short stories Eudora Welty became the first recipient in 1991. Other Corrington medalists include Ernest J. Gaines, James Dickey, Elizabeth Spencer, Richard Wilbur, Eavan Boland, Michael Longley, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
For additional information contact Centenary Professor of English David Havird at 869-5085 or 869-5254 or by email: email.
About Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and is regularly rated as one of the top colleges in the South. In 2008 Centenary College celebrated 100 years in the Shreveport and Bossier City communities.


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We are fortunate, indeed, as Ms. Dixon has chosen to share part of Chapter 1 with us. If any of you want to read more, there is an excerpt for Chapter 3 at Austen Authors. Now, please join me in welcoming P.O Dixon.
Oh boy! Gotta love party crashers. LOL! Looking forward to reading this one.
Happy Thanksgiving, Janet!
Thank you! I hope you'll love the story.Delete
Ho, ho ho! By the pricking of my thumbs.......What is Wickham up to? Very intriguing excerpt. Thanks for sharing it with us Pam and Janet.ReplyDelete
You're welcome, Anji! Wickham always has an angle. ;-)Delete
Wonderful!! I hope I do get lucky!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! Best of luck.Delete
So....what michief has Wickham forced Lydia to do? How will it impact the dinner party? Thank you for the giveaway. evamedmonds(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
You're welcome, Eva. Heads will turn during the dinner party. Luckily, someone comes to the rescue. ;-)Delete
I wonder if Lydia knows about Ramsgate, what lies?
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Expect Lydia to drop a bombshell or two. Thanks, Vesper!Delete
Does the Wickhams have no shame at all? If I were Darcy, I would turn Lydia away because she is a bad influence to Georgiana. I smell trouble looming.
Great point, Lúthien84. I think Darcy and you are on the same page. :-)Delete
Oh my!! This dinner is quickly devolving into a hot mess. It's so like Wickham to try to ruin an event for the Darcys and to get under their skin by commenting about Georgiana. I'm a big fan of P.O.'s other book so I'm looking forward to reading this one.
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Thanks so much for reading and enjoying my books, Lauren. I hope you'll enjoy Dearest, Loveliest Elizabeth just as much.Delete
That first chapter was bloody brilliant!! Can't wait to continue to read... Oh la it will be a fine story to read mark my words! Thank you for this!!! Big hugs!!ReplyDelete
It's my pleasure. Thanks so much for making my day! I'm delighted to know how much you enjoyed the excerpt.Delete
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Thanks so much, Ginna. I hope you'll love the story.Delete
Congrats, Luthien84 and Lauren King! Your eBook is on its way, Luthien84. The paperback edition of Dearest, Loveliest Elizabeth will be available on Amazon next week, Lauren. I'll send your winning copy once it's released.
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Sure, the Droid Turbo is claimed to last for two days on a single charge, but what if you wanted even more? Chinese handset manufacturer Gionee has the answer in the Marathon M3, a device boasting a 5,000mAh battery which is said to deliver 32.8 days standby time.
With dimensions of 144.5 x 71.45 x 10.4 mm, the Marathon M3 is not as svelte as some of Gionee's other offerings. Under the hood, the specs are what you'd find in a mid-range handset, which include a 5-inch 720p display, 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 CPU, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB internal memory, microSD slot up to 32 GB, 8 MP camera with LED flash, 2 MP front shooter, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity along with USB OTG support. Also included is dual-SIM functionality as well as FM Radio. On the software side of things, the Marathon M3 features Gionee's Amigo 2.0 UI atop Android 4.4 KitKat.
The device is now available in India for Rs. 12,999, which comes out to around $210. While we've seen smartphones with better specs at this price point, Gionee is aiming for the massive battery capacity to be the differentiator. The vendor is intent on gaining a foothold in the Indian and Chinese markets, so it is likely that availability of the Marathon M3 will be limited to these regions.
What do you guys think of the Marathon M3?
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Care and Use of Animals
Zoonotic Diseases: Rabbits
Cryptosporidia: Cryptosporidium species have a world wide distribution and can be found in many animal species including guinea pigs. Cryptosporidiosis is caused by a protozoan parasite which lives in the intestine of mammals. Cryptosporidiosis is transmitted by the fecal-oral route and can cause diarrhea in humans. Usually the diarrhea is self-limiting but in immunocompromised individuals the disease can have a prolonged course.
Prevention: Appropriate personal-hygiene practices which include washing hands after contact with animals or their waste should prevent spread of this organism
Leptospirosis: Leptospirosis is widely distributed in domestic and wild animals. The possibility of transmission to humans from most animal species maintained in the laboratory should be considered but livestock and dogs would be the most common reservoirs. Transmission of the organism to humans can occur through skin abrasions and mucous membranes by contact with urine or tissues of animals infected with Leptospirosis. Inhalation or ingestion of organisms can also transmit the diseases. Disease can vary from asymptomatic infection to severe disease ranging from flu-like symptoms to liver and kidney failure, encephalitis, and pulmonary involvement.
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Now that I have had time to think back on the exhibition and to look at what sold, I was surprised to note that for the first time, I did not sell a single painting of Roses. I have noticed that flowers, like everything, else go in cycles and what is popular for a couple of years seems out of favour the following year, so perhaps it is the turn of the rose to be given a back seat.
At the moment , however, I have a passion for buying roses and I do have quite a few now.Two things prompted me to paint these roses. Firstly I was asked if I would like to hang some of my paintings in one of the luxury holiday apartments in the grounds of Rosemoor Gardens in Devon. Whilst I was there delivering the paintings, I saw a lovely rose in one of the beds, and when I got as far as the shop, I bought one. Its a rose by David Austin called' Morning Mist' There was not one in flower at the time so I have had to wait until now for the second showing to appear, which it has done over the last two weeks. Secondly, I watched a video about some of Daniel Smith's watercolour paints, and loved the colours produced when Quinachridone Coral was mixed with the yellows, especially Hansa Yellow. I got my hands on the Coral colour at the last group ordering and have been waiting for an opportunity to use it. I thought the new paints and the new rose might go well together.
There is nothing special about the process for this painting, except that I am still using the 600gm paper, but primarily because I think I ought to use it seeing as I bought it!
The flowers are painted using combinations of Hansa Yellow, Opera Pink, Pyrol Red and Quinachridone Coral, all by Daniel Smith.
The background was painted with my favourite combination of Indigo and either Quinachridone Rust or Quinachridone Nickel Gold, all by M Graham. The leaves and bud are mixtures of Apatite Green ( Daniel Smith ) and various yellows.
In an attempt to get a few softer edges in the bottom corners, when I had painted in the greens, I lightly sprayed the paper with a little granulation fluid. As it was in a spray bottle, some of the spray hit the petals and the greens bled into them. A really light touch is needed with the spray as it can disperse over a wide area, and the paint bleeds into whatever is wet.
The photo is a little pinker than the painting, and the central flower seems a bit pale in this photo but its near enough to give you some idea of what it looks like.
The painting is 37cm x 27cm on Hahnemuhle Leonardo Matt 600gm paper


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Uganda's International Stars - Part 1
UGPulse's list of the most notable Ugandans in Diaspora.
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First published: November 14, 2007
There is a general misconception in Uganda that Ugandans living in the Diaspora are involved in kyeyo jobs like cleaning toilets, sweeping the streets, washing pots, etc. While some are, (and given the high rate of unemployment worldwide, there is nothing wrong with any of the jobs mentioned above) there are even more who are successful in other fields like banking, drama, music, education, sports, television, visual arts, politics, media, literature, medical, legal, aeronautics/space and business management. There are endless examples, but I limited it to only thirty Ugandans. In this first part, we shall profile some Ugandans who are moving the entertainment and media industries in various parts of the world.
Africa Calling by Geoffrey Oryema
Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka (Canada)
Namugenyi Kiwanuka in Northern Uganda.
Enter the Babylon System
In Canadian media circles, she is affectionately referred to as "Nam." She is best known for her beautiful, attention-grabbing hairdo (a huge flaming afro). In the past, she worked as a MuchMusic VJ, where she interviewed many celebrities. Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka, who was born in 1975 in Uganda, is now a famous Canadian television personality, who earned her journalism degree at Toronto's Ryerson University. Kiwanuka, started at MuchMusic as an intern on Master T's RapCity/DaMix, and later became the host of 'The DownLo' and 'Vibe'. She has received various accolades, including being named Best Media Personality at the 2003 Urban X-Posure Awards. She is currently the hostess of NBA XL and CFL Crunch on Rogers Sportsnet. Kiwanuka arrived in Canada with her parents in 1983 as a refugee, following the civil war in Uganda. She is based in Toronto, Canada.
"She still has a strong passion for Africa and is involved in numerous charities, including War Child Canada, in an effort to better the lives of those who are less-fortunate than herself. She is also in the process of starting her own charity to benefit orphans who've lost their parents to HIV/AIDS in Uganda." - Read more
Sami Sabiti (South Africa)
Sami Sabiti interviewing American Idol's Simon Cowell.
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Sami Sabiti, who has been referred to as the fantasy of many girls, was born in Uganda. He resided in Egypt, Kenya and the United Kingdom before settling in South Africa. He studied economics and management and spent two years working at IBM's head office in Johannesburg before making the transition into the world of media. Sabiti's exciting career in radio and television began as a host on South Africa's first 24-hour music channel, Music Television. In the past, Sabiti also presented a show titled "African Adventures" as well as "Idols" in South Africa. 'Idols" was a talent search show which mesmerized the world. Sabiti was the host of the Nokia Face of Africa 2005 final, and is also an M-Net presenter and 5fm DJ.
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Mirembe Campbell (UK/Australia)
Mirembe Campbell.
The UK-based, Ugandan-Australian actress and model Mirembe Campbell is making quite a name for herself in the theatre and film industry in the UK. The actress, whose mother is Ugandan, has the potential to become the Genevieve Nnaji of Uganda. Last year she was profiled in the UK-based Street Cred Magazine, Pride Magazine, as well as Kenya's Nation Media group/Sunday Nation's BUZZ Magazine.
This year, she has also been profiled in the UK Cosmo, the Australian edition of Vogue - Australian Cosmo, the April 2007 edition of US-based MIMI Magazine, the UK Black Beauty and Hair Magazine, Pride Magazine UK as well as Uganda's New Vision and Monitor newspapers. She has also received an offer from the cosmetic company Yana, as a model for their make-up products and is currently attending one of London's greatest schools for actors. She is the face of UGPulse and Gisella. She is also a newscaster for Jump Off TV, and was recently cast in a Hollywood film called How to Lose Friends and Alienate People with George Clooney, Thandie Newton and Kirsten Dunst.
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Ntare Mwine (USA)
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is a handsome Los Angeles-based Ugandan actor, filmmaker, playwright, writer, actor, documentary maker and photographer. He has received an NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image Award nomination for Best Actor. His TV credits include ER, CSI and Law & Order, as well as leading roles at The Steppenwolf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center, ACT, The Long Wharf Theatre and the national tour of Six Degrees of Separation.
His photography has been featured on HBO's television series Six Feet Under and also exhibited at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, The Latino Art Museum, The United Nations and Rush Arts Gallery to name but a few. He has recently been to Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada to perform his play, Biro. Biro was performed before the former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and African heads of state at the 2004 African Union Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the director of the documentary film Beware of Time, which won Best Film, BIC Awards, Berlin. He also appeared alongside Leonardo Di Caprio in the film The Blood Diamond directed by Ed Zwick in 2006.
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Karinda Mutabazi (Australia)
Karinda Mutabazi
Born in Melbourne, Australia, this singer and actress completed her Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash University. Mutabazi has acted in Hair, Hello Dolly (The Production Company), A New Brain (Blackbird Productions), Sunday in the Park with George (Graduate Players, Monash University), Bring Down Da House and most recently the Australian Lion King, where she was selected to play Sarabi. Her father, Steve Mutabazi, originally comes from Uganda.
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Arthur Simeon Omaset (Canada)
Arthur Simeon is a Toronto-based Ugandan stand-up comedian and a regular at Yuk Yuks Comedy clubs. Born in Kampala, Uganda on November 14, 1983, Arthur Simeon moved to Canada, where he first tried his hand at stand-up comedy, as a teenager. In June 2007, he headlined the Nubian Disciples Of Pryor Comedy showcase at Yuk Yuks Comedy Club in Toronto. He has showcased his talent in Just for Laughs at The All Black Comedy Show in Toronto and was a finalist in the Ed Pollack talent search during the Hogtown Comedy Festival.
Robert Walakira (UK)
Robert Walakira
Born in Kampala, Uganda, Robert Walakira is the publisher of the Kabaka Mutebi-endorsed, UK-based Eyecon Magazine, the voice of, as well as the leading magazine for Ugandans in the UK. The dreadlocked publisher is also the founder of ECO Media, Inc., which is a management, public relations, and marketing consultancy that is mostly inclined towards the entertainment industry. ECO Media manage entertainers and help them undertake public and media relations campaigns, as well as marketing their material to the public.
Lee Kasumba (South Africa)
Leslie "Lee" Nabunya Kasumba.
South Africa-based, Uganda-born Leslie Nabunya Theresa Kasumba, popularly known as Lee, is known by most of her fans as a sassy sister who loves music, especially hip-hop. Leslie Kasumba is the editor of South Africa's hip-hop magazine, Y-Magazine. She is the DJ, producer and co-host of Harambe on YFM Radio, and a contributor to MTV Africa and Channel O. She got a BA in Dramatic Arts from Wits University. Kasumba has interviewed Tony Blair besides hosting and facilitating a Quincy Jones panel. She has also presented programmes with a team at U.N. Habitat in Vancouver about making inner city environments safer through art, been on a magazine cover alongside South African President Thabo Mbeki, hosted the African version of Live 8, performed at the South African Alicia Keys banquet and emceed a Beyonc� Knowles concert in South Africa. Referred to by her fans as the anointed mother of South African Hip-Hop, Kasumba was recently featured in XXL Magazine as the Queen of Jo'burg.
In her own words: "I think it is positive when young people on this continent realize that they are the future and do their bit to build the continent. Everywhere I go, I see myself as African first. It is a beautiful continent and I feel that I am doing what I can to serve the continent. So it is positive to both. The youth are often said not to care about politics and it is positive to use music a common language too."
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Essence Kasozi (UK)
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Essence Kasozi used to be part of Kayaayu, one of the leading theatre groups in Uganda. She appeared in various plays by the group in the 1980's, before moving to England. There, she read acting and theatre production. As an actress, Kasozi appeared in five successful plays in London, which she co-wrote and co-produced with her sister Milly Namukasa and her brother the late Frank Mubiru. Kasozi has also acted in Ugandan television soaps produced by the Ebonies group, including Uganda's leading soap That's Life Mwattu as Anita. She ventured into music in 1998 with her first release, Obukoddo (selfishness), a self-penned debut album. In 2001, she released Ekiseera mu biseera (time within time). Her latest album Ansudde eddalu (He has made me go crazy) is currently in production stages.
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Geoffrey Oryema (France)
Emmylou Harris & Geoffrey Oryema: Let It Be
Geoffrey Oryema, who was born on April 16, 1953, is an internationally known Ugandan musician who resides in France. He escaped Uganda at the age of 24, following the death of his father, a prominent government minister. His international reputation soared after he released his second album, Beat the Border. He has collaborated with, amongst others, Peter Gabriel, a famous English musician who started out with the progressive rock group Genesis and then went on to have a successful solo career. In July 2005, Oryema performed at the LIVE 8 concert in Cornwall, UK and at the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh. Oryema sings in French, English, Swahili and Acholi.
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Lou Bega (Germany)
Lou Bega - Interview coming soon.
Singer David Lubega a.k.a. Lou Bega was born on April 13, 1975 in Munich, Germany and is a Latin-pop musician. He is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5", a remix of his idol Perez Prado, the Cuban Mambo King's original song. Lou Bega, who spent many years in Miami, USA, is the son of a Ugandan father and a Sicilian mother. Mambo No. 5 was a runaway hit worldwide, making it into the top five across Europe and in the USA. Lou Bega is remembered for his acute fashion sense (white pin-stripe suit, little polka dot handkerchief, elegant spats and Borsalino hat) in perfect homage to the '30s and '40s, and is a rising star. His latest CD album Lounatic was released in the summer of 2006.
Lou Bega - Mambo No.5
The original Mambo No.5 recorded and composed by P�rez Prado in 1952
Samite (USA)
Samite Mulondo.
Samite is the stage name for Ugandan musician Samite Mulondo, who resides in New York. He plays the flute, marimba (wooden xylophone), litungu (seven-stringed Kenyan instrument), and kalimba, a type of thumb piano. He was born and raised in Uganda, where his grandfather taught him to play the traditional African flute. In 1982, he was forced to flee to Kenya as a political refugee and in 1987 immigrated to the United States. He has several CD's to his credit, including Tunula Eno, Kambu Angels, Pearl of Africa Reborn, Dance My Children, Dance, Silina Musango and Embalasasa. Samite is also a co-founder of Musicians for World Harmony, a nonprofit organization that introduces music to African orphans.
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First published: November 14, 2007
Jane won the Miss Africanada beauty pageant 2000 in Toronto where she was also named one of the new voices of Africa after reciting one of her poems. In 2004, she was published in T-Dot Griots-An Anthology of Toronto's Black storytellers and in February 2005, her art piece Namyenya was featured as the poster piece for the Human Rights through Art-Black History Month Exhibit.
She is the recipient of numerous awards for her poetry, art and playwriting and is becoming a household name in Toronto circles. Please visit her website at www.nteyafas.com.


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Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is a distributed message queuing service introduced by Amazon.com in late 2004.[1] It supports programmatic sending of messages via web service applications as a way to communicate over the Internet. SQS is intended to provide a highly scalable hosted message queue that resolves issues arising from the common producer-consumer problem or connectivity between producer and consumer.
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Amazon SQS can be described as commoditization of the messaging service. Well-known examples of messaging service technologies include IBM WebSphere MQ and Microsoft Message Queuing. Unlike these technologies, users do not need to maintain their own server. Amazon does it for them and sells the SQS service at a per-use rate.
Amazon provides SDKs in several programming languages including Java, Ruby, Python, .NET, PHP and Javascript. A Java Message Service (JMS) 1.1 client for Amazon SQS was released in December 2014.
Amazon SQS provides authentication procedures to allow for secure handling of data. Amazon uses its Amazon Web Services (AWS) identification to do this, requiring users to have an AWS enabled account with Amazon.com; this can be created at http://aws.amazon.com. AWS assigns a pair of related identifiers, your AWS access keys, to an AWS enabled account to perform identification. The first identifier is a public 20-character Access Key. This key is included in an AWS service request to identify the user. If the user is not using SOAP (protocol) with WS-Security, a digital signature is calculated using the Secret Access Key. The Secret Access Key is a 40-character private identifier. AWS uses the Access Key ID provided in a service request to look up an account's Secret Access Key. Amazon.com then calculates a digital signature with the key. If they match then the user is considered authentic, if not then the authentication fails and the request is not processed.
Message deliveryEdit
Amazon SQS guarantees at-least-once delivery. Messages are stored on multiple servers for redundancy and to ensure availability. If a message is delivered while a server is not available, it may not be removed from that server's queue and may be resent. As of 2007[update], Amazon SQS does not guarantee that the recipient will receive the messages in the order they were sent by the sender. If message ordering is important, it is required that the application place sequencing information within the messages to allow for reordering after delivery.
Messages can be of any type, and the data contained within is not restricted. Message bodies were initially limited to 8KB in size but was later raised to 64KB on 2010-07-01[2] and then 256KB on 2013-06-18.[3] For larger messages, the user has a few options to get around this limitation. A large message can be split into multiple segments that are sent separately, or the message data can be stored using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) or Amazon DynamoDB with just a pointer to the data transmitted in the SQS message. Amazon has made an Extended Client Library available for this purpose [2].
The service supports both unlimited queues and message traffic.
Message deletionEdit
SQS does not automatically delete messages once they are sent. When a message is delivered, a receipt handle is generated for that delivery and sent to the recipient. These receipts are not sent with the message but in addition to it. SQS requires the recipient to provide the receipt in order to delete a message. This feature is new as of 2008 where only the message ID was required for message deletion. Because the system is distributed, a message may be sent more than once. In this case, the most recent receipt handle is needed to delete the message.
Once a message is delivered, it has a visibility timeout to prevent other components from consuming it. The "clock" for the visibility timeout starts once a message is sent, the default time being 30 seconds. If the queue is not told to delete the message during this time, the message becomes visible again and will be resent.
Each queue also consists of a retention parameter defaulting to 4 days. Any message residing in the queue for longer will be purged automatically. The retention can be modified from 1 minute up to 14 days by the user. If the retention is changed while messages are already in the queue, any message that has been in the queue for longer than the new retention will be purged.
Notable usageEdit
Dropbox, Netflix[4] and Nextdoor[5] are examples of companies that use SQS extensively. SQS is also widely used within Amazon.com.
The first 1 million monthly requests are free. After that, the pricing is as follows for all regions:
|Price per 1 Million Requests after Free Tier (Monthly)
|Standard Queue
|$0.40 ($0.00000040 per request)
|FIFO Queue
|$0.50 ($0.00000050 per request)
Date Transfer price
|Data Transfer IN
|All data transfer in
|$0.000 per GB
|Data Transfer OUT***
|First 1 GB / month
|$0.000 per GB
|Up to 10 TB / month
|$0.090 per GB
|Next 40 TB / month
|$0.085 per GB
|Next 100 TB / month
|$0.070 per GB
|Next 350 TB / month
|$0.050 per GB
|Next 524 TB / month
|Contact AWS
|Next 4 PB / month
|Contact AWS
|Greater than 5 PB / month
|Contact AWS
See alsoEdit
- ^ "Jeff Barr's Blog". Jeff-barr.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ [1] Archived August 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Amazon SQS and SNS Announce 256KB Large Payloads". Aws.amazon.com. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/04/more-like-this-building-network-of.html
- ^ https://engblog.nextdoor.com/nextdoor-taskworker-simple-efficient-amp-scalable-ac4f7886957b
- "Amazon Simple Queue Service". 2011-07-08.


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Cool Tip: Redirect WebAccess Users to a Specific Page after Logout
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When using iChain and Form-Fill to Accelerate and Single Sign-On to GroupWise WebAccess, users will by default be redirected to the login page when they logout. This will result in iChain making a new Form-Fill and the user will return to GroupWise WebAccess after clicking logout.
You could teach your users to just close the browser, but here is the right way to do it.
Groupwise WebAccess can redirect the users to a specific page after logout, based on the IP address.
You just need to edit the WEBACC.CFG file on the WebAccess server. By default, stored in SYS:\Novell\WebAccess.
Just add the following line to the file:
Security.Logout.URL.<IP or DNS servername of the iChain box(s)>=http://<the logoutpage>
I normally redirect to the iChain servers main page, from here the user can start the other accelerators.
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Backupper Free : invalid image file
I installed (latest version) AOMEI Backupper yesterday and followed the instructions on AOMEI Website of backing up the Windows.old folder in the article. (File Backup methos)
The target file destination was another drive and the backup completed susccessfully with no errors.
Being short of C: space i ran the windows disk clean-up and it removed the windows.old folder.
To my horror a day later, i'm checking the integrity windows.old.afi and i get this message:
"Invalid image file. This file may not be complete or has been damaged or it doesnt match the current software version"
I have no words to say.
Not sure what the error is trying to tell you (maybe it was checking the image vs the original and of course the original isn't there). Are you planning on rolling back Windows to it's previous version? That's the function of that file. Windows should delete it automatically after 10 days anyway. If you're satisfied with your current Windows install there's no need to panic. If you really want it back, try a file restore and see what happens.


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Murs & Terrace Martin – "Fresh Kicks" (Music Video)February 8th, 2011 by @E_Wish1 | Hip-Hop/Rap, Music Video |
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Murs and Terrace Martin just dropped a new music video for their track "Fresh Kicks" which is off their collaboration album, Melrose. You can purchase it at itunes or at mursworld.com . I like this music video because not only am I a huge fan of fresh shoes but they also show a sign for Finally Made which is a store I really like. Enjoy!


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and hope you've had a lovely week -
You know when you have an occasion to congratulate someone, tell them you are thinking of them, perhaps someone needs a bit of a bolstering up or encouragement, is perhaps not feeling too well - well of course as a Stampin' Up demonstrator what better way to say it than with a card.... !
and this week I opted to take up the current challenge over at the Global Design project site
where for no. #69, we have a Colour Challenge and so used this as inspiration to get me thinking.
yep - we had Delightful Dijon, silver and a colour of your choice., to play with.!
Now hands up - who numbers Delightful Dijon as one of their favourite, go to colours.?
Well I for one, must admit to being very colour challenged with this - so had a real tussle on my hands, but finally decided to pair it with, of all things, Mint Macaron and was really pleased how it turned out.. and I did indeed make a card!
I used the lovely Shimmery white card stock for my topper- as this takes water colouring beautifully. I divided the card into 3rds and with a bit of masking/sponging, stamping, aqua-painting later - finally came up with this.
Originally i just had the 'Amazing You' as the only sentiment and although I had it popped up on Stampin' dimesionals still thought it needed something more - so added 'Celebrate...' as an after thought but think it works.
what do you all think? Hopefully the recipient liked it and felt a bit more like her old self.!
Stampin' Up! Supplies Used
Just click on the items below to easily access them in my on line store
Or if you wish me to place an order for you, or have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Shimmery White card stock
Delightful Dijon card stock and stamp pad
Mint Macaron stamp pad
Aqua painters
Sponge daubers
Penned and Painted - a fabulous set of '2 step designs' stamps you can opt to colour as much or as little as you like. These stamps are specially designed to layer for maximum effect with very little effort!
Beautiful you stamp set I used the 'Celebrate' sentiment from this absolutely delightful and so popular set
Thoughtful Banners stamp set and Duet banner punch Polymer bundle
Stampin' dimensionals
Multipurpose Liquid glue
and of course that lovely silver ribbon - but you can't buy this.. but you can earn it as a free item so read on...
and of course now is one of the highlights of the Stampin' Up! year - Sale-a-Bration. Don't forget, for every £45 you spend, you can choose any of the items in the special Sale-a-Bration brochure.
and yes the silver ribbon I used on my card is just one of those items available.
and if you were thinking of joining..now is just the best and perfect time.. during Sale-a-Bration
your starter kit will be extra special...
Get your choice of £130 worth of products for £99 - and you get to choose a further 2 more stamp sets - ad added value of up to £93 pounds depending on what you choose..
Stampin' Up! will supply the business stationary you need and add that to your pack for you and post and packing is free!
if you are interested or want to read more take a look here
or have any questions why not give me a call..?
well til next time - happy choosing and why not 'Sale-a-Brate'!
very best wishes
Jan x


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ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde has a worldwide market presence to our customer´s advantage.


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Just wanted to let Sue know that her blocks are on their way to Australia. I got them in the mail yesterday - 5/3/13. So, let's see how long it takes them to get to you. I really like this pattern and have an idea to do something with it, but it will have to wait until I get some other things going.
Has anyone posted for May yet? I don't want to miss out or get behind on the blocks.


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This is a quite long time that I want to ask Digger's Digest to do a mix for I-D. I finally bought a record from his beautiful shop (that I strongly recomend you to check asap to find incredible records from disco to free jazz, turkish music or french underground) and it was launched. Things have to take time to become sweeter sometimes... As you can guess, he's an hardcore crate digger, passionate in discovering obscure music from all over the world. He is already responsible for two superb compilations focusing on french jazz : Freedom jazz France (On Heavenly Sweetness) and Mobilisation générale (On Born Bad). You can already expect more to come in this rare french jazz vein...
I simply asked him to do a mix with "electronic oriented records", expecting freaky unheard sounds... Banco ! This is über freaky ! This is a bomb. There is no trackist. Be curious, buy more records and keep digging.
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Grill / Plan to survive a financial disaster
Seeing the devastation and chaos created by recent hurricanes, you may have considered preparing for a natural or man-made disaster. But have you thought about how your finances could be affected by a catastrophe?
A disaster could wreak havoc on your household's finances if you haven't adequately prepared for it. If a disaster strikes your home or community, you may have only a few minutes to react. During this time, your main focus will probably be on keeping your family safe. When you hear emergency sirens or urgent television reports, you don't want to be worrying about whether your important financial records are secure or you have enough emergency cash on hand.
Gather and organize documents
The first step to take in your financial preparations for a disaster is to gather and organize all your important financial documents and records. These can be divided into four main categories:
1. Personal identification records. These documents will enable you to prove the identity of your family members, maintain contact with relatives and employers, and apply for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (if necessary) after a disaster. These records include driver's licenses, birth certificates, marriage license, divorce papers, passports and Social Security cards.
2. Financial and legal documentation. This category includes documents related to financial accounts, insurance policies, your estate (for example, your last will and testament), and your tax and ongoing financial obligations, such as your mortgage, car payments and credit cards. You will still be responsible for these obligations after a disaster, so make sure you can access these documents easily.
3. Medical information. This includes the names and contact information for your doctors, copies of health insurance policies and identification cards, immunization records, a list of medications you take and copies of current prescriptions. Such information could be crucial in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
4. Important financial contacts. There are probably a number of different financial professionals you deal with on a regular basis and may need to contact quickly post-disaster. They might include your financial adviser, accountant, banker, insurance agent and attorney. Store their contact information in your mobile phone or tablet for easy access.
Once these records are gathered, it's a good time to review them for timeliness and accuracy. For example, is your homeowner's insurance coverage still adequate? Does your last will and testament reflect recent changes in your family and financial situations? And are the phone numbers and email addresses of your financial contacts current?
Safeguard records
Next, be sure to safeguard these records. Paper documents should be stored in a box or safe that's fireproof and waterproof — or better yet, kept in a bank safe deposit box. Electronic documents should be stored in a password-protected format on a flash drive or external hard drive that's kept in your home safe or bank safe deposit box. Or, use a secure off-site storage service to file them in the cloud.
Here are two more often overlooked but critical steps to take as you make financial preparations for a disaster:
Make photographs or a video of your entire home and your possessions. This will make it easier to file insurance claims for property that's damaged or destroyed.
Stash some cash in your fireproof, waterproof safe. It's possible ATMs won't work and banks will be closed for a period of time after a disaster. Therefore, withdraw some cash you can use for emergency-spending purposes. Exactly how much cash you should stockpile depends on your family's needs for such basics as food and lodging, gasoline, groceries and other necessities.
It could happen to you
Don't assume that disasters will always happen to someone else. By implementing the prudent measures outlined above, you can reduce the impact of a disaster on your finances.
This has been a general discussion and should not be considered as specific advice. Always discuss your particular situation with qualified advisors.
Norm Grill, CPA, (firstname.lastname@example.com) is managing partner of Grill & Partners, LLC (www.GRILL1.com), certified public accountants and consultants to closely held companies and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Fairfield and Darien, 203-254-3880.


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The Housing Minister blames the ' boss ' , Netanyahu for the building freeze in Jerusalem.
And I ask :...
Is the Jewish Home Party (HaBayit Yehudi) an opposition party ?
Or does it gives Netanyahu the authority to do what he is doing ?
Is the coalition agreement that the Jewish Home Party received only great jobs or ideological achievements ?
Just what influence do they have inside when the so- called ' rightwing ' party , releases terrorists , negotiates away our homeland and freezes building in Jerusalem. And not to mention the cuts in child allowances .
Apparently when ones principle is to sit in the Knesset, there is no moral and ethical position which they will impact inside .
The main thing to them is that they all have proper jobs . ...
And for Jerusalem ? You can always blame Netanyahu. But did not Orit Struck and Uri Ariel give Netanyahu their ok when they saw where the government was heading and they are still sitting quietly in the coalition .
Call it a loss through loss of value, I recognized that before the election , it is now before your eyes.


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Maine Genealogy Resources:
Maine quick facts:
Maine Genealogy Research Guide:
Maine Census Records:
The first Federal census for Maine was enumerated in 1790 and census enumerations occurred every 10 years thereafter. The earliest census records (1790-1840 schedules) only listed the name of the head of household in each family and recorded only numerical statistics for all other family members. Starting with the 1850 census, all names in each family were listed, making them the best census resource for genealogical study, however make sure you review earlier census records as they will often reveal important genealogical clues. The census chart below will help you learn what census is available for Maine genealogy research.
Maine Federal Census Years:
Other ME census schedules besides the regular population schedules we are familiar with include Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 (a list of people who died during the census year), Agricultural Schedules (farms), Manufacturing Schedules, Social Statistics Schedules, and Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent Schedules.
Maine state census records can be helpful to genealogy researchers. In 1837, a special state census was taken and can be viewed online at 1837 Maine State Census . Keep in mind, the records and the transcription itself is incomplete.
Maine census substitutes: The 1890 Federal census schedule of Veterans and Widows survived a warehouse fire and is used as a census substitute for 1890, however it lists Union soldiers and their widows only so it is limited.
Maine Military Records:
US Military service records can be obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Your Maine ancestors may have fought in King Phillips War, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Creek War, the Mexican War, the Civil War, The Spanish American War, WWI, or WWII. If you are seeking military records prior to Maine statehood (1820), you will want to check the records for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Those records are located at the Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Boston. Most military records and militia rolls are on file in the Maine State Archives.
Helpful Civil War Links:
Maine Vital Records:
For information on how and where to obtain both old or recent vital records see: Maine Vital Records.
Maine Genealogy Subscriptions Online:
Many websites with genealogy resources for Maine are available online. Some offer free ME genealogy databases and other information for the online researcher, but the paid subscription websites offer a much more consistent amount of quality data and offer free trials to that genealogy data.
1. Maine Genealogy Databases at Ancestry
Get the Ancestry.com Free Trial when you register!
2. Genealogy.com offers genealogy databases, a library and U.S. Census Collection.
Condensed History of Maine
The original inhabitants of what is today known as the state of Maine were the Indian tribes: The maliseet tribe, Passamaquoddy tribe, Abenaki tribe and the Penobscot tribe.
The first confirmed explorer to reach the coast of what is today known as the state of Maine was Giovanni da Verranzano in 1524.
It wasn't until 1604 that the first recorded colony was established at the mouth of the St. Croix River by the French. Their leader was Pierre du Guast Sieur de Monts. In 1607, the British formed the Fort Popham Colony but the winter was too cold for the colony to last.
In 1622, Sir Ferdinando Gorges gave a name to the Maine (Mayne) Territory which was made up of what is today known as New Hampshire and Maine.
In 1652 Maine was annexed by Massachusetts.
Beginning in 1675, conflicts with the Indians begin with King Philip's War. Wars and conflicts continued for almost 90 years between the French, British and the Indians when finally at the finish of the Seven Years War, England had control of the Maine Territory.
In 1820 Maine became it's own state.
MAINE HISTORY FACT: The first chartered town in America was York, Maine. It was chartered in 1641.
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Can't join in that one - no kids! That magazine looks good - I'll be interested to hear what you think of it. Have a good weekendReplyDelete
I have heard that mag is good too. Merlin is fab isn't it!ReplyDelete
We've got to wait until tomorrow for Merlin - friends round for dinner and it would be rude!ReplyDelete
Nina xxx
I wish I had a local fabric shop! We used to have fab fabric stalls on our local markets when we made fabric here in the north - sadly all gone now. Can't wait to see what you make. xxxReplyDelete
They all look lovely, the green is my favourite. Having looked at your archives and seen the beauitful clothes you sew I am looking forward to seeing what you make.ReplyDelete
Oh, I should join in but, simply can't...I've already made myself swear that I will work on items for the shop. Sounds like a great thing though, love your fabrics as usual.ReplyDelete
I like the look of that mag. cover. I am going to have to trot off to the bookstore and see if we get it here.ReplyDelete
All those fabrics are gorgeous too and look well worth the effort of sewing. I can see why you are having trouble choosing. x
i have the green liberty fabric too, so pretty. i also spent saturday snuggled up with my 2 girls on the sofa watching Merlin. it was a good one wasn't it?!ReplyDelete
ginny x
There's nothing like a comment to stop me feeling like I'm talking to myself. If you leave one here I'll pop one back here too, so don't forget to come back and continue the conversation ..


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Sewing wise, this month I made two Estelle cardigans that I've already worn loads and love and an Ottobre faux wrap knit top (wear update: very nice indeed to wear, no serious problem with the facings except one little section at the neck that I think is due to bad sewing more than anything). I have another knit top (Simplicity 1063) in pieces on my sewing table but haven't actually started sewing it yet. I have a tiny logistical problem that I can't seem to bend my mind around and figure out, so I'm just... stalled.
Since I could my fabric use from when I cut it out, however, I am able to report that unfinished top in my fabric usage numbers and say that I have used almost 8m of fabric this month. This is a pretty decent outcome from the point of view of my stash reduction plans, especially as I have not bought any new fabric since JUNE! I am feeling so smug and virtuous right now, pardon me while I wreck my shoulder muscles by vigorously patting myself on the back.
|Wanderling progress in October (not shown, the THREE attempts it took me to get as far as the second photo on the left)
Since it's three-quarters of the way through the year, before I talk about this month here is a tiny update on my overall progress towards my 2015 sewing goals:
- Stick to my 2015 budget. I am 5% over, which is fine, especially since I was 10% over at the mid-year point. I should be more or less on budget at year end. I also wanted to spend less on patterns this year, but while I am below my planned expenditure on envelopes/PDFs, I bought a lot of magazines instead. As of right now, my overall spending on patterns is pretty much a wash compared to 2014. Apparently pattern buying is an obsession I just have to feed. /o\
- Sew more fabric than I buy, reduce bag stash by 20m, garment stash by 50m. Let's all laugh hysterically at the idea I could reduce my garment stash by 50m, shall we? HAHAHAHA. Ahem. A very (very) small positive: thanks to my unprecedented streak of not buying fabric and this month's sewing, I am currently about 3m down from January 1st. That is better than being above, or at par, I guess. If I managed a 20m reduction overall by the end of the year at this point I would think that was a job well done, though, and even that seems quite ambitious (over 6m out a month for the next three months). On the other hand, I have very successfully sorted through my bag stash for culling and I'm down by 27m. I listed the excess on eBay and am in the process of selling it. I won't get much for it but it's better than fabric I am just never going to use lurking about in my sewing room.
- Reduce my yarn stash by half (by weight). Totally successful! I decided to sell several yarns I bought in a fit of early knitting enthusiasm and then came to realize I was unlikely to use. I dithered about selling because I knew I wouldn't make back what I paid for them, but in the end I decided it was better to get a little money back and send the yarn out into the world to someone more likely to use it than just sit on it like a dragon with a hoard. My knitting stash is therefore down to: my current projects; my next major project; enough sock yarn to make three pairs of socks; some leftovers and scrap. My dream stash level is basically that minus two pairs of socks, so I feel I've made massive progress. I'm also way ahead of schedule and have already completed SEVEN knitting projects compared to my goal of "Complete 6 knitting projects", and I have two WIPs (Wanderling, described above, and a lace-weight project) that I should finish this year. I've also made a couple of things this quarter that are noticeably more complex than anything I attempted in 2014 so I am calling my overall knitting goals well and truly a win at this point already!
- Maintain and stick to my wardrobe plan. I have SO MUCH to write about wardrobe planning and sewing. I haven't done it because I feel like there are so many OTHER people writing about it at the same time, and why would anyone care. I mean, not that I won't write it anyway because I am not sure that I care that people don't even care, but that's the reason why there's been a lengthy pause in my wardrobe planning posts. However, in the background, I've been really working the wardrobe plan thing, and I am really happy with how it is working out for me. More on this soon, I hope.
- Various skill-building goals: I have achieved nothing against any of these, and am not sure if I will in 2015 no matter how much I want to. :( This is this saddest admission.
I do have LOADS of other things in my queue, but I feel burned out on making ambitious plans and then being too sick to do actually get started on anything. If I get my handful of knit tops done I will consider myself to have been really quite successful this coming month!


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Versailles - Royal city - Ville royale - Un blog de photos quotidiennes depuis 2009 - A daily photo blog since 2009
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Ino et Mélicerte
19 comments:
- William Kendall said...
Beautifully effective contrast, Ciel!
- 26/5/15 00:27
- Geoff Wilkinson said...
I like the first one, you have turned her into a negative! Very different and the shaft of sunlight looks pretty cool...
- 26/5/15 00:29
- Revrunner said...
Glad the original is being cared for.
- 26/5/15 00:32
- RedPat said...
What a wonderful place that is!
- 26/5/15 01:36
- Randy said...
That first shot is so cool.
- 26/5/15 04:02
- tapirgal said...
They're all delightful. My favorites are the tampering and the ray of light.
- 26/5/15 06:24
- Dina said...
Wonderful pictures. You made the first look ghostly!
- 26/5/15 08:35
It gives a real sense of movement, love your effect too!
- 26/5/15 09:05
- Thérèse said...
J'ai toujours eu un peu de mal avec ce genre de sculpture mais j'avoue aimer ce qui se cache derriere leur histoire et sans elles en saurions-nous autant sur l'Histoire??
- 26/5/15 10:07
- Wayne (Woody), whatever said...
The first one is positively evil looking.
- 26/5/15 12:18
- VP said...
I remember the statues, and would like to see all the others... I like this place!
- 26/5/15 12:31
- Josette T said...
la nourrice Ino je connais mais je vais rechercher Melicerte... mes souvenirs mythologiques ont besoin d'être rafraîchi !
- 26/5/15 12:54
- PerthDailyPhoto said...
Classic beauty whatever colour! It's good to know the original will be enjoying it's retirement, he's worked for a very long time :)
- 26/5/15 14:37
- Birdman said...
I'm a bit 'blue' now. I'll get over it. It comes and goes.
- 26/5/15 14:52
- Fotolosopher said...
Whew! When you said, "tampered," I thought, "Oh, that poor sculpture!" and "Oh, VDP's gonna get in trouble now!"
But then I realized you were talking about the photo! Well, you done good all the way around. I do love that last picture with the light slanting in ...
- 26/5/15 15:16
- Sharon Anck said...
I like that effect. It seems to fit perfectly!
- 26/5/15 15:28
- Kay said...
Beautiful shots, tampered or not!
(I'm traveling 'til mid-June. I'll have some posts in my absence but won't be visiting other blogs. See you when I get back!)
- 26/5/15 16:26
- EG CameraGirl said...
I like how you played with the photo!
- 27/5/15 13:55
- José Mendonça said...
The statue is gorgeous and I just love the bottom shot!
- 28/5/15 16:33