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Google AndroidHardware Specification: Sanpdragon Qualcomm dual-core system clocked at 1.5 GHz with 220 blockers; 4.3-inch LCD with Super HD resolution 1280 x 720 pixels (342 ppi); 1 GB of RAM; 16 GB of internal memory; 8 megapixels camera with dual LED flash with recording in Full HD (1080p @ 30 FPS); Front webcam with a resolution of 2 megapixels; battery with a capacity of 1620 mAh; 2.3.4 Android UI overlay Sense 3.5; Beats Audio; LTE support; Supported video formats: XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV. High capacity, high-resolution screen and Beats Audio is not everything that can offer this phone. HTC Rezound can also buy special, inexpensive case'yw different colors, which give it a really interesting look. In my opinion, a beautiful phone. Ideally suited for those who start fun with Android
SpySat Setup for HTC Rezound device
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2) After installing the program will be available on the phone menu under the name Synteo SPYSAT.eu
3) When you first start the program it will ask you for a login and PIN devices.
In the Login field you have to enter your login used to log on to the spysat.eu
PIN could be defined on this website during defining the device (Spysat/Configure - button under the map).
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Knox will be having Spirit Week this week in honor of our High School Girl's Basketball Team, who will be playing in Columbus this weekend for the State Title. The days are as follows:
Monday - Hats off to the Lady Warriors - Hat day
Tuesday - We are crazy about our Warriors - Mismatched clothes
Wednesday - We bleed GREEN - wear green
Thursday - Warrior White Out - wear white
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I spent last week rewriting the database backend and boy was it a convoluted mess.
First, I tried salvaging the existing framework but I couldn't figure out what the heck it was doing. Then I tried an implementation using ThreadPools, but handling configuration changes meant re-inventing the wheel. (Re-inventing the wheels means that there's a good chance the code might break in future Android versions.) Then I tried a version using DAOs. Unfortunately, the "Android way" (using Cursors) gives better performance, so I started again from scratch.
But what is the Android way? and what did I really want?
I like writing code that uses KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). For me, KISS means that each class does one thing and one thing well. No "swiss-army knife" classes, no convoluted methods that do everything and anything. KISS applied to code usually results in code that's easy to understand and maintain.
It was obvious that the database would need to do things the Android way. Not only for performance but also to make it easier to understand and maintain. Yeah, you read that right. Imagine yourself going back to a project after several months. Using Android classes and frameworks (and in the intended way) means you'll spend less time relearning the project.
Android has the peculiar property that it restarts applications when the user does something "unexpected" like putting the phone on its side. The database framework would need to handle configuration changes. (Imagine, for example, rotating the phone while updating hundreds of tasks.)
It also goes without saying that the database framework would need to run on a thread other than the UI. (Imagine, for example, updating hundreds of tasks. You'll get an ANR if it takes more than 5 seconds.)
Design Principles
Putting it all together, here are the guiding principles for the new database framework:
- It should be easy to understand and maintain. Use existing Android classes whenever possible.
- It should be generic enough so that the "database" can be a sqlite database or something else.
- It should know about configuration changes (like changing the phone orientation).
- It should be multi-thread safe. By "thread safe":
- it should NOT run in the main UI thread,
- database calls should not conflict with each other
- the system should know how to communicate results back to the main UI thread.
The New Database Framework
First, what does NOT work:
- AsyncTask – unfortunately, AsyncTask doesn't know about configuration changes.
- headless fragments – Fragments without a UI. You basically have to re-implement the AsyncTaskLoader framework so that defeats the point.
The new system is based on AsyncTaskLoader. It's actually pretty simple:
- a TaskContentProvider provides low-level access to the database. All the CRUD and only the CRUD.
- a TaskDatabaseFacade provides hi-level access to the database. So, for example, the createTask method not only creates a task using TaskContentProvider, it also updates the alarm system. (In other words, the TaskDatabaseFacade is the CRUD + business logic.) TaskDatabaseFacade is actually a collection of AsyncTaskLoaders, one per action.
And that's it! If I need to store the database somewhere else (say Google drive or Dropbox), TaskDatabaseFacade can use a different loader. If I need to open up the ContentProvider to the rest of the Android system, I can just implement another one (remember KISS).
Handling multi-threading is still a work in progress. Before HoneyComb, all loaders run in parallel, leading to data consistency issues if you don't handle multi-threading correctly. After HoneyComb, it's still an issue if you run another background thread that updates the database at the same time as the UI.
That's basically it. Checkout the work in progress in the newDB branch over at GitHub. It's currently more of a proof of concept—insertion and reads work.


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Southeast Asians increase their risk of dying from coronary heart disease and developing type 2 diabetes by regularly eating fast food, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.1
Chinese adults living in Singapore who reported eating American-style fast food twice a week were 56% more likely to die of heart disease and 27% more likely to develop diabetes compared to those eating none, researchers found. Furthermore, Chinese-Singaporeans eating fast food four times or more each week had nearly an 80% increased risk of dying from coronary heart disease, researchers said.
"Western style fast food intake in East and Southeast Asia started becoming more prominent in the late 1980s into the 1990s," said lead author Dr Andrew Odegaard, (University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, USA). "This provided an avenue to participate in American culture, which is very different from the historical dietary culture of these populations".
Study participants were 45- to 74-years-old when they enrolled in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. In the 16-year study (1993-2009) of 52,584 Chinese-Singaporeans, 1,397 died from coronary heart disease and 2,252 new cases of diabetes occurred.
At the start of the study, researchers used in-person interviews and a specially designed food frequency questionnaire tailored for this population assessing 165 food items commonly consumed. The questionnaire inquired on six fast food items: hamburgers and cheeseburgers, French fries, pizza, deep fried chicken, hot dogs, and other fast food sandwiches.
Those with more frequent intake of American-style fast food ate less vegetables (excluding white potatoes), dairy products, rice, carbohydrates and dietary fiber. They were also younger, less likely to have high blood pressure, better educated, smoked less and more likely to be physically active.
U.S.-based fast food companies are growing most quickly in recently developed or developing countries, bringing them restaurant-based, western-style fast food. The study's results suggest the need for more attention to global behavioral and dietary changes that occur as cultures interact with one another, Odegaard said.
1. Odegaard AO, Koh WP, Yuan JM, Gross MD, Pereira MA. Western-style fast food intake and cardiometabolic risk in an Eastern country. Circulation 2012;126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.084004/
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It would be great to be able to scale the Add Noise filter in Photoshop! Grain and Texturizer don't quite do the same thing, and the roundabout way of adding noise to a grey layer, scaling duplicating using multiply / screen settings - is obviously a real pain. It seems like such a simple but critical function for high-end retouchers.
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If you love being outdoors you should know wearing polarized 100%UVA/UVB blocking sunglasses is the smart thing to do. Lens filters on sunglasses that block 100% of UVA & UVB rays will save your eyes from glaucoma, cataract and macular degeneration-causing UV rays. The Polarization filter, on the other hand, will protect your eyes from painful and blinding glare. However, you might have noticed your cell phone, iPad, Kindle or tablet screen is difficult to see when you are wearing polarized sunglasses. If your sunglasses are polarized (and they should be, for maximum eye protection), your screen might look very dark or completely black when you look at it. Why does this happen? Most phones have a polarizing filter that helps to cut glare and reflections, ironically to make it easier to see in bright sunlight. The problem is, so … Read More
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Overcoming Barriers to Wind Energy
Our objective is to overcome barriers to and create opportunities for community renewable energy (CRE) in central NSW, with particular reference to wind power, which attracts an inordinate amount of negative attention. This is truly baffling to Europeans who have been harnessing and living with wind power for generations.
What we are endeavouring is to use facts to inform the broader population that the often perceived barriers to CRE are just that: perceptions, misinformed by half truths and incomplete context. We wish to make that context more inclusive by providing some comparisons, so that a better informed population can draw their own conclusions regarding the relative benefits of what we currently have, and what we might enjoy.
We have identified 6 major perceived barriers to the further proliferation of wind power in Australia which we address in the information you can access from this page.
- Is there public support for wind energy?
- What are the economic benefits of renewable energy?
- Do wind turbines affect our health?
- What about the visual impact?
- Do wind farms affect property prices?
- Are wind turbines noisy?
Is there public support for wind energy? Reckon so.
Overwhelmingly, Australians support wind energy and the construction of wind farms.
If you are actively or even silently supportive of wind energy, you are not alone, you are not in the minority, you are, in fact one of the overwhelming majority of Australians who support not only wind power but the construction of wind farms to supply it.
The key here is the blue fella represents NSW residents and the white fella represents the central tablelands. That's nearly 9 out of 10 people in NSW in general, and a similar number for our local region, with only a slight easing of support for turbines within 10 kms. But even within 2,000m, more than 6 in 10 are supportive.
"There is strong community support for the development of wind farms, including support from rural residents who do not seek media attention or political engagement to express their views. This finding contrasts with the level of opposition that may be assumed from the typically 'conflict-oriented' portrayal of wind farm proposals in the popular media. This media coverage frequently gives significant attention to legal challenges, political protests, and vocal opponents including 'Landscape Guardian' and high profile individuals, but fails to balance this with coverage of middle ground views, or with equivalent attention to the potential benefits of wind farms." (Hall, 2012)
"Community support for wind energy remains strong nationally and in each state with 83% nationally, 84% in Victoria, 90% in South Australia and 77% in NSW. Nationally, over 7 in 10 people support wind farms being built nearby and over 8 in 10 agree that "wind farms are an important part of our clean energy future"."
Source: Pacific Hydro: 2011 Community Polling Results, Attitudes to wind energy in Victoria, NSW and South Australia, 2011
Economic benefits of wind energy
Clean energy generated locally provides a share of the wealth it creates as well as employment in the region.
This information reflects roughly half of the proposed installation at Flyers Creek.
"For every 50 megawatts of capacity, a wind farm [in Australia] generates:
- Direct employment of up to 48 construction jobs, with each worker spending approximately $25,000 in the local area in shops, restaurants, hotels and other services – a total of up to $1.2 million
- Direct employment of around five staff – a total annual influx of $125,000 in personal expenditure locally
- Results in indirect employment during the construction phase of approximately 160 people locally, 504 state jobs and 795 nationwide jobs
- Provides up to $250,000 for farmers in land rental income and $80,000 on community projects each year."
Source: Clean Energy Council, Landmark report shows economic benefits of wind farms, 2012
"The renewable energy sector generates more jobs per (1) unit of energy delivered than the fossil fuel-based sector. This is true for all technologies within the renewable energy sector."
Source: Kammen, D.M.; Engel, D.: Green Jobs and the Clean Energy Economy, Climate Council Copenhagen, Thought Leadership Series 04, 2009
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Our health and wind turbines? No problem.
We don't need to be concerned about our health living next to wind turbines.
"There is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects."
Source: Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Centre Public Statement July 2010
"…despite the existence of large scale commercial wind turbines in densely populated areas for over 20 years, there is no credible evidence in the peer reviewed published scientific literature that there are any direct adverse physiological health effects from exposure to wind turbines; […] wind power is associated with a high degree of safety compared to the significant and well documented adverse health impacts of fossil fuels and the risks of nuclear energy;"
Source: Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA): Position Statement – Health and Wind Turbines, January 2012
"The ExternE Project considered wind energy to have the lowest level of impacts (health and environmental), of all the fuel cycles considered. The increased use of renewable energy, especially wind, solar and photovoltaic energy, will have positive health benefits, some of which have been estimated. Studies show that the health and the environmental benefits easily make up for the higher costs associated with renewable energy use."
Source: World Health Organization: Energy, sustainable development and health – Background document for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, 2004
"The strongest epidemiological study suggests that there is not an association between noise from wind turbines and measures of psychological distress or mental health problems. None of the limited epidemiological evidence reviewed suggests an association between noise from wind turbines and pain and stiffness, diabetes, high blood pressure, tinnitus, hearing impairment, cardiovascular disease, and headache/migraine."
Source: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel, January 2012
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Visual impact and wind turbines
Wind turbines at work are harnessing natures energy. The impact of fossil fuels is beyond visual.
"All forms of electricity generation have some sort of amenity impact on the community, for wind it's primarily visual."
Jonathan Upson, Senior Development & Government Affairs Manager, Infigen Energy
"Wind turbines need to be placed in locations exposed to consistently strong winds. They are large machines and a wind farm will feature prominently in the landscape. In contrast, the impacts of the greenhouse gas emissions that wind power helps to reduce, are predominantly out of the public eye. Large scale coal-fired power stations – the source of 84% of Australia's electricity – are by and large 'out-of-sight and out-of-mind'."
Source: Wind Farms and Visual Amenity Fact Sheet, Australian Wind Energy Association
"Blayney Shire Council has supported the development of the [Carcoar] wind farm and recognizes the benefits for the area will not only be environmental. The wind farm is highly visible and the site is expected to become a tourist attraction bringing significant economic benefits to the region."
Source: Blayney Shire Council website
"Yes it will change the landscape, it will change the view out there, but everything that we do, doesn't matter if it's building houses, over here mining, planting pine plantations; everything we do changes the view."
Flyers Creek farmer, Kim Masters
Property values and wind turbines
There's no correlation between the presence of wind farms and lower property prices.
"An assessment of 78 property sales around the Crookwell wind farm over the period 1990-2006 found no reductions in property values (Henderson and Horning, 2006). A more recent assessment prepared for the NSW Valuer General (NSW Department of Lands, 2009) analysed property sales transaction data for 45 properties near six wind farms in Australia. No reductions in sale price were evident for properties located in townships with views of the wind farm."
Source: Exploring community acceptance of rural wind farms in Australia: a snapshot. CSIRO Science into Society Group. 2012
"No statistical inference to demonstrate that wind farms negatively affect rural residential market values in Chatham-Kent was apparent in this analysis. Furthermore, this study did not find any consistent evidence from the analysed data that such negative correlation exists in the municipality of Chatham-Kent. During the course of gathering data, there were no unusual quantities of rural residential properties listed for sale in the study area. Four unrelated data processes were used in studying the property sales information for Chatham-Kent. The only consistency was that each evaluation methodology found that it was highly unlikely that any type of a causal relationship exists between wind farms and the market values of rural residential real estate."
Source: George Canning, AACI, P.App.: Wind Energy Study – Effect on Real Estate Values in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, February 2010
Prepared for the Canadian Wind Energy Association
"Therefore, based on the data sample and analysis presented here, no evidence is found that home prices surrounding wind facilities are consistently, measurably, and significantly affected by either the view of wind facilities or the distance of the home to those facilities. Although the analysis cannot dismiss the possibility that individual homes or small numbers of homes have been or could be negatively impacted, it finds that if these impacts do exist, they are either too small and/or too infrequent to result in any widespread, statistically observable impact."
Source: Hoen, B.; Wiser, R.; Cappers, P.; Thayer, M.; Sethi, G.: The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, December 2009
Are wind turbines noisy? Hardly.
Let's check the facts.
Source: Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Centre Public Statement July 2010
"This study concludes that the level of infrasound at houses near the wind turbines assessed is no greater than that experienced in other urban and rural environments, and that the contribution of wind turbines to the measured infrasound levels is insignificant in comparison with the background level of infrasound in the environment."
Source: Environment Protection Authority (EPA) – Evans, T.; Cooper, J.; Lenchine, V.: Infrasound levels near wind farms and in other environments, January 2013. Report undertaken in conjunction with: Resonate Acoustics, Adelaide
"The perceived [whooshing] sound decreases rapidly with the distance from the wind turbines. Typically, at distances larger than 400 m, sound pressure levels for modern wind turbines are less than 40 dB(A), which is below the level associated with annoyance in the epidemiological studies reviewed."
Source: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel, January 2012
Infrasound (1–20 Hz) from wind turbines is not audible at close range."
"Low frequency noise from modern wind turbines is audible at typical levels in residential settings, but the levels do not exceed levels from other common noise sources, such as road traffic noise."
Source: Nilsson, M. E., Bluhm, G., Eriksson, G., Bolin, K.: Infrasound and low frequency noise from wind turbines: exposure and health effects, Environmental Research Letters, Volume 6, 2011
"You can hear them sometimes, depending on which way the wind's blowing, but you can hear the neighbours across the road if the wind's blowing the right way too! If you had a radio or TV going you wouldn't hear anything."
Cattle (and wind) farmer, NSW


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Don Quixote's Battle
The Political Class
Every fourth year, since 1992, we have held elections. Three times have we changed presidents. At least five times, we have substituted many members of government. Two parties have shown realistic chances of winning, and have won at least twice. This year, NDC or NPP will win again. PPP has shown signs of making a first bleep on the radar for a third force. Whoever wins, it is the same 'TV'd' faces that will form the next government. It is this colossal, cross-party cabal of influential people which decides which scandals will cloud the civic conversation at any time. Let us call it the 'Political Class'.
Dangerous Departure
The current rumpus exposes a dangerous departure from convention – dangerous to the Political Class, salubrious for the people. It emerged in the public domain, no doubt, from a personal score to settle. For as long as only God knows, there has been a scheme urban redevelopment, and it involves 'redistributing' antiquated State property to the Political Class and the para-Political Class. The prices are sometimes ridiculously low, but that is a separate conversation.


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The PES PTO Little Caesars Pizza Fundraiser orders are due Monday, February 5th.
Pizza Delivery will be Tuesday, February 27th.
Please make plans to pick your child's order up in the cafeteria between 3 and 5 PM.
Students in Kindergarten are asked to either wear or bring 100 items on our 100th day of school. Today, Thursday, February 1st, is the 97th day. If we have school each day until the 100th day, then we should be celebrating on Tuesday, February 6th. Please plan ahead and help your child put something together this weekend and have it ready for next week's celebration.
The day after, February 7th should coincide with our 101st day of school which our 1st graders celebrate! They will be enjoying a Dalmatian themed day and students can choose to dress in white with black spots.
Yearbook order forms will be going home on Monday, February 5th.
Sales begin on Tuesday, February 6th and will continue through February 12th.
Mrs. Fuqua will conduct sales each day in the gym during our morning assembly. $15 cash or checks made for that amount to Perryville Elementary School.
Yearbooks should be delivered to PES sometime in May. A very limited amount of extras will be available for those who miss the order deadline on a first-come-first-served basis.


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My dear blog mates,
I have been receiving too much spam and silly comments from unhappy people that it's time to give them all a good break they deserve. Apart from whining here, the desititue have also started using my ID to leave unpleasant comments in my friends' blogs. If you had the least bit of suspicion it's me then you don't know me even after blogging together for so long. But yeah who's trustworthy over the net? No one right. Thanks all for participating in this blog in whichever manner you were blessed with. I have disabled comments for now. Will enable and start blogging if I feel like, whenever that may be. Happy blogging to all of you and please take care.


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New @Kubisys CID Platform Redefines DevOps | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
Kubisys CID (Continuous Integration & Delivery) Platform Redefines DevOps for Windows Environments
By: Yeshim Deniz
Oct. 20, 2014 04:00 PM
Kubisys CID (Continuous Integration & Delivery) Platform Redefines DevOps for Windows Environments
Kubisys announced its namesake CID Platform, which automatically captures production environments and orchestrates the provisioning and deployment of replicas for development, testing and QA. The Kubisys CID Platform makes it easy for developers of mission critical multi-tier applications, such as Microsoft Dynamics AX, to follow DevOps practices for continuous delivery. The Kubisys platform delivers greater accuracy and agility than existing processes that rely on virtualization technologies and release management solutions.
DevOps unifies and streamlines software development and IT operations, via tools and methods that enhance the entire services lifecycle, from application design, through development, testing, deployment and production. One of the goals is to achieve continuous (i.e., more frequent and seamless) integration and delivery while ensuring high quality - yet legacy "software sandboxes" can introduce delays and errors.
"By deploying Kubisys, we were able to perform invasive testing of various facets of our computing environment without affecting production systems. We love Kubisys!" said John Buraczyk, Director of Information Technology at Jordan Foster Construction.
Kubisys enables mid-market companies and enterprises to test changes and understand the downstream impact without adversely affecting business operations. It equips organizations with authentic production-staging, disaster recovery, QA, test, and development environments within hours instead of weeks. This accelerates time-to-resolution-and-market on application deployments, lowers risks, and operating and capital expenditures. It also reduces or completely eliminates unplanned outages caused by ineffective or incomplete testing.
With Kubisys, IT staff can continuously integrate and deliver changes throughout the application lifecycle while increasing productivity by 50% or more.
The Kubisys CID Platform provides its clients with a variety of use cases, such as prototyping, development software integration sandboxes, security, training, QA, change management and compliance.
About Kubisys
Kubisys is widely recognized as a leader in the DevOps space. In 2013, Kubisys was named a Cool Vendor in DevOps by Gartner Research Group and was nominated the Best Emerging Midmarket Solution. With the Kubisys CID Platform, companies can now automate the creation of complete and accurate test environments from production systems. On average, Kubisys customers obtain a complete return on investment within a few months.
DevOps: Disruptive but Essential in a Cloud Computing Universe
The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.
The DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo--to be held November 4-6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley--will expand the DevOps community, enable a wide sharing of knowledge, and educate delegates and technology providers alike. Recent research has shown that DevOps dramatically reduces development time, the amount of enterprise IT professionals put out fires, and support time generally. Time spent on infrastructure development is significantly increased, and DevOps practitioners report more software releases and higher quality.
DevOps Summit content doubled from a single track in New York to two simultaneous tracks: "Dev" Developer Focus and "Ops" Operations Focus.
Join DevOps Summit Chair Andi Mann and Host Alan Shimel, November 4-6 for three days of intense DevOps discussion and focus.
We'll see you in Santa Clara! See you in November!
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DevOps Summit New York 2015 Call for Papers Now Open
Call for Papers will remain open through December 31, 2014. DevOps Summit New York 2015 will take place June 9-11, at the Javits Center, in New York City. Tracks and topics for DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo are listed below. Submit your speaking proposals here ▸ DevOps Summit Call for Papers
Video Highlights From DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo New York
While there are many ways to define DevOps, the goal of the concept is to be able to deliver IT solutions faster, leveraging several technology tools to add value for business. Cloud companies have demonstrated how they can manage massive pools of IT infrastructure, giving the developer a very flexible resource pool that they can leverage and IT is eager to do the same.
Is DevOps Really Changing How IT Is Working?
In this Power Panel at 2nd DevOps Summit moderated by Cloud Expo Tech Chair Larry Carvalho, Bernard Golden, VP, Strategy at ActiveState; Andi Mann, VP of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies; John Willis, VP of Customer Enablement at Stateless Networks; Randy Bias, Co-Founder and CTO of Cloudscaling; and Vasu Sankhavaram, Chief Strategist of DevOps and Cross Portfolio Architecture Alignment within HP Software, discuss this movement that is delivering frictionless IT to the enterprise.
DevOps and Security
From showcase success stories from early adopters and web-scale businesses, DevOps is expanding to organizations of all sizes, including the world's largest enterprises - and delivering real results. In this DevOps Summit Power Panel (http://DevOpsSummit.SYS-CON.com/) on June 9 at our New York City studio, moderated by Andi Mann, DevOps Summit conference chair and VP of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies, John Willis, VP of Customer Enablement for Stateless Networks; JP Morgenthal, Director, Cloud Computing Practice at Perficient, Inc.; Vanessa Alvarez, Cloud Expo Conference Chair and Marketing Team at Amazon; and Gordon Haff, Cloud Evangelist at Red Hat; discussed how security needs to be embraced and brought into the DevOps movement.
Is DevOps Changing Enterprise IT?
Born out of proven success in agile development, cloud computing, and process automation, DevOps is a macro trend you cannot afford to miss. In this DevOps Summit Power Panel on June 9 at our New York City studio, moderated by Andi Mann, DevOps Summit conference chair and VP of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies, JP Morgenthal, Director of Cloud Computing Practice at Perficient, Inc., Gordon Haff, Cloud Evangelist at Red Hat; Larry Carvalho, Cloud Expo Tech Chair and Research Manager & Lead Analyst, Platform as a Service at IDC; and John Willis, VP of Customer Enablement for Stateless Networks; discussed how DevOps is changing the way IT works, how businesses interact with customers, and how organizations are buying, building, and delivering software.
Schedule for 15th @CloudExpo, @BigDataExpo and @ThingsExpo
Are you ready to put your data in the cloud?
What is the future of security in the cloud?
Does Docker quickly advance the development of an IoT application?
What are the implications of Moore's Law on Hadoop deployments?
Get all these questions and hundreds more like them answered at the 15th Cloud Expo, November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, CA. The Cloud Expo / Big Data Expo / @ThingsExpo / DevOps Summitprograms are now available for you to inspect and investigate in advance.
Our upcoming November 4-6 event in Santa Clara, California will present a total of 10 simultaneous tracks by an all-star faculty, over three days, plus a two-day "Cloud Computing Bootcamp" presented by Janakiram MSV, an Analyst with the Gigaom Research analyst network, where he covers the Cloud Services landscape.
Cloud and Big Data topics and tracks include: Enterprise Cloud Adoption, APM & Cloud Computing | Hot Topics, Cloud APIs & Business, Cloud Security | Mobility, Big Data | Analytics.
@ThingsExpo content tripled from a single track in New York to three simultaneous tracks: Consumer IoT, Enterprise IoT, IoT Developer | WebRTC Convergence.
Schedule for Cloud Expo / Big Data Expo / @ThingsExpo ▸ Here
Now that we have published the full conference schedule, please check back for daily updates as we finalize new session abstracts by working with our distinguished faculty members. For your questions please contact us at events (at) sys-con.com. Last but not least we will announce our keynotes on the hottest subjects to be delivered by world-class speakers!
The largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world has announced "sponsorship opportunities" and "call for papers."
The 1st International Internet of @ThingsExpo was launched this June at the Javits Center in New York City with over 6,000 delegates in attendance. The 2nd International Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California, with an estimated 7,000 plus delegates attending over three days.
@ThingsExpo is co-located with 15th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading IoT industry players in the world. In 2014, more than 200 companies will be present on the @ThingsExpo show floor, including global players and the hottest new technology pioneers.
Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities for @DevOpsSummit Silicon Valley and New York Are Now Available
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To take advantage of this opportunity, attendees can use the coupon code and secure their registration to attend all keynotes and general sessions, as well as a limited number of technical sessions each day of the show, in addition to full access to the expo floor.
The registration page is located here.
@ThingsExpo New York 2015 'Call for Papers' Now Open
Track 1 - Consumer IoT and Wearables: Smart Appliances, Wearables, Smart Cars, Smartphones 2.0, Smart Travel, Personal Fitness, Health Care, Personalized Marketing, Customized Shopping, Personal Finance, The Digital Divide, Mobile Cash & Markets, Games & the IoT, The Future of Education, Virtual Reality
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Victorian verandas and an artistic hub
Sit under the Victorian verandas around Errol Street for convivial brunches and afternoon drinks. Try Auction Rooms, Agraba, Rubicon, Rrose, Sosta and Grigons & Orr Corner Store. For a feast, make a booking at the Courthouse or Sosta Cucina, and for a summery courtyard tipple, vie for a spot out back at the Town Hall Hotel.
Follow the tick-tock of the grand clock to the former North Melbourne Town Hall, now known as Arts House, a thriving performing arts space and hub for the Melbourne Fringe Festival along with the nearby Meat Market. Explore the changing exhibitions at Gallerysmith.
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Let your hair down at the Spring Fling Festival, the annual North and West Melbourne community celebration or head to the monthly North Melbourne Market at the Lithuanian Club for vintage and designer finds.
Victoria Street and Market
Meander down Victoria Street. On the north side of the street, browse a killer collection of old and new vinyl at Heartland Records, stop for a tipple at Prudence, for Korean barbecue at Woo Ga, or for a brew and a band at the Public Bar.
On the south side, don't (you can't) miss the Queen Victoria Market – or Queen Vic – historic landmark and functioning market. Take a gander at the souvenirs, then fill your basket with the freshest seafood, meats, fruit and deli delights.
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By tram: Number 57 from Elizabeth Street to the Queen Victoria Market and Errol Street; or Numbers 19 and 59 from Elizabeth Street to the Queen Victoria Market (about 10-20 minutes).
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McLerran, Nicholas IvanVisitation:Date: August 26, 2010 Time: 2:00 to 3:00 PM Visitation Location:Sheldon-Goodrich ChapelService: Date: August 26, 2010 Time: 3:00 PM Service Location:Sheldon-Goodrich ChapelInterment:Bethel-Harper Cemetery
Memorials/DonationsObituaryNicholas Ivan McLerran was born February 2, 1922 in Harper, Missouri to Cull and Myrtle (Harper) McLerran. He passed away August 23, 2010 at his home near Harper, Missouri.
On October 16, 1942 Ivan was sworn into the United States Army where he served his country for 3 years, 1 month and 3 days and he remembered every one of them. During his service her served in Australia, New Guinea, Gusap, the East Indies and the Philippines hauling supplies to the front line.
On July 15, 1950 Ivan was united in marriage to Esther Mae Hearn near Harper, Missouri. This union was blessed with 3 sons and 2 daughters. They made their home in the Harper community for 60 years.
Ivan had farmed his whole life. When he wasnt farming, Ivan had worked for St. Clair County Road and Bridge for 17 years. In younger years he worked for the H. Roe Bartle Boy Scout Camp in Iconium driving a truck.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Cull and Myrtle McLerran; 1 sister, Inez Corbin; 2 brothers, Clester and Ira McLerran; 2 granddaughters and 1 grandson.
Ivan is survived by his wife, Esther (Hearn) McLerran, of the home; 3 sons, Nicky Ray McLerran and wife Darlene of Nemo, Missouri, Curtis Lee McLerran and wife Marla of Cleveland, Missouri, Rodney Joe McLerran and wife Kenya of Osceola, Missouri; 2 daughters, Donna Faye (McLerran) Hooper and husband Greg of Osceola, Missouri, Lesia Deann (McLerran) Doolin and husband Barry of Lees Summit, Missouri; 1 sister, Carolena (McLerran) Anderson of Harper, Missouri; 1 brother, Dewey McLerran of Donal, Missouri; 9 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
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How many passwords did you have to remember today? It is a phenomenon of modern-day living that we all have to memorize an exponentially increasing number of passwords, user names, PINs, etc. At my workplace alone I have 6 different login IDs / User Names with 6 different passwords to remember, all of varying lengths from 6 characters to a finger-numbing 16 character minimum. Then, back at home, I have accounts for three webmail addresses, my ISP account, Twitter, Blogger, web hosting accounts, ebay, credit card PINs, ...the list is very nearly endless!
And then of course, a number of these (especially the work-related ones) periodically expire and I have to conjure up another random, and yet easily memorable combination of letters and digits. It would be a superhuman task indeed to commit all of this information to memory and be confident that you will be able to retrieve the correct combination of ID and password when needed. So, what do we do? Most of us resort to either writing them down on Post-It notes, a scrap of paper in the wallet or to using very weak passwords, such as your partner's name – all three solutions obviously posing very real security risks. Using the same password for a number of different applications is also a very common, but risky, practice.
I wish I had the answer to this problem, but I don't :-) Hopefully technology will come to our aid in the not-too-distant future. Other identification techniques that could be used, such as fingerprint scanning, retinal identification and facial recognition are all advancing fast and are already being used by some companies. Rolling out these technologies to the wider internet-using public may take some time, but it would at least save my brain, for one, from exploding with information overload!!


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An Oregon court official has come under fire for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who had come to apprehend him.
According to local news reports, Monica Herranz, a Multnomah County judicial referee, was presiding over the drunk driving case of Diddier Pacheco Salazar, who was arrested on Jan. 1 on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence.
Salazar pleaded innocent on Jan. 3, but entered a guilty plea on Jan. 27, which would have allowed him a deferred sentence and enrollment in a diversion program. That happened to be the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration.
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U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said two ICE agents waited outside of the courtroom for the man to emerge after the hearing.
"They were waiting and waiting," he told The Oregonian. When the agents asked Salazar's defense attorney when he would come out, they told him it would be soon.
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"Well, that never happened," Williams said. "The man exited the courtroom through a side door and found his way out of the building."
The Willamette Week reported that none of the parties they contacted would say exactly what happened, but multiple sources confirmed that at least one defendant avoided immigration agents that day by exiting through an entrance typically reserved for court employees.
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Harranz and Multnomah County Circuit Presiding Judge Nan Waller declined to speak with media. Waller told the Weekly that evidence was being gathered to discover if any laws had been broken.
The Weekly reported that Williams, ICE or the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility in Washington, D.C., had agreed not to pursue a criminal investigation against Herranz or anyone else.
Williams said he requested a meeting with Multnomah County judges about what the incident to prevent something similar from happening again.
ICE arrested Salazar two weeks later at a follow-up hearing. He was reportedly detained in an ICE Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.
Judge Waller confirmed that Multnomah County Courthouse staff members were not allowed to give ICE agents any information about detainees that was not publicly available. However, that does not excuse Harranz's actions, which seemed at the very least to obstruct justice.
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This court official knew she was helping an illegal immigrant escape justice, and she should have to answer for her actions.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2018, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join Calvary Kids families for a potluck picnic dinner on the playground as we continue to enjoy summer together! We will provide hotdogs, chips and water to drink. Share one of your favorite summertime family recipes.
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Brain boosters can be anything that helps people get their mental functions and processes get back on track. It can be an activity that stimulates your mind to work. Mental exercises like these are very essential. This can also be something that you eat. Different nutrients are usually required by the different organs, and especially your brain to properly function. Or it can also pertain to the mental supplements that are being offered in the market today. These products are packed with nootropic which is considered as a stimulant for certain brain functions.
Many individuals are interested in trying it. And there are even more who are using it today and are enjoying the benefits it provides. However, there can be minor setbacks when you're not familiar with how the supplements work. With the numerous choices, it's quite confusing to pinpoint the best option. And once you've decided on a certain brand, it may not offer everything you wished for even if it's highly effective. Whatever lacking nutrient and effect there can be, it's easier to resolve it by properly stacking the items. If you want the formulas to be more effective and to bring out the full advantage of each product, proper combinations must be created.
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Recommended and Pre-determined stacks. The brands will provide options for pre-designed stacks. Their research gives them better knowledge about the components of each formula, so they know the right combinations to provide in order to bring out the desired effects for users.
Custom stacks. This is for people who are still not contented or satisfied with a certain stack. You also have the choice of taking care of the task on your own. But this particular method requires expertise and a better understanding of how each drug works. If you wish to create a personalized combination, it is best to have the guidance of an expert.
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Brian Doyle passed away Saturday morning and I've found myself crying in the bathroom over a person I've never met. I've read his essays for the past four years and they've resonated with me more than any author I can name. Brian Doyle found the heroes in tragedies like 9/11 and Sandy Hook, he shined a fog light on people who might have gone nameless, parading their miraculous courage, giving hope to the hopeless, reminding us that there is always light even in the midst of crumbly, bloodied buildings. His essays catch me mid-afternoon watching my children play beneath the trees. I've watched his readings on YouTube over and over, finding something new and transformative every viewing. He can make you laugh and weep in the same sentence, he can summon a song from a quiet crowd of strangers, he wrote in length about the human heart, that wondrous "wet engine" that drives us forward, urging us upward. He taught me the freedom of a run on sentence. He is not afraid to reveal human imperfection but always buries it with the power we have to do better, to be good, tender, laughing humans. I know I'm one of many transformed by his work, his passing has shown me the unstoppable power of humility and goodness, how drastic and permanent it is, how it will always, always win. Like the last lines of one of his best essays we truly have "walked out of the woods changed men." Thank you Brian, for every word.
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The latest editorial by Ted Rall is a great read from a Conservative point of view, despite the painful lack of logic in the rant. Rall is the latest liberal to join in the ACLU's attack on Obama for not living up to their expectation that Obama would overturn all of Bush's lawless, Constitution-shredding policies. Rall claims that "It is amazing and incredible, after eight years of Bush's lawless behavior, to have to still have to explain these things. For that reason alone, Obama should resign." Can you say "arrogant"? It's really just nice to see the left grow disenchanted at the fact that even their Messiah has had to admit to himself (even if he won't say it out loud) that Bush was right.
It's also nice to see a liberal throw ridiculous hyperbole at one of his own for a change. At one point Rall actually says that "He [Obama] is a monster, and he should remove himself from power." Come on. I'm not a big fan of Obama but a monster? Really?
But let's get to that painful lack of logic that I alluded to earlier. I particularly like the following lament:
We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama's inauguration and his wretched performance is the broadest such chasm in recent historical memory. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through.
So you expected broken promises. But you're suprised by the broken promises? In other words you knew Obama was lying, you just thought he was lying about his promises to moderates. He would never, ever lie to you. In other words you were like a naive child and, despite your professed scepticism, really bought into the Hope and Change and all the nonsense about Obama being a "transformative" and "post-racial" politician. Now you're shocked – shocked, I say – at his, what's the word you guys have been using since last summer, oh yes, his "pragmatism". You see, Conservatives have known all along what Democrats mean when they use the word "pragmatic". Pragmatic means "I'll say whatever is required to get elected or get you to go along so that I can then impose my will." I guess sometimes pragmatism backfires on you.
It's always sad to see children (or people with a child-like mentality) have their delusions shattered against the rocky shores of cold, hard reality, but in this case…maybe not.


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Seven from faculty, Argonne lab named 2004 AAAS fellowsBy Steve Koppes
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected seven scientists at the University and Argonne National Laboratory as 2004 fellows. The seven are Joy Bergelson, Joshua Frieman, Gabrielle Long, Bernard Roizman, Raymond Roos, Thomas Rosenbaum and Chung-I Wu.
Bergelson, Professor in Ecology & Evolution and the College, was cited "for fundamental studies on the molecular co-evolutionary interactions between Arabidopsis and its pathogens."
Frieman, Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College, was cited "for intellectual and leadership contributions, both theoretical and observational, to mapping the large-scale structure of the universe with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey."
Long, Associate Director of the Experimental Facilities Division at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source facility, was cited "for outstanding leadership in the development and application of advanced X-ray and neutron measurement techniques for materials analysis."
Roizman, the Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, was cited "for fundamental studies on herpes simplex viruses with particular emphasis on the mechanisms by which these viruses evade the host responses to infection."
Roos, the Marjorie and Robert E. Straus Professor in Neurology, was cited "for studies on the mechanisms of neurodegeneration in viral and non-viral diseases, particularly for studies of picornavirus central nervous system infections."
Rosenbaum, the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in Physics and the College and Vice President for Research and for Argonne National Laboratory, was cited "for pioneering experiments on quantum critical phenomena and other areas of low-temperature physics."
Wu, Chairman and Professor in Ecology & Evolution and the College, was cited "for revealing the complex genetic architecture of species formation, characterizing genes that drive this process and proposing a genic view of speciation."
The Chicago and Argonne AAAS fellows were among 308 members who were elevated to the rank this year for their work to advance science or scientific applications, which is deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
The new fellows will be recognized Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, during the AAAS annual meeting in Washington, D.C.


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Superheroes and the latest J.K. Rowling film helped Time Warner handily beat market expectations for its fourth quarter sales and profits.
The media giant, which is in the midst of being acquired by AT&T, notched a 11 per cent jump in revenue to $7.89bn for the three months to end of December as it reported gains at each of its three divisions – Turner, HBO and Warner Bros.
The sales increase came despite headwinds from the stronger dollar and was ahead of analysts forecast of $7.72bn.
Net income for the period tumbled from $875m to $293m, largely as a result of costs related to debt purchases. Excluding this and other charges, adjusted net income came in at $1.25 per share, also topping estimates for $1.19.
Warner Bros, the company's film production unit, powered the strong quarterly performance. The business saw revenue jump 17 per cent to $3.9bn during the quarter thanks to the box office success of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
At Turner, its cable division which owns CNN, TBS and TNT, revenue rose 7 per cent to $2.8bn during the quarter as higher rates helped offset the drop in subscribers.
At HBO, sales were up 6 per cent to $1.5bn on the back of higher rates and subscription.
Shares in Time Warner rose 1.3 per cent in pre-market trading.


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Lutheran Hour Ministries hosts a free webinar this Saturday, September 26th at 10:00 a.m. (Central Time). In this live, one-hour webinar you will have the opportunity to interact with guest speaker Pastor Tom Schlund as he asks the question: How well do you know the other LCMS congregations in your area? Many congregations have been content to live as islands, disconnected from their brothers and sisters in Christ. Pastor Schlund will share his first-hand experience building connections between congregations and give practical plans to maximize the resources God has given to each congregation.
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With an Engraving of Besler's Wunderkammer & 31 Engraved Plates of Specimens
Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)
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Nuremberg, by the author, [chronogram date] 1622
Oblong Quarto: 29.2 x 20.5 cm. Contents: Engraved title page, 1 leaf of letterpress, 31 engraved plates. Complete.
FIRST EDITION THUS: Comprising the SECOND EDITION of the 1616 "Fasciculus" with the addition of 7 new plates.
Bound in modern ivory vellum. Printed on fine paper. Title mounted, one leaf shaved at the head just affecting the image. This and another leaf probably supplied at an early date.
This work comprises an engraved title page (depicting Besler and an assistant showing a visitor the specimens in his wunderkammer), one letterpress dedication leaf, and 31 engraved plates of specimens. The plates are headed 'Animalia' (4), 'Marina' (6), 'Conchilia' (2), 'Fructus' (6), and 'Lapides' (13). Of these, one of the 'Fructus' plates and six of the 'Lapides' plates are new to this edition.
Both the Fasciculus and Continuatio are quite rare. For the U.S., OCLC records only 2 copies of the Fasciculus (Harvard and Yale) and only 5 copies of the Continuatio (Chicago Botanic Garden, Linda Hall, Getty, Johns Hopkins, and Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.)
Basil Besler (1561-1629), compiler of the celebrated Hortus Eystettensis, 1613, was a Nuremberg apothecary and one of the first to assemble a natural history Wunderkammer. This is the first work to illustrate such a cabinet in Germany, and its interior is depicted on the engraved title/frontispiece, with Besler exhibiting the contents to a visitor. This is one of the few catalogues to be published by the owner of such a collection.
The collection included a wide variety of animals, including snakes, a crocodile, and an armadillo; fruits, spices and nuts from Brazil and Mauritius; shells and coral and a fine mineral and fossil section with ammonites and belemnites, bezoars, glossopetrae (fossil sharks' teeth, still regarded as curious stones) and a stone in the form of a hand.
The engraved title/frontispiece is by Hans Troschel after Petrus Iselburg, who were also presumably responsible for the plates, or at least the original 24. The frontispiece is identical to that of the 1616 Fasciculus, with only the word 'Fasciculus' changed to 'Continuatio' and the chronogram date altered to 1622. The single letterpress leaf of dedication to the Nuremberg Senate, reprinted from the 1616 Fasciculus, is found in only some copies.
The frontispiece shows Besler and a visitor standing by an open doorway to the left. Besler is pointing to a banner in the center that bears the title and imprint. From the ceiling depend snakes, a porcupine fish, and coconuts. On a shelf above the doorway are various books and pieces of coral. On the wall opposite are various shells, the shell of a turtle, a chameleon, a footless bird-of-paradise, etc. There are drawers labeled 'Conchylia', 'Fructus', and 'Lapides'. In the foreground on the floor there is an armadillo, a crocodile, an iguana, and two other lizards, while a servant advances towards Besler and his guest holding out a large fossil reptile skull.
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Local ad sales drop on private radio: StatsCan
Overall operating revenues on private radio also dropped for the third straight year in 2016.
Year-over-year operating revenues for private radio broadcasting fell for the third straight year in 2016, according to recently released numbers from StatsCan.
Operating revenue dropped by 3.3% or $52.5 million from 2015, attributed to a 5.4% decline in local advertising sales.
Ad revenue across all broadcasters also dropped by 3.3% to $1.52 billion in 2016 from $1.58 billion in 2015. The decreases were slightly lower in the five largest census metropolitan areas, where they dropped by 2%, falling to $694.9 million in 2016 from $709 million in 2015.
Other census metropolitan areas, such as Ottawa, Quebec City and Winnipeg, posted a larger decline, with ad revenues dropping by 5.3% in those cities (to $405.8 million in 2016 down from $428.6 million in 2015). Ad revenue in non-census metropolitan areas dropped by 3.5%, falling to $427.3 million in 2016 from $442.7 million in 2015.
Private radio broadcasters in Quebec were the most profitable in the country in 2016. Operating revenues in the province rose 1.3% from 2015 to land at $311.3 million in 2016.
Alberta posted the biggest decrease in operating revenues, which coincided with a decline of 3.7% in gross domestic product in 2015 and 3.8% in 2016. Radio broadcasting operating revenues dropped by 12.9% from 2015 to 2016, landing at $247.6 million.
Operating revenues in Ontario fell by 0.5% in 2016, landing at $552.4 million.
Overall, operating revenue at French-language stations rose by 1.2% to land at $265.9 million in 2016. English-language stations saw their operating revenues fell 4.3% to $1.2 billion in 2016.
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Classic SLRs Series :
Basic Flash Operations
Controls in Detail
Flash Unit Couplers AS 8 and AS-9
Synchronization Speed
Zoom Head
Shooting Mode Selector
TTL (through-the-lens automatic operation)
A (non-TTL automatic operation)
M (manual operation)
MD (synchronization with motor drive)
Exposure Calculator Dial
Set the film speed.
Set the zoom setting knob
Determine the exposure
Exposure compensation
Ready Light
Warning functions Open Flash Button
Tilting/Rotating Flash Head
Secondary Flash Head
Wide Flash Adaptor SW-7
TTL Multiple Flash Terminal
Sync/Multiple Flash Terminal
Photographic Techniques: Synchro-Sunlight Fill in Flash Photography
In the manual mode; In the TTL-automatic mode; In the non-TTL automatic mode; Synchronization with slow shutter speeds; Diffusing the Light
Bounce flash photography; Using a diffuser; Multiple Flash Photography; TTL-multiple flash photography; Manual multiple flash photography
Accessories: Sync Cords SC 10, 11, and 15; TTL Remote Cord SC-14; TTL Remote Cord SC-17; TTL Multi Flash Sync Cords SC-18 and SC-19; TTL Multi Flash Adaptor AS-10; Flash Tripod Adaptor AS-11; Flash Unit Couplers AS 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 . Soft Flash Unit Case SS-16
"Red Eye"
Tips on Speedlight care
Batteries Issues
Attention: The Nikon Speedlight SB-16 consists of two parts: the main flash unit and the flash unit coupler having the mounting foot. Depending on which type is attached, the flash unit is identified as the Speedlight SB-16A or SB-16B. The SB-16A's Flash Unit Coupler AS-8 has a special mounting foot for the accessory shoe of Nikon F3 series camera, while the SB-16B's Flash Unit Coupler AS-9 features a standard ISO-type mounting foot. As shown in the table, the SB-16A and SB-16B can be mounted on any type of Nikon camera either directly or with the use of another Nikon Flash Unit Coupler. Usable shooting modes, however, are limited according to the combination of the flash unit and camera. Please reconfirm that the flash unit you purchased is suitable for your camera, referring to the following table.
Flash Unit
Usable Shooting Modes
(with AS-8)
F3-series models
FA, FE2, F5, F4s, F100, F90, F90x, F801s, F801, F-501/N2020*, F401x, F401, F-301/N2000*, FG, FM2, FM2n, FG-20, EM, FE, FM, Nikkormat (where applies)
via AS-6
not possible
Nikon F2 bodies ****
via AS-5
not possible
Nikonos V **
via AS-6 and V-type sync cord
not possible
(with AS-9)
F3-series models (except F3AF, F3P and F3H) ***
via AS-4, AS-7
not possible
F3-series models
via AS-17
FA, FE2, F5, F4s, F100, F90, F90x, F801s, F801, F-501/N2020*, F401x, F401, F-301/N2000*, FG,
FM2, FM2n, FG-20, EM, FE, FM, Nikkormat (where applies)
not possible
Nikon F2 bodies ****
via AS-1
not possible
Nikonos V **
via V-type sync cord
***The Nikon N2020 and N2000 are sold exclusive/y in US A. and Canadian markets. ** Only possible at normal flash mode, since Motor drive is not available for the Nikonos-V camera.
*** The SB-16B cannot be used with the Nikon F3AF or other F3-series cameras with the AF Finder DX-1, Action Finder DA-2, Waist-Level Finder DW-3 or 6X Magnification Finder DW-4 attached.
**** The SB-16B cannot be mounted on the Nikon F2-series cameras with the Action Finder DA-1, Waist-Level Finder DW-1 or 6X Focusing Finder DW-2attached
Nikon SB-16B (AS-`17) Flash / speedlight compatibility chart with various Nikon cameras.
Source: Nikon Europe
Forewords The Nikon Speedlight SB-16 is a direct-mounting electronic flash unit, providing automatic through-the-lens (TTL) control of the flash exposure when used with Nikon cameras having TTL flash capability. Through the use of an interchangeable mounting foot, the SB-16 can be attached to the special accessory shoe of all Nikon F3 series cameras, as well as the standard ISO-type shoe of the Nikon FA, FE2, F-501/N2020, F-301/N2000 and FG camera, or the V-type Sync Cord for the Nikonos-V Because light is measured through the picture-taking lens, you are assured of just the right exposure with a variety of lenses and accessory attachments at any aperture from V2 to V22. Programmed TTL auto flash photography can be performed by using the SB-16 with the Nikon F-501/N2020 or F-301/N2000 via the AS-9. In programmed TTL auto flash photography, the proper aperture is automatically set for correct exposure according to the film speed in use. It is not necessary to change the lens setting from the minimum aperture used for non-flash programmed shooting.
By incorporating a front-mounted light sensor, the SB-16 is also compatible with all other Nikon cameras for automatic, but not through-the-lens, flash output control. In the non-TTL automatic mode, you have a choice of two apertures. With silicon-controlled rectifier and series circuitry, the SB-16 is able to conserve energy when shooting subjects at close range; thus recycling times are shorter and the number of flashes per battery set is greater.
For truly creative bounce flash photography, the Nikon Speedlight SB-16 has two separate flash heads - a combination of tilting and rotating main flash head with zooming capability and a smaller secondary flash head which faces straight ahead to fill in the shadows in the eye sockets and provide a small catch light for the eyes. Moreover, a special MD setting allows the SB-16 to synchronize with a motor-driven camera firing at 4 frames per second for shooting 8 pictures in series.
Even though the SB-16 is extremely easy to use, you should familiarize yourself with its "Basic Operation" as presented in the first section. For more detailed information, please refer to "Controls in Detail" and "Photographic Techniques." A few minutes wisely invested now will pay off later in years of rewarding photographic experiences SW-7; Soft Case SS-16; Battery Holder MS-5
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Sheath/Column Off-the-Shoulder Knee-Length Taffeta Mother of the Bride Dress With Appliques Lace Cascading Ruffles #5949
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Shinula's Pharmacy
Ah. Hello. You are probably wondering, 'Who is crazy striped pony, putting posters everywhere?' Well, will tell you. Am Dr Shinula. Pronounced, Shy-noo-la. Also am zebra, not pony, is difference. Also not crazy. Not imporant.
What is important, is Shinula's Pharmacy. Opened while back, but few in-town customers. All these potions and no where to go. So, think to self, advertise. But how? Posters! So, recy- nevermind, side tracked again. Talk about Pharmacy. Yes.
Anyway, am selling all sorts of medicines, can cure most known disease. Also selling other concotions. What does other concotion do? Whatever client wants. Client wants drink to keep body warm, or wants to be energetic? Can make that. Client wants to have longer mane or shinier coat? Can make something to do that too.
Medicines are usually free. Get funding from Canterlot. Other concotions, not so much. Not covered by government, also usually harder to get ingredients for. Also supply medicines to hospital. If hospital is closer, can go there. Only basics though.
So, come down to Residential District. Pharmacy is white building with sign out front, can't miss it. Also, if anypony sees strange monster pony with funny way of talking, tell Shinula. Don't approach though, is dangerous.
(OOC: Made the poster a while back but forgot to post it. Sorry if the bizzare syntax makes this unreadable. Click image for larger version!)
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In the Sixties this time of year Scriver Studio was the main hub for certain kinds of visitors — usually white but somehow attached to "Indians." One of the regulars was Henry G. (Hal) Bieler, a California doctor who wrote a book called "Food Is Your Best Medicine." It was an early Salvation-by-Diet prescription. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_G._Bieler He was esp. attached to John Clarke, the woodcarver, whom he called "The Indian."
Bieler's Wikipedia entry is written from a sympathetic point of view, accepting the value of alternative medicine, particularly the idea that good health is a matter of being in harmony with the world. Diseases merely take advantage of one's lack of adjustment, not a matter of infection by bugs, which is a human social prejudice. A basic idea of Western Culture is that what is alien is dangerous and what is more alien than a germ? But indigenous culture, by definition alternative, values the harmony idea, though it didn't save them from smallpox.
No doubt Bieler did lose weight, control his asthma, and help others. He pressed Bob Scriver hard to eat green foods (when he prepared his own plate it looked like a haystack) and generously shipped him cases of papaya juice to help his indigestion. His theory was that certain organs dominated one's identity so Bob was "whipping his adrenals," and Ace Powell had an overactive pituitary. He had no recommendation for me, since he tried not to think about women. Every time Bob went into the bathroom, Hal had a sudden need to wash his hands and wanted to be admitted "right now" because he was a doctor so it was all right.
In short, his theories were valuable but rather compromised by his personality, which isn't described by Wikipedia, a hazard in a system where one's entry is written either by enemies or friends in another of those head-to-head struggles for which The Western Culture is noted. (He's dead but his book is still in print and publishing is an undercurrent of Wikipedia.) Bieler comes to mind right now for me because when I made an appointment with my doctor, she asked me to read another book. Luckily for my pocketbook, I found a condensed summary for a dollar on Amazon ebooks.
"The Plant Paradox" by Dr. Steven R. Gundry comes out of the same cultural background: California food abundance and body narcissism plus resistance to conventional authorities. He expands the obsession with gluten to all plant-based proteins called lectin. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/the-next-gluten/523686/ links to a good discussion.
There are other books that address this idea. It meshes with the environmental worries over the genetic drift of industrially produced wheat, peanuts, soybeans, corn — not just genetically modified to withstand Monsanto inventions but also fed in quantity to feedlot meat animals dosed with antibiotics. And then, of course, one knows that processed foods are full of additives with strange names.
So this whole picture has two sides: is your food either your best medicine or your worst danger? If you don't live on the California coast, how do you get all this good stuff that's supposed to be safe? Particularly since Gundry's food pyramid — which he proposes should replace the old standard — is very specific and a bit exotic. http://gundrymd.com/wp-content/pdf/Gundry_Food_Pyramid.pdf Red wine, champagne, and "dark spirits" are at the peak ("only" once or twice a week). The bottom is certain oils plus the kind of green foods Bieler ate, though there's no explanation of why "leafy green vegetables" have leptins that are safe when one would expect them to be loaded.
His second level up on his pyramid is the most innovative and the cheapest: fasting. Skip meals. Don't eat for a day. (This is good for your budget and available everywhere.) It's hard to see how not- eating belongs on a food pyramid. But he is happy to take up the slack in your diet by selling you his special supplements, though you'd "better hurry because they are selling fast."
When I figured out a plan for my old age, I missed two things. One was that I had thought I'd have good neighbors, the ones already here; the other thing was that I thought we'd have a government that works. In an age after we have spent decades learning about physiology and improving health stats; learning about human personality and interaction with many happy ideas; reconciling and even relishing ethnic differences; somehow there has been a sudden (it feels sudden to me) plunge into coarse, insulting style; careless and dominating behavior; order-keeping that has become repression; and superstitious half-science driven by advertising.
When I research leptin/lectin I learn this diet appears to have spun off with several other diet regimes, one based on one's blood type (which is determined by using leptins) and several addressing the anti-gluten crowd. The question is why I personally should have to believe some doctor can sell me "a little something" that sounds like snake oil — that cures headaches, toenail fungus, coughing in movies, and flat butt. I do admit I have a problem. But I do not accept that forbidding peanut butter or beans will solve anything, esp since what remains is "red wine, champagne, dark spirits".
My diabetes is not under control. I got sloppy, partly responding to all this fancy and contradictory research going on. Partly out of defiance. Every doc I go to responds to my blood test numbers and judges them according to pharmaceutical advice developed from averaging major data, sometimes well-designed and sometimes not. Usually relevant to older white males.
I tell my tale or hand over my pages of symptoms and suspicions, and the doc tells me the same thing that Google told me the night before. When I say I know all that stuff, they freeze. They look wary. They don't look at ME. If they don't do what pharma and insurance tells them to do, they can be in big trouble for malpractice.
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I found this today and fell in love with the idea. It's so cute. Has anyone tried a quilt like this? Seemed like a fun way to use up little bitty scraps! http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=2311
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I found this today and fell in love with the idea. It's so cute. Has anyone tried a quilt like this? Seemed like a fun way to use up little bitty scraps! http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=2311
What a cute and clever idea!...thanks for sharing!...:-)
I saw one on Crazy Mom Quilts blog. She makes some really pretty and different quilts.
How cute and unusual! I'd be tempted to snip the edges of the scraps like on a rag quilt. :mrgreen:
that was cool !! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
I received a doll quilt like this :D:D:D
It is soooo cute!
I was wondering about the washing part too. I guess you could, it would probably fray a bit.
very cute, thanks for sharing with us, and a good way to use up scraps
Cute! Great way to get rid of scraps. How about a fancy stitch around each of those squares/retangles.
I absolutely love it!! Can't ait to make one for my granddaughter's dolls.
Here's a version of the ticker tape quilt, which was the last sewing project my MIL made before she passed. At the time her health was very poor and she struggled to finish it. I apologize for the poor photo quality.Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
I HAVE made 2 of these and they are sooo cute. Have to be sure to go back and fwd to tie off your stitching good with machine....and you do not snip it....the cotton does the fraying. My grand daughter LOVES this little quilt and findes all sorts of things in the fabrics.....great fun and well worth the work. J
What a great odea.
I think we could name this quilt "confetti quilt".
I want to try it someday. If you used basting spray on all the layers, you could quilt as you go and just bind.
That is a neat idea. thank you and God bless.
I have actually made 3 of them(the only 3 doll quilts I have made) because they are so easy and fun to make. You definitely have to make one. I might have to try a bed size if I get a walking foot.


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