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- Premier League
Gerrard amazed by 'magician' Suarez
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has labelled Luis Suarez a "magician" after the striker scored a brace in Sunday's 3-0 win over QPR at Loftus Road.
Suarez, 25, wreaked havoc through the Rangers defence, taking just ten minutes to get on the board when he easily evaded Clint Hill.
The Uruguay international netted his second just minutes later, taking his season tally to 13 goals from 19 games.
Suarez has already eclipsed his total of 11 strikes from the last campaign and Gerrard joked that opposition clubs should be fortunate they only have to face the striker twice each year.
"He's been brilliant for us since he came to the club - week in, week out he shows what a top player he is," he said. "These players have only got to play against him twice a year, we've got to train with him every day - he's a magician."
Daniel Agger's 27th minute header effectively sealed the three points for Liverpool before the break, although Gerrard commended the home side for controlling the Reds in the second-half.
"I wouldn't say it was easy - that would be disrespectful to QPR," he said. "But they're having a tough time at the moment and we knew if we started well, we could quieten this crowd and then our football would take over. It's probably the best first half we've played this season.
"We wanted more goals, that was the plan at half-time. But Harry Redknapp is a top manager - he was not going to not change things.
"He changed to three at the back, credit to him and we found it harder to get through. We played well today, we deserved the three points."
Liverpool were left without Brendan Rodgers after illness affected some of the club's players and staff, with Gerrard claiming his presence was missed.
"It was tough, there's a gap there. You can tell when Brendan is not there. He has been fantastic since he came in, he's been brilliant for the players," he said. "When we knew he wasn't coming today, it was important that we got the three points for him. I'm sure he's getting looked after at home and he'll be happy with the lads today."
Rodgers' assistant Colin Pascoe, who also fell ill, and coach Mike Marsh took charge from the sideline, although the Northern Irishman still had a heavily influence on the game.
"This morning he phoned me at eight o'clock,'' Pascoe said. "I wasn't feeling very well myself this morning, but he's worse than me. He was very, very white and he woke up not very well. The way the medical team and the doctors tried to isolate the players and the staff, they've been fantastic.
"Hopefully they'll have nipped it in the bud and not too many will be affected by it. Brendan picked the team. All the preparation for the game was all done. The presentations that we do to the players, that was all set for today's game. But unfortunately Brendan woke up and wasn't very well."
Liverpool will be hoping to have Rodgers back for the visit of Sunderland on January 2, while good news in regards to the injury Jose Enrique picked up in the second half would not go amiss.
"Unfortunately, it looks as if he's got a little tear in his hamstring,'' Pascoe said. "He was terrific today, absolutely superb, and he's been a joy to watch in the last few months, so hopefully he's not out for too long. I am not allowed in the changing room so I am not allowed to assess anything.''


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A nice Gradient Fill can really make the difference and enhance your artwork. I will try to explain in detail all about Gradients.
An alternative way of coloring an object with a solid fill, is choosing a gradient. A gradient fill consists of more than a single color. It takes a minimum of two colors gradually blending from one to the other.
Ok, let's see all that in action.
So, start Illustrator and create a new document. In the toolbox on the left, select the Rectangle tool , click on the artboard and drag to draw a rectangle with a black stroke and a nice solid green color.
From the right dock, click on the Gradient Panel and click to expand it.
Of course, you can always avoid all this by simply clicking CTRL+F9 on your keyboard.
With the rectangle still selected, click on the small icon on the top left corner of the panel in order to change from the solid green color to a gradient fill. This is the Gradient Fill Box, and displays the current gradient colors and type. By default, the panel includes a start and end color box. Notice that the first time you will click on this icon, the default white to black gradient fill will be applied to your selection.
As you see, the rectangle fill, looking at it from left to right, starts from pure white color and then it gradually blends into shades of grey until it ends up to pitch black. Why is this happening?
Take a look at the Gradient Panel.
Let's focus first on the Type textbox and the Angle textbox. There are two types of Gradients, Linear and Radial. Below I will try to explain the difference between them.
a. Linear Gradient
In a linear gradient the blending of one color to the other takes place along a straight line from one side of the object to the other. In the following images the blending starts from left to right along a straight line.
In this type of gradient, you may also specify the angle of that line, the direction along which the color blending will take place. In the images shown above, the angle is 0 degrees. If you input a value of 45 degrees the result is shown below.
b. Radial Gradient
In a Radial Gradient, color blending starts from the center of the shape and is completed outwards.
Ok, let's go back to the rectangle we started with, so that we explore the Gradient Panel a bit more. At the bottom of the panel, there is a tool called the Gradient Slider. The Gradient Slider adjusts the way the Gradient looks. Underneath the slider bar, you can see two small 'pointers' called Color Stops (the start color and the end color of the Gradient). On the top side of the bar, there is a diamond shaped icon called the Midpoint Indicator. This is an indication of where is the midpoint of the transition from one color to the other.
For demonstration reasons, I undocked the panel and resized it so that its length is equal to my rectangle length.
Ok now, let's see what adjustments we can make to our dull rectangle. Click on the Midpoint Indicator and drag towards the right. You will see that your gradient is adjusted so that the midpoint will be at the new point you defined. You will also notice that as soon as you move the Indicator the Location value box becomes active so that you can precisely place the Midpoint along the Gradient.
Let's see now what happens if we move the Color Stops. Make sure the rectangle is selected, and let's assume we move the white stop towards the right at approximately 20% (shown in the Location box) of the Gradient slider length and the black stop at the 80%. You should have an image similar to the following.
What has actually happened is that the rectangle is now split in 3 zones. In Zone 1, we have solid white color. Then, at 20% of the rectangle length (at point A) is where our gradient starts. It starts from pure white, lasts throughout Zone 2 (it also passes from midpoint at C) and the blending is completed by turning into black at point B (approximately @80%). From this point onwards, we have Zone 3 in which we have pure solid Black color.
Remember we talked earlier about Linear Gradients and how we can adjust the direction of the Gradient by entering an angle in the Angle text box? In order to avoid the fuzz of manually inputing the angles you can simply select the Gradient tool from the left toolbar, and drag accordingly in the document window to set the angle. This is an example of how you do it.
In the previous image, what I actually did by clicking and dragging (on the yellow highlighted spots), was to specify an angle of approx. 34 degrees.
Let's see now what happens if you select the Gradient Tool again, but this time you click outside the shape,drag and release the mouse again outside the rectangle.
In order to fully understand what happens, take a look at the previous image. Given that you clicked on the amber spots, I resized the Gradient Slider to extend from the start point to the end point of the Gradient. The solid white and the solid black regions of my gradient are outside the rectangle, thus not visible. In general, with the gradient tool you can very quickly test many angles to your gradients and choose the best one for your design.
If you are dealing with a radial gradient and you decide to modify it with the gradient tool, then the place you click and start your drag is the center of the gradient. Have a look at the following image.
Let's say we agreed on the direction of the Gradient but we are not satisfied with the boring colors of our gradient so we want to spice things up a bit. What about playing around with the colors?
There are quite a few ways to change the colors of a gradient. A quick one is described below. Open the Swatches Panel. Locate it on the right dock and click on it (or use the top Menu and choose Window > Swatches).
Select the rectangle with the white to black Gradient. Click on a color swatch of your like and drag it on top of one of the color stops, let's say the white.
You could do the same procedure for replacing the black color stop, but I want to show you a different way to change the color. So click on the black color Stop. On the right dock locate and click to open the Color Panel (or simply press F6) . By doing so, you see that the color is solid black. Press SHIFT and click on the ramp at the bottom of the color panel.
This way you' re switching between the available color modes, RGB, CMYK etc. Set it to RGB and pick a color over the right edge of the bar. The result should be something similar to the following.
Of course gradients are not limited just to two colors. You can create gradients consisting of many colors. And it's very easy to do it. Repeat the same procedure like before, but this time drop the color on the slider somewhere between the two initial color stops. The result should be similar to the following image.
As you notice, by adding a new color stop, a Midpoint indicator is also created. So you can precisely adjust the midpoint for every section of the gradient separately (one midpoint indicator for each pair of color stops). You may add as many color stops as you may handle and produce impressive gradients. Try adding a 4th and a 5th color stop to the gradient.
Let's say now that we are happy with all these colors and satisfied with the gradient fill we created for our rectangle. Illustrator offers you the ability to save this gradient's settings and store them as a new color swatch in the Swatches Panel and use it again in the future. Let me show you how.
Click in the Gradient Fill box, drag n' drop in the Swatches Panel and there you go... Your gradient swatch is now available for later reference. Double-click on the swatch icon and in the pop-up window give it a name of your like. I named it 'Rainbow'.
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The Roots of Rock & Roll
The origins of rock & roll, as told through pioneers in gospel, blues, R&B and country/folk/bluegrass.
Lower Level-Ahmet Ertegun Main Exhibit Hall
This exhibit is divided into individual cases, each devoted to one of rock and roll's roots: Gospel, Blues, Country/Folk/Bluegrass and R&B. Each section includes a variety of artifacts and brief bios of the key artists.
This section focuses on the origins of rural acoustic music forms that influenced the development of rock music. Featured artists include Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Josh White, Hank Williams, Bob Wills and Bill Monroe.
This section emphasizes the history of the blues, both country and urban, toward the development of rock and the continuation of the blues tradition today in mainstream rock. Featured artists include Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Robert Johnson and T-Bone Walker.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Follow Friday: Two Reminders to Help Change Your Perspective
I wish I had time to read all the genealogy blog posts that are published. There is some really good stuff being written.
Here are two posts that I think are worth reading. They both take ordinary actions and try to get you to think differently about them.
Paula Stuart-Warren of Paula's Genealogical Eclectica wrote a blog post entitled "First Impressions Should be Captured." When I first read this post I thought "Yes, yes, yes!" The research ideas that pop into your head when you first see or hear about a research challenge can be some of your best ideas. Paula provides great ideas and an exercise to demonstrate the effect.
Melissa Mannon who writes the blog ArchivesINFO wrote "Shared Cultural Heritage: My Unlabeled History." Her title really captured my imagination. I loved the visual concept of unlabeled history. Melissa demonstrates the importance of unlabeled history in a moving personal story. She hopes the story will encourage you to care for (and label) your personal history.
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Excellent recommendations! Thanks so much for sharing them.ReplyDelete
I know exactly how you feel. It's so frustrating not having the time to read the way I would like. I try to hit a few every day, but too often, I fail. I will most certainly check these out!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing information on these new blogs. One of them was new to me - another blog to keep an eye on. :-)ReplyDelete
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Preeclampsia Treatment in Four Corners, FL
Preeclampsia, also known as toxemia or pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), is a complication that arises in pregnancy which can put both mother and baby at great risk. Typically developing at any point after the 20th week of pregnancy (although it can occur earlier), the condition is characterized by high blood pressure and excess proteins in the urine.
Left untreated, preeclampsia can lead to fatal complications for both the mother and baby including:
- Placental abruption, in which the placenta breaks away from the uterine wall
- Eclampsia, in which high blood pressure results in seizures
- HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count), in which several organ systems are affected by a dysfunction in the breakdown of red blood cells
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To schedule a consultation with a qualified healthcare provider in Four Corners that specializes in preeclampsia treatment, call (863) 269-3622 or contact Bond Clinic Women's Center online.
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Some women do not experience any preeclampsia symptoms, often because the most telltale symptoms, such as high blood pressure, cannot be felt. For others, the symptoms they experience are written off as natural changes which occur during pregnancy. If you experience any of the following symptoms of preeclampsia, it is important to discuss them with your healthcare provider during your prenatal appointments.
- High blood pressure
- Headaches
- Swelling (particularly in the hands and feet)
- Proteinuria (extra protein in the urine)
- Blurred vision
- Nausea and vomiting
- Rapid weight gain
- Shortness of breath
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The true cause of preeclampsia is not fully understood. The most commonly believed theory is that preeclampsia is initiated in the placenta when blood vessels do not develop properly. Genetics, inflammation, cardiovascular conditions and immunity are all thought to play potential roles.
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If you are not far enough along in the pregnancy to induce labor, your healthcare provider will likely increase the frequency of your prenatal visits to minimize the risk of developing complications. In addition, your preeclampsia treatment may include:
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If you suffer from severe preeclampsia, hospitalization may be required in which blood pressure medication or steroids are delivered intravenously, and both you and your baby are continually monitored by medical staff.
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To meet with a qualified healthcare provider in Four Corners that specializes in preeclampsia treatment, call (863) 269-3622 or contact Bond Clinic Women's Center online.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
* Tiny Tooth Fairy Package and Letter From Leafcutter Designs Review and Giveaway
We are BIG fans of all things TINY around here.
We have a backyard filled with fairy gardens
and welcome regular visits from the Tooth Fairy.
When my very talented, artist friends at Leafcutter Designs contacted me
about their World's Smallest Post Service, it was love at first site!
You can send tiny packages and tiny letters (even tiny invitations!)
anywhere in the world.
The girls were delighted when our tiny package and letter arrived in the mail.
I took a photo with a dollar bill so you can get an idea of the scale.
The details are SO Adorable!
Teeny Tiny stamps (love the snails)
Tiny postage marks
Little Labels and Stamps...
The attention to details is one of the things that makes this so fun
for Big and Little Kids.
Click here to see their current line up of tiny packages!
Inside we found a note and a tiny compass from the tooth fairy.
Wrapped inside a tiny newspaper!
With tiny articles you can actually read if you have young eyes.
Here's another view of the tiny Newspaper and tiny compass.
Letters come packaged in a tiny glassine envelope with a wax seal
and a tiny magnifying glass (jeweler's loop)
How cool would this be from your own tooth fairy?
Their cards/letters come in 12 different designs and include your own custom message.
Did you see the tiny star confetti and wax seal on the envelope?!
They make different packages and letters for various occasions.
And...they'll personalize it to say whatever you want.
I loved ours much, I ordered another package for my own
grandmother's upcoming 90th birthday next week! (shhh...don't tell her)
This is my very favorite product review I've ever done.
I absolutely adore the attention to details by Lea and Devin!
Want some tiny mail of your own?
Pink and Green Mama
FYI. All opinions expressed are my own.
I did not receive any financial compensation to write this post.
My family did receive an adorable, personalized teeny tiny package
and a teeny tiny letter from Leaf Cutter Designs.
Labels: Fairy, Giveaway, Mother's Day, Play, Product Review, Sponsors
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
* Summer Wish Flags (Summer To-Do List Modified)
The girls and I really enjoyed making our giant watercolor
but wanted to make something different this year...
I was thinking about Tibetan Prayer flags during my meditation class.
I thought this project would be a fun and meaningful way for the girls
to incorporate their summer hopes, wishes, and dreams
into something beautiful and symbolic for our backyard.
I'm not a fan of so-called "bucket lists"
I feel they imply a "hurry up and cross everything off your list
before you die" concept that is depressing to me
and makes me feel like people are in too big of a rush
getting through the list to actually be living in the moment.
I think this year in particular after losing my dear friend to cancer last month
and watching some other friends struggling with health issues, I wanted
to go in a different direction with the girls and our Summer Fun list.
First we brainstormed ideas for what our
hopes, dreams, and wishes for this summer are...
"E" and I wrote everything down on a scrap of cardboard.
We had this garden flag leftover in our craft room stash
from making garden flags at our
(full instructions for our garden flag project is in my Backyard Fun ebook)
Easy = muslin squares cut with pinking shears and stitched to a ribbon!
"E" wrote down the words from our list onto the flags, when
she got tired of writing on fabric, she roped me into helping her.
It ended up being a joint-project.
To keep the permanent markers from bleeding all over the flags
and to help preserve the oil pastel drawings - we sprayed the flag
with a bit of clear sealant spray paint- it helps preserve the flags outdoors.
The cardboard helps to protect the table from the permanent markers.
Summer Wish Flags in progress...
"E" has awesome school teacher handwriting.
Love the dots on "F-U-N" I used to do that too when I was her age.
Our wish flags tied up on the side of our deck,
ready to carry our hopes and dreams for summer in a lovely summer breeze.
Happy Summer
Wishing, Hoping, and Dreaming!
Last year's Summer Fun Wish List:
Pink and Green Mama, MaryLea
I linked up and shared this post here.
Labels: Backyard Fun, Create, Garden, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Sewing Fun, Summer
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
* Catching Fireflies Review and Giveaway!
Happy Tuesday My Artsy Friends!
Today, I have a fun little summer giveaway for you and I think you're going to like it.
(Psst...I have another fun giveaway coming up on Friday this week too!)
I'd like to introduce you to my newest and favorite kitchen goodie,
my turquoise blue gurgle pot!
See him right up there on my kitchen shelf?
He's over there between the cookie jar and my vintage blue Pyrex.
You want one too don't you? I'll tell you where you can get one in just a bit.
My lovely bloggy friend April has a fun little blog called
she recently featured my 4th of July sifted flour stars
in an adorable 4th of July round up post
that is full of all kinds of cute (and easy) patriotic ideas.
She also has the world's cutest online gift shop!
I love to go browse there while the kiddos are in bed.
It's the perfect place to find that cute birthday present for your sister-in-law
or a clever little hostess gift when you go
mooch off stay with friends or family.
If you're in the Michigan (Detroit) area, you can go to their real store
for complimentary in-store pick up...
I'll have to forgive them for the Michigan goodies since I'm a loyal Wisconsin girl (Go Badgers!)
And now back to my awesome fishy gurgle pot....
He's a fishy pitcher that makes hilarious gurgle noises when you pour him.
He's been quite a hit at the dinner table and
we've been staying better hydrated thanks to him!
My gurgle pot came from April's shop (he's only $39.95)
and comes in other cute colors!
April is generously giving one of my US readers a $40 gift certificate
for her Catching Fireflies online shop.
April is offering my readers a discount code at catchingfireflies.com
when you use coupon code: PINKANDGREEN for 20% off your purchases -
Expires August 1, 2012.
Pink and Green Mama
FYI. I did not receive any financial compensation to write this post.
All opinions expressed are my own.
I did receive a very cool fish gurgle pot, and I love it!
Labels: Giveaway, Product Review, Sponsors
Monday, June 25, 2012
* Happy Birthday Eric Carle! Hungry Caterpillar Costume and Class Project
Today is Eric Carle's 84th Birthday!
He is one of our VERY favorite children's book author/illustrators.
What better way to celebrate than to share "E"s Eric Carle biography project
with you from this past school year?!
This year, each student in E's third grade class,
was asked to pick a famous person
to give a biography talk about, she picked Eric Carle.
"E" had to make a box to hold props for her talk.
So she took this shirt box and made patterned papers with do-a-dot markers and crayons.
She cut out this adorable hungry caterpillar and used a scrap book
punch to make the circles.
Close up of her work -- so awesome!
Inside the box she had a homemade pom-pom hungry caterpillar
and a portrait of Eric Carle (she copied from a self portrait he made)
along with some books and her notes.
She also made this beautiful poster for her talk.
I LOVE the letters. She decorated the papers and cut the letters out
while I was cooking dinner. I was blown away when I came back into the art studio
and saw what she had been working on -- I think Mr. Carle should hire her as his assistant!
She decided to give the biography talk from the view point of the "Very Hungry Caterpillar"
and talk about her "creator" Eric Carle.
So we needed to make a costume for her to wear at school.
I whipped up this little polar fleece and felt hat for her to wear.
And we sewed a bunch of green fabric pillows then stitched them together
and added shoulder straps (like a big pillow sleeping bag)
I went to school the day of her talk to take photos and watch her speech.
This is her "Mom, you're embarrassing me!" face
as I'm photographing her in the hallway before her speech!
Giving her speech to her class.
"Johnny Appleseed", "Albert Einstein",
"Juan Ponce de Leon", and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."
Here's a link to my old post about our
Happy Birthday Mr. Carle!
Here's to many more great books
and creative endeavors!
Pink and Green Mama
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Friday, June 22, 2012
* Mouse Painting With Cotton Balls and Q-Tips inspired by the book "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stohl Walsh
"C" and I recently read "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stohl Walsh.
We were inspired to try some "mouse painting" of our own!
I set up "C" at the easel.
She dipped white mice (white cotton balls)
into a tray of red, yellow, and blue paint to experiment.
I also gave her some Q-tips to try out.
At first I thought she was going to paint a rainbow...
I tried to keep my mouth shut and let her paint whatever she wanted.
She did not mix colors like I thought she would.
The golden arch, turned into a lady with golden hair.
Two blue eyes.
Two blue nostrils.
One red smile.
When she added the blue highlight she announced that it was me! : )
(I had a blue feather in my hair at the time)
Check out my fancy blue high heels to go with my blue hair feather.
She wrote "Mom" with a Q-tip dipped in yellow/blue to make green.
You'll see the words "Mom" and "Boo!" at the top of the painting...
They're two of her favorite sight words that she can spell right now.
It was a pretty fun way to spend an afternoon.
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Remember when people carried around boomboxes on their shoulders? A new innovation could make that as ancient as the record player.
If you're looking to save space in your living room, while getting a conversation started at the same time, you could do a lot worse than the FleXpeaker, a paper-thin speaker from a Taiwanese research company called ITRI.
An amazingly skinny, but still powerful device, the FleXpeaker sounds great, while making your iPod Touch seem obese by comparison.
ITRI came to Silicon Valley Wednesday to show its speaker off. It's not yet ready for mass production (probably, we're told, sometime next year), but it's not too hard to imagine it in a car, on a laptop, or even covering an entire wall. It can be bent like a piece of paper, even cut into whatever shape you want.
See the FleXpeaker in action on Scott Budman's Qik channel.
IRTI vice president Ian Yi-Jen Chan says the speaker can be this skinny because of an ultrathin film that fits between thin sheets. The sound vibrates off the film, and comes out sounding better than you'd expect. Plug it into your MP3 player, and you've got sound to go, in any size or shape.
The company even sees a day when people attach the speakers to their clothing for ultraportable sound.
FleXpeaker also proves that you can get good sound without using a lot of power. The skinny speaker uses a fraction of the energy of your home set, so it saves money, while taxing the power grid a lot less.
Even if it turns out to be something of a novelty itself, it's worth keeping an eye on the technology, which looks to be a game changer.
Where will we see it next? The answer, my friend, like the speaker itself in a moderate breeze, is blowin' in the wind.


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Concern over government surveillance of journalists has washed up on the faraway shores of New Zealand, with a report in the country's Sunday Star this week asserting that the military there, with help from U.S. intelligence, spied on an investigative journalist who had been critical of its activities in Afghanistan.
The report alleged that New Zealand's Defence Force was monitoring the phone records of freelance journalist Jon Stephenson, who was working for American news service McClatchy and other news outlets when his records were intercepted. New Zealand and the United States are party to a five-country agreement on sharing intelligence information.
McClatchy today wrote a letter to James Clapper, U.S. director of national intelligence, demanding clarification of whether the U.S. played a role in collecting or using data on Stephenson. "We regard any targeted collection of the metadata of our journalists as a serious interference with McClatchy's constitutional rights to gather and report the news," the letter states.
The Sunday Star report alleged that the New Zealand military gained access to "who Stephenson had phoned and then who those people had phoned, creating what the sources called a 'tree' of the journalist's associates." In its letter, McClatchy expressed concern that this would include other journalists working for the agency as well as editors in Washington, D.C.
The letter also expressed alarm that the U.S. may have assisted in the "retaliatory monitoring" of a journalist. New Zealand Defense Force Chief Rhys Jones accused Stephenson of fabricating details of reports published in 2010 and 2011 about the military's mishandling of prisoners in Afghanistan. According to news reports, the accusation led Stephenson to sue for defamation, a case that resulted in a hung jury this month. Stephenson also claimed an active officer made death threats against him in 2011 because of his critical stories, according to a Radio New Zealand report published today. Stephenson could not be reached for comment.
Wellington has rejected allegations that Stephenson was a subject of surveillance and of any U.S. involvement. A U.S. official also denied the claims on Monday, according to The Associated Press. Prime Minister John Key said Monday that it is possible for reporters to get caught in surveillance nets when the United States spies on enemy combatants.
McClatchy, citing past assurances by President Barack Obama that U.S. surveillance efforts are "carefully circumscribed" for national security, said such assurances "cannot be squared" with the reports out of New Zealand.
Compounding concerns about the New Zealand military's targeting of journalists, the Sunday Star reported that a confidential military training manual drafted in 2003 lists investigative journalists as one of the top threats to state security--up there with terrorists and hostile foreign intelligence groups. A military official in New Zealand acknowledged the existence of the manual on Monday, referring to it as "inappropriate and heavy-handed," and ordered a revision to remove any references to journalists, news reports said.
Several key figures in New Zealand expressed dismay over the spying allegations. Member of Parliament Peter Dunne tweeted on Sunday that state surveillance of journalists is "appalling and unacceptable." And a former military chief, Bruce Ferguson, defended the Sunday Star reporter, Nicky Hager, and investigative journalism as a whole in an interview with Radio New Zealand: "[Hager] gets a lot of it right, he gets some of it wrong but he keeps everyone honest, and I think that's probably a very healthy thing to do. And if you don't have those sorts of people, you're getting into autocracy and dictatorship, and I'd hate to see us go that way."
News reports say New Zealand is expected to pass an expansive surveillance bill that would allow the government to monitor private communication of its citizens in the name of national security.


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The debut episode of NBC's Match Of The Day premieres tonight on NBC Sports Network at 11pm ET.
NBC's version of the show with the same name as the iconic 50-year British highlights show is completely separate from the BBC version. NBC's version of Match Of The Day (or MOTD as the Brits call it) will be hosted by Rebecca Lowe and features analysts Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle.
NBC's version of Match of The Day is scheduled for two hours in length compared to the British version that's approximately 50 minutes.
Share your thoughts and observations about NBC's new show in the comments section below.
If you miss it tonight, the show will be re-aired on Sunday morning at 7am ET.


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Koushirou-kun always is the best in my opinion, no I mean that I say to my family, and to my friends that I am koushirou-kun. To me koushirou is real captain for the Chosen Children not Taichi. Really Koushirou is such as the Coach in the Football, he do everything to them, but no he is the number 4, or 5 or maybe 10 as popular characters in the entire Anime Digimon.
Koushirou really is the "Special One" in the entire Digimon Seasons. People always love the characters who talk about brave, about friendship, about loves in all animes, and the smart always not so much popular, or no so much have a real fans. To no, Really in the anime, you can change Taichi which Daisuke, or with Takato (Even if I love Takato), or with the character in the Season Frontier, the same with yamato, you can change him with any characters in the Anime, Sora and Mimi can be changed with Miyako, or with the character in the Season 4. And the Same with Takeru (TK) who can be changed the character in Season 4, but who is the one who will change with Koushirou, no one.
How Could be that Koushirou became one of the less important characters in the Anime? And Both Hikari with TK became more important than him. I do hate Takeru, with his Digimon. I do Hate TK, patamon, Angemon, HolyAngemon, and so on, and to me if Atlur Kabuterimon only have more power then Koushirou will be the smartest, and strongest character in the Entire Digimon. Koushirou Always the best Because no one can do what he did.
I always watch his Episodes; because it is he best Episodes, with Vandemon. Both Koushirou Episode, With Vandemon Episodes Are The Best. I do Remember the first Episode, and who Koushirou was very involve to learn to ho the Generator works automatically in the Episode Five. Firstly, he understood that he can use the codes to help him, and help the characters. In the episode 10, maybe he was the reason of why Mimi Cried, but without trying to understand the languages in the wall, then no Mimi, or Tentamon Will live. Even when, Leomon appeared, he figured out that they should use "Holy Device Digivice". In the Episode 19, every well things are made by him. He firstly thought about using the networks that Etomon use, and he explained everything to the Chosen Children, then he is the one who changed the wall to appear what is hide.
Another point is in the Episode 24, which firstly is that Sora did help all characters, and the characters also helped her who they goes in their own ways, however koushirou didn't need any help in episode 24, and he solved all problems in that Episode by himself. I should back to episode 13 when he understood from few talk with leomon that if they beat the Darkness Power then they can back to their own world. In the Episode 28, the entire problems that they found was solved by him. He firstly decide to not sleep, and talk with Gennai San head to head, then his digimon whom the one who beat the bats who guard the Myotisimon's Palace. Secondly, he is the one who solve all the Cards Problems. In the Episode 31, everything is done by only him; because everyone was sleep in that Episode.
Now, do you remember the Episode when both Yamato, and Taichi want to reach to final stage of Evolution, who is the one who try to solve the puzzles in that Episode, Surely Koushirou. I also Think that Koushirou is the one who deserve to reach to the Final Stage in that Episode More than Yamato, and Taichi, Do you know Why? Because He didn't Appear in all of these Episodes 33, 34, 35, 36 (Only Few Events without fighting Also), he only challenged in this Episode 37 and from the half Second of the Episode, which means that he deserve more than Taichi, and Yamato who did fight from 34 35, 36, 37, and even in the 38, and 39. I hated so much that Koushirou didnt't appered from episode 33 until 37 (Ok maybe it is not necessary for him to appear in both episodes 33, and 34) but why he didn't appear in 35, and only appeared little bit in both episodes 36, and 37? Why that? WHY? WHY? WHY? I don't have any reason for this.
Ok, not let me to back to the best episodes for koushirou, now the time for episode 39, when he found that the phenomenon that appear after the death of VenomVandemon is from Digital World. These three episodes considered are one of the best episodes for Koushirou which are episode 42 which is the episode "Under Pressure", the episode when they fight Machinedramon who Hikari got a fever again I means the both episodes 48, and 49 which are ("My Sister's Keeper", and "The Crest of Light") also. Firstly, let's go with the episode: "42- Under Pressure"; because in this episode, firstly koushirou began in this awesome episode for koushrou with figuring out that they can fight, and beat Metal Seadramon using the "Dramon Destroyer" that the "WarGreymon" had. Secondly, he figured out that they should look to what happened in the water with wammon as long as they stayed inside wammon; because they really need to know if everything is fine with wammon; so he used wammon as a receiver which is really an awesome idea, and helped them to know if there is any digimon who following them, or who fighting them. Also, he is the one who figured out that they can use whistle that Hikari had to find any place to go using the rebound of the whistle, and if the one who followed them in that time is not MetalSeadremon, then this idea surely will work 100 by 100, even so it still work but by 95 from 100.
Now, for the both episode 48, and 49 which are ("My Sister's Keeper", and "The Crest of Light"), then firstly, he is the one who stopped in the street to find something that will help him to use the computer to find any hospital, or pharmacy. He used the hospital to know the type of medicine, then he is the one who decided to use the network to deceive machinedramon, and his teams. He is the only one who understand what they want to do, I mean when machinedramon decide to destroy the entire place using his teams, at that time, the one who understand this idea is Koushirou. At in the episode "The Crest of Light", he is the one who try to be calm in that episode; because he already know that they need to eat, and relax if they want to fight. Taichi only thought about himself, and his sister without think about his teams, but no didn't like that when koushirou asked him to few minutes for relaxation, and also he did a punch in Koushirou's face, but koushirou always very smart, and very nice person, koushirou always have a "Really Pure Heart", and accept that if they slap, or punch him. When taichi understood his wrong, koushirou as usual, always forgive people quickly without getting his revenge, and also asked taichi to not be to rush, and they should merge their powers if they want to fight machinedramon.
In the episode 53 which is before the final episode, he is the one who understand that their heart is the real necklace, not the necklace that they have. He is the one who back all of the other chosen children when all of them lost them necklace.
In the movie 2, he is the one who stopped the virus digimon, asked the entire people to send a million messages to stop Diaboromon. The same thing happened in the season two. He always the one who made decision, solve problems to all characters without asking for favor, or without getting Tired or bored. They always play, do their Hobbies, but koushirou no, only thing that he do is helping the chosen children, and their digimon.
In the Adventure tri movie number 3 which is "Digimon Adventure Tri Confession Chapter", Did you say what all of the chosen children have done in that episode? They was so selfish and only wanted to play, to go with their digimon, without considering about what will happen to them. If they only listened to the advices that koushirou told to them, and left their digimons in the server with koushirou then nothing will happen to them, but no they only did what they want, and then they also left everything as something didn't happen. I always love Mimi because she always with koushirou nearby him, when she jump, she fell in koushirou's body, always with him, but I hated that she didn't concerned about what he is trying to do in that movie. I hate TK, he always stupid always made mistakes, and the reason of why patamon got a virus if from him. But I was happy that Tailmon, who was smart when she was with Vandemon also said that I think that we need to back to koushirou, and ask him for some solutions. Tailmon even if they made her as smart, but still she will not reach Koushirou's Level. I was so happy when Kabuterimon Final Evolution did appear finally, and was they reason of why all of digimon back to their their real mind
But I was happy, when I saw mimi in the final episode when she take some food, and drinks to koushirou, it looks like that she understood her listen, and want to say so sorry for koushirou; because he did everything right in that movies, and they made all wrongs in the movie.
I always love Sora, and happy that she always ask Koushirou, admit his true brain, admit, and motivate him to evolve his ability in learning about codes, and so on. The same thing with Hikari
And for all these reasons, I see that Koushirou is the Real Captain, The Real Coach,, The best digidestined and Deserve to have the best strongest Digimon.


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Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is about to become a Broadway musical. The Canadian singer is adapting her 1995 record with help from producer Vivek J. Tiwary, who helped launch the stage version of Green Day's American Idiot. Morissette says she looks forward "to taking the heart of Jagged Little Pill and expanding its story, fleshing it out into even deeper layers of emotionality, specificity, humanity, power, physicality, spirit, and fabulism," whatever that is.
There's little information yet on how the musical, also called Jagged Little Pill, will actually be structured, but it's supposed to be ready for workshop performances by sometime next year. The musical will include all the tracks from the record—which has sold 33 million copies worldwide—as well as a couple new songs from Morissette that will be composed just for the play. Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt, also an alum of American Idiot, will provide orchestration and arrangements.
So far, Dave Coulier has not offered comment.


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common intestinal disorders, affecting about 7 to 10 out of 100 people in the world.1 But most people who have IBS don't see a doctor for their symptoms.
IBS is twice as common in women as in men.1
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The cost of doing nothing
When questioned about state funding of education, I have often said the cost of ignorance is far greater than the cost of educating young people in Texas. One only has to compare our prison system to our schools. We pay as much as $40,000 a year to incarcerate a young person and $8,746 per year to teach one. Even so, our legislature seems intent on continuing to squeeze both public and higher education. The cost of Texas being without an adequately prepared workforce in the next generation will be a tremendously high, the price paid for doing nothing.
A similar situation exists with our highways. Basically, our highway tax is a gasoline tax that was based on our needs more than 20 years ago. Our current leadership, because of their aversion to being accused of passing new taxes, has chosen to borrow money for a highway program through a bonding program, which represents a major departure from longstanding Texas policy of not going into debt for ongoing needs of the state.
Unfortunately, not only has our motor fuel tax proved to be inadequate for modern times, but our bonding program has also been exhausted. The future of our state highways looks terribly bleak. It is even questionable as to whether or not our current funding levels will be able to maintain the highway system that once was the envy of the nation.
It seems our current legislature and state leadership does not mind taking money from the pockets of Texas taxpayers so long as it is not called a tax. College tuition has almost tripled, cost of electric services doubled and almost every state license has increased in cost. Money for construction of new highways seems to be OK so long as it is called a toll or user fee.
Estimates from groups knowledgeable about Texas' transportation needs indicate that necessary maintenance of freeway exchanges will cost more than $250 million, which involves widening existing urban freeways $11 million per lane mile, and rehabilitation of disintegrating farm-to-market roads at $1.5 million per lane mile. Clearly, the future cost to Texas' economy will be staggering if nothing is done.
Adding to the inadequacy of a motor fuel tax passed more than 20 years ago is the fact automobiles, due to federal regulation, are using less and less fuel per mile. Many costs associated with the lack of adequate roads and highways in Texas include time wasted by sitting in traffic, the adverse effect on the state's environment due to huge urban traffic jams, lives lost because of the lack of safe roadways, and serious accidents, which are estimated to cost $6.5 billion each year.
Our legislature needs to revamp and modernize our tax system. It is certainly past time for our elected officials to take a realistic look at the future of Texas and make a reasonable increase in the motor fuel tax in order to maintain the level of transportation services now available to Texans. Spending money for a future, modern highway system is not a waste, but an investment.
Carl Parker has practiced law in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a 1958 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in 1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and sponsoring hundreds of bills that became laws relating to every aspect of life in Texas, including many regarding consumer safety. His e-mail is cap1934 [at] aol [dot] com.


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Among the major console makers, Nintendo has definitely been the slowest to fully embrace the promise of digital distribution. The company seems eager to play catch-up, though, announcing today that 3DS and Wii U retail games will soon also be available as downloads from Nintendo's online eShop.
In the company's latest investor briefing, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be the first 3DS game offered as both a physical card and a downloadable file when it releases in August. That dual offering will extend "in principle" to all 3DS games Nintendo publishes from that point on, though it's unclear whether third-party retail titles will also be available for download. Iwata said that Wii U titles will similarly be offered in both physical and downloadable formats "from day one of the Wii U's launch."
UPDATE: In a statement provided to Joystiq, Nintendo clarified that a "majority" of first-party 3DS and Wii U games would be available as both retail and downloadable releases on launch day.
Microsoft and Sony have been offering a limited selection of their console retail games as downloads for years now, and Sony's Vita became the first major system to offer a same-day digital download option for every retail release earlier this year.
Nintendo may have finally been convinced to take the plunge into dual retail/downloadable releases thanks to increasing Internet use among its customers. The company said that a full 70 percent of 3DS owners in America and Japan have connected to the Internet using the system, in addition to 50 percent of users in Europe and Australia.
Though downloading games is more convenient than trudging to the store, Iwata specifically pointed out one particular downside: downloaded titles will be tied to the specific 3DS system they're first downloaded to. That makes it much harder to share those games with friends, and can cause a hassle if your system breaks or needs to be replaced (players ran into similar problems with Nintendo's DSi). Users will also have to invest in digital storage for their downloadable titles, but the 3DS and Wii U both use cheap, standard SD cards, unlike the expensive, proprietary memory cards on the Vita.
Iwata also stressed that retailers wouldn't be frozen out of its expanded digital distribution plans. Players will be able to buy download codes from retailers as well as directly through Nintendo's online eShop, providing both a wider marketing reach for the digital games and a convenient option for customers who aren't comfortable using a credit card for online purchases.


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Nov. 16, 2003
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Santa ClaraSanta Clara Head Coach Jerry Smith:
"Obviously we'd like to congratulate Arizona State on a great year. They gave us an awesome soccer game today. At half time, we reminded our players that it will not be easy in the second half, and it was not. They [Arizona State] were bound and determined not to let this game get away from them, and they did not. They had a couple of chances to equalize the game. That kind of stress and pressure for our team to deal with against a quality team like Arizona State will pay dividends for us as we go through the tournament. I'm very proud of my team. I thought they showed a lot of heart, determination, toughness and composure; all the things that we hope they will show when we recruit them here."
"One of the things our team has always relied on is a great playmaking central midfielder like Leslie [Osborne] and outside backs who can get themselves into attacking position. In fact, we gauge ourselves on whether we're having success by how many times our outside backs get possession of the ball in our attacking third."
On comparing this year's team with last year's: "Last year we started one freshman, and I think we only played with one freshman. This year, we have five or six different freshmen who could play for us at any one time, and all six freshmen played today. One of the big differences was last year we weren't so reliant on a freshman class that has taken a little time to come together. But they really have come together this year, and I think that's probably the one big difference between this year's team and last year's team."
On the upcoming match vs. Portland: "Our team enjoys playing in a big match, and we like playing in beautiful soccer environments. We have a great soccer environment here, and they have a great soccer environment there. The last time we were in Portland, we won the match 1-0 and played very well. I think we're very motivated. We have something to prove. We played in the last two National Championship games. We want to get back and become the National Champions. That's our motivation. We get to play a really good Portland team. Somebody has to dethrone the National Champions. We can do that next weekend."
Santa Clara Junior Midfielder Leslie Osborne:
On comparing this year's team to last year's: "This year we just keep getting better and better in every game. Our freshmen stepping up helps. We're a different team, different attitude, but at the same time, we always play our best during playoffs."
On playing Portland next: "I'm excited to play them. I don't care where we play them. This is when everything is on the line, and last year they took it away from us, so I'm excited to play them because I think we can win."
Santa Clara Junior Defender Lana Bowen:
On playing Portland in Oregon: "I think home field is definitely an advantage, but the first thing I think of is they have a great field, and we've beaten them there before."
Arizona StateArizona State Head Coach Ray Leone:
On the second half of play: "We matched them up more and possessed the ball more. Of course in the end we kind of gave up and sent the ball in to see what would happen. We gave it a good run right down to the last second. I'd definitely say we gave it everything we had."
On the game plan: "We tried to keep their backs at bay a little bit because it's such a big part of their game. We stuck with two-on-two and found some good chances but not enough to get the goals. We were playing against a very experienced team and we gained more experience from playing in the game."
"I'm so proud of this group. We cracked like you wouldn't believe last year. This year, they scored a goal, we didn't break at all and we gave them a good run for their money. t showed the strength of our team's character."
Arizona State Midfielder Manya Makoski:
"We wanted it a little bit more this year since they beat us last year. We had some good chances but their defense was pretty solid. There were a couple great chances that we couldn't capitalize on, but we kept going."


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see all of the interiors here
apparently I went through a yellow stage
So fun to look back. I feel the same way about our first house. The only photos I have are from the video when we went to sell it. So sad! Funny it took a blog to start snapping photos of our own homes!ReplyDelete
i love that house! so sweet, the interior details (chair rail and arch) are so cute! great exterior too. xoxo jillian:: stop by! i'm hosting a jewelry giveawayReplyDelete
i can see why they snatched it up so quickly! such a gem in one of atlanta's best neighborhoods.ReplyDelete
LOVE the changes you made the the rooms! Thanks soooo much for sharing the interior pics of the house... after the outdoor post was such a tease, I was dying for some interior pics!!!ReplyDelete
So fun! Loved seeing your old house. I hate it when I forget to take pics which is so often!ReplyDelete
So fun to look back. We have been married for 23 years, 2 homes...we've seen many a change! We still live outside of Atlanta.ReplyDelete
I can tell what an awesome job you did! Don't you just hate not having those pictures? I know I do! Oh well! :)ReplyDelete
Your house in Atlanta was beautiful. Very charming from the outside...lots of curb appeal! Gorgeously decorated inside. I can see why the buyers wanted all of your furnishing as well. My husband lived in Atlanta for many years, before we were married.ReplyDelete
Who knew you lived in Atlanta! I live in Peachtree Park in a little cottage. Love the changes...I think if you lived in the south you definitely had a yellow phase :)ReplyDelete
the room looks great with all the chnages...the light makes it very bright!ReplyDelete


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Why Citrix + AHV provisioning path and management is superior to VMware Horizon
In this post, I'll contrast and compare the different management and provisioning path architectures between Citrix on Nutanix AHV using Machine Creation Services (MCS) and two leading VMware Horizon options. While there is always numerous options within deployments the examples here will be based on the best and leading alternatives. I've prepared a 5,000 and 25,000 user examples to illustrate how a common sized environment would look versus one at a larger scale. This will display the difference in how things scale and whether complexity increases or remains low.
The reason to look at this is to help understand how failures, patching, upgrades and human error might affect the resiliency of the provisioning path and management interface. If the control plane is down for the underlying hypervisor the VDI broker layer will not be able to provision or manage the desktop VMs. This can have serious implications for users as they may be unable to access resources if they are disconnected or logoff and when they return there are not enough available desktops due to a control plane issue.
On the operations side, this is an important discussion also, because organizations demand simplicity in architectures. They do not want solutions that are complex to set up and maintain. So I will also look at how many management interfaces the alternatives impose on admins and point any areas of concern.
Citrix + AHV 5,000 User Example
In the first example, we are looking at 5,000 XenDesktop users deployed on Nutanix AHV hypervisor. XenDesktop communicates directly to the AHV cluster via the Prism cluster IP address and utilized API calls to perform actions. Prism is the distributed management interface and runs as a service in the Nutanix controller VM (CVM) on each node. This means that Prism is always available during upgrades and should a node, CVM or a service fail one of the other nodes will accept incoming connections to Prism and API calls.
In the sample diagram below I'm showing XenDesktop connecting to a single AHV cluster running all 5,000 desktop VMs. This is to showcase the power and flexibility that AHV and Prism provide. AHV does not have a maximum cluster size limit like legacy hypervisors impose. With Prism running on every node in the cluster the management and provisioning operations for VMs and the cluster scale out linearly with the cluster. This means that there is no difference in the performance of provisioning or management operations whether a cluster is 3 nodes or 80 nodes. This allows architects to design for large clusters when applicable without any concerns over imposed cluster size limitations.
Should there be valid reasons the 5,000 desktops could be split into more than one cluster. Reasons for doing so might be workloads that don't mix well or adversely affect desktop density or the desire to divide into distinct failure domains.
- No Single Point of Failure (SPOF) for provisioning or management
- Node or VM counts do not limit cluster sizes
- Linear performance of control plane
- Highly available control plane and provisioning path
- Simple architecture that easy to deploy, manage and operate
- VMware Horizon does not support AHV
VMware Horizon 5,000 user example
In this first VMware Horizon example, we are looking at the classic way of deploying vCenter server. This scenario does not matter if you deploy Windows or vCenter appliance variations. In this classic method vCenter is a single point of failure (SPOF). This means that the environment can be severely impacted during upgrades and failures that take vCenter offline for more than a few minutes.
Another significant constraint to call out is that VMware does not recommend building blocks of infrastructure that host more than 2000 desktops. This means that each block will consist of a vCenter server and one or more vSphere clusters. In our 5,000 user example, this architecture forces us to have 3 vCenters and the number of clusters below them is open to how the architect wants to design based on requirements. By limiting the scale of each vCenter, VMware is keeping the performance and responsiveness within acceptable limits. But this approach, when scaled becomes inefficient because you are using additional resources and the number of items to manage and update continues to scale as you add users.
- Fairly simple to deploy and is well understood after long VMware history
- Widely supported by applications
- vCenter is Single Point of Failure (SPOF)
- vCenter is limiting factor of 2,000 desktops per vCenter
- VMware composer SPOF for linked clone provisioning
VMware Horizon 5,000 user example w/vCenter HA
- HA option provides resiliency for vCenter features
- Complex to deploy, manage & understand
- vCenter HA option uses lots of resources with 3x virtual appliances each
- Unclear how vendor plugs may work in this architecture
- vCenter is still limiting factor for 2,000 desktop VM limit per vCenter
- As design scales complexity increases by having so many management points
Citrix + AHV 25,000 User Example
In this and the following examples, I have now scaled the number of users to 25,000 to see what effects this has on the different architectures and management experience. For the Citrix and AHV architecture, nothing changes here other than the number of users. Citrix can accommodate the large number of users within a single deployment. On the AHV cluster side of things, I have elected to evenly divide the users between four different clusters. I could have chosen a single cluster but that felt extreme, architects can also choose more clusters if that meshes with their requirements. Within Citrix Studio, each AHV cluster will be configured as an endpoint that can be provisioned against.
The point is that in the architecture organizations can accommodate large numbers of users with a small number of clusters of which all benefit from highly available provisioning and management controls. Each AHV cluster can be managed via the Prism interface built into the cluster or a Prism Central can be deployed to allow for global management and report. An important thing to note is that Prism Central is not in the provisioning path so does not have any effect on our architecture explained earlier.
- No cluster size limits provides flexibility to account for budget savings and ability to meet requirements.
- Highly available architecture at all levels with simplicity baked in.
- Small number of clusters reduces node counts by saving on the number of HA nodes for additional clusters.
- Global management functions without affecting provisioning redundancy via Prism Central.
- Single Citrix deployment and management point for all users.
- VMware Horizon cannot benefit from AHV
VMware Horizon 25,000 User Example
Now taking a look at the expanded user environment with VMware Horizon architecture you can see that I'm showing the vCenter HA alternative. I think that if you have the option for a highly available control plane most will select that option so I'm not showing the classic single vCenter option.
The architecture is the same but you will notice a few things now that the user count has been scaled up to 25,000. We can no longer deliver that many users from a single Horizon installation (Pod). The maximum users within a pod are 10,000 so we now require three Horizon installs to meet our user counts. To be honest having three Horizon pods does affect the broker management experience but in this scenario has really no bearing on the cluster count or design.
Following the 2,000 users per vCenter rule we will need 13 vCenters to meet our 25,000 user requirement. To keep things clean the diagram shows just a single cluster attached to each vCenter but the 2,000 users could be split between a few clusters under each vCenter if that made sense.
You can see from the diagram that deploying 13 vCenters in HA configuration requires 39 vCenter appliances to be deployed and configured. Yes that's right, Thirty-nine!! Just think about the complexity this adds to troubleshooting and upgrades. Each one of those appliances must be upgraded individually and within a short window to not break functionality or support. Upgrades now may force you to upgrade Horizon, Horizon agents, clients, vCenter and vSphere all within a single weekend. That's a lot of work, best you could do is do one of the pods per weekend and now you're exposing your staff to three weeks of overtime and loss of their weekends.
- HA option provides resiliency for vCenter features
- Crazy Complex to deploy, manage & understand at this scale
- vCenter HA option uses lots of resources with 39 virtual appliances being deployed
- Unclear how vendor plugs may work in this architecture
- vCenter is still limiting factor for 2,000 desktop VM limit per vCenter
- Three vCenter linked mode view to see entire infrastructure view
- Three different Horizon management consoles to configure and control users
- Composer is an SPOF for linked clone provisioning per Horizon Pod
VMware Horizon 25,000 users on VxRail
In this last example, we are going to adjust the previous example and look at what would change if it was deployed on VxRail appliances that utilize VSAN for storage. The Horizon and vCenter / vSphere architecture would be the same the only thing to highlight is what is added by VxRail.
Each of the clusters that provide resources for each 2,000 user block would be a VxRail cluster. These clusters have a VxRail virtual appliance VM that runs on it and is used for appliance management and upgrades. Given this scale, we now see that each of the 13 clusters will have its own dedicated VxRail manager and does not offer a global management function that Prism Central offers. VxRail manager is not in the provisioning path, but does add to the complexity of managing this type of deployment and should be considered before selecting.
- Same as previous example
- Same as previous example
- 13 Different VxRail managers adds needed complexity
- VxRail is an SPOF as a single VM running on each cluster for management operations
- VxRail includes additional software that potential exacerbates this further. (Log Insight, ESRS, etc.)
Just to wrap up my thoughts and examples here is that whether you're designing a small or large scale VDI environment it's important to understand how the management and provisioning structures will function. These are important to how highly available the solution is and what level of effort will be required to support it from day 2 and on. The resiliency and simplicity that Citrix offers when connect to Nutanix AHV cannot be rivaled by any other alternatives today.
About Brian Suhr
Brian is a VCDX5-DCV and a Sr. Tech Marketing Engineer at Nutanix and owner of this website. He is active in the VMware community and helps lead the Chicago VMUG group. Specializing in VDI and Cloud project designs. Awarded VMware vExpert status 6 years for 2016 - 2011. VCP3, VCP5, VCP5-Iaas, VCP-Cloud, VCAP-DTD, VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, VCA-DT, VCP5-DT, Cisco UCS Design


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It's perfect for teenagers, it really is:
There are 6 polishes in the set. They'd look quite old fashioned if it weren't for the cute emblem on the front of each bottle.
There's a candy pink, a sheer light pink, a silver, a hot pink, a minty green and a purple.
I was seriously surprised by how pretty this set is. There is also a Fearne Cotton Nails By Night set, mind you, but I prefer candy type shades:
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While hormone balancing factors (like hesperidin and isoflavones) can help calm hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats and so on, they do nothing to strengthen the adrenal glands. Hot flashes, mood swings and so on are bad enough; adrenal weakness can also cause far worse problems in the future. Thus, it is vital to address this aspect of menopausal distress.
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It's so hard for me to not give these a 5. They are warm, snug but not tight or restrictive. They kept me dry when testing them along with the base layer top. Thicker than the light stuff, and it feels, looks, smells better (looks like better stitching and quality upon further inspection) than the T2 stuff at EMS. Very light and packs small.
I think the Eddie Bauer First Ascent line of products is a secret and prices are reasonable while it stays that way. At $20 (60% off) this baselayer bottom was a bargain.
What I wear them for: Shoveling snow for a few hours, under rain pants jogging, multi-day hikes on the AT in the winter, during all other seasons will wear them at night in my sleeping bag. I bought one pair to test. In my review for the top I explain the little test I did: https://www.trailspace.com/gear/first-ascent/midweight-crewneck-baselayer/
These bottoms work great and don't slip off either. They are very light and packable too! I went back to the store and bought two more. This should say it all.
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All of us, who have tried for years to determine the fate of Berlin Jews, relatives or friends, have faced many frustrations. First of all, the records of those who emigrated safely, or who survived somehow inside Germany or Germany-occupied Europe, are incomplete, though there are many more sources of information than are generally known. Moreover, determining who was murdered in the Holocaust poses many problems. The German Government and Berlin Gedenkbücher are useful, but incomplete. Many names are missing and, even when a name appears, and the place of deportation, e.g. Riga or Lodz, is noted, there is often no information on that persons final fate, i.e. the books simply state Verschollen.
Recent discoveries of filmed material make this search somewhat easier. As part of a much larger collection of concentration camp records, it has been possible to identify three reels of film which appear to contain lists of all Jews deported from Berlin. These lists were attached to memoranda from the Gestapo to the Oberfinanzpräsident Berlin. Each letter states that the Jews listed in the attached were deported, or committed suicide or died of natural causes, and directs the Oberfinanzpräsident to seize their property under the Reichsbürgergesetz. Many of the names have already appeared in the Gedenkbücher cited above, but the books editors appear to have been working from more difficult to read copies. These films, while they also contain lists which are not easy to read, should help to fill in gaps in information (Given the magnitude of the task, over 50,000 names, it is impossible for me to make a name by name comparison of the books with the film).
This article focuses on a tiny segment of the collection, the names of 483 Jews, primarily from Berlin, whose names do not appear in any Gedenkbuch, and who also were not survivors. For those readers who like riddles, let them guess who these persons might be. The answer is they consist of Jews who died of natural causes, if anything in the life of a Jew in Berlin in the 1940s might be considered natural. They are not listed in the major memorial books since their editors had decided that only persons who had been murdered or had committed suicide should be included.
Sophisticated researchers looking for names, which do not appear in printed material, have often looked for these persons in the records of the Weissensee cemetery, but there is no guarantee, that all Jews were buried there. Civil records exist, but, in accordance with Datenschutz, information on deaths is generally limited to direct ancestors, i.e. information on uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. is refused.
The small collection I have come across and computerized covers the period from July 1943 through March 1945. (Presumably there is similar information on earlier deaths as well as deaths in other cities, but I have been unable to locate this up to now). The collection is not easy to read but I was able to identify 480 or the 483 names. In addition to name, including maiden name for women, and date of death, the material often includes date and place of birth. In a few cases where the individual apparently died outside Berlin, this is noted as well. Street address was also included, but I have not computerized this information. (If street address is of special interest to individual readers, they may contact me and I shall furnish it.).
Some readers may be surprised that so many Jews were not deported and, in fact, many more were not deported and survived. Some of this was due to distinctions under the Nüremberg laws for persons with parents/grandparents who were not Jews. In other cases, a Jew might be married to a non-Jew, while in other cases an individual might occupy a position, which was considered so important that he/she was not deported. Of course, all these distinctions were administered in a highly arbitrary manner and there was no guarantee that a person spared from deportation at one point would not be deported later.
The list of 480 names has been sent to the Bundesarchiv, Landesarchiv Berlin, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Leo Baeck Institute in New York. Copies will also be sent to any other institution requesting it. More conveniently for individual researchers and institutions, the list will appear on JewishGen, (http://www.jewishgen.org), and can be examined and downloaded there.
With respect to the overall Berlin filmed collection, as noted above, the vast majority of names which appeared on the Gestapo lists are included in the current edition of the Berlin Gedenkbuch. Given the number of names in this filmed collection, it is far too difficult to look through the entire collection for individual names which are not in the Gedenkbuch. However, since the collection is arranged by transport, if an inquirer can identify a transport I would be prepared to search for a name. Otherwise, one will have to wait for a new Gedenkbuch or be prepared to take the time personally to review the filmed material at the National Archives or the Holocaust Museum.
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Mark D. Sokolik, a corporate lawyer remembered as a fitness and music enthusiast, died last week after complications from a fall.
He was 30.
A former Hunt Valley resident who attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Mr. Sokolik went on to graduate from the University of Baltimore and become a top student at Georgetown University's Law Center. Since 2010, he had worked as a corporate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York, one of the nation's top law firms.
"Mark was a real gentle person," said Frank Sokolik, his father, whom Mark talked with constantly on the phone. "He was sensitive, kind, positive. I'm never seen him angry at anybody."
This weekend, friends and family remembered Mr. Sokolik as a kind-hearted, music-loving natural athlete, who participated in many sports, playing soccer and running track at Loyola. Later in life, the passionate Ravens and Orioles fan continued to pursue fitness activities, going skiing and scuba diving, playing racquetball and taking classes for spinning — a form of stationary cycling.
When his sister, Corinne Sokolik Jackson, asked him to run a half marathon last year with her in Baltimore, he showed up and beat her, without training, she said.
"He was really super athletic," she said. "When he was little, he won all the swimming and running races without even trying."
Mr. Sokolik was also an avid fan of the band Phish. His sister estimated that he attended about 100 of the group's concerts.
"He was definitely into the jam band scene," said his father.
Born in Baltimore, Mr. Sokolik graduated from Loyola Blakefield, then was awarded honors and a degree in history in 2006 from the University of Baltimore, where in 2005 he was a member of a championship team in the Ethics Bowl, an intellectual and ethics competition. At Georgetown's law school, he became an executive editor of the Georgetown Law Journal and earned an internship with Paul W. Grimm, the chief magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court in Maryland
"Mark really poured his heart and soul into law school," his sister said. "He was really, really smart."
Upon graduation, Mr. Sokolik was hired at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he focused on legal work involving capital markets, corporate governance and merger and acquisition transactions.
Strauss Zelnick, a friend from New York who has known Mr. Sokolik for about a year, said he was struck right away by Mr. Sokolik's "sunny" disposition.
"He was incredibly outgoing and friendly," Mr. Zelnick said. "He had a warm and open personality. If you asked how he was doing, he would almost always say, 'Kind of great.' That properly captured him."
Family members say they will always remember his kindness.
"He also always had a lot of friends," Corinne Sokolik Jackson said. "He would never say bad things about people. He was very trusting of other people. He didn't see a bad side of people at all."
Ms. Jackson named him the godfather to her daughter, Natalie. Ms. Jackson said her brother greatly enjoyed spending time with his nieces and nephews.
"He really loved his family," agreed Frank Sokolik.
Mr. Sokolik is survived by his parents, Frank and Violet Sokolik; sister Corinne Sokolik Jackson and her husband Mark; niece Natalie; and nephews Danny and Brady.
His funeral will be held at the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier Church, 13717 Cuba Road in Hunt Valley, today at 10 a.m..


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Throughout many years it has become custom for a lot of webcomics to do something special around Halloween, especially stunts that involved other comics and/or dressing up of characters are common, and the number of cameos in the various webcomics swell as the eldritch magic of that particular event breaks down the boundaries between webcomics and characters can freely move from comic to comic, dress up and partake in parties of filler-specials all over the worlds of webcomics!
Since such out-of-canon activitties are something most people like for special occasion like this, we'll like to promote this great opportunity for interaction by inviting all webcomic-artists and their characters to take part in the annual Halloween Cameo Caper!
The basic idea is to gather all the participating characters in a chosen setting that each year is settled by a poll in the Caper's forum, and here they'll all, on the day of Halloween, have a great party together, a party that will spread all through the participating comics, letting the characters mingle and have fun!
Each participating artist will draw a strip, featuring his, hers or its (this is webcomic artists we are talking about) characters, as well as as many of the other artists' characters (or at least characters from as many other strips) as possible! The strip will then be posted at the artist's site at the day of Halloween, either as a filler-strip, canon-strip or something more exclusive, some might just settle for a forum-posted drawing...
However, for inventive artists, the occasion might even turn out to take the form as a minor plotline, or... a collective crossover between a whole set of comics in a joined storyline leading up to the day of Halloween? The possibilities are many and can and will be taken up in the forums as the day approaches!
As the stories proceeds, leading up to Halloween, a site will be set up for the Halloween Caper which will update as often as possible with links to all the participating comics which has updated since last time, and when Halloween of the year is history, the will still celebrate and immortalize the event for the entire world by linking and keeping the strips that may disappear from their original sites over the passage of time.
The essence of it all is for everybody, artist and readers alike, to have fun! To try ones skill at drawing others characters and to see them interact!
... besides that, it's also a great way to promote ones own comic!
This year will be the FOURTH Caper in a row (check out 2006,2007 and 2008)
During the month of February there will be workedon finfing the right place to host this year's Caper... the previous years the Caper took characters to the town of Shelterville in the Old Wild West, Disneyland orbiting a distant planet in the far future and the Zombie-besieged Notimporton Mall... only the Gods may know where it will take place this year!
If you want to take part in determing where the Caper shall take place (not matter if you plan on participating or not), the talkings are talking place over at the Dragonboard, in the 2009 Caper's own forum or, to be more precise, this thread.
Off course, if you don't feel like going all the way over there, any suggestions posted in the thread here will be transferred to there and added to the poll for the site-placement that will be set up come 1st of March.
When first the final hosting place has been determined, it will be time to sign up and start planning!
... more on the latter later
Thanks for your cooperation! Hope to see you all at the Caper!
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