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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Now on to other things. The two rooms are finally painted etc. and today I was supposed to hang the drapes back but couldn't resist decorating just one little corner. Here is a pic. This is an old table I've had for a long time, it has a glass inset and a bottom shelf. I painted the MR and Mrs Claus statues some years ago when I was still dappling in ceramics. They are quite big and beautiful, I love them. I put little pots of decoration all around them. I put a crystal tree in an onyx dish with semi precious stones (my collection) on the bottom shelf and three tin Dickens houses and then I strung em up with lights and lit em up....I like..
So this is the first decoration of the season in this house. I did make the first fruit cake of the season last week. I had some company from Long Island NY (the are originally from Belize) and wanted to share a little holiday cheer with them. We demolished the cake, that's why you didn't see a pic......
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Here is a side view. This is the side where you have to reverse for the gussett and I don't think I did it just right. It has the shape but something is lost. Never mind, I got it on the other side.
Here is the other side. I got that gussett good and understood that part perfectly. I just can't make the other side do it the same but time will tell.
Here is a front view. I love the pointed toe and this is knit as if to knit a sock but it looks like a soft shoe. I love it. It is actually a slipper and it's part Melody's from Fibermania, pattern. I had Melody's pattern, a book by Ann Budd and two other instructions and pics that I downloaded from the web. Between all those I was able to manage, when I didn't understand the instruction from one or the other.
Here is the turned heel. How about that heel for a beginner eh?
I understand the heel too. It still doesn't make sense to me but I can do it lol. I have done this sock on two circuler needles and it is so much easier than fighting the DP's. I say that because I am a beginner. Having only knit one sweater and one pair of men's socks years ago with 4 DP's and one dog sweater. I learned to knit from my sister when I visited her in England many moons ago and have I totally forgotten all about doing the socks deal. Socks are hard to understand, I don't care what anybody says. A sweater is much easier lol.
I used Addi Turbo circular needles in size US 3. These needles work like butter. I am selling all my other needles in ebay and replacing with Addi Turbo..they are a dream. I used the yarn, "Simply Soft" by Caron, sold by JoAnn's. Color-Embroidery, print 9811. 100% acrylic, worsted weight, 4 ply. I like my stuff washable. I will try the felt one though.
I am going to post a line of instruction here to see if anybody can translate it to me so I can understand it. Bear in mind that I was transfering the instruction from the DP's to the two circular and the counting is not the same as half the stitches for the socks are transfered to one set of circulars. Ok we are working on the flab now and it has 30 stitches. The instruction says:
Row 1: Sl 1 as if to purl. *(k1, sl 1 as if to knit). Repeat from *, k 1.
Now here is how I translated it. Slip one as if to purl. Then knit 1, slip 1 as if to knit. I just slip that one over and not do anything to it? then go back to knit one, slip one? According to this, how would I knit the next stitch when my yarn is behind the slipped one?
Ok, then I took our the Ann Budd book. She says:
Row 1: (RS) *Sl 1 pwise with yarn in back (wyb)
kl; rep from *
I understand that to mean: (right side) *slip 1 pearl wise with yarn in back. knit 1. Sounds the same to me like above. I'm not getting it. The yarn is going to behind the slipped stitch when I go to knit the other stitch.
Row 2: Sl 1 pwise with yarn front (wyf), purl to end. Repeat rows. This line I understand.
Ok, help! I need to understand.

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Veeam SureBackup!
Hi folks, as you know I'm a big fan of virtualization, and for backups I love Veeam which is great at backing up my virtual machines.
Well recently announced from Veeam is Veeam SureBackup which contains a lot of the same features from Veeam that you have grown to know and love, but also contains the ability to check backups without going through a lengthy restore process.
You can basically do a recovery verification by starting up the virtual machine from the backup file and verify that it works. Now that's cool! You can learn more here.
EPIC Technology day!
Hi folks, that time of year is here again. EPIC Technology day!
For those of you that don't know, twice yearly our company holds an IT conference here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with tons of people in attendance. This conference consists of presentations from all sorts of vendors in the industry from virtualization to security.
I will also be presenting again this year. This year I will be presenting on virtualization in an SMB environment. If you have a chance to show up, please drop by and check it out!
Tech day is on Tuesday, April 13th and you can register here.
BlackBerry Bold 9700!
Hi folks! For all you BlackBerry fans out there, RIM has come out with a new BlackBerry Bold called the 9700! This device is roughly the size of my current favorite BlackBerry the 8900.
What's so great about the 9700? Well like I said before, it's much smaller so it's easier to carry around and it contains new features such as 3G and a new trackpad which replaces the trackball!
Those of you that are used to using the trackball know of the problems that can arise from it's use. The trackball can get all gummed up and get stuck and fail. With the trackpad we're moving to an option that should technically be more resilient than the trackball, but I guess we will see in the months to come.
The Bold 9700 also supports is more media friendly as it supports more media formats than before. You can read more about it here.
What do you do with unsupported storage?
Hi folks! Now here is a problem that is plaguing few people with the introduction of vSphere 4. A few people who bought SAN iSCSI storage in the past with their old VMware 3.5 environments find that their hardware is no longer supported in vSphere 4 on the HCL. The hardware might still work, but it isn't officially supported so it's hard to get support when running on unsupported hardware.
What do you do with this storage? After all you spent some serious coin to put this storage in your environment and you don't exactly want to kick it to the curb. In this situation I would recommend repurposing it as secondary storage.
A lot of iSCSI SAN hardware can make for great archival storage and can be repurposed as a destination point for network attached storage backups. Of course then you are faced with replacing your primary storage with something else. I would recommend always purchasing storage from a reputable vendor that stands behind their products and has a good track record of VMware certification for their hardware.
Another software storage offering
Hi folks, in the last few posts I've been focusing on virtualization and storage. This brings to mind another great option and that is the LeftHand VSA option from HP.
Recently HP acquired the company LeftHand which specializes in storage. One of their products is a software offering called the LeftHand VSA. Now with the HP acquisition it is referred to as the HP StorageWorks P4000 virtual appliance.
You can try it out from HP on a 30 day trial to get a feel for it and to see if it meets your needs. Some of the great features you get with it are the ability to turn local storage into SAN storage and leverage the advanced features of VMware that require SAN storage.
I encourage you to try out all these products and see what works best for you.
Are your physical servers ready to be virtualized?
Hi folks, one of the common questions in virtualization is, are your physical servers ready? Also how do you tell if they are ready? Luckily VMware has the answer.
VMware offers a feature called guided consolidation that comes with vCenter. You can install this from your VMware vCenter installation media. What it does is install a collection service that gathers performance data on your existing environment and then makes recommendations on whether to consolidate or not.
Then you can pursue virtualization with the confidence that your environment is ready. Guided consolidation is ideal in smaller environments. If you would like to find out if an enterprise environment is ready for consolidation then you might want to go forward with a VMware capacity planning engagement. You can do this by contacting your local VMware partner.
-Cheers, RP
VM redundancy in a SMB environment
Hi folks, so you've decided to pull the trigger on virtualization in your SMB business and want go virtual. Now what do you do about backups? Well you know I've mentioned Veeam before and SANs, but exactly how can you implement this in your environment in a cost effective manner?
Well, there are a few pieces to the puzzle you'll need, but here is a nice little solution you can put together for not a lot of money. For the purposes of my example I'll use HP servers, but you can fill in the blanks with your own vendor of choice. Everything mentioned here is on the VMware HCL(hardware compatibility list).
First of all, here are the ingredients you'll need:
- vSphere 4 Essentials
- Veeam Backup and Replication
- QNAP 459 Pro network attached storage device with some fast 1 TB hard drives
- Two HP ML350 tower servers or two DL380 rack mount servers with maxed out local SAS storage, redundant fans and power supplies, and upgraded battery backed cache with advanced iLO for remote management.
- HP 1810 series 24 port gigabit switch
So what I would do is setup the two servers of your choice with VMware installed on them, and use the tons of local storage as the storage place for your virtual machines. For the purposes of this example we'll call the first server "server1" and the second server "server2".
Then create a vCenter server that is virtualized. This server can also act as your management box. Install Veeam Backup and Replication on this management server. Configure the QNAP device on your network using iSCSI and mount it so the management VM can mount the storage as a drive letter.
Setup Veeam to run backup jobs to the QNAP device and then setup Veeam to run replication jobs from server1 to server2 and vice versa.
Voila! You end up with external backups to the QNAP device, and you end up with virtual machine replicas of each virtual machine on the opposite vSphere server. If you need offsite backup, you can add some usb drives and connect them to your QNAP device to offload the backups to them to take them off site or you can buy another QNAP device for remote replication.
All in all a quick and dirty SMB solution that actually works!
Blades, storage and VMware
Hi folks, so one of the common questions I get is, should I go blades or rack servers? I love getting this question because it allows me to talk about some topics I'm really passionate about, blades, storage and VMware.
Now when I talk to enterprise customers, this answer is pretty cut and dry. Enterprise customers usually have a great need for rack density, the ability to fit a ton of servers in a small amount of space, along with stringent power and cooling requirements for their data center. In the enterprise world, blades are an easy sell in my opinion.
However in the SMB sector, blades enter a gray area. Most of the time, you can achieve what you need with two powerfully equipped rack mounted servers, vSphere 4, and some iSCSI storage. But if you have an SMB business with enterprise type needs, then blades might be for you. HP's c-class blade system the C3000 or "shorty" as they like to call it addresses those needs. Join that with the enterprise version of vSphere and some high end iSCSI storage and you can have a pretty sweet network running in a very small amount of rack space.
Thin provisioning is your friend
Hi folks, so with all this talk of storage it's about time I spoke a little bit about thin provisioning! Now here is a new question I've been asked a lot. What exactly is thin provisioning?
Well you might see this term thrown about not just with VMware but with SANs as well. In the simplest of terms, thin provisioning is the act of over-allocating storage. Thin provisioning is a feature provided for you in VMware but it is also provided in many SAN products natively.
Here is an example. Let's say you have 1 TB of space left on your SAN and you get a few customer requests for allocating some new virtual servers in the environment. The total sum of all the disks you need might exceed the 1 TB you have left. How do you deal with this? When you create the disks, you create them as "thin" instead of "thick". So let's say you need to create a 500 GB data drive. But you know that the customer will not use up that whole 500 GB drive for at least a year. All you have to do is create the drive as thin and then the drive will only actually use up the space that is actually used instead of the whole 500 GB. So if there is 50 GB's of data on the drive, that is the actual size of the disk. This way you have plenty of time to go out and shop around to get the storage you want down the road. You don't need it up front.
What are the disadvantages? If you forget to add more disk before you run out of storage then you can end up crashing your environment. Not good! Also with thin provisioning you can run into performance issues. I tend to reserve thin provisioning for non-critical items in my environment.
Using iSCSI in a VMware sandbox
Hi folks! So for those of you trying to figure out how to study and prepare for those VMware certifications, and those of you who want to do test scenarios on VMware what do you do for storage?
Well I hope the last two posts covered that off! You see it's quite easy to use the free versions of VMware in conjunction with the iSCSI options I mentioned in the last two posts. Then you can use the combination of the two to build a great sandbox environment. Also as I have mentioned in the past, you can use the VMware whitebox HCL to build your own home computer that is compatible with VMware from workstation parts.
This saves you tons of money on having to buy a real server or a tier 1 SAN solution. Once you have this all setup you're good to go! Also if you want to test out the higher end of features all you would really have to do is purchase the Essentials version of VMware and you can play with vCenter!
By having this sandbox environment you will be able to simulate a lot of scenarios and gain a true working knowledge of the VMware product. What are you waiting for, give it a go!


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Earlier, I quoted from Eugene Koonin's recent paper, "Darwinian evolution in the light of genomics" (Nucleic Acids Research, 2009, 1–24), as he outlines two of the excerpts from the principal concepts of the Modern Synthesis:
Evolution proceeds by fixation of the rare beneficial variations and elimination of deleterious variations: this is the process of natural selection that, along with random variation, is the principal driving force of evolution according to Darwin and the Modern Synthesis. Natural selection which is, obviously, akin to and inspired by the 'invisible hand' (of the market) that ruled economy according to Adam Smith, was the first mechanism of evolution ever proposed that was simple, plausible, and did not require any mysterious innate trends. As such, this was Darwin's second key insight. The founders of population genetics, in particular, Sewall Wright, emphasized that chance could play a substantial role in the fixation of changes during evolution not only in their emergence, via the phenomenon of genetic drift that entails random fixation of neutral or even deleterious changes. Population-genetic theory indicates that drift is particularly important in small populations that go through bottlenecks (6,16). However, the Modern Synthesis, in its 'hardened' form (13), effectively, rejected drift as an important evolutionary force, and adhered to a purely adaptationist model of evolution.
The beneficial changes that are fixed by natural selection are 'infinitesimally' small, so that evolution proceeds via the gradual accumulation of these tiny modifications. Darwin insisted on strict gradualism as an essential staple of his theory: 'Natural selection can act only by the preservation and accumulation of infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being . . . If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.' [(1), chapter 6]. Even some contemporaries of Darwin believed that was an unnecessary stricture on the theory. In particular, the early objections of Thomas Huxley are well known: even before the publication of the Origin Huxley wrote to Darwin ''You have loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura non facit saltum so unreservedly'"
I then asked two questions.
Why did Darwin insist on "strict gradualism as an essential staple of his theory"?
Why did most proponents of the Modern synthesis "reject drift as an important evolutionary force, and adhered to a purely adaptationist model of evolution"?
Let me take a stab at these questions.
The second question is actually easier to answer as this answer comes from Gert Korthof:
In the beginning orthodox Darwinists did not exactly like Kimura's theory, because he was telling the scientific community that all-powerful Natural Selection was not so powerful after all. Natural selection had its limitations. On the molecular level the power of Natural Selection was greatly minimised, if not banished at all. Randomness took its place. Molecular variation in proteins and DNA was uncovered that had no influence on the fitness of the individual organism: in other words: is selectively neutral. One could even doubt if Natural Selection was of any importance in the traditional areas of morphology and anatomy.
The proponents of the modern synthesis sought to emphasize, not understate, the important role of natural selection. This makes sense in that such scientists were attempting to unite the findings of Mendelian genetics with the theories of Charles Darwin:
What is now known as the modern synthesis (or synthetic theory or evolutionary synthesis) is the eventual marriage of neo-Darwinism, with its support of natural selection and rejection of the inheritance of acquired characteristics, to Mendelian genetics, with its particulate inheritance. The modern synthesis is the fundamental basis for all current work in evolutionary biology.
If you are looking to develop a theory that seamlessly blends and unites Darwin with Mendel, of course you will be skeptical of any explanation that minimizes the role of Darwin's primary contribution – natural selection.
So in the end, we must return to Darwin, as he is the one who established the mental template that would shape thinking in the subsequent decades. And as Koonin noted, Darwin insisted on a "strict gradualism." In fact, Darwin explicitly lays it out in his own words (as quoted by Koonin):
Natural selection can act only by the preservation and accumulation of infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being . . . If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.'
Darwin considered it absolutely essential that all variations would exist as infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being Revisionists might have us sweep the 'infinitesimal' adjective under the rug, but Darwin chose this word when making an important point. Infinitesimal is defined as 1) indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute and 2) immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity. Synonyms of 'infinitesimal' are: atomic, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, tiny, unnoticeable
In other words, Darwin insisted that the variations used by natural selection must be very, very, very small
Now, I found an interesting paper/chapter on the internet:
It's by Jeffrey Schwartz and it recounts the dispute between Darwin and his gradualism and Mivart and his saltationism. Darwin's insistence on strict gradualism permeated his thought. After invoking artificial selection to advance his theory, Darwin would later turn and rationalize away "monstrosities" because they were products of artificial selection. Darwin's embrace of gradualism appeared to cause him to, in turn, embrace blending inheritance and propose an elaborate mechanism of inheritance that was similar to Lamarkianism. And most important, Darwin is quoted as doubting whether a LOSS of an organ would ever be tolerated by natural selection. Since the loss of an organ would not count as an infinitesimally small inherited modification, Darwin could not see how a deeply adapted organism could get by with such a radical elimination of an adaptation.
So why was Darwin so deeply invested in strict gradualism, despite the objections from his strongest ally, Thomas Huxley?
My guess is that Darwin, like so many other great scientists, was greatly influenced by Newton's success in finding a small number of simple laws that explained just about everything. In other words, Darwin, and the architects of the Modern Synthesis, sought a simple, elegant explanation for all of evolution. And in this Explanation, natural selection was supposed to be ubiquitous because then natural selection would exist almost as a Law.
So Darwin would insist on strict gradualism because it meant that natural selection was effectively omnipresent, always scrutinizing every bit of variation that popped into existence. This would mean that all those infinitesimally small inherited modifications were nothing more than boring brute givens and it was Natural Selection that was the Author of all biological features. In fact, one might argue that the smaller the variation, the greater the role for natural selection. The "purely adaptationist model of evolution" championed by the Modern Synthesis, comes from viewing natural selection as omnipresent.
But perhaps there is more. Consider some quotes from Darwin where he defends his strict gradualism against other scientists open to evolutionary leaps:
It may be doubted whether sudden and considerable deviations of structure such as we occasionally see in our domestic productions, more especially with plants, are ever permanently propagated in a state of nature. Almost every part of every organic being is so beautifully related to its complex conditions of life that it seems as improbable that any part should have been suddenly produced perfect, as that a complex machine should have been invented by man in a perfect state.
He who believes that some ancient form was transformed suddenly through an internal force or tendency into, for instance, one furnished with wings, will be almost compelled to assume, in opposition to all analogy, that many individuals varied simultaneously. It cannot be denied that such abrupt and great changes of structure are widely different from those which most species apparently have undergone. He will further be compelled to believe that many structures beautifully adapted to all the other parts of the same creature and to the surrounding conditions, have been suddenly produced; and of such complex and wonderful co-adaptations, he will not be able to assign a shadow of an explanation. He will be forced to admit that these great and sudden transformations have left no trace of their action on the embryo. To admit all this is, as it seems to me, to enter into the realms of miracle, and to leave those of Science.
It would seem to me that Darwin thus insisted on strict gradualism because he recognized that any appearance of design ("every part of every organic being is so beautifully related to its complex conditions of life" and "many structures beautifully adapted to all the other parts of the same creature and to the surrounding conditions") could not reasonably be attributed to chance. If we remove strict gradualism, then we are removing the constant oversight of natural selection. This is just the flip side of wanting natural selection to behave as a Law. Without the "law," there is no explanation for any appearance of design.
Thus, the stubborn insistence on strict gradualism and the initial rejection of Neural Theory could be the result of wanting natural selection to mimic natural law coupled with the realization that chance without natural selection cannot mimic a designer. As long as natural selection was omnipresent, we could be confident that all appearances of design were attributed to natural selection.
And this brings metaphysical undercurrent to the surface. Recently, Jerry Coyne provided an interesting quote from Darwin:
I entirely reject, as in my judgment quite unnecessary, any subsequent addition 'of new powers and attributes and forces,' or of any 'principle of improvement', except in so far as every character which is naturally selected or preserved is in some way an advantage or improvement, otherwise it would not have been selected. If I were convinced that I required such additions to the theory of natural selection, I would reject it as rubbish. . . I would give absolutely nothing for the theory of Natural Selection, if it requires miraculous additions at any one stage of descent.
By conferring omnipresence to natural selection (purchased with strict gradualism), by wanting it to function as a Law, it would crowd out any teleological force or divine intervention. Neutral theory was able to remove Darwin's stranglehold because it cracked the door just enough to only let Chance through. That is tolerable from a non-telic perspective. This is why Coyne insists, "But any injection of teleology into evolutionary biology violates precisely the great advance of Darwin's theory" and "If we're to defend evolutionary biology, we must defend it as a science: a nonteleological theory in which the panoply of life results from the action of natural selection and genetic drift acting on random mutations."
Whatever the reason for Darwin's insistence of strict gradualism, one thing becomes clear. By insisting "Natural selection can act only by the preservation and accumulation of infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being," Darwin was formulating the non-teleological position in its strongest possible form. This is because natural selection is the only non-teleological mechanism that can account for the appearance of design. If natural selection is not omnipresent, and an appearance of design emerges when natural selection is not there, then the non-teleologist must explain it in terms of chance or natural law. But even Dawkins recognizes chance is not a good explanation for the appearance of design, and law would easily fit into a teleological perspective.


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medical nanocapsules
One focal point of our current research is the encapsulation of drugs into polymeric nanoparticles. Such systems, which include nanospheres and nanocapsules, can work as carriers of pharmaceutical substances or genetic material for example. One project is currently dealing with the synthesis of nanocapsules as artificial oxygen carriers that can be used in aqueous dispersion as a blood substitute. This work is presently carried out in cooperation with the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and funded by the Ritter Foundation (in the context of a collaborativ research center the apply of funds from the DFG is requested).
technical nanocapsules and vesicles
A further research section is the investigation of technical nanocapsule applications, for example for self-lubricating surfaces or active corrosion prevention. Currently two projects in this field of study are encouraged by the Volkswagen Foundation and the AiF (German Federation of Industrial Research Associations). In this context we developed special methods in the pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (PFG NMR), which provide us various information about the structure, dynamics and physicochemical properties of capsule systems, vesicles and living cells.
Another area of research is the NMR spectroscopic analysis of extracellular macromolecules in biofilms. This work was started in a cooperative research group named "physical chemistry of biofilms" together with local micro-biologists. The investigation is mainly based on extracellular polysaccharides and proteins. Especially molecular networks and dynamics in biofilms are analysed. For this the importance of bivalent cations in polysaccharide solutions is examinated as well, because of their possible function as cross linking agent between the polymers. This work is currently funded by the DFG.


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Saturday, September 1, 2007
Nativity Façade: Herod's Soldier Slaying Baby
This sculptoric group or scene on the Nativity Façade at La Sagrada Familia is by far one of the most sinister and dramatic representations I have ever seen in sculpture: Herod's soldiers at Bethlehem are sent to kill all boys under the age of 2.
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A gruesome reality of the biblical tale Carlos.ReplyDelete
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- PICTURES: 4th Annual Linny Awards4th Annual Linny Awards held in the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Thursday evening.
- PICTURES: Main Street Market in Bangor Re-OpensThe Main Street Market in Bangor re-opened Thursday under the management of Nichole and Duane Smith.
- PICTURES: Superheroes scale LVHN children's hospitalPHOTO GALLERY: Window cleaning experts from Performance Services Inc. in Harrisburg dressed as superheroes as they scaled the outside of Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019.
- PICTURES: Yamelisa Taveras is living with diabetesAllentown resident Yamelisa Taveras is living with diabetes. Like many other diabetics, she's rationed the life-saving medication because she could not afford it.


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ELISHA Systems Ltd to present results for MRSA detection at the World Congress on Biosensors 2014
Specific detection of MRSA using a novel phage lysin mediated biosensor has been successfully demonstrated and the TSB sponsored project PROMPT-Plus is proceeding to trial the biosensors
Rapid detection of MRSA has been proven to be possible using phage lysins and antibodies to the proteins released. This approach removes the need for ultra-clean approaches to samples and also largely removes pre-treatment of samples to deliver the protein analyte to the biosensors. Sensitivity has been shown to be in the picogram per ml levels of the target analyte, with a speed of assay in under 20 minutes.


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Rescue Mission & Salvation Army Capital Campaigns
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Dee Lyle is a rising star born and raised in the PNW, who has now launched his long waited solo career. With a diverse skill set that includes singing, song writing, producing, as well as playing guitar and several other instruments, Dee Lyle is creating a sound all of his own. Deelyle has just dropped off his "Arrival" EP, which consists of 3 original EDM tracks. His goal is to release 3 brand new tracks every 3 weeks, so do not forget to watch Deelyle's Trailer, which can be found on his website we've linked below!
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You know those articles that psychoanalyse your consumption choices, and build a personality profile out of what your favorite ice cream flavor is or what tone you choose for your alarm? Well, this is like that. Except we're talking fashion labels. Ladies and Gentleman, I present to you: What Your Favorite Label Says About You.
You are among the most diverse group of fans a label can have. At one end of the spectrum, we have the thrifty Canal Street shopper and at the other, the individual making commission dreams come true for SAs far and wide. Barring economic standing, there's still some common ground. For one, you're a creature of habit. Routine is comfortable. You prefer sleeping at a reasonable hour, and waking up for an early yoga session. Oatmeal for breakfast, fruit and granola for lunch, and grilled fish with salad for dinner. A croissant (Pronounced kwo-san, because it's of utmost importance to you to pronounce things in their native tongue, particularly if it's European.) is a staple on your cheat days.
Marc Jacobs
So you might have a bit of a Peter Pan Complex. So what? Neverland beats Senior Citizen-landia any day. You're kinda sorta into the style scene. I.D. Magazine is nice every now and then, but so is People Style Watch. Sometimes, you just need a little "Who Wore It Better" in your life. That being said, you still don't know how you feel about Marc's latest adult film boyfriend…maybe you'll warm up to him. Maybe. As long as Marc's happy, right?
Isabel Marant
You are an aspiring fashion blogger, who's still got to figure out the pose for today's shoot. Is it a "got-a-kink-in-my-neck-from-carrying-my-Celine-phantom-around-town" head tilt sort of day, or will it be the "this-deep-conditioning-treatment-makes-my-hair-softer-than-chinchilla-fur- oh-look-there's-a-sample-sale-flyer-on-the-ground" hand in hair, eyes cast downward look? Maybe caffeine will help bring some clarity. Your Starbucks Gold Card is sitting in your Balenciaga, calling your name! Have you seen Alexander Wang's latest sandals with straps at the calves by the way? I die.
Jeremy Scott
You're a weekend warrior. Often times, also a weekday warrior. You believe MGMT was quite astute in their observation to "live fast and die young". Hopefully, you won't be facing as heavy a consequence as they say, but living fast is definitely the motto. Between red-bull benders, and shows at The Roxy, who has time to sleep anyway? The Cobrasnake is one of your top visited sites, and get this, if you look at IMG_642 on his most recent batch up uploads, you can see yourself in the top right corner, peeking out from behind the plastic flamingo! Hot damn, you look good. Maybe if you wear your emoji sweater dress with those holographic winged hi-tops next time, Mark Hunter will bestow upon you the honor of your very own frame. Oh, the anticipation!
Comme de Garcons
You read The New York Times. You like your tea unsweetened, and your coffee black. NPR and BBC radio are always on standby. Discussing the merits of Dante's Inferno, and discourse regarding the democratization of fashion gets your blood going. Your room/studio/apartment/house (the last option is unlikely though, as you probably reside in a metropolitan area) is sparsely decorated, but the Isamu Noguchi coffee table is a mainstay. You're a regular at art gallery openings, and slam poetry readings. Caviar and crackers are the cure to any bad day.
Juicy Couture
You are either a pre-pubescent teen, or you've watched one too many episodes of "Real Housewives of Orange County". Chances are you are also the proud owner of a miniature dog. You may be guilty of donning Ed Hardy back when he still a thing, but these days, it's back to the velour. Today, you have a lunch date with Candace, and a nail appointment with Gretchen. You're thinking hot pink with a glitter accent nail. Wait, hold the phone, how do you pronounce 'couture' again?
Sometimes it's fun to have a stranger paint a hyperbolic picture of you are based on a trivial personal preferences. You are all fantastic people, many whom I have not yet had the pleasure to meet – my character descriptions are just meant for giggles. Please don't take offense. If you truly enjoy velour tracksuits, by all means, velour on.
I will, however, encourage against the accent nail. You can do better than that.


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In the red corner
Grand prix racing's most successful team dropped a clanger last year, building a car more suited to trundling along the slow lane of the M25 than Monza or Monaco and failing to kick drop-out Kimi Raikkonen into shape. Yet they remain a favourite for this year's crown thanks to their instant domination of testing and the arrival of a double-world champion to replace the rally-bound Finn.
Highs and lows of 2009
Given the sluggish F60, securing even one victory was an achievement. Yet the team probably viewed it as a low, along with losing their battle to see double diffusers banned, watching their favoured driver suffer a near-fatal accident and finishing the season in their worst constructors' position for 16 years.
Just don't mention
Spygate. Ferrari may have been the victims but their image was left tainted when the lid was lifted on F1's shenanigans back in 2007.
Change is bad
There was upheaval at Ferrari in 2007 when Michael Schumacher was handed his premature P45 and Ross Brawn decamped to Honda. With French former team dictator Jean Todt now heading up the FIA, there's a dearth of experience calling the shots.
Stands out in a crowd
A heritage, trophy cabinet and fan base the likes of Campos and USF1 would sell their own grannies for.
Most likely to crash into
Schumacher, no contest.
Pitboard message
That's not a flat-spotted tyre causing your hands to shake Fernando, it's the seven espressos we made you down at lunchtime.
Who pulls the strings
With power wielded by Enzo reincarnation Luca di Montezemolo and team principal Stefano Domenicali, this is what Ferrari are dubbing their Latin era. But a cocky northern engineer called Rob Smedley is the British face of the Italian team. A hero who has coaxed some exemplary performances out of Felipe Massa, Smedley did once embarrass himself by referring to his driver as "Felipe baby" over the team radio, a slip-up immortalised in song (http://tinyurl.com/ctox8u).
Cockpit compatibility
Massa can be forgiven for throwing envious glances towards Michael Schumacher and Robert Kubica: both are clear No1 drivers with little to fear from their team-mates. After partnering champions Schumacher and Raikkonen, Massa is now stuck with Fernando Alonso. And if the Spaniard's unhappy year at McLaren in 2007 is anything to go by, he'll expect to be treated like the Pope.
What's in the boot
With their Bond villain's lair at Maranello, Ferrari are the only team to develop their chassis and engine under the same roof. Even in the internet era of instant communication, that's still an advantage. Fiat have shown no signs of ditching their motor sport activities, so the Scuderia can concentrate on making amends for last year's atrocity.
Tiger in the tank
The red cars have undoubtedly worried the competition during testing, showing searing pace straight out of the pit box, and are on short odds for the constructors' title. But given that they abandoned development of their 2009 car after 10 races and focused on the new F10, that's no surprise.
Tweet this
Massa's impressive sub-1min 12sec lap at the fast first Valencia test quashes any doubts he's been damaged by last year's accident.
Not this
No way will the Brazilian get the better of Alonso, even if he did survive headbutting a 1kg spring.
Title odds
If they were an iPhone app
Venerable institution comprised of a familiar cast of the usual suspects, any one of whom may possess the killer instinct. Not like it was in the past but resembles the old favourite sufficiently to bask in former glories even if the makers would always prefer Scarlet to be the most destructive force in the game. Fails to exercise the grey matter as once it did but is loved by those who are fond of making accusations against other players.
The drivers
1. Felipe Massa
He's the one who
Almost died at the Hungaroring when hit by a spring above the left eye. It doesn't seem to have curbed his jovial spirit and the babyface with the widow's peak and occasional bottom-lip pout of the late Jim Callaghan will quickly reclaim his place as the darling of the paddock.
On track for
If there are no mental scars he should have a productive season and may even match his 2008 feats when Lewis Hamilton pipped him at the post. F1 is notoriously unsentimental, though, and if Ferrari decide his team-mate has the edge and kill the fatted calf for the Spaniard rather than the dutiful son, it could be a frustrating year.
In another life he'd be
The diddy sidekick of Ant or Dec, whichever is the taller one.
2. Fernando Alonso
He's the one who
Looks like the Gallagher brother who did not spend a decade living La Vida Loca. Opted for two years of purgatory driving a bus and impressing everyone with his undiminished mastery and dash rather than partner Lewis Hamilton for a moment longer but has at last found his rightful home and no longer needs a naive team-mate to turn a grand prix into a demolition derby to help him win.
On track for
He may not get there this year but the marriage between the 2005 and 2006 world champion and Ferrari means he will return to the promised land soon enough.
In another life he'd be
A brooding barista making a gleeful return to the Gaggia after two years' exile in Alf's greasy spoon.
Facts and figures
Debut Monaco 1950
Grands prix 793
Wins 210 Poles 203
Constructors' titles 16
Drivers' titles 15
Based Maranello, Italy
Team principal Stefano Domenicali
Technical director Aldo Costa
The car: F10
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There are only two ways to get to the Falkland Islands by air: With a RAF flight from England or with LAN Chile from Punta Arenas, which is how we planned to get there. There's only one flight a week and we had the really bad luck that the weather was so terrible on the day we were supposed to fly that the airport on the Falklands was closed (this happens once or twice a year). The flight was scheduled at noon. Around 2 p.m. we were told that the plane was not going to fly and that we had to collect our luggage. Two LAN employees (of which only one was actually working) tried to find hotels for the passengers which wasn't all that easy. The employee did his best but most of the passengers didn't speak any Spanish and the guy's English wasn't that good either so there was a lot of confusion. Finally, after having spent about 7 hours at the airport, a bus picked us up and drove us to our hotels.
Next day, second try. This time the weather was wonderful and after a very short flight we landed safely on the Falklands. Once there, our image of the islands was proven completely wrong: it was sunny and warm and absolutely beautiful.
The first night we spent in the small settlement of Darwin from where we walked to the southernmost suspension bridge in the world (yes, we're still kind of at the end of the world); a fantastic walk: the landscape is beautiful and the colors amazing: brown-green ground, yellow bushes, navy blue sea, a wonderful blue sky and here and there white houses with red or green roofs. And it was so hot – a real summer day.
The next day we flew to the most southerly inhabited island, Sea Lion Island. Penguin colonies surround the lodge (we could even see and hear one from our room), sea elephants lie on the white sandy beaches, sea lions, rockhopper penguins and cormorants inhabit the rocks and cliffs on the southern side of the island and a lot of other birds live on the grassland and around the ponds.
Sounds like paradise for nature lovers? It is, believe me. The island is so small, you can easily walk around and see it all in a day and if you're lucky and willing to get up really early in the morning (we weren't) you may even see orcas. One more special thing we had that day: almost no wind. Definitely not like the Falklands but apparently anything's possible here.
On Tuesday we flew to Pebble Island, a bigger island north of West Falkland. Pebble Island, we learned, has a reputation for being very windy. And it really is windy. And beautiful. There are white sandy beaches with turquoise waters, when it's sunny you could easily come to think that you're somewhere in the Caribbean. Except that here instead of people there are only penguins on the beach.
During the '82 war two planes crashed over Pebble Island and the remains are still scattered over a huge area. It's interesting and at the same time very scary to see the pieces and the impact crater and to imagine the force of such an impact.
On the day of our flight to Stanley, the island's capital city, we had near gale winds which, however, didn't bother the pilot at all. And the flight was actually very pleasant, we didn't feel the wind in the small 8-seater Islander plane. I've become a huge fan of those planes; they fly at a very low height so you have the most amazing sight from the air.
From the plane, Stanley, with its small and colorful houses, looks like a toy town. The majority of the islands' population (about 3000 people) live here and everybody seems to know everybody. Even after spending just one week on the islands, we met people we knew at the supermarket, the museum, or the hotel.
From Stanley we went on a day tour to Volunteer Point where King Penguins live and breed. It was a very windy and cold day but the penguins, once again, were amazing and worth all the struggle with the wind. Many were still breeding, some chicks had already hatched, and some penguins, adults and one-year-olds (who look as if they're wearing a coat), were molting and therefore had to stay on land because during their molt they're not waterproof.
The Falkland Islands are wonderful. They may be barren and windswept but they're full of life and history. It's an expensive trip but it was absolutely worth it. We had a great time, took a lot of pictures, ate really good food, and met very nice and interesting people. There are few tourists, you can be all by yourself when walking around the islands and I think in only very few places you can get as close to wildlife as here.


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It has 5 different segments: Human Trafficking 101, Community Service Providers, Law Enforcement, Medical Professionals, and Faith.
Human Trafficking 101:
Trafficking has many faces. Learn important differences between First World and Third World trafficking and the typologies that exist with each. Become familiar with grooming and coercive tactics that traffickers employ and how this affects the mindset of a victim.
Community Service Providers:
Domestic violence shelters, homeless youth shelters, and child welfare organizations frequently come across victims of exploitation and never notice. Why? Misidentification is a primary reason. Learn to identify the signs of human trafficking and create a wrap-around protocol response that can be enacted when trafficking is suspected or identified as having taken place.
Law Enforcement:
Undercover officers, FBI, SVU, detectives, probation officers, judges, prosecutors and more will benefit enormously form this training that provides insight on the psyche of the victim, investigator checklists, tips to better interpret ads and lingo, and approaches to help victims open up in order to build and prosecute more cases.
Medical Professionals:
Front-line medical care providers frequently encounter trafficking victims and don't even know it. Specific medical indicators and environmental clues are critical to identifying possible trafficking victims. Learning these can help build a strong case for law enforcement and potential save the life of a victim!
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One of the greatest weapons to combat human exploitation is the church. Unearth tools faith-based groups can use to raise awareness and assist trafficking victims. This training will leave you inspired, filled with hope, and empowered to join the fight against on the the largest social justice issues of our time.
*In addition we have two other tools to utilize:
Roadmap to Redemption:
This 10-week workbook is designed for survivors of sex trafficking. Now victims of trafficking can have access to a mentor in the comfort of their own home. Roadmap to Redemption is a faith based workbook written by a survivor, giving others the courage to face our own struggles and dive deeper into our faith.
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Are you ready to take your life to the next level? Do you work with survivors of exploitation and want to be better equipped to help them reach their destinies? ELEVATE is just that, a faith-based mentoring toolkit that encourages survivors of sex trafficking and advocates, to go after all they were created to be! Through exercises, activities, homework and thought-provoking story, you will be inspired, refreshed and prepared to improve your skills, strengthen relationships, and create strategy for your life! Elevate has helped hundreds of survivors unearth their purpose and worth.
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365 drawings later exhibition..
I was really pleased to find out last week that there'll be a 365 Drawings Later exhibition at The Lighthouse later in the year. It's likely to be between October and November, and will display all 12 moleskines. Am currently busying away designing some concretey stands so watch this space!


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A night to rememberSubmitted by Karnuvap on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 18:28.
When does tomorrow begin?
Officially it is after midnight but we all know the day isn't over then. The way I figure it, the day isn't over until the sky begins to lighten. I'm not talking about dawn but, rather, the ever so faint lessening of the coal blackness turning into an inky-blueness that marks an unstoppable increase in brightness towards dawn. If you wait until the sun rises, it'll all be over.
They said I had until tomorrow.
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Greater than the sum - Chapter one of my NaNoWriMo entry this yearSubmitted by Karnuvap on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 11:01.
"Explain this agency, how may we help you?"
"It's THE Explain this agency, Carla!" said Simon Banks, the agency's owner but Carla wasn't listening to him. Once again her eyes rolled upwards as she started to type furiously.
Simon sat down at his screen to see what was coming in. This time it was his turn to roll his eyes. Yet another member of the Great British Public had failed to 'get' the point of his investigation agency.
Strings 2Submitted by milesford on Thu, 02/22/2007 - 07:37.
...continued from 'Strings 1'...
Dr. Langar ran his hands through his greying hair. He checked his watch.
'Once Tristan's here we can begin,' he said. 'Paul, you can bring the machine.'
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About 'Strings'Submitted by milesford on Wed, 02/21/2007 - 09:35.
"Strings" is an attempt to write a science fiction love story with reference to quantum physics and string theory. I know very little about quantum physics and string theory, and possibly less about love; this story will hopefully serve as a vehicle for me to explore all three themes in greater depth.
Strings 1Submitted by milesford on Wed, 02/21/2007 - 09:15.
The duck was not co-operating; she refused to wear her shoes.
The duck was the darling of the quantum engineering lab. Her name was Roslyn and she had come to acquire the acerbic, mercenary personality of the lab's professors and technicians. She was currently displaying this personality by biting, kicking and flapping her wings violently against Paul's attempts at fitting her with a pair of red web-shaped rubber shoes.


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Clovis News: Sports
Bullard is CMAC softball titleholder
SANGER -- After pitching a two-hit shutout to help top-ranked Bullard High secure the outright Country/Metro Athletic Conference softball title, Adriana Bencomo eased up and practiced a bit of diplomacy.
"Just getting to the playoffs is exciting," Bencomo said after the Knights' 4-0 victory over Sanger on Friday evening completed a 23-6 regular season and a 10-0 run through the CMAC. "There are a lot of good teams out there and we're all evenly matched."
While that might be true, no team enters the Central Section playoffs riding higher than Bullard.
The Knights are winners of 15 straight games, reaching the final of the Clovis Easter Classic (which was rained out and never made up) and winning the Best of the West tournament in Santa Maria along the way.
Central Section commissioner Jim Crichlow along with area commissioners Joe Spino (North), Charlie Guerrero (Central) and Bill Ver Heul (South) will decide today whether the Knights have done enough to earn the top seed -- and the homefield advantage that comes along with it -- for the Division I playoffs, which are scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Southwest Yosemite League champion Stockdale, winner of nine straight, also will be strongly considered. Tri-River Athletic Conference champion Central likely took itself out of the running for the top seed with a 1-0 loss to Buchanan on Friday.
"It's not a bad thing to have, but I don't care," Bullard coach Jaime Maxey said. "When it all boils down, you've got to win them all to win Valley. I don't envy those people making that call. I haven't seen teams in the TRAC in four weeks, but I think we can hang with anyone."
Bullard broke open a scoreless tie with a four-run fifth inning, keyed by a run-scoring double from Ashley Warren on a no-ball, two-strike pitch. Gina Fausone followed with a two-run double and Lauren Zenimura added an RBI single.
That's all Bencomo would need as she set down the final nine Apaches in order.
"It's a relief, we're done with this," Fausone said of the regular season. "It doesn't matter [where Bullard is seeded]. We play the faceless opponent. We're all together and pushing through the playoffs."


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By William Files – † 12/31/2015
Part I
Florida Department of Corrections is plagued with an antisocial disease known as Gunning, i.e. Male prisoners exposing their Penis and masturbating in full view of Female and others employees, especially The Nurses assigned to work in these institutions. In truth ones gender matters not at all, for I've seen some of these depraved animals gunning male officers as well as other inmates. For the most part such perverts are all gang members and Muslims who for some unknown reason Pride themselves an being able to mimic the perverse acts of some ANTHROPOIDEA in public zoo's.
These are the same Animalistic Predator who go around boasting « yeah, date my babies Mamma, Did you heard me? »
Writing disciplinary reports for the perverse acts of monkeys in public zoo's would be useless, just as such is pretty much a waste of time against the self proclaimed gangsta's in Florida Department of Corrections Who see themselves as being untouchable since the secretary of Florida Department of Correction, i.e. Julie Jones cracked down on officers putting their hands on prisoners. No, what is needed is a more direct and yet comprehensive approach to the problem, a punishment designed to wake up and shake up those who disrespect people by exposing themselves and masturbating openly. « The following Punishment will accomplish just that ».
I propose that all inmates found guilty of exposing themselves and/or masturbating / gunning be given DR's for the offense and rather than just have a pink face sheet placed upon the inmates door, these inmates should be assigned to wear « Hot pink pants ans shirts for no less than six months »While most females and Sissy's love hot pink, being a so called gangsta wearing hot pink due to his perversions will break just about all of them, for such inmates will find it hard to explain to their love ones, and others why they are wearing « Hot pink » while other prisoners are wearing blues. Further, it should be mandatory that outside charges be filed when even an inmate is given a DR and found guilty of exposing himself and gunning, thus would the inmate be listed as a predator.
It is my belief that every nurse and most other female staff will support this proposal to the max, and as for the low life inmates, they would have no choice but to keep their things in their pants!
I could care less for or about the private company that runs medical, I do care for those nurses and other medical steff who treat me as a person and have been there when I was sick.
« Support the Nurses of this system »
« Approve pink »
A short time after I'd completed part one of Gangsta's in pink, a nurse here at Santa Correctional Institution brought to my attention the following which I was able to substantiate by listening and observing those around me: "Gunning; i.e masturbating in the presence of female and other staff" is a major problem sickness among the inmate population. The shocking part is that a large portion of these perverts are Muslim, at least that's what they claim to be white saying that Allah forgives all".
Yesterday I listened to one Islamic on this wing as he explained to some of his Muslim brothers how all women "especially black women or hoes are meat", meaning that all black females enjoy watching inmates masturbate!
I am a Jewish Prisoner and I pride myself on having studied a number of religions and observing and listening to those around me who claim to be Muslim causes me to ask if Allah or Muhammad really condemns suck sick acts or as with ISIS and its craziness, such acts are the deeds of Rabid renegades."
I've listened to these perverts condemn homosexuals for their actions white. I've observed these same animals during their time in the day room, the strain trying to see under the dresses of the women and children, i.e. little girls on TV " It's really sad".
And what really sickens me is that the mothers, fathers and these others who fill the voids in the lives of these perverted animals actually have feeling for these perverts! They write, visit and send money to these perverted animals who see their women and other love ones as weak, pawns to be used.
How any respectable woman would allow such into their children, "especially little girls". I'll never know, for after years of gunning females of all ages, " What good can a woman do them?"
There have been a number of case where some of these so call Gangsta's have been paroled only to be arrested again for gunning women and young girls on the street!
The secretary of Florida Department of Corrections with the backing of the Florida senate needs to pass a rule that all gunners be made to dress in hot pink pants ans shirts and all gang members be housed in institutions with other gang members, thus would the officers be able to remove the velvet gloves when dealing with them.
One need not put their hands on such animals, they can be hurt in a number of other ways. To be sure, dressing such in hot pink would kill them, for they would be parading around in the hot pink that sissy's have longed to wear!
The powers that be opened the doors for those perverts and its high time those powers stood firm to close those doors, other wise neither the nurses who work these institutions nor any other female shall be safe!!
And yes, the love ones of these perverted animals needs to go line to check and see for themselves just what kind of DR's their so call men have received, I'm sure they would be shocked to learn just how many of their men are sexual predators on the prowl.
William Files


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It's a terrific promotion for those readers who want to hold a real paperback in their hands.
I've written before about the advantages of having Amazon promote a writer's books. You can read that HERE Amazon have run several promotions for my eBooks over the years, and they have always boosted sales. But this is the first time they have offered to promote my self-published paperbacks.
This is what they said to me late last month.
It's a great promotion, and a chance for readers to get paperbacks at a really cheap price.
I have self-published the books through Createspace, which is an awesome print-on-demand system which most self-publishers use. The promotional Amazon price is less than I pay when I buy copies from Createspace!
Authors don't make as much money from the POD paperbacks as they do from eBooks but it's worth doing as so many readers do prefer paperbacks to eBooks.
Amazon have chosen six Stephen Leather paperbacks as part of the May promotion.
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Richard Elliot has been blowing audiences away with his talent for more than 30 years and is now set to release Lip Service, an album that celebrates romance, on July 15. Currently playing on the "Summer Horns" tour with fellow saxophonists Dave Koz, Mindi Abair and Gerald Albright, Elliot has delivered a 10-song album featuring seven new original compositions and three covers of soul and pop hits from the '80s ("Shining Star" by The Manhattans), the '90s ("Anytime" by Brian McKnight) and today ("When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars). In collaboration with contemporary jazz guitar giant Paul Brown, this is the 17th solo project by Elliot.
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Who We Are
Poppy Burton-Morgan
Artistic Director
Poppy founded Metta Theatre in 2005. Credits as writer and director include Little Mermaid (Theatre By The Lake & UK tour), Jungle Book (Theatre Royal Windsor, UK and Int. tours), Roles (V&A), Alice (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds & UK tour), Sexing The Cherry (Southbank Centre, Purcell Room) The Man With the Flower in His Mouth (Greenwich Theatre & UK tour), Waiting (Southbank Centre, Purcell Room, starring Juliet Stevenson), Blood Wedding, (Southwark Playhouse) & The Elephant's Child (Trafalgar Studios & Arcola Theatre).
Other directing credits for Metta include Pixel Dust (Edinburgh Festival) Mouthful (Trafalgar Studios), Cosi fan tutte (Noew Theatre, Oxford), Arab Nights (Soho Theatre & UK tour), and Otieno, (Southwark Playhouse). Freelance directing credits include Comedy of Errors (Exeter Northcott Theatre), As You Like It and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Wirksworth Fetsival), Gotcha (Riverside Studios), La Boheme (Palestine National Theatre & tour) and J'attendrais (English Touring Opera).
William Reynolds
Artistic Director & Resident Designer
William trained at the Motley Theatre Design School.
He has designed and lit over 30 productions for Metta Theatre. Freelance set & lighting designs include The Turn of The Screw (Aldeburgh), Radiant Vermin (Soho Theatre & 59E59), La Cenerentola (Bury Court Opera), Saturday Night (Arts Theatre), Moonfleece (National Tour), La Boheme (Palestinian Tour), and Weimar Cabaret (Barbican).
Lighting designs include The Blinding Light (Jermyn Street Theatre), Dances of Death (The Gate), Daredevas (Southbank Centre), Nuit d'Electronique et d'Opera (Theatre Royal de Wallonie, Belgium), The Magic Flute (Palestinian Tour), The Company Man (Orange Tree Theatre), Black-i (Oval House Theatre),Pulse (The Place), and Trying It On (RSC, Royal Court & UK tour).
Projection designs include Prima Donna (Sadlers Wells), The Gambler(Royal Opera House), Das Rheingold (National Reisopera, Holland) and Home (Theatre Royal Bath).
Board Members
Daniel Burton-Morgan (Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
Matthew Ellis (Consultant, Robey Warshaw)
Simon Harper (Head of Digital and Strategic Consultancy, Emperor)
Greg Jauncey (HR, Royal Opera House)
Emma Martin (Freelance Marketing Consultant)
Hannah Morphet (Solicitor, Bates Wells Braithwaite)
William Reynolds (Designer)
Jessica Rigby (Development Department, Royal Opera House)
Rona Rowe (Freelance Communications Consultant)
Pip Swindall (Executive Director, Little Angel Theatre)
Rachael Williams (Executive Director, Park Theatre)
Amanda Wright (Actor)


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On our last holiday to Melbourne before we moved over here, I dragged poor Key along while I stalked little alleys in the back streets of the Melbourne CBD to get some macarons that had come highly recommended by my macaron loving best friend. I remember moaning to Key that they would be my last macarons for a while as I didn't expect to see them in Singapore.
How wrong I was. Macarons are just as popular in Singapore as in Australia. In fact, not long after we moved here, Laduree (one of the very first places to make and sell macarons, ever) opened up their first shop in Singapore.
I am yet to try a Ladurée macaron and there are a few other places that I plan on sampling one of my favourite sweet treats from, so I will document them for you once I do.
Massive macaron nerd alert for the rest of this post.
Gobi Macarons
A while ago now I picked up a Groupon voucher for a giftbox of 12 macarons for $17.00 SGD (about $14.50 AUD) from Gobi Cakes in Singapore. The usual price was $29.80 SGD (about $25.40 AUD) so I figured that was a fairly good deal.
I had to email the shop to book in picking up my box of macarons, but once that was easily organised, I had no issues dropping in and picking them up.
The girl that served me was really lovely and offered me some advice on keeping them safe from the humidity. The box they were in was sealed really well and I didn't peek at all but they were in the humidity for about 40 minutes while I caught the train home, but I refrigerated them as soon as I got home. As per her advice, I then removed them from the fridge about 20 minutes before we wanted to eat them and I let them lose some of the fridge chill in the cool, air conditioned part of our place. From what I could tell, the humidity hadn't affected them at all.
The girl at the shop also let me know that I could freeze them if I didn't plan to eat them all within the next few days. I confidently assured her that would not be an issue :)
Top row L-R: Strawberry, Morgan Blend, Black Sheep, Pineapple, Orange, Chai
Bottom row L-R: Matcha, Orange, Pineapple, Rose, Chamomile, Strawberry
The flavours were pre-set for the Groupon voucher and I got doubles of the strawberry, orange and pineapple which didn't really bother me as it meant both Key and I could have a whole one each of those flavours instead of sharing like we did with most of the others.
This brown one was the Black Sheep and I wasn't sure what it was at first. According to Gobi's website, it's flavoured with chocolate and Malibu. It tasted like a buttery chocolate to me. I love chocolate but it can be a bit of a boring macaron flavour when compared to some of the other great combinations that you can get. This was a great example of a macaron and the flavour was good, but if (when) I go back to Gobi, I wouldn't choose this flavour again over some of the others.
The strawberry macarons were probably some of the best macarons I've ever had in terms of the 'technical' aspects. All of the macrons from Gobi were a really high standard but the strawberry ones just had the most perfect macaron feet (that part at the base of the biscuit where it's risen while baking) and the perfect buttercream consistency. They had also perhaps been made the day before (as good macarons often are) as the buttercream filling had had enough time to soak into the macaron biscuit slightly so that it was still perfectly crunchy on the outside but kind of gooey on the inside. So, so good.
This purple one was the Morgan Blend. When Key and I bit into it we were both really confused. I'm normally pretty good at picking flavours, but I was totally stumped on this one. It was really strong and almost had a smoky-tabacco like flavour to it, which was kind of shocking but not unappealing.
I looked it up on the website afterwards and it's described as a Lapsang Soucheng tea flavour, blended with bergamot oil and dark chocolate.
It's definitely the most unusually flavoured macaron I've ever had and I look forward to trying another one.
The orange macaron was actually an orange and chocolate jaffa flavour. It's not my favourite combo at the best of times, but I did enjoy it. It did make me think of another time in Melbourne with my best friend. She found an amazing jaffa flavoured macaron that she absolutely adored.
The pineapple macarons didn't have a buttercream filling, instead they had what I would describe as a pineapple jam in the middle. It did change the texture of the macaron a little and as you can see above, the filling was quite textural instead of a smooth buttercream. The flavour was definitely a true pineapple though instead of a fake pineapple flavour that I assume you could only get if the filling was buttercream based. It was easily the best pineapple macaron I've ever had.
The white macaron with the green flakes on it was the matcha (Japanese green tea powder) flavoured one. The buttercream was that gorgeous creamy green colour that you see in typical matcha desserts and it had a really good true matcha flavour. I couldn't quite work out what the green flakes on top were, but it looked gorgeous nonetheless.
The rose macaron didn't have a strong enough rose flavour for me, but to be fair, I do like a really strong rose flavour so it may have been perfect for someone else's tastes. As you can see from the pic, the buttercream was really runny in this one. I wasn't particularly concerned by that though and perhaps it was just one that was more sensitive to the heat.
I was really looking forward to the chai macaron and I was even more excited when I thought that those black flakes on top were pepper. I must admit that when I tasted this one though, I had no idea it was the chai. I actually only realised later when I looked online that this was the chai one. It wasn't bad by no means and perhaps I just had too many other flavours going on, but this one didn't hit me with a chai flavour like I expected it would of.
The green chamomile tea flavoured macaron was my favourite of the lot. I drink a chamomile, honey and vanilla tea mix and this macaron reminded me of that. As soon as I bit into it I got a chamomile flavour burst and I really, really loved it.
I can highly recommend the macarons from Gobi Cakes. I'm going to try some Lauduree and Canele ones next, but I do plan to go back to Gobi for more macarons when my waistline allows it :)


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These 3mm ivory sugar pearls are the cutest and the most elegant sweet addition to your treats. They come in a shaker bottle that's fun and easy to use. They are perfect toppings for cupcakes, cakes, cake pops and much more!
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Sky-Dweller collection is launched especially for global travelers. Many businessmen need to go across several time zones, Sky-Dweller watches are a good choice for them. Meanwhile, the exquisite Rolex Sky-Dweller copy watches have noble and brilliant designs, easy to match different suits. Wearers don't need to think about the clothes matches everyday. The ivory dials have polished Roman numerals as hour markers.
A date indicator is set at 3 o'clock. Besides, there is a white circle off the center used for the second time zone. And an obvious red triangle is set to show the second time zone in a 24-hour mode. Wearers also can see the month directly. So the dials have a great readability. Rolex replica watches with black leather straps are driven by Cal. 9001, self-winding mechanical movements with blue Parachrom hairsprings and high-efficient Paraflex absorbers. Their power reserve is approximate 72 hours.
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So that's life. One goes to college/university, graduates, starts a "career" one way or another and moves in with Le Boyfriend (into a great rental apartment). Then, after a year or two it's "buy o'clock", time for a place of their own. Let me be clear about one thing: the "One" in the previous sentence is me. So yes, we did it, we took out a mortgage. (And are now burdened with it for the decades to come. Yay!)
However, this "event" implies that we are moving to a new place and that means massive brain activity. The thinking is about how to decorate the rooms (it is a two bedroom flat), about what to do with the plenty of stuff that I should get rid of in order to get the new place neat and clean and moreover about how to turn the patio into a private paradise.
I've spent pinning way too many hours over this the past few weeks. Luckily it wasn't for nothing because I really found some nice and affordable ideas. If the handy (wo)man in me will rise by the beginning of June it might all end well and maybe some of you will even get (p)inspired by our new home.
P.S. Check out Elle's Pinterest for more home pinning ideas.
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REAL Love Note Tip #158
Today, March 1st, 2018 is World Compliment Day! It is the first Thursday of every March so you can plan for the years ahead also.
Make a love note for your spouse that contains a compliment your spouse will appreciate.
REAL Love notes are an investment in your marriage.
REAL Date Tip #106
January is National Soup Month. Celebrate by going out to a place, in your area, known for its soup. You can also make a favorite soup at home, send the children to someone else's house, and eat soup by candlelight.
A REAL date a week builds a REAL marriage.
REAL Marriage Tip #6
Pay attention! When you "pay attention" to your spouse you invest in him/her for what he/she means to you and does for you. You are investing in the one person, other than yourself, who most wants you to succeed. Investment in your spouse, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually leads to a better life for both of you.
REAL Marriage Tip #5
Manners matter! Use your manners with your spouse. Often we treat co-workers, customers, and even strangers better than we treat our spouses. Remember to use your manners and treat your spouse better than co-workers, customers, or strangers.
REAL Date Tip #105
April is couple appreciation month and jazz appreciation month. Take your spouse to a local jazz club and enjoy good music while enjoying being with each other.
A REAL date a week builds a REAL marriage.
REAL Marriage Tip #4
Hug and kiss your spouse every day. Most of us have heard that a person needs X number of hugs per day. What X is depends on the research you read. They all agree that hugs are good for you.
Here is my recommendation: Hug your spouse at least 10 times per day for at least 10 seconds each. It may seem like a long time to hug but it is a big investment in your marriage. Kiss your spouse at least 10 times per day. Some can be quick, some medium, and there needs to be one or two long kisses each day. Click here for a description of types of hugs and kisses.
REAL Marriage Tip #3
Go to church together. Church attendance is correlated with marital satisfaction. Those who attend more often describe themselves as happier than those who do not attend very often.
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Be an ACE!
Assume the benefit of the doubt with your spouse. Believe that he/she means well.
Clarify what you hear and what you see. There may very well be good intent in what you hear or what he/she is doing. Your spouse may also be dealing with something that could use a loving response from you.
Explain your expectations. Let your spouse know what you can do to help or what you think and feel about what is going on. Keep it focused on reaching mutual goals. One of those goals, stated or not, is likely "we want to love each other and enjoy being with each other."
REAL Marriage Tip #1
Use the REAL acronym to organize your investment in your marriage.
The "R" is Romantic, which is a "we" mindset. You are in it together. The "E" is Encouraging which is a manner of speaking to each other. Say or do something that will encourage your spouse, from his/her point of view, each day. The "A" is Adaptable which is a way of working together. Sometimes we have to adapt what we are doing to be most effective. Be adaptable. Finally, the "L" is Loving which is a habit of doing for the other. Do something for your spouse each day that he/she will think is nice or helpful.


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MIAMI - The first step of a redesign of the Dolphin Expressway where it meets the Palmetto Expressway is nearly complete.
About 430,000 cars travel the area every day, and it has long been a traffic nightmare.
When crews first broke ground along the Dolphin, or State Road 836, less than a year ago, they embarked on a first-of-its-kind project in Miami-Dade County.
The mission was to build a flyover lane that would connect drivers moving east on the Dolphin with the northbound lanes of the Palmetto.
The catch was that they had to use a giant contraption called a gantry, for the first time. The gantry is designed to allow traffic to flow below while it builds overhead.
"By having this gantry sitting over head all the time we closed the lanes and were ready to work right away," said Oscar Gonzales with the Florida Department of Transportation.
Slab by slab, South Floridians watched it go, until a few days ago when the gantry laid down the final section of the flyover lane.
It is just Step 1 of a very complex project that is estimated to take about three more years.
"In the next few weeks, we're gonna start dismantling the gantry so we can move it to the next bridge," said Gonzales.
Three more flyovers must be built.
By October, the stretch of roadway will be polished, painted and ready to take some of the stress out of commutes.
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