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The Founders of Present Course Media produce products, services, and online courses to empower people to live a happy and fulfilling life. Services combine cutting edge ideas with simple methods that become a catalyst for change.
What impact could you have on the world today if you were living up to your fullest potential?
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Jim Holzknecht is a best selling author, award winning producer, teacher, coach and speaker. He specializes in empowering individuals to live life to the fullest with inspiration, play, fun, freedom, passion and purpose.
Jim and his team create transformational programs which enable people to play full out in their lives, align with their authentic passions and awaken to their highest purpose.
He has worked with and interviewed some of the leading luminaries, authors, teachers, coaches, speakers, actors, self-help experts and spiritual leaders including:
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He hosts the inspiring self-empowerment podcast, Play by Play on Life available on iTunes.
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Becky Hays is an artist at heart, with a love to teach - an entrepreneur, producer, and innovator drawn to creative expression and the mind-body-connection.
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Her background includes managing a startup company, performing as a professional musician,, co-founding an award winning production company (documentary, educational and training videos) then selling her company to a PR Firm where she was retained as consultant.
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In my last post, I mentioned a couple of tips and things to think about when getting ready to cycle down the Pacific Coast Highway –Continue Reading The Pacific Coast for the Everyday Explorer: A Cyclist's Packing Guide (Part II)
Using Solar to….Cook?
Last weekend, I checked out a workshop on solar cooking, thinking I might pick up a thing or two for future camping endeavors.
In my head, I supposed I was picturing a camp stove powered by a solar panelContinue Reading Using Solar to….Cook?
5 Gadgets that Make Sleeping Under the Stars a Real Treat
Last month, I accepted the challenge to camp out for a total of 31 nights between May and September. It's not for any big campaign or some sort of a contest – just a gentle nudge in the rear to remind you that you don't have to sail away on a month-long sabbatical to reconnect with nature.
I really think that's the best way to do it – a night here, a weekend there. Getting out when and wherever you can. Reminding myself that it's just as easy to spend a night at the local park (or even in my own backyard), as it is on my couch. So, I'll keep this one short and sweet and start by saying: whether or not you consider yourself the 'outdoorsy type,' you should totally do this. Wait, you should do this especially if you don't consider yourself the outdoorsy type.
Why? Because it's a breath of fresh air, a break to the monotony and a really good time.
And in the nature of a good time, here's some extras I pack that make for a great camping experience (even if they do add some unnecessary weight to my pack).Continue Reading 5 Gadgets that Make Sleeping Under the Stars a Real Treat
Why You Should Go Off Grid for a Weekend
You know what's one great thing about San Diego? In just 60 minutes, you can be far enough into the desert to completely disconnect for a day, a weekend, or even a week. No cell phone service, no running water and certainly no convenience stores – not even marked roads.Continue Reading Why You Should Go Off Grid for a Weekend
5 Cycling Adventures to Take This Year
A new year always welcomes the prospect of brand new adventures and a fresh start. Whether you want to get in shape, start a new hobby or just spend more time on yourself, the possibilities are endless and the future is promising.Continue Reading 5 Cycling Adventures to Take This Year

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Weather in Costa Adeje
Costa Adeje
With the Canary Islands being so close to Africa, you can expect beautiful warm weather all year round in Costa Adeje.
The temperature rarely falls below 18°C, but the hottest months are between July and October when average temperatures can rise to 24°C.
There can quite often be a cooling sea breeze so it's quite easy to underestimate the intensity of the sun. Make sure you always wear high factor sun protection, a hat and stay in the shade during 12 noon and 3pm when the sun is at its hottest.
If you like cooler daytime temperatures, go between November and June. You'll still have beautiful weather but the temperature will be around a comfortable 19°C.
If you love to swim in the sea when you're on holiday, the waters off Costa Adeje won't disappoint as the temperature stays a comfortable 19°C most of the year, rising to 23° from August to October.


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Sometimes, it's hard to adventure outside of our favorite social media sites. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become such staples in our day-to-day lives that we feel we can't make room for others. However, for those interested in pursuing a career in social media, it's especially important to stay on top of the new social media trends. New social media apps come and go, but sometimes they are here to stay. Check out these three up-and-coming apps that you may want to start using today:
1) Periscope
Periscope has exploded in popularity within the last few months. This live video broadcasting app works with Twitter to provide users with real-time footage right on their timelines. With this app, not only can you stream live video to users all over the world, but you can also watch popular live streams right in the app itself. This idea of immediacy is what successful social media platforms strive on, and Periscope is taking the world of video and putting it in the same playing field as live Tweeting or posting.
2) Boomerang
Instagram has released another app, and this one is different than post. Boomerang allows users to create short GIF-like videos by combining photos into one-second looping streams. The idea is not necessarily to create a video with pictures, but instead to bring a picture to life. These live photos do have to be created within the app, but once your creation has been made, you can share it straight to Instagram or on any other platform of your choosing.
3) Klink
Taking photo viewing to a whole new level, Klink aims to create buzz about panoramic photographs by paying the photographer. The app, launched recently to compliment their online site, allows for users to post panoramic, full-screen photos and videos straight from the app or from the camera roll. The neat thing about this site is that for every 1,000 views, the owner of the photo gets paid $2.00. This brings a whole new idea of photo viewing and sharing to social media. While there are some in-app purchases, this app is free to download and begin using with just the touch of a screen.
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Let there be light!
With the Lezyne Hecto Drive 400XL, you get a high-output 400 lumen LED light in a barspace-conserving design. Featuring a versatile handlebar strap that will mount to round bars, aero bars, or anything in between, the Hecto Drive will be your constant illuminating companion. With 8 different light modes to choose from, and Mode Memory® technology, the Hecto will ensure that your favorite mode is always first. Providing up to 12 hours and 30 minutes on a single charge, recharging is easy thanks to the cord-free USB stick.
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Light Type: Rechargeable
Upon unwrapping the package I knew the strap was way too short for my bars - no room there anyway with a bell and a Garmin. So I tried it on one leg of the fork. My fork is smaller at the bottom so the strap wrapped well around it there. Then I pulled it up the fork, expanding the rubber strap, until it was secure. But then it pointed too high on the road. Fortunately the light pivots on its mount so I was able to point it lower. Now it works well, has never changed position. I have removed it to recharge it several times. All's well that ends well.
Most of the time day time running light to help me keep safe. It is brought enough to get the attention of drivers.
Nice compact light for the price.
Rubber cap that covers the USB plug is easy to lose. Be certain that it is firmly attached every time you removereplace it.
Good bang for the buck.
This is a great little commuter light, I'd even say I wouldn't hesitate to use as a backup light for mountain bike night-riding. Battery life has been awesome so far, exceeding manufacturer stated run times. It's nice to not need a charging cable, just plug this into a USB. I use it almost daily to ride to work and back. My only major complaint is that the rubber strap is maxed out on my normal-radius road handlebars and I fear it will wear out fairly quickly, the strap is replaceable but definitely an OEM part needed.
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- mode-cycling (so many modes can make it annoying to cycle through if you miss one!)
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From July 19th-30th, the California Mid-State Fair will once again premiere some of the biggest names in the music industry. This annual fair has hosted artists such as Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Journey, Rod Stewart, Fergie, Justin Bieber, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Kenny Chesney. This year's fair promises to bring an equally outstanding lineup of performances.
With paid admission fair, guests can enjoy a series of free concerts. Seats for these shows are served on a first come basis, so ensure you arrive on time. The performances for the free concert series include:
● July 19th: Blue Oyster Cult
● July 20th: Phil Wickham
● July 21st: Midland
● July 22nd: Brooke Eden
● July 23rd: Little Joe Y La Familiar
● July 24th: Runaway June
● July 25th: Micky Dolenz
● July 26th: War
● July 27th: The Fab Four
● July 28th: Restless Heart
● July 29th: ABBA The Concert
● July 30th: Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles
In addition to these free performances, there are also concerts that require tickets. These tickets must be purchased in addition to your fair admission fee. The ticketed concerts include:
● July 19th: Lionel Richie
● July 20th: Zach Brown Band
● July 21st: The Chainsmokers
● July 22nd: Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows
● July 23rd: Kid Rock
● July 24th: John Mayer
● July 25th: Hunter Hayes and The Band Perry
● July 26th: Keith Urban
● July 27th: Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
● July 28th: Frankie Valid and The Four Seasons
● July 29th: Country Rodeo Finals
● July 30th: Fiesta Del Charro
This year's fair will also feature two separate carnival areas: the traditional carnival area and the brand new "Cub County," which is a carnival designed for toddlers and young children. There will be a variety of other attractions to partake in at the fair, such as the "Hall of Bugs," "Slugs and Spiders," "Wild West Turkey Stampede," "Strongest Man and Woman Competition," and "Tomatoes, Tortoises, and Treasures" exhibits. At the north end of the Fairgrounds, you can also enjoy the new Paso Robles Pavilion, a towering structure that features 100,000 square feet of exhibit space.If you are seeking accommodations while you enjoy all the fair has to offer, Allegretto Vineyard Resort has a wonderful package for this event. Allegretto's Mid-State Fair package includes luxurious overnight accommodations, a $50 gift card to the Mid-State Fair, and complimentary valet parking and Wi-Fi. This package is based on availability, so book your reservation to ensure a relaxing stay.


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Do you own Jeff Novick's FAST FOOD DVD yet?
This DVD shows you how to make a dozen delicious and healthy dishes -- in ten minutes or less, from start to finish.
Jeff provides the "missing link" in healthy plant-strong eating: how to do it easily, inexpensively, and fast!
If you haven't purchased Jeff's FAST FOOD DVD yet, don't wait any longer! Like the hundreds of email reactions we've gotten in the short time it's been out, you will be thrilled to have this DVD!
Below video is a link to more video excerpts and how to get your own copy.
To watch more video excerpts from FAST FOOD or buy a copy, CLICK HERE.
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So let me understand.
1) You object to Jeff Novick charging for a product because it is "good news?" So people like T. Colin Campbell and John McDougall should not sell their books or DVDs? Just give them away? Or you are upset because the price is $20 and you think that's too much for your budget?
2) You think that making fast healthy recipes is wrong? Your measure of healthy is if you spend a lot more time on that? Are you employed? Do you have all the time on your hands because you're rich, your mother cooks for you, or you have a personal chef? You would like to spend an hour or more making every meal? You believe that most people think like you?
3) Why are you sad? Have you considered getting help?
Most people are busy &/or dont like to cook & thus resort to something from a box or a restaurant or fast food place. Jeff shows that u can make something fresh, low fat, wholesome & vegan & it won't take more time to make than eat. (My criteria!!;-)
20 bucks for some time-saving, health-saving hints is a bargain. Some of the things might seem obvious...but so often we don't think of the obvious! We have to have it pointed out to us. Most of the time, people are clueless as to how to start a vegan diet & want some fast tips to get a jump start on trying it. And some people have done it a long time, but perhaps not as healthy as they should, & this can tweak their habits in a better direction.
PS - it's also about how to do it economically. Eating boxed frozen meals or restaurant take out gets expensive!
I bought this video, watched it, studied it, and tried the recipes. It was worth the $20 to me because it really did provide me with the overall concept and several tasty ways to make a very healthy meal in 10 minutes. I have made at least 5 of the recipes, and found them all to be nutritious and delicious. Using these recipes has boosted my vegetable intake, including a wider variety of vegetables, and given me a handy formula for creating healthy meals fast.
I make one of these healthy meals for my lunches, and I usually make a bean-based dish, such a dal, for my dinners. Then I coast the rest of the week on the two main dishes. It was worth the $20 because it made a permanent and healthy change in my cooking style.
Hi Jeff and others,
The "Fast Food" DVD is great...I was drawn to it because of the title (and found it through Dr. McDougall's website)--I don't have much time to cook as I'm a single parent and have never really enjoyed cooking anyway. The recipes are well explained and truly easy to follow (not to mention healthy). Since I switched from vegetarian to vegan diet two months ago, I've lost 10 lbs, my skin feels softer, and I feel much better overall.
I purchased Jeff's DVD and the information is terrific. Saves me a lot of time in the kitchen and the food is healthy. It's an excellent video, even a bit comical at times.
We have watched and shared Jeff's DVD with many people we care about. Thrilled with the fast and delicious recipes. The cost of the DVD will more than be saved by the inexpensive nutritious meals you'll be able to make. This is the fourth week of our plant based diet as laid out by Dr. Esselstyn. We have both lost weight and inches plus feel so much better. We are heralding this eating healthy message to everyone we come in contact with - stranger or not! This is a war against the mainstream media and the food industry - I suggest we ALL get on board!
I love this video. I am an experienced cook and have been vegan for a while so some of the information was not new to me. But, I recommend this video to people all of the time. I belong to a few vegan/vegetarian teams on Sparkpeople. People wanting to learn more about being vegan/vegetarian join every day and I always point them to Jeff's Facebook page and this video.
It is a great starting point, proving that you can eat healthy and vegan on a tight budget and don't have to resort to eating dollar burgers at McDonalds because they are cheap.
Just watched this DVD. Hugely helpful to me. I do not want to eat a lot of processed food and cannot afford the packaged vegan foods offered at the health food store. I now have a good set of go-to dishes to help me out that are economical, easy to make and healthy.
I enjoyed the humor and enthusiam of this video as well. I am a fan!
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The launch of the Start-Up India mission
The much-awaited Start-Up India mission, which seeks to provide a boost to Indian startups, finally got underway at the Vigyan Bhavan today. It was unveiled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The mission is a landmark and pioneering event as far as Indian startups are concerned, and the Modi government is expected to grace this event through the announcement of several pro-entrepreneurship initiatives. Jaitley began by saying that the programe represents a final break with the culture of Licence Raj.
About what entrepreneurs think
The government is looking set to announce an entrepreneur-friendly tax regime aimed at boosting startups. Jaitley also talked positively of the MUDRA scheme, which is also aimed at helping entrepreneurs. A number of startups have also voiced their views regarding the launch of the programme, and its prospects. Among these is www.indiaonline.in, led by Rahul Jalan. Jalan is confident that Start Up India will achieve the PM's objective of being able to increase the ease of doing business. Indiaonline is an initiative of Pan India Internet Pvt. Ltd., and is a platform which brings together 475 India centric portals under one roof, providing detailed info about Indian states, Union Territories and Metros.
According to Innefu Labs' Co-Founder Tarun Wig, Start Up India promises to create an overall business-friendly market, spurred on by a better taxation and foreign investment policy. According to him, this will enhance their overall performance, both nationally and internationally.
Innefu is a research oriented info security group which focuses primarily on the development of niche and innovative cyber security solutions. Among the various segments which they have forayed into are fuzzy logic, pattern matching, multifactor authentication and open source intelligence, among others. Among their numerous clients are the Indian Army, Public Sector Companies and Intelligence Agencies.
Overhauling certification delays for startups
The startup ecosystem in India, inspite of its progress, still has a long way to go in allaying entrepreneurs' concerns about certification delays. Govind Bansal, co-founder of Aqua, believes however, that Start Up India is certain to be a step forward in the right direction in this regard. Aqua Mobiles, which was founded by Bansal, Arvind and Abhishek Adukia, is likely to derive maximum benefit from any streamlining efforts pertaining to certification.


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Dual And Combinable QPWM Graphics Core Controllers For Notebook Computers
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Baby First aid training..and we had a laugh!
When we left NICU with our premature baby George we were given some baby first aid training by one of his nurses. Its a great idea for new parents to have some life saving skills to leave hospital with and we all hope and pray we never have to use those skills.
Fast forward ten months and my friends from my ante-natal group suggested we do a first aid training course together. Having been on a playdate a few weeks earlier when one of the baby girls was choking on a stone, we saw first hand how quick things can turn nasty. We all agreed a date, a dish and a desert to bring and my friend hosted at her lovely home.
Spending the day together with friends, in a lovely home whilst our trainer Sue from Up and Running talked us through video presentations, demonstrations and literature it was the best way of learning. Being close friends we were able to have so much fun and laughed through most of the day. Being assessed and told you are now an able first aider was so rewarding and though I am yet to receive my certificate and badge...I have started to make a superhero rescue cape for myself! JPH-H
Sue Giles from Up and Running is a Senior First Aid Instructor and available for training sessions at home or in the clinic.
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Q3 Earnings Season Kicking Off!
Momentum weakened last week, and despite a number of weak daily closings, it wasn't enough to cause any technical damage. In effect, some technical traders will claim that the flat movement on the indexes last week is exactly what was needed before the earnings season kicks off this week. Indexes entered last week rather stretched, and so, after having traded sideways all week long, they laid down a much better groundwork for upward movement this week.
In Summary for the Week: The S&P 500 tacked on 0.23%, the NASDAQ rising 0.46%.
The Q3 earnings season is expected to be strong, even though earnings growth is expected to be hurt due to Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria. These storms inflicted harm on the general economic figures, and what now waits to be seen is their impact on the earnings of S&P 500 companies, with the first large wave for Q3 coming out this coming week.
The airline sector is expected to take an extremely big hit from the latest natural disasters, after Delta Airlines (DAL) reported large headwinds in the form of $120 million in lost revenues. For insurance companies, though, the pain is likely to be immense – and over the last few weeks insurance companies slashed their forecasts significantly. In effect, the blow that will be taken by insurance companies will be so big that it will shave off whole percentage points from the aggregate earnings growth of the S&P 500; the broad market index is now expected to record growth of 4.4% for Q3. Without the insurance sector, growth would have stood at 7.1%, still substantially beneath last quarter's earnings growth of 12%.
The insurance companies reporting this week will include Progressive (PGR) on Tuesday, which slashed its earnings forecast by 35% and Travelers (TRV), which on Thursday sliced its own earnings forecast by 32%.
The key companies reporting this week will include Netflix (NFLX) on Monday, and then Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), I.B.M. (IBM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) on Tuesday. United Continental (UAL) and Abbott (ABT) will be reporting on Wednesday. Verizon (VZ) and Blackstone (BLK) will be releasing their numbers on Thursday, with General Electric (GE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Honeywell (HON) reporting on Friday.
The earnings season promises to revive momentum and action on Wall Street, after the market's volatility reached historic lows over the last few months. Usually there's an overarching theme running through the earnings season; trading revolves around that theme and seeing that the week kicks off with a few key firms, we'll look to identify that theme! We're entering a period that's historically positive for the stock market. It's hard to dispute the track record of the last few months of the year, and the earnings season usually produces market gains. Investors tend to relate to the earnings season in a way very much in keeping with how they relate to the Fed. They want to be gung-ho or enthusiastic about the earnings season, and they usually find the way to do just that!
Have a great trading week!


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The Riviera Maya stretches from Cancun to Tulum along the northern Caribbean Coast of Mexico. The area offers a vast array of natural wonders from stunning beaches to historical Mayan ruins and offers activities to keep the whole family entertained.
Highlights that shouldn't be missed include Tulum, which is the only Mayan site located at the beach, where you can enjoy the rich history of this ancient civilization along with panoramic ocean views! You can also explore the marine life of second largest barrier reef in the world by snorkel or scuba. Or just relax on one of the best beaches in the world and soak up the sun.


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Insight – After cathedral clash, Copts doubt their future in Egypt
When Egyptian Christian Kerollos Maher watched on television as petrol bombs and rocks rained on Cairo's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral he had only one thought – emigration.
"Egypt is no longer my country," said the 24-year-old construction worker, standing in the courtyard of the country's largest cathedral where one Copt and one Muslim died in sectarian clashes this week.
"The situation of Christians is worsening from day to day. I've given up hope that things will improve," he said.
Christians, who make up a tenth of Egypt's 84 million people, have been worrying about the rise of militant Islamists since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
But after days of fighting at the cathedral and a town outside Cairo killing eight – the worst sectarian strife since Islamist President Mohamed Mursi was elected in June – many Copts now question whether they have a future in Egypt.
An angry young fringe of a community that has lived in Egypt since the earliest days of Christianity may also be turning to violence.
"The attack on the cathedral was the crossing of a red line," said Michael Sanouel, a 23-year old technician in a steel plant. Sanouel rushed to the cathedral "to defend it" when he heard about the clashes that lasted more than five hours.
"I have been looking for a while for a job abroad, in Italy or Germany," he said, standing next to a piece of charred wood from a tree hit by a petrol bomb hurled over the compound wall.
"I have two children but I don't want them to grow up under a Muslim Brotherhood regime," said Sanouel, who slept in the cathedral compound like dozens of others after the clashes, ready to defend it if more confrontations erupted.
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In the UK the Christian Church welcomes the Muslim Church in friendship. Muslims have freedom to worship and build mosques in the U K. This is because the U K is a secular country and people are free to hold any faith. However, people who live in secular countries with this freedom view the rise of Islam as a bad thing. Islam is not welcoming to other faiths and has more extremist views.


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This beautiful glossy oversized slipcase (8.5 x 12.8 inches, 21.5 x 32.5 cm) designed by Amelia Grohman was published in October 2008 by DC Comics (ISBN: 978-1-4012-1908-6, cover price 99$, my copy is a first print).
The main book inside comes with a glossy fully illustrated dust jacket. It contains the collected Ronin originally published in six parts in 1983 and 1984, printed on mat quality paper (328 pages).
|back cover of the dust jacket
After the credits pages, there is 2 pages introduction written by Jenette Kahn exclusive to this edition. It is followed by two pages "from the diary of Casey McKenna" that I am not able to source (they doesn't appear in the French edition that I also own, so it's perhaps exclusive to this edition).
|Jenette Kahn intro
|Casey McKenna diary
Then comes the main material. Each part of the original 6 issues mini-series is introduced by its wraparound virgin cover (plus sometimes enhanced excerpts). Original fold-out pages are indeed in their fold-out form.
|fold out final pages (recto)
This edition ends with a bonus section of 14 pages. The pictures below display them all:
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Loaded question: A question with an unacceptable pre-supposition. (Why do you hate America so much? – Stephen Colbert)Definitional Matters, Loaded Questions
Loaded question: A question with an unacceptable pre-supposition. (Why do you hate America so much? – Stephen Colbert)Definitional Matters, Loaded Questions
Equivocation: when an argument relies on an ambiguous word (a word with more than one possible meaning), shifting in meaning, to get its conclusionDefinitional Matters, Equivocation
An ad from Samuel "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher's campaign against Marcy Kaptur for Ohio's 9th district seat in the House of Representatives. It uses a the technique of distancing the speaker from obvious fallacious claims by qualifying them with the phrase 'I'm not saying that...'
A woman at a town hall style meeting claims Barack Obama is an "Arab." McCain takes the mic to correct her, saying Obama is a 'decent, family man.'
I found this in the shed of my parents, while taking my son to visit his grandparents. It belonged, originally, to my grandmother. There are two distinct ways to interpret the sentence: 'Without a cat, a home is just a house' which was probably the intent of the author, and certainly the intent of my cat-loving grandmother and cat-loving parents. I, however, prefer the alternative, where the phrase 'without a cat' attaches to 'house' rather than the sentence as a whole. : or, to make it explicit: 'A home is just (a house without a cat)'
In the days after the death of Osama bin Laden, this quote made its way around the various social networking sites:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of
In an infamous moment from the 1988 Presidential debate, the moderator Bernard Shaw asked Dukakis if his wife were raped and murder, would he still oppose the death penalty.
From the 2004 Presidential Campaign: Victory, which claims that Iraq and Afghanistan were now (in 2004) democracies.
From the 2004 Presidential Campaign: the 527 'Progress for America': 'These people want to kill us' - the list of 'these people' includes Chechen rebels.
From the 2004 Presidential Campaign: the 527 'Swift Boat Veterans for Truth' ran this ad questioning Kerry's public biography about his war record


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Survivors by Richard Eberhart (Signed Limited)
Survivors by Richard Eberhart (Signed Limited)
New Book.
Signed Limited Edition. One of 25 copies (copy # XVI) signed by Richard Eberhart with a holograph poem titled "Great Praises". Published by BOA Editions, 1979.
Bound in French papers by Gene Eckert.
Black cloth over marbled boards with gold embossed stamped lettering to cover. Book is new; clean, tight, sharp corners, bright spine lettering. No writing, highlighting, underlining, dog ears, etc. No rips or tears. Pages and boards crisp and straight. Spine un-broken with no spine lean. Book in un-read condition.
A scarce copy of this limited edition.
A wonderful addition to any poetry collection.
Eberhart was the winner of the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry as well as the 1977 National Book Award for Poetry.
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A Story From the Underground RailroadBook - 2012
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Through pencil drawings and no words this book pulls at the heart strings as a young girl helps a runaway slave.
A suspenseful tale told through pencil sketches!. An amazing book.
Henry Cole's story about the Underground Railroad in the United States during the Civil War is wordless or "unspoken", as suggested in the title. There really is no need for words because the detailed, sepia-toned pencil drawings tell the story so well.
In this book, a young farm girl, while gathering eggs, hears a noise in the hen house and discovers someone hiding there. The fearful eyes tell her that this person is a runaway, likely making his way to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Acting with compassion and courage, she secretly brings food and water to the man.
Later, members of the Confederate Army ride through the farm yard, searching for the runaway. Fortunately, their search is fruitless.
The reader of this story never sees the face of the escaped slave, just the eyes and hands – but this is enough to convey his desperation and fright.
The young girl and the runaway communicate without words, because again, there is no need. In fact, this haunting story is so moving and powerful because of what it doesn't say but instead portrays through the incredible illustrations.
This picture book is sure to evoke much discussion, and with its wealth of illustrative detail, readers will want to return to it again and again.
Author Henry Cole grew up on a dairy farm in Virginia where he can remember hearing older relatives tell stories of the Civil War. A former teacher, he is the author of many other children's picture books.
A delightful, wordless picture book about a girl who finds a runaway slave. I highly recommend.
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why we moved to the northeast kingdom
In May we bought a house on 36 acres in northern Vermont in one of the three counties that comprise the Northeast Kingdom. It's far enough north that it is not touristy Vermont and certainly not second-home-for-New-Yorkers Vermont. We only discovered the area because a good friend moved up here the year before. It's not the most obvious place to end up when you have the ability to live anywhere (we both work remotely) so I thought I would share the reasons why we chose to make this our home.
1) Water is available and land is cheap
Jonathan was quite set on having an orchard and doing some small scale agriculture - more than a backyard garden. Out west in Colorado this was not feasible at all. The land is clay, alkaline, and you can only irrigate if you have costly water rights. In Massachusetts water is not an issue but land is expensive. While some parts of Vermont are costly, the Northeast Kingdom is full of incredible homes on large parcels of land at a relatively affordable rate. Our home here cost less than either our house in Colorado or Massachusetts.
2) You can hike for hours and see two people
When we lived in Colorado, we once spent an hour and a half driving up to a remote trail to do some mountain hiking. When we got to the trailhead, we had to turn around and drive half a mile back to find parking. It was just us, nature, and a few hundred other people. The Front Range is sunny and beautiful and everyone has figured that out, so it's not only expensive, but also incredibly crowded. In Massachusetts we weren't near any hiking at all, unless you consider a one mile loop in the woods to be hiking. Here, we've got some small, challenging mountains. We're less than an hour from the White Mountains, 20 minutes from the Groton State Forest, and the incredible Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is literally in our back yard. We love to take walks after dinner on warm evenings. Half the time we don't even see anyone else. And relatedly…
3) There aren't a lot of people but they are our kind of people
My parents lived in rural Nebraska while I was in college. Nebraskans are a friendly lot, but rural Nebraska was not my cup of tea. Despite being surrounded by fields there was no local food scene - you had to drive an hour Omaha to get fresh cilantro. There was no recycling program. There were no other transplants and everyone in town had known everyone else in town since the day they were born. There are constant water issues caused by chemical fertilizer runoff. (This was a decade ago, so these things may have changed.)
Vermont has its hippie reputation for a reason. While I occasionally see fields of corn, they aren't the norm here. People move here to grow local food or to buy local food. In fact, we are number one in the nation for the most local food per capita. Even our tiny town has its own farmer's market. There is a culture of making and buying locally. Most of the agriculture is organic and sustainable - we don't live in fear of Dicamba drifting into our yard. And because it's a great place to live, there are other transplants, which makes it much easier to integrate into the community. The kinds of people who move up here are not career oriented - this is the last place you would come to advance a career unless it's in forestry. You only move here if you want to have a life, not a job. Everyone I've met seems to dabble (or work) in fields I haven't encountered elsewhere - things like herbalism, foraging, natural dyeing.
4) There aren't a lot of cultural amenities but there are enough and they are growing.
We don't have any pho or tacos, but we have a few good restaurants around. (Our favorite is Three Ponds.) We've got a bakery with croissants. We've got a wine and cheese store. And we're only 10 minutes from St. Johnsbury which is the de facto capital of the Northeast Kingdom. It hosts Catamount Arts, which shows art house films (you can get booze while you watch), concerts, and all sorts of other stuff that warm my millennial pink heart. St. J also has a natural food store, pharmacies, and the regional hospital. We are 10 minutes from 98% of the things that we need. A few new breweries and restaurants are about to open up. The two things on my cultural amenity wish list are good ethnic food and a fabric store. I occasionally day dream about quitting my day job and opening a fabric and yarn store in St. J's charming Victorian downtown.
I should probably also mention that for the athletic minded, there is serious mountain biking at Kingdom Trails and serious skiing at Burke Mountain.
5) The views
When we drove up to this place, I knew that was it. Love at first sight. Can you blame us?
So there you have it! Feel free to ask questions if you have any. I could talk about Vermont all day.


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But I am trying my best to recover my focus, my life, and my attitude.
I really don't know why, but I have been in a funk, or a rut, or something along those lines, for quite some time. Everybody has down periods and the like, but it has really been difficult for me to get motivated.
At any rate, I am trying now to pull myself out of this. I am trying to take better care of myself – eating better, getting more exercise, and trying to pay attention to what my body is telling me.
I am trying to take better care of myself mentally – by reading, writing, and focusing on goals, like posting articles on a blog that I keep. I have gotten good feedback in the past and I really think I should keep going and grow my blog and see where it goes. I am trying to read more, both for fun and to broaden my horizons. I want to expose myself to new ideas and keep growing, not just muddle about with my long-held opinions. You never know what you might learn, if you just open yourself up to the possibilities.
I am trying to take better care of myself emotionally as well. I have a dear friend and I try to talk to him regularly, to check in and let him know how I am doing and what I'm thinking about. I also check in on him, to make sure he's doing well. Reaching out is really helping me – it is helping me see past my own issues and to celebrate others' successes and good times as well. He's teaching me a lot about how to truly be friend, how to truly listen, and so much more.


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Big 8 winter sports all-conference awards, 2015
The Big 8 Conference has released its all-conference teams for winter sports.
Cardinal Gibbons was the boys basketball champ and landed Justin Reid as player of the year. Chapel Hill was the girls basketball champ, but Olivia Smith was player of the year.
Orange was the wrestling champ, but Southern Durham's James Taylor III was wrestler of the year. Chapel Hill won the Big 8 boys swimming title but Cardinal Gibbons' Noah Cairns was the swimmer of the year. Meanwhile, Gibbons won the girls swimming title while Northwood's Rory O'Dell was the swimmer of the year.
Boys basketball
Champions (regular season): Cardinal Gibbons
Player of the Year: Justin Reid, Cardinal Gibbons
Coach of the Year: James Ryan, Cardinal Gibbons
Sportsmanship Award: J.F. Webb
Justin Reid, Cardinal Gibbons
Logan Bugg, Cardinal Gibbons
David Caraher, Chapel Hill
Brian Thornton, Chapel Hill
Peyton Pappas, Cedar Ridge
Devonte Williams, J.F. Webb
Kristopher Haywood, Northern Vance
Kadarus Rone, Northwood
Jawan Chambers, Orange
Garrett Cloer, Orange
J'Tori Christmas, Southern Durham
Rashad Dixon, Southern Durham
Girls basketball
Champions (regular season): Chapel Hill
Player of the Year: Olivia Smith, Cardinal Gibbons
Coach of the Year: Cameron Vernon, Northwood
Sportsmanship Award: Cedar Ridge
Olivia Smith, Cardinal Gibbons
Erica Skowron, Cardinal Gibbons
Raziyah Farrington, Chapel Hill
Autumn West, Chapel Hill
Alliyah Chaplin, Chapel Hill
Tamia Eatmon, Chapel Hill
Jessica Wall, Chapel Hill
Chelsea Hill, Cedar Ridge
Jasmine Sneed, J.F. Webb
Nakiyah Bullock, J.F. Webb
Kayleigh Spencer, Northern Vance
Shantai Totten, Northwood
Kristian Eanes, Northwood
Jasmine Atkins, Northwood
Kaylan Campbell, Orange
Logan Woody, Orange
Deja Booth, Orange
Marissa Mackins, Southern Durham
Addis Lemons, Southern Durham
J'Naya Ephraim, Southern Durham
Boys swimming
Conference Meet Champions: Chapel Hill
Regular Season Conf. Champions: Cardinal Gibbons
Swimmer of the Year: Noah Cairns, Cardinal Gibbons
Diver of the Year: Tommy Billman, Chapel Hill
Coach of the Year: Jonah Turner, Cardinal Gibbons
Christopher Raymond , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 MR, 100 Back
Noah Cairns , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 MR, 200 IM, 100 Breast
Shane Humphrey , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 MR, 100 Fly, 100 Breast
JD Humphrey , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 MR
Cothalee Watko , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 Free, 500 Free
John Cairns , Cardinal Gibbons: 100 Back
Josh Conger - Northwood: 200 Free, 500 Free
Jordan Ren - Chapel Hill: 200 IM
Jake Pudik - Chapel Hill: 50 Free, 100 Free, 400 FR
CJ Eron - Chapel Hill: 50 Free, 100 Free, 400 FR
Patrick O'Donnell - Chapel Hill: 100 Fly, 200 FR
David Batson - Chapel Hill: 200 FR, 400 FR
Emery Harwell - Chapel Hill: 200 FR
Takoda Ren - Chapel Hill: 200 FR
Ang Li - Chapel Hill: 400 FR
Girls swimming
Conference Meet Champions: Cardinal Gibbons
Regular Season Conf. Champions: Cardinal Gibbons
Swimmer of the Year: Rory O'Dell, Northwood
Coach of the Year: Amy Wilson, Cedar Ridge
Sportsmanship: Northern Vance
Anabelle Durham - Chapel Hill: 200 MR
Sarah Taekman - Chapel Hill: 200 MR, 100 Breast
Claire DeSelm - Chapel Hill: 200 MR, 200 IM, 100 Fly
Paige Jones - Chapel Hill: 200 MR, 50 Free, 100 Free
Jaylyn Forrest - Chapel Hill: 200 Free, 500 Free
Uma Knaven - Chapel Hill: 200 IM
Katherine Acierno - Chapel Hill: 50 Free
Emily Dykstra , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR
Haley Allen , Cardinal Gibbons: 100 Fly, 200 FR, 100 Back, 400 FR
Sammy Stone , Cardinal Gibbons: 100 Free, 200 FR, 400 FR
Adelaide Cairns , Cardinal Gibbons: 200 FR, 400 FR
Sarah Shepherd - Northwood: 100 Back
Rebecca Churchill - Cedar Ridge: 100 Breast
Wrestler of the Year: James Taylor, Southern Durham
Co-coach of the Year: Bobby Shriner, Orange and Tripp Price, Chapel Hill
Sportsmanship: Orange
106: Samuel Gunning - Chapel Hill; Justin Hutchins - Orange
113: Bailey Hawkins - Orange; Wesley Kelley - Chapel Hill
120: Justin Perry - J.F. Webb; Zachary Allen - Chapel Hill
126: Nolan Malugen - J.F. Webb; Ian Anderson - Northwood
132: Gonzalo Gracia Contoral - Orange; I'Money Rushing - Chapel Hill
138: Joe Scott - Orange; Jayr Lewis – Southern Durham
145: Trent Tanner - Orange; Grayson Bryant - Northwood
152: Grady Pritchard - Cedar Ridge;Meik Jimenez - Orange
160: Hunter Queen - Northwood; Alex Coats - Orange
170: Camden Bergey - Chapel Hill; Logan Smith - Orange
182: Michael Queen - Northwood; Payton Wilson - Orange
195: James Taylor – Southern Durham; John Dunning – Northwood
220: George McBurney – Chapel Hill; Matthew Darby – Southern Durham
285: Byron Stephenson - Orange; R. Hudson Price - Chapel Hill
At large: Erik Jens - Chapel Hill; Shemar Brandon - Southern Durham; Jacob Tutor - Cedar Ridge; Thomas Santos - Cedar Ridge


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Nigel Fanshawe, headmaster extraordinary, is a cautiously happy man as he approaches his 100th birthday. The first signs that the Government may allow grammar schools to expand to meet the pressure on waiting lists is the most cheering thing he has heard in his long, productive retirement.
"It always seemed strange to me that we should have selection in sport and in music but not in brains," he says. "Now things look a lot more promising." In a significant about-turn, Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has suggested that existing grammars should be able to grow and even to run "satellite" schools that are also selective. Though David Cameron once said it would be "an electoral albatross" to pledge to build more grammars, Fanshawe, headmaster of the King Edward Grammar School, Chelmsford, for 28 years until 1977, has never given up hope of a renaissance.
"If there is a chance of reviving them," he says, "we have to know why it went wrong the first time. The real cause of disillusionment was the shortage of places. The government should have been building grammar schools like mad. Next time, there should be plenty of places so that every child who reaches the standard, gets in.
"Grammar schools are said to divide the rich from the poor," Fanshawe says. "but that is exactly what they don't do. I had no catchment area. All I cared about was how an applicant did in the exam papers, not whether his father was a barrister or a farm labourer. One boy's father was a cowman. He got a first at Cambridge and is now an academic. Is that social divide? Total rubbish. Politicians need to recognise the facts."
League tables show that most of the country's top 100 schools are grammars. There are up to 13 applications for every place at the most popular of England's remaining 164 grammar schools. (The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ruled that no new grammars are allowed to be created.)
Competition is so great that parents either pay for their children to be coached for the 11-plus, or send them to fee-paying prep schools. This, argues Fanshawe, is against the grammar school ethos. "The few grammars that are left are selective in a way that was never intended."
Inspirational but severe, Fanshawe was one of those idiosyncratic figures education has done its best to squeeze out. Not many people would recognise his name. He won no awards. But he took over a depleted, ill-disciplined school that was ravaged by wartime neglect and transformed it into one of the most successful in the country.
"He was a distant figure in a gown, but heroic to me," says one of his past pupils. "He had an aura about him. On my first day at school, addressing 90 new boys in the school hall, he told us we could go as far as we wanted, we could be leaders. You were encouraged to be yourself."
Normal retirement age meant nothing to Fanshawe. Having been persuaded to do extra time, he finally left KEGS in 1977, aged 67, but became so bored that he took up part-time maths teaching at St Paul's School for Girls in London for a further nine years. "I assured the headmistress that I was quite safe with her girls because I had reached the age of discretion. I had never taught girls. It was an eye-opener. They are lovely to teach," he says.
When the introduction of the National Curriculum quenched Fanshawe's enthusiasm for teaching, he embarked on a new life of research. "After I retired," he says, "I thought it was about time I educated myself. I was a simpleton."
First, he turned his mathematician's brain to the subject of the bubonic plague. How was it, he wondered, that a devastatingly infectious disease with an incubation period of 30 days did not fell the crews of the ships that harboured the supposedly plague-carrying rats, yet the men unloading cargo on the quaysides were dying like flies? Painstakingly, he disproved the popular myth that rats were responsible for the Black Death and eventually his findings were borne out by other researchers.
"Whatever it was, it was not bubonic plague," he says. "It was not bacterial. It was a viral disease. Nothing to do with rats at all. And if it did come again, we would be just as defenceless against it as our forebears were."
Until recently, Fanshawe was living independently. The sitting room of his home in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, harboured a headmasterly clutter of reference works, biographies and papers. When we met, he was dressed nattily in a sage corduroy waistcoat, check trousers and a cream polo-neck. He keeps his brain active by solving puzzles, and reading biographies and histories.
He spent his boyhood in Wolverhampton, where his father ran a recycling business. With six children, they were always hard-pressed for cash. Fanshawe lived on his wits, gaining a scholarship to grammar school (where he jumped straight from the first to the fourth year) and then collecting four scholarships to make up the £235 a year he needed to go to Cambridge to read maths. He graduated in 1932 with a first, earning the accolade of Wrangler.
At Radley College public school he taught boys with all the privileges he lacked and ran the school cadet force. "Some were not used to the idea of work and when I asked them what they would go on to do, they said they would go back to the family estate and do a bit of hunting. I was never resentful," Fanshawe says.
Bad eyesight prevented him from joining up in 1939, so he had a pleasant war, teaching by day and patrolling the Thames in a launch as an officer of the Home Guard at night. "Our job was to watch for landing German parachutists," he says. "I had a short stick and a .22 small-bore rifle. Those were our weapons. In summer, the 3am to 6am patrol was very quiet. We just saw the occasional heron. It was absolutely lovely."
On a climbing holiday in the Austrian mountains, he met a statuesque blonde called Maria. "Her father was a master shoemaker and Maria ran one of his shops. I went in for a replacement shoelace. She spoke English, and that made me slightly attractive to her. I had no German at all."
On the next school holiday, he returned to Austria and proposed. To the boys at Radley and later at Eton, where Fanshawe was an assistant master, Maria Fanshawe was an exotic creature, vividly remembered for her alluring accent and verve. She entered into the social life of both public schools with enthusiasm.
"In my own department at Radley," he says, "I was a little dictator. It was my job and I did it as I liked. Now you have to stick to the National Curriculum and teachers are sent on courses that are a total waste of time."
In 1949, when Fanshawe started his headship at KEGS, corporal punishment was the norm. "The cane has to be used with proper discrimination," he says. "There is no doubt of its efficacy. In the early days, I did cane a bit to create the idea that there are some things – smoking, refusing to do what a teacher requests — that you just don't do. In only a few years, the caning rate went down to almost zero."
"You had to be evil to get caned," recalls a KEGS old boy from the 1971 intake. "There were few thrashings. His method was to invite you in for a chat; it was not a pleasant experience."
Fanshawe took boys from wherever they lived, as long as they passed the rigorous selection exam – no matter what their background. One boy came from 40 miles away. When Essex County Council purged 120 of its grammars in the Sixties, KEGS was spared because a 1550 document by its founders, stipulating that the school was to be run by four governors and their successors, had never been revoked.
"They worked very hard to turn my school comprehensive," Fanshawe says, "but that document saved us. Now there are four surviving grammars in the county and 10 applicants for each place."
At 96, he was still driving his 1989 Mazda and was an active member of the indoor bowls club. A typical day started at 6.45am when he would make porridge, listen to the radio and read the papers.
Since Maria died, he has found solace in his books and his Beethoven collection. He has two daughters, both retired teachers, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Fanshawe regards the education system with a mixture of despair and anger. He believes the lack of good-quality graduates going into teaching is wrecking the system. "Governments have, for 20 years, been attacking the teaching profession, with the result that it is no longer attractive," he says. "Teachers don't want to spend their lives fighting 13-year-olds who couldn't care less about education. It's no fun. It was fun to me. None of the brightest graduates wants to go into teaching and that means comprehensives can never have the best staff at the top."


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If you are using PowerVC with HMC connections and number of managed VMs are increasing, you should be complaining about performance of PowerVC tasks. This happens because more communications occur between HMC and managed host proportional to VM number increase. As you know PowerVC is built on openstack and compute operations are handled by nova component in openstack. PowerVC creates a nova process for every managed hosts. Nova processes talk with HMC, HMC talks with managed host's FSP for every compute task. HMC becomes only a proxy and it increases PowerVC task durations. To reduce this time and increase performance, there is a new technology called NovaLink.
NovaLink is an Ubuntu partition that handles nova operations, talks with managed host directly without HMC. You need to consider those prerequisites and download ISO file from IBM.
-Power 8 server with firmware version 840 or later
-VIO servers 22.214.171.124 or later
-PowerVC 126.96.36.199 or later
Also do not forget that you will need to change mode of HMC for managed hosts(physical machines) to "co-management mode" after NovaLink installation. That means virtualization tasks can be done only with NovaLink(from PowerVC). You can't do any VM operations from HMC(only for managed hosts). This will be explained later.
There may be a few installation methods but using optical device would be better option.
-Create NovaLink partition(linux partition). You should install one NovaLink per every managed host.
-Map a lun to lpar for os installation. It must be single path, for example if you are using vscsi only map to single VIO server. Multipathing does not work during installation and it causes grub installation failure. Do multipathing after installation if you wish.
-Create virtual media repository, virtual media disk and optical device at any VIO server than map it to lpar.
# mkrep -sp rootvg -size 5G
# mkvopt -name novalink -file /home/padmin/novalink.iso
# mkvdev -fbo -vadapter vhostX
# loadopt -vtd vtoptX -disk novalink --> check vopt name after above command.
-Boot lpar with SMS option, boot from optical device.
-You should configure network(ip, dns, netmask, gateway), padmin password...etc. during installation.
-After installation login to NovaLink and upgrade to latest packages.
# wget --mirror ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/debian
# apt-get upgrade
HMC co-Management Mode
As I mentioned before, you should enable HMC co-Management mode before adding host to PowerVC. You can't do any virtualization operation on lpars in managed host after doing this(via HMC). If you want to give up NovaLink, you can rollback this settings. Run this commands in HMC to enable co-Management mode.
# chsyscfg -m physical_machine -r lpar -i lpar_id=novalpar_id,powervm_mgmt_capable=1
# chcomgmt -o setmaster -t norm -m physical_machine
After this settings you should see an icon in HMC next to managed host name;
So you can add the host from PowerVC over NovaLink by entering NovaLink informations.
After adding the host you can do a verification by running vm commands in NovaLink. For example you can display vms;
# pvmctl vm list
Run those commands if you want to disable co-Management mode and NovaLink(after removing host from PowerVC). This commands will also remove NovaLink.
# chsysstate -m physical_machine -r lpar -o shutdown --id novalpar_id --immed
# rmsyscfg -r lpar -m physical_machine --id novalpar_id
# chcomgmt -o setmaster -t norm -m physical_machine
Master can be checked by;
# lscomgmt -m physical_machine
if nova is enabled you should see something like "curr_master_name=novapartition" in the output.


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ISBN: 1-59005-072-x
Hardcover, 185 x 145 mm, 16 pages, 8 duotone plates, one original print.
Michael Kenna's humorous and very touching One Picture Book takes the form of a photographically-illustrated memoir of his childhood studies at Upholland College in England, where he studied to become a Catholic priest. Boarding School offers a rare glimpse into the personal side of this internationally-known but very private artist. It culminates with an original signed print made from an early (ca 1965) negative. Limited quantity available.
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Rock n' Road Tires 700c x 43mm & 650b x 43mm
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When the Rock 'n Road tire was designed it was made for one purpose, and one purpose only. The ability to ride all terrains with ease.. It is Because of its unique "step-pyramid" tread pattern that optimizes on this idea. At speed, the center tread line provides an almost continuous line, allowing the rest of the tire to float just off the ground during paved riding. Even though the Rock 'n Road mimics the feel of a much narrower road tire on pavement, when ridden in the dirt, sand, mud and gravel, the best of the tire jumps to life. It is on the trail, through changing weather conditions where this tire continues to surprise the rider, because it always out preforms the expectations of an all terrain tire.
Things you need to know
If you are going to run Our Rock 'n Road Tires Tube Less Do not run over 45psi - If you are going to use tubes - then you can inflate them to 70psi, although I recommend running them no higher than 55psi
The tires measures out at a nice 43mm wide (or 1.72" for the Imperial folks)
Both Blackwall and Skinwall Available
It's lighter than the original. Our 43mm x 700c weighed right about 540g.
We paid extra for top quality! Japanese-built by Panaracer, the tire has a nice Kevlar folding bead.
Your bike has to have at least 43cm chain stays for the 700c tire to fit & 42cm chain stays for the 650b.
Try to find a tire this nice for $57/ea. with Free Shipping in the USA. The tire is in stock and ready to ship.
Don't know about the original tire? Then here is a quick trip down memory lane:
The original tire was designed by this mountain bike guy named Joe Murray (you might have heard of him). It was designed to be a large volume, fast rolling tire that could handle all conditions - jack of all trades. That's not the most interesting part. What made this tire unique is that it was built for 700c wheels. That's right, this was a29er tire before 29ers became all the rage. How early? Try 1988...
Michael Woolsey says.."these tires changed my life!"
Ted De Long says... "These tires have unbelievably good handling on the dirt downhills...almost too good."
Why are the 700c Rock 'n Road tire not "Tubeless Compatible" and the 650b are?


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Roasting chicken easy as putting a baking sheet in oven
Learn to roast a whole chicken, and you'll eat well for life. And, hey, if you're anything like Prince Harry, it might help you get engaged, too!
There are plenty of reasons you should add a roast chicken to your cooking repertoire. It can be an impressive centerpiece for dinner, and you can use the meat to make so many other dishes, whether it's enchiladas, chicken salad or pot pies. Plus, the bones are ideal for broth, and if your chicken comes with a giblet packet of the liver, gizzard and such, make stock or gravy.
Just as important: Roasting a chicken is not that hard.
You can scour the internet or cookbooks and find way too many complicated or intimidating strategies. Brining. Flipping. Stove top and then oven. Spatchcocking. I didn't want any of it. I wanted to roast a chicken, simply.
That is why this recipe from America's Test Kitchen appeals to me. No special steps, no special equipment. (You'll want an instant-read thermometer, but that's a workhorse that's worth the investment if you don't already have one. Also: kitchen twine, cheap and easy to acquire, although some chickens you can buy already have the legs tied back; if you don't have twine, plain, unwaxed dental floss works, as does cutting two slats in the skin and inserting a leg in each one.)
The only other requirements are an ovenproof skillet and some oil, salt and pepper. The genius of the recipe is heating the chicken in a very hot oven for half the time inside the preheated skillet and then letting it finish with the oven turned off. Very little effort — or, really, skill — is needed, and even if it doesn't result in the crispiest chicken skin you'll ever have, the oven-off time keeps the meat from drying out.
Instead of a skillet, I decided to use a durable baking sheet (or sheet pan), which better contained the splattering fat that smoked up our Food Lab oven on my first attempt in a cast-iron skillet (the biggest oven-safe skillet a lot of people own). Plus, the sheet pan gave me enough room to throw on some sliced potatoes, which further cut down on the fat firecrackers and, of course, resulted in a built-in side dish.
Once you master this recipe — probably the very first time you make it — you can start tweaking it to suit your tastes. Throw lemon or onion in the chicken cavity. Put flavored butter over and under the skin. Season with your favorite spices. You've only just begun.
One-Pan Roast Chicken and Potatoes
Yield: x servings
Adapted from "How to Roast Everything," by America's Test Kitchen (Penguin Random House, 2018).
One whole 3 1/2-to-4-pound chicken, giblet packet removed if included
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1/4-inch slices
Extra-virgin olive oil
Place a durable baking sheet on the middle oven rack; preheat to 450 degrees.
Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Rub the entire surface with the vegetable oil and season the skin generously with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together and tuck the wingtips (the segment from the last joint to the tip) behind the back. (This keeps those parts from cooking too fast and drying out.)
Toss the potatoes with just enough olive oil to lightly coat them; this will help keep them from sticking to the pan.
Transfer the chicken, breast side up, to the center of the preheated baking sheet in the oven. Scatter the potatoes around, but not under, the chicken. Alternatively, if you don't feel comfortable reaching into the oven with the rack pulled out, remove the heated baking sheet from the oven to add the chicken and potatoes before proceeding with roasting.
Roast the chicken and potatoes for 25 to 35 minutes, until the breast registers 120 degrees on an instant-read thermometer (temperature taken away from the bone) and the thighs 135 degrees. Turn off the oven; let the chicken and potatoes rest there for 25 to 35 minutes, until the breast registers 160 degrees and thighs 175 degrees. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board to rest for 20 minutes; this is an key step that allows the juices to be reabsorbed into the meat.
Carve the chicken and serve, drizzling pan juices over the pieces, if desired.
Nutrition | Per Serving: Calories: 510; Total Fat: 26 g; Saturated Fat: 7 g; Cholesterol: 140 mg; Sodium: 320 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 20 g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Protein: 46 g.


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About: The overall objectives of this study into household pollution in were Vietnam twofold. Firstly, the study aimed to assess household willingness-to-pay to access (connect) to the sewerage system and the socio-economic characteristics which may explain the extent of this willingness-to-pay.
Secondly, the study aimed to assess the design and feasibility of institutional and financial mechanisms to promote access to the sewerage system.
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Kylie Minogue to headline Proms in the Park concert
Pop star Kylie Minogue is to headline the BBC's Proms In The Park concert in September.
The Australian singer, who is celebrating 25 years in the music industry, will be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the event.
Also taking part in the Hyde Park celebration will be Il Divo and tenor Alfie Boe.
Minogue recently wrapped up an "anti-tour", playing rare tracks with minimal lighting and no backing dancers.
Her Proms concert is more likely to recreate new, orchestral arrangements of her hits which were recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios last year.
Amongst the songs to be re-interpreted for her 25th anniversary were On A Night Like This , All The Lovers and Finer Feelings .
In a statement, the star said: "I'm delighted to be performing at one of the UK's most outstanding nights of the musical calendar.
"To sing in front of thousands of people whilst being accompanied by the legendary BBC Concert Orchestra in such a special year is truly a dream come true."
Proms In The Park , a companion to the Last Night Of The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, will take place on Saturday, 8 September.
Now in its 17th year, it will be hosted by Radio 2 presenters Tony Blackburn and Sir Terry Wogan - and forms part of the London 2012 Festival.
Sir Terry said: "To have the Princess of Pop herself, Kylie Minogue, performing in Hyde Park promises to make the concert an unforgettable spectacle."
Minogue's former record label, PWL, is also staging a concert in Hyde Park this summer, featuring almost every artist who recorded under the Stock Aitken Waterman banner in the 1980s and 90s.
The line-up includes Steps, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Sinitta and Sonia - but Minogue's appearance has yet to be confirmed.


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I'm from Russia. I am 35 years old. Addicted to scrapbooking since 2010. My inspiration is my son. Thank you for the opportunity to work.
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It would be an accurate description to call me an occasional vegetarian. This, even though I grew up, for the most part, in a farming family, where the very idea of a meatless meal stirred up worries of grave malnutrition.
Fast forward to the ninth grade.
It was a year of transitions, including a move from one parent to the other, from town to city and an enormous school, and from living above a butcher shop to a strictly vegetarian diet (although I'll admit to secretly spending some of my allowance on pastrami).
Suddenly, instead of common tuna salad between my bread, there was unnaturally pink Wham. Suspicious-smelling FriChick instead of chicken. Fried gluten instead of roast beef.
And as every school kid knows, opening a bagged lunch on a meal of weird sandwiches is a sure way to get noticed when you'd really rather not.
A couple of years later, however, I would discover that weirdness is in the eye of the beholder.
Then attending a private school, where veg-headedness was the norm, my lunches looked just like everybody else's. Everybody, that is, except Adam.
Adam's grandmother was in charge of feeding three growing teenaged grandsons as they boarded with her for their last two years of high school.
Suffice to say, Adam's appetite was the stuff of legend. And his lunches, often a tower of five over-stuffed sandwiches, continue to live on in memory these twenty years since.
But it wasn't just that Adam ate a lot. Although he did. A lot.
The reason his lunches are conversation fodder to this day, is not that he could polish off his Dagwood-esque sandwich pile before the rest of us could peel an orange. Nor that, once finished, he'd cast sidelong looks to see whether anyone might have leftovers.
No, the reason Adam's lunches will not be forgotten for another twenty years is that his grandmother, in an effort to keep her brood fed and full, didn't stuff their sandwiches with Wham or FriChick, or even Tuno salad. She filled them, instead, with whatever they'd had for supper the night before.
There were mashed potato sandwiches. Curry and rice sandwiches. Macaroni and cheese sandwiches. And, near the end of every week, Kitchen Sink sandwiches that featured any or all of the week's meals.
Not a bad idea, perhaps. Just not one that Adam will ever be able to live down. Especially since I married one of his cousins, and won't let him forget.
I will, however, offer a couple of vegetarian and semi-vegetarian recipes, should Adam want to send his own kids to school with something a little less attention-grabbing this year.
After all, we are family, and no one should have to spend a lifetime being remembered as the kid with the mashed potato sandwiches.
Roasted Vegetable Filling for Wraps (pictured, above)
1 large stalk broccoli
3 or 4 florets cauliflower
1/2 red pepper
1/4 red onion
3 medium carrots
3 portabella mushrooms
olive oil for drizzling
1 tbs balsamic vinegar
1 cup light mayo
kosher salt/fresh ground pepper
Boursin cheese for spreading
butter lettuce
Roughly chop vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil to coat. Place on a baking sheet and
roast at 400F for about ten minutes, until vegetables are softened. Transfer to a
mixing bowl. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and additional olive oil. Season. Cool
completely. Chop vegetables more finely. Fold in mayo.
Spread each wrap with 2 tsp Boursin cheese. Follow directions as above.
Tuna Salad Filling for Wraps
2 cans flaked light tuna, drained
2 tbs finely chopped red onion
1/2 roasted red pepper, chopped
1 tbs capers
1/2 cup stuffed green Manzanilla olives, sliced
3 banana pepper rings, chopped
3 tbs chopped sun dried tomatoes (reconstituted or in oil, drained)
1/4 cup shredded parmesan
4 tbs extra virgin olive oil
kosher salt/fresh ground pepper
butter lettuce
Toss together tuna with red onion, red pepper, capers, olives, hot peppers, sun
dried tomatoes and parmesan. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to combine. Season to
taste with salt and pepper. Line wraps with butter lettuce. Spread a generous amount
of filling into the centre and roll up, folding the ends inside. Wrap wraps in
parchment paper and pack in totes with freezer packs to keep cold until lunchtime.
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Central Excise - Cenvat credit on parts used for construction of fixed and semi-fixed structures - assessee availed cenvat credit on inputs viz. angles, channels, beams etc. which were used in construction of towers and in tower materials, pre-fabricated buildings/shelters - Tribunal by the impugned confirmed the demand but deleted the penalty – Revenue in appeal
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All About Diaper Bags A diaper bag, as the name insinuates is quite obviously a bag that stores diapers. However, most have enough space for a wide range of baby accessories and have proved to be an excellent resolution for busy parents. A diaper bag stores diapers, toys, medicines, pacifiers, ...Read More »
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© Migros
Are cotton, bioplastics or paper really better than plastic material? This warrants an emphatic "No". The production of unbleached paper bags, in particular, requires huge amounts of energy and water. In addition, chemicals that are harmful to the environment are used to ensure stability. The bag is also only biodegradable in an unbleached and unprinted state. Cotton cultivation is also harmful to the environment thanks to high water consumption and the use of pesticides. That's why the use of cotton shopping bags only makes sense if the plants come from environmentally sustainable production and customers utilize them repeatedly. Bioplastic bags are made from agricultural crops and by-products that are treated with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, What's more, the bags can only be disintegrated under industrial conditions.
veggiebags at Alnatura in Bonn-Beuel (Germany). © iXtenso/Nicholson
Supermarket chains like Migros, Alnature or denn's Biomarkt present an alternative to the thin plastic produce bags by offering reusable bags to package fruits and vegetables. The bags made by veggiebags, take5nets or fregie are made out of 100 percent eco-friendly polyester, are transparent and relatively lightweight. So does this actually mean we fight plastic with plastic? Yes, but these bags can be easily cleaned in the washing machine at 30 degrees Celsius. And this makes them overall more environmentally friendly. In a press release, Migros states, "During the testing stage, we sold over 200,000 veggie bags. If each of the Veggie Bags that was sold during the pilot phase is reused twenty times, it would eliminate more than four million disposable plastic produce bags."
However, the press release does not mention that the maker of veggiebag, which supplies Migros with the bags has its production site in China. Needless to say, the long journey also increases carbon emissions. But what would a good alternative be without offering yet another alternative? ChicoBag makes its bags using recycled colorless PET bottles, for example, and suppliers like Re-Sack or Greenderella apply the same principle using organic cotton, while their bags are even more lightweight than some plastic varieties.
© Rewe Group
Organic products, in particular, are always packaged in plastic. Bell peppers, tomatoes or cucumbers are surrounded by plastic sleeves or placed in plastic shells. The reason for this is EU implementing regulations pertaining to ecological/organic products. They stipulate that organic and conventional products have to always be distinguished. This is why organic fruits and vegetables are packaged and labeled as such.
The Rewe Group is once again a trailblazer in finding alternative solutions. Since the end of March, discount supermarket chain Penny has started to gradually only purchase bananas that are not shrink-wrapped in foil but are marked with a label. Rewe's organic cucumbers have been labeled with stickers for quite some time already but only if they are from Germany. Meanwhile, Spanish cucumbers continue to have plastic covers, also in part to avoid possible damages incurred during transport.
Close-up of wax worm next to biodegraded holes in a polyethylene plastic shopping bag from a UK supermarket as used in the experiment. © Paolo Bombelli, Chris Howe, Federica Bertocchini
According to the legislator, the recycling rate for packaging waste is said to drastically increase in the coming years. For example, the rate for plastics is currently under 40 percent; starting in 2022, 63 percent of all plastics are meant to be recycled. The German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) demands: returnable bottles have to be actively promoted and packaging has to become more expensive – for instance by raising an environmental and resource tax. But is the latter the right way?
Even though recycling already begins when packaging materials are being produced, alternative raw materials should also be taken into consideration: industry and research facilities are currently working on finding new methods to produce packaging made out of renewable and biodegradable raw materials like soy, corn or sugar cane. Last year, U.S. researchers caused a sensation when they produced edible packaging made from the milk protein casein. It comes in handy that the raw material is practically right on your doorstep: the Creapaper Company produces boxes and packaging that are made up of 50 percent grass and partially replace the previously used wood pulp. That's why this product is also suitable for food packaging.
Speaking of food packaging. Unfortunately, packaging primarily provides space to display extensive printed advertising. Research has shown that print colors, and especially those containing mineral oil, contain substances that are hazardous to health. Once the cardboard boxes are recycled, the unwanted substances return to the paper recycling loop. That's why only certified and approved substances should be included in print colors for print on food packaging.
Ultimately, there is no truly satisfactory solution. Each material has its own pros and cons. That's why fingers should not just be wagged at the retail industry, but also at the packaging industry, food manufacturing and above all at the consumer. After all, the latter is the one who disposes of the materials or decides on their useful life. From a retailer's perspective, offering alternatives is the first step to also hold customers accountable. Conversely, this obviously also must apply to packaging manufacturers. After all, even the plastic-eating caterpillars of the wax moth Galleria mellonella variety won't be able to put an end to our excessive packaging culture in the future.