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The Cyber Monday Myth
Hey, I know how the internets work. The idea is that you communicate via your computer. If you want to buy something, you can usually get it shipped in 3 to 5 days and that's the slow boat. So why would we be rushing to our computers today to buy stuff for Christmas, a holiday which is more than three weeks off? Because of a marketing campaign and the hunger of the mainstream media to write silly, fluff stories about the holiday shopping season, that's why.
The concept was originated four years ago by Shop.org, an arm of the National Retail Federation, whose own survey of the trade association's members found the busiest day for e-commerce was actually December 12th, two weeks later than "Cyber Monday." Mastercard has also done some research in this area. They found the busiest e-commerce day is December 5th. They also found that only one in ten people said they would actually buy stuff on "Cyber Monday."
But why would simple facts stop the media from promulgating the myth? Because they just can't help themselves. I heard this line on News 1 in New York this morning. "It's Cyber Monday! Shopping at real stores is "so last weekend." Cute. Hey, Shop.org- mission accomplished!
By the way, one of the best sources on this Cyber Monday business and its true origins is Drew Curtis' FARK.com who writes about this in a 2007 book called, "It's Not News, It's FARK: How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap as News." The web site makes it its business to detail idiotic moments in the mainstream media. Today, for example you'll find some hilarious entries documenting that MSNBC is reporting police in Rockville, Maryland have shot Jesus (in this, case, a dog named Jesus) and New Jersey.com is reporting a local church has found success using football to bring people closer to God because football is real and can change people's lives.
Look, it's good for the economy- it's good for all of us if we all shop until we drop no matter where we do it. So please continue to think Cyber Monday really exists and before you go to bed tonight, Google some really neat stuff to buy, make sure to activate the "Autofill" function on your browser for the payment page on your retail web site and go crazy! I'm sure you'll get a nice thank-you note from the National Retail Federation.
Black Friday- What the Frenzy Says About How We Hurt
It has become an annual ritual; people encamped at retail establishments in the dark hours of the early morning, waiting for stores to open the day after Thanksgiving so they can stampede the aisles looking for deals. Some find this tradition a disturbing example of gross materialism. I don't see it that way. I view it as a symptom of just how horrendously the economy is affecting us.
Washington Post staff writers, Ylan Q. Mui, Dana A. Hedgpeth and Debbi Wilgoren present some pretty poignant reporting on what's really going on out there. And hats off to them because getting the Black Friday reporting assignment is usually one of the silliest and predictable stories ever.
I was struck by the fact that a lot of folks are not just buying flat-screen TV's; a lot of them are out looking for some cost relief on basic necessities. A lot of what drives people to the stores on this day is fear. One woman is quoted as saying, "You can't take anything for granted. I'm not stupid enough to think I couldn't lose my job tomorrow."
And there's this observation from Great Falls, Virginia resident, Teresa Lanz:
The economic downturn is squeezing salaries and forcing layoffs at the construction company where Lanz's husband works. He will not be getting a raise or bonus this year, Lanz said, and she has already warned her two daughters that it is going to be a lean Christmas season. "Don't even make a list," Lanz said she told them. "Hope for the best, and if you get one thing, that's great."
These are anecdotes. Here's the scope: the National Retail Federation says 134 million people are likely to have gone out shopping by this Sunday. In previous healthier years you might make the argument this is just the beginning of the Christmas buying frenzy.
In this holiday season, I'd make the case that the hunt for the deal is not just about purchasing gifts. They're out there looking to take care of their families. The desperation shown by businesses that would lead them to offer 30 and 40% discounts is matched only by the anxiety people are feeling that the economic foundation is crumbling beneath their feet.
Does this sound like gross materialism to you? It sounds like survival mode to me.
Amtrak- Riding the Rails
I know this is a bit of an esoteric area for discussion, but I traveled between New York and Washington yesterday for a series of meetings and took the high-speed Acela down and the Regional train back up. The experience has confirmed that I am, most definitely, a first class, or rather, business class- snob. But more importantly, why is this country and our government so loathe to support rail travel? Anybody heard of Europe? It's a region of the world that is dependent on rail and it works wonderfully.
The distinction between travel on the Acela and the Regional is like the difference between savoring caviar and wolfing down a hot dog. And at least judging by my particular one-way fares, it was only a $26 difference. On the Acela you get air conditioning (perhaps too much of it). On the Regional, you get a packed train and it feels like something approaching body temperature. Suggestion to Amtrak: Add the temperature on the Acela to the temperature on the Regional, divide by two and disperse equally between the two services.
I will say this though (and I've been doing it for years); either experience beats the hell out of taking the air shuttles. On the rails, you line up and board. Initially, you'll see a cute dog sniffing around the aisles on the leash of a heavily armed, uniformed individual. By air, you're treated like a terrorist, have to take off your shoes, and get busted for carrying too much tooth paste or shampoo. On the trains, you get leg room, don't even have to buckle up, can stand up and move around, hit the café car and get micro-waved cheeseburgers and a bottle of wine if you want. On the plane, you're lucky to get a stale bag of pretzels served with a snarl. Ok, on the shuttle service you do get complimentary alcoholic beverages and coffee. But for a round-trip it's also about $70 or so more expensive. That's a lot to pay for a Sam Adams.
At least for travel between NY and DC, time is not a factor. Door-to-door it's about the same. In regard to usage, A LOT of people use Amtrak. New York's Penn station is, by far, the busiest counting 6.4 million arrivals and departures in 2008. Washington's Union station handles 4 million.
Plus trains offer alternately dramatic or serene scenery along the way. It is very cool to be chugging (on the Regional) or gliding along (on the Acela) and see Philadelphia's One Liberty Place, the Mellon Bank Center, and the Verizon Tower suddenly come in to view as you round the bend. Wilmington looks like a comfortable and pleasant little town. Baltimore is a little freaky, especially the burned out row houses as you approach the other Penn Station. And, of course, there's Union station in Washington which is a superb and breathtaking piece of architecture. The other way, the New Jersey approach to Manhattan is like a scene right out of the Soprano's. And there's a moment when out of nowhere, you spot the Empire State building in the distance and realize, wow, man- that's friggin' New York!
I know flight attendants and the airline industry at large will hate me for saying this (but then again it feels like they've always hated me anyway) – but when traveling the mighty Northeast corridor, nothing beats Amtrak.
They're Heeeere- Avoiding or Lessening the Holiday Blues
It starts this week with an orgy of eating and continues into the next few weeks with endless shopping, parties and travel. It proceeds onto that flurry of gift-giving and receiving that marks Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, etc., etc. and culminates on December 31st with binge-drinking. Ah- the glorious holidays are upon us. Happy, happy, happy.
Well, not so happy for many. Here are a few links that might be helpful in getting you through this time of year:
First of all, if you hadn't noticed, we're in a hellish recession and unemployment is at its highest level in 27 years. A lot of folks can't even afford to have holidays. At the risk of dampening a consumer-based economic recovery- be reasonable with your finances. Here's a nice piece on whimsical gift-giving by Leslie M.M. Blume, author, journalist and contributing style editor to Huff Post. For those of you with politically conservative tendencies, I would recommend replacing her suggestion on giving an Obama poster with, perhaps one of Sarah Palin's books.
Don't Be Lonely
Not everyone is happily (or unhappily) connected with a significant other. That can exacerbate feelings of isolation and loneliness. Here are four easy steps on how not to feel alone from ehow.com.
The average American gains at least five pounds during this time of year. Balance and moderation might be a good thing to consider. Oh- and common sense. Here are ten really great tips from a registered dietician at UCLA. This is not the usual crap. For example, she advises NOT to sign up for weight-loss programs at the start of the New Year because it just sets you up for binge-eating during the holidays thinking you're going to be shedding tons of fat in just a few weeks. And if you are overweight, this is not the time of year to go on a diet. Part of being reasonable means managing your expectations.
Family reunions are big during the holidays, obviously, and that opens up a whole other can of worms (for those with tight family structures, apologies for making an analogy of your loved ones to worms). Remember, you aren't 10 years old anymore. You're an adult now and you get to have your space if you want to. One of the most common tendencies is for people to fall into their old family roles even though it's been 32 years.
But perhaps more useful than anything is this guide from the Stress Management section of about.com on How to Become Adept at Dealing with Difficult People and Avoiding Conflict. Not that I am suggesting for one second that you have any difficult people in your family.
Then, of course, it all comes crashing to an ignominious end with the onset of the New Year as you pack up the decorations, send the tree off to the landfill, look down in shock at your waist line and snap back into the normal routines of life. Here are five, reasonable and easy tips from associatedcontent.com on easing through the post-holiday blues.
You see, I want my friends and readers to be happy. Oh, and I want to be happy too. So this, just now, was my gift to you this holiday season. Maybe it will help keep you sane. Expect nothing else, and definitely nothing expensive. Hey, we're in a recession.
A Merry Rama-hannah-kwanzamas to all! Read more…
Bitching About National Stop Complaining Day
Really, it's not that bad an idea and it does appear to have support out there; a day in which we just stop ourselves and others from bitching. Kind of like a day riding the Quiet Car on the Acela. Missouri Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver has sent out a letter soliciting support from colleagues to designate the day before Thanksgiving as Complaint-Free Wednesday.
Ironically, conservative media wiz, Andrew Breitbart and his Big Government web site report this story in a rather bitchy way. They clearly will not be getting with the program if this bill becomes law. They don't like the idea, think it's an example of Congressional idiocy and argue the times are too difficult to waste effort on such ridiculous declarations.
I think Congressman Cleaver's letter is actually rather charming. Here are some excerpts from the copy Big Government published:
From time to time, we all experience anxiety, frustration, stress, and regret. And often, we respond to these feelings with a criticism or a complaint. Regrettably, complaining keeps people stuck on current problems, inhibiting them from thinking constructively to find solutions. Research has also shown that complaining can be harmful to one's emotional and physical health; relationships; and can limit professional career success.
Well, yeah, ok, that's not so bad.
In the spirit of hope, optimism and positivity, and in honor of its efforts to encourage people to look forward, not backward, the group a Complaint Free World is to be recognized. A Complaint Free World's goal, in fact, is to motivate 1% of the global population (about 60 million people) to become complaint free.
Setting aside that I don't think "positivity" is actually a word (spell-checker is totally freaking out over it); this seems a fairly modest goal- just one in a hundred people not bitching. The letter goes on to point out that the resolution is revenue neutral and is a good way of teeing up Thanksgiving; you go from being not bitchy to being grateful.
A Google search of "Stop Complaining" yields the following results:
Amazon.com is selling A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted.
Petitiononline.com urges people to, uh, sign a petition. It's frankly, just a tad angry:
If you are tired of: polotics-vegans-environmentallists-colleages-bosses-minorities-nascar fans-sports-paris hilton-feminists-your local mayor-gay rights-drugs-cops-video games-peta-disney-stupid lawsuits-abnormally obese people-maricle diets-mcdonalds-parents-in-laws, then sign here and shut them up!
Propeller.com has an identity crisis; it republishes the scathing Big Government article criticizing Complaint Free Wednesday, followed by another Google entry dating back to August in which the same website promotes "best tips on how to stop complaining and criticizing."
And my personal favorite, from consumerwarningnetwork.com, is an article headlined: Crybaby Doctors Want Patients to Stop Complaining. Apparently doctors are making people sign contracts that prohibit their patients from making snarky comments on-line. If true, it seems evident that even Doctors are joining the stop bitching movement.
If not this year, possibly next year, but I think it is clear- the stop-bitching revolution is gathering serious momentum. And it would seem only right that the Friday after Thanksgiving be designated National Complaint Day. Sort of fitting for Black Friday, don't you think? After all that not complaining/being grateful stuff we get to vent our gathering rage in one gigantic, national and communal bitch-fest!
Ode to New York
Apologies to those of you who could care less about Gotham, but I feel the need to wax poetic about the sights and sounds and stories of one of the most fascinating cities on earth. There have been so many films, TV shows, songs, poems, and books written with New York City as a backdrop that it's nearly impossible to not feel like you're walking around on some kind of a movie set when you make your way around this town.
Today for example, I grabbed the B train to Rockefeller Center. The first thing you see as you emerge from the subway station is Radio City Music Hall. The history and tradition of that place; the precision dance-kicking, the famous Christmas shows, the myriad events that occur in there that people don't even know about, from political debates and movie debuts to big awards shows.
Then you turn the corner and there's Rockefeller Center. They've put up the skating rink already but the floods of Christmas tourists aren't here yet so you can actually see the first folks to strap on the skates and go for a spin on the ice. I walked a few more blocks and hit the intersection of 49th and Lexington, hung a right, and there, on display in all its architectural majesty was the looming presence of the Chrysler building, once the tallest skyscraper in the city until the Empire State building was constructed. And here's a real weird fact I bet you never knew. That building was once owned by former Washington Redskins owner, Jack Kent Cooke. Most of you wouldn't care, but as a former Washingtonian and as a current long-suffering 'Skins fan, I think that's kind of cool. Maybe Daniel Snyder should buy it for luck.
A couple more blocks and I passed the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. How many Presidents and Kings and Queens have slept in that storied establishment? Another block down and you're on Madison Avenue. You look north and see the canyons of high-rise buildings that stand tall like monuments to the nation's advertising industry. How many familiar jingles, TV ads and marketing campaigns were born on that street?
But New York is more than physical, iconic locales. It's also about people. If you look for them, or sometimes just flat run into them, there are thousands of tender moments that take place here on a daily basis.
I'll never forget crossing a street on the Upper West Side about a year ago and seeing what must have been a 95-year-old woman with a shock of white hair struggling to get her grocery cart up the curb. I bent down and lifted it up for her and put it onto the sidewalk. She said nothing but did give me the warmest smile I think I have ever seen. I noticed her incredibly deep blue eyes and for a second, I saw 60 years drop off her face and imagined what a beautiful young woman she had probably been at one time.
This week, while rushing to an appointment, I passed a black nanny pushing a cute little white boy in a stroller. She stopped in front of an apartment building that had a beautiful flower-bed growing around a tree. She picked one of those bright, purple flowers and held it in front of the little boy's gleaming eyes. And he smiled. Kind of like the 95 year old lady did on the Upper West side a year before.
My mother and father once lived in New York City. They're gone now but I think of their time spent here and that I am walking the same streets they walked and seeing many of the same sights they saw. I am certain they also experienced many of the same moments of tenderness and acts of human kindness. They probably felt the same awe at the bigness and power of the skyscrapers and the famous streets. They probably marveled as do I, that this place is home to so many rich and poor and black and brown and white; that you can hear five different languages being spoken as you walk down one city block.
When I look at this place through their eyes and think of the smiles of babies and old ladies, I realize that this is the real magic of New York City- it is completely and utterly eternal.
The Disconnect Between Wall Street, Banks and the People
There is a rapidly growing chasm between money-people and, well, the rest of us. Whether it's bailed-out banks or rescued Wall Street firms, there is palpable resentment about what they did to get us in the mess we're in, how they were saved with taxpayer money, and how they seem to not really give a hoot about what anybody in America is going through as the Great Recession continues pummeling most of us.
Bloomberg.com's Susan Antilla makes the point and adds that most Americans don't consider that Wall Street folks really contribute much that's meaningful to society. She says she's never seen such widespread anger in all her 14 years as a Bloomberg columnist.
I can confirm it anecdotally. I hear it in taxi cabs, cocktail conversations, heck, I even heard it in the "Wall Street Sucks!" chants at the recent Yankee victory parade where people were supposed to be, like, happy. And of course, Wall Street couldn't care less:
Stewart Ewen, a Hunter College professor who writes on contemporary culture, tells me his guess is that Wall Street owns the decision makers and doesn't care about the rest.
Look, I'm really thrilled the Dow is taking off and that my 401k accounts are staging a comeback. But, wow, that really is quite the disconnect when 10.2% of Americans are out of work and another 7% have given up looking and aren't even counted in the official figures anymore. The other 83% live in fear it'll happen to them.
And what's with the 25%-30% interest rates on credit cards these days? Apparently, banks are squeezing what they can before new laws go into effect in February that limit their unilateral price hikes. Jennifer Waters explains in this Marketwatch piece.
And let's not forget this screed from Ann Minch, the California woman who launched a one-person boycott of Bank of America when after 14 years as a loyal customer and never having missed a single payment, saw her annual credit-card interest rate suddenly climb to 30%. Her You Tube declaration is at 479,941 views and counting as of last night.
Something is afoot. Whether it gets effectively organized is another matter. A few thousand demonstrators did show up in Chicago at a meeting of the American Banker's Association in late October. But whether the protests continue or not, it is undeniable that a vast resentment against the money-people covers the landscape as never before…and seems to be falling on deaf ears.


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Adventurous couple goes from horse-back to horsepower!
The first Corvette I saw up close and personal was my neighbor's 1959 when I was 8. He lived around the corner (I'm guessing he was in his late 20s or early 30s) and he had to drive by my house to get to his.
1973 Red Stingray Coupe ignited the fire, 2012 Centennial Edition Grand Sport keeps the dream alive!
"What is that?" I asked myself in 2007 at age thirteen when a C3 Corvette flew past the family sedan. I had no idea what this car was – all I knew was that I loved it! The fiery red paint, the sweeping body lines, the wide tires and that ever-so-soothing V-8 rumble had me hooked.
Corvette enthusiast Bryan Fawcett purchased his 2007 Atomic Orange C6 in May 2013 and was looking for a project that he and his newly-retired father, Richard, could work on together.
In the summer of 1980, when I was only fourteen years old, a Corvette pulled up next to me while I was walking down the street I lived on. As the vehicle approached me from the opposite side of the road, I noticed that this Corvette was different than any other Corvette I had ever seen.
I'm Carol Jent and I have loved Corvettes since the day they came out in 1953. I remember seeing one for the first time in Decatur, Ill. in 1953. I was 11 and I loved it! I've always loved vehicles and I remember thinking it was a neat little sports car. I knew since that day, that I would own one.
My name is Charles and I am very proud to be part of a Corvette family. I am blessed with a great wife and two awesome sons. My wife, Karen, just recently purchased a 2004 black Corvette, my oldest son Chuck owns a 2003 electron blue Z06, my youngest son Jeremy, currently owns a 1998 torch red Corvette and I own a 1998 sebring silver Corvette.

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"I had no intention of doing portraits. As Professor Poncho Herrera and I walked up to the group of octogenarians demonstrating quietly in Benito Juárez Park in the middle of the city I had only asked in Spanish if I might make some photographs. I meant the general scene—the signs they were holding demanding their retirement benefits, their banners that told the story of the Braceros, maybe a few groupings of those who had worked in the United States some years between 1942 and 1964.
Especially since I had arrived with someone they knew and trusted, the people standing around agreed to let me photograph, but to my surprise, instead of going about their regular routine and letting me melt into the background as I intended, over a hundred and fifty people began lining up in front of me, each one wanting his or her picture made individually." Read more.


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SQL Unplugged - July 2017 Edition
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Rohan Kumar and Scott Klein are back LIVE on SQL Unplugged. Great topics (including SQL Server 2017, SQL DW, Built-in AI, Postgress/MySQL, and more!) and some great audience questions!
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Pamela Redmond tells an incredible story with The Possibility of You. I did not want to stop reading this book. I loved every single character and every single plot point in a book with multiple storylines over a few generations that finally end up tying together. There are four women here: Bridget and her employer, Maude in 1916; Billie in 1976; and Cait in the present day. Each of these women becomes pregnant at some point (though Maude already has her child when she's introduced) and their lives are forever changed, but not necessarily for the better as tragedy strikes the earlier generations and leaves Cait, who was adopted, seeking to uncover her heritage as she decides whether or not she wants to have a baby by the married man with whom she had a one night stand.
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Take a Photo a Week For Fun
Photo: Photographers Gallery
Taking a photo is a mental exercise; it involves walking slowly, looking about, and observing the world around you. A new project called the Street Photography Now Project encourages you do just that--every week.
It's so simple: once a week you get an email with an instruction for a photo topic. Participants around the world have six days to upload one favourite picture. That's it.
Photo: B. Alter: Look for the stars
The Project started in October and will run for 52 weeks. You can join any time. It's not a competition although at the end one stand-out photographer will be chosen.
There are a number of well-known street photographers involved who have contributed weekly topics and who will be critiquing and commenting on the images posted to the Flickr groups.
The aim is to "build a global community of photographers exploring the rewards and challenges of documenting public life."
Photo: flickr group: Never Overlook a Cliche
Some of the topics have included: Never Overlook a cliche, Get lost in a thicket of signs and structures, On your knees please...take a picture from floor level, and Photograph Like an Assassin, suddenly and silently.
Street photography is a special genre of the art. Its subject matter consists of the stuff of everyday life: pictures of the streets, parks, bars, museums or buses. The best ones are spontaneous and change something commonplace into something special.
Walker Evans, the great American photographer summed it up best: 'Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.'
In today's digital society, photos transcend nationality and culture. That's why this project is so fascinating: seeing the interpretation of the weekly topics by people from all over the world.
Join up now, and start looking around.
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Not a peep from anyone in Congress that I can find. No resolution condemning an extra judicial assassination in the country of one of our 'friends.' No call to help Dubai in their investigation.
Waiting for more evidence I suppose and there were no U.S. passports injured in the operation.
Many in Congress are just biding their time waiting on the AIPAC Policy Conference party, otherwise known as Treason Fest™, where reports are that half the senate and a third of the house will be going.
Some of the speakers at the fest who will give congressional members their talking points will be:
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Amb. Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the United States
- Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan
- Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
- Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Dan Senor, co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- Robert Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
So be silent Congress ... Mossad assassinations are nothing to talk about in this election year when your campaign funds, reputations, seats and possibly your lives are on the line.
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Justin Bieber – Take You [Believe Tour DVD] HD
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Justin Bieber on twitcam in october 2012 in his hotel room with Ryan and Alfredo. He also gets a visit from his Mom and Grandparents! Story about a trip to the mall, mentioning his Moms book. Talking about the Believe Tour and Beauty and a Beat Video. @JustinBieber @ItsRyanButler @AlfredoFlores @PattieMallette


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If you've been around body builders or have set foot in any
gym you probably heard of legal steroids . The subject might be discussed in hushed
tones because there is the illegal factor that hangs over the word and because
most of those beefed up guys at the gym don't want people to know that they
have been using some kind of performance enhancer to get the results they are
getting. In those hushed conversations you might have heard the term anabolic used a lot. If you are wondering what
all these people are going on about here's a lesson on the term and where, how
or why it's used.
First of all lets try to understand what builds muscles or promotes the growth of muscles
1.Muscles have to be engaged or stimulated
Muscles are engaged everytime but most of the time not to the level that they should be. They need t work and the
only way to get muscles working is with exercise, in particular, resistance exercise.
2. Muscles need to be fed
Normally proper nutrition is all an ordinary body requires but if you want to take your body from the state of
being ordinary to being big and sculpted, you will learn to look at food as fuel.
3.Get rest between exercise sessions
Rest is important because it is between rest periods that your muscles have a chance to recover from being flexed,
stretched and torn.
4.Get the right supplements
Anabolic steroids are the best things t\you can use to supplement your training regime
Here are ingredients you can expect to find in an anabolic supplement:
This helps to fill the muscle with fluid, which helps in strength training and allows you to lift even higher
weights as you progress. It also facilitates fast recovery, which is important to body builders. Creatine is often found mixed in protein supplements and other supplements
HGH: human growth hormone
There is a simple logic to this: your muscles will grow if there is an abundance of the human growth hormone. HGH does more than ramp up muscles growth; it also increases Oxygen levels and has great anti aging properties
L-Arginine HCL
This is anon-essential amino acid that can be synthetically produces. When mixed with hydrogen chloride it
becomes more edible and easy to be absorbed by the body. The main effects of L-Arginine include dilating blood vessels. When it comes into contact with Nitric oxide in the bloodstream, it stimulates vessels to respond accordingly to heavy bouts of intense exercise by making sure the muscles get more oxygen than normal.
Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG)
Tetrahydrogestrinone in its self was considers being a legal drug that you could over the counter. Now with the prevalence of illegal steroids, the over the counter availability was cut and the drug could. Other compounds found in legal steroids
L-Glysine, L-Glutamine, L-Lysine, and a number of obscure
ingredients like Tibullus Fruit Powder, caffeine, Fenugreek Seed powder, Maca
Root powder and a long list of extracts and strange names all of which are
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Church Walk Shopping Centre in Caterham celebrated both St George's Day and Easter on Saturday 23rd April. In attendance were Saint George, Saint Nick, Lady Shelly, Bo Peep and Caterham's very own Town Crier Sonia Hunt.
In glorious sunshine 25 children took part in an Easter Bonnet Parade around Church Walk Shopping Centre before the judges decided Jessie Age 5 wore the best bonnet. Danny Age 6 judged to be second with Mollie aged 7 coming 3rd.
Guides from 7th Caterham took part in the parade as well as running a soft toy tombolla stall to raise funds for their group. All participants received an Easter egg for taking part.
Photographer: Jon Harrison
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Geoengineering: It's a Great Idea, It's a Terrible Idea
As with in-laws, boomerangs, and homing pigeons, there's just no getting away from geoengineering.
The Copenhagen Consensus, an outfit organized by "skeptical environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg, just released a bunch of new papers seeking to answer the question: Would a technological fix for rising temperatures be cheaper and easier than the cat-herding that makes up today's global climate-change talks?
The answer is a resounding yes, we don't know.
That is, on paper at least, climate engineering looks fantastically attractive. For a tiny fraction of the cost of curbing global greenhouse-gas emissions, which lead to global warming, scientists could tinker with the atmosphere and avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Sound too good to be true? That's what other folks at the Copenhagen Consensus thought, too.


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Lies & Liability
This is a campaign which takes place in the custom made world of Ledea; a pseudo-historical fantasy setting closer to the time of the Roman Empire as opposed to the Medieval ages of vanilla D&D.
It features several 'tweaked races', as well as a hand full of custom ones. There is a pantheon of similar structure to the ancient European pantheons with comparable deities. There are several distinct cultures in this world, each with their own unique traditions, structures and faux-pas.
This is the first game in our world, if all goes well more work will be done to create more classes and perhaps a mechanical overhaul.


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With Halloween right around the corner it's easy to feel nostalgic about our fondest fall childhood memories…like finding the perfect Halloween costume, picking apples and eating all the sweets this festive season has to offer. Whenever I think of Halloween or fall, I immediately get the craving for a classic candy apple (caramel apples are right up there too!). So this year, we decided to recreate this traditional Halloween sweet treat with the help of the one only Lauren Lowstan, who followed a recipe similar to this one. These candy apples not only look gorgeous, but taste great too. They can also make great centerpieces for your next Halloween party or fall soiree. Without further ado, here's how to make a batch of your own sprinkled candy apples…
Sprinkled Candy Apples
- 6 small or medium apples
- 6 wooden sticks or wooden skewers
- unsalted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon red food coloring (using black food coloring gel can make your candy apples turn out pretty cool too)
- candy thermometer (you can purchase one here)
- sprinkles (we used these gold ones)
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly cover the paper in unsalted butter so your apples won't stick.
- In a medium pot, combine sugar, ¾ cup water, corn syrup, and food coloring. Bring to a boil at high heat, then reduce heat to medium-high.
- Insert your candy thermometer and continue to boil for about 20 minutes, or until temperature reaches between 300 degrees and 310 degrees (also known as the "hard crack stage").
- While your candy mixture is boiling, insert a wood stick or skewer into the top of each apple and push about halfway through to the core.
- When your mixture has reached the recommended temperature, remove from heat and dip your apples one by one into the mixture, until completely coated. Work quickly, as the candy mixture will harden when it cools.
- Transfer apples to your baking sheet and allow to cool. Before they're completely dry, scatter some sprinkles on top of each apple. Then enjoy!
And there you have it! Personally, I think they look so festive on a wood cutting board or glass cake stand on a fall dinner table. That way, each guest can reach for an apple when it's dessert time.
What's your favorite Halloween sweet treat?
Sound off in the comments below!
Team LC


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Throughout his career the Chinese-born, New York-based artist Cai Guo-Qiang has drawn on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, traditions, and materials such as feng shui, Chinese medicine, and gunpowder. For the Deutsche Guggenheimís Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, the artistís first solo exhibition in Germany, he develops a concept that reflects the diversity of his oeuvre and establishes a unique link to the city of Berlin. Head On is a gigantic installation in which 99 stuffed wolves rush headlong toward the galleryís eastern wall. Although the leader crashes into the wall, the pack still races after him. In a special performance prior to the showís opening, Guo-Qiang will create a related nine-by-four-meter drawing using various sorts of gunpowder. This image, titled Vortex, shows thousands of wolves rushing across the paper, creating a swirling organic form that exudes energy, strength, and fierce resolution. These two pieces are supplemented by the video Illusion II, which documents a spectacular firework performance to be produced prior to the opening.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On is part of an ongoing series of exhibitions drawn from the corporate collection of Deutsche Bank. In 2008, Deutsche Bank will be the main sponsor of the Cai Guo-Qiang retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Cai Guo-Qiang, Illusion II: Explosion Project, 9:30pm, July 11, 2006, Stresemannstrasse/ Mockernstrasse, Berlin. Photo: Hiro Ihara, © Cai Studio


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Someone in your organization with an Apple ID will be required to enroll your organization in Apple's Developer Program. There is a $99 per year membership fee for this program; however, if your organization is a non-profit, accredited educational institution, or government entity, you might qualify for their fee waiver program.
There is a $15 monthly customer support, maintenance, and basic upgrade fee, which is included in the Platinum MemberLeap Plan.
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One year ago, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy became something of an icon to conservatives and members of the militia movement after he led supporters in a seemingly successful standoff against local law enforcement and agents from the federal Bureau of Land Management. The officials initially sought to impound his cattle because they said he owed over $1 million in fees.
After celebrating the anniversary of the standoff last weekend, Bundy spoke to Business Insider on Wednesday and shared his thoughts on the occasion and the 2016 presidential race.
At least one of the candidates has already been invited to visit Bundy's ranch — and he said all of the others are welcome.
Nevertheless, as of now, Bundy, who faced a backlash for racist comments he made at the height of his fame, said he's not ready to back any of the likely presidential candidates.
"I haven't got to that point," Bundy explained. "I'm sure I'll have a favorite, but I don't have one at this point."
"The statement is: We are still here and we're stronger than ever," he said. "I'm asked all the time, 'What would happen if they come back?' And my statement is always: When they have guts enough to do it, come on."


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S: Kevin I. Lauer West Point Years 2006 - 2011
1: "The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace." - Thomas Jefferson to George Washington December 4, 1788 | "... I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power, the greater it will be." -Thomas Jefferson June 12, 1815
4: Plebe Year 2006 - 2007
6: Reception Day This is the day when new cadets arrive at West Point. Their heads are shaved, they are issued their uniforms, and they learn how to march.
7: June 26, 2006
8: August 12, 2006 | Acceptance Day After 2 months of Beast (Boot Camp), new cadets are accepted into the corps and become Plebes.
10: A-Day Parade
11: Welcome to the Corps | New Cadet
13: Plebe Parent Weekend October 2006
16: Chemistry
18: Sandhurst April 2007
25: Yearling Year 2007 - 2008
26: Camp Illumination Summer 2007
29: Cavalry Scouts
31: Christmas 2007 Vancouver, CA
36: Cow Years
37: 2008 - 2010
38: Kevin | Lauer | WEST POINT
39: Buckner Cadre Summer 2008
40: Affirmation is when cadets take their oath committing to five years of military service post graduation.
41: In September of 2008, Kevin was diagnosed with cancer. He took the year off for medical leave. Kevin stayed with the Smith family in HI while receiving chemotherapy. His cancer went into remission in December of 2008, and he began his Cow Year over again in the fall of 2009.
42: If you have to have cancer, might as well have it in Hawaii...
46: Mr. & Mrs. Knobel
47: November 2009
52: Christmas Dinner 2009
56: Branch Night is when cadets learn what branch within the army they will be serving in. | 500th Night This dance marks 500 days until graduation
57: Firstie Year 2010 - 2011
59: For the mechanical engineering department's senior capstone project, Kevin led a team to design and build an off road go cart.
60: Kevin Lauer Portland, OR
61: Mini Baja!
62: Mini Baja Competition April 2011
65: Ring Weekend
69: Ring Poop Oh my gosh, sir/ma'am! What a beautiful ring! What a crass mass of brass and glass! What a bold mold of rolled gold! What a cool jewel you got from your school! See how it sparkles and shines? It must have cost you a fortune! May I touch it, may I touch it please, sir/ma'am?
72: Branch Night
73: 100th Night
76: The graduation parade symbolizes cadets leaving the corps and entering the Army. | Graduation Parade
80: Graduation Dinner
81: First Lady Michelle Obama spoke at the graduation dinner.
86: Graduation Ceremony
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Traveling with a Credit Card is more advantageous than traveling with Cash for one simple reason: Loss of Cash is immediate and permanent, where as unauthorized charges, loss of Card can be dealt with after the fact.
So what are the most important basic things that we look for in Credit Card?
1) Points that can be converted to air miles or hotel points.
2) No foreign Transaction fees.
I personally have a wide variety of cards based on my travel needs.
For domestic travel – i have my Hyatt visa signature card.
At present it has 0 USD annual fee and 73 USD per year after the first year.
2 Free nights when you sign up. this is very good deal for international travel. Say for instance you want to travel to Paris in December. And you want to stay at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome a category 6 hotel of Hyatt. it will cost you 812 USD per night. You can stay two nights for free!
5000 points can easily get you a Orlando hotel (3-4 stars) hotel with Hyatt. I presently have around 40,000 points which can use it for 8 free nights at any Hyatt in the USA
One bonus night free every year (this will take care of the annual fee)
For international travel – i just can't say enough about this card – i think it is the best travel Credit card ever. It is the Visa Signature card from Chase – the Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP)
With the Signature class from Visa – the benefits are huge (Roadside Dispatch Rely 24 hour toll-free referral dispatch for emergency roadside assistance services like towing, fuel delivery, emergency card replacement, lost luggage reimbursement etc.). In addition to that CSP offers 1point to 1 point transfer with no transfer fees (
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Do you trust divine guidance?
With so much focus, these days, on things that are external to our selves: tech, business, networking and success, I'm redirecting the conversation back to you and your connection with Spirit or the Divine. Consider this: Have you achieved the success you wanted, but still feel like there's something missing? Has religion disappointed you, yet you know there's more to life than what you can see, touch, or feel? Does contentment always seem to be just outside your reach? Do you have "surviving" down so well that you've left no room for the unknown to work it's magic?
Put differently: Do you believe that you're guided in life by something greater than yourself that has your best interest at heart? And that following this guidance will reveal the fullest expression of yourself—and a life worth living? Not a life that others want for you, but one your soul knows belongs to you? Then Divine Practicality may be for you.
What is Divine Practicality?
Divine Practicality is a new way of making decisions. It's a way of life, really, or a new Practice that assures us that the choices we make are aligned with the highest expression of our life and who we really are. Its framework is based on the answers to the four ultimate life questions: Who am I; Where am I; Why am I here; and What must I do that are reflected in the box at the right. They're the tentative hypotheses you'll explore as we work together, so you can see how they're true for you. By making decisions in this new way, who we are beneath the roles and labels we identify with are revealed to us, along with the power we are heir to because of our new awareness.
***Also see Intuitive Coaching for Writers***
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It takes a certain kind of movie to take place in basically one room and still keep your interest without flashing all over the place or giving you the inevitable escape. Pontypool is one such movie. It takes place in a radio station where the lead broadcaster is going about his show when disturbing reports of rioting and mobs start to creep in. They are dismissive of it at first, but soon they're drawn into an infectious outbreak that turns people into maniacs and they try to stay on the air and keep the populace informed while learning that they themselves aren't safe and may be helping to spread the disease unknowingly.
I really can't say more without spoiling several key discoveries, but suffice to say, this movie rocks. Like the previously reviewed Dead Air, this movie takes place in a radio station but the great part is that you never leave the room. In Dead Air, they try to keep us interested with action scenes and even a cause for the outbreak. In Pontypool, which takes place in the town of the same name and is based on the book Pontypool Changes Everything, the closest we get to the outside world is the front door, but even then only the characters, not the audience, are allowed to see outside at what the world has devolved into.
The intensity builds from the very start, as we're treated to an oscillation wave of Stephen McHattie's voice and then see him traveling to his job at the radio station in his car. We see the outside of the building and then we're locked in for the duration, and damn if it isn't a fun ride. The tension just keeps getting higher and higher until everything reaches a breaking point and then throws you for another loop. All the while, you're stuck in the same room for the most part and then you get a little bit of the building, but not much more. Great performances all around from the cast help keep this a taut thriller with little in the way of gore, but what it does offer is pretty damn awesome. Check it out.


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Cloud Expo 2011 New York $500 Savings here!
In December 2010, the U.S. Federal government awarded cloud computing contracts that totaled over $2B in value. It also announced a mandatory "cloud first" policy, requiring every agency to deploy at least three of its services to the cloud. This transition represents a monumental change in Federal IT strategy. It may also threaten the business model of some of the world's largest IT providers.
In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Kevin Jackson, Engineering Fellow with NJVC, will explore the economic impact of GovCloud from the position of the information technology and professional services industries. He will also explore the new business strategies for this new environment.
Speaker Bio:
Kevin Jackson is an Engineering Fellow with NJVC, one of the largest information technology solutions providers supporting the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). His formal education includes MSEE (Computer Engineering), MA National Security & Strategic Studies and a BS Aerospace Engineering. Jackson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1979 and retired from the US Navy earning specialties in Space Systems Engineering, Airborne Logistics and Airborne Command and Control. He also served with the National Reconnaissance Office, Operational Support Office, providing tactical support to Navy and Marine Corps forces worldwide. Kevin is the founder and author of "Cloud Musings", a widely followed blog that focuses on the use of cloud computing by the Federal government. He is also the editor and founder of "Government Cloud Computing" electronic magazine, published at Ulitzer.com.
A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
Cloud Expo 2011 New York, June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center, New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in New York, June 6-9, and in Santa Clara, November 7-10, 2011.
The recent Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!
The four-day New York event will attract more than 10,000 delegates from 48 countries and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors on a 120,000 sq ft show floor!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented in the 7th and 8th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term 'cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with 'computing' and 'software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will be attending Cloud Expo."
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Stephen Sackur is in Istanbul to talk to controversial Turkish author Orhan Pamuk.
Orhan Pamuk, a leading Turkish novelist, found himself in the international spotlight last year, not for his writing but for insulting the Turkish nation.
He faced criminal charges for comments he'd made to a Swiss newspaper about the Armenian genocide and the treatment of Kurds in Turkey.
It was highly embarrassing to the Turkish government as his trial date coincided with key meetings concerning Turkey's attempt to join the EU. The case was dropped.
So what does his story tell us about modern day Turkey?
Orhan Pamuk talks to Stephen Sackur.
HARDtalk can be seen on BBC World at 0830 GMT 1530 GMT 1830 GMT 2330 GMT
It can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 0430 and 2330


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The World Class Tech Case is a luxurious leather tech and tablet case for travel. This wallet holds a 10.5″ tablet and sleek powerbank and Moleskine notebook.
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Meet the Team
When you work with The Laurel Centre, you can be confident that you are working with sex addiction & porn addiction therapists who are fully qualified and experienced. All Clinical Associates are Accredited counsellors and psychotherapists who have undertaken further Diploma level training in sex addiction. Our Associates also have additional experience and expertise in their own specialist field, such as counselling young people, couples or families, or working with people with a concurrent chemical addiction or mental health problem, or seeing clients from faith and LGBT+ communities. In addition to our Clinical Associates, we also have a team of Regional Associates providing individual sex addiction and porn addiction counselling around the UK.
Key Team Members
Paula Hall
Paula has been a therapist for over 20 years and has been specialising in sex and pornography addiction for nearly 15 years.Read more
Nick originally trained as a relationship counsellor and sex therapist over 25 years ago, later specialising in the field of sex addiction.Read more
Anita's work as a counsellor focusses on addiction. She has gained much of her experience for group, personal and family therapy through the Priory and private practice.Read more
Christine has worked in a range of Social Care and Health settings, with adults and young people, for 30 years.Read more
Doug has been a therapist for over 20 years. Originally working within a busy NHS Sexual Health Service as a team lead with hard to reach groups and then as a psychosexual therapist.Read more
Gabriel has a background of working in the field of addiction, with clinical experience of working with chemical addictions in both the charity sector and in private practice.Read more
Geraldine has over 20 years' experience as a psychotherapist. She has worked with couples and individuals in the charity sector and private practice since 1998.Read more
Ian's experience gained as a psychosexual therapist led him to work within the field of Sex Addiction Therapy. Ian also undertakes work at the University of Sheffield where he gained experience working with adults and young adults (18-25).Read more
Justin is a qualified relationship therapist and holds specialisms in both Sex Addiction and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Justin has a background in the charity sector where he was the Operational Lead of a Therapy Service.Read more
Peter has a background working with individuals with various relationship and addiction issues.Read more
John originally started with Relate in 2006 and trained as a Systemic Relationship and Family counsellor. Since then he has gone on to qualify as a Psychosexual Therapist and more recently trained to specialiseRead more
Cecily is a sex and love addiction counsellor, psychosexual therapist, and sexuality educator. Her experience inRead more
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The purpose of the PSAB is to make the final decision on appeals of revocation or denial of security clearance eligibility/SCI access eligibility for Department of the Army military and civilian members, and DA contractors requiring eligibility for SCI access. The PSAB consists of three members, the Chairman, and two members (who are rotated on a monthly basis from a pool of available members).
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By Pete Nakos
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ATHENS, Ohio - Taylor Saxton is the ideal student-athlete. She doesn't cause a coach headaches in the classroom or on the field. In the classroom she's raising the team's GPA up and on the field she is the "hype man" who has no problem getting her teammates ready for game day.
All the hard work has paid off, too. The redshirt senior will be starting a job with Legends as a part of the group sales team as an account executive at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, when she graduates from Ohio in May.
With that position she'll be responsible for selling private group tours and experiences. Saxton will also sell group tickets to some of Legends' third party events outside of Cowboys games, such as college games and concerts.
"I was just blown away when I got the job offer," Saxton said. "It's really exciting, it's been a relief of sorts. That's been really nice. It ended up working well."
Saxton initially made contact with Legends when the company was on campus for the Darren Butler Sports management Career Fair in fall of 2017. There, she immediately made an impression on Jacob Stone, the Director of Sales for Legends.
Through her work with the Ohio softball team, Saxton has been able to hone the qualities of being competitive and internally driven. Stone said that those traits were ones he looks for in his employees.
One of Saxton's professors in the sports management program at Ohio wasn't surprised at all.
"Through hard work, determination and discipline, Taylor has performed remarkably inside the classroom and on the softball diamond," Annie Brackley said. "In the four years that I have had the privilege of working with Taylor, she has done nothing but impress me. It makes sense why Legends offered her a job months before she graduated. She's that good! Legends hit a home run by 'drafting Taylor to come work for them upon graduation."
During her career at Ohio, Saxton has been named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team twice during her career. Her impact has been felt on the field, too . The leader of this year's team, so far she has seven stolen bases and a .960 fielding percentage, while boasting a .233 batting average.
Last season Saxton finished with a .317 batting average and .377 on-base percentage as Ohio fell in the MAC Championship game. She's made a point to change the tune this year as the Bobcats have stormed through conference play and currently hold a 30-14 overall record and 16-2 in the MAC.
"I just want to be remembered as a good teammate and a leader in this last season," Saxton said.
She is part of a graduating class that also includes Haley Adams, Danielle Steine and Mikayla Cooper. The goal is simple: get into the NCAA Tournament.
Saxton doesn't have to worry about graduating or finding a job, she's already taken care of that. All eyes are now on a run to a MAC Championship.
"As a coaching staff, when you see your players make these transitions and strides, and how they grow and rise to the occasion in life settings, you sit back and really appreciate these things," said Ohio softball coach Jodi Hermanek. "That's it for me, it's life. Softball is just a game that bonds us together, but life is something that we're along for together."


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These applications can be installed on a computer other than your server to remotely administer Mac OS X Server. For more information on how to use these applications, see the Documentation folder.
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Server Administration Software
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Server Admin — For configuring service settings, monitoring server activity, logging information and the state of each service
Workgroup Manager — For managing share points, users, group and computer lists, privileges and Managed Network View
Server Monitor — For monitoring the hardware status of Xserve servers
System Image Utility — For creating, modifying and managing NetBoot and Network Install disk images
Server Assistant — For remote installations and initial configuration of Mac OS X Server
Gateway Setup Utility — For setting up an Internet Gateway, Firewall and VPN
QuickTime Broadcaster — To use in conjunction with QuickTime Streaming Server to broadcast live audio and video streams
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Retired United States Marine combat instructor Carlos Jaramillo provided the blog Photography Is Not A Crime with video of Onslow County Sheriff's Deputy Natalie Barber responding to his home over the weekend over a dispute between neighbors.
At some point, Barber and Jaramillo began arguing about whether he was legally obligated to provide her with his identification. He offered her a government-issued Veterans Affair card, but the deputy insisted on seeing a driver's license.
That's when Jaramillo informed Barber that he was going to record the incident "for my safety."
"For my safety, put the phone down!" Barber yells in the video. "I'm telling you to put the phone down!"
Barber can be seen grabbing the phone from Jaramillo. She then handcuffed Jaramillo, but refused to tell him why he was being detained.
When Jaramillo's son tries to begin recording, Barber also takes his phone. But the son was able to record the remainder of the encounter from inside the house using his mother's phone.
A second deputy eventually arrives to calm the situation.
Jaramillo was released from the handcuffs, and was not charged. Supervisors at the Onslow County Sheriff's Department reportedly told Jaramillo that Barber acted appropriately because she feared for her life.
Both cell phones were returned to the families. Jaramillo argued that the recording proved Barber "lied" when she claimed that he was "being aggressive."
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Karl Dorrell Press Conference (Text & Audio)
Oct. 13, 2003
I'd like to start off saying that I feel very fortunate with our win last week, had a rough start with a team that had some new enthusiasm with the leadership there, had a terrific game plan to do some things productively for themselves and cause some issues for us early on in the game. Obviously it was key for us to get a win like that, particularly on the road, being down a halftime and having to come back in the second half to do some things to win the football game shows great signs of what we need to be as a team when your in those types of situations and in an environment that obviously isn't a friendly environment. There was so growth from that standpoint. We were very fortunate to do the right things at the right time for us to come out with that victory and it probably wasn't our best game to date. If you think about it in terms of how we have progressed from week one to week six, we did find ways to do some things we needed to and that is always a good sign when you have the ability to do that. So our kids will learn something from this week particularly in the Pac-10. It has always been said that in each and every week you have to be ready to play and do some things on Saturday to win the game. Its been proven that in any week any team can beat you, particularly in our conference. We found a way to win and we are excited about getting that win and building from that and moving on to our next week, which this week is Cal. With that being said, I'd like to open it up for any questions.
From watching the videotape, why did their offense have so much success against your defense and how will you keep future opponents from succeeding in the same way?
Well I think it was a couple of things that I was reminded of early in the week. Whenever you have a change on a staff, and what happened was offensively their play caller was a different play caller and he had his own ideas about what to do, I knew that there would be some system changes given their situation. And we didn't know exactly what those changes would be until game time and it took a little bit of time to adjust to some of the things they were doing, so I think that is what happened to be honest with you. They had some success in running the football and they ran the ball in some different ways that they hadn't shown before and it took us some time to adjust to those issues and we finally did in the second half and were able to win the football game. But, you know those are part of the process when you play against a team that has a totally different direction in terms of their outlook now. So they are renewed and obviously they played very hard. They did some things to present some issues for us. Like I said we found a way to make up some issues for ourselves and clean things up and make some plays when we needed to and were fortunate to win the game.
How are Matt Ware and Jarrad Page?
Jarrad is still really sore. I would still list him as doubtful again this week. He plays a position, which is the safety, you have to be able to tackle and if you can't tackle it is hard to play. So to me his situation is probably a little better than how it was last week, but we'll see how that ends up by the end of the week. But, I would say it is probably doubtful again. As for Matt Ware, he is just has an ankle sprain. We did our tests, actually we didn't run any tests after the evaluation from the doctor and the swelling was down today from what it was yesterday. They think there is the likelihood that he will get to play this weekend.
Defensively, what does Aaron Rogers and Reggie Robbins bring to the game for Cal?
A one-two punch. They do a nice job offensively with mixings things up. Both quarterbacks have different strengths, but both of them collectively present some issues for any opposing defense. Both of them have ways of beating you, they both can throw the ball pretty well. They are pretty mobile kids as well. They are a good tandem to have. Obviously they are rested and they'll be excited about playing us this weekend and so will we.
The third touchdown, down the middle, whose miscommunication was that?
I think it was just an issue where we didn't get lined up properly. That is what happens in football. That is why you scheme and some guys get beat and some guys don't. It is the same thing that we try to do on our side of the ball and I think that it was some looks that we hadn't seen from them before and they were doing some things formationally that we were adjusting to at the time and obviously they had the right play call at the given time. Again, I'm not going to take anything away from what Arizona did. They had a good game plan against us and we knew that that was going to be the situation that they were going to do some things that we hadn't seen. They were very productive on some of the things that were knew for them. Like I said, we did a better job in the second half we adjusted what we needed to do and we came down with the win. It was a good tough win for us.
How did Kevin Brant play?
Kevin played well for his first start. He didn't miss any coverage calls and he adjusted the back end pretty well. It might be him again and I think that at least getting a game under his belt and if it is him again, he'll feel that much more comfortable with having that experience from last week.
Did you count the number of tackles you missed on film and how do you explain that because this is a team that has tackled well all year?
Obviously that was something of a concern after we looked at the tape, we were in position a lot of the time to make those plays and we just weren't getting the ball carriers down. Sometimes it was an issue where we were over pursuing; we were overrunning the play. I think we just got to be a little more patient and conscious about playing our gaps and staying into our responsibilities defensively and then things will be okay. I think that what our defense is doing now, is that they are playing with a lot of confidence and their playing to run to the football and you know we still got to play, I call that harnessed aggression. You know, still play hard, still play tough, still play the way you need to play, but still within the responsibilities that you are supposed to be playing in. There was some evidence of that this past week.
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As you may or may not have noticed, Eclectic Voices took a little hiatus in August and September – we finished out a year of meetings and writing and focused our energies into our first ever Reading Festival. So while we haven't been here, we've been busy!
In August we presented readings of SIX brand new plays that our writers worked on over the course of last year, from September through July. It was an amazing experience and our writers got some great feedback from the actors and audiences involved – so on behalf of everyone at Eclectic Voices, thank you to those who made it out to see the readings!
Also a big thank you to everyone who has been following this blog over the past year. We're continuing to refine it and offer entertaining and thought-provoking new work, while creating a place for our writers to play. Please feel free to offer feedback or start up a conversation – writers and readers help each other grow, so we really could not do this without you.
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