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Making the hard drive cost question easier to answer
Every VAR has heard the hard drive cost question: "Why does adding storage to my disk array cost so much when I can buy a 2 TB disk drive for less than $100?" The answer is some combination of "You're not just buying the drive; you're buying the storage system," "You're getting enterprise-class storage, not dime-store RAID," "You're not just buying a disk drive; you're buying the company behind it" or the VAR's favorite, "You're also getting me with that storage capacity." Customers know why capacity for even a lower-end RAID array costs more, but the question still comes up.
Now VARs may have a really different answer to give these customers: "You're right; you shouldn't have to pay minibar prices for generic storage capacity. Let me show you a way to put that cheap disk drive into your storage infrastructure and use it." And, they get to say the cloud may actually be the reason.
Symform has created a decentralized cloud infrastructure that taps into unused storage capacity from customers' environments, leveraging a peer architecture, similar to what the music sharing networks use. Customers load a client piece of software onto a designated server in their environments, which must provide a "business class" connection to the Internet (512 Kbps upload and 1 Mbps download).
Symform parses data from a designated volume into 64 MB chunks, which are encrypted and divided into 64 1 MB fragments. Thirty-two parity fragments are added to these 64, creating a total of 96 MB, which is uploaded to the cloud and distributed throughout the Symform network. With the object-based architectures available today, this is a relatively straightforward process that actually provides security and improves availability, since the data's encrypted and spread across multiple physical locations.
Users must provide local capacity in the form of direct-attached storage or network-connected storage, at 1.5 times the amount of data they want to put into the cloud. The parity data described above is the reason for this extra capacity. When a failure occurs or data is corrupted, the system can regenerate lost fragments automatically. This is where the 1.5-to-1 ratio provides a high level of confidence by allowing the systems to accommodate multiple endpoint failures without losing data. Also, this level of redundant data blocks allows for a faster rebuild time.
Symform lets customers exploit the unused capacity they probably have lying around in servers and storage systems throughout the data center. And when they need to add more storage, they can do what they've been complaining about not being able to do for years: buy the cheapest disk drives available and plug them in. For VARs, Symform can provide a revenue stream and another cloud storage option. But best of all, it can give them a great answer to the hard drive cost question.
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100.7 JACK FM wants to give you the chance to celebrate the return of Johnjay & Rich on June 28th at Henry's Pub on 5th Ave in the Gaslamp!
Join Jersey Mike's, Sleep Train and the DSC in helping to support foster kids in San Diego.
Go in to any Jersey Mike's location now through June 29th, order "The DSC" Sub sandwich, and Jersey Mike's will donate a large portion of proceeds to Sleep Train Foster Kids Programs. All money raised from The DSC sub stays in San Diego to fund local Foster Kids programs.

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Tracey Strader
Tracey Strader is the founding executive director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), a grant-making state organization devoted to improving the health and wellbeing of Oklahomans. Following the national tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998, TSET was established by a voter-approved constitutional amendment in November 2000. Under the Oklahoma constitution, only the earnings from the endowment's investments may be spent on programs to improve health. As the endowment's earnings have increased from $500,000 in 2002 to over $50 million in 2015, TSET's program investments have strategically focused on reducing the preventable health behaviors that lead to cancer and cardiovascular disease, Oklahoma's top causes of death. TSET's grants and programs leverage partnerships to support state and local efforts to prevent and reduce tobacco use and obesity, medical residencies and physician recruitment to rural and underserved areas, and research in cancer and tobacco-related diseases.As a result, TSET's program investments in tobacco control are the fourth highest in the country, youth smoking has been cut in half, and adult smoking is at a historic low. Research investments have leveraged $3 to $6 in additional funding, and the Stephenson Cancer Center ranks among the top five cancer centers in the nation for the number of patients participating in NCI-sponsored clinical trials.Tracey currently serves as Chair of the Board for the North American Quitline Consortium, an executive committee member of the national Tobacco Control Network, and a member of the Wellness Advisory Committee for the Oklahoma State Department of Health. For nearly 35 years, Tracey has been extensively involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs related to public health, tobacco control, maternal and child health, services for senior adults, and mental health and substance abuse services.


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OSE Reader
A series of workshops and events to create a 'reader' for alternative MA / art school programmes run by artists
A partnership with Open School East and AND Publishing, Artquest supported a series of 3 workshops, where OSE Associates worked with AND publishing to develop a reader that reflected on their time at Open School East and the models of learning experienced there.
Download the OSE Reader (3.8MB, PDF)
Devised in 2009, AND Publishing is a platform exploring print on demand technologies to publish conceptually driven artists' books.
Located in a former library and community centre in De Beauvoir Town, East London, Open School East is a unique space that brings together a free study programme for emerging artists and public projects and events which introduce artists, local residents and audiences from further afield.
Open School East was founded in 2013 in response to spiralling tuition fees and student debt, and a climate of increasing bureaucracy in arts education. It was instituted as a space for artistic learning that is experimental, versatile and highly collaborative.


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A "related rates" problem is a problem which involves at least two changing quantities and asks you to figure out the rate at which one is changing given sufficient information on all of the others. For example, as two vehicles drive in different directions we should be able to deduce the speed at which they are separating if we know the individual speeds and directions.
There are several key steps in setting up and solving related rates problems. They are
If we differentiate this with respect to t we obtain
We note that we were given four of the six quantities (x, y, dx/dt, and dy/dt) and want dz/dt. Missing is only the quantity z, which we can compute using
The result is that z = .5, and hence
After doing the arithemetic,
Answer:At the instant in question, the distance between the vehicles is increasing at 32 miles per hour.
The Practice area contains six related rates problems for you to solve. Solutions are given to Problems 1 and 2 -- just click on the button.
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Rigid, but flexible
The Volvo FE chassis can be configured for almost any superstructure. Robust and rigid, the square, flat design makes for easy bodybuilding and a solution that satisfies even the most demanding of operations. Plus, improved chassis packaging for Euro 6 means the Volvo FE is unaffected by the stricter emission requirements.
Electronic Brake System (EBS)
The Volvo FE uses pneumatic brakes with ventilated discs front and rear. Its Electronically controlled Brake System (EBS) provides faster and safer braking response and helps reduce brake wear. The system includes ABS and a Brake Blending system that uses the truck's various brakes to promote uniform braking and reduce tyre and brake wear. The extended EBS package also includes a Hill Hold feature.


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A giltwood period mirror with cartouche bevelled glass in antique finish. The mirror frame is entirely hand carved in mahogany with further detailing and definition carried out in the gesso layer. The 23¾ carat gold leaf has a 'bright and matt' effect with highlighted areas burnished with an agate stone and there is slight distressing to expose the bole beneath.


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I am in Taiwan for a while. A month already. Really nice people. Do not see the dog eat dog attitude I have found in some other places. What surprised me initially, was the cost of food. It's high for what I expect, given the slower development here. Thigh it depends on where you eat, I tend to go for the mixed rice shops where common worker types go. I paid about 60 to 90 Taiwan new dollar. (100 NT is about US$3.30 or Malaysian RM13.20). Soup and tea usually thrown in. I found in my travels that our Malaysian/Singapore etc environment of always (almost) trying to upsell you drinks when you buy a meal not so common here. Made me realise the types of pressure we are subject to daily, where we no longer even recognise that it is a pressure that's forces you to decide one way or another.
Back to prices. Cheapest mixed rice I had recently in Malaysia was RM3+.. Leaving aside the plain nasi lemak or roti Chennai and tosai which can go for two ringgit.
Sorry. Bloody ipad is a real pain when i try to resize pictures to let them be small enough to fit in a web blog. Why, Apple, Why? I thought Apple's speaciality was to make it easy for humans who dont need to get into the techie stuff. Now???


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For some reason, my EarthLink DSL often shows up as St. Paul, MN. That means I get "targeted" advertising that is totally irrelevant to me, such as "The Twin Cities' best carpet cleaners". I don't know how someone in the country's third largest city gets routed 500 miles away, but whatever. Maybe EarthLink has a data center there.
When I'm out and about, I expect Verizon to be more aware of my location. And yet tonight as I dine downtown, my phone says I'm in Camby, IN. I didn't even know where that was until I looked it up. It's near Indianapolis. Apparently even when I'm in the heart of Chicago, my data is still bouncing all over the Midwest.


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Faculty Research Spotlight
Kristin Moilanen, PhD
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As a high school student, Dr. Kristin Moilanen wondered what led some of her peers to engage in risky sexual behaviors (specifically, having sex without contraception and/or with more than one partner in a committed relationship) while others chose not to. This question led her to pursue degrees in developmental psychology and become a "scholar of adolescence," as she puts it, and it has been the driving force of her research ever since, as she has strived to uncover developmental predictors for risky behaviors in adolescents and young adults.
Moilanen went on to pursue her undergraduate degree in psychology at Albion College in Michigan and her master's and doctoral degrees in developmental psychology at the University of Nebraska. During her postdoctoral fellowship, Moilanen became associated with the Pitt Parents and Children Laboratory, which conducted an ongoing study of boys from low-income communities Pittsburgh who have been shown to have a greater likelihood of engaging in risky behaviors due to their socio-economic status.
The study has followed the boys from birth to adulthood, attempting to identify patterns that differentiate those engaging in risky behaviors from those engaging in fewer of those behaviors. According to Moilanen, some of the study's most compelling findings have stemmed from measurements collected when the boys were just 18 months old. The same boys who were temperamentally difficult at a young age and who did not have secure attachments with their mothers, ended up on a pathway of risky behavior that lasted well into their adolescence, in contrast with their better adjusted peers.
The idea that early parent-child interactions have an influence on individuals' propensities to engage in risky behaviors in adolescence is central to Moilanen's research at West Virginia University, which she explains as involving three prongs: Parent-child relationships, the development of self-control and risk behavior involvement.
According to Moilanen, the burden of having to deal with rocky relationships with parents or guardians at a young age inhibits children from acquiring the skills they need to mature emotionally, particularly when it comes to developing self-control in the face of temptation and the ability to formulate and work toward long-term goals.
"Teenagers and adults who can resist temptations in the moment are, as a result, going to have an easier time working toward distant goals, and the opposite is true for people who aren't able to control themselves in the moment," Moilanen explains.
"We think what happens in unstable homes is that children get so upset when they're fighting with their parents that they become overwhelmed and are unable to learn the self-control they need later in life. Additionally, they become so focused on trying to make themselves feel better or trying to stop household conflicts that they're unable to think about their own futures."
Logically, adolescents and young adults who lack long-term goals and have trouble controlling their urges are more likely to engage in risky behaviors. This also explains why, in contrast, teenagers who excel in school are less likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors and are more likely to wait longer to have sex, are more likely to have sex with only one partner in a committed relationship and are more likely to be adamant about using contraception: high academic achievement requires adolescents to have long-term goals and a high degree of personal investment in their futures, which should lower their chances of engaging in risky behaviors.
Although Moilanen's research focuses primarily on risky sexual behavior, she says that the same rules of psychological development likely apply to all risky behaviors typically associated with adolescents and young adults, such as substance abuse and delinquency.
"We can't really understand sexual risk-taking without also understanding other forms of risk behavior and adjustment," Moilanen says.
In addition to her research on the motivations of teens, Moilanen is in the process of publishing a report on something else entirely; parents, and how they make decisions about whether or not to allow their teenaged children to participate in surveys polling about sex. Moilanen decided to conduct this research in response to a practical problem.
"It's really hard to do sexual risk-taking research right now because schools are skittish about it. It's a sensitive topic with teenagers, and some of the parents in the study are concerned that asking questions about sex will give their teenagers 'bad ideas,'" Moilanen says.
She explains that there is no evidence to suggest that these parents' fears actually play out, and that they don't really make sense, given all the sexual media that is already available to teens outside the classroom. Fortunately, not all parents have such fears about their children's impressionability.
"We've found that there's a set of characteristics that are predictors of how likely parents are to give permission or not," Moilanen says. "Parents are more likely to give permission if they're outgoing, have favorable attitudes about sexuality in teenagers, are positive about science and think their teens are already sexually active."
This research, which is in the process of publication, has potentially far-reaching effects for Moilanen and other developmental psychologists. The data she has collected will help researchers recruit participants for future studies on sexual risk-taking, and it will contribute to the advancement of our knowledge of the formative years of adolescence.
Dr. Kristin Moilanen is an associate professor of child development and family studies in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in West Virginia University's College of Education and Human Services and the recent winner of the CEHS 2016 Outstanding Researcher Award. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology at Albion College in 1999 and her master's and doctoral degrees in developmental psychology at the University of Nebraska in 2002 and 2005.


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Norway has a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy type of government, wherein the King is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. Norway's well established monarchy has had an uninterrupted chain of successors to the throne since 1905, and is currently led by King Harald V.
In 1949, Norway became a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the European Union (EU). However, Norway is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA).
The Norwegian government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector, through large-scale, state-majority-owned enterprises.
Norway is richly endowed with natural resources, such as petroleum, hydro power, fish, forests, and minerals, and is highly dependent on the petroleum sector, which accounts for nearly half of exports of goods. Norway is the world's third-largest gas exporter and one of the world's largest oil exporters.
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth increased by 2.0% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2018.
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I'm not going to Coachella this year–I went in 2010 and 2012, so seem to only be on an even year schedule. But I can still use the lineup to explore music! I may regret not going, after having gone through their Friday lineup. There are an almost extreme number of bands that I would be interested in/already love playing on Friday. Pretty epic! So this is a pretty long mix, and maybe it's good–I don't need the stress of trying to figure out how which of the 26 cool acts I like I'd have to skip out on.- almostaghost
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Here's a mix of some of my favorite 2012 songs. A lot of overlap with my top album list, obviously, but there's some other things too.
Also I'll note, I'm pretty sure Big Boi's album would have made my list and near the top, it's awesome, but it didn't come out in time. Artists, release your albums before mid-December, thanks.
Anyway, year over, now it's 2013.- almostaghost
My monthly mix of 2012 music–a week early because I'm going out of town. Fortunately, still a lot of good stuff I checked out, though I found this mix a little odd somehow. Had trouble laying it out in a way I was totally happy with.- almostaghost


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Datatypes or Data Types?
I conducted a Twitter poll last week about how to spell DATATYPE (or is it DATA TYPEs?). Many compound words start out as two separate words, then get hyphenated, then concatenated to a new word. We saw this with:
data base –> data-base –> database
I keep seeing data types spelled both ways (and never as data-type).
Ted Codd used DATA TYPE in his 12 Rules for a Relational Database Product.
Embarcadero ER/Studio and CA ERwin Data Modeler use DATATYPE in their products and occasionally use DATA TYPE in their help or documentation.
Oracle uses both spellings in their documentation. Microsoft sticks heavily to DATA TYPE.
Twitter polls last for 24 hours and not all clients can see or vote on them. So consider this more of a fun question on social media.
How do you spell this concept? Are there other words you find with a variety of spellings?
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What could that datatype possible mean?
Read my blog post on an ER/Studio secret over on Embarcadero's Community site and find out.
SQL Server 2014: New Datatype
Today is the general availability release date for the newest version of SQL Server, aptly named SQL Server 2014. I'm excited about many of the new features being rolled out today, but the ones that will impact data architects, modelers and database designers are the new datatypes that will be introduced. But first, for those of you who have their heads stuck in the deep piping and spit-managing of databases, some background about datatypes:
A datatype is a categorization of data items, based on the range and types of data that it can contain and a set of actions that can be validly taken against that data.
As such, applying a datatype to a column in a database makes it work as another type of constraint. A tinyint column can't hold my Starbucks name (Kitty) because it constrains the values to integers and only a subset of all integers, for example.
The number and type of datatypes (yes, I'm being meta there) varies depending on the strength and quality of the tequila the DBMS product management teams were drinking at their last
Vegas Blow Out team building retreat, as called for in the ISO Standards for databases, AKA
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 – Data management and interchange.
One of the things that developers and DBAs will tell you is that choosing the right datatype is important for performance reasons. And by that, they mean the smallest datatype you can fit most of the data in. And maybe a bit smaller. Soooo much bad info out there, I know. When Knowledge Conquers Fear, we can love our data. Thank the Cosmos you have me here to help you out.
What's new in SQL Server 2014: A New Datatype
This new datatype is exciting for me as a data & space enthusiast. The new feature finally allows modern database designers to properly specify the constraints for tracking time and location data in the same column. Yes, this means that your developers and DBAs no longer have to use comma-delimited values in their relational database designs when they need to track how much time and personal space they need to get up to speed on professional database design. And it's big enough to store that many man-hours. Yeah. I said that.
BTW, it seems that Stack Overflow is *the* place to find info on how to implement comma-delimited values in database columns. Kids, don't get your database design knowledge from random forums on the Internet.
Anyway, back to the news!
The new feature makes so much sense with Microsoft's push to the Cloud, it's embracing of NoSQL technologies and all. It's AWESOME.
spacetime (Transact-SQL)
Defines a time and location in a universe.
SQL Server 2014
spacetime Description
spacetime [(fractional seconds precision)], (universe, 5DGeometry)
DECLARE @MySpacetime spacetime (1000, 2014.12.0.2000.8, )
CREATE TABLE Table1 ( Column1 spacetime (1000, 2014.12.0.2000.8
Time Range
–∞ to +∞ and beyond
Space Ranger
Universe Range
Please check data.NASA.gov for the up-to-date listing of known
5DGeometry Range
[you'll need a 5D monitor to view this range.]
Timezone offset range
Thank Venus, no, nope, never. We are scientists here. Use Multiuniversal Universal Time Coordinates (UTMC).
Daylight saving aware
Oh, for Carl's sake. Do you really think something like spacetime needs to be sullied by DST?
Storage size
If you have to ask, you don't ever need to use this datatype. Seriously.
+/- 10 Plancks. Depending on how far your server is from the Sun. Earth's Sun, that is.
Default value
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|Yes, of course. But only in Premium plans and higher.
Special Considerations and Gotchas
Some gotchas with this new datatype:
- Due to the highly multi-dimensional, multiuniversal nature of this datatype, there isn't any backwards compatibility. Unless, of course, you can fold spacetime and go back and change earlier versions of SQL Server. But if you could do that, you wouldn't be reading my blog, would you?
- Just like the confusion over timestamps, you can't really treat this like a date or time datatype. It's special. And spatial.
- This means you can't convert it to date, time, datetime, timestamp or spatial datatypes, either.
- The 5D geometry thing is way too complex to explain in a single blog post. But for those of you that managed to stick it out through some college level math, it involves parsecs (the correct usage of the term) and the double declining balance method of space depreciation. In this first rollout of spacetime, the geometry completely ignores most OctoDeca Bands. Except for Miller tracks.
- You can't use normal date and geometrical math on data in the columns. You can bend or fold the values, but since space has no center, and time has no beginning or end, spacetime has no beginning or end. It is infinite. So the usual infinity rules apply.
- This datatype is only available via O365, but that makes sense since as announced today, SQL Server 2014 is also only available via O365 subscriptions.
- This datatype is only available at O365 plans at U3 and higher. Wait, I don't think I should have said anything about the new Universe O365 plans. Forget I said anything. That's probably not going to be a rule in our universe. Seriously. No NDA broken. I think.
Some of this post may have been inspired by some bad veggie April Fish (poisson d'avril) I had last night. If you want to get some real information about the new features of SQL Server 2014, you probably shouldn't read random blogs on the internet on launch day. Especially when it's 1 April.
Did you catch all the special references in this post? Let me know.
Setting the Default Datatype in ERwin Data Modeler
Out of the box, CA ERwin Data Modeler has a default datatype of char(18). This default is used when you create an attribute or column in a data model and don't specifically assign a datatype to that attribute.
I don't know this for a fact, but I'm guessing the developers of ERwin chose this odd length so it would stand out as being a bit odd, reminding modelers to choose a "real" datatype and length at some point. You can see in the figure below that I've added an attribute named test to the MOVIE entity, but did not assign a datatype, so ERwin gave it the default datatype of char(18).
However, one the problems with this is that it is still not odd enough. One of the tips I picked up while speaking at the BeNeLux Modeling User Group was that you can set the default datatype in ERwin to something especially funky, char(-1). That datatype is certain to:
- Stand out in both the data model diagram and any DDL
- Not generate valid DDL
- Fail any DDL testing
- Make a DBA really mad
- Motivate database designers to set real datatypes
Sounds to me like the perfect datatype for being a default.
Defaults in ERwin are model-specific, meaning that you set them on a .erwin file basis. To do this in ERwin 7.3, you must first open your model, then go to MODEL, MODEL PROPERTIES:
This will bring up the properties dialog. Choose the DEFAULTS tab.
In the Default datatype section above, you can set the default datatype to char(-1) or whatever makes sense for you project. I've seen some people make a good guess at the most generic datatype, something like varchar(50), but I prefer to assign an oddball datatype so that I can find these "unassigned" attributes and columns easily. Note that you can also set separate defaults for the logical and physical models. Since I'm choosing to set the default to an invalid default, I set them the same.
Having said this, I rarely create attributes manually. I usually create attributes via the domain approach, where domains have a "best guess" standard datatype that makes sense for the type of data contained in them. For instance, a domain for email address would normally be varchar(254) in a model, since that is the Internet standard for email addresses. However, attributes do get created without a domain all the time, so it makes sense to have a default datatype that meets your needs.
Having set my default datatype in my model to char(-1), when I create a new attribute and don't assign a datatype it will be set to the default as shown in the MOVIE entity below:
The key to using an invalid datatype is to ensure that you've circled back and set them all to a real datatypes and lengths before you derive a new model from them, generated DDL, or compared to a database.
You can use a report or the ERwin Query Tool to find all the attributes that have this datatype:
More on the ERwin Query Tool in another blog post soon.
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Even though the weather is going to start getting colder soon, don`t worry about it because we still have plenty of sunshine to enjoy in September. The kids have gone back to school so we now have some time to think about our own needs. Preparing our families for the first day of term - and sometimes the first day of school - can take it out of us. Therefore, allowing our minds to switch from 'all-go' to 'hold-on-a-moment' gives us a break to think about what we want to achieve with our days.
Parenting is a role that takes all of us all of the time but even super-parents need to take a brain-break. A simple ten minute meditation or a brisk walk outside to see the start of the autumnal coloures take hold is often all we need to recharge.For tips on 'taking a moment out', do get in touch with us soon.
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The French. They are so often the object of opprobrium, at least from a certain sector of American politics. Yet their contribution to world soccer (not to mention love, fine pastry and other stuff) is undeniable.
It began in the sport with the founding of FIFA — its official name is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association after all — in Paris in 1904. Fifty years later, it was Gabriel Hanot, the editor of the French sports newspaper L'Équipe, who conceived the European Champion Clubs' Cup — the European Cup — in 1955, in Paris, of course. via – NYTimes.com
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Have you eaten or made a flourless cookie? Most people haven't and don't think to even try that, but if you are gluten intolerant, then you would be thinking about this all the time! If you do have this intolerance, then you are in luck! We had a Champion Gluten Free option submitted at the County Fair this year and I have included the recipe in this article.
1 cup peanut butter
2/3 cup baking blend sugar
½ tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients together.
Using a tablespoon scoop, drop dough onto a baking sheet, then push down on the top of each cookie.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!


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A man was threatened with a knife in an attempted carjacking on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old stopped to assist a man who was seen gesturing for a car to stop in what appeared to be an emergency.
As the victim brought his Audi A4 to a standstill, the suspect leaned towards the driver's window and threatened him with a knife, telling him to get out of the car.
But the victim drove off and reported the incident to the police.
It happened at around 7.45pm in Green Lane, near Birkdale Road.
Det Sgt Nigel Gittins, from Kirklees CID, said: "The suspect is described as a man with Pakistan or Indian heritage, was believed to be aged in his twenties, had a skinny build and was wearing grey coloured tracksuit bottoms and a dark coloured hooded top.
"The victim, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was not injured in the incident but has been left understandably shocked by what took place.
"We believe the suspect had tried to flag down other vehicles in the area and I would ask anyone who saw the man or who may have stopped and being threatened themselves to contact police."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kirklees CID on 101, quoting crime reference number: 13150009029.


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He is Risen! But What Do We Rise To?
(Glorifying God devotions by pastor Christopher Chia)
The Lord is Risen, He is Risen indeed. So what next?
1. We who humbly believe in Jesus rise to be graced as a new creation in Christ.
We rise to be assured of our identity as a beloved child of God, not a recalcitrant child of the world nor a helpless victim of Satan
This is so redeeming because a lack of, or worse still, a lost of identity causes more angst in our hearts, more mental health issues and more relational hell than we ever care to realise.
That means we can stop running helter skelter trying to "find" ourselves in a relationship or rank for the recognition of others.
We can stop trying to "arrive" somewhere in life. We can stop being and becoming someone we are not.
We can simply bask in being loved and saved by Jesus.
2. We rise to be truly confident of our security that our past sins will not catch up with us, our present sins will not derail us and our future sins will not condemn us.
That means we can stop trying to "fake it" with others or to "make it" in life.
3. Last, but not least, we rise to be absolutely rock solid of the destiny that Jesus alone opens the way to God and heaven.
That means we no longer have to ask "what am I doing on earth" but rather "when am I going to my true home"?
Jesus' resurrection changes everything. Please embrace him as God's true gift to you.
Don't waste your precious time and life trying to find your identity, security and destiny anywhere else.
A blessed Easter. Amen.


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- Age 27
- Date of birth December 24, 1992
- Height 5' 8" (173 cm)
- Weight 107 lb (49 kg)
- Hair color Blond
- Eyes color Green
- Country Ukraine
- City Chernigov
- Religion Christianity
- Marital status Single
- Children No
- Smoke No
- Alcohol Never
- Profession Veterinarian
- Occupation Veterinarian
- Education Higher education
- English language Almost Fluent
- Other foreign languages No knowledge
- Seeks Partner 35 - 70 years old
- woman
About meI joined to online dating site because read that foreign men have better family values. I consider myself very enegretic person, willing to create happiness in the wolrd. I am an easy going person. I am very sensual and I believe that I should be a bit more kind to avoid problems in future.
Hobbies and interestsI like to cook and to travel very much.. I also like to read interesting books and get new knowledge , learn languages , culture the history of other countries
Looking For Men TypeI am looking not an ideal man like in fairy tale. I reckon man should be a bit more better looking than monkey, and i care more about his action but not words ! i want my man to be strong like a rock in his minds. He should be reliable, honest with me and people around, and knows what he wants from life ! Age isn't an issue for me at all !
What is your favorite music style?Lounge
What is your favorite book?Eleven Minutes
What is your favorite actor/actress?Tom Cruise
What is your favorite movie?Some Like It Hot
Do you like roses?Yes
What is your favorite colour?Pink
Do you believe in good fortune?Yes
What or who influenced your life the most?My mother
Name one thing you would never refuse.Chocolate
Are willing to relocate to another country ?Yes
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Beggar Apple Annie (Bette Davis) learns that her daughter, escorted by an aristocratic suitor, plans to visit. It's great news -- except that she has tricked her daughter into believing she is a wealthy socialite. Fearing her true identity will disappoint, Annie petitions a superstitious mobster (Glenn Ford), who thinks the apples she sells are lucky, for help. Hesitant at first, the mafioso is persuaded by his girlfriend (Hope Lange) to disguise Annie, if only long enough to fool her daughter.
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COB Technology CenterClassroom and/or Computer Lab Software Installation Request
Software installation(s) for classroom and/or computer lab computers are available per request on the CoB Labs Software Request Form.
Due to time constraints for classroom availability and re-imaging deployment, software requests must be submitted prior to the due dates stated below.
Requests are accepted from any CoB faculty or staff.
Deadlines for software request.
- Spring Semester …………………………………………………. First business day of December
- Summer Semester ……………………………………………… First business day of April
- Fall Semester ……………………………………………………… First business day of July
- Software installation requests are made through the CoB Labs Software Request Form.
- One form must be submitted for each individual software request.
- The AV Event Specialist will review the requested software and will confirm via email within five (5) business days from the date of the request.
- Instructional and Event Support cannot guarantee any software installation on the first day of class if the request was submitted after the software request deadline.


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Blancpain was on hand in New York for the National Geographic Society's announcement of a major expansion of its Pristine Seas campaign.
Four years back the brand was the first company to get behind the original plan to protect the planet's most species-rich marine areas, and the aim now is to convince governments to safeguard 20 new locations covering more than 2 million square kilometers of ocean.
Setting aside areas that are off-limits to commercial fishing and mining in order to preserve their biological importance is an approach similar to national parks created on land.
If fulfilled, it will help countries meet the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity's target of protecting 10 percent of the world's oceans by 2020.
Blancpain is not the only watch brand concerned with the bigger picture. IWC links Aquatimer dive models with the conservation of the Galapagos Islands, Omega's Planet Ocean GMT supports the GoodPlanet Foundation's marine environment work, and Oris has concerned itself with the Great Barrier Reef.
For that we give them a big tick, and hope the politicians show some ticker too.


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This smoothie takes the cake if you ask me! It's heavenly! Creamy and full of flavor oh yeah and did I mention about 120 calories OH YEAH! That's the good stuff. I have gotten to where I have smoothies daily. At one time I was buying them from the Smoothie King, but why buy something from them that you can make at home for a percentage of the price, and a percentage of the calories! This size smoothie would be at least $5 at Smoothie King Ouch!
The coconut milk doesn't add any coconut flavor to the smoothie, but what it does add is the creaminess for a fraction of the calories of milk or yogurt. Who can resist that beautiful color anyway? I also like to add a 1/2 tablespoon of flax seeds to mine, but that will certainly increase the calorie count on the smoothie.
Before someone asks me about the foam cups. I drink smoothies so much now especially on the way to school that I invested about $30 on 500 cups and lids at Sam's Club. The upfront investment is a lot for cups but it's a great way to take things with you and you get a lot for your money. It beats the $5 at Smoothie King!
- 2 ½ ounces of frozen blueberries
- 6 ounces of frozen strawberries sliced
- 4 ounces of unsweetened coconut milk (I used So Delicious Brand)
- 4 ounces cold water
- 1-2 packs of stevia
- *optional* -1 ounces of baby spinach
Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. If it's too thick add more water to thin.
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Happy New Year to all of you. I hope the next decade will be better. I just checked my astrology for next year and it looks so positive. I'm excited already to bring the New Year. So I know a lot of you are going to a party or already in a party so I will leave you guys with my favourite soundtracks from the spring/summer 2010 fashion week.
Major Lazer - Keep It Goin' Louder ft. Nina Sky, Ricky Blaze from Louis Vuitton Women Spring/Summer 2010 show. This song is pure fun the matches the equally fun collection. It's always give me a big smile everytime I hear this song and see the collection.
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from Bottega Men spring/summer 2010 show
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Since we have been having dreary weather lately I figured I post one the most colourful and fun spring/summer show that was presented in Men's Milan fashion week, Enrico Coveri's spring/summer 2010 collection. I love the bright colours-blue and red and the prints and pattern-paisley and stripes. Not to mention all the models looks so handsome specially Reid Prebenda, Matt Bensted, Taylor Fuchs and Casey Taylor.
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How Heated Water Buckets will Keep Away Frozen Water
Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year. It is so invigorating to get out on the trails, ride in the crisp air and view the splendor of the changing leaves. The horses feel better and the change in the air seems to put them in a better mood. Summer hair starts to shed, a clue that much colder air is approaching. For us, that means it's time to get the barn and pastures ready for winter.
One of the most important items to consider when you are preparing for winter is how you will keep your horse's water from freezing. Breaking frozen water in buckets can be one of the most challenging chores, especially when it must be done once or twice a day.
TIP: 1: Be sure that frozen buckets are totally emptied of ice and then refilled to help prevent refreezing.
Water troughs present another problem. They can freeze solid and are extremely difficult '"if not next to impossible'"to break.
We know our horses need ample water, so let's take a look at several good ways to make this chore easier on you, and most importantly, give your horse the water he or she needs.
TIP 2: Heated water buckets are one way to prevent water from freezing in your horse's stall.
RAMM's UL approved buckets come in 5 and 16-gallon sizes. These buckets are thermostatically controlled to keep the water temperature between 42 and 55-degrees. The bucket automatically turns on and off with temperature changes and keeps water from freezing.
The 5-gallon bucket has a flat back, allowing the bucket to hang on a stall wall. The electric cord, located at the bottom of the bucket, is 6′ in length and is shielded with a strong wire that coils around the cord.
TIP 3: We recommend drilling a small hole in the stall wall and passing the cord through to the outside of the stall where it can be safely plugged into an outlet.
The bucket holder (5-gal. size), is a "well worth it" accessory for the bucket. This unit helps the bucket stay secure on the wall by sitting in the holder. When buckets become dry, horses may "play" with them, either out of boredom or need for more water. If you find that your horse's bucket is dry, you may consider using two electric buckets, or go with the 16-gallon size.
The 16-gallon bucket is fashioned the same, with the exception that it does not have a handle for hanging. This bucket was designed to sit on the stall floor or ground (for outdoor use).
TIP 4: We recommend securing the bucket in a corner or against a post.
Keep the cord away from direct contact with your horse. Try running your cord through a PVC pipe and then securing the pipe. All of these buckets and holders are economically priced and an easy fix to the fast approaching cold winter months.
If your barn is not equipped with electricity, consider the RAMM insulated bucket holder. This holder is insulated to keep water from freezing and will help to keep water cooler in the summer, too. A 5-gallon poly pail with a float is included. The holder can be mounted directly to the inside of the stall wall.
TIP 5: Water should be changed regularly to avoid frozen edges.
Another convenience of these 5-gallon size buckets is that they can all be used with a RAMM swing-out bucket door.
TIP 6: Instead of going in and out of your stall, you can stay in your aisle and change water, a real time saver.
Additionally, if someone other than yourself is taking care of your horses while you are out of town, they will be able to change the water without entering the stall.
I personally use the heated water buckets and can say they have made life much easier. Now changing the water is a breeze, and I know that my horses are getting the water that they need.
If you would like more information on these buckets, please email me at email@example.com. Enjoy this beautiful fall weather. Take time to follow your passion, get out and ride.
Happy Trails!
A response came in from Twitter on December 3rd from: KempEquine:
@RAMMFENCE One point your blog doesn't mention about heated #horse water buckets – they should be plugged into a GFCI outlet for safety.
Answer: Great suggestion, KempEquine, and sounds good to me. It's all based on safety for the horses.
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Family Friendly
Over the years the villa has proven again and again how perfect it is for family groups.
In the 11 years it has been a holiday let we've hosted people coming together for special birthday celebrations, as part of a wedding party or just enjoying a regular family holiday in the sun.
We're often asked 'is the villa suitable for families?' We can confidently say that we have been approved by the prestigious Tots to Travel company as suitable for children, babies and toddlers. This shows we have a comprehensive list of equipment available to parents who dont have to pack their own supplies! But holidays are more than travel cots and highchairs (although they help!) so we have also put together some of the reasons our guests choose to holiday at No 21 with their families.
Location, location, location:
Being within a 5 minute stroll to the pretty village of San Jose means your group doesn't have to be car reliant...what a relief! No ferrying the teenagers back and forth...let them catch the bus. It's so easy!
At No. 21 there's no stress for the designated driver. Have a lie in without guilt as any early risers can stroll in to the village for a coffee, breakfast or a wander around the shops.
Whilst our guests with toddlers have found the village playground to be a welcome diversion when the kids get fed up of the pool as it has swings, slides, roundabouts and a couple of handy benches for parents to sit on. The ground is fully rubberised so it's very safe. Combine it with a visit to the Italian cafe bar to sample their homeade ice cream, it will soon become a regular pastime!
...and finally, no rushing to the car when you forget that important item from the supermarket. Just stroll to the village and take your pick from the shops, oh...and why not have a beer or a chilled glass of wine whilst you're at it?
Our View: A remote villa is lovely, but it can be a strain to have to drive everyone about...so try a holiday at No 21 - it's the easy option!
Baby Facilities: - an easy life
Holidaying with toddlers or babies at No 21 is as simple as we can make it. The villa is fully equipped with the following;
2 cots with bedding, 2 high chairs, baby bath and stair gate
Baby crockery, cups, cutlery and bottle steriliser
Baby monitor, potty, child step and toddler loo seat...plus a small selection of toys in our ever-popular toy box.
And all this is FOC. Plus the local chemist is on hand for baby formulas and, for peace of mind, the village also has a Doctor that speaks English and a walk in health centre.
Gated Pool - safety in mind:
Many of our guests have told us what a boon it is to have the safety of the lockable gates on the lounge terrace and the BBQ/dining area.
Little ones are fast on their feet...and it's nice to know you can relax over dinner or be happy to have the lounge doors open without the worry of them darting off unseen.
Layout - everyone can have their own space:
Many villas just have a pool area surrounded by garden, but No 21 has different areas that people can get away to and have some private time.
The roof terrace is very popular and we have made sure it caters for all needs with 4 sun loungers and a shaded seating area (with funky blow up furniture!)
Near the BBQ area we have a 'chill out' zone complete with comfy bean bags (teenagers love them!) and a soothing 'Buddha' water feature
Past the BBQ/dining area is a relaxed seating area that takes in the view over the back field and gets a wonderful breeze, even on hot days.
Both the double and master bedroom open on to a large balcony where you'll find the 'pod'...always a favourite; like relaxing in a huge bed.
...and finally, under the tree in a corner of the garden is a hammock. We call this the 'snooze spot'.
Regular bus service - great for teenagers to feel independent:
A regular bus service runs through the village to San Antonio (one direction) and Ibiza Town (the other direction). If you're holidaying with older children this is a perfect way for them to have independence without relying on mum and dad.
Older teenagers wanting to sample the nightlife or sunset can use the airport bus. It runs until the early hours of the morning and stops in the village...so an easy, safe and cheap way of getting home after a night out!
We've included some tips on family friendly activities in the 'Your village and beyond' section. You might like to take a look?


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The recent party shoot in Worthing a day after moving home to Brighton was a nice drive along the Sussex coast on the A27. It was at the Worthing Dome cinema - a room above the main entrance is ideal for parties with a verandah overlooking the pier. I remembered the location as featuring in the movie Wish You Were Here which I probably saw in another cinema about 15 years ago.
A huge age range at this party - it was Pete's 40th birthday. Starting the photography when there was still some daylight, plenty of space inside and out, moving towards darkness with a band playing there was opportunity to try out a range of styles, with and without flash.
A real location contrast for Tom's 30th birthday party in Soho this weekend. Club Milk & Honey in Soho, London was almost impossible to find - fortunately I'd read as much in doing a little research ahead of the event and found the tiny doorbell which said M & H - all there was to advertise its presence. Inside I discovered a dark and cramped basement cocktail bar with Tom (who did not have a clue I was coming) thrilled to have me join the great atmosphere of his party.
Flash is the essential tool in this environment. While it's great for posed shots, unfortunately the red focus aid that shines onto the subject alerts the person who might otherwise be the subject of a candidly taken shot that a photographer is out there. So for many shots I resorted to manual focus, not that I could see enough to focus in the dark but have set a particular distance I then used my experience to make sure the subject was in the right place. A little risky but the instant response from the shutter means that I nail some great shots.
What I have not mentioned it that I was using the same slow shutter flash technique in all these images except the obvious external shot in Worthing. You'll see the contrast that the background lights make in results from the two venues.
I didn't mention the rain. The only way of getting into Tottenham Court Road station after the event was to wade through an almost ankle deep puddle. Two bootfuls for the journey home. Squelch.


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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Awards Microfilm Digitization Application System (MiDAS) Support Services to 3Vesta
Rockville, MD – 3Vesta, LLC has won a multi-year, multi-million dollar DHS EAGLE II task order with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide the cloud environment, software, data analysis, and program management services to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data transferred from 47 million Master Index (MI) Card images into a digital database. MI Cards contain immigration and naturalization data collected over 125 years. The digital database will allow USCIS to execute searches and quickly retrieve the correct documents in the MiDAS database for identification, statistical analysis, and generation of reports that support critical decision-making.
"3Vesta is honored to have been selected by USCIS for the MiDAS project. We will leverage our expertise and MiDAS tools to collect and store critical immigration data in a cloud environment for access by Federal partners who require the information to make a benefit determination or conduct a law enforcement investigation." – Dave Riggs, Senior Vice President of Business Development
About 3Vesta
3Vesta, LLC is a joint venture between Alesig Consulting, LLC, a certified 8(a) Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) that uses emerging technologies to provide cost-effective solutions, and Powertek Corporation, an 8(m) WOSB IT services company. The Federal Government is 3Vesta's only customer. Through its single-customer focus, 3Vesta provides technology capabilities for Defense, Homeland Security, and Civilian agencies, delivering responsive, flexible, emerging solutions and unhindered access to information to improve business operations. 3Vesta applies innovation to transform tomorrow. For more information visit www.3Vesta.com.


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Take advantage of funding assistance to help you create your digital animation project in Haute-Savoie.
Relive the Festival highlights, the Annecy Festival and Mifa 2017 flashback video is now available!
The closing ceremony has just revealed the winners for Annecy 2017. Who's been crowned? Check out the list right now!
A big thank you to all of you who contribute to the Festival's success each year!
Even when there's none left, there's (still) some more! Take advantage of the free screenings to catch up on some of the highlights of the Festival.
The Special Prize Ceremony was held today at the Annecy Town Hall. Here is a list of the award-winning films, congratulations to all the winners!
Many of the exhibitions are still open, they're a great opportunity to extend Annecy 2017 a bit more!


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Centerville City Hall
250 N. Main Street
Centerville, UT 84014
(801) 295-3477
(801) 292-8034 fax
Business Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
August 18, 2015
To: Mayor Cutler
5:30 Joint Work Session with Planning Commission – This is a continuation of the work session held on August 4 regarding the South Main Street Corridor. Staff will complete their presentation by identifying the issues they recommend be discussed. The two bodies can then discuss the issues and see if there is substantive agreement on the nature of revisions that should be made to the SMSC Plan and Overlay Zone.
7:00 Regular City Council Meeting
D. Introduction of New Police Officers and New Leadership in Police Department – The recent retirement of Neal Worsley as Chief of Police triggered several promotions. The Department has a new Chief (Paul Child), Lieutenant (Von Steenblik) and Sergeant (Jake Alexander). Officer Will Barnes was also transferred from Patrol Division to the Investigative Division to serve as a detective. These promotions/transfers from within the Department, combined with the recent retirement of Officer Gary Thomas, opened up two Police Officer patrol positions for outside recruitment. Marquelle Peters and Colton Robinson have been hired to fill those openings. All of these employees, along with the new K-9, will be introduced to the City Council.
F.1. Canvass of Municipal Primary Election – The City Council will sit as the elections canvassing board to accept the results of the August 4 Primary Election. The Primary Election narrowed the number of candidates from 8 to 6 for three Council seats to be filled in the November General Election.
F.2. Minutes Review and Acceptance – The minutes to be approved include the August 4 work session and regular meeting, as well as the July 8 joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting. Approval of the July 8 meeting minutes was postponed to allow Councilwomen Fillmore and Ivie to submit proposed additions to that record. The July 8 minutes draft has been redlined to show the proposed revisions.
F.3. Summary Action Calendar
F.4. Code Amendments Prohibiting Feeding of Wild Animals – In response to property owners' complaints about resident deer damage, City staff are applying for permission from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) to use lethal methods to remove deer inside the City limits. This must be done according to an Urban Deer Plan developed with public input and approved by the DWR. The first requirement for such a plan, however, is for the City to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the intentional feeding of deer, elk and moose. This is the action for the August 18 meeting. This will be followed by a public information and public comment process over the next two months to develop a plan that will be submitted to the DWR for their approval.
F.5. RAP Tax Discussion – In their August 4 meeting the City Council approved a Resolution placing the renewal of the RAP Tax on the November ballot. The current RAP Tax authorization expires April 1, 2016. Ninety percent (90%) of the current RAP Tax revenues are used to pay the debt on the performing arts facility. If a renewal is approved by the voters, most of the revenues will be used for recreational facilities (i.e. parks repairs and improvements). The Council needs to decide who will draft statements in favor of the RAP Tax for the Voter Information Pamphlet and the Statewide Website.
F.6. City Council Liaison Report – Councilman Wright serves as the City Council liaison to the Whitaker Museum Board and will report on their activities/issues.
F.7. Mayor's Report – Mayor Cutler recently met with the City Manager and department heads to review the latest data in the Operational Metrics report. It will be attached to NovusAgenda after a few revisions are made to the report. This report contains performance measures relating to various City services.
F.8. Work Session with Parks & Recreation and Trails Committees (estimated time of 8:00 p.m.) – These two committees will meet with the City Council to discuss: 1) the Parks Committee's latest draft of the Parks Capital Improvements Plan and 2) the Trails Committee's Trails/Bike Lanes Master Plan. This will be an important foundation for the public information effort relating to the RAP Tax election in November.
F.9. Personnel Policies and Procedures Amendments – Pursuant to the City Manager's recommendation in 2014 and the City Council's subsequent directive, an employee committee has reviewed and discussed the City's paid leave benefits, particularly the Long-Term Sick Leave benefit. In response to concerns about the increasing financial liability created by current policy, the Committee and City Manager recommend the establishment of an 800-hour cap on the amount of LTSL accumulation, with an annual cash-out at a 4 to 1 ratio above that number. See the staff report for much more detail.
F.10 City Manager's Report – I will update the Council about the I-15 South Davis Project, including the pedestrian bridge and related fencing and sidewalk, and seek direction regarding the public information and open houses relating to the proposal to create a fire district.
F.11. Miscellaneous Business – At this time there are no topics showing under this heading.
F.12 Closed Meeting, if necessary -- At this time I do not know of a need for a closed meeting, but the agenda allows for that possibility.
F.13. Appointments to Boards/Committees – Mayor Cutler may recommend appointments to City boards or committees.
Potential Agenda Items for September 1, 2015 City Council meeting (subject to change):
Meetings of the City Council of Centerville City may be conducted via electronic means pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-207, as amended. In such circumstances, contact will be established and maintained via electronic means and the meeting will be conducted pursuant to the Electronic Meetings Policy established by the City Council for electronic meetings.
Centerville City, in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, provides accommodations and auxiliary communicative aids and services for all those citizens in need of assistance, including hearing devices. Persons requesting these accommodations for City-sponsored public meetings, services, programs, or events should call Blaine Lutz, Centerville Finance Director, at 295-3477, giving at least 24 hours notice prior to the meeting.
A notebook containing supporting materials for the business agenda items is available for public inspection and review at City Hall and will be available for review at the meeting. Upon request, a citizen may obtain (without charge) the City Manager's memo summarizing the agenda business, or may read this memo on the City's website: http://centerville.novusagenda.com/agendapublic.
Tentative - The times shown below are tentative and are subject to change during the meeting.
5:30 Joint work session with Planning Commission to discuss possible ordinance amendments to the South Main Street Overlay Zone for the City Center and Traditional Districts
7:05 D. Introduction of new police officers and new leadership in Police Department
7:10 E. OPEN SESSION (This item allows for the public to comment on any subject of municipal concern, including agenda items that are not scheduled for a public hearing. Citizens are encouraged to limit their comments to two (2) minutes per person. Citizens may request a time to speak during Open Session by calling the City Recorder's office at 801-295-3477, or may make such request at the beginning of Open Session.) Please state your name and city of residence.
7:15 1. Canvass of August 11, 2015 Municipal Primary Election
7:25 3. Summary Action Calendar
7:25 4. Municipal Code Amendments – Section 7-02-022 – Prohibiting Feeding or Attracting Wild Animals
7:35 5. RAP Tax Discussion
7:45 6. City Council Liaison Report
7:55 7. Mayor's Report
8:00 8. Joint Work Session with Parks & Recreation and Trails Committee to discuss parks & trails capital improvement plans, bike system master plan and related matters
9:00 9. Personnel Polices and Procedures - Amendments - Long-Term Sick Leave and All-Purpose Leave
9:15 10. City Manager's Report
9:25 11. Miscellaneous Business
9:30 12. Closed meeting, if necessary, for reasons allowed by state law , including, but not limited to, the provisions of Section 52-4-205 of the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act,
9:30 13. Possible action following closed meeting, including appointments to boards and committees
(Items of Interest (i.e., newspaper articles, items not on agenda); Posted in-meeting information
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Cécile Daladier and Nicolas Soulier live in a beautiful house in Paris. They designed the whole place themselves (look at this awesome kitchen ciment table!). The ground floor is used as their design agency and Assaï workshop. It's difficult to sum up their work in just one word. Cecile is an artist and a botanist. Nicolas is an architect, a designer and a urban planner. Their creations are always related to nature in a both aesthetic and ecological way. All photos © Clarisse Demory.
Saturday, 5 December 2009
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great space/place & the window in the bedroom are fantastic! ;)ReplyDelete
Wow, you have pictured a gorgeous space again!ReplyDelete
beautiful patterns, light, ceramics (on the dish rack) and garden! + great photos of course!ReplyDelete
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i love how you photograph poeples homes!!ReplyDelete
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Opaque Presence – Manual of Latent Invisibilities
Edited by Andreas Broeckmann and knowbotic research
In the society of late capitalism – whether we understand it as a society of consumption, of control, or as a cybernetic society -, visibility and transparency are no longer signs of democratic openness, but rather of administrative availability. Spaces of agency and spaces of social friction are absorbed into the surfaces of technical processes. Even when the games of visibility, of attention, and of the mechanisms of subjectivation, may not always be a matter of bare survival, they are still a matter of maintaining and appropriating heterotopic zones in which resistance, if not freedom, can be postulated.
This book deals with questions of public visibility and strategic camouflage. It hinges on the public performance project ›macghillie – just a void‹ by the artist group knowbotic research, in which urban sites are visited by a figure, clad in a camouflage suit. The so-called ›Ghillie Suit‹ was originally invented in the 19th century for hunting and has since the First World War been used in military contexts all over the world. When worn in a contemporary public environment, its camouflage effects the anonymisation and the neutralisation of the person wearing it. The figure of the ›MacGhillie‹ oscillates between the hyperpresence of a mask, and visual redundancy. It traverses the modern urban environment in which conspicuity holds ambivalent currency, wavering between cumbersome affirmation and visual arbitrariness. In the project, the suit is made available to members of the public who can thus become macghillie for a while, testing the boundaries of subjectivity and identity.
Table of contents:
Eva Meyer: Me as MacGhillie
Matthew Fuller: The Cat Seemed to Think There was Enough of it Now in Sight
Andreas Broeckmann: action, en passant
Marcus Steinweg: Subject without a Face
Tiqqun: The Problem of the Head
knowbotic research: macghillie – just a void


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- activities and guidance for communicating boundaries around touch, and for establishing consent around physical intimacy
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- tips on how to recruit other snugglers and create your own touch-positive tribe, even if you're shy
- 25 fun touch-positive games and activities to introduce others to snuggling and cuddling, co-authored with Amy Baker of Envision Arts Studio
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2015 Indie Book Awards Finalist, Relationships
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I was struck by how simple the author makes it all, laying out all the planning details in easy to follow ways. I would highly recommend this book if you or anyone you know is looking for ways to connect more deeply with your friends.
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Exactly what I needed! I've heard of this concept, and wanted to start something up in my area. The perfect step-by-step guide to creating a healthy and safe environment for adding more touch into our lives. An easy read, interspersed with humor and cute drawings, and flows nicely.
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Your vision for the future
Hypnotherapy encompasses a whole set of techniques that can help you stop unwanted behaviours and overcome self-limiting beliefs. Such techniques are often needed to help clients move on from places that are stuck.
All good therapists and coaches, who help their clients uncover or discover what is blocking, will use hypnotherapeutic techniques of some kind to overcome blockages or barriers. They can also use similar techniques to help clients imagine their future.
An article from 2012 ('://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk/hypnotherapist-articles/using-your-natural-vision') encouraged you to seek out that positive vision of you in your future. It described how a natural process, known as a 'Vision Quest' could be used (amongst other things) to help you get in touch with your own inner guidance system and develop your plan, vision or desire for your future.
Therapists or coaches might also use stories or guided imagery (a simple narrative or description of somewhere calming and relaxing) that can help you make contact with you own self-wisdom (inner guidance) and help you articulate, expand and explain how you could or would like your future to unfold.
Sometimes the guided imagery can be accompanied by guided sound, maybe the rhythmic beating of a drum or metronome or even gentle cymbals! It is individual taste.
For some therapists and coaches who use hypnotherapeutic techniques, it can be as simple as talking to their client, asking clarifying and insightful questions or maybe drawing a picture or preparing what has become known as a 'Vision Board'.
What is important is that you have imagined and established a coherent vision of how you would like you or your future to be. Have you got that clarity?
Hypnotherapy Directory is not responsible for the articles published by members. The views expressed are those of the member who wrote the article.
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On a November day in 1996 Dan Bloom disembarked on a lush subtropical island and penetrated deep into its sparsely populated hinterlands. He arrived as an adventurer and observer.
After almost five years of living among the natives and observing their behaviors, eating habits and social structures, he wrote a book proclaiming his love for his adopted land and its lifestyle. Theirs is a peaceful society, he writes, that exhibits the brightest possibilities of human nature.
In fact, Bloom is not a modern-day Margaret Mead wearing a palm frond skirt on Borneo. The place he traveled to is nowhere other than Chiayi, Taiwan. And his book, which he wrote in English and had printed in Chinese with a title that can be translated as "That's how I fell in love with Taiwan" (
He's fully aware that his book is academically shallow and has no pretensions about exposing deep truths about this nation as a long string of foreign observers are often tempted to try. "I'm not attempting to say anything meaningful in this book," he says.
But judging from readers' reactions, his book seems to have held up a mirror to Taiwanese people and displayed an image of the culture that, to its own inhabitants, is at times exotic-sounding and shockingly different from the one they had imagined.
Here is an American from cozy Boston, living in a town that most Taiwanese agree is a relative backwater. But he loves it, and most importantly he seems to really mean it.
Bloom's earnest enthusiasm and gushing praise for virtually all things Taiwanese obviously has struck a chord. He says he has received hundreds of e-mails from Taiwanese readers touched at times to tears over what he writes about their country.
"I can't hardly imagine why there's people who don't like American or British cities. Now I think I know the reason why ? confidence in yourself and your native country ? I'll cherish Taiwan more from now on," wrote one 26-year-old from Taipei.
Some go even further. One woman wrote that after reading his book she felt "just like a dream ? I still couldn't believe that there's someone who loves Taiwan very much." On Tuesday, Bloom was at the Taipei International Book Exhibition hawking his book by walking up and down the aisles between the stalls (he doesn't have a permit to sell there). It was a hard sell because the visitors were mostly publishing agents looking to sign contracts not buy new books, but he still managed to unload several copies. Several people pointed in his direction, recognizing him from the recent sizeable write-ups in the United Daily News and Next magazine, among others.
One man from Taitung, surnamed Chang, walked up to introduce himself and say he had read the book and "gained a totally fresh perspective on Taiwan." "There's nothing new in the book, so I don't really understand why people feel they've learned so much from it," Bloom says. "I think people like to hear these things from a foreigner because it's somehow comforting." Bloom apparently is a hit because his book provides a reassuring contradiction to the self-loathing that is so rampant in Taiwan. It also helps that he connects directly with his readers by selling the book from a paper lantern-festooned pushcart at the Chiayi night market, where people can see who wrote the book and get a signed copy for NT$100.


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The B&B La Zagara is located just a few kilometers from Trapani and from Trapani airport. It offers its guests three large, bright and comfortable rooms able to ensure a pleasant and relaxing stay. Our guests can also count on a fabulous breakfast and the availability of a terrace on the top floor of the building. Our bed and breakfast is the ideal base for a weekend with your partner or a long vacation with his family All our rooms have the following comforts: - air conditioning (summer/winter); - towels and bed linen; - satellite tv; - mini fridge; - secure box; - hairdryer; - private bathroom (with shower box). The price includes the following services: - italian breakfast; - towels and bed linen; - independent access 24h; - daily cleanings; - common terrace; - free parking on the street and in the courtyard; On demand: - carhire and transfer with a partner society; - use of the kitchen - use of the washing machine (for stay of more than 5 nights); - cot for children General Conditions: - Check in: from 11:00 (please inform us about your arrival time); - Check out: at 10:00 a.m.; Distances: - Bus stop from/to Trapani Airport (400 metres) - Trapani city center (7 Km) - Trapani Port and boarding to Egadi Islands (7 Km). - Boarding to Mothia Island.(10 Km) - Cableway to Erice (7 Km) - Segesta Temple (30 Km) - San Vito Lo Capo and the Natural Reserve of Zingaro (35 Km)
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For Sale by Owner vs Realtor Statistics
March 30, 2018 by Marty Orefice | Real Estate, Realtors
More than half of people who decide not to use a full-service agent to sell their home do so to save money. Another 30 percent don't feel that a full-service agent is necessary, and 14 percent don't trust real estate agents.
Considering that data from this Redfin survey, is it worthwhile to use a realtor to sell your home?
How Do For Sale By Owner Home Sales Compare to Realtor Home Sales?
Eight percent of homes sold in 2016 were for sale by owner (FSBO), according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
At peak popularity in 1985, 21 percent of homes were sold without realtors, that number has steadily been decreasing, research states.
While agent-free sales are decreasing, that doesn't necessarily mean that for sale by owner is decreasing. NAR defines FSBO as properties sold without the help of a real estate agent. However, one in five sellers doesn't use help from full-service agents, according to the 2016 Redfin survey. Some might have some help from a realtor, but they're not paying a real estate agent's typical commission.
Fifteen-percent of sellers are taking advantage of new deals with agents to avoid paying commissions.
Eight percent of sellers paid agents a flat fee to list their property on the Multiple Listing Service – a database of properties that are for sale, according to Inman.
Sale Prices
The NAR statistics indicate that the median FSBO home sold for $190,000 in 2016, while the median price of homes sold by real estate agents was $249,000 – that's almost a $60,000 difference.
That does not mean that realtors can get you 13 percent more profit on your home. It is not a comparison of the same homes. Rather, it means that people who are selling more expensive properties more frequently opt to sell with an agent than to do a FSBO.
To prove that point, note that 10 percent of for sale by owner homes are manufactured or mobile homes, which sell for much lower prices than single-family homes. Whereas, only 2 percent of homes sold by agents are manufactured or mobile homes, according to Real Estate Decoded.
What Sellers Want from Agents
Twenty-one percent of sellers want a realtor's help with marketing, 20 percent with selling the home within a set timeframe, 18 percent with competitive pricing, 15 percent with finding a buyer, 15 percent with fixing up the home to sell it for more and 6 percent with negotiating and dealing with buyers, according to The 2018 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report.
A minimal number (less than 5 percent) of buyers want help with paperwork, inspections and preparing for settlement; looking for homes to purchase after the sale; and creating/posting video tours of their home.
Why Sell With An Agent?
The study claims that owners selling without agents typically have difficulties selecting the right price (15 percent), understanding and completing paperwork (12 percent), selling as quickly as they're looking to (13 percent) and preparing the house for the sale (9 percent).
Thirty-nine percent of people who sold through FSBO said they did so because they didn't want to pay commission, 33 percent sold to someone they knew and 14 percent were contacted directly by a buyer, according to NAR research.
The median length of time it took for a real estate agent to sell a home in 2016 was four weeks. Whereas the median FSBO sale happened within two weeks when they didn't know the buyer and only one week when they did know the buyer personally, said the research.
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Since 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of 153 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators. This Web site, based on the book Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007, contains biographical profiles of former African-American Members of Congress, links to information about current black Members, essays on institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of African Americans in Congress, and images of each individual Member, supplemented by other historical photos.
Read essays that provide historical context about four distinct generations of African Americans in Congress. Among the topics discussed in each essay are institutional developments, legislative agendas, social changes, and national historical events that have shaped the experiences of black Members of Congress since Reconstruction.
This page features materials designed to help teachers and students use the information presented in Black Americans in Congress in their classrooms. It includes lesson plans as well as activities on photographs, objects, and memorable quotations.
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Complimentary copies of the Office of the Historian publications Women in Congress and Black Americans in Congress are available for educators, subject to availability.
What is the difference between apportionment and realignment? What is a discharge petition? What does the word quorum mean and how does it relate to the House of Representatives? These and other relevant congressional terms are defined in this glossary.