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Saturday, February 28, 2009
bbq-ed car and foam party.
ok. the picture is blurry. so i tried looking for clearer picture, but i found this...
Accident in Federal Highway - The best bloopers are here
a video.
yes. a car, burnt... literally burning. i was there way before the fire brigade came. i think b4 this video was taken, but i was at the other side of direction. even i drove to the furthest lane, i can still feel the heat. and i saw the driver was standing not far from the car and he was like... 'oh shit... what now' look.
on 27 feb 2009, approx 7.30pm to 8pm, a car was burning on federal highway.
please... service ur car on time...
i went home to get my slippers. i forgot to bring my slippers for the FOAM PARTY! hehe...
the party was ok. lots of foam! waiting for the pictures so i can post it up here.
we left that place at 2.30am. then... went stevens at pandan indah until 6.30am. hahaha! it's been a while since i last hang out till 6am! hahahaha! im so happy! hahahahaa!
gonna go get my shower and go out soon. for dinner and movie! :D
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1- Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the Holy Quran
Human Dignity in the Holy Quran, Concept of Rights and Duties in the Holy Quran, Freedom in the Holy Quran, Equality in the Holy Quran, Freedom of Thought and Expression in the Holy Quran, Freedom of the Parties and Associ ations, Right to choice and Self-Determination in the Holy Quran, Right to criticism of Government in the Holy Quran (Commanding Rights and Forbidding Wrongs), Right to Privacy in the Holy Quran, Minority Rights in the Holy Quran, Woman's Rights in the Holy Quran, Right to Personal Security in the Holy Quran, The Right to Property and Economic Freedoms in the Holy Quran, Right to Social Security in the Holy Quran, Citizenship Rights in the Holy Qu ran, Human and Humanitarian Rights in the Holy Quran
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Production Readiness Competition
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The Production Readiness Competition is providing a platform for UK SMEs and their supply chain to take existing low carbon vehicle technologies from demonstration through to production readiness in a compressed timescale, leading to significant economic benefits whilst reducing CO2 and other vehicle emissions.
The competition is funded by the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre and delivered by the Niche Vehicle Network with support from Cenex.
The programme is providing a total grant fund of up to £1,000,000 for vehicle manufacturers, technology suppliers and design/engineering organisations active in the UK low carbon vehicle propulsion sector who wish to collaborate on innovative, industry-led projects, that:
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Each bag is handmade by mothers of Ayu Sewing Project in Indonesia delivering their families from poverty by generating a steady income.
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Impoverished Indonesian mothers struggle with providing basic necessities for their families. Most of their husbands receive a salary of only around $100 a month. These families live from month to month and barely make enough money to feed their families, much less provide for other needs such as schooling.
Ayu Sewing Project was created to help Indonesian women learn a trade that they could use to support their families using their new skills. Originally, they made scarves. By making only a few scarves per week, these mothers are increasing their monthly income by 40%! The women use the money to pay for their children's schooling, medical, and rental expenses.


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Mike resides in Norwalk, and is PurePoint Energy's Business Development Manager. He is NABCEP certified in PV Technical Sales and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA in International Relations (concentration in Environmental Studies) and received his MBA with honors from Loyola University. Mike has volunteered his time for Habitat for Humanity and as a coach for Norwalk Junior Lacrosse. When he's not promoting solar he enjoys spending time on the water with his family.


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It is possible, but it is usually not recommended. Microsoft decided not to include an API for that, so if you want to do it, you have to use methods that were not designed for that purpose.
One option could be to manipulate the back stack, removing all entries until the application exits.
Another option would to throw an exception and not handling it. This will cause your application to get killed.
In Windows Phone 8, though, an Application.Terminate() method was introduced, for those cases where there is really a need to terminate an application programmatically.
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(Re 12:9) "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
We believe Satan is the fallen angel, Lucifer, also known as the Devil and the Prince of the Power of the Air. He has been given dominion and influence in this world by God until the final execution of his judgment.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" ( Isa 14:12)
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:" (Eph 2:2)
Satan, along with demons under his authority, are intent on working though man's natural lust and pride to bring about spiritual, emotional, and physical destruction, especially separation from the love of God.
"But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." (Mt 16:23)
Satan is the greatest enemy of believers, yet God has given us spiritual weapons to achieve victory over his attacks; among these weapons are: assurance of salvation, imputed righteousness, the truth of God's Word, and faith
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;" (Eph 6:11-18)
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." (1Jo 4:4)
During the 1,000 year reign of Christ, Satan will be locked away, and then released for a final revolt against Jesus Christ. After this revolt is put down, Satan and his angels will be cast into the Lake of Fire forever.
"And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." (Re 20:10)


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First — a couple of words on my pre-order ordeal. Things did not go as I have envisioned them. I woke up at 2:55am to get ready for 3am pre-order process. I was planning to go with Apple's upgrade program that has no additional costs and allows for an upgrade to the next phone by trading in your old one. I don't think I would need to upgrade in a year, but it was nice to have an option since it doesn't cost anything extra.
I tried using Apple Store app which worked very well in previous years. The store came up soon enough after 3am, I saw a phone that I wanted available to be delivered by November 3rd — first day — and the first couple of steps worked fine. I even didn't get stuck on AT&T verification. However in order to get approved for Apple upgrade program one has to fill out a good deal of financial information to get credit verified.
And that's where all the problems started. I had to fill in all this stuff numerous times and it kept failing to get to the next step. Eventually the delivery time slipped to 1-2 weeks and then to 2-3 weeks. In the end it said that all the information was accepted, but I would have to wait for an email with-in 8 hours that would provide me with further information. I tried going trough the process a couple of times more, but was not able to reach the final step at all.
When I saw the delivery time-frame slipping I decided to check what was happening at AT&T. Instead of being to do a pre-order there I was placed into some virtual queue which said that I had 30-40 minutes wait time — never seen anything like that. Anyhow, I apparently left this page open and when all my attempts over at Apple have failed I looked at this page and I had 3 minutes of queue left. So I ended up placing an order after 4am through AT&T which claimed that I would get my phone on November 3rd. In exactly the configuration that I wanted.
It seemed really iffy to me since the delivery time-frame on Apple's site has gone to 5-6 weeks by then. But what do you know — I did get my phone on November 3rd, as promised. I guess everyone had to go through a similar AT&T queue and as a result the stock wasn't sold out as quickly. First time I ordered an Apple product through AT&T and it worked out just fine.
And in the morning I did get an email from Apple saying that they couldn't verify my information after all and I should try placing an order again. Glad I ordered via AT&T as a backup.
The Phone
I have purchased an iPhone X in silver with 256GB of storage. Initially I was going to go with 64GB as my current phone is, but then I thought that I actually like not having to remove photographs from my phone. And it didn't make a big difference on monthly basis over the course of 2 year loan.
The phone is gorgeous. Silver back, completely black front, and shiny stainless steel sides. There is no visible separation between thin bezels and the screen on the front. It's all 100% black. Same as on Apple Watch with OLED screen the display itself is indistinguishable from the rest of the glass. The only time when the screen actually shows is when it's in a very bright sun.
The phone is too good looking to put into a case of any kind and I haven't used cases since the very first phone I had because of the added bulk. But this phone being as expensive as it is I've bought into Apple Care Plus program for the first time for some insurance, just in case — but that's yet another $200.
Some Specifics
The first most obvious thing is the lack of home button and Touch-ID along with it. The phone can be woken up by pressing sleep-wake side button or by simply tapping on the screen — à la Apple Watch. The swipe up gesture that replaces the click of a home button feels great. I somehow didn't even notice any kind of re-learning process. It just felt right from the start. And it actually feels like a much more natural alternative to a physical and somewhat wobbly button of my 6S.
Beside the regular swipe-up to go to home screen the bar can be swiped from side to side to switch between recently used apps. They stay in the queue in the same order that they have been opened in. So I can open Overcast, then open Waze and the swipe from left to right will bring me back to Overcast. And the next swipe from right to left will bring me back to Waze. Very convenient. The Control Center however has been moved to the very top right corner of the screen. I wasn't using it often, but the new location it's not ideal.
The notch turned out to be a non-issue. When you look at screenshots of the phone the notch seems to be the only thing that your eyes run to. When I use the phone — I don't notice it at all — I'm looking at a gorgeous screen and the content displayed on it. Notch is just sitting up there, not being annoying. And even the bottom aligning of status bar elements doesn't seem to bother me as it id on the screenshots.
The size of the screen is very pleasant. The actual phone is slightly bigger then the regular model of 6, 6S, 7 and 8. The screen itself is the size of those phones. It fits comfortably enough in my pockets and has a screen that is bigger than one on the Plus phones. And it's an OLED screen which looks good enough — not that LCDs looked bad either. The best thing is the deep blacks that match the rest of the glass — when an app hasn't been updated to fit on iPhone X it just looks like your holding an older black 6S-like phone. The only give-away is the lit up icons on the top and home indicator on the bottom.
So much fuss was made of Face-ID and fears of losing Touch-ID and it was all for nothing. Face-ID really just works. It actually makes the phone feel like there is no lock of any kind of it. You just use it as you normally would and Face-ID just does it's thing. So it should be treated as if just didn't exist at all.
The place where I can actually observe its speed is on locked apps such as 1Password. It authenticates you via Face-ID and it takes a fraction of a second — 2nd generation Touch-ID was probably faster, but here you don't have to place a finger over a button or do anything at all. Totally acceptable.
In addition to all that there are several interesting things that Apple is dong with it. I had my previews of notifications disabled on all my phones for security reasons — you don't want somebody to see a confirmation code that might come to you via an SMS message for example. So notifications of certain things were just not very useful. Now all the notification previews are off by default, but once the phone sees YOU — the owner — looking at the screen they just unroll and show the preview — great.
I also noticed that if the phone call comes through and you happen to be looking at the phone the ring comes through with a very low volume — if you're not looking at it, it's very loud. And another thing is that the phone no longer dims its screen if you looking at it.
Face-ID seems to a little less reliable in very bright sun light. It seems to take a little bit longer to work it's magic in this specific case. But on the other hand even when the phone is mounted on the dash of my car and I'm off center it works just fine. And it does work through my sunglasses and my beard doesn't scare it either.
Restore Process
I've been using iCloud backups to move over to new phones since the time it was possible. This time I did the same thing. And after everything was restored and all the passwords have been entered I was dismayed to find out that none of my Activity Achievements that I've been collecting over the past two and a half years have been unlocked, even though all the health data and filled in rings have been ported just fine.
Luckily I haven't dismantled my 6S yet. So I hooked it up to iTunes and made an encrypted backup from it. Then I restarted the whole setup process and restored from this iTunes backup. Luckily everything came back up correctly. Phew. And I didn't have to re-enter all the passwords either. I'm probably going to stick to this process, although it's a scary prospect if iCloud backup doesn't get some things right, since that really is the process that I rely on in case something happens to the phone itself.
The Cameras
Now this is the crowning jewel of iPhone X. This is THE MAIN reason why I wanted to get my hands on this phone as soon as possible — a camera system that can measure depth and fit into my pocket at the same time. Like the saying goes — the best camera is the one that you have with you — and I always have my phone with me. And having as advanced of a camera system as this one on a phone is amazing for somebody who takes as many pictures with the phone as I do.
I love what Apple is doing on the software side to overcome the limitation of physics and tiny lenses. The portrait process with blurred background works really well. I do notice that it makes small mistakes here and there, but in most cases it does great. What separates iPhone X from iPhone 8 Plus is also the fact that you can take selfies in portrait mode as well thanks to the array of sensors in the notch. It has same issues though as Face-ID does with a bright sun light.
Have a double optical zoom on a phone is also incredibly useful. I never use digital zoom that was available for a while on iOS since it just ruins the photo quality, so it might as well just not be there. But optical 2x zoom — perfect.
The different lightning modes that Apple is doing by using the depth information is also pretty great. I really like Studio Light and Contour Light modes. Stage Light — all black background — though doesn't work as well yet. In certain conditions it does wonders, but most of the time it just ruins the photograph. Luckily all these things can be adjust in the post-processing on the phone since all the depth information is stored along with the photo.
Yesterday we went over to Coney Island with the family and I took a good number of photographs. So there is a good collection of samples. I did put them through my normal post-processing steps in Photoshop, but this is the first set of phone photographs that are actually good enough initially to go through that.
I've ran into a weird issue where my Automatic Pro OBD scanner in the car seems to cause Bluetooth interference which affects the call quality when it goes through the car audio system. I'm going to create a ticket on Autmatic's site to see if they have any suggestions, but for now I had to unplug it from the car — annoying. Worked just fine with iPhone 6S.
Another thing I already mentioned — bright sunlight degrades the performance of the front sensors. It hasn't been annoying yet, but we'll if it becomes that as the time goes by.
While OLED screens do have their benefits burn-in is a thing. I keep Waze running for long periods of time — 3+ hours per day on my commute and I don't know how it will affect the screen. I switch Waze into dark theme, which I like less, but now I have to be thinking about preserving the screen. The time will show how it holds up.
And the last issue that I think will go away — I have a little bit of pain between my thumb and the rest of my fingers that seems to be caused by the fact that I have to reach to the bottom of the screen and swipe up to use home indicator in place of a button. Again, hope my hand will just get used to it and the pain will go away.
Overall I'm very happy with this upgrade. Older phones somehow look very dated very quickly after using this new phone. The new one is just so much better in so many respects. As I said at the start — so far I'm loving it.


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How to selling Life Insurance Policy to Rich People? Here in this article for Insurance Agents, we'll know How to selling Life Insurance Policy to Rich People? Whether you decision yourself "rookie," "newbie," or "noob" (the youngsters' version of this word). We've all found ourselves in an exceedingly new job at just one occasion or another. So we've a tendency to could have had peers or coworkers joke with United States by language words like these as terms of kindness. Better, had them take United States beneath their wings and teach United States concerning our new setting.
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The truth is that any recommendation is useful once you're getting into a brand new field. New insurance agents intelligibly feel overcome as they start navigating the complicated world of insurance sales, client service and even agency management.
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1. Brush au courant your client service skills.
If you thought that that job as a waiter or at a retail store was a waste of your time are evaluate. Bear in mind however your performance was being evaluated each second by your eating house guests? There square measure some terribly attention-grabbing parallels between serving shoppers within the food trade. And within the insurance industry in each cases you're addressing a consumer World Health Organization expects the most effective client service and as quick as attainable.
America's academic, an organization that provides insurance pre-licensing courses in twenty six states via on-line learning programs. Says on their web site, "Customer service usually sets competitors aside from each other in extremely competitive businesses like insurance policy. Smart insurance agents perceive that once their quote isn't all-time low. Their ability to form customers feel valued and necessary will tip the scales back in their favor with shoppers."
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So take note: social skills square measure a requirement for Insurance Agents.
2. you're in sales; always remember that.
As a sales skilled, your job is to search out the merchandise that's best for your client's wants. And educate your prospect this product. It's not a one-and-done deal. mercantilism insurance suggests that beginning a long relationship along with your consumer.
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Learn from the consultants, however additionally decipher what works best for your individual mercantilism vogue, and what sets you aside from your competitors, recommends Next Wave selling.
3. notice a full team of individuals to support you.
No, you're not the sole person within the world that has been rejected by a chance. However you'd possibly not realize it if you don't talk over with people and share your experiences. Whereas listening and learning from theirs. If you're Associate in Nursing freelance insurance broker or simply joined workplace. Just search for tools like trainings, support and encouragement from your support team.
Furthermore, If you're operating severally, you don't ought to be in an exceedingly silo. Reach dead set insurance broker associations and academic establishments for support. For example: the National Association of Insurance and money Advisors (NAIFA). The National Association of skilled Insurance Agents, the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP). So the Compliance & Ethics Forum for keeps Insurers (CEFLI), LIMRA, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), LOMA. A National Association of freelance Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and more.
4. Dress for achievement.
First impressions count. Stacy United State, a stylist World Health Organization stars in TV shows like "What to not Wear" and "Love, Lust, or Run," is aware of this. Her job is to assist folks dress befittingly for work. For going out, and for the life stage that they're in. She tells them what appearance smart on their bodies. What doesn't work, and what's acceptable for a variety of things. All whereas serving to them maintain their temperament and sense of self.
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The TV shows ultimately reveal the reactions of family, friends and strangers to the recent and also the new appearance. It's a stimulating social experiment on however initial impressions form what we expect of individuals. The strangers would possibly say, "I need that person to be my friend" or "Oh no. I might ne'er take that person to satisfy my oldsters."
It might sound harsh, however we have a tendency to do type a perception of World Health Organization someone relies on however they give the impression of being. So, keep it clean and fashionable, and learn what designs work best for you. If you would like facilitate, malls have personal shoppers that may assist you. Or, raise a modern friend.
5. Relate to your prospect or consumer.
More than gossip, asking a couple of prospect's family, work and interests can facilitate jump-start the voice communication and cause you to each feel relaxed. bear in mind to concentrate on your client: in the end, you're here for them (not the opposite means around).
Insurance Agents Mari Kuzi, a daily contributor here on smallinsurancecompanies.com, has written a great deal concerning the importance of consumer relationships and the way "conversation is that the bedrock of relationships. while not them, our relationships square measure innocent of substance," she writes.
The Insurance Agents Mari Kuzi believes that voice communication is Associate in Nursing art which will result in more opportunities, as well as cross-selling or obtaining referrals. "(Conversation) could be a good way to speculate in others. The act of listening — the opposite half having a good voice communication — shows folks you care. have you ever ever been around somebody World Health Organization simply desires to pay attention, desires to listen to all concerning your day or a recent trip? you would possibly not encounter these folks fairly often, however once you do, they really stand out. once you speak with prospects and hear what they need to mention, you're showing you worth them," she says.
This is smart recommendation, however bear in mind that a voice communication ought to go each ways that. Take time to additionally share a touch of yourself, your hobbies Associate in Nursingd different points that may facilitate position you as an authentic one who is genuinely inquisitive about serving to out your shoppers.
6. assure all written language.
What happenz once you seez a mistake in antying thats written? You either stop reading or think: "There's spell check for that, idiot." You can't facilitate however let your own internal synchronic linguistics troll commence.
Why is this? one thing that's poorly written comes across as inexpert and ignorant. It straightaway loses quality. In Associate in Nursing trade wherever you're operating onerous to make trust along with your shoppers and prospects, the final thing you would like is to try to to something that may deduct from that trust. Make sure that you just assure that email, and even that text message, before hit send. If it's a extended document, have a second or perhaps third try of eyes review it.
7. Transparency is very important, throughout the sales method and when.
On your thanks to building consumer trust, transparency is of utmost importance. place confidence in automotive salespeople: once you're at a business concern, square measure you inquisitive about turning into friends with most of the folks there? the standard answer isn't any. you recognize these salespeople need to sell you a automotive these days. Past expertise tells you that they'll hound you till they create their sale. It's Associate in Nursing perspective that leaves a foul style in your mouth, amirite?
Steven McCarty, another of Small insurance Companies's contributors, has written concerning the way to build trust with prospects: you would like to "work onerous to coach prospects concerning the way to do their due diligence on you (including FINRA's BrokerCheck, the higher Business Bureau (BBB) and National Ethics Association (NEA), among others). Also, take into account getting a background check on yourself to persuade them you have got no criminal or civil skeletons in your history."
8. find out how to plug yourself.
What sets you aside from another insurance agent? If folks will notice your same product cheaper and quicker in other places, why would they obtain from you?
A recent blog from Rob Holmes, founding father of the Holmes cluster and Estate methods and also the Dec 2014 'Alumnus of the Month' for The yankee faculty, talks concerning your personal brand: "How does one package yourself, your merchandise and your presentation? the things in your package square measure YOU. What you say, however you say it, spoken words, visual communication, timing, the means you dress, and behaviour square measure all elements of your all-important initial impression, and that they structure your complete."
9. Be persistent.
"Persistence results in success," my father is usually telling Pine Tree State, at the side of another gem: "Talent prevails." These 2 proverbs work hand-in-hand. you'll be able to have all the talent within the world, however if you don't keep continuous , you'll flicker out sort of a candle within the wind.
But enough concerning poetry. In truth, having a high energy state rubs off on the folks around you, from your shoppers to your team. There isn't a additional contagious perspective within the world than somebody World Health Organization is genuinely excited to figure, to serve their shoppers, to assist families navigate and set up for his or her money futures.
Persistence could be a quality that you just should develop and regularly work on so as to prevail within the insurance trade. Investigation says that, "This is maybe the foremost important quality of any smart insurance broker. those that add this field fully should be in a position to handle rejection on a daily basis over the course of their careers, and jazz with a smile. smart insurance agents perceive that every 'no' solely brings them nearer to somebody World Health Organization can say 'yes.'"
Think about it: once a consumer says no, you either change your pitch or take them off your list, effort you with longer to dedicate to a different consumer or prospect.
10. Manage your own expectations.
In his book Things a touch Bird Told Pine Tree State, Twitter's co-founder game Stone notes that "timing, perseverance and ten years of very exertions can eventually cause you to seem like an overnight success."
For the those that keep it up language that one thing was Associate in Nursing "overnight success," here's the reality: There isn't such a factor. Rome wasn't in-built daily. Michael Jackson didn't become famed long. Steve Jobs encountered variety of challenges on his thanks to success.
It all comes all the way down to managing your own expectations and people of your shoppers. the truth is that you're progressing to need to work terribly onerous to attain no matter success suggests that to you. goose Kelly, the owner of BizzGrizz, a technical school company that gives selling solutions to tiny business homeowners, and a former insurance broker, writes that every one insurance agents "start off within the initial year or 2 of our automotiveeers and expect to be driving the good car, living within the nice house, and enjoying golf concerning a hundred days a year."
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However, you need to understand that this "insurance agents business is hard like several profession. And it takes time, effort and failure to become a master," he says.
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Teaser Trailer Season 2
Feb 17th
And, finally, it's time for something new from girls in orange. Yes, we're talking about Orange Is the New Black TV Show and brand new teaser trailer which has been released.
Ok, nothing much to see here – teaser is really short one, but it's here to remind us that girls will come back June 6th. So, check it out.


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I've also been wanting horns ;P I made small horns from polymer clay and sewed then on a headband. I might add some flowers to go with them, or do a different set, I'm not sure if the shape is just right.
And an extra picture of me getting a hair out of my mouth ;D My diligent photographer documented this lovely moment.


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Cats and Dogs - Adam Dale
Tara Alexander (@redtalyn)
There are many albums out there that have moved their listeners in some way, be it positively or negatively; the outcome is always the same. Emotions can run extremely high when a certain song or sound is heard, and in this case, the emotion I was left with was a sort of peacefulness coupled with longing and sweet sorrowful sadness. The album, 'Cats And Dogs,' by independent artist Adam Dale, is a lovely and melodic combination of alternative rock and modern country western twang that blends well to make a superb and solid album.
Opening with a hard track, 'One Right Between The Eyes,' the listener is thrust into the life of a man who has found fatherhood and maturity to be both exhilarating and exhausting, much like the overall feel of the album. The music is sweeping and orchestral, yet uses minimal instrumentation and vocals to really show the passion and rawness of the love of music Dale has. Songs like 'Midnight' and 'Got It Right' further solidify the message of triumph over tragedy and really change the perspective of those who aren't very open minded about embraces the changes that come in your life, be it a new child, a new home, or a new job. By featuring acoustic and steel guitars on 'Got It Right' and 'Young Love Is Innocence,' Dale really shows us that he has the propensity for mixing genres fluidly and executing them in a pleasing manner, as well as bringing out the thrill and excitement of young love and the heartache that inevitably goes along with it. 'Roman Candle' is an upbeat, alternative track that fades into 'Stay With Me,' a sweet and beautiful tune that is slow and gentle to the listener's ears.
In 'Here At The End Of The World,' the artist brings on a female vocalist to duet with his own vocals and the result is perfectly wonderful as the singers profess their love for each other in a subtle yet cosmic fashion. 'Never Get Enough Of You' and 'Museums On Fire' are great examples of everlasting love and musicianship as Dale uses these tracks to round out a solid album and provide a sense of wonderment and loyalty to his passions. The promise of strength and compassion for your loved one no matter what the obstacle is a message that I personally feel has gone sour these days, but Dale brings it back to life with tangible lyrics and raw emotions that overlay a fantastic instrumental background.
I truly enjoyed the positivity and love the album boasted and I felt the energy that Dale was trying his hardest to put out into the world with his music, and I will credit that success to his sincere love of music and all of the confidence and incredibly hard work he pours into his projects. I would definitely recommend this album to anyone who loves true talent and appreciates the genuine spirit of those who want nothing more that to give the gift of music and feel the happiness that it generates.
Interview with Adam Dale
Tell me a little bit about your background and why you play.
I was born in Minden, LA, in the 80's. I sang in the church and school choirs and eventually picked up the guitar when I was 14 to be able to occupy myself and from then on I've been writing music. I've always had a compulsion to write and perform. It [has] always made me feel good.
What/Who are your musical influences?
I've always had a fairly wide range. I always loved the big band stuff from the 30's and 40's and [I love] rock and roll but I was brought up on acoustic folk music. Simon and Garfunkle and Jim Croce are two of my favorites. Queen, Black Sabbath, and Pink Floyd are some of my classic rock heroes. I really enjoy a lot of pop music too. I'm really all over the place but if I had to choose a few albums that have always stuck with me it would have to be: Pink Floyd's "The Wall", Sponge's "Rotting Pinata", Smashing Pumpkins' "Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", Hum's "Downward is Heavenward", Black Sabbath's "Master of Reality", Jimmy Eat World's "Futures", and Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Dulcinea" have followed me everywhere. They are constants.
How do you find the proper balance between the many genres at play on the album?
I honestly don't worry abouthowitsgoingto fit on an album. I really like when each song is its own little journey. I try to feel the overall vibe of a record. I think about Pink Floyd's music and how many different styles were on "The Wall" and how overall it's just one style: theirs. That's how I want to be thought of. It's all just my style.
Did you set out to make an album that sounds so inspirational and uplifting or did it simply evolve into one?
I actually set out to make a record that was very nostalgic. I was really going for some complex emotions. I was going for a feeling that you have when you remember something from your childhood. Something that is right there but you can never get it back. Beautiful but sweet in a way.
How do you feel about the digital revolution of music and has it helped or hindered your success?
Well, its a double edged sword really. People no longer buy actual copies of albums but digital sales are up. I'm not in the market to make singles so I feel that it hurts my overall gig when people can purchase a song piecemeal instead of rifling through the album to find the gems. I think the digital revolution has lowered our attention span. We can pick, mix, choose, and flip through everything. On the other hand, some really great music has emerged from artists you never would have heard of pre-internet, myself included. Also, a band used to have to tour incessantly to make waves and gain fans and now I can spend more time at home with the family and reach more people online. It is very complicated how I feel about technology's role in music. Overall I think its a positive. You're giving control over to the people who make the music and letting free market decide who sinks or swims. Pretty great.


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Building Materials
natural and artificial materials and products used for the construction and repair of buildings and structures. The many different purposes and operating conditions of buildings and structures account for the variety of demands placed on building materials and for the great diversity of available materials. Two basic categories of building materials are recognized: general-purpose materials, such as cement, concrete, and timber, used in the construction of various types of structures, and special-purpose materials, such as acoustic, insulating, and refractory materials. Depending on the degree of preparation before use, building materials are conventionally classified as building materials proper, such as binders and aggregates, and structural components, which are prefabricated units and elements to be installed in buildings at the construction site, such as reinforced-concrete panels, toilet stalls, and door and window units.
Industrialization and the expansion of modern construction have led to an increased share of prefabricated structural components in the total production volume of building materials. The greater output of building materials in the form of almost totally prefabricated items makes it possible to increase labor productivity, decrease costs, and accelerate construction work (seeTOTAL-PREFABRICATION CONSTRUCTION).
Building materials may be divided into 11 basic groups according to processing and functional criteria.
Natural masonry materials. Natural masonry materials include rocks that have been mechanically processed, such as facing slabs, stone for blocks, crushed stone, gravel, and quarry stone. The introduction of advanced methods of extracting and processing stone, such as diamond sawing and heat treatment, substantially reduces labor requirements and costs in the preparation of masonry materials and increases the application of such materials in construction.
Timber and wood products. Timber and wood products are building materials derived mainly from the mechanical processing of wood, including round timber, lumber and semifinished products, parquet, and veneers. Lumber and semifinished products are used in modern construction on a wide scale for various carpentry products, built-in building equipment, and such strip products as baseboards, handrails, and overlays. Laminated-wood products hold promise for future use (seeBONDED STRUCTURES).
Ceramic materials and products. Ceramic materials and products are prepared by shaping, drying, and firing raw material containing clay. Such materials are used in diverse areas of construction because of their greater variety of types, high strength, and durability. They are used for walls (brick and ceramic blocks) and sanitary fixtures and as exterior and interior facings for buildings (ceramic tiles). A porous aggregate for lightweight concretes called keramzit is also included in this category.
Inorganic binders. Inorganic binders are primarily powdered materials, such as cements of various kinds, gypsum plaster, and lime, that form a plastic paste when mixed with water and then harden. Some of the most important inorganic binders are port-land cement and its varieties.
Concretes and mortars. Concretes and mortars are artificial masonry materials with a wide range of physicomechanical and chemical properties, obtained from a mixture of a binder, water, and aggregates. The principal type of concrete is cement concrete. Modern construction also uses products made of silica concrete. Lightweight concretes are ideal for large, precast structural components and units. Reinforced concrete—a combination of concrete with steel reinforcement—is used to increase the flexural strength and tensile strength of structural elements. Concretes and mortars are used directly at building sites (cast-in-situ concrete) and also in the factory preparation of structural units (precast reinforced concrete). Asbestos cement products and structural components, obtained from a cement slurry and reinforced with asbestos fiber, are also included in this category.
Metals. Rolled steel is the principal metal used in construction. Steel is used for the reinforcement in reinforced concrete, for building frameworks, bridge spans, pipes, and heating apparatus, and as a roofing material (roofing steel). Aluminum alloys are also used as structural and finishing materials.
Heat-insulating materials. Heat-insulating materials are used for insulation in the enclosing structures of buildings, in industrial equipment, and in pipes. The materials in this group are available in a large variety of compositions and structures. They include mineral wool and mineral-wool products, cellular concretes, asbestos materials, foam glass, expanded perlite and vermiculite, fiberboard, reed board, and Fibrolit (rigid insulation made from a mixture of wood-wool in portland cement). The use of heat-insulating building materials in enclosing structures permits substantial weight reductions in such structures and reductions in the overall expenditure of materials and in the energy required to maintain temperatures in buildings and structures. Some heat-insulating materials are also used as acoustic materials.
Glass. Glass, used chiefly for transparent enclosures, is produced in the form of ordinary sheet glass, glass for special purposes, including reinforced, tempered, and heat-insulating glass, and glass products, such as glass bricks, rolled glass sections, and glass facing tiles. The use of glass for the exterior facing of buildings, for example, sheet glass with a pigment on one side, holds promise for the future. Cast stone, sittals, and slag sittals are also included in this category because of their engineering characteristics.
Organic binders and waterproofing materials. Organic binders and waterproofing materials include bitumens and pitches, as well as asphalt concrete, Ruberoid, tar paper, and other materials that use bitumens or pitches as a base. Polymer binders used to obtain polymer concretes are also included in this category. Sealing materials in the form of mastic and elastic packing, for example, Gernit (a porous gasket made from a foam polymer with a hard protective coating), Izol (a sealing mastic), and Po-roizol (a porous, elastic, rubber strip or gasket made from worn-out tires), and waterproof polymer films are produced to meet the needs of prefabricated housing construction.
Polymer building materials. Polymer building materials constitute a large group of materials that use synthetic polymers as a base. They are noted for excellent mechanical and decorative properties and water and chemical resistance, and they are easy to handle. They are used mainly for floor coverings (linoleum, rubber linoleum, vinyl tiles), structural and finishing materials (laminated paper plastics, glass-reinforced fiber plastics, chipboard, decorative coatings), heat-and sound-insulating materials (foam and honeycomb plastics), and strip construction products.
Varnishes and paints. Varnishes and paints are finishing materials that use organic and inorganic binders as a base and form decorative and protective coatings on the surfaces of structures. Synthetic paint and varnish materials and water-emulsion paints with polymer binders are widely used.
Standards and improvements. The quality of construction materials is characterized by the grade rating. The grade rating is the basic performance characteristic of the materials, for example, the strength, specific weight, or frost resistance, or a combination of several characteristics. The methods of testing building materials and the technical requirements placed on such materials are established by standards—by the State Standards (GOST) in the USSR—and by specifications.
The cost of building materials in modern construction in the USSR accounts for approximately 60 percent of the total construction costs. Thus, further improvement in the efficiency of construction depends to a considerable degree on more extensive use of new, primarily lighter building materials, such as lightweight concretes, polymer materials, and metal structures that use light alloys, on increased production of special building materials, such as rapid-hardening cements and efficient heat-insulating materials, and on the use of better-quality traditional building materials. Important potential factors in lowering construction costs are the increased use of local building materials, for example, blocks made from such lightweight rocks as tuff ana coquina, and the use of industrial wastes, such as metallurgical slags, ash from steam power plants, and woodworking waste materials. An important trend in the improvement of building materials is the development of efficient finishing materials that improve the architecture and appearance of buildings and structures. (See also.)
REFERENCESStroitel'nye materialy. Edited by M. I. Khigerovich. Moscow, 1970.
Komar, A. G. Stroitel'nye materialy i izdeliia, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1971.
Vorob'ev, V. A. Stroitel'nye materialy, 5th ed. Moscow, 1973.
Korovnikov, B. D. Stroitel'nye materialy. Moscow, 1974.
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The blowgun is one particular weapon that has a long and very interesting history. It has been used by a lot of military or as armed forces/groups in the course of human history but unlike other weapons whose use has entirely been relegated to sporting status nowadays the use of blowguns have been particularly limited to a small number of people who know about its existence. Blowguns were of particular use for those who want to stealthily sneak up on their prey or opponent and immobilize or kill them with just one little dart. This method left a particularly clean mark on the victims and upon checking the body for wounds, or punctures, one would have a hard time distinguishing the cause of immobility or death.
Blowguns only recently came into public consideration with the advent of the internet and the fascination that people have of Japanese ninjas and Native American Indians, both in film or in animation. There are however enthusiasts who have made use of blowguns in competition but they are decidedly few and far between with the most notable organization being the International Fukiya Association of which the United States
Blowgun Association. Additionally like all sports there are regulations and rules that are to be followed for the competition as well as with the equipment to be used for it.
What is so good about the competitions in this sport is the fact that anyone can easily come up with the equipment to take part in them. There are provisions for the various associations of Fukiya or
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I just saw the wonderful Toy Story 3 with my wife and daughter, and it put me in mind of an argument I read years ago at the Internet Infidels. I haven't been able to find the article (it was in the "Agora", which they no longer seem to have), but the gist of it was straightforward. Toy Story, the argument goes, is a parable of atheism. It is the story of Buzz Lightyear, a man living in a false world of imaginary Space Rangers and Evil Emperors, finally brought back to reality when his illusions are punctured. Buzz hangs on to his illusions as long as he can but, finally summoning the courage to find out the truth one way or the other, puts them to empirical test. One of his "special powers" is supposed to be an ability to fly, so he jumps off a second floor bannister in an attempt to prove it. Naturally, he falls to the floor, and is broken both physically and spiritually. But the story has a happy ending as Buzz is not only physically repaired, but learns to accept the non-dramatic and mundane truth that he is but a child's toy. Would that the Buzz Lightyears attending Mass every weekend could follow his example.
The argument is a good example of how atheist arguments can be perfectly sound but miss the target. The Christian can accept the argument in its entirety, and even applaud with the atheist Buzz's breakthrough to a true understanding of his nature. For it is not in his dreamworld as a Space Ranger battling Emperor Zurg that Buzz has found religion (or, at least, religion in the sense of a metaphysical religion like Christianity), but rather when he recognizes the true cause and source of his being; and that cause is a Creator who made him in light of a final cause: To be of service to a child in providing him joy in the form of a toy. And it is only when Buzz comes to terms with his destiny (a destiny created for him) that he can be truly happy.
Buzz Lightyear is no product of an atheist universe. If Toy Story were an atheist parable, then Buzz and the other toys would be the accidental result of a brute physical process. In those terms, their destiny as a child's plaything would have as much purchase as any other destiny; which is to say, none. Indeed, it would have no more purchase than Buzz's Space Ranger worldview. We can reimagine Toy Story in atheist terms in the following way: Finally tiring of Woody's attempts to "enlighten" him out of his Space Ranger fantasy, Buzz pulls Woody aside and lets him in on something. Of course, Buzz says, I know there is not an Emperor Zurg in the sense you think I think there is, and that I can't defy gravity. So what? Your insistence that I am "meant" to be a child's plaything is as much a fantasy as my Space Ranger worldview. The difference between us is that I know whatever purpose I give my life is purely of my own fantastic creation, while you are under the illusion that you "know" the "true meaning" of every toy's existence. You are, in a word, naive.
Why isn't the atheist version of Toy Story produced? It certainly isn't because Hollywood is afraid of offending religious believers. It's just because few people would want to see it. The story is boring. It's a story that can be told only once, and it was told long ago. It's the story of the discovery that, in the end, there isn't really anything worth discovering; a discovery that, if it puts an end to anything, it puts an end to storytelling.


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7th Grade Girl Fight woos audiences with their fun blend of garage pop and indie rock. With energy and hooky choruses compared to the likes of The Replacements, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, and Jimmy Eat World, 7GGF offers a polished, mature brand of power pop music that feels both nostalgic and brand new.
In 2018, 7GGF released two back-to-back EP's: "Jump Back" and "Summer is Over".
Excerpt from The News & Advance (Lynchburg, Va.) interview:
Do these two EPs tell different stories and, if so, what are they?
"The four tunes on the first EP, 'Jump Back,' are the four I demoed and sent to the band which started the project. One of our initial goals was to bring those songs to fruition as a full band, and it was really amazing to hear them come to life. That EP's story is mostly a 7GGF flag planted in the earth — we're here, this is happening.
"If the 'Jump Back' EP is a flag in the earth, then the 'Summer Is Over' EP is the lawn chairs and cooler next to the flag. We arranged those songs together as a band, so it really helped solidify our sound and define the kind of music we're making. It also demonstrates our versatility — from punk to blues to mid-tempo, feel-good music, all in four tunes."


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I've spent most of the last few years working on security architectures for REST-ful Web Services, using technologies like JAX-RS or Spring MVC. However, just recently I've had a need to go Back to the Future…I've been asked to run some POC experiments with J2EE container-based security. It's been both a trip down memory lane, and an opportunity to see some exiting new technologies in action.
For those of you who may not remember the good old days of building EJBs, the basic idea is to architect an application in a classic three-tier deployment model, where the middle or business tier is a collection of Enterprise Java Beans hosted in a J2EE container. In principal, the business application developer has an easier time of it, since she can delegate all the non-functional overhead of managing transactions, and security, and persistence, etc. to the container….and just focus on coding the business logic.
While there's still a lot not to like about developing EJBs, they have in fact come along way since I first worked with the technology, way back in 2000. Remember coding ejbCreate(), ejbActivate(), ejbPassivate(), and ejbRemove(), all by hand? Well, EJB 3.0 makes things a whole lot easier. Really. Instead of bending code for Mandatory-To-Implement (MTI) interfaces, you can just put the annotation @Stateful or @Stateless on your Java class, and you're done.
Of course a modern specification like J2EE6 is only really useful when there is an actual container that implements that standard, so it wasn't long before I needed to choose an actual J2EE server with which to run my tests. I know a lot of teams who use JBoss successfully, and of course many enterprises use IBM WAS, or Oracle, but I was curious to check out the latest release of Apache Geronimo. In short, I have been favorably impressed with the 3.0 release of Geronimo. I found it to be relatively easy to work with, in spite of the limited documentation. And, after all, it's open source, so when you are wrestling with a particularly vexing configuration problem, you can just read the source code to see what it is really doing 🙂
Finally, any full application security architecture solution requires that we have a way to manage users, groups, and their corresponding roles, or permissions. The usual technology of choice for this aspect is Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP. While searching for an OpenLDAP download for my test environment platform, I happened across IAM Fortress, which is a very cool implementation of ANSI RBAC, built on an OpenLDAP core. I've only just begun to scratch the surface of IAM Fortress, but I've been impressed by what I've seen so far, and I look forward to blogging more about this little gem in a future post.
So, for anyone who wants to continue this journey down memory lane, and at the same time explore some of the latest in new technology — J2EE, done 2013-style — I've posted the source code for this POC to my GitHub repository.
Enjoy! And feel free to issue a pull request 😉


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Catie and Al are back with Episode 2 of our brand new podcast! Have you subscribed yet?
This episode we pit the two big gun releases from the past few weeks head-to-head in a battle of specification goodness - that's right, it is the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Vs. Nikon D800.
Which is the better player in low light, and what about the much-hyped HD video mode? The results might just surprise you (and us!) in some areas.
Tune in and don't be afraid to give us your opinion any time in the comments.
Digital Camera Warehouse Podcast: Episode 2
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Panorama in East Africa
When I am travelling, touring or just out in Kampala, I always have my Samsung Wave with me. Although I have to deal with its awful operating system Bada, there are some nice options. For instance the panorama mode for the camera. Over the year I took some nice shots with my mobile to post them on Facebook or Twitter. Here is a collection of my panorama shots from East Africa. Which one do you like most? Continue Reading →
Christmas in Fort Portal
Sorting all the pictures I took here in Uganda and East Africa, I found some documenting our christmas eve in Fort Portal visiting Malu and Jonathan, two volunteers working at Tooro Botanical Gardens.
We had some great time with cooking, chatting, reading christmas stories and other stuff including some alcoholic drinks. So at one point of christmas eve all the four of us tried to become creative: We started to paint the walls by things that just came to our mind.
Unlike in Germany, it was a very different christmas experience just being free and creative whilst listening to loud electronic dub sounds. Lovely… <3
East African Tour
Today we are going to start our East African trip through Ruanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya. First stop: Kigali! 🙂 Have a look where we want to go.
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World Environment Day 2012
Curious about the environment like all the time, JEEP was celebrating the World Environment Day (WED) on Tuesday, 5th June 2012 in the areas of Masaka and Kasese where we exhibited and showed our skills and activities. Theme of this years WED was the Green Economy.
JEEP participated in events in both areas and exhibited a number of energy saving technologies including the TLUD stove, Sarai cooker, hay basket cookers, charcoal stoves and built up shielded rocket stoves on that day. Other things displayed were alternative energy fuels and techniques to contain energy including solar, briquettes, tree seedlings and the "Liter of Light"


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EezTire TPMS RV Tire Pressure Monitoring System Review
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Review of Danby Premiere 30 Pint Dehumidifier DDR30B3WP
Our review of the Danby Premiere 30 Pint Dehumidifier we recently bought for use in our 5th wheel RV. We go over the features, how it works, and even include a video showing the unit in action.
Top Ten Best Portable Space Heaters
It's getting chilly, the furnace keeps turning on, and your propane keeps running out. You can't seem to keep your place warm enough and you are getting tired of refilling the propane. We had this same problem until
Char-Broil Big Easy Oil-less Infrared Turkey Fryer Review
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I took a few minutes yesterday afternoon to play around with some pretty little whatnots on my new dressing table.
I'm toying with the idea of keeping jewelry in the birdcage. It's a good place to let my favorite stuff sit out where I can see it without being vulnerable to feline shenanigans. I might just put it in a drawer, though. Only time will tell.
Nick and I have been cleaning out our closets (in an effort to stick with my New Year's resolution to rid the house of clutter) and I found this little mirror in the guest room with the Goodwill price tags still attached. I think I must have bought it over a year ago and have actually been meaning to take it BACK to the Goodwill because I didn't have a place for it. Well, little mirror, your time has come.
I picked up some hanging hardware at Hobby Lobby. You just hook the ends onto the edge of your plate, mirror, whatever, and then stick it on the wall.
It was stretched really tight and I had a hard time getting it to "catch" the nail in my wall, so I jammed some crumpled up paper underneath to make it stick out a little.
And voila. I love it. Those other frames were looking kind of dinky and oddly placed, though.
Whenever I visit Ikea I like to stock up on these 5×7 Ribba frames. They're so inexpensive and easy to hang. I dug two of them out of my stash and rearranged everything kind of impulsively. Looking at them in the photo below one of them looks a little crooked. I'll have to fix that later.
I still don't know what I'll put in them. Maybe photos or some free printable art or maybe I'll DIY something. I'm totally putting form before function in this little dressing table project because I know that as soon as all my stuff is over here I'll just start using it every day and stop trying to make it look pretty (just like the bathroom you've never seen on the blog because it is seven kinds of ugly). Once I get some pretty stuff in those frames, and a cute chair to sit in (I've got one one mind) I'll sort through all my health and beauty accouterments to see what is worthy of a spot in the new digs. And I'll be knocking out two birds with one stone by dealing with the clutter issue in the bathroom! Holla.
Can y'all believe that just, like, a week ago this corner looked like this? Boring and not particularly functional.
My eye is totally starting to wander to the matching empty corner on Nick's side of the bed, wondering what kind of useful little nook I can whip up over there. This old house was not really designed for the way we live today, but the longer we're here the more ways I find to make it work (like turning the front room into an office/playroom and, more recently, using some odd storage nooks upstairs more like how regular people use their attics–details on that to come).
ps If you're just reading this post and wondering where I got the stuff above, you can read about the desk here, here, and here and the birdcage here.


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Which virtualization management tools should you buy?
There are several automated virtual server management tools on the market, but which should you choose? In this tip, an expert examines some of these tools and explains what you should keep in mind when purchasing one.
A new class of management technologies has emerged to help administrators overcome challenges as they scale a growing virtualized infrastructure. Called virtual infrastructure management, lifecycle management, policy-based management and orchestration applications, these virtualization management tools go beyond the capabilities of hypervisor-based element managers to solve many of the problems associated with fast-growing virtualization environments. In this article, I look at the functionality of these tools to manage a virtualized infrastructure and offer a list of capabilities that you should consider when purchasing a virtual management product.Virtualization management tools and their functionality
Core virtualization platform providers -- Citrix Systems, Microsoft and VMware --- provide hypervisor element management tools, and traditional system management vendors -- BMC Software, CA, Hewlett-Packard and IBM --- have begun to adapt their tool sets to manage virtualized infrastructure. In addition, the following vendors provide products that address virtual infrastructure management issues:
- DynamicOps. DynamicOps Virtual Resource Manager (VRM) automates the deployment and management of virtual infrastructure based on a set of pre-defined policies. VRM provides users with a self-service provisioning portal, powerful and customizable workflow, and an open architecture that enables VRM to integrate with other major enterprise systems and manage heterogeneous virtualized environments. The product can also manage virtual servers and desktops. Originally part of banking giant Credit Suisse VRM became a separate company, so it has strong operational roots, and for several years it has been used in production.
- Embotics. Embotics V-Commander is a policy-based VM lifecycle management system that provides IT managers with enterprise-wide insight into and control over a virtual infrastructure. V-Commander allows organizations to prevent virtual machine (VM) sprawl by tracking and controlling a VM throughout its lifecycle as well as automating critical management and monitoring tasks. The agent-free architecture enables the integration of V-Commander with major data center management systems and virtualization management environments. Founded in 2006, the company has taken advantage of its five years of prior R&D investment in its current product.
- Fortisphere. Fortisphere Virtual Essentials is yet another policy-based virtualization management technology that provides visibility into and control of the inventory, configuration and lifecycle management of virtual machines. Organizations use Virtual Essentials to automate the process of identifying, tagging, tracking and reporting on all VMs as they move from development into production and to enforce operational and IT security policies through built-in best practices.
- Hyper9. Hyper9 is a search-based software platform for managing virtual environments. Hyper9 leverages a Googlelike search engine to access real-time and historical data on components from the guest operating system to the physical infrastructure. It then presents the data with a next-generation user interface. As a result, Hyper9 supports rapid troubleshooting, comprehensive monitoring, and detailed reporting on performance, configuration and utilization of virtual environments.
- ManageIQ. The ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Management (EVM) suite of products provides comprehensive management of virtual assets. EVM provides insight into VMs, including detailed configuration information; captures interdependencies of virtual components; enforces controls over VM execution and operations; and easily integrates with major management systems and processes. The suite also provides real-time, policy-based management security and compliance controls over VMs.
Virtualization management product selection considerations
When evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies, users should consider products with the following capabilities:
- A high level of scalability. In enterprise shops, the number of virtualized servers has grown rapidly, and as organizations begin to virtualize large numbers of desktops,the need for robust and scalable virtual management capabilities becomes even greater. So the technology you purchase should be able to manage multiple hypervisors and scale hundreds of physical servers, thousands of desktops and dozens of virtualization management instances.
- Open and extendable architecture. Given the growing diversity of virtualization products on the market, a virtualization management tool must provide support for multiple vendors and technologies. This includes major hypervisors, connection brokers, OSes and application deployment offerings. The product must have interfaces that allow easy integration into customers' existing management ecosystems, and should provide a common interface and set of processes for managing physical and virtual infrastructure. The product should also include open interfaces for integrating with major enterprise software systems, such as configuration management databases (CMDBs) and other IT management packages.
- Powerful, flexible workflow. The virtualization management offering must be policy driven and provide workflows that can be extended and customized to fit an end user's needs. The workflow engine should be able to automate the execution of manual, repetitive tasks that are required to provision and manage a virtual infrastructure.
- Ease of use and administration. The management technology should provide users with a self-service portal to provision and manage their own virtual servers and provide administrators with a visual dashboard and array of reporting capabilities. The tool should also offer a set of pre-defined, out-of-the-box templates and workflows.
What will the future bring?
Looking ahead, the Taneja Group believes that the next generation of virtualized infrastructure management technologies will enable users to increase IT productivity further by spanning physical and virtual infrastructures while enabling the management of all IT resources (see Figure 1). Resources include servers, memory, networks and storage -- from a single, unified interface.
Figure 1: The future of virtual infrastructure management
Fortunately, virtual server administrators don't have to wait for relief from issues that can severely hamper a virtual infrastructure such as sprawl, manual provisioning and administrative complexity. This new generation of automated technologies we have outlined can bring immediate relief to embattled administrators working with VMware infrastructure and other server virtualization environments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeff Byrne is a senior analyst at the Taneja Group, an analysis and consulting group focused on storage and storage-centric server technologies with a concentration in the developing area of virtualization. Byrne can be reached at email@example.com.
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The BIG & CLEVER podcast is a brand new satirical podcast brought to you by Danny Blaze & Keith True← Episode 55 January 30, 2015
Supermarkets, Sex, YouTube & Editing?! Just some of the topics the guys discuss this episode!
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Second painting commission of the summer is complete! 😀 Inspired by a view of Kootenay River this piece is trip down memory lane for my client and also a scene that is not too far from my own home. I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Painting
Goat River – First Painting Commission Complete!
Summer is by far the most difficult time of year to apply oneself to indoor work! There are so many other things drawing you away from your studio art space… But I have finally managed to complete my first commission … Continue reading
Looking Back
I've been slow at producing paintings in the past months. Trying hard to spend more time with them, study more, focus harder. I've also been taking a look back at my older works for inspiration, trying to find something new … Continue reading
Flower Painting
Finished up this little guy this morning. It's inspired from a drawing I did a few years ago during some difficult health struggles. In my sketch book I titled the drawing 'To See' and I don't quite remember why, something that made sense at the time, but now I think I'll just call it 'Seen'. A past tense – a feeling of finally being on the other side of it all. 🙂
This painting is available to purchase, contact me if you're interested.
Up the Summit – New Painting
This painting is inspired by a series of photographs taken by a friend up at the summit in the Salmo-Creston area. People go hiking, snow shoeing and snow-mobiling up this mountain ridge and it's absolutely stunning there in the winter with alpine trees draped in snow!
I haven't done very many winter scenes and I rarely use such a limited palette so this painting is a stretch for me creatively. I actually started this canvas last year but was really dissatified. It was set aside for a LONG time before I revisited it and I wasn't sure if I could redeem it. In the end I think I managed to mostly turned it around. However, now that it is finally spring I truly apologize for the winter reminder!
This painting is currently available – if you're interested please contact me directly. 🙂
Reflections – New Painting
This new little one is a little bit of a departure from my usual rainbow bright colour palette but I really like the earthy tones here. It's also a bit more detailed than anything I've done recently but I think that the details were a good direction and I had so much fun exploring the light and water reflections. This painting is available for sale and if you're interested in seeing other paintings I currently have available please CLICK HERE!
A New Dawn
This painting commission was slow in coming around but I think in the end the final touches came together at exactly the right moment for many reasons. I hope you enjoy taking a peek at the process here. I titled this 16″ x 20″ painting 'A New Dawn' it's a spin off inspired from a previous painting I did called 'New Light Study'.
Mountain Memories – First Painting of 2017!
Happy New Year to you all! I hope your holiday season was full of goodness. I'm working through a couple of commissions at the moment and just finished this one today. A commission of Fisher Peak. There is a beautiful range of mountains in Cranbrook, BC, one that I had the privilege of viewing daily for 15 years, Fisher Peak is the highlight of that range. The funny thing is that I never painted those peaks until I moved away. This is only my second painting of Fisher Peak – the first one I did a few years ago and can be seen by clicking HERE. My client grew up in the Kootenays and has since moved away but has fond memories of Fisher Peak, Hence the title 'Mountain Memories'.
Tamarack Island – Just in Time for Christmas!
Are you ready for Christmas? I'm no where near ready but I managed to squeak this commission in just in time to be mailed out for Christmas! I love it when patrons give me free reign. I was completely free to choose the subject, colours and composition on this one so I had heaps of fun, although I still feel a little out of practice… Things are coming back to me but very slowly. I love Tamarack trees so this painting was mostly inspired by the colour they change in the fall. I do hope you enjoy seeing a bit more of the process and if I don't get back on here again before the holidays I hope your Christmas is full of goodness and joy!!!
New Painting – My View
Finally! A new painting to share. Actually I've been struggling with the health stuff again in the past couple of months and have only recently recovered enough to begin to start painting. I was able to keep up with drawing as I could do that in bed or on the couch but being up to paint was a bit to hard. I have to say that I'm super excited to be well enough to start again and though I'm a little out of practice I managed to pull this small piece together. It's really just a concoction of my imagination and apparently my imagination is fairly colourful. ;P


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