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The cost and complexity of evaluating, implementing, and maintaining large-scale storage has always presented a substantial operational cost to enterprise users while rigidity and lock-in imposed additional opportunity cost. Some modern Software Defined Storage (SDS) architectures have provided a few degrees of hardware independence, such procuring storage 'nodes' from 2 or more vendors that comply with the Hardware Compatibility List. But the rigidly architected designs of clustered storage almost always impose a narrow prescription for hardware, software, and networking to insure consistency and stability. In short, even modern solutions exhibit a rigidity that places storage far behind today's virtualized compute environment or Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies in terms of resource and topology flexibility. As a result, the deployment, evaluation, and operationalizing process for SDS solutions can take weeks of painstaking debugging, tuning, and stabilization.
NooBaa recognized that the "SDS hangover" of complex deployment and evaluation, vendor and configuration lock-in represent substantial costs to the enterprise. So NooBaa defined a series of challenging technical goals that would led to an entirely new architecture for storage:
1. The system should be able to utilize any capacity resource, including virtual or physical, large or small, fast or slow, and support this heterogeneity concurrently.
2. The system should accommodate these resources anywhere; in the datacenter, in the public cloud, or over the wide-area, without restrictions on network connectivity.
3. Public cloud should mean more than just on-premise caching or replicating for DR. Customers should be able to arbitrarily combine cloud resources with private resources in any mix.
4. Rather than imposing complex placement and tiering policies, the system should autonomously align data placement with resources, optimizing for capacity, performance, and economics.
5. Ease-of-use is critical. All this should be available in a software-only product that should be deployed by a customer with a 15-minute installation.
At VmWorld, on August 28, 2016, NooBaa announced general availability of the NooBaa product. In order to deliver these critical capabilities, NooBaa implemented a novel architecture based on orchestration concepts rather than traditional symmetric clustering. In the NooBaa system, the control-plane, cluster management, metadata run in a resilient VM environment, completely out of the data path. This central 'brain' (the NooBaa-Core) maintains a realtime view of cluster resources through a system of lightweight heartbeat telemetry, and issues instructions over the network to optimize data placement across naive and heterogeneous storage nodes. NooBaa assumes that storage resources could take a multitude of forms; fast or slow, large or small, virtual or physical. Not only can NooBaa accommodate heterogeneity, but it can actually take advantage of resource disparities to deliver a more powerful system.
The resulting product is the most agile scalable storage solution for unstructured data ever developed. Customers can quickly bootstrap hundred of Terabytes of storage capacity using Intel-based host resources that already exist, improving business responsiveness and datacenter utilization. Over the lifecycle of the product, customers can arbitrarily introduce the latest hardware, Intel® CPU technology, storage media, or networking technologies into the system, so customers are never at risk of being locked for potentially years into yesterday's technology choices. Hybrid and multi-cloud capabilities are seamless and flexible, enabling unrestricted hybrid configurations in response to a customer's dynamic application landscape.
At the heart of the solution lies the innovative NooBaa-Core logic system, which maintains a realtime view of application IO, data heat-map, as well as resource status. The NooBaa-Core uses machine-learning to solve a complex optimization challenge of maximizing application QOS, utilization, and reliability, while optimizing for storage economics. This includes resource-matching hot data to high-performing resources, as well as data localization; the ability to pre-emptively migrate data to minimize latency to application hosts, a useful capability for follow-the-sun content workflows or wide-area content distribution.
In addition to media archival and distribution, customers are finding NooBaa to be an ideal solution for Splunk data retention, enterprise archival under applications like Commvault and Veritas Enterprise Vault, large-scale retention of science data, and other applications that can utilize NooBaa's Amazon S3-compatible API interface.
About the author:
Mike Davis has helped define and launch new storage products since 2001, specializing in distributed NAS and Object architectures. Mike runs the marketing effort for NooBaa and you can read more about NooBaa at www.noobaa.com/blog.
NooBaa Delivers New Hybrid Cloud Architecture
By Mike Davis, Chief Marketing Officer at NooBaa


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GREELEY, Colo. -- Northern Colorado had eight runs and 13 hits, and Bears' pitcher Megan Wilkinson allowed just five hits and one run on the way to an 8-1 victory over Sacramento State in the third and final game of a Big Sky Conference three-game softball series Saturday afternoon.
Despite the loss, the Hornets (17-16, 6-2) still won the three-game series after sweeping a doubleheader from Northern Colorado yesterday. At the midway point of the conference season, Sacramento State finds itself in a tie for first place in the Big Sky standings with Southern Utah.
Today was the exact opposite of what transpired yesterday as the Hornets combined for 19 runs and 31 hits in a pair of mercy-rule shortened victories over Northern Colorado (13-27, 4-2). Today, it was the Bears' offense that broke out against Hornet pitchers Kaitlyn Yerby and Jennifer Hartman. It was Wilkinson who was tagged for eight hits and eight runs in 4.2 innings yesterday before shutting down the Hornet offensive attack today.
In addition, Hornet first baseman Sasha Margulies went 0-for-2 with a walk, and saw her 11-game hitting streak come to an end. The 11-game streak ties for the seventh longest in Sacramento State's Div. I era (1990-pres.). Margulies is still batting .579 against conference competition with a .714 on-base percentage, and both marks are easily tops in the Big Sky.
Northern Colorado scored runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings and were never threatened after taking a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third. The Hornets had just two hits the final four innings of the contest.
After the Bears took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, the Hornets tied it a 1-1 in the top of the third on an RBI-single from Kortney Solis which scored Alexa Chattleton. After Chattleton crossed the plate, Sacramento State still had runners at first and second with one out, but could not score again. The Hornets failed to get a runner past first base the rest of the afternoon.
Northern Colorado received at least one hit from all nine starters, and saw each of their first six batters in the lineup record at least one RBI. A sacrifice fly from leadoff hitter Erica Dick and an RBI-double from No. 3 hitter Mikayla Duffy in the bottom of the third gave the Bears a 3-1 lead.
That was more than enough run support for Wilkinson, who allowed just five singles and a run over seven innings. She improved her record to 7-12 and needed 121 pitches in the complete-game victory.
Yerby (3-2) worked the first 2.2 innings in the loss while Hartman pitched the final 3.1 innings in relief.
Paige Martin was the only Hornet with a multiple-hit game as she went 2-for-3. Martin was also hit by a pitch for the 20th time this season, which ties for the national lead. In addition, Martin has now been hit by at least one pitch in five straight games.
The Hornets will play four times on the road next week, beginning with a makeup game at Pacific on Tuesday at 6 p.m., before traveling to Pocatello for a three-game series at Idaho State on April 11-12. Idaho State and Northern Colorado are currently tied for third place in the Big Sky standings with a 4-2 record. Sacramento State was supposed to play Pacific on Feb. 8 in what would have been the season opener, but that game was postponed because of rain.
April 25, 2014 SOFTBALL SWEEPS WEBER STATE, NOW 12-4 IN CONFERENCE PLAY
April 24, 2014 SOFTBALL TO PLAY HUGE THREE-GAME SERIES AT WEBER STATE
April 23, 2014 SOFTBALL FALLS TO CAL IN FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME
April 17, 2014 SOFTBALL PLAYS ITS FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME GAMES THIS WEEK
April 11, 2014 SOFTBALL SPLITS A DOUBLEHEADER AT IDAHO STATE
April 8, 2014 MARGULIES LEADS SOFTBALL TO 9-5 VICTORY AT PACIFIC
March 28, 2014 SOFTBALL SPLITS HOME DOUBLEHEADER WITH SOUTHERN UTAH
March 26, 2014 SOFTBALL'S GAME TODAY AT CAL POSTPONED BECAUSE OF RAIN
March 24, 2014 YERBY RECIPIENT OF BIG SKY PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS
March 22, 2014 SOFTBALL COMPLETES 3-GAME SWEEP OF NORTH DAKOTA WITH 9-0 WIN
March 12, 2014 SOFTBALL DROPS A PAIR OF GAMES AT NEVADA
March 11, 2014 LINDY WINKLER'S #3 TO BE RETIRED BY SOFTBALL ON SATURDAY
March 9, 2014 SOFTBALL CONCLUDES TOURNAMENT WITH 6-2 LOSS TO CAL POLY
March 4, 2014 SOFTBALL WINS ITS HOME OPENER OVER UC DAVIS, 5-0
March 3, 2014 SOFTBALL TO PLAY HOME OPENER TUESDAY VS. UC DAVIS
February 27, 2014 WINNERS OF FIVE OF THE LAST SEVEN, SOFTBALL TRAVELS TO MORAGA THIS WEEK
February 25, 2014 BROOKS EARNS BIG SKY SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
February 23, 2014 BROOKS' SHUTOUT AND 7-RUN INNING LEAD SOFTBALL TO 7-0 WIN VS. SAN DIEGO
February 22, 2014 STROUD'S GEM LEADS SOFTBALL TO SPLIT IN SECOND DAY OF BRONCO CLASSIC
February 21, 2014 BROOKS' 10 STRIKEOUTS LEADS SOFTBALL TO 3-1 WIN OVER SANTA CLARA
February 20, 2014 SOFTBALL PLAYS FOUR GAMES OVER THREE DAYS IN SANTA CLARA
February 16, 2014 SOFTBALL STRANDS 10 RUNNERS IN 1-0 LOSS TO UC RIVERSIDE
February 15, 2014 SOFTBALL POUNDS OUT 11 RUNS AND 15 HITS IN VICTORY OVER CSU BAKERSFIELD
February 15, 2014 SOFTBALL MERCY RULES UC RIVERSIDE, 9-1
February 14, 2014 DEFENSE HURTS SOFTBALL IN 3-2 EXTRA INNING LOSS TO UC SANTA BARBARA
February 14, 2014 SOFTBALL FALLS AT FRESNO STATE, 5-1
February 12, 2014 SOFTBALL DROPS SEASON OPENER AT UC DAVIS, 1-0
February 11, 2014 SOFTBALL OPENS SEASON WEDNESDAY AT UC DAVIS
February 5, 2014 2014 SOFTBALL SEASON OUTLOOK
January 23, 2014 SOFTBALL TO GET A FRESH LOOK IN 2014
January 22, 2014 SOFTBALL AND SOCCER RECEIVE NEW SCOREBOARDS
January 15, 2014 SOFTBALL SELECTED SECOND IN THE BIG SKY PRESEASON COACHES POLL
November 15, 2013 SOFTBALL SIGNS LOCAL PRODUCTS HINTON, MALIGAD AND MARTIN
November 5, 2013 2014 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE RELEASED
October 18, 2013 BLAIR AND HARTMAN BOTH RECIPIENTS OF NFCA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE ACCOLADES
August 28, 2013 WILLIS AND KAMINAKA HIRED AS SOFTBALL ASSISTANT COACHES
August 14, 2013 LORI PEREZ NAMED INTERIM HEAD SOFTBALL COACH

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Full Demo
June 21, 2016
Full Download:351MB • 150 Total Files including: WAV 44.1 kHz, 24-bit. / MIDI
Dub Extraction Vol 3' from Soundspice brings you the low down dirty moods of Dub & Dubstep in five new 140 BPM Construction Kit sets.
Less wobbles and more bass, with vibe and tone to spare.
Crisp and dirty at the same time, experience the below sound.
'Dub Extraction Vol 3' includes MIDI and 24-Bit ACIDized.wav files.
From the creator of the 'Experimental Dubstep' series from Producer Loops comes this new collection of Kits.
Backing off a bit from the typical Dubstep sounds, and focusing more on unique synth tones, big kicks, and just some really moody grooves.
The Dub Extraction series brings a bit of grit and emotion into the digital Dub world.
'Dub Extraction Vol 3' includes five Construction Kits with alternate takes and MIDI files, this is a no filler set with tons of inspiration.


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"Friends and Lovers": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.
Appearing in "Friends and Lovers"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Libby Lawrence
- D.E.O. Orphans
- Eli
- Scrap
- Zeke
- Grace
- Nikki
- Philip Geyer (Deceased)
- Meredith
- New York City Police Department
- Detective Caruso (First appearance)
- Titans L.A. (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for "Friends and Lovers"
- Synopsis not yet written.
- No special notes.
- No trivia.
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- Cover gallery for the Titans series
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Karl Jackson
Head of Real Estate Team, Weightmans
Karl is Head of the Real Estate team. He specialises in all aspects of commercial property law including commercial and residential development, Landlord and Tenant and acquisitions and disposals. Karl is also an acknowledged expert in the field of urban regeneration, dealing with complex and high value projects for both the public and private sectors. Karl is consistently recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a leading individual.


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Chicago Med S2E09 'Uncharted Territory' Clip
Goodwin tasks Dr. Charles with evaluating a patient as a possible heart recipient, while Jeff makes a confession to Dr. Manning. Dr. Choi deals with two MMA fighters who are brought into Chicago Med in bad shape. Elsewhere, Dr. Stohl returns to the hospital from his sabbatical leave and immediately offers up different medical opinion regarding the treatment of a patient under the care of Dr. Halstead. April discovers her TB medication may lead to further complications.
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Genre: Drama
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Baysox Food Allergy Day
The Bowie Baysox are proud to present Food Allergy Day.
Come watch America's favorite pastime in a safe and healthy setting for those affected by food allergies, intolerances and anaphylaxis.
One of the stadium's Exclusive Suites will be designated a "Gluten-Free Suite." Watch the game from the inside or outside of the Exclusive Suite Level and receive a special gluten-free food voucher good at the concession stand on game day. Voucher includes a hot dog on a gluten-free bun, chips, regular soft
The Chesapeake Support Group will have a table downstairs to share as well as the Suite. One Dish Cuisine is hand-making all if the hot dog rolls as well as a crab dip for the Suite. David's Natural Market is providing the gluten-free cookies. The Chesapeake Support Group also has 25 Goodie Bags – 1 per family.
When: Sunday, June 5, 2011
Time: 2:05 p.m. (Gates open at 1 p.m.)
Where: Prince George's Stadium
For more information and to reserve your seat, contact Chris Rogers at 301-464-4813 or [email protected]
Note: Beyond Celiac provides information on gluten-free events as a service to the community. Please note that Beyond Celiac cannot assure the event participant or restaurant patron of the gluten-free practices or knowledge of the restaurants cited if they have not completed the Beyond Celiac GREAT Kitchens program, which provides accredited gluten-free training to restaurants and other foodservice providers. Please call the venue directly to learn more about their preparation processes.


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Instagram wouldn't have accomplished a $1 billion buyout in 18 months if it wasn't incredibly common. What exactly helps make it common?
Instagram is Social: Persons are social creatures. We prefer to explain to other people what we're undertaking, taking in, acquiring, and looking at. Sharing a picture by means of Instagram not simply communicates what we are undertaking and the place we are carrying out it, it provides iphone users the power to include a bit creativity into their day and actually share a little bit of electronic art.
Instagram is Totally free: Although it is downloadable from the iTunes retailer, each of the photo-editing bells and whistles of Instagram are totally cost-free to consumers. One more huge gain to users is the insufficient advertisements cluttering up the monitor, a typical grievance of Facebook consumers.
Instagram is simple and Entertaining: Instagram does not require a sophisticated support webpage to have it up and operating. Snap an image, edit, caption, comment, like and share are basic duties to accomplish, so the finding out curve is easily manageable. Through using filters, borders along with other specific effects, people with tiny creative capability can dramatically alter the look of any image they snap. That is just simple exciting.
Instagram is Quick: Clumsy person interface and lengthy loading moments had been criticisms of other photo-sharing purposes, and in some cases of Instagram's early variations. The current variation hundreds speedily, as well as in this age of instantaneous gratification this function alone receives factors with consumers.
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What is social media?
I was recently surprised when a client say to me "I have no idea what you mean when you say social media." Could it be there are people using the internet that have not heard about Facebook or Twitter, not posted cool photos to their Instagram account, uploaded a video of their cat in the bathtub or shared recipes on their Pinterest boards?
Those of us who spend a lot of time online can easily forget that the internet is new, that many of the things currently happening on the net are new, and that the whole thing changes at a very rapid pace. So for those friends and family members who might have been out of town when social media burst onto the scene, here's a brief recap.
The term 'social media' refers to websites and applications that allow people to create and share content. These include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest, among others.
Pre-internet, people relied on newspapers, magazine subscriptions, television/radio, and conversations at the barbershop, PTA meeting or local library to learn about the world. Then the internet happened.
In the internet's 'early' days – which were really just a decade or so ago – people spent most of their time 'browsing' online, which meant they were using their web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari to scroll through search engines and lists of links to find items of interest to them.
However, as the web became more and more crowded with websites, users grew frustrated by the endless hours they wasted viewing websites with little or no valuable content. To resolve this the 'portal' website was born, one that promised to 'curate' the internet for you – collecting and policing links relating to subjects that interested you. Online discusson groups and forums also grew in popularity, places where people could 'share' their findings and experiences.
From the beginning the internet's greatest charm has been the way it facilitates sharing. People of all ages, and from around the world, are able to interact with each other through discussions, online forums, and online games, sharing their knowledge and expertise on any subject. Indeed popular theory now is that the whole body of human knowledge is doubling every two years – and this is a direct result of the internet.
Facebook came along to make sharing as easy and simple as possible. Facebook is the ultimate curator of everything online. With a Facebook account, you need to log into only one place and the world will come to you. Friends and family are able to 'share' their experiences, photos, and lives, as well as interesting news articles, stories, places and information. Their 'sharing' scrolls down your screen on your Facebook 'wall' – and it's up to you whether or not you want to click through and read more.
And Facebook is more than friends and family. Users are also able to 'subscribe' to Facebook Pages (by Liking them) that feature topics of a particular interest. Users are also able to join Facebook 'groups' to participate in discussion and debate along certain topics.
For example, you might be interested in the game of Bridge. So you would log into your Facebook account and search the keyword 'bridge' or 'contract bridge' – a list of all the facebook pages and groups that curate bridge articles, stories and links will be displayed and you can 'like' or 'join' . You can also visit your bridge friends personal pages and see what bridge sites they like and join in. After that, every time you log into your Facebook account, news and story posts from these pages and groups will show up, or be easy to find, on your Facebook account.
The simplicity of a single login is what makes Facebook so popular. Want to catch up on your grandchild's latest missing tooth or new pet? While you're logged into Facebook choose your child's name from your friends list. You'll be transported to their Facebook page and able to see all of their family posts. Want to read an article about Psychologic Coups by Ely Culbertson or similar bridge articles? While you're logged into Facebook click on one of your favourite bridge pages – Great Bridge Links is a good start. Here you will find links to all sorts of good articles!
Facebook is referred to as 'social media' because it is the social network of Facebook members that spreads information around the world. And that network is made up of over 1.2 billion people.
Aside from Faceook, there are a few other types of social media that have become popular. One is Twitter. Like Facebook, on Twitter you 'subscribe' or 'follow' other twitter people so when they post something, it scrolls down your Twitter page. The unique thing about twitter is all posts are limited to 120 words. Of course, many actually link to articles and stories that you may or may not want to click through. Twitter is quite popular with people who use their phones to access the internet. It's short and sweet and serves you all the day's important events in a very quick read.
Instagram is primarily a photo-sharing social media space. Pinterest sets up bulletin boards that you 'pin' items to by sharing them and people can visit your boards. YouTube allows people to upload and share their own videos, but also offers video documentaries, lessons, Ted Talks and more. And there are many other, smaller systems of social media, each offering its own unique approach to social networking. Plus the different kinds of Social Media often share with each other. All of this is gathered together to form one monstrous global net. And that net is watched over, indexed, and evaluated by Google.
Why is social media important to my client?
Today's truth is – if you have a webpage, and you want people to visit it, the best way to 'invite' them over is to post something on social media and link it to your website. If you don't use social media, the only way most people will find you is if someone else posts your link on social media. Of course, some will find you through Google, but with the billions of websites on the internet these days, it's not likely Google will send people your way unless they've heard about you from someone and know to search for you.


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Athens, Greece
Dromeas (The Runner)
A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
You wouldn't want to accidentally bump into this enormous sculpture. It does more than just look sharp.
Dromeas, also called The Runner, is made of individual pieces of glass stacked atop each other to take the blurred shape of a runner in motion. Thousands of sharp, jagged pieces of glass form the sculpture.
The running figure is the work of Costas Varotsos, who began working on it in 1988 and didn't finish until 1994. It was originally erected at Omonia Square, but it was later moved because people grew concerned construction and the vibrations from the underground metro would cause it to shatter or topple.
It's a fitting sculpture within a city with so much running history—Athens was, after all, the final destination of Pheidippides's famous run from the Battle of Marathon. But unfortunately, the artwork wasn't met with unanimous appeal. Though some heralded the innovative sculpture, others were less-than-pleased with its unusual appearance.
- http://www.bestourism.com/items/di/7769?title=The-Runner&b=335
- https://www.intltravelnews.com/2011/02/dromeas-aka-the-runner-athens-greece
- http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/culture/an_arty_walk_among_the_urban_sculptures_in_athens
- https://mygreecetravelblog.com/2012/03/23/sharply-dressed-dromeas-stands-tall-in-athens/


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June 2017 Mental Health Awareness
Friday, June 2, 2017 45 Comments
Special days & weeks in June
Along with Advocacy & Awareness
for mental health related issues
(and a calendar for the month!)
by Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, ACT, MCC, SCAC
Part of the ADD/ADHD Cormidities series
JUNE is PTSD Awareness Month —
June begins with Sleep Disorder Awareness Week
and National Cancer Survivor's Day
Online Marketing Gurus extol the effectiveness of piggy-backing posts onto particular events – how about one or several of the ones below?
They make GREAT, positive writing prompts!
Mark your blogging calendars!
Many days of the year have been set aside every month to promote awareness or advocacy of an issue, illness, disability, or special-needs related cause.
In addition to a calendar for the current month, each Awareness post attempts to offer a list highlighting important days and weeks that impact and intersect with mental health challenges — reminders for health problems that intersect, exacerbate or create additional problems with cognition, mood, memory, follow-through and attention management.
If I've missed anything, please let me know in a comment so that I can add it to the list below.
I pray that 2017 will be the year
when EVERYONE becomes aware of
the crying need for upgraded mental health Awareness —
and FUNDING.
Stay tuned for more articles about Executive Functioning struggles and management throughout the year (and check out the Related Posts for a great many already published).
Remember: If you write (or have written) an article that adds content to any of these categories,
feel free to leave a link in the comment section and I will add it to the post's Related Content.
IMPORTANT: All links were active at the time I created this document, and I tried to limit the number of ".gov" sites and sites with federally funded content.
Since the American president is busily removing government content that doesn't support his agenda, I can't promise that off-site links will still be active when you click – or how much of the original content will remain.
Don't forget that you can always check out the sidebar
for a reminder of how links work on this site, they're subtle ==>
Awareness and Advocacy Events for June
(intersecting with Mental Health & cognitive challenges)
PTSD Awareness Month
Post-traumatic Stress Awareness-American Psychological Association
Symptoms of PTSD – ADAA (Anxiety & Depression Association of America)
Starting in 2010, Congress named June 27th PTSD Awareness DAY
(S. Res. 455).
In 2014, the Senate designated the full month of June for National PTSD Awareness (S. Res. 481). Efforts continue to honor this designation in the coming years.
Related Posts:
PTSD Overview – Awareness Post 2016
C-PTSD: Complex PTSD Awareness
When Fear Becomes Entrenched & Chronic
LinkList: PTSD & TBI too Articles & Supports
National Brain Injury Awareness Month (Canada)
The Brain Injury Association of Canada
Related Posts:
How do brains get damaged? Is yours?
TBI Recovery – like life on the high seas
LinkList: PTSD & TBI too Articles & Supports
National Aphasia Awareness Month
The National Aphasia Association
Aphasia is more common than Parkinson's Disease, cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy. Nearly 180,000 Americans acquire Aphasia every year and affects about two million Americans alone. However, most people have never heard of it.
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person's ability to process language.
It does not affect intelligence — it impairs the ability to speak and understand others, and most people with aphasia experience difficulty reading and writing. The diagnosis does NOT imply a person has a mental illness.
The most common cause of aphasia is stroke (25-40% of stroke survivors acquire aphasia). It can also result from head injury, brain tumor or other neurological causes.
If the symptoms of aphasia last longer than two or three months after a stroke, a complete recovery is unlikely, yet some people continue to improve over a period of years and even decades. Improvement is a slow process that usually involves helping the individual and loved ones understand aphasia as well as learning compensatory strategies for communicating.
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
The CMV Action Network
ONLY 9% of women know about CMV.
ANYONE and EVERYONE of child-bearing age needs to click the link above to learn what you need to do to protect yourself so you protect your unborn child from potentially devastating mental & physical disorders.
Sleep Disorders Awareness Week
June 1-7
American Sleep Association
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Circadian Sleep Disorders Network
Related Posts:
* An Open Letter to Sleep Sites EVERYWHERE —
Asking for a Legitimate Place at the Table
* Sleeping with the Enemy: Mom's N-24
* Up all Nite – Sleep away the Day?
LinkList: ALL Sleep Disorders Articles
Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (UK)
June 4-10
Down's Syndrome Association
Related Post: World's First Down's Syndrome Zumba Instructor
30th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 (First Sunday in June)
The Official Website: National Cancer Survivors Day
Improving Cancer Survivors' Mental Health
As a melanoma survivor myself — several decades clear now and one of America's more than 15.5 million cancer survivors — this is indeed a day to celebrate (and pray that lives & research funding will NOT fall victim to short-sighted budget cuts)
World Sickle Cell Day
June 19
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness
It is not just about Race; it's also about Region.
Sickle Cell Disease [SCD] is now believed to be a "tropical disease" where the red blood cells mutated to protect the body from Faliciparum Malaria. It is the most frequently occurring genetic disease on earth.
In the United States, 1 out of 10 African Americans have sickle cell trait and 1 out of 625 newborns have the disease.
Individuals with sickle cell trait (AS) inherit one gene for normal hemoglobin (A) and one gene for sickle hemoglobin (S) – carriers of the disease but usually free of medical problems.
Individuals with sickle cell disease (SS) inherit two genes for sickle hemoglobin (S), symptomatic because their red blood cells do not make normal hemoglobin.
Contrary to what you may have heard, sickle cell is NOT confined to African Americans. Within the United States SCD currently affects more people of African descent, but the gene can be found in in many nationalities:
Arabs, Greeks, Italians, Latin Americans, Native Americans, people from India as well as Caucasians — and the facts are being updated world wide.
All races should be screened for this hemoglobin at birth.
Globally, millions of people of every race have Sickle Cell Trait — and about 2 million people have sickle cell trait in the US alone. There is significant concern about the effects of sickle cell trait as it relates several known situations.
Research has shown that those who carry the SC trait:
* who become overly fatigued and/or dehydrated in extremely hot temperatures are at risk of death, especially athletes;
* who visit high elevations are risking damage to their eyes necessitating eye surgery and resulting in partial to full blindness.
Finally, Pulmonary Hypertension is now being looked at as an issue not only for SCD patients but for any who have the trait.
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It is so rewarding when I am feeling a little brave and try to make a bread for the first time. Baguettes were a big deal the first time, and bagels were fun, too. In the upcoming year, as I am choosier about eating breads, I hope to make breads more and start a bit of a collection of tricks I can store in my baking bag. Today, we will share a crostata.
This is not a difficult pastry to make. It's rustic, warm comfort food. In case ya didn't know, a crostata is a rustic Italian pie, usually filled with fruits like cherries or peaches, sweet ricotta cheese or anything else you like. It's pretty but not perfect. It's humble but beloved. Let's make one!
I learned the basic way to make the crostata dough from Joann from Alforno Restaurant via Martha.
Then, thinking a little more fiber and all of that would be helpful, I've changed it up a little using whole wheat flour. Here we go.
Honey wheat apple crostata
This crostata is rustic, hearty and Italian comfort dessert at its best. The baked apples and wheat flour dough bake to a golden brown, giving off a "honey" taste in each bite. Enjoy on a cold winter night or a snowy morning in.
Makes 2 small (7-inch) crusts or 1 large crust
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 sticks butter, cut into small cubes
1/3 cup cold water
Step one: In a food processor, pour in flours, salt and sugar. pulse a few times to combine. Then, add the butter and pulse until crumbled. Next, add cold water while pulsing. Dough will be very crumbly.
Step two: Lay down flat a piece of plastic wrap. Pour dough onto the plastic wrap and wrap up. Push dough together into a disk shape. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes (or up to 3 days).
Step three: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take the dough out of the fridge and lay on a floured surface. Roll out to a large circle or square. (Remember, this is rustic. Put your perfectionist hat aside and have fun!) Transfer dough to a nonstick baking sheet.
2 apples of any variety, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1 TB flour
Step four: In a medium bowl, combine the apples, cinnamon, sugar and 1 TB flour. Pour the filling onto the center of the crostata dough, leaving 1 to 1 1/2 inches of dough clear around the edges. Starting with one side, roll up and over, folding the next side over the former side (see photo). Be sure at least half of the fruit is exposed.
Step five: (optional egg wash: Beat an egg in a bowl and use a brush to lightly brush all areas of the dough exposed.) Bake at 375 degrees for one hour. Serve warm for breakfast or dessert (with vanilla or cinnamon ice cream).
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Best dress in all of time and space!
Okay, not specifically Doctor Who...but totally Sci-Fi!
Nor does my ten year old profess to be a photographer!
So...go easy on me--we had so much fun!
I always wear black. I just like black. I wear all black nearly daily.
I have lots of black dresses.
I am always funeral dress appropriate.
I love this dress...it's mostly black...but has some vibrant colors too!
I used Tulip One Step Dye!
It's easy to use and holds color really well!
I liked it and wore it several times...but...I bought it used and
it had some bleach spots on the bottom edge when I got it...see them?
No big deal now...I laid the dress on the back patio.
It was diluted half and half with water.
I sprayed strategically in a diagonal line down the dress.
Turning a horrifying shade of coral!!!
Then I turned the dress over and bleached the backside.
It doesn't bleed through that much...fyi.
Next I got out Navy Blue, Fuscia and Pink Tulip Tie Dye!
Tulip one step dyes are perfect and so easy to use!
Check out this tie dye post for more info
It was seriously scary! I was sure I ruined it for good!
Then the damp clothing...
Then I dropped and swirled dye all over the dress.
Super stellar vibrant!
Remember dye will lighten when washed.
Okay, especially if the material is not 100% cotton.
This dress was 95% cotton and 5% spandex.
So I knew it would lighten quite a bit!
I left it under the covered patio all night.
washed and dried it.
See how much lighter it looks?
It's so cool...nebula and outer spiral arms!
Just like this they are amazing and wonderful!
Totally a great way to upcycle any bleached or painted clothes!
Fabric Medium is nice...you mix it in with any paint and it keeps it
soft on the fabric instead of getting all stiff and cracky.
inside the shirt or dress. This way the paint wont bleed onto the back.
I also cut various sizes of circles out of vinyl.
Saved the circles for later and used the outlines as a stencil.
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It just needs a little TARDIS painted on there somewhere!
It makes me want to turn all my black clothes into galaxies!
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The Venice Simplon Orient Express is a luxury train service, running between London, Paris, Innsbruck, Verona and Venice. The journey begins/ends at London Victoria.
The Orient Express service is one of the most famous luxury trains, an art-deco icon. Throughout their journeys, passengers are treated to the highest quality of service. The service offers a range of vintage cabins, as well as fantastic food and entertainment.
All the cabins on-board Orient Express services have been restored to the highest standards. Each has a basin with hot and cold water, as well as all towels and bed linens. Cabins are converted between daytime and nighttime accommodation by the on-board staff (whilst passengers are eating).
Passengers may choose either a Double Cabin or a Cabin Suite for their journey. Toilet facilities are shared with other passengers in each carriage, but are maintained to the highest standard by the on-board staff.
Double Cabins
Each cabin is a private sitting room during the day, with a sofa, footstall and small table. At night, it is converted to give passengers an upper and lower bed. Cabins are private (not shared), with their own basins. On-board staff may be called using the personal cabin bell.
Cabin Suites
Cabin suites combine two interconnecting cabins to create a private sitting room with sofa, footstall and table in one, and sleeping accommodation (upper and lower bed) in the other. Alternatively, cabins may be used as two interconnected bedrooms.
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Space in each compartment is limited. As a result, passengers are only permitted to travel with one piece of hand luggage and suit carrier/overnight bag in their cabin. One piece of luggage per passenger may be stored in the baggage car, although this will not be accessible until the end of your journey.
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All food on-board Orient Express services is prepared on the train by chefs, using supplies taken on-board on the journey. Lunch, dinner and brunch are all silver service, and take place in one of the service's three on-board dining cars. Breakfast and afternoon tea is served in passengers' cabins.
All passengers receive complimentary meals as part of their ticket price, although additional menu items and cabin service is available at additional cost. You can view some sample menus here.
The Bar Car serves a range of drinks to passengers in a relaxed and stylish setting (additional cost), complete with baby grand piano.
What to Wear
Most passengers on-board dress very smartly; making the most of the occasion. For evening meals, many wear black-tie. All gentlemen must wear a suit and tie, and ladies should be of an equivalent standard. Smart-casual is the standard for teh rest of teh day. Jeans are unacceptable.
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Disabled Passengers
Orient Express srevices are able to accommodate passengers with minor walking difficulties, although it is recommended that they travel with another passenger to provide assistance. The layout of the trains is unfortunately not suitable for wheelchair users.
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Mainframe TCO getting more bang for the buck, analyst report says
The cost of owning a mainframe has dropped in the last five years due to lower hardware and software licensing costs, plus benefits such as consuming less real estate and power.
Don't expect Hannaford Bros. Co. to buy up land on the Columbia River anytime soon. Unlike Google, which built a sprawling campus of computers along the Oregon-Washington border with a giant data center and multistory cooling plants, Hannaford's does its computing using mainframes in two replicating data centers, one of which hasn't changed in a quarter century.
While comparing the Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain to Google is a bit of a stretch, Hannaford's two mainframes are running over 200 applications. In addition, a specialty processor, called the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL), runs another 62 virtual Linux servers. If Hannaford was running those applications in an x86 environment, it would translate to hundreds of servers.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Bill Homa claims the total cost of ownership (TCO) on the mainframe is nothing to snuff at. "It has come to the point where it's easier to manage my mainframe environment as my Windows environment," he said.
Earlier this year, IBM talked to analysts about the TCO benefits of the mainframe. Earlier this month, Illuminata Inc. analyst Wayne Kernochan released a report looking at the IBM claims. His conclusion? Big Blue has a point.
"Basically the trends, over the past five years especially, changed the mainframe TCO dramatically from what I could see," he said.
Kernochan said the IBM reports claim TCO advantages as high as 60% in certain scenarios involving x86 servers. Though he thinks those numbers are somewhat exaggerated, he agrees with the overall premise.
"In terms of TCO, there have been back and forth arguments over it for a long time," said Kristine Harper, an associate developer with mainframe software vendor Neon Enterprise Software Inc. (NESI) and a leader in zNextGen, an initiative by mainframe user group Share to build a younger community around big iron. "It is probably a high initial cost as far as buying the machine itself. But over the years, I think it could potentially save you millions of dollars."
But what has made mainframes more attractive from a TCO perspective?
Well first, there is the cost of the hardware. It's gone down. Homa said that in the early 1990s, before he started with the company, Hannaford's bought a mainframe for $7 million. Not exactly pocket change.
But now IBM offers a smaller mainframe, called the z9 Business Class, that starts at $100,000. Still not too cheap when compared to an x86 server that can go for about $1,000. But that initial cost has plummeted and the TCO followed.
Another major inhibitor to buying a mainframe over the years has been the cost of software licensing. But according to Kernochan, IBM has helped that drop by entering the fray with database administration tools that compete with companies like CA Inc. More competition has led to more competitive pricing.
Other factors that help the mainframe include real estate costs (the mainframe takes up less), and according to Kernochan's report, IBM's focus on cooling technology on the mainframe has helped it draw less power than it once did.
So, everyone should go out and buy a mainframe, right? Well, that depends on who you ask.
"It's hard to imagine an environment where a distributed environment is better," Homa said. "With the speed and cost and reliability of telecommunications equipment, why would you put your data and processing anywhere but in a central location?"
On the other hand, "The mainframe is definitely not for everyone," Harper said. "There are certain applications that simply might run better on a distributed machine. It all depends on the workload of your company and what kind of resources you have available." And even more important, according to Harper, companies need to have the people who have the knowledge to use the mainframe.
Kernochan, the author of the report, strikes a chord similar to Harper's.
"More often what you're going to say is that a particular application calls for a scale-out, scale-up or a combination of both," he said. "There is no one right answer. It's just that the mainframe seems to be the right answer in more situations."
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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival opened on October 14th at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg with the premiere of Dearest Sister, directed by Mattie Do. The atmosphere at the screening was relaxing, with dim lights and a barkeep catering to the eager viewers in an area next to the viewing room. Coney Island Mermaid Ale was the main beverage flowing from BK Horror Fest koozies and bags of Skinny Pop were everywhere; it was awesome. After chatting with some folks, the lights went down and there was an opening act, so to speak. A dude with a saxophone and a gal clad in all black slowly made their way down the stairs (I couldn't stop thinking of Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice). They made a short music video/art house film and it was unexpected. I didn't catch the names of the man and woman, or the director, but it was an interesting mix of intense music, slow motion, blood, and non-speaking dramatics; the imagery, if dissected, would speak volumes. Similarly, the opening night feature, Dearest Sister, is a straight up horror-drama with plenty of depth and substance to analyze.
Dearest Sister is the 13th full-length feature from Lao, and is produced in a country where Mattie Do is the only female and horror filmmaker. She certainly has the chops to create a quality film, as this is her second (2012's Chanthaly was her first and was shot exclusively in her home in Vientiane). What Do is doing is crucial in the world of cinema, where she and a few others are breaking ground in a society with only one movie house and no regulatory system like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Put aside where Dearest Sister was made and all the social constructs surrounding Lao filmmaking– damn, this was a pretty good film.
The story begins with Nok (Amphaiphun Phommapunya), a young woman who forcefully moves from her village to Vientiane, the Lao capital, to care for her wealthy cousin, Ana (Vilouna Phetmany). Nok's family expects her to send the money she makes back; they're basically renting her to Ana and her husband, Jakob (Tambet Tuisk). Ana is becoming blind and people are blurry figures, although she also sees ghastly apparitions. Along with the tension between Nok and Ana, there is even more hysterics between Nok and the hired help. There is tons of social commentary in this film, and it succeeds in transmitting messages for interpretation.
The film also succeeds in building tension and letting uneasy feelings of dread and disparity linger throughout. Do doesn't rely on cheap jump scares to frighten, but rather the human condition. Nok transitions from a naive young woman, to a ruthless and materialistic force. She is the perfect example of undeniable greed, although one can't help but sympathize. But does that make her actions right? Also, imagine becoming blind all of a sudden and the feelings that would arise. Think about how significantly life would change, especially being in Ana's shoes. She has a European White business man for a husband (who is rarely around) and is a female in a repressive sexist and classist country. To me, these two women's lives are scary— and that's before any supernatural forces come into play.
Even though Dearest Sister is a successfully made film, it is one I'd rather watch at home than in a theater. The film is intimate, needs absolute concentration and sometimes, a rewind button. Sitting in the back row at the East Coast premiere, I wasn't prepared for an onslaught of subtitles and not having my glasses didn't help. The folks at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival selected a fantastic film to be in a lineup full of amazing full-length features and shorts, although I would not have selected this flick for opening night. If looking for blood spatter, violent brutality and varying special effects, this is not going to fulfill that capacious void. Instead, this is an intelligent film where horror and drama work together in unison, depicting a world of trepidation, anxiety and the direness of the human condition.
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Cambridge University and Lyon Dermatological Hospital tested Polti Vaporetto to dermine its effectiveness as compared to a vacuum cleaner for eliminating dust mites and scabies mites.
Cambridge University compared two carpets and two mattresses containing live dust mites. One carpet and one mattress were cleaned with an ordinary vacuum cleaner, the others with Vaporetto. Then the live dust mites on the samples were counted according to a test named E.L.I.S.A.: Vaporetto had eliminated 97% of them from the carpet and 98% from the mattress, cutting allergens by 86%. The ordinary vacuum cleaner had eliminated only 57% of dust mites and 46% of allergens.
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Since being elected to serve as the Chair of the Network Steering Group, I became aware of how little I knew of the history of the development of the Network. Our papers did not go back more than a few years and our origins seemed lost. Recently however I was passed some old papers which had belonged to a colleague, long immersed in local ministry locally. They contained a couple of reports from which I have been able to extract the following.
At the 1992 Annual General Meeting of the Edward King Institute, a suggestion was made that there should be a National Consultation on the Development of Local Ministry. This stemmed from the recognition that there were an increasing number of Local Ministry initiatives in dioceses but no national forum for the exchange and development of good practice.
The Institute is an independent body with the aims of studying issues affecting Christian Ministry and of participation in programmes which would help the development and work of the ministry in Christian congregations.
A planning group was set up and in due course a National Consultation on the Development of Local Ministry was held at High Leigh on 4-6 October 1994 to which all Dioceses were invited to send three representatives, one with an overview of developments at a diocesan level, one an ordained minister developing local ministry in a parish setting and one lay member from a different area from the ordained minister. It was attended by 77 people from 32 Dioceses. A report of proceedings was sent to all
Following this a Formal Lay Ministry Project Group was set up by General Synod to investigate developments in Lay Ministry nationally and a Formal Lay Ministry National Consultation was held at Swanwick in October 1995.
These appear to be the earliest records of what lead to the development of the Local Ministry Network and its annual Consultation (now Conference)
Although not wishing to dwell on history, it seems important to know where we have come from in order to assess our progress and to learn. Interestingly many of the questions being asked at those early meetings are just as relevant today. I do not think this means we have made no progress but rather it is confirmation that they were asking the right questions and that we need to answer them again in the context of today.
I should be delighted to hear more from anyone who has more information or can fill in the gaps! It would all help us to plan better for the future.
Dr Adrian Ball
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A container of apple-cinnamon yogurt gives moistness and an extra boost of apple to this spicy cake.
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom in small bowl.
3. Beat butter and sugar in bowl on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy, 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Mix yogurt, apple juice and vanilla in small bowl. On low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and yogurt mixture into butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in apples and walnuts. Spread into prepared pan.Topping:
4. Mix flour, sugar and cinnamon in bowl. Work butter in with fingers until pea-size pieces form. Add nuts. Sprinkle over batter.
5. Bake in 350 degrees F oven 50 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove pan to wire rack to cool. Serve slightly warm.


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Osama bin Laden Reduced to Political Pundit
On Morning Joe this morning, NBC News' Chuck Todd offered his analysis of the Osama bin Laden audiotape released this morning: It's a standard political "prebuttal." Does that mean we've won the war on terror?
If we're analyzing the statements of a guy who launched an attack that killed 3,000 Americans in the same terms that we use to assess the efforts of a comparatively harmless hack like Rep. John Boehner to keep his head above the political waters, then we guess that's a good thing. And there's certainly nothing wrong with pointing out the obvious political and media-relations elements to bin Laden's strategy. Still, Chuck—the political analysis game has its limits.
Let's put it in crass political terms: Your chief political opponent for the hearts and minds of the Muslim world is about to come to the two most important countries in Islam—Saudi Arabia and Egypt. And he's going to give a speech. So of course you want to try to give a prebuttal. In many ways, this is just what any political opponent of the president would do. You want to get into the stories.
Of course, Obama can hit back at bin Laden's charges by painting him as out of touch with the concerns of working Muslims, and by subtly hinting at his age and health issues, which polling suggests is a problem. The big worry in the Obama camp is whether bin Laden will play the "infidel card," and whether the folks who live in Saudi Arabia—which some describe as "Riyadh and Jeddah with central Pennsylvania in between"—can be persuaded to see Obama as one of them.
UPDATE: Jake "The Octogon" Tapper, who earlier today decided to remind Matt Drudge of Obama's "Muslim roots," reports that the White House has responded to Osama's message:
"This president and his outreach are very threatening to bin Laden and al Qaeda," said a senior administration official. "It's terribly bad news to bin Laden and al Qaeda. They're beginning to lose the propaganda war."
We thought "war room" was a dead metaphor—when you hear that phrase, you don't think of generals planning attacks anymore, you think of George Stephanopoulos lying to someone on a gigantic cell phone. Looks like it's alive again, though.


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Our lively and popular toddler group takes place every Monday in term time from 10.00am to 11.30am.
Monday Mornings is a happy and fun place for children. Every week we offer a craft activity, snack time, a story (very often taken from the Bible), as well as songs and lots of toys. We charge £1.50 per family which covers all refreshments.
We currently have a short waiting list so if you are interested in joining us please either pop in on Monday morning to pick up a form, or contact the church office on 01271 374240 or email@example.com
As an all-age community, we welcome, support and encourage children and families. We sing, eat, create and play games with our 3-11 year olds – all while showing them God's love and learning about Jesus being light of the world – in Lighthouse. At the same time, 0-3 year olds play and learn in the safe and cosy Sparks group.
X-site is a town-wide project that creates an exciting place where 7-11 year olds can invite their friends to share in discovering Jesus. We meet three or four times a year on a Saturday afternoon to experience live music, challenges, crafts and stories.
Messy Church
'There's a great atmosphere', 'there's exciting things to do', 'I like the competitions', 'I enjoy doing things together – and a night off from the cooking!', 'I like the Bible stories and the singing', 'Messy Church is great'. This is some of the feedback we've had.
Do you want to do things as a family? Then Messy Church could be for you!
What is Messy Church?
Messy Church is a place where families can come and enjoy spending time together – making things, doing activities, playing games, eating and celebrating.
When and where is Messy Church?
Messy Church takes place on the second Sunday of each month (except during July and August) at 4-6pm at Holy Trinity Church, Barbican Terrace
How much does it cost?
There is no charge but donations are welcome.
Come and join us with your family and enjoy a good time together.
Friday night is YOUTH CLUB night, the chance to meet and hang out with friends at the church hall. There's food, hot choc, sports, games, crafts, and a chance to discuss life issues – all in one evening! It's open to everyone aged 11 to 16, whether you come to church or not. Doors open at 7pm and close at 8.30pm.
Sunday morning youth sessions are held in the church hall from 11am. We welcome everyone aged 11-16. It's a time to share, ask questions and learn more about Jesus. For any further information contact our Youth worker, Mike King email@example.com
PRAYER is the essence of our lives, both as individuals and as a Christian community. Praying together enables God to be at work among us and through prayer we see his will being done in our lives.
On Sunday mornings we meet at 9.30am to pray for the service; it's a great way to start our worship and a real privilege to wait on God on behalf of everyone coming to Trinity. We pray not just for ourselves but for the churches across Barnstaple.
On the first Thursday evening of each month we meet for our whole church prayer meeting. We always start with worship and then we break into smaller groups and focus on a range of concerns from our own church life to the wider world. Our prayer meetings are good places to be: they are engaging, relevant and purposeful. Of course, prayer happens in many of our small groups but it's also important that we set aside specific times to pray as a whole church, and our hope is that people of all ages across Trinity feel welcome to take part.
Discipleship Triplets
'And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.' Hebrews 10:24
We know we are called to make disciples but for that to happen we need to be disciples ourselves and to grow in our discipleship. This doesn't happen automatically: change and growth are slow processes, but they can and do happen.
One helpful way to grow is to meet in a Discipleship Triplet. This is a small group (usually of three people of the same gender) that meets for an hour every couple of weeks to help each other grow as disciples.
They don't need to be long meetings, but they do need to be regular. Meeting over lunch, over coffee or early in the morning would be ideal.
Not everyone finds it easy to talk and share, but change can happen when we find a safe place to discuss our lives and what God is doing in us, and have others pray for us.
More Mature
Age is no barrier – all are welcome! Along with our annual Holiday at Home (an event mainly for the over 50s), there are many other opportunities for seniors to connect with church life. Come to the weekly coffee morning: sit and chat, or join in with the carpet bowls or one of the craft activities. You are welcome to join us for lunch on the second Tuesday of every month, and early birds should look out for the regular men's and women's breakfasts. There's also the ladies' walking group which provides an opportunity to meet new friends. Whatever your interests are, we hope there is something for everyone in one of the many small groups.
Small Groups
Being part of a small group helps us to stay connected to God and to support each other. There are all sorts of small groups at Trinity. Some are time limited Bible study groups, others are classic fellowship groups, and some are linked with mission teams. A full list of all the small groups can be obtained from the church office.
Trinity Bible School
Study courses can help us gain a deeper your knowledge of the Bible and draw closer to Jesus. These happen on Tuesday evenings and Friday mornings and are open to everyone. Some are more in-depth involving home study, and others are great starter courses for new Christians.


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The shunning of genre fiction isn't exactly a new revelation, and having worked as a Bookseller for a sci-fi and graphic novels specialist, it's been on my radar for several years. As a student, I even used to feel a little sheepish admitting to my more discerning peers that, yes, one of my favorite authors is Stephen King. Of course, literary and genre fiction both have value, and it's also worth mentioning that as with all fiction, some of it is good, and some of it is terrible.
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Next month the pro-AV industry will converge on Las Vegas for the 2018 InfoComm tradeshow. Billed as 'the audiovisual and integrated experience event', the three day show will bring together 1000 exhibitors, demonstrating thousands of products, to 44,000 attendees from 110 countries, and ADJ will be there in force. From a large booth located in the Event Production Pavilion, right at the heart of the show, the ADJ team will showcase a variety of exciting and innovative professional lighting, video and products at booth #C3428.
Taking center stage at the booth will be ADJ's brand new video panel range, the Design Series, which provides a whole new dimension in video to production designers, systems integrators and AV installers. This ground-breaking system comprises four modular panels of different shapes that can be combined together to create video screens of almost any conceivable shape. The DS4 (square), DS4T (triangle), DS4QC (quarter circle) and DS4RA (rectangle) can be easily linked together, rigged and transported using an expansive collection of accessories, allowing unique and eye-catching screen configurations of any size to be created for fixed installations and touring productions. Whether used to spell out a brand name in video panels for a corporate event or to integrate video more seamlessly into a church installation, or a one-of-a-kind nightclub install, the possible uses for the Design Series truly are limitless.
ADJ's Vizi Series of moving head lighting fixtures covers the whole gamut from affordable and compact, to powerful and fully-featured, offering something suitable for every type of event or installation. At InfoComm, the focus will be on the four hybrid units in the range, which combine the three functions of a beam, spot and wash into one versatile fixture. Ideal for use in churches, nightclubs, theatres and concert venues – as well as for one-off events and touring productions – hybrid moving heads offer a cost saving over the use of three separate fixture types as well as a reduction in electricity consumption and required rigging, trucking and storage space.
Utilizing a potent and efficient 330W Philips® Platinum 16R lamp, the ADJ Vizi Hybrid 16RX is a powerful and feature-packed moving head that is ideal for use in large venues. If offers 14 colors plus white, two separate GOBO wheels (one with replaceable slots), two rotating prisms (6-facet linear and 8-facet circular), as well as motorized focus, zoom and shutter functions, making it a flexible lighting tool. Building on this impressive combination of light output and beam shaping features, ADJ's brand new Vizi CMY 16RX offers the same light source and features with the significant addition of full CMY (cyan, magenta and yellow) color mixing, which gives designers the creative freedom to select from a vast pallet of potential colors. The Vizi Series also offers the option of hybrid fixtures fitted with modern LED light sources, with the associated benefits of long operating life, low power consumption and reduced excess hear. The Vizi BSW 300 uses a specially-designed 300W LED engine to generate a level of brightness previously unobtainable from an LED-powered fixture. It also offers two independent color wheels, two rotating 6-facet prisms (circular and linear), motorized focus and two GOBO wheels (one with rotating replaceable slots and the other incorporating three beam reducing apertures), allowing it to be used to create a wide variety of lighting effects. Finally, the Vizi CMY300 features the same potent 300W LED light source but with the added benefit of full CMY color mixing.
Launched at the recent Prolight + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, ADJ's new range of weather resistant LED Par fixtures will be demonstrated for the first time in the USA at Infocomm ahead of their release later in June. The 7P HEX IP, 12P HEX IP and 18P HEX IP all feature a distinctive metallic casing design with an IP65 rating, making them suitable for use both indoors and outdoors regardless of the weather conditions. Offering a beam angle of 30-degrees, each of these fixtures utilizes an arrangement of powerful 12-Watt 6-in-1 HEX (red, green, blue, amber, white & UV) LEDs to provide lighting designers, integrators and installers with a huge palette of colors including UV-infused hot pink, lime green and electric blue. All three units are equipped with powerCON True1 input and output sockets as well as IP-rated 3-pin DMX input and output sockets fitted with waterproof rubber caps. This means that IP-rated power and DMX linking cables can be used for outdoor applications, however standard XLR and powerCON cables can also be utilized if the fixtures are used indoors.
"InfoComm is an exciting and vibrant tradeshow that brings together professionals from a wide variety of disciplines looking for the latest AV-related innovation," comments ADJ USA's National Sales Manager, Alfred Gonzales. "ADJ will be demonstrating a range of our new lighting, video and effects products that are suitable for fixed installations as well as touring and one-off events of all sizes. Be it the creative potential of the unique Design Series video panels, the flexibility of the Vizi Series hybrid moving heads or the all-weather casing of the HEX IP Pars, I know that visitors to the show will all find something of interest at the ADJ booth."
InfoComm 2018 will take place June 6 thru 8, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The ADJ booth – #C3428 – will showcase the company's latest technology and also provide an opportunity for visitors to the show to meet ADJ's knowledgeable team and receive detailed product information as well as more general advice on the best equipment for a particular situation.
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For the past two years our senior soccer players and their coaches traveled to Attawapiskat for a cultural exchange that left each participant with new perspectives and experiences. Friendships were established through the power of a soccer ball. This initiative began as a calling for the team to stand in solidarity with this small community on James Bay that was going through many hardships. The relationship will be rekindled this coming June as we return to see our friends and continue to keep the soccer ball rolling!
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*Says Honesty Is Buhari's Greatest Virtue
Foremost leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said the virtue of honesty noted of the party's presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari was the reason the slot of the APC flag-bearer was conceded to him.
Tinubu disclosed for the first time since the emergence of Buhari as APC's flag-bearer that members of the party had to beg him to contest for the party's presidential ticket.
Tinubu who disclosed this in Abeokuta earlier today said Buhari was initially reluctance to run in the elections.
He said in his native Yoruba language, "We begged Muhammadu Buhari to contest again,"
"Nigeria is challenged, and we present to you a great leader who has the ability to think and do and equals to performance.
Buhari is the man that can deliver because he is honest, he has integrity."
Buhari then took to the stage, reiterating his commitment to restoring security, power supply, and infrastructure.
He also spoke on the vital importance of reforming the Nigerian education sector. "Certificates from Nigerian universities must be respected throughout the world," he said.
The APC delegation to Abeokuta was led by the presidential candidate Buhari along with his running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Other celebrated members of the party were also in attendance including the party's national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the former Governor of Osun state, Bisi Akande.
All were warmly received by the incumbent governor, Ibikunle Amosun. Hajia Aisha Buhari and Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the wives of both the presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively, were also present.
The day kicked off with a courtesy visit to the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, and then proceeded to the Moshood Abiola Stadium, where party dignitaries addressed the mammoth crowd present.


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In the summer of 1976, Frank and Laura travel down south to a cottage by the sea with their son Toby. Toby lays bare all that he sees. It is the summer Frank is called away and Laura meets a man in the street. It is a summer of fragile lives and uncertain times, of loss and longing, and secrets that can destroy. It is the summer where one phone call changes a marriage forever.
Published in 2007 by Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
Prior work
Glyn's novels include Monster Man, LA Postcards, Radical Takeoffs, Stoked and Mosh.
Sad Boys and Scooter Boy were published by Hodder Headline in 1998 and 1999.
A recent title was Invisible Girl, published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press in 2003.
Glyn Parry is a highly talented award-winning writer for young adults. The Ocean Road is his first adult novel.


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RHEL 6.1 released, Microsoft supports CentOS in Hyper-V; news in brief
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 update is released, Microsoft decides to support the open source CentOS, and other news.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 update improves virtualization,
adds support for future hardware
Last week, Red Hat rolled out its first update to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 operating system. The 6.1 release comes about six months after the debut of RHEL 6.0 in November 2010, but a beta version of the update has been available since late March. The point release includes the usual bug fixes, security updates and support for upcoming hardware..
It also includes technologies that Red Hat says will enable smoother enterprise deployments, tighter integration with heterogeneous systems and virtualization enhancements designed to squeeze more performance out of machines by minimizing overhead.
Also included: Support for automatic failover for virtual machines and applications using the Red Hat High Availability add-on and a technology preview of Red Hat Enterprise Identity (IPA) services, based on the open source FreeIPA project. The release's technical notes include a detailed overview of all changes included in RHEL 6.1.
VMware vs. Red Hat: Whose PaaS will rule?
Earlier this month, Red Hat joined VMware in offering an open source Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution that will enable software developers to build, test, and deploy applications as cloud-based services. While some say Red Hat's OpenShift is late to the party, Issac Roth, the PaaS Master at Red Hat, says his company's experience supporting Linux servers around the world, gives it a leg up on VMware when it comes to running a cloud service.
Microsoft supports open source CentOS
Microsoft customers can now run CentOS as a guest operating system in supported Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V environments.
"This development enables our hosting partners to consolidate their mixed Windows plus Linux infrastructure on Windows Server Hyper-V; reducing cost and complexity, while betting on an enterprise class virtualization platform," said Sandy Gupta, the manager of marketing for Microsoft's Open Solutions Group, in a statement.
The irony of Microsoft's decision to embrace some forms of open source software, while simultaneously suing other companies for using open source software wasn't lost on several bloggers who claimed that the move was a back-handed compliment to Red Hat. The free open source CentOS, after all, is based on RHEL, and is its direct competitor in the enterprise environment. Linux users who don't want to pay for Red Hat's support contracts can use the similar CentOS as an alternative, making Microsoft's decision to support CentOS on its servers a potential problem for Red Hat.
What's new for Linux 2.6.39 kernel release
Linus Torvalds released the newest Linux 2.6.39 kernel last week, just three months after release 2.6.38, making it the third major kernel release in 2011. The biggest change for 2.6.39 is the implementation of the latest version of the IPset command line networking technology, which should simplify the implementation and operation of firewalls. The release also includes changes to improve virtualization technologies.
"KVM now also handles the asynchronous processing of page faults; in other words, the guest system can temporarily execute another thread while the host takes a memory page requested by the current thread out of storage. The basic infrastructure for operation as a Xen host was integrated (Dom0) in 2.6.37 and now kernel 2.6.39 includes a network backend to allow the front-end drivers in Xen guests (DomU) to communicate with other systems," Thorsten Leemhuis wrote in his kernel release summary.
In addition to the changes designed to improve Linux performance on servers, the new kernel release also includes changes that will be appreciated by Linux PC users, including drivers for AMD's high end graphics cards.
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In a world where social media reigns king and reality TV reigns queen, its easy to give our attention to people and situations that don't really matter. Let's put our critical thinking skills and abilities to serve others to good use, because TALK IS STILL CHEAP!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
AMBITIOUS : 1st Feature
As you know, or as you should be able to tell by now, my blog focuses on positivity within the young African American Community. Although some discussions may seem controversial at times, it is also designed to nurture critical thinking. With that said, from time to time I will be highlighting young individuals that are doing positive noteworthy things in their lives as well as their communities. We all are a part of one world, with our own unique ambitions, striving for success. Our paths are different but our goals of successful individuality are one in the same.
My first highlighted young individual is a friend of mine, by the name of Jordan Ware. He is my fellow AUC Graduate & Morehouse Brother. Check out how J.O. inspires those around him, with his "Feel Good" Music.
Sharing our stories is one way we can inspire & motivate others. Here are a few words from J.O. An introduction to "the man"...if you will.
What inspired you to do music?
"My mother was always in music, ranging from Broadway, tv, and film (Sweet Honey in the Rock). Her influence was and still is undeniable. Funny enough, my mother used to play violin. But, specifically when I was in the first grade (wow), I saw my friends in a violin program at school. I wanted to try out. I was like "if they can do it, why can't I?" So after getting turned down, because of it being too late in the school year, I tried again the next year. From that point on it was History."
What is your next goal? What are your aspirations?
"I want to keep banging out this feel good music. I feel like my music definitely has that chill vibe, you know? I want grammys, and I know I'm going to get to that stage. Whether its violin, production,or songwriting. The Sky is the limit.....there aren't too many people that can do what I do. Because I do it so well, I stand out from the rest. Like a diamond in the rough.....you feel me?
What makes you Ambitious?
"Life makes me ambitious. The fact that I have the opportunity to affect people by thoughts alone, is something powerful. The more people I effect, the more ambitious I become. If I perform, and you are affected by it, I'm going to BRING IT ten times HARDER! That's how I operate.
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