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So, being Friday, it was my regularly scheduled day off and for the first time in MONTHS I actually got to stay home and play in my sewing room - YAY!! :0) As a result, I have been able to add a couple of finishes to my OPAM list in my sidebar - YAY!! The first finish (which is actually my second finish for the month really!!) was my apron that I showed you the 'before' photo of last time. Here's what I came up with ...
Ta! Da! Some red and black loveliness to keep my clothes clean when I'm cooking ... I have a very bad habit of wiping my hands on my belly or my butt ... probably cos they stick out the most! Tee! Hee! Hee! I took the original pocket off the apron ... and BOY! was it attached securely ... very unlike most bought items!!! :0) I used it as a template to cut a red Eiffel Tower pocket, then used it as the lining for the pocket to give it a bit of strength. Add a blanket-stitched applique fleur de lise and a splash of vivid red writing proclaiming "Vive la France!" and I now have a designer apron. Hmmm ... in more ways than one, since I'm a designer and now have an apron! :0) Here's a close up of the writing and fleur de lise ...
I love how it's come up and I even managed to position one of the Eiffel Towers in the centre of my fleur de lise. Now I just have to make it to the kitchen to cook and try it out! :0)
The second finish today ... third for the month ... was a denim bag that I have been meaning to get around to making for some time. In fact ... I made a bag like this for Mum around this time last year and have had the denim and trim fabric earmarked for another ever since ... today was the day! :0)
It was a bit tricky trying to get a good photo of it, as it is a decent size, so kept sagging in various spots ... bit like me, really! Tee! Hee! Hee! There's a reinforced pocket on the front for keys or tissues ... you know ... those things you often need to get to in a hurry. And on the inside ...
... another pocket with a divider in it. A perfect size for sunnies or mobile phone. Can I just say ... I was reminded why I DON'T work with denim very often!! PHEW! It was hard work to manoeuvre the heavy fabric, especially the reinforced straps. Last year, Toni made a whole quilt out of recycled denim ... I loved the quilt, but have to say ... I will NOT be making one anytime soon! :0)
So ... that was my productive end-of-the-week day at home ... oh, along with several loads of washing and the usual household type chores. I'll now add these to my OPAM list ... and OPAM gals, if you haven't already, don't forget to update YOUR finishes on your sidebar list for September so that if you don't get around to emailing me or Sweet Peg, we will still be able to quickly see how many projects you've completed this month. Oh ... and did any of you notice that the OPAM button on our sidebars has had the total number of finishes updated again?? The number of finishes should now be BLACK ... if not ... you'll never know where we're up to! :0)
Just a little reminder, too ... if any of your lovely OPAM gals have made changes to your blog name or email address, please let Peg or I know so we can update our spreadsheet. I found one by accident yesterday and the lovely gal has now updated me, so we're up to date there. :0) Also ... If you've had a spring clean of your blog and changed the backgrounds etc ... please be sure to pop both the OPAM logo button and your list of month by month finishes back on ... last month I came across a few blogs on our list that didn't have the button or had lost their list of finishes ... these things just help Peg and I as we do our blog hopping.
OK ... well ... that's it from me for today and I think I've worked hard enough today to deserve a cup of tea before I think about cooking dinner. :0) I hope you've all had a wonderful and productive week and that your weekend includes some time for you to sit back, put your feet up and relax with some stitching or a pretty craft magazine ... or two ... or three! Tee! Hee! Hee! Til next time ...


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Vulture One spaceplane NOW AIRBORNE!
PARIS soars to glory with plastonaut inside her
Updated Good morning and welcome to the live coverage the Paper Aircraft Released Into Space launch and pursuit.
First up, you can follow us on Twitter, with regular updates from our man John Oates in the main payload pursuit vehicle. He'll be in continual contact with myself and radio man Steve Daniels in the Vulture 1 chase car, so that's your best source for the current state of play.
The PARIS main payload and Vulture 1 are packed with meaty tracking goodness, and some of that data is available live on El Reg. Bear in mind that we won't be getting a signal from all the kit all the time, so patience is the order of the day.
Here's the feed from the main payload GPS tracker. You'll need to refresh the map to get updates:
You can also follow the Vulture 1 and its pursuit vehicle here on a similar map. Alternatively, everything we've got in the air and on the ground will appear as if by magic via the APRS system. The relevant callsigns are:
- EA/G6UIM: The main payload morse beacon, transmitting "PARIS Balloon Beacon" every 30 seconds on 432.055MHz.
- G6UIM-9: The main payload pursuit vehicle.
- G6UIM-11: The main payload back-up transmitter, broadcasting "EA PARIS Balloon" on 144.800MHz.
- G6UIM-12: The Vulture 1's GPS/APRS board, transmitting on 433.800MHz.
That's about it. Onwards and upwards. ®
Updated to add
We here in the London PARIS bureau would recommend this link for watching the balloon, and this one for one of the chase vehicles - which appears to be chasing away from the balloon as of writing. As yet the actual PARIS plane tracker information is difficult to interpret. We're sure all will become clear in due course.
Additional PARIS resources
- Our dedicated PARIS section, with all previous updates, is right here.
- New to PARIS? We have a basic mission summary here (pdf).
- Our Flickr page, for your viewing pleasure.
- Check out our lovely YouTube channel.

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Observation • July 28th, 2010 • sig10-014
This image shows an outflow of gas from a new star as it jets from a space object dubbed IRAS 21078+5211, among other designations. The reddish blob in its center, as picked up by Spitzer's 4.5 micron infrared band, contrasts nicely with the green PAHs that surround it. These telltale outflow features of young, hulking stars show up well even without the longer wavelengths available to the original GLIMPSE survey that ran during the "cold" segment of Spitzer's mission. These so-called shocked outflows ram into the hydrogen gas around them and make it glow - a bright beacon in the lonely outskirts of the Milky Way.
This image is a combination of data from Spitzer and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). The Spitzer data was taken after Spitzer's liquid coolant ran dry in May 2009, marking the beginning of its "warm" mission. Light from Spitzer's remaining infrared channels at 3.6 and 4.5 microns has been represented in green and red, respectively. 2MASS 2.2 micron light is blue.
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Infrared | 2.2 µm | 2MASS |
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Now that the Red Sox have finally bagged themselves Matsuzaka (pending a physical, for a reported six-year, $52M deal), mlbtraderumors.com reports that they may be interested in Chan Ho Park as their closer.
Park, who earned $15M last year for the San Diego Padres (7-7, 4.81 ERA), pitched eight seasons for the Dodgers and posted a 80-54 record before joining the Texas Rangers. He has 0 saves in his 12-year career. My most vivid memory of Chan Ho Park (besides the karate kick he gave to Tim Belcher back in 1999) was a comment from 710AM's Joe McDonnell. McDonnell (now with 570AM) described Chan Ho as having "the heart of a butterfly," remarking about Park's ability to completely cave in at the first sign of struggles on the field.
Why you would want someone like that as your closer is beyond me. But hey, I suppose it's consistent with former-Dodger-turned-Red-Sock JD Drew!


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From the Governor's remarks at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2013 Eggs and Issues Breakfast:
Deal speech: 'Free' health care will cause a crunch
January 16, 2013Members of the Georgia Chamber, Lieutenant Governor Cagle, Speaker Ralston, state legislators, elected officials, judges, justices, ladies and gentlemen:
Let me begin by congratulating you. We have had one of the best years of economic development in quite some time. A few notable companies that have chosen Georgia include Baxter, General Motors, and Caterpillar, along with numerous others. We did this with your help, with both the private and the public sector doing their parts!Several weeks ago, the lieutenant governor, along with Sandra and I hosted a reception at the Governor's Mansion to honor Georgia's Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed at the London Olympic Games. This was an outstanding group of young people of whom we are extremely proud.One of the men in the group was Aries Merritt, a native of Atlanta and a graduate of Wheeler High School in Marietta. Aries won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 110 meter hurdles.Unlike sprinters who travel in a straight line with no obstacles other than the lane markers assigned to them, hurdlers, as the name implies, must jump over obstacles that are placed in their path.Making analogies between sports and government is always risky, but I want to suggest to you that the business of governing our state is somewhat similar to running the hurdles.As governor, my goal is to see Georgia become the No. 1 state in the nation in which to do business. I have made that clear from the beginning, because I believe that is the best path to economic growth and the quickest way to get Georgians into jobs. And we are not all that far off from reaching our target: For two years in a row, we have ranked in the top five for business climate by Site Selection Magazine, and we ranked No. 3 for doing business in 2012 by Area Development Magazine. But we certainly still have some hurdles that we must overcome before we get there.This morning I will focus my remarks on one of the highest hurdles facing state government, that of healthcare. In Georgia, we have had many successes in the realm of healthcare. With rising healthcare costs, we have worked to keep Georgians healthy so that they can avoid some of these expenses rather than react to them when they become ill.We have launched the Georgia SHAPE program as a way to combat childhood obesity, a growing problem in our state. I proclaimed this past September "Georgia SHAPE Month," during which we emphasized physical activity and proper nutrition for our state's children. In its inaugural year, the Governor's SHAPE Honor Roll had 39 schools achieve Gold Medal status for their dedicated work in making our state's youth healthier.These healthier young people generally perform better in the classroom, and many will continue their healthy lifestyles into later years, making these programs an investment in the economic and cultural well being of our state.The State Health Benefit Plan just finished the first year of its Wellness Program—the largest such program in the country, with more than 245,000 enrollees. We would like to take the next step by growing and developing it; we want to see employees taking responsibility for their own health through preventative action … and receiving lower premiums as a reward.Even with all of these cost-saving approaches, it still costs approximately $10 million per day in claims to provide health benefits to active and retired employees and teachers. Those costs have and will increase because of Obamacare's mandated benefits; in FY2014, the State Health Benefit Plan is projected to incur $106M of additional costs due to Obamacare. And because our State Health Benefit Plan is classified as a Self-Insured Plan, it is subject to the three-year Obamacare reinsurance tax. This means we would pay an additional $35M in 2015.Of course, even among the healthy, not all illness can be prevented; so last year, we grew graduate medical education by adding funding in the budget for the development of 400 new residency slots in hospitals throughout the state, helping keep Georgia's doctors in Georgia.These are just a few of the great things we have going for us in healthcare.But we also face hurdles that we must overcome, like how to fund the state's responsibility for Medicaid. Right now, the federal government pays a little under 66 cents for every dollar of Medicaid expenditure, leaving the state with the remaining 34 cents per dollar, which in 2012 amounted to $2.5B as the state share.For the past three years, hospitals have been contributing their part to help generate funds to pay for medical costs of the Medicaid program. Every dollar they have given has essentially resulted in two additional dollars from the federal government that in part can be used to increase Medicaid payments to the hospitals. But the time has come to determine whether they will continue their contribution through the provider fee. I have been informed that 10 to 14 hospitals will be faced with possible closure if the provider fee does not continue. These are hospitals that serve a large number of Medicaid patients. I propose giving the Department of Community Health board authority over the hospital provider fee, with the stipulation that reauthorization be required every four years by legislation. They have experience in this area, having had authority over a similar fee for the nursing home industry since around 2004. Of course, these fees are not new. In fact, we are one of 47 states that have either a nursing home or hospital provider fee—or both. It makes sense to me that, in Georgia, given the similarity of these two fees, we should house the authority and management of both of them under one roof for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.Sometimes it feels like when we have nearly conquered all of our hurdles, the federal government begins to place even more hurdles in our path.I am, of course, referring to the various mandates of Obamacare that put a strain on our state, its businesses and its citizens.As most of you are well aware, the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate as a tax. Therefore, most Georgians, beginning in 2014, will be forced to get insurance coverage or else pay a minimum of $95 (and potentially far more) in penalties. So what does this mean for us? It means that Georgians must pay out dollars to either an insurance company or the federal government—whether they want to or not.But ultimately there still is a choice, albeit a rock-and-a-hard-place kind of choice. As more individuals enter the marketplace, younger, healthier Georgians might begin deciding they would rather pay the penalty than deal with the potentially much higher cost of coverage, causing the price of insurance for everyone to climb; this increase will drive even more healthy individuals out of the market, further swelling the cost. This potential cycle is one of the inherent flaws in the federal law.The employer mandate means that businesses with 50 or more employees must provide affordable health insurance to their workers or else pay the rather large penalties. Costs can increase here, as well, as the pool of insured becomes less healthy.These costs stand to hurt our state's private sector. Because as all businessmen and women know, the higher your input costs, the lower your profits; the lower your profits, the less you operate, expand or employ. But whether it's through fewer employees and less equipment purchases or higher costs, this mandate will negatively impact many of our state's businesses and, of course, the would-be employees themselves.Georgians who have already received a paycheck this January have no doubt noticed that their payroll taxes went up and their take-home salary went down. This is the cost of entitlements. If you think your taxes went up a lot this month, just wait till we have to pay for "free health care." Free never cost so much.The individual mandate has a second tier of impact involving Medicaid and its cost to the state. I have said clearly that Georgia will not expand Medicaid under the federal government's guidelines. Even so, in Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014, Medicaid and SCHIP funding will be the second largest portion of the state funds budget with more than 13 cents of every dollar going straight to one of these programs. And with just the portions that our state must do, Obamacare is expected to add more than 100,000 new individuals to our Medicaid rolls and mandate other requirements, costing our state nearly $1.7B over the course of 10 years—and that's on top of the $2.5 B we already pay annually. The reason: These Georgians qualify for Medicaid under the current system but have yet to enroll in it. With the individual mandate requiring either insurance or a hefty fee, they will likely think that Medicaid looks like a pretty good option. And since they fall under the current system, the state of Georgia and its taxpayers must pay the current rate of 34% and not the 0 to 10% rate proposed for the expanded population group.We constitutionally must balance our state budget—a wise requirement instituted by those who have come before us. This increase in costs to the state means we have to find that money somewhere in our already tight budget; we cannot simply create more. As such, I have instructed the Department of Community Health to reduce its budget by at least three percent in Amended Fiscal Year 2013 and by five percent in Fiscal Year 2014—a difficult but necessary task. They have already identified $109M in cost-saving measures between the two years. But this hardly covers the additional nearly $500M in needed funds caused by growth in Medicaid expenses during the same time frame. That means we must make necessary cuts in other agencies and core functions of government since raising taxes is not an option I will accept!As I have indicated, I have rejected the Medicaid expansion in Georgia already, but let me emphasize that the expansion would have put our additional costs over 10 years closer to $4.5B—and that's operating under the dubious assumption that the federal government, with its ever-growing national debt, would have fulfilled their promised share. The 620,000 new enrollees would have stretched our resources and our state to the limit. But whether the cost to our state would have been $2B, $4B or $6B, it does not make much sense to ask for more hurdles when you are already utilizing every muscle in your state's body to overcome the ones you currently have before you and that you must face. So unless the federal government changes it to a block-grant program and allows Georgia to design the benefit plan, I cannot justify expanding Medicaid.The irony to me is that there are those in the medical community who are urging the expansion of the Medicaid program while at the same time, we are seeing more and more medical providers refusing to accept Medicaid patients. Their reason for doing so is that they claim the reimbursements for their services are below their costs. It is for that reason that the previously discussed provider fee is so important since that revenue is used to pay providers. If providers are already having difficulty covering their costs for care to Medicaid patients, how will they accommodate 34% more people on the Medicaid rolls? If you are losing money now, how do you reconcile the number of patients on whom you will lose even more money? Add to that the fact that the new enrollees would be higher on the economic scale, and some will be leaving their higher-paying, employer-provided health insurance plans to enter the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program with its lower reimbursements for the providers. If we have to depend on provider fees now to keep our reimbursements to Medicaid providers at a "tolerable" level, just imagine the pressure that will come when hospitals and doctors are losing more money on a larger portion of their patient base. Expansion of the Medicaid rolls does not solve the problem, it only exacerbates the one we already have.As many of you know, I also turned down the federal government's offer to let us put our name on their insurance exchange program. I have no interest in seeing our state's name, or its taxpayer dollars, used on something that we would have very little input in designing. If the purpose is to let those closest to and most knowledgeable about the population design the program, then we should be allowed to do so. It does not appear that is the pattern for the exchanges. I see no benefit to our citizens to have a program bearing the name of the State of Georgia over which our elected or appointed officials have little if any say so. While many federal programs come with strings attached, these strings turn states into marionettes to be manipulated by federal bureaucrats. If there is one thing we don't need, it is another puppet show directed from Washington, D.C.!We cannot always determine what obstacles will be laid in front of us, but we can decide how we deal with them, and whether we approach them with anger, indifference or decisive action. The first two provide very little in productivity, but the latter offers opportunity to grow our state (and our businesses) in spite of newfound hurdles. Therefore, we must choose to work diligently. We must choose discernment over acquiescence, which is what I have aimed to do in my decision-making. And we must choose to confront these hurdles together, because discussion and determination, without bitterness, lead to the greatest forward progress.Despite all that is in front of us, we will still make Georgia the No. 1 state in which to do business.One last note: For those of you not attending in person, tune in tomorrow at 11 a.m. as I outline the rest of my plan for Georgia in this year's State of the State Address, or go to my Twitter account, where my staff will be live Tweeting my remarks or at least the good parts.


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Malaria No More Announces Innovative Partners For Its 'Power Of One' Malaria Campaign
Novartis, Alere, Time Warner, Twitter, and more sign on to help close malaria testing and treatment gaps in Africa
NEW YORK, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Malaria No More announced today, World Malaria Day, that some of the world's most innovative companies have signed on for the Power of One campaign, which will use the latest social, mobile, and e-commerce technologies to rally the global public to close malaria testing and treatment gaps in Africa.
A child dies every minute from malaria, making it one of the top killers of children worldwide. Every dollar donated to the Power of One campaign will fund a full course of life-saving treatment for each child diagnosed with a case of malaria. The campaign aims to accelerate progress in malaria and close the Africa treatment gap, of approximately 436 million treatments, between now and the end of 2015. This will be achieved through direct donations that complement existing government commitments along with efforts to increase both public and private investment in the fight against malaria. Power of One will launch to the public in the fall.
Power of One is supported by significant commitments from Novartis (NYSE: NVS), the world's leading provider of malaria treatments, and Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR), the world's leading provider of rapid diagnostic tests for several chronic and infectious diseases, including malaria. Through the partnership, Novartis will donate up to three million full courses of its pediatric antimalaria drug and will support the campaign financially over the next three years. Alere will donate two million rapid diagnostic tests over the next two years to accurately diagnose the disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
"We believe that this innovative campaign will help speed malaria elimination," said Joseph Jimenez, Novartis Chief Executive Officer. "Novartis has been striving towards this goal for more than a decade, and we just reached the milestone of providing 600 million treatments without profit to patients in malaria-endemic countries. No one should die from malaria today."
"We are very excited to support the Power of One campaign and play a leading role in combating one of the world's most dangerous infectious diseases," said Alere CEO, Ron Zwanziger. "Reliable diagnostics are critical to the achievement of this goal, enabling health workers to identify cases of malaria within a matter of minutes and ensuring that therapy is appropriately targeted. Alere's mission is to improve individual health outcomes on a worldwide scale, and this partnership with Malaria No More provides one example of how we're able to accomplish that."
Power of One is the result of collaboration between Malaria No More, a nonprofit organization, and West, a marketing strategy and creative group founded by former Apple marketing executive Allison Johnson. Havas Worldwide (NYSE: HAVS) has signed on to help lead creative development and production, and Blue State Digital, a recognized leader in online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, and constituency engagement is applying lessons from the Obama campaign to this global grassroots issue.
Malaria No More CEO Martin Edlund said, "The Power of One campaign has the potential to revolutionize the way the consumer public and corporations engage with global issues. We are extremely proud to welcome Novartis, Alere and the other forward-thinking corporate and media partners who have signed on to help us end malaria deaths one dollar and one child at a time."
Additional campaign partners include media leaders Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) and News Corporation, who will contribute in-kind media placement, and Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), which lent its new film MARY AND MARTHA to an innovative opportunity to contribute malaria treatments. For every video view of HBO Films' MARY AND MARTHA trailer today, World Malaria Day, Malaria No More will provide a full course of treatment for a child with malaria up to 50,000 treatments. The film, which began airing on HBO on April 20th, tells the story of two mothers who lose children to malaria.
The Power of One also brings in technology innovator Twitter. Their contributions to the initiative will be announced later this year. The campaign is receiving additional financial support from Newman's Own Foundation.
For more information about the Power of One campaign, visit www.Po1.org.
About Malaria No More
Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths. We're helping the world get it done by engaging leaders, rallying the public, and delivering life-saving tools and education to families across Africa. Founded in 2006 by business leaders Ray Chambers and Peter Chernin, Malaria No More is working to create a world in which no one dies from a mosquito bite. For more information, visit www.MalariaNoMore.org.
About Power of One
Power of One will offer the global public and corporations the opportunity to help end malaria deaths one dollar and one child at a time. Every dollar donated will fund a full course of life-saving treatment for each child diagnosed with a case of malaria. Malaria No More is grateful for the support and contributions of Power of One corporate partners including Novartis, Alere, News Corporation, Time Warner, Twitter, and more. Additional information is available at www.Po1.org.
Press Contacts:
Erica Lichtenberger
Malaria No More
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August 8, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Come view the "touchable" exhibition, Giddy Up: Children Take the Reins, which will be open through October 13, 2019.
Rotating exhibitions in the History Center Galleries are open to the public Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00 to 5:00 pm. These shows feature various topics related to the history, art, and culture of Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley.
Tickets: $9 General; $8 Students & Seniors; Members & children under 12 Free. PMH also offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families through the Blue Star Museums program. Purchase tickets in the Museum Store.
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Most RSS readers remind the user, all the time, how wrong he or she is. Or inadequate or lazy or behind in their work ... Who needs that.See also my earlier post, "RSS sucks and information overload", where I said, "The problem is scaling attention. Readers have limited time. They don't want information. They want knowledge."
Think about it this way. Suppose you read the paper every day. What if at the top of the paper it told you how many articles from previous issues you hadn't read.
News is not email ... Every article is not necessarily something you should read, or even look at ... If I'm not interested, or too busy -- too bad. No need to count the number of articles that didn't get my attention. It's a useless piece of data.
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Add to the recent round-robin in tennis coaching the partnership of hot pants queen Tatiana Golovin and Mats Wilander. The 19-year-old told l'Equipe on Thursday that she has replaced Mats with reputed no-nonsense Dutchman Glen Schaap, former coach of Dinara Safina and Airness-sponsored Nadia Petrova. Wilander was coaching the teenager since July 2007 and worked through a few tournaments including Los Angeles (Carson), Toronto, and the U.S. Open.
Golovin on Schaap: "I know how he is. […] He works a lot with the ball cart, I like that." Her new coach has the reputation of being severe. "When I have [Schaap] on the phone, I take a small voice to appear the nicest possible! […] I told him that he could be strict, but that if he was to yell at me all the time, that would not work."
But why end the relationship with Wilander? "The problem with Mats is that he has no desire to work with me in Paris, or in Florida, or to follow me in tournaments," she explains to l'Equipe. (Their summer hardcourt collaboration was arranged by Christian Bîmes, president of the FFT.) FYI, Golovin could still end up with Wilander after the 2008 Australian Open, which is when Golovin will reevaluate her coaching situation.
In an earlier interview with l'Equipe, Tatiana learned of Brad Gilbert's alleged availability (post-Andy Murray): "Really? Since when? Brad is almost too big of a personality to have him besides you. I love to go and see him work because he really knows tennis, but to have him every day, that's a bit stressful." Doesn't matter, since Brad still has a commitment with the LTA.
On what she sees as an ideal coach: "He needs to have experience. I need a coach that knows all that goes around on tour and that knows the other players. Today, to beat players in the top 10, it's not just a matter of playing well, but of making them play bad. We would need to get along well, and to be on the same wavelength about the manner in which I want to work. He would need to be… perfect."
FYI: At the moment Tatiana is training in the French alps (Alpe-d'Huez) with the French Federation. She'll then travel to Miami for a charity event. Afer that, she'll go back to Roland Garros for more training.
More on Schaap: Here's an interview with Schaap from 2005 when he was training Petrova. He shares strategy on how to beat Justine Henin. He obviously knows tennis.
Over the years, Schaap has trained Brenda Schultz, Jennifer Capriati, Mirjana Lucic, and Magdalena Maleeva. By 2005 he had been Petrova's coach for seven years (and they split a year later). In 2006 he was with Dinara.
I can't find a picture of Schaap anywhere. In other recent news about Schaap: in the last week it was announced that he'll coach Dutch player Martin Verkerk (674th) for a year beginning in January.
(via l'Equipe and Golovin Attitude; photos via Getty Images)
Thanks to Patricia for her help on this post.


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San Francisco is a great town for foodies and Forage, the brainchild of Foodzie founders Rob and Emily LaFave has emerged as an option for those who want to cook their favorite restaurant dishes at home. The service, which launches today, gathers all the ingredients used in selected restaurant recipes and hand-delivers them right to your door. The promise is that amateur chefs will be able to make these same great meals as the pros in under 20 minutes.
The LaFaves joined forces with their co-founder and CTO Josh Fraser at TechStars Boulder to create this twist on the crowded restaurant meal-delivery startup trend. It's since piqued the interest of Twitter's Ev Williams and Whole Foods Board Member Hass Hassan, both of whom have invested an undisclosed, but modest, sum into the company, according to Emily LaFave.
Forage pairs up with notable SF restaurants like Dosa and Hapa Ramen, and then sources ingredients from some of their more popular dishes. Alta SF's pierogies tend to sell out before 8 pm every night, for instance. But folks can order from Forage to get the same exact ingredients, and then follow its instructions to make those same dishes in the comfort of their own homes.
The idea came from Emily's background working in restaurant kitchens and culinary school. "We could cook anything in less than 20 minutes," she says. "This isn't about chopping your onions for you. Think pork ramen stock and fresh ramen noodles from Hapa Ramen, fresh pierogi dough from Alta SF, dosa batter from DOSA, or Greek marinated meats from Souvla, all restaurants in San Francisco."
Emily believes Forage picks up where Foodzie left off by incorporating a restaurant cooking element instead of just delivering food items. Joyus swallowed up Foodzie in a combo cash and stock deal a couple years back.
While most of the dishes are sourced from SF restaurants, Forage will deliver their meal kits all over California. Emily mentions plans to expand beyond the Golden State as things get rolling, but the main goal for now is to teach the foodies in California how to cook like a restaurant chef.
"I believe most people will build their cooking skills by showing up and cooking each week, not through a culinary program like most professionals," she says. "You can learn something even in 20 minutes."
The cost for the meals is $60 a week, which buys you four credits. Each credit equals a meal serving, for a flat price of $15 each.
You don't get to choose which dishes you want when you want them, however. Each week has a specific food theme. Some weeks it's all South Indian meals, while another might be Greek or Eastern European. The meals are selected each week by Forage's editorial team and head chef Stephen Beaumier (formerly of Cyrus, Quince and Noma).
Foragers, as those who order from the site are called, can also submit meals they would like to see shared at some point. Forage then does the legwork to connect with the restaurant and get access to their recipes.
"With the innovation in the delivery model and chef derived ingredients, we can create fresher, higher quality, and more interesting ingredients to speed up cooking time and maximize flavor," Emily says.


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Aegis Capital assessed $1.3 million for SAR filing failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority have announced fines assessed on Aegis Capital Corporation, a New York-based brokerage firm that has admitted that it failed to file suspicious activity reports on numerous suspicious transactions. The SEC's order found that Aegis failed to file SARs on suspicious transactions that raised red flags indicating the transactions were potentially related to the market manipulation of low-priced securities. FINRA's order was issued to the firm for its failing to have adequate supervisory and anti-money laundering (AML) programs tailored to detect "red flags" or suspicious activity connected to its sale of low-priced securities. Under the SEC order, Aegis agreed to pay a $750,000 penalty and retain a compliance expert. FINRA's settlement with Aegis includes an additional $550,000 penalty.
In a separate settled order, Aegis' former anti-money laundering (AML) compliance officer Kevin McKenna was found to have aided and abetted the firm's violations. Aegis CEO Robert Eide was found to have caused them. Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, Eide and McKenna agreed to pay penalties of $40,000 and $20,000, respectively. McKenna also agreed to a prohibition from serving in a compliance or AML capacity in the securities industry with a right to reapply. In a litigated order, the Enforcement Division alleges that another former Aegis AML compliance officer, Eugene Terracciano, failed to file SARs on behalf of Aegis. Terracciano is alleged to have aided and abetted and caused Aegis' violations. The matter pertaining to Terracciano will be scheduled for a public hearing before an administrative law judge, who will prepare an initial decision stating whether the Enforcement Division has proven the allegations in the order and what, if any, remedial actions are appropriate.


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Corrected to 27 February, 2001
Copyright in this compilation belongs to Rob Close: no reproduction permitted without written authorisation.
ADAM, William. At 19 Fort Street, AYR in 1873/74 Directory.
ALEXANDER, P., MILLPORT. DBS cdv, nd.
ALLAN, John. At 10 Alloway Place, AYR in 1890/91 Directory: a partner in Marshall Wane & Allan.
ANDERSON, J., & SON, DALRY. Advert in ASH 21.1.1887. Advert (ANDERSON & SON) in ASH 8.6.1888.
ARMOUR. see HADDOW.
AYRSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. At 26 John Finnie Street, KILMARNOCK, in 1898-1900 Directory. This address previously used by William Craig & Co.
BALLANTINE, D. MAUCHLINE. Advert in ASH 7.4.1866. DBS has nd cdv, D Ballantine, Mauchline and Troon.
BALLANTINE, John. Ayr Road, CUMNOCK, in Cumnock Registers from 1882 to 1891 [1884 missing - B page missing 1892]. DBS: Photo of New Cumnock, winners of Eglinton Jug, 3 successive years to 1872/73, is by J Ballantine. Cf Wilhelm Hess.
ASH 26.3.1859. Advert. New waiting room and extension to premises.
AA 11.4.1861. Studio will re-open 19.4.1861, and then be open every Friday and Saturday. Has stereoscope views of, e.g., Drumlanrig and Lanfine, "several of which are rare gems". ASH 12.4.1862: establishment will re-open Friday 18.4.1862. ASH 24.10.1863: is about to erect new premises in a more convenient situation. ASH 27.2.1864: will open new premises in Ayr Road, near Free Church, on 17.3.1864; has new cartes de visite lens by Ross of London.
AA 5.1.1871, 1e: Advert placed by John Ballantine, photographer, Cumnock. Will be closed from 21.12.1870 to 6.3.1871.
John Ballantine is one of original trustees of John Baird, †1888.
BARA, Ambrose. First recorded at 9 Cromwell Place, AYR, in 1878/79 Directory: address previously used by David Campbell, and latterly by James Rae. In 1880/81 Directory has two addresses: 9 Cromwell Place, known as Fort Studios, and 10 Beresford Terrace, Ayr, known as Beresford Studio [which Bara had acquired from Hugh Murdoch (q.v.) in 1879]. In 1882/83 Bara built a new studio on the other side of Cromwell Place (known today as Citadel Place, and c.1890 gave up the Beresford Terrace studio [q.v. Burns]. He lived initially at 10 Beresford Terrace, but c.1883 moved to St John's. Fort, Ayr. Ambrose Bara died in December 1890, suffering a fit and falling from his horse as he rode through Prestwick. The business was continued by his wife, [Directories 1892/93 and 1894/95], and then as 'Bara' into the 20th Century. In the 1894/95 and 1896/97 Directories a second studio in Smith Street, Ayr, is recorded, and in 1900/01 a studio in Troon is recorded. Photographs by "Bara" used to illustrate article on opening of Victoria Bridge, Ayr, in Scots Pictorial, May 1898. [See also MONNICKENDAM]
BARCLAY, John. At Riverbank, KILMARNOCK, in 1892/93 Directory. He is listed only as an engineer in the Names Index, but his advertisement confirms that he was a photographer. It may be that the photographer was the son of the engineer.
BECKET, Samuel. ASH 29.4.1887: Silverae House, Caledonia Road. He has opened his new studio here. Has had 24 years experience with Mr Fergus, Largs.
[He may be the "Mr Becket, photographer, there" whose photographs taken at Brodick and Lamlash are referred to in ASH 20.7.1867].
BERGMAN, F W. nd, DBS cdv. Has addresses in Main Street, Muirkirk; Main Street, West Calder; 91 Quarry Street, Hamilton.
BOOTH, George. At Wood's Buildings, [26] John Finnie Street, KILMARNOCK, in Directories from 1882/83 to 1887/88. Address previously used by James Bruce, and subsequently by William Craig & Co. Booth moved to 5 John Dickie Street [Directories 1892/93 to 1898-1900] His advert in the 1898-1900 Directory claims that the firm was established in 1862: see Bruce.
BREWSTER, James [c1817 - 1883]. Advert in AA 10.1.1861 (but dated 29.9.1860): has moved from 135 High Street to 20 New Bridge Street. Thanks for patronage over last 5 years. New advert in AA 7.2.1861. Encomium paragraph in AA 28.3.1861: "local artist of gentlemanly manners, and great professional merit".
20 New Bridge Street, AYR. In Directories from 1861/62 to 1880/81. In 1882/83 Directory listed in name list only, at 40 High Street. Mrs James Brewster - not a photographer - is listed in Directories 1884/85 to 1888/89. In 1861 Census the Brewsters are recorded at 10 High Street, Ayr [C1861 578-3-22}: he is 44, and was born in Edinburgh, she [Christina] is 30 and was born in Newton upon Ayr.
[AA 16.5.1861. Ad on 8d, J Brewster, photographic artist, 20 New Bridge Street - and in announcements, also 8d, daughter born 12.5.1861 at 10 High Street.]
AA, Th 13.12.1883, 5f: Died, 40 High Street, 11.12.1883, James Brewster, photographer, aged 64.
[See also White and Brewster]
BRODIE, Edward. See John Henry WHYTE.
BROWN, Hugh. C1871-595-5-87, High Street, IRVINE. Hugh Brown, 28, photographer, b Mauchline. Spo, Agnes, 28, b Dundonald, and son Robert Burns Brown, 2, b Irvine.
BROWN, John. At 84 Portland Street, KILMARNOCK, in 1868 and 1872 Directories. He appears to be proprietor, 1864-1871, of "Ivybank, Wellington Street", which may be equivalent to 84 PS. 1872 directory additionally says "House: Dundonald". [DBS cdv says Kilmarnock and Troon]
Advert in KWP 20.7.1861, 1b, for John Brown, photographer and calotypist, 90 Portland Street. Includes price for cartes de visite: 18s per dozen. Advert in KWP 31.5.1862, and in ASH 14.6.1862: JB has erected a commodious portrait gallery at 82 Portland Street. Advert in KWP 3.1.1863: Cartes de visite, 8s per dozen; 5s per half dozen. Cartes coloured in all styles, from 1s upwards. Advert in KS 12.11.1870: from 5th November 1870, studios in Portland Street will be open on Saturdays only.
[AA 23.3.1865, 8e: Born, Ivy Bank Cottage, Wellington Street, Kilmarnock, 15.3.1865, a daughter to wife of John Brown, photographer.]
[ASH 29.4.1865 reports that Mr Brown has opened a first class photographic establishment (wooden) in Bank Street, Kilmarnock]
[ASH 27.6.1868. Ad. His former assistant, Alexander Gilchrist, has taken over business of T Harrow]
[ASH 13.1.1872. - "enlarged photographs (untouched) by the new photo-crayon process" - the latest novelty in the art.
ASH 28.4.1866. Mr Brown, Kilmarnock, photographer, will open branch in Troon on Saturday 5.5., which will be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
BROWN, Robert. C1871-595-4-3, Springfield House, Kilmarnock Road, IRVINE. Robert Brown, 63, photographer, b Darvel. Spouse, Janet, 56, b Mauchline.
[Cf ASH, 1.8.1874: Died 16.7.1874, aged 'nearly 80', Robert Brown of Brown & Son, photographers. Born in Mauchline]
BRUCE, James. At John Finnie Street, KILMARNOCK. In 1868 Directory as Howie Bruce & Findlay [other partners: John Howie (q.v.) and Hugh Findlay]. On own account in 1872 and 1879 Directories. Succeeded in the premises by George Booth, q.v., whose advert, 1898-1900, says the business was established in 1862.
Advert in ASH 17.7.1869 for James Bruce, photographic artist, John Finnie Street (foot of railway brae), Kilmarnock.
BURNS PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. At 10 Beresford Terrace, AYR, in 1890/91 Directory. Address previously used by Ambrose Bara. Appears not to have been used subsequently.
BUTTERWORTH, William. [c1823 - ] In 1861 Census, William Butterworth, 38, photgraphic artist, his wife, Martha, 29 and their son, Joseph, 2, all born in Rochdale are recroded as living in a travelling caravan at Catrine. [C1861 613-10-137]
KWP 21.8.1858: The Birmingham Photographic Gallery will be opened in Kilmarnock on Wednesday 25th August in East George Street for a short time only. Messrs Butterworth and Smith ... being so liberally patronised during their last visit here (at the Fair), and by desire of several respectable parties, they will revisit this place." KWP 18.12.1858: Birmingham Photographic Gallery closing in Kilmarnock - opening in Stewarton on Saturday 25 December 1858.
KWP 22.12.1860: William Butterworth ... has opened his gallery in Duke Street for a short season.
CAMPBELL, Colin, Cumnock. Advert in Cumnock Express 24.11.1893 gives address as Barrhill Road. Advert in CC 17.1.1902 gives addresses at Barrhill Road, Cumnock, and 133 High Street, Kirkcaldy.
CAMPBELL, David, Ayr. At 9 Cromwell Place, AYR, in 1861/62 and 1864/65 Directories. Mrs David Campbell, photographer, listed in 1867/68 Directory. "Campbell's" listed in 1870/71 and 1873/74 Directories. Address subsequently used by James Rae and Ambrose Bara. Appears to be a different individual from following entry.
[AA 21.4.1859, 5d: Photographic Studio. D Campbell respectfully announces, that from the success he has experienced as an Amateur Photographer during the last 5 years, he has been induced, at the solicitation of a number of friends, to commence the practice of PHOTOGRAPHY Professionally; and that he has just opened those commodious premises, specially erected for a photographic studio, at No,20 New Bridge Street, where he intends following out the Art in all its branches. The Art taught in a few lessons. 20 New Bridge Street, Ayr, April 1859.] [20 New Bridge Street address of James Brewster after September 1860]
[AA 10.1.1861, 1a. D Campbell, photographic artist, Cromwell Place, Fort, Ayr. "The Art taught in a few lessons"]
[AA 31.1.1861, 4c. Praise for views shown by Campbell at London Photographic Exhibition - called by BJP one of the few 'new artistes who are likely to be men of mark". See ref in AA file. AA 7.2.1861 carries big advert, with long list of views available. Address: "9 Cromwell Place 'the corner house opposite the Fort Castle'".]
[AA 16.5.1861, 1e. "David Campbell. Begs to announce his return from Haddingtonshire. His portrait rooms will be open on and after Thursday first. He has brought with him a large number of new photographs, specimens of which will shortly be added to his collection. 9 Cromwell Place, Fort, Ayr. 14th May 1861".]
[AA 20.6.1861, 8e. Avert. Campbell's Photographic Portrait Rooms and Photographic Printing Establishment, 9 Cromwell Place, Fort, Ayr].
[AA 9.3.1865, 5c; David Campbell, photographer, 9 Cromwell Place, Fort "has opened his portrait establishment for the season. I have .... this year engaged a Competent Assistant, who will conduct the Portrait Department in my absence".]
CAMPBELL, David, Newton-on-Ayr. At [13] Allison Street, NEWTON UPON AYR, from 1864/65 to 1890/91 Directories. Listed as 'photographic printer' in 1864/65 and as 'late photographer' from 1884/85. Mrs David Campbell, (not a photographer), continues to be listed at 13 Allison Street until 1898/99 Directory.
CAMPBELL, Elizabeth. Wife of David Campbell, Ayr. In 1861 Cenus she is recorded at 9 Cromwell Place, Ayr [C1861 578-13-40]. She is 28, born in Catrine, and described as 'photographer's wife".
CHALMERS, C.B. Muirkirk. DBS cdv, nd.
COOK, Joseph. At 61 King Street, KILMARNOCK, in 1895/97 and 1898-1900 Directories. 1898-1900 Directory advert gives additional addresses in Paisley [32 High Street] and Glasgow [11 West Nile Street]. Advert in ASH 20.10.1899 gives the three addresses.
COWAN, Hugh C. 'Photographist', St Andrew Street, KILMARNOCK. Died 1 December 1854, aged 25. Obituary in Kilmarnock Chronicle 2.12.1854. [Ref: AGN85]
CRAIG, William, & Co. At Wood's Buildings, 26 John Finnie Street, KILMARNOCK, in 1892/93 and 1895/97 Directories. Address previously used by George Booth, and subsequently by Ayrshire Photographic Co.
DARGAVEL, William. At 4 Murray Place, NEWTON UPON AYR in 1876/77 Directory. This appears to be an error: Dargavel was a partner in a family-run tobacconist. There is no evidence, other than the Directory entry, to suggest he was a professional photographer.
DAVIDSON, George. ASH 2.6.1860: "George Davidson, Quay, Irvine, is prepared to take photographic likenesses in a very superior manner, at his house, which he has fitted up expressly for this purpose, in Provost Barr's Land. Irvine, 25th May 1860".
Advert in ASH 31.5.1862: has removed to house (the former Post Office) in Bridgegate, Irvine.
DICK, John. Advert in ASH 10.1.1863: photographer and picture frame maker, High Street, Irvine. Brief paragraph in ASH 31.1.1863 commends his large photographs of late Earl of Eglinton, coloured "with great taste", and says that "with the approach of favourable weather, Mr Dick is likely to have plenty to do". ASH 14.11.1863, advert, photographer. Advert in ASH 7.1.1865.
ELLIOTT, --. Advert in ASH 13.2.1864: Mr Elliott's studios 76 Princes Street, Ardrossan: "glass house in the yard of Mr Wallace, optician".
ASH 7.1.1865: 57 Princes Street, Ardrossan.
FERGUS, John. LARGS [DBS 2 ccdv, nd] [See also Samuel Becket, who was with him c.1863-1887] [See also R Robinson, who was with him 5 years to c.1877]
In 1875 J Fergus bought the small 5A estate, Blackdales, Charles St., Largs, from Robert Blair, sugar refiner, Greenock, for £7600. ASH, 20.11.1875.
ASH 7.12.1888: Mr John Fergus, photographer, Largs, we believe, is about to open a branch establishment at LaTourelle, Cannes, France. Mr Fergus left for La Tourelle this week.
FERGUS Brothers, 5 Albert Place West, Blackhall Street, GREENOCK, LARGS and MILLPORT. DBS cdv, nd.
FERGUSON, Andrew. 81 Princes Street, ARDROSSAN. Advert in ASH 27.6.1868.
FINDLAY, Hugh. Died at Bank Street, KILMARNOCK 17 March 1868, aged 36. [KS 21.3.1868]
GILCHRIST, Alexander. At Duke Street, KILMARNOCK, in 1868 Directory. Advert in ASH 27.6.1868 - lately assistant to Mr John Brown, and has succeeded to the business in Duke Street, so long carried on by Mr T Harrow, who has left town.
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The reformed Jane's Addiction and Tom Morello's new band Street Sweeper have two new tracks each available for free download.
The songs appear on the website of the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails / Jane's Addiction tour, Ninja 2009. Morello's band Street Sweeper acts as support for the dates.
Get the free tracks at the Ninja 2009 tour website.
The two Jane's Addiction songs are new studio recordings of tracks from JA's 1987 self-titled live album - Whores and Chip Away appear as studio cuts for the first time over 20 years. NIN's Trent Reznor is producer on the tracks.
The two all-new tracks from Tom Morello's new project Street Sweeper are Clap For The Killers and The Oath. Street Sweepers is a collaboration between Morello and The Coup's rapper Raymond 'Boots' Riley.
Reznor also offers two new NIN tracks, Not So Pretty Now and Non-Entity.
The downloads are in DRM-free formats of MP3, FLAC and better-than-CD 24/96 WAV files.
The multitracks are also available for remixing via remix.nin.com


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Numbersense, in Chinese and Japanese
Feb 09, 2015
This is a cross-post on my two blogs.
The new year brings news that my second book, Numbersense: How to Use Big Data to Your Advantage has been translated into Chinese (simplified) and Japanese. Here are the book covers:
In Chinese, the title reads: "Say No to Fake Big Data". Captures the sentiment of the book pretty well, I must say.
I have no idea what the Japanese title means. Perhaps a reader can help me out here.
The Japanese version is available here or here.
The Chinese version is here.
The English version is here.


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Brown County Teen Court is a 90 day voluntary diversion program that offers first time juvenile offenders ages 10 to 17 an alternative to appearing in formal court. Teen court is a sentencing court only. Participation in Teen Court is based upon referral by the Brown County State's Attorney, admission of guilt and agreement with each of the requirements to participate.
If the juvenile offender and their parents agree to participation in Teen Court, they will meet with the Teen Court Coordinator for an intake meeting. If the juvenile is determined to be eligible a hearing will be scheduled. If they do not agree to participate, or if the juvenile is determined to be ineligible for participation in Teen Court, they will be referred back to the State's Attorney for formal Juvenile Court adjudication.
All members of Brown County Teen Court are volunteers. The Judge is one of many local attorneys who volunteer their time to assist. The Teen Court Attorneys, Clerks, Bailiffs, and Jurors are teen volunteers that have participated in on-going training for their respective positions. The Jury also includes teens that are required to participate on the jury as a result of their Teen Court sentence. There is one paid-part time staff. If you would like to volunteer at teen court, fill out a teen court volunteer application.


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Thomas Aquinas and Theistic Evolution
This article addresses the problem of using Aquinas' thought to defend theistic evolution within the Christian theological tradition.
The paper begins with definitions of terms such as "evolution" and "species."
The main part of the paper is structured according to the medieval articles written by Aquinas himself, such as those contained in his Summa Theologiae.
First, the author presents twelve arguments that can be found in the writings of contemporary Thomists in favor of theistic evolution.
In the next part, the author elaborates upon the answer to the question and he goes on to respond to the twelve arguments by referring to Aquinas' writings.
In the conclusion, the author shows seven points of disharmony between the three types of evolution (namely, atheistic, materialistic and theistic) and Aquinas' teaching on the origin of species.
The full-text of this paper is available for FREE by clicking here.


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Chapter XXV.—The Emperor prepared a Public Table for the Synod, after inviting its Members to Constantinople, and honoring them with Gifts, he exhorted all to be of One Mind, and forwarded to Alexandria and every other place the Decrees of the Holy Synod.
At the very time that these decrees were passed by the council, the twentieth anniversary 1138 of the reign of Constantine was celebrated; for it was a Roman custom to have a feast on the tenth year of every reign. The emperor, therefore, thought it to be opportune, and invited the Synod to the festival, and presented suitable gifts to them; and when they prepared to return home, he called them all together, and exhorted them to be of one mind about the faith and at peace among themselves, so that no dissensions might henceforth creep in among them. After many other similar exhortations, he concluded by commanding them to be diligent in prayer, and always to supplicate God for himself, his children, and the empire, and after he had thus addressed those who had come to Nicæa, he bade them farewell. He wrote to the churches in every city, in order that he might make plain to those who had not been present, what had been rectified by the Synod; and especially to the Church of Alexandria he wrote more than this; urging them to lay aside all dissent, and to be harmonious in the faith issued by the Synod; for this could be nothing else than the judgment of God, since it was established by the Holy Spirit from the concurrence of so many and such illustrious high priests, and approved after accurate inquiry and test of all the doubtful points.
This feast, called Vicennalia, is mentioned in Eus. V. C. iii. 15, 16.
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Configure OVS With Layer 3 Routing
Open vSwitch (OVS) acts as a Layer 2 device when it's not connected to its controller (and its fail-safe-mode
is set to standalone [default]). If we want to do Layer 3 control, we need to write the control logic in its controller. However, sometimes we want to Layer 3 control while there is other Layer 3 control. For example, we want to do firewall or NAT while there is IP routing managed by XORP or Kernel Static Routing. A straightforward solution is to write your own IP forwarding logic in your controller (Yeah, practice of writing your own XORP is fun!). This is really violating the reusability principle of software engineering. Another solution is to cross your finger and hope there is someone has written it for the controller framework you use.
In this page, we are going to show you how to configure OVS to work with Linux kernel static IP routing. The method is largely from the help of Ryan Izard, firstname.lastname@example.com, from Clemson University.
The topology we want to have is shown in below figure.
The configuration we want to have is shown in below figure.
In summary the idea is to create a single OVS bridge for each interface on your machine that you want to assign an IP; pass the packet between the interface and the network stack through the LOCAL port of OVS; and let Linux routing handle the rest of the part. This wiki page provides step-by-step instructions.
- Create 2 OVS bridges.
ovs-vsctl add-br OVSbr1 ovs-vsctl add-br OVSbr2
- Zero out the IP of interfaces as you will assign it to the OVS bridges (your interface names may vary). On GENI, be careful not to bring down eth0, because it is your control interface, if you bring that interface down you won't be able to login to your host!
ifconfig eth1 0 ifconfig eth2 0
- Attach interfaces to according OVS bridges. Again, don't attach control plane interface.
ovs-vsctl add-port OVSbr1 eth1 ovs-vsctl add-port OVSbr2 eth2
4.Verify the configurations by:
ovs-ofctl show OVSbr1 ovs-ofctl show OVSbr1 ovs-vsctl show
- Assign the IP addresses to the OVS bridges, and add routing entries (clean up ones if needed).
ifconfig OVSbr1 10.10.10.1/24 up ifconfig OVSbr2 10.10.11.1/24 up
These will insert the corresponding routes automatically for you, and you can verify it via:
route -n
Alternatively, you could do:
ifconfig OVSbr1 10.10.10.1 up ifconfig OVSbr1 10.10.11.1 up route add -net 10.10.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev OVSbr1 route add -net 10.10.11.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev OVSbr1 route -n
- When an OVS bridge is installed in the Linux OS, it is wired such that any application packets or packets routed via Linux will be sent to the LOCAL port of the OVS bridge, assuming a route to that bridge exists. And, in the reverse direction, any packets sent out an OVS bridge's LOCAL port will be received by the local networking stack.
Let's do an example of how a packet would traverse our network from 10.10.10.1 to 10.10.11.1.
10.10.10.1 sends the packet with destination 10.10.11.1. The packet arrives at eth1. There is an OpenFlow flow in place on OVSbr1 between eth1 and it's LOCAL port, so the packet will match this flow and be sent out the LOCAL port of OVSbr1 (i.e. port 65534). The packet is then received by the local machine's network stack. It has a destination IP of 10.10.11.1, so the routing table we have established will send the packet to the OVSbr2 network interface. OVSbr2 will receive this packet from the local network stack via it's LOCAL port (i.e. port 65534). There is an OpenFlow flow in place on OVS2 between OVS2's LOCAL port and eth2, so this packet will match that flow and be sent out eth2. From there, it will arrive at 10.10.11.1. The same process will occur in reverse. This assumes though that you insert the flows between the physical interfaces (eth1 and eth2) and the OVS LOCAL ports. That's the key to handing packet to and receiving packets from the local OS.
- If you want to insert these flows with OVS itself, you can do something like the following:
ovs-ofctl add-flow OVSbr1 in_port=port_number_of_eth1,actions=output:LOCAL ovs-ofctl add-flow OVSbr1 in_port=LOCAL,actions=output:port_number_of_eth1 ovs-ofctl add-flow OVSbr2 in_port=port_number_of_eth2,actions=output:LOCAL ovs-ofctl add-flow OVSbr2 in_port=LOCAL,actions=output:port_number_of_eth2
In some cases, you must specifically use the keyword LOCAL or the port number 65534 (both mean the same thing, but OVS is particular about it). You can determine port_number_of_eth1 via:
ovs-ofctl show OVSbr1
- If you want to insert these flows via your controller, you will need to either specify port 65534 explicitly or use whatever convention your controller uses to specify the LOCAL port of a bridge.
Remember to set your controller to all OVS bridges you want to control:
ovs-vsctl set-controller OVSbr1 tcp:127.0.0.1:6653 ptcp:6634:127.0.0.1 ovs-vsctl set-controller OVSbr2 tcp:127.0.0.1:6653 ptcp:6634:127.0.0.1
- Apart from these, remember to verify IP forwarding is enabled:
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
For an example of using this configuration, you may want to try out the OpenFlow NAT Example.
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Hello From Long Laney Honey Bee Farms! We are David & Sheri Burns helping you to learn and enjoy keeping honey bees. If you have not listened to our Studio Bee Live broadcast, please do. We answer beekeeping questions and give out good advice. Click here to listen now or go to: http://www.honeybeesonline.com/studiobeelive.html
This is where we just sit around and talk about beekeeping with you. Tune in and enjoy the fun.
Your bees should all be doing well now that there is plenty of nectar sources for the bees to forage on. Keep an eye on your mite populations and if you see more than you should, then consider using the GREEN DRONE COMB. These combs are plastic and have the drone cell size embossed on them already. The strategy behind the green comb is to have the queen lay these full of drone eggs, because the mites like the longer brood cycle of the drones (24 days until they emerge). Once the green drone comb is sealed, remove it, freeze it for 24 hours, scrap out the dead mites (and drones), then put it back in. Use 1 or 2 green comb against the wall of a deep hive body.
Your bees should all be doing well now that there is plenty of nectar sources for the bees to forage on. Keep an eye on your mite populations and if you see more than you should, then consider using the GREEN DRONE COMB. These combs are plastic and have the drone cell size embossed on them already. The strategy behind the green comb is to have the queen lay these full of drone eggs, because the mites like the longer brood cycle of the drones (24 days until they emerge). Once the green drone comb is sealed, remove it, freeze it for 24 hours, scrap out the dead mites (and drones), then put it back in. Use 1 or 2 green comb against the wall of a deep hive body.
We've been busy trying to get our queen operation up to full speed. I want to try and wet your appetite about raising your own queens. It is very simple to do. There are many methods and one that we use is a combination of the Doolittle method and the Smith method. Jay Smith was a beekeeper in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Indiana. I like his method the most. He grafted larva into queen cells, and then placed them in a starter hive, then after a day or two he placed them into a finishing hive. We have found this to be very effective. Some people do not even use a starter hive, they just place the grafts into a large hive above a queen excluder.
In our last lesson, I gave you an overview and some simple approaches to raising your own queen. Today, I want to go into a bit more depth on this subject. Before I do, let me remind you that on May 16th, I will be offering a one day hands-on course here on our honey bee farm just on queen rearing. This is on Saturday from 9am - 3pm with lunch provided. I'll teach you the fundamentals on queen rearing as well as take you out into the apiary to see first hand how to build a starter hive and what to look for in a finishing colony. If you'd like to take this class, please call us as registration is limited to 12. Call 217-427-2678.
Several people have asked me to explain about making my own queen cell cups from our own wax. Because some wax has been found to be contaminated with chemicals used to treat mites, we prefer either to use plastic cell cups or to make our own cups from our wax.
My father-n-law made me my cell cup maker. He started with a 1/4 inch dowel rod. The harder the wood the better, but anything will work well. He then used his grinder to shape the ends down to about 3/8 of an inch that tapers down as seen in the picture, which you can click on for a larger image. He then drilled holes slightly smaller than 1/4 inch and inserted the rods into a piece of wood. To dip these rod, you must first dip the tips into cold water. The more wet the tips are the easier it is to remove the queen cups.
Now, heat up your wax. We use a skillet we bought for $50 at Wal-mart. It works great for us.It has a thermostat so controlling the wax is very easy.
Now, the trick is to not make your cups larger than they need to be. Otherwise, it makes grafting more difficult. Dip them so that the wax goes up onto the rods between 3/8-5/16 of an inch. Now, I dip once, pull it out for about 20 seconds and re-dip. And I do it again. I usually dip around 3 or 4 times. Then, I have a large pan of icy water near by and I dip my cells down into the cold icy water for a minute or so. Now, I can gently twist off my cells. The first time or two on new wood can make it hard to remove the cells. But always dip the wood tips in cold water prior to dipping into wax. The more you use it the easier it is to get the cups off because the tips are not as porous. You can see my hot skillet in the picture, and I leave it just like this all the time. When I'm finished, I turn it off and put a lid on it. Then, the next time I want to use it, I crank it up and it's ready. Never anything to clean up and my wife has more pots and pans since I bought my own.
Now you need to prepare to graft. It takes proper planning to graft successfully. I use a cutter's board for easy clean up and keeps my graft area clean and tidy. When grafting larvae, it is important to keep them moist. Temperature is not a factor but moisture is. You do not want them to dry out. I use wet paper towels. As you can see, I place several wet paper towels flat on the cutter's block so that when I set my frame of larvae on it, the underside will remain moist. By the way, larva is one and larvae is more than one.
So set up your area, whether it is the kitchen table or the dash of your pickup truck, make sure you have everything you need. Grafting tool, flash light, magnifying glass or reader glasses, wet paper towels (a box of wet wipes works fine too and can be stored easily), cell cups on bar and cell cup frame.
Here's one of my experimental cell bars. As you can see, I'm trying to see if any of these cups make better queens. The first cup on the left is a plastic cup which I dipped into wax. The second and third cups are plastic and not dipped. The forth cup is a homemade wax cup and the rest are plastic. Most have found very little difference between the above cup configuration and therefore most grafters use the plastic cups. We use a combination now, but we do enjoy making our own cell cups. One reason is we do not reuse our plastic cups. So we always feel bad just throwing away hundreds of these cups. They can be cleaned but the effort is too hard and not worth the time.
Now, go out to the hive of your choice, a gentle hive that produces great honey and is not prone to have pest and disease issues. You now want to find a good frame to take back to graft from. Obviously you do not want a frame of honey, sealed brood or pollen. Some sealed brood is fine, like in the picture, because around the edge of this frame are some perfect aged larvae. An egg stands up in the base of a cell. But it lays down around day 3 or 4 and becomes a larva. We want to find the perfect age larva which by the naked eye will look like a comma on this page , and is about the same size only without the little dot at the top of the comma. Slightly curved laying flat on the bottom of the cell in royal jelly...that's what you are looking for. If it is too old, it will be more shaped like the letter c. In which case, they will not be able to feed it the "queen's food" as early as needed and the quality of the queen will suffer.
Once you find the perfect frame with the larvae you want to graft take it into your grafting room. Some people transport their frames in a cooler with some moist towels or rags and this is needed if there is considerable distance between your hive and where you will graft. I have actually grafted out in the apiary if the weather is not too bad. Try not to mishandle the frame. Just don't toss it in the back of your pickup truck.
Now, we are in the grafting room. Hope fills the air. You feel like a scientist or a surgeon about to perform the unbelievable... the unimaginable. Okay...stop thinking that way. It's not a big deal. Calm down.
Place your frame on the board with the top of the frame closest to you. The cells are angled toward the top slightly so this will help you see down into the cells. Find your comma shaped larva and use your grafting tool to scoop under it, taking the royal jelly and all. Now, place it into your new cell cup. You MUST keep the larva on the same side. In other words, whatever side was facing up before you grafted, make sure she lands in the new cup with that same side facing up. Bees breathe through spiracles on each side, and if you flip the larva over they will suffocate.
I love the Chinese grafting tool. I'm fast with it. It has a nice feel for me, and even has a little click when I release the larva into the new cup. But you can experiment to see which cup you like best. As you can see in the image, the Chinese grafting tool has a red button at the top and a small tip on the end. The tip is flexible and made of some sort of animal horn. The tip is flexible enough to go down into a cell, bend underneath the larva and royal jelly and then you just lift it out, being careful not to scrap the wall of the cell on the way back up.
Now you press the tip down into the base of the cell, centering well and slowly push the red bottom which pushes a piece of wood forcing the larva and royal jelly off the tip and into the base of the new cell.
You can see the wood in this close up picture and the top of the flexible horn can be seen in this picture as well. These grafting tools are easy to clean and reuse again and again. However, many people make their own grafting tools out of used dentist tools, tooth picks and other items. There are even expensive, more professional type grafting tools as well, so you'll have to test and see which one works best for you.
Your grafting technique will improve with practice. If you are unsuccessful at first, try grafting older, larger larvae just to test with. They are too old to work as queens, but it might be a starting point for you to try and then keep grafting smaller and smaller until you are comfortable with a 4 day old larva the size of a ",".
When I first started I would watch my grafting, looking into each cell and watching the whole time. Now, once I see the right aged larva, I do not look but just scoop and drop.
You do need good lighting and you might need visual assistance if you can't see up close. I go to Wal-mart and purchase reader glasses that are around 2.75 or 3+ magnification. Then I can graft with the eyesight of a 10 year old.
The more you graft the more you'll set up your operation to your needs.
Once I find the right larva to graft then I allow my tool to go into the cell until the tip hits the bottom. Then I let it curve under the larva. Now, I tilt it slightly backward so that the sticky larva is lifted from the base of the cell. The smaller the larvae the better, but more difficult it is to see and transfer. You do not want to move eggs. Eggs are too attached to the bottom and can be easily damaged. Once you've placed the larvae into the cups, do not be afraid when you are finished to turn them over. They will not fall out as they are stuck!
I usually graft about 60 cells at a time. I have a second set of paper towels handy so that I can cover the cells that I graft to keep them moist. Remember temperature is not so much of an issue when larvae are this young, but they can dry out.
I usually graft about 60 cells at a time. I have a second set of paper towels handy so that I can cover the cells that I graft to keep them moist. Remember temperature is not so much of an issue when larvae are this young, but they can dry out.
So when I finish each bar, I cover it with a wet paper towel and keep covering each one I complete until I am ready to place the frames of cells into my starter hive.
Last week I mentioned how to prepare your starter hive, but let me mention it again. You want young nurse bees packed into the starter nuc or hive. They need to be extremely over crowded! Your grafts will be much more successfully the more over crowded your starter hive is. It should be difficult to get the lid on! And, of course, it needs to be queenless and have some honey and pollen.
Now transfer your grafts into your starter hive for 24-36 hours. Then, move them over to a larger queenright hive above a queen excluder. Just remember, the cups are going to be capped around day 8 so you can remove the queen cells and place them in your nucs between day 8-10. In case you grafted older larva, you might have your timing of emergence off, so to avoid a queen killing the rest by emerging early, I like to gather my sealed cells on day 10, not day 11!
The reason we like the finishing hive is because of it's size, it can better tend to a larger number of grafts whereas the smaller nuc or starter hive may not raise all grafts due to limit resources.
Remember when handling queen cups after day 10 that you must be careful and they must stay around 92 degrees. Handle them gently and keep them in their vertical position. The wings are the last to develop and rough treatment could cause the wings to be underdeveloped and then they may not be able to fly and mate.
Once your queens emerge and you are ready to sell them, and you want to mark them. This makes it easier for the customer to find them in the future. The International queen color code is determined by the year. All years ending in their respective number determines the color as seen in this image.
The best way to mark your queen is to purchase a queen marking pen. These work really well. Some claimed a marked queen may not be as accepted, but we have never had hives act negatively toward a marked queen. I feel that marking a queen is a helpful way for you not only to find her, but to know if you still have the same queen.
In lesson 34 we demonstrated how to use a marking tube. But watch the video below as I show you how to mark a queen by holding her. First you pick her off the comb by her wings. Hold the tip of your index finger near her legs and she will hold on with her legs. Then, bring your thumb up and hold her by a couple of legs. We exclusively use this field approach to marking our queens. My video is a bit out of focus, but you can get the idea. Click on the image below to watch the video. If you are viewing this lesson within your Email program, you may not be able to view the video. If that's the case, then you'll need to read this lesson from our website at: http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com
For those of you who will sell your queens and ship them to your customers, you will want to make up your own cage candy. I just made a batch here. It is tricky, and you need to experiment. You use powdered sugar and a special syrup that you buy at most beekeeping places. Your mix cannot be too hard or the bees cannot eat through it to release the queen. But, if it is too runny, it can warm up and drip onto the queen and cause her to perish. So practice with the right mixture. When you think it is right, ship and queen to a friend or your brother to be sure it stays the right consistency when mailed.
Well, we've had a hard day grafting queens, but the day is over and you did a great job. You grafted, raised your queens, marked them, made candy for their cages and shipped them out. Now we can sit back in our lawn chair and sip on a nice glass of iced tea, sweet tea of course with lemon and look at our bee yard of mating nucs and ponder great philosophical questions like why does a smoker always work better when you don't need it any more?
Until the next lesson, BEE-have yourself!
David & Sheri Burns
Until the next lesson, BEE-have yourself!
David & Sheri Burns
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms
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