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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
snack idea: how to make an Aussie Apple
Kiersten is the creative genius behind Lunch Punch, the coolest thing to happen to sandwiches since sliced bread! Kiersten shares with us how all the cool little joeys take their apples to school. :)
"A" is for an Aussie Apple
In Australia, some children take their apples to school like this. It's a simple way to keep an apple fresh but easy and fun to eat.
All you need?
- 1 juicy apple
- 1 clean, washed rubber band
- 1 knife ("that's not a knoife, this is a knoife!")...Sorry couldn't resist the Crocodile Dundee reference.
Cut your apple 4 times as shown. Be careful to cut far enough away from the core to avoid the seeds.
Then put it back together like a block puzzle.
Put the rubber band around the chubby apple's waist.
Pack it in the lunchbox.
Enjoy. :)
Isn't that brilliant?
Kiersten, super star sandwich cutter queen of the universe, can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Well, not really on Twitter. She hasn't tweeted anything yet, but I'm sure she'll break down and chirp some fun tidbits sooner or later. :)
Thank you, Kiersten! :)
30 comments:
- Nicole said... [Reply to comment]
How nifty is that?!
- September 8, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Karla said... [Reply to comment]
Noice! That's how I cut the kids apples but it never occured to me to put it back together. AND it's exotic 'cuz it's an AUSSIE apple. : )
- September 8, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
I love this! This is how I cut apples anyway, but putting it back together with the rubber band is brilliant.
- September 8, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
OK, now my bento-brain is kicking in. How fun would it be to cut two similarly sized red and green apples this way and then mix up the colors when you put them back together?
- September 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM
I do the same as Karla, but never thought to put it back together either.
- September 8, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Captain Sharmie said... [Reply to comment]
that's adorable!
my mum actually used to do this for me when i was younger, in canada. then she'd wrap it in plastic wrap. now i know she wasn't the only clever one!
- September 8, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- poulink said... [Reply to comment]
We use the apple corer slicer, and cut almost to the bottom, then seal it back up. Then you get the slices, just peel them off when you get to lunch! It's a great take on this idea!
- September 8, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Kim said... [Reply to comment]
Cute idea! I use the apple corer slicer too but never thought of putting it back together!
Thank you for posting this and the link to the lunch punch, I just ordered the sandwishes and the critter cutter. I had ordered the easylunchboxes before I saw your post and am anxiously awaiting them. Oh and I put your button on my blog!
- September 8, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Crazy Mama said... [Reply to comment]
Does this stop the apple from browning?
- September 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Nisha said... [Reply to comment]
I'd imagine this would stop browning if you put it all back together quickly, as the surfaces would have less exposure to oxygen. Very clever! My boys wont eat browned apples.
- September 8, 2010 at 8:20 PM
- Quinn said... [Reply to comment]
Oh, wow! This is simply brilliant!! I bet that helps it stay more fresh and not brown as badly, too! Thanks for sharing!
- September 8, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- Jocelyn said... [Reply to comment]
That is such a great idea! How silly that we hadn't thought to do that before!
Oh, and I loved the Crocodile Dundee reference. It was not lost on me (snicker).
- September 9, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- SPIES said... [Reply to comment]
wouldn't the apple oxidised?
- September 9, 2010 at 2:56 AM
- Cristy said... [Reply to comment]
Only one prob - how does one fit a whole round apple into any of the bento-type lunch boxes? We are using the ELB's here and there's no way an apple is going to fit with it being "whole".
- September 9, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I haven't tried this fun trick yet, but keeping the apple sealed back up *should* keep it from browning. It's exposure to air that makes cut apples go brown. I haven't tried it yet, I can't find a rubberband in my house to save my life. If you have trouble with browning you can always dip the cut sides of apple in a little juice - anything with vitamin C works (ascorbic acid).
Chrisy - of course this wouldn't fit *inside* a bento box (it *would* fit in a Goodbyn though), but as a take-along snack it would be great! My kids always have a separate snack. If you have the ELB lunchbags to go with your ELB boxes you can carry the apple in there. :)
- September 9, 2010 at 8:49 AM
What a cool trick! I don't have kids to do it for (yet) BUT I would love to do it just for me!
- September 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
Yes it is brilliant! And it's like a puzzle for the kids, super cool trick thanks for sharing!
- September 9, 2010 at 1:40 PM
What a great idea! My son loves apples, but recently lost his two front teeth. This is PERFECT for him!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- ✿ Belle ✿ said... [Reply to comment]
love the idea!!!! and so easy! thanks for sharing the info :) its amazing to take to the office without carring a knife hmmm :)
- September 9, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- SewTamz on Etsy said... [Reply to comment]
Simple and brilliant! Thanks
- September 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Amy said... [Reply to comment]
File under "why didn't I think of that?"
- September 10, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- CherylinMA said... [Reply to comment]
Hello!? How neat is that!!! Thanks for sharing this simple delightful way to carry a cut apple.
- September 17, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Trish said... [Reply to comment]
My Dad used to do this for the four of us, but he'd cut up two apples and two oranges, then switch the segments so we would each get two quarters of apple and two quareters of orange, and we called them Beach Balls. Obviously the orange juice kept the apple from going brown.
- October 2, 2010 at 1:09 AM
- What Can He Eat? said... [Reply to comment]
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for the idea. I tried it for the first time today and posted it with a link back to your site. http://whatcanheeat.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post_06.html
- October 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- Elaine Z, said... [Reply to comment]
But does the apple taste like rubber band?
- August 30, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Aussie Apple? It is a great idea but being Australian and early childhood teacher in in Australia for many years I have NEVER seen it done like that before. Great idea though.
- October 4, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Funkymunkee, this trick was passed to me from Kiersten of Lunch Punch who is an Aussie. She asked me what I wanted to call it and I suggested Aussie Apple, after her. :)
- October 4, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- MyNoble Baby said... [Reply to comment]
Yeah....then I can try this for my girl. I used to soak in salt water but I feel it is not as fresh it is. Many thanks
- October 2, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Like the idea but not sure I'd trust my 12-year-old boy in the lunchroom with a rubber band...
- February 7, 2013 at 3:47 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
LOL! That made me laugh. :)
- February 7, 2013 at 4:44 PM


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I am brand new to linux and am unable to connect to the internet in Fedora 19. When I type
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lo: flags=73 mtu 65536
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loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 150 bytes 12792 (12.4 KiB)
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p9p1: flags=4163 mtu 1500
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RX packets 85 bytes 11964 (11.6 KiB)
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Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
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Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers)
I have tried to find what I can do to connect to the internet and I have been unsuccessful. I am using a wired connection through a router. I can ping 127.0.0.1 but cannot ping out.
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When I open /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ifcfg-profile_1-1 I get this
TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEFROUTE=yes PEERDNS=yes PEERROUTES=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes IPV6_PEERDNS=yes IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no NAME="Profile 1" UUID=d5d3e20c-6ef1-4e11-bf40-0cf5a7c6b463 ONBOOT=yes
Since PEERRDNS=yes what server information am I putting in the /etc/resolve.conf since mine is blank? Also in my network-scripts file I have ifcfg-lo and ifcfg-profile_1 and ifcfg-profile_1-1
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When I type sudo dhclient p9p1 -v I get dhclient (2039) is already running -and exiting. this version of USC dhcp is based on the release available on FTP.isc.org. features have been added and other changes have been made to the base software release in order to make it work better with this distribution.


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For my entry this week, id like to share the things im thankful about this week.
1. I was blessed to have a nice birthday bash
My birthday was on Monday annd i had two celebrations, one was last weekedn at the beach and last Monday at home. I'm glad that i was given the chance and the finances to share my blessings with my loved ones.
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DALLAS - This time, the Columbus Blue Jackets didn't waste a third-period lead.
Rick Nash scored twice, Steve Mason made 36 saves, and the Blue Jackets registered their first regulation road win of the season, 4-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.
Antoine Vermette added a goal, and John Moore contributed two assists for the Blue Jackets, who had been 3-12-2 on the road. All three victories had come in overtime or a shootout.
Columbus had failed to win in regulation when leading after two periods in eight straight games, so protecting the lead in the final 20 minutes was a sign of progress.
"After all the things that have kind of backfired on us in the last few weeks, that was a great 20-man effort," Columbus coach Scott Arniel said. "From getting an early lead to building on that lead, and then not giving up a whole lot at the end, it was a solid effort."
Fedor Tyutin's empty-net goal with 2 seconds left clinched the victory for the Jackets, who have an NHL-worst 25 points.
Columbus also had to kill two power plays in the final six minutes to maintain control.
"A lot of people have wondered if everybody cares on this team," Mason said. "We put in a good effort. There have been a lot of hurdles to overcome, whether it's bad breaks or bad performance. So it's nice to get a win."
Vernon Fiddler had a goal for Dallas, and Kari Lehtonen stopped 25 shots in his return from a 12-game absence while recovering from a groin injury.
Lehtonen said he took about half the game before he got into a rhythm.
"It was all right," he said. "I was hoping that I would be a little more comfortable. The first 30 minutes, I was just trying to get used to playing again in game situations, but after that, the second half, I felt normal again, so that was good."
Lehtonen said Mason was simply better.
"I made some good saves, but their guy just had a phenomenal game. That's why it doesn't feel that awesome right now," Lehtonen said.
Dallas held a 37-29 shots advantage, but had too many attempts from distance.
Nash gave the Blue Jackets a fast start when he popped a loose puck past an out-of-position Lehtonen and into an open net at 3:50 of the first period.
Fiddler tied it at 8:57, striking off a scramble in front of the net after Mason fumbled the puck while making the initial stop.
Vermette sent a rebound past Lehtonen at 2:10 of the second to put Columbus in front 2-1.
Nash notched his team-high 12th goal on a snap shot from the slot at 6:09 of the third. Nash has 17 goals in 32 games against Dallas.
"It's fun to win in a place like this against a team that's tough to play against," Nash said.
NOTES: Columbus D James Wisniewski was hit in the left ankle by a Dallas shot in the second period and didn't return. "It looks like (Wisniewski) has a broken ankle," Arniel said. ... Dallas LW Brenden Morrow was knocked out of the game early in the third period by a knee injury and is day-to-day. ... D Sheldon Souray (ankle), F Tomas Vincour (knee) and D Stephane Robidas (foot) sat out for the Stars. ... G Curtis Sanford (hip, back), LW Kristian Huselius (lower body) and D Radek Martinek (concussion) missed the game for Columbus. ... The Blue Jackets opened a stretch of five of six games on the road. ... Rookie Richard Bachman was 5-2 while subbing for Lehtonen after veteran backup Andrew Raycroft went 2-8. Bachman became the backup when Raycroft was assigned to the Texas Stars of the AHL on Thursday after clearing NHL waivers.


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Sharp stealing spotlight from better-known teammatesby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Sharp's name isn't the first to roll off the tongue whenever people talk about the stars of the Chicago Blackhawks.
It's always included, of course, but further down the list. First, usually, is captain Jonathan Toews, followed by forwards Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa. Then will come defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.
By the time they get to Sharp, his name often is attached to a catch-all phrase like: "Oh yeah, they've also got Sharp," followed by something about Chicago's incredible depth of talent.
Six games into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, however, the player wearing No. 10 on his back is proving himself to be a lot more important to the Blackhawks than just an "also" guy, leading the team with nine points and tying for the NHL lead with six goals.
He's also taking some heat off Toews and Kane, neither of whom has scored a goal yet.
"I'm sure he loves it, all the attention," Kane said Thursday. "Hopefully as time goes on, we'll take a little bit of that pressure off him. I think that's the thing with our team. If one or two guys aren't scoring, other guys are stepping up -- Hossa, Sharp and other guys, too. That's how it's been all year, another guy keeps stepping up every night and produces somehow."
Wednesday at United Center, during the Blackhawks' 4-1 win to open a Western Conference Semifinal series against the Detroit Red Wings, Sharp assisted on Chicago's first two goals and then scored into an empty net for the final margin.
It was the third game in a row he's had a goal. Sharp has found the back of the net in four of the Blackhawks' six playoff games thus far and has recorded at least a point in five straight.
None of that should come as any surprise to those who follow the Blackhawks closely and remember their 2010 run to the Stanley Cup. Sharp and former Blackhawk Dustin Byfuglien finished tied for the team lead in goals with 11, and Sharp added 11 assists to finish third in points with 22, trailing only Toews (29) and Kane (28).
The previous two trips to the playoffs, however, gnawed at Sharp heading into this season. The Blackhawks bowed out in the first round in back-to-back years after re-tooling the roster for salary-cap issues, and no one felt the sting more than Sharp.
"I wasn't happy with the way things ended in the playoffs last year," Sharp said following Game 1 against Detroit. "That's something I carried with me all summer and [during] the lockout. I was really looking forward to getting a chance to get back in the postseason."
Now that it's happened, he's not wasting many chances to capitalize.
"He's been really good," Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford said. "That quick shot of his just handcuffs goalies sometimes … surprises them. His speed is underestimated, just how fast that guy can skate with the puck. He's definitely one of our top guys and we need him to be at his best, which he has been."
Sharp, who still hasn't experienced a Chicago defeat in regulation this season, also has a plus-6 rating and is shooting 20.7 percent on the 29 shots he's put on goal. As good as he's been offensively, his play also has been elite at the other end of the rink.
After missing 21 regular-season games with an upper-body injury, Sharp now is trying to forge a sweeter end to this season than the sting he felt by missing the middle. He's not selfish about it, either, melding his game with Kane's to form a lethal cross-ice combination on the second line.
"I don't care who scores and who gets the assists … it is all the same," Sharp said. "[The media] was beating up on me at the start of the year when I wasn't scoring and I was getting assists. Now you're telling me I'm great because I'm scoring and not getting assists … but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who scores. Our team is going to produce goals, and it doesn't matter to us who's doing it."


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"What two ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia?" asked Rev Sydney Smith and it's true that beer is a fundamental part of British culture. Beer is the cornerstone of the village pub, it's part of so many rites of passage and is far and away the most popular drink in the country. To feed that demand Britain is home to over 1000 breweries and although styles vary by region, with Scotland beer having a bias toward a darker more malty brews and the English beer favouring a lighter hoppy ale, almost all breweries specialise in top-fermented beer production – better known to you and I as ales.
Despite having a focus on ale production, Britain's most popular type of beer is lager, largely due to mass production & mass marketing budgets by the huge beer conglomerates although the real fightback started with the establishment of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) in the early 1970s & continues today with the Craft Beer revolution. For reasons covered in our real ale notes this movement is bogged down with definitions of what makes great beer. However most agree that Britain has a proud brewing tradition and stands out as one of the global ale supremos.
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13-14 Italy #9 Viali Home Blue Soccer Jersey Shirt
Italy Soccer Jersey Replica
Model Year: 2013-2014
Country and League: Europe
Material: Polyester
Type of Brand Logo: Printed
Type of Team Badge: Printed
Classic Azzuri design with team badge at chest. PUMA logos at chest and sleeves. Moisture wicking technology. Polyester.
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Tuck into finger sandwiches, scones and decadent patisseries at one of the artisan craft bakeries and 1950s-inspired cafes across the UK
Customer Reviews
All reviews are from people who have redeemed deals with this merchant.
What You'll Get
Choose Between Two Options
- £19 for traditional afternoon tea for two (24% off)
- £25 for sparkling afternoon tea for two, valid at selected locations only (17% off)
The menu includes:
Savoury: cucumber on white bread | smoked salmon and cream cheese on brown bread | egg mayonnaise and cress on brown bread | ham, spinach and mustard on white bread | chicken, pesto and sunblazed tomatoes on brown bread | mini vegetable quiche
Patisserie: one mini Victoria sandwich | two mini chocolate éclairs | one mini carrot and walnut cake slice | one mini mixed berry mousse slice | one mini double chocolate mousse slice
Scones: two fruit and two plain scones with strawberry and raspberry jam and clotted cream
A choice of drink: pot of loose leaf tea such as Earl Grey, breakfast tea or peppermint | cappuccino | latte | a glass of Prosecco with sparkling afternoon tea
- Visit merchant's website for a list of all locations
- Offer is not valid in concession stores
- Sparkling afternoon tea is available at selected locations only, including: Aberdeen | Birmingham Resorts World | Bradford | Chester | Glasgow Royal Exchange | Glasgow West Nile | Hove | Knightsbridge | Lincoln | London Oxford Street Debenhams | London Marylebone | London Soho (Old Compton Street) | London Spitalfields | Nottingham Royal Exchange
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Offer expires 30 Jun 2018.
Purchase: Limit 1 per 2 people, may buy 10 additional as gifts. Max. party size: 4 people.
Booking: No booking required. Online bookings will not be accepted. Present Groupon on arrival. Waiting times may apply at peak times.
Restrictions: Must be 16 or older. Must be 18 or older for Prosecco option. Eat-in only. Valid for set menu only. Visit merchant's website for a list of locations. Not valid in concession stores: Cheltenham Gallagher Retail Park, Euston Station, Paddington, Camberley, Hounslow, Lakeside Essex, Manchester Fort, Manchester Oxford Street, Selfridges Bull Ring, Selfridges Trafford Centre and Victoria Station. Prosecco option only valid at: Aberdeen, Birmingham Resorts World, Bradford, Chester, Glasgow Royal Exchange, Glasgow West Nile, Hove, Knightsbridge, Lincoln, London Oxford Street Debenhams, London Marylebone, London Soho (Old Compton Street), London Spitalfields, Nottingham Royal Exchange. Valid Mon-Sun, check merchant's website for individual closing times. Subject to availability and whilst stocks last. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers. Valid for option purchased only.
Original values: Verified using our merchant's menu on 22 Mar 2018.
About Patisserie Valerie
First established in Soho in 1926, Patisserie Valerie follows artisanal baking traditions brought to London by Belgian-born Madam Valerie, whose mission was to introduce continental patisserie to the English. Now boasting over 120 venues nationwide, the company adorns its cafes with the 1950s-inspired decor and serves up an array of freshly-made cakes, craft pastries, breakfasts, lunches, coffees and loose-leaf teas. Their specialities include meticulously-crafted croissants and viennoiseries, as well as homemade Italian-style gelato.


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"And if my humidity is 35 percent different from yours, my cheese is going to taste just as good as yours. It may have a different color of mold on it, but it'll taste just as good. And yours is going to be twice as expensive, and you're a highway robber. And you're contributing to the preciousness and folly of Americans trying to emulate something in France that has nothing to do with quality. It has to do with expedience. Are you getting me here?" - Steve Jenkins, Fairway
Link to the full story from the NY Times. (Read till the end to see the results of the taste test.)


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High5 IsoGel is not really a gel at all. Despite the name, it's a liquid. So it's a carb-based sports drink in a gel-style sachet. Thus, it delivers energy and hydration - unlike normal gels where you need to take on liquid separately - but it's of questionable benefit for most road cyclists.
Each sachet of IsoGel is 60g. According to the packaging, each gel contains 26g of carbohydrate, providing 104 kcal of energy. According to the High5 website, each gel contains 22g of carb, providing 88 kcal.
Either way, the main ingredients include water, glucose and fruit juice. The texture is - as you might expect - just like watered-down fruit juice. The taste is not sweet at all, making this drink very pleasant and refreshing.
Isogels are also available in a 'Plus' version, where the standard ingredients are joined by 30mg of caffeine. According to High5 website this will 'enhance performance and improve carbohydrate uptake'.
I have tested several sachets of standard IsoGel and Isogel Plus on some long rides, and they definitely work, but I found them no better or worse than High5's other energy gels (reviewed elsewhere on road.cc) which contain a similar amount of carb - 20g - but without the additional 40g of water.
So while these Isogels might be a neat idea for runners, I don't think they're any more useful for cyclists than 'normal' gels - assuming you've got a bottle on your bike. In addition, the Isogels weigh more than a normal gel with the same amount of carb content, they're more bulky in your back pocket, and they're hard to consume on the go as the fluid escapes easily from the sachet.
Having said that, I suppose it might be useful to carry one or two Isogels in case your bottles run dry in the last 10 miles of a long sportive. Also, some riders may prefer the taste and consistency of Isogels compared to normal gels, but if you struggle with normal gels and want something more liquid, then you're probably better off just using a carb-based energy drink in a bottle.
Isogels retail on the High5 website for £24.75 plus £5.75 postage for a box of 25 gels. This works out at just over £1 per sachet, and you can find them cheaper at your local bike shop or the usual on-line stores, which makes them pretty good value on a crude carbs-per-quid basis.
An energy gel that's more like a sports drink in a sachet, but of limited use to most cyclists.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: High5 Isogel and Isogel Plus Carbohydrate Energy Gel - 25 x 60ml
Size tested: Citrus Plus flavour, 25 x 60ml sachets
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The High5 webiste says: "ISOGEL is a new type of energy gel that doesn't need to be taken with additional water. Just tear off the end and drink it neat. The clever part about ISOGEL is that it actually tastes and feels like a normal sport drink but still delivers 24 grams of carbohydrate per 60ml palm-sized sachet. It's not slimy, it's not like runny jelly and it tastes fantastic even in the later stages of racing or training."
This is all perfectly true, but most cyclists will probably find it easier to use normal gels for energy and normal bottles for hydration, rather than this combined method.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
The High5 website goes on to say: "Like all High5 products ISOGEL has been extensively tested in the lab and with athlete groups who have given it a unanimous thumbs up. So no more waiting till the water station to get extra fuel on board, no more slimy tasteless jelly gloop, it really is just like a sports drink."
The sachets have a tear-off tab with indents, making them easy to open with one hand and a few teeth while on the go. However, it's also easy for the liquid escape, and spill all over your face and bike. I found that biting a small hole and sucking the liquid out can be a more successful method, but still got sticky hands afterwards. This bite-and-suck method also means you won't accidentally drop the tear-off tab, which might be a major plus for litter-conscious cyclists.
These gels definitely work. The standard version provides enough energy to keep you going for 20 to 30 minutes of hard riding, while the caffeine boost is noticeable and useful at the start or end of a long day out in the saddle.
These gels weight 60g, but provide only 22g of carb, which is a poor ratio compared to normal energy gels. Granted, this is not comparing like with like - the whole idea of IsoGels is that they offer liquid in addition to carbs - but as most cyclists have a bottle on their bike this is not really a benefit.
On a crude carbs-per-quid basis, this product is good value.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Both standard IsoGel and Isogel Plus definitely work, but I found them no better or worse than High5's other energy gels which contain a similar amount of carb - 20g - but without the additional 40g of water.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Refreshing taste.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Unnecessary extra weight. Bulky in back pocket.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes, but only just.
Would you consider buying the product? No.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? No.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Giving the IsoGel an overall rating is difficult. There's nothing wrong with this product as a source of energy and hydration, so on that basis it would score an 8, but in my opinion it's of limited use to cyclists - it's relatively heavy, bulky and hard to consume on the go - which lowers the score to 6.
About the tester
Age: 51 Height: 5ft 10 / 178cm Weight: 11 stone / 70kg
I usually ride: an old Marin Alp, or an old steel classic My best bike is: an old Giant Cadex (can you see a theme here?)
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: touring, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,


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I enjoy managing to obtain photographs of my ancestors but there are other ways to give that special touch to your records.
One of my favourite photographs is that of my grandfather who died on my 5th birthday back in 1964. I spent a number of years researching this side of my family and it gave me great pleasure too.
I got to hear about a talented young artist from Co. Armagh who now lives here in Co. Cork. I asked him if he would be interested in sketching a picture of my grandfather as I wished to give this as a present to the family. I was delighted with the sketch and I certainly can recommend him. (see link below sketch)
I could talk about this forever but it's best to just show you........the sketch is the 2nd image.
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April 30, 2013
By: Nate Birt, Farm Journal Social Media and News Editor
With farms in many Corn Belt states still largely unplanted as May 1 approaches, it's understandable that growers are concerned about future corn yields, says Emerson Nafziger, crop sciences professor at the University of Illinois. At the same time, the best way to optimize yields now is to be ready to get into the fields once they've dried out enough.
"It's still pretty clear that yield losses don't take a large, sudden drop just because the calendar turns form April to May before we finish planting," Nafziger says. In general, yield losses accelerate as planting is delayed, and research shows that we can expect about 15% lower yields by May 20 and about 25% loss by June 1.
"It's not a cliff, it's a fairly gradual slope," Nafziger says, referring to yield potential losses as planting gets pushed back. "In our research, we've found that yield losses are about 0.5%, 0.7%, and 0.9% per day of delay for the first, second, and third 10-day periods in May. With a little loss in yield for delays from April into May, our data will project yield losses of about 8%, 15%, and 24% for planting done on May 10, May 20 and May 30."
Planting date data are notoriously variable, though, with some years showing little loss for late May planting and others showing large losses. This only emphasizes the fact that actual loss from late planting is tied to conditions during the rest of the season more than to planting date, though late planting can set the crop up to experience less favorable growing conditions.
What farmers are seeing this year isn't unusual: On average, over the last 20 years, Illinois farmers have not been 50% planted by the first of May, Nafziger says. And even when Illinois farmers do get above that threshold—for example, more than 80% were planted by May 1, 2012—conditions during the growing season often have a far greater impact on yield than planting date.
At this point, farmers don't need to worry about changing plant populations, he says. Nor should they be concerned that a lot of nitrogen applied in the fall or earlier this spring has been lost. In general, temperatures haven't been consistently high enough to produce rapid conversion of nitrogen to nitrate; the greatest risk of that happening is normally in June, when soils are warm and nitrates are lost during heavy rains.
It's also still a good idea to plant corn before soybeans, Nafziger says, because yield losses will generally be larger for the former crop rather than the latter as planting gets pushed back.
While farmers might be tempted to roll out the planters on the heels of ponding in fields, it's best to just wait for several good drying days before proceeding, Nafziger says. That's because planting when it's too muddy can result in compaction that damages root growth.
Other Extension experts from states such as Wisconsin and Kansas agree that planting date is just one factor among many that determines corn yield. Here are excerpts from several reports about corn planting date and yield. Click the title of the report to read the full analysis from each Extension service.
The Best Corn Planting Dates Are Yet To Come
Source: University of Wisconsin, 2013 "The date when maximum yield occurs varies from April 10 to May 3. We were still within 95% of the maximum until April 29, 2005 and May 19, 2011."
The Planting Date Conundrum for Corn
Source: Purdue University, 2013 "Even though one can statistically define a mathematical relationship between departure from trend yield and planting progress by April 30 or May 15, the relationship only accounts for 22 to 24% of the variability in yield trend departures from year to year."
Source: Iowa State University, 2001 "A useful method for estimating a start date for corn planting is to add up the number of days expected to plant all acres plus the number of days of anticipated weather, mechanical, and personal delays, and back up that many days from May 10."
Source: Kansas State University, 1994 "Many producers use soil temperature to determine planting time. Planting when the soil temperature reaches 55°F at a 2-inch depth appears to be an excellent guide."
Illinois Agronomy Handbook: Corn
Source: University of Illinois "Yield losses continue to accelerate as planting is delayed into June, and expected yields reach 50% of early planted yields by about June 20 to 25."


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Do you want British English or American English? There are many many differences in this semantic field. An Englishman in his vest and pants is wearing much less than an American.
There are different nouns for different types of clothings. Could you please give me a summary and explanation of the different types of clothings. I have the following in question at the moment:
tank top
platform shoes
boot-cut jeans
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Do you want British English or American English? There are many many differences in this semantic field. An Englishman in his vest and pants is wearing much less than an American.
We don't normally pluralize clothing, since it already is a plural. What you can say is there are different types of clothes.
Here is a page with sweaters: sweater - Google Image Search
A cardigan is a type of sweater. Here are some: cardigan sweaters - Google Image Search
I found some jumpers, but a good deal of them are not items of clothing. You might find it interesting anyhow. Go to: jumper - Google Image Search
Have fun!
In American English, a jumper is a type of sleeveless dress that is worn over a blouse or sweater.
A tank top is a sleeveless shirt with a low-cut neck.
A sweatshirt is a fleece-lined shirt. It can have long or short sleeves, be a pullover style or zip up the front. It can also have a hood (called a "hoody" in BrE).
Platform shoes were all the rage in the 1970s, and came back into fashion in the late 1990s. (Can we blame the Spice Girls for that?)
A blouse can describe almost any type of women's shirt.
Capri pants end just below the kneee. They are a dubious fashion trend and are more appropriate for digging clams on the beach than for every day wear.
Boot-cut jeans are loose through the leg and wider at the ankle, so that you can comfortably wear boots underneath them.
Here are some tank tops: tank top - Google Image Search
Some sweatshirts: sweatshirt - Google Image Search
Many of the most influential fashion icons, from Audrey Hepburn to Jackie Onassis, spent long periods on the island, turning heads and launching fashions, such as the recently undusted Capri pants and canvas and cord sandals.
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(Photographs and Text, Copyright (c) 2014 Cynthia Shenette) What a difference a century makes! Well, maybe not exactly a century, but pretty darn close to it. The original photo was probably taken about 95 years years ago, in the late 1910s. I wrote a post about it back in April 2012. At the time I wasn't sure where the photo was taken, but with a little research and a whole lot of luck discovered it was taken at Purgatory Chasm in Middletown, Rhode Island.
My family and I go to Newport every once in a while, and last November I
It's amazing how different things look now. It's hard to see the ocean with all of the trees and brush in the way. I wondered from what vantage point the original photo was taken. Now I know. There is a footbridge over the chasm. I took my photo from the same spot.
There's also another lookout over the rocks to the left of the chasm. See all of the dots in the surf?
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Only ten weeks to go! Time for an alphabetical summary of the many leading-edge themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) - being held June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City and co-located with Big Data Expo 2012 New York (1st Big Data Expo). There is truly no bigger or better event on earth that allows you to play catch-up via so many different technical and strategy sessions devoted to Enterprise IT's two fastest-growing trends - Cloud Computing & Big Data - under one roof.
10th Cloud Expo Keynote – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Apache Hadoop – see Hadoop
Apache HBase – see HBase
APIs – Why are APIs so important in clouds? That is a question that the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mårten Mickos [Speaker Profile] - one of Cloud Expo's most popular regular speakers - will seek to answer in his Cloud Expo 2012 New York session entitled "Clouds Are All About APIs". He will also be asking whether we will end up with one, two or more standards and wondering how will this affect the evolution and adoption of cloud computing.
Application Consolidation – see Platform as a Service
Australia – see Case Studies
Best Practices – There are numerous best practices sessions throughout the program at 10th Cloud Expo in New York. They include "Best Practices for Big Unstructured Data Storage" by Tom Leyden [Speaker Profile]; "Infrastructure Planning & Control in Next Generation Data Centers" by Andrew Hillier; and "Elastic IT: How the Cloud Can Benefit Organizations of Any Size" by John Peterson.
Big Data – With the advent of the first ever Big Data Pavilion, 10th Cloud Expo's exhibit floor and program will both be awash with Big Data discussions and solutions. For details of relevant sessions, see elsewhere on this page: Big Data and the Cloud | Big Data Revolution | Big Unstructured Data | The Growing Big Data Tools Landscape | Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud | Scaling Big Data in the Cloud |
Big Data and the Cloud – Cloud-based, real-time analytics can help save more than 50% in business insight-related costs, and collaborative business process services can help increase employee productivity by 25%. That, anyway, is the contention that will be made by IBM's VP of Big Data & Streams, Anjul Bhambhri [Speaker Profile], in a 10th Cloud Expo session that will be examining how, in the era of smarter computing, any enterprise can apply the transformative power of cloud computing to reinvent the way it does business and improve economics. IBM has worked with a broad range of clients, across all industries, to help them define their big data strategies, and was recently named a "Leader" in The Forrester Wave for Enterprise Hadoop Solutions, Q1 2012. Anjul's session is called "Big Data and the Cloud".
Big Data in the Cloud – see Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud
Big Data Revolution – What exactly is Big Data and what can you do with it? What are some of the considerations if you need to run a high-performance production system? In a 10th Cloud Expo session called "Big Data Revolution" delegates can join the team fro GoGrid and learn how one of its customers leverages the power of Big Data and the scalability of the cloud to vastly improve its product.
Big Data Tools – In a session titled "The Growing Big Data Tools Landscape: Choosing the Right One for Your Enterprise", Chief Strategy Officer for GCE, David Lucas [Speaker Profile], will be running through what enterprises really need to know about the growing set of big data tools - both those being leveraged by organizations today as well as the new and innovative tools just arriving on the scene. "Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, HBase, Lucene, Solr?" says Lucas. "The only thing growing faster than enterprise data these days is the landscape of big data tools."
Big Unstructured Data – In a session titled "Best Practices for Big Unstructured Data Storage", Tom Leyden [Speaker Profile] of Amplidata will explain what Big Unstructured Data is (lots of large, unstructured files) and how you build scalable storage infrastructures that can handle such volumes of data. Tom's focus will be on Object Storage - the future storage paradigm that uses concepts of cloud computing to optimize the back-end storage for cloud applications.
Case Studies – With cloud computing having moved so conclusively now from being a noun to a verb, 10th Cloud Expo abounds in case studies featuring real-world implementations of cloud-based solutions. One good example is the session entitled "Cloud Triumphs and Pitfalls: Lessons from Commonwealth Bank of Australia", in which ServiceMesh Sr. VP Dave Roberts [Speaker Profile] combines with Jon Waldron, Executive Architect at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, to explore key lessons learned by the largest bank in Australia during the rollout of multiple enterprise-wide, private cloud services. "Come find out what worked and what didn't so you can apply the same lessons to your own cloud initiatives," Roberts invites.
Chief Innovation Officer – see IT As Innovation Leadership
Cloud Analytics – see Eucalyptus | Hadoop | Spatial Analytics
Cloud & Government IT – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Cloud APIs – see Eucalyptus
Cloud Bootcamp – see Cloud Computing Bootcamp
Cloud Computing Bootcamp – As at every Cloud Expo to date, 10th Cloud Expo features our ever-popular Cloud Computing Bootcamp, with Larry Carvalho [Speaker Profile] back by popular demand as 2012 Bootcamp Instructor. "We offer multiple days of actionable insight into what vendor offerings are currently available and help you comprehend their strategy," says Larry. Well worth visiting and/or following in full!
Cloud Databases – see PostgreSQL | Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Cloud Expo Keynote – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Cloud Orchestration – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Cloud Security – see also Dark Side of Virtualization
Cloud Standards – Will we end up with one, two or more competing cloud standards? And, how will this affect the evolution and adoption of cloud computing? These are questions that the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mårten Mickos [Speaker Profile] - one of Cloud Expo's most popular regular speakers - will seek to answer in his Cloud Expo 2012 New York session entitled "Clouds Are All About APIs". He will also be asking why APIs are so important in clouds, and whether Cloud APIs have to be open.
Cloud Storage – see also Scale-out Storage
Cloud Storage – In a session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Building and Using an Open Source Storage Solution", John Dickinson, Project Technical Lead at Rackspace Hosting, where he works on Rackspace's Cloud Files product, will be exploring the ABCs of Swift, one of the largest open source object storage projects He'll also explore real-world scenarios in addition to the lessons learned from building and running the largest OpenStack Swift Clusters in the world at Rackspace.
Cloud Triumphs and Pitfalls – see Case Studies
Commonwealth Bank of Australia – see Case Studies
Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud – IT managers are dealing with growing constraints on space, power and costs to manage their data center infrastructure, which is why Cloud Expo 2012 New York Platinum sponsor Intel is bringing together a broad network of leading hardware and solution providers to build and enhance cloud solutions that are interoperable, multi-vendor and embrace open standards. In a General Session entitled "Managing the Explosive Growth and Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud" Intel will be joined by key partners on-stage to talk about the latest Cloud solutions and service offerings that they are offering based on Intel architecture.
Copyright and the Cloud – Widespread adoption new cloud functionality is bringing dramatic changes in the ecology and characteristics of content use and re-use. As cloud-based content usage increases, so-called "repertory-style" licensing will likely become an ever more critical and indispensable part of the toolkit for collaboration and content-sharing. Hear all about it in the 10th Cloud Expo session "Copyright and the Cloud: Publishing, Content Workflow and Licensing" being given by Christopher Kenneally, Director of Business Development at Copyright Clearance Center.
Dark Side of Virtualization – What are the types of situations when you should consider not virtualizing some of your applications? Reasons might range from technical to legal to IT ops to politics to finances. In his 10th Cloud Expo session, Dave Asprey [Speaker Profile], VP of Cloud Security at Trend Micro, will be giving a true IT insider's guide to the truth about virtualization. Dave's session is called, in full: "The Dark Side of Virtualization: Ten Situations Where Virtualization Won't Improve Security, Performance, or Availability".
Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) – see PostgreSQL
Database Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
DBaaS – see PostgreSQL
Elastic IT – IT organizations have looked to the cloud to offload the challenge of security management and take advantage of the elasticity which the cloud offers. In an interactive session at 10th Cloud Expo, John Peterson, VP of Technical Services at Barracuda Networks will explore this shift, its benefits, and discuss best practices, including case study examples that organizations can use to scale up or down the computes required to deliver this security as they expand and contract over time. His session is called: "Elastic IT: How the Cloud Can Benefit Organizations of Any Size".
Enterprise Hadoop Solutions – see Big Data and the Cloud
Enterprise-Wide Private Cloud Services – see Case Studies
Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud – Cloud is a shift from the focus on underlying technology implementation to leveraging existing implementations and further building upon them. In his session at 10th Cloud Expo, the CTO of the U.S. Dept. Justice, Ajay Budhraja [Speaker Profile], will discuss how for example the requirement to access multiple clouds will cause a shift towards utilizing identity management services and single sign-on capabilities."With cloud services," he says, "a traditional project that just obtained survey information from customers and provided reports can be transitioned to leverage an authentication service, cloud customer information service, cloud reporting service and other cloud services to provide a scalable, highly integrated solution quickly."
Ethernet SAN – see Scale-out Storage
Eucalyptus – As datasets grow in size and numbers in the enterprise, there needs to be a place to store, secure and analyze the datasets. An IaaS cloud like Eucalyptus can be "the place" to enable enterprises to deploy Big Data analytics and applications. That, anyway, will be the contention made by Eucalyptus Systems' Director of Product Management, Govind Rangasamy, in his New York session "Running Big Data Applications on Eucalyptus IaaS Cloud". Since the Euca cloud has the industry's de-facto standard IaaS API implementation, Govind will be able to make a powerful case! Eucalyptus also already has a vast ecosystem of Big Data industry partners.
Hadoop – As the saying (now) goes, "if it's partionable, it's Hadoopable"...and truly Apache Hadoop is front, left and center nowadays at any event featuring Cloud Computing & Big Data, and ours is no exception. Sessions include: "Apache Hadoop: Now, Next, and Beyond" by the Co-Founder & CEO of Hortonworks, Eric Baldeschwieler [Speaker Profile]; "Crash Course In Open Source Cloud Computing" by Citrix's Mark Hinkle [Speaker Profile];
Hadoop: Now, Next, and Beyond – One highly popular session in June is certain to be the one on Hadoop being given by the Co-Founder & CEO of Hortonworks, Eric Baldeschwieler [Speaker Profile]. Eric was the engineer responsible, while he was at Yahoo!, for building and managing the team that took Apache Hadoop from a prototype to a system Yahoo! uses on 42,000 computers. In his session, he will discuss the exciting developments that have happened recently with the Apache Hadoop project, what is has already accomplished (including real-world examples), and what it is going to make possible in the future.
HBase – see Big Data Tools
Hive – see Big Data Tools
Hybrid Cloud – The reality is that every IT organization will face a mixed deployment model going forward, which is why the 10th Cloud Expo session by HyperStratus CEO Bernard Golden [Speaker Profile] will address the opportunities and constraints IT organizations confront as they chart their hybrid cloud future. "Endless discussion about the 'right' cloud delivery model has not produced a consensus," says Bernard. "Instead, the cacophony of discussion resembles a Fox News Show - all talking points and no enlightenment." According he proposes to get beyond that and on to much more useful, real-world discussion in his session entitled, tellingly, "Private vs. Public vs. Hybrid: Moving Beyond the Soundbites".
HPC in the Cloud – High-Performance Computing (HPC) and the Cloud make a cost-effective duo. Something called "process level virtualization" technology - with a very low footprint to create a robust and fault-tolerant virtual private cloud - can leverage existing IT infrastructure and achieve supercomputing performance at lower cost "and with zero management and integration effort" according to Eyal Maor, entrepreneur and CEO of Xoreax. He'll be giving a session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Achieving Cost-Effective HPC in the Cloud Through Process Level Virtualization".
IaaS Cloud – see also Eucalyptus
IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux – Can efficient and powerful hardware, used along with both open source and proprietary software, be ulitilized to achieve an ideal balance between performance vs cost? Mike Carpenter, VP Business Development with CARI.net, believes so and his 10th Cloud Expo session "Architecting the Full Performance Potential of IaaS Cloud Services For Windows, Linux And Appliances" aims to explain how. "There is a gentle yet optimal balance between performance, redundancy and capacity," MIke will explain.
Infrastructure Planning & Control – In his 10th Cloud Expo session, CiRBA's CTO & Co-founder Andrew Hillier will be outlining best practices for gaining control over dynamic capacity supply and workload demand in large-scale virtual and cloud infrastructure. His session is called "Infrastructure Planning & Control in Next Generation Data Centers" and he'll be discussing in detail how leading Fortune 500 organizations have brought together infrastructure teams, capacity teams and application owners to increase agility, reduce risk and costs by optimizing infrastructure planning and management processes.
Identity Management – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
IT As Innovation Leadership – The opportunity for today's IT leaders is to transform IT by leveraging the new ecosystem of services that liberate IT from a technology focus to an information and innovation focus. In a 10th Cloud Expo session by Rich Taggart, a Lead Partner at SHI and former SVP and Corporate CIO of the Walt Disney Company, will be offering a step by step approach to revitalizing IT as an innovation leadership organization. The session is called "From Chief Information Officer to Chief Innovation Officer".
Linux – see IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux
Lucene – see Big Data Tools
Managing Big Data Growth – see Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud
MapReduce – see Big Data Tools
Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud – How have the latest cloud computing designs evolved recently in terms of security, availability, and overall service quality to meet the needs of mission-critical applications? That is the crucial question for many Cloud Expo delegates, and it is one that will be answered in June by SHI's Chief Technologist and Managing Partner Henry Fastert, whose Opening Keynote at 10th Cloud Expo - on June 11, 2012 - will be asserting that the latest generation of cloud computing is now demonstrably capable of addressing the needs of the enterprise mission critical applications. Henry will also share insight on how cloud designs can handle high availability service levels (Security, Performance, High Availability).
Mobile Cloud – As workers continue to demand business apps on their connected devices, the mobile cloud will play a key role in changing the enterprise IT landscape forever. In his session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Embracing the Mobile Cloud from Start to Finish", the President & Founder of Keynote DeviceAnywhere, Faraz Syed, will be discussing how, to make it work, companies must plan for the whole application lifecycle from development and testing through to monitoring, or risk failing to realize the full potential of the mobile cloud.
Network-Based Cloud Computing – The importance of an enterprise-grade network at the center of cloud services cannot be overstated, according to Steve Caniano, VP of Hosting, Application & Cloud Services at AT&T Business Solutions. The optimum cloud, Caniano contends, is one where cloud services are actually embedded in the network. "A network-based cloud allows cloud services and applications to be managed and delivered as part of a total solution straight down to any device just like voice and data," Caniano states. His session at Cloud Expo 2012 New York, "The Cloud and the Network – a Match Made in Heaven" will discuss how this unique approach can offer enterprises the scale and flexibility of the cloud, without sacrificing performance, reliability and security.
Next Generation Data Centers – see Infrastructure Planning & Control
Open Source Cloud Computing – In his sure-to-be-packed "Crash Course In Open Source Cloud Computing" session, popular Cloud Expo speaker Mark Hinkle [Speaker Profile] will, as Mark puts it, "cut through the hype and quickly clarify the ontology for cloud computing." The session will appeal to anyone who has a good grasp of traditional data center infrastructure, but is struggling with the benefits and migration path to a cloud computing environment, he adds. "Systems administrators and IT generalists will leave the discussion with a general overview of the options at their disposal to effectively build and manage their own cloud computing environments using free and open source software," Mark - who is Director, Cloud Computing Community at Citrix - says.
OpenStack – see Cloud Storage
PaaS – see also PaaS 2.0 | Platform as a Service | Private PaaS
PaaS 2.0 – If "PaaS 1.0" is what people are now seeing as strictly a tool to easily deploy apps to the infrastructure in a self-service way with little or no differentiation among offerings, then "PaaS 2.0" is what is needed in order for PaaS to reach its full potential. In a session entitled "Goodbye PaaS 1.0, Hello PaaS 2.0", Apprenda's Co-Founder & CEO Sinclair Schuller [Speaker Profile] will be explaining what it takes to make PaaS the modern day abstraction layer for software delivery. "We must enter the PaaS 2.0 phase," Schiller says, "in order to enable the next generation of applications to embrace and leverage the full power of cloud computing, multi-tenant SaaS architecture and highly efficient grid execution to deliver business critical applications at web scale."
Platform as a Service – see also PaaS 2.0 and Private PaaS
Platform as a Service –
PostgreSQL – DBAs should consider PostgreSQL to move database operations to public and private clouds. That, at least, is the view of Karen Padir, executive vice president of products and engineering at EnterpriseDB. In her 10th Cloud Expo session in New York, Karen will be explaining why, as well as providing delegates with tips and tricks to using PostgreSQL as the backend database for hybrid/private/public cloud environments. Her session is entitled, simply: "Why PostgreSQL is the Database for the Cloud".
Private PaaS – In her June session in NYC entitled "Private PaaS for the Enterprise & Beyond", ActiveState's Cloud Evangelist Diane Mueller will be discussing how Private PaaS technology gives control over where, when and how the cloud is leveraged. "I'll be showing Cloud Expo delegates how you can extend & ensure your private cloud investment with a private Platform-as-a-Service and provide on-demand availability, flexibility, control, and ultimately, faster time-to-market for your development teams," Diane says.
Private Cloud vs Public Cloud – see Hybrid Cloud
Public Cloud vs Private Cloud – see Hybrid Cloud
Real-World Cloud Computing – Cloud Computing is no longer just a noun, it's a verb - and 10th Cloud Expo is accordingly replete with sessions that showcase real uses by real companies in real verticals. Examples: "Leveraging the Cloud for Spatial Analytics and Intelligent Mapping" by Esri's Victoria Kouyoumjian;
Relational Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Running Apps in the Cloud – see SHI Cloud
Running Big Data Applications – see Eucalyptus
Saving Lives with Cloud Computing – see Spatial Analytics (really!)
Scale-out Storage – In a session by Coraid CEO Kevin Brown, "Cloud Architectures Require Scale-out Storage", Cloud Expo delegates will be able in New York to learn how organizations are leveraging Ethernet SAN as the storage backbone of their dynamic public and private cloud architectures. "Virtualization combined with x86 servers has transformed the way we scale out compute resources," notes Brown. "Unfortunately, legacy Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage architectures are rooted in rigid mainframe-era designs, and are fundamentally mismatched with the dynamic, shared modern data center," he continues. Whereas with Ethernet SAN, he adds, "capacity and performance both scale linearly with user demand without forcing users into a complex tiered storage environment to deal with price-performance tradeoffs."
Scaling Big Data in the Cloud – What does it take to implement a comprehensive data infrastructure, including your core database, incorporating SQL, No SQL and Big Data platforms? This and other questions will be answered by Cory Isaacson, CEO of CodeFutures, in his session at 10th Cloud Expo. Based on his real-world experience as maker of dbShards with dozens of high-volume, data intensive applications, Cory will be nailing the whole topic of "Scaling Big Data in the Cloud" and will also be helping Cloud Expo delegates decide: which database technology is best for your application?
Secure Cloud Computing – Security features in many of the sessions at 10th Cloud Expo. In "How To Build a Secure Cloud Service", for example, CloudPassage VP Rand Wacker will be breaking down the top security considerations that are specific to the cloud and offering practical steps for securing cloud-based application development. Rand's session will include real-world success stories of self-protecting and autonomous servers in the cloud that are surviving the higher exposure level to threats and vulnerabilities.
Server Virtualization – As datacenters expand and cloud computing becomes a reality, there are challenges to implementing a one-size-fits-all strategy. In a 10th Cloud Expo session called "Server Virtualization: How to Choose the Right System for your Workload", ScaleMP Founder & CTO Shai Fultheim will discuss the ROI of implementing server virtualization for aggregation, and best practices for using it to achieve maximum benefits.
SHI Cloud – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Single Sign-On – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Solr – see Big Data Tools
Spatial Analytics – In a session titled "Leveraging the Cloud for Spatial Analytics and Intelligent Mapping" by Esri's Victoria Kouyoumjian will showcase multiple use-cases of geospatial solutions that leverage the cloud computing deployment models to provide better government transparency, stakeholder engagement, and save lives … (really).
Storage in the Cloud – see Scale-out Storage
Swift – see Cloud Storage
Transparent Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Twitter & Cloud Computing – Here are the Twitter handles of some of the speakers at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (@CloudExpo), they are *well* worth following: @martenmickos, @arungupta, @sschuller, @larrycincy, @davenielsen, @bernardgolden, @mrhinkle, @jg21, @nicvek, @daveasprey, @tomme, @sandhillstrat, @paulrubell, @hansvandekoppel, @apinomi, @caniano, @kpadir, @0x44, @mikopp, @jonwaldron, @shaifultheim, @AnjulBhambhri, @jeric14, @jyung99, @vkouyoumjian.
Virtualization – see also Server Virtualization | The Dark Side of Virtualization
Windows – see IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux
Workload – see Server Virtualization
Workload Demand – see Infrastructure Planning & Control
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The Cancer Genome Characterization Initiative (CGCI)
The Cancer Genome Characterization Initiative (CGCI) supports the molecular characterization of tumors through the development and use of cutting-edge genomic approaches. Advancements in sequencing technologies in the late 1990s inspired a revolution in cancer research, which allowed for the comprehensive examination of cancer genomes at increasing levels of resolution. CGCI uses sequencing to identify novel genetic changes in various types of pediatric and adult cancers, including B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, medulloblastoma, and HIV-associated cancers. Elucidating the genetic features of tumors contributes to a deeper understanding of their underlying molecular mechanisms and helps inform better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
CGCI remains at the forefront of cancer research by adopting and innovating newly emerging technologies and analytical tools. Improving sequence-based technologies accelerates discovery by increasing throughput, decreasing experimental costs, and enhancing the quality of data. Data collected from CGCI projects are made publicly available through databases supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) to facilitate and encourage other research endeavors.
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Medulloblastoma
- HIV+ Tumor Molecular Characterization Project
- Lung Carcinogenesis
Learn about the various CGCI projects:
Access sequence data from the dbGaP CGCI study webpage and additional data from the Data Matrix on this website. dbGaP is supported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, an NIH organization.
Read publications from CGCI projects.
Access protocols, templates, and policies.


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LONG BEACH >> It's not every day that celebrities come by to visit Josh Martinez at Miller Children's Hospital, where he's been living for the last 30 days.
But there they were Thursday: actress Tricia Helfer chatting with the 7-year-old about the comic book character Ironman, and sprinter Carmelita Jeter letting him check out the gold, silver and bronze medals she won in the 2012 London Olympics.
"Awesome," the Ironman costume-clad boy said shyly, a smile creeping across his face.
For Josh, the visit was a respite from all the tests and treatments.
"It gets his mind off of what he's going through," said his mother, Leslie Flores. "It's lovely that they came and did that for him. It's something that he's going to remember for a while."
Helfer, Jeter, racing legend Al Unser Jr. and actors Max Thieriot, Vanessa Marcil, Nick Wechsler and Corbin Bleu were among the more than a dozen Pro/Celebrity Race participants who stopped by the children's hospital Thursday to give out toys, sign autographs and chat with young patients.
The visit gave celebrities a chance to meet some of the children who will benefit from the proceeds generated by the 38th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity Race.
"I'm glad to be able to be here and bring a smile to someone's face," Jeter said.
Jeter let some of the patients, including 13-year-old Long Beach resident Victor Aguirre, try on her Olympic medals.
"It felt great, but it was really heavy, though," Aguirre said.
The charity race, happening Saturday, is one of several races taking place this weekend.
This year, Toyota will give $5,000 in the name of each 2014 Pro/Celebrity Race driver to Racing for Kids, which raises money for children's hospitals throughout the nation.
The organization, which celebrates its 25th year this weekend, has been a beneficiary of the race since 1991.
So far, more than $2 million has been given by Toyota to Memorial Miller Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Orange County.
"It makes this whole thing really worth it," said Brett Davern, who stars in MTV's "Awkward." "The driving is fun and all this kind of things but really putting a smile on their face and getting to chat with them a bit, maybe tweet out a photo with us … it's so fun."
For more information about Racing for Kids, visit www.racingforkids.org.
Contact Karen Robes Meeks at 562-714-2088.


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Dual action polyclonal antibody may offer more effective, safer protection against osteoporosis
A new study suggests that a polyclonal antibody that blocks follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in mice without ovaries might offer a more effective way to prevent or arrest osteoporosis than currently available treatments.
The study used a mouse model of menopause to show that an injection of a polyclonal antipeptide antibody enhances bone regeneration by simultaneously slowing bone destruction and building bone, say researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. In addition, the monoclonal antibody is likely to be safer because it is cleared from the blood and is not retained in bone.
Results from the study are published online August 20 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Bone loss in women begins very early, at least two to three years before a woman's last period and within eight to ten years, a woman will lose 50% of her lifetime bone loss," says the study's senior investigator, Mone Zaidi, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Structural and Chemical Biology, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York." It occurs painlessly, without notice up to a point where women fracture."
Zaidi, who is director, of the Mount Sinai Bone Program, at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, is the senior investigator of the research that developed the polyclonal antipeptide antibody to FSH and tested it in mice whose ovaries were removed. Peptides are short chains of amino acids, and the FSH antibody is a highly specific antibody.
"A few years ago, we showed that FSH [follicle stimulating hormone] directly regulates bone by bypassing the estrogen axis," says Zaidi. FSH rises early in menopause, stimulates bone removal and negatively regulates bone formation. "By blocking FSH with the FSH-specific polyclonal antibody, we were able to block bone resorption by osteoclasts [cells that break down bone] and stimulate bone formation through osteoblasts cells [cells that build bone]."
Zaidi summed up the research team's goal: "Our aim is to find a way to prevent osteoporosis rather than simply treat established disease using medicines that are well tolerated. We believe that a future humanized monoclonal antibody to FSH is likely to be safer than existing treatments because it will not reside in the bone."
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An old lady goes to the doctor and says, "I have this problem with frequent gas. Fortunately, the farts never smell and are always silent. As a matter of fact, I've farted at least 10 times since I've been here, and I bet you didn't even notice!"
The doctor says, "I see. Take these pills and come back next week."
The next week the old lady returns. "Doctor," she says, "I don't know what the hell you gave me, but now my silent farts stink like the dickens."
The doctor says, "Good! Now that we've cleared up your sinuses, let's work on your hearing."


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It's time to combine two marvelous marshmallow-based recipes to form one delicious treat: the Candied Yam Rice Krispies Treat.
What's not to love about this seasonal mashup? Separately, both cereal treats and candied yam casseroles are delicious; both dishes rely on marshmallows for their sweet, signature taste. But the key to this combination is their contrasting crispy textures; when they come together, you're rewarded with a crispy-creamy-moist-and-chewy sort of marshmallow nirvana, sweetly spiced and perfect with hot chocolate or chai tea.


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Jenna Elfman flashes a smile while attending the 2013 Winter TCA Tour for her upcoming show 1600 Penn at the Langham Hotel on Sunday (January 6) in Pasadena, Calif.
The 41-year-old actress was joined by her co-stars Amara Miller and Josh Gad.
The Revolution cast, which included Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Giancarlo Esposito, David Lyons, J. D. Pardo, and Elizabeth Mitchell were also spotted at TCA.
1600 Penn centers on dysfunctional family living in the White House.
Mark your calendars, 1600 Penn will premiere on Thursday, January 10. Don't miss it!
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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, October 24, 2011
Solar Pool Heaters DeMystified
OK, so maybe there's not really any mystique about solar pool heaters ~ or is there? ...Certainly there is to some of you, those who have thought what it must be like to harness the heat from the sun and put it into your pool.
Free is a nice price for solar pool heat, and if you've ever had to pay for gas to heat your swimming pool, you know that it can cost hundreds per month.
Solar pool heating is very simple. It grew out of the old farmer's trick of heating water in a black hose or black pipe. Some of the earliest solar pool heaters I ever saw were just coils of black poly pipe laying up on the roof.
If you've ever turned on a spigot on a garden hose laying out in the sun, then you understand the idea behind a solar pool heater. Pump water through a black rubber or plastic mat, and the cool water will absorb the heat and bring it back to the pool.
Q: How much sun do I need to use solar pool heating?
A: The more the better! Try for at least 4 hours direct sun on the solar panels. 6 would be better and 8 hours per day optimum. It's unusual to have a location that will get 8 hours of uninterrupted (by trees) sunshine. Where possible, to compensate for less than full sun, add more solar panels. The modular nature of solar pool heater panels allows you to easily add more panels, even on opposite sides of the roof or pool.
Q: Do I need to put them on my roof?
A: Not if you don't want to. It's normally done just for inground pools, anyway. A southern exposure is best for mounting your solar panels. As is a 45 degree angle towards the sun. If your roof happens to have these characteristics, it would be the logical choice. Many people feel solar panels on the roof are not attractive, but I think it makes quite a statement, and makes a nice conversation piece, besides looking quite lovely. But seriously, if you don't want them on the roof, you can mount them on a rack, or attach a rack to the backside of your fence, on the outside (where you don't have to look at them ;-).
Q: Can I install a solar pool heater myself?
A: If you own a screwdriver, and know how to use it, consider yourself qualified. Solar pool heaters are incredibly easy to install and are the perfect job for any DIY pool owner. The panels are lightweight, the hardware is simple and the instructions are easy to understand. Enersol solar panels include a DVD, along with complete instructions and a toll-free help line if you get stuck.
Q: Are solar pool panels difficult to install?
A: Simple to install, just roll out and connect the solar pool panels together and secure them to roof or rack (or lay them on the ground for aboveground pool installs). Then connect the pool return line to a pipe or hose leading to the panel(s), and connect a pipe coming back. If you opted for the solar controller (a good choice), then just mount the box on the wall, install the temperature sensors and the automatic valve turner, and you're done.
Q. Why are there in ground and above ground solar pool heaters?
A: As there is for most pool equipment, solar pool heaters are sold for above ground pools and also for in ground pools. In theory, either could be used. The main difference to install a solar system on the roof, you need an in ground pool pump, one that has enough vertical lifting power to pump the water up to the roof. Another large difference is the price point, above ground solar pool heaters are made to meet a lower price point and are usually made from polypropylene, instead of the more expensive neoprene like rubber made by Enersol.
Q: How much heat can I expect from a solar pool heater?
A: That, my friend - depends on how much sun your panels receive, and how much square footage of panels you install. Using a pool cover or solar blanket can keep the pool much warmer, especially at night. Rainy weather will limit the amount of heat transfer, although solar pool heaters will still produce heat on overcast days. Solar pool heaters will deliver a temperature rise of 15-25 degrees of to a pool, depending on how big and effective it is. I have seen solar heaters used to heat a spa up to 105 degrees! I've also seen very small systems added very cheaply that will add 5-10 degrees to the water.


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>From: Steven A. Monetti [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >Sent: Mon 7/22/2002 12:55 PM >To: Joseph Hui; firstname.lastname@example.com >Cc: >Subject: RE: AG004 Closure Sought > >Joe, >As per item 3 below, I would suggest auditing in the glossary >to be represented as: > Auditing provides passive tracking and logging of > security-related activities, incidents, and events > (such as authentication events, unproven claims, or bad > signature occurrences). Administrator can securely managed > and analyze these audit records to take appropriate action > against antagonists. Steve, This is IMV a good one. Now, looks to me your second sentence is mainly to justfy by examplication what auditing can do for administrators; so something like "The analysis of audit records is often an effective method of intrusion detection" may strike a common core to a wider audience. Joe Hui Exodus, a Cable & Wireless service ========================================= >Steve -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com]On Behalf Of Joseph Hui Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 2:40 AM To: email@example.com Subject: AG004 Closure Sought Hi all, Recall that AG004 comprises AC006 (for security) and AC020 (for privacy). In fulfilment of my action item assigned during the last concall to drive to closure AG004, I've organized the remaining sec/privacy issues as follows, in "easiest-first" order, for the WG's *final* deliberation. 1) Passage of the following proposal sought: In the interest of projecting a consitent tone in the sec req's, use RFC2119 "MUST's" and "SHOULD's in all security requirements. This entails the editors of the WSA Req doc -- Daniel Austin, et al -- replacing the current "must's" and "should's" in all AR006.* requirements. 2 D-AR006.7: retain or remove: D-AR006.7 (pertaining to key management and key distribution) is auxiliary to AR006.3 (Authentication), AR006.4 (Confidentiality), AR006.6 (Non-repudiation, ala digital signature), etc. So the ramification of dropping A-AR006.7, in similar vein of our previously doing away with D-AR006.8 and D-AR006.8, is inconsequential wrt achieving AR006.1 through AR006.6. Please understand that at this juncture the call for action is: fish or cut bait. I.e., we either drop the 'D' from D-AR006.7, or drop D-AR006.7 entirely. I'd be happy to clafify, if situation warrants, in the interest of helping WG members to render an informed decision. However, it'd be very dispointing if we squander our time noodling the definitions of "key management" and "key distribution," much less fashioning new or unorthodox interpretation to their general accepted meanings. [Ref: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), PKIX, X509, Kerberos, ...] 3) D-AR006.12: retain or remove. D-AR006.12 pertains to Auditing. The term "Auditing" can have different meanings in different contexts in computing. The SFT will take action to nail down the term in the glossary as what it means in D-AR006.12, in the interest of the WG's arriving at an informed decision. 4) D-AR006.13: retain or remove. D-AR006.13 pertains to the adminstrative/management aspect of security. There has been a recent discourse on whether this requirement should be migrated out. The conclusion was: it should stay. Though the requiment's wording is still negotiable, it was considered adequate in capturing the spirit during the last F2F in Paris. 5) Privacy requirements to be solidified. During the last F2F we did not get around to finalize the verbiage for the Privacy req's. So there seems to be still considerable req-related work to be done. (Personally I have no expertise in Privacy. So the WG would be better served if Hugo would be so gracious as to continue championing for Privacy, ala Privacy discussions. Hugo, pardon my punting Privacy back to you; and THANKS! :-) Comments are welcome. Thanks, Joe Hui Exodus, a Cable & Wireless serviceReceived on Monday, 22 July 2002 23:07:03 UTC
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Cool game :D
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines real time strategy gaming by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Beginning with the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, players lead squads of Allied soldiers into battle against the German war machine through some of the most pivotal battles of WWII. Through a rich single player campaign, players experience the cinematic intensity and bravery of ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary events.
Cool game :D
Have you never played this game? Play it. Now.
Possibly the best looking strategy game ever made.
well karke-jcke it is a cool game and mechwarrior it is the best game it is so fkcn fun has ultra high graphics lots of mods including (eastern fronts:adds russians, tales of valour: i think updates game and adds more vehicles, a zombie mod!!!: coming out soon adds a zombie campaing and zombie skirmish mode, idk some japanese mod: adds japanese, opposing fronts most popular: adds british and another germans team, and a cheat mod: even tho ur cheating so wat it makes the game much more fun and u can disable it and enable the cheats very good cheats AND A WHOLE LOT MORE MODS IDK THE REST, ITS WORTH GETTING THE GAME
Fantastic screenshot, but I have a question: How do you stop the units from showing up behind buildings or obstacles? I have all kinds of great replay moments but seeing units half-way across the course all blue and fade-y kind of kills the screenshot.
It'd make my year if I could figure out how to do that. :)
"Give me one rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin."
Fred Parmley
U.S.A Gunnery Sargeant
Why is it that mine never looks that good :(
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