text: As open_basedir can't follow symlinks and it uses real paths to set environment restriction, if someone like me moves /var/www to /mydata/www and creates a symlink /var/www -> /mydata/www, and an app like wordpress (or others) reads real path instead symlink path, that path will be outside open_basedir default path of ispconfig (which points to /var/www/...). In order to fix this, and allow a "template" path more usefull to be used in "PHP open_basedir" in server config two variables must be defined: e.g. /mydata/www/clients/client[client_id]/web[website_id]/web,....other paths Variables to be implemented should be client_id and website_id In ISPConfig 184.108.40.206, this was the changes I had to make (I think that in 126.96.36.199 this should work too) File: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/sites/web_domain_edit.php At line 430, add this: Code: // BOC 1: Agrega placeholders client_id y website_id a php_open_basedir $php_open_basedir = str_replace("[client_id]",$client_id,$php_open_basedir); $php_open_basedir = str_replace("[website_id]",$this->id,$php_open_basedir); // EOC 1: Agrega placeholders client_id y website_id a php_open_basedir File: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/admin/templates/server_config_web_edit.htm At line 60, maxlength="255" should be modified to maxlength="500" I can't remember if I had to modify something else, but the core of the feature to be implemented is posted above. Could this be implemented? Thanks in advance


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RB needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 90 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Provide glazing repair, installation, maintenance and solar panels.
Business and domestic customers
We require a clean, modern logo to replace the existing logos being used by the company. The start of the logo must be "GR3", and then there are some variations for the wording following that, in order to cover all the companies.
We require:
1) GR3 Commercial
2) GR3 Maintenance
3) GR3 Solar
To be clear, the only thing which changes on the above logos are the text - we don't need different designs for each one.
The use of any shapes etc. is left to the designers discretion.
Different colours for the different words (i.e. perhaps orange for solar, red for maintenance and so on) may work well and create a good colour theme.
The winning designer must supply all artwork files in both PSD and vector formats.
Regular feedback will be given. Good luck!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.

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Don Tapscott has been a prophet of the digital economy since at least the early 1990s, but at the upcoming Enterprise 2.0 conference he will argue that whole industries must now transform themselves to survive shocks to the economy.
"When most people think of Enterprise 2.0, they think of the use of collaborative tools," Tapscott said. "I'm arguing that something much bigger is happening than the application collaborative tools within the enterprise--it's a profound transformation of the enterprise as we know it." Basic principles of organization that have been established over the last 100 years are being upended, leading to "huge changes in how we orchestrate capabilities to create goods and services," Tapscott said.
The state of the economy also cries out for the creation of a new kind of enterprise, Tapscott said. "This is not just a recession, it's a turning point in human history. The industrial age and many of its institutions are coming to the end of their useful reign."
For a quick overview of Tapscott's thinking, see the book excerpts on Bloomberg BusinessWeek's website. But Tapscott said he wants to do more than summarize the book for the Enterprise 2.0 audience. This will be the first time he will talk publicly about an idea that has been on his mind a lot lately, he said.
"It's increasingly difficult to change the enterprise unless you change your industry," Tapscott said. "There are a dozen industries where the unit of action is the industry, not the enterprise."
For example, pharmaceutical companies facing a huge dropoff in profits as their drugs go off patent will need to cooperate more on research and driving down the cost of inventing new drugs. Banks that are still struggling under the burden of toxic assets from the mortgage crisis will need to join forces to solve that problem in a way that government intervention has not achieved, he said. "Banks can't fix the problem of the banks without fixing the industry."
Collaborative technologies that can reach across corporate boundaries can be part of the solution, but it also requires these enterprises to rethink how their businesses will work.
"Some of these ideas have been around a long time, it's true," Tapscott said. "I wrote a book called 'Paradigm Shift' in 1991 that talked about the shift from the enterprise to the extended enterprise." However, the idea that the economy is in such a crisis that industry-wide collaboration is now a necessity "is a new and very disturbing idea--I haven't heard anyone say that."
Many of the ideas he has been talking about for years have been "ideas in waiting," Tapscott said. "Their time had not come--they were waiting for some big developments." The development of the Web and social media is part of it, as is the coming of age of "the first generation of digital natives for whom all this is like air," he said.
Yet the economic crisis is the "shock to the system" that will make the transformation of business much more urgent, Tapscott said. "Whole countries are bankrupt--hard to believe the United States is one of them." Enterprises, including governments, will need to act much different in the coming years to address the problems they face, he said.
Attend Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara, Nov. 14-17, 2011, and learn how to drive business value with collaboration, with an emphasis on how real customers are using social software to enable more productive workforces and to be more responsive and engaged with customers and business partners. Register today and save 30% off conference passes, or get a free expo pass with priority code CPHCES02. Find out more and register.


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(Reuters) - Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton wants the multi-discipline event to be included in the Diamond League series.
The decathlon, made up of 10 different track and field disciplines, features mainly in major championships because competition takes place over two days.
"I believe decathlon should have a hand in the Diamond League circuit. I would say we should compete across five competitions, with two events per competition like, 100m and long jump for one meeting and then shot and high jump the next," world record holder Eaton said in an interview with Spikes magazine (spikes-mag.tumblr.com).
"I think this would be a good time frame and keep people interested in the multis. A similar competition could also be run for the women multi-eventers.
"For me, this would be fair, although I guess why we are not included is, we are not the flashiest of athletes. The long jump specialists would leap 8.20-8.30m while the multi-eventers would be down at around 7.50-7.60m, for example," added the American, who set his world record of 9,039 points last June.
The Diamond League is a series of 14 meetings around the world with athletes scoring points for placing in the top three of an included event. Those with the most points in each discipline at the end of the season win the Diamond Race.
Writing By Alison Wildey in London, editing by Ed Osmond


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To his credit, the "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star did spend some quality time with some of his kids at their PA home, but his wife was nowhere to be seen.
After a breakup, some people buy new clothes or completely change their hairstyle. Hopefully Kate is one of those people.


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dkane needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 488 designs submitted by 128 freelance designers.
HFZ Capital Group
HFZ Capital Group is a real estate investment and development company based in Manhattan. We are a small, entrepreneurial company with an international reach, and seek to create value for our investors by identifying opportunities that arise from unique market conditions. Our founding partner, Ziel Feldman, has transacted more than $3 billion worth of real estate in a 20-year career.
Because of our small size, we will rely on the logo and our website to create a brand and inform our audience what we do. This audience will include various members of the real estate and investment community including developers, brokers, legal professionals and investors considering an investment in one of our real estate funds or development projects.
We view ourselves at HFZ Capital Group as both entrepreneurial and opportunistic. The field of real estate investment and development is traditionally very conservative and while we want to convey that message of solidity and professionalism in our logo, we also see ourselves as creative, out-of-the-box thinkers and deal makers.
HFZ are the initials of our founder.
Our tastes tend toward the idea of "less is more". Modern, even hip without feeling too alternative. We prefer a logo that includes a graphic element in addition to our name, or that works a graphic into the text. The logo will be used on a website, all of our investment memos, email signature blocks, cards and letterhead.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text: The study of mathematics is an excellent preparation for many careers; the patterns of careful logical reasoning and analytical problem solving essential to mathematics are also applicable in contexts where quantity and measurement play only minor roles. Thus students of mathematics may go on to excel in medicine, law, politics, or business as well as any of a vast range of scientific careers. Special programs are offered for those interested in teaching mathematics at the elementary or high school level or in actuarial mathematics, the mathematics of insurance. The other programs split between those which emphasize mathematics as an independent discipline and those which favor the application of mathematical tools to problems in other fields. There is considerable overlap here, and any of these programs may serve as preparation for either further study in a variety of academic disciplines, including mathematics itself, or intellectually challenging careers in a wide variety of corporate and governmental settings.Elementary Mathematics Courses. In order to accommodate diverse backgrounds and interests, several course options are available to beginning mathematics students. All courses require three years of high school mathematics; four years are strongly recommended and more information is given for some individual courses below. Students with College Board Advanced Placement credit and anyone planning to enroll in an upper-level class should consider one of the Honors sequences and discuss the options with a mathematics advisor.Students who need additional preparation for calculus are tentatively identified by a combination of the math placement test (given during orientation), college admission test scores(SAT or ACT), and high school grade point average. Academic advisors will discuss this placement information with each student and refer students to a special mathematics advisor when necessary.Two courses preparatory to the calculus, MATH 105 and 110, are offered. MATH 105 is a course on data analysis, functions and graphs with an emphasis on problem solving. MATH 110 is a condensed half-term version of the same material offered as a self-study course taught through the Math Lab and is only open to students in MATH 115 who find that they need additional preparation to successfully complete the course. A maximum total of 4 credits may be earned in courses numbered 103, 105, and 110. MATH 103 is offered exclusively in the Summer half-term for students in the Summer Bridge Program.MATH 127 and 128 are courses containing selected topics from geometry and number theory, respectively. They are intended for students who want exposure to mathematical culture and thinking through a single course. They are neither prerequisite nor preparation for any further course. No credit will be received for the election of MATH 127 or 128 if a student already has credit for a 200-(or higher) level mathematics course.Each of MATH 115, 185, and 295 is a first course in calculus and generally credit can be received for only one course from this list. The Sequence 115-116-215 is appropriate for most students who want a complete introduction to calculus. One of MATH 215, 285, or 395 is prerequisite to most more advanced courses in Mathematics.The sequences 156-255-256, 175-176-285-286, 185-186-285-286, and 295-296-395-396 are Honors sequences. Students need not be enrolled in the LS&A Honors Program to enroll in any of these courses but must have the permission of an Honors advisor. Students with strong preparation and interest in mathematics are encouraged to consider these courses.MATH 185-285 covers much of the material of MATH 115-215 with more attention to the theory in addition to applications. Most students who take MATH 185 have taken a high school calculus course, but it is not required. MATH 175-176 assumes a knowledge of calculus roughly equivalent to MATH 115 and covers a substantial amount of so-called combinatorial mathematics as well as calculus-related topics not usually part of the calculus sequence. MATH 175 and 176 are taught by the discovery method: students are presented with a great variety of problem and encouraged to experiment in groups using computers. The sequence MATH 295-396 provides a rigorous introduction to theoretical mathematics. Proofs are stressed over applications and these courses require a high level of interest and commitment. Most students electing MATH 295 have completed a thorough high school calculus. MATH 295-396 is excellent preparation for mathematics at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level.Students with strong scores on either the AB or BC version of the College Board Advanced Placement exam may be granted credit and advanced placement in one of the sequences described above; a table explaining the possibilities is available from advisors and the Department. In addition, there is one course expressly designed and recommended for students with one or two semesters of AP credit, MATH 156. Math 156 is an Honors course intended primarily for science and engineering concentrators and will emphasize both applications and theory. Interested students should consult a mathematics advisor for more details.In rare circumstances and with permission of a Mathematics advisor, reduced credit may be granted for MATH 185 or 295 after MATH 115. A list of these and other cases of reduced credit for courses with overlapping material is available from the Department. To avoid unexpected reduction in credit, student should always consult an advisor before switching from one sequence to another. In all cases a maximum total of 16 credits may be earned for calculus courses MATH 115 through 396, and no credit can be earned fo ra prerequisite to a course taken after the course itself.Students completing MATH 116 who are principally interested in the application of mathematics to other fields may continue either to MATH 215 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus III) or to MATH 216 (Introduction to Differential Equation -- these two courses may be taken in either order. Students who have greater interest in theory or who intend to take more advanced courses in mathematics should continue with MATH 215 followed by the sequence MATH 217-316 (Linear Algebra-Differential Equations). MATH 217(or the Honors version, MATH 513) is required for a concentration in Mathematics; it both serves as a transition to the more theoretical material of advanced courses and provides the background required to optimal treatment of differential equations in MATH 316. 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1 cup flour
1 cup pitted Rainier cherries
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream, at room temperature
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, at room temperature
6 whole cherries with stems attached (optional)
Preheat oven to 400. Grease or line 6 wells in a muffin tin. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, mix together oil, sour cream, milk, egg and vanilla until blended. Add the dry ingredients. Mix the batter thoroughly then fold in cherries. Fill each well about 3/4 of the way.
Top each with a cherry if desired. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean or with just a few dry crumbs. Remove to rack and allow to cool before serving.
Note: Please take care if you top the muffins with whole cherries. The pit can present a choking hazard. However, the cherries are quite easily removed before biting into the muffin.


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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Illustration Friday - Deja Vu
69 comments:
- Diana Evans said...
oh this is full of beauty Bella just like you!!!! I love the Deja Vu pieces and that special gift for the sweet Yoon See!!!!
you are amazing!!!!
- January 13, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Arija said...
Perfect! I've just spent a happy quarter of an hour admiring the subtle changes of the first three pictures. You really are a master of your craft. I bow to your talent and your craftsmanship with great respect.
Love and hugs , , , Arija
- January 13, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- Anne Huskey-Lockard said...
I love the final frame in the triptych, with the monkey doffing his hat in greeting!
Absolutely darling~~as always. Delightful dimensional quality too!
- January 13, 2011 at 2:39 PM
The little girl is as cute as can be! I love how her expressions change. The yoon see piece is simply stunning.
Happy new year Bella! :)
- January 13, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Tammie Lee said...
how fun, a tale that unfolds. I love her expressions.
- January 13, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- Ces said...
**Sigh** I shall return when my heart stops fluttering from the joy of seeing this magnificent illustration. Girl oh girl oh honey! That mind of yours is so beautiful! TSUP! TSUP!!!
P.S. I need to read the dictionary to use more appropriate and effective adjectives to describe your drawings. Wonderful beautiful, magnificent, fantastic, fabulous, adorable, genius, original, lovely, exceptional... just don't cut it anymore for me. Such words sound trite.
- January 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Deborah said...
Yay and a yippee!!! I am not behind in visiting now!!! WHEW. How in the world did you create that illusion of movement in the set of three??? First I giggled out loud with childlike delight, then my eyes popped out of my head as I scrolled down. Or is it just MY eyes?!?! No matter, I LOVE it! You are a quiet genius. Subtle. Your friend must be over the moon with your rendition of her. Now I must return to enjoy these pieces again, just as soon as I look up the definition of triptych. Smarty pants Anne. **kisskiss** Deb
- January 13, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- Kathi said...
So sweet. Your heart shows in every drawing you do. Happy 2011 filled with many special blessings!
- January 13, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- Rabbit Town Animator said...
Hahahahaha, I love it! Great to have a series of 3 drawings and the portrait is absolutely gorgeous!
- January 13, 2011 at 4:27 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh oh oh toooo sweet..giggle snort...love this one. Bella..she looks just like Nonni's dear friend Anni! Even that sly little expression!! Wonderful!
The piano pic...wonderful!!
Hugs to you hon, Sarah
- January 13, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Janine said...
Oh Bella
Deja vu is like a film.
Oh Bella this is so cool, while scrolling down, the dots in the background of your illustrations create the illusion, that the pictures move.
This is so clever and the piano girl is so pretty.
Your art is a gift, thank you for sharing your talent with us.
- January 13, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- rachel awes said...
when i see you have a new post,
my heart always does a happy leap!
oh how i love your animals & girls
& flowers & expressions & adorablenessnessness in every detail. you fill me w/JOY.
- January 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Ces said...
Nonpareil! That's what these are. I love the details! Look at the little kitty hair clips, the buttons, the shoes and socks. I love the changing perspectives on the elephants. I love the elephants' buttocks and most of all the way you made the balloon shimmer, is that a gradient function, by the way? My friend calls it gradient but I don't understand since the gradient is a vector operation which operates on a scalar function to produce a vector whose magnitude is the maximum rate of change of the function at the point of the gradient and which is pointed in the direction of that maximum rate of change. I just copied the hyperninja gradient description.
- January 13, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- Amalia K said...
My first word would be HAHAHHHAHAAHAHAAAA!!!! or would you prefer BWEEHEHEHEHEHEEE!!!!??
Well, either one, I would put it on a silver plate for you, adorned with pretty flowers and ribbons because this post just won my Coolest Monkeying Around Award for the week!! Never mind Victoria's Secret, you are OwwwSummmm!! oxx
- January 13, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- k.h.whitaker said...
oh, they are both so sweet Bella. I especially like the second one. Sorry so short, I'm working with my nose to the grindstone.
- January 13, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Giuseppe Bianco said...
These are so precious. Yoon See is very lucky to have a friend that will create such a sweet piece of art for her.
- January 13, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- The Original Drama Mama said...
Yay! A Bella Doodle! I had to go back and look a few times, trying to get a feel for the story line - she really looks annoyed that the monkey in the fez is ruining her happy balloon vibe, polite monkey or no...
- January 13, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Captain Dumbass said...
I missed your pictures over the holidays.
- January 13, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Marie S said...
Oh Bella these are fabulous!! I love the elephant and the monkey.
And the little girls face lol!! so sweet. huh wha????????????
Yoon See looks so darling and sweet!
The backgrounds are mah-va-lous. So much depth!!
I am in love!
smooches and happy 2011 to you.
Tell your daughter thanks, she made my day!
- January 13, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh Bella, for a girl with deja vue you really are one of a kind. I admire your work so much it makes me put on a tie before I come to your page (mind you I am wearing board shorts long socks and thongs at the same time)
In fact your work is addative.
I like very much the focus and blur and the way you appear to blend real with fantasticalgorical.
Can you do me a favour and email me when you g et some time/?
greetsrom os err I mean ozz
- January 13, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Lori ann said...
Bella! what you do with your paints. these are incredible. you are one very gifted artist.
- January 13, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- SonatasWelt said...
I love your sweet girls and animals illustrations!!! They are so cute, so sweet and beautiful :) I wish you
a Happy New Year 2011!!!
Hugs Sonata
- January 13, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Barbara said...
Everyone loves a parade, right Bella? Your drawings always pull me in and the facial expressions tell such a story!
Happy New Year to you too, my friend!
- January 14, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- cindy said...
love the parade and lucky yoon see! enjoy your weekend!
- January 14, 2011 at 4:21 AM
- Ann Pilicer said...
Oh, so amazingly beautiful! You captured a moment in time perfectly! :D
- January 14, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- Ces said...
Good morning! I love this sequence. I wonder if the elephant passed gas - (in the third frame)? I like reading your blog friend pretending to be inebriated or dyslexic.
- January 14, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- platitudinal said...
Happy 2011, Bella :) It's always a treat to visit your blog because you filled it with plenty of beautiful artworks.
- January 14, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- tera said...
Haha! I love your Deja Vu! I wish my Deja Vu's were so fun. Usually they just make me ever so slightly uncomfortable.
Hopefully now that I'm done with that greedy Sketchbook I can participate in IF more. :)
- January 14, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- Ces said...
Hey! Guess what! I am at the Apple store at the mall, walking after lunch and I thought I'd say hello! Hahahahahaha! TSUP!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Ces said...
now, I am on an iPad. your blog looks terrific! wow, I should get one of these? my pen and ink drawings look great but your colors explode!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Ces said...
I think iq will try your blog on an iPod touch. hahaha!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Ces said...
oh my this is fun. bye!
- January 14, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- laughingwolf said...
man, these are all SUPERB, bella :D
- January 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Ces said...
Gee! You look tiny, I mean your blog looks tiny on my phone but still big in making me happy. I have not placed a box of chocolates between myself and my keyboard.
- January 14, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- IVYALLOVER said...
Oh my, another lovely and creative piece! I just adore you and love visiting to see what you have to share. Boy I had such a difficult time with this topic and "just like that" you manage to create a perfect piece – brillant! You are so inspiring - thank you for sharing your work ♥
- January 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Krista said...
HA! I thought the deja vu was the first one-- the balloon and the elephants little behind, and then there was more! And then, by the end, I felt myself looking behind me for the trail of pink elephants. Whew! I'm dizzy!
Lucky, Lucky Yoon See!
- January 14, 2011 at 2:31 PM
- Indigene said...
Bella Darling! Happy New Year! You beautiful, beautiful woman! I adore your Deja Vu images, but then again, I love everything you create! May this be the sweetest year for you and the girls!
- January 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Mandy said...
Lovely! I smile before I even get to your post when I see you've got a new one to share!
- January 14, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- Jack Foster said...
Hey Bella! Thanks for stopping by.....twice! It was like deja vu :o) I always get a kick out of your comments. I love your portrait of yoon see! She IS such a sweetheart. We'll miss her this year in the blogosphere. I love the new blog background. It has a cool retro feel to it. Your deja vu is the best! My absolute favorite of the theme! The girl's expressions are priceless! Especially when she gets a tip of the hat from the monkey. Especially when she gets a tip of the hat from the monkey. (deja vu) She seems surprised the second time... then she's like whatever! I guess when your strolling down a green polka-dotted walkway on your way home from Disney World, a monkey on a mini elephant deja vu is pretty routine :o) God bless!
- January 14, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
OOOOH my goodness she is going DIE when she see's this awesomeness! OH my goodness Bella I am over here just screaming with joy! How fabulous is this! Friday's DeJa Vu is BRILLIANT!!!
I would like to camp out in your head for about a week. oh don't worry about the smoke coming from you ears it's just me making a fire in there. I'll make sure I take off my high heels as well. Wouldn't want to bring on a headache. YOU are just BRILLIANT girl.
You make it look so dang easy. Leaving us all asking," How the heck does she do that??"
Loving all that fabulous green. Simply magnificent.
Sending you many hugs today and everyday. Not feeling very well. I have the flu and I feel like a dang train has hit me a few times. Just wanted to send you love.
- January 15, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- yoborobo said...
Scrolling...scrolling...checking fingernails...need manicure...wait! I am at the end! Hi Bella! Deja Vu just cracks me up. First of all, that the two of them meet on their respective journeys (off to birthday parties? Political conventions?). Her expression when she sees them again is priceless. And your portrait of Yoon See is simply charming. :) I am going to join Vanessa in your head. If you find your head listing to one side, that is because I need to go on a diet. I will try and sit in the center. It will depend on the fire and where V puts her high heels, of course. xox! Pam
- January 15, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- Juan said...
Wonderful work, Bella!!!!
Wishing you a nice weekend!!
- January 15, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- voz said...
This reminds me of the crosswalk you and your girls colored in.
- January 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Bella,
Love your sweet new illustrations, you are so talented dear friend and I marvel every time I see your work.
Wishing you a wonderful 2011 and all that makes you happy.
- January 15, 2011 at 9:36 AM
- Eleonora said...
That's exacly my reaction when I experience deja vu... "wait a miiinuuute..."
Expression is indeed priceless. You are so talented, Bella. And your style is unique.
Ciao sweet
- January 15, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Shirley said...
WOW!! I just LOVE, love, love your illustrations and concepts, Bella. You are amazing. What a gorgeous piece for dear Yoon See. And what an awesome deja vu...love her and the monkey's sassiness. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!!
- January 15, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- Tango Chow said...
your works can always warm my heart ^_^
- January 16, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- Caroline said...
How lovely it is to see some of your beautiful and such amusing little illustrations again, Bella!
These deja vu pieces are adorable and your portrait of Yoon See is just wonderful - she will be so thrilled by it!
- January 16, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- Manon Doyle said...
I smile so much when I see your work, Bella! It is all so happy and fun!!
Your friend is a lucky girl!! xoxo
- January 16, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- Shirley said...
Me too, Bella! Yay! Amazing company and I'm so happy that you're up in Andrew's treehouse too. : )
- January 16, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Ana said...
what a lovely sequence ♥
I really like the faces of the girl and monkey at the end :D
- January 17, 2011 at 12:43 AM
- messyfish said...
Has yoon see seen her portrait yet? I can't wait to see her reaction! Love the Deja vu concept! Brilliant.
- January 17, 2011 at 1:18 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Haha, I cam again to smile, the little girls facial expressions is are oarsome :)
- January 17, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Loni Edwards said...
What a great piece! I love the expressions on the little girl's face. I just love your artwork Bella!
- January 17, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Angela Matteson said...
Oh my goodness! So clever! I love the expressions and the goofiness of that silly monkey. Oh, and I love the classic style of her pretty blue dress. It's always so fun to see what fabulousness you've created here. :)
- January 18, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- AtelierBrigitte said...
Hihi, wonderful deja vu!!
- January 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- Ces said...
You know, your blog beats a glass of champagne served with a scoop of peach ice cream on a rare Orrefors Clown champagne flute.
- January 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Megan Coyle said...
I love these! Deja Vu is too perfect :) and I'm loving the flowers in the piano. You are quite the talented illustrator :)
- January 18, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Nicky Linzey said...
I cannot believe that Yoon See hasn't seen this yet - she will go mad!! In a good way of course. Love the expressions in your deja vue piece.
- January 19, 2011 at 3:51 AM
- Carol Lawecki said...
I always love when you draw elephants, they are my favorite! Beautfiul musical piece for Yoo See!
Thank you for stopping by my blog.
- January 19, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- Ces said...
Heheheh! Please do-doodle-a-cock for me!
- January 19, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Ces said...
Unworthy of what?
- January 19, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- thewillowsnest said...
Oh I love sweet Elefantile bottoms!! And balloons that look like gummy bunnies yahoo! So great to see your sweet illos again.. man I thought I was trippin' when I scrolled down... chocolate overdose.. probably :)
- January 19, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Faruffa said...
super wonderful work, Bella!!!
I always get such inspiration from your work :o)
- January 20, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Shannon said...
you always amaze me with every single visit here. love your new ones! hugs to you, bella.
- January 23, 2011 at 4:43 AM
- yoon see said...
Thanks Bella Sinclair for your kindness and thoughtfulness.
You are so so sweet and thoughtful.
I must do a dedication to you when I resume blogging!
Please forgive me for I haven't check my email for more than two weeks. I am super busy these few weeks....Thanks again Bella, let me write to you again.
Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family!
As for the Deja Vu piece, I really love it a lot.
I will send you some polka dot paper in the near future....for the collaboration of your illustrations. It must be excellent!
- January 23, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- aimee said...
oh!!! this sequence reminds me of the black and white one you did maybe a year or two ago -- when the scene got gradually lighter and lighter and then the little girl saw the monster? do i make any sense or am i inventing things in my head? no, i'm not. but this one just steals it all... i can feel the motion and the change of emotion in each frame. this one is just all out awesome. and custom portraits as fabulous as this one? hello, etsy shop!
- January 26, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- Robyn said...
I'm not sure how I have missed so much... lovely to see your beautiful creations again.
love love your work
a belated happy new year too xxx
- February 6, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- BT said...
Oh I've got all behind - a bit like your lovely elephants!! Wow, how fabulous they are and that darling little girl. What a fabulous portrait of Yoon See too. A superb piano and delightful flowers and and and. I feel like Ces, there aren't enough adjectives to describe your lovely lovely STUFF!!
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Bass move into shallows as lake levels rise
Over the past several months, there has been little written about the pursuit of largemouth bass. With all three of the big lakes being extremely low on water there was a constant danger to boaters. Now that the levels have begun to rise and with the springtime and warm weather, the scenario has begun to change. Bassing will continue to get more attention for the next few months.
Our plentiful rains have not filled the big lakes, but they are definitely on the rise. What that means is that feeding fish including the black bass will follow the rise into shallow-water feeding areas. That is the case on most of the popular fishing waters but not on all of them. Even on the exceptions there will be some of the bass that will follow what is normal for them to do.
Lake Livingston Lake is a unique basing lake. Largemouth black bass on Livingston are rarely if ever active in water over 10 feet deep. Certainly there will be exceptions to any rule, but for more consistent bass action, go to areas with structure under 10 feet deep. This, of course, makes Lake Livingston a prime place for topwater lures as well as spinner lures. Yes, plastics are also good choice at times, but the topwaters and spinner lures are a lot of fun to use when the bass are in a striking mode.
Lake Livingston has long been loaded with shad, thus the great white bass and catfish fishery. The largemouth also feed upon those shad as well as the bream that are also numerous in the lake. Only the bass know for sure, but I believe that's what makes the lighter colors for the lures more attractive to the black bass.
A good plan of action is to locate some points that run from the shoreline out to deeper water. Also any type of structure such as bulkheads, old stumps, boat docks, or any other vegetation make good locations. Then if you are a boater, keep the boat in or around water 10 feet deep. Cast lures into the shallows or toward the bank. This technique has paid off for me no matter the time of year or whether the lake's water level was rising or not.
I've noticed through observation that Toledo Bend's black bass will move toward the shallows before those on Sam Rayburn. There is also plenty of evidence that the bass fishing in the shallows begins further up the lake above the Pendleton Bridge and then that action follows on down to the lower end. The north end of the lake is, for the most part, more shallow than that toward the dam. That shallow water will warm more quickly, thus earlier shallow-water action.
Lures such as the chartreuse orange or red Rat-L-Traps begin to be the go-to lures. These offerings will remain productive from now until the upcoming spawn is over. The orange belly, gold side, and black back Rogue or similar topwater shallow diving lures are the choice of many Toledo Bend anglers. These lures are especially deadly during the springtime warm days. They usually take more fish when they are retrieved very slowly. Don't overlook the chartreuse spinner lures. These lures are very versatile and may be fished in various water depths.
Plastics have long been really good choices along drop-offs when the largemouths are moving toward the spawning areas. I prefer either the Texas rig on the whacky rig around isolated structure or drop-offs into submerged creeks.
Sam Rayburn's black bass seem to begin moving into their nesting areas later than on the other lakes. This makes them more catchable with the use of plastics or deep diving crank lures. The Carolina Rig has long been one of the more productive rigs on Sam Rayburn. The use of lizards or plastic worms in the 6 to 8 inch length are good choices. Watermelon, chartreuse and pumpkin seed seem to be the more used colors.
Deep diving crankbaits fished along old roadbeds, grass with creeks nearby, and drop-offs are good choices. There will not normally be fast action, but the fish that are there will be larger. It is getting to be largemouth black bass time all over the place.


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We did see some seals mating. I have to say that I was a bit relieved that the boys were not at all curious for an explanation of what was happening (at least this year).
By late December, many of the females have given birth to the pups that had been conceived the previous year. It was very sweet to see them nursing their young.
At some points during the almost 4 mile guided hike, I think the boys were just happy to sit and play in the sand
On the way back to the nature center, there was an outpost where we could learn more about the elephant seals
and their population
It was an incredibly fun and educational trip for all of us. Now that the boys are older, they seem to get so much out of learning about the world through being able to see and experience it. I really do feel so fortunate to be in a place where these experiences are readily available.
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Nokia 603 ReviewNokia 603
The Nokia 603 is supposed to be the workhorse of the new Symbian Belle portfolio, balancing the value-for-money virtue in the low mid-range spectrum. Thus it is pretty average in terms of specs – 3.5" display, 1GHz processor and 5MP camera with 720p video recording but no LED flash.
It shares the "brightest mobile display" of the Nokia 701, however, and has an abundance of swappable back covers in various colors for the joy of the teen market, but does it deserve its price point, and is it distinctive enough apart from those different shell paints? Read on our review to find out...
In the box:
- Spare color back cover
- In-ear headphones
- Wall charger
- microUSB cable
- Warranty and information leaflets
The Nokia 603 comes chubby at 0.5" (12.7mm), so it's not going to win any design awards that seem to be all about waistline these days, but its tapered edges and sloping corners make it pretty ergonomic and easy to hold. Operating the phone with one hand is also easy, and all buttons around the sides are protruding enough for a decent feel, plus their travel is decent.
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You can compare the Nokia 603 with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
The 3.5" IPS-LCD display boasts 360x640 pixels of resolution, and 210ppi pixel density, which only came detrimental when we were trying to read very small text. Viewing angles are wide, and brightness is very high thanks to the 1000 nits output, plus the ClearBlack tech minimizes reflections. The higher than average brightness and low reflection make for an excellent outside visibility on the Nokia 603.,
The handset comes in black and white, with a number of swappable back covers in different colors, and one is included in the box for free. There is no front-facing camera, just a 5MP fixed-focus shooter without an LED flash.
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23 Comments
1. ReturningToNokia (Posts: 130; Member since: 09 Jul 2011)
Dear Phone Arena: I see that you have a 'Price' tab listed under Specifications for this (and other) devices. Going forward, is it possible to state the MSRP for devices in your reviews as well (perhaps in the Introduction section)?
One of the cons listed in this review for this device is that there are more capable Android devices for the this price range, but what is the price range, exactly?
16. bradfeet (Posts: 4; Member since: 25 Jan 2012)
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2. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Ace is better? You must be kidding!
4. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
He actually said that "Ace is notably cheaper and with comparable specs". Seems, he forgot that Ace has regular TFT display with only 480x320 resolution, only 280 MB of RAM (comparing to 512 MB on Nokia 603, not to mention how memory-hungry Android is), slower HSPA connection, no NFC support, weak Adreno 200 GPU and 800 MHz CPU, no camera shutter key, and most notably only 15fps QVGA video recording.... which is really pathetic these days.
14. Srj355 (Posts: 1; Member since: 26 Dec 2011)
Argreeddd!! So true. Nokia is the best! :)
21. akhilbabu08 (Posts: 2; Member since: 09 Jun 2012)
you have the point ..ace no match with 603.
18. amandapages (Posts: 1; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
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3. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
The GALAXY Ace is laggy and sucks,
The Xperia Neo is better although is 30% more expensive where I live
The Nokia 500 doesn't look as nice
The LG Optimus 7 is LG
The HTC Wildfire S is about the only thing that can challenge this, and even it runs ok with Gingerbread on a 600MHz chip.
So yeah, this things real only competitor is the HTC Wildfire S
7. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Wildfire was a crap. Slow and crappy. Wildfire S is faster and more stable? That's a question, nothing more. I'm curious.
9. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
Yes it was, its stil paltry by today's standards but Sense 2.1 on Gingerbread runs fairly smoothly on it.
15. abaza121 (Posts: 17; Member since: 02 Oct 2011)
lol you said LG Optimus 7 is LG u must mean updates and updates aren't needed in a wp so every single wp works with wp7.5 and u don't have to wait 4 ics or something because microsoft will update your wp in 2 weeks
5. seylan (Posts: 20; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
What is the price exactly?
6. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
oh got every single time i look at the symbian belle phone arena reviews i just cant believe that this is coming to my Nokia C6-01 this month!
8. LordBonztie (Posts: 52; Member since: 14 Nov 2011)
i dont find the use for front facing cam.
is this really a review site for all phones or is it just for iphones or just for androids and other makers?
10. rkoforever90 (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Dec 2011)
im from uae the price of 603 is veey much less than ace here at just 900 dhirham while cost 999,and how can reviewer say neo is on same price range it cost like 1600 which is much pricier than 701 and even same price as nokia x7 and n8.
Also phone arena is very biased to android and ios gsm arena give good reviews,also making it to your notice html 5 webbrowser will come to nokia 603 with carla update,which android phone like ace,wildfire s etc cant even dream of.
11. wisdom01 (Posts: 10; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Great phone for a young person.
12. fakhar (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
One thing I really don't like about phone arena is that they are owned by Apple iphone, I think so, Every Smartphone compared with iphone or even with high end android smart phones. Why Phone arena why? Secondly, Phone arena always declares a Smartphone 10/10 with respect to its browser capabilities only. Phone arena always enjoys the reviews of apple products why? Apple smart phones for rich people my dear phone arena. Nokia 603 is best smart phone in this price range. But phone arena as usual compares nokia smart phones with lower spec android smart phone, In nokia 603 only the browser is not up to the mark, otherwise i give it 10/10 in this price range.
19. richa (Posts: 1; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
how to get all images in gallery. which are saved in memory card. how to do the setting that when we take image from other cell phone it should be directly shown in gallery & not in received file of F ...i.e memory card.
20. blazej86 (Posts: 1; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
I think this device going to be great for its price tag.
What I would like to clarify is that Nokia apparently abandoned development of Symbian Belle ,but after success of Symbian Belle Mr. Ellop Admits isn't End for Symbian just yet, plus there is another update for Symbian coming up 'carla'.Also new Nokia 808 will be released with Symbian.Nokia realised 3 updates for Symbian in past 6 moths ,which isn't bad for dying OS, is it.
As for personal experience I've used nokia e7 and I was positively impressed with symbian Belle .It does all that android would do ,just addons designed by Nokia Beta Labs has better integration then 3rd parties Android.Only thing was that e7 was slightly lacking on processing power when few widgets were on. But here we get 1.3ghz Cpu and 512 ,which in my opinion should be sufficient to run Symbian efficiently.
22. akhilbabu08 (Posts: 2; Member since: 09 Jun 2012)
That is a totally biased review from phone arena..nokia 603 scores far better than a 6.5 score....!!! Nokia 603 is the best fone u can get in this price nd even a bit further..!! This
was a androidised review...nd samsung ace is a peice of s**t..
23. amroid (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
I have Samsung Galaxy Ace and I wanna switch to Nokia 603 >>>>> I think it's an exciting phone to have!!! ..... Another advantage in that device is it's astonishing withstand through bumps or hits!!!!! through a live personal experience with my friend's Nokia 603 phone :P ________ Simply,, it's an amazing phone with an accessible price
24. DSP96 (Posts: 20; Member since: 13 Oct 2015)
I myself own a nokia 603 and it is a great phone. Don't get put off by the spec sheet, it is about how the os uses the RAM memory and the processor. And Symbian Belle is very much optimised for this RAM-processor combo. The display is great and because of its super high brightness output, i didn't have to worry about outdoor visibility. Due to the high brightness and nokia's Clearblack technology, there is absolutely no problems of visibility even with the sun overhead.
The OS is not that bad either, i even got the symbian belle FP2 update, which adds some cool animations and transitions. The appstore is not as good as android or even windows for that matter, but still it is ok. The screen is good for watching videos or playing a few games, thanks to its good, vibrant colours. The stock video player can play videos upto 720p, without conversions or modifications. The os runs slick on the chipset and RAM, and lag is not much observed.
The fixed focus camera is decent, but nothing extraordinary. It gets the job done as a mobile shooter. However, what IS extraordinary is battery life. The phone ships with a 1300mah battery, and it gives a great battery life. On average to heavy use, I could easily manage 2 days of battery life. The music playback is good, and the speaker is loud enough without cracking.
Overall, this phone is great, with a great build quality and great battery life to boot.
|3.5 inches, 360 x 640 pixels (210 ppi) TFT
|5 megapixels
Single core, 1000 MHz, ARM11 processor
|4.47 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches
(113.5 x 57.1 x 12.7 mm)
3.87 oz (110 g)
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants avoided the catastrophic injury this spring, but as they broke camp Wednesday afternoon, plenty were taped, braced or shot up.
Two players — left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and second baseman Marco Scutaro — did not board the flight home. Both will begin the season on the disabled list, Affeldt with a sprained right MCL and Scutaro with persistent back pain that has not gone away after multiple medical procedures. On Thursday, Scutaro will go through another round of tests. There's no timetable for his return.
"We can't get this thing figured out," manager Bruce Bochy said. "At this point, he's not on the field so I don't know. We don't know. The doctors don't know."
What is crystal clear is that the spring wasn't a breeze for trainer Dave Groeschner and his staff. Angel Pagan missed time with back tightness, Michael Morse constantly needed treatment for a calf strain, and Buster Posey was pulled from Wednesday's lineup because of a minor hamstring strain. Posey is expected to start Thursday night in the opener of the three-game Bay Bridge Series. In that respect, Bochy considers himself lucky. His lineup was never full this spring, but the Giants expect all but Scutaro to be ready to rock come opening day.
"Overall, I think we came out of it pretty well," Bochy said of the spring. "As we head into the Bay Bridge Series, I'm pretty comfortable with where we are at."
The rotation may have had plenty of rough outings, but compared to some other National League contenders, the Giants are in good shape. That's more than the Atlanta Braves can say after losing Brandon Beachy and Kris Medlen to Tommy John surgery, or the division rival Arizona Diamondbacks can claim after losing ace Patrick Corbin to the same season-ending surgery. And the Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw will miss his next start with back inflammation. This weekend, the Giants will face an A's club that lost 40 percent of its projected rotation to spring arm injuries.
The Giants now stand taller in the playoff race, simply because their five starters are still standing. They weren't always standing on the mound as long as they hoped, though.
Matt Cain became the latest to have a hit-shortened day, giving up six runs in five innings of a windy 8-6 win over the Colorado Rockies. Cain finished the spring with a 7.47 ERA, sandwiched between Tim Lincecum (6.52) and Ryan Vogelsong (9.00). Only Madison Bumgarner (1.19) and Tim Hudson (3.72) had sustained Cactus League success. Can you take anything away from the up-and-down outings?
"I don't think you can," Cain said. "The biggest thing is making sure you get your work in. The results, you can't worry about too much."
You can bet that Bochy and general manager Brian Sabean will, though. Lincecum hoped to pitch to contact more often this season, but the transition didn't fully take down here in the desert. He remains optimistic, as does Vogelsong, who felt his stuff was sharp even as he allowed 13 runs over his final two Cactus League starts.
After 42 days in the desert, the Giant simply don't know if their rotation will actually be improved. All of a sudden, there are questions about the bullpen, too. Affeldt was hoping for a bounce-back season and is an important jack-of-all-trades for Bochy, but he got hurt March 22 while giving up four runs in one-third of an inning. He will be out at least 10 days.
"He felt it during the game," Bochy said. "He didn't have his (knee) brace on."
Affeldt's injury likely leaves three pitchers, two of them unproven, competing for two spots in the bullpen. Jean Machi is on the 40-man roster but has been shaky this spring, while Juan Gutierrez and hard-throwing prospect Derek Law have pitched well. Yusmeiro Petit and newcomer David Huff are considered locks to make the squad as long relievers.
Ehire Adrianza and Brandon Hicks will make it after Scutaro's latest round of tests. The 38-year-old remains hopeful that his disabled list stint won't last long, but he had more injections (three) than at-bats (two) this spring. The latest was a cortisone shot given Tuesday, less than a week after a failed epidural.
"We're trying to figure out the next step," Scutaro said. "It's been a consistent feeling. Not too bad, not too good. But at the same time, I'm not playing nine innings every day. My focus is on trying to get my back ready and we'll go from there."
The Giants believe they can overcome Scutaro's absence with a lineup that is deeper and provides more pop. Posey hit .419 this spring and looked sharp from day one; Pence's homer Wednesday was his fifth and raised his Cactus League average to .362; Morse hit an even .300 and could begin the season in Scutaro's No. 2 spot in the order; Brandon Belt hit .280 while maintaining the swing adjustments he made during a huge second half in 2013.
Plenty of Giants filed through the trainer's office Wednesday, but players consider that par for the course. As long as they avoid the big injuries, the Giants feel they will be much improved.
"I hate even talking about this," Bochy said, smiling.
Instead, the Giants focused on the positive. Law and left-hander Edwin Escobar lead a crop of young pitchers who could start contributing this year. Pablo Sandoval came to camp missing at least 40 pounds and appeared to drop even more weight during consistent 80-degree days in Scottsdale. Hector Sanchez dropped 20 pounds and hit .340 this spring, including a walk-off homer Wednesday that had the Giants smiling and hollering as they headed for the airport.
The Giants are eager to wipe away the memories of a 76-86 season, a process that starts Monday when they return to Phoenix for opening day.
"There's a chip on our shoulders," Pence said. "I think a lot of guys have come in with a little bit of an edge. I like that."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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State Sen. George Maziarz announced Thursday he was able to secure funding for the five school districts in Orleans County from the Legislative Education Aid Grant Process. Each of the five districts - Albion, Holley, Kendall, Lyndonville and Medina - will receive $50,000 to spend in their district on what their top priorities are. Maziarz was joined by the school district superintendents to announce the awarding of the funding as the new school year starts.
"I am extremely pleased that the school districts in Orleans County were recognized as districts in need and were selected to receive this funding," Maziarz said. "I have always been an advocate for education and continue to fight for every school in my district. This funding will allow each school district to fund opportunities which had to be cut in their budgets, and more importantly will help continue to provide the best education for the children in Orleans County."
Albion Superintendent Michael Bonnewell said, "We are grateful for Senator Maziarz efforts in securing funds from the Legislative Education Aid Grant Process that will assist us in providing professional development and instructional resources as we implement the Common Core Learning Standards and the teacher and principal evaluation and development program. These funds provide us with the means to continue our commitment to continuous improvement - a core value of the Albion Central School District."
Holley Superintendent Robert D'Angelo said, "Senator Maziarz has always been responsive to the needs of our school district, which reaffirms his commitment to the education of our youth. We are extremely grateful for his willingness to always listen and help. The funds secured by Senator Maziarz enabled us to restore an occupational therapist position, addressing the needs of not only students with special needs, but also out student population as a whole."
Kendall Superintendent Julie Christensen said, "The Kendall School community and students thank Senator Maziarz for his continued support. The additional funding has allowed us to purchase new laptops, iPads and technology to prepare our students for the 21st Century and become college and career ready."
Lyndonville Superintendent Jason Smith said, "The Lyndonville Central School District continues to be grateful for the support for education - and specifically our school district - by Senator Maziarz. The district will be allocating these special funds to security upgrades to our school bus fleet. With the consolidation of our transportation runs into a single run for all of our students, the addition of security cameras on our fleets will provide an added measure of safety and supervision. The district will also be applying these funds towards full restoration of our after-school tutoring program."
Medina Superintendent Jeff Evoy said, "The Medina Central School District is very please that Senator Maziarz has secured $50,000 for our school district. We appreciate his ongoing advocacy for our school district. This funding will be utilized to reinstate a school resource officer in our district. Student safety is a top priority and having the benefit of an SRP will bolster the safety and security of our campus."


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Wiliest Ways to Keep the NSA at Bay
Feb 28, 2014 3:36 PM PT
The death of online privacy had already been proclaimed long before Edward Snowden landed in the international spotlight, but if it wasn't confirmed back then, Snowden's NSA revelations surely must have extinguished the last vestiges of hope in even the most die-hard optimists.
"We're in a predicament," Phil Zimmermann, Pretty Good Privacy creator and cofounder and president of Silent Circle, told LinuxInsider. "Everything we do on the Internet is being captured in a vast database -- it's a kind of Panopticon.
"We have to do something about this," added Zimmermann, an Internet Hall of Fame inductee. "We have to push back in policy space as well as use countermeasures like encryption."
Public policy changes rarely happen quickly, of course. In the meantime, those countermeasures are looking more and more like users' best bet.
'They're Capturing Your Browsing'
"I'd recommend making phone calls with Silent Phone," Zimmermann suggested, and "for email, PGP, GnuPG or something like it."
As for other online activities, "there's a lot of things you do on the Internet that leak information," he added. "They're capturing your Web browsing."
SSL and TLS are both protocols Zimmermann recommended using.
In addition, the Tor Web browser is "a good idea," he said. "I would recommend using Tor for visiting any website you would prefer to not have recorded."
'Deliberate Back Doors and Stupid Bugs'
On the road, if you're in a place where there may be a lot of interception, Tor or a VPN can help protect privacy, though not all VPNs are equally secure, noted Zimmermann.
"I use open source OpenVPN, but you have to have a server somewhere to connect to, and that's usually a paid service," he pointed out.
In general, open source technologies tend to be a better bet, Zimmermann said.
"I've always recommended that people not trust any crypto software unless they publish the source code," he explained, noting that the availability of that code serves as a sort of protection against both "deliberate back doors and stupid bugs."
'The Entire Reason Is to Protect Privacy'
Then, too, there's the Blackphone, which was officially launched at this year's Mobile World Congress by SGP Technologies, a joint venture between Silent Circle and Geeksphone.
"The entire reason for it to exist is to protect privacy," Zimmermann said of the US$629 device, which includes Silent Phone, Silent Text, Tor and a VPN among its features.
"We're putting a lot of effort into making it as good as we can in terms of the OS and apps and configuration, all toward protecting your privacy," he said.
The Navy SEALs, U.S. Special Operations Command and Canadian Special Operations Regiment are all among the device's users, Zimmerman said.
"We figured nobody would ever ask us to put a back door in if our own agencies were using it," he added. "That strategy seems to be working."
KPN Mobile is the inaugural launch carrier for Blackphone serving European regions including Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
"We're hoping it will shame other European carriers into following their example," Zimmermann said. "U.S. carriers will have to wake up and smell the coffee."
At the same time, "whatever the level of cryptography you're using, the NSA can probably break into your home network, install keyloggers and grab whatever they want -- passwords, private PGP keys, screenshots, etc.," Cyril Soler, a developer on the RetroShare project, told LinuxInsider.
"This is always easier than breaking the encryption," he explained. "Their ability to do that is facilitated by the backdoors they probably force American companies to put into their hardware and software."
RetroShare is an open source, cross-platform, "Friend-2-Friend" and secure decentralized communication platform that lets users securely chat and share files with others using a web of trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication.
"RetroShare builds an F2F network and provides services on top of it -- forums, channels, messaging, chat, IRC," Soler explained.
Though the platform has not yet been audited for security, it does use open source libraries for the crypto portion of its technology, as Zimmermann recommends.
Among RetroShare's guarantees:
- "Authenticated/secure communication between friends represented by their PGP key," Soler noted. "RS also makes use of the PGP signing mechanism to build a web of trust among users."
- "Anonymity of file transfers to/from non-friends using a tunneling system," he added.
- "Authenticity or anonymity -- depending on the user's choice and type of service -- of messages, posts on internal forums and channels, and messages in IRC chat rooms," he said.
'Do Not Use Google, Yahoo or Gmail'
The content of communications between two peers is difficult to figure out for an external observer, since "the stream is encrypted and authenticated, making it impossible for a third-party observer to hack SSL certificates in the middle," Soler explained.
"Our SSL implementation uses perfect forward secrecy to ensure that it is impossible to decrypt a captured communication if the SSL keys get broken in a post process," he added.
The main limitation of F2F systems in general is that "a spying agency that has the ability to snoop on Internet routers will know the topology of the network and how much data transits between nodes, and therefore can perform traffic correlation to figure out who talks to whom," Soler noted.
"Things could be improved if building an F2F network over an anonymization proxy such as Tor," he added. "RetroShare does not allow this yet, but it might in the future."
Also common to F2F networks is that users must "build" their network by recruiting trusted friends to connect with.
"That takes some effort, and certainly slows down adoption," Soler pointed out.
In the meantime, he advised, users with sensitive information on their computers should take a number of conservative steps:
- "Encrypt all your emails" -- using Enigmail on Thunderbird, for example;
- "Do not use Microsoft nor Apple products and systems," he advised. "This sounds like I hate these systems -- I don't. It's not their fault";
- "Do not buy hardware that is manufactured in or that transits in the U.S."; and
- "Do not use Google, Yahoo or Gmail," he concluded. "If you do, only use a very specific passphrase for these systems/services that you don't use elsewhere.
"This sounded like paranoid talk before June 2013," Soler added. "It doesn't anymore."
'You Are the Product'
Online privacy is "in a poor state," agreed McCall Paxton, a security operations center analyst with Rook Security.
"A great example is the many free tools and apps available," Paxton told LinuxInsider. "If you are not paying for the product, you are the product. Even free online privacy tools still collect, use and sell your data."
To mitigate the problem, "one of the first things to do is install plugins to your browser and check the settings," he suggested.
Disabling third-party cookies is one good idea, he noted. In addition, "the first plugin I recommend is HTTPS Everywhere followed closely by Ghostery."
'You Would Be Surprised'
Next, "go to your mobile phone and go through the privacy settings for every app you have," Paxton said. "You would be surprised what information some apps send out."
At the same time, however, "people should be aware that despite the steps they personally take, there will likely always be some service or company that they use that will still track, collect and sell your information," he warned. "Mobile carriers are a good example of this."
The last thing, and "probably the most important, is educate yourself and others," Paxton concluded. "You may take all the right steps, but if someone else doesn't take the same, you will both trip."
Building the Future
Can current technologies really help users avoid tripping on the toes of the NSA or others?
Well, "conspicuously absent from Snowden's list was anything I've worked on," Zimmermann noted.
As for where things go from here, "the best way to predict is to create the future," he said. "Decide what kind of future you want, and work your butt off trying to get there."


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We've been doing something rather interesting for the past few years that I think you should know about.
It's called Hack Days. Every three months, we take a break from our regular work and for two full days everyone in the company has free reign to work on whatever project they want – as long as it adds value to Shopify. There's no limit to the creativity or scope of the projects, there's only one rule to Hack Days: employees must 'ship' their projects no later than 4pm at the end of the second day. At this point, everyone meets in our staff lounge to pitch their finished projects.
Here's what it looks like:
We treat Shopify Hack Days like a sandbox to try new ideas. The best ones stick and become innovative new features for our merchants and our internal infrastructure.
Here are just a few things that were created during Hack Days:
The Dating Game
The Dating Game is our in-house applicant tracking system. We use The Dating Game to manage our entire hiring process from job postings or head hunting calls to the signed offer.
With The Dating Game we know who has interacted with every candidate and what the outcome was of the conversation. We even automated data entry with a 'grab' function from Github and LinkedIn.
Shopify Stories
Shopify Stories is a collection of videos that capture the story behind our merchants. Through short videos we tell the tales of how our store owners started their business, why they decided to sell online, and how it's changed their lives.
Shopify Classifieds
Instead of using Craigslist to buy, sell or trade our household stuff we decided to build our own classifieds app. With Shopify Classifieds staff can easily browse products their co-workers are looking to get rid of.
Expensely is a hosted expense reimbursement system that allows managers to approve and seamlessly upload into both our accounting and payroll systems.
We even built a mobile version of Expensely so employees can take a picture of a receipt and instantly upload into the system.
Fraud Filter
Fraud Filter is a free Shopify App that gives our merchants greater control over their checkout, allowing them to block repeat fraudulent orders. Obviously, this is just an extra layer of protection on top of the security measures and fraud detections we already have in place, but it gives store owners some more flexibility and extra safeguards.
Brick-And-Mortar to Brick-And-Click
A few of us teamed up with a radio station to hold a contest for local retail shops. We built the winner an online store in one day and filmed some of the fun.
The War Room
Since not all of our team are programmers or designers, some of our employees contribute in other ways. Our office is already pretty cool, but when one of our marketing guys wanted to build a "War Room" we couldn't resist.
The Benefits
Hack Days aren't just about building awesome things in two days. They're about taking a creative break from regular duties. They're about having fun and giving our employees autonomy to act upon their pent up ideas. They're about team building and getting to work with people you usually don't get to work with. And Hack Days are about taking a project – no matter how big – from start to finish in just two days.
Hack Days are a tremendous learning experience with tangible outcome, and for that have become an important part of our cultural repertoire of things we do to challenge ourselves.
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23 comments
March 26 2013, 02:52PM
Thats actually a really smart idea that other companies should implement.
March 26 2013, 03:14PM
You guys rock!
March 26 2013, 04:58PM
What an awesome idea. More companies should do this.
March 27 2013, 12:50AM
A fantastic way bring out peoples creativity.
March 27 2013, 02:43AM
Such a great idea. The more I learn about Shopify, the more I love you guys. I think I'm a certified Shopify Fanboy now.
March 27 2013, 11:28AM
Great idea..gotta stay fresh and creative! Love the war room!
March 27 2013, 02:42PM
Hack up an RMA/returns module! :)
March 27 2013, 06:50PM
Such a fantastic idea! The Dating Game project stood out to me – I love it when people make organising things fun and easy!
March 27 2013, 09:17PM
Nice to see such a great idea coming into action at Shopify HQ =)
March 28 2013, 07:43PM
you guys should brainstorm about letting users setup free domain emails through service like every other company does
March 29 2013, 07:55PM
One of the more difficult things for a new online store is to search for manufactures/products, both in the US and internationally. I don't know if it's a tool that Shopify would consider developing, but it could really help.
March 31 2013, 10:47AM
As much as I think this is a very cool idea and Shopify deserves credit for encouraging this kind of creativity, it would be really nice if you invested more time and resources in adding features that your customers desperately want.
This is a good example of flawed management at start-ups, while you're building cool, but unnecessary toys like an in-house classified ad system developers like me who like to send more customers your way instead have to recommend your competitors because your service lacks essential features.
April 03 2013, 03:07PM
Andrew: It's not the amount of hours the Shopify team puts into Shopify that makes it a great product. It's the amount of joy.
April 05 2013, 03:16PM
PUT THE CLASSIFIEDS APP IN THE APP-STORE! This is a great app for local niche' markets from pet products to children's toys. I would use this right now, I've been search all day for something like that.
A front-end interface for users to upload their products. Perfect.
April 09 2013, 06:48AM
Today i came across this amazing new website named nupinch.com…i really think you guys should check it out..
Link: http://bit.ly/XczfI3
April 10 2013, 08:41AM
I first heard about this idea through a lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson at a NCTE conference. I have applied this to my classrooms and now apply to my home business. Awesome creativity generator – good for you. ~Kelly
May 06 2013, 06:45AM
Appreciate sharing your experiences and thoughts. This is very helpful.http://www.getcliqup.com
May 06 2013, 09:38PM
I agree with Emil! If its always go go go at a job, people tend to get disgruntled. I'm glad to know I am spending my money with a company who treats their employees like real people, not bots.
I'd like a copy of the dating game for my own "internal affairs"! Bahahahha
I crack myself up.
No but seriously I would love it.
Keep up the good work Shopify.
I'm looking forward to our webstore going live…
June 06 2013, 09:30AM
It would be cool if Shopify came up with a kind of share option pool or investment round for Experts and Developers to earn into or or buy in to at even a small amount. Giving them the opportunity to realize a return at some future date from all their work and enthusiasm for Shopify outside of the normal business activities. This could be one for your CFO & team to hack together!!
June 06 2013, 11:15AM
There is a giant demand among Shopify store owners for a simple "tare weight" option for shipping calculations. It has been brought up many times in many different places and there has not only been no action, there hasn't even been an acknowledgement that we have even been heard.
Sorry to use this thread for a rant but I get nothing otherwise.
January 05 2016, 08:21AM
Looks like an awesome work environment, but…. Could you pppplllllleeeaaaasssee work on including email hosting and domain transfers? I'd love to have everything all together instead of two lots of hosting fees.
March 31 2017, 01:05AM
can shopify is giving affiliates like amazon and daraz i have my own site with more than 1000 visitors a day here is my website http://www.putfree.com if shopify is giving any type of banners ads or affiliates then please inform me
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By Abby Schultz and JeeYeon Park, CNBC.com
Stocks rallied for a third consecutive session amid Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, strength in China's economy, and rising commodity prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75.68 points, or 0.6 percent, to close at 12,760.36, marking three straight days of gains for the blue-chip average.
Microsoft fell after the tech giant said it would buy Skype for $8.5 billion, including debt. Ebay, which owns a 30 percent stake in Skype, gained following the news.
The S&P 500 rose 10.87 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 1,357.16, while the Nasdaq rose 28.64 points, or 1.01 percent, to close at 2,871.89, for three straight days of gains for both indexes.
All key S&P 500 sectors were higher throughout most of the session, led by utilities and consumer discretionary.
The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell below 17.
"This is the kind of market where the lack of bad news is taken as good news," said Uri Landesman, President of Platinum Partners.
"The overall unemployment rate is still a problem, the housing market is a still a problem, and the Middle East is a huge problem, and the market keeps going up," Landesman said.
He expects stocks will continue to climb until the S&P 500 hits somewhere between 1,400 and 1,420, "then I think you'll see a major correction."
But others see stocks falling before they head higher. Market technicals show there could be a few weeks of weak price movement before stocks move higher again, Mark Arbeter, chief technical strategist at Standard & Poor's, said on CNBC.
"The short-term charts are suggesting that we may go down and retest the 1,329 level on the S&P—and possibly 1,323—before resuming the uptrend," Arbeter said, adding the S&P 500 could reach 1,440.
In earnings news, Dean Foods soared after the dairy producer delivered better-than-expected earnings, helped by sales of its Horizon Organic milk. The firm also boosted its 2011 outlook.
Wendy's/Arbys Group also gained after the fast-food chain said it was making progress in its efforts to sell Arby's, and would raise prices to offset rising food costs.
However, Activision Blizzard gained after reporting a 32 percent surge in net income and despite expressing concerns about the effects of Sony's recent PlayStation Network's troubles.
Dow component Disney led the blue-chip higher ahead of its earnings release after the market closes, while Cisco gained ahead of its earnings release on Wednesday.
Oil prices turned slightly higher on Monday despite news the CME Group raised margins for crude futures by 25 percent, as traders focused on supply constraints.
U.S. light, sweet crude rose 1.3 percent to close at $103.88 a barrel, while in London, Brent crude rose 1.5 percent to close at $117.63.
Precious metals also advanced as silver futures rose 3.7 percent to settle at $38.48 an ounce, while gold futures rose almost 1 percent to settle at $1,516.60.
The dollar, meanwhile, closed slightly lower against a basket of currencies, while the euro stabilized, although worries remain about Greece's debt troubles. Greece denied it was seeking a new bailout package from the EU. Also, an auction of short-term Greek debt went smoothly, which was encouraging to investors.
Elsewhere in corporate news, Google gained after the search-engine giant said it would launch a music service that would allow for flexible music storage, similar to a service recently created by Amazon.com.
Utilities were led higher by First Energy, which climbed after Citigroup raised its price target on the utility holding company to $41 from $36, and Wells Fargo boosted its rating to "outperform" from "market perform."
The Dow Jones Utility Index gained as more than 90 percent of all utility stocks rose.
And Boston Scientific tumbled after the medical device maker said its CEO would retire in December.
Volume on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange was 3.3 billion shares, while 835 million changed hands on the NYSE floor.
Treasury prices shaved earlier losses after the government auctioned $32 billion in 3-year notes, which had a high yield of 1.000 percent and a bid-to-cover of 3.29.
On the economic front, wholesale businesses increased inventories by 1.1 percent in March amid a jump in sales after a 1 percent gain in February, according to the Commerce Department.
U.S. import prices rose 2.2 percent in April, following a 2.6 percent gain in March, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had expected only a 1.8 percent rise.
Also, an index of small business owner sentiment fell 0.7 point to 91.2 in April even as sales performance improved. The decline in the National Federation of Independent Business's small-business optimism index follows a 2.6-point drop in March.
China reported its trade surplus was $11.4 billion, nearly four times higher than expected, sparking fears that it could reignite criticism about its currency policy, but encouraging investors worried about a slowdown in China's growth.
Asian stocks rose, while European shares also closed higher, led by banks and mining stocks.


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July 18, 2006
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons basketball team will spend most of November in the friendly confines of Allen Arena.
After exhibition home games with Harding University (Nov. 9) and Alabama-Huntsville (Nov. 10), the Lady Bisons open the 2006-2007 season with a visit from Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference Nov. 17.
"Arkansas is a great tip-off for the season," said Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett. "Susie Gardner, their coach, is from Mount Juliet. They wanted to play close to her home. We will play there next season. We have had Ole Miss here from the SEC and Florida State from the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is great to have attractive games like that."
After a Sunday night visit to Evansville Nov. 19, the Lady Bisons return home to face Fisk (Nov. 20). Another Nashville foe, Tennessee State, makes the short trip to Allen Arena Nov. 27.
The Lady Bisons also open the Atlantic Sun portion of the season at home for the first time since joining the conference. Jacksonville visits Nov. 30 and North Florida comes to town Dec. 2. Both games are part of double-headers with the Bisons playing after the Lady Bisons.
"For the first time since we have gone Division I we have December home games," said Bennett. "We have always started on the road for the first A-Sun games."
Two tournaments are on the schedule this season. The Lady Bisons travel to Memphis Thanksgiving weekend for the University of Memphis Tournament. The Lady Bisons have not been told their first round opponent, but rounding out the field are Austin Peay and Central Arkansas.
On Dec. 20 and 21 the Lady Bisons will make their first appearance in the Vanderbilt Tournament in Nashville. The Lady Bisons will play host Vanderbilt in the first round. It will mark the first time the two teams have faced each other since they met in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament at Tennessee-Chattanooga to cap the 2004-2005 season. The Lady Bisons fell 76-45 in their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance..
Rounding out the tournament field are Indiana State and Longwood.
"That tournament will have a lot of local interest," said Bennett. "Vanderbilt and Indiana State are very outstanding teams. Longwood is making the transition to Division I."
The remaining non-conference games for the Lady Bisons are at Murray State Dec. 4 and against LaSalle at Allen Arena Jan. 2.
"LaSalle is playing Vanderbilt and they wanted an extra game here," said Bennett. "They are Philadelphia team. I think they are going to be pretty strong."
"We were able to keep all of our non-conference games within three hours of Nashville," Bennett said. "I think that is really good for our fans. Last year we went to Kent State, Ball State for a tournament, Florida State and Wake Forest. We traveled ourselves to death."
The first conference road games are Jan. 4 at East Tennessee State and Jan. 6 at Kennesaw State.
The Lady Bisons then play three straight A-Sun games at home with visits from Mercer (Jan. 11), Stetson (Jan. 13) and Belmont (Jan. 20).
After trips to Campbell Jan. 25 and Gardner-Webb Jan. 27, the Lady Bisons return home to play Kennesaw State Feb. 1 and East Tennessee State Feb. 3.
Five of the last seven regular season games are on the road with Stetson (Feb. 8), Mercer (Feb. 10), Belmont (Feb. 17), North Florida (March 1) and Jacksonville (March 3).
The final A-Sun home games are Feb. 22 against Gardner-Webb and Feb. 24 against Campbell.


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Announcing: The Entrepreneur's Corner
from the enjoy deptAs you may recall, a few months back we launched the IT Innovation site, sponsored by Sun and Intel, which has been a great program. Now we're launching another site, this time for small business owners and entrepreneurs, called The Entrepreneur's Corner, brought to you in partnership with AcceptPay from American Express. Like the IT Innovation site, the Entrepreneur's Corner will have a mix of content cross-posted from Techdirt, as well as unique individual stories, such as this one, on what the health care reform bill means for small businesses today. Also, as with anything we post on our sites, the content is editorially independent of any advertisers or sponsors.
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Munters helps feeding the world
The biggest challenge agriculture is facing is that the population of the world is growing but there is no more land to plow. By the year 2050 we need to produce 60% more food. But there is only land available to produce 20% of that need. The other 80% needs to come from being more efficient. And that is our challenge: to be able to produce so much more food.
We are a complete system provider, we offer a full line of fans, air inlets, evaporative cooling systems, and environmental controls. We are not only a pad & fan company, we stand on a huge platform of R&D and production surface and a worldwide distribution network: we cover agriculture globally with dealers in 100 countries, have facilities in 15 countries and 700 employees dedicated to agriculture.
If we look at our footprint around the world, our best calculation says that 1 in 7 times that you eat a meal there is going to be a product on your plate that has been touched by Munters. That is exactly what we are: knowledgeable and passionate people that really care about bringing good food to the world's tables.
Munters is providing not only system solutions for climate control but also we can do it much more efficiently for the farmer and the distributor. High quality products that keep what they promise, cause less hassle for the dealer and increased profit and better animal health for the end-user and farmer.


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