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A lot was happening at Sylva K Studio on Monday March 22nd! We started bright and early at the studio, prepping for our exciting Bridal Photo Shoot. Here is some behind the scene pictures of our exciting day!!
We can't wait to share the final pictures with you, but first let us introduce you to the talented photographer who is behind all these beautiful pictures, Brian Huynh.
Brian Huynh is a up and coming photographer currently based in Montreal, Canada. He currently shoots fashion, glamour, people, fine art, events and things that make others happy.
Visit Brian's Website at http://brianhuynh.art-majors.comback
Due to the beautiful wedding season being so close, we got inspired to do a bridal photo shoot. Our canvases were two beautiful models; Barbara and Laurence. Thank you girls, you were amazing!!
For the girl's looks, we gave Barbara, a sophisticated and classic bridal look, using neutral hues and bright red lip stick. Her hair was curled and waved, bobby pinned up with beautiful flowers underneath her up do. Gorgeous!
For Laurence, we gave her a fun, fairy tale, almost "Alice in wonderland" bridal look! For makeup, I used a lot of bright colors, soft pink cheeks and bright pink for her lips. Her hair was waved and braided. Our gifted Hair Stylist made her a crown using Laurence's hair. Yes!! She braided her hair into a crown!!! How original!
Enjoy the pictures! Let us know what you think?
I love what I do!!
Barbara (left) me & Laurence (right)
The Team 🙂
Brian & I
More pictures are posted on http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=1650540039#!/SylvaKMakeup?ref=ts
Stay tuned for our spring photo shoot!!! Pictures coming soon
Till next time,
Sylva K

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Having a contract in place can make the difference between making money and losing money. Just like insurance on your vehicle, if you don't have a contract in place inevitably it can come back and hurt you at the hip pocket.
Just take a look at the world of professional sport where elite sportspeople supply their services to a club in return for a fee. In this day and age it is in both parties' interests to have a contract in place binding each of them to fulfil their obligations. Without this where would they be?
Where would Robbie Farah be right now without the appropriate contractual documentation in place with the Wests Tigers? Perhaps still playing park football, but I'm certain it would be for a lot less money!
The services sector including Construction, IT, Education, Finance, Tourism and Professional Services are a major part of the Australian economy. Just like the world of professional sport, most businesses enter into agreements for the supply of services every day. Whilst most people appreciate that there are detailed laws regulating businesses and consumers in relation to the supply of goods, few give much thought to laws relating to the supply of services and how this can impact on them receiving payment and minimising their risk. Under the Australian Consumer Law, suppliers are required to provide certain guarantees for the services they provide to consumers. In order to obtain the benefit of such statutory protections, the services typically need to be under $40,000, or services which are normally used for personal, domestic or household purposes. Some industries have their own codes (both mandatory and voluntary) that may serve to set out specific standards of conduct for an industry including how to deal with members and customers. The starting point in any dispute relating to the provision of services is to look at the contract between the parties. In any "battle of the formsâ€, a customer needs to be in a position to leverage their negotiating position to ensure they are protected. Conversely, a service provider will typically want to minimise their liability to the extent that they are legally able to do so and ensure they are paid the agreed fee for their services. The war is typically won by the party that has the best contract and legal advice. Courts don't generally show a great deal of sympathy for businesses that operate on a handshake, failing to adequately protect their own interests and comply with legislative requirements. Nor do they show much sympathy for a customer who has clearly breached their contractual obligations towards a business who has supplied a service and not paid them.
The bottom line is to ensure you put appropriate documentation in place to protect your interests before supplying any services. If you don't, the law may not be able to assist later.


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Opinion: Can Chris Christie Revive the GOP?
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on whether the New Jersey Governor can parlay his popularity at home into a presidential bid.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is still reveling in his bid for re election victory from last week ... and the Republicans are starting to ask if he's the future of the party ... here's the governor ... if you were ... nearly tripled your African American folk ... getting to show up ... you need to go into those neighborhoods he skipped came in places of your Perkins hypocrites ... of the town hall meeting why was governor of the euro half ago ... in the city of over into New Jersey in Essex County ... arc of four point seven percent of the folk there in two thousand dollars ... or more people in the church I did that sound all that voted for me in two thousand on ... that's the way the Republican party ... will make it sells more relevant ... to a whole much broader group of folks ... and the fact is that's exactly what Ronald Reagan were gone ... political diary editor and Fox News contributor Jason Riley joins me now to talk about the governor's victory ... I Jason is this good advice that the Republicans have to show up in these constituencies that they don't normally when they do need to show up I mean I don't know Chris Christie is the future ... of the party is literally ... two out to be making predictions like that but he has done something ... that the parties than trying to do for a long time to expand ... its appeal to young people ... to women ... blacks to Hispanics and so when ... he did a remarkable job of increasing his numbers ... among all those groups in the deep blue states Obama won last year ... by double digits ... was an impressive performance ... I think there is something for the party to learn from ... I want to put some of those numbers up on the screen and in you can start ... with gender Christie's when my gender sixty three percent of the Mail though up ten points ... fifty seven percent ... of the female vote up twelve points ... I hate him just as he did this not buying that ... suddenly pandering to do is to do when many recommends issues he did it by sticking to his principles ... aam ... what lessons are ... right hander is not the way to go the left ... hander anyway ... in my painting I mean appealing to women as women appealing to class as glass and some of the peeling them ... as Americans and that's what Kristie did ... in the polls actually predicted ... that this sort of turned out ... that you know he he didn't start six months before the election ... going into orange going in the Camden ... N Unit in reducing stop these voters ... he's been doing this for months and people appreciate when you show up ... in addition to talk to them and don't like to political opponent define you can pick and social conservatives misconstrued his victory and say ... well it just proves that we need to have a strong ... socially conservative platform we need to be anti abortion anti gay marriage because those the things that Christie is for ... well there are of diversity of views within the minority communities among women ... um I don't think that will necessarily be off putting to some these groups ... were necessarily trying to teach them for I think for too long with the real lesson here ... Republicans have been writing off huge swaths of the electorate to think ... they don't kill us to last toss ... Christie didn't take them he said now we go introduce myself to these groups even if it's a little on comparable and I think this is the way to do it it's not quite showing up in Dublin CP convinced me giving a speech or purchasing Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton drink publicly ... that's not how you doing you fill out a new vineyard future self ... to the shop owners in these communities ... to people bowling alleys in barber shops in small business owners and so forth ... that's how you feel these creeps up and we're going have to leave it that


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The Senate Agriculture Committee held its first farm bill hearing on June 30, 2010. The focus of this first hearing was on how well the current safety net is working for farmers, and maintaining the domestic food supply through strong farm policy.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chairperson of the Senate Ag Committee, said in her opening statements that, "The farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress considers on behalf of rural America and our nation's farmers and ranchers. In the 2008 farm bill, we made some significant new investments in nutrition, energy, conservation, rural development and other priorities while maintaining the integrity of the farm safety net.
"In the next Congress, we will be writing the 2012 farm bill. In this process, we will have the opportunity to build on the good things we have accomplished."
Mark Watne, a farmer from North Dakota, thinks the current bill is working and will provide a good starting point.
"I believe the reason we have a farm bill is to provide a functioning food production and security system for our nation," said Watne, who farms 1,500 acres. "When we look at the abundance of top-quality, inexpensive food currently in our nation, we can only assume the current farm bill is achieving that goal."
But, there are improvements he'd like to see in the next bill:
"If we are to make major changes to the farm bill, we should strengthen the crop insurance coverage to include lower premiums for greater coverage, or other revenue and production concepts to more directly represent the cost of production and inflation," he said.
He'd also like to see a change in the ACRE program.
"I would suggest we consider supporting a shift of direct or decoupled payments to a new or better program that reflects cost of production plus inflationary safety nets," added Watne. "The Average Crop Revenue (ACRE) program was an attempt to begin this process, but was complicated from a farmer's perspective."
Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union, thinks ACRE can be successful with some modification.
"The next farm bill would do well to eliminate the revenue loss provision. If modifications were made to ACRE so that individual farm factors would serve as the trigger for payments, the program would operate more closely to what was intended in the 2008 farm bill."
There are other issues farmers are now facing, said Johnson, and he'd like to see them addressed in the new bill.
"The next farm bill must address the new realities we face: Extreme volatility in market prices for commodities; extended periods of extraordinarily high energy costs; and the ongoing exodus of young people and job opportunities from our rural areas," he said. "Investments in the farm safety net programs will keep American family farmers in the business of providing consumers with affordable, domestically produced, safe and nutritious food. NFU believes these programs are currently out of balance and need adjustments in the 2012 farm bill.
Keeping American farmers in business is a goal of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
"As we move forward toward development of the next farm bill, it is important we approach this new legislation with an eye toward truly making a difference in the future of the lives of millions of rural Americans. If we set our goals appropriately, we can properly assist and strengthen production agriculture, while also building and reinforcing the future of rural communities. Every opportunity for bettering rural America should be considered. We need to adopt innovative approaches and listen to the needs of production agriculture and rural communities. Again, I believe it is important to be ambitious and set our goals as high as possible," he said.
Bob Stallman, president, American Farm Bureau Federation, said Farm Bureau believes the 2012 farm bill should support a stable business environment critical to success in agriculture.
"Abruptly changing the rules of the game on farmers, particularly in a tight credit environment, can be disastrous to a farmer or rancher's operation," Stallman said. "Our options will recognize the need for transition periods for major policy changes so that farmers and ranchers will have the opportunity to adjust their business models accordingly."
(For more on what Stallman had to say, please click here).
Farmers want to be able to keep their businesses stable and operating, and understand that changes are necessary to meet future costs of operation, but they need programs to meet their goals.
"It is critical that we maintain provisions that allow us to be competitive in world markets and provide support in times of low prices. Our industries will evaluate different program delivery systems if necessary to accomplish these goals," said Dow Brantley, a cotton, rice, corn and soybean producer in Arkansas.
"The existing safety net protection levels have simply not kept pace with the significant increases in production costs. It is for this reason that I believe strengthening the safety net would be helpful in ensuring that producers have the ability to adequately manage their risks and access needed credit. I believe the marketing loan program prices must be raised to meet the costs of today's production," said Brantley.
Sen. Lincoln understands that producers have goals they need to meet to be competitive and productive.
"I think most American farm and ranch families simply want steady, predictable, supportive policies coming out of Washington … and for us to otherwise get out of their way. Huge policy fluctuations, mixed signals coming out of Washington, and the uncertainty that these things create make it very difficult for our producers to compete, invest, and plan for the future. So, rather than start from scratch or from some new fangled idea cooked up in Washington or in some college professor's office, we need to reassure our farmers and ranchers that we will start where we left off: The 2008 farm bill. If we can do better by our producers in 2012, great. But, if not, current law serves as the benchmark from which we will work," Lincoln said.


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Will Cars Cost Less in 2013?
As the economy recovers, rising prices can seem inevitable. But they're not universal.
Experts say some items and expenses are bucking the trend, and may actually be cheaper in the new year. In some cases, the drop is due to evolving technology and increased competition. In others, shoppers are making choices that may result in lower bills—without leaving them feeling deprived.
In particular, the cost of these four essentials may seem less daunting in 2013:


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Organist Paul Jacobs at Wabash February 9• February 7, 2014 Share:
The Wabash College Music Department invites the public to the 15th annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital at 3 p.m., Sunday, February 9, in Pioneer Chapel. Organist, Paul Jacobs, will play this year's recital.
Jacobs will perform works by J. S. Bach, Robert Schumann, John Stanley, Nadia Boulanger, Edward Elgar, W. A. Mozart and Alexandre Guilmant.
Jacobs, America's most celebrated concert organist, is the only organ soloist ever to receive a Grammy Award (2011). The New York Times calls him a "Brilliant young organist and evangelist for the instrument." He made musical history at the age of 23 when he performed the complete organ works of J.S. Bach in an 18-hour non-stop marathon performance, and has subsequently performed the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen in nine-hour marathon concerts around the country. He had performed in all 50 states by the age of 31, and has also toured in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia, and appeared with major orchestras. He is chair of the organ department at The Juilliard School in New York City.
The annual Roger H. Ide Organ Recital is funded by a bequest from Dr. Roger Ide, Wabash Class of 1959, who served as the Wabash College organist while he was a student. The memory of that experience was such a pleasant one for Dr. Ide that he chose to perpetuate the music with a gift that makes it possible to enjoy organ recitals for years to come.
The concert is free and open to the public. A reception will be held immediately following the concert in the Rogge Lounge in Baxter Hall.


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thebwit needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Horde Fighting
Shirt will be printed on a black or white t-shirt. 2 colors only other than the color of the shirt. All designs with more than 2 colors will be eliminated.
Design needs to have the fighters name, Vince Ramos on it somewhere
Design needs to have the Horde Fighting H (attached) in it somewhere
Fighter has said that all designs will be welcome, but he prefers if the design is either like a graphic novel illustration or tribal design (or a combo).
Fighter doesn't have a nickname so nothing else to work with so use your imagination
Shirt design can be an all over design, but it doesn't have to be.
Design is for front only. Back of shirt is to be left black.
Contest will be run as a blind contest to ensure no one steals others thoughts
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Catlin Virtual Exhibition
George Catlin (1796-1872) journeyed west five times in the 1830s to paint the Plains Indians and their way of life. Convinced that westward expansion spelled certain disaster for native peoples, he viewed his Indian Gallery as a way "to rescue from oblivion their primitive looks and customs."
Catlin was the first artist to record the Plains Indians in their own territories. He admired them as the embodiment of the Enlightenment ideal of "natural man," living in harmony with nature. But the more than 500 paintings in the Indian Gallery also reveal the fateful encounter of two different cultures in a frontier region undergoing dramatic transformation.
When Catlin first traveled west in 1830, the United States Congress had just passed the Indian Removal Act, requiring Indians in the Southeast to resettle west of the Mississippi River. This vast forced migration—as well as smallpox epidemics and continuing incursions from trappers, miners, explorers, and settlers—created pressures on Indian cultures to adapt or perish. Seeing the devastation of many tribes, Catlin came to regard the frontier as a region of corruption. He portrayed the nobility of these still-sovereign peoples, but he was aware that he painted in sovereignty's twilight.
By the late 1830s and 1840s, Catlin began displaying the Indian Gallery in eastern capitals and in Europe, an advocate for the Indian way of life. Yet the challenge of keeping his collection together and making ends meet led him to questionable strategies. He courted audiences by presenting real Indians enacting war dances. In effect, Catlin created the first Wild West show, with all its compromising sensationalism and exploitation.
Catlin lobbied the U.S. government for patronage throughout his career, hoping Congress would purchase the Indian Gallery as a legacy for future generations. Disappointed in this goal, Catlin went bankrupt in 1852. A Philadelphia industrialist paid Catlin's debts and acquired the Indian Gallery, and soon after Catlin's death, the paintings were donated to the Smithsonian. Today Catlin's Indian Gallery is recognized as a great cultural treasure, offering rare insight into native cultures and a crucial chapter in American history.
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Saudi Arabians, including expatriates, are backing Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama.
According to the Arab News, which describes itself as the Arab world's leading English daily newspaper, the reasons for Saudi support of the rookie senator range from his being black to his middle name being Hussein, which has led many Saudis to believe he is a Muslim. Sen. Obama was born to a Muslim father, who had several wives, but the presidential candidate is Christian.
Sen. Obama was born to a Muslim father, who had several wives, but the presidential candidate is Christian.
Arab News quoted Pakistani expatriate Mohammed Yousuf as saying, "Some believed Obama is a Muslim because of his middle name. All the blacks so far in power at various levels have shown their commitment and determination to serve the country and the world without discrimination of color and religion. However, the track record of whites has been to side with Israel rather than with Muslim countries. We now have a ray of hope in Obama."
Arab and Muslim support for Sen. Obama is not universal but few Arab voices are encouraging voters to back Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain. Ali Alarabi, writing for the London-based AlArab web site, wrote last week that Arab and Muslim Americans should not vote for a third candidate instead of Sen. Obama.
He said that initial support for Sen. Obama waned after he made several public moves to remove his identification with Muslims and picked as his running mate Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, a non-Jew who defined himself as a "Zionist."
However, Sen. Obama still maintains a wide appeal among Muslims because of his father having been a Kenyan Muslim. "Many are those who will agree that his message of change and hope is destined for the African audience," wrote for Modern Ghana.com.
In Israel, Arabs so far have generally remained quiet about the presidential campaign, but Hamas leaders said several weeks ago they hope Sen. Obama wins. A group of pro-Obama Gaza students are conducting a telephone campaign aimed at American voters.


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China's economy is taking its next great leap forward: parts of its manufacturing sector are now moving up the value-added chain and out of the country. The China challenge is now a global one.
The reasons are not difficult to fathom. Production costs (wages, office rents, land, capital, etc.) in China's coastal provinces — where most of the country's manufacturing and service production, as well as foreign direct investment, are located — have been rising fast. Since last year alone, minimum wages in 9 of 12 coastal provinces (including Beijing) rose by an average of more than 21 percent.
At the same time, the renminbi is appreciating, making domestic production of export-oriented goods and services even more expensive. This matters, especially for labor-intensive activities (ranging from toy manufacturing to data-entry services), whether by affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises (which account for more than half of China's exports) or by local firms, which are losing competitiveness in international markets.
To maintain its export-oriented production base, output must move up the value-added chain, toward more sophisticated products. Multinational enterprises can do that within their integrated global production networks, which allow them to organize an international intra-firm division of labor. Any part of these production chains can be located wherever it suits the firms' international competitiveness best. And such firms have the experience to scout the globe for the right investment locations.
Domestic Chinese firms, too, need to respond to these pressures. They are helped in this effort by the rapid deepening of China's skills and technology base. This partly reflects training in foreign affiliates, but the main reason has been the Chinese government's sustained effort to foster education and training, encourage technology transfers from foreign to domestic firms, and, in particular, to build up research and development capabilities.
In short, producers of more sophisticated goods and services in developed and emerging-market countries need to be prepared for growing competition from China.
The Shifting Labor Landscape
At the same time, China's labor-intensive production will increasingly move to countries with lower labor costs — including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and neighboring Vietnam (where Chinese firms have already established about 1,000 affiliates), as well as various African countries. This process has already begun and has been supported since the beginning of the last decade by the government's "going global" policy, through which it encourages outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from China.
The data bear this out: FDI outflows more than doubled in 2008, to $52 billion, from $23 billion in 2007, and rose even further in 2009 (when world FDI flows collapsed by about 50 percent, owing to the Western financial and economic crisis), before reaching $68 billion in 2010. Not counting Hong Kong, this made China the world's fifth largest outward investor that year.
This development creates new opportunities for other emerging economies to reap the trade benefits of inserting themselves into the international division of labor. These countries' investment-promotion agencies — indeed, those of all countries, including developed ones — should increasingly target firms in China to lure them to their shores. In so doing, they should aim not only for big state-owned companies but also for the rising number of vibrant, private small and medium-size enterprises in China that can be found in all sectors of the economy.
But an important caveat is in order: China has a vast interior that is far less developed than the coastal provinces. The government is making special efforts to develop these areas in the framework of its western development strategy, including building modern infrastructure, promoting high-quality education, supporting science and technology (all key determinants of the location of production), and encouraging investment there. As a result, firms based in the coastal provinces that have to move their production (and see no need to diversify away from China) can choose to relocate to China's interior rather than going abroad.
What Governments Need to Do Now
The pattern is clear: this sort of transition away from labor-intensive manufacturing happened before in today's developed countries, when firms headquartered in Europe, Japan, and the United States moved production to developing countries. Asia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan were (and have been) among the beneficiaries.
When costs for labor-intensive goods and services became too high in these countries, production was shifted elsewhere. This relocation of manufacturing has since been accompanied by the offshoring of services whose information-intensive components have become tradeable.
China itself has benefited from today's open international trade and investment regime, which allows firms to locate production where it is most beneficial for their international competitiveness — and is now beginning to shed labor-intensive industries itself.
Governments need policies to adapt to this global shift in production. They should help their countries' firms to adapt to the departure of some producers by establishing training programs, stimulating innovation, and maintaining or creating a competitive environment that encourages "creative destruction" while providing for a social safety net.
Likewise, governments that attract the production that was shed elsewhere need to have policies in place that enable them to benefit as much as possible from this global shift, thereby furthering their own economic development.african nations, and neighboring Vietnam, Asia, Bangladesh, China, china moving up value china, china's labor outsourcing, china's new silk road, china's vast interior, INDIA, Indonesia


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- 1-6 oz can tomato paste
- ¾ cups warm water
- 3 Tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/8 cup honey
- ¾ teaspoon . onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon dried marjoram
- ¼ teaspoon dried Basil
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper
- salt to taste
- Combine all ingredients and mix together, breaking up any clumps of cheese.
- Sauce should sit for 30 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
- Gather your favorite toppings for homemade pizza-on your crust or convenient packaged crusts.
- Use as dipping sauce for Italian Meatballs, warm bread sticks or mozzarella sticks.
- Perfect for a quick lunch of mini-pizzas made on English Muffins, tortillas or pita bread.
- Make MORE and make it easy: Multiply dry ingredients by 8 and store in the refrigerator.
- When you're ready to use the sauce, mix together wet ingredients and add one tablespoon of the premixed dry ingredients to complete the sauce.
Terri's Notes
~ I'll never buy pizza sauce again!
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I was recently asked for my views as an architect on what factors to consider when procuring a line-of-business product for an organisation. Keeping in mind that business SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) were likely to be covering the functional aspects of the product quite adequately, I came up with this list:
1. Coarse-grained business functions (e.g., underwriting, claims and reinsurance in the insurance industry) should be modular with well-defined service-based interfaces. There should be no implicit dependencies between modules (e.g., no shared tables or other knowledge of another module's internals). This will make it easier for a module to be swapped out for a better one from another source, if required. [Obviously, product vendors will fight to prevent this from happening, but the customer organisation must skew their evaluation rules in such a way that the vendor is forced to see a competitive negative as a positive.]
2. Data models of the interfaces (not the internal domain models) should conform to standards as far as possible (If a data model exists for that industry domain, that's to be preferred). The IP relating to the external data model (the universal metadata model governing the data transfer objects/XML documents) should be revealed to the customer in any case, and guaranteed to be stable across product versions, with a well-defined version strategy for service enhancements. The internal data model can remain the vendor's IP. In fact, the more opaque that is, the better. It will prevent unwitting dependencies from being built by applications external to this one. If a compact and standard vocabulary is established, it will make it much easier for other applications to integrate with this one by "learning" to speak the same language.
3. Technology platform dependencies should be minimal – commodity infrastructure is preferred (e.g., Intel, Linux, plain Java-based web servers). The product should offer choices, not constraints. Ideally, it should be able to run on any platform from mainframes to Intel-based systems, and the customer organisation should choose the most commoditised platform that will suit its needs. If the product is Java-based, it should not require an EJB container. The Spring framework is preferred. Database dependencies should be minimised (wherever possible) through an appropriate ORM layer. Again, the customer organisation should be free to choose the most commoditised database that meets their requirements.
4. Services support should include both SOAP and REST in order to support the widest variety of external service consumers (and producers). SOAP services should be true contract-first services and not automated remoting of object methods. REST services should exhibit support for enterprise requirements through simple patterns for security (SSL), reliability/idempotence, asynchronous processing with callback options, horizontal scalability through statelessness, etc.
I'm sure there are other good requirements, but these should provide reasonable guidance, I think. Working through my thought process, I guess these were my guiding principles:
1. Ensure high cohesion and low coupling between functional units, keep interfaces as small as possible (this includes the shared vocabulary).
2. Be conservative in what you produce, be liberal in what you accept.
3. Aim for simplicity (but beware of expediency masquerading as simplicity).
4. Seek to use commodity building blocks as far as possible - try to source technology from competitive markets rather than from "market leaders".


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In his 2013 State of the State address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined a comprehensive plan that aims to boost the state's clean energy economy and encourage renewable energy development.
Among other cleantech initiatives, a new $1 billion 'Green Bank' will offer loans and grants to promote clean energy projects and alleviate some of the financial-market barriers currently inhibiting the flow of private capital to renewable energy and cleantech projects.
New York would be the second state to set up a so-called Green Bank; Connecticut debuted its version in July 2011 with the establishment of the state's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority.
Cuomo has appointed Richard Kauffman, a senior adviser to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and an expert in clean energy investment, to lead the Green Bank. Kauffman will also serve as head of a newly established sub-cabinet focused specifically on clean energy policy and finance.
The Green Bank is designed to fill in the holes left by unstable policy and funding at the federal level. New York has already injected hundreds of millions of dollars into renewable energy initiatives, including a recent $250 million solicitation for clean energy projects to fulfill its renewable portfolio standard.
The request for proposals, administered by the New York State Research and Development Authority, is just one part of the Energy Highway initiative Cuomo introduced in his State of the State address last year. Among other goals, the initiative seeks 270 MW of new renewable energy projects.
However, Cuomo recognizes that government subsidies alone will not spur the kind of renewable energy development he hopes to see.
"Currently, various New York state entities collect and spend $1.4 billion per year on renewables and energy efficiency – approximately 80 percent of this funding, or $1.15 billion, comes in the form of one-time subsidies," he said. "In spite of this level of spending, the state is far from realizing its clean energy goals. So while subsidies are important, it is becoming evident that they alone cannot achieve the level of clean energy deployment necessary."
That's where the Green Bank comes in. Cuomo stressed that private-sector investment will be critical to the state's renewable energy future, and his proposal aims to increase investors' confidence in the cleantech sector. Under the governor's plan, the Green Bank would leverage public dollars with a private-sector match to spur the state's clean energy economy.
"The NY Green Bank leverages private capital in a fashion that mitigates investment risk, catalyzes market activity and lowers borrowing costs – in turn, bringing down the prices paid by consumers," Cuomo explained. "Through the use of bonding, loans and various credit enhancements, such as loan-loss reserves and guarantees, a Green Bank is a fiscally practical option in a time of severe budget conditions.'
The Green Bank will also streamline development hurdles – such as contract standardization, data collection and dissemination, and project aggregation – in order to attract more investors.
The Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY), a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting clean energy in the state, welcomed the governor's approach to spurring clean energy development.
"Energy remains a complex and ever-changing landscape, and state policies must be flexible and forward-thinking in order to capture all the economic, public-health and environmental benefits of clean power," Valerie Strauss, ACE NY's interim executive director, said in a statement. "The governor's proposal to create a NY Green Bank is an innovative approach to spurring greater investment in clean energy, and we look forward to working with the Cuomo administration on its successful development."
Although not as heavily publicized as the Green Bank, another important tenet of Cuomo's plan is significant for wind project siting and development. In his State of the State address, Cuomo proposed to make Article X – a power-plant siting law that establishes a centralized certification process for electric generating facilities – permanent, which could be advantageous for wind project developers.
The newest version of Article X, finalized last July, creates a siting board, provides intervenor funding for municipalities and local parties, consolidates and coordinates state environmental review and permitting requirements, and provides authority for the siting board to override overly burdensome local laws. Under the legislation, most proposed generation projects exceeding 25 MW, regardless of fuel source, are included in the new process.
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Home school/med school
One of the most popular changes to medical education is the video taping of classes. The idea is that students can re-watch videos later for review or, in the event they have to miss class, they can watch the videos to stay up to speed with their classmates. Administrators will warn students by saying, "These videos are not a substitution for going to class. They are there for a supplement." At my university, many students try the home school method of med school. They stay home and watch lectures, only coming in for physicianship training and PBL. Their methods seem to catch on with others.
Just think, you can have class when you want, where you want. If you miss something during a live lecture, you'll have to raise your hand and hope that the professor will repeat whatever he said. With the videos, you just press rewind and keep on. Further, several software programs such as 2xAV can speed up the videos, meaning that a 50-minute lecture now takes half and hour to watch.
At my school, several students routinely take vacations after every exam and then use the videos to play catch-up during the week before the next test. The administration has tried to do away with this kind of behavior by threatening to remove the videos or institute download delays. Their threats have been empty. Just this past semester, several classes featured as few as 15 students in regular attendance.
I've begun wondering what would happen if for-profit universities caught-on to the video phenomenon. In particular, I wonder what would happen if the University of Phoenix started its own home school/med school. I could see it now: I'll get an email saying, "Need a medical degree now!?" Next, I'll click on the link to see ACCREDITED stamped all over a website touting an MD for $50,000 a year—a good price for working professionals. By interacting with my classmates via online forums, I can participate in anatomy by ordering my very own cadaver.
The Department of Education might be a little annoyed. The New York Times may even hold an investigation. The end result will be the same. I can earn my medical degree in my spare time by reading Robbins and watching the video lectures.
Some of my readers may be laughing at this part. The truth is that many medical schools already do follow a similar plan. Ok, so I didn't get any emails from American universities, but many students are using the home school/med school method. I know quite a few people with jobs, families, or other obligations that keep them from coming to class. Over the course of the first two years they would show up when necessary, watch the videos during their spare time, and then beat the class average on all of the exams.
I know that the idea of your doctor getting through medical school in his pajamas may sound scary, but trust us, we know what we're doing—we're professionals.
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Mike Berta said,
Congrats on the 3rd year. You bring up some good points about the future of education. The use of iPods is widely known in higher education, Duke for example. The concept is simple, that is what students are used too. As a UOP student, I can tell you that UOP is did not adopt the use of the technology like video and audio. The tech used to be so heavy that it would bring down servers and home networks with the 300,000+ students. Hopefully that will change as those technologies and the other cool stuff like social networking, blogs, wikis, etc become more commonplace.
As for an MD online. I am an online student, and a doctoral student to boot, but the idea of my doc never working on a live or not-live person is frightening. That said, some courses could absolutely be done online to save time, energy and resource. Is it the future of med school? We'll see.
REO SpeedDealer said,
I only started doing well in med school when I stopped going to class. This was before the lecture on video phenomenon. We had good old-fashioned noteservice where we paid people to take notes and make copies for everyone in the class. It was twice as efficient as going to class. If the prof was entertaining, I'd go. If not, I was spending time at home or in the library reading noteservice. Most of the hardcore MD-at-home dudes in my class ended up rocking the tests. We would only see them every couple of weeks, but they destroyed the curve. When you have such an enormous volume of information to assimilate, effeciency is key.
Morsetlis said,
The problem seems to be that PhD and MD lecturers with no background in education are bad at teaching and lecturing, thus causing students who do go to class to waste more time learning the material than necessary.
MichaelbrooP said,
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HP dropped two bombshells last week. The company will spin off its PC unit and discontinue production of WebOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and WebOS phones. You can read Jason Hiner's obituary of the TouchPad on his Tech Sanity Check blog.
In an effort to unload the existing TouchPad inventory, HP slashed the ill-fated tablet's price to fire-sale levels. A 16GB TouchPad (originally priced at $499.99) could be purchased for $99.99, and a 32GB model (originally priced at $599.99) was going for $149.99. At these rock-bottom prices, buyers rushed to snatch up the remaining TouchPads. Demand was so heavy, HP's Web site couldn't handle the traffic and most retailers sold out within a few days.
So just how much money is HP losing on each TouchPad? Market research firm iSuppli estimates that each 16GB HP TouchPad costs $306.15 ($296.15 components + $10.00 manufacturing). The more expensive 32GB model costs $328.15 ($318.15 components + $10.00 manufacturing). These prices don't included development or marketing costs.
To see a list of the components inside the HP TouchPad, check out my TouchPad teardown analysis blog post, video, and gallery.
If these numbers are accurate, HP stood to earn $193.84 on each 16GB TouchPad and $271.84 on each 32GB tablet. Sadly, those profits were not to be. HP is now losing $206.16 on each 16GB TouchPad and $178.16 of 32GB models.
During its quarterly earnings call last week, HP announced that it took a $.05 charge per share for the TouchPad. Given the company's 2.07 billion outstanding shares, Josh Ong, from AppleInsider, estimates the total cost at "just over $100 million".
Update 12/19/2011: This post originally appeared in our TR Dojo blog.
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I have played shakehand for eleven years and played RPB for 6 months. My RPB has gotten better than my shakehand backhand. Shakehand backhand has more power. To me, there is more finesse in RPB. Given the opportunity, when I use my left leg, rotate the body and snap the arm, I can still generate power. There seems to be more opportunities for finesse for me.
I have two RPB top spins.
1. Bend low, paddle horizontal, elbow close to body so wrist is at 90 degrees. This is not powerful but it is a finesse stroke.
2. Similar to shakehand backhand.
Wrist is used when I return serves to my middle. I consider this a finesse stroke. I have not gotten to the stage to generate enough power, but the spin of the ball generates enough velocity.
If you are having problem with positioning, it is a matter of how you do your RPB strokes.
I have noticed many traditional penholders try to hit RPB from the left side. In the beginning, try learning to lower your stance, with the paddle in front of you. I actually suggest closer to your eye level in the beginning to block the ball back. I typically do this in warmups. Though I am only blocking, because of the angle of the paddle, top spins are generated.
I have a tendency to keep my left foot back when I use RPB to loop. My coach told me that was not necessary in every situation. Having the left foot back is a bigger loop situation. I imagine you are trying a bigger loop so that's why you need to lean slightly to the right. In many situations, I needed to keep my left foot slightly in front to hit with RPB, including looping. I have seen my coach doing the RPB off the bounce of the ball with the ball in front on the right center(My coach is left handed). Leaning is not needed. For us right handers, that should be left center.
Practising blocking against loopers has greatly improved my RPB stroke. There is no time to lean but to put the paddle in front to block the ball with RPB. I then realized I could use the wrist to control the spin and the direction of the ball. The technique is such that the elbow is tight to the body, the paddle is horizontal with wrist at close to 90 degrees and the arm is moved forward to hit the ball. Gradually I learned to bend the wrist backward, while maintaining paddle in horizontal position, before hitting.
I think this technique can be carried over to the similar stroke my coach used to loop the ball off the bounce. My coach has the quick arm snap to create the spin. Obviously the angle of the wrist is no longer 90 degrees. The stance is higher to allow space to snap the arm forward.
I have a tendency to keep my left foot back when I use RPB to loop. My coach told me that was not necessary in every situation.


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Mayor Don Wesely and Lincoln Firefighters Association (LFA) President Mark Munger today announced that the LFA has agreed to work with the city to reduce personnel costs in the Fire Department budget by an estimated $413,767 in the next fiscal year. The LFA has agreed to give up the city contributions to its Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP) for the coming fiscal year, a savings estimated at $218,767. The Union has also agreed to make a significant reduction in overtime expenses, saving about $135,000. In addition, the city will eliminate one vacant firefighter position, saving about $60,000.
"I want to thank the Lincoln Firefighters Association for stepping forward to help us address the budget situation," said Mayor Wesely. "The Union has made some tough decisions, but this agreement will help us to maintain a high level of service to the citizens and to present a balanced budget."
"Our desire was to assist the city during this tough budget time and to avoid lay-offs of Lincoln firefighters," said Munger. "This agreement is positive for the Fire Department, for city government and for the citizens we serve."
Mayor Wesely commended all five city unions for their willingness to meet with city officials to work on solutions to close the projected $5.5 million budget gap in the 2002-2003 fiscal year, which begins September 1. About 93 percent of city employees are represented by one of five unions: Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1293; Lincoln City Employees Association; Lincoln Firefighters Association, Local 644; Lincoln Police Union; and the National Association of Government Employees, Local R9-38.
The Mayor began talking with the unions in December 2001 about the budget gap and the impact it could have on personnel and services. Personnel costs account for about 71 percent of the city's tax supported budget.
At the beginning of the fiscal year, all city employees receive a comparability increase, which is about four percent for the bargaining units under contract in the next fiscal year. Under their union contracts, city employees are also eligible each year for merit pay increases. Those increases range from one to six percent or are determined according to their step plan. The average total pay increase for city employees who are not at the top of their pay range has been eight percent. According to personnel records, more than 98 percent of eligible city employees receive merit pay increases.
In March Mayor Wesely asked the unions to consider a freeze on merit increases for one year, reducing the average city employee pay raise from eight percent to four percent. The move would have produced about $1.8 million in savings. The 65 percent of city employees who have not reached the top of their pay ranges would still have received the four-percent comparability increase, but no merit increase, which averages about four percent. The remaining 35 percent of city employees who have reached the top of their pay scales would have received half the four-percent comparability raise at the beginning of the fiscal year and the other half at the end of the fiscal year.
When the city unions requested other options, Mayor Wesely offered to work with each union separately on proposals to achieve the same $1.8 million total in savings as the Mayor's original proposal. If agreements on compensation savings could not be reached with the unions, costs would be reduced through a reduction in personnel. The LFA's share of the $1.8 million in projected savings was more than $400,000.
The city's budget shortfall is the result of lower than projected sales tax revenues, which make up 43 percent of the tax-supported budget. As sales tax revenue slowed last year, Mayor Wesely imposed spending restrictions and held back about $5 million in authorized spending to ensure the city's current budget remained balanced. Those measures included:
The Mayor will release the proposed fiscal year 2002-2003 city budget June 24.
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- Boneless Chicken Breast (approximately 6 I cut them into strips)
- 1 1/2 cups Ritz crackers one sleeve
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 stick butter
- 1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 can mushrooms (or fresh sliced mushrooms)
- 8 oz. sour cream
- Mix crushed Ritz crackers and Parmesan cheese. Melt butter.
- Dip chicken breast in butter and then in dry ingredients.
- Place in 9 X 13" pan.
- Mix together mushroom soup and water.
- Mix well and add to this mushrooms and sour cream. Pour over chicken breast.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Notes from Lisa:
- It is so delicious! Everyone that I have made it for has been crazy for it.
- I like to serve it with either mashed potatoes and green beans or I sometimes get those chicken/broccoli flavored rice packets. When I make the chicken flavored rice, I always make broccoli with it. Last time I used the garlic flavored Ritz crackers, it was tasty. The original Ritz is just as good. MMMM good! You're gonna love it!
Terri's Notes
I served this with one of the Sensational Salads from the recipe page and it was a perfect meal.
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The spring iOS and OS X developer and designer conference season is in full swing and this year more than ever the schedule looks jam packed with events and talent.
NSConf has already wrapped up in Leicester, England, where it sounds like a good time was had by all. Run by Steve Scott, and with presenters like Evan Doll, Michael Jurewitz, Craig Hockenberry, Daniel Jalkut, Daniel Pasco, Manton Reece, Rob Rhyne, and Emily Loop, that was never in any doubt. Hopefully the sessions will be available soon.
If you missed it though, there are several more coming our way soon.
CocoaConf Dallas - April 4-6, Dallas, USA - features Daniel Pasco, Manton Reece, and more.
Úll - April 12-18, Dublin, Ireland - is run by Paul Campbell of Hypertiny and Dermot Daly of Tapadoo. This year's slate of speakers includes Lex Friedman, Don Melton, Jennifer Brook, Matthew Panzarino, Jaimee Newberry, Matt Gemmel, and panels with Dave Wiskus, Neven Mrgan and Jim Dalrymple.
CocoaConf San Jose - April 18-29, San Jose, USA - features Michael Jurewitz, Matt Drance, Michael Simmons, and more.
NSNorth - April 19-21, Ottawa, Canada - is being held by Dan Byers and Philippe Casgrain. Speakers lined up include Guy English, Luc Vandal, Sam Vermette, Rob Rhyne, Gus Mueller, Caroline Sauve, and more.
UIKonf - May 2, Berlin, Germany - is run by Chris Eidhof, Matt Patterson, and Peter Bihr. Speakers include Chris Heathcote, James Weiner, Louisa Heinrich, and more.
One more thing - May 24, Melbourne, Australia - is put on by Anthony Agius and Lauren Watson of MacTalk. Speakers include Lex Friedman, Jaimee Newberry, Dave Wiskus, Louise Duncan, and many more.
And, of course, Apple should be capping it all off in June with WWDC 2013...
All of the events have lots of valuable information to share and many of them still have tickets available. So, head on over and grab yours now.
(If I missed listing your event let me know ASAP and I'll add it in.)


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OWASP Mantra - Security Framework
- A web application security testing framework built on top of a browser.
- Supports Windows, Linux(both 32 and 64 bit) and Macintosh.
- Can work with other software like ZAP using built in proxy management function which makes it much more convenient.
- Available in 9 languages: Arabic, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish
- Comes installed with major security distributions including BackTrack and Matriux
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What Mantra can do
Mantra is a browser especially designed for web application security testing. By having such a product, more people will come to know the easiness and flexibility of being able to follow basic testing procedures within the browser. Mantra believes that having such a portable, easy to use and yet powerful platform can be helpful for the industry.
Mantra has many built in tools to modify headers, manipulate input strings, replay GET/POST requests, edit cookies, quickly switch between multiple proxies, control forced redirects etc. This makes it a good software for performing basic security checks and sometimes, exploitation. Thus, Mantra can be used to solve basic levels of various web based CTFs, showcase security issues in vulnerable web applications etc.
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Cebollita (Nicaraguan Pickled Onions)
You will need one 1-quart jar
1 large white onion (about 2 cups sliced)
1 cup white vinegar
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
jalapeño chilies
Handle fresh chilies with care, slice
very thinly.
Combine vinegar, water, sugar, and salt; whisk until sugar and salt have dissolved.
Add onions and
to pickling mixture, place in 1-quart jar.
To pickle: store in refrigerator for 2-3 days, stirring occasionally.
Pickled onions will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
Flavors of Fiesta
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Friday, April 2, 2010
Chocolate Marble Cheese Cake
We actually had an expensive dinner before we had our dessert. What I mean expensive is really over charged. Just imagine we spent almost RM200 at the restaurant just serving chicken rice and some normal dishes. The food, hmm....can be excepted but not the price.
Anyway, after the dinner we head to the nearest A&W to have our dessert. Yup! My cake...haha! Luckily nobody complain that we brought our own food to serve there. We did order some rootbeer and fries for the kids though...^-^ A very nice chat at a very nice place...:)
Here's the recipe for you....
120g crushed Digestive biscuits
120g melted butter
1 kg cream cheese
4 small eggs
1 lemon rind (grated)
70g plain flour
280g sugar
100 double cream (lightly whipped)
1 tbsp lemon juice
20g melted chocolate
~ Preheat the oven at 150'C with a tray of water.
~ Mix (A) together into a 9" round loose base pan which wrapped with aluminium foil outside. Keep aside.
~ Cream cheese and sugar together until light, slowly add in eggs.
~ Then add in lemon rind and juice and mix well.
~ Finally add in double cream and flour.
~ Spoon out 3-4 tbsps (or more) to mix with the melted chocolate.
~ Pour the plain cheese batter into the pan with (A) at the bottom. Then top with the chocolate cheese batter. Use a chopstick to make a marble effect.
~ Bake at 150'C for 2 hours over a tray of water.
~ When baked, chill and demould.
Chocolate with cheese, a lovely combination. Agree? And goes with a cup of coffee. haha! Yea, I actually ordered a cup just now...;p
Hope everyone like it............Cheers!
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Beautiful cheesecake....always my favourite. Thanks for sharing. MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.comReplyDelete
Wow Reese, it's so nice to bake for someone dear to you! Btw, the cheesecake doesn't really looked marbled to me. :p Looks more like 2 layers cheesecake? Looks nice this way to me though! ;)ReplyDelete
Hi Mary,ReplyDelete
Thanks for dropping by..:)
You are right, it looks more like 2 layers cake..haha! It was suppose to be marble, but I guess I add too much chocolate or I didn't swirl properly to get the effect..;p And also the top was overbaked..*sigh*..that's why can't see anything..:(
Bee Bee must be very happy to have this lovely cake from you.ReplyDelete
Reese, looks sinful... Bee Bee, I'm so jealous of you now :(ReplyDelete
Dear Sonia & Quinn,ReplyDelete
When will we meet again? I'm sure to bake something for you ladies then..:) But don't mind my not-so-expert-bakes....hee hee...;p
A cheesecake like this makes the perfect dessert, especially in the company of a good friend!ReplyDelete
p/s wah, where did you go for rm200 chicken rice meal? must tell me so that i don't go there next time ;)
Thanks Joslynn,ReplyDelete
The dinner....expensive horr!! Its near the place I stay, anyway lets not post it here..;p
- AnonymousApril 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Chocolate and cheese. Always a lovely combination indeed.ReplyDelete
Thanks Ellie, not to forget my coffee too..haha!ReplyDelete
Thanks sooooo much dear Reese for the lovely cake! The cake was really good...serious! I just wished we didn't eat so much during dinner (RM200!), else I would have second servings !. ;) So sorry I'm so late on the comments, was tight up with some stuff. :P I am indeed very lucky to have a good friend like you to bake something for me! *hugs*ReplyDelete
No problem Bee Bee, I know you are real busy right now..:) Hope you'll settle down everything soon..:)ReplyDelete
Very nice , can I add more chocolate ?ReplyDeleteReplies


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mcarter73 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Tandem Fitness
We are a husband and wife team determined to improve the rapidly declining health of American adults and children. We are both certified fitness trainers and Kelly is a certified Nutrition Specialist. TandemFitness.com is a website that will help people make healthy nutrition and exercise an integral part of daily life. The aim of Tandem Fitness is to show that living healthy and activity is not a "diet" but a way of life. Our intention is to create a website that will offer:
• Nutrition Planning and Advice with a Nutrition Specialist
• Cooking Videos and Recipes
• Nutrition and Fitness Articles
• Daily Blogs with Fitness and Exercise Topics
• Cardiovascular and Weight-Bearing Exercise Programs
• Exercise Videos
Tandem Fitness is dedicated to showing people that healthy eating, exercising and living is a necessary part of everyday life that can be fun, enjoyable and sustainable.
Tandem Fitness is for anyone interested in leading a healthy lifestyle.
The logo design can in any color but should read well in black and white as well. It needs to be easy to brand and easy to remember. I want the logo to say Tandem Fitness and then have "with Kelly & Keith" written smaller as a subscript. Have fun with it!
Logo should also be able to work alone without the "with Kelly & Keith" subscript.
Selected design will require file formats suitable for web and print materials in both full color and black and white versions.
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Jerry Troyanek has had a variety of marine-related occupations for the past 20 years that have taken him on an incredible number of waterways. He has traveled extensively on a great number of vessels, has logged more thousands of miles than he has kept track of and has been living exactly the type of life he wanted on the water.
Through all the years of travel and different jobs, the one constant in his life has been that his home base has remained the same-a 1974, 36-foot Gibson that he first moved aboard in 1990. Now in the process of getting its third set of engines, Dawn Treader, named after a ship that travels to magical, mystical places where animals talk in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, the boat has been remodeled, refined, and reworked to suit Troyanek's unique requirements and lifestyle.
From The Start
His nautical story begins in 1990 when he was asked if he wanted to help build and then manage a marina in Trempealeau, Wis.. Troyanek had grown up playing in the Mississippi River in LaCrosse, Wis., had done some small business consulting and had just earned his MBA so he signed on to help with the project.
The easiest way for him to stay close to the construction was to buy a boat and live on it. His first requirement for that boat stemmed from a promise he had made himself while serving in Vietnam. He vowed he would never go another day without a shower so having adequate shower space and plenty of hot water ruled out a lot of boats. But the Gibson fit the bill perfectly so he bought it and moved aboard.
During the four years he worked in Trempealeau he made good on another promise to himself-to never go to a laundromat again. To accomplish that, he installed a washer and dryer and a 20-gallon hot water heater.
Moving On
After a flood destroyed the marina, he became the traveling representative for Quimby's Cruising Guide. This publication has long been referred to as "the bible" for boaters traveling the inland waterways. His original job description included cruising more than 6,810 miles. For almost the next five years, he cruised more than 25 waterways for that publication, visiting all the marinas. By the time he was done, he had logged far more miles than the original expectation.
He would travel all summer gathering information then head to St. Louis in the late fall, spend a couple months there organizing and writing, then head for the southern rivers in the winter.
From 1994 until 1998, he wrote a series of articles for Houseboat magazine about the rivers he cruised under the heading, Voyages of the Dawn Treader. He also wrote several This Old Boat articles for this magazine.
Calling For A Captain
Troyanek eventually settled for a time in Fairhope, Ala., and became a ship's agent. But when he was asked to help deliver a boat, he discovered a new world and that led to a new occupation as a delivery, corporate, dinner and excursion boat captain. He was sometimes Master of the Ship and sometimes signed on as a pilot. Those opportunities took him up and down the East Coast, throughout Florida, into Canada and on the Great Lakes. Through it all he continued to call Dawn Treader home when he wasn't working.
When much of his work became centered on jobs on the Upper Mississippi, he decided to move his home back to that area. But as he headed up the Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway, he blew an engine so he pulled into Murphree's Waterfront Marina and Campground at Mile 403. That was in 2005 and he's been there ever since.
During the summers he commuted by car to various pilot and captain jobs, mainly up north, but he even worked a stint piloting amphibious ducks in Memphis, Tenn.
One of the jobs he is most proud of was serving as the last pilot on the Julia Belle Swain before it ceased operation on the Upper Mississippi. She is an authentic steam-powered passenger vessel with 1915 engines and a single, 21-foot paddlewheel. Troyanek says she was very difficult to maneuver. He steered with her seven-foot diameter antique teakwood pilot wheel and had to constantly communicate with the engineer. "Learning how to drive her was like learning how to drive all over. I learned real piloting on her and am proud of that and humbled that they trusted me," he notes.
Always Improving
Similar to the continual changes in his life, his boat continually changed. He constantly remodeled, tweaked and customized it to meet his very unique needs.
"I have been a one-man show since I started so I rigged the boat for one guy from the beginning," he notes. He also put a premium on utility and safety. One of his mottos is: "Safety is no accident." Throughout the boat, there are numerous places where he has utilized many of the safety practices found on the commercial vessels he has worked on.
For instance, he is especially fire safety-conscious after seeing firsthand what fire can do on a boat. So he has nine hand-held extinguishers mounted at various places on the boat where he can get to them easily and quickly. Those are in addition to a fire suppression system in the engine compartment.
Because he always pushed the boat hard when traveling, he installed the biggest trim tabs he could so he could get up on plane and go. "I usually run around 2800 rpm between 18 and 22 miles per hour," he says. That speed was also a welcome change to his professional life where he frequently traveled the same routes over and over at five or six miles per hour.
To expand his range, he mounted three fuel tanks on the upper deck: two 35-gallon tanks and one 70-gallon. They are pesticide tanks he painted red to denote gasoline and are strapped to the rails and sitting on rubber blocks for drainage. They are plumbed with copper fuel lines with shutoff valves and are connected to the 50-gallon saddle tanks below decks so he can easily switch tanks while underway. He put the system together during the days his longest runs were from Cairo, Ill. to Memphis, Tenn. and below St. Louis, Mo. to Kentucky Lake, both of which were over 200 miles. He had the United States Coast Guard inspect the system to make sure it met all requirements.
Going Electric
Early on he relied on propane for some house appliances, but after a very scary incident he says he "became addicted to electricity." He installed an air-cooled, 10kW generator on the upper deck and upgraded the boat's electrical service to 100 amps. Shore power can be plugged in either fore or aft and can also be plugged into the generator. The engines have 100 amp commercial grade alternators and a 2,500 watt inverter is also part of the system.
Part of Troyanek's electricity obsession is having plenty of lighting so he has significantly upgraded that aspect of the boat. There are several spreader lights on the exterior he uses when locking or docking at night. Because he loves to run at night, and says that is really one reason why he got hired for many jobs because he gladly would take the night shift, he has an array of red night lights in the ceiling of his wheel house. A radar, GPS and chartplotter aid in night navigation.
To help with single handling the boat through innumerable locks, he added black rubber rub rails to the gunnels that came from a tug bat. Although they added about 1,500 pounds of weight, he says they have been great because "I don't need fenders. I just bounce off stuff."
During the period he used the boat in Mobile Bay and experienced high waves, he added spray shields to his deck rails and a heavy-duty windshield wiper. He also painted the hull below the gunnels with Awlgrip during that period.
Making A Home
Inside, the upper forward area serves as a salon, his wheel house and his bedroom. He makes up a bed there every night. Where the original AC unit hung, there is now a hatch. A ceiling rafter had been cut when the unit was installed so when the ceiling started to sag, Troyanek tore it all out and reinforced the roof with aluminum I-beams on 13-inch centers. To help support the roof, he installed distinctive arched supports and then clamped rear view mirrors on them that he relies on.
To help reduce the AC load, he insulated the entire boat down to the water line then applied solar and privacy tint film on all the windows. The reverse-cycle HVAC system is ducted throughout the boat and Troyanek paid particular attention to circulating return air so the boat is well-ventilated. He also has exhaust vents on the range and in the shower.
Underneath the wheel house, the cuddy has been converted to a storage and work area and to make access easier throughout the boat for maintenance, all the bulkheads are removable.
The entire superstructure is painted with an elastomeric paint generally used on mobile home roofs. It remains flexible so it expands and contracts and is also a good sealer and requires no maintenance.
He carries a small inflatable in a bag strapped to the aft rails and powers it with an old 1.5hp engine he bought perhaps 25 years ago from a store then known as Sears, Roebuck and Company.
Never Ending Projects
Troyanek says the boat was a fixer-upper when he bought it and says he is still fixing it up. Besides everything else, he has put new tile on the galley and head floor, hung new curtains, is selecting material for new upholstery and is working on plans to revamp his 12V system. "I'm getting it ready for the next trip that doesn't seem to come," he laughs.
But his planning hadn't included the need to have both engines rebuilt. As this article was being written, that was happening because during a period when he had to be away from the boat last winter, a hard freeze set in and an unfortunate series of events led to both engine blocks cracking.
The worst part of all this is that the engines only had 57 hours on them. At the time one blew in 2005, he decided to have the other done at the same time so he could more easily replace some rotten stringers and re-work the transom.
"A good part of my life has been spent on this boat," he says. "I've got simple needs so any more than this would be way too much. This is the way I want to spend my life and I love what I have here."
When he thinks back on all his experiences and the life he has led, he is convinced that "I'm one of the luckiest guys to walk the planet."
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Weekly Report #8
Submitted on 2010-07-12
Covers 2010-07-05 to 2010-07-12
Status and Accomplishments
• lots of work went to solving the long-standing buffer/pointer parameters and return types issue, and we finally have a reasonably well-working system in place. all address translation / memory space mapping is now done automatically, provided that any pointers to be passed are pointing to memory allocated using the RPC allocator (CMEM based).
• three types of pointer return types are identified and supported: no-translation pointers (such as FILE* which aren't meant to be dereferenced at all), direct-translation pointers (such as strspn whose return value points to somewhere within the passed parameter) and manual-copy pointers (such as ctime when the function allocates memory with some other method and passes that pointer, size information needs to be specified in the GPP stub)
• most C I/O stubs are now complete (the ones remaining are variadics and infeasible things like threads)
Plans and Tasks
• find a way for marshalling variadic function calls (will probably involve manual work) and complete the remaining stubs
• test completed stubs with existing code
• offer more flexibility for buffer/pointer parameters by providing the ability to do address translations manually and maybe detecting non-shared buffers in the DSP-side stubs then syncing them automatically with some shared ones
• support multiple stub input files instead of placing them only in rpc_stubs_gpp.c and rpc_stubs_dsp.c
Risks, issues, blockers
• variadic functions such as printf and scanf are problematic for marshalling - since there is no well-defined way of knowing how many parameters of which size there is, it's likely that the user will have to provide the parameter packing for these manually
• even when the stub generator tool is in place, it's likely that the user will have to provide some manual guidance for certain cases in stub generation such as identifying buffer/pointer parameters which don't need address translation, return types which need manual copying into a shared buffer and variadic functions