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With symptoms including headaches, nausea, rashes, and fatigue, Caitlin Shetterly visited doctor after doctor searching for a cure for what ailed her. What she found, after years of misery and bafflement was as unlikely as it was utterly common...Read More
Lately, as I drive around, I find myself peering out the windows at houses. In my mind, I'm practically moving myself into other people's lives: I'm painting their walls, arranging my chaise longue in a picture window, setting up my son's room; I'm hanging my artwork, replanting window boxes with blue and yellow pansies, and putting in gardens on their front lawns.Read More
Last weekend, we brought another family with us on a weekend away. They, too, have a small child who's five — a year older than ours. As can often happen with small children (and perhaps even more so with small only children), there was a lot of refereeing of the sharing of things.Read More
The other day I noticed that I was way overdue for a spring spruce-me-up. And so I made two appointments — for an eyebrow wax and a haircut.Read More
When I was a child, there was a running joke in our family about someday buying a fixer-upper. Whenever we took car trips, my mother would point out the window to long abandoned houses and say, "There's a real fixer-upper for us!" And we'd all chuckle. It wasn't just a joke: part of us wanted to believe that we, the Shetterlys, were capable of swooping in and bringing a collapsed pile of wood, glass and shingles back to life.Read More
When I was 12 going on 20, and mashing stacks of black jelly bracelets up my arms, painting my fingernails a frosty blue and wearing my hot-pink-and-black tiger print tank top five out of seven days of the week, I fell in love. Hard. With John Taylor, the bass player for the band Duran Duran.Read More
Before we took the apartment on Rialto — a palm-tree-and-bougainvillea-lined avenue a few blocks from the Pacific — the landlord told me about her. He said there was "a kind of daffy older lady" who'd be living above us. He said she was like "the concierge of the building" and had been there a few decades but sometimes drank too much and every so often would "yell."Read More
Caitlin Shetterly is the author of Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home (Hyperion, 2011) and is a freelance reporter, writer and contributing producer to National Public Radio where she reports on arts and culture, food, and lifestyle.
Shetterly writes regularly for The New York Times and has a column, "This Mom's Life," on Medium.com, from the creators of Blogger and Twitter, for whom she writes about "raising a family in a high stress, increasingly toxic and dangerous world." She is a regular columnist for Oprah.com--her pieces for Oprah have been syndicated to CNN.com, Yahoo.com and the Huffington Post.
Shetterly's piece, "The Bad Seed," in the August 2013 issue of Elle Magazine, is the first to make a possible link between GMO corn and the allergy and autoimmune epidemics.
In 2009, Shetterly created a series of autobiographical audio diaries for "Weekend Edition" on NPR about the Great Recession under the title "Diary of a Recession," which went viral. Those audio diaries, along with her blog, Passage West, inspired Made for You and Me. The book was excerpted by The New York Times Magazine in January 2011, featured on American Public Media's "Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal," NPR, Slate, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and many other publications and blogs. Made for You and Me was selected for a Goodreads "Choice Award" in the category of Best Travel and Outdoor Nonfiction Book of 2011 and was a "Maine Women Write" book club pick in November 2011. MFY&M was the first American book to chronicle the middle class experience with the Great Recession.
Shetterly has been a frequent contributor to the PRI shows "This American Life" and "Studio 360," among others. Her book Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce, an anthology of America's greatest short stories on the subject of divorce, was published by Putnam/Berkley in 2001 and was an Indie bestseller in January 2002. From 2004-2007 she wrote a bimonthly column, "Bramhall Square," about relationships and love for the Portland Phoenix. A former actor, she is the founder and artistic director of The Winter Harbor Theatre Company.
Shetterly graduated from Brown University with Honors in English and American Literature. She shares her life in Maine with her husband, photographer Daniel E. Davis, their young son, Master M., their salty dog, Hopper, and cat, Hemingway.
This is my family, and this is my story. But my story could be your brother's story, or your neighbor's, or your best friend's because mine is an American story...
After she was diagnosed with a sensitivity to genetically modified corn—and discovered that her toddler son was suffering from the same condition—Caitlin Shetterly set out to ask these questions.
The answers, and her hard-fought journey to learn them, are here in Modified, a disquieting and meditative window into GMOs and how they are modifying not only the food we eat and our landscape, but our entire ecosystem.
Modified delves deep into the heart of the matter, from the corn and soy fields that blanket Nebraska to a beekeeping convention in Belgium to research labs in California, and shines a light on the farmers, scientists, politicians, activists, and corporations all wrestling over a most essential question: Are GMOs safe? This is a rare breed of book that will make you nostalgic for the majestic beauty that America's Great Plains once held, while at the same time forcing you to harvest deep seeds of doubt about the invisible monsters that come to us in the foods we feed ourselves and our families.
Spellbinding and devastating, soulful and startling, Modified opens the door, in prose that is both beautiful and clear, to the provocative conversation about genetic modification and the irreversible damage it may be causing. A mustread for those on both sides of the debate and anywhere in between..Buy the Book
Newlywed Caitlin Shetterly and her husband, Dan Davis, two hardworking freelancers, began their lives together in 2008 by pursuing a lifelong, shared dream of leaving Maine and going West.
At first, California was the land of plenty. Quickly, though, the recession landed, and a surprise pregnancy that was also surprisingly rough made Caitlin too sick to work. By December, every job Dan had lined up had been canceled, and though he pounded the pavement, from shop to shop and from bar to bar, he could not find any work at all. By March 2009, every cent of the couple's savings had been spent.
So, a year after they'd set out with big plans, Caitlin and Dan packed up again, this time with a baby on board, to make their way home to move in with Caitlin's mother. As they drove, Caitlin blogged about their situation and created audio diaries for NPR's Weekend Edition—and received an astounding response. From all across the country, listeners offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. And when the young family arrived back in rural Maine and squeezed into Caitlin's mother's small saltbox house, Caitlin learned that the bonds of family run deeper than any tug to roam, and that, with love, she and Dan could hold their dreams in sight, wherever they were.
Made for You and Me captures the irrepressible spirit and quiet perseverance of one small family—and offers to share that strength with any reader willing to make the journey.Buy the Book
A sense of freedom. A sense of failure. A range of reactions, from anger to relief to regret. This bestselling anthology explores the conflicting emotions surrounding divorce-in twenty-two outstanding short stories by "some of the countries most formidable authors" (The New York Post).
A first-of-its-kind collection, this bestselling anthology represents a journey through the rocky terrain of separation and divorce, from the viewpoints of the various people affected by the dissolution of a marriage, whether that dissolution is slow and sad or sudden and shocking. Fault Lines is not only a stunning showcase of talent, but a unique literary look at the culture of divorce.Buy the Book
"For anyone still buried underneath the rubble of the economic collapse, Made for You and Me is more than a relatable read; it's a straightforward and unsweetened source of inspiration."
"A deeply personal and riveting, alternately funny and poignant read... Forget the Cleavers. Shetterly's is the new American family."
"Caitlin Shetterly's Made for You and Me is a beautiful, moving, haunting, and funny memoir about what really counts. It moves deftly and lightly between the west coast and the east coast, and frustration and hope, with pointed, buoyant lines that make you smile as they pierce your heart. Made for You and Me is a memoir about great people (with great pets, too; funny how that works out) and their great new son going through a rough patch with grace and wisdom. Caitlin and her family will realize many dreams. And in the meantime, rather than despair, they have given us a sublime gift of a book."
"There's a story of this country that doesn't get told a lot. Or told well. Of what it's like to not make it. Of having to say to yourself, and to your spouse and your child 'Listen, this isn't it. We need to try something else. We need to start over…from the very beginning.' Caitlin Shetterly's Made for You and Me is that story. Resonant and richly detailed, it takes you deep into the personal heart of the beginning of the financial crisis and the recession that followed. Then, somehow, via Venice, California, backwoods Maine and 3000 miles in between brings you out the other end."
"In a world of uncertainty, we are offered a thoughtful pause, from a writer of uncommon resonance, heart, and verve. Made for You and Me is a chronicle of change through love--sometimes painful, sometimes funny, often moving. What matters about this book is its revelation that what we think we want is not what we really need, which is family, community, and a meaningful life. This book will make many, many people feel less lonely in the world."
"I thoroughly enjoyed the wild ride Caitlin Shetterly takes across America (with husband, pets, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and soon, child) in Made for You and Me. Shetterly is an honest and companionable writer and I look forward to what's next."
"Caitlin Shetterly's lovely, moving account of her small family's journey to seek out and attain the sometimes elusive American dream will resonate with anyone who has had a tough time, and who hoped and tried hard to keep going."
"Kerouac would be proud. In fact, he might be envious."
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Loyal Forty Deucer Carrie asked a somewhat rhetorical question yesterday in response to news that JJ was training while Ana was flitting about with her boy toy:
Yes, Carrie. Yes it is. Check out these pics of the Winter Adilibria Edge line (Ana's line) from Adidas:
Are we really about to see Adidas ou style Nike? WHAT WORLD DO WE LIVE IN???

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text: Potassium Insight March 8, 2013 08:30 PM Tweet Potassium drives water movement, distributing nutrients where they're needed and keeping the plant inflated and cool. It then regulates water loss by opening and closing stomata on leaves. © Illustration: Lindsey Benne TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Darrell Smith Farm Journal Conservation and Machinery Editor Email Drought emphasizes the value of this vital nutrient If there was an upshot to the drought of 2012 it was that many farmers had a prime opportunity to observe the effects of low potassium (K) levels. "Potassium helps plants manage stress, especially drought, so the effects of low K levels show up faster in dry weather," says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Because of the dry conditions this past year, plants could not take up the K they needed. When corn plants pulled K out of the lower leaves to transfer it where needs were more urgent higher in the plant, producers saw classic deficiency symptoms. "As plant cells die, you see yellow color starting on the tips of corn leaves and working down the outer edges," Ferrie explains. "After a while, that color turns from yellow to brown. It looks like someone burned the leaves. "In soybeans, the outer leaves start to discolor. Then you see a speckling of dead brown tissue through the leaf. In many fields in 2012, corn and soybeans began showing these symptoms when plants were only ankle high." Plants wilt faster when K levels are low, and wilting sets the stage for lower yield. "The wilting stage is a downhill run," Ferrie says. "A plant can't be wilted long without sustaining damage. "With plentiful moisture, you can get by with lower K levels in the soil," Ferrie summarizes. "But you may pay the price if you get a drought." K serves various functions inside a plant, many of which involve water. FJ Potassium Insight p28 © In corn, potassium deficiency shows up as yellow coloring on the tips of lower leaves and runs down the outside of the leaves. Finally, the tissue turns brown, appearing as if the leaf had been burned. "Potassium's biggest role is to maintain turgor pressure by regulating osmotic pressure in the plant, by moving water around," Ferrie says. "This keeps the plant somewhat inflated. It's sort of like the blow-up snowmen you see in yards at Christmas. The water in a plant functions like the air in the snowman, and the potassium functions like the pump that supplied the air." K regulates water loss by opening and closing stomata in the leaves. The stomata allow water to exit the plant through a process called transpiration. Water moves from the soil through the roots and upward through the plants. The water carries nutrients upward through the plant to be used in photosynthesis. As water moves upward, it also cools the plant. With high temperature and low humidity, plants might lose water faster than the roots can replenish it. This triggers the stomata to close and the leaves to roll up, reducing the rate of transpiration. "If the potassium level is inadequate, the stomata do not close," Ferrie says. "Rather than rolling, the leaves wilt and the plant overheats." Regulate water loss. "In a corn plant, there are 10,000 stomata openings in a leaf area the size of a dime," Ferrie says. "Most of the openings are on the bottom of the leaf. The plant opens and closes stomata by moving water in and out of guard cells. This process is driven by potassium. You need a high concentration of potassium in the leaf to open and close the stomata according to the plant's needs." Closing of stomata results in the corn leaves rolling, the visible sign that plants are conserving moisture and fighting the effect of drought. "When the stomata cells close, they are longer than when they are open," Ferrie explains. "Because most of the stomata are on the bottom side of the leaf, the leaf rolls. In the right conditions, you can see this happen in 15 minutes to an hour. The plant is protecting itself. But if there is not enough potassium, the stomata can't close, so the plant leaks water through transpiration. The top of the leaf remains exposed to the sun, it gets hotter and wilts, and you get cell damage." K deficiency in corn usually leads to standability problems and lodging. The nutrient plays a role in building vascular bundles, which hold xylem and phloem tubes—the stringy part of corn stalks through which water and nutrients move up and down. In soybeans, when stomata close, it looks as if the three trifoliate leaves are folding inward on each other. "A field may look normal, and then two hours later you can see the back side of the leaves," Ferrie says. "That's equivalent to corn leaves rolling." In plants, K helps facilitate the movement of nutrients and water. "Potassium plays a big role in photosynthesis and respiration," Ferrie says. "If a plant is deficient in potassium, both processes slow down." Potassium At Work In plants, potassium aids in: Cell turgidity and osmotic pressure Photosynthesis Respiration Drought tolerance Winter hardiness Disease resistance Insect tolerance K to the rescue. K also activates more than 80 enzymes that trigger important plant functions. Sufficient K levels also help plants ward off disease. The vital nutrient aids flowering and kernel and pod set. "Corn plants that are grown in soil that is low in K have a higher risk of missing their pollination nick in drought years," Ferrie says. Plants take up K throughout the vegetative stage. During the early vegetative stage they take up more K than it can use and stores the excess. It's an unusual nutrient in several ways. "Unlike other major nutrients, potassium is not a component of proteins or carbohydrates in the plant," Ferrie says. "It does not convert to other compounds. It enters and exits the plant as a potassium ion." Most of those K ions are found in the plant's saps and juices. Because of that, K can literally leak out of plants if leaves are shredded by hail. "Inside the plant, potassium is mobile," Ferrie says. "If the plant's daily uptake doesn't meet its needs, it will move potassium from the oldest part of the plant to the newest. That's why deficiency symptoms show up first in the lower leaves." Only about 40 lb. of K per acre leave the field in a 200-bu. corn crop. But to grow that crop, plants remove 240 lb. or 250 lb. per acre of K from the soil. Most of it is returned to the field in the crop residue. K in the soil. Hence, in dry conditions, it's harder for plants to take up the K they need. Clay lattices, or layers in the soil, can collapse during drought periods trapping K ions in the soil between the layers—another reason for K deficiencies in 2012. In the soil, K differs from nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. Those nutrients cycle through the soil in organic (unavailable) and inorganic (available) forms, converted from one form to the other by microbes. K is in the mineral form. It must go through a weathering process to become available to plants. In many soils, there's typically 40,000 lb. of K per acre in a slice of soil 6" deep. But most of it is bound up in a non-exchangeable form that plants can't get to. "This potassium must be processed, or weathered, into the exchangeable form by acids given off by microbes or plant roots," Ferrie says. "Typically, 500 lb. to 600 lb. of the total amount of potassium will be in the exchangeable form," Ferrie continues. "This exchangeable potassium is like a cloud of K ions, which, because of their positive electrical charges, are held close to the organic matter in clay particles, which carry a negative charge. "The K ions farthest from the clay particle diffuse into the soil solution. They are held with water in the macropores, or large air spaces, between soil crumbs. This is the soluble potassium that plant roots and soil microbes are able to access. "At any given time, there will be about 6 lb. of soluble potassium available for plants to use. As plants remove this potassium from the soil, more exchangeable K ions diffuse into the soil solution. "The 6 lb. of potassium is less than one day's requirement for an acre of 200-bu. corn. If we don't have good growing conditions to constantly replenish the supply of soluble potassium, deficiencies show up in the crop. That's what happened in 2012," he says. Prevent K deficiency. One way to reduce the chances of K deficiency is to maintain soil test levels. "At low or moderate levels, we are almost guaranteed to have a deficiency if we have prolonged dry weather," Ferrie says. Another way is to prevent and remove soil compaction. "It's similar to drought in that soil particles collapse, so potassium is held tightly and cannot get into the soil solution," Ferrie says. "With comparable levels of soil fertility, plants growing in compacted soil will show potassium deficiency sooner than plants growing in uncompacted soil." During the growing season, tissue analysis will reveal deficiencies. "You also can do a visual inspection to check how well your fertility program is working," Ferrie says. "First, look for symptoms on the lower leaves. "Later in the season, as plants move into the reproductive stages, split a stalk. Starting at the ear, look inside the stalk for a Styrofoam appearance. A deficiency shows up as 'cotton pith'—what you're seeing is cells from which K (and also nitrogen) have been drawn out. This is a natural process in which, at the reproductive stage, the plant translocates potassium to areas where it's needed. "The farther down the stalk you see cotton pith, the more K has been pulled. At pollination, you want to see three solid nodes at the bottom of the plant with no cotton pith." With the possibility of another dry season looming in many areas, now's a good time to learn all you can about the vital nutrient K. In the next two issues, we'll tell you how crop and soil conditions influence the timing of K fertilizer and how to determine the ideal rate. How Potassium Finds Its Way to Plants In soil, roots find some potassium by intercepting it as they grow, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Nutrients in the soil solution are carried to the plant as water is taken up. This is called mass flow. "The potassium ions are carried along like a leaf flowing with water," Ferrie says. As plants take up potassium ions from the soil solution, other exchangeable potassium ions move from their positions around soil particles into the soil solution. This process is called diffusion—from an area of higher concentration into an area of lower concentration. "It's like a drop of food coloring spreading out in a glass of water," Ferrie says. The three processes occur simultaneously in the soil. Types of Potassium Fertilizer About 90% of the potassium fertilizer applied by farmers is muriate of potash (potassium chloride—KCL). Because it contains 60% potassium, farmers know it as 0-0-60. Another form is potassium sulfate, which contains sulfur (0-0-50-18S). A third form is potassium magnesium sulfate (K2SO4-2MgSO4), which contains potassium, sulfur and magnesium. Farmers know it as K-MAG. Its analysis is 0-0-22-22S-11Mg. Finally, there is potassium nitrate (KNO3), with an analysis of 13-0-44. Potassium comes in three colors, notes Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Along with white potassium, there is red potassium, which results from iron impurities not removed during process, and pink, which is a mixture of the two. Plants don't care which color you apply, Ferrie says; but if you apply K through a center pivot irrigation system or foliar feed through a sprayer, you must use white because the impurities in red potassium might plug the nozzles. Learn and Profit from Nutrient Navigator NutrientNavigator © The Nutrient Navigator series focuses on efficient, environmentally sound management of nutrients. The goal is to provide practical knowledge that helps drive yields and profits higher. www.FarmJournal.com/nutrient_navigator You can e-mail Darrell Smith at email@example.com. FJ Potassium Insight p26 © Back to news


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10 Sources for High Quality Rugs
While we'll always appreciate inexpensive rugs from the big box stores, sometimes you want a high quality option that will last and last. Over the years, we've looked at many high end rug designers and retailers in our Store Profiles. Looking back, here are 10 favorites.
- Matt Camron Rugs and Tapestries Elizabeth Esfahani and Dara Mersky have "sought to create a store that offered a unique mix of new and vintage textiles that reflected D.C.'s global, sophisticated clientele" in their new shop.
- Nomad Rugs This San Francisco shop is 2,500 square feet of rug goodness.
- The Rug Company This company started in London and has slowly expanded, including 6 showrooms in the US. You can shop their traditional and contemporary rugs online.
- Breuckelen Berber When Nathan Ursch and Brin Reinhardt discovered the gorgeous rugs from the Berber tribes of Morocco they were smitten. So smitten, in fact, that it became a business.
- Madeline Weinrib As the granddaughter of ABC Carpet & Home founder Max Weinrib, Madeline knows a thing or two about quality rugs. She stocks everything from vintage Moroccan rugs to chenille metallic carpets.
- Luke Irwin This UK shop specializes in hand-knotted custom made rugs. Rugs are "hand knotted using traditional methods in the foothills of the Himalayas overlooking the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal and in Jaipur, the pink city of Rajasthan, India."
- Loom Based in Australia, Loom sells one of a kind rugs. As they say, "A beautiful rug is at the heart of a beautiful room."
- Hannoun This Chicago shop specializes in vintage Moroccan carpets. They're a great source for Beni Ouarain rugs.
- Morris Etc. This Brooklyn-based store offers a great selection of vintage and one-off designs.
- Judy Ross Textiles We love her textile designs, so it's no surprise we're equally smitten with Judy's rugs. Rugs are available in two techniques: chain stitch hand embroidery or hand-knotted.
(Images: 1. Ralph & Julie's Spacious Altbau in Berlin; All others: As credited above.)


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Skip to comments.Prosecutors want autopsy results unsealed
Posted on 05/30/2003 5:41:15 AM PDT by runningbear
Prosecutors want autopsy results unsealed
Prosecutors want autopsy results unsealed
By JOHN COTÉ and GARTH STAPLEY
Published: May 29, 2003, 07:40:54 PM PDT
Prosecutors have reversed their position and are now asking a judge to unseal autopsy reports for Laci Peterson and her unborn son after details allegedly from one report were leaked to the media Thursday.
The information being leaked has clearly been skewed in favor of the defense, prosecution documents filed in court Thursday say. The People cannot see why the autopsy documents should not be released.
Defense attorney Mark Geragos strongly denied the leak came from his team. "I dont know who they got the document from and I certainly didnt want the document public," Geragos said.
The prosecutors shift on the autopsy reports came after NBC News reported they had obtained a portion of the coroners report on the autopsy on the fetus.
The document says the fetus was found with 1 1/2 loops of plastic tape around its neck and had a significant cut on its torso that had been inflicted after death, MSNBC reported on its Web site.
The information could be used to bolster a defense theory that Laci and her unborn child were slain in a ritualistic killing, possibly by Satanic cult members.
Stanislaus County Judge Al Girolami had ordered the autopsy reports tentatively sealed on May 15 at the request of prosecution and defense attorneys. He was scheduled to make a final decision on the sealing by today.
A statement released Thursday from the district attorneys office says prosecutors cannot verify the accuracy of any media statements concerning the contents of the autopsy reports without violating the courts order.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Dave Harris had argued in favor of sealing the documents at a Tuesday hearing, saying it was necessary to protect Scott Petersons right to a fair trial.
Charity Kenyon, an attorney representing a coalition of newspaper organizations, including The Bee, said during the hearing that the publics right to view court documents was a fundamental component of a transparent legal system.
Peterson D.A. wants autopsies released
Prosecutor appeals to judge after reports leaked
Peterson D.A. wants autopsies released
Prosecutor appeals to judge after reports leaked
Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, May 30, 2003
A frustrated Stanislaus County district attorney did an about-face Thursday and asked a judge to release autopsy reports on Laci Peterson and her unborn son, saying that leaks about the condition of the baby's body were "skewed in favor of the defense."
District Attorney Jim Brazelton stopped just short of accusing defense attorneys for Scott Peterson -- who have hinted that a satanic gang was responsible for killing Laci Peterson and the couple's unborn baby -- of leaking selected details from the autopsy. But in asking a judge to lift a seal on the document, Brazelton said prosecutors hadn't released the document, even to Modesto police or to Laci Peterson's family.
Brazelton filed court papers to make the autopsy public hours after the cable news outlet MSNBC reported that the unborn baby had been found with a loop and a half of plastic tape around his neck and that there was a "significant cut" on his torso inflicted after death.
"The information being leaked has clearly been skewed in favor of the defense," Brazelton, who originally had asked for the autopsies to be sealed, said in his motion Thursday. "By releasing the autopsy reports, the court will allow the media to see what the actual facts are, and then accurate information may be reported."
Superior Court Judge Al Girolami is scheduled to hear the motion June 6.
Mark Geragos, who is defending Scott Peterson on capital murder charges that he killed his wife and their unborn son, did not return phone calls to his office Thursday, but told the Associated Press that he would not comment on the reports.
Girolami "more than telegraphed that he does not want us commenting on the case" during a closed meeting in his chambers Tuesday, Geragos told the AP.
The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, whose coroner conducted the autopsies, would not confirm or deny the information in the leaked report.
The bodies of Laci Peterson, 27, and her unborn son, whom the couple had planned to name Conner, were found in mid-April after washing ashore along the Richmond shoreline.
MSNBC, which did not say who had supplied.....
Grisly Questions
Grisly Questions
Autopsy Shows Badly Decomposed Laci Peterson
May 30 Laci Peterson's head and parts of her limbs were missing and plastic tape was wrapped around the neck of her child, according to the full autopsy and coroner's photographs exclusively seen by ABCNEWS.
According to the autopsy, the skin of the child was not decomposed at all, though the right side of his body was mutilated, and the placenta and umbilical cord were not found with the body.
The autopsy said that the cause of Laci Peterson's death was undetermined, and there was no evidence of man-made wounds, despite the fact that her head and all or part of her limbs were missing.
Peterson's body was so badly decomposed it barely looked like a body after it was found in San Francisco Bay last month. However, the autopsy report showed her cervix was intact.
Experts are divided over whether the new revelations about the condition of Laci Peterson's body and that of her child will help prosecutors or Scott Peterson's defense.
On Thursday, sources close to the investigation told ABCNEWS the sealed autopsy report indicated a piece of nylon tape was looped around the child's neck when it washed ashore last month, and that there was a laceration or tear on the tiny body.
There also was tape on Laci Peterson's lower torso, outside her clothing, when her body was found April 14, a day after her baby's remains were recovered, the sources said.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden told Good Morning America that the limbs and head were probably removed before Laci was put in the water.
The grisly new details could fuel speculation as to whether the baby ever lived outside the womb, which defense attorneys could use to undermine the prosecution's case against Scott Peterson, Laci's husband and the father of the child they had planned to name Conner.
The prosecutors handling the case said Thursday that since the autopsy was starting to be leaked to the media, the whole report should be released.
"The information being leaked has clearly been skewed in favor of the defense," Deputy Stanislaus County, Calif., District Attorney David Harris wrote in a statement released late Thursday. "By releasing the autopsy reports the court will allow the media to see what the actual facts are and then accurate information may be reported to mitigate recent adverse publicity."
Unanswered Questions
While the defense and prosecution dispute what the latest revelations might mean, experts also appear divided.
When asked what the tape on the bodies might mean to the case, Robert Pugsley, a law professor at the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, told ABCNEWS Radio: "This 8-month-old fetus was the direct intended victim, as well as the mother, of the homicidal activities of the murderer.
"This is a clear indication that the state is perfectly justified indeed, I think, obliged to pursue the double-homicide case which they've already laid," he said.
DA wants autopsy results made public
DA wants autopsy results made public Fetus had tape around neck
Thursday, May 29, 2003 Posted: 9:48 PM EDT (0148 GMT)
On the Scene: Toobin: Prosecutors calling bluff over autopsy report
MODESTO, California (CNN) -- On the heels of gruesome information leaked from the autopsy report on Laci Peterson's unborn child, the prosecutor in the case filed a motion Thursday seeking to unseal the reports on both the mother and child so that the media can report "accurate information."
Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton said the people of California have the right to correct inaccurate information, suggesting the media reports on the autopsy are not.
"By releasing the autopsy reports, the court will allow the media to see what the actual facts are and then accurate information may be reported to mitigate recent adverse publicity," his motion read.
Brazelton earlier Thursday released a statement, saying he "cannot verify the accuracy of any media statements concerning the contents of the autopsy reports without violating the court's order."
He later decided to file the motion.
"It continues to be the view of the district attorney that the evidence in this case should be presented in court through testimony of witnesses and not selectively leaked to the news media by unknown persons whom the press will not identify," he said.
His motion will be heard June 6 in Superior Court in Modesto.
Scott Peterson, 30, is awaiting trial on two counts of murder for the deaths of his wife Laci, 27, and their unborn son, who was to be named Connor. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Peterson insists he is innocent.
Just two days ago, Superior Court Judge Al Girolami heard arguments on whether to keep the autopsy results sealed, with prosecutors and the defense arguing that unsealing them could jeopardize Peterson's chance for a fair trial. News organizations countered by saying the results are a matter of public record and should be released. Girolami did not rule on the matter at that time.
(((Ah, media sensationalizing the title, my opinion here!)))
By HOWARD BREUER and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN
May 30, 2003 -- Laci Peterson's unborn child had plastic tape wrapped around his neck and a large cut across his shoulders when he was found in the shallow waters of San Francisco Bay.
The shocking revelation opens the possibility that the 81/2-month fetus had been born and then strangled, a forensic expert told The Post.
According to sources close to the probe, the boy, who was to be named Conner, was found with 11/2 loops of plastic tape around his neck, with an inch gap in between the tape and the skin - making the tape resemble a noose.
Noted forensics expert Dr. Henry Lee said that would be "with strangulation." Lee, who is not connected with the case, said it was possible the child had been born and then strangled - but cautioned that more details needed to be revealed before he could say conclusively.
The latest blockbuster details were first reported by MSNBC and later confirmed by The Associated Press.
The revelations could bolster the defense's contention that members of a Modesto satanic cult - not Scott Peterson, Laci's husband - killed his wife and unborn child, Lee said.
"This opens up a lot of interesting questions," said the doctor, who provided DNA expertise for the O.J. Simpson double-murder case.
The new headline-grabbing murder mystery has intensified since Laci's headless body washed ashore in San Francisco Bay on April 14. The fetus was retrieved a day earlier.
Sources involved in the case told Fox News that investigators were not ruling out that the plastic tape could have been floating debris that managed to wrap itself around the baby's neck.
Top forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden doubts the fetus was actually born, but was still intact in the womb when Laci died. If the baby had been separated, Baden said, the tiny body would have deteriorated faster than Laci's.
Both bodies were found to be in the same condition.
"We just have to wait and see," Baden said.
Reacting to yesterday's stunning autopsy details, District Attorney James Brazelton lashed out at the media, saying that because of the leaks, his office had filed a motion to unseal the full 25-page autopsy report.
"The information leaked has clearly been skewed in favor of the defense," the motion stated.
Peterson, 30, who has pleaded not guilty, is in jail pending his trial on charges of double murder. Mark Geragos, Peterson's defense lawyer, has asserted that a mystery brown van was seen around the Petersons' neighborhood sometime around his 27-year-old wife's disappearance.
The defense also contends it knows at least four or five people who were actually involved in the "satanic" killing.
A preliminary hearing has been set for July 16, when prosecutors will have to show they have sufficient evidence to try Peterson on murder charges. If he is convicted, he could face death by lethal injection.
A spokesman for the Contra Costa County coroner's office left a recording saying officials would not comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
Now, that is weird.
Are you sure about this SW? I thought Bo Dityl said that Dan Abrams looked "huge on his luge".
Actually, scratch that...I refused to turn on my TV this morning. No, no...wait...nevermind.....I don't even own 3 TVs.
When our neighbor's child was murdered, there was a stream of cars past the house for weeks. They'd slow down, point--and some would get out of their cars to look at the crime scene, walk around the yard, stand in the middle of the street to take pictures, try to engage us in conversation about the murder, you name it. It was creepy.
Of course, nothing was as creepy as the media invasion. That was disgusting.
Why, for instance, would a transcriber or anyone else who may have had contact with this amendment to the autopsy, conclude as Dan did, that it could possibly be a noose and make it sound like someone had purposely strangled and stabbed Connor? Sheesh!
Good morning all, and as always, thanks rb for your dedication!
5 TV's...all usually on...bad habit.
This really strikes me odd. Why in the world would this information have been an AMENDMENT?
It would seem to me this would have been one of the first things put in an autopsy report.
Every time I heard someone yesterday who was commenting on the satanic cult angle, it was pointed out that such cults never kill pregnant mothers, and I believe it was said babies would not be strangled or killed in such a fashion.
MG has a lot of nerve trying to pull this, despite his denials that he's the source of the leak.
I'm praying that that is exactly what happens!
And if you remember from yesterday, almost as soon as Abrams took to the air, he himself used the word "noose" -- and he used it often.
Even later in the day on MSNBC, Lester Holt said, "The word 'noose' is nowhere in this report."
It HAD to come from the defense.
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People who want in-person help with their unemployment benefits may have a longer drive starting Feb. 19.
The Department of Employment and Workforce is reducing its offices for unemployment services from 56 to 39.
Agency spokeswoman Adrienne Fairwell says clients can still get services online or by calling a toll-free number. But for face-to-face help, many rural residents will need to go to a different office.
Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties will not be affected, but Union County residents will have to travel to the Spartanburg's office at 364 S. Church St.
Fairwell said unemployment services throughout the state will not change, and the agency is making the effort to regionalize those services by shifting from lower volume centers to higher volume centers.
"DEW will strive to minimize any loss of services throughout the state with additional self-service and automated options, and we will make a continued effort to minimize as much impact to South Carolina's citizens as possible," Fairwell said.
The online portal (www.mybenefits.dew.sc.gov) allows people to file initial and weekly unemployment claims, change their contact and tax withholding information, retrieve information on their 1099, check benefits status and change method of payment, the agency said. People can also file weekly claims by phone through DEW's TelClaim system at 1-866-831-1724.
A loss of federal funds led to the change, according to DEW. The agency eliminated 55 positions last October. An additional 75 jobs have been cut.
The agency said affected clients have been notified by mail.
"DEW is seizing upon this challenging time as an opportunity to improve the way we do business," said Executive Director Abraham J. Turner, in a statement. "As we increasingly promote our self-service Unemployment Insurance services available online and by phone, we will ultimately increase our agency's overall efficiency."
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Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
In Search of a Unifying Principle: Archives, Knowledge Management, Library Management, and Records Management
Paul Wester, Peter Chiomenti, Chad Doran, Sandra Hirsh, Julian Warner and Heather Pfeiffer
Sunday, 3:30pm
This session will explore the common and differential responsibilities among
the functions of archives, knowledge management, library management, and records management, as represented by their professional organizations. These
professions are often perceived to have distinct responsibilities: libraries for published information, records management for proprietary information,
archives for "the non-current records of individuals, groups, institutions, and governments that contain information of enduring
value" (using an SAA
definition), and knowledge management in its tacit and explicit forms.
From this viewpoint, libraries, records management, and archives' responsibilities are not overlapping, and are instead mutually exclusive. Moreover, it suggests that knowledge management supports these activities and even supplies information support not provided by libraries, records
management, or archives. The session will examine how representatives of these information functions define them and how these conceptualizations can be applied, both separately and in collaboration with one another, so as to enhance research and practice.
Discussion Questions for the speakers and session attendees include:
1. How should archives, knowledge management, librarianship, and the management of records be differentially defined?
2. Why does this matter to researchers, to information professionals, or to managers?
3. In light of this, how can SIG MGT, SIG KM, and the Information Professional Task Force coordinate their activities better?


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My life is My message
Love All, Serve All
Help Ever, Hurt Never
Why fear when I am here
Love is my form, Truth is my breath
Love lives by giving and forgiving - Self lives by getting and forgetting.
Life is a game, play it.
There is life throughout the Universe. To God the Universe is one. Earth is the symbol of the Lord and is an image of the Lord.
There is only one language, the language of the Heart.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.
I know the agitations of your hearts, the aspirations, the waves and whirlpools; but, you do not know My heart. I react to the pain you undergo, the joy that you feel. For, I am in every heart. That is the temple where I dwell.
Love is God, Live in Love.
Hands in the Society, Head in the Forest.
The whole world is Reflection, Reaction & Resound.
3Ds = Duty, Devotion, Discipline
WATCH = watch your Words + Actions + Thoughts + Character + Heart
Seva is the best sadhana.
Where there is Love, there is Peace.
Time waste, is life waste.
The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.
Take one step towards Me; I shall take a hundred towards you
Dharma protects those who protect Dharma
Come to me, eager to learn, to progress, to see yourself in Me, and I shall certainly welcome you and show you the way. You will indeed be blessed.
Bear all and do nothing; Hear all and say nothing; Give all and take nothing; Serve all and be nothing.
Make your life a rose, that speaks silently in the language of fragrance.
Greed yields only sorrow; contentment is best.
You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.
The mother is the pillar of the home, of society, of the nation, and so of humanity itself.
If it is good and will harm no one, go ahead. If it is not good, put it aside. If not sure, do nothing until sure.
I - Want - Peace "I" is ego. "Want" is desire. Remove ego and desire and you have peace.
Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise to the awakening of self awareness.
The end of wisdom is freedom.The end of culture is perfection.The end of knowledge is love.The end of education is character.
If wealth is lost, nothing is lost.If health is lost, something is lost.If character is lost, all is lost.
The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet without anger.
The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm.
The minimum qualifications for Grace is surrender of ego.
Don't waste money Don't waste time Don't waste food Don't waste energy
The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too.
When one cultivates the inner look, one attains the conviction of the basic equality of all.
The joy of being the master of senses is far greater than being their slave.
Bend the body, mend the senses and end the mind - this is the way to Immortality
Haste makes waste; Waste makes worry; So do not be in a hurry.
Man minus immorality is Immortality.
You should completely forget the help rendered by you to others and the harm done to you by others.
If animal feelings are washed out, Divine feelings begin to overflow instead.
Think before speaking. Think before acting. Then go ahead If you feel good about it.
Do not waste a single moment, in idling or loose living.
Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed.
March – May, 2013
Jul, 2013
eBooks of the Vahini Series
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2014 Maserati Ghibli diesel review
* First Maserati with a diesel engine * 158g/km of CO2; average economy of 47.9mpg * On sale now, priced from £48,830...
The new Maserati Ghibli is the car that will, until the launch next year of the Levante luxury SUV, spearhead the Italian company's ambitious growth plans.
This model is Maserati's bid to elbow aside the usual top-end executive suspects, and so offers the Italian company's first diesel engine, a 3.0-litre turbocharged V6 that generates 271bhp and 443lb ft of torque. The Ghibli is also offered with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine that comes with either 325bhp or 404bhp.
However, it's the diesel-engined car that is predicted to account for around 70% of the Ghibli's sales in the UK. We've already driven it on European roads, but this is our first chance to try the car in the UK.
What's the 2014 Maserati Ghibli diesel like to drive?
The diesel engine fires to a distinctly diesel rumble. Put the standard eight-speed automatic gearbox in D, release the brake and, as you accelerate, the soundtrack quickly becomes uncouth and grumbly. You also feel far too much engine vibration coarsing up through the steering colum and onto your fingertips.
The engine does at least pull strongly once the turbocharger has woken up, but performance is languid if the revs fall much below 2000rpm.
The gearbox is also rather disappointing; downshifts are often sudden and clunky, and the 'box takes far too long to select the right gear when you want a sudden burst of pace. The only way to get around this is by changing gear manually by using the steering wheel-mounted paddles (a £245 option).
The Ghibli is reasonably quiet on the motorway, where the engine note fades into the background, while wind and road noise are also kept to acceptable levels. However, a press of the Sport button next to the gearlever sharpens the accelerator responses and activates two sound actuators in the exhaust that give the car a deep-chested, if still not an especially evocative, rumble.
One area in which the Ghibli falls well short of its adversaries is in ride and handling. In Normal mode the ride has a shuddery quality as the suspension patters over the UK's many road imperfections. At the same time the body is allowed to shimmy and pitch too much, jostling those inside.
There is a button to firm up the suspension, and when this is pressed the Ghibli changes direction with a bit more vigour and a bit less sway. The ride is also firmed up accordingly, which means you'll only ever use this setting when the sun's out, the road is twisty and there's nobody in front.
The steering is light and accurate, but slower than you might expect, and there's hardly any information fed back from the road surface to the driver – whichever mode you choose. This is the opposite of what you'd expect in any sporting car, and particularly one wearing a Maserati badge.
What's the 2014 Maserati Ghibli diesel like inside?
As far as the driver is concerned, the Ghibli's interior is a perfectly acceptable place. It looks pretty stylish, there's stitched leather all around, and the dials and instruments are clear.
However, it's a stretch to reach the indicator stalk without taking your hand off the wheel, and the buttons down by the gearlever are tricky to discern at a glance. The 8.5-inch infotainment screen is large enough, but its graphics look old-fashioned and it's slow to respond.
Also, the traditional Maserati clock, set in the Ghibli up above the screen in the dashboard, looks like a bit of an afterthought.
There's decent head- and legroom up front, so even a tall driver and front-seat passenger can get comfortable. Things aren't so good in the rear, though, where legroom and foot space are in much shorter supply; this is quite a failing in a car that will be required to carry adults in the rear seats every so often.
The boot is big enough to hold a decent amount of luggage (albeit not as much as in a BMW 5 Series or a Mercedes-Benz CLS), but the opening is quite shallow.
Should I buy one?
The executive world is populated by German manufacturers and Jaguar because their cars are great to live with and they add up as company cars.
This is where the Maserati Ghibli faces its toughest battle, and with CO2 emissions of 158g/km it doesn't embarass itself – it'll cost you about the same to run as a company as a Jaguar XF 3.0D V6 S, although more than you'll pay for a BMW 535d.
Certainly, the lure of saying 'I drive a Maserati' is a strong one, and the Ghibli looks the part, too. However, you'll need to put up with an unrefined drivetrain, a poor ride and tight rear-seat space to cut a dash in the office car park.
What Car? says...
Maserati Ghibli V6 diesel
Engine size 3.0-litre V6 diesel
Price from £48,830
Power 271bhp
Torque 443lb ft
0-62mph 6.3 seconds
Top speed 156mph
Fuel economy 47.9mpg
CO2 158g/km


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Don't Tase me bro'!
The campus police at the University of Florida attack student who asked too many questions.
There are numerous places on the Internet where you can see University of Florida (Gainesville) police officers Tasing/torturing Andrew Meyer, 21, a journalism student who dared to ask John Kerry several highly pertinent questions when he appeared on campus this week.
They comprise a cinema vérité at its purest. The sound is hyper natural. You can hear clearly the victim begging for mercy, the hissing of the Taser and the screams. The Taser is renowned for causing incapacitating physical discomfort, usually short of death, although this is not unknown (Amnesty has documented 245 Taser-related deaths).
Earlier, some students had hooted and yelped in approval as campus police officers moved in to silence Mr Meyer but belatedly as events unfolded one or two in a crowded room indicated they might share the viewer's horror at these graphic but highly educative events on an American campus. Not all viewers, of course: the imbecilic brigade of the American right is already screaming that this was a set-up. They are the ones who presumably can he heard to hoot with delight when the campus police take out one of their fellow students. And not Kerry, obviously, who increasingly seems to be himself an imbecile.
A very clear version of the incident can be seen here but You Tube has plenty of other examples. It is a frightening and also very powerful scene and one that will do further enormous damage to the international reputation of the United States and to the American campus. And further confirm that Kerry is as useful as a toad in a laundromat.
One reason why America cannot currently win its so-called war on terror is the repeated demonstrations like this one that when it comes to moral leadership, the American cupboard is looking pretty bare.
Free speech is now under physical attack on the campus of the university of Florida, and by agents of the state. Just like the university of Teheran! (This is also the state where not one but possibly the last two presidential elections were stolen by the Republican party apparat, disenfranchising 'colored' voters – one of the points being made by the brave Mr Meyer.)
The American campus is already seized by fear with foreign professors harrassed and deported by Homeland Security; arbitrary and capricious border controls applied to visiting scholars, and hysterical Zionist campaigns against anyone who raises their voice against the State of Israel, its historiography, its behaviour, or questions its claims. This has become a new McCarthyism. Joel Kovel's recent experiences at the University of Michigan show that a university press long thought to be resistant to political pressure will now grovel to blowhards, although to its credit the university has resumed (grudgingly) sales of Kovel's book, Overcoming Zionism.
This latest incident in Florida is extraordinary because it shows what happens when you put police onto campuses. The gang of police can be seen surrounding Mr Meyer from the very beginning of his questioning of Kerry. Kerry's own behaviour as Mr Meyer is attacked is bizarre. He apparently sees it as no part of his own duty to interfere in any way. Profile in courage!
There are so many videos taken from so many angles that this is one of those rare events that the revolution has not only seen fit to televise but to do so from every conceivable angle.
The viewer can see the initial assault on the student when the police who had already been intimidating him decided that enough was enough and it was time to bring down this insolent yelp.
The viewer then sees him calling vainly for support from Kerry, anyone, receiving not a single word of support from anyone, followed by shots being wrestled to the ground by numerous officers while he can be heard begging not to be 'tasered' – using what is bound to become an immortal phrase: "Don't Tase me, bro'!" This is a perfectly cromulent use of the infinitive verb to Tase™.
The Taser, normally marketed as a non-lethal alternative to firearms, has never previously been marketed as a method of shutting up those who have inconvenient questions. Doubtless, sales will spike on this new publicity, with big orders from China, possibly. Meyer spent the night in jail on the trumped up charges of disrupting a public meeting and resisting arrest.
The president of the university pronounces himself regretful for the incident. I would have thought he should have sacked the police at the very least, or at least sent them to the countryside for re-education, and begged the student to accept an apology (two of the officers have been suspended on full pay). I do know this is a student I would hire for any newsroom unwise enough to have me in charge (not that I am ever likely to have the opportunity – it is merely an expression of the instant and wholly positive impact this young man has had on me as an almost singular representative of what remains decent in his profession).
There are also hundreds of news reports. Counterpunch asks why Kerry stood there and said nothing. Huffington is very good on the sequence. As always, the journalism that does not appear is as interesting as that which does. Why have journalists on American campuses shown themselves as craven and ineffective as their counterparts at the New York Times and Washington Post? I look in vain for the story in The Michigan Daily. America needs more like Mr Meyer.
Naomi Wolf is in top form on this here.
The Adventure of a Liftime : this is a terrific & energetic American blog with great detail and links.


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•Key considerations for all flash
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Nov 7 2018
55 mins
Michelle Tidwell, IBM; Eric Lakin, University of Michigan; Mike Jochimsen, Kaminario; Alex McDonald, NetApp
Building a cloud storage architecture requires both storage vendors, cloud service providers and large enterprises to consider new technical and economic paradigms in order to enable a flexible and cost efficient architecture.
Cloud infrastructure is often procured by service providers and large enterprises in the traditional way – prepay for expected future storage needs and over provision for unexpected changes in demand. This requires large capital expenditures with slow cost recovery based on fluctuating customer adoption. Giving these cloud service providers flexibility in the procurement model for their storage allows them to more closely align the expenditure on infrastructure resources with the cost recovery from customers, optimizing the use of both CapEx and OpEx budgets.
Clouds inherently require often unpredictable scalability – both up and down. Building a storage architecture with the ability to rapidly allocate resources for a specific customer need and reallocate resources based on changing customer requirements allows the cloud service provider to optimize storage capacity and performance pools in their data center without compromising the responsiveness to the change in needs. Such architecture should also align to the datacenter level orchestration system to allow for even higher level of resource optimization and flexibility.
In this webcast, you will learn:
•How modern storage technology allows you to build this infrastructure
•The role of software defined storage
•Accounting principles
•How to model cloud costs of new applications and or re-engineering existing applications
•Performance considerations
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IBM and Red Hat: How Enterprises can Prepare for Major Cloud Acquisitions
Nov 1 2018
61 mins
Mark Thiele, Rob Hirschfeld, Ian Smith
Being deemed as the "most significant tech acquisition of 2018," IBM's purchase of Red Hat for $34 billion is not your average M&A. Apparently the cloud computing industry is in for another major disruption as a purchase of this size could change the market forever.
The biggest issue being addressed with this deal is the ability to easily move data around and between platforms, and ultimately expanding upon hybrid cloud offerings. Join this live expert panel discussion with cloud industry visionaries as they discuss the following:
- What this means for IBM and Red Hat's competitors
- Who is it relevant to and why?
- Is this is an indication of other big cloud computing deals to come and if so, how should enterprises prepare when selecting their technology providers?
- What does this mean for hybrid cloud and containers?
- Will this acquisition be different from HP's acquisition of Compaq? Of others in the Cloud market?
Moderator: Mark Thiele, Director of Engineering - Edge Computing, Ericsson
Panelists: Rob Hirschfeld, Founder/CEO, RackN and Ian Smith, CEO, Gospel Technology
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Cloud-Native Architectures: Beyond Containers & Microservices
Oct 18 2018
61 mins
Robert Starmer, Kingston Smiler
Tune into this live webcam panel moderated by Robert Starmer, Cloud Advisor & Founding Partner, Kumulus Technologies for a discussion around benefits of and best practices for cloud-native architectures.
An open cloud-native architecture extends beyond containers and microservices, and also includes creating a culture of DevOps and NetOps and increasing developer efficiency.
Moderator: Robert Starmer, Cloud Advisor & Founding Partner, Kumulus Technologies
Panelists: Kingston Smiler, Co-Founder, PALC Networks
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Creating a Multi-Cloud Buying Strategy
Oct 17 2018
47 mins
Meg Ramsey, Vice President, Cloud Services Product Management, Sungard Availability Services
CEOs and boards are demanding their IT departments pursue a cloud-first, or all-in cloud, strategy, but not all clouds are created equal. A multi-cloud strategy is most prudent for enterprise businesses but to do so different business, system, application and cost drivers must be considered. In this presentation we will help you create a strategic buying framework for pursuing a multi-cloud strategy that pulls in both public cloud and private cloud services.
About the speaker:
In her role as Vice President of Cloud Services, Meg Ramsey sets the cloud strategy and vision for Sungard AS. Leading a team of product managers dedicated to delivering cloud infrastructure services for enterprise clients, she focuses on delivering application recovery and interoperability across all cloud platforms. Her efforts directly support Sungard AS' strategic growth initiatives and include building partnerships with AWS and VMware to expand Sungard AS' modern service offerings. Ramsey brings extensive consulting and strategy experience within the cloud, IT infrastructure and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining Sungard AS, Ramsey held positions at Accenture and Internap. She received her BS from Georgia Institute of Technology and a MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Building a Cloud-First Policy in a Hybrid Environment
Oct 17 2018
38 mins
Mike Openshaw, Senior Enterprise Architect, 6point6
Cloud computing has become synonymous with the digital agenda. Looking across the 2018 IT estate, cloud is no longer conspicuous by its presence but by its absence. Gartner projects the market size and growth of the cloud service industry at nearly three times the growth of the overall IT services industry through 2022. Cloud is agnostic of industry sector, having already established a material foothold in banks, schools, governments and healthcare.
In this webinar, we will explore what a cloud-first policy means for you no matter where you are on your cloud journey, with a focus on both where your remaining on-premise IT estate sits and how this fits into a cloud-first world.
About the speaker:
Mike is a TOGAF and SAFe certified architect specialising in the strategic enterprise and solutions architecture space, with a solid background in integration, application, infrastructure and data architecture.
He has a proven track record of delivering strategic business goals through business transformation programmes (up to £30M+) with complex interdependencies across the enterprise. Mike has extensive sector experience having worked in financial services, retail banking, digital eCommerce, not for profit, utilities and FMCG organisations.
He has a comprehensive background of technology leadership and transformation, business process re-engineering and systems integration over a wide range of heterogeneous technology environments, from hybrid cloud solutions to physical on-premise estates.
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How to Develop a Cloud-First Strategy with a Cloud-Native Approach
Oct 17 2018
38 mins
Simon Ratcliffe, CIO Advisor & Mentor, IT Evangelist, Ensono & Cloud Industry Forum
There is much talk in the tech community about the best approach to adopting a cloud first strategy and which solutions best fit organisations.
Multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, cloud first, cloud native are all options but too many organisations miss the critical factor. Any technology strategy requires that the organisational culture and the people match the technology approach. A cloud first technology strategy requires a very different mindset to more traditional approaches and adopting a different culture and approach and leading a team of people in this world is very different. Building technology without the underpinning cultural change invariably results in less than successful cloud adoption.
In this webinar, we will examine some of the simple changes that can be made to the culture and structure of an IT function to create a foundation for a more successful implementation of a cloud first strategy.
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The Promise of Future-Proof Cloud
Oct 16 2018
62 mins
Malathi Malla, Director of Product Marketing & Ajay Chhabria, Technical Marketing Engineer, Spirent
You promised your customers that you would anticipate next-generation Cloud infrastructure needs. Let Spirent assure that you keep it.
Are your applications getting enough allocated resources to perform at their best? Ability to baseline and benchmark the underlying infrastructure, and simulate any type of application workload – allows you to validate both the functionality and performance of various applications and services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) running over the virtualized infrastructure. Join us to learn how Spirent can help you fast track Cloud deployments.
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Getting Ready for a Multi-cloud future with Containers and Kubernetes
Oct 16 2018
50 mins
Ritesh Patel, Co-Founder & VP of Products at Nirmata
For the last few years, there has been an ongoing debate about multi-cloud/hybrid cloud vs single cloud approach. However, there is increasing evidence that the future will be multi-cloud. Data from a recent survey released by Forrester Research indicates:
62% of public cloud adopters are using 2+ unique cloud environments/platforms
74% of enterprises describe their strategy as hybrid/multi-cloud today
So, the question is what does this mean for your applications? Does adopting multi-cloud increase management complexity? How can you effectively control and manage spend?
In this webinar, we will discuss the benefits and challenges of a multi-cloud approach. We will see how containers are becoming a key building block for enabling application portability and how Kubernetes is becoming the toolbox across clouds. Finally, we will discuss real-world best practices for enabling multi-cloud deployments.
About the speaker:
Ritesh Patel is co-founder of Nirmata and has 20+ years experience building and delivering enterprise software solutions and has led highly successful software and business development teams. Ritesh began his career in engineering for high tech firms and has since migrated to the business side of the operation. In his founding of Nirmata, Ritesh sought to bring his broad spectrum of experience to a single previously unaddressed industry problem through the creation of a new business. To Nirmata's leadership, Ritesh brings a rare skill set incorporating experience with the entire chain of software development activities. This background has contributed to Nirmata's commitment to empowering all employees to do the hard work required to deliver tools that solve tough problems.
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How to Integrate Cloud-Native Apps with Next-Gen Cloud Environments
Oct 16 2018
33 mins
Simon Ratcliffe, CIO Advisor & Mentor, IT Evangelist, Ensono & Cloud Industry Forum
We are already on the edge of a new paradigm in IT where developers can focus purely on their code and the applications are delivered by the cloud provider who delivers computing power as required.
Whilst this approach works for cloud native applications, how do we integrate these next generation clouds with the legacy systems we already have? How do we create a serverless environment after years of creating servers and how do we connect seemingly un-connectable systems such as mainframes into this new paradigm?
In this webinar we examine the tools and options now available and soon to be available in the next generation of cloud computing and seek to understand how these connect back to the current world and establish some possible journeys for the legacy applications into the next generation of cloud.
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The 100-Year Archive Survey Results 2007-2017
Oct 10 2018
60 mins
Sam Fineberg, Thomas Rivera, Bob Rogers
The Long Term Retention Technical Working Group and the Data Protection Committee will review the results of the 2017 100-year archive survey. In addition to the survey results, the presentation will cover the following topics:
· How the use of storage for archiving has evolved in ten years
· What type of information is now being retained and for how long
· Changes in corporate practices
· Impact of technology changes such as Cloud
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September 2006 New Food Rollout
Three Special K protein-fortified waters from Kellogg; Godiva Belgian Blends from Coca-Cola and Godiva Chocolatier; four varieties of Fresh Makes Veggie Pasta Salad Kits from Dole Fresh; General Mills Dora the Explorer Cereal; and Red Baron The Big Baron Pizza from Schwans Consumer Brands.
By Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor
Kellogg high on protein … and water
In November, Battle Creek, Mich.-based Kellogg Co.'s new Health & Wellness Division rolls out three new Special K protein-fortified products to help consumers address their weight management goals. They will be sold in the diet and nutrition sections of grocery and drug stores.
"Kellogg's was founded with the idea of eating healthier," says Jill Saletta, director of communications. "We've always maintained cereal has a place in a healthy diet, and now we're heading off into some exciting new areas."
At 190 calories,Special K Protein Meal Bars have 10g of protein, are a good source of 13 vitamins and minerals and an excellent source of calcium. Flavors include: Chocolate Peanut Butter, Double Chocolate and Strawberry. Another option is Special K Protein Snack Bars, 110 calories per bar, 4g of protein and a good source of nine vitamins and minerals. They are available in Chocolate Peanut and Chocolate Delight.
"Consumers told us our existing Special K cereal and Cereal Bar Snacks are important to them for breakfast and snacking," says Saletta. "Our new protein-fortified products are intended to provide new and additional solutions to help them stay on track throughout the day. We know protein can create a feeling of fullness or satiety, so that's why we think these products will be a great complement to our existing portfolio."
Departing from its traditional products and most surprising, Kellogg also introduces Special K2O Protein Waters, which deliver 5g of protein per 16-oz. bottle with 50 calories. They are available in three flavors: Strawberry Kiwi, Lemon Twist and Tropical Blend.
"Drinking lots of water is important when dieting, but plain
water can get boring," says Saletta. "It's great to have some new flavor choices."
Suggested retail price for Special K Protein Meal Bars is $1.29 each or $5.98 for six. Special K Protein Snack Bars are 89 cents each, or six for $3.99. Or, stock up on four 16-oz. bottles of SpecialK2O for $5.99.
Coke + Godiva = coffee?
Coca-Cola North America,Atlanta, and Godiva Chocolatier, a unit of the Campbell Soup Co., introduce Godiva Belgian Blends, a line of premium blended indulgent beverages. The new Godiva Belgian Blends beverages provide a revitalizing experience more decadent than just plain coffee. They are packaged in stylish 9.5 oz. glass bottles -- in singles and four packs – and will roll out in three flavors — Dark Chocolate Mocha, Milk Chocolate Mocha and French Vanilla Latte.
"This is a great opportunity for us to extend our strong portfolio of licensed products by combining the world's leading premium chocolate brand with the beverage marketing expertise and distribution capabilities of Coca-Cola North America, "says Jim Goldman, president, Godiva Chocolatier Worldwide.
"Collaborating with Godiva on a beverage line like this is a great opportunity for Coca-Cola North America, and builds upon the reputation of both companies for high quality, consumer-preferred products," says Don Knauss, president and COO, Coca-Cola North America.
Suggested retail price is $1.49-1.89.
Pasta salads in a kit
Developed by chefs for the home cook, Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Fresh tosses up Fresh Makes Veggie Pasta Salad Kits, which serve four.
Packaged in a recyclable and resealable clamshell package showcasing the ingredients, the kits are available in four varieties: Broccoli Ranch with corkscrew pasta, Garden Vegetable with bow tie pasta, Italian Herb with penne pasta and Cheddar Bacon Ranch with shell pasta. Each kit can be prepared in less than 14 minutes. Just boil the pasta, toss it with the fresh, pre-washed, precut veggies and mix with Dole's proprietary dressing. It can be served warm or chilled or enhanced with other ingredients.
Suggested retail price is $3.99.
Shake up family movie night
Shake it up, baby, and you'll have interactive fun while you watch DVDs on family movie night with Omaha, Neb.-based ConAgra's new line of microwave Orville Redenbacher Shakeables Gourmet Popping Corn. They're made of 100 percent whole-grain popcorn and have zero grams trans fat per serving.
Shakeables are available in two savory flavors: Real Cheddar Cheese (yes, real cheddar cheese) and Real Ranch (with real buttermilk). Each bag comes with a savory flavor pack; just sprinkle in the right amount to suit your taste after microwaving, then shake.
For taste buds that crave something sweet, Con Agra's Act II brand introduces Buttery Cinnamon flavor, sweet, buttery flavor with a hint of cinnamon, made with 100 percent whole grain popcorn. It's a good source of fiber and has zero grams trans fat per serving.
"These varieties are a whole new way to enjoy snacking," says Stan Jacot, vice president of marketing, ConAgra Snack Foods. "We're continuing to look for fun new ways for families and individuals to enjoy popcorn — whether as a great-tasting treat for family movie night or as a between-meal snack. And moms can feel good knowing these delicious snacks are also wholesome, helping them meet two of the 2005 Dietary Guideline
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I like it. I'm not entirely sure that you always need to contact the photographer to ask their permission before using their work. Personally I'm busy. I barely have time to answer emails as it is. Personally I would rather you just used the image with a proper credit. Sometimes emailing me to let me know that you used my image is nice though, it gives me a chance to say thank you.
Which is the thing. As a photographer I want you to use my images, I want my work to be seen by more people, I want to know that people like it, as long as you give me a proper credit (proper means including a link). A lot of the rhetoric being used in discussions about giving credit would suggest that photographers don't want you to use their work and as such I worry that bloggers are starting to fear the use of images that they find online. Of course there are photographers who don't want you to use their work without asking and sometimes they have good reason to. Sometimes they have sold the rights to the photo to someone else and they will get in big doodoo if you use it. Sometimes they just feel a little precious about where their work goes and what people do with it. And that's fine. Those photographers usually state quite clearly, where you can see it, that they don't want you to use their work. In fact even if it's not right there where you can see it you should probably have a good look around their website just in case. Should there be such a request, send the photographer an email. Even if they don't say that you can use it (and they often will) they will be pleased that you like their work and you will have spread some happiness. Isn't that nice? And if a photographer asks you not to use their work don't, for the love of god, take a screengrab of it and use it anyway, even if you do give credit. That's just obnoxious and you deserve that unpleasant email they will send you. Oh and whilst we're on the subject of unpleasant emails from photographers: photographers, please look properly for credits before you send unpleasant emails. Sending an email telling a blogger that they're infringing your copyright when the credit is right there at the bottom of the post, clear as day, will not only make you feel like an idiot, the blogger is unlikely ever to promote your work again. (I speak from the experience of the pissed off blogger, not the stupid-ass photographer.)
So. To surmise, my thoughts are:
- don't be scared of using someone else's work on your blog.
- As long as you CREDIT IT PROPERLY.
- If you're not going to credit it properly, DON'T BOTHER.
- Unless you have looked and you just can't find the source and you really really love the image and can't bear not to share it, in which case, personally, I don't think that there's too much wrong with acknowledging that you can't find the source and asking your readers if they know. I may be mistaken.
- You don't always need to ask the photographer's permission.
- UNLESS they have clearly requested that you do so.
- Screengrabs are for assholes.
- Maybe buy this print if you just can't remember not to be an asshole.
If you want a more eloquent and comprehensive guide to The Rules of Using Other's Work, check out {frolic}'s post on the matter, which I'm pretty sure has (deservedly so) become the definitive guide on the matter.
*GIVING CREDIT PRINT, By Pia Jane Bijkerk, aka STREETCRED. For sale by Mammoth Collection, via {Frolic}
* photograph of print by Pia Jane Bijkerk


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Beer Innovators: Meet the People Impacting the Beer WorldSeptember 15, 2014 - Staff
The spirit and diversity in the beer industry come from its people. The men and women who do more than just make beer: They inspire, educate and innovate, and they elevate the beverage beyond the glass. Several months ago, we asked the journalists who work for All About Beer Magazine to nominate people in the beer world... View Article


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Leftwood, Alderney
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Leftwood is a city in the State of Alderney. It is located in North Alderney, bordered by Flathead Rd in the North (Westdyke), the West River in the East (North Holland in Algonquin, Liberty City), and Panhandle Rd in the south (Alderney City).
Leftwood is a middle and working-class residential city with a large multi-cultural population made up of a mix of Hispanics, Portuguese, and Italians, judging from Italian and Portuguese flags seen throughout the city and the bilingual banner and signs seen on the Leftwood Community Hall and other retail stores. Leftwood also has a large shopping economy, containing many retails stores and a strip mall with a four-story parking garage along Sacramento Ave that spans between Leftwood and Westdyke. Residential wise, Leftwood contains many homes and apartment buildings ranging from three to five stories.
Leftwood appears to contain elements of towns from Bergen County & Hudson County in general. It's namesake is believed to be derived from Englewood, New Jersey. Leftwood has major influences from Ironbound, New Jersey due to the high Portuguese American population.
The list of streets that runs through Leftwood are:
- Beaverhead Ave
- Flathead Rd
- Bridger St
- Manzano Rd
- Sacramento Ave
- Franklin St
- Long John Ave
- Bowline
- Catskill Ave
- Panhandle Rd
- Rand Ave
- Applewhite St
In Leftwood, the Plumbers Skyway can be entered or exited in two ways. The first is shortly after driving off the Hickey Bridge into Alderney, and through the street lights at the Rand Ave Intersection. The second entrance can be accessed from a three way intersection on Manzano Road. Exiting here can only be made here if your driving in the right lane, from the Hickey Bridge direction.
The Hickey Bridge can be accessed from Leftwood from the Rand Ave Intersection which sits along the borders of Alderney City & Leftwood.
Points of interest
- Despite its name, Westdyke Memorial Hospital is actually located within Leftwood.


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1023 Ranch View Road, Grand Junction, CO, 81505 is a Lots and Land for sale at $157,500 with a lot size of 1.01 Acre(s). 1023 Ranch View Road has 0.0 baths. The property's zip code is 81505 which is in Grand Junction, CO
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WESTPORT — Solar energy and money articles will dominate the 12-article warrant at tonight's special Town Meeting, which gets under way at 7 at Westport High School.
WESTPORT — Solar energy and money articles will dominate the 12-article warrant at tonight's special Town Meeting, which gets under way at 7 at Westport High School.
A lengthy proposal developed by the Planning Board would amend the town's bylaws to allow small-scale photovoltaic arrays of 1,000 square feet or less in any zoning district, by right as long as a building permit is obtained.
Larger-scale projects with solar panels ground-mounted in business zones would require a site review through the Planning Board, plus special permits and public hearings for some zoning areas. Several solar energy companies have expressed interest in building solar arrays in town.
Two bond articles approved in May will have to be approved again because they didn't have the required approved from the Capital Improvement Planning Committee. One is to borrow $500,000 at no interest from the state's Water Pollution Abatement Trust to offer low-interest loans to residents whose septic systems fail. Replacement of such systems can cost $20,000.
The other bond article asks $610,000 for repairs to town roads caused by Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011 and damage from the 2010 spring floods. The repairs include rebuilding East Beach Road, which was once again washed out in Hurricane Sandy.
Also on the warrant is a requested transfer of $40,000 to supplement various department budgets, with the largest sum, more than $11,000, sought for election-related expenses, and a transfer of $207,000 to supplement budgets for veterans' benefits, the School Department ($70,000 to hire a new math teacher and buy a new reading program) and a short-term interest payment concerning the removal of PCBs from the middle school.
Selectmen will meet at the high school's Meeting Room B at 6 p.m. prior to the special Town Meeting to make up for their meeting that was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.