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Over the past century, thousands of Swedish lakes have suffered from eutrophication (over-enrichment with nutrients) as a result of sewage discharges from urban areas or nutrient run-off from land.
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However, we found that such improvements cannot be expected unless active fishing is carried out. An alternative technique is to stock lakes with pike, perch or similar predatory fish in order to have them reduce the populations of cyprinids, but this usually fails to produce the desired effects on water transparency and algal amounts.
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We also found the effects of biomanipulation to vary with lake properties and with the intensity of manipulation:
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• More thorough fish removal increased the efficacy of biomanipulation.
• For chlorophyll, these two relationships also tended to reinforce each other – increasing the fish removals had the strongest effect in lakes that were small and/or had high pre-manipulation phosphorus levels.
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To summarise, our results indicate that removal of plankton-and bottom-feeding fish is a useful means of improving water quality in eutrophic lakes.
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Review team
Per Larsson (Chair), Dept. of Aquatic Ecology, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
Stephen R. Carpenter, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Anna Gårdmark, Dept. of Aquatic Resources, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Öregrund, Sweden
Lennart Persson, Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Christian Skov, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark
Ellen Van Donk, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Point Taken
Got it, Drewey. Message heard. Peas do not belong in cat food.
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Hah! When I was little, we had a dog that did the exact same thing. She'd eat all her dog food, save up the peas somewhere inside her mouth, and then spit all the peas out at the end!ReplyDelete
Very communicative Drewey :DReplyDelete
Excellent, Drewey. Most excellent. I think your Mom is very smart, and she will take this lesson to heart. :)ReplyDelete
I like to think of Drewey as having a personality like Miss Ouiser in "Steel Magnolias." It's her tagline, "Embrace Your Inner Crank" that makes me think this way!
Huh. Someone should tell my Odie... he likes peas :) He wanted my food the other day and I said "look, it's peas, you don't want any" while giving him one, and he ate it! ...plus 3 more.ReplyDelete
But Drewey good job at being very clear about your likes and dislikes :)
ahaha! and what a cute bowl! nephthys used to have a cute bowl until someone knocked it off the counter and broke it. that was my message, "THIS BOWL IS EMPTY AND THEREFORE USELESS!"ReplyDelete
- Allie (Drewey Fan)March 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM
LOL, I LOVE Drewey. This post really needs a picture of her too!!ReplyDelete
That is funny!!! Love it!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Amazing how they can discern abominations like that in their food and eat around it, not to mention licking any gravy/other food bits off it. :) Mine does the same if I give her a spoonful of blueberry yogurt.. leave the berries, but be sure to lick off the yogurt!ReplyDelete
Awww. I love it! I'll make a note, too... :)ReplyDelete
I believe she has some nimble teeth.ReplyDelete
"Peas are not to be tolerated. This displeases me. Retribution will be swift.ReplyDelete
Queen Drewey"
Embrace your inner crank is my new motto.
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 12:11 PM
My cat does the same thing when I buy her Spot's Stew's lamb variety. Since my sister did the same thing with her peas as a child, we always tell my cat that she takes after her auntie. But maybe she is a distant relative of Drewey...ReplyDelete
What an adorable cat bowl!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM
this picture made me laugh out loud. awesome. You tell her, Drewey! NOBODY likes peas!!!ReplyDelete
that is so cute! i had a dog as a child that did not like peas. she would lick them clean and leave them in the dish. i also have a nephew that did not like peas, one day he ate them all up but held them in his mouth like a squirrel. when he was done, he mumbled...i don't think i like these. he spit them all out in the garbage. all of them were perfectly whole, just like drewey's.ReplyDelete
@ Amy - one of my old dogs used to do that too. One of my previous kitties was the only one allowed to prowl at the dinner table, and occasionally used to get a tit-bit. We used to sometimes give her a pea covered in gravy, which she would get all the gravy off, then spit the pea out and give us a killer look.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 2:24 PM
Hmm, we used to have a kitty who liked peas and would in fact eat them from a fork. I also <3 Drewey, being the servant of a cranky old lady cat myself.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 3:22 PM
but why would you give peas to a cat? if there is any benefit, i don't know about it!ReplyDelete
Clearly you've got some super-special cat food, Drewey, if there are whole peas in there. (Our fosters get good stuff, but they're not quite so lucky!) I understand, though. I never liked peas on their own either.ReplyDelete
And did you know that raccoons will eat anything except onions? When I was a kid, one of our neighbors fed the raccoons and put out scraps, and they would eat every bit except the onions, which they spit out all over the driveway.ReplyDelete
Smart kitty...cats are "obligate carnivores". Unlike dogs, grains and veggies are not good for them. Why do almost all cat foods have them in it? Once I started feeding mine grain free food...even the dry stuff, they *stopped* having hairballs and throwing up! It was amazing! But most places don't carry the grain free dry food, and it is much more expensive. Worth it, though, since they are so much healthier!ReplyDelete
But, why did one of my old cats, Bregalad, of blessed memory, like frozen corn? Sigh. Cats ;-)
My enormous chocolate Lab used to do the same thing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 11:32 PM
I'm with Drewey on this, peas are NOT fit for consumption!ReplyDelete
You tell them Drewster!
Can't say it clearer than that, can you Lady Crank?ReplyDelete
Well that spelled it owt, good and proper! LOL!ReplyDelete
My question is WHERE did you get Drewey's bowl??? Some cats will eat peas, oatmeal and creamed spinach- his name was Doubleday. yes, the bookpublisher (my mom was a libraian).ReplyDelete
But then he wasn't a "normal" cat. Madame clearly has a sensitive palate. More tuna?
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Retribution will be swift.
A ha ha ha !!!
I don't know about plant matter not being good for cats. They don't NEED plant matter, being carnivores and all, but that's not the same as it being bad for them. I mean, I don't NEED chocolate, but it's not like it makes me sick. I'd say that for many cats, plants are like chocolate for many humans - not necessary for nutrition, but yummy as heck, consumable for most with no ill effects, and can cause an adverse reaction in a few.
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Bless Drewey's heart...I love old lady kitties;) They know what they like and are happy to share those opinions with you. The "Tiny Terror", who is now 2 and huge, loves fruit. Any kind of fruit except bananas. If you're peeling an orange in the kitchen he will smell it out in the living room and come tearing in to mug you for a piece. He is also the cat that primarily eats with his paws. He hooks most of his food up on a claw and brings it to his mouth.ReplyDelete
Smart kitty. Peas are icky.ReplyDelete
Oh, Little Drewey Junebug, you've just made me love you more, if that's possible.ReplyDelete
Actually, peas aren't "bad" for carnivores. Grain IS bad - but there's a difference between grain and vegetables. Peas are pretty common filler in grain-free wet food. I looked into making fresh raw food once for an older boy of mine, and peas and pumpkin puree were the two main non-meat ingredients. I'm pretty sure it's because they contain lots of water, which helps w/ hydration, and insoluble fiber, which helps w/ digestion and hairballs. Eating peas is like eating grass.ReplyDelete
If you can find and/or afford grain-free cat food, it's so much better for them!! I like Natural Balance brand. It's available at Petco.
Oh yeah, and my current kitty Spike LOVES sour dough bread. We don't give him a lot (since it's grains) but he'll actually sneak onto the counter and tear up the loaf!


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post110870938135970981..comments2023-12-07T02:22:50.348-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: A email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1110823681354767982005-03-14T10:08:00.000-08:002005-03-14T10:08:00.000-08:00Gil - I'm afraid you're right, and George is tryin...Gil - I'm afraid you're right, and George is trying to eliminate the system as fast as politically feasible. Claiming to "fix" it seems to be symptomatic of rule by deceit - saying whatever it takes to trick voters into accepting the "right" policy, whether it be invasion, record deficits, or dismantling poverty insurance. I'm especially unhappy that this seems a much more fruitful approach than trying to justify policy decisions on their merits.

Most Recent Anonmymous - the point is that the money put in the trust fund isn't there, it's being spent on Iraq, farm subsidies, the Medicare prescription supplement, tax relief for corporations and the wealthy, etc. Effectively, today's workers are subsidizing today's taxpayers, in the hopes that tommorrow's taxpayers will feel obligated to fund social security. (Yes ,those treasury bonds will almost certainly be honored, but they may first be transferred to a different federal agency, like any other asset.)Mitchhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1109638917197842282005-02-28T17:01:00.000-08:002005-02-28T17:01:00.000-08:00Anonymous of 4:41pm -- that doesn't change anythin...Anonymous of 4:41pm -- that doesn't change anything. If the trust fund sold the T-bills to the public, then the government would owe the money to the public instead of to the trust fund. And the government would still have to come up with some source of revenue to pay up. The value of the T-bills results solely from the fact that the U.S. government has the ability to tax (and borrow from others) to pay off its debts.

To continue the metaphor, suppose that my Drinking-Water Trust Fund trades some of its IOUs to my neighbor, in return for some of my neighbor's bath water. The neighbor's bath water gets poured into my tub, increasing the water level. But now my neighbor has the IOUs, which means the non-drinking section of my tub owes water to my neighbor. To pay him off, my tub will have to increase its inflow of water from other sources.Glen Whitmanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1109551315111829142005-02-27T16:41:00.000-08:002005-02-27T16:41:00.000-08:00It's really disingenuous to talk about how the soc...It's really disingenuous to talk about how the social security trust fund holds "IOUs" as if the IOUs under discussion are from your stoner nephew who can't hold down a job at Burger King. These are TREASURY BILLS -- promises from the U.S. government to pay money at some future time. Now, it's obviously true that those bills represent government debt. But it's equally true that the trust fund could turn these "IOUs" into cash tomorrow by selling them on the open market, just like any other T-bills. T-bills are assets just like any firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1109046279391209032005-02-21T20:24:00.000-08:002005-02-21T20:24:00.000-08:00One thing that concerns me about this drive for pr...One thing that concerns me about this drive for privatization is that many of its advocates are using fuzzy math. Their assumptions about productivity and stock market growth don't seem to add up, and they don't give the massive government borrowing that privatization will necessitate its due. But I guess we'll have to wait until their actual proposal comes out to know for sure.Blarhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1109018844310866152005-02-21T12:47:00.000-08:002005-02-21T12:47:00.000-08:00The issue of the negative gallons had occurred to ...The issue of the negative gallons had occurred to me; I was thinking of including something in the story about how most of the water in the tub is borrowed, but I decided to skip that part.

Interestingly, Gore's ridiculed "lockbox" metaphor would actually be a nice symbol of the virtues of privatization, if only Gore hadn't already used it.Glen Whitmanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108970517615753902005-02-20T23:21:00.000-08:002005-02-20T23:21:00.000-08:00I thought that the urination thing was a joke, alt...I thought that the urination thing was a joke, although suggestive of the way in which the great circle of money brings a fraction of money that is used for other purposes back to the government. I think that the biggest problem with the tub metaphor is that the total amount of water in your tub actually measures in the negative trillions of gallons.

My suggestion to you is to put your bottled water into some kind of sealed container, something that we we might call a "locked-jar". You really should have done this during the rainy season, before the drought, and before you drastically reduced the amount of other water that you were putting in. Can you believe that some of those silly people who encouraged you to turn down the water pressure in your faucet actually said that they wanted to make sure that the tub didn't overflow? Ahh, those were the days, when the possibility of tub overflow actually seemed like something worth discussing.Blarhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108762435552222392005-02-18T13:33:00.000-08:002005-02-18T13:33:00.000-08:00The urination doesn't really represent anything im...The urination doesn't really represent anything important -- I just thought it was funny. Hey, no metaphor is perfect!Glen Whitmanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108757487136437662005-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:002005-02-18T12:11:00.000-08:00Glen, I'm also unclear on what the urination aspe...Glen,

I'm also unclear on what the urination aspect adds to the metaphor (other than being provocative). Is money from the general fund tainted in some way that renders it unsuitable for retirees?

sk,

I agree with you that George should waste much less money, both at home and abroad; but I think that's really a separate issue from whether or not changing the SS system is a good idea. If anything, realizing how many ways politicians (it's not just George, after all) can think of to waste money is another argument for protecting retirees from dependence on the grace of Congress.

I want George to help move us away from the SS system entirely, as quickly as is politically feasible, in a way that minimizes the injury to those who have become dependent on the current horrific system. Since I don't know what the limits of political feasibility are, it's possible that he's already doing just what I want him to (in this area).Gilhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108754954839842432005-02-18T11:29:00.000-08:002005-02-18T11:29:00.000-08:00i'm not grateful to george for watering mesopotami...i'm not grateful to george for watering mesopotamia without any justifiable cause not conserving water supply during drought. i don't appreciate him continuing to deplete the source and getting into water deficit.
and i'm not so sure that there is an imminent water 'crisis' -- it's too strong of a word (at least for now). so what do you suggest he do since you think it's such a great thing that george exposed the current arrangement?

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108753807106726152005-02-18T11:10:00.000-08:002005-02-18T11:10:00.000-08:00those reasons you guys state are the very reasons ...those reasons you guys state are the very reasons why i'd feel more comfortable investing in real estate (i can't think of a metaphor for this one, thus i used 'multiple faucets') so that passive water flow from several faucets will fill my 'bathtub'.
And what is urinating? I don't know what that's alluding to.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108748108408746442005-02-18T09:35:00.000-08:002005-02-18T09:35:00.000-08:00Ted, If I were and honest farmer, I would be grat...Ted,

If I were and honest farmer, I would be grateful to George for exposing the idiotic arrangement and encouraging a transition to a more stable system.

I would not want my children and grand-children forced to contribute more and more to an unstable scheme that relies on more victims, demographic fantasies, and voluntary repayment from an organization that doesn't produce any water of its own and must steal it from others who undoubtedly have better uses for their own hard-earned water than flushing it down a deteriorating system; uses that would do much more to increase and improve the over-all water supply for all.

It's perfectly possible to pool water resources to reduce risk in stable arrangements much more economically and honorably than this system.

Thank you, George!Gilhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108747876987782802005-02-18T09:31:00.000-08:002005-02-18T09:31:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gilhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1108742978944909722005-02-18T08:09:00.000-08:002005-02-18T08:09:00.000-08:00What if instead of one person there are several pe...What if instead of one person there are several people who use the tub.

Farmers who need to drink and corporatists who need to be clean for their 3 martini lunches. The farmer pool their water so that if one gets injured on the job he won't go thirsty in the future. The farmers know they're going to need more water in the future so they agree pour in extra now and to loan water to the corporatists with the promise of being paid back. They don't use the term IOU but rather "contract" or, perhaps, "Bond, backed by the full faith and credit" of the tub society.

So the farmers pour lots and lots of bottled water into the tub and the corporatists -- persuaded by a farmer-loving corporatist named Rubin -- initially decide to bathe a little less often and to put in plenty of water as well. The water level is rising

Then, a corporatist named George sees the the tub is getting full. Even knowing the in the future there will be a need an increased need for both bathing and drinking, he decides the corporatists should both stop putting so much water in and should take more water out. The farmers don't get to drink more (even the "farm subsidies" tend to benefit the corporatist friends of George). The water in the tub starts to go down.

George says, even the though the farmers are putting in plenty of water, there's a drinking water "crisis." He decides to break the water contract (even though it's backed by "full faith and credit") and says the farmers need to drink less. He also keeps talking about how the farmers need to stop pooling their water and must keep water for themselves -- though he knows this has no effect on the level of water in the tub. He refuses to put any more water in the tub and takes out more water for bathing than any leader in tub society history. He occassionally talks about cutting back on removing water but has plans to water a field in Mesopatamia that he doen't even include in his water budget.

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The central bank's top researchers have agreed recently that higher interest rates will help to squeeze asset bubbles and restrain debt expansion, as a tool to be used with broader oversight of financial activities.
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The Fascist Occupation & the Tragedies in the Muslim World
The foreign fascists & the crime
Literally, fascism is an autocratic system of ruling by possessing all political power in one hand and by brutal annihilation of all forms of opposition and criticism. It is an extreme form totalitarianism; it makes shameless mockery of election, judiciary and prosecution. What robbers and thieves commit in darkness, the fascists do it daylight. It entails strict regimentation of all political, industrial, judicial and educational policies of the country with aggressive nationalist or racist attitude. If judged on such parameters, all the colonial rule of the European imperialists would perfectly fit into a frame of extreme fascism. Whenever and wherever they occupy a country, they immediately turn to worst fascists. Such occupation thus brings worst tragedies for the people in occupied countries. In fact, fascism is taken as a political tool to sustain the occupation. They occupy almost every things. All crucial sectors of the country stay under their full control. The citizens of the occupied countries turn mere political slave. They are given no political space or role to decide the fate of their own life and their own country. They are not given the right to practise even their own Qur'anic law. The US did the same after the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. This is indeed the consequence of every occupation. So, in Islam, it is the most hateful act to embrace it.
One can easily see the ugliest form of fascism in the British occupation of Bengal. They occupied the country for economic exploitation in every possible way; no higher human conscience worked here. So, they could chop off the fingers of the native muslin weavers without any remorse. They deemed it as an economic necessity to secure monopoly of the British clothes. For the same reason, they didn't feel any moral guilt to force the poor cultivators of Bengal to grow indigo plant, instead of rice, to feed the demand of their own domestic and international markets. Due to such moral death, these fascist imperialists didn't feel any remorse either for the great Bengal famine of 1769-73 that killed almost one-third of the population. The famine was caused by the mindless colonial exploitation and the sheer neglect of food delivery. Before the British occupation, the fertile land of Bengal never had such famine in her entire history, rather had remarkable affluence –as recorded by the famous traveller Ibn-e-Battuta in his diary. The colonialist didn't face any moral remorse either when they ethnically cleansed millions of Red Indians in America and millions of the Aborigines in Australia. Like sending people to gas chambers, the extermination of people by traditional ways of man-slaughtering or by politically engineered famine also remain the favoured options of the fascists. With such lowest low of the morality, the US could drop nuclear bombs too. How such fascists can claim any moral edge over the Nazi fascists?
The native fascists
With the end of colonial occupation, the rule of the foreign fascists ended formally in the Muslim World. But a new era of occupation started with the home-grown fascists. Bangladesh, Egypt and Uzbekistan are indeed the perfect prototype to display the ugliest calamity of such occupation. They possess almost all the traits of the colonial fascists. They, too, are the worst enemy of Islam. Like the colonial era, the people of these occupied countries still stand deprived of basic human, political and religious rights. Islamic education, culture and sharia are given no space; all spaces in politics, judiciary, education and administration are grabbed by these fascists. In all these occupied countries, the opposition parties are not allowed to hold any public meeting. The free press is gagged. They elect themselves as the ruler, and raise courts to convict their political opponents. The political process has been restrained only to chant chorus in support of the rulers. These fascists fully understand that the real constituency of their power is not the people, but the foreign powers in Washington, Moscow, Delhi, France or other cities. That is why, Shaikh Hasina of Bangladesh, Abdul Fatah Sisi of Egypt, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan and other fascist occupiers didn't bother about the public anger. They stay more focused to fulfil the agenda of their foreign master. They understand, if the foreign life-support is withdrawn, they will instantly meet their political death like Shah of Iran or Mubarak of Egypt. Hence, their compliance to the foreign masters is hundred per cent. As a result, the Muslim World is impregnated with a new set of slave dynasty. Due to such slave rulers, India does not face any difficulty to get full length corridors or business deals in Bangladesh. They can even install the spy camp inside the cantonment. Nor does the USA face any difficulty in setting up military bases or recruiting foot soldiers for her war against Islam from the Muslim countries. These are indeed the ugliest calamities of occupation.
The brutal fascism: the case of Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh grabbed power in 2013 without a proper election. Out of 300 seats of the parliaments, 152 MP got elected without a single ballot paper being casted in any ballot box. In the whole election process, even 5% voters didn't attend the polling booth to cast their vote. But this time, on 30 December, 2018, Hasina touched the lowest low of immorality. She made a history in annals of election; the ballot boxes were filled with ballots in the night prior to the polling day. So, the people didn't need to cast any votes; the voters were ask to return home. The job was done by the party hooligans and the subservient polling officers. In a constituency of Gopalgonj district, Shaikh Hasina got 229, 531 votes and the main opposition party candidate Lt. Col (retired) Faruk Khan got only 123 votes. It tells loudly a lot about the nonsensical farce of the so-called election. But still Mrs Hasina does not feel any shame to claim as the elected the Prime Minister. Under her rule, the judiciary, the prosecution and the law enforcing agencies look equally nonsensical. They stand ever ready to hang anybody if Shaikh Hasina wishes his elimination. Scores of opposition leaders have already been eliminated by these subservient people. It is significant to note that the Prime Minister India and the President of China didn't show any morality either; they were prompt to congratulate such a proven ruthless robber of public votes.
Shaikh Hasina's government is the largest terrorist outfit in the country to terrorise the people. The police, the army and the border guards are being used to kills and suppress the opposition parties and their members. For example, on 5th May, 2013, hundreds of protesters of Hefazat-e-Islam -a religious conservative party, were killed or wounded on the streets of Dhaka. The dead bodies were stolen from the scene to hide the intensity of crime. Hundreds of the opposition activists are being kidnapped by the police and the security personnel in plain clothes; and they never return them back. Now Bangladesh stands more occupied then Kashmir. Although claims be secular, but the country has been converted a perfect satanic state. A 100% domestic court has been given a label of international criminal court to convict and hang the potential political opponents. He turned the judiciary a servile institution to serve only the ruling clique. Like the colonial era, the common people have a given a role only to be silent bystanders.
The fascists in the Muslim World and the patrons
In Egypt, the Army has become the most brutal fascist outfit. General Abul Fatah Sisi –the Army chief grabbed power only by military force by removing Dr Morsi -the firstly elected President in Egypt's history. He killed thousands people to secure the power. In Uzbekistan, another fascist Islam Karimov rule the country with iron fist since the country's independence from Soviet Union since his recent death. The big powers of the world always run business as usual with this criminals. Their only concern is to prevent any possible Islamic resurgence –the only perceived threat to their dominance. Since these home-grown fascists are pursuing the same political objective enjoy perfect ideological and political match with the imperialist warlords in Washington, Moscow, Delhi or Paris. Such policy of the international fascists gets overtly displayed in Syria. Bashar al Assad has proved to be one of the most brutal fascist in human history. He has killed nearly 4 hundred thousand Syrians and caused more destruction to the country's largest city Aleppo than it was done to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He has driven out 8 million people from their home. But removing him from power is no issue for the Americans, the Russians and the Europeans. The bombers of these countries are cautiously avoiding his palace. Their only agenda is to fight the Islamists there; hence perfectly match with the agenda of the terrorist gangs of Bashar al Assad. Such international nexus of the anti-Islamic fascists not only creates havoc in the Middle East, but also appears as the greatest threat against peace of the whole mankind. Once there was only Adolf Hitler in the world and the terrorism of that fascist was more or less contained in the smallest continent of the world, but now so many Hitlers are working together to terrorize the whole world. Such a horrendous calamity never happened in the whole human history.


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To properly secure your Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs), you need to limit access to the host system, secure guest OSs, and limit interaction between the host system and the guest OSs. One way to secure Hyper-V VMs is to run the Hyper-V role on the Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation. You can also protect sensitive VMs by setting a syskey password on a VM.
Virtualization is getting quite a bit of attention these days and still has enough steam to remain the killer technology of this decade. But despite all the attention virtualization receives, not much is said about the security implications of this technology. Because virtualization products, such as Microsoft's Hyper-V, introduce some unique security risks, security certainly is a topic that needs to be addressed.
Although securing the OS on a virtual machine (VM) is similar to securing the OS on a physical machine, there are two important factors to consider when securing VMs. The first factor is that VMs share hardware resources, such as network adapters, which can introduce some security risks. The second, and most important, factor is that a VM's configuration, disks, bios, and even memory contents exist as files potentially exposed on the host machine.
This second factor is significant because having access to a virtual disk file is essentially the same as having access to a physical disk. If you can pull the hard disk drive out of a physical computer, you can mount that drive on another machine with a different OS and any NTFS permissions you might have set will no longer apply. Likewise, you can insert a bootable CD that boots to an alternative OS and have mostly unrestricted access. Security experts have long agreed that if someone has physical access to a machine they can almost always compromise that machine. In the physical world, this isn't a huge problem because you can place servers in a locked server room. However, with VMs having access to the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD), that's equivalent to having physical access to a physical hard disk drive. Because someone might have access to those files over a network, they essentially have access to that machine over the network, which blurs the barrier of a locked server room. Furthermore, the risk with VMs is greater because someone could make a copy of a VHD and you might not ever know it was stolen. Because of these risks, securing a VM requires you to severely limit access to the host machine, take extra security measures in the guest OS, and limit interaction between the host and the guest.
Hardening the Host
Securing Windows Server 2008 configured for the Hyper-V role is especially important because the security of each guest OS depends on the security of the host server. Curiously, the Server 2008 Security Guide doesn't cover the Hyper-V role; neither does the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW).
However, you can run the Hyper-V role with the new scaled-down Server Core installation that's available in Server 2008. Server Core is a minimal Windows installation that lacks the Windows Explorer shell, dialog boxes, applications, and services that add overhead and potentially increase the attack surface. With a smaller footprint there's less to attack and fewer files that might need patching each month, so the server requires fewer reboots. Although you don't have the GUI tools to manage the server locally if you're running Server Core, you can remotely manage the server from another system that has the GUI tools. Many examples in this article will refer to the GUI tools that you might use locally on a regular Server 2008 installation or remotely with a Server Core installation.
Reducing the attack surface is the key to securing an OS, so it's best to dedicate a server to the single role of virtualization and not install additional software or services on it. One exception to this best practice is that a Hyper-V host machine is a great location for an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). Since all guest network traffic goes through the host machine's network adapters, a single IDS sensor on the host can monitor all the guest OSs.
As I mentioned earlier, guest machines are particularly vulnerable to users on the host server. Therefore, it's important to carefully consider user accessibility. The simplest way to control user accessibility is to let only a limited number of users access the system either locally or via Terminal Services. You can use Group Policy to determine which users can log on locally to the server. To do so, open the Local Security Policy console, expand Local Policies, and select User Rights Assignment. In the right pane, double-click Allow Log On Locally Policy. As Figure 1 shows, users can log on locally by default.
Next, highlight Users and click Remove. From there you can specify which users or groups of users can log on to the system.
Once you've determine which users can log on to the system locally, you can further define how users can access VMs using Authorization Manager. To do so, open the Authorization Manager console by typing azman.msc in the Start menu's search box. You don't need to wait for the search results to appear; you can press Enter and the Authorization Manager will open. From the Action menu, select Open Authorization Store. When the Authorization Store dialog box appears, select XML file and browse to the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\InitialStore.xml file on the server. Note that the ProgramData directory is hidden by default, so you might have to manually type that part of the file path in.
Once you've loaded the authorization store, expand InitialStore.xml, Microsoft Hyper-V Services, Definitions, and then Role Definitions. In the right pane, double-click User and then select the Definition tab. From there, you can add or remove operations that users can perform. For more information about Authorization Manager, go to technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dd283030.aspx.
From a development perspective, Hyper-V excels over many virtualization products with its superior programmability and control via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). However, this programmability lets you control the guest OS in ways the guest OS might not anticipate; therefore, an unauthorized user could potentially bypass security controls in the guest OS.
Because WMI handles the automation interface, you can use WMI permissions to limit access to Hyper-V through WMI. Simply type wmimgmt.msc in the Start Menu's search box and press Enter. Then, right-click WMI Control and select Properties. Select the Security tab and expand Root, Virtualization and then highlight ms_409, as Figure 2 shows.
If you click the Security button, you can fine-tune the user permissions as necessary. For more information about the specific WMI permissions you can modify, see Table 1.Isolating the Host from Its Guests
When building a virtual server, you should carefully configure the network components. The virtual server should have enough network adapters to properly segment the networks of VMs, but you shouldn't place machines from multiple network security zones on the same host. The best solution is to place virtual guests with similar roles and similar security requirements on the same host.
You should isolate the host machine's network from its guests so that only authorized users can access the host via a trusted network. The best way to do so is to have a network adapter connected to an isolated and dedicated management network. However, if that isn't possible, you should make use of technologies such as Virtual LANs (VLANs), IPsec, VPNs, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) tunnels, and packet filtering to limit who can connect to the host machine over the network.
When it comes to hardening the virtual guest OSs, you can usually follow the same methods you use to harden physical machines. One advantage of VMs is that because they're a fixed hardware environment—the virtualized hardware drivers are always the same—you can easily build hardened baseline templates for the various server roles you use. Keep in mind, however, that you should carefully protect these templates so that they aren't compromised and use tools such as the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool to keep them up-to-date with current patches. System hardening is a time-consuming, and therefore often neglected, task. By using pre-hardened OS templates, you can ensure that every new VM meets a pre-determined baseline.
As I mentioned earlier, the greatest risk associated with VMs is that any user with access to virtual hard disk drives can mount them and bypass the guest OS security mechanisms. One way to combat this risk is to implement disk encryption on the guest OS, at least for sensitive data. Microsoft's Encrypting File System (EFS) is a good solution for protecting data. In cases in which the data on the virtual guest is highly sensitive, full-disk encryption technologies, such as Windows Bitlocker Drive Encryption in Windows Vista or PGP Whole Disk Encryption, might be necessary.
With VMs, you can easily add or remove hardware devices. Therefore, it's a good idea to attach devices only when needed, and remove them for production use. This practice is particularly important for devices such as CD-ROM drives that you have mapped to the host machine because guest VMs will also have access to CDs inserted in the host machine's CD drive.
When you configure the VM's hardware, you should also limit the processor usage. By default, a VM can use 100 percent of the physical machine's processor, meaning that someone could perform a denial of service (DoS) attack on one VM that would have an effect on all the other virtual guests on the system. Limiting CPU usage ensures there are enough CPU cycles left in reserve for the host and other VMs to still operate. Finally, because accessing a VM in the Hyper-V Management Console is equivalent to physically being at the guest OS's console, it's necessary to strictly follow all security best practices, such as setting up password-protected screen savers and logging out of a machine when it won't be used.
Protecting Sensitive Machines
There might be times when you have a VM that's particularly sensitive and needs a higher level of security. One benefit of VMs is the ability to easily take a system offline and quickly bring it back online using Hyper-V's suspend feature. A root certificate server, for example, is so sensitive that you want to bring it online only for certain tasks.
To protect these sensitive machines, you can run them from a removable hard disk. When you're finished with the machine, take the disk offline and physically lock it up. If you have a system that mostly stays offline, be sure to bring the machine online once a month to get the latest patches.
You can use startup passwords when appropriate to prevent unauthorized users from accessing sensitive VMs, although I don't recommend using them for all systems. One way to prevent someone from booting a Windows VM is by setting a syskey password on the OS. You can do so by going to the Start menu, typing syskey in the search box, and pressing Enter. Doing so will open the Startup Key dialog box, which is shown in Figure 3.
Click Update, select the Password Startup option, set a password, and then click OK. You don't want to set a syskey password on all your servers because it requires someone to be there for the system to restart. A crash or unattended reboot would result in the system being stuck waiting for a password.
As you determine which of these security tips work best for your organization, be sure to update your written security policies to include them. Very few policies or standards account for the unique risks associated with VMs. Also, administrators and users need to be trained on how to treat a VM differently than a physical machine. There's much you can do to make VMs nearly as secure as physical machines. All it takes is a little planning to get it right.


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Tired of them hungry blues
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Where nobody's hungry
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A thing like that's worth
anybody dyin'
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How long will it take for my tickets to be cleared from the Registry of Motor Vehicles database?
Our staff monitors the payments throughout the workday. We make every effort to clear these as soon as possible, but please understand the process may take up to 72 business hours to process the transaction.
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Yes, your transaction is secure. Your payment information is protected with state-of-the-industry encryption methods and certified through VeriSign. Account information will not be saved after your payment has been processed.
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After completing the payment process, a page with a confirmation number will be displayed. Please print this page for your records. You will also receive a copy in email.
Can I still pay my ticket by U.S. Mail or in person?
Yes, you have these options. However, if the ticket is at the non-renewal stage, you are required to pay by postal money order or bank check if sending by mail. No personal checks will be accepted. You may also pay with cash in person at the Plymouth County Treasurer's office at 44 Obery Street, Plymouth, MA or at the parking clerk's office where your violation was issued. NOTE: The Town of Bridgewater and the Town of Great Barrington will NOT accept any payments at their location.
I don't want to pay my ticket(s). I wish to dispute the violation(s).
The County of Plymouth does not handle disputes or hearings of parking tickets. Please return to the home page, and click on the town where you received the tickets. Contact information for each municipality is listed there.
Why am I paying the County of Plymouth?
In 1982, The County of Plymouth began offering services to computerize parking tickets for municipalities within and outside Plymouth County. The municipalities, listed on the "Contact Us" page, are under contract with the County of Plymouth. The County of Plymouth has been authorized to perform these services on their behalf.
Why do I have to pay a convenience fee?
Plymouth County offers this service to pay parking tickets in "real time" online. For that convenience, there is a fee for the service.
My registration number is longer than the registration field. How do I type this in?
Our system only allows the first seven characters of your registration number. Type those in the same order as they appear on your registration, leaving the last character(s) off. Your tickets should appear on the next screen.
Why am I receiving error messages? Has my card been charged?
If your card has been declined, you will receive an error message with the message, "declined". If you continue to use the same card, you will see "duplicate transaction". Those will be rejected as well. YourPay requires a 15-minute interval between attempts to use the same card for the same amount; otherwise, it sees it as a fraud attempt. In general, anytime you get a "transaction error notice" the charge did not succeed so the tickets remain unpaid. Inquire on your registration number again. If the ticket is gone, the charge went through.
May I use two credit cards to pay for one transaction?
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Why is the Violation Amount shown on this website different from the amount written on my ticket?
Parking fines are set by each individual town and escalate after certain deadlines expire, in accordance with the provisions of
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90, Section 20A½
. By law, a motorist who receives a ticket must pay the fine or request an appeal with the local parking clerk before 21 days elapse, per the instructions on the ticket. After 21 days, the town may impose additional fines.
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Second-place, and the automatic promotion that goes with it, would have been considered a success for Bolton Wanderers this season. Hull City came to the Reebok Stadium holding those prizes. The promotion-starved Tigers, who had not conceded in their last two matches, were living the life that most Bolton supporters had envisioned for their own club last summer.
For one afternoon, Dougie Freedman's Wanderers were able to give the fans a little slice of that joy. Hull City gave up three (Three!) goals in a remarkable opening eight minutes. Trotters fans may not have expected the Championship to be such a tough test before the season started, but they also wouldn't have expected to have such an easy ride today. Inside ten minutes, it was Wanderers running rampant. Hull City were no match for the men in white.
Mark Davies should still be working his way back from injury, but he has quickly moved ahead of Stu Holden and Josh Vela (who were not even on the bench today) in his return. Chung-Yong Lee was released on the left wing just over a minute into the match by Davies. The Korean winger's cross was not whipped, but finessed, and it found Darren Pratley in the center of the box. Once upon a time Dazza Prazza was a big goal threat in this division. In a flashback to his Swansea days, he headed home the first goal.
Three minutes later, Mark Davies proved he is not on his way back, but all the way back, and that his poor performance last weekend was a fluke rather than a sign of things to come. His low drive after a good run was too much for Hull's David Stockdale. It snuck underneath the goalkeeper. Bolton had a 2-0 lead. Supporters were rapturous (and maybe a little confused.)
Bolton continued to dominate, and the third goal came after another three minutes. Central defender Craig Dawson, on-loan from West Bromwich Albion and quickly cementing himself into the side, got his first Bolton goal. It was a corner, and Dawson got his head onto the ball. Marvin Sordell gave it a little tap, just to make sure, but it was over the line and Dawson got credit. Somewhere the likes of Bruno N'Gotty and Tal Ben Haim smiled.
Bolton's ex-Manchester United winger (Chris Eagles) was on the sub's bench today, his wretched form (and a crow bar) having finally removed him from the team. Conversely, Hull's ex-Manchester United winger Robbie Brady gave his side a boost when he scored from a free kick in the 65th minute. This goal came just after the introduction of substitutes George Boyd and Jay Simpson. Some hope for supporters of the Tigers, but it made for a tense couple of minutes on the terraces at the Reebok.
Pratley played a big role in calming things down. He surged into the box, and Craig Davies found him quickly, but Stockdale made the save. It wasn't long after that when Marcos Alonso, back from his one match ban, guaranteed the points. Bolton's threat was only half-cleared, and Alonso had a nice effort which Craig Dawson flicked in for his second.
All that was left after that was ceremonial debuts for David Wheater and Medo Kamara.
That's four on the trot without a loss, and eight points on the board. We have written this before, but hopefully Bolton can build off the recent run of form and work their way back to respectability. For tonight, just enjoy the 4-1, and the type of performance we haven't seen in quite a while.


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There are many fire safety contractors who are incredibly capable, but not proficient in all aspects of fire protection. This isn't the case here at Fire Protection Group, Inc.; our fire safety engineers and contractors are gifted and experienced at installing, repairing, maintaining, and testing practically any type of fire safety system imaginable. Because of this depth and breadth of knowledge, the FPG, Inc. team can help any residential, commercial, and industrial space get thorough and life-saving fire safety systems that meet all required codes, including NFPA 25 and LAFD Reg 4.
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Hot Keywords: Hotel lock, Access control, Electric lock, Rfid reader, Power supply , Energy saving switch, Exit button.
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OpenAI has resisted efforts to rehire its recently fired chief executive and hired Emmett Shear, the former head of Twitch, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
In a shocking development, the artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT fired its top executive Sam Altman on Friday following a power struggle with the board, with President Greg Altman reportedly resigning. Chief Technology officer Mira Murati had been appointed interim CEO, the company said Friday.


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Children undergo profound physical and cognitive changes when they reach adolescence. A flood of puberty hormones causes growth and influences their physiology in different ways. This is also the time when smoking, obesity, mental health issues and risk taking behaviours often develop.
Our research aims to fill in the gaps of knowledge and unravel the complexities of adolescent health and behaviour, particularly during pubertal development and in chronic illness. We are committed to the promotion and improvement of adolescent health and wellbeing.
Our multidisciplinary clinical research team is led by Professor Kate Steinbeck, The Medical Foundation Chair in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Sydney.
General enquiries can be directed to the department's Executive & Research Assistant, Tina Cunningham: firstname.lastname@example.com
The research team
> Professor Kate Steinbeck, Department Head, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Kate is a Staff Specialist and Australia's first University Chair of Adolescent Medicine. She has undertaken the first comprehensive study looking at how puberty hormones affect adolescent health and wellbeing. She is also researching adolescent mental health, risk taking behaviour and chronic illness, including the health impacts of homelessness and incarceration on young people. For more information please visit Kate's University of Sydney profile page
> Professor Rachel Skinner, Consultant and Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rachel is an Adoloscent Physician and Clinical Academic with a research interest in teenage pregnancy and contraception use, Human Papillomav Virus (HPV) vaccination and sexual risk taking in adolescents. Rachel's University of Sydney profile page has more information.
> Professor Susan Towns, Clinical Associate, email: email@example.com
Susan specialises in respiratory and adolescent medicine. She has special interests in asthma and cystic fibrosis, adherence to medication, transition to adult care, and smoking prevention and cessation. She has continued ongoing clinical research in the complex chronic illness area and continues to advocate for adolescent health issues. Please visit Susan's University of Sydney profile page for more information.
> Other Research Team Members:
- Dr Helen Cheng, Marie Bashir Clinical Research Fellow, email: email@example.com
- Dr Sharon Medlow, Research Fellow
- Dr Harriet Gunn, Visiting Research Fellow
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Cheng HL, Medlow S & Steinbeck S (2016) The Health Consequences of Obesity in Young Adulthood. Current Obesity Reports 5(1): 30-37
Amon K, Paxton K, Klineberg E, Riley L, Hawke C, Steinbeck K (2016) Insights into Facebook Pages: An early adolescent health research study page targeted at parents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 28(1): 69-77
Gunn H, Emilsson H, Gabriel M, Maguire A, Steinbeck K (2016) Metabolic Health in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Study in a Long-Term Follow-Up Clinic. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 5(1): 24-30
Steinbeck K, Shrewsbury V, Harvey V, Mikler K, Donaghue K, Craig M, Woodhead H (2015) A pilot randomized controlled trial of a post-discharge program to support emerging adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus transition from pediatric to adult care. Pediatric Diabetes 16(8): 634-639
Balzer B, Duke S, Hawke C, Steinbeck K (2015) The effects of estradiol on mood and behavior in human female adolescents: a systematic review. European Journal of Pediatrics 174(3): 289-298
Cheng HL, Hancock DP, Rooney KB, Steinbeck KS, Griffine HJ, O'Connor HT (2014) A candidate gene approach for identifying differential iron responses in young overweight women to an energy-restricted haem iron-rich diet. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 68(11):1250-2
Cheng HL, Griffin H, Claes BE, Petocz P, Steinbeck K, Rooney K, O'Connor H (2014) Influence of dietary macronutrient composition on eating behaviour and self-perception in young women undergoing weight management. Eating and Weight Disorders: Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity 19(2):241-7
Griffin HJ, Cheng HL, O'Connor HT, Rooney KB, Petocz P, Steinbeck KS (2013) Higher protein diet for weight management in young overweight women: a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 15(6): 572-5
Cheng HL, Bryant CE, Rooney KB, Steinbeck KS, Griffin HJ, et al. (2013) Iron, Hepcidin and Inflammatory Status of Young Healthy Overweight and Obese Women in Australia. PLoS ONE 8(7): e68675
Steinbeck K, Hazell P, Cumming RG, Skinner SR, et al. (2012) The study design and methodology for the ARCHER study - Adolscent Rural Cohort study of Hormones, health, education, Environments and Relationships. BMC Paediatrics 12: 143


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Loving Support After Cancer Diagnosis
Since my own breast cancer diagnosis in 2018, I've received countless thoughtful cards from friends and family. But I've noticed some trends: most mass-produced cards tiptoe around saying anything specific about cancer, they're muted instead of vibrant, and they often put a lot of pressure on patients to be strong, battle hard or stay positive. I wanted to create a card that lets a patient know the people who love them and all the good forces in the universe are being called upon to help them and lift them.
There are two versions of this card. This particular card specifically says "cancer fight" on the front. If you prefer it to say "courageous fight," you can order that card here.
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- Professionally printed on art linen paper for sturdy, rich feel and vivid color
- Includes coordinating white envelope
- Packaged in a sealed cellophane envelope and shipped via USPS first-class
- FRONT OF CARD: "Star light, star bright, please shine upon this cancer fight. We need your magic, we need your might to help this dear heart feel alright.
- INSIDE CARD: "So many people are wishing on stars and whispering prayers for you."


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Look to your right. See the new button, Carrie made me, for my etsy shop! She's pretty talented, don't you think?
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Attend a CCUA conference to sharpen your knowledge and network with your colleagues.
The APEX Conference, held each year, offers attendees the opportunity to network while attending top-notch educational sessions. Visit with vendors at the trade show and find out what's happening with CCUA at the annual meeting. Watch our Calendar of Events and the DailyCUScan for details about our next event.
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CU Accelerate
CU Accelerate is CCUA's premier event of the Spring education season. Each year, this multi-day conference provides a forum for credit union executives and volunteers to gather, network with peers, renew old acquaintances, and gain insights into the ever-changing world of financial services. Education sessions at this conference cover a wide range of forward focused topics geared towards credit union leadership with a focus on technological advances and consumer engagement. Watch our calendar of events and the DailyCUScan for details about the next CU Accelerate event.
Volunteer Leadership Conference - in partnership with the Maryland/District of Columbia Credit Union Association
The Volunteer Leadership Conference is a popular fall gathering that brings together credit union volunteers, committee members and key staff from Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland and surrounding states for a unique networking and educational experience. Watch our Calendar of Events and the DailyCUScan for details about our next conference.
Credit Union Marketplace Experience
The Credit Union Marketplace Experience will feature a first-class trade show for industry exhibitors - the largest in New England. This one-day show is the largest credit union trade show held in New England attracting over 90 exhibitors and sponsors. Hundreds of credit union executives, staff and volunteers show up to learn about the latest vendor news and trends in the marketplace. In addition, the day is filled with educational sessions and general sessions. Watch our Calendar of Events and the DailyCUScan for details about our next Marketplace event.
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Avant-Garden is a sweet Sale-A-Bration stamp set and when I saw the Watercolor Pencils that have been brought back by Stampin' Up!, I had to do the "pencil over" and black magic technique using these products.
The petals, stem and leaves from the set are stamped with White Craft ink on Basic Black card stock. Be sure to let the craft ink dry and then color over the images with the Watercolor pencils. The petals are colored with the Melon Mambo pencil and the leaves with Old Olive. I used a White Gel pen (retired) to add the accent dots to create the black magic!
The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON THE WATERCOLOR PENCILS: This has been such a popular item that it will not be orderable after January 26 (tomorrow!). If you wish to order them, be sure to place your order by 11:00 p.m. PST. When you do place your order, a pop up will come up to ask whether you wish to continue with the item as it will be backordered.
The pencils are fantastic with co-ordinating colors with our color collections, Real Red, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Basic Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White. Item Number is 141709, $21 for the set.
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|Browser test automation with Cucumber
|Local workshop + IRC, details to be decided.
|Thursday, June 27, 2013, 19:00 PDT (Friday, June 28 at 02:00 UTC), 2 hours
|Pizza and drinks
Cucumber and Page Objects: Writing Great Browser Tests[edit]
This session will take you through every step of writing an automated test for WikiLove, a real feature on Wikipedia, from the requirements to the executable code.
We'll start by crafting a plain English description of a software feature in the form of Given/When/Then statements for Cucumber.
Then we will turn that plain English description of the software feature into an executable test using the Page Object design pattern.
There will be kittens.
Programming knowledge is not required, although programming experience is helpful when we turn to implementing our Cucumber scenarios.
- Discussion: create some Cucumber test scenarios for a particular Wikipedia feature.
- Setup: install Ruby and prerequisites for Cucumber/Page Object tests.
- Tech demo: Cucumber makes it easy to write the test steps.
- Tech demo: create the Page Object for the test.
- Finish: watch the tests run on your local machine, and check the test into the real Wikipedia repository
Setting up for testing[edit]
- Create a user on beta labs if you don't already have one: http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/
- On github download the code as a zip file from https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests/archive/master.zip or get it from https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests
- In the /browsertests/config directory in your downloaded code:
- Edit line 1 of /browsertests/config/config.yml to change
mediawiki_username: Selenium_userto
mediawiki_username: YOUR_USER_NAME
- Create a file 'secret.yml' in the same directory /browsertests/config/secret.yml. Edit secret.yml to show
mediawiki_password: YOUR_USER_PASSWORD
- Edit line 1 of /browsertests/config/config.yml to change
Setting up Ruby[edit]
- Check that you have Ruby version 1.9.x or higher:
$ ruby --version ruby 2.0.0p195 (2013-05-14 revision 40734) [x86_64-linux]
- Install Ruby 1.9.x or higher if you don't already have it
- for *nix systems use RVM
$ \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
- for Windows use http://rubyinstaller.org/
- for *nix systems use RVM
- then do:
$ cd qa-browsertests $ gem update --system $ gem install bundler $ bundle install
- In new terminals you may need to do
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvmto use RVM properly
- In new terminals you may need to do
Run a test[edit]
If everything is set up properly, from a command line in the /browsertests directory, do
$ bundle exec cucumber features/wikilove.feature
and watch our test run in Firefox on your computer. Kittens!
- As a group, improve the existing Cucumber scenarios
- As a group, make a new Cucumber Scenario
- Make the new tests run!


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When we say "Everything you need for making rosettes", we really mean it. A 'One Stop Shop' where you can get every piece required to make rosettes with very fast service and delivery. Even at the height of the season. Feel free to download a copy of our order form.
Take a look at our product range page, if you can't see exactly what you're looking for contact us, we are always happy to help.
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Great for children's participation awards at school sports days, low cost swimming awards. Bookmarks for club fundraising. 'I can trot/jump/canter' awards for kids at riding school. The list is endless.
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This Guide is designed to help state and local policymakers to take full advantage of new policy developments by providing them with a comprehensive set of tools to support launching or accelerating residential energy efficiency programs. The Guide focuses on four categories of policies that have proven particularly effective in providing a framework within which residential energy efficiency programs can thrive: incentives and financing, making the value of energy efficiency visible in the real estate market, data access and standardization, and supporting utility system procurement of energy efficiency.
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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on combining solar and home performance energy efficiency.
This resource provides best practices and highlights case studies for how utilities, policymakers, building managers, and community stakeholders can improve access to energy usage data while working towards the goal of improving efficiency in their communities.
This summary report provides scientific results, lessons learned, and recommendations for driving energy efficiency in existing buildings on an urban scale. It includes program marketing lesson learned, such as: personal outreach and call to action events are critical marketing opportunities.
In this video interview segment, Mick Dalrymple of Energize Phoenix shares how the program used information about its audience to create a fun and appealing brand.
This peer exchange call summary focused on how to calculate and communicate program activities and results.
This report provides results, lessons learned and recommendations for driving energy efficiency in existing building on an urban scale based on the second year of the Energize Phoenix energy efficiency program.
Descriptions of eight county-level and city-level energy efficiency programs in the Southwest.
This peer exchange call summary focused on the challenges and strategies for marketing commercial financial products and attracting financial institutions.
This presentation includes the brands, website addresses, and images for most of the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners.
This report provides results, lessons learned and recommendations for driving energy efficiency in existing building on an urban scale based on the first year of the Energize Phoenix energy efficiency program.
This guide helps states and localities develop voluntary or mandatory programs that go well beyond minimum code requirements for new buildings. It addresses energy efficiency materials and resource conservation, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, and site development and land use.