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Exciting news for storage managers! TPC v5.1 is here!!
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Today (June 4), IBM announces an enhanced Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v5.1 (TPC) that offers superb usability, unmatched reporting and integrated packaging like no other. Customers, sellers and partners are all excited, quite expectedly.
When we previewed the new user interface in Pulse'12, there were many in the audience who wanted to get access to it right away. The new user interface is in line with IBM's strategy to offer consistent user experience across its major storage offerings – look and feel is great, navigation is breeze and most importantly, quick access to any information from the main dashboard is simply terrific.
With v5.1, you can access your TPC management console through web. The dashboard not only shows you the capacity and connectivity information, but also details on event alerts, with criticality info, if any.
Entity based views are quite refreshing too. Refer to the sample image below – it shows the overview of a Storwize V7000 system. From this overview screen, you can understand the utilization, activities, data throughput, among many other things.
Click here to watch a short video on 'TPC's new user interface'.TPC is now integrated with IBM Cognos - industry-leading business intelligence software capabilities are now brought to you to manage your storage environment more easily and efficiently. Cognos allows you to simply drag and drop metrics for you to assemble meaningful insights – and interestingly, these do not require advanced skills or writing SQL codes.
A sample report created through Cognos…
Well, now the wait is over. To get access to the new user interface and the Cognos-based reporting, talk to your IBM sales representative or IBM business partner today.
Download TPC data sheet. View the 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Storage Resource Management and SAN Management Software, compliments of IBM, here.
What's more? Listen to Quintus Schulzke's webcast in Tivoli User Community: TPC V5.1 - New Ways to Achieve Storage Efficiency. Register now.
Looking forward to a new Tivoli Storage Manager user experience
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June 4, 2012 was a big day for the IBM Tivoli Storage team, with the announcement of IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V5.1 at the IBM EDGE 2012 event in Orlando, FL.
Most compelling in this announcement is the continued adoption of the XIV user experience across the IBM storage family. When IBM acquired XIV in 2008, it brought along arguably the coolest user interface in the storage market. It is simple and intuitive, easy to navigate, and yet provides powerful levels of visibility and control of the storage environment.
Here's what the new TPC V5.1 main dashboard looks like:
But what was most exciting for me, as the product marketing manager for the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager family (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/productline/) was the "Statement of Direction" that was included in the TPC V5.1 Announcement Letter. In it, IBM states that it intends to adapt this advanced administration GUI for use with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Woo Hoo!!
The plan will be to roll out functionality in the new UI incrementally. If there are any specific things, beyond the obvious basic functions, that you would like to see in the first release, please drop me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will forward it to Product Management.
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Developing the New TPC User Interface – A Behind-the-Scenes View
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Posted on behalf of Martine Wedlake, Ph.D., Storage UI Architect, IBM Software Group
From talking with customers, we know that it's really important that you find what you need quickly and easily. The original navigation structure for IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) was built around a resource explorer model -- very much like a windows file explorer. This unfortunately, means you can have a ton of entries in the navigation that you'll need to hunt through to find anything.
For example, I took a look at one of our TPC deployments in the lab and started counting the number of clickable entries in the navigation -- I stopped counting once I got to 1000. Based on how far I got through, I'd say that there were about 1500 or so. I should point out, that this is not a particularly large deployment -- 25 storage systems, 7 servers, 4 hypervisors, 5 fabrics with 46 switches. You can expect a much larger set of entries on larger deployments.
So, we knew pretty early on that we needed to improve the navigation. To do that we switched from a resource explorer view to a by-category view. This allowed us to dramatically simplify the navigation to only 13 high-level categories and no more than two levels deep. No more hunting and pecking to find what you want!
We also made it possible to directly link to the things you want without having to go through the navigation at all. For example, for an SVC storage system's detail page you can link directly to the set of backend controllers in your environment consuming the storage. You don't need to go back out to the navigation menu and then try to track down the servers all over again. Here's a picture:
The overall concept is whenever you see something interesting; you should be able to drill-down into it. In addition to the navigation of the product, we've spent considerable effort to make the content of the user interface easier and more intuitive; and to make it consistent with the work we had done previously on the Storwize V7000 and SAN Volume Controller user interfaces – if you've seen one of our GUIs, you'll be able to get up to speed quickly on any of the others.
To that end, we borrowed significantly from the Storwize V7000 GUI, for example: configurable tables, visual theme, embedded help system, charting and general icons. Here's a screenshot of Storwize V7000 GUI to help show the similarities:
Beyond these cosmetic enhancements, we spent a lot of time working with our stakeholders to deliver the content in an intuitive and simplified way. Knowing what to put on the pages and how to simplify the pages involved a dramatic shift in our development process. But, before I move on to that, I really need to highlight the improvements made with reporting.
In this release, we've embraced the Tivoli Common Reporting which includes IBM Cognos. This is a huge step forward for improving your ability to view and create reports for TPC.
To start with, you will not need to know SQL or database schema to create reports -- the drag and drop interface allows you to simply incorporate the data columns you wish to show and Cognos already understands the relationships between the entities. For example, let's say you want to show the volumes connected to a given server. In Cognos, you simply add columns for the Server Name and the Storage Volume into the canvas. The tool already understands the relationships between these entities and will automatically join the data appropriately to show which volumes are mapped to which servers.
Of course, we also provide upwards of 45 or so reports out of the box for those who don't wish to create reports themselves. Another neat feature is that the reports included with TPC can be copied and edited by the built-in editor tool within Cognos, so you can take one of our reports and modify it to your liking. Here are some of the reports that are included with TPC:
Working with our customers is part of the most rewarding aspects of my work here at IBM. For this release of TPC, we employed a radically different development model from what we have done in the past. We like many in the industry used to develop in a methodology called waterfall where requirements are captured and approved at the beginning of the project which leads to a phase of high-level and low-level designs, leading eventually to development, test and delivery to customer. For this release of TPC, we wanted to include customer input throughout the development cycle -- not just at the beginning when collecting requirements.
As such, we hosted 17 sessions with 34 customers, 7 business partners and 4 internal customers spread throughout the development cycle (held monthly). We also sent developers and GUI designers out into the field to talk directly with 7 customers. From these combined sessions, we captured 261 distinct requirements and were able to contain 188 of them within the first phase of development, with 47 being deferred into the second phase. That means that 72% of the requirements are already implemented in the first phase alone, and 90% of the requirements are expected to be implemented by the second phase. This is very impressive, as compared against traditional waterfall development.
The best part of an iterative, agile approach is that we are constantly evaluating the effectiveness of the solutions. We learn right away if something isn't quite hitting the mark, and have plenty of time to make changes to improve it.
As a quick plug, it is not too late to participate in our Early Adopter Program for the next phase of TPC. Please feel free to contact me directly (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you would like to participate. We would love to work with you to make TPC even better.
To learn more about TPC, visit: ibm.com/storage/software/center
IBM to take Overall #2 share rank Position for 1Q12
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IDC has recently released its Worldwide Storage Software QView for the first quarter of 2012. In it, IDC estimates that the total Storage Software market for 1Q12 grew about 3.3% over 1Q11. IBM had a solid quarter while Symantec faltered, allowing IBM to take the overall #2 share rank position for 1Q12.
§ In Data Protection and Recovery, IBM held its #2 share rank position, gaining 1.8 points of share over 1Q11.
§ IBM retained its #1 position for Archiving Software growing faster than the market. HP holds #2 spot with its 2011 acquisition of Autonomy.
IBM offers a comprehensive, flexible storage management software portfolio that helps organizations address storage management challenges across the enterprise, including data centers, remote/branch offices and desktop/laptop computers. Learn more about the specific components within the IBM storage software family that can help you create a more responsive and resilient storage infrastructure for your on demand business.
TPC v5.1 Launch Presentation - Now available on Youtube
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Mike Griese, TPC Product Manager, presented Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v5.1 to a huge gathering at IBM Edge on the opening day. The video is now available on Youtube.
To view more videos from IBM Edge, visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/IBMEDGE2012
The importance of choosing the right vendor
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As a solution marketing professional, I seem to focus on communicating the key features and benefits of my products. In the case of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), those things include its scalability, functionality, reliability performance and ability to reduce your costs. However, what we don't focus on enough, it seems, is the importance of the vendor itself, and its stability, ability to execute, and commitment to provide exceptional customer support.
I was reminded of this by a stream of e-mails originating in South Africa. A large bank there, who we unfortunately cannot name, has been a TSM customer for more than a dozen years. They were recently acquired by a global banking company based in the United Kingdom. In doing its due diligence, the acquiring bank determined that it needed to evaluate some documents that were created, and deleted in the early 2000s.
The South African bank has been keeping periodic copies of its backup tapes, and copies of the TSM database, for long term retention, and had a reasonable expectation that the required documents were somewhere in their stack of tapes. However, they were not following the best practice of transferring the metadata from the database when they upgraded TSM from version to version over the years.
They needed TSM version 4.2, which IBM ended support for in 2002 (ten years ago!). And they needed a version that ran on AIX. Yikes!
The problem was that they needed to create a new TSM Server, using a very old version of the software in order to restore the old TSM database, which would then point them to where the documents were.
Of course, the easy thing to do would be to tell the customer they were out of luck, but that's not what IBMers do. A worldwide search went out, and one of our long-resident software developers was able to dig out the needed code. The result … the bank was able to retrieve the needed files and completed the acquisition with only a minimal delay.
I came to two conclusions after seeing this story play out. One, you really do need to have a long-term data retention / archive strategy, and follow it. Simply sending backup tapes to a vault is not a viable strategy. You need to worry about how you are to going to restore that data in 10, 20, or more years when all of your IT infrastructure has been refreshed, virtualized, clouded, or whatever comes next. Think about using a content management system rather than your backup software when you need to retain certain information for long periods of time, and plan for periodic migrations of the data to new platforms.
Second, when you fail to follow the advice in 'one' above, wouldn't it be good to have a partner that will go to the ends of the earth to help you out of whatever jam you find yourself in? I know that all vendors aspire to this, and many claim it, but all I can say is that I see it every day at IBM, especially among the Tivoli Storage team. You could do a lot worse. I really enjoy being a part of this team.
I was going to close with a joke about needing to find a player for my stash of 8-track tapes – but that would just be giving away how old I am.
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What storage reporting you need for better decision making? (Photoblog #3)
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Day 1 IBM Edge Conference, as it happens
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Day 1 at the IBM Edge Conference
I am at the Edge Conference this week with my trusty colleague Nathan Smith (@nsmith01tx), the Rich Media Lead for the Tivoli Digital Marketing Team. As two veteran event attendees, it was refreshing to go to Edge and see a new conference put together with such style and aplomb. Edge used to be four different events. This is the first year that they all got pulled together into this inaugural Edge event.
If you are thinking about jetting out here to catch the last three days don't bother. The conference is sold out. However, you can catch the general sessions on LiveStream. If you jump on twitter while you're watching, its almost as good as being there. Use the conference hashtag #ibmedge to join in the conversation or to listen to the backchannel as it happens. Some of the folks who are out and about are Jon Toigo (@jontoigo), Chris O'Connor (@ChrisTheAnalyst), Ray Luccesi (@RayLucchesi), Al Hollingsworth (@AlHollingsworth) among others. Mary Hall has an excellent who to watch and follow post on influential bloggers and tweeters in the Storage space.
I saw Jon wondering around today and plan to meet him. Alex, from Emulex can also be found at the SocialEdge area along with @staceytabor and the Baptie group. In fact, go to the SocialEdge area and ask @staceytabor about the #storagebeers tweetup planned for Wed at 5pm. It's invitation only, but tell Stacey that @brenny sent you.
I am not going to write about the general session because Tony Pearson has an excellent writeup of it here.
However I will mention that the real time compression for active data announcement got a lot of attention in the backchannel.
I 'd write about the TPC 5.1 release, but Amalore Jude has done a fine job of it here. In fact, if you are looking for news about the TPC 5.1 announce and features, its well worth reading Jude's other posts on the Storage blog. For those in attendance at Edge, there are some great sessions that lay out the TPC 5.1 features and benefits. Gary Fry has one such session where he shares his experiences as a beta tester of the new version.
For those not in attendance, the Tivoli User Community (TUC) is hosting a webcast on the TPC 5.1 release and details. If you are not yet a TUC member then its definitely worth checking out. Last I heard the membership stands at over 20K strong.
On the Social Media front, its great to see a set of very strong bloggers and analysts in attendance and blogging as well as tweeting the event. It seems many have read about the Social Media plans for Edge and are taking advantage of them.
On the lighter side, it was a nice surprise to see an IBM Conference open up with Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, played by Bella Electric Strings.
Comedian Don McMillan (@DonMcMillan) held court during the general session and was a hoot as always. All of these are available for view on replay on the LiveStream channel
And finally, it is a nice bonus to have the conference at a Waldorf. It's the one place where you'd imagine that even conference food would taste good. Well, they did not disappoint so far. Yesterday, I enjoyed a vegetarian Paella, with a plantain salad served with baby shrimp and mixed vegetable. I'll let you know what lunch is like on Tuesday.


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Canby conceded that Cates' Santa speech was hilarious, but the damage was done. Steven Spielberg, hero of the middle-American multiplex, was suddenly Steven Spielberg, monster under your kids' beds. That the kids probably loved the movies in question wasn't the point.
Instead of going on the offensive, or going to ground, Spielberg made a cunning move, the kind of cunning move that explains just how he got to be so powerful in the first place: he came out for tougher ratings. Not just in a well-timed interview or a carefully phrased press release: he phoned his good friend Jack Valenti, the head of the MPAA, and suggested a new, tougher rating that would sit between PG and R. As Spielberg said in one interview, "I created the problem and I also supplied the solution ... I invented the rating." Two months later, "Red Dawn" became the first movie to be released as a PG-13 (nonsensically, "Gremlins" didn't even get re-rated: you could still see it playing as a PG in August of that year, next to the new PG-13s).
PG-13 was a rating that allowed more latitude than the PG—which now essentially denoted a kid's movie—but didn't put the film off-limits to large audiences the way an R did. And it had been created not by outraged moral guardians, but by the filmmaker of the moment, the one who caused the trouble in the first place.
The rest is history. The PG-13 rating was a cash-cow, box-office "hot sauce" (Spielberg's words again): at the time of writing, 9 of the 10 highest-grossing films of all time are PG-13s (it was all 10 until "Frozen" happened). It was the perfect blockbuster rating: you could push the violence and destruction, swear once or twice, suggest some sexy stuff and still pack as many people as possible into the theatre. Win-win.
It was also the end of an era. Suddenly, making weird, kid-friendly, kid-frightening, adult-intriguing films wasn't really possible; the arrival of the new rating had a chilling effect, and a kind of film that had been blossoming in the '80s suddenly died, becoming ghettoized as "for kids." In 1982, Don Bluth's uncanny, unexpected "The Secret of NIMH" had been a box-office success and a critical darling; Bluth ended up working with Spielberg on the much tamer and less interesting "An American Tail" a few years later. The same year as "NIMH," Jim Henson's "The Dark Crystal" was a weird, eerie all-ages hit; by the time the follow-up "Labyrinth" came around in 1986 no-one was interested, even with David Bowie's crotch doing its best, and the film was a financial failure. "The Never-Ending Story" appeared in theaters a couple of months after "Gremlins" and was met with confusion. Disney panicked and demanded extensive cuts to their "Black Cauldron" project, which would have been their darkest ever film; when it came out in 1985, the censored version was a box-office flop that left behind an intriguing suggestion of a much better, forever-lost piece of work.
Other horror, freed from the burden of worrying about the kids, could be much nastier (although there's also an argument that since PG-13 debuted, more mature films have been watered down to earn the certification). Followers of "Gremlins" like "Critters" are more brutal but lack the keen edge of the bizarre. Great comedy-horror continued to be made throughout the '80s—the decade that brought you "An American Werewolf in London" and "Evil Dead 2"—but it was very much for adults.
Those who had worked on "Gremlins" went one way or the other: Chris Columbus had a 1985 kid's hit with the sanitized "The Goonies," while that same year Spielberg made "The Color Purple," the first film in his later style of Oscar-friendly, grown-up worthiness.
Dante, meanwhile, has had an odd career, with its share of hits and flops and a consistent off-beat tone that sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. He made the 1990 sequel "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," which is nastier and significantly less interesting, and 1998's "Small Soldiers"; a film mostly forgotten now unless you happened to be at the precise right age to see it on release. It was marketed weirdly and set off its own argument about violence in children's films, becoming the only Dreamworks release so far to be a PG-13. It's actually a clever little film about violence in kid's films (and with several cheeky "Gremlins" references), but it cost Dante the chance to work in cinema for over a decade. He came back with "The Hole," which we really wanted to like and basically didn't.
Dante, Spielberg and "Gremlins" created—and if you haven't seen this line coming, you haven't been paying attention—a monster, in the form of the PG-13 rating. "Gremlins" feels almost unique now, the kind of film you wish there was more of—but it's also the reason there aren't any others, a victim of its own grotesque success. But perhaps that's just as it should be: we go back to look for the mysterious Chinese place we rented the VHS from, and it isn't there any more.

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Fresh Android Apps for Feb. 13: Sleep Deeply, Pinball Arcade, Zenonia 4
by Ian Black
My Android just became more important in my life. Now, it delivers pinball machine fun to wherever and whenever I am with Pinball Arcade. For some assistance with your sleep habits, try Sleep Deeply and for a return to a magical land, download Zenonia 4.
Sleep Deeply ($4.99)
Any good day begins with a good night's rest. Millions – maybe billions – don't get all the rest they should, but perhaps your Android device can help.
This award wining-app comes from a UK hypnotherapist who aims to lull you to sleep through hypnotic relaxation sessions. Video FAQs explain the process, audio clips prepare you for a night of rest, then three hypnosis sessions called Relax Completely, Sleep Deeply and Release Limiting Beliefs & Decisions, deliver the ZZZZZs.
Pinball Arcade (Free)
Pinball hasn't disappeared. Like everything else, it's just in the process of going digital and mobile. This app take real classic pinball arcade games from the official makers – Williams, Bally, Stern Pinball, and Goettileb – and puts them, fully playable, on your Android phone or tablet.
This first release includes Tales of the Arabian Nights, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Theatre of Magic, and Black Hole. Monthly updates will deliver classic pinball tables like Medieval Madness, Black Knight, Attack From Mars, Funhouse, Space Shuttle, Circus Voltaire, and more.
Zenonia 4 (Free)
Gamevil keeps ratcheting up the intensity of their successful fantasy adventure role-playing game Zenonia. In this fourth edition, Return of the Legend, everything goes HD and extreme.
This, they claim, marks "the best looking Zenonia ever". Expect vivid landscapes of snow-covered mountains, lush gardens and detailed dungeons. And then there's the action. In an expanded player vs. player mode, you can challenge others with devastating attacks of whirlwinds, lightning and energy blasts. Take part as the heroes Regret, Chael, Ecne and Lu rejoin forces to save this fantasy world.


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One mother's story: Patience
Last year Patience was told that her 18-month-old daughter Benedicta needed an operation to stop her from going blind. Read her account of the operation that changed her daughter's life.
My name is Patience Adjo Akakpo. I am 19 years old and live with my daughter and her grandmother in Trom, outside Koforidua, in Ghana.
My daughter Benedicta is 18 months old. A while ago I noticed that she was having problems getting around. She was not very sure about walking and held her hands in front of herself. I took her to the hospital to see what was wrong. There I was told that she had cataract in both eyes and that if her eyes were not operated on, she might go blind.
The surgery took place soon after at the hospital. After the operation I was allowed to see Benedicta. I fed her and let her rest.
The next day, both Benedicta and I were very tired. Benedicta hadn't slept well and had torn off her bandage, so they wrapped a bigger bandage around her head to keep the eye patch in place. The doctor said that the surgery had gone well and told me about the medication I had to give Benedicta over the next week. The other eye could be operated on in a few months.
When we came home, Benedicta was running about happily. She was so pleased to be home with her grandmother again. Although I was worried at first about taking Benedicta to the hospital, I am so happy. Now that Benedicta will be able to see better, her whole future will be better.
I just want my daughter to have the best chances in life. That's why I will take her back to have her other eye operated on.


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In addition to general medicine and surgical nursing units, Genesis also offers multiple-bed Critical Care units and Medical Telemetry units on many of its campuses.
The ICU is an in-patient service that features state-of-the-art computerized cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring systems. Trained teams of heath professionals focus on patient assessments, treatments, education, and family communication as they work to support critically ill patients in their recovery.
The Medical Telemetry unit can accommodate patients who require on-going cardiac monitoring outside the critical care unit. Silvis's newly remodeled unit features a computerized nurse call system, the latest in wireless cardiac monitoring and new patient room decor.
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You already know that we're huge fans of David Lowery's film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster; a lyrical, meditative take on the Southern gothic family crime drama, and a deeply felt love story all rolled into one. At its debut at Sundance, we wrote in our review that, "Lowery is the real deal and understands filmmaking, and this is abundantly clear in this searing, romantic crime drama and love story." We also put the film on our "13 Films to See in August" list, and now we're here to help you do just that.
If you'd like to attend the screening, email us with your favorite role of Ben Foster 's (and be sure to include your name so we can put you on the list). Good luck, and we hope to see you there!
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Comedian Robert Hawkins headlines tonight through Sunday at Go Bananas in Montgomery. Hawkins is a particularly keen joke writer, and was the story editor on the former Fox sitcom Titus. Tickets are only $4 tonight with a college or military I.D. Go here to read P.F. Wilson's interview with the comedian.
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company takes on a new scribe, presenting Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility through March 18. The popular tale is brought to stage beautifully, and Rick Pender has designated it as a Critic's Pick. Read his rule review here. Weekend seats are selling fast, so tonight's showing is a great opportunity to check it out. Other shows tonight include Speaking in Tongues at Cincinnati Playhouse and Know Theatre's Collapse.
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A Towering Presence - Seppeltsfield
A distinguished family's historic residence; a saintly mausoleum; a sentinel sweep of majestic palms; the crenelated towers of a fairytale castle; an unbroken-line of fortified treasures; an ambitious and visionary new owner.
The village of Seppeltsfield – for it truly is a community rather than a single building - cannot help but be dominated by the solid edifice and soaring towers of a winery that clearly dreams it is a castle…
Next to the winery, perched on a hill, is the poignant, classical form of the Seppelt family mausoleum, seemingly keeping a patient watch on the activity and purpose of the winery below and its vast gravity-fed tanks.
A quiet and determined revolution is currently underway, and once again the concrete lagars are full of the fruit of the estate's ancient vines. The sleeping barrels of vintage fortifieds – an unbroken line of consecutive years dating back to 1878, and unparalleled in the world – are now being joined by an exciting new generation of table wines, crafted by the vision of a new owner, Warren Randall, and his expert winemaking team led by Fiona Donald.
Warren's first role as a chief winemaker? Why, for the Seppelt family in their native Victoria! How curiously appropriate that he should be the returning hero of this particular tale, as a revered past now makes way for a bright and bold future…
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May 24, 2016
By: Matt Galka
April 9, 2013
Tallahassee, FL - Children's Week is more than just child's play at the Capitol. Education has been a big part of the proposed budgets
by the Governor, House, and Senate.
The 18th annual Children' Week is an opportunity to put education in the forefront for policy makers.
"Building a foundation for the teacher's regarding their salaries is the right investment to make. One, I think we are recognizing the performance of our teachers and we are making an investment in those people who have the greatest impact between 8 and 3 in the lives of children," said Tony Bennett, Florida's Education Commissioner.
Bennet believes that proposed across the board teacher pay raises are the right move for the state.
Leon County Schools superintendent Jackie Pons thinks it's a good start, but says there can always be more done to help students and teachers.
"Well, I support the teacher's pay raise, but I think the most important issue is to recognize that in the last five years in our district we've lost 110 million dollars. It's not about one year, it's about making sure that we provide pay raises and that we fund education every year," said Pons.
Children's week events include a legislator reading corner and a teens only town hall meeting. The meeting gave students panelists the chance to ask a lawmakers questions about their education policies.
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Busch, A-10 Pole Vault Champion Leads Minutemen On First Day
Feb. 19, 2010
NORTH KINGSTON, R.I. - The UMass men's track and field team was in action on Friday for the first of a two-day Atlantic 10 Championship event, hosted by the University of Rhode Island. The Minutemen currently sit third out of ten after one day of competition.
Leading the way was junior Sean Busch who won the individual pole vault title. With a mark of 15-03.00, the junior who set the second-best height in school history on Jan. 29, captured first place on day one (A-10 Champion, All-Conference).
The distance medley relay team for UMass also took an impressive second place as the quad of Daniel Barry, Michael McDonough, Josh Boone, and Jonathan Pierce finished with a time of 10:02.75. The time is better than the previous season best by a UMass distance medley team set on Feb. 5.
Also finishing strong for the Minutemen was Zachary Koncki in the long jump. He improved upon his previous season best by jumping a distance of 22-11.25, good enough for sixth place overall. In the 55 hurdles, Koncki also performed well as he took a time of 7.94 in the preliminaries to place eighth and advance to the finals. Both marks were good enough to qualify for the New England Championships. Senior Tyler Cotto earned a spot in the 55 hurdles final on day two, taking second in the preliminaries with a time of 7.61.
Nicolai Naranjo provided points for the Minutemen as well as he captured eighth place in the 5,000 meter run, crossing the line in a New England-qualifying time of 14:59.16.
Running with confidence Samuel Laorenza improved upon his previous New England qualifying mark in the preliminaries of the 500 meter run, as he finished seventh with a time of 1:05.87 to move on to day two. Freshman Nick Otis will also compete in the 500 final, taking ninth in the preliminaries in 1:06.78.
Three additional Minutemen advanced out of the prelims, freshman Joseph Doyle (4th, 1:57.99) and Ryan DiOrio in the 800, and junior Scott VanderMolen (2nd, 2:31.94) in the 1,000.
The men will be back in action Tomorrow, Feb. 20 at 9:30 am.
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Forget playing the lottery, Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger just hit the mega billions. Yesterday, Forbes reported that social media powerhouse Facebook bought the free picture sharing company for a reported $1 Billion dollars.
Earlier in the week the upstart (Instagram) was valued at $500 million, boasting an impressive 30 millions users meaning Mark Zuckerberg was willing to double the price, just to acquire the company. Instagram won the 2011 iPhone App of the Year Award.


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Ok, I read through the HDTV thread. So if this needs to be combined, no problems.
Anyways, I have been holding out on getting a new tv till one of these old 27" tv's die out. But, with my country needing me to spend the money they are sending my family, I have decided to look for a new TV.
So, here are the guidlelines as I see them.
-under $1000 (come on, I still have 2 27" tvs, I don't like
spending a ton of money here on these. One is a 10+
year old LXI)
-I think I want a 37-42 inch screen.
-I think I want it to be at least 1080i(quite honestly most
are either 720p or 1080p)
My main uses?
-I have a direcTV HD tuner(got it for free when I moved)
so, I want to take advantage of the programming
when I turn that on.
-With that said, I like watching movies and sports
So, I found this TV from salescircular at SEARS:
Proscan 42 in. LCD Full HD (1080p) Television - Model 42LA45H at Sears.com
Sounds good to me.
But, before I go take a look and bring it home, any suggestions from the masses.
I think if you are only looking to spend in the $1000 range I would look for something closer to the 32" size and get a higher quality TV as opposed to getting the cheapest 42" you can get.
Or you could look for a LCD projection TV that you could get a larger one for in that price range
In general it has been found that most of the no-name HDTV's perform just as well as the names.
When you are looking at 37-42 inches, you don't need to worry about 1080p, because you will have to be sitting 2 feet from the screen to tell the difference.
I picked up a 37" Olevia at Kmart a couple weeks ago for $600, and it is fantastic. There are some great deals out there for TV's this size if you keep your eyes pealed.
Olevia is amazing.. I highly suggest it.. I have the 537H and caught a great deal at tigerdirect.com
Olevia 537H 37" 1366 x 768 720p Native 8ms 1600:1 Contrast Ratio HDMI ATSC HDTV LCD with Speakers and Stand at TigerDirect.com
They get killer reviews.. I did a lot of research and couldn't be more happy with my TV.
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I second the Olevia. I have bought 5-10 of these for customers and it is great. They have a 1080 model also. Check Compusa. They have great going out of business specials going on.
Bought my 42 inchToshiba on Tigerdirect. $999. Was rated Consumer Reports Best Buy. I love the T.V.
I'd recommend the Panasonic 42 inch plasma 720p TH-42PX75U. It's available from Amazon for $999.98 w/free shipping Check the great reviews.
Hey check this link out when your decding between 780 & 1080. Somebody posted this here before and I found it very helpful when I was looking.
1080p Does Matter - Here's When (Screen Size vs. Viewing Distance vs. Resolution) » CarltonBale.com
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Bought my 42 inchToshiba on Tigerdirect. $999. Was rated Consumer Reports Best Buy. I love the T.V.
This is a great TV at a great price Consumer Reports says so Best Buy has this model on sales also many times.
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What do people think about the Vizio?
Vizio makes some quality sets as well.. if you don't get a name brand (samsung, , LG, toshiba, sony) then get an olevia or vizio.. just stay away from westinghouse, poloroid, magnavox, etc.
A vizio TV is a sony in a different box (usually)
and an Olevia is an LG in a different box (usually)
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It's New Year's Eve – what do your plans look like? Big blow-out party? Or maybe just you, your honey and some champagne? Before signing off for 2010, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge all of the wonderful people who make Snippet & Ink what it is: readers, contributors, and all of the wonderful sponsors. My job just wouldn't be nearly as fun (or even possible!) without you. So cheers to you!
And of course I wanted to share one last weekend round-up with you. Not tons of links, just a few pretties…
Gorgeously dramatic ensembles.
Fun paper sculptures.
I feel pretty darn lucky to live where I do.
Sassy, stylish, intimate wedding in Joshua Tree.
Neon inspiration.
Beautiful faux wedding (part one and part two) inspired by this inspiration board!
See you in 2011!
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Thank you! …..smiles.
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We love you too Kathryn! You make all of our jobs more fun as well. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year, Kathryn!
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Happy New Year Kathryn!!! You are a daily inspiration!! Happy New Year to you too!
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Now where did you find that photo of me?! Happy New Year, Stephie x
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Your blog is one of the sites I stalked religiously as I was planning my June wedding. :) Thanks for all you share every day. I look forward to more wedded goodness in the coming year!
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Thank you for the link love Kathryn!!! You know I LOVE your inspiration boards… Happy New Year to you and the Mr.!!!
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Phoenix International Raceway is planning $100 million in long-term development at its track in Avondale, and the city plans a significant expenditure of its own to make it happen.
PIR would spend $15 million by November 2012 for repaving, a slight reconfiguration of the racetrack and a new media center.
Avondale would connect the track to the city's water and sewer system, an investment of $7 million to $8 million. The development agreement is being negotiated but likely will come to the City Council for approval on Monday.
Assistant City Manager David Fitzhugh on Monday told the council that PIR is committed to making its facility the premier racetrack in the West.
"They do have some vision for this facility, and we're excited about what they want to do here," Fitzhugh said.
City officials view the cost of connecting water and sewer services to the track as an investment for the city because those improvements are critical to the long-term viability of the racetrack. The improvements would increase the potential of expanded activities on the property.
The improvements are envisioned to bring significant economic benefit to the city and its residents and ensure that PIR's two major NASCAR races would remain in the city, potentially being bigger and better.
A 2005 study by ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business showed an economic impact to the state of $473 million a year from the two major NASCAR events. For Avondale, the impact is about $1 million a year.
The new development would bring much-needed construction taxes to the city. The work at PIR would bring in development impact fees and plan-review and permit fees. PIR would dedicate property for city infrastructure.
PIR would agree to maintain its corporate offices in Avondale "unless circumstances dictate they relocate."
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text: Ok so as soon as they come out in a few day I will be getting the XDMc in the .40, and am very seriously looking at Cerakoting the bad boy! One concern I have however is that the cerakote or the application process will hard the weapon itself, can anyone add some input on this? Also if you have any pictures of your XDM cerakoted I would really love to seem them! Thanks and have a Blessed day.


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Critic questions way coal firms build slurry ponds
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. With a driver and his bulldozer missing in a thick, dark lake of coal slurry, a mine safety expert and critic of the coal industry says regulators are ignoring stricter construction standards that could prevent more failures at hundreds of similar dam-like structures around the country.
For at least a decade, state and federal regulators have allowed coal companies to build or expand the massive ponds of gray liquid and silt atop loose and wet coal waste, said Jack Spadaro, an engineering consultant and former director of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
"They're building on top of the existing slurry, and therein lies the problem," Spadaro said. "It's wet and it has no stability. It's creating hazards for all of us downstream."
In all, there are 596 coal slurry impoundments in 21 states. West Virginia has 114, more than any other state, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Kentucky has 104, while Illinois is third with 71.
Slurry is a byproduct of washing coal to help it burn more cleanly. Companies have disposed of the dirty water and solids in various ways over the years, injecting it into abandoned mines, damming it in huge ponds like the one at Robinson Run and, less commonly, disposing of it with a costly dry filter-press process.
Spadaro's criticisms follow the Nov. 30 failure of a section of embankment at Consol Energy's Robinson Run mine slurry pond near Lumberport in the north-central part of West Virginia. Two workers escaped after pickup trucks slid into the massive pond, but the dozer and driver are missing.
"Since we're still in recovery mode and have barely begun the investigation, it would be premature to comment at this time," MSHA spokesman Amy Louviere said.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection also declined comment on Spadaro's charges, but Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said impoundment failures are rare.
"These are the most scrutinized and most engineered earthen structures in the world, certainly in this country," he said. "They're monitored routinely. They have lots of eyes looking at them. ... Anytime there's a heavy rainfall, the agencies are out there looking at them."
Pennsylvania-based Consol was working to raise the elevation of the impoundment when the accident happened, vice president for safety Lou Barletta said. Once the worker is found, the company will determine what happened "so we can learn from it and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future," Barletta said.
The pond encompasses about 78 acres and is estimated to hold at least 1.6 billion gallons of wastewater, the equivalent of more than 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Impoundments typically hold up over time. But they do fail, and in spectacular fashion.
In 1972, an earthen dam in Buffalo Creek in southern West Virginia collapsed after heavy rain, unleashing 130 million gallons of water, sludge and debris that killed 125 people, injured 1,100 and left 4,000 homeless.
Spadaro dedicated his life to preventing that sort of disaster from happening again and helped write the nearly 40-year-old regulations that are now on the books to guide slurry pond construction. The regulations give the government and coal companies detailed design, compaction strength and other criteria so the structures will withstand internal pressures and additional stress from big rain storms.
The regulations require the operator to do daily, quarterly and annual inspections, while the state must make monthly checks. MSHA relies partly on data provided by the companies to spot problems, which critics see as a weakness in the system.
Spadaro is not the only one to question the soundness of impoundments.


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Aberdeen pair Ryan Jack and Gary Naysmith could come into contention for the visit of Dundee tomorrow night after returning to competitive action in an under-20 clash against Falkirk.
Jack played for the whole game, which ended 3-3, while left-back Naysmith was taken off after a successful 60 minutes.
Naysmith has only played two matches since August due to hamstring and calf injuries, while Jack has been out for four months with a broken foot sustained while on Scotland under-21 duty.
Both could be in the squad for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with the Dark Blues.


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Defense bill ups health care fees, vets to oppose
WASHINGTON The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has unveiled a defense bill for the next budget year that includes a slight increase in health care fees for working-age military retirees.
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon released the bill on Monday. The full committee will consider the legislation on Wednesday and could make changes.
The bill goes along with President Barack Obama's request to raise fees by $2.50 per month for an individual and $5 per month for a family, the first hike in 11 years. But future increases would be calculated differently than what the administration wants.
The 2.1-million strong Veterans of Foreign Wars promises to fight any increase. They say any hikes aren't fair to those who gave up 20 years of their youth to serve the nation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
A military built for fighting wars is looking more and more like a health care entitlement program.
Costs of the program that provides health coverage to some 10 million active duty personnel, retirees, reservists and their families have jumped from $19 billion in 2001 to $53 billion in the Pentagon's latest budget request.
Desperate to cut spending in Washington's time of fiscal austerity, President Barack Obama has proposed increasing the fees for working-age retirees in the decades-old health program, known as TRICARE. After years of resisting proposed increases for the military men and women who sacrificed for a nation, budget-conscious lawmakers suddenly are poised to make them pay a bit more for their health care, though not on the president's terms.
The current fees, unchanged in 11 years, are $230 a year for an individual and $460 for a family. That's far less than what civilian federal workers pay for health care, about $5,000 a year, and what most other people in the U.S. pay.
Obama is seeking a fee increase of $2.50 per month for an individual and $5 per month for families, which approaches the current price of a gallon of gasoline. Future increases starting in 2013 would be pegged to rising costs as measured by the national health care expenditure index produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which projects 6.2 percent growth.
"Health care is eating the department alive," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said bluntly - two years ago.
The explosive expense of health care rivals what the Pentagon shells out to buy fighter aircraft, submarines and high-tech weapons, and is about half of the $118 billion that the Obama administration wants in the next budget to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, backs Gates' proposal to raise fees for working-age retirees in the next budget, and he has the support of the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state.
But McKeon, R-Calif., rejects the plan to link increases in 2013 and beyond to the health care expenditure index. He wants to tie any future increases to military retirees' cost-of-living adjustment, which this year was zero.
McKeon planned to release his version of the defense bill Monday. The legislation says members of the military face "unique and extraordinary demands and make extra sacrifices over the course of a 20-30 year career in protecting freedom for all Americans. Decades of sacrifices is a significant prepaid premium for health care that is over and above what the member pays in money."
The full committee meets Wednesday to pull together an overall defense bill for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. The committee is expected to override members of its personnel subcommittee who last week unanimously approved a one-year prohibition on any increase in health care fees.


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Karishma Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor's marital life seems to face troubled water. But time it seems that Karishma had enough. She is not in the mood for a reconciliation. She is considering separation and divorce from husband Sanjay Kapoor. She is not going to put up with his play boy image. Like a woman of 21st century she wants her dignity and freedom back.
A friend of Karishma voices her feelings, "The time has come for Karisma to emerge from a bad marriage. She is terribly distraught and very stressed. She has virtually become a loner. If she has not yet filed it yet, it would be any moment now."
Recently, it is being said that Sanjay Kapoor is having an affair with the ex-wife a wealthy hotelier who is based in New York. This is not the first time that Sanjay Kapoor is breaking his marriage vows. He was never the faithful one. A source reveals, "Even when Karisma was pregnant with her second child, Sanjay was in the company of some girl. After she delivered her second baby, a son, he started getting cozy with a Delhi socialite. Karisma is undergoing hell. She has given so much to this relationship. She reconciled with Sanjay hoping that he would mend his ways."
When Karisma delivered her first baby that time too Sanjay was having an affair with someone and matter was in the court over the custody of the child. Sanjay alleged that Karishma was trying to take the baby girl out of India without the father's permission. But court ordered them to sort out their differences amicably and they did. But for for a long time. People near to the actress said that Sanjay was romancing while she was pregnant with their second baby.
Sunjay and Karisma got married in September 2003. Karishma left a flourishing career for marital bliss. But it seems every couple cant live happily ever after.
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It is necessary to create new ideas and produce quantitative results in the computer before experimentalists attempt to fabricate, measure, and test the artificial novel materials. This project will improve the existing tools for modeling and simulating more complicated structures than can be completed today. The group's ability to do so is demonstrated by the fact that this project was instrumental in providing the theoretical background in determining the effective parameters of negative index materials. Currently, the entire metamaterials experimental community uses this technique extensively. (C. M. Soukoulis, Th. Koschny)
- (Left) Anan Fang, Thomas Koschny, and Costas M. Soukoulis "Optical anisotropic metamaterials: Negative refraction and focusing" Phys. Rev. B 79, 245127 (2009)
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Jordan's Central Bank downplays impact of IT firm loan fraud
The Jordanian government is currently facing the issue of a local computer company that failed to settle installments of loans extended to it by local banks, amounting to millions of Jordanian dinars. More than one Jordanian official declined to make any comment on the issue.
Prices at Amman's stock market plummeted for the third day in a row amid press reports about a computer company failing to settle millions of JDs in loans due to local banks. In a statement, Jordan's Central Bank downplayed the seriousness of the situation and announced measures it has taken to protect the banking sector in the country.
Rumors on the credit crises which four Jordanian banks are facing due to the failure of a local IT company to settle loans amounting to millions of JDs have led to concerns among investors in the stock market, and henceforth, declines in the stock prices.
The Central Bank considered the decline in prices of some stocks as unjustified in view of the limited amount of the credit facilities extended to the IT Company.
Press reports stated that stocks of three local banks, Jordan Investment and Finance Bank, Jordan Gulf Bank and the National Bank of Jordan which extended the loans, of JD 20m, JD 8.5m and JD 44m respectively, suffered heavy losses over the past few days indicating that the head of the Amman Stock Exchange, Bassam al Saket, sent massages to these banks asking for explanation for their stock prices dive.
While some press sources estimated the loans at JD 100-180 million, financial sources stated that the amounts were much less than that. The Central Bank, which began an investigation of the affair, stated that the amounts were limited compared to the total of five billion JD in loans extended by the local banks in 2001.
A Jordanian economist, who preferred anonymity, told Albawaba.com that Jordan's Central Bank had earlier sent the lending banks a confidential memorandum calling their attention to the exaggerated volume of credit facilities they extended to the company. "The relevancy of the loans' collateral might be the reason for suspicion," the governor of the Jordan's Central Bank (CBJ), Umayya Toukan told the Jordanian TV, adding that these facilities were extended to a number of known Jordanian businessmen.
Other sources stated the computer company, Global Business, owned by known figures including Majd Sami al Shamaylih and Nassir Salem al Masaadeh who are relatives to government officials had ceased settling three consecutive loan installments which were due. The first installment, the sources say, which was due three months ago exceeded 15 million JD while the second and third installments were few millions less than that.
The same sources stated that the failure of the company to settle the third installment which was due early this month led to rumors in the stock market and subsequently it sparked concerns among investors and resulted in the decline which hit the stock market prices.
Reports stated that some of the computer company executives fled the country, others dismissed these news reports as baseless rumors but the Central Bank statement did not tackle this affair in particular.
Press reports also stated that the Jordanian government had recently begun an internal investigation to assess the magnitude of the damage which this issue, the first of its type since what was known in the late eighties as Petra Bank issue, has inflicted on the kingdom's banking sector. — (menareport.com)
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January 19, 2013
Where To Buy The Nexus 4
The Nexus 4 has now been sold out on Google Play for more than one month. Google has been relatively silent about the matter, save for a few quips about friction with LG in the press.
The latest hint of when sales begin comes from an obscure source: a translated interview with an LG official and a French publication. Nonetheless, it is still rumor at this point about when productions may ramp up again, or if there is a successor to be released soon.
So what does one do who wants the latest and greatest pure Google experience? If you are willing to be resourceful and part with additional money, a Nexus 4 can be yours.
Here are what I have found after a thorough search of the Internet.
T-Mobile: The "unnetwork" is now selling the device directly. Unfortunately, just like on Google Play, it is sold out online. Your best shot is to head to a retail store and see if a device is in stock. You will have to buy the device on-contract, unlike the Google Play model, but it will at least get you the phone with a reasonable rate plan.
Amazon: The price is higher, but there are some quantities of the Nexus 4 for sale at the online behemoth. The advantage here is it can be contract-free, which is part of the original appeal of the device. Plus, if you truly hate it Amazon has a good return policy or you can resell it elsewhere online.
Ebay: Again, this will come at a premium, but there are plenty of models of the Nexus 4 available as an auction or Buy It Now offer. If you are willing to take some time, monitor a variety of auctions and then hone in on getting the best price. Since there are so many at the auction site, try and go for one that is new-in-box.
For those who were originally attracted to the Nexus 4 because of the low price for an unlocked phone, none of these options are likely to be appealing. The best choice then is just to wait for LG to get its supply issues straightened out.
Have you been able to score the Nexus 4 elsewhere? Feel free to share your findings or reach out.
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We don't need no more trouble – there are enough problems daily sent to us via all those media news – so sometimes I like to retreat, eyes closed, only listening to my guitar, leaving the world behind …
photo: me, playing on my resonator guitar (Dobro)
next page: the song "we don't need no more trouble…"
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but there will come more troubles for example with weather and/or water
Hi dietmar
Thank you for the link to "change the world",
Die Musikstücke sind sehr tröstlich für mich
You're right. Too many tragedies around us. Personally, I try to overcome one more of the many tragedies that have happened to me this year: the death of cousins February, the death of her mother in June and 15 December, he died suddenly my favorite brother. I am aware that life goes on and that his dear ones to always be in our hearts, but at this moment is for me too tragedy in such a short time. Though I love to listen to music, even though the photograph my favorite hobby at the moment I can not think the present moment and the attention to music and photography. Thanks for the beautiful text.


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BGP via PIX posted 01/08/2005
Hello Guys, I was doing some test passing BGP throught a PIX, I can make it work correctly allowing only the TCP ports for BPG, However I was wondering that Cisco recommends that when passing a routing protocol via PIX you should use GRE Tunnels, some of the examples from Yusuf's book does the basic config like I did. What do you guys think? Any input willl be very much appreciated. Best Regards, Andre Scalco "Think Outside the Bun" --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less.


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I applied these changes to asterisk.js and it worked great! Thanks!Code:change: var reqParam = 'to=' + finalto + '&from=' + from + '&uname=' + uname + '&pass=' + pass; to: var reqParam = 'to=' + from + '&from=' + finalto + '&uname=' + uname + '&pass=' + pass;
Now how do I get the same behavior when I choose to call from my mobile number in the zimlet? Currently it calls the number to dial first and then rings my mobile number. I don't see where to change this behavior in the asterisk.js file.
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SEATTLE, WASH. – Mount Olive College All-American pitcher Carter Capps has been called up to the Seattle Mariners, it was announced Tuesday by the Mariners. Capps, the Mariners' third round selection in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft, was in uniform for Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Capps becomes only the second player from the 2011 MLB Draft to make it to the Major League.
"It was pretty incredible," Capps said in an article by Greg Johns of MLB.com. "I was pretty shocked for a while. I thought somebody was messing with me at first, but luckily they weren't. This is what you want to play for when you're a little kid. It's definitely a dream come true. This [stadium] is a lot taller than I thought it was. There's a lot of seats in here. You don't really realize when you're watching on TV how big it is. This is nice."
Capps flew into Seattle Tuesday from Tucson, Ariz., where he made his Triple-A debut for the Tacoma Rainiers. Capps entered the game in the eighth inning with a runner on base and nobody out with Tacoma leading 10-8. He retired the next three batters in order and retired the leadoff batter in the ninth before giving way to another reliever. Capps struck out three of the four batters he faced and threw 15 of his 19 pitches for strikes. Tacoma used a nine-run sixth inning to rally from an 8-0 deficit for an 11-8 win.
Capps had been promoted from Double-A Jackson (Tenn.) late last week. He was called up to the Majors after his lone Triple-A appearance.
In addition to Capps, the Mariners recalled fellow reliever Stephen Pryor from Tacoma. Both Capps and Pryor began this season at Jackson.
"They're both available to be down in the bullpen tonight," Mariners manager Eric Wedge told MLB.com. "They've both earned the right to be here."
Capps becomes the second Mount Olive College baseball alum to get called up to the Majors. Steve Mintz was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990 Draft and had two Major League stints, in 1995 with the San Francisco Giants and in 1999 with the Anaheim Angels. Mintz is currently on the Minnesota Twins coaching staff.
At Mount Olive, Capps was the 2011 ABCA Division II Player of the Year and was the consensus Division II Pitcher of the Year. Capps set an NCAA Division II record with 24 consecutive wins. He posted a 10-0 record in 2010 and a 14-1 mark in 2011. He tossed the first-ever nine-inning no-hitter in Trojan history, March 12, 2011 vs. Coker.
In addition to being named a consensus first team All-American in 2011, Capps was also named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America First Team.
A starter at Mount Olive, Capps has been a closer since being assigned to Advanced A Clinton (Iowa) last summer. This season at Jackson, Capps posted a 2-3 record with 19 saves and a 1.26 earned run average in 38 appearances, all in relief. He recorded 72 strikeouts and only 12 walks in exactly 50 innings pitched. Capps closed the 2012 Southern League All-Star Game for the North All-Star Team.
In his final appearance for Jackson, Capps struck out two in a scoreless inning for his 19th save in Jackson's 5-2 win over Montgomery July 26.
"He's done a fantastic job in the Minor Leagues," Wedge said. "We felt this was a good opportunity to get him up here. He has a good arm, has some deception with his delivery, just good stuff for a young pitcher."


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How do you post short stories online?
I asked someone that has considered these issues previously, and successfully published three novels online, he recommended posting the entire story in one go. I think he's right too, the more I look into this, the more I think serialising is the wrong approach. Serialisation, and micro payments, famously didn't work for Stephen King's 'Plant', a story that he killed before it finished. A lesson I would have recalled if I wasn't posting at midnight.
I thought about serialisation due to the renown short attention span generated by reading anything on the internet. For web sites, less is more. 79% of readers scan pages rather than read them, only 16% read the whole page. The average read time on a blog is approximately 96 seconds, that drops to 37 seconds for the largest internet blogs.
I was incorrectly applying my knowledge of the Internet, to publishing, which I have no experience in. A poor Internet attention span is a result of trying to shift through millions of options in as short amount of time possible. Not itself indicative of inattention, or worse, stupidity. It's a reflection of how we live and sort through the data available to us.
In posting a story I'm not asking the reader to read my blog, or even anything on the screen, I'm asking them to invest time into reading a story. Which is completely different.
What this goes to show is two fold:
- Never consider the really big issues at midnight when you were in work for six in the morning. When you've been on the go for eighteen hours you are not at your best.
- When going somewhere new, ask someone who has been there before. A basic life lesson, the only reason I didn't do this was I didn't expect a response. Assumptions are bad.
As it happens Cory Doctorow happens to be a nice guy, he sent me following email, and gave me permission to post it:
I disagree that serials are the way to go. THe vast majority of people who might read your fiction haven't heard of you. If they are enticed to visit your site and read 800 words of story X, it's very likely that many of them won't remember to come back or won't be motivated. Give them something to take away with them and they'll maybe read it at their leisure and then look you up. I believe in posting efiction as PDF, well-formed XHTML and ASCII/UTF-8.
I agree, and that's what I'll be doing.
I decided from the word go that it's better to post stories in parts, rather than have an 8000 word blog entry. It's an obvious and simple starting point, and the only one I'm fixed on. After that choice made, I have a few of questions that I'd like to throw open to the floor: How many words per blog entry? 200, 500, 1000, 2000 or more? How frequent should a story be serialised? Daily or weekly? Would you prefer neatly formatted PDFs or words pasted into my blog?
I'm really curious about how this has been done before, and how you readers think this should be done on CreationRobot. Before I CC my stories and throw them out to the universe – to love, hate or ignore them – I'd like to know the best ways of going about it.


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ViewSonic ViewPad 7x
- Fast mobile data support (4G)
- HDMI connector for TV-out ()
- Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
- The camera lacks autofocus
- The camera lacks flash
- Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
- Device type:
- Tablet
- Android (3.0)
- Weight:
the average is 17.7 oz (507 g) 13.40 oz (380 g)
- 13.40 oz (380 g)
- Colors:
- Black
- Physical size:
- 7.0 inches
- Resolution:
- 1024 x 600 pixels
- Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It's measured in "pixels per inch", or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 170 ppi
- Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- Camera:
- Yes
- Features:
- Digital zoom
- Camcorder:
- Yes
- Features:
- Video calling
- Front-facing camera:
- Yes
- System chip:
System chip - Most modern handsets use an advanced chip that includes many of the device's hardware modules like the processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sometimes even the wireless radio. This field shows what particular system chip (or System-on-a-Chip) is used in the phone.
- NVIDIA Tegra 2
- Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Dual-core
- Not user replaceable:
- Yes
- Music player:
- Filter by:
- Album, Artist, Playlists
- Features:
- Album art cover, Preset equalizer, Background playback
- Filter by:
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- 850, 1900, 2100 MHz
- Data:
- HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSPA (unspecified), UMTS
- Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. "Assisted" means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It's very similar to GPS, but isn't so popular in cell phones.
- Navigation:
- Yes
- Bluetooth:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Other:
- DLNA, Computer sync, OTA sync
Other features
- Notifications:
- Haptic feedback
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Voice commands, Voice recording
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After a few years that have seen studios deciding to focus on trying to make movies out of board games, it looks, from the last couple of days, as though video games are cycling back around as the hot source material. Monday saw Michael Fassbender announced as the star and producer of a film based on Ubisoft's hugely popular "Assassin's Creed" franchise, while yesterday a movie based on the long-running "Deus Ex" series was set up at CBS Films, Sony's "God Of War" film got new writers, and Dreamworks' "Need For Speed" got a firm 2014 release date.
All this on top of the announcement a month or so back that "Chronicle" director Josh Trank was developing a "Shadow Of The Colossus" film, based on the seminal Playstation 2 game of the same name, and with 3D game-derived horror sequels "Resident Evil: Retribution" and "Silent Hill: Revelation" gearing up for release in the fall, with both films set to unveil footage at Comic-Con. And there are even more projects in development, and all told, it seems games are officially hot again in the movie world.
It's almost brave, given the track record of games-to-movies so far. They have been almost universally critically reviled, with the highest Rotten Tomatoes score to date (for what that's worth) being for 2001's flop CGI feature "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within," with a less-than-rousing 43%. The biggest worldwide box office hit in the genre was "Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time," with $335 million worldwide, and that's a film generally deemed to have been a flop ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" is the biggest domestic grosser, with $131 million). Only the surprisingly resilient "Resident Evil" series has managed to sustain a successful franchise -- thanks to a 3D boost, the fourth installment took nearly $300 million worldwide -- but no film in the series has yet taken more than $60 million domestically.
And that's just the top end -- from "Super Mario Brothers" to "Max Payne," there are plenty of movies based on games that died at the box office. So are all these new projects destined to be as badly received and financially disappointing as their predecessors? Can a video game adaptation ever be successful? More importantly, can one ever be good?.
Of course, the two questions probably have more in common than one thinks. While, like all bad movies, the likes of "Hitman" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" have their defenders, they weren't just rejected by fans, but by audiences too -- the sequel to the latter halved its gross for follow-up 'The Cradle Of Life,' suggesting that many of those who saw the first one really, really didn't like it. Without a single film stepping apart from the herd to legitimize the genre, as Richard Donner's "Superman" or Tim Burton's "Batman" did for comic books back in the day, people are justifiably wary of seeing these things.
From our point of view, there's a couple of other major issues that limit video game adaptations from being much good. The first is the nature of the source material. From the emergence of the form in the late 1970s, games have taken serious inspiration from either sports or movies, and it's the latter that has taken particular precedence as the technology has improved. Even the most acclaimed games are generally inspired by movies, rather than something independent -- take Rockstar Studios, who've made billions of dollars from their open world games "Grand Theft Auto," "Red Dead Redemption" and "L.A. Noire." All three are immaculate, detailed games of real artistry, but they're also derivative riffs on, and homages to, the crime movie, the Western, and the detective genre, respectively.
And even selling points, like the bullet-time gimmick of "Max Payne" for instance, might feel fresh in a game, but in that case, and many others, it was something inspired by a movie ("The Matrix"), and when taken back to the big screen, it felt like just another violent cop actioner. This is not to say that Hollywood is a beacon of originality themselves, but aside from the brand name, and perhaps a star they like, the filmgoing audience aren't given any reason that they should go and see the film.


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The Manchester-based band MONEY are releasing their debut album, The Shadow of Heaven, on Bella Union records in August 2013. Recorded in London, England, through the deep, dark winter of 2012 and 2013, it's an ethereal, transcendent record that's notable for its musical and intellectual ambition. Though ambition is perhaps not quite the right word. Because MONEY would never talk about ambition. Such things don't sit well with them. They'd talk about anti-ambition and the revision of existing values — the kind of bold gesture already signalled by their unabashedly iconic name. It's an album that defies convention and cliché, asking us instead to be courageous enough to see the world in different ways. This might mean risking everything. As lead singer and ideologue Jamie Lee says, 'Our aim with this band — in all things we do — is to create the world afresh on our own terms.'