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There are a couple of different items on HyperGraphDB's road map that, upon a little reflection, seem to converge on a single abstraction. The abstraction I would call hypernode following the hypernode model as described by the paper A Graph-Based Data Model and its Ramifications though it remains to be seen how much of that original model applies in the HyperGraphDB context. The items are the following: (1) local proxies to remote database instances; (2) RAM-only atoms; (3) nested graphs. This blog is about laying the design space of how those features should be dealt with. Let's examine each of these future features in order.
[1] Local DB Proxies
So what's common between those three features above? All of them are about a viewing a graph, or a portion thereof, that is not necessarily identical to the database stored on disk, yet it is a hypergraph in its own right and one wants to be able to operate within the context that it represents. There must be a common abstraction in there. Since the name HyperGraph is already taken by the database instance itself, I'd propose to use HyperNode. A HyperNode would strip down the essential operations of a the HyperGraph class, which would implement the HyperNode interface. This HyperNode interface will replace HyperGraph as the entry point to a graph, be it for querying, traversals or CRUD operations in many places.
So what API should a HyperNode offer? Here's a proposal:
- get, add, define, replace, remove atoms, but question is: only full versions of those methods or all overloaded versions?
- getIncidenceSet(atomHandle)
- getType(atomHandle)
- find(HGQuery)
- getLocation() - an abstract URI-like location identifying the HyperNode
Those are a bare minimum. Access to an index manager, event manager and cache are clearly outside of the scope of this abstraction. However, the question of transactions and the type system is a bit trickier. Being able to enclose operations within a transaction is usually important, but a remote peer might not want to support distributed transactions while local data (RAM or a nested graph) can be transacted upon from the main HyperGraph instance. As for access to the HGTypeSystem, it is mostly irrelevant except when you need it.
The semantics of HyperNode's operations seem intuitively well-defined: do whatever you'd do with a full HyperGraph except do it within that specific context. For example, an InMemoryHyperNode would add, get query etc. only the RAM-based atoms. Similarly a RemoteHyperNode would only operate on remote data. A NestedHyperNode is a bit harder to define: an add will modify the global database and mark the new atom as part of the nested graph, a query or a get will only return data that's marked as part of the nested graph; but what about a remove? should it just remove from the nest graph, or remove globally as well? or try to do the right thing as in "remove globally only if it's not connected to anything outside of its nested graph"?
Ok, enough. A brain dump of sorts, in need of comments to point out potential problems and/or encouragement that this is going on the right track :)


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We are a young boutique art gallery, focused on promoting mid-career's artists that stand out not only due to their talent, but also because of their career path.
Anyone who would like to know who this plastic artist is, will have to browse through her early years in Mendoza (Argentina), her home city.
Born in 1974 in Mendoza, Argentina. He studied architecture at Universidad de Mendoza, and Facultad de Bellas Artes at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. He works as manager of patrimonial heritage of the Museo Privincial de Bellas Artes.
Sergio Castiglione (born in Buenos Aires) is an argentine photographer and architect. He has exhibited his work in Argentina as well as abroad. He mainly focuses on urban exploration, travel and architecture photography.
Mark Vasallo is best known for his mesmerizing Flowers photographs that captivate audiences with the dynamism they present and the tension that exists between the complexity and the simplicity of their beauty.
Juan Lascano (70) is known as one of the most important realist painters in the Western Hemisphere. With more than a hundred exhibitions in three continents, this Argentinean artist comes to Miami with his most recent creations. He has been working
Ernesto Bertani was born on February 3rd, 1949 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). He is the second child of a traditional middle class family, and the result of a blend of immigrant generations from Italy, France and Spain.
Natalia Sanchez Valdemoros was born on August 5th, 1981 in Mendoza (Argentina), city where she stills resides. Even though, in 2006 she obtained her degree as Architect at Universidad de Mendoza, she had already decided to become a full time artist l
Born in La Plata, Argentina in 1966, Andrés Compagnucci is known as the artist who introduced hyperrealism in Argentina in the 1990s. He earned his degree as a Graphic Designer at Universidad Nacional de La Plata in 1992, and two years later, he was
Born in 1939 in the city of Buenos Aires, Luis Wells is an Argentinean artist whose work encompasses paintings, sculptures, architecture and design. He is a pioneer in the art of objects and assemblages where he uses waste material. Some of his most
Artem creates three-dimensional paintings using screws. He was born in 1990 in Russia. He has worked professionally as a Graphic Designer for 10 years. The works reflect important topics of life, such as love, freedom, and humor.
Juan del Balso was born in Mendoza, Argentina in 1978. As a self-taught artist, and with the opportunity for traveling, living and working abroad, Del Balso has been involved in the contemporary art scene as a timeless artist. In his works, you can a
The opening exhibition will take place during the Art Basel Week. With an impressive series that includes over 15 works, the artist Luis Wells arrives for the first time in Miami to exhibit his newest creations, and if that was not enough, the occasion will take place during the Art Basel Week, one of the most important art events in the world.
The 80-year-old Argentinean sculptor who possess an international and distinguished career path will offer an appealing collection of his latest creations, among which his stunning acrylics and his well-known toys stand out. These moving sculptures fascinate spectators because of their colors and dynamic figures. In his solo exhibition called "Wells Takes Over the Art Basel Week" people will be able to appreciate the newly creative works where you will clearly see his approach to geometric abstraction.
Wells is part of a generation of prolific artists, like Polesello or Juio Le Parc, who gave life to pictorial movements that have become a milestone in the history of art. In fact, Wells is considered as the "Father of Informalism"; he has received the Konex award for being one of the most influential plastic artists in his country; and one of his works is part of MoMA´s permanent collection in New York.
Therefore, Wynwood 28 is proud to present this exhibition in which art lovers will be able to see at first hand the work of this talented and unique artist.

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Be Victor in Your Virtualization Environment (Part 2)
Be Victor in Your Virtualization Environment (Part 2)
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Processing Limitations Wreak Havoc on the Contestants
We talked about memory restrictions in part 1 of this series, but lets now shift our focus to CPU resources. This is a multi-headed beast in the arena that needs tamed. If you have an application that requires a lot of CPU processing power, you ask the VMware administrator for more than one processor. However, in doing so, you may have just set yourself for a pain like an invisible poison floating the stream. At times the VM will perform great, but other times you notice great slow downs. You might be a victim of what is known as High CPU Ready %. You could also be a victim of processor throttling, also known as a CPU limits.
You've Gotta Fight For Your Right to Process!
Ultimately the more virtual CPU assignments you have the harder your VM will fight for those processor cores to perform work. After all, there are multiple VM contestants in the arena fighting for time on the processors. So the big lesson here is:
- Be sure that you actually need more than one processor in your operating system before requesting them.
- If you feel that reducing to a single processor is a good idea, be sure to check the OS Processor drivers for compatibility in reducing the virtual CPU count!
Next let's assume you do need more than one processor, and the Game Master is graciousness enough to grant you this luxury. The processors on a physical host are laid out on sockets on the motherboard. Each socket has at least one core to process information. In today's modern datacenter each socket usually has at least two cores, sometimes many more. On top of that each core may have the multi-thread ability. So a single host can appear to have 64 cores available in multiple ways. If all of the cores/threads are filling up on processing then we now begin to have contention for the CPU resources as a whole. When the time that it takes to process information elevates you then have the condition previously mentioned called High CPU Ready %. Again, you will not be able to detect this from within the virtual machine very easily other than having your fans(end users could possibly be labeled as your fans) call you screaming.
- Contact your Game Master and nicely ask for your virtual machine and the host ESX CPU performance charts. Specifically ask for the CPU Ready graphs as well.
- If you see high CPU Ready and CPU Utilization, ask for a vMotion or more dedicated hardware!
He or she should be able to provide these even down to the timeframe for when the slowdown occurred.
With any luck, the VM admin will hopefully have issued a vMotion action on your VM to get it moved to a more suitable host. At a minimum, the VM admin should have at least identified which VMs are causing the most CPU contention, and eliminated them from your host. If not, ask for a vMotion ASAP.
False Abundance of Resources in the Arena
In VMware ESX there is a setting on a per VM basis, or on a group of VMs known as CPU Limit. Just like with Memory Limits discussed above, a CPU Limit is imposed on a VM to hold back the amount of processing allowed to the operating system within it. What does this mean for you? Badness. Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria. Just like the CPU Ready example above, you will experience processing slow downs throughout the day with no apparent rhyme or reason. As is with all of the other obstacles in the arena we've discussed, again this time you have no way of detecting this anomaly in Task Manager. You will see CPU percentages in Task Manager hitting 100% when in fact there was plenty more processing power available on the physical host. What can you do?
- Ask the Game Master for screenshots of the Resources tab of the Virtual Machine, this time specifically the CPU section.
- If you see high CPU Ready and CPU Utilization, ask for a vMotion or more dedicated hardware!
Be the Triumphant in the Game
Hopefully this article empowers you the Windows Admin to take back what is rightfully yours. Happy fans. Fast operating systems. Data available when and where you need it. If you don't have any luck, start looking at moving your workloads to Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 or to the cloud. You will not find yourself in some game master's arena in Hyper-V 2012. Give it a spin here! Or you can leave the private virtualization practice altogether, deploy and manage your own virtual machines from a web interface on the fastest collection of hardware on the planet. Windows Azure for Virtual Machines is available now, give it a try here!
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What's the best way to edit a .gif file in Linux? – Curious Web Artist
The Linux world is full of good graphical-editing and image-manipulation programs. One is the excellent xv, a program that lets you read and write several image file formats, capture screenshots, and perform other basic image operations. Electric Eyes ships with GNOME, and this one is pretty sharp too. It handles file exporting and has some nice integrated tools.
If you're looking to do more than basic image editing, however, the best program is the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). The GIMP is simply a great program; its design and execution really show the strength of the Linux platform.
Many third-party developers have been attracted to Linux because of the GIMP, resulting in some pretty amazing extensions to it. One of these is SANE, a scanner plug-in This lets you scan an image directly into the GIMP, where you can tweak it as you wish.
I am running Linux on a
four-processor box with a RAID
controller. When I try to do a shutdown and reboot (shutdown -r -y 0), the system returns this:
Turning off swap & acct.
unmounting file systems
Please stand by while
rebooting the system
Stopping all nd devices
Restarting system
disabling symmetric IO mode….done
It never reboots. I'm worried that I won't be able to reboot remotely. – Worried about Reboots
Your shutdown command doesn't have a valid -y parameter. If you wish to reboot the machine immediately, the command you may wish to use is shutdown -r now.
Below I have listed the standard syntax that is used for the shutdown command:
/sbin/shutdown [-t sec]
[-rkhncfF] time
To halt the machine immediately, you can use shutdown -h now. The next option that might help you with your problem is the ability for the shutdown command to use a specific time delay that is defined with the -t option. I have listed an example below:
/sbin/shutdown -t10 -r now
This tells init to wait a certain amount of seconds (here 10 seconds) between sending processes the warning and the kill signal along with the signal to change to another runlevel. There are other options that can give even more flexibility with this command. Table One (above) shows some of the options not discussed in this article, but which you may want to use with the shutdown command.
Table One: Shutdown Options
I have two Ethernet cards, a 3Com Elink III 3C509 and a Netgear FA310TX (PCI 10/100). Linux found one card in my system, but I don't know which; it just says it's the en0 card. How do I know which it sees, and how do I get it to see both? – Matt
We should figure out which Ethernet card is being identified by the system. This can be done with the dmesg command, which prints the kernel boot message. Enter:
dmesg | more
Now what you are looking for is the actual en0 (en0 is the Debian name; in Red Hat, it would be eth0) message. This will identify what card your kernel is seeing. Listing One shows how my computer identifies my en0.
Listing One: Identifying an Ethernet card in dmesg
3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker
eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xdc00,00:c0:4f:6b:9f:49,IRQ 14
Here, you can see my en0 device is a 3Com 3c905B card. Of course, Matt will see either the 3Com Elink III 3C509 showing up as a 3c509, or Netgear FA310TX (PCI 10/100) showing up as a tulip driver.
Now to get that second card to show up. There are two files you should know about. The first is /etc/modules. conf. This configuration file determines what kernel modules are loaded when the machine is booted up. It will look something like Listing Two.
Listing Two: A Snippet from the /etc/module/conf File
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
alias en0 3c59x
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
So to add the second Ethernet card, you will have to create the alias for it within this file. You would add an entry that looks like this after the alias en03c59x line in my example:
alias en1 tulip
Here en1 refers to your second Ethernet card and tulip is the name of the Netgear driver. Now, go ahead and save the file and you will have fixed half the problem. You might want to ensure that you have the modules already compiled into modules at this point. So at the command line, you will have to cd into the /lib/modules/2.2.x/ net/ directory, look through the list of modules, and make sure you see that the tulip.o and the 3c59x.o modules are listed. If they're not, you will have to recompile the kernel.
The next step is to define your en1 device. (This is your second Ethernet card). You need to tell the system how it should be defined and what IP address will be assigned to it. This is done through the /etc/init.d/network script. Listing Three shows an example of a file on a Debian or Corel Linux system.
Listing Three: The /etc/init.d/network Script
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0
ifconfig en0 x.x.x.x (IP address for this adapter)
route add -net x.x.x.x (This is where you will add your
default gateway IP address)
ifconfig en1 x.x.x.x (IP address for this adapter)
route add -net x.x.x.x (Default GW)
Now, once these two issues have been addressed, you will likely be able to get the two cards to work. You will also have to make sure that routes in your routing table are correct after you get both cards recognized. (You do this with the route command). You can also use the ping utility to determine if the card itself is actually working and receiving packets.
App Tips
* AbiWord: After writing my last column, I was e-mailed a document whose filename ended with the suffix .abw. Turns out this is the format of the open source word processor, AbiWord. I downloaded it and now
I'm a convert. This app has potential. http://www.abiword.com
* J-Pilot: Since I have a Palm V, I've been trying to find an application with an equivalent functional desktop application that I can use in Linux that can help keep me organized and in sync with all of my responsibilities. J-Pilot can sync PalmPilot data with ease, and it also helps me add data via my computer, instead of trying to handwrite everything with the Palmstylus. I am very happy with this package. http://jpilot.linuxbox.com
* iplog 2.1.1: After a friend of mine got broken into via his DSL connection at home, I decided to help him add more logging to his machine. I tested this application and it helped me set up a better tracking system for various types of traffic like UDP, ICMP, and TCP. It also includes packet filtering and detection for security purposes, in case someone tries another attack. http://download.sourceforge.net/ojnk/iplog-2.1.1.tar.gz
Gaylen Brown is a senior consultant at Linuxcare, Inc. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A crowd of thousands of Vi Promoters gathered in suspense to hear ViSalus Founders Ryan Blair, Blake Mallen and Nick Sarnicola announce the 2014 winner of the coveted Vi Most Valuable Promoter (MVP) award. The annual MVP award goes to the Promoter who consistently raises the bar from sales, team growth and leadership standpoints.
Nick introduced Vi's MVP with some impressive stats.
"This couple enrolled over 30,000 new Promoters, helped 118 families get into BMWs, and generated $12 million in sales over the course of the last year. This is the man who has led ViSalus not through words, but through actions and results."
Within moments, Ernest Ross took the stage to claim the MVP trophy and addressed the crowd.
"I'm appreciative of ViSalus for giving me the opportunity to become MVP. It just goes to show that anything is possible if you take action. It all starts with the dream, but you need a dream so big, it scares people. You need a dream that's going to keep you hungry."[kaltura-widget uiconfid="27629032″ entryid="0_bs63nmye" width="400″ height="231″ align="center" /]
For 5-Star Ambassadors Ernest and wife Sherita, it's not enough to just dream. What follows is sacrifice and consistent action. The two believe nothing worth having comes without great sacrifice, and they're willing to pay the price—every day, every hour—to secure the life they want as a couple, as a family, for the rest of their lives.
"What got me here was taking action—intentional action, consistent action, disciplined action," said Ernest. "You've got to stay plugged in. Success is a reflection of discipline, discipline a reflection of behavior, behavior of mindset and mindset of the people you choose for your inner circle."
With no prior network marketing experience, Ernest and Sherita have not only built a million-dollar empire, but have done it with the intention of forging great relationships and giving back. Truly, their actions speak much louder than words.
So fill your inner circle with positive people, dream big and take deliberate action toward chipping away at your goals one day at a time. Before you know it, that could be you on the Vi stage inspiring others with your story, your results, and your message of hope.
From all of us in the Vi Community, congratulations, Ernest and Sherita Ross!


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And, also, I wrote this thing over yonder about sex scandals and why people might not care about them. So, feel free to read that too.
I guess I could cross-post the Ordinary Gentlemen stuff here too. I do feel a bit like I'm being unfaithful to GSM.
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This is an activity about how the Sun can affect the Earth's atmosphere, specifically the ionosphere. Learners will use real data from a Sudden Ionosphere Disturbance Monitor, or SID Monitor, to identify the signatures in the graphed data that can... (View More) be used to determine the times of sunrise and sunset. Although the SID monitors are designed to detect SIDs caused by solar flares, they also detect the normal influence of solar X-rays and UV light during the day as well as cosmic rays at nighttime. There is a distinct shape to a 24-hour SID data graph, with unique shapes, or signatures, of the graph appearing at sunrise and sunset.This activity is part of the Research with Space Weather Monitor Data educators guide. Use of and access to a Stanford Solar Center SID monitor and the internet is encouraged but not required. Locations without a SID monitor can use sample data provided in the educators guide. (View Less)
In this activity, student teams design small-scale physical models of hot and cold planets, (Venus and Mars), and learn that small scale models allow researchers to determine how much larger systems function. There is both a team challenge and... (View More) competition built into this activity. Experimental findings are then used to support a discussion of human outposts on Mars. The resource includes an experimental design guide for students as well as a handout outlining a method for the design of controlled experiments, and student data sheets. Student questions and an essay assignment are provided as classroom assessments. This is Activity A in the second module, titled "Modeling hot and cold planets," of the resource, "Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate?" The course aims to help students to develop an understanding of our environment as a system of human and natural processes that result in changes that occur over various space and time scales. (View Less)
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Less than a month after waiving him, the 49ers have re-signed offensive guard Al Netter, the club said Monday.
The 24-year-old Netter has had stints on the 49ers' practice squad in each of the last two seasons. He also spent time on the Titans' practice squad in 2013. A Northwestern product, the 6-foot-6, 310-pound Netter entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with San Francisco in 2012.
Netter figures to again vie for a reserve role with the 49ers, who have 10 guards listed on their roster. Mike Iupati and Alex Boone are the Niners' starters. According to the NFL's transaction report listing Netter's June release, the offensive lineman still has practice squad eligibility.


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Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif recently shot in South Africa for one of their forthcoming films. Interestingly, we hear that during the shoot in Ficksburg, the two stayed in a honeymoon cottage of a hotel.
A source reveals, "The film was extensively shot across SA — in Cape Town, Ficksburg and Johannesburg. The cottage that Ranbir and Katrina shared in Ficksburg, happened to be called 'honeymoon cottage'. They were teased by the crew about it and the two took it sportingly."
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced he has directed the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to offer extended hours at state swimming facilities and other state parks during the current heat wave to help New Yorkers beat the heat. The extended hours will begin today and continue through Thursday, July 28.
"The beautiful beaches, pools, and other facilities in New York's park system are the perfect way to beat the heat on these extremely hot summer days," Cuomo said. "With temperatures spiking to over 90 degrees this week, I ordered these parks to extend their hours and allow more New Yorkers a chance for cool respite from this heat wave."
State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey said, "There's no better place to be on a hot summer day than one of our great state parks. I'm grateful that Gov. Cuomo is offering more opportunities for New York families to cool off during this heat wave."
The following regional state park swimming facilities will be open for extended hours:
•Western New York: Beginning today, swimming facilities at Beaver Island and Fort Niagara will remain open until 8 p.m., and the Red House and Quaker Area beaches at Allegany State Park will be open until 7:45 p.m.
•Finger Lakes: The swimming beaches at Hamlin Beach and Darien Lakes state parks will be open until 8 p.m. beginning today, and the North Pool at Letchworth State Park will be open until 7 p.m.
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What kid doesn't like experimenting with baking soda and vinegar? I added a little twist to it to make it smell YUMMY and the kids had a blast.
Doesn't matter how many time you mix the 2 ingredients together kids are always amazed at the bubbling and fizzing.
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I mixed the baking soda and kool-aid packet together so when they mixed in the vinegar it turned red and they were surprised. Then we added some of our little valentine's toys into the mix.
We have done the volcano mixture over a dozen times and with a different twist they love it.
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The Last Airbender took home five trophies eclipsing all other 2010 movies, with Shyamalan himself named worst director.
The stars of Sex and the City 2, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, were collectively named worst actress at the Razzies.
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The Yankees are taking on that same discouraging feeling from last season: old, sad and broken. You look at the names and the salaries and you expect something special. Then you look at the calendar and know better.
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The Yankees lost to the Mets on Monday, 9-7, before a spirited crowd in the Bronx. They blew leads of 4-1 in the second inning and 7-4 in the sixth inning. The Mets showed life and the fans did, too, turning back the notion that this series was losing its sizzle. Even with the midweek night games, before school lets out and the pennant races take shape, opposite the N.B.A. and N.H.L. playoffs, the Subway Series can still deliver.
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And it does not end there. Mark Teixeira delivered a pinch-hit liner into the right-field corner in the ninth inning, but he had to stop at first because of his tight left groin. C. C. Sabathia, the opening day starter with the fading fastball, is getting a second opinion on his inflamed knee from Dr. James Andrews, the noted orthopedic surgeon.
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Tanaka has been sturdy, and has so far delivered premium performance for his exorbitant contract. The Yankees have otherwise shied from bold international spending, passing on the recent wave of Cuban defectors at a time when their farm system continues to let them down.
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Teixeira, who has been refreshingly honest and realistic about his personal expectations at age 34, said he was not concerned about the rash of injuries. It is what he figured would happen.
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It was not always like this for the Yankees, who won four World Series between 1996 and 2000 with high-impact young players, some free agents and several veterans acquired in trades that used excess young talent like Marty Janzen, Sterling Hitchcock, Russ Davis and Ricky Ledee.
The Yankees kept making the playoffs with shrewd free-agent deals and just enough input from the farm system. This season, they hoped, could mirror 2009, when they signed free agents, got prime-age performances from them right away, and won a championship.
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My lovely summer break is over, and I am back home and back at work. It was a wonderful time off - I spent time with friends, enjoyed a canoe trip down beautiful Werra and Weser (two rivers in Germany), cuddled the cat, and generally relaxed. There was the yearly archaeologists' meet-up in Bamberg, too.
Not all of the last weeks was spent vacationing, though. I used a large chunk of the non-vacation time to get some research reading done and prepare a presentation I held day before yesterday for the people in the Museumsdorf Düppel in Berlin. It was very interesting, and with a very intense discussion afterwards.
I also spent some time on the further development of the fleur-de-lis embroidery set (the instructions with lots of pictures are in the works right now), washed some more wool, and I'm scheming to maybe offer some textile samples to demonstrate the difference between modern-style and medieval-style textiles in the future.
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I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us! I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!
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3 comments:
- Robin Clendenning said...
So cute Julie! I love your apple cards, each one and your apple looks good enough to eat!
Lovely teacher thank you!
- May 2, 2017 at 9:58 AM
- Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...
How beautiful, Julie!! Love the use of the magnifying lense, the touches of silver, and the apple that is colored good enough to eat. So realistic! Great colors and design!!
- May 2, 2017 at 6:38 PM
- CherylQuilts said...
Oh, Julie, what a beautiful set of cards. I agree with all Robin and Chris said, and it's amazing how realistic the dies are with the metallic card stock. And what a really precious Scripture verse on the clipboard. Stunning! Hugs and love! xoxo
- May 2, 2017 at 6:44 PM


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She wanted to start again. To be someone---anyone---different . . . Freedom. When Carleigh Stanger thought of college, that was the word that came to mind. Freedom from her unhappy home life. Freedom from high school mistakes. Freedom from the memory of that terrible morning. Only instead of bringing a sweet escape, Carleigh's first campus party traps her in the scornful gaze of the last person she wants to see, Tucker Green. It wasn't long ago that being close to Carleigh was everything Tucker wanted. But that was before he realized she was just another scheming girl who'd do whatever it took to get her way. Even lie to the guy she claimed to love. Unfortunately while Tucker's brain remembers the pain Carleigh caused, his body only remembers the pleasure . . .
By now I've read many books in the New Adult genre, and I feel like I've experienced enough of both the good and bad to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff. That said, I'm having a hard time deciding what I think about this book. On the one hand, I was fully engaged from beginning to end and had a hard time putting this one down! On the other hand, I felt a bit bogged down by the sheer length of the book, as well as the repetitiveness of the writing and the constant back and forth between the two main characters. There are also a couple of plot developments that felt a tad overdramatic to me.
"In Ruins" is written in dual POV style, and so we get to know what both Carleigh and Tucker are thinking and feeling both in the present time frame and through flashbacks to the year before when their friendship developed into a romance, and subsequently disintegrated into "ruins". This worked well for me on a few levels. I loved seeing how Carl and Tuck moved from friends to more - it was both sweet and steamy, which you wouldn't think would be possible. Usually it's one or the other, but very rarely both, and I loved every minute of those particular flashbacks into the past. The way the plot unfolded in this manner kept me reading, as I wanted to know exactly how a couple who had been so close as friends and lovers could abruptly become so cold to each other, and I was only given snippets at a time until closer to the end of the book.
In the present time period, Carl and Tuck have had their nasty breakup. They are attending the same college, though, and even have a class together. Despite their efforts to avoid each other, we continually get the play by play as they attend the same parties and get assigned to the same group for their marketing class. Must be a small university. We see them eyeing up the competition, and occasionally getting possessive. It's all very been-there-done-that, except for the mystery behind their breakup.
As for Carl and Tuck themselves, they are both pretty good characters. I liked Carl's outward confidence and how she took such great care of her brother. She also seemed to be a decent friend, even though she hadn't really told anyone the truth about her family situation. And Tucker had all the usual desirable attributes of a romantic male lead, but with the added bonus of a sense of humour - he and Carl had some great banter going on between them. There were even some interesting secondary characters, along with hints of interesting plots to go along with them - do I sense a trilogy in the making? I guess I'll have to wait and see.
There were some elements of the plot that I really liked, and others, not so much. The situation that led to Carl's idea for her marketing class group project is definitely one that needs to be addressed, and I really like how the author handled this issue without becoming overly preachy. On the flip side, this led to another plot development that was a little over the top, and I didn't really love it. It was handled rather oddly, too, and the resolution didn't sit right with me. I can't go into more detail than that, unfortunately, but I'd be interested to know what other readers thought of the last few chapters.
So, definitely plenty of potential here, and I'm super curious to see how Danielle Pearl's writing develops in the next little while - I'll for sure be checking out any future books by her.
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Scott Reber's Other Project...Ordinary Machinery
In 2009 alone, Scott Reber has released at least three cassettes on some very notable labels operating in the American underground: Ekhein, Monorail Trespassing, and Arbor all under his Work/Death guise. Notably, last year's 5-way east coast tour collab cdr with Vancouver's own noise guru Sam McKinley (aka The Rita), and others also featured Reber. Sometime in 2007, or maybe late 06 (not much info out there), Reber started the Three Songs of Lenin label, it seems, as a personal creative outlet for (mostly) his projects. Spewing from this miasmic cloud of creative freedom is Ordinary Machinery, an apparent "field recording" project. Reber seems determined to capture a perfectly bleak urbanized landscape, barren and unforgiving, rife with mechanized buzz, generator churn, far off voices and the occasional lashing electrical surge. Sonically similar to Work/Death maybe, but an entirely different approach. These are the sounds of the everyday, walking to and from wherever it is you go, the typical white noise that most people don't give a second thought too, only slightly warped and pulled apart then woven neatly back together in a way that makes perfect sense. Expect to hear in these recordings what one can accomplish musically, given only that which is in their immediate environment, but don't expect the typically stagnant, background murmurings of your average ordinary machinery. This is so much more.
Ordinary Machinery "Stand While Fields Pass"
(Three Songs of Lenin, C20, 2008)
Recorded while others slept
At Work
Under Highways
Near Electricity and Refridgeration
Ordinary Machinery "Accumulate and Acclimatize"
(Three Songs of Lenin, C30, 2009)
In and Around one Building
Saturday Night. Spring Weekend
Avoidance Proximity
Inch by Inch Scrutiny
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Ordinary Machinery
Scott Reber
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Tuesday's Top Ten - Valentine's Edition
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Since today is Valentine's Day I thought I'd do something a little different with the top ten. Instead of my top ten favorite book kisses, which would be too many to mention, I decided to do my top favorite movie kisses.
10. Ten Things I Hate About You has to be one of my favorite YA movies. Kat and Patrick's first kiss is a sweet one.
9. The Horse Whisperer has to be one of my favorite Robert Redford movies. His kiss with Kristen Scott Thomas has to be one of the most forbidden.
I am going to include the dance scene from The Horse Whisperer for fun.
8. Officer and a Gentleman with Richard Gere and Debra Winger. Romantic and sultry all at the same time!
7. Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Passion with a capital P!
6. How To Lose A Guy in Ten Days with Matthew Mcconaughey and Kate Hudson. Love this movie for loads of reasons, one main one is that Kate's character's name is Andi. And who doesn't love Matthew's dimples!
5. A Walk to Remember with Mandy Moore and Shane West. Sweet first love kiss.
4. Titanic with Leonardo DeCaprio and Kate Winslet. Talk about forbidden!
3. Dear John with Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried.
2. The Notebook with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!! We've come to my #1 favorite kiss scene . . .
1. The Notebook . . .
As you can see I love romantic movies and Nicholas Spark's are one of my favorites.
Hope you enjoyed my list today, have a very Happy Valentine's Day!!
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Filed under: Media Studies
In doing a masters in media studies I would like to refine my research abilities as well as develop my ideas as they relate to my artistic and professional practices. By the end of the program I hope that I will have been able to learn to think in ways and develop more effective practices that will aid me as a design educator at Parsons and perhaps other academic forums. I also would like my studies here to help influence my artistic development in various projects I have already started and perhaps help me to connect them to wider audiences.
In pursuit of these goals I hope to take a variety of media theory oriented courses which speak to these concerns. I am excited to take the Media studies teaching lab in the spring with Peter. I think a thesis track will be best suited for what I would like to pursue as design and media educator. Since I have an art school background, it seems that I would be able to benefit more from this track then the other, although I am looking forward to updating my skillset and being exposed to current practices in time based media.
As for classes I would like to take, Mashup Culture with Josephine Dorado, Projects in Experimental Media with Vinay Chowdhry, Projects in Motion Design with Diane Mitchell, Web Technologies for Media Projects with Woody Sullender, seem like very relevant and interesting production classes while I'd perhaps like to develop a sense of what is going on in the contemporary world as far as where advertising, media and design come together so Media Industry Perspectives: Digital Media with Kenneth Krushel, Information Technologies with Steven Hammersly and Media, Corporate Responsibility, & the Law with Lynn Oberlander. Seminar classes that I believe would help me Art after Deleuze: From Architecture to New Media with Sam Ishii-Gonzales, Art as Social Practice with Chris Mann, Digital Media Theory with Aras Ozgun, Electronic Media & Live Performance with Brian McCormick, Interactive Media Studies with Douglas Rushkoff, Media and Critical Theory and Media and American Modernity with Jaeho Kang, Media, Culture and Power in International Communication with Lauhona Ganguly, Social Media: Content, Communication and Culture with Robert Berkman, Urban Media Lab: Strangers with Jessica Blaustein.
My choice of classes is influenced by teachers that are both artists and theorists as well as educators with class content being that of how we communicate through art and personal connections in our personal spheres and in our increasingly global world. I am particularly interested in working more with Jaeho Kang, and developing more understanding of how Frankfurt school principals can work in our contemporary media age. I also am very interested in working with Douglas Rushkoff, Sam Ishii-Gonzales.
I plan on taking one to two courses a semester. I am usually teaching 3 courses at Parsons and run my own production company. I may consider adding more courses if my load drops to two or less (as it may, since things vary semester to semester.) Generally though I don't think I'll be able to do justice to my academic work and my students taking more then one class per semster, also with the way the faculty tuition credits work the taking one class per semester will minimize the taxable amount and take less out of my paycheck per pay period. Which, the economy being what it is these days and the amount of effort it takes to find and maintain working relationships.
I plan to try and get involved with grad student activities as much as possible like Rough Cuts and the Critical Themes conference. Last fall I went to several of the critical themes meetings and helped read and vote on abstracts for the final conference presenters. It was a good experience and probably the best way I've met people so far other then reaching out to people after class and trying to start conversations about class topics. I wasn't able to participate in the CT planning this semester as I had a course conflict. As for other grad courses through the university there are a few which seem interesting in the Parsons MFA program, especially the summer boot camp program, but I know that the MFA program is structured a lot differently and not sure if it would be feasible to try to crossover with any of the courses. Besides these there are a few in NSSR's sociology program and poli-sci programs which have been previously cross referenced with media studies (such as the Media Events class with Daniel Dayan) but I am not sure if these courses will be offered again in their previous forms. As for ways to navigate the course which are not currently available, I think maybe if we had more social mixers with more students which are further along in the program it could help newer students get a better feel for what is going to be expected and what courses are offered. This would be helpful, that and the presence of a grad student lounge, but I doubt that will happen any time soon with space at such a precious premium within The New School. I am really excited to be part of this program and look forward to seeing how this path unfolds as I take this journey.
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Need some advise with this recipe
Hi, I am really struggling with the following recipe: I call the bread German Oat because it is German origin. The bread tastes really good and I think it also looks pretty good but I am struggling with the dough: It is a very wet dough and it it hard to mix because the oats are very compacted after soaking. I am not sure about the fermentation times. It is hard to judge for me because of the high hydration. Here is the original recipe:
85gr AP
85 gr. water at room temp 16 hours
9 gr culture
300gr rolled oats (old fashioned) toast
600 gr. boiling water, let sit 16 hours
final dough:
sour dough
475 BF (that's what I am using)
120gr rye
200gr water
21gr. salt
5gr instant yeast (15gr fresh yeast)
1Tbsp Molasses (Backmalz in the German version)
Mix dough till it comes together and let ferment 75min in the bowl. Divide dough in three, pre shape and let ferment 20 min. Final shaping , then final fermentation 20Min. bake 30 min @470F and 10min @ 375F
Calculating bakers% I get a hydration of 90% (I added the oats to the flour).
In my version I mix the dough, autolyze 30 min, bulk ferment about 75 min with 2 S&F (at the beginning and half time) bench rest 20 min, final fermentation 60 min (or till doubled) in bread pan
preheat 475F, bake 10 min with steam@475F and 35 to 40 min@ 375F
Is there anything I should or could change? How long the final fermentation? Window pane test is difficult , it is a very delicate dough with the oats not quite dissolved..
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Upon my discovery of Iron & Wine in 2007, they quickly became my favourite band – but I didn't realise that ten years on, I would still consider them the epitome of musical magnificence.
Since the release of their first album in 2002 (the five years where I didn't know of them are considered wasted years), Iron & Wine have exceeded in crafting gentle, folksy ballads that are as soothing to the soul as one could hope. They have showcased, through their impeccable musical abilities, exactly what makes music so extraordinary.
The creation of Beast Epic has also signified Sam Beam's return to Sub Pop Records – a label that invested in Beam's earliest work, and would become the helm at which his direction for indie/folk music would be considered a significant defining point. This return has undoubtedly added some familiarity to an album that appears to be, at its core, cyclical, and painfully aware of the threat of transience and its own fleeting existence. And while we cannot stop the wheels of time, Beast Epic is powerful in that it chooses its own narrative:
The beauty and perfection of Our Endless Numbered Days (one of my all-time favourite albums) perfectly encompasses Iron & Wine – steeped in sentiment, Beam's warm voice brings life to stand-out tracks like Love and Some Verses, Each Coming Night, and Passing Afternoon. Since then, the band have ventured through soft pastures and made them their own. While the creation of The Shepherd's Dog was a deviation from the breathy sweetness that listeners were accustomed to, it was welcome for its fuller sounds and chirpier disposition (and the characteristic placidity of Iron & Wine was preserved in the album's closing track, Flightless Bird, American Mouth).
With Beam's sixth album, Beast Epic, we see his vehemence as artist, and what is an observational work of art that has shifted thematically from earlier works. While there are various thoughts that echo throughout this album, its core themes reflect on adulthood, the evolution of love and the inevitable uncertainty that accompanies human existence – all neatly compiled into 11 incredible tracks.
With Beam quietly counting us into the album, there is anticipation (the band), there is weepy excitement (me) and then, suddenly, a burst of light (a beam of light, dare I say) – as Claim Your Ghost opens with Beam's classically wavering voice singing, "Our winter keeps running us down / We wake up with love hanging on / Killers let go, killers let go." It is gentle, and immediately familiar, and everything what we know and love about Iron & Wine. This familiarity is welcome when all else is so unsure; and it is heartening to see Beam step confidently back into his role of pensive and thoughtful artist.
Bitter Truth is treated to sweet harmonies and the cheeky closing line of, "Some call it talking blues / Some call it bitter truth / Some call it getting even in a song." Followed by this is Song in Stone, introducing the use of keys, persistent guitar-plucking, and a quiet, rising violin.
The slow, contemplative Summer Clouds is backed by steady percussion and the distant sounds of the piano, but what stands out is Beam's vocals, as he sings one of the most aching lyrics in the album: "By the end, there's a song we will sing meant for someone else / By the end, we leave somewhere too long to ever wander back."
The swooping and vibrant Call It Dreaming is undoubtedly one of the best and most beautiful tracks on Beast Epic. Pulled together with Beam's rich vocals and the liberal use of piano, cello and percussion, the track is a courageous high point in the album. Call It Dreaming is bright and incredibly sincere, soaked in nostalgia as its lyrics focus on a carefree past and the selflessness of true love: "For all the love you've left behind / You can have mine."
Right For Sky is dominated by Beam's rising and falling vocals, musing about what could have been: "If I could choose, I would do things right / Teach my dreams to look me in the eye / Sing my heart out into my hands / Shine where light demands." Beam's voice soars over the penultimate track, The Truest Stars We Know, a tender ballad soaked in guitar and piano, and while distinctly reminiscent of Iron & Wine's older songs, it generates its own warmth.
The closing track, Our Light Miles, is quiet and contemplative, Beam's husky vocals urged on by minimal involvement of the guitar, piano and cello. Beam concludes the song – and the album – with the appropriately uncertain and pondering lyric: "What will become of us?"
Reflective albums – especially those that consider the passage of time – can often adopt a tone of regret (one of the worst things you might feel at the end of your life). But Beast Epic rises above. It resists the urge to succumb to cynicism; rather, when you reach its end, you are overwhelmed by how beautiful and impactful it has been (what we hope to feel at the end of life). It embraces the flaws and inconsistencies that are expected of life, but it wholeheartedly celebrates the triumphs of it, too. With Beast Epic, Beam has created something endearing and remarkable that embodies the courage and beauty of our individual journeys in life.
The best albums are those that come to you at a time where you need it the most – and for me, this has been Beast Epic. It has been my road map toward healing. It is a toast to life itself. And while I can't verbalise just how much it means to me; my overwhelming sentiment is best defined by Beam's own words:
"You raised your glass, and the scars fell off my heart."
01. Claim Your Ghost
02. Thomas County Law
03. Bitter Truth
04. Song in Stone
05. Summer Clouds
06. Call It Dreaming
07. About A Bruise
08. Last Night
09. Right for Sky
10. The Truest Stars We Know
11. Our Lights Miles