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BioWare finally announced its first post-launch patch, called patch 1.05, for Mass Effect: Andromeda — and it's a big one.
It's mostly a bug fixing, quality-of-life, stability-focused patch, but in a blog post that accompanied those patch notes, BioWare promises to address some bigger issues with game overall, including "male romance options for Scott Ryder" and its lackluster character creator.
Patch 1.05 will begin roll out on April 6. The full patch notes are embedded below — and yes, the patch will include some improvements for its wacky facial animations.
Mass Effect: Andromeda 1.05 Patch Notes
Here are the full patch notes from BioWare's website. More detailed notes are on the way that will delve into the specifics of the balance changes.
Patch 1.05 Notes
• Improved tutorial placement
• Single player balance changes: Ammo crates, armor, weapons, nomad, profiles, attacks, and progression
• Multiplayer balance changes: Weapons, cover, and enemies (check back for detailed notes on balance changes)
• Added option to skip autopilot sequences in the galaxy map
• Improved logic, timing, and continuity for relationships and story arcs
• Improved lip-sync and facial acting during conversations, including localized VO
• Fixed various collision issues
• Fixed bugs where music or VO wouldn't play or wasn't correct
• Fixed issue where global squad mate banter sometimes wasn't firing on UNCs
• Fixed issue where player was unable to access the Remnant Console Interface after failing decryption multiple times
• Fixed issue where fast travel is sometimes disabled after recruiting Drack until the player reloads a save
• Fixed issue where Ryder can become stuck in the start of Biotic Charge Pose
• Fixes issues related to some saves
• Fixed issue where objective sometimes becomes un-interactable for players in multiplayer
• Streaming and stability improvements
In the blog post accompanying the patch notes, BioWare also noted that the following changes are coming in patch 1.05 as well.
This Thursday, we'll release a new patch that addresses technical fixes (crashes, improved performance), but also adds a number of improvements we've heard you ask for, such as:
• Allowing you to skip ahead when traveling between planets in the galaxy map
• Increasing the inventory limits
• Improving the appearance of eyes for humans and asari characters
• Decreasing the cost of remnant decryption keys and making them more accessible at merchants
• Improving localized voice over lip sync
• Fixing Ryder's movements when running in a zig zag pattern
• Improving matchmaking and latency in multiplayer
BioWare teases future patches that will address the fandom's complaints
Once patch 1.05 is out of the way, BioWare promised more updates in the future that will address bigger, more ambitious problems the fandom has with Mass Effect: Andromeda, like its lackluster character creator and relatively slim same-sex romance options for Scott Ryder.
Here's what's on the way in the next two months, according to BioWare:
Over the next two months we'll be rolling out additional patches which will go even deeper and look to improve several areas of the game:
• More options and variety in the character creator
• Improvements to hair and general appearance for characters
• Ongoing improvements to cinematic scenes and animations
• Improvements to male romance options for Scott Ryder
• Adjustments to conversations with Hainly Abrams
These upcoming patches will also address performance and stability issues. And we're looking at adding more cosmetic items to single player for free.
As more information about updates to Mass Effect: Andromeda becomes available, we'll let you know.
More Mass Effect: Andromeda news and updates
For more on everyone's favorite space opera, check out the rest of what Mic has to offer. Here's an essay on the troubling history of colonialism in Mass Effect, a story about the horrifying harassment campaign carried out against a former BioWare employee, a look at the #MakeJaalBi fan movement and an overview of the historic lack of gay romance options in Mass Effect.


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Economy Watch: According to the Chicago Fed, Zero is a Good Number
- Aug 24, 2010
August 24, 2010
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index, which dropped in June to minus 0.7 historical average, rose in July to zero–exactly at historic average for the 85 indicators of national economic activity tracked by the index. The four broad categories in the index are production and income; employment and unemployment; personal consumption and housing; and sales, orders and inventory.
Production-related indicators led such economic activity as there was in July. Total industrial activity increased 1 percent in July after edging down 0.1 percent in June, according to the Chicago Fed. In addition, manufacturing production rose 1.1 percent in July after decreasing 0.4 percent during the previous month.
Zero might not sound good, but not only is it better than the June negative value, it's a lot better than around the beginning of 2009, when the index was nearly minus 4.0. On the other hand, the index's three-month moving average, known by its alphabet-soup designation of CFNAI-MA3, was lower in July (minus 0.17) than in June (minus 0.12). So the economic outlook is partly cloudy, with a chance of more gloom ahead.
Mortgage Fraud Rears Its Head Again
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that data prepared for the newspaper by research specialist CoreLogic suggests that mortgage fraud is making a comeback in the U.S. housing market. CoreLogic examined roughly 7 million home loans and determined that losses from mortgage-related fraud jumped 17 percent in 2009.
Last year, around $14 billion in loans–0.7 percent of all U.S. mortgage loans, according to the newspaper–were originated using bogus application data. That amount is way down from the all-time mortgage fraud peak in 2006, but it's still a troublesome chunk of the mortgage market.
Back in the mid-2000s, mortgage fraud was often a matter of simple lies that no one checked to obtain "no-doc" loans. Now the art of mortgage fraud requires more finesse, according to the WSJ, but there are still plenty of fraudsters with the requisite talents in forging documents, identity theft and bribing insiders.
Clothing Retailer Faces NYSE Delisting
American Apparel Inc., often described as a "struggling" or "troubled" retailer in news reports, is now facing delisting by the New York Stock Exchange. The company's deadline to avoid such an action is Nov. 15. It has by then file an already late 10-Q quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The recession finally seems to have caught up with American Apparel, famed for its "social parody" advertising and selling clothes that it makes domestically. Lately shares in the company have been trading for under a dollar–74 cents on Monday, which represents a 76 percent drop in value since the beginning of 2010.
Wall Street started the week in a down mood, but not by much. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 39.21 points, or 0.38 percent, while the S&P 500 lost 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq was down 0.92 percent.

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Carson City receives the Levitt AMP grant a second year
The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is an exciting matching grant program made possible by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national private foundation dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of America through the power of free, live music. With Levitt AMP, the joy of free, live music is bringing communities together in small and mid-sized towns and cities across the country.
While Levitt's creative placemaking program of permanent outdoor music venues, each presenting 50+ free concerts annually, is tailored to large metro areas with populations of over 400,000 (due to financial sustainability and audience development considerations), the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards are specifically designed to meet the needs and capacity of small to mid-sized towns and cities.
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November 25, 2008
11 comments:
- Heidi said...
I love your blog. I did a post of it. Wow! It is So Fab. I added your badge and link to my blog as well. Have a great Thanksgiving. Heidi
- November 25, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- FairiesNest said...
Love, love, love your blog! Thanks So much for sharing!!
- November 25, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Vanilla Lavender said...
Thanks for all the lovely images! Happy Thanksgiving! :) Vanessa
- November 25, 2008 at 9:52 PM
- ~ Phyllis ~ said...
And a very Happy Thanksgiving to you. Thanks for the Thanksgiving image.
- November 26, 2008 at 6:56 AM
- Lola Enchanted said...
Thank you!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
- November 26, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- Sally said...
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
Lovely blog. Such beautiful images!
- November 26, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- KathrynAntyr said...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Your images here are so lovely. Thank you again and again for posting them for us to enjoy and use.
I think you are the first person to post my Soul Journal graphic. How cool! I'm hoping to find some time over the next four days to add links and other details to both of my blogs. I will definitely link to you!
One of these days we shall definitely get together over a cup of coffee and a lot of chatting!
xoxo k
- November 27, 2008 at 5:10 AM
- CheekyCharm said...
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well and thank you for all the wonderful images you post!!!!
- November 27, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- christineannette said...
Happy Thanksgiving!
I check your blog everyday and use some of your images in my designs.
Thank you so much!
Have a Nice Holiday!
Hugs, Christine
- November 27, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- PattiM said...
Love your blog. Especially the ledger, sheet music, etc. Perfect for scrapbooking... Thank you for the time and effort you put into your blog. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
(Patties passion)
I Scrap So All Moments Are Remembered!!!
- November 28, 2008 at 9:03 AM
- teacupsandpoodles said...
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing all these wonderful pictures and such. I added you on my blog. I hope you had a very lovely Thanksgiving!
Mary Ann
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When create new web application via Central administration in Sharepoint 2013 you may face with the following error: after some time browser shows the error message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". IIS site and content database are often created successfully, but Ii f you will check virtual directory for the failed web applicatin in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\VirtualDirectories\wss\…, it will be empty. It happens because Sharepoint needs more time for creating new web application than timeout limit set for the application pool of Central administration. In order to fix the problem go to IIS manager > Application pools > SharePoint Central Administration v4 and click Advanced properties. In the opened window under Process model find the following settings:
- Ping Maximum Response Time
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The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC), on behalf of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is proposing to implement infrastructure improvements over approximately 248 acres in the Coney Island neighborhood, which is located in Brooklyn Community District 13 ("proposed project"). These improvements would be made in accordance with DEP's amended drainage plan (ADP) filed with the Brooklyn Borough President's Office on December 29, 2010. The general boundaries of the proposed project area are Coney Island Creek to the north, Coney Island Boardwalk to the south, West 8th Street to the east and West 21st Street to the west.
The proposed project involves the reconstruction and enlargement of three existing outfalls, installation of new stormwater collection sewers, relocation and upgrade of distribution and trunk water mains, and relocation and upgrade of sanitary sewer lines along with the reconstruction of affected streets. Due to the drainage area's low-lying topography, the proposed stormwater collection sewers are wide and shallow, and therefore require the relocation of sanitary lines and water mains within certain segments of built streets. Construction of the proposed project will also require the relocation of utilities, as necessary, within the proposed project area. Finally, the proposed project includes the design and construction of a consolidated wetland restoration plan at Calvert Vaux Park, in coordination with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (DPR), to address all permanent wetland impacts associated with the reconstruction and enlargement of three existing stormwater outfalls.
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He has the ability to animate and make things come alive, usually with adorable faces attached to them. Likes to use the phrase To the max a lot.
He sports a green ducktail hairdo. Like Rinko, he adores all things cute, but he is the first person to fall victim to Rinko's "evil" side for calling her an insect and a small fry. He resembles Inuyama as a Rez-Boa-Dogz team leader in Air Gear as wel as Boukuto no Ryu in Shaman King.
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Missing administrator login on Windows XP
Note: By default, Microsoft Windows XP home and Professional will not display the option to log into the administrator account on the Windows welcome screen when logging into Normal mode. Safe Mode will, however, allow you to log into the administrator account.
Tip: It's not recommended that you use the actual Administrator account. Instead, use an alternate account with administrative privileges. Below are the steps for logging into the administrator account and not steps on how to create an account with administrator rights.
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Effective Principles for Stormwater Pollution Control at your Premises
The onus is on these construction firms to hold out a thorough inspection of their proposed work website and to come back up with a comprehensive stormwater management arrange that can effectively curtail the potential dangers to the atmosphere, life and property by the run-aloof from the stormwater. This is often a necessity for the development company to get a valid project work license and without the allow they cannot be allowed to execute their construction work.
Stormwater management is critical for the security, efficiency and smart management of a facility. So as to stay compliant with all the required stormwater guiding principles and rules, a ton of testing and monitoring has to be adhered to and every one this testing will get tiresome if you don't place measures in place to manage it efficiently. With this in mind, there are some key tenets that you should follow that will permit you to realize the foremost from stormwater pollution monitoring and testing. Below is a number of the lot of important considerations that you have got to stay in mind along the method.
Home inspection usually implies the professional analysis and examination of the condition of the house, notably as it has to with transaction in property. Throughout the method of inspection, the inspector looks for wood infestation from organisms like wood-destroying insects, and different factors that cut back the standard and value of the house. After the inspection is completed, the inspector of the house offers a timely report that is created of the findings during the inspection and given to the consumer.
If you wish to develop sturdy SWPPP certification practices, you would like to adhere to some easy and however critical rules for premium stormwater services…
Government environmental agencies work in partnership with non-public specialized corporations who have seasoned environmental management consultants that are in a position to make recommendations on how best to manage the stormwater in an space so as to avoid the environment mishaps, which the stormwater is additional than capable of instigating. A thorough, complete examination and scrutiny of the drainage set up of the world is disbursed, with a view to finding attainable loopholes in the overall drainage of the realm, that could be thanks to structural and infrastructural changes overtime, along with any deviations from the original stormwater management arrange caused by such structural modifications.


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You are 22 months old and I just can't believe that in less than 2 months you will be a big brother and you will be 2 years old!!! I've had a hard time thinking of you as a big boy and pretty much want you to stay my baby forever. You are an absolute JOY to be around. Your little voice...your smile...those dimples. I never want to forget how fun you've been this year!
One of my favorite things to do is ride in the car with you. You are already very observant. When we get in the car you say "Backhoe?" or "Skoo bus?" indicating that you want to look for them. I always respond...We'll look for them and then you say "Yeah!!" with enthusiasm. You LOVE all forms of transportation. School buses and airplanes in particular.
Lately you've been adamant about going "down" as soon as we get in the car. We live at the top of a large hill and you love going down the hill in the car. You shout "Wheeeeeee" and "Whoohoooooo" the entire way down. You get a little put out if you discover we aren't headed that way. You also enjoy driving by the water on Ruston Way because we see lots of trains and boats. You make sure to point them all out.
You are also really into lights. Christmas time was a blast because each and every time you saw Christmas lights you would yell out "lights!! lights!!"
You are still a pretty little guy but are tall. You are starting to grow out of some of your 18-24 months clothes but pjs and others still fit. You have lots of very straight blonde hair.
You are a climber and very very active. You have started climbing out of your crib at every opportunity so we have you sleeping in a sleep sack now. It seems to have helped things. I'm just not ready to have both you and your brother in big boy beds right before your little sister arrives!! You love to do anything active and play basketball with your Daddy a lot. Your favorite game is "GoGoGoLaugh" which consists of Daddy chasing you around the house, catching you and wrestling with you. Often as soon as he gets home from work you will run to the door and say "Gogolaugh?" all in one word. It's adorable. I have caught you moving chairs into the kitchen to use to get to the counter as well as turning over baskets of books so you can use the baskets as step stools.
You really love to play with toys and are into things you can stack. Lately you also really like puzzles. I got a bunch out and you immediately knew what to do with them and were able to put them together without any direction or help. You have also started using shape sorters.
You love to be outside. You love animals. You love jumping in puddles and find them whenever you can! You love to play "Jesus" on my phone (the animated Bible) and often ask for it and for help to find Jesus.
You are into everything. One of my favorite things you do is move these cotton facial cleansing pads from drawer to drawer. For a while you were doing it almost every day so it was always a surprise to me which drawer I would find them in.
You still like to have your picture taken and will often say "cheese" as soon as I get the camera out. you even still smile for pictures which I love!!
You are a good eater and a good napper. You play hard all morning and usually crash in the afternoons. Your brother is your biggest fan so sometimes I have a hard time keeping him from going to wake you up after he is up! You have finally started to sit still a little bit to watch an occasional TV show (usually Mighty Machines) or read a book. When you read independently you always hold the book upside down. Always.
One of my favorite things is listening to you talk. You don't say a lot but you have this really cute high pitched voice. You are really enthusiastic when you speak. You are better at answering questions so we hear a lot of "yeah" and some "no". You also like to sing. You have starting to sing something that sounds like your ABCs and you also sing a song that Peter made up. I need to get it on video but it's quite humorous. It's to the tune of a Les Mis song but has special words just for you!
You've started to recognize people and places. When we go to Bible Study you've started saying "Levi" because you know you'll see him there. You also called out "pizza" the other day when we turned down 26th street because that's the only time we drive that part of 26th.
You love your stuffed animals especially a stuffed dog. You also really like your blanket and often want to take it out of bed with you in the mornings or after nap. You still sleep with a paci at naps and at night. You also really like trains and matchbox cars and are really good at playing with Stafford at the train table. Stafford will often build you a special track on the floor. Your favorite train is Belle.
Other words you say are up, down, Boom boom (your water), plane, train, truck, BigBee (this is a city bus and it's the word Stafford taught you), yellow, red, blue, T, Jesus, love you, thank you, please, excuse me, slide, puppy, blocks, puddle, puzzle, duck, cat, fish and pizza. I'm sure there are more but I just can't think of them right now. You've also started putting two or three words together.
One of my favorite things about you is how polite you are. You always say "mimi" which is your word for excuse me when you want to get through without being prompted. You also do this if you burp or have gas. You also say please and thank you most of the time unprompted. Sometimes you will take your plate over to the counter after you are finished eating. You also love to help clean up and will sing "clean up clean up" when it is time to do so.
You are basically just fabulous and I love being your Mama. We certainly have our times but for the most part you are sweet, easygoing and just generally fun to be around. I keep hearing reports of how sweet and gentle you are with the babies in the nursery and I can't wait to see you as a big brother!
We love you so much buddy!!!! We just wish you would slow your grow!!!!!!!!


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The R.I.P. Files
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The R.I.P. Files features a different kind of group of paranormal investigators, based in Washington DC, who use their psychic abilities and their deep knowledge of metaphysical techniques to interact with the entities they encounter at haunted locations. The group calls itself Research and Investigation of the Paranormal (R.I.P.).
These investigators encourage the spirits to share their stories in their own words through amazing EVPs and other evidence that is bridging the gap between the worlds of science and spirituality. Not just another ghost show, The R.I.P. Files explores the issues of life and death that we all must face.
As the investigators learn and grow in their profession, making new discoveries that push the boundaries of paranormal research even further, they also find themselves compelled to examine the effects of their activities on their own lives, on the lives of those around them, and on the spirits themselves.


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As I mentioned in the introduction, I first heard the advice to suppress my occasional urges to test private methods from Daniel Steinberg. But Daniel is not only source of this advice that I have encountered. It seems to be a common attitude in the Java community. For example, the JUnit FAQ [4] states:
Testing private methods may be an indication that those methods should be moved into another class to promote reusability.
Charles Miller expressed a similar point of view in his weblog [5]:
If you have a thorough suite of tests for a class's exposed (non-private) interface, those tests should, by their nature, verify that any private method within the class also works. If this isn't the case, or if you have a private method so complex that it needs to be tested out of the context of its public callers, I would consider that a code-smell.
And Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, in their book Pragmatic Unit Testing [6], write:
In general, you don't want to break any encapsulation for the sake of testing (or as Mom used to say, "don't expose your privates!"). Most of the time, you should be able to test a class by exercising its public methods. If there is significant functionality that is hidden behind private or protected access, that might be a warning sign that there's another class in there struggling to get out.
I believe all this advice. Most of the time, private methods can be most effectively tested via approach 1, indirectly by testing the package-level, protected, and public methods that call them. But inevitably, some people in some situations will feel that directly testing a private method is the right thing to do.
In my case, I tend to create many private utility methods. These utility methods often do nothing with instance data, they just operate on the passed parameters and return a result. I create such methods to make the calling method easier to understand. It is a way to manage the complexity of the implementation of the class. Now, if I extract the private method out of a method that already works and has good unit test coverage, then those existing unit tests will likely suffice. I needn't write more unit tests just for the private method. But if I want to write the private method before its calling method, and I want to write the unit tests before writing the private method, I'm back to wanting to directly test the private method. In the case of private utility methods, I don't feel my urge to directly test the methods is, as the JUnit FAQ put it, "an indication that those methods should be moved into another class to promote reusability." These methods are really only needed in the class in which they reside, and in fact are often only called by one other method.
Another reason I sometimes feel the urge to test private methods directly is that I tend to think of unit testing as helping me achieve a robust system by building that system out of robust parts. Each part is a "unit" for which I can write "unit tests." The unit tests help me ensure each unit is functioning correctly, which in turn helps me build a system that functions correctly as a whole. The primary unit I think in terms of when programming in Java is the class. I build systems out of classes, and unit tests give me confidence that my classes are robust. But to some extent I also feel the same way about the private methods out of which I compose package-access, protected, and public methods. These private methods are units that can be tested individually. Such unit tests give me confidence that the private methods are working correctly, which helps me build package-access, protected, and public methods that are robust.
As I mentioned in the introduction, giving methods package access was my first approach to testing private methods with JUnit. This approach actually works just fine, but it does come with a slight cost. When I see a private access specifier on a method, it tells me something I like to know—that this is part of the implementation of the class. I know I can ignore the method if I am just trying to use the class from another class in the package. I could figure this out about a package-access method by looking more closely at the name, documentation, and code of the method, but the word private communicates this far more efficiently. Moreover, the main problem I have with this approach is philosophical. Although I don't mind "breaking encapsulation for the sake of testing," as Dave and Andy would put it, I just don't feel good about breaking encapsulation in a way that changes the package-level API. In other words, although I am quite enthusiastic to test non-public methods of classes, i.e., to create "white-box" unit tests, I'd rather the API of the classes under test, including the package-level API, not be changed to facilitate those tests.
A third approach to testing private methods is to nest a static test class inside the production class being tested. Given that a nested class has access to the private members of its enclosing class, it would be able to invoke the private methods directly. The static class itself could be package access, allowing it to be loaded as part of the white box test.
The downside to this approach is that if you don't want the nested test class being accessible in your deployment JAR file, you have to do a bit of extra work to extract it. Also, some people may not like having test code mixed in the same file as production code, though others may prefer that approach.
The fourth approach to testing private methods was suggested to me by
Vladimir R. Bossicard, who wrote JUnit Addons [7]. One day over lunch, Vladimir enlightened me that
java.lang.reflect API included methods that allowed client
code to circumvent access protection mechanism of the Java virtual machine.
He also told me that his JUnit Addons project included a class,
junitx.util.PrivateAccessor [8], to assist in using the reflection
API for just this purpose: to write unit tests that manipulate private members
of the classes under test. The JUnit FAQ points to a similar class, called
PrivilegedAccessor [9], written by Charlie Hubbard and Prashant
One advantage of using the reflection approach to testing private methods
is that it provides a clean
separation of test code and production code. The tests need not be nested
inside the class under test, as in approach 3. Rather, they can be placed
alongside the other tests that exercise the package-level and public methods
of the class. In addition, you need not alter the API of the class under test.
Unlike approach 2, private methods can remain private. Unlike approach 3, you
need not add any extra nested class at package access level. The main
disadvantage of this approach is that the test code is far more verbose
because it uses the reflection API. In addition, refactoring IDEs such
as Eclipse and IntelliJ usually aren't as adept at changing the names of
methods where they are referred to as
Strings passed to the methods of the
reflection API. So if you change the name of the private method with your
refactoring IDE, you may still have to make some changes by hand in the
test code.
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It was a fairly non-descript day. Nothing of note that would differentiate this Friday from the many other Friday's that I'd experienced in the passed 25 years of life.
The weather was characteristically Melbourne, and therefore rained intermittently with bursts of sun, just to keep life interesting. People continued about their daily activities as per usual and the surging traffic along the main road where I stood was the same familiar sound and sight as it had been for years. This day was much like many and yet it was the day that changed everything.
Standing on the roadside, side by side with my husband, our shoulders and hips brushing from time to time, as we began the walk from car to hospital entrance. Somewhere between step 1 to step 200 of the paces from the car to the hospitals front door was when I said 'it'. Not knowing what was to come, yet having been confronted with my mortality for the last week, I turned my face upwards. I wanted to feel the rain. To feel what was real and true and honest. And with my face turned upwards, I quietly declared to heaven, "I choose life". I said those words first once, then a second time with bravado, "I. Choose. Life".
I choose living with intention. Loving with passion. Laughing without inhibition. I choose light over darkness. I choose moments over money. I choose today over tomorrow. I. Choose. Life.
In the years that followed my choices began to reflect my new worldview. Many memories and moments were borne from this enlightened perspective. One such moment was the promise that I'd made to myself and family; by the time each of my daughters had turned 18 I would have taken them on a Mummy and Daughter trip overseas. Something that would be forever ours, and ours alone.
The words I had spoken, " I choose life", were purposeful and have proved true. Self prophesying and latent with power as I realised my dream into reality. And so, as promised, on Fri 21st April, my youngest and I landed in Singapore for a mini mummy and daughter vacay. The memories are ours, nothing can diminish that, but I'm happy to share the magic of these moments with you below.


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We have been constantly unpacking and pricing this week; and it looks like more is in store for next week. We have received a mix of old vintage items with some reproduction, all sits well together in the store.
The buckets come in 3 colours, green, red and cream. In the fore ground you will notice some bunny jars by pip pot....my clever niece who has created this cottage business from home, . Isn't she clever....great for putting little girls bobby pins , clips etc or even some sweets for a special treat.
The cream looks gorgeous on the dining table.....full of fresh herbs.
I will post some more shots of new bits soon.....take care x
Thursday, April 12, 2012
American maple syrup buckets.....
Posted by The Vintage Rose at 10:33 PM
4 comments:
- KarenSue Farash said...
Love the buckets and I see so many treaures!
- April 12, 2012 at 11:06 PM
- Jillian's Bella Rosa Antiques said...
Your shop looks like so much fun!
- April 13, 2012 at 5:29 AM
- Rebecca said...
Everything looks fabulous, love the buckets and the lights hanging
- April 14, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- Mrs. Sutton said...
Every time I read one of your posts about your gorgeous shop -I edge one step closer to buying that plane ticket. LOVE. IT. ALL!
- April 16, 2012 at 10:38 AM
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
black & white
Despite the fact that the city is getting more and more colorful I decided to shoot a black and white film which was laying around here for a while...I still think the beauty of the beach comes through very well.
>> more color here.
Hope you guys had a great weekend....
12 comments :
- Lisa said...
Very nice pictures! The black&white makes them look 'old'
- November 18, 2012 10:09 PM
- Yvonne said...
Hi Maria,
lovely but very busy :)
ich kann hoffentlich bald ein paar bilder schicken.
- November 18, 2012 11:11 PM
wow the pictures look vintage, the colours fit the whole mood perfectly. <3
- November 19, 2012 2:29 AM
- MANDY said...
Oh I love these Maria ....
I'm still yet too have a swim this year, crazy but true !!!
- November 19, 2012 10:46 AM
- Melanie said...
ha! I've got a b&W roll in my camera at the moment. I wanted to try something different. I haven't shot on b&w in years.. i took some shots at the beach too. i haven't had it developed yet. still a few shots left to take.
let's walk and eat gelato soon. x
- November 19, 2012 11:15 AM
- studio meez said...
I like these. The b&w fits perfect with the roughness of the see and in some way makes it look very calm and peacefull.
- November 19, 2012 7:00 PM
- La Rimule said...
Where is (or "was") that beach & swimmingpool ?
- November 20, 2012 9:06 PM
- jana said...
toll. schwarzweiss macht das meer so ewig und stark.
- November 20, 2012 9:24 PM
- mieke willems said...
yes! black and white can be nice! but i like to shoot on color, i think b&w is more difficult cause it's more about composition somehow.
anyway, these look nice! remind me of l'avventura by antonioni!
- November 21, 2012 8:58 AM
- at swim-two-birds said...
lovely! l'aventura or les vacances de mr Hulot :^)
- November 23, 2012 6:06 PM
- máni said...
i haven't used a black and white film in absolutely ages. so timeless!
- November 26, 2012 8:42 PM
- ti (matimuk) said...
och so schöne bilder..
- December 04, 2012 5:35 AM


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Inside of the Ground Water Heat Pump. Image credit:NewCastle University miniblog.
Electricity bills are rising steeply all over the USA. In some of the most coal-dependent states, increases are in the 7% to 100% range, and signs of consumer outrage are surfacing. This is before any Cap & Trade for climate protection. A major contributing factor is deregulation of the power industry, initiated by Congress in the free-market fervor of the mid-90's, which called for post-dated phase out of electricity 'rate caps' a.k.a. removal of price controls.
Why so much? Steel got more expensive. Coal got more expensive. Demand increased. And, pollution controls had to be figured in. Coal ash had to be better managed. That's not all. The historic low temperatures experienced since December 2009 have thermostats on high from Florida to Maine, west to Texas and North Dakota. What's next? Scapegoating is the next step; but, it will be hard to blame today's elected officials for this one. (Although that won't stop the cable news crew from trying.)
The Roanoke Times provides an example from Big Coal's backyard. Power bills spin upward after cold snap Appalachian customers have been hit with a combination of rate increases and weather.
For most residential customers across Appalachian Power Co.'s service area, bills soared from a comparatively warm November to December, when the region endured a prolonged period of cold weather.
The Meckleys' bill increased by about 166 percent.
Like other Appalachian customers, Meckley wondered how much the utility's elevated rate charges ratcheted up her bill. The rate increases certainly contributed, but the utility says weather played a larger role.
Rate increases in 2009, either approved or implemented as an interim rate, increased the bill of an average residential customer by about 23 percent compared with December 2008, according to Appalachian. December 2009 rates were about 61 percent higher than in December 2007, the utility reports.
Impact on home values.
Because natural gas prices are not going up at similar rates, we can expect domestic gas furnaces to rise in popularity and also for homes with groundwater heat pumps to fall into disfavor, possibly even to loose value on the resale market. This is unfortunate, because the overall efficiency and low carbon footprint ought to give them an edge.
Fire up the wood burner.
Wood stoves, despite the air quality degradation that can be caused and in spite of the fact that wood burning may not work out for the aged or folks with health issues (who can't safely handle the wood), are bound to see a resurgence.
Added resistance to climate legislation: the other predetermined outcome.
This lands right in the lap of politicians looking for avenues of attack against the climate bill that will be considered by the US Congress this year. Fossil lobbyists and 'tea baggers' will be delighted to have the electric bill ammo passed their way. I can see the protest sign already: a scaled up utility bill on a stick.
Demands to reinstate price controls will fall on the ears of leaders of both parties. This will be interesting to watch. Time to buy some locally grown popcorn.


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Look Mum, No Wire
Not sure what's caused the change of heart, but I'm delighted to note that the entrance to Greenwich Beach at the east end of the Five Foot Walk is now open again. I had feared that the Health & Safety guys had put that wire contraption up for good in case drunk people from the Trafalgar found their way onto the steps and slipped or something, but happily it's gone and the entrance is once again open to all.
Of course it was never impossible to get onto Greenwich Beach; there was always the King's Steps and the 'secret' entrance up by the power station, but it's actually quite a walk between those two, not a great prospect if the tide's coming in and you need to get onto high ground smartish. The middle set of steps is a welcome sight at tide-turn, I can tell you from experience.
I can't remember who it was was asking the other day about tide tables for Greenwich – apologies – but you can find them all at the Port of London Authority.
I'm always surprised at how empty the beach is – even in weather like this – and no, the tides aren't SO scary you wouldn't want to spend an afternoon there. You just don't see the sort of hoards you used to get in the early to mid 20th Century (there's a good pic here. ) It's fantastic for beachcombing centuries of London's detritus, of course, and you see the odd person wandering up and down with a carrier bag of loot (though I've only ever found bits of pot and Greenwich Pensioners' pipes) but no one ever seems to take a stripy deckchair, a flask and a hanky to knot on their head down there any more.
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A Visit from the Grandparents
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Reading Due:
- Croce, Arlene. "Introduction" and "Discussing the Undiscussable," Crisis of Criticism (handout given in class).
- "Confronting Head on the Face of the Afflicted," Crisis of Criticism (handout).
You must address BOTH readings in your blog response. Your response must also be thoughtful and critical, not merely a restatement of what you read. Also, when you provide textual evidence (quotes or summarizations), be sure to explain HOW that quote or reference further illuminates the point you are trying to make. DO NOT let the quote speak for you!
- In Croce's essay, she says that she has not seen Bill T. Jones's "Still/Here" and doesn't plan to review it. According to Croce, why will she not review the dance performance? What is your response?
- Croce brings up the term "victim art" within her (non)review of Jones's dance performance. What exactly do you think Croce means by the term "victim art"? Do you agree or disagree with Croce's term "victim art" and why?
- Croce's essay brought on a slew of critical responses, some suggested that while Croce's essay was understandably controversial, Croce also had some good arguments. What might those be? What did Croce argue about art and/or our ways of perceiving it that actually have logical merit?
- Discuss Oates response to Croce with a focus on the term "victim art." Does Oates take primary offense at the use of the term "victim art" or Croce's claim that such art is "beyond criticism"? Why? Explain your response and provide textual evidence (quotes, paraphrases and/or examples from the text) to back up your conclusion.
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- Oates utilizes multiple examples in an attempt to argue that history is full of art that points to painful and authentic experience, but we do not render it "beyond criticism" as did Croce with the Bill T. Jones' dance. However, what is the primary (and perhaps the most significant) difference between Oates' examples and the Bill T. Jones' dance (not)reviewed by Croce?
EXTRA CREDIT question (you must answer this along with one above to receive extra credit): In Croce's essay, she argues a certain point of view in regards to what she believes consitutes art or makes it valuable as art. In what ways does each author reflect (however explicit or subtle) one of the main arguments of either Plato, Bell, Tolstoy or Winterson?
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Finding Joseph I (The HR From Bad Brains Documentary)
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Director: James Lathos
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Run Time: 91 minutes
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"Finding Joseph I" is a documentary film chronicling the eccentric life of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson from Bad Brains. The charismatic frontman's explosive live performances helped pioneer hardcore punk while delivering an enlightening message of positive mental attitude. HR's heavy devotion to the Rastafarian faith guided him in a spiritual direction leaving the band several times to explore his love for reggae music. Over the years HR's increasingly unpredictable and abnormal behavior has many convinced that he his suffering from mental illness. Finding Joseph I illustrates the true story behind the legendary lead singers life, career and struggles with never before seen archival footage, photography and exclusive interviews.
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Earl Hudson (Bad Brains/Brother)
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My partner iara, sent a fabulous zombie package.
The outside of the package was decorated and the goodies inside were cheerfully wrapped to look like jack-o-lanterns.
This cute little zombie came with two outfits so I can play zombie dress up. She has a casual dress and a formal dress for those times when a zombie wants to dress up. Like when a cute zombie boy comes along.
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Fans of procedural dramas, have in mind that Musée Eden, a TV series created by Gilles Desjardins, will come out on DVD in Canada on October 26. The show was aired this spring, after the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, on Radio-Canada, a French Canadian public TV network.
In this TV series that takes place in the Montreal of the 1910s, we follow Camille (Mariloup Wolfe) and Florence Courval (Laurence Leboeuf), two sisters who hail from Manitoba. They both decide to come to Montreal in order to inherit the Musée Eden, a crime museum, from their deceased uncle, Félix Courval. However, it appears that Mr. Courval got murdered under very fishy circumstances. Needless to say that the Courval sisters will take interest in solving their uncle's murder.
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Apple has been granted a second patent (number 9,191,839) by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for taking advantage of afemtocell-connected network. A femtocell is a small, low-power cellular base station typically reserved for use in a home or small business.
A femtocell is, basically, a miniature cell phone tower that anyone can use to boost their wireless signal in their home. Most of the major U.S. wireless carriers sell femtocells, as do other retailers, and they can typically be purchased for US$150 to $250. Such a device, which resembles a wireless router, essentially acts as a repeater. The device communicates with the mobile phone and converts voice calls into voice over IP (VoIP) packets. The packets are then transmitted over a broadband connection to the mobile operator's servers.
There are pros and cons to using a femtocell. One plus is that the coverage is likely to remain consistent wherever you are located in the office/home. It also makes it easier to use your mobile phone as your main phone, something more and more folks are doing. Femtocells can limit how many people are permitted to log on, restricting coverage. It makes using a femtocell in a small office attractive.
However, there are drawbacks. Femtocells utilize the broadband connection, which may also be used for other applications such as video streaming. There can be problems when the provider of the broadband service differs from the mobile network provider. It's also possible that in a crowded environment, such as an apartment building, there could be interference between femtocells.
Apple's patent is for methods and an apparatus for configuration of femtocells in a wireless network that enable and optimize the simultaneous operation of several wireless femtocells having overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment of the invention, a resource allocation (e.g., time-frequency grid for an OFDM or TDMA based wireless network) governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells with overlapping coverage areas by specifying uses for resources.
A resource allocation unit (RAU) entity is disclosed for managing and modifying resource allocations for femtocells. The community of femtocells can flexibly share resources according to the time-frequency grid, thereby maximizing spectral efficiency without requiring substantial network overhead.
Earlier this year, Apple was granted a patent (number 9,119,141) for a system and method of enabling a mobile device to communicate with a local IP network host and an external IP network host using a femto cellular access point on a femto cellular access network. The invention would provide a method and system for allowing multiple devices that are coupled through a femto cell, such as user equipment and network terminal devices, to communicate with each other while the user equipment is located within the femtocell or while the user equipment is located outside the femtocell.


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Arlen Ness will celebrate his 40th year in the motorcycle industry on October 23rd and 24th with an open house at his Dublin, CA headquarters. Members of the cast of the TV series Sons Of Anarchy will join the festivities. The program is as follows.
Saturday October 23rd and Sunday 24th. From 9am to 6pm. Meet cast members, "Tig" (Kim Coates) and "Juice" (Theo Rossi) from FX's Sons of Anarchy TV series. 2011 Victory Demo Truck will be on-site for test rides. Meet custom product specialists from many leading vendors. 40% off select Clearance items. Free installation on select Ness products. Live Band. All Day BBQ.
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This was Thai Nava, which we had been to a few times before. Now, as Chaba, it is similar, as the interior has not really changed, and nor has the food quality.
I quite like the tables with the see through glass, so that you can see the decorations inlaid within, and it is fairly comfortable. They serve the usual Thai dishes, which are pretty good. I just feel that there are better restaurants in the local area.
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Assistant PI. Cate Kincaid has a knack for finding trouble. In Death Takes a Ride, she arrives at an auto restoration shop just in time to hear gunshots and discover a dead man in the business owner's office. She's drawn into the case when the co-owner of the shop asks her assistance in finding a young man who has a rare motorcycle to sell.
But with Cate, nothing is ever simple. Her investigation goes further than she planned, with sometimes frightening--and sometimes humorous--consequences. This third book in the Cate Kincaid Files series is a true page-turner of a whodunit. The addition of Cate's uncertainty about her motorcycle-riding boyfriend's future plans adds to the fun.
I thoroughly enjoyed Death Takes a Ride. Lorena McCourtney is a master at writing cozy mysteries. Be sure to add Death Takes a Ride to your summer reading list. You'll be glad you did.
My thanks to the author and Revell for providing my review copy. My opinions are my own.


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Another Slick Facebook Phone | Concept
You may remember a previous post on a Facebook Phone, the phone was very good looking and got quite a bit of attention. Well Michal Bonikowski has come back to redesign his first concept and make it look a lot slicker. A blue phone isn't the coolest looking phone and Michal knew colours such as black and silver are a lot more appealing. It's why his new redesign is made from a mix of metals and plastics to make it look a lot classier.


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Google is upgrading its cloud platform with enhanced storage and data backup features, increased European datacenter support and lower prices.
Google Previews Durable Reduced Availability
Google is offering a limited preview of Durable Reduced Availability (DRA) storage, which lessens the availability of some storage in exchange for lower prices. Fewer redundant replicas of data are offered, but latency performance and durability of the storage are not affected. Google says this option is aimed at batch computing users who can reschedule their data backups. You can apply to participate in the limited preview of DRA.
Google is also releasing an experimental version of object versioning that allows users to maintain a history of all updates to an object to avoid accidental deletions or modifications. Object versioning is currently only supported by the XML API and changes are backwards-incompatible. And to improve data backup functionality, Google is introducing persistent disk snapshotting, which allows users to create disk backups they can move around Google data centers and use to start new virtual machines.
Other changes to storage include a 20% reduction in standard Google Cloud Storage prices.
A Cheaper, Expanded Compute Engine
Google is also expanding the instances of its Compute Engine with 36 new instance types (joining the existing four) while reducing pricing by about 5%. New instances will include instances designed for high memory, high CPU (less memory required at a lower cost) and diskless configurations.
In addition, Google is expanding support for its European datacenters to allow users of Google App Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL and in the near future Google Compute Engine to deploy applications, data and virtual machines to Google's European datacenters.
Google Prepares for Cloud Maturity
Google's upgrades to its cloud platform are its latest step in preparing for the maturity of the cloud as a standard enterprise storage platform. Last month, Google unveiled a new Cloud Platform Partner Program intended to provide partners with tools, training and resources. Setting up formal partner relationships with its Platform customers will help Google as cloud platforms mature into new and continuing relationships with outside developers and services, and as customers for other big players in this field, such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure, increase their tie-ins with those platforms.
Google Takes on 'Goliath'
Competing with Amazon Web Services, the "Goliath" of cloud computing, is the main objective of Google's cloud platform upgrades according to gigaom. A gigaom posting points out that Google announced the new features and price cuts one day before the Amazon AWS: Reinvent conference began and also quotes a Google spokeswoman as saying DRA is "directly competitive with Amazon's reduced redundancy storage."
Gigaom concludes that "Google is serious about providing cloud infrastructure services for business users" but still the "underdog" in this area compared to Amazon, despite being the "kingpin" of Internet search. New services are the best way for mature, dominant companies to achieve growth, so look for more Google activity in the cloud space.


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March 8, 2015 | by Darrin Joy
Liver cancer is terribly difficult to cure. Despite significant treatment advances, five-year survival rates remain at about 15 percent overall — and they rapidly approach zero when the disease is found too late. Findings by City of Hope's Peiguo Chu, M.D., Ph.D., and a team of scientists may help better those odds.
Scarring of the liver, called cirrhosis, is a major risk factor for liver cancer. It's caused most often by infection with the hepatitis B or C viruses, alone or together, as well as alcohol abuse and a build-up of fat in the liver known as fatty liver disease.
Determining if cancer has developed in a cirrhotic liver is difficult, and early detection is particularly challenging. Unlike breast and colon cancers, liver cancer appears to have no precancerous lesions that might indicate cancer is imminent, according to Chu, a professor in the Department of Pathology. Various abnormal cells in the scarred liver can hint at the presence of disease, but they are unreliable.
Chu believes a protein called glypican 3 may offer a better answer. In a study recently published in the journal Carcinogenesis, his research team found that glypican 3 was present at much higher levels in liver cancer than in normal liver tissue and in cirrhotic liver tissue that was not cancerous.
Levels of the protein also correlated well with those of other molecules known or believed to be linked to liver tumors. In other words, if glypican 3 is present, it's a good bet cancer has developed and needs treatment.
Glypican 3 also stands out as a possible tool for diagnosing cancer for another reason. "Glypican 3 can easily be found in blood tests, making it a very practical biomarker for liver cancer," Chu said. Testing for the protein could lead to earlier diagnosis, and that could mean better outcomes for patients.
Other City of Hope researchers on the study include Yun Yen, M.D., Ph.D., the Dr. & Mrs. Allen Y. Chao Chair in Developmental Cancer Therapeutics and chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology; lead author Xiyong Liu; Sean Wang, M.D., M.P.H.; Keqiang Zhang; Hang Zhang; and Lijun Xue.
Learn more about liver cancer treatment and liver cancer research at City of Hope.
Learn more about becoming a patient or getting a second opinion at City of Hope by visiting our website or by calling 800-826-HOPE (4673). You may also request a new patient appointment online. City of Hope staff will explain what's required for a consult at City of Hope and help you determine, before you come in, whether or not your insurance will pay for the appointment.


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Monday, August 1, 2011
Lucas - People of Brazil
This boy is one of our neighbors here on our street. Although he came to our Vacation Bible School, he does not usually attend our church and I don't believe that he regularly goes to any church.
One of the blessings of living in where we do is that we are constantly surrounded by our mission-field. The idea of communicating with our neighbors like Lucas, is a huge motivational force for me to learn the language quickly.
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National Level Exercise: May 16–20, 2011
The week-long capstone event in the National Level Exercise in which all participating Federal, State, Tribal and Private Sector entities interact to test the eight overarching Exercise Objectives defined during the planning process for NLE 11 at all levels of government (Federal, State and Local).
The day after the end of NLE 11′ is judgement day according to the bible and this youtube video:
This is very likely to be the day that the New Madrid fault slips. It seems that this time we can expect that instead of the event occurring on one of the same days as one of these exercises it will most likely be the day after.
I believe there has been seem some speculation about judgement day particularly by Christians who actually think the world is going to end on this day. Continue reading


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With the release of Piston 2.0, the company that offers software for building private OpenStack clouds is suggesting that businesses now have a real alternative to Amazon Web Services.
"This is now ready for the giant explosion of businesses moving off Amazon Web Services," said Josh McKenty, CTO and co-founder of Piston and former cloud architect for NASA, where OpenStack originated.
"Giant explosion" might be an overstatement. McKenty obviously has reason to hope that businesses are moving away from AWS since it could mean more customers for Piston. While AWS doesn't say how many customers it has, the general consensus is that it is far and away the market leader for public cloud services and that the takeup isn't slowing down.
Still, McKenty said that there are good reasons that businesses are moving off AWS and cited some examples. "AWS infrastructure was built for running shopping carts," he said. "So if you have a need that looks like ecommerce at scale, you may never leave AWS. If you have something that looks too much unlike ecommerce at scale, AWS will never be a good fit."
The ratio between RAM and CPU, or I/O and CPU, or the total cores available to one instance on AWS, "just isn't going to match what you need for your app," he said.
He points to Zynga, the poster child of large operations that moved off AWS in favor of an internal cloud that meets its particular needs. However, Zynga still uses AWS for some things, like bursts of traffic.
The second reason he said businesses are moving off AWS is cost. "AWS in this sense is like a crack dealer. The first hit is free," he said. But as you scale up and need to invest in storage particularly, "Amazon will cost you $80,000 a year for something you can buy for $3,000," he said. In other words, a business can buy enough storage and even factoring in people and power, run it internally for far cheaper than renting it from AWS, he said.
His customers are running into this often, he said. "They start to wake up and say, 'this is not the model I want to grow my company on'," he said.
When companies do decide to leave AWS, it's not usually because of dollars spent though. "It's when investors are willing to say it's ok to buy your own hardware," he said. "It's going from leasing to buying."
The third reason that companies are leaving AWS, he said, is customer service—another oft-cited complaint with AWS. "The reality is that Amazon is a mass market company. They don't want you to call them. I don't care how much you pay them for support, when you finally get through to someone, they won't tell you what's wrong or when it will get fixed," he said.
He's not talking about outages necessarily, but other trouble that companies commonly run into. For instance, if one day VMs have poor I/O performance, or if for some reason of the ten new instances just launched, three aren't working, AWS users have problems troubleshooting. "This is a fact of the public cloud. If it's not your infrastructure, you can't debug at a certain scale," he said.
McKenty said he's not suggesting that everyone will abandon AWS entirely. There are the ecommerce-like apps that will continue to run happily on AWS. Others are likely to move a portion in house but leave some apps on AWS. For instance, Zynga runs around 80 percent of its workload in house with the rest on AWS, he said.
He made some good points but there are also plenty of good points for sticking with AWS or even another public cloud offering. For startups that can't afford to build their own and for certain apps like test and dev, public clouds are a no brainer. The same goes for medium size operations that find it's cheaper to go with a public cloud in part because of the human costs involved with managing their own clouds. Still, it's worth noting that AWS sounded a little worried about competition from the private cloud market at its inaugural developer conference late last year.
For those that find it makes sense to build a private cloud, Piston has added some features to make their lives easier. Updates to the 2.0 release include richer API support for Amazon, making it easier for businesses to shift workloads from AWS to Piston or to run hybrid clouds. The release also includes storage pass through so that businesses can use existing storage infrastructure including RAID-based SAS or SATA equipment. It's also compatible with more commodity hardware from the likes of IBM, Dell, Cisco, and HP, which McKenty said accommodates businesses that want to pilot OpenStack on existing, older hardware.
We'll just have to wait and see how much of McKenty's comments are bluster and how much actually reflect reality. In the meantime, his company plans to be waiting with open arms for those AWS defectors.
Update: I updated this story to clarify that Zynga did not move 100 percent of its workload internally.
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Minneapolis man charged with felony drug possession
A Minneapolis man faces four charges of felony drug possession after a traffic stop found numerous different kinds of drugs in his car earlier this year.
Sai Vang, 32, was charged April 28 with first-degree sale of 17 grams or more of cocaine or methamphetamine within a 90-day period, second-degree possession of 25 grams or more of cocaine or methamphetamine, the sale of marijuana in the fifth degree and possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.
Vang has a long history of prior criminal activities in several counties in Minnesota including possession or sale of stolen or counterfeit check, theft of motor vehicle and third degree burglary, among others.
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Carlton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tory Cawcutt was on a routine patrol in Cloquet at 2:10 a.m. April 26 when he observed a vehicle parked in front of a house known for drug activity. Cawcutt parked his marked squad car a few blocks down the road. Soon after, a vehicle left the residence and drove towards the deputy and through a stop sign. The driver of the vehicle stopped in the middle of the intersection and blocked the eastbound lane of Carlton Avenue. As Cawcutt watched, the driver waited several seconds before turning left and traveling west on Carlton Avenue. At that point the deputy followed the car and pulled the driver over.
Cawcutt approached the passenger side window to speak with the driver, eventually identified as Vang. The strong smell of marijuana drifted out as the window was rolled down by passenger Ashley Elizabeth Gald, 28, of La Crosse, Wis.
Vang admitted driving through the stop sign. When the deputy called in Vang's identification, he discovered Vang was driving with a revoked driver's license.
When Vang was questioned about the marijuana odor emanating from the car, he said he had a marijuana joint, or blunt, in the front console. Vang gave permission to have both himself and his vehicle searched by the deputy.
The deputy and assisting officers discovered a black cardboard box containing a large amount of drug paraphernalia and other items necessary for packaging and selling drugs, including a gray digital scale, several empty bindle bags, a metal weight used to check scale accuracy and a green bindle bag that contained approximately 23.7 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
The search also turned up a small deluxe vanity kit containing a glass pipe commonly used to smoke methamphetamine as well as more methamphetamine.
A large amount of marijuana was found in a glass jar and more was found in a gallon size ziplock bag totalling about 285 grams.
The deputy and other officers discovered methamphetamine packaged and ready for sale in 10 bindle-style bags. The street name for the amount of methamphetamine is "eightball." The officers field tested and weighed all of the methamphetamine found in the vehicle and the total was 46.6 grams, according to the complaint.
The maximum penalties for the charges are 75 years and $1,112,300 for a first time conviction.
Vang's next court appearance is set for Friday, June 23, with Judge Leslie Beiers for a contested omnibus hearing at the Carlton County Courthouse.
Vang's passenger, Gald, pleaded guilty May 17 and was convicted of third-degree possession of 10 grams or more of a narcotic drug other than heroin. She was sentenced May 22 to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee for 27 months; however, the sentence was stayed for three years and she is on supervised probation with court fees totalling $210. Credit for time served was 27 days.
Gald is required to complete a chemical use assessment in her home county and follow the recommendations, which she will document as required. Her review hearing is set for Nov. 15.


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Grilled tuna is one of my favorite staples- both for a dinner party and a quick weekday meal. I purchase sushi grade tuna frozen in individual vacumm sealed bags, I keep them in the freezer and defrost as I need them.
When tuna gets overcooked, it becomes very dry and flavorless, to make sure that doesn't happen I cook it either in a very hot sautee pan, and indor flat grill or grill it over very hot coals. I cook the tuna until the outside is seared and the inside is still raw, like sushi. The fresh pesto sauce is the perfect accompaniment.
Prepare the pesto first, you can find the recipe either below this post, or here. The tuna can be served warm or at room temperature.
2-3 pounds center cut tuna steaks
extra virgin olive oil
freshly ground black pepper
coarse sea salt
1. heat a sautee pan or grill until very hot over medium-high heat, 2-3 minutes. Rub olive oil over tuna and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Cook tuna for a ccouple of minutes on each side until seared, the middle should remain pink. Serve with pesto.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Recipe: Seared Tuna Steak with Fresh Basil Pesto
Posted by Katia Mangham at 6:35 AM
Labels: Entertaining, Entrees, Seafood
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So GLAD to see you going strong. You are so talented at what you do. We will have to meet up and share recipes soon.
i love tuna steaks! they're so easy to put together and definitely a nice combination with pesto.ReplyDelete
This was great for my crew lunch!ReplyDelete
Loved it!
Come check us out soon
It's also good with cilantro pesto. Used to love it when dh fished the rigs and brought home tuna.ReplyDelete
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