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Singapore's Edible BIRD'S NEST workshop
Bird's Nest is a 400-year-old age tested product of Chinese origin, known for its beauty benefits that help women rejuvenate and maintain smooth, radiant and youthful complexion. It is highly sought after for its nutritional benefits and is considered the Caviar of the East. Beyond being a powerful antioxidant and immunity booster, it is much loved for its anti-aging quality and body-strengthening effect.
Most often, the Bird's Nest we buy is overpriced and of poor quality, and very often are chemically processed. The best Bird's Nests are always those that are hand pick.
For the first time in Singapore, now learn the secrets of how to select and cook high-quality Bird's Nest at home conveniently, quickly and affordably. Also, receive at the end of the workshop a box of 20g bird's nest worth $68!
Learn the right process and skills from the industry expert, Jacky, the founder of Nesture Bird's Nest. Nesture 100% Bird's Nest is sourced from the abundant island of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is harvested from their own house nests, in an ideal environment. The founder of Nesture bird's nest with the experience of 6 years in the bird's nests business will join you and teach you all about the Edible Bird's Nest, and how to make your own.
★ An introduction to the benefits of bird's nest and what it is made of
★ Different types of bird's nest and the difference in quality
★ How to differentiate between the good and the bad through seeing, touching and smelling
★ How not to be shortchanged when buying bird's nest
★ The process and correct way cook a nice bowl of double boiled bird's nest soup yourself
★ A box of 20g bird's nest worth $68 to take home
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- Valley Point, 491 River Valley Road, #01-13, Singapore (248371)
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- Valley Point, 491 River Valley Road, #01-13, Singapore (248371) Singapore


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I am a barely 40 Year old (Dec 2) white female who is in general good health, only slightly (10lbs) overweight. I have had a history of migrines monthly correlating with my menstrual cycle, however, over the past 2 months, the migraines have increased to 2-3 times per week with much greater intensity. I take Imitrex for the migraines but sometimes it doesn't work. Starting about 3 weeks ago I began having extreme dizziness upon laying down or rising from a laying down position. This progressed to dizziness on a consistent basis with a general overall "the room is spinning" feeling. I saw my GP because I thought perhaps I had an inner ear infection or fluid. She did an exam and stated that there was no fluid or infection in my ears but did note that my heart rate was low (57). I am not an athlete by any means, but she did say it was slightly lower than normal. So, she referred me to a Cardiologist and an ENT to rule out any inner ear issues she may not have detected. Then, about two weeks ago, right after this GP visit, I started experiencing numbness in the 3 left fingers of my left hand and my lower arm. Also, my lower left cheek goes intermittently numb. The hand and arm remain numb. So, I have been to the Cardio, who took my BP seated, then laying down. My BP plummeted when I layed down. He ordered an Echo and a Holter Monitor, but told me that I likely had an inner ear issue and attributed the numbness in my hand/arm to stress (which is probably as low as it's been in my life). So...I visited the ENT and he did an exam, then did a few other tests, like sobriety tests (touching nose with eyes closed, following fingers with eyes--both of which I passed) and then asked me to put my right foot in front of my left and when I did, I tipped over to the left...freaked me out. Anyhow, he sent me for inner ear testing and an MRI to rule out inner ear tumor. He (ENT) told me the next step is a neurologist. I don't have any test results back yet (except for the inner ear tests, which were all within normal range and the ENT has ruled out inner ear). I will be honest, I'm a little weirded out and beginning to wonder if these symptoms are in my mind. I DESPISE going to the doctor and this is like torture to me having to see all these different docs and the whole waiting game. Does anyone else have a clue what may be going on or do I just have to wait on the results of the Echo, Holter and MRI? Any wise input would be appreciated.Reply Follow This Thread Stop Following This Thread Flag this Discussion
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Over the past couple of years Cupcakes have been in vogue. The advent of the show Cupcake Wars on Food Network has only increased the demand for those delicious treats. At the same time a similar food craze hit the DC area.
Frozen yogurt has dug it's own niche with a number of different shops opening up all over the DC region. The appeal to frozen yogurt as opposed to cupcakes is their dietary quality. Frozen yogurt is low in calories, fat-free and gluten free all of which can not be said about most cupcakes. The main shortfall of frozen yogurt is that it is a seasonable treat.
Now that weather is getting nice I have decided to put my cupcake binge on hold and go for the more healthy option. Since I work in Georgetown I have the unfortunate burden of having to live in the mecca of cupcakes so resisting the urge to eat them on a regular basis is an arduous task.
Luckily there are a few other options when it comes to snacks or desserts. I chose to try IceBerry which is located right on M St.. This frozen yogurt chain offers a variety of flavors piled high with a number of toppings that taylor to different crowds. If you are a health freak you have the option of picking fresh fruit or if you are like me you can top it off with fruity pebbles, cookies or even gummy bears.
My most recent visit came late last month on an unusually warm afternoon. I wasn't that hungry so I decided to skip lunch and have something small and healthy. The warm weather put me in the mood for something cold and refreshing so the first thing that came to mind was frozen yogurt. I ordered a original flavor with strawberries and fruity pebbles. It was both light and refreshing, it definitely hit the spot and did not damage to my midsection.
(Original Flavor with strawberries and fruity pebbles)
If you are not a fan for frozen yogurt I am also please to inform you that they have smoothes which are both delicious and healthy. I have tried the strawberry banana and kiwi, both of which I enjoyed.
In reality it is hard to judge frozen yogurt shops because of their vast similarities. Because of this I believe people have to nit pick on several nuances. The most popular complaint from this establishment is their customer service or lack their of. On the 4 occasions I have gone here I did not come across anything that resembles this inefficiency but I will keep it in mind and let you know about it beforehand.
All in all IceBerry is a solid place that is convenient for me. So if you are in the Georgetown area on a warm day you should try to avoid the massive lines at the three cupcake behemoths and give this place a shot. Not only will your wait time decrease, your waist line will too.


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I know we need rain, but I need sun! Been a less busy week but I have been trying to book more Fairs (now booked 5) and hunting down some new vintage finds.
Yesterday we went to the Vintage Fair in Frome, I took lots of photos but for some reason they just didn't turn out well, there were amazing stalls and I bought some fabric, which included a lovely linen sheet and this gorgeous soft french piece of quilting.
I also bought this beautiful french tea service, 12 cups and saucers
they are so fragile and would look lovely used maybe for a desert filled with chocolate mouse, which brings be around to my new cookery book, I don't know whether you have been watching this lovely lady in Paris but I have adored her recipes so treated myself when out food shopping!! The book is delightful with lots of beautiful photos and illustrations.
The other morning I opened my curtains to see these 2 Roe Deer, nestling in the field, what a lovely sight to see!
Well back to my sewing and this time I am altering curtains to fit my guest bedroom ready for my friends next week!
lets hope the weather improves I have to say I have been looking for some sun this afternoon with maybe a holiday to be booked very soon!!
Thank you for all your lovely comments and I will keep you posted about any new fairs that I am doing!


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Last time I showed a comparison of Powertap to Vector power with a least-square line through the points. I noted this was "hard to interpret". Here's why.
A traditional least-square fit begins by assuming that the x-values are perfectly known, the y-values are uncertain. It additionally assumes that the y-values are normally distributed, with a Gaussian probability distribution, with the error distribution the same for all points, or with variances inversely proportional to the weighting factors for a weighted least-square fit.
This seems like a lot of technicality, but it introduces subtle biases in the result when comparing two values whcih contribute relatively equally to the error. For example, consider my power comparison for the Garmin Vector to the Powertap:
The slope was 0.97. Therefore, if I flip the axis the slope should be 1.03%. If the Vector is 3% lower than Powertap than the Powertap is 3% more than Vector, on average. But that's not what I get. I get 99%:
How can that be? The Vector is 3% lower than Powertap and Powertap is 1% lower than Vector?
The answer is in assumptions of the least square fit. Consider fitting the following,where PV is Vector power and PP is Powertap power:
PV = kVP × PP
Here kVP is a coefficient relating the PP power to the PV power.
The error associated with this estimate is thus as follows:
EVP = ∑ ( kVP × PP - PV )2
To set the value kVP to minimize this error, I differentiate with respect to that coefficient:
∂ EVP / ∂ kVP = ∑ 2 PP ( kVP × PP - PV )
= 2 kVP ∑ PP2 − 2 ∑ PP PV
I then set this derivative to zero (the usual minimization or maximization strategy for analytic functions). This yields the following solution:
kVP = (∑ PP PV) / ∑ PP2
Note this is most strongly influenced by points with larger values of PP. In this fitting algorithm, the errors are assumed to be in PV, which is on the "y-axis". PP values are considered "reliable" and are used to weight the sums. However, I had no reason to assume PP were more or less reliable than PV.
If I instead go through the same exercise assuming the Vector powers are reliable and the Powertap values are not, I get:
kPV = (∑ PP PV) / ∑ PV2
The product of these ratios will be 1, as expected, if the data are truly proportional, but if not, the ratio will no longer be one. That means the result depends on which power I assert is the more reliable. If I pick one at random, my conclusion about the ratio of Vector to Powertap power differs. This obviously isn't so good.
Note the culprit is the factor which appears both in the numerator and the denominator. In the kVP formula that is PP while in the kPV formula that is PV. To "balance" the fit between the two powers I should pick a common value for the two formulas. For example, I can choose the sum of the two powers (equivalent in this context to using the average). Thus I get a new pair of coefficients:
kVP' = (∑(PP + PV) PV) / ∑ (PP + PV) PP
kPV' = (∑(PP + PV) PP) / ∑ (PP + PV) PV
It's trivially obvious that PVP' PPV = 1, as I'd expect.
Here's the result of applying this formula to fitting the Vector power versus the Powertap power, comparing to the traditional least-square fit:
A summary of the slopes is as follows:
|weighting term
|least-square PV vs PP
|1 / L.S. PP vs P>V
|1 / L.S. PP vs PV
Note the first line is the traditional least-square fit. The second line is fitting Powertap versus Vector, but then taking the reciprical to get the opposite. The third is the proposed balanced weighting scheme. Here it gives the same result to listed precision (but not exactly) as the average of the first two results, which is also clearly balanced. The fourth line is a simple ratio of averages. This places equal emphasis on the lower power points. It is also clearly balanced, and gives a result closest to the proposed scheme.
These fits have been to a one-parameter curve: a line of adjustable slope and zero intercept. A more flexible least square fit has an additional intercept term yielding two fitted coefficients. But the same approach can be applied there. The key indicator is that fitting y versus x should yield a slope equal to the reciprical of the slope yielded by fitting x versus y. The formulas described here still apply. First shift the points so the average values of x and y are zero. Then the formulas listed here apply to the slope. Slope is translation-invariant. You can then shift the points back and trivially calculate the intercept.
If the two axes have different units or if the uncertainty in the points is estimated to be different, then the following can be used:
kVP' = ∑(PP / σP + PV / σV) PV / ∑ (PP / σP + PV / σV) PP
where σP is the uncertainty in PP and σV is the uncertainty in PV. If σP = σV then this the new terms obviously cancel.


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Awami Villas is a low cost quality housing public welfare project located on main Raiwind Road, 13 kms from Thokar Niaz Baig opposite to Lake City Holdings.
"One home for every Pakistani" is the dream Bahria Town strives to fulfill day in and day out. Having a shelter is but a human's basic right and Bahria Town closely associates itself with this basic principle. Now the lower middle and below economic segments of Pakistan have a tangible plan to own their own land and house at Bahria Town.
Awami Villas caters exclusively to the demand of the lower income class and is aimed to lessen the housing crisis of the country.
The Awami Villas infrastructure will house all the facilities and amenities of life such as school, college, hospitals, parks, commercial areas, mosques and community club.
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The housing units are based on pre-fabricated technology imported from Malaysia. The same technology has been used and successfully implemented in Australia, South America, South Africa and the Middle East.
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Medical knowledge is not a series of isolated facts that have no bearing on each other. It's important that you're aware of how one piece of knowledge is linked to another piece.
Applying the knowledge from pre-clinical training to a clinical setting is not always straightforward. Students who have done problem based learning will have a clearer idea of how knowledge from one area can be linked to knowledge from a seemingly unrelated area. Students are notorious for compartmentalising their knowledge, but this is not helpful when you are trying to offer a diagnosis to a patient.
As you revise, try revising by condition instead of, or as well as, by subject. For example, instead of trying to revise gastroenterology, choose a common condition such as inflammatory bowel disease. As you read around this condition, you will cover the bowel associations, but also the systemic complications that affect the musculoskeletal system and the skin. When you come to revise rheumatological conditions, you will cover the musculoskeletal complications of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease again. This will reinforce your knowledge and help you to see the big picture.
This structural approach will also help you recall information when you're in a clinical environment. When you're confronted with a patient in the long case clinical exam, their history and presenting symptoms may suggest a diagnosis. Your physical examination to determine clinical signs may also help to activate prior knowledge, and help you recall more about the condition you're faced with.
Examiners in oral exams often use laboratory investigations or management of a condition as the basis for their questions. The revision strategy in the activity below can enhance your ability to store and recall information in a form that will be useful in your exams - and your clinical career.
1. Find a blank sheet of paper - A4 or larger is best.
2. Decide on a condition to revise and write the name of this condition across the top of your paper.
3. Split your sheet of paper into 4 equal sections under the headings.
4. Read through your notes or textbooks and make notes under each heading. For each section consider the following things...
5. File your notes safely to use as a revision aid.
1. If your notes are organised by subject, try revising by condition instead. Choose a topic (gasteroenterology for example).
2. Choose a common condition within this subject (inflammatory bowel disease). As you read around your condition, you will also cover systemic complications; helping you to link to see how your knowledge of other areas can be linked.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Benjamin Lawsky, New York's financial services superintendent, has opened an investigation into manipulation of the currency markets by large banks and is requesting documents from more than a dozen institutions, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source said Lawsky has asked for documents from Barclays BARCR.UL, Credit Suisse MLPN.P, Deutsche Bank DBKGN.DE, Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY.L), RBS (RBS.L), Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) and Standard Chartered.
The investigation adds another name to the list of regulators and law enforcement offices around the world looking at whether traders at the largest banks unduly influenced currency fixes, front-run large customer orders and engaged in other manipulative practices.
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The FAA, faced with proliferating legal challenges to its decision to close 149 contract airport control towers starting April 7, announced that it would delay any tower closings until June 15 while it works to resolve state and local concerns about the shutdowns.
"This has been a complex process and we need to get this right," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in an April 5 news release. "Safety is our top priority. We will use this additional time to make sure communities and pilots understand the changes at their local airports."
AOPA President Craig Fuller said the decision "provides the aviation community and the FAA the time it needs to properly assess this proposed budgetary action and we applaud the decision.
"Air traffic control towers provide an added measure of safety and improve efficiency in the airport communities they serve. Years of study and evaluation are spent in the determination that a single tower is warranted and today's decision will ensure that policy makers take time to understand the consequences surrounding the closure of towers. As part of the evaluation, we hope the FAA will also use this time to undertake a comprehensive review of the impact of each tower closure to include mix of operations, overlying airspace, type of instrument procedures, and proximity to metroplex airspace.
"This announcement is welcomed for another reason. Thousands of very dedicated men and women play a vital role in the nation's air transportation system through the work they do in air traffic control towers. Today's decision also recognizes their role and the respect we have for the commitment they make and the job they do every day to ensure we fly in the safest air transportation system in the world."
The FAA said that approximately 50 airport authorities and other stakeholders had expressed interest in taking on the funding of contract control towers. "This additional time will allow the FAA to help facilitate that transition," the FAA said, adding that it was consulting with airport operators on "appropriate risk mitigations."
The agency said it would also use the time "to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges to the closure decisions"; AOPA has reported on state and local reactions to the decisions.
Airport operators and other governmental units have not been the only parties to oppose the control tower closings ordered as the FAA complies with a sequestration mandate to cut its spending. Ken Paskar, an AOPA member and Airport Support Network volunteer for Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., filed a petition in late March in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals seeking judicial review of the tower shutdown decision. The Second Circuit covers Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
"I felt that pilots needed to be represented," he said, adding that his filing in Second Circuit would become the lead action of the various challenges to the shutdown order.
"I did it for a couple of reasons: because I believe that what the FAA is doing is illegal. Even if wasn't illegal it's unsafe," he said in a phone interview.
Paskar took the action even though Westchester County Airport is not among the list of airports scheduled to lose a control tower.
Paskar said he wants court review because he believes that safety considerations are being infringed by politics as the FAA becomes ensnared in the federal budget dispute. He expects briefs in the case to be filed in several months—meaning that there may be no relief before any resumption of tower closings after June 15.
Sequestration's effects on air traffic control management support his claim that safety is being compromised in the current political environment, Paskar said.
"That's what happens when you play chicken. And you know what? You're playing chicken with people's lives," he said.


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Figure caption: Stable particle assemblies. The white triangle points the nanocavity centre in the waveguide materialised in red, while the polystyrene particles appear as green dots. [(a) - (h)] show eight stable conformations observed over the nanocavity when the laser is on.
Today microelectronics techniques allow the combination of optics and microfluidics on the same chip to handle colloidal objects. The SiNaPS laboratory, in collaboration with the Near Field Optics Group of University of Burgundy and the Microelectronics Technologies Laboratory in Grenoble (LTM), has demonstrated optical trapping and self-assembly of 1 µm diameter polystyrene particles in the near-field of an optical nanocavity.
In the point dipole approximation, a dielectric particle placed in a spatially varying electromagnetic field undergoes two forces. The first one is radiation pressure, which tends to push the particle along the beam propagation direction, and the second one is a gradient force, which attracts particles towards the high field regions.
Here we wish to localise particles evolving in Brownian motion in a water filled fluidic cell with an optical nanocavity. The on chip nanocavity confines light spatially and spectrally and creates in its near-field driven optical forces. Since the nanocavity is a standing wave system, the effect of the radiation pressure is absent. We use the tailored field of the nanocavity to attract the polystyrene particles with the gradient forces; the effect obtained is called optical trapping.
When the laser excites the nanocavity at its resonance, a particle passing nearby can be trapped. If the laser is switch off, the previously trapped particle is liberated. Furthermore, we have observed the formation of particle assemblies. We can capture several particles on a single nanocavity and the particles arrange themselves according to basic geometrical shapes maximising their number above the nanocavity. Further work will target applications in life sciences, for in situ monitoring for example.
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Bryan Hastings receives MLK Medal of Distinguished Service for Evergreen Pool
King County Councilmember Joe McDermott on Monday (April 30) presented Bryan Hastings an MLK Medal of Distinguished Service for his efforts to keep Evergreen Pool afloat: Metropolitan King County Councilmember... [Read more]
Evergreen Community Aquatic Center receives grant for homeless shower facilities
The Evergreen Community Aquatic Center recently received a $5,000 grant to help fund shower facilities for homeless residents: With the growing numbers of families facing homelessness, local organizations... [Read more]
Evergreen Community Aquatic Center releases Fall schedule
The Evergreen Community Aquatic Center has released its Fall schedule. Registration dates are: SEPTEMBER: 8/21 OCTOBER: 9/23 NOVEMBER: 10/23 Evergreen Community Aquatic Center is located at 606 SW... [Read more]
KING Aquatic Club launching new site at Evergreen Community Aquatic Center
The KING Aquatic Club, a USA Swimming Gold Medal Swim Club, will be launching a new site at the Evergreen Community Aquatic Center (ECAC) in White Center starting on Monday, Feb. 16. Established in 1966,... [Read more]
WhiteWater Aquatics hires Mike Hoppe as new Head Coach
WhiteWater Aquatics announced this week that they have hired Mike Hoppe as their new head coach. Coach Hoppe has been a swim and water polo coach for over 20 years. He is an American Swim Coaches Association... [Read more]
FREE Family Swim Passes now available at Evergreen Pool
Low-income families who qualify for free/reduced lunches and live within the Burien city limits can now receive FREE Family Swim Passes for the Evergreen Community Aquatic Center. The City has partnered... [Read more]
UPDATE: Evergreen Pool, threatened by possible closure, will remain open
The non-profit Evergreen Pool, which serves the greater Highline area and that had been threatened with closure (read our previous coverage here), will remain open thanks to a combination of community... [Read more]
Help Evergreen Pool by taking swimming lessons
Our friends at Evergreen Pool could close if the community doesn't start using it, and they're encouraging residents to help by taking swimming lessons! This local non-profit indoor aquatic... [Read more]
Evergreen Pool holding Free Community Swim this Saturday, Dec. 21
Evergreen Pool in White Center will be throwing a party for the community this Saturday, Dec. 21, along with a toy and food drive to help the less fortunate in the area. Just bring an unwrapped toy or... [Read more]
Evergreen Pool in White Center holding 'Parents Night Out' fundraiser Saturday
Highline's Evergreen Pool in White Center will be holding a "Parents Night Out" fundraiser from 6 – 9 p.m. this Saturday night, Dec. 14. For a minimum donation of $30 per child, parents can... [Read more]
Fundraising campaign now underway to keep Evergreen Pool open
WhiteWater Aquatics Management, the non-profit organization that operates the Evergreen Community Aquatics Center pool in unincorporated King County faces a Jan. 15 deadline to raise $15,000 to keep the... [Read more]
'Parent's Night Out' fundraiser at Evergreen Pool is this Friday night
Evergreen Pool and Whitewater Aquatics will be holding a 'Parent's Night Out/Kid Party' fundraiser this Friday night, Nov. 29, from 6 – 9 p.m. A $30 donation is asked, with all proceeds... [Read more]
Auction & Casino Night for Evergreen Community Aquatic Center is Oct. 13
Our friends at the Evergreen Community Aquatic Center want our Readers to know that they'll be holding a Silent Auction & Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Normandy Park Cove. "The... [Read more]
5K Fundraiser Will Raise $ For Evergreen Community Aquatics Center June 18
The Strawberry Festival Family 5K (we're Sponsors) is back and will kick off this year's Wild Strawberry Festival with a family friendly run/walk through scenic Burien on Saturday, June... [Read more]


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How To: Installing the EPEL Repository
1. What is EPEL?
EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is open source and free community based repository project from Fedora team which provides 100% high quality add-on software packages for Linux distribution including RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), CentOS, and Scientific Linux. Epel project is not a part of RHEL/Cent OS but it is designed for major Linux distributions by providing lots of open source packages like networking, sys admin, programming, monitoring and so on. Most of the epel packages are maintained by Fedora repo.
2. What does it do?
It allows your computer to tap into an extra pool of software.. It's a repository. Not much explaining there.
Tough you will find alot of extra Software here, that's not included in the CentOS base repo.
For our purpose we need to install PlexMediaServer & ZNC. Wich can both be found in the EPEL repo!
3. Adding the repo!
CentOS 6 / RHEL – 32-Bit
[root@linuxbox vossn]# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
[root@linuxbox vossn]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
CentOS 6 / RHEL – 64-Bit
[root@linuxbox vossn]# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
[root@linuxbox vossn]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
You can also install EPEL by running:
[root@linuxbox vossn]# yum install epel-release.
The package is included in the CentOS Extras repository, enabled by default.
4. Verify the install
[root@linuxbox vossn]# yum repolist
Sample output:
5. Using EPEL
Pretty damn simple: Just type in "yum search znc" or "yum install <package>"
And it will find what you are looking for!
Good luck!


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Can a Text Derail Your Career?
Posted In: The Office
Posted On: 11/3/2014
A former colleague of mine recently stepped into a new position at her company. She beat out several people for the job and as a result, these competitors actually ended up working for her. Although it was awkward for all parties involved, this is not unusual in the corporate world.
What was a bit more unusual, however, was something that happened to my colleague when she was working with one of these passed-over employees. Let me set the scene.
My colleague was sitting in the back seat of a car that was being driven by the most junior person in this scenario. In the passenger seat was the employee who was not happy with her new-found circumstance of reporting to my colleague. As is typical in the food industry, these three were spending the workday visiting grocery stores to check out product placement and pricing. As my colleague handled a phone call from that back seat position, she saw a text that was sent to the driver from the passenger. It went something like this: "Will this day ever be over? I can't wait to get rid of her."
What should my colleague do in this situation?
- a) Say something immediately to let the offender know that she saw the text and that it was not acceptable?
- b) Ignore the situation, chalking it up to immaturity/jealously on the part of the offender?
- c) File this away for a teachable moment at a later point?
I recommend c) and here is why. Although this is insubordinate behavior and demonstrates poor leadership (putting down your boss to a more junior person is bad form), this forum was not the appropriate place to reprimand the offender. Coaching that deals with negative feedback should always be given in a one-to-one setting. And although this incident may seem somewhat insignificant, it is important the offender learn that this is inappropriate leadership behavior. What if you hate your boss? Keep it to yourself and your best buddy, not your peers and certainly not your direct reports. The immaturity demonstrated in that text could be an early indicator that our offender does not have the leadership necessary to move up the ladder of this company. And my colleague, her new boss, is now questioning her judgment. That's not good. Can a text derail your career? Absolutely. A few wrong words seen by the wrong person could be as detrimental as sharing a selfie of one of your body parts!


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This week we have challenged each other - all the girls on the Hobbyworld team had one challenge each. A challenge to create in a way we're not used to, or we think is difficult. Therese / Tesa challenged me to create something in a steampunk style. Oh. My. God. It was difficult - but I made it! :D Here's the result - a London layout:
Check out the blog for list of supplies - AND for the other team members challenge creations. :)
Take care!


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Category Archives: Arts
Highlighting Westport Island Crafts and Goods
Taking note of local talent
If you missed the Westport Island Crafts Show on September 16, just a quick pitch to support our artisanal resources. There were 13 booths this year — seven of which showcased Island talent. Our "home-grown" crafters and artisans were: Ann Cole-Fairfield, Instant Comfort; Pam Shockley, PS Designs; Jill Cooney, Island Crafts; Sandy Besecker, A Little of This and a Little of That; Jeff Foss, Jeff's Crafts; Steve Arsenault, Crossroads Coffee; and Libby Fairfield, Effing Illustrations. Refreshments were provided by Westport Island Chief Cook and Bottlewasher, Nita Greenleaf.
Instant Comfort specializes in hot/cold comfort packs designed to relieve stress or pain and cool neck ties to keep the exertion of running,
hiking and biking more comfortable. PS Designs provides fashions, pet toys and children's cuddle toys in soft fleece. Island Crafts creates quality home decor and collectibles to seasonably decorate your home. A Little of This and a Little of That specializes in quilted items, including totes, gift bags and purses. Jeff's Crafts repurposes vintage vinyl record centers for distinctive coasters. Crossroads Coffee roasts artisanal coffee blends on Main Road, Westport Island for coffee connoisseurs. And Effing Illustrations' Libby Fairfield pens and paints natural science illustrations and still life prints and cards.
Many of Westport Island's crafters and artisans will be at the 2nd Annual Brunswick Arts & Crafts Show at Coastal Performance Center, 14 Thomas Point Rd. (Cook's Corner) in Brunswick on October 21 and 22; and at the 24th Annual Made In Maine Christmas Craft Show at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham on November 18 and 19.
For those who want to support local crafts and businesses "on island", stay tuned for the continued development of the town website which is planning a directory of your neighbors' goods and services. And, on September 15, 2018, Westport Island Artisans Guild will celebrate 20 years — plan to be a part of the celebration.
A Westport Island Mural Mystery
A folk art masterpiece in the Cornelius Tarbox house
When Callie and Bob Connor, classics professors from North Carolina, considered purchasing the historic Cornelius Tarbox home on Westport Island, their decision was as much about saving a colonial treasure as about having a waterfront refuge. The house — though in need of "TLC" — had good, solid colonial bones and was decorated with an expansive folk art/maritime mural in the front entry that captivated the Connors.
A floor-to-ceiling mural of a colorful coastal panorama extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The mural is done in a similar style to that of folk art muralist Rufus Porter who was active from 1825 to 1840. The Connors' mural is unsigned — a mystery as to who painted it and as to the story that inspired it.
The clues? There is a schooner with flags bearing the initials "WFT", presumably for Cornelius's son who died at age 32 — William F. Tarbox (1832-1865), a U.S. flag, a red burgee and a blue rectangular flag with a white circle — possibly a merchant flag? The schooner "William F. Tarbox" was lost with all hands on board in 1857; and the person William F. Tarbox died in 1865 in Nova Scotia where he had moved to stake a gold claim.
The panoramic mural also depicts a lighthouse (Seguin?), a fisherman's home, a fishing vessel, a seascape with many vessels fading into the background and some grand trees that have a tendency to lean. The type of trees — or the leaning — may be a clue or maybe the brushstrokes, the way people are depicted, or the mural's resonance with other historical murals in area structures…
By poring through valuation and tax books at the Westport Island town office, Callie established that the Tarbox house was built between 1848 and 1850. Through additional research, the Connors found leads to two additional area murals painted in a similar style. One of the murals is at the Five Islands Baptist Church (built 1841) in Georgetown. That mural was believed to have been done some time after 1864 by "an anonymous itinerant painter". The third mural is at the Alvah Morse house (built 1847-1852) in Bath. All of these murals are unsigned; experts believe the Connors' mural and the Five Islands Baptist Church 1864 mural are likely by the same painter.
Are there more murals in our midst that might hold additional clues to who painted the Tarbox House mural? Are there others who may know more about the story or the symbols depicted? The Connors are dedicated to learning this story — a story that promises to add another interesting page to Westport Island history.
Westport Island: An Inspiration In All Seasons
Dan Osterman's Island Impressions
Though much of his artistic "ocean inspiration" has derived from Cape Cod and Monhegan Island, for six weeks in time, Dan Osterman was inspired by Westport Island. Osterman was an artist in residency at the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation on East Shore Road in the winter of 2006.
Although it was cold, Osterman drew and painted while exploring the Island. "Twilight on the Sheepscot" and the "House on the Curve" were done "plein air" along East Shore Road. "Under the Dock" began as a drawing from his East Shore rambles and became a painting later. The marsh paintings were two of several he did of the marsh behind the MacNamara barn. …And, "Maine Inlet at Low Tide", the vertical pen and ink scene, evolved in his studio where he was primed with cranked up music and contemplating his raw sketches on a large plank of wood.
One of Osterman's most contemplative spots was the inlet on Jerry Day Mason's property with its rhythm of tides and winter ice lines. That spot inspired his "Inlet" painting. He believes he spoke with Jerry at the time and that she was the sweet lady he gave a small version of his "Inlet" painting to as an expression of his appreciation.
Osterman's boldest Westport piece, the yellow painting of "Clouds on the Horizon", represented an overall impression of his Westport experience. The painting is also representative of why he is drawn to the coast to paint: "I go to the sea where the land disappears, and the clouds stack up, and the elements fight for supremacy."
Dan Osterman lives and works in Boston these days where he has a studio in the Fort Point Arts Community, but he has continuing ties to Maine. His wife's parents are from Maine, and several artists who have influenced his style were regular pilgrims to Monhegan's summer art colony. For both the artistic tradition of the area as well as its coastal horizons, he looks forward to a trip back to Westport and Wiscasset. His work, including Westport pieces, can be purchased at his shop on Etsy; and he can be contacted at email@example.com.
A Budding Westport Island Artist Touts Farms
When 8-year old Mara Abbott put crayons to paper to create a t-shirt design for Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS), she had lots of "farm inspiration" to draw on. There was a time when much of the land on Westport Island was farmland. Produce, poultry and berries were grown for residents as well as ferried by boat to Southport and other islands off Boothbay Harbor. Although that's not true today, farms are still integral to the Island character.
FARMS sponsored its first annual T-shirt design contest this year. Entries were sought in the newspaper, and students from at least five schools submitted design artwork. The winner for grades k-6…was our own hometown hero, Mara Abbott!
Where did Mara find her inspiration? One thing she thought about were past visits to the Squire Tarbox Farm — the Island's oldest farm — where she saw chickens and pigs. Her inspiration began with thoughts of visiting the farm and her favorite farm animals: rabbits, cats, horses and chickens. She thought about her parents' garden and and other local gardens where tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and corn are grown. And, she thought about what her school's FARM Coordinator, Abby Plummer, always talks about: recycling and eating fresh food grown on neighborhood farms.
The FARM program at WPS (Wiscasset Primary School) is about how to integrate farming and eating well into early education. Children learn how to grow food organically, eat nutritiously and support local farms and economies. When asked about her response to Mara's t-shirt design, "FARM Abby" said "We love it!!!! It really captures the mission of FARMS."
To support Westport Island farmers — from May to October — visit the Tarbox Farm on Fridays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; or visit the Boothbay Farmers Market on Thursday mornings or the Bath Farmers Market on Saturday mornings to buy produce from the Tarbox Farm or microgreens from Westport's Judy Hughes at MicroMainea.
Sketches of Westport Island
William Oberst's Island Diary
Perched on East Shore Road with a view to Long Cove sits an 1860's barn moved to Westport Island from Pennsylvania. The distinctively-renovated barn houses the Robert M. MacNamara Foundation's artists' residency program. Since 2002, as finances have allowed, small groups of artists – fine artists, crafts persons, writers, and photographers – have been awarded "sabbaticals" allowing them expense-paid time to develop their crafts here on Westport Island.
The "art-colony" program was the realization of a dream for Maureen MacNamara Barrett: a dream unknown to many on the Island.
One of the artists who has benefited from the MacNamara program, is William Oberst, a painter now living in North Adams, Massachusetts. He spent six weeks here in 2007 and is sharing some of his thoughts.
Although always a painter at some level, Oberst didn't pursue a formal education in the arts until his late 40's, after which he taught college-level painting and drawing. Until coming to the artists' program on Westport Island, he was an oil painter who focused on portraits of people. The Island, as a place, changed his focus. When he arrived here: saw the rocks, the water, his spectacular cottage, the dark of night lit only by stars — and he heard only lobster boats and birds at the break of day — he didn't want to be tied to a canvas. He wanted to take advantage of where he found himself.
When Maureen Barrett brought him and fellow residents to an art supply store in Portland, he bought watercolors. In the ensuing weeks, he ferried a portable chair and his watercolors along our shore where he painted 12 of his first watercolors.
Oberst spent much of his painting time at Kehail Point where he was transfixed by a shoreline of rocks, gravel, high and low tide bands, and the different zones of rock. He also became fascinated with the portability, the spontaneity, and the "gesture" of watercolors.
Like the other artists who came here to discover something new about their craft, he discovered our Island. In appreciation for his experience here, he is sharing his visual Westport Island diary…


text: Come one, come all to the Barony of the Steppes on November 8th to celebrate the Coronation of Gunthar II and Elizabeth New Information Included as of 10/21/2008 Thank everyone who caught the typo on the number for the feast. Feast is for 150, not ten. Also, thank you Don Duncan for catching the missing / at the end of the link the coronation website, it should work now! Coronation Website Link: https://steppes.ansteorra.org/coronation/ *** Schedule *** *** All times are subject to change, and the schedule may be revised, except for opening and closing *** 10 am – Gate opens 12 pm – Step down court 1 pm – Coronation (or half an hour after the end of step down court) 2 pm – Peers meeting (or half an hour after coronation) 2:30 – GOofS MTG 4 pm – Gate clases, setup for feast begins 5 pm – Feast 8 pm – Clean up / tear down 10 pm – Site closes *** Special Items *** The Ladies of the Rose will be hosting a silent auction to raise funds for Gulf War. Their Royal Highnesses are holding a Toys for Tots collection drive, in lieu of ponies for Gunthar. If you would like to contribute, please bring an unwrapped toy in its original packaging. *** Star Signet Contests *** At the upcoming Coronation of Their Royal Highnesses Gunther and Elizabeth, I will be hosting two contests: ***Ansteorran Insignia Contest*** There will be contests in two Categories: Quality and Quantity . Bring your best quality insignia for this contest, items to be judged on quality and heraldic accuracy. And those those who are prolific in making beautiful art, the person/s with the most (usable) insignia will win as well. All insignia submitted for the contest will be donated to the Crown at the end of the day. There will be a fabulous prize given to the winner(s). If you have any questions, or need ideas, please feel free to visit the insignia website at _http://scribe.ansteorra.org/insignia.html_ , or you can email HL John Lightfoot, Scribal Insignia Deputy, at _lightfootcim at aol.com_ ***Populace Vote Scroll Contest*** Come view the best of Ansteorran Scribes and pick your favorite single work for this populace vote contest!! Scribes may enter a single original scroll created during the last two years. The original or a color copy may be displayed. Documentation is not required, but is encouraged; scrolls should be in frames if possible, for protection. Fabulous prizes will be given to the winners of each contest. Please contact me at hsetrinity at aol.com or star_signet at herald.ansteorra.orgwith any questions. I hope to see many of you and your entries at Coronation! Suzanne Star Signet *** Merchants *** If you are interested in being a merchant at the Coronation of TRH Gunter and Elizabeth, please contact HL Margarite McBridin at chelle at bmhanson.net. Cost for merchants is $10.00 *** Feast Menu *** First Course Roast Chicken with lemon and rosemary Pumpernickel bread and butters Mushroom and onion tart Sautéed green beans Second Course Roast pork with apples and onions Macrows Spinach salad with a light dressing German milk bread and butter Sweet Course Gingerbread Shortbread Fresh whipped cream Liadon's warm caramel sauce *** Site and Event Information **** GoodWill Industries Garden Room 4005 Campus Drive Fort Worth, TX Site opens at 10:00 am and closes at 10:00 pm Site Fee: Adult (14+) $10 * Child (6-15) $5 Children 5 and under are free Family Max $30 Feast $8 Feast is limited to 150 people. Pre-registration through ACCEPS is strongly encouraged. https://acceps.ansteorra.org/index.php ACCEPS will be available until October 31 * Those paying the adult site fee, who do not show proof of current membership, must pay additional $3 surcharge Make checks payable to SCA, Inc. / Barony of the Steppes The Family Max price covers a maximum of two adults of the same household and their legal minor children Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, They may also attend with a 21 year old or older adult with a signed and notarized waiver form from their parents. *** Contact Information *** Event Stewards Coronation43 at yahoo.com Lady Regan Caimbeul Rachel D. Fisher 8920 Yosemite Trail Crossroads, TX 76227 214 257 8174 Alianorra MacAiodh Sarah E. Norgan 168A Horseshoe Trail Weatherford, TX 76085 405 503 5878 Feast Steward Lady Elizabeth Pendarvis Shari Burnham ladypendarvis at sbcglobal.net


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By Rob Mitchum // February 9, 2015
When people talk about the current tech boom, it usually conjures up images of phone apps, social media networks, and startups with one-word names. But inside the public sector, a quieter tech revolution stirs, as governments increasingly recognize the power of data to help them serve their constituents more effectively. This trend creates a new kind of skills gap, as governments look for people with both the technical skills and civic motivation to analyze data and build tools for internal and external use.
In a story for Motherboard, Vice's technology channel, reporter Theresa Bradley examines this situation and looks at programs attempting to fill this gap, including the CI's Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship. In addition to photos and graphics from DSSG (who are currently sorting through some 800 applications for 2015!), Bradley spoke to director Rayid Ghani about his inspiration for starting the fellowship.
To introduce techies to other options, Ghani in 2013 launched Data Science for Social Good, a summer fellowship at the University of Chicago that has since drawn more than 80 statisticians, engineers, mathematicians and others to help nonprofits and public agencies from the World Bank to the City of Memphis address issues like corruption, homelessness, climate change, and blight—opening their minds to public sector possibilities along the way.
"I wanted them to be exposed to these kinds of problems, so when they hear a technical idea, they say, 'Oh, that could be really useful for that organization that's doing disaster-relief work' or something, so they make that link and pursue it" over commercial applications, Ghani said.
Bradley also spoke to Urban Center for Computation and Datafellow Brett Goldstein, the former Chief Data and Information Officer for Chicago, about what's needed to train new people that can extract the maximum potential from government data.
"If we're going to create data-empowered individuals as change agents in government, they need to have depth," to be able to interrogate not just data, but the range of ways in which it can be used, said Goldstein, who introduced many of these methods to the City of Chicago.
"We need to break down these classical silos," he added. "The government worker, the policy person, the social scientist of the future, needs to have subject matter expertise, and at the same time have the applied data science skills to do real work on their own. And they need to understand what they're doing."
For more information about Data Science for Social Good, visit their website or read this feature article about last summer's program.


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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on July 1 forwarded the results of its investigation into the videotaped beating of Francis Pusok by 10 deputies to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office
It is now three weeks after that report was submitted and more than three months after the beating took place, and we are still waiting to see if the DA's Office will choose to file charges against any or all of the 10.
We didn't think it would take the DA's Office three days to figure this one out, let alone three weeks. After all, thanks to NBC4's video of the incident, just about every American with a television set has seen it, probably multiple times. In case you missed it, here's a synopsis:
A man leads deputies on a chase for hours, a good portion of it on a horse he's accused of stealing. The man falls off the horse, lays on his stomach in the desert dirt, first stretches his arms out to the sides, then places them behind his back. He is promptly kicked by two deputies before eight others join in. NBC4 counts at least 60 blows delivered with fists, feet and batons, more than 10 to the man's head.
Most could render a decision on such needless brutality in three minutes. If that had been 10 average Joes attacking a defenseless person laying on the ground, we bet those 10 Joes would have been arrested and charged before you could say "double standard."
But instead, these 10 deputies have been enjoying a paid vacation since early April when the Sheriff's Department placed them on paid administrative leave. Who knows how much overtime the Sheriff's Department has run up since then covering those 10 deputies' shifts.
What else has happened in the more than three months since Pusok's beating? Plenty. Pusok reached a $650,000 settlement with San Bernardino County, then on May 28 the DA charged him with 14 criminal counts, including 11 felonies. If convicted on all counts, he faces nearly 20 years in prison. Then the District Attorney's Office sought to have his bail increased to $575,000, only to have a judge set it at $450,000.
All the while, the public has been waiting for the results of this investigation and for the District Attorney to act. We're still waiting.
District Attorney Michael Ramos has made it clear he wants to be the state's next attorney general, so maybe he's already on the campaign trail. How else do you explain the delay?
One would think a District Attorney setting his sights on higher office would want to send a message that whatever the issue is, he will deal with it quickly and fairly. Instead, we're left to wonder. Pusok is no choir boy, we get that. But justice is justice.


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JBoss has released Web Beans 1.0.0 Alpha recently. Quoted from the Web Beans site:
"Web Beans defines a set of services for the Java EE environment that makes applications much easier to develop. Web Beans layers an enhanced lifecycle and interaction model over existing Java component types including JavaBeans and Enterprise Java Beans. As a complement to the traditional Java EE programming model, the Web Beans services provide:
* an improved lifecycle for stateful components, bound to well-defined contexts,
* a typesafe approach to dependency injection,
* interaction via an event notification facility, and
* a better approach to binding interceptors to components, along with a new kind of interceptor, called a decorator, that is more appropriate for use in solving business problems.
Web Beans is especially useful in the context of web applications, but is applicable to many different kinds of applications and may even be used in the Java SE context, in conjunction with an embeddable EJB Lite container, as defined in the EJB 3.1 specification. "
I'll be checking this out soon...


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Preludes begin at 7:15 p.m. prior to Thursday evening Masterworks concerts, and at 7:00 p.m. before Saturday performances. On Saturdays, the guest speaker is joined by Maestro Sitkovetsky at 7:00 p.m. for a unique look at the evening's program.
Recent guest speakers for Preludes include Dr. David Nelson, Dr. Gregory Carroll, and Dr. Joan Titus from UNC-Greensboro, and Dr. Wendy Looker from Guilford College.


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The 2018 Acura ILX draws on an engine with 201 hp and 180 lb-ft of torque for spirited performance whether cruising on the highway or in the city. Power is expertly harnessed through the industry's first 8-speed dual-clutch transmission with torque converter, so mpg ratings impress and shifting feels seamless. On curving roads, paddle shifters adjust engine speed manually, with drive-by-wire throttle control and electric power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering blending dashes of exhilaration with finely tuned control. Sophisticated suspension irons out the road without leaving you feeling disconnected.
2.4-Liter Direct Injection Inline-4
The aluminum block, direct-injected 2.4-liter inline-four delivers 201 high-revving horsepower, 181 lb-ft of torque (both SAE net) and best-in-class thrills per mile. Unlike turbocharged engines, throttle response is immediately impactful. The engine's light weight means nimble handling and notable fuel economy.
Every ILX is equipped with the industry's first and only 8-Speed DCT with torque converter. Originally developed for racing, the dual-clutch design shifts faster, smoother and with greater efficiency than conventional automatic transmissions. A perfect fit for the high-revving inline-four engine to really shift what's standard.
Paddle Shifters
The true performance potential of the 8-Speed DCT is realized by paddle shifters that enable lightning-fast shifts that take only milliseconds versus a typical manual shift of about a half second. This makes lively acceleration out of a turn or engine braking down a mountain road particularly satisfying.
Vehicle Stability Assist
The Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) system helps makes every driver a better driver by using an array of sensors, along with ABS, to reduce the dangers of oversteer or understeer. VSA continually monitors vehicle speed, throttle position, individual wheel speeds, steering angle, lateral G-force, and yaw rate for increased traction control.
Multi-View Rearview Camera
All models are equipped with a multi-view rear camera that automatically gives you a choice of three different images of the area behind the vehicle when Reverse is engaged. The rear camera image appears on most models in a 5-inch, full-color display above the center controls while models with the navigation system display the rear camera image through an 8-inch navigation screen.
Adaptive Cruise Control
Conventional cruise control has always been welcome on long highway trips. But it's of little use on a daily urban commute. Adaptive Cruise Control changes that. You can set a desired speed while maintaining a set time interval between you and the car detected ahead—allowing you to enjoy the benefits of cruise control in light traffic conditions.
Collision Mitigation Braking
With a radar transmitter in the grille and camera above the rearview mirror, the Collision Mitigation Braking System candetermine the distance and closing speed of detected objects ahead and provide visual alerts when it determines a crash is possible. If you don't react, the system is designed to begin braking for you.
Lane Keeping Assist
The Lane Keeping Assist System uses a forward-facing camera above the rearview mirror to identify lane edges to proactively keep the ILX centered. If you begin to drift to the side, it will gently guide the car back to the middle of the lane.
Road Departure Mitigation System
The Road Departure Mitigation System uses a camera to identify lane lines and even objects on the side of the road. If it senses the ILX veering, it can warn you—and even brake as it assists you back into your lane.
Jewel Eye LED Headlights
Standard equipped on every ILX model, Acura's Jewel Eye LED headlight technology mimics the natural sunlight using ten separate LED lamps. The intense, focused beams of light help you to view colors more vividly and reduce fatigueat night.
A-SPEC Package
Take style to the next level with the A-SPEC Package. Exterior and interior details give a bolder, sportier appearance. Choose 18-inch wheels, side sills, trunk spoiler, fog lights, aluminum pedals, red interior lighting accents, gray contrast stitching, and black headliner. Plus, perforated Lux Suede seat inserts share similar refinements as those in the NSX.
Dual-Zone Climate Control
Dual-zone, automatic climate control adjusts system output to keep the set temperature for each of the system's dual-zones, allowing you and your front passenger to stay independently comfortable.
GPS-Linked Climate Control
GPS tracks the sun's position relative to the car while a solar sensor measures its intensity and adjusts system output to keep the set temperature for each of the system's dual-zones. You and your front passenger enjoy temperature and airflow that suits each of you best.
ELS Studio Premium Audio System
Re-experience sound with enhanced clarity for an audio experience like no other. Tuned by Grammy award-winning recording engineer and producer Elliot Scheiner, the ELS Studio Premium Audio System is designed with the goal of reproducing music with the quality of a professional recording studio. Surround sound fills the ILX from any stereo digital source.


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Title: Accidentally on Purpose
Author: Jill Shalvis
My Rating: A-
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Heartbreaker Bay #3
Main Characters: Elle and Archer
Release Date: January 2017
Publisher: Avon Books
Links to Purchase:
Sexual Intensity: hot
Story Overview:
Elle Wheaten's priorities: friends, career, and kick-ass shoes. Then there's the muscular wall of stubbornness that's security expert Archer Hunt—who comes before everything else. No point in telling Mr. "Feels-Free Zone" that, though. Elle will just see other men until she gets over Archer . . . which should only take a lifetime . . .
There's no such thing as a little in lust…
Archer's wanted the best for Elle ever since he sacrificed his law-enforcement career to save her. But now that she's earned happiness and success, Archer just wants Elle 24/7. Their chemistry could start the next San Francisco Earthquake, and Archer doesn't want to be responsible for the damage. The alternative? Watch her go out with guys who aren't him . . .
There is such a thing as…
As far as Archer's concerned, nobody is good enough for Elle. But when he sets out to prove it by sabotaging her dates, she gets mad—and things get hot as hell. Now Archer has a new mission: prove to Elle that her perfect man has been here all along…
My Review:
Yay. I've been looking forward to Archer's book and it did not disappoint. There's a history between Elle and Archer that's been a mystery up until this book. In the aftermath of what happened between the two of them, things have been a bit contentious. For Elle, she's hurt and HATES that she's still extremely attracted to him. He turned her down, but her dang heart is stupid. She hates that so much. She's worked so hard to make her life what it is. She's a competent, confident, successful woman. Archer is her weakness, and she pretty much hates him for it.
Archer hates that he's hurt Elle so much that she can't even be in the same room with him. Regardless of that, though, he's spent the last eleven years protecting her and trying to make sure that she's okay. (She is unaware of all of that.) And trying to hide his attraction to her.
This is a great enemies to lovers story. These two definitely fight to hide their attraction to one another. There's so much chemistry between the two of them. It's hot and sexy and so much fun...especially when that chemistry spins out of control.
The way the entire story unfolded was fabulous. I loved every time Elle and Archer were on the page together. They have snappy fun dialogue and scenes. In fact the dialogue between this whole group of friends is so fun. I love how they all get into one another's business and have each other's back. There were some highly emotional scenes in this story, but I loved the way the friends were always there to point out exactly where Elle or Archer screwed up...just like all good friends should.
And note...Archer is the security specialist so of course there was some great action which always adds an extra oomph of emotion. I like that.
And now I'm really hoping Spencer's book is next. I love that big, geeky, gorgeous guy (who spends a lot of the time a bit clueless...he's going to make a great hero.)
I received a complimentary copy of this book in return for an honest review, but this one is going on my reread list, so I ordered a print copy for my keeper shelf.


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Friday, October 16, 2015
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I stopped writing this blog when readership fell too low for the effort I was putting in. I was still watching and thinking about horror movies but was just not recording those thoughts. I miss it a bit, writing got me more involved in the horror community and I have met some great people and attended many screenings. I have fallen off the map of the horror community since then and I think this event is to at least see what people are doing. I'm going to this event even though I have never been to a horror convention and have to say I am a bit weary of the crowds and noise. So tonight it is a very slow start. I am going to check the scene and attend a movie at the convention center by William Hellfire. He is what I would call an underground film maker who has mostly done micro budget horror and soft porn with Seduction Cinema. I know him and Erin Russ from the always entertaining Alternative Cinema podcast, so I look forward to the film.
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This is from a book called "Parenting Is Heart Work" by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN.
Lord, I pray the same prayer David prayed in Psalm 139:23: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." Please point out areas in my heart that are getting in the way of my effectiveness with my family. I want to serve You here at home, and I ask You to prepare me every day for the difficult work of parenting. I also ask you to make me sensitive to my children's heart needs. Help me to see past the mundane tasks fo the day to the deeper issues in their lives. Please use me as an instrument in the work You are doing in their hearts.
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- Jenny said...
wow! this has been my prayer lately, too. I want to be connected to my children in such a way that I truly understand them. I took Caleb to paint at Polka Dot Pottery yesterday, because I felt he needed a little more mommy time. God is so good to nudge us mommies when our kids need us!
- April 27, 2009 at 8:18 AM
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For those clad in "righteousness."
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Pure white robe her Lord supplied.
Jesus, Jesus, You are calling
Sinners by Your side to stand;
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I will clasp Your pierced hand.
O, Your way is full of splendour,
In Your hand of love take me,
May I love and serve with ardour,
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Firelight is an "SNL digital short" featured on the Taylor Swift hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. The short replaced vampires with a Frankenstein family. The title parodies Frankenstein's resistance to fire.
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Man killed his gay son in Los Angeles
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An old man shot dead his adult son in Los Angeles this week because his son was gay.Shehada Khalil Issa (69), who had previously threatened to kill...
An old man shot dead his adult son in Los Angeles this week because his son was gay.
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