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Your best bet is to upload new pictures into this account.
I have an older account that I can log into and private message on, but not post. I had to make a new account. Is there anyway I can still use my old account? I have a lot of pictures and everything on it from years ago. I can do everything else with it though, lol
Your best bet is to upload new pictures into this account.
The fact is- a lot of us did too. You can even see it on my original account (BorzoiMom" ) where I came in, posted- then because of a move- had to change my email address, then unable to verify new email address.
I was told at the time that things were reading normal for mods etc.. but still- to no avail.
I believe that is what happened to a lot of us.
A glitch in the system.
BorzoiMom * No Such thing as Just A Dog *


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The National Teachers Hall of Fame has added a memorial to teachers who have died in the course of their teaching duties. While recent teachers such as the Sandy Hook victims and Christa McAuliffe come immediately to mind, the earliest teacher on the list (currently) is Enoch Brown, who died in 1764.
The organizers are eager to hear about other teachers who are eligible for the memorial. Contact them at http://www.nthf.org/

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Meat and poultry: Make it fast, keep it safe
Amid recession, recalls and regulations, plants make strides to marry safety with efficiency gains.
The recession led 40 percent of retail shoppers to seek cheaper products at the meat case. That's lower than the 50 percent of shoppers who have pared spending overall, but it still bodes poorly for meat, poultry and seafood processors seeking to add value to commodity products.
The findings, jointly published in March by the American Meat Institute and Food Marketing Institute and sponsored by Sealed Air's Cryovac Food Packaging Div., indicate a move toward cheaper products and less brand loyalty. While that only increases the pressure on plants to operate with utmost throughput and efficiency and minimal waste, it's also critical for processors to combat any perception that during a recession they aren't cutting corners in their food safety programs.
"The food industry is low-margin, and costs are always important," says John Surak, principal of Surak and Associates (www.stratecon-intl.com/jsurak.html), Clemson, S.C. "But no matter what, food safety is Job 1, quality is Job 2, and you're always concerned about both. So when you're designing a line or making upgrades, you build food safety and quality into the process. The food processor must have a food safety and quality culture first, so you never cut corners."
Part of his job is consulting with processors to get them ready for third-party audits to food safety standards. In addition to being a consultant and professor emeritus at Clemson University, Surak led the U.S. delegation that helped develop the ISO 22000 international food safety standard.
Automated boot washing systems reduce risk and get workers on the plant floor in 75 percent less time, aiding plant safety and productivity.
He's also the former vice president of quality and food safety for Brooks Food Group and oversaw two food processing facilities, one an FDA-regulated plant and the other an FSIS-regulated facility. As such, he recommends processors know their safety plans inside and out. "I already knew where the potential issues were, and I wanted to see if the auditor would identify the issues and report them. I was already working on the corrective actions before the audit."
No leading and few responsible processors will find this advice extreme; customers have long insisted on standards more stringent than the laws require.
Equipment fosters sanitation
While processing and packaging equipment suppliers don't directly manage food safety risks, the way their equipment is designed can go a long way to foster sanitation, especially to inhibit microbial growth. Cleanability has become a major issue to help speed sanitation, whether the plant asset can be wiped, hosed, pressure-washed or cleaned-in-place. Some basic features and strategies processors call upon suppliers to help with include:
- Minimizing human interaction to eliminate sources of risk.
- Offering antimicrobial agents – for workers, equipment and packages.
- Minimizing horizontal ledges where debris or pathogens can collect.
- Maximizing access to all food contact areas for easy cleaning.
- Ensuring that equipment such as cookers evenly heat product to ensure commercial sterility.
- Offering sanitary stainless steel motors and gearboxes to eliminate paint and to withstand wash-downs.
- Using new sanitary conveyor belting materials and accessibility options for easier cleaning.
- Using quick-release connectors and other means to reduce the tools needed for cleaning and changeover.
- Adding computer controls and operator stations at the line for greater automation of cleaning protocols.
"We're doing more open designs for better inspection as cleaning is taking place," says Jeff Walker, director of business opportunities for food equipment operation at Sealed Air's Cryovac division (www.sealedair.com), Duncan, S.C. This includes more open designs such as see-through and perforated guards. Mechanical components, such as sections of conveyor lines, lift for more accessibility during cleaning.
For example, he cites a bag loader (Model BL 101) that has a modular belt that allows the line to cycle if necessary. On the reduction of tools on the plant floor, he says this lets users dissemble equipment for more thorough cleaning as well as a reducing the risk of loose pieces and parts on the plant floor. Such features are included in an infeed system (Model 8604) specifically redesigned for the ready-to-eat processed meat. Quick releases on equipment like this turn minutes of loosening bolts into seconds. "It might not seem like a lot, but when you've got a certain amount of time to clean the plant, it adds up," he says.
Walker says the company also has integrated third-party antimicrobial spray systems for use in Cryovac bags as well as using post-packaging pasteurization. Even further downstream, some processors use ovenable bags for raw or precooked meats, reducing risks directly at the consumer end point.
Cooking is of course at the heart of safe processing, from retorts to fryers to ovens, where uneven temperatures can affect not just safety but quality, throughput and yield.
"One of the big problems prepared foods processors have faced for years is uneven airflow in their ovens," says Doug Kozenski, processing systems sales manager at Heat and Control (www.heatandcontrol.com), Hayward, Calif. For example if there is less airflow on the left side of the belt than on the right, "It's going to take product on the left side longer to reach the required temperature, while product on the right side will be overcooked," he says. "This will result in longer cook times and lost yield."
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Online version of The Matrix lets you in on the action
Are you game for The Matrix?
New online version lets you in on the action
You've watched the movies. Now you can jack in and play it — no cranial implants required.
After months of testing and two years since the sequels, the persistent virtual reality of The Matrix Online is available for U.S. gamers.
A brief reintroduction for those still scratching their heads after The Matrix Revolutions: When we last saw Neo, aka The One, he made a truce with the evil machines and saved the last bastion of humanity in the underground city of Zion.
A revised Matrix was formed after the renegade, replicating Agent Smith was defeated, and we saw the machines carting off Neo's corpse to points unknown. Did he die? And what about all those people still unwittingly serving as batteries for the machines?
That's just part of the murky mystery in The Matrix Online, where players can choose to ally with the Machines, the Exiles or residents of Zion for control of the new system.
"Nobody is sure how long this truce will last. The theme for the first year is peace and the things people will do to screw it up," said writer Paul Chadwick, who was chosen by Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski to keep the game's story moving forward.
There are "red pills," humans who can freely enter the Matrix with some limits, while the remaining "blue pills" still have no idea they've been duped into living in a simulated world.
Writing challengeWriting the story for such a never-ending online game where hundreds can gather at once was among the biggest challenges, said Chadwick, creator of the Concrete comics in which a man's brain is transplanted into a hulking stone body by aliens.
"You can't really hold everybody's attention on the same spot at the same time, so you've got to spray story at them from four different directions," he said. "I think I finally got the hang of that. There will be story happening all over the place."
Many key characters from the films make a return, including Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Merovingian (Lambert Wilson).
Not all gloom, doomThe movies were a dystopian vision of the future, and that certainly continues in the video game version.
The kung fu combat and gravity-defying battles take place in the same steel-gray world of towering skyscrapers and urban grit called MegaCity.
It's not all dreariness, though — there are plenty of opportunities for aspiring fashion designers, says lead game designer Toby Ragaini.
Once you enter the Matrix, players can fully customize their characters, selecting gender, hair style, body shape, tattoos and clothing. Lots and lots of clothing.
There's gothic garb galore, with snake skin body suits, reflective sunglasses, hats — and those black trench coats.
"One thing we can offer is a sense of cool," Chadwick said.
Another game in the so-called "massively multiplayer" genre, City of Heroes, takes place in a city full of superheroes, but most such games are sword and sorcery epics filled with dungeons and dragons.
Like its competitors, The Matrix Online is PC only, costing $50 plus a $15 monthly subscription fee.
'Urban fantasy'Ragaini said The Matrix Online should appeal to "people who are never going to be interested in dwarfs and orcs. It's a contemporary urban fantasy."
Such online games are notorious time sinks, requiring hour after hour of secluded devotion to advance. Ragaini that's one of the things he tried to overcome.
"A lot of people just don't have two-, three-hour periods of time to devote to games," he said. "We decided it was important that players be able to complete a narrative experience in a half-hour."
Chadwick isn't worried that the critical backlash over the last two films, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, would affect the game version.
Where's Neo?"I have to speak up for the sequels. Reloaded is my favorite. I think they are going to go through a Stanley Kubrick cycle," he said. "I think the critical consensus will warm up to the trilogy as a whole in the next few years."
And what of the almighty Neo? Will we see him again?
"In the game, Morpheus finds himself without the great quest of his life. He wonders why the machines won't return Neo's body," Chadwick said. "A lot of people have different ideas. Maybe he's still alive? Rumors are a big part of our story."


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Five Ways Wall Street Played You for a Chump
MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses five telltale signs that the stock market has made you a chump. (Photo: Getty Images)
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"I think, still, it is too early for anybody to get out there declaring what their intentions are. For me, Mary, it's going to entail a discussion with my family, a real close look at the lay of the land, and to consider whether there are those with that common sense, conservative, pro-Constitution passion - whether there are any candidates out there who can do the job."For some odd reason, many on the left and on the right believe that this response, and others like it, indicates that she won't run. Just for fun, I compiled some recent quotes from several of the other potential Presidential candidates.
But then she added, "If there's nobody else to do it, then of course I would believe that we should do this."
Mitt Romney:
"I can't tell you what will happen; but I can tell you that there will be somebody who runs in the Republican party who can get this country right again. I want to commit that I will either be that person, or I will be working my tail off for that person, and I want you to as well because we've got to take back America."Newt Gingrich:
"You'd only run if you thought it was your duty — you'd only run if you thought that the country needed a fundamental resetting of the course, and if you thought that you could play a role in having that happen."Mike Huckabee:
Also, Gingrich said, he would listen to the opinions of his family.
"Hadn't made that decision and won't until probably after the mid-term elections, but it's pretty evident that if I do I may headquarter the whole thing right here in East Tennessee."Mitch Daniels:
"Well it's a very different place than I was three years ago when I was an asterisk in the polls It's really too early to tell what that means so I don't get all excited about it. We'll just have to see where things turn out a year from now."
"This is nothing I have started, encouraged," said Daniels, a Republican in his second term. "People have asked, 'Please don't absolutely close your mind' and I have said I'll think about it."Tim Pawlenty:
"It's nothing I'm going to do anything about," Daniels said.
Mike Pence:
"Mostly, to run nationally, you have to be rich, famous or you gotta have some kind of shtick or novelty," he said. "It's what it's becoming."
"I don't have a billion dollars. I don't have novelty. I don't have a big shtick," Pawlenty added, as Stewart and the audience burst into laughter. So as not to be misunderstood, Pawlenty continued, "S-c-h. You gotta enunciate."
More seriously, the governor added: "The question really for someone like me is, can you come from a small state and be somebody who is not well known and still traverse the landscape of politics based just on the record that I've got, and the service and the ideas that I have. And maybe. We'll see."
"To me, you just announced you were running for president," Stewart said.
"If I was running for president I wouldn't be on your show saying I don't have a big shtick," Pawlenty replied.
"I Have No Plans To Run For President."
I have no idea if Sarah Palin will run for President, but if her answer is the benchmark, I must conclude that none of the above potential candidates are likely to run. Whoever emerges from the shadows will have plenty of cheerleaders!
"No, no. Come on. Look at me. Me for President? Come on, seriously. No way. No way."
"I mean, I know I've heard all these weasel words that other people use 'Well, I have no plans right now', 'I don't think that would be something I would like to do'.
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If you've been reading every single entry over the past month, you'll remember that I'm the manager of the 1977 Houston Astros for the Play That Funky Ball Strat-O-Matic replay of the 1977 season.
Yesterday was Opening Day, and your '77 Astros started off with an 8-3 loss to the Cubs:
Houston finally wakes up on the late side with a flurry of hits and all three of their runs, but this is a Cubbie onslaught for most of the game. Slim Rick Reuschel puts Ferguson and Cedeno on with a walk and single to start the day, then whiffs Watson, Cruz and Puhl in a row, and four of the next six he faces.
W-R. Reuschel L-Richard HR-Gross
And I'm already pissed off.
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Play That Funky Ball: Opening Day!
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5 comments:
- Spruce said...
You could blame it on a toxic clubhouse atmosphere.
- March 1, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- The Constable. said...
And in setting an example for future Astros, I've already held three team meetings and choke-slammed the GM.
- March 1, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- Jeff Polman said...
Now now, skipper. It's a long season.
My Bosox got their butts wiped by Jim Palmer, and you don't see me crying. Yet.
- March 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM
JR Richard owns all
- March 1, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- The Constable. said...
Joe - J.R. Richard does own all. Except the Cubs on Opening Day, apparently.
And Jeff, it may be a long season, but panicking early is an Astros fan's rite of passage.
- March 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM
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Raj Rajaratnam's brother ends the winning streak of insider trading cases gone after by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's.
After just one day of deliberations, a jury on Tuesday found Rengan Rajaratnam not guilty of a single charge of conspiracy to commit insider trading.
The verdict is a blow for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office, who has produced 85 convictions by trial or guilty pleas to insider trading. Rengan's verdict makes it the first insider trading loss for Bharara.
"This will temper the office in deciding what cases would be prosecuted," said Richard Holwell, partner at law firm Holwell Shuster & Goldberg and former federal judge presiding over the insider trading trial of Rengan's older brother Raj Rajaratnan.
They will obviously be careful of what they indict in the future but this won't slow down the office, he added.
Raj Rajaratnam is currently serving 11 years in prison of multiple counts insider trading charges. Rengan was accused of working with his brother and using confidential information to make trades for a profit.
"This defense verdict sends a powerful message that juries are willing and able to reach a not-guilty verdict if they don\'t believe the government has presented enough evidence to convict," says White & Case Partner and former SEC Trial Attorney Greg Little.
There were initially six counts of fraud against the 43-year-old hedge fund manager, but five of the charges were ultimately dropped after the judge in the case determined there is not enough evidence that he made the illegal trades.
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of Federal District Court dropped two charges during the trial. At one point, the judge told prosecutors working in Bharara's office that some of the legal arguments in the case "don't make any sense at all."
"While we are disappointed with the verdict on the sole count that the jury was permitted to consider, we respect the jury trial system whatever the outcome, and we thank the jury for their service," said Bharara in a statement after the verdict.
"It's very unusual to drop charges in the middle of a trial," said Holwell. "A judge would not typical do that unless he thought the case was lacking."
Wires tapes were played during the trial of Rengan speaking with his older brother that didn't sound great, but were vague, say legal experts. Rengan's trial lawyer Daniel Gitner argued there is no evidence that his client knew who his brother's sources were using inside information.
"No-one wants to see a winning streak end, but I always got the feeling this was a tag-along case," said Peter Henning, Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School. "The U.S. Attorney's office thought they had to bring it."
— Sital S. Patel
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Vector was the official publication of the British Science Fiction Association.
The first issue of Vector appeared in the summer of 1958.
Editors: Ted Tubb (#1), Terry Jeeves (#2). Roberta Wild (#3, #4), Roberta Wild, Sandra Hall, George Locke, Michael Moorcock (#5) Roberta Gray and Michael Moorcock (#6-#7), James Groves (#8-#15), Ella Parker (#16-#17), Jim Groves (#18), Archie Mercer (#19-#25), Rog Peyton (#26-#39), Steve Oakey (#40), Ken Slater and Doreen Parker (#41-#42), Doreen Parker (#43), Darroll Pardoe (#44)), Phil Muldowney (#45-#46), Tony Sudbery (#47-#49), Michael Kenward (#50-#55), Bob Parkinson (#56-#58), Malcolm Edwards (#59-#68), Christopher Fowler (#69-#83), David Wingrove(#84-#96), Mike Dickinson(#97)
Contributors of writing included Brian Aldiss, Ian Aldridge, Kingsley Amis,Poul Anderson, Mike Ashley, Eric Bentcliffe, Ron Bennett (Skyrack), James Blish (The Planeteer), Graham Boak, John Brunner, Daphne Buckmaster (Esprit, Random), Terry Bull, Ken Bulmer (Science Fantasy News), Pamela Bulmer, Graham Charnock, Joy Clarke, Michael G. Coney, Philip K. Dick, Malcolm Edwards, Paul Enever (Orion), Keith Freeman, Bryn Fortey, Christopher Fowler, George Gibson, Harry Gilbert, James Goddard, Jean Graman, James Groves, Graham Hall, Viv Hallett, Edmund Hamilton, Philip Harbottle, Harry Harrison, Robert Holdstock, Dicky Howett, Pat Kearney, Paul Kincaid, Damon Knight, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanislaw Lem, Bert Lewis, George Locke (Smoke), Ed Mackin, Ian MacIain, Donald Malcolm, Ivor Mayne, Archie Mercer, Michael Moorcock, Chris Morgan (Brum Group News), Doreen Parker, Ella Parker (Orion), Bob Parkinson, Joe Patrizio, Ian Peters, John Phillifent, Greg Pickersgill (Stop Breaking Down), Sheila Pinnington, Charles Platt (Beyond), Irene Potter, Chris Priest, Robert Presslie, David Pringle, James Parkhill Rathbone (Macabre), Peter Roberts, Brian Rolls, Michael Rosenblum (Futurian War Digest), Joanna Russ, Eric Frank Russell, Pamela Sargent, Daniel Say, Ken Slater, Philip Strick, William F. Temple (Novae Terrae), Ted Tubb, Bob Tucker (Le Zombie), Audrey Walton, 'Doc' Arthur Weir, Peter Weston (Prolapse, Relapse), Roberta Wild (Vagary), Walt Willis and Roger Zelazny.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
UCSB (9-9) posted two ninth inning runs to steal a 5-4 victory over TCU (10-11) in game one of a double-header on Sunday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
Mario Lewis was the only Gaucho to post multiple hits in the game. The local product out of Santa Ynez, Calif. batted two-for-four on the game. Brian Lee picked up the game winning hit with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth to plate Patrick Rose and give UCSB the 5-4 victory. Matt Anderson picked up his first home run of the season when he took a pitch over the wall in right centerfield in the fourth inning.
Junior Brian Tracy went six innings, surrendering four runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out four. TCU starter Brad Furnish dealt a beauty on the mound, but earned the loss after UCSB posted two runs in the ninth. Furnish tossed eight and a thirds innings, surrendering four earned runs on eight hits and five walks while punching out ten Gaucho hitters. Freshman Matt Wade picked up the victory for the Gauchos after dealing three scoreless innings and striking out three. For Wade, the win was his first of the season.
Neither team managed to score until TCU posted on run in the third. After a single and a wild pitch put a runner at second, Chad Huffman singled to left field to plate the only run of the inning.
UCSB answered back in the bottom of the fourth. With one swing of the bat, Anderson knotted the game at one run apiece when he homered over the wall in right centerfield. As usual, the wind was blowing out to right field at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium and Anderson got a pitch into the wind and earned his first home run of the season.
TCU quickly answered back in the top of the fifth by posting three runs in the frame. With two outs, the Horned Frogs went on a rampage. After a double and a walk put runners at first and second, Andrew Walker singled home the runner from second. On the ensuing play, Matt Carpenter singled home another TCU run. Austin Adams made it three straight RBI singles when he shot a ball down the left field line to plate the third and final run of the inning.
UCSB battled back for one run of its own in the bottom of the fifth. After a Dave Harrit double , a balk moved Harrit to third. With one out, sophomore Alden Carrithers laid down a drag bunt for a hit that drove in Harrit.
UCSB was back at it again in the seventh. The Gauchos managed to post one run in the frame with the big blow coming on a passed ball by Walker behind the dish. The passed ball allowed Harrit to scamper home from third base. UCSB scored one run on no hits and an error in the inning.
After shutting down the TCU offense in the top of the ninth, UCSB posted two runs in the bottom of the ninth to steal its second win of the series. An A.J. Knox pinch-hit single started the inning for the Gauchos. Harrit sacrificed himself to move Knox to second on the ensuing play. After Rose and Carrithers walked to load the bases, Valaika struck out for the second out of the inning. On the ensuing play, Robbie Blauer walked to drive in the tying run from third. With two out and the bases loaded, head coach Bob Brontsema pinch hit with his "bullet off the bench" Lee. For the second consecutive game, Lee came through in a big way, this time with an RBI single to right field to plate the winning run for the Gauchos.


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We're happy to announce that we've released a "mature release candidate" for FieldWorks 7.0.6 on Linux. It's available now from packages.sil.org for Ubuntu Lucid through Precise. (Look for the package version number
7.0.6~rc4.) We believe this is "stable quality", but we're looking for more user feedback before giving it that label. By stable quality we mean that it's ready for everyday work by average users, and does not have any bugs that would block someone from working or cause data corruption.
It should be noted that we're also working hard at getting out a version that is in step with the Windows FieldWorks version, one that can open databases created by any released FieldWorks version (including the current 7.2.7). (Note that FW 7.0.6 can only open databases created by 7.0.6 or earlier.) With that in mind, there are a number of bugs in this release that we chose not to fix because we know they're already fixed in the next version. However, we expect that these issues won't keep users from doing their work.
So please download this version, try it out, and let us know what you find. Our current plan is that if you report issues that are blocking you from working, we'll try to fix them quickly in a 7.0.6-based version. But if there are workarounds, we will likely fix them in the 7.2.x-compatible version, with the goal of getting that one out to you sooner.
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Trace Adkins Named Pilot Flying J Loyalty Program Spokesman
Trace Adkins has been named the spokesman for Pilot Flying J's soon-to-be-launched loyalty program, which is set to kick off this spring. Pilot Flying J, in case you didn't know, is the largest operator of travel centers and plazas in North America. Pro drivers, motorists and road warriors like Adkins rely on travel centers to survive while on the road.
Adkins was selected as the face of the program because blue-collar drivers, which the company serves dutifully, relate to him and he has been known as one of the hardest working man in the country genre, which fits Pilot Flying J's mission and aesthetic as a company. Trucks keep America moving and who better to help relay that image than Adkins, a proud American who spends a lot of time on the wide open road. He knows what life is like on that endless stretch of asphalt.
"As much as I travel, my band, crew and I certainly rely on Pilot Flying J travel centers as we tour the country," Adkins said, according to Country Music is Love. "I think all the professional drivers, business travelers and motorists on our U.S. highways and interstates would say the same. I'm proud to partner with this driver-driven company as they serve and reward the men and women who are responsible for transporting the products and services of America!"
The feeling is mutual for Pilot Flying J execs. "Trace relates to the hardworking, American professional driver," said Jimmy Haslam, Pilot Flying J CEO. "As the driver-driven company, we strive to serve our customers with passion, convenience, quality products and fast, friendly service. Trace is a natural match; he's been called the hardest working man in country music, and that aligns well with our work ethic at Pilot Flying J. We're very proud to have Trace on board to represent Pilot Flying J."


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Data Center Energy Case Study
In the spirit of follow where the data leads you; how thoughtful are we in how we plan for and manage the data center? As an IT industry we spend a lot of time debating what a data center is and how much of an impact it may have on productivity, competitive advantage, security, business continuity and as of late ecologic impact. This is perhaps why the most senior, challenge-loving type A's focus their careers on data centers.
Whatever your definition, a data center represents the physical manifestation of our digital behaviors across a range of activities. Data centers also support the most mission critical of all our "day job" applications; web services, email, payroll and so on. So why is it that our "IT" industry is not aggressively applying more collaborative ingenuity to real world challenges? A complex question of course but what we are happy to share today is an example of what we've been able to do over the last year.
Built on a foundation of Cisco Energy Management Technologies and Services we were able to save $1M USD in one year across 11 labs…or data centers depending on your definition. While this is only a pilot, it serves as a proof of concept for things to come…
The case study and white paper now available…
Download the Cisco Energy Management Services case study here.
Many of you may have heard of Cisco's release of EnergyWise in January 2009. While this was more heavily publicized in the EU, we've seen a massive spike in interest since then from US-HQ'd clients looking for real solutions that span multiple obstacles/challenges. There were several "pillars" of our approach to IP-enabled energy management that we believe will have broad reaching implications:
- No Technology Religion: Our role as the Network provides inherent benefits of scale, particularly when it comes to IP-enabled Energy Management
- Open: Supporting an open posture on technologies that traverse our networks, keeping it open empowers everyone
- Backward Compatible: It's all well and good to sell a greener product but does that product scale across your own backyard
- Replicable: Layers of network abstraction and management are inherently conducive to correlating energy use across geographies, users, VM's and applications
- Easy: Both Facilities and IT operations need to access common, reliable data to make the best decisions and this data should be integrated into existing SOP's
- Cloud-ready: Virtual Machine motion changes the game and links between energy supply and application availability have never been more important
I'm summarizing these points for readability but hoping our customers and clients can begin to lend their voices to our efforts to provide Energy as a Service. Data center energy management is an area we recommend be assessed only after benchmarking is completed. Providing you have benchmarks in place and you are on your way to the brass ring, 1.2'something PUE…are you ready to start managing energy through the OS of IT assets by correlating energy supply with performance demand?
Thanks for tuning in and sorry for the hiatus…I've been busy on the book.
Please give our development team some feedback on attributes you would like to see in an network-based, IP driven energy management solution.
The book that dives deeper into this case study will be available on Amazon on October 5, 2010. It is currently available through Wiley Press as of yesterday. Please note, there is not an eBook option available until the Amazon release date.
Stay tuned!
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parameter. For security reasons, a token for an AWS account root user is restricted to a duration of one hour.
returns temporary security credentials consisting of a security token, an access key ID, and a secret access key. The following example shows a sample request and response using
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The following example shows a
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The call to AWS STS can be to the global endpoint or to any of the regional endpoints for which you activate your AWS account. For more information, see the AWS STS section of .
Also, note that the parameter in the preceding example is meant as a placeholder for the authentication information—that is, the —that you must include with AWS HTTP API requests. We recommend using the AWS SDKs to create API requests, and one benefit of doing so is that the SDKs handle request signing for you. If you must create and sign API requests manually, go to Signing AWS Requests By Using Signature Version 4 in the to learn how to sign a request.
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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9. This release marks the beginning of Production Phase 2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and demonstrates the company's continuing effort to promote stability and the preservation of customers' investments in the platform. It maintains Red Hat's commitment to a 10-year lifecycle through the introduction of several new features, including hardware enablement, security, standards and certifications, developer tools, virtualization, and more.
As with all minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 maintains backwards compatibility with hardware and software platforms across the lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Therefore, the hardware and software compatibility included within previous releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 continues with this minor release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 also showcases numerous improvements, including:
- Support for Industry-Leading Hardware Vendors Through Enhanced Hardware Enablement. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 showcases the strong relationships Red Hat has with leading hardware vendors by including support for some of the latest CPU, chipset and device driver enhancements.
- Continued Commitment to Security, Standards and Certifications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has always been built with security in mind — a commitment that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 helps solidify. This update features tighter security controls, the ability to verify and check the robustness of new passwords and support for the latest government password policy requirements. It also adds support for using Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode with dmraid root devices. FIPS mode now supports RAID device discovery, RAID set activation, and the creation, removal, rebuilding and displaying of properties.
- New Developer Tools. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 includes several new developer-friendly features and tools, including the ability to develop and test with the latest version of open source Java available through OpenJDK 7. Many new SystemTap improvements have been added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, including compile-server and client support for IPv6 networks, smaller SystemTap files, faster compiles, and compile server support for multiple concurrent connections.
- Enhanced Application Support. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 includes a new rsyslog5 package, which upgrades rsyslog to major version 5 and is faster and more reliable than existing rsyslog packages available in previous RHEL releases. Samba has also been updated to version 3.6 with several new features, including SMB2 support, a reworked print server and security default improvements for all versions.
- New Virtualization Capabilities and Flexibility in Multi-vendor Environments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 enhances the operating system's usability in multi-vendor environments by introducing Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for improved performance. This enhances the usability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for guests in heterogenous, multi-vendor virtualized environments and provides improved flexibility and interoperability for enterprises.
- Better Subscription Management. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 uses Red Hat Subscription Management as the default, allowing customers to effectively and more easily manage their Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions locally or with tools such as Subscription Asset Manager which was enhanced to easily run reports on subscription distribution and utilization and an improved user interface. For more detail on how Red Hat customers can manage their subscriptions, please visit the Subscription Management section of the Red Hat Customer Portal.
"PayPros provides more than 55,000 businesses with advanced payment processing solutions, so we need a system that is reliable, stable and highly secure. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is that system," said Joe Monteil, CIO, PayPros. "It has allowed us to continue to provide uninterrupted, dependable service to our customers while reducing our overall total cost of ownership. As a result, Red Hat is our platform of choice as we build our product portfolio and provide innovative solutions to our customers."
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Venice Island Farms & Wine Tour by OG Venice Italy
The island of Sant'Erasmo, only 35 minutes by boat from the center of Venice, is covered in lush farmland and surrounded by beaches and marinas. On this half-day tour, you will enjoy breathtaking views of Venice and the lagoon, visit the city's most famous island vineyard, tour an organic farm, and partake of a generous lunch of local lagoon produce.
Your host for this tour will meet you in Venice and travel with you by public boat to the island of Sant'Erasmo. From there you will proceed at a leisurely pace across the island where, at various stops, you'll be invited to sample local wine, discover local produce and lagoon wildlife, and enjoy a hearty meal.
Details of the Island Farms & Wine Tour in Venice:
Meeting Point:
Fondamenta Nove,
The Main Boat Docks on the Northern Side of Venice.
This excursion leaves from Fondamenta Nove, the main boat landing on the northern side of Venice. Sant'Erasmo is a 35 minute ride by public boat from Fondamenta Nove.
Please note: The cost of pubic transportation is not included in the ticket price. Round trip boat tickets will cost 15 euros. We suggest that all guests purchase a travel card good for unlimited rides during their stay in Venice.
- Leaves at: 10:00 AM
- Lasts: 5 hours
- Available: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Languages Spoken:
- English
- E120 per person
- Advanced booking required.
- Refundable 2 weeks prior to departure with notice of cancelation.
- Guests responsible for own costs of transportation. (15 euros).
- Tour of Island Farm.
- Lunch including antipasta, a pasta or second dish & wine.
- Visit to island vineyard and wine tasting.
- Maximum of 6 Guests
- All ages welcome
- Guests must be able to stand and walk for at least 1 hour at a time.
- Guests must be comfortable riding in boats.
- We don't cancel tours due to a little rain or the occasional downpour; Only in the event of very bad weather.


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February 26, 2008
Clemens's Credibility Has Gone "Tits Up"
The New York Daily News "has learned that in the days since the Feb. 13 public hearing on steroids in baseball, another major leaguer has informed congressional investigators that Clemens often joked in the clubhouse about a memorable account of the party -- a scene in which Debbie Clemens and Canseco's ex-wife Jessica compared the results of their surgical breast enhancements."
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- phrenile said...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has now officially asked the DOJ to investigate whether Clemens made false statements during the hearings. For what that's worth.
- February 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM
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WCC Hosts Rooftop Event at Wrigleyby Michael Warren • May 18, 2011 Share:
The Wabash Club of Chicago decided to have a rooftop event for its annual Cubs outing this year. Nearly 100 alumni, friends, and family gathered at Down the Line Rooftops on Sheffield Avenue to watch the Cubs and Reds in a Friday afternoon contest.
Although a little breezy at times (that's Chicago in early May) and a couple of spotty showers, the weather held off and those on hand enjoyed the game and the Wabash camaraderie.
Thanks to Eric Schoettle '93 for his organization of this event again this year. The WCC has more events planned over the next several months. To get involved go to the WCC website and contact Eric or Greg Jania '93.
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Wikipedia App Available for Android
The official Wikipedia app is finally available for Android users, after years of being only accessible to those with an iPhone.
The app, which is free to download in the Android Market, provides mobile access to Wikipedia's database of more than 20 million articles in 280-plus languages. It can be installed on any device running Android 2.2 Froyo and up.
The app allows users to save articles to read them offline at a later time, find entries based on location, and share articles. Users can also view specific articles in a different language, instead of having to switch the language of the entire site.
The app, which has been available since late last week, was one of the ways users accessed Wikipedia during the 24-hour blackout in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
As of Thursday, the app had been rated more than 600 times, and had an average rating of 4.4 stars out of five. The app has mostly positive user reviews, though some have complained that it continues using the GPS function in the background after exiting the app, causing the battery to drain.
The Wikipedia app has been available for the iPhone since 2009. Wikipedia also has its own mobile site.
Wikipedia has been busy lately protesting SOPA and PIPA, two controversial anti-piracy bills making their way through Congress. Though the English version of the site was dark all day on Wednesday, it actually saw a boost in traffic, likely from gawkers who wanted to see how Wikipedia was responding to the blackout.


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Why Sephora is Changing the Beauty Vitamin Game
Sephora is taking the guesswork out of beauty vitamins with the newest brand to hit their roster: Hum Nutrition. Looking for a pill that will give you radiant skin, longer hair, or stronger nails? You've come to the right place. California-based Hum Nutrition started with a simple idea: create personalised vitamin combinations for specific results. With the help of two UC Davis professors and a team of nutritionists, the brand has created numerous formulas geared towards those who want beauty benefits from their daily multi. Of course, the clever names don't hurt either.
Hitting Sephora today, expect formulas like Red Carpet (with black currant seed oil for skin and hair), Killer Nails (featuring biotin for stronger nails), Here Comes The Sun (packed with D3 for those who stay out of the sun), and many more. Or try a vitamin pack that combines two formulas in one, like The Urbanist (Here Comes The Sun and Uber Energy) and Clear & Flawless (Daily Cleanse and OMG!, an omega blend), all for $35 a pop. (Both options have a 30-day supply.) Plus, they're non-GMO, gluten free, vegetarian, and are often sustainably sourced. Taking vitamins just got cool again.


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Featured Sip - Barrage Cellars
- Written by Woodinville Weekly Staff
Barrage Cellars
Kevin Correll Owner/Winemaker
19501 144th Ave NE #E-800
Woodinville, WA. 98072
Tasting Hours:
Saturday 1-5 • Sunday 1-5 or by appointment
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The states of Colorado and Washington voted to make recreational marijuana use legal Tuesday. While that news proved to be popular with headline writers, and some ex-Broncos, it won't allow the current Broncos to change their smoking habits.
This probably should go without saying, but the Colorado law isn't going to change the NFL's stance on the matter.
"The NFL's policy is collectively bargained and will continue to apply in the same manner it has for decades," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Lindsay Jones of USA Today Sports. "Marijuana remains prohibited under the NFL substance abuse program."
Broncos and Seattle Seahawks have been warned. "It's legal" won't be a valid excuse.
Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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Walking memory lane...
Performing to a sold-out crowd at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary on Sunday, we all waited with baited anticipation to see whether two '80s icons had weathered the test of time - ready and able to transcend the years, opening new doors in music, rhythm and soul.
First to take centre stage was Annie Lennox, former lead singer for the once infamous Eurythmics, the British duo that stormed the charts in the '80s with 'Here Comes the Rain Again' and 'Sweet Dreams'. With 20 years between now and those sugar-daddy hits, the test was simple. She had to breathe new life into pop songs that last reigned on wobbling vinyl, travelled in cars on tape and eventually got lost in transition to the present digital age.
The crowd loved hearing the old faves, and Lennox sang them with every ounce of her sprawling voice. Freeze frame: I always wonder though how deep do these artists have to reach inside to play the same songs night after night for 20-odd years? I've seen Nazareth perform their worn hits while leaning on speaker bins, and mic stands, begging for someone to end the agony. Old Yeller I call them now.
Lennox came out with a lot more spark, but as soon as those tinny synth-drum beats started pulsating through the 'dome, I now know pop music, despite its bland beats and formulaic writing, has left Lennox behind. After winning an Academy Award this year for best soundtrack song for Lord of the Rings, I thought she would attempt new material.
Sadly, it never happened. Her audience, standing on its feet, and swaying to the beats of 'Sweet Dreams', was not willing to let her try new material, or even a new haircut. After Lennox finished with her '80s time warp, Sting took to the stage. Achieving greater success as a solo performer since leaving the Police in the early '80s, I looked forward to hearing all those songs that span 30-odd years, and force critics to rank Sting as one of the top international stars of today and yesterday. Not willing to disappoint, Sting sang with grace and maturity, deliberately revealing how he infused reggae beats with jazz to make the Police one of the greatest rock bands of its time. Shifting gears to songs such as 'Sacred Love' and 'Desert Rose', he revealed how East Indian beats and melodies carry these pop diddies-making them international hits.
Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, David Bryne, and now Sting joins the long list of artists who have taken rhythms and beats from other continents to make bread and butter pop songs for our enjoyment. It was somewhat disappointing, the audience once again only took to its feet upon hearing the montage of Police songs Sting sang only as a means to clear the way for new material. After singing the new material, Sting read the audience and understood they came tonight to take a trip down memory lane - so he belted out 'Roxanne' for the umpteenth time. With a clean, "Thank you and good night," he smiled at the gracious audience that perhaps needs a few more years to appreciate his solo efforts.
(c) The Medicine Hat News by Paul Heywood
Grading Sting and Annie...
Here's a report card from Monday night's Sting/Annie Lennox double-bill at the Saddledome.
Annie Lennox
- PUNCTUALITY: 'A+' Set to go on at 8:05 p.m., Annie hit at 7:58. Every early-minute matters on a school night.
- ATTIRE: 'C+' Lavender blazer, black top, acid-wash blue jeans torn at the knees, sunglasses. A bit too Brandon Walsh from Beverly Hills 90210.
- BANTER: 'B' Introduced her band after a great version of 'Cold', her fifth tune. ''Thank you for a beautiful welcome to Calgary,'' she said. ''It's my first time, you know.''
- SONG SELECTION: 'B+' Highlights included 'Little Bird', 'No More I Love You's', 'Cold', 'Here Comes The Rain Again', 'Waiting In Vain', 'Walking On Broken Glass', 'Missionary Man', 'I Need A Man', 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)', 'Why'.
Lennox would have scored an 'A' had she included 'Angel'.
- EXECUTION: 'B+' Little Bird was close to CD quality and the back-up singers on 'No More I Love You's' hit the ''duh-dut-duh-dut-duh-dut-tu-aw-oh'' parts really well. 'Cold' was beautiful and poignant, but 'Here Comes The Rain Again' was too stripped down to be anywhere as compelling as the original.
- AUDIENCE REACTION: 'B+' At first, the mostly middle-aged audience sat politely and clapped loudly between songs. Towards the end of the set, they clapped during songs, giving her a vociferous standing ovation at the encore.
- VALUE: 'A' to 'C+' Tickets ranged from $44 to $129. Great value for $44, but you'd need the rest of The Eurythmics and The Police for $129 to be a decent price.
- PUNCTUALITY: 'A+' Scheduled to go on at 9:45 p.m., Sting stung at 9:31.
- ATTIRE: 'A' Black pants and black shirt with white collars and cuffs. Sharp look to go with his slicked-back hair.
- BANTER: 'B+' ''Nice to be in Calgary, thank you. I remember the first time I came to Calgary. It was 1979. I was 12 then... No, I remember it was February because it was (expletive) cold.''
- SONG SELECTION: 'B+' 'Send Your Love', 'Synchronicity II', 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic', 'We'll Be Together' (with Lennox), 'Fragile', 'Fields of Gold', 'Englishman in New York', 'Roxanne', 'Desert Rose', 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You', 'Every Breath You Take'. Missing hits included 'Message In a Bottle', 'Fortress Around Your Heart', 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying' and 'Walking On The Moon'.
- EXECUTION: 'B+' The energetic 'Send Your Love' set the mood off right and 'Synchronicity II' helped carry it. 'We'll Be Together' with Lennox was a highlight and 'Englishman in New York' was great, but he really got our tantra brewing with 'Sacred Love', during which he had a booty video playing in the background. Sweet!
- AUDIENCE REACTION: 'B+' Dancing, singing and clapping during familiar songs, sitting quietly during newer material.
- VALUE: See Annie Lennox comment.
(c) The Calgary Herald by Nick Lewis


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This post is several years old, but I feel the need to re-post as recently I have watched as several start-ups cut their kitchen budgets and then wonder where all the engineers were at lunchtime. People, people...what are you thinking? If you are considering cutting a food, coffee, beer, soft drink or potato chip perk at your start up...pause...read this and then............DON'T DO IT!!!
In an eye-opening survey conducted several months ago by the Boston Consulting Group, a leading business think tank, three out of four top executives from 68 countries said they planned to increase research and development spending this year. Fewer than half of the 940 respondents, however, thought the increases would produce the necessary profit or competitive advantage to justify the expenditures.
Why such a disconnect? Perhaps it's because they're spending too much of their money on the wrong things: technology, rather than Twinkies.
My experience tells me that the rapidity with which an enterprise creates value is directly related to how well it stocks the company kitchen. The lower the nutritional value of the food choices, the greater the intellectual property produced.
I have spent time in a variety of industries: software, hardware, compression technology, storage technology, outsourced manufacturing and digital media. What they all have in common is this: They all run on junk food.
During my career, I have spent hundreds of all-night sessions alongside my entrepreneurial colleagues as we prepared for market launches, product launches, term sheets, due diligence reviews, tape outs, quarterly results, auditors and IPOs. I don't remember ever ordering in anything nutritious when the heat was on.
When engineers, scientists and technologists have to stay up all night, they don't reach for No-Doz they reach for Cheetos.
It's always a sign of decline when a company slows down on junk food purchases. Many CEOs and CFOs deny the value of the kitchen. It is an easy expense to control or cut when money gets tight. It seems like no big deal. People can bring food in or buy their drinks from a vending machine. They will understand that investors don't want the company "wasting" its limited resources buying snacks for the staff.
But the purpose of junk food is not just to give the team a little blood sugar bump at 3:00 pm. When you stop supplying fun food, morale and productivity decline.
As soon as your supply of Twizzlers and Diet Coke runs out, so do your people. They leave the office to go home or go out to eat. And when people leave, even for a short lunch break, you can lose the rhythm … the hum of execution … to say nothing of that esprit d'corps that comes with foraging for Pop Tarts at 2:00 am or the creativity that accompanies your third Red Bull and fourth bag of Nacho flavored Doritos in an hour.
I once worked for a start-up computing company that grew to $7 billion in annual revenue during my stint. In the early years we brought in doughnuts every morning. As time went on the doughnut bill got to be pretty outrageous. So we cut back to doughnuts only on Wednesday mornings. Funny thing, our product launches began to stretch out. We were not moving as fast as we once had.
When I asked the vice president of engineering what had happened, he said, "You cut back the doughnuts! My guys used to get in here by 8:00 am every day to get their favorite doughnut before it was gone. Now they come in around 9:00. I have 600 engineers in this organization and I lost about 600 man hours per day because you stopped the doughnuts!"
Why should junk food have this effect? Can a doughnut really motivate folks to come to work earlier? Sure. It's simple: People eat stuff at work they would never be caught dead buying and never allow themselves at home. It is compensation for long hours. And wholesome food really doesn't cut it.
No one goes to the community kitchen to fix themselves a salad and then go back to work. People do not bond over broccoli spears and cottage cheese. When you go to the kitchen at work it's to find something fat or fun or naughty and a colleague to share it with. Forget fresh fruit; it is the forbidden fruit that cranks up the volume among entrepreneurial enterprises.
Junk food in the kitchen is designed to keep your most important asset at work.
Do I really promote enticing employees to spend too many hours at work and eat junk food to boot? You bet. Junk food is the enabler of an unbalanced lifestyle and an unbalanced lifestyle is crucial to success, especially at start-up companies.
Maybe we can seek balance and nutrition after the company starts producing $500 million in annual revenues. Until then, pass the Pork Rinds and Beef Jerky (I'm on Atkins).