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We have a location in the UK that has a single server that runs the network. There are 3 employees. The server is 10+ years old and getting due to be replaced. Is Virtualization worth looking at?
Currently they backup only the ERP database data. There is no IT on staff there so any major issues require a call to a local IT company.
Their response to our inquiry was restoring a virtual image is quicker than a whole server, but still would require a systems engineer to come in to setup and load the image on new equipment.
Your take?
EDIT: Also, they don't host any email... it's hosted here at HQ. On the server is DC/AD, ERP, file, print.
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Oct 8, 2009 at 8:31 UTC
3 people? Do they even NEED a server at all?
Oct 8, 2009 at 8:41 UTC
Seems like a lot of extra complexity just to avoid the rare situation where they have to do a bare metal restore of a server. I do see the benefit though of having a VM image as a backup for quicker restoration, but in such a small office situation I don't know if it's really worth it or not.
Oct 8, 2009 at 8:50 UTC
I woudl say that they don't need any sort of virtualization at all. too much complexity for 3 people. However if they need the server, and it needs to be replaced, maybe running a VM in another data center and letting them access it remotely would be a good idea if cost is a concern. You'll have to figure out what you really need, but if it were me i'd most likely toss them an XP tower and have that be the "server"
Oct 8, 2009 at 2:09 UTC
I agree completely with the theme of reducing complexity. If a ten year old server can handle the load, and it's truly one application for three people, is there a solid reason to even have the application hosted locally?
If it's an absolute must, I don't see where virtualization would provide any net-new benefit beyond regular backups/imaging, especially if admin intervention is going to be required regardless.
Curious to hear more though.
Good luck!
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Oct 8, 2009 at 2:14 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
My take is, if they really do a need a server there then virtualization is definitely worth looking at. Virtualization eases administration, backups and restores even for a single server. If it was my server I would likely virtualize it to make my life easier.
Oct 8, 2009 at 2:25 UTC
I read that article from a differnt post, good stuff. I agree if there was hope and possibility that the office would expand more than it is, being virtual would be a benefit. But the only growth seen in the future for that is one more employee.
We are planning going virtual here so I would have spare servers that I could upgrade them with. In the long-run (pipe-dream) I would like to get them using our ERP so everything would be in one system. Then there definately wouldn't be a solid need for a server at all.
Thanks for the input and suggestions!
Oct 9, 2009 at 7:45 UTC
I'd say virtualisation would be worth it but from the virtual desktop aspect. Virtualise over here, get them set up with your ERP and give them virtual desktops. All they need then is a computer and internet access.
Oct 9, 2009 at 2:23 UTC
Certainly don't need anything too high end for them like ESX or ESXi. Plain old VMware Server might be enough. IF the machine is 10 years old, it's got a date with the scrap heap anyway. virtualize it, and save yourself the headache. Also, reference the book Scripting VMware by Muller. Has some great scripts that can be used to make a snapshot daily.
Oct 9, 2009 at 3:33 UTC
What do they use for backup? Maybe not virtualization per se, but if they used something for backup that supports P2V (physical to virtual) conversion, then your backup solution would also allow for a faster transition to a virtual machine in the rare event of a bare metal restore or a "we're down, can you host our stuff at HQ for a while" scenario.
Acronis image files convert to VMs pretty well, as do others I'm sure.
P2V and "light" virtualization like VMWare Server might help you replace the 10 year old server too - instead of building from scratch, you could convert the old one into a VM and run it on the new hardware as/until you build new software server?
Oct 9, 2009 at 3:41 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
Xen can also allow you to run, in some configurations, without doing a P2V. We do that for OpenFiler - it runs off of a filesystem that was simply copied into place. Pretty handy for some situations.
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If you've ever struggled to pick up something off the floor or to turn around when backing out of the driveway, then you can appreciate the importance of the flexibility in your lower back.
The lumbar spine, which is made up of five separate vertebrae and lined by a variety of muscles, is capable of many different spinal motions. While age-related degeneration may cause some spinal stiffness, the culprit may also be muscular tightness. Try these static stretches, in which a tight muscle group is pulled and held in a lengthened position, to help improve your back's flexibility.
Knee to Chest Stretch
The knee to chest stretch is a gentle, yet effective way to stretch out the extensor muscles in the low back. It's an easy exercise to perform before getting out of bed in the morning.
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Prone press-ups help to improve extension or back bending in your lumbar spine.
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This static stretch improves lumbar rotation and makes everyday twisting motions easier to perform.
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The Oshman Family JCC (OFJCC) will honor 18 of its past presidents at the 2013 annual Gala and Auction on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto.
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- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
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SACHIN BLASTERS VS WARNES WARRIORS PREDICTION:7 November 1ST T20 Who Will Win
There is a ton of cricket incident right now all around the world, for example, India versus South Africa, England versus Pakistan and Sri Lanka versus West Indies. Be that as it may, the previous cricketers are the ones getting the consideration of the fans.Various resigned cricketers like Brian Lara, Curtly Ambrose Wasim Akram and Sourav Ganguly are planning for a three-match T20 arrangement with the first set to be played on Saturday at Citi Field in New York.
Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar, whose brainchild is the arrangement, have been occupied in the US following the time when they arrived in New York. The two groups captained individually by Tendulkar and Warne – Sachin's Blasters and Warne's Warriors – were additionally singled out Thursday.In spite of the fact that the groups were haphazardly picked, Sachin's Blasters gives an Asian feel with players like Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shoaib Akhtar. While Warne's Warriors furnishes a remote touch with players, for example, Mathew Hayden, Michael Vaughan, Ricky Ponting, Jonty Rhodes, Jacques Kallis and Andrew Symonds.
It stays to be seen who will open for Tendulkar's side. With Ganguly as of now having tossed the cap in the ring for the opener's space, will Ganguly and Sachin open or Sehwag and Sachin? Be that as it may, one won't be shocked if Sachin does not become the dominant focal point and permit Sehwag to open nearby Ganguly.
It is not going to be simple in New York for these previous India batsmen with bowlers, for example, Courtney Walsh, Akram, Donald nearby Warne, who will attempt to weave their twist enchantment through. Warne's Warriors additionally have a capable batting line-up, which incorporates Jacques Kallis, Andrew Symonds, Kumar Sangakkara and Matthew Hayden.Independent of the batting positions and the players to be picked for key parts, Tendulkar has made it clear that the arrangement is not going to be taken gently by any of the players on the field, which makes matters all the more fascinating.
Match Information
Event: Cricket All Stars T20 2015
Team: Sachin Blasters vs Warne's Warriors
Date: 7 November 2015
Time: 13:00 Local | 18:00 GMT | 11:00 PKT 11:30 IST
Venue: Citi Field New York
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Warne's Warriors:
Shane Warne (C), Mathew Hayden, Andrew Symonds, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Saqlain Mushtaq, Daniel Vettori,Michael Vaughan, Ricky Ponting, Jonty Rhodes, Jacques Kallis, Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Ajit Agarkar.
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Second Battle of Mora
The Second Battle of Mora was a military engagement during the Taos Revolt of the Mexican-American War in and around the village of Mora, New Mexico. Seeking revenge for the death of Capt. Hendley, Waldo, Noyes, Culver and others in the First Battle of Mora, Capt. Morin and his men destroyed the village on February 1, with the insurgents fleeing into the mountains.[1]:141 The dead bodies of the Americans were buried at Las Bagas.[1]:141
On February 1, approximately 200 United States troops led by Captain Jesse I. Morin returned to Mora armed with two howitzers. Israel R. Hendley was defeated and killed in the First Battle of Mora due to his lack of artillery and overwhelming enemy forces. The two forces were about the same strength of one company each, 200 men. The Americans set up their artillery and began the battle with a short artillery barrage on the fort protecting Mora. The Americans then attacked and the New Mexicans quickly gave up. They were routed after the fort fell and a few minutes of skirmishing in the dirt streets of Mora. The majority of insurgents fled up and over the surrounding mountains, to other villages of northern New Mexico. Morin directed his men to pursue the fleeing New Mexicans and ordered the complete destruction of Mora.
Morin's men burned the wheat fields that surrounded the town while others chased after the New Mexicans through Mora Valley. The inhabitants fled to the mountains also. They left because the burning of the town, no food was apparently left by Captain Morin who later justified his actions by stating that he fought the New Mexicans in such a manner in revenge for their killing of Captain Hendley at Mora just a week earlier. This battle marked the end one campaign during the New Mexican revolt. No American casualties were reported and the Mexicans suffered several dead or wounded as well as seventeen men captured. Captain Jesse I. Morin would go on to fight the final engagement of the revolt at the Battle of Cienega Creek. The New Mexican civilians returned to Mora later and rebuilt their town.
Additional Reading[edit]
- Sources: R. E. Twitchell. Old Santa Fé (Santa Fé: R. E. Twitchell, 1925), p. 146
- Twitchell, Ralph Emerson, The History of the Military Occupation of the Territory of New Mexico from 1846 to 1851, Denver, Colorado: The Smith-Brooks Company Publishers, 1909
- Herrera, Carlos R., New Mexico Resistance to U.S. Occupation, published in The Contested Homeland, A Chicano History of New Mexico, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000
- Niles' National Register, NNR 72.081, April 10, 1847, available at [1]


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It's hard to know exactly what moved Senator Schumer to ask Harriet Miers about Meyer v. Nebraska, though I'll hazard a guess in a moment. But unlike Kathryn's correspondent, I don't find the case obscure at all. I regularly use the case in class, and will come to it later this semester, in fact. The case has an honored place in a dishonorable tradition known as "substantive due process," and though it may look like a decision of minor (if any) importance, you will find it cited by the justices in Griswold, Roe, and Casey.
The real point of the case was the Court's protection of Mr. Meyer's "right to contract" with parents to teach German to their young kids in a private Lutheran school (Nebraska having forbidden such teaching in all schools before the ninth grade, in a fit of WWI xenophobia). The ground of the decision was that jack of all trades, the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Rightly dissenting were two justices with very different approaches to the law, Holmes and Sutherland.
On the basis of some flowery rhetoric in the Court's opinion, about education, and family, and childrearing and what not, justices faced with wildly different cases years later, about contraception and abortion, seized upon Meyer as some kind of precedent for the protection of "privacy." Hence the case's citation in the rulings mentioned above.
And thus also, I'm sure, Senator Schumer's reason for asking about Meyer. Should Harriet Miers respond with any hesitation to the proposition that there is a general, diffuse, judge-crafted principle of "privacy" lurking in the Constitution, I am sure that Schumer is ready to pounce, saying, "What? You mean you would deny parents any control over the education of their children?"
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A member of the Pennsylvania State Bar, Adam Rosengard has served the public in a variety of positions. Initially, Adam Rosengard spent multiple seasons as an intern and volunteer at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
During his time at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Rosengard undertook multiple duties, including consultations with expert witnesses, interviews with defendants, and preparation of motions and other documents. He eventually was given responsibility for non-jury trials and preliminary felony hearings. His achievements included successful trials of defendants accused of property crimes and drug offenses.
Rosengard attended law school at Rutgers University School of Law, where he served in volunteer programs such as Rutgers Street Law and the Children's Justice Clinic. At the Clinic, he primarily represented young clients in juvenile delinquency cases and managed hearings, motions, discovery, and other proceedings associated with the cases.
Before going to law school at Rutgers, Rosengard earned a bachelor of science at the University of Delaware, where he belonged to the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity and majored in marketing.
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Attorney Adam Rosengard obtained his juris doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 2013 and subsequently went to work for a law firm in Trenton as an assistant attorney. Now he runs his own private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under the name Rosengard & Moles, LLP. In his leisure time, Adam Rosengard enjoys listening to live jazz music.
As Philadelphia's only club specializing entirely in live jazz music, Chris' Jazz Cafe attracts visitors from across the city and beyond. The cafe, established nearly three decades ago, presents six shows every week by regional and national musicians and has hosted distinguished jazz artists such as Jimmy Bruno and Pat Martino. More recent shows have included Randy Johnston, the Duane & Robin Eubanks Quintet, and the All Star Trio.
Chris' Jazz Cafe also offers a full lunch and dinner menu with American-style meals, seafood, steaks, and salads, as well as daily drink specials. For more information about the cafe, located at 1421 Sansom Street in Philadelphia, visit the website at www.chrisjazzcafe.com.


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Will The Kindle Be Sold at Target on April 25?
Is the Kindle Coming to Target on April 25?
Although Amazon has only sold the Kindle thus far on its website, this photo from a Target inventory handheld suggests that the 6-inch Kindle may in fact be making its way from online-only sales to physical shelves for $260. With the iPad hot on the Kindle's heels, it would make sense that Amazon let customers play with the ereader before purchasing (like Barnes and Noble did with the Nook), plus, it would give people easy access to the device at a big box store like Target. You already know Target is one of my favorite places to shop, so personally I'd love to see the Kindle on the shelves! Does being able to get your hands on a gadget beforehand make you more apt to buy?


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Hello all! I need a little help on a design for a cake for this Sunday. My DH works in lawn care and they are having their annual pig roast. DH asked me to make a cake with some kind of landscape scene. I can't come up with anything and I thought maybe some of you may have ideas!! I was going to go with a sheet cake 12x18. I'm not sure if I want to use fondant and b/c or all b/c. I have never used gumpaste and don't have alot of time this week to play around with it. So would it look cheesy if I used plastic trees. I need a little direction any and all help is greatly appreciated. ~Thanks~ Tiff
Take a picture of a lawn that you think you can do and keep it next to your cake and start from there, anything that looks like you can't do then change that part to something you can do but you would have a start HTH
if you used plastic trees, maybe you could cover them with fondant or gumpaste so that you could dust them with color for dimension.
you could try sculpting low bushes too.
you could use a cutter to make tiny flowers in different colors. i'm new to gumpaste too and made this work in under an hour. i just colored five small chunks of gumpaste and mixed up the petal and center colors.


text: Respecting the professionalism factor, Bollywood stars do not mind sharing screen space with their exes. Like Shahid-Priyanka and Ranbir-Deepika, John Abraham-Bipasha Basu too possibly have no qualms in sharing a screen space together.If rumours are to be believed, Bipasha will do an item number for Johns upcoming movie Shootout At Wadala. Interestingly, Bips might also be seen dancing together with her ex-boyfriend Johnnie boy. The song will have Tusshar Kapoor.Directed by Sanjay Gupta, Shootout At Wadala also stars actors Anil Kapoor, Sonu Sood, Mahesh Manjrekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Kangna Ranaut.


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'How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life.' Penny Kemp and Derek Wall
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Vote for Jean and support the Dalits!
I must admit all this brutality is getting me down....however must get on with promoting some practical and political resistance...its all about grassroots social change, people are oppressed as part of a process where the environment is wrecked.
Social justice is linked to ecology
So it is particularly good to see the e newsletter from Jean Lambert showing all her work on justice and the environment as London's Green Party MEP.
Please vote for her on 4th June....its really important to make sure she is re-elected.
This item on newsletter on Dalit Solidarity is just one example of her vitally important work
As part of my long-standing association with the Dalit Solidarity Network, I participated in a protest at the Indian High Commission. The protest also marked International Women's Day, since the majority of the 1.3 million people of 'untouchable' caste status in India are women, and are forced to earn their living by doing dangerous and degrading work in appalling conditions. The protest called on the Indian Government to release a substantial pot of money set-aside for providing these 'manual scavengers' with education, healthcare and decent jobs, emphasising that no human being should be considered "untouchable"
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I started at 130 for an hour, 3 hours at 150 with smoke, then bumped it to 165 for several hours. I bumped it to 170 around 8pm and 175 around 11. I'm using a mes40, started on the second to top rack, now dropped it to second to bottom.
What are your guys' system that you can consistently get summer sausage done in around 10 or less hours without fatout?
This is the longest it's ever taken me but it's taken 12+ hours on a few other occasions. Makes me drag my feet to make another batch when I'm having to wait this long to go to bed.
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Ive always been thicker in my midsection. I am very cautious of what i eat, i eat clean stay away from things like doughnuts and cookies and workout 6 days a week! ive done 3 mile walks daily along with an hour cardio. Im in great shape except for my torso. Its genetics, my mom and her family are just pudgey in theyre midsections. I got my lower abdomen done yesterday. It was pain free to me! it was definately odd but no pain! My right side was definately more sensitive, it was uncomfortable on my right lower abdomen but other than that no pain. Even the massage everyone talked about was pain free! Today is day 2 Im a little sore
27 Years Old, No Kids 5'6 143 LBS - Dublin, OH
Ive always been thicker in my midsection. I am...
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had lots of swelling after the procedure. This is one day after the procedure. I will post my results once it has been 4 weeks. i am experiencing some bloating
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it has been two weeks since my procedure. I havent noticed a difference but i am also on my period. Some parts of my stomach are still somewhat numb, but overall ive been pain free since like day 7...the whole process was really pain free. Uncomfortable but no real actual pain. I hope my results are good! i will post photos one i hit 4 weeks!
im 2 weeks post cool sculpting. To all of you who have done it already....
Curious....did anyone change theyre eating habits or workout habits because i havent changed mine. I work out consistently but my eating i would say is decent...its not great but its not terrible. I really would like to make sure if i do have great results that they are from my procedure alone. But is anyone out there changing they're eating habits and workout habits after your cool sculpting?!?
2 weeks post lower stomach i went back...
So I got my lower abdomen done 2 weeks ago. And I went back today to get my flanks done ! I realllllly needed my flanks done. They're stubborn fat pockets that are diet resistant. I work out 5 days a week and still have these saddle bags! Procedure was once again pain free including the massage! I do have some bruising but nothing hurts so far I'm sure in a few days I'll feel it!
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These are photos from today after my procedure. They look painful I know but it wasn't painful at all!
This is my side by side view
The left is before cool sculpting and the right is 4 weeks after....my front view there is absolutely no changes. And the side view I'm not sure about. Either way the results haven't been too great yet :/
FLANKS post one month
I got my flanks done 4 weeks ago... My results have been amazing.. My stomach area unfortunately my results are very very very minor..almost unnoticeable I'm not sure why ? But my flanks results were AMAZING!!! Highly recommend it! My sto,such maybe just needed another treatment. But my flanks responded VERY well
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If you are interested in becoming part of the DMF Community in some way we would love to hear from you. Together we can use music as the voice for people with disabilities and build a bridge between the disabled community and others.
Having our members feel accepted and respected within our community, as well as the greater community at large is a priority at Daniel's Music. To support this objective we are committed to the DMF Diversity Awareness Through Music Initiative, a free volunteer program that harnesses the power of music to create opportunities between members of the DMF Community and other organizations to foster a mutual respect and appreciation for each other.
We have volunteer opportunities for both musicians and non-musicians and are grateful to the many volunteers who have already helped out at DMF in many different capacities. Whether assisting our members, filming, taking photos or helping with our events, their talent, enthusiasm and dedication is greatly appreciated.
Our paid instructors are music therapists, special education teachers (with a proficiency in music) and musicians who all have a great deal of experience. Although they come from varied musical backgrounds, the one constant is their passion for our members.
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About David Cole
I am a manager that believes in people. I manage from a 'Druckeresque' point of view and have gotten very good results from the approach. My continuous improvement efforts are always ongoing and are always data driven. I do have a preconceived goal or idea going in. We know that there is a problem and I dig through and follow the data until we get to the root cause and then we determine how to best solve the problem. I like to fix it one time and be done with it. I am not a person that will partially fix an issue to meet some political or organizational goal; it is all the way or do not engage me in the process. In my opinion it is the only ethical means to solve a problem, to do it once and get it right. Getting it right the first time is owed to the stakeholders, the employees and the management team. I have been a regional manager, a plant manager, team leader, continuous improvement manager, project validation manager and front line worker. In each of these positions I have attempted to be the best that I could be and that is more important to me than any title that I have held. Whatever the position or task, I strive to be the best, to get the most out of the process or machine and to establish myself as an asset within the organization.
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Skip to comments.Pray For Our American Heroes & Nation
Posted on 02/24/2012 8:21:44 PM PST by tajgirvan
Psalm 135:1-4
Dear Father in Heaven, How we delight in gathering together to praise Your Glorious name and lift up the needs of our brave Troops and our Nation. We come in the Name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, Who is worthy of all our praise and worship. With thankful hearts, we bow our heads and our hearts to ask You to protect and keep safe each and every member of the Armed Forces as they serve their Tour of Duty. Glorious LORD, nothing is too hard for You, we ask that You protect our Troops by the covering of the Blood of our Perfect Savior, Jesus Christ, to defeat all the works of the evil one! For those that walk with You daily, we ask that You bind the enemy, by the Blood of Jesus, from interfering with Your perfect will in their lives. We thank You, for Your Holy Word that declares in I John 4:4; You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. We pray for those that do not know Jesus as LORD, may they not lean on their own understanding( Prov.3:5-6) but will see Jesus in those that walk with Him and will hunger and thirst for His Righteousness( Matt.5:6) and be guided by the Holy Spirit to believe in Jesus as their Lord, Your Son, Jesus Christ, forever! (John 3:16)
For our Nation, we pray for the hearts of the children! How we need a revival! Please send another wave of Your of Holy Spirit to our country!
Please heal all broken bodies of our Troops that are in the Hospitals across our country! Please, God of Compassion and Mercy, heal their memories and their spirits with Your great love. We love You and praise You! Thank You for Your patience with this country!Please help keep the integrity of our Military strong and please bless and keep our Special Forces as they go into the darkest places on the earth,protect them!
From Whom All Blessings Flow, All Praise And Glory Be Thine! In Jesus Name, amen.
I join in prayer for our heroes and nation!
"For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
~ I Corinthians 1:18,19 ~
May God Have Mercy on The United States!
Amen to your prayer, dear Sister in Christ.
Standing in Heartfelt Agreement with your Powerful and Beautiful Prayer, Dearest Sister Tajgirvan.
Thank you for Leading our Friday Service of Worship and Praise.
Thanksgiving to our Lord for your Wonderful Prayer Ministry.
'The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your Spirit.' (Gal. 6:18)
May God Have Mercy on The United States!
Amen..Joining with you in prayer!
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"I will never leave you nor forsake you."
So we may boldly say:
" The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
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Praise The Name Of The LORD Jesus Christ Forever!
wonderful, anointed prayer, my sister. You are so good to think of new ways to pray and new things to pray about. I am blessed by your prayer ministry.
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searching for husbands 2nd gr grandfather Robert John Mckay,
below is transcript from paper of thier divorce..
We believed he was still in Australia, but found out from below that he is in South Africa...
McKAY v. McKAY.(nee Margaret Ramsay Sibbald)
The next case brought forwardMaggie Ramsay McKay as petitioner and Robert McKay as respondent. Mr. Penny conducted petitioner's case. The parties,according to petitioner's evidence, were married on August 23, 1897, living In Queensland, Broken Hill, Adelaide, and finally in this State. They residded at Boulder for three years, and In August, 1903,respondont , went to South Africa, where he spent two years in mining. They then lived together at Fremantle, and in 1806 he went to Africa again. They corresponded until 1908, after which he ceased to write and send remittances, and she had not heard from him since. She had made efforts to trace his where-abouts without sucees, and could think of no reason for the desertion as they had' always been on the best of terms. There wire, three children of the marriage. His Honor said his only difficulty was caused by the fact that there was absolutely no reason why' the respondent should have left the petitioner. Nothing had been heard of him for a long time, and he might be dead, but the fact that he had ceased to send remittances was consistent with his intention not to Return to his family. Having regard to the fact 'that every attempt hnd been made to find him, and that if he had died his death would have been asertained in one.way or another, he thought he might come to the conclusion that respondent had deserted his wife.Petitioner was granted a decree nisi returnable in six months wlth the cus- tody of her .children.
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A Cosmic Paratroopa is a version of a Koopa Paratroopa. They first appeared in Super Mario Sunshine 101 in Outer Space, World 3. He also appeared in Mario and Sonic Party
In battle, a Cosmic Paratroopa can make more Cosmic Paratroopas or Cosmic Troopas appear on-screen. The summoned Paratroopas and Troopas can also summon additional forces. If you do not attack them quickly, the screen will quickly fill up. You have to defeat all of the Cosmic Paratroopas and Cosmic Troopas to continue.
Cosmic Paratroopas can work together and form a Koopa Stack. The top of the Koopa Stack throws additional Cosmic Paratroopas at Mario and his helpers. They can also attack by freezing you.


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SAN DIEGO -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) today announced it has expanded its leading storage portfolio to include the Sun StorageTek(TM) ST2500 Low Cost Array (LCA), Sun's first serial-attached SCSI (SAS) storage array and newest member of the modular disk storage family that works with the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) and other heterogeneous data center environments. Sun also announced next-generation data management capabilities for its industry- standard storage portfolio that include the addition of partitioning functionality to its StorageTek(TM) SL8500 enterprise tape library and secure encryption to its Sun StorageTek(TM)T10000 FICON tape drive.
As more Web 2.0 companies and existing enterprises like Elektrofilm, Rhythm and Hues, and Thought Equity Motion move their growing core businesses to the Internet, the way the world manages data is changing to support this resulting data growth. Sun recently became the first major vendor to begin to open source its software stack through the OpenSolaris(TM) community (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-04/sunflash.20070410.1.xml) and today's product portfolio enhancements reaffirm the company's commitment to deliver end-to-end open storage solutions that better protect, archive and retrieve customer data, their most important asset.
"Sun is using innovation and open standards to reach out to new customers in the explosive Web 2.0 market that require applications that work with low-cost storage and which horizontally scale," said Nigel Dessau, senior vice president of storage marketing and business operations, Sun Microsystems. "Starting at less than $10,000, the new ST2500 array line provides the perfect entry point for these customers to use industry standard platforms to support their growing businesses."
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The Power of Peppermint and Peppermint Oil
Peppermint. Just the word itself can conjure up visions and sensations of a cooling, revitalizing taste, fragrance or experience.
In fact, peppermint has been a favorite herb since ancient times due to its distinct effects on the senses and for its beneficial properties.† Its well-regarded effects and long history have earned it a designation or title of being viewed as among "the world's oldest health supporters."†
Peppermint is an herb that belongs to the Lamiaceae family in the genus Mentha and botanically named Mentha piperita. Originally native to Europe, peppermint is now cultivated in nearly all regions globally, growing well in shady conditions and featuring lance-shaped, purple-veined and dark-green leaves with purple colored flowers. There are more than 20 varieties of mint herbs that exhibit a wide range of color, fragrance and flavor.
Speaking of fragrance and flavor . . . peppermint has a characteristic refreshingly cool-breeze sensation when tasted and on the throat when ingested, or on the nasal passages when inhaled. This cool quality of mint is due to its content of menthol, the essential oil found in its fresh leaves and in its stem.
Due to peppermint's presence of menthol, menthone and menthyl esters, peppermint and peppermint oil are found widely in soap, shampoo, toothpaste, chewing gum and more.
As an added perk, peppermint oil contains a variety of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, including vitamin A, vitamin C, manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium, folate, potassium and even omega-3 fatty acids. It's also a high-powered antioxidant.†
Generally speaking, peppermint is regarded as having the health benefits of supporting healthy digestion and respiratory health as well as offering relief from overall discomfort.†
Some uses and benefits of peppermint essential oil include:
- Commonly found in oral health products
- Promotes healthy respiratory function and clear breathing†
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Overall, peppermint oil blends well with a variety of other essential oils, including lemon, lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary and marjoram. Many aromatherapists and herbalists routinely use peppermint oil in their aromatic combinations.
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You might want to deal with various details which the certificate
carries in the workflow, maybe to perform some kind of verification and
authorisation. There are two distinct ways to do this in Services
Method 1:
Choose a custom GetSOAPHeader workflow action that extracts out the
Security node with the wsse namespace for WS Security. this is followed
by an extension function:
soae-xf:get-certificate-field$GetSOAPHeader//*[local-name() = 'BinarySecurityToken'], 'subject-name')
which (for our built in certificate) then gives:
CN=SarvegaDemoCert,OU=Support,O=Sarvega,L=Oakbrook Terrace,ST=Illinois,C=US
Method 2:
Use the AAA workflow action to extract the certifiacte subject name. Its a three step process:
AAA workflow action and policy to get the full cert from the WS Sec header.
GetSecurityMetadata workflow action retrieves the text of the Certificate.
And the extension function is changed to look like:
soae-xf:get-certificate-field($GetSecurityMetadata, 'subject-name')
Pros and Cons of each method:
The AAA plus policy and extra BPEL action step will be slower as
there is an extra workflow action step and the AAA policy to read in
but it more accurately extracts the X509 certificate from the binary
security token node of the WS Security header. The first method may be
faster but you need to be aware that you cannot just pass the whole
SOAP header to the get-certificate-field and expect it to find the
certificate. instead you need to narrow down what gets passed to it and
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Franklin Pierce's election campaign
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States of America. He was a total pretty boy. He was also a psychotic killer who earned the surname of Pierce because he stabbed people a lot. Although he was born Franklin Pendragon of Bismarck, the wizard Merlin christened him Franklin Pierce after beholding his lunatic knifing of the First Dog.
As Pierce was one of the worst presidents of all time, it should come as no surprise to anyone that he was a Democrat. As he was a Democrat, it should come as no surprise that Pierce died of the the liver cirrhosis.


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The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2012 is scheduled to happen on June 11th to 15th in San Francisco. It has been held by the Cupertino based company every year. The brand uses the event to announce important launches and changes that are expected to come in future. The iOS 4 was unveiled in June 2010, iOS 5 in June 2011 and so we can expect the iOS 6 to be shown off on Monday.
Lets see what all we can expect from the WWDC 2012. The new iPhone (iPhone 5) and the iPad mini are not in the list.
Facebook Integration
The iOS 6 is expected to have a tight integration with Facebook, the biggest social network. The deep integration with the social network will let the users share content with friends easily, like apps in the App Store and more, claim the rumors.
New Maps app
Apple might introduce a new Maps app (probably iMaps). The rumors and the leaked snaps indicate that the company has developed their own tool to replace the Google Maps. It seems like the tool will have detailed maps in 3D, traffic data and enhanced navigation features. The iPhone can become a complete in-car GPS device.
Siri on iPad
Siri might arrive to iPad with the iOS 6. There were leaked images of the voice assistant working on the tablet. It is not sure whether it is the iPad 2 or the original iPad.
Apple is expected to have its own mobile payment service. However, there is no evidence to support this. Maybe not on Monday, but, we expect Apple to come up with this iWallet feature soon.
FaceTime over 3G
FaceTime in the iPhone is a good feature but it has a downside – the requirement of Wi-Fi for it to work. A recent leak suggests that FaceTime can be used over 3G. You can use it anywhere provided you have a jailbroken device with an additional software installed on your device. It will also function when your iPad or iPhone is connected to a 3G mobile hotspot.
Have you come across any other rumor that will be announced in the WWDC 2012? Tell us in the comments below.


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Ever feel like God is calling you to something but you're not sure where to go or what to do next? Sister Cheryl Rose writes about how to tune into God. And she offers ideas to help you discover your vocation or live more fully into the vocation you already have!
Nun Talk is where you can find lots of material to think about, pray about, and talk about! Guest bloggers include Catholic sisters from a variety of religious communities and folks from the online community, among others!
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Through a series of deep listening, movement, writing and singing exercises participants will be prompted to listen to their surroundings, their peer and their own ideas in order to build confidence in their abilities as performers, to make music that is deeply personal and unique to their experiences.


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Taylorsville • Before 14-year-old David Phan grabbed the 22-caliber pistol loaded with a single bullet and shot himself, he had been suspended from Bennion Junior High, perhaps for bringing a condom to school, the teen's parents said Saturday.
Inside their Taylorsville home, the family discussed for the first time the last moments of their youngest son's life and what they hope his legacy will be: helping gay students, especially those from minority cultures, handle bullying and better training for educators in dealing with gay youths.
The parents said district officials mishandled the situation from the beginning, starting with statements made by district spokesman Ben Horsley, who described the teen as having "significant personal challenges on multiple fronts."


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The Adventures of Invisible Girl Edit
Starring Mary Alice Somers and the iCarly Wiki Users
Hey, it's Invisible Girl.
Now you probably just said to yourself,"Wait, who?"
Well it's okay that you don't know me now, but you will pretty soon.
And anyway, you don't have to know me for me to know you.
So what is this blog, you may ask? Well, it's a story. And I thought, "Hey, everybody's making story blogs these days, so why not?" They're the in thing, plus it's an easy, convenient way for me to share what I'm about with everyone here.
No one knows who I am and I'm fine with that. I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to tell a story. A story about what it's really like to be a member of this wiki without popularity. This story is mainly for those of us who are too afraid, too insecure to go on chat. Too intimidated to post our opinion in comments for fear of being attacked, ridiculed, or accused of starting drama.
But it's also a story for those of you who are the populars on this wiki. The cliques. Maybe this will change the way you guys think, because when you ignore newbies, it hurts. You don't know what our lives are already like and to ignore us? We need friends just as much as you guys do.
This is not to call anyone out and this is not to pick on anybody. But I'll let it be known now that if you are a well known user (or regularly in the chatroom) on this wiki that the chances are, you'll most likely appear in this story.
Before I let you get on reading, let me say that no, I am not a 'stalker,' a 'troll' or anything of the sort. I've been on this wiki for two years, but have never been noticed once. By noticed, I mean that no one has made the effort to befriend me. I was ignored while everyone chatted on about things that I didn't understand (randomness, inside jokes, things of that nature). I will admit that once a user named @SpencerFanGirl123 once greeted me "hiya" and another user, @MirandaCosgroveFan13, gave me quite a generous hug, and once @MarcTechGuy1313 asked if I was okay, but that's it. No one screams my name when I come on chat, no one is excited to see me. It's like I don't exist.
This isn't my regular account. I made this account, It's Invisible Girl, to tell my story. On my other account no one knew who I was anyway, so I'm done with it. This is me from now on. I'm done hiding.
Publishing this story blog was hard for me because I was finally exposing my true feelings. Something that I'd never dare do in my real life, which this story is based off of. But I think that by doing this, sharing my work with you, the public, has helped me in the end. I think I'm finally growing.
I've talked long enough.
Here's chapter one, which I've titled The Curse of Invisibility...
Chapter One, The Curse of Invisibility
I was relieved when the last bell rang on Friday and I was free from school for the weekend. I hated that place, school. And not for ordinary reasons, like I got too much homework or I never got good grades. I hated school because I had no friends. That afternoon I escaped the dull school grounds with my gray hoodie covering my head and the heavy rain to mask myself under. Not that anyone would see me anyway. And of course I, being me, slipped twice in the last two blocks alone. When I finally made it to my front porch, my right knee was bleeding.
All in all, things were same old.
School was awful. I was cornered during gym and Susanna and her posse targeted me with dodge balls. It was hard to walk without a limp. I sighed, wanting nothing more than to get inside and get on the wiki. If anything, it would take my mind off of my horrible day.
Dizzy and lightheaded with hunger, having foolishly spent previous lunch money on other less important things, I hurried home. I silently prayed that my grandma was cooking.
I doctored my knee using the first-aid kit my grandpa keeps in the bathroom. The sting of the alchohol against my skin was a good, clean stinging. Anyway, it hurt a lot less than the pain of coming home every day with nothing to look forward to but to go back to school the next day.
Just as I was fitting a bandaid over my newest self-injury, I startled myself at the sound of my grandma's voice out in the hall.
"That you, Iggy?"
"Yes, ma'am!" I called back, working frantically to pull the ripped knee part of my jeans up, covering the bandaid.
"Help me set up dinner, girl."
"Yes, ma'am! Just a moment, ma'am!"
I washed my hands carefully under the faucet. Scrub, rinse, repeat.
I splashed my face a few times and patted it dry with a clean towel.
I didn't like what looked back at me from the mirror.
I was a "Plain Jane" child with mouse-colored brown hair and brown eyes. I wasn't ugly, but if you saw me on the streets or in a really big crowd, you wouldn't give me a second glance.
I dried my hands and made my way into the kitchen. It smelled like my grandma was making beef stew. Again.
Suddenly I wasn't feeling as hungry as I did five minutes ago.
If you're wanting a visual right about now, think about what the home of a retired construction worker who liked to collect scraps of wood would look like if he was married to a dull old woman who liked antiques, sewing quilts, and doing crossword puzzles in her free time.
That's what my grandparent's house looked like.
The hall was a dreary, outdated yellow room with peeling wallpaper and breakables everywhere. Statues made of mostly glass and vases and just about anything else that would shatter at the slightest disturbance. My grandma always got nervous when I walked through the hall to my room because she thought I would break something one of these days. She thinks I'm just some clumsy kid. Not that she'd be wrong.
I almost tripped over a pile of firewood on my way to the kitchen sink. I grabbed onto the faded curtains to balance myself. Frumpy old curtains that my grandma had sewn over twenty years ago hung from every corner of the kitchen even though there were no windows. I straightened up, hoping my grandma didn't see that and moved on to her side. The wooden floorboards creaked under my every step.
The house looked twice as dreary when it rained.
My grandma was standing at the counter chopping carrots in time to the sound of rain hitting on the roof. My grandma, her name was Anna and she preffered me to call her that, but I liked calling her grandma better. It felt more home-like somehow. My grandma didn't look like her name should be something as gentle as Anna, I'll admit.
She was a hard woman. In her early sixties and she wasn't slowing down a bit. She hardly ever sat down or even rested for that matter. Grandma was always on the move doing something to keep this family going. I can't think of one time she actually relaxed for more than a few minutes during the daytime.
Grandma barely looked up.
"How was school?" She was only asking because it's the proper thing to do. I knew it and she knew that I knew it. She was a smart woman, after all.
"School was alright, Grandma,"
"It's Anna."
I didn't respond to that.
"What can I help with?" I snatched up an old apron and began to tie it around my waist.
"You can just set the table," she paused. "Would you, dear?"
Because adding a term of endearment every so often made us more of a family.
Oh, the agony.
"Okay, Grandma."
I set the table obediently, and when my grandma reminded me that I forgot napkins, I fetched those, too. I was fast. The table was set in a minute. I swore to myself the moment I was sent to live with my grandparents that I wouldn't be a burden to them. They never had very much money to begin with, but I knew that a teenaged girl would put a brand new hole in their finances. In return for the trouble I would cost them in the long run, I made up for it by making myself useful at home.
Of course that didn't stop our funds from being constantly very low. So low that we had beef stew just about every night. Anything else for dinner was a rare treat.
"What else can I do?" I offered.
"Go on to your room till your grandpa gets home. Go on, now," She looked at me full on finally and seemed startled. "Good heavens, girl. You're all wet!"
"The rain-" I tried to explain.
"Get yourself out of those wet clothes before you catch cold!"
"Yes, ma'am.."
I heard my grandma huffing and muttering in the kitchen as I went away.
"That girl would be sick in a minute. I'd have to spend ten whole dollars on cold medicine. Lou and I already work long hours to get that girl into college in this godforsaken economy. Almost senior citzens, working as hard as we are and she wants to go on and get sick..."
So much for not being burdensome, I sighed.
When I flipped the light switch in my room, things didn't look any less dim.
I had to plug up a lamp just to see the floor. I couldn't ask grandpa to change my lightbulb for me with his bad back. I'd have figure out how to do it myself later. After changing into warm, dry clothes I looked around me.
I had a ton of homework to do and I already decided I wasn't gonna touch it tonight. I was too lazy, too tired, and my appetite was starting to creep back.
I just wanted to lay back and dream about my crush at school, Edgar. I closed my eyes and imagined his dark hair and eyes. I imagined that one day he'd approach me and he'd talk to me for five whole minutes and remember my name this time.
We'd only spoken once and that was on the first day of school. I've had this memory stored up in my mind for so many years, I could tell it to you backwords.
I had come into the classroom early and he caught my eye first thing. I seemed to have caught his, too, because he didn't hesitate to come and greet me.
"Hi, I'm Edgar." He had smiled. I liked his smile. He didn't show teeth, he kept his lips pressed together and he had a little dimple in his left cheek.
"Hi," I took a deep breath. I wasn't going to make a fool out of myself. This time, my shyness wouldn't overcome me. I was so determined then.
"I'm-" I began.
"Mary Anne Somers," He said. "First day of school can be scary. You'll fit right in though."
Man, how I wished he could have been right about that.
"It's Mary Alice," I corrected. "You can just call me Iggy. Everyone does. And...how'd you know my name?"
"Everyone does. Small town," He winked at me and went to go sit down.
We had talked for thirty-one seconds. I had been counting in my head. Thirty-one seconds of magic. Since then, he never said much to me aside from an occassional greeting. I was too shy to say anything more. I don't think I've ever even started a conversation with him before, it was always the other way around.
I tried to think of what I would say to him if ever we were to have a few minutes alone. Were he ever to have a moment where he wasn't surrounded by his friends. If only...
But I came to terms with it a long time ago-- I, Mary Alice Somers, am socially awkward.
Oh well.
The sound of the front door swinging open and wet boots squeaking on the porch made my eyes fly open.
I ran into the family room, where my grandfather was hanging up his coat and hat.
"Grandpa!" I ran to hug him.
"Iggy, how's my girl?"
"I'm doing great grandpa,"
He smiled.
I always said I was doing great even when I wasn't. I figured if it made my grandpa feel like it was worth it to raise me, then what's lying about my happiness gonna hurt?
I took his hands. "Are we going fishing tomorrow? It's the weekend."
"Not this time, Iggy. My back can't handle it and I've cleaned enough fish today for a week."
"Okay, grandpa." I tried not to sound disappointed.
Fishing with grandpa was the only time in this boring little town in Ashwick Falls, Arizona that I even remotely had fun. Grandpa was warm and kind and he tried to connect with me on an emotional level. Something my grandma had never tried. She was always too busy making sure I had enough food to eat and dry clothes to wear. As far as I knew, she just felt like she had to do her duty to my parents. Sometimes I wondered if she really loved me or even liked me for that matter.
Grandpa patted me on the back and proceeded into the kitchen.
"What is that heavenly smell?" He sniffed the air and winked at me.
I stifled a giggle. It was a little joke we had between us. Not that we'd ever mention it in front of grandma who took pride in the fact that her beef stew managed to be cheap, healthy and delicious.
"That you, Lou?" I heard Grandma say.
"Yes, ma'am. Is that stew? My favorite."
I didn't want dinner anymore, I just wanted to get on my computer and get on the wiki, but I ate my serving of stew anyway. When I didn't eat, Grandma thought I was sick and that was never good.
I washed my bowl and excused myself.
I just wanted to spend my weekend alone. Not that I had any choice. But if I had to be alone, I wanted to be in my sanctuary. My bedroom.
It's about the size of a normal kid's clothes closet, but I love it because I worked very hard to make it mine.
When I moved into to this house eight years ago, this room had been cluttered with old things. Clothes, books, antiques, you name it. I personally cleaned it out and Grandpa helped me move my mom's old matress in here for me to sleep on. I sketched and water-colored pictures to go on my wall since I hadn't bought any pictures with me and this house didn't have a printer.I spent the last bit of change I had in my pockets to buy a pack of those glow-in-the-dark stars that you stick on to your ceiling. When the lights are off, my ceiling looks like the night sky. I didn't even have to use a ladder to put them up, I just stood on my bed, the ceiling is that low.
I kept my books piled in a corner since I don't have a bookshelf. I have a little chipped wooden desk that I do my homework at and the desk was cluttered with sketches and paintings. I moved the artwork to my bed and underneath it all was my laptop. I have an HP computer that I got for my fourteenth birthday from my grandparents. It's a crappy computer especially compared to a Mac, but it's my only way of entertaining myself when I'm on my own. At least there's internet connection.
I don't know why I did it.
But I've been wanting to all day. I was bored, I didn't want to do my homework, and I was still starving after half a bowl of beef stew.
But I did it.
Let's face it, I was addicted.
I got on my laptop and on google typed in iCarly Wiki.
Why did I do this? Why was I subjecting myself to the torture of an online community when I know that I won't ever be noticed there?
iCarly...I user to watch that show when I first joined the site two years ago. I stopped a while ago because it was no longer cool for someone my age to like that show, but I still stayed on it's Wikia page. It was like a different world there; away from the kids at my school and my grandparent's boring, leaky house. But it wasn't like anyone cared about me or even knew me, so what was I doing?
I typed in my username and password and scanned the chatroom to find that around 10 users were on. It was a feature that had been added last year. At first I thought that it would help me make friends on the wiki, but I quickly saw that instead it just made things worse. Thanks to this thing, users got even more tightly knit and formed little cliques, making it harder for me to talk to anyone. I came on chat around once a week and I always left within five minutes.
But why did I keep going back? Was I that pathetic? That lonely?
Wiping tears that I didn't even know had fallen, I entered the chatroom. I was instantly frozen, watching the chat move a thousand miles per hour as the subjects were split. A few users were discussing some band, two more were discussing some movie I'd never seen, and the rest were talking about something entirely random.
Neveischeese and Seddiafoeva were having a friendly shouting match, but it spammed up the chat and made me lag so much that I almost decided to just leave. But then I thought maybe I should at least try and say something. It might get me noticed...
"I'm so hungry xP" I typed.
My comment had disappeared in a sea of new comments in under 5 seconds. I stared at the screen for many more minutes, my eyes tearing up again as I watched everyone chat. PurpleJerk was trying to get Yoshi to ask out some girl in real life, TaraBridgette was saying something about Samlovestart...whatever that was... I sighed and exited the browser. It was one thing to be invisible in real life, but online, too?
I felt like hurling my laptop across the room, but I controlled myself and shut it off, climbing between the sheets instead, closing my eyes tight. I would go to bed early tonight.
I dreamed that I was at school.
I was wearing designer jeans and a camisole. My enemy, Susanna, was dressed identically to how I was yesterday; in torn, faded jeans and a sweatshirt. Her hair was lank and limp, dull. That was just unnatural. Susanna's hair was never not perfect. What was going on? My hands flew to my hair and it felt soft and silky. When I walked, it bounced, long blonde curls brushed my shoulders.
Wait, blonde? I was blonde? I ran my fingers through the tips of my hair, which was a bright yellow color. It was as if I was Susanna, but I was me at the same time.
I smirked at her, standing across from me, dressed like me.
But it was her. I could tell from the eyes, which were still frightening even in my dreams.
She mirrored my smirk. "So you think you're all big and bad now that you're not in rags, huh, Mary Alice? Well it doesn't work that way. Not at my school." Her sneer was nasty and it was easy to forget her attire. She was still Susanna.
"Be gone!" I held out my hands to her and immediately she disappeared, but I still heard her voice.
"What did you do to me you loser!" She shrieked frantically.
I gave a laugh that sounded so unlike mine. So cold. Like hers.
"Let's go, Iggy," there was Susanna's best friend, Lanie, smiling at me as if we were best friends.
"Let's ditch her."
It was empowering, frightening, and amazing all at once. I looped arms with Lanie and we left the now invisible Susanna behind in the hallway, screaming threats at me about how she'd get me back for this.
The dream changed and I was in the chatroom on the iCarly Wiki. I knew it was the chatroom, but it looked different. It was a white room and chairs lining the walls. People, users from the wiki, were sitting in them talking to each other.
"IGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Churchpants screamed the moment I entered. "Hi..." I started, stunned.
"Hey Iggy!"
"Iggy, hi!"
I froze.
People were talking to me. They were noticing me. I felt something in my chest. A light, bubbly warm feeling. But I didn't get to feel it for long or even respond to any of the users who were making their way towards me...
My eyes flew open. It was Saturday morning and my clock read 9:40 am. In the light from the window I could see my water colored pictures of Invisible Woman on the wall. Her blue eyes were intense, almost intimidating, in the shadows. I stared at her face, feeling hopeless.
"Why can't I be more like you?" I asked the painting.She stared back at me silently. "Of course, I'm invisible to you, too...don't bother answering me..."
Mumbling to myself, I turned over on my side, wishing that I really did have the power to turn others invisible.
Issue 2 should be up by next Saturday.
Invisible Girl, signing out for now.
The Invisible Girl blogging for justice! 00:48, June 30, 2012 (UTC)Invisible Girl