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Another angle just because...
Can you see the puffy sun? Love that!
Jacquie! It's just wonderful! I love those little undies! If you don't mind me asking, do you quilt it first then put on the appliques and decorative stitching? (and if you do mind, just disregard the question please!)
This is absolutely ADORABLE!!! I love the little undies, one piece long johns, and especially the poofy, polka-dot sun. Great job!
Well HECK YEAH....I wish I could see it in person too!!!
You like your new Ms. Bernie!!???
How cute! Wouldn't that look great hanging in a laundry room, a swank laundry room?
I love this. It looks like you had a great time making it. It is so frustrating when photos do not come out as good as the piece really looks. Thanks for sharing though. Now I want to go and make laundry and houses...
It's so wonderful! I want it!
It is just fabulous! I can't bet it will be hard to give up. I love the laundry basket and the kitty.
Delightful quilt. Great design, great colors, great fabrics. Inspirational!
Thanks for sharing!
It's wonderful!
Love it!! Love it!! Love it!!
I love it! In fact my laundry area
needs one of these.
Fantastic! Can I tell you that this one looks more unique than your older ones? Whatever you changed really amps it up.
This is just too cute - I adore this!!!
this is just soooo cute! I love it!
The first thing I saw was the puffy sun. So cute!
o.k. Jacquie...I'm going to have to go make one of these now! I do have a laundry room to decorate...wish I had a sewing room too...oh well...can't have everything...:)
It's just spectacular, so much detail, I can't stop looking!
it's super cute! i want one for myself!
I love it!!! The clothes look so great. You can see them blowing in the wind. Love it!!!
Very cute!
oh wow, that is sooo cute! I love it!
That is sooooo adorable! I haven't seen anything so cute!
So very cute!
Oh, my goodness! That is the most beautiful, whimsical piece! I thought I liked your wonky houses best, but I'm all for this now. It's wonderful!
Oh Man, that just makes me smile all over - they are sure to love it. I love the little cat !
Its looking really great from here!
Hugs - Lurline♥
That is seriously gorgeous!!! how do I go about getting one?? hehe.
Do you just do raw edge applique?? It's hard to tell from the pictures (which are fabulous btw!) I can't tell you how much I love this design. I saw a picture like this once but it was done with dried flowers, but I think I love the quilt more!!
WOW super - I was wondering what you were going to do with the clothes from your earlier post ;-)
Sensational, the red and white binding finishes it off beautifully.
It's so lovely!!! Every detail is just perfect, and that puffy sun is too cute!
That is so funky gorgeous, Jacquie!!
I love all your "stuff" and following all the great work but this I love it feels like I'm standing in the yard looking at the clothes line!
I love it .. very cute.
Adorable!!! Couldn't be cuter!
Oh how precious! I love the way the wind is blowing the cloths and adore those longjohns! Too cute!
I love it! Now I think I'm going to have to make one soon.
I'm just saying...that is so stinkin' cute!!
this is one of the cutest things i've ever seen...
just wonderful!
Pictures never do quilts justice! They are going to absolutely love it! I am sure that you are not too sad about having to keep it for a few more days?
It's just about the cutest wallhanging I've ever seen. Love all the details and your fabric choices. You're so creative and I get such inspiration from you.
I LOVE this! I think the underwear is a cute addition!
Wow! That's fantastic Jacquie! I'm sure your customers will be thrilled!!!
Ooh - this is fantastic - some quilts make you happy looking at just them and this is one of them. Love the little kitty next to the clothes basket.
I love the movement in the clothes! You've outdone yourself this time - fab work!!!
Beautiful work...and you inspired me after putting that kaffe Fassett thing on your blog, thanks!
That is sooooo cute. They are going to absolutely love it and isn't it a shame that you have to keep it at your house for a spell!!!! The puffy sun is great!
It turned out beautifully!
Arg, another project on my to do list. Thanks a lot.
It's darling!!
What a great quilt!
Love the puff sun too.
That is so cute!
awww come on that is just to wonderful!!! Not sure I woyuld be able to let that go! I love it!!! Super job!!!
That is so wonderful! Love the kitty :o)
Adorable!! Enjoy it while you've got it :)
It is sooo very cute.
So so so so cute!!!
How special Jacquie!! Such an amazing idea carried out!
this one is so fun. Great design.
I love it. So much fun to look at, probably as much fun to make.
oh I want one. Could you make up the pattern?
very very cute...
love it
Pictures never do. But I must say I LOOOOOVE it!!!!!
I just love it....all of it!! The whole idea of this quilt is so absolutely creative and original. I want one of my own!!!
Just too cute--and I love the puffy sun!
Jacquie! My favorite so far! I love these little minis!
I'm not into mini quilts as such, but dang I like these. So whimsical and fun!
That is the cutest one yet! I love it!
I bet you enjoyed the process of picking the fabric for the clothes. It really it lovely!
And that's funny you don't like purple, now I'll notice your projects don't have any.
it looks amazing!
cute as can be!
As someone who loves to quilt and loves to hang clothes on the line, I totally appreciate this wonderful piece! So cheery and the jaunty angles of the clothes really give the feeling of clothes blowin' in the wind. Well done!
I LOVE the puffy sun! I wish the weather looked like that here where I'm trying to sneak in a few last outdoor-drying of clothes this week.
this is soooo awesome. i would love to make these as christmas gifts. do you have a pattern you work off.
I love your quilt it's adorable!
Love it, wonderful job and wonderful fabrics!
Love your blog! I found it through Nanette. I am so happy that she won your darling little quilt. No one will cherish it more than her!
So, are you okay with me making a probably lousy imitation of this? :) For my own wall, of course :D


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Downloadable Index of known 1820 settlers mentioned in the 1819 Settler Correspondence (CO48/41-CO48-46) at the Natioanl Archives at Kew. Settlers purely included in lists under their expected party leaders have be been omitted.
A list of 1820 British Settlers who emigrated to the Eastern Cape area of South Africa. Where a child had the same name as a parent that name is only listed once. Transcribed by Robin Griffiths mainly from "The Settler Handbook" by MD Nash
British Settlers who landed during the years 1821 to 1826. Transcribed by Robin Griffiths from Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa, by E. Morse Jones, A.A.Balkema, 1969. E. Morse Jones's note to these lists states: Only children under 21 are listed with their families. Those over 21 have been listed separately. These lists result from the examination of all available material in the National Archives and inspection of Registers of Marriage and of Burial, of all denominations, at relevant places.
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Create a new score
To create a new score, open the New Score Wizard (see Create new score, below): this can also be accessed via the Start Center.
Start Center
This is the window that displays when you open MuseScore for the very first time:
To open the Start Center (if not already visible), use any of the following options:
- Press F4.
- From the menu bar, select View→Start Center...
From the Start Center you can:
- Open the "Getting Started" tutorial score.
- View thumbnails of previously-opened scores: click on a thumbnail to open it.
- Open a score from your computer's file system: click on Open a score ...
- Create a new score (by clicking on the icon with the plus sign).
- See the "In the spotlight" score of the day.
- Search sheet music on musecore.com.
- Link to mobile apps
- Link to follow MuseScore on social networks
Create new score
To open the New Score Wizard when the Start Center is not open, use one of the following options:
- Click on the New Score icon in the toolbar on the top left of the window;
- Use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N (Mac: Cmd+N);
- From the menu, select File→New....
Note: The following subheadings may differ slightly in versions prior to MuseScore 2.2.
Enter score information
Step 1: Enter score information.
Enter the title, composer, or any other information as shown above, then click on Next >. This step is optional: you can also add this information after the score is created (see Vertical frame).
Choose template file
Step 2: Choose template file.
Here, you can choose from a range of solo, ensemble and orchestral templates. Any custom templates stored in your user templates folder will be displayed under the heading, "Custom Templates". From version 2.2, you can use the Search bar (top right) to find specific templates.
- Click on a template to select it. This will automatically take you to the next page of the Wizard (Chose key signature and tempo).
- Alternatively, to choose exactly which instruments to include in your score, click on the "Choose Instruments" template (under "General").
Choose instruments (or voice parts)
The Choose Instruments window is divided into two columns:
The left column contains a list of instruments, or voice parts to choose from. This list is categorized into instrument families, and clicking a category shows the full list of instruments in each family.
The default entry is "Common instruments" but you can choose from others, including "Jazz instruments" and "Early music". There is a search box at the bottom of the instrument window: typing the name of an instrument there will search for it in "All instruments".
The right column starts off empty, but will eventually contain a list of instruments for your new score in the order that they will appear.
Add instruments
To add instruments to the score, use any of the following options:
- Select one or more instruments in the left column and click Add.
- Double-click an instrument in the left column.
The instrument names, and their associated staff lines, now appear in the list of instruments in the right column. You can add more instruments or voice parts, as needed. Each instrument added in this way is allocated its own Mixer channel.
Note: If you want staves to share the same instrument, use the Add staff or Add linked staff commands instead (see below).
Add Staff / Add Linked Staff
To add a staff to an existing instrument in the score:
- Select a staff in the score list on the right-hand side (e.g. see "Staff 1" in the image below). Click Add Staff or Add Linked Staff.
- Adjust the Staff type, if applicable.
Summary of commands:
Command | Staff added | Edit staves independently? | Share mixer channel? | Examples |
Add Staff | Unlinked | Yes | Yes | Guitar staff/tab, Piano grand staff |
Add Linked Staff | Linked | No. Edit in one staff updates others | Yes | Guitar staff/tab |
See also, Combine pitched staff with tablature.
Change order of instruments
To change the order of instruments (or staves) in the score:
- Click either an instrument name or a staff, in the right-hand column, and use the ↑ or ↓ buttons to move it higher/lower.
Delete an instrument
To delete an instrument, or staff line, from the score
- Select an instrument, or a staff line, in the right-hand column, and click Remove.
Choose key signature and tempo
Step 3: Choose key signature and tempo.
The wizard asks for two things: The initial key signature and tempo of the score. Select any of the former and click Next > to continue. An initial tempo can be set here too.
Choose time signature, pickup measure, and number of measures
Step 4: Choose time signature etc.
You can set your initial time signature here. If the score starts with a pickup measure (also known as an anacrusis or upbeat measure), then mark the Pickup measure checkbox and adjust the "Duration" accordingly.
Measures is set to 32 by default: you can change the number here, or add/remove measures later from the score.
Click Finish to create your new score.
Adjustments to score after creation
Any settings you make in the New Score Wizard can always be changed when you start work on the score itself:
Add/delete measures
To add/delete measures or create a pickup measure, see Measure operations.
Add/edit text
To add text, see Add text (Text basics). To change existing text, see Text editing.
Change instrument set-up
To add, delete, or change the order of instruments: from the menu, select Edit→Instruments...; or use the keyboard shortcut, I. This opens the Instruments dialog which is virtually identical to the Choose Instruments dialog in the New Score Wizard (see above).
See also Change instrument (Staff properties).
Hide a staff
- To hide a staff permanently: Open the Instruments dialog (I) and untick the "Visible" box for that staff.
- To hide a staff under certain conditions: See the "Hide" options in the Score menu, and Staff Properties.
Adjust layout and formatting
To adjust the distance between staves and systems, set page margins etc., see Layout and formatting.
A Template is simply a standard MuseScore file that has been stored in one of two "templates" folders: any files in these folders are automatically displayed on the "Chose template file" page of the New Score Wizard. Two templates folders are created by default:
System templates folder
This folder contains the templates installed with MuseScore and should not be modified. It can be found in the following locations:
Windows: Usually at C:\Program Files\MuseScore 2\templates
; or in the 64-bit versions at C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore 2\templates
Linux: Under /usr/share/mscore-xxx
if you installed from the package manager. If you compiled MuseScore on Linux yourself, then look under /usr/local/share/mscore-xxx
(with xxx
being the version you are using).
MacOS: Under /Applications/MuseScore 2.app/Contents/Resources/templates
User templates folder
Any templates that you create for future use should be stored here. Once in the user "templates" folder, they will automatically appear on the "Chose template file" page of the New Score Wizard—under the heading "Custom Templates". Note: prior to version 2.3, you need to restart MuseScore in order to see a newly-added template.
The default location of the user templates folder is as follows:
Windows: %HOMEPATH%\Documents\MuseScore2\Templates
MacOS and Linux: ~/Documents/MuseScore2/Templates
To configure the location of your private templates folder:
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Neuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
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- A novel imaging technique provides insights into the role of redox signaling and reactive oxygen species in living neurons, in real time. Scientists have developed a new optical microscopy technique to unravel the role of 'oxidative stress' in healthy as well as injured nervous systems.
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A novel imaging technique provides insights into the role of redox signaling and reactive oxygen species in living neurons, in real time. Scientists of the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) have developed a new optical microscopy technique to unravel the role of "oxidative stress" in healthy as well as injured nervous systems. The work is reported in the latest issue of Nature Medicine.
Reactive oxygen species are important intracellular signaling molecules, but their mode of action is complex: In low concentrations they regulate key aspects of cellular function and behavior, while at high concentrations they can cause "oxidative stress," which damages organelles, membranes and DNA. To analyze how redox signaling unfolds in single cells and organelles in real-time, an innovative optical microscopy technique has been developed jointly by the teams of LMU Professor Martin Kerschensteiner and TUM Professor Thomas Misgeld, both investigators of the Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy).
"Our new optical approach allows us to visualize the redox state of important cellular organelles, mitochondria, in real time in living tissue" Kerschensteiner says. Mitochondria are the cell's power plants, which convert nutrients into usable energy. In earlier studies, Kerschensteiner and Misgeld had obtained evidence that oxidative damage of mitochondria might contribute to the destruction of axons in inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
The new method allows them to record the oxidation states of individual mitochondria with high spatial and temporal resolution. Kerschensteiner explains the motivation behind the development of the technique: "Redox signals have important physiological functions, but can also cause damage, for example when present in high concentrations around immune cells."
First surprises
Kerschensteiner and Misgeld used redox-sensitive variants of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as visualization tools. "By combining these with other biosensors and vital dyes, we were able to establish an approach that permits us to simultaneously monitor redox signals together with mitochondrial calcium currents, as well as changes in the electrical potential and the proton (pH) gradient across the mitochondrial membrane," says Thomas Misgeld.
The researchers have applied the technique to two experimental models, and have arrived at some unexpected insights. On the one hand, they have been able, for the first time, to study redox signal induction in response to neural damage -- in this case, spinal cord injury -- in the mammalian nervous system. The observations revealed that severance of an axon results in a wave of oxidation of the mitochondria, which begins at the site of damage and is propagated along the fiber. Furthermore, an influx of calcium at the site of axonal resection was shown to be essential for the ensuing functional damage to mitochondria.
Perhaps the most surprising outcome of the new study was that the study's first author, graduate student Michael Breckwoldt, was able to image, also for the first time, spontaneous contractions of mitochondria that are accompanied by a rapid shift in the redox state of the organelle. As Misgeld explains, "This appears to be a fail-safe system that is activated in response to stress and temporarily attenuates mitochondrial activity. Under pathological conditions, the contractions are more prolonged and may become irreversible, and this can ultimately result in irreparable damage to the nerve process."
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- Michael O Breckwoldt, Franz M J Pfister, Peter M Bradley, Petar Marinković, Philip R Williams, Monika S Brill, Barbara Plomer, Anja Schmalz, Daret K St Clair, Ronald Naumann, Oliver Griesbeck, Markus Schwarzländer, Leanne Godinho, Florence M Bareyre, Tobias P Dick, Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld. Multiparametric optical analysis of mitochondrial redox signals during neuronal physiology and pathology in vivo. Nature Medicine, 2014; DOI: 10.1038/nm.3520
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If it's September, Apple has a new iPhone to sell you. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss this year's crop of gear, along with news from FitBit, Amazon and GoPro. And, as election season looms closer, J.D. has some advice and links for those who see misinformation on social-media sites and want to stop it from spreading. Buckle up for Episode 287, y'all!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week' s Show
- The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Big Screens That Are a Delight to Use (The New York Times)
- Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Big Step for Wearable Gadgets (The New York Times)
- Fitbit Launches Fitbit Care, A Powerful New Enterprise Health Platform for Wellness and Prevention and Disease Management (FitBit Investor News)
- Another Victim of the Magecart Assault Emerges: Newegg (RiskIQ)
- Expanding Emergency Location Service in Android to the U.S. (Google Keyword blog)
- Code in iOS 12.1 beta hints at Memoji syncing over iCloud, references 'iPad2018Fall' (AppleInsider)
- Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS (Google blog)
- Twitter Lets Users Switch to a Chronological Feed (Search Engine Journal)
- The 14 biggest announcements from Amazon's surprise hardware event (The Verge)
- Amazon Said to Plan Up to 3,000 Cashierless Stores by 2021 (Bloomberg)
- GoPro's Hero 7 Black sets a new bar for video stabilization (The Verge)
- Official YouTube Blog: Gaming gets a new home on YouTube (YouTube blog)
- Introducing PlayStation Classic, with 20 Pre-Loaded Games (PlayStation.Blog)
Help Stomp Out Fake News
- How do I mark a post as false news? (Facebook Help)
- Report violations (Twitter)
- Report inappropriate content (YouTube)
- Statistics & Facts about Fake News (Statista)
- Inside Facebook's Election 'War Room' (The New York Times)
- If You See Disinformation Ahead of the Midterms, We Want to Hear From You (The New York Times)
- Facebook's attempts to fight fake news seem to be working. (Twitter's? Not so much.) (Nieman Lab)


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Listen: Name It You Got It / Micky Moonshine
My all time favorite Northern Soul compilation, unfortunately available only on CD, is UK Decca's THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE. It includes some true hits, and a whole bunch that sonically fit in, but probably weren't originally very sought after. And through this very disc, I discovered more than a few all time favorite singles: Frankie & Johnny 'I'll Hold You', The Eyes Of Blue 'Heart Trouble', Fearns Brass Foundry 'Don't Change It', Clyde McPhatter 'Baby You Got It' and The Brotherhood Of Man 'Reach Out Your Hand' to name some, and most of which I've previously posted.
No surprise, 'Name It You Got It' comes in as a top choice as well. According to, I believe, Phil Smee's excellent liner notes and packaging, Micky Moonshine was indeed the pseudonym of this fellow Chris Rainbow. 'Name It You Got It' being his only 7″, and, although never playlisted, apparently the record received a fair share of BBC Radio 1 airplay in '74. With no resulting sales to speak of, the single was banished to the mark down bins until someone or other resuscitated it's worthiness on the infamous Northern circuit, a very self celebrated scene of which I personally derive both musical pleasure and great amusement.
So much so was the demand that at one point, toward the end of '75, Decca reissued the 7″ but mistakenly mispressed it's A side, 'Baby Blue', on both sides of the initial run, despite correctly affixing A and B side labels. So buyers beware. Correct copies have 'right way up' inscribed next to the matrix number in the run off groove on the 'Baby You Got It' side. Therefore all ebay customers, better verify this tid bit with your seller.


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Join KD
Pryor, author of the YA paranormal, The Portal's Choice, as she tours the blogosphere
August 5 – 30 on her first Book Blast with Pump Up Your Book! KD will be
giving away a $25 Amazon GC/Paypal Cash to one lucky reader! To enter, fill out
the Rafflecopter form on the participating blogs below and good luck! You can follow the tour here.
The Portal's ChoiceBy K.D. PryorThe Gatekeepers of Em'pyrean, Book 1Publisher: Madaket Lane PublishersRelease Date: May 4, 2013Genre: YA ParanormalLength: 496 PagesAdd to GoodreadsBook Description:Journal, just in case . . .I didn't ask to meet ghosts. Shoot, I was fine without them in my life. Uncle Craig and Hannah were nasty to me, but at least I knew how to handle living pains in the butt. Now I have to figure out how to open and close a portal between the human and spirit worlds. And I have to find and return a bunch of angry ghosts through the gateway and lock them on their side. I don't know why the portal chose me to do this, a fifteen-year-old kid with no ghost busting experience. But it did. And if I want a ghost-free night's sleep anytime soon, I'd better figure out how to get the job done. Because I've about had it with murderous ghouls and their unpleasant agendas. "Signed Tallis Challinor"After the death of her parents, Tallis Challinor and her brother Wyatt must move to the Midwest to live with their dead mother's sister and her family. When Aunt Sandra dies three-and-a-half years later, Tallis and Wyatt find themselves moving yet again, this time to New Hampshire to live with their father's sister, Aunt Gabbie, and her husband Noreis. Gabbie is young, pretty and fun. Tallis remembers being a little girl and playing with her Aunt at the family home in California, before her parents died. So Tallis is excited to re-locate and reconnect with Gabbie. But what should have been a happy reunion is plagued with problems when Noreis opens a portal between the spirit and human worlds located in the basement of the house.Tallis is a practical kid. She doesn't believe that ghosts exist. But she can't deny what she sees with her own eyes and the two ghosts Tallis meets at Thanksgiving in the basement of her aunt's house are definitely not figments of her imagination, although she wishes they were. Tallis is unwittingly drawn into the portal's energy when one of the ghosts fixates on her and forces her to assist in the release of three particularly nasty spirits. As a final blow, the portal chooses Tallis as a temporary gatekeeper and she finds herself charged with the duty of returning the very ghouls she's set free, plus a few of their buddies, back to the spirit realm.As Tallis learns the secrets of the portal and begins to understand her newly acquired power, she formulates a plan to return the ghosts. Along the way, she receives help from many new friends who fill in the details about the identity of the escaped spirits, providing a possible motive for the outrageous actions of the escaped ghosts. Tallis must learn to trust herself and others as she taps into her inner courage to get the job done and save her town from the angry restless dead set.Buy Links
29th, 2:30 in the morning
week to go.
feel it, the nearness of the spirits. The fact that everything is aligning to
some sort of conclusion. I hope I'm ready. I hope I have the power to finish
this thing. And, I hope that Gregory Millard calls soon.
The shrill ring of the phone pierced the late night
silence of the house, startling me out of an exhausted sleep. My body jerked to
semi-awareness and I reached for it, knocking it to the floor in my confusion.
I reached down, patted the floor, and finally found the phone as it rang for
the third time.
"Yeah?" I mumbled.
"Hello, can you hear me?" shouted a voice I didn't
I was groggy with sleep and confused as to my exact location.
The voice continued hollering at me, but I had trouble focusing on it as my
sluggish brain worked to figure out why I wasn't in my bed. Finally, I
remembered that I'd fallen asleep on the sofa in the front room. Satisfied that
I could place my body in space, I directed my mind to the person who was
calling. A glance at the clock on the wall said it was 2:00. In the morning.
"Who is this?" I asked, stretching my neck until I felt a
loud, satisfying crack.
"My name is …" a male voice started, then abruptly stopped.
The connection appeared to be lost.
"Hey, are you there?" I hollered back into the phone, assuming
that if the caller had to yell to be heard, he needed me to yell back at him.
"Tallis, what's going on down there?" my aunt, Gabbie, called
to me. She hurried down the creaky, wooden staircase.
"Phone call," I mumbled when she appeared in the doorway.
"But I think the connection's broken. It wasn't too good to start with."
Gabbie moved to my side and looked down at me. The
flickering fire in the wood stove illuminated the paleness of her skin and amplified
the heavy shadows under her eyes. She looked awful, much older than her
twenty-seven years.
"Do you think?" she began, and then swallowed. "Is it
I shook my head. "I don't know."
The voice burst through the static. "Gregory Millard." He was gone again.
the Author:
KD Pryor started life in Missouri, where she read
lots of books, even sneaking them into baseball games to the irritation of her
father. Kelley graduated with a degree in International and Comparative Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. After
college and marriage to a great guy, she decided to pursue a law degree at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
Her oldest son was born soon after law school, followed three years later by
her daughter and a move to Kentucky. One more son, a move to Ohio and
four years later, her family jumped on the opportunity to move to India.
They lived in Bangalore, now Bengaluru, for four wonderfully chaotic
years, traveling all over Asia, Australia and Europe.
Now, settled in New Hampshire with her family and herd of
cats (only three), she can often be found in her office, working on the next
installment of "The Gatekeepers of Em'pyrean" series, reading one of a dozen
books she has started, and dreaming of her future travel destinations.
"The Portal's Choice", book one in "The
Gatekeeper's of Em'pyrean" series featuring Tallis Challinor, was released on May
6, 2013.
"The Forgotten Gate", book two in the series, is
scheduled for release in 2014.
Visit her website at www.kdpryor.com.
& Socialize with KD!


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NorCal SBDC's Affiliate Program is designed to help us better reach entrepreneurs who may not be aware of our program offerings.
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The California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's (CAHCC) program priority is to focus on underserved communities, respond to COVID-19 economic disruptions and to promote a sustainable, economic business development program that will build a strong ecosystem for Hispanic entrepreneurs.
CAHCC has the opportunity to fulfill the need for financial, capital access, and business technical assistance for Hispanic businesses in urban and rural communities in Northern and Central California Counties.
Global SF is dedicated to paving the way for international companies to locate, invest, and grow in the San Francisco Bay Area while helping locally-based companies expand into global markets. Global SF provides its clients with personalized advisory services, with a primary focus on international trade through Foreign Direct Investment, Imports, and Exports.
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Centro Community Partners (Centro) fosters socioeconomic change by providing business advisory services and leadership programs to rising, yet underserved entrepreneurs who want to launch or grow their businesses and create jobs in their communities.
Centro's mission is to build thriving communities by providing underrepresented, low-income entrepreneurs with business education, one-on-one advising, mentorship, and access to capital.
Northern California Financial Development Corp
Northern California Financial Development Corporation (Nor-Cal FDC) emphasizes on reaching out to and assisting minority, women, disabled and veterans-owned businesses, as well as businesses in underserved communities and industries of greater need.
Nor-Cal FDC works with local banks and non-bank lenders to make small to medium-sized business loans that are not traditionally bankable by providing small business lending utilizing the State Small Business Loan Guarantee Program. Through Nor-Cal FDC's partnerships and the right loan program, clients can obtain the capital they need to start, build and grow their business.
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West Bank
In the Palestinian village of Sebastiya, Christians and Muslims alike honour a connection to John the Baptist at a location earlier known for the worship of Phoenician gods and a Roman emperor.
Sebastiya (with various spellings including Sebaste and Sebastia) is about 12 kilometres northwest of Nablus, to the east of the road to Jenin.
An early Christian tradition, from the first half of the 4th century, says John the Baptist's disciples buried his body here after he was beheaded by Herod Antipas during the infamous banquet at which Salome's dance enthralled the governor (Mark 6:21-29).
An Orthodox Christian tradition holds that Sebastiya was also the venue for the governor's birthday banquet, though the historian Josephus says it was in Herod's fortress at Machaerus, in modern-day Jordan.
Overlooking the present village of Sebastiya are the hilltop ruins of the royal city of Samaria. The city is mentioned more than 100 times in the Bible. Excavations have uncovered evidence of six successive cultures: Canaanite, Israelite, Hellenistic, Herodian, Roman and Byzantine.
The surrounding hill-country, its slopes etched by ancient terracing, has changed little in thousands of years.
When the early Christian community dispersed during the persecution that followed the martyrdom of St Stephen, the deacon Philip preached the Gospel in Samaria and was joined there by the apostles Peter and John.
City renamed by Herod the Great
Omri, the sixth king of the northern kingdom of Israel, built his capital on the rocky hill of Samaria in the ninth and eighth centuries before Christ.
His son Ahab fortified the city and, influenced by his wife Jezebel, a Phoenician princess, built temples to the Phoenician gods Baal and Astarte. Ahab's evil deeds incurred the wrath of the prophet Elijah, who prophesied bloody deaths for both Ahab and Jezebel.
During its eventful history, Samaria was destroyed by Assyrians in 722 BC (ending the northern kingdom of Israel), captured by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, destroyed by the Maccabean King John Hyrcanus in 108 BC, and rebuilt by the Roman general Pompey in 63 BC.
Herod the Great expanded the city around 25 BC, renaming it Sebaste in honour of his patron Caesar Augustus (Sebaste is Greek for Augustus). Herod even built a temple dedicated to his patron, celebrated one of his many marriages in the city, and had two of his sons strangled there.
The pattern of destruction and rebuilding continued during the early Christian era. Sebaste became the seat of a bishop in the 4th century, was destroyed by an earthquake in the 6th century, flourished briefly under the Crusaders in the 12th century, then declined to the status of a village.
Pagans desecrated John's tomb
Christian sources dating back to the 4th century place John the Baptist's burial at Sebastiya, along with the remains of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah.
Around 390, while translating the Onomasticon (directory) of the holy places compiled by Eusebius, St Jerome describes Samaria/Sebaste as "where the remains of John the Baptist are guarded".
By then, according to a contemporary account by the historian Rufinus of Aquileia around 362, pagans had desecrated the tomb during a persecution of Christians under emperor Julian the Apostate. The Baptist's remains were burnt and the ashes dispersed, but passing monks saved some bones.
In the 6th century two urns covered in gold and silver were venerated by pilgrims. One was said to contain relics of John the Baptist, the other relics of Elisha.
Two churches were built during the Byzantine period. One was on the southern side of the Roman acropolis (on the site the Orthodox Church believes John was beheaded).
The other church, a cathedral built over the Baptist's reputed tomb, was just east of the old city walls and within the present village. Rebuilt by the Crusaders, it became the second biggest church in the Holy Land (after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem).
But after the Islamic conquest of 1187 the cathedral was transformed into a mosque dedicated to the prophet Yahya, the Muslim name for John the Baptist. The mosque, rebuilt in 1892 within the ruins of the cathedral, is still in use.
Tomb is under cathedral ruins
Pilgrims still visit the tomb associated with John the Baptist and other prophets. Under a small domed building in the cathedral ruins, a narrow flight of 21 steps leads down to a tomb chamber with six burial niches set in the wall. Tradition places John the Baptist's relics in the lower row, between those of Elisha and Obadiah.
The remains of the cathedral's huge buttressed walls dominate Sebastiya's public square.
In the extensive archaeological park at the top of the hill are remnants of Ahab's palace, identified by the discovery of carved ivory that was mentioned in the Bible (1 Kings 22:39). The ivory pieces are displayed in the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem.
Also to be seen are the stone steps leading to Herod the Great's temple of Augustus, an 800-metre colonnaded street, a Roman theatre and forum, and a city gate flanked by two watchtowers.
Interest in Sebastiya's heritage and community — now entirely Muslim except for one Christian family — has been revived in the early 21st century by a project involving the Franciscan non-profit organisation ATS Pro Terra Sancta, funded by Italian aid.
In Scripture
King Omri moves his capital to Samaria: 1 Kings 16:23-24
Ahab erects an altar for Baal: 1 Kings 16:32
Ahab's ivory house: 1 Kings 22:39
John the Baptist is beheaded: Mark 6:21-29
Philip preaches in Samaria: Acts 8:5
Peter and John go to Samaria: Acts 8:14
Blaiklock, E. M.: Eight Days in Israel (Ark Publishing, 1980)
Brisco, Thomas: Holman Bible Atlas (Broadman and Holman, 1998)
Dyer, Charles H., and Hatteberg, Gregory A.: The New Christian Traveler's Guide to the Holy Land (Moody, 2006)
Eber, Shirley, and O'Sullivan, Kevin: Israel and the Occupied Territories: The Rough Guide (Harrap-Columbus, 1989)
Gonen, Rivka: Biblical Holy Places: An illustrated guide (Collier Macmillan, 1987)
Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome: The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Prag, Kay: Israel & the Palestinian Territories: Blue Guide (A. & C. Black, 2002)
Saltini, Tommaso (ed.): Sabastiya — The fruits of history and the memory of John the Baptist (ATS Pro Terra Sancta exhibition catalogue, 2011)
Walker, Peter: In the Steps of Jesus (Zondervan, 2006)
External links
Sebastia in the news (ATS Pro Terra Sancta)


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Manage Clients
Manage Clients is a version of Zoho Books designed to cater to the accountants who manage the business finance of multiple clients. This guide will help you to make the most of the features that are available for accountants.
Note: You will be able to access this version of Zoho Books only if you're a user with the Accountant role.
Add new clients
When you want to add a new client, a business or an organization whose business finances you manage, you will have to create a new organization for them. Once you create, you will be added as an accountant in that organization and your client will be the admin of that organization.
To add a new client:
- Log in to an exisitng Zoho Books organization.
- Click the organization name in the top right corner of the window.
- Click the Gear icon and click Create Client to create a new organization.
OR - Click the Gear icon and click Manage to go to the organizations page.
- Select the My Clients tab.
- Click the + New Client button.
- Click Continue after reading the content in the popup.
- Enter the client's organization details.
Field | Description |
Organization Name | Enter your client's organization name. |
Business Location | Select the country where your client's business is located and choose the State/Province/Union Territory. |
Client Name | Enter the name of your client. |
Client Email Address | Enter your client's email address that they will use to log in to Zoho Books. |
Regional Settings | These will be pre-selected based on the business location. You can change the time zone, if needed. |
- Click Get Started.
A new organization will be created and you will be added as a user with the Accountant role. Also, an email will be sent to your client's email address to join the organization as a user with the Admin role.
Manage Pending Reviews
Based on the activities in an organization, Zoho Books will populate a list under the Pending Reviews tab so that you can review and perform actions related to it. The list will contain things to be reviewed based on the following scenarios, when:
- tax returns are generated or some action related to it needs to be done
- your client or other users have not accepted the invitation to join the organization.
- there are pending tasks related to bank accounts such as pending reconciliation, uncategorised transactions, and
- recognised transactions.
- journal are present in the Draft status
- there are transactions that are pending approval
- there are documents that are yet to be associated to an entity
- there are bank statements that are yet to be added to a bank account.
Insight: The pending reviews will be displayed based on the permissions that has been configured for the Accountant role. If the Accountant role does not have permission to access a module, then tasks related to it will not be listed.
To view pending reviews:
- Click the organization name in the top right corner of the window.
- Click the Gear icon and click Manage to open the organizations page.
- Select the My Clients tab. You can review the pending tasks of each organization listed under the respective organization.


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Counterinsurgency methods used to fight gang crime
Street gangs had become so intimidating in Springfield that citizens stopped calling the police on them. And no wonder: gangs were so strong that motorcycle-riding members once cruised a neighborhood with military-style assault rifles strapped to their backs in a show of force. But crime in the gang-infested areas of the Massachusetts city has begun to drop after law enforcement started using a military-style approach of its own.
As Lesley Stahl reports, counterinsurgency methods used in overseas conflicts are being employed in Springfield to take the streets back from the gangs. Stahl's report will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, May 5 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Massachusetts State Trooper Mike Cutone realized that the methods of the insurgents he combated as a Green Beret in Iraq were similar to those used by the Springfield gangs. "Insurgents and gang members both want to operate in a failed area," he tells Stahl, referring to the breakdown in cooperation between the citizens and authorities. "They know they can live off the passive support of the community, where the community is not going to call or engage the local police," says Cutone.
So he helped form an anti-gang unit of troopers who work with the Springfield Police Department employing tactics right out of his old military manual. Key to the strategy in the old New England town -- just like in Baghdad or Basra -- was re-engaging the citizens and making them allies instead of impediments. "We're using the other 99 percent of the population that live there. Winning them over," says Cutone. "They become our eyes and ears ...floodgates have opened for criminal information that we can go after now."
It was the right approach, especially for the city's drug-plagued North End. Says Springfield Deputy Police Chief John Barbieri, "Going door to door. Organizing the neighborhood into a collaboration to report crime, to get involved in solving their own problems...that was exactly the kind of program I needed for this neighborhood."
A centerpiece of the program is a weekly community meeting, just like the village elders meetings Cutone and his fellow Green Berets conducted in Iraq. Citizens of the North End are now passing on information from many sources in the community to law enforcement. And the counterinsurgency team is working to reduce gang membership by providing help, such as jobs, for at-risk youth or gang members who want to go straight.
The program has been aided by Harvard Professor Kit Parker, who is also a Major in the U.S. Army. He had his engineering class at Harvard study the impacts of the counterinsurgency techniques and develop new intelligence software for the police. Based on information gleaned from the counterinsurgency tactics and from sophisticated computer analysis of the gangs' social networks, the state and local police also conduct raids and make arrests. Stahl and 60 Minutes cameras accompanied the team on a night-time raid of a suspected drug house.
Springfield police say violent crime in the targeted areas of Springfield fell 25 percent last year, while drug offenses have dropped 50 percent.


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E-ARK was a multinational CIP FP7 pilot project that improved the methods and technologies of digital archiving, in order to achieve consistency on a Europe-wide scale.
Tackling a range of problems associated with independent record-keeping technologies, systems and practices, E-ARK benefited the development of internationally accessible archives through: the provision of technical specifications and tools, the development of an integrated archiving infrastructure, the demonstration of improved availability, access and use, and the rigorous analysis of aggregated sets of archival data.
Running from 1st February 2014 to 31st January 2017 E-ARK was co-funded by the European Commission under its ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP) within its Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).
The E-ARK project has provided:
- Guidelines on pan-European e-archiving as part of EC e-infrastructure
- Open archival products (tools, services, framework, metadata specifications)
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- Outcomes of a legal study
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- Project papers on the integration work undertaken
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Ryan Kendall is broken. He understands pain. He knows the hand of violence and the ache of loss. He knows what it means to fail those who need you. Being broken doesn't stop him wanting the one thing he can't have; Finlay Tanner. Her smile is sweet and her future bright. She's the girl he grew up with, the girl he loves, the girl he protects from the world, and from himself.
At nineteen, Ryan leaves to join the Australian Army. After years of training he becomes an elite SAS soldier and deploys to the Afghanistan war. His patrol undertakes the most dangerous missions a soldier can face. But no matter how far he runs, or how hard he fights, his need for Finlay won't let go.
Returning home after six years, one look is all it takes to know he can't live without her. But sometimes love isn't enough to heal what hurts. Sometimes people like him can't be fixed, and sometimes people like Finlay deserve more than what's left.
This is a story about war and the cost of sacrifice. Where bonds are formed, and friendships found. Where those who are strong, fall hard. Where love is let go, heartache is born, and heroes are made. Where one man learns that the hardest fight of all, is the fight to save himself.
Fighting Redemption
Item: Paperback item
Length: 338 pages
Size: 6 x 9 in
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This is a tip I first picked up about thirty years ago (my God!) when I worked at Sun Microsystems and used the C shell fairly extensively. Fortunately there's no need to do so any more, as many of its more desirable features have been incorporated into bash.
There's nothing worse, even with tab-completion, than having to stab through a sequence of directories to find the location you want. If you're anything like me there are typically three or four main directories that I use for about 80% of the work that I do.
The CDPATH environment variable works pretty much like your PATH setting, except that instead of being used to locate executables it's used to locate directories. It comes into play when you issue a cd or pushd command. So, for example, on my personal machine my .bash_profile contains the following line:
export CDPATH=.:~/Projects:~/Projects/Python/
So when I try to change to a new directory the shell first looks in the current directory (it can cause real confusion if you don't look there first), then in my Projects directory, then in its Python sub-directory. So the command
pushd PytDj
takes me to my ~/Projects/Python/PytDj project directory with no need to specify the path. I estimate this saves me at least a minute a day, so over thirty years it's saved me a substantial amount of time. Try it, and see what you think.


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Ryback Talks About Going Through WWE Developmental, Being A Rookie On WWE NXT And More
Ryback recently spoke with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald to promote the WWE '13 video game. Here are some highlights:
Winning a contest at age 13 to be a guest bell ringer for WWE: "I had to write a letter to the news on why I loved wrestling, why I wanted to be a wrestler, who I wanted to meet, etc. I had won probably around 20 something tickets through the news contest and all the radio contests in town. I took all my neighborhood friends and went to the show that day. I got to be the guest bell ringer and got to go in the ring before the show when they announced my name. That was probably the exact point where I knew this was pretty cool and that I could do this one day. I believe it was Dr. Tom Prichard and Chris Candido of the Bodydonnas versus Barry Horowitz and somebody else. That was the match I was the guest bell ringer. I think the main event that night was Bret Hart versus Diesel in the steel cage."
Going through WWE developmental: "I was in Deep South Wrestling with Bill DeMott, and that was very aggressive and very boot camp style. That made me mentally tougher than anything. Maybe I didn't get the ring psychology, but I got certain aspects down there that I wouldn't change for anything. That is a big part of who I am. Then I went down to OVW with Al Snow. That was more psychology based. That was a little bit more on the mental side and more behind the scenes. That's what I got from him more than anything, not much in-ring stuff. That's probably on me, too, in that regard."
"I was gone for about a year-and-a-half before I got signed by FCW. Dr. Tom Prichard was by far my best trainer, as far as understanding talent. He polished me and got me ready. Put them all together, and this is what you get. A lot of guys are rushed up way too early. You need to be put through some things before you are put up there. You have to know how to react and handle the pressure."
Working as Skip Sheffield on WWE NXT with William Regal: "That's something you can blame Dusty Rhodes for. I was Ryback... It's my name and what I believed in. Dusty Rhodes pushed to get that taken away and wanted me to do something different. Again, everything happens for a good reason. I don't regret any of it, as it allowed me to do something a little different. I'm Ryback now, and that is pretty much all that matters to me. There is no looking back, as far as that is concerned."
Source: The Miami Herald


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Long Way Gone
This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.
What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.
In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
"My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.
'Why did you leave Sierra Leone?'
'Because there is a war.'
'You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?'
'Yes, all the time.'
I smile a little.
'You should tell us about it sometime.'
'Yes, sometime.'"


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• This thought was inspired by a Twitter conversation with @CarryonCalmly. Sometimes I go to The Shape of a Mother and enjoy the acceptance of diversity. When I was pregnant and waiting....waiting...for the stretch marks, I was a little horrified, however. I hoped to see more women who came out the end of the nine months unscarred and perky. It rarely happens. I keep thinking my stomach looks like something that came out of a special-effects shop. At least, with sites like that and admissions like mine, you know you're not alone.
Speaking of which, I mentioned to Sam the other day: Won't it be weird when my boobs go back to their real size once I stop nursing? And how they won't be as full across the top (I pantomimed the curve to show what I meant) and how my nips won't stick out all the time? And Sam said, Did they not used to stick out all the time? And I had to remind him that, yes, they were like little turtles in their shell unless they were coaxed out by temperature change or other incitements. He had forgotten what my non-breastfeeding boobs looked like. I should have taken more pictures.
And when I say "go back to their real size," of course I have no idea if they'll be a new size entirely. They were a 36DD and are a 36I as I breastfeed. But, as my mother says, she's now a 36Long.
P.S. Ruth of @CarryonCalmly suggested a frugal way around the specialty bra dilemma for large-busted mamas: If you can't find the cup size you need, buy a larger band size, which automatically scales up the cup size, and then sew the band smaller. Must experiment.
• I love petroleum jelly. I often call it Vaseline as a shortcut, but I'm too cheap even for that kind of name-brand luxury. I buy store brand. It costs, like, 69 cents on sale, and a tub will last nearly, if not quite, forever. There's a little one kicking around my parents' house that belonged to my grandmother. Makes you wonder what little historical particles have become stuck in there, like flies in amber.
I love the moist, goopy feel on my lips, and I use it as a quick fix on cuts that aren't a big enough deal to bandage, and I smooth it over my raw nose when I have a cold for some protection from the tissue assault, and I sometimes get ambitious and grease up my feet before putting on socks and hoping for soft, sandal-worthy tootsies. But mostly it's the lips. I apply it compulsively, all day. I get agitated over the feel of my lips if they don't slide across each other when I smack them. I used to carry along a tub with me until one time the plastic on the bottom cracked, and a hot summer day made it melt and leak out the hole and seep into my car's front-seat upholstery. Now I make do with carrying colored lip gloss in my pockets for daytime outings and save my petroleum jelly addiction for private.
When I was in elementary school, one of my classmates was perpetually smeared in Vaseline — a huge glossy ring all around her mouth and nose, like see-through clown makeup. I never did find out why — maybe combating some sort of eczema — but figured it was at her mother's orders. Fortunately, our class was mostly nice; we had only two outcasts with whom no one would be friends, and she, even with her greased-up face, wasn't one of them. Sometimes I wonder if I look like Vaseline Girl.
Awhile ago I found out that some people, thoughtful people who would know, don't like petroleum jelly. I don't want to flit around finding links, so if you don't know what I'm talking about, you can search for them yourself. Basically, it's petroleum-based, and it's kind of the leavings of the petroleum process. So there's a double whammy. I guess. But I really, really like it. I tried to ignore the messages, thinking maybe they'd go away.
But, being a good eco-girl, I've been trying to find a substitute. No luck so far. Lip balms are too solid. My lips don't feel drenched. I've tried breastmilk (yes, I have!). I've tried jojoba oil and coconut oil. Someone mentioned Un-Petroleum Jelly, which I will have to scope out. Clearly, all these options, except for my dear breastmilk, cost more than my store-brand fix. I don't mind paying more in some ways, but it is quite a lot more.
When we were moving, I found that I had stocked up at some sale or other. I did a calculation of when I last remembered buying petroleum jelly, based on the store name on its label. I determined that I have enough petroleum jelly on hand to last me until I'm 38 or 39. Unless someone can give me a very, very good reason to throw away my stash now, that's 5-6 years left of my favorite before I have to find a suitable replacement.
Why fret over something when you can just procrastinate?
After writing this, I was wandering through PCC in my leotard (because I do such things) and saw a tester tube of Un-Petroleum Jelly. It cost $5.99, but it felt nice on my lips. Tasted a little weird, though. I read the ingredients list and approved of them all. Hmmm...procrastinate and be cheap, or spend money and get something coconut-oily?
• When I posted a request for guest bloggers, I had two feared outcomes: that no one would respond, or that 100 irrelevant and spammy people would respond. Instead, I have half a dozen lovely readers and writers who have volunteered, and I'm so excited.
Sam saw my post and suggested that he could do a guest post, too. I almost kicked myself. Why didn't I think of that! After mentioning it, he's become a little cagey about what he might write about. I just hope it's not an exposé of my real-life parenting — "Hobo Mama: The mother behind the mask."
P.S. Don't think that half a dozen + Sam is my limit. If you're still interested in guest blogging, now or in the future, please shoot me an email: mail AT hobomama.com The times I'm busier come in waves, and I can regularly use other voices to fill in the blanks.
Plus, I'd love to guest blog at some other sites if anyone wants a reciprocal agreement. Maybe not till February, though. November's NaNoWriMo, December's Christmas sales, and January's our excise tax return. I have to do it right this year so I don't get audited again.
• I keep wanting to read my NaNoWriMo novel to find out how it ends.
• I volunteered to make a spreadsheet for our babysitting co-op so that we could easily keep a running calculation of our points.
It turns out I have no idea how to do such a thing. I have an idea and then immediately discard it as impractical or unhelpful. I keep staring at the blank spreadsheet and hoping the solution will come to me in a vision.
• I wasn't going to publish this today. I was going to wait until I had something more meaningful than a paean to petroleum jelly.
Oh, well.


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This post is an annual Committee of Public Safety Christmas tradition. From Wikipedia c. 2008:
The metamorphosis of Saint Nicholas into the more commercially lucrative Santa Claus, which took several centuries in Europe and America, has recently been re-enacted in the saint's home town: the city of Demre. This modern Turkish town is built near the ruins of ancient Myra. As St. Nicholas is a very popular Orthodox saint, the city attracts many Russian tourists. A solemn bronze statue of the Saint by the Russian sculptor Gregory Pototsky, donated by the Russian government in 2000, was given a prominent place on the square in front of the medieval church of St. Nicholas. In 2005, mayor Suleyman Topcu had the statue replaced by a red-suited plastic Santa Claus statue, because he wanted the central statue to be more recognizable to visitors from all over the world. Protests from the Russian government against this action were successful only to the extent that the Russian statue was returned, without its original high pedestal, to a corner near the church.
Alas, poor Russia. So far from God, so close to the North Pole.


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JMP Academic License Deployment
Help your school get the most out of your JMP academic site license(s). This page provides best practices for administration of academic site licenses, important links, answers to FAQs, tips and other important information for academic software administrators.
The JMP Advantage
JMP is cutting edge statistical software for teaching, learning, and research. Academic software administrators find that JMP has many benefits:
- JMP Academic Suite provides a complete bundle, with JMP and JMP Pro for Windows and Mac
- Supports an unlimited number of users, covering faculty, researchers and students – including home use
- Runs natively on Windows and Mac versions
- Includes unlimited use of JMP e-learning courses for self-paced learning
- Streamlined deployment – single key for all users
- Easy maintenance – straightforward but flexible updates, upgrades and renewals
- Easy-to-use, point-and-click interface minimizes 1st level support. Built-in learning tools and free teaching resources help users get up to speed quickly
- Efficient 2nd level support – superior SAS Technical Support
- Highly customizable installers – menus, preferences, installed files
- Integration with other packages (SAS, Excel, R, MATLAB, etc.)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my organization eligible for an academic license?
The organization must be a DGI (degree-granting institution), and all usage has to be non-commercial and limited to teaching, learning and research.
Are there any other academic licenses available in addition to the JMP Academic Suite?
Yes, we also offer JMP Genomics and JMP Clinical site licenses, as well as single user licenses for researchers, business administrators and students. If you need help choosing an academic license please check our licensing page or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How can I request a formal quote for an academic license?
Please send your request to firstname.lastname@example.com
What will our users be missing when we switch from another desktop data analysis or statistical software to JMP?
Basically nothing, since the the JMP Academic Suite includes JMP Pro and most features are built-in. Functionality can also be extended with JMP scripting and by integrating JMP with Excel, SAS, R or MATLAB. For native JMP Pro features check the Feature Index or Capabilities Overview, or send questions to email@example.com.
Will your academic licensing fees change?
Annual license cost for academic institutions are relatively modest. The first year and renewal year fees are the same and these prices have not changed for many years.
What level of technical support can we expect?
In the seldom case that a JMP user is stuck you can rely on SAS' highly regarded 24/7 JMP Technical Support, available in many countries and provided in different languages. Our technical support team members have strong statistical and programming backgrounds to ensure the best quality of support. Additional help and discussions can be found in our JMP Community.
Who is eligible to install and use the Academic licenses?
Qualified faculty, students and academic researchers are eligible to use academic licenses. However research conducted for commercial objectives or in the administration of the institution, employees of medical centers, and students not enrolled in the institution do not qualify to use academic licenses. These users may obtain other licenses available through JMP. Please visit jmp.com/buy for more information.
Can I deploy JMP on a server or in the cloud?
JMP is optimized for local installation and use. Institutions who wish to deploy in a virtualized "Presentation Server" environment may request this (requires different installers and an amendment to the license). Minimum hardware requirements will apply to ensure proper performance.
Is there any limit to the number of copies I can deploy?
No, the license allows every qualified student, faculty and academic researcher at your institution to install and use the license on campus, at home, and on personal computers.
So I get both JMP and JMP Pro. Should I deploy and make both available?
JMP Pro contains all of the features in the standard version of JMP, plus additional advanced features for researchers and higher-level courses. Thus, many schools find it easier and more effective to deploy only JMP Pro for Mac and Windows.
Our school has purchased a campus license. What will happen next?
After signing the license agreement, your site license administrator will receive one email for each product included in your license. These emails will contain the software depot (the installers) with temporary license keys. Once the invoice has been paid, the site administrator will receive emails with the permanent license keys.
Your school's site license administrator will usually post these installers and permanent license keys for download by users. In some cases, this will be on a university password-protected Software website. Contact your site license administrator for more information on the location where the JMP software can be downloaded by faculty and students.
For more information, see the JMP Academic Deployment Guide.
Useful Links
Installation and Deployment
JMP Academic Deployment Guide: Contains installation and deployment options, including information on updating your license at renewal time
Short Video: Initiating the JMP Installation Process
JMP Software Administrators User Community: Includes FAQ and Discussion Forum
JMP Technical Support Web Page
JMP Contracts Department
For invoice requests, Site ID's (SIDS) and license keys
Write email@example.com or call 919-677-8003
- Register for the JMP Software Administrators User Community
- Download the JMP Deployment Guide for your JMP version and language
- Watch our video tutorial "Downloading your JMP Installation Files"
- Send your JMP users to the JMP Academic User Community for supporting material, discussions and first level help
Installation and Deployment
- email@example.com
Contact Technical Support
- Report a Problem
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Have you ever pondered what our lives would be without electronic gadgets? Our lives would come to a standstill without the use of electric devices. Electronic gadgets, nowadays, are no doubt a blessing of God. Thanks to the development in science and technology, brand new technological gadgets are being sold like hot-cakes in the marketplaces and online!
Consumer electronics consist of electronic equipment intended for everyday use like communications, education, work productivity and entertainment. If you are in search of buying a new electronic equipment for domestic use or for professional purposes, for educational institutions or business centers, websites and online advertisements can help you a lot to buy, sitting within the comforts of your home!
By using search engines, you can easily track websites and find lots of information on cool new electronics and the hottest new electronic gadgets such as phones, computers, digital cameras, TVs, stereos, video-games, HDTV, MP3 players, DVDs, Camcorders, spy gadgets, audio and video equipment and all the latest gadgets in technology. Not only this, you can also get information on gaming, home appliances, wholesale electronics, refurbished computers, parts and components, shopping and instructional tips and lots more.
The hottest electronic gadget for the younger generation is audio-video equipment, like head phones, microphones, speakers, etc., for their online chatting or social networking purposes. They are cost-effective and convenient. They have a craze for camcorders and digital cameras too. Digital video recorders can also be a great use in carrying out their educational projects and home assignments.
Hand held devices like iPods, GPS Navigators and devices, pocket PCs, portable DVD player, USB are some of the important electronic gadgets that are popular in the present world. Pocket PCs have got the world closer in a more compact way. The hand-held computers operate on similar line of desktop PCs. But pocket PCs allow us to be in touch with the world while we are on travelling trip! One can compare the prices of new computers with a used computer! Used computers are cheaper and reliable in performance. Besides being a money saving device, refurbished computers last longer and has more space in your hard disk. Cheap computers work efficiently and are affordable for all. Apple computers and laptops, note book computers and printers have become a necessity!
PlayStations, PC games, 3G mobile phones and smart phones are the latest in the line of trend-setters for the new generation. Business phone systems and video conferencing are becoming popular for thriving business as well as to save time and distance. Closed-circuit television systems and surveillance cameras are deemed to be essential for safety and security in today's world of terrorism and threat.
While flat-screen televisions and plasma televisions entertain the people at home, other household appliances of daily use cannot be ignored, like refrigerators, washing machine, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and kitchen appliances. Lastly, the electronic world is a classic example of "the good, the bad and the ugly." We cannot, at the same time, deny the fact that while the media has enhanced our very life styles, it has also exposed us to electromagnetism that takes its toll on us!


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The VLDB Journal is a quarterly journal published on behalf of the VLDB Endowment. The journal is dedicated to the publication of scholarly contributions to the advancement of information system architectures, the impact of technological advancements on information systems, and the development of novel database applications. The journal was launched in July 1992.
The VLDB Journal publishes a number of special issues in addition to the regular ones. One issue of each volume (usually the third) is devoted to selected papers from the previous year's VLDB Conference. Other special issues are scheduled to focus on issues that the Editors and the Editorial Board determine to be of importance to the database community:
The Journal is managed by the Editors-in-Chief, assisted by an Editorial Board. The production of accepted papers is managed by the Publication Coordinator. Springer-Verlag publishes the journal on behalf of the VLDB Endowment. They have set up a home page for the Journal, which provides submission and other information.


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Walmart sells a line of beverages manufactured by Cott with very generic labelling, for example:
Since these drinks bear no brand name, I know there are no trademark/brand issues there. There are also no trademarked logos (with the exception of a very small Royal Crown logo by the nutrition facts which would be easy to not show on camera).
Here's what I'm wondering: Could the printed format on the can be protected by some sort of copyright/trademark or other form of intellectual property protection? If so, how can I find out?


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If you decide to do a full-system migration to Blackboard Learn SaaS, there are some pre-requisite activities to complete ahead of the migration. You must complete these tasks on your current environment prior to the test migration to efficiently migrate and cutover to Blackboard Learn SaaS.
1. Upgrade to a supported release of Blackboard Learn
The tools used to migrate to Blackboard Learn SaaS are designed and tested to work with the currently supported versions of Blackboard Learn. If you are not currently on a supported version of Learn, you will need to upgrade prior to the migration. Alternatively, you could consider a course-based migration.
Supported versions are listed as Full Support in the Support Classifications section of the Blackboard Learn Support Services Guide.
If you are a Managed Hosting customer, you can submit a ticket on Behind the Blackboard to schedule an upgrade.
2. Move legacy content to content system
Prior to migrating to Blackboard Learn SaaS, all legacy course file content needs to be migrated to our embedded file system (i.e Content System). This step reduces the time of your migration, and the existing CourseContentMove tool has been enhanced to convert legacy course content for all courses on the entire system.
We recommend you run this tool after upgrading to a supported release for best performance and the latest enhancements. Although the process will run quicker if Blackboard Learn services are not running, this step does not require downtime and can be completed while Blackboard Learn is running.
See Move Legacy Content to Content System (Self-hosted Windows/Linux) on Behind the Blackboard for instructions and the migration tools package used to run this step.
If you are a Managed Hosting customer, you can submit a ticket to Support to request that the Move Legacy Content Tool be run in preparation for your move to Blackboard Learn SaaS.
3. Prepare to migrate building blocks
At the time of migration, all required building blocks must be installed with the same version as the target system, or must be upgraded to a Blackboard Learn SaaS supported version in general. To prepare for this step:
- Understand your building block usage and decide which building blocks you will be migrating.
- Ensure you have acquired the installation .war file for all building blocks you plan to use, ready to install when migration planning begins.
- For 3rd party building blocks, contact the building block vendor for information/assistance on migration options where applicable.
- Consider upgrading building blocks to a more recent version, especially if this is required for support on Blackboard Learn SaaS.
The Information Gathering Building Block on Behind the Blackboard can help you gather information needed to understand your building block usage and prepare for this part of the migration.


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Remember When Garth Brooks Joined Kiss on Stage?
More than two decades ago, two musical legends joined forces when Garth Brooks and iconic rokcers Kiss shared a stage. The performance was a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration that is not likely to be repeated. But with Brooks, you never say never ...
Brooks actually sang a Kiss song, one he recorded with the band for the Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved album, released in 1994. The song was "Hard Luck Woman" and their version was a splendid mix of the two genres. They performed it live together on the Tonight Show on July 13, 1994, to promote the project.
Kiss were in their non-makeup era at the time, so fans got to see Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and company without their signature look. Brooks kept his signature cowboy hat and tidy button-up for his stage wear — something that hasn't changed much in the years since.
How Well Do You Know '90s Country Music? Find Out!
Brooks is well-versed in classic rock, often talking about his love and appreciation for men like James Taylor and Bob Seger. In fact, he cried like a baby the first time he met Taylor, but says the icon was very gracious.
Kiss have not done a lot in the country music world in the years since. While other rock acts have paired with country artists for television — or even dedicated full albums to fans in country music — the hard rockers have lived squarely within the walls of their genre. But it wasn't that much of a stretch to turn "Hard Luck Woman" into a country song — Paul Stanley wrote it for original Kiss drummer Peter Criss to sing, and he deliberately pulled from elements of Rod Stewart's country-influenced era so that Criss' gruff voice would suit the track.
10 More Things You Probably Didn't Know About Garth Brooks
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Compact Sophistication - The new MONARCH 7 30mm binocular features a new, sophisticated body design that is lighter and more compact. Its improved optical system features 30mm objectives, a wide apparent field of view and Nikon's ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass lenses. The sharp, crisp views of the MONARCH 7 are now even more portable and more convenient to take with you on your next adventure.
Superior Optical System - The MONARCH 7 30mm binocular features Nikon's legendary ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass lenses that effectively compensate for chromatic aberrations to provide images of superior contrast and outstanding resolution.
Compact Body Design - The dimensions of the MONARCH 7 30mm binocular are 4.7 inches long by 4.8 inches wide, making it more portable than ever before. Thanks to a fiberglass-reinforced polycarbonate resin, it's extremely durable, yet lightweight.
Dielectric High-Reflective Multilayer Prism Coatings - Applied to all lenses and prism surfaces, this technique provides almost the same brightness as that perceived by the naked eye, and clear high-contrast images that display accurate color reproduction.
Turn-and-Slide Rubber Eyecups - The turn-and-slide rubber eyecups with multi-setting click stops allow users to adjust the eye-relief for a custom fit - providing a full field of view and maximum comfort during extended periods of use.
Fully Multicoated Eco-Glass Lenses - Multilayer coatings, which provide an even higher light transmittance across the entire visible light spectrum, are applied to all of the lens and prism surfaces that transmit light. This minimizes the loss of light due to reflection, thereby ensuring a more natural, clearer view.
Smooth Central Focus Knob - With this simple and intuitive design, bringing objects into focus has never been easier.
Waterproof and Fogproof - MONARCH 7 binoculars are Nitrogen filled and O-Ring sealed for complete waterproof and fogproof performance.
Wide Apparent Field of View - With an apparent angular field of view of more than 60 degrees, the MONARCH 7 30mm binocular makes it easy to find your subject.
Phase-Correction Coated Roof Prisms - MONARCH 7 binoculars provide high-resolution images with extremely accurate color reproduction, thanks to phase-correction coated prisms.
Product Specifications:
Focusing System - Central FocusMagnification - 8xObjective Diameter - 30mmAngular Field of View (Real) - 8.3-DegreesAngular Field of View (Apparent) - 60.3-DegreesFOV at 1000 yds - 435 ftClose Focus Distance - 7.8 ftExit Pupil - 3.8mmRelative Brightness - 14.4Eye Relief - 15.1mmSize (Length x Width) - 4.6 x 4.8 inWeight - 15.3 ozInterpupilary Distance - 56-72mmPhase Coating - YesDielectric Coating - YesWaterproof/Fogproof - YesPrism - RoofED Glass - Yes