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"...In the end, people either have excuses or experiences; reasons or results; buts or
brilliance. They either have what they wanted or they have a detailed list of all the rational reasons why not."
~ Anonymous (taken from Matt Erbele's, It Takes Time to Get Good)
Friday, December 14, 2007
Friday Check in
This sums up how I feel today. I don't have much to say. Not feeling particularly perky or chatty.
None. Rest day
Food Log
(1) English muffin/1/2 c.cottage cheese/coffee (2) JC French Toast + banana/coffee
Nutri-grain bar/coffee/apple
Blueberry bagel w/ light cream cheese (student bought it for me! Always right after talk bad about them they do something nice, just to make me feel like an ass!)
3 small cookies at Faculty Holiday Party (It is what I planned and I stuck to the plan)
Out to Sushi/Golden Bell Roll/Tamago/Cold Tofu appetizer
Yogurt w/ 1/4 c. cereal
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This past month our developers have been super busy making a number of improvements to Dentally, following customer feedback.
Exciting Product Update
Dentally Mail
Dentally Mail is our brand new way to communicate with your patients. With the click of a few buttons you can send paper mail to patients, saving you valuable reception time.
Product Update - March 2017
New Feature: Appointment Reminder Calendar Invites
We've made a great addition to our appointment reminder emails. Now when your appointment reminder emails are sent they come with a calendar invite.
Product Update - January/February 2017
Xero for Dentally
Dentally is delighted to announce that we now integrate with Xero. Xero is a cloud-based, business accounting software that handles all of your business accounting, from financial reporting to bank reconciliation and payroll.
Product Update - December 2016 (and Christmas Support Hours)
Security in Dentally
The one thing that Dentally takes most seriously above everything else is security. We safeguard your data with some of the most advanced protections in the industry, but Dentally also gives you tools to protect access to Dentally. Here is a suggested workflow that you can use on your end to…
Product Update - November 2016
We're making a little change about how we're going to update you about the latest and greatest updates in Dentally. Our changelog is great (we have to make the product team feel special), and it's going to stick around but every month we'll be making a larger post highlighting the latest…
Product update: Login hours
We released a small but powerful update that you might have missed (we normally post these in our changelog), but as we've received a few questions about the release I thought I would let you know a little more about it.


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Chandigarh: Facing flak from not just political rivals but several fellow Punjab ministers as well, Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to grab the unwanted spotlight during the state government's cabinet meeting on Monday.
While it is not certain if Sidhu would be present for the meeting as he has been campaigning in election-bound states for Congress, his recent comments that Rahul Gandhi is the captain of captains - an apparent remark on Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, has irked many of his fellow ministers. Now, there are strong indications that several of these ministers could raise the matter with Amarinder during the course of the meeting.
(If Sidhu contests elections in Pak, he would win: Imran Khan)
The controversial remark from Sidhu came shortly after his return from Pakistan where he had been part of the foundation-stone-laying ceremony for the Kartarpur corridor. Already facing backlash for what was his second visit to the country, what made matters worse for the former cricketer were photos of him with pro-Khalistan activist Gopal Singh Chawla. While Sidhu defended himself by saying he had no idea who Chawla was and that thousands of photos were clicked of him during the visit, political rivals have bared fangs. Some even questioned Sidhu for visiting Pakistan while Amarinder had said that he had expressed his reservations about the invite from across the border.
To defend himself, Sidhu had said that the Congress president had asked him to go. "At least 20 Congress leaders asked me to go, Central leadership asked me to go. Punjab Chief Minister is like my father, I told him that I had already promised them (Pakistan) that I will go," he had told news agency ANI. "My captain is Rahul Gandhi. Captain`s captain is also Rahul Gandhi."
This added fuel to the proverbial fire with even Punjab ministers expressing their displeasure. "If he does not consider Captain Amarinder as his captain, then he should resign on moral grounds from the cabinet and do whatever work is assigned to him by Rahul Gandhi," Punjab Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said. (Read report here)
While Sidhu has since done an about-turn, his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu has said his comments were twisted.
With rivals maintaining pressure and even fellow ministers apparently unhappy with Sidhu, Wednesday's cabinet meeting could be charged up - with or without Sidhu's presence.


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New Residential Opportunity in the Heart of Belgrade Waterfront
82-metre high building offers studios for the first time, along with one to three-bedroom apartments.
- The residences provide stunning views, located in the heart of Belgrade Waterfront, in close proximity to Sava Promenada, Belgrade Park, BW Residences and BW Galerija
- Potential customers can register their interest at www.belgradewaterfront.com.
- The sales day is on Friday, December 16, starting from 10am, on a first-come first-served basis
Belgrade, Serbia, December 7th, 2016: Belgrade Waterfront announces the sale of its newest residential building BW Vista. The sales day is on Friday, December 16, starting from 10am, on a first-come first-served basis. Situated on the main artery that connects the heart of the project to Sava Promenada and the highly-anticipated shopping and leisure destination BW Galerija, it offers a vibrant waterfront lifestyle at competitive prices.
An elegant lobby welcomes residents and guests to BW Vista, planned to be 82 metres high and designed to accommodate 228 stylish residential units – including one to three-bedroom apartments and offering the first studios within Belgrade Waterfront – spanning over 23 floors. Its unique architecture provides contextual harmony with the surroundings and all apartments have balconies, most enjoying stunning views of the Sava River, the impressive Kula Belgrade, or the park.
This new residential building within Belgrade Waterfront represents a superb opportunity due to the great variety of units on offer, starting from 30 sqm, providing quality living within the heart of the city.
BW Vista will be complemented by cafes and amenities surrounded by landscaped gardens overlooking the courtyard, as well as a kindergarten and a children's playground. Future tenants will have the opportunity to enjoy the Belgrade Park, situated right next to it, while being within walking distance of the upcoming BW Galerija, which will be the biggest lifestyle and shopping destination in the region.
The piling will start by the end of the week, and piling contractor is local construction company Novkol. In parallel with the construction of the building, public realm and infrastructure works will commence surrounding BW Vista, with handover planned for the first half of 2019.
Nikola Nedeljkovic, General Manager of Belgrade Waterfront, said on the occasion of the BW Vista launch: "We are very happy that a project of this size is developing so fast. Just little more than a year ago, we held our first sales launch for BW Residences and those buildings have now reached their ninth floor. With this new release we are offering local residents an opportunity to buy conveniently priced high quality apartments, with great views, located right in the heart of the development."
Besides BW Residences and BW Vista, the first phase of Belgrade Waterfront, set to be completed in the first half of 2020, includes The St. Regis Belgrade, situated in Kula Belgrade, and BW Galerija.
Potential customers can register their interest at www.belgradewaterfront.com or contact +381 11 788 8 888.


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A CBC Canada Reads 2015 Selection! Finalist for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Award for French-to-English Translation Deep in a Northern Ontario forest live Tom and Charlie, two octogenarians determined to live out the rest of their lives on their own terms: free of all ties and responsibilities, their only connection to civilization two pot farmers who bring them whatever they can't eke out for themselves. But their solitude is disrupted by the arrival of two women. The first is a photographer searching for survivors of a series of catastrophic fires nearly a century earlier; the second is an elderly escapee from a psychiatric institution. The little hideaway in the woods will never be the same. Originally published in French, And the Birds Rained Down ,the recipient of several prestigious prizes, including the Prix de Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, is a haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.
About the Author
Jocelyne Saucier (born 27 May 1948 in Clair, New Brunswick) is a Canadian novelist and journalist based in Quebec.
Educated in political science at the Université Laval, Saucier worked as a journalist in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec before publishing her debut novel, La Vie comme une image, in 1996. That book was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 1996 Governor General's Awards. Her second novel, Les Héritiers de la mine, was a finalist for the Prix France-Québec in 2001, and her third novel, Jeanne sur les routes, was a finalist at the 2006 Governor General's Awards. Her fourth novel, Il pleuvait des oiseaux, won the Prix France-Québec, the Prix Ringuet, the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie, the Prix des lecteurs de Radio-Canada and the Prix littéraire des collégiens, while And the Birds Rained Down, its English translation by Rhonda Mullins, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2013 Governor General's Awards.
Il pleuvait des oiseaux was selected for the 2013 edition of Le Combat des livres, where it was championed by dancer and broadcaster Geneviève Guérard. And the Birds Rained Down was defended by Martha Wainwright in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads.
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Here's What We Thought - What Do You Think?
Many thanks to Anita for providing us with excellent background information on the Matheson fires and for introducing us to blogger, Matilda Magtree, and her "this is not a review" of Saucier's book which presented an insightful perspective on the work.
This slim book won France's prestigious Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie. Award winning translator, Rhonda Mullen, provided the English version which was short-listed for Canada Reads in 2015. What is it about this tale that has earned it respect and recognition?
Blogger Magtree lists all the things she thinks it is not about, and then says "It is… however, about dignity. How we see people, how we expect or allow them to live. How we can choose to help or hinder or judge. It's about the kind of communities we want and the kind we build". While, on the whole, we agreed with this premise, there were many other facets of the novel that we needed and wanted to explore.
Charlie, Tom and Ted were fiercely independent. They lived separately but provided support and comfort for each other while living by a code of noninterference. They demanded control over their lives… and their deaths. Their tins of strychnine ensured that when life became too difficult, when they were going to lose that control, they could choose death.
The death of Ted and the arrival of Marie-Desneiges changed their community. Ted had died naturally. Taking care of Marie-Desneiges took thought, time and effort – "the talk of death stopped." Of course this led to a discussion of the physician assisted suicide legislation, the will to live, and the will to die.
It was refreshing to read about the lives of these people in their eighties and to actually read a tender, sensitive scene about senior sex. That led to thoughts about how society views and treats people who are different – the old, the mentally ill, the disabled. Do we try to understand? Theirs was a very accepting community and everyone lived (and died) with dignity.
There was so much more that could be said. Why did the photographer remain unnamed? How did the films of the Fort McMurray fire deepen our understanding or visualization of the Matheson fires? Not all members loved the book – did the characters have substance? Were they believable? We'd love to know what you think! Please add your thoughts in the Comment Section.


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Oops forgot to post the one last week so here's two…
Come Back To Me (2014)
At first, and from the description, this seems like just a predictable movie about some weird kid who may be secretly drugging and raping his new neighbor because she reminds him of mom and…actually, no, that's pretty much it. They add a supernatural twist to switch it up, but other than that it's exactly what it seems to be. Super predictable, but it was still decent and sufficiently disturbing I guess.
Black Mass (2015)Pretty standard mobster movie. If you like mob movies you'll probably like this. Excellent performance by Depp as usual.
Krampus (2015)New one from the director of Trick R Treat. This ones a bit more family friendly, oddly enough. It was ok I guess. Had a few funny bits and some neat looking creatures, but don't expect serious horror. This makes Gremlins look like an Eli Roth movie.
13 Sins 2015A movie about a guy who starts receiving mysterious phone calls claiming to be a game show, who gives increasing amounts of money to him as he accomplishes 13 increasingly insane tasks. Pretty good for being so blatantly low budget.
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012)
Another "making fun of slashers" horror comedy. Technically speaking, this is an awful movie. The cast can't really act and the budget seems to be equivalent to the change left over from the two cans of red paint they bought to use as blood. I almost turned it off after about 15 minutes or so, but oddly enough, it began to grow on me. It's messy and clumsy, but I couldn't help but laugh at the dialogue and while the performances aren't going to be winning any awards, some of the people really were funny.
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Good overlooked action-drama from the 90s. Kind of runs on a bit longer than it should in the end, but overall, enjoyable.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Well that was nutty. That was probably my favorite Tarantino movie since Pulp Fiction. Well written, brutal, and fun. It was never boring either, amazingly, despite being 3 hours long, with over 2 hours being nothing but sitting around and talking.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Oh, the shit we sit through for our spouses. This is definitely a movie for women. That's all I'm going to say about that.
The Hard Way (1991)
Wow. I totally forgot about this movie. Haven't seen it in probably over 20 years. After seeing it again I have to say, it's a bit of a forgotten classic. Great classic 80s/early 90s performances from Michael J. Fox and James Woods and was surprised to find that Stephen Lang played the insane villain. I didn't know he was even around back then. Also, I have learned a wonderful "new" insult: rump wrangler.
Dead Ringers (1988)
Somehow had never seen this before now. This was the only old Cronenberg movie I'd never seen for some reason. Well, it's definitely a Cronenberg movie. Very twisted. Far from his most twisted and falls a little short of being one of his best, but it was definitely unique and interesting.


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I want to contribute to the Pentaho project and already started building from source-code. But I still having some trouble about deploying the basics of Pentaho BA. Here is the list of tasks successfully done:
A) Install eclipse, get the code, compile and deploy. (Building and debuggin Pentaho 5.0 - http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/Serv...I+Platform+5.0) after solving this thread: http://forums.pentaho.com/showthread...PostgreSQL-9-2
B) Check if it's all working.
And I am stuck again, now in the item "B". When I create a new JPivot View, the system alert is "[pt_427] This page cannot be accessed directly. It must be linked to from other pages". Some users simply says that JPivot is not supported anymore, other say it's supported but users should use Pentaho Analyzer. And even are people saying that republishing the cube solves the problem.
My question is:
1- When I get the source-code from Github, does the "Pentaho Analyzer" is also deployed? If yes, how can I access the Pentaho Analyzer?
2- Should I republish the sample cube? (I am using the sample-data before create the datasources in postgresql). How could I republish the cubes? I heard it's made by Mondrian Workbench, is that right? As in the item "A", is the workbench distributed by the pentaho-platform package from Github?
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Copyright © Lincoln Police Department 2011
A glimpse into the Photographic History of the Lincoln Police Department Motorcycle Unit. Little did Chief James Malone know that when he proposed the idea of a motorcycle officer in 1910 to catch speeders that he would be contributing to an illustrious piece of motorcycle history. Chock full of articles and photographs this is a testament to the versatility of not only the motorcycles but the police officers who rode them.
Original Request For Information:
Lincoln Police Seek Historical Photos & Memorabilia
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The Lincoln Police Department has a history that dates back to 1870. Records indicate that the motorcycle unit was active from the 1920s -1970s. It was brought back in 2005 and continues to be a respected unit of the police department. Not only are the motorcycle officers productive in traffic enforcement, but they also conduct presentations in the community and provide escorts at special events such as the Lincoln Marathon and the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.
Documenting police history is a perpetual process and one that members of the department are committed to accomplishing. This project is to ensure that the history of the motorcycle unit is accurately captured and documented. Eventually, the history of the motorcycle unit will be featured on the Lincoln Police Department website and on display at headquarters.
Anyone with information, photographs or memorabilia is encouraged to contact Captain Citta at firstname.lastname@example.com or 402.441.7239. Images will be scanned, memorabilia photographed and promptly returned to the owner.


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Norman Rockwell Biography
Birthday: February 3, 1894
Nationality: American
Famous: Artists American Men
Died At Age: 84
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Also Known As: Norman Perceval Rockwell
Born in: New York City
Famous as: Painter & Illustrator
father: Jarvis Waring Rockwell
mother: Anne Mary
children: Thomas Rockwell
Died on: November 8, 1978
place of death: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Diseases & Disabilities: Alzheimer's, Depression
City: New York City
U.S. State: New Yorkers
education: National Academy of Design, Art Students League of New York
awards: 1939 - Silver Buffalo Award
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Norman Perceval Rockwell was an American artist—a painter and an illustrator. His work was an artistic depiction of the American culture and spirit of its people - he was inspired by the ideas of civil rights, poverty, national events, international events and space exploration. Most of his career was spent illustrating for the 'Saturday Evening Post', a collaboration that continued for around 47 years and resulted in 321 magnificent covers. Apart from the Post, Rockwell also worked for other publications like 'Look', 'Peoples Popular Monthly', 'Life Magazine', 'The Literary Digest', etc. He successfully created 4,000 illustrations and paintings in his career. Some of his iconic works include—1927 celebration of Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic, Neil Armstrong's left foot on the surface of the moon after the successful moon landing, the 'Four Freedom' series during World War II, etc. Apart from illustrating for magazines and publications, Rockwell took classes at the Otis College of Art and Design, penned down his autobiography, 'My Adventures as an Illustrator', and did portraits of personalities like, President Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Jawaharlal Nehru, etc.
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- Norman Rockwell was born in New York City to Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary Rockwell. His father was a manager at a Philadelphia textile firm and mother was a homemaker.From very early Rockwell knew that he wanted to be an artist. At 14 he decided to take classes at The New School of Art and later, dropped out of school and enrolled at the National Academy of Design.He later took admission at the Art Students League of New York and right after graduation, he started working as an illustrator for the 'Boy's Life' magazine.Recommended Lists:
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- In 1916, the young 22 year old Rockwell painted his first cover for the 'Saturday Evening Post'. This was the beginning of a collaboration that worked out successfully for the next 47 years of his life.Rockwell followed that success with 'Circus Barker and Strongman', 'Gramps at the Plate', 'Redhead Loves Hatty Perkins', 'People in a Theatre Balcony' and 'Man Playing Santa.His successful work published in the Post fetched him more work from renowned publications like, 'The Literary Digest', 'The Country Gentleman', 'Leslie's Weekly', 'Judge', 'Peoples Popular Monthly', 'Life Magazine, etc.During World War I, Rockwell wanted to get enlisted in the army but he was refused because he was underweight. He spent the next night hogging on fatty food, which got him enrolment as a military artist.During WWII, Rockwell created the 'Four Freedom' series, which was inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the series he explained the four principles for universal rights: 'Freedom from Want', 'Freedom of Speech', 'Freedom of Worship' and 'Freedom from Fear'.Around the 1940s, he was approached by writer Elliot Caplin, brother of cartoonist Al Capp, with an idea that the three of them should work together on a comic strip and Rockwell can do the illustrations.King Features Syndicate had promised a $1000 per week deal to Rockwell but the project was called off as Rockwell was a known perfectionist and could not deliver the work at the pace that the project demanded.During those years, he spent winter months as artist-in-residence at Otis College of Art and Design and his students occasionally modeled for his Post covers. In 1949, he donated an original Post illustration to raise fund for college library.In 1960, after the sudden death of his wife, Rockwell took time off from work and wrote down his autobiography, 'My Adventures as an Illustrator', with the help of his son. The Post published citations from his book.Continue Reading BelowHe ended his association with the 'Saturday Evening Post' in 1963 and spent the rest of his career illustrating for the 'Look' magazine. His work at 'Look' was inspired by his ideas about civil rights, poverty and space exploration.In 1968, Rockwell did the album cover portrait of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper for their record 'The Live Adventure of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper'. He also did portraits of personalities like, President Kennedy, Johnson, Jawaharlal Nehru, etc.Major Works
- The most prominent work of Rockwell's life is considered to be his forty seven year old association with the 'Saturday Evening Post', for which he made 321 illustrations and his most famous artistic works were published in it.Awards & Achievements
- Rockwell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1977.Personal Life & Legacy
- Rockwell was married to his first wife, Irene O'Connor from 1916-1930. She was his model in the illustration, 'Mother Tucking Children into Bed (1921)'. Their marriage ended in divorce.In 1930, he married Mary Barstow, a schoolteacher, and the couple had three sons together: Jarvis, Thomas and Peter. Mary died of a sudden heart attack in 1959, which left him very depressed for years.He married for the third time to Mary Leete 'Molly' Punderson in 1961 and remained married to her until his death.Rockwell died of emphysema at the age of 84 in 1978, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.Trivia
- His funeral was attended by the First Lady Rosalynn Carter.He and his family moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, so that his second wife could be treated at the Austen Riggs Centre, a psychiatric hospital.Rockwell took psychiatric treatment for many years, from the analyst Erik Erikson.He produced over 4,000 original works in his lifetime.A few years before dying, Rockwell founded a trust to make sure that his artistic legacy could prosper long after he was gone; this was the basis of foundation of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge.Translate Wiki to Spanish, French, Hindi, Portuguese
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The summer of 2018 will be remembered for a five-letter word – flood. Excessive amounts of rain damaged homes and businesses, hindered traffic for months, and changed lives forever. Still, the 143rd annual Troy Fair went on as scheduled, the last week of July. The crowds came out to prove there's always something to see and do at the fair. Rain or shine, the livestock, proud owners, and spectators, hung out in the barns together. The pageantry, shows, contests, food, and social activities are a major attraction, and commerce for Troy.
Mother nature had exceptional plans for the most recent fair. Over 11-inches of rain fell on saturated fairgrounds during the first three days, overflowing the creek and waterways, causing major flooding. Monday and Tuesday's truck and tractor pull events were called off. As water reached its highest level, rides were determined unsafe and shut down. In mid week, mud logged ground was too soft for a stage to be set on, and the concert with Danielle Bradbery and Jerrod Niemann was cancelled. But other shows went on, the barns were full, and celebrating continued in spite of the weather.
"The flood 'event' caused a reduction in fair attendance and major damages," says Cathy Jenkins, Troy Fair president. The fair organizers were disappointed to see a year's worth of planning thwarted due to unscheduled natural causes. Late in fair week, the rain finally stopped. The fair continued through July 28 without carnival rides or games. Jenkins adds that she and the fair directors hope to recover from the loss of park revenue, with an entertaining fundraiser evening on Saturday, Jan. 19. President Jenkins explains how the fair actually supports the community.
The Troy Fair is a committee of Alparon Community Park, a 501c3 not for profit organization. A large percentage of Troy Fair profits are used to provide park maintenance throughout the year. Along with the loss of income, Alparon Park is looking at costly repairs to fix the damage from the flooding of 2018.
Troy Fair Directors will host a well-organized evening of fun, food, drinks, prizes of all sorts, and cash. The Troy Fair Flood Fundraiser Reverse Raffle Dinner Dance will be held at Alparon Park (Troy Fairgrounds) in Exhibit Hall 2 on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m.
Jenkins says the committee appreciates the community support for the event. Businesses and residents have donated money and great prizes. "We are grateful in advance for attendance. What a fun way to show our fair support in January."
What's a Reverse Raffle? Unlike a traditional raffle the last number called is the winner of the grand prize of $2,000; second to last gets $500; and third, $200. Throughout the evening numbers are pulled with every 10th ticket pulled winning either $100 cash or prizes, all of which have been donated from local businesses. There will options to buy tickets to get back into the raffle, if your ticket gets pulled early. Other chances to win on the cash wheel and 50/50 drawings will be available.
Tickets sell for $100 and provide much more than just the raffle number. The raffle ticket includes a catered dinner of chicken and beef with sides by In His Service Catering, for ticket holder and a guest. Flynn's Beverage of Wysox donated beer, soda and water, with selected wines from local wineries. Dirt Road Entertainment of Mansfield will provide music.
Tickets are $100 and include two for the dinner, drinks, including wine and beer, plus 23 chances to win throughout the evening. Live music and dancing is a bonus.
To purchase tickets, become a business sponsor of the event or for more details, visit the Troy Fair Facebook page, call (570) 297-3648, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or stop by the fair office at 436 Gate One Lane in Troy on Tuesday or Thursday.
Anticipation is building to see who the winners will be at the Reverse Raffle Benefit Fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. in Alparon Park. The Troy Fair appreciates your support in the winter and the summer.


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BSci(Med), MBBS(Hons)UNSW, FRACGP, Diploma of Child Health, Certificate of Sexual Health and Family Planning
Dr Cheng obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degree, with honours from the University of New South Wales in 2002 and became a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practice in 2006. She has worked as a GP in Bangor, Campbelltown and Port Macquarie, before joining our practice in 2010.
She also holds a Diploma of Child Health as well as a Certificate in Sexual Health and Family Planning.
Her special interests include Women's Health, Family Planning and Paediatrics.
Dr Cheng speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.


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Nikon SB-800
Check availablity: Adorama, BH, eBay.
After this was discontinued in 2008, used units has been sold for silly prices on eBay.
Usually uses 4xAA size batteries, but can use a fifth AA battery if fitted with the SD-800 Quick Recycle Battery Pack. for those that want shorter recycle times. It is a hassle to install the holder for the fifth battery (see below), and my SB-800 works well enough with just 4 NiMH batteries. However, if you want to fit the holder for fifth battery on the SB-800, here's how:
- Open the cover as usual and then firmly continue the rotation past 90°. Do not twist the cover since you will induce stress fractures on the tiny plastic knobs that will break it off eventually.
- Fit the holder for the fifth battery in the place of the lid.
You use the same procedure to remove the holder and re-install the lid.
Has legacy TTL terminal and pc-socket.
Comes with speedlight stand AS-19, diffusion dome SW-10H, coloured filter set SJ-800 (FL-G1 - fluorescent, TN-A1 - incandescent), and soft case SS-800.
Compatible with external pwr sources DC Unit SD-7, High-Performance Battery Pack SD-8A, and Power Bracket Unit SK-6/SK-6A.
For dedicated flash system: Nikon.
Head: 14, 24-105mm coverage, power zoom (w. manual override).
Swivel & tilt: -180° to +90° swivel, -7° to +90° tilt.
Exposure modes: TTL, FP, Auto, Varipower, GN, RPT, OTF.
Manual settings: 1/1, 1/2 to 1/128 in 1/3 EV steps (20 steps).
Wireless modes: Master, Remote (dedicated), Plain slave.
Features: Sound, LCD, Metal foot, Lever lock, Sync. socket, Ext. power, Bounce card, Strobist.
Trigger voltage: 3.6 volt.
Batteries: 4xAA.
Flash duration: 1/1050 sec. @ 1/1 (full output).
Field upgradable: No.
Dimensions: 71 x 127 x 92 mm, 350 g.
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Price: USD 315 (new, w/o tax).
Production: 2003-2008, replaced by: Nikon SB-900.
For a detailed explanation of the above specifications, see the guide.
- Download manual from www.nikonusa.com.
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Nikon is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, lenses, flash units, scanners, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and steppers (used in semiconductor fabrication). The company was founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha (Japan Optical Industries Corporation), and renamed Nikon Corporation, after its cameras, in 1988. Nikon Corporation is one of the companies of the Mitsubishi Group.
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By Katy Ray
New Year's is a time to reflect on the past, set new goals, and enter 2018 with a fresh, new mindset. Whether your New Year's resolutions include a new diet and fitness plan, saving money, or learning a new skill, having a supportive partner during this time in your life will undoubtedly make or break your resolution success.
According to a study by Static Brain, only about 41% of Americans actually take the time to make resolutions, and of that percentage, over half quit pursuing their resolution after a month. Being a supportive partner to your significant other and learning the skills to help support and manage your goals, as well as theirs, can help ensure you reach your goals and sustain them well into the 2018 year.
If you're currently in a relationship, take note of some of the ways you can support your partner as he/she/they enter a new year and set big goals:
Discuss your Resolutions Together
Communication is key in any relationship; communicating your resolutions and creating them together will invest both you and your partner in your goals for the upcoming year. Are you both interested in saving money to buy a house, pay for a wedding, start a family, or take a trip together? Are you interested in getting fit and in shape together? They say the couple that sweats together stays together. Whatever your resolutions are, sitting down and discussing them—or making a dream board and placing it in a visible section of your household—is a good first step toward building support and holding each other accountable.
Agree on What Support Looks LIke for You
For many of us, weight loss can be a sensitive subject. Incorporating your partner into your weightloss goals is important—especially if you're eating the same food or eating in the same house. That being said, it's imperative that you sit down with your partner and outline the ways you want him/her/them to support you in your weakest moments. Be explicit: tell your partner what you want him/her/them to say to you when you try to reach for that bag of potato chips or skip the gym for the 3rd day in a row. Having a partner make comments about your workout routine or your food intake can be hurtful, so discuss what support looks like ahead of time. This can help alleviate that hurt or pain you might feel when your partner attempts to support you.
Additionally, if your goal is to save money, discuss what support looks like. A fight is almost surely waiting to happen if you want to purchase that expensive video game, and your partner haphazardly says "what about our spending goals?" Discussing what you're comfortable with, and what you'd like your partner to say before you get into that situation, will surely help communication and respect.
Schedule Weekly Resolution Check-Ins
If you're anything like me, you're easily sidetracked and can forget to check in with yourself or others about your goals. Your schedule fills up with so many responsibilities, from work to family, that you can forget to sit down with your partner and "check in" about your goals. Sitting down, listening to your partner's needs, and providing support will build the foundation of your relationship and strengthen your connection. Having a partner who cares about your goals and who provides meaningful feedback about them is a godsend, and can encourage and motivate you to keep going past the one month slump.
Practice Compassion and Empathy
As we learned above, only half of Americans even set resolutions, and half of them don't even last past a month. Prepare for you and/or your partner to fail, and if that happens, practice compassion and empathy. Remember that we are all flawed humans with weaknesses. Be loving, and kind, and give your partner space to make mistakes. When he/she/they are ready, encourage and motivate them to get back on track. There's no shame in falling off the bandwagon, as long as you pick yourself back up and keep it moving. If you cheat on your diet, wake up the next day, shake off that shame, and go back to reaching your goals.
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And, regardless of the regulations, most airlines already forbid internet-based calls over in-flight Wi-Fi and say they have no plans to change that.
The two federal agencies have been wrestling over what to do about airborne phone calls for years.
In 2013, Tom Wheeler, the F.C.C. chairman, called the rules for mobile devices then in place "outdated and restrictive." The agency subsequently relaxed some of those rules, and said it would begin exploring the idea of allowing people to make phone calls while aloft.
Soon after, the F.C.C. and the Transportation Department, which through the Federal Aviation Administration has authority over flights, appeared to be at odds over how, exactly, passengers should be allowed to use their mobile devices while in the air. As the F.C.C. took steps toward relaxing its rules, the Transportation Department, apparently reacting to a public outcry, moved to keep voice calls from being allowed.
The development on Thursday seemed to open a new chapter in the debate. In making its announcement, the Transportation Department cited a loophole in current F.C.C. rules, which it said "do not cover Wi-Fi and other means by which it may become possible to make voice calls."
Barring other changes in F.C.C. regulations, the Transportation Department wants the airlines to tell passengers before buying a ticket whether calls are allowed in flight. The idea is to provide fair warning to a potential passenger that she may have to listen to the guy next to her fighting with his mother or taking part in a conference call.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that this might be a first step by aviation regulators toward allowing in-flight calls. A spokeswoman for the Transportation Department said in an email that it had become concerned that the F.C.C. would lift its in-flight cellular ban, or that changes in Wi-Fi technology might prompt the airlines to change their policies.
She said the public would have 60 days to comment on the proposal.
"Consumers deserve to have clear and accurate information about whether an airline permits voice calls before they purchase a ticket and board the aircraft," Anthony Foxx, the transportation secretary, said in a statement announcing the rule. The proposal, he added, would ensure that air travelers were not "unwillingly exposed" to voice calls.
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"Part page-turning thriller, part smart examination of the #MeToo movement, part feminist rallying cry... Whisper Network is the satisfying "beach read" we've earned."
--The Daily Beast
Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge.
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"If only you had listened to us," they tell us on page one of Chandler Baker's Whisper Network , "none of this would have happened."
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Chandler Baker lives in Austin with her husband and toddler where she also works as a corporate attorney. Whisper Network is her adult debut. Chandler is the author of the young adult thriller, Alive , as well as the High School Horror series.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
YA author Baker (Alive) makes her adult debut with an engrossing, bracingly funny thriller. For too long, fear of career suicide has kept the women of Truviv, a Dallas-based athletic apparel brand, quiet about Ames Garrett, the company's general counsel, known throughout the company as a sexual predator. With Ames's promotion to CEO imminent, three of Truviv's female attorneys-dynamo Sloane Glover; down-to-earth, recently divorced Ardie Valdez; and overwhelmed new mom Grace Stanton-inch toward finally taking action. Sloane starts by adding Ames's name to a high-visibility, supposedly anonymous online spreadsheet, the Beware of Asshole Dallas Men list. When a shaken Katherine Bell, the legal department's freshest hire, complains to the trio, also members of the department, that their boss has become sexually aggressive with her, Sloane persuades Ardie and Grace to join her in taking legal action. The women get more than they bargained for in the ensuing fireworks, which include a death and a lawsuit. Baker, a corporate lawyer and the mother of a toddler, clearly knows her protagonists' conflicting professional and personal worlds, though she goes a bit overboard with plot twists toward the end. This empowering novel is sure to resonate with many readers in the #MeToo era. Agent: Dan Lazar, Writers House. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Viciously funny and compulsively readable, Baker's first adult novel is a feminist thriller for the #MeToo era.In their years working in-house at Dallas sportswear company Truviv, Sloane, Grace, and Ardie, all three high-powered lawyers, have become not only friends, but a de facto support group, because they are, by their gender, perennial outsiders. Not that anyone would say as much, not explicitly. They are not oppressed; they are achieving. They have good degrees. Their husbands, if they have them, are nice and supportive. They blow-dry their hair. And yet theirs is an uphill battle, because they are perennial outsiders in a corporate culture built for men. They aren't all bad men. "But even the good onesespecially the good ones?pretended not to notice the lines: how much more deference they earned on the phone for having a male voice," explains Baker's Greek workplace chorus. "Or how their height and stature and morning stubble gave an authoritative weight to their ideas that ours never had." The bad onesthe ones who cross linesare discussed only in whispers; the stakes are too high to do anything else. Until the women catch wind of a spreadsheet that's circulating: The BAD Men List, shorthand for "Beware of Asshole Dallas Men," an anonymous document with male names and misdeeds, ranging from the uncomfortable to the predatory. When Truviv's CEO dies and their immediate good ol' boy boss, Ames Garrett, is put up for the job, Sloane can't sit by and do nothing, watching him do to other, younger associates what he once did to her. But when she adds his name to the list, she can't possibly anticipate what will come next. Deliciously campy, the novel is part whodunit and part revenge fantasy, and Baker's (This Is Not the End, 2017, etc.) fondness for over-the-top foreshadowing only serves to enhance the delightfully ominous mood. It's a breezy page-turner of a book, which is the brilliance of it: Under the froth is an unmistakable layer of justified rage.Over-the-top in all the right ways. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
In her adult-fiction debut, YA author Baker deftly mixes mystery and the #MeToo movement. When the CEO of Dallas sportswear company Truviv drops dead from a heart attack, the in-house favorite to succeed him is General Counsel Ames Garrett. But at the same time, a spreadsheet called the BAD (Beware of Asshole Dallas Men) is circulating, and, after some thought, Truviv lawyer Sloane Glover, who'd had an affair with Garrett before she was married, adds him to the list, believing that he has designs on new hire Katherine Bell. Soon Glover and her close colleagues, divorced mom Ardie Valdez and new mom Grace Stanton, take action against the company as another unexpected death high in the company's ranks raises the question of murder or suicide. In the midst of a police investigation and meetings involving suits and countersuits, Baker works in succinct statements about the quandaries of modern women: torn between motherhood and work, plagued with guilt about nearly everything, suppressing their femininity while being undervalued because of their sex, and schooled in secrecy. These truths serve to bolster the plot, not distract from it, and the result is a compulsively readable mystery with a strong message. Don't miss it.--Michele Leber Copyright 2019 Booklist
New York Review of Books Review
THE WOMEN slugging it out at the maledominated corporate headquarters of Truviv, an athletic apparel brand in Dallas, have two things in common: They're all mothers and they all move in the dark shadow of their abusive colleague Ames Garrett, who's about to glide into the suddenly vacated C.E.O. position. Fed up with Ames's evil ways, the lawyer Sloane Glover adds his name to a "BAD Men" list, then she and her co-workers Ardie Valdez and Grace Stanton file a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ames and Truviv. When a body lands on the sidewalk, all the ingredients for a delicious and timely thriller are on the table. What Chandler Baker serves up in "Whisper Network," her adult debut, is part soapy shocker (one of the characters is keeping a very big secret) and part legal thriller (excerpts from depositions offer a glimpse into the third act). Think "Big Little Lies" meets the famous 2017 list of men in the media industry accused of sexual harassment. According to the journalist Moira Donegan, who created that list, "protecting women is a position that comes with few protections itself." Baker, who practices law professionally, protects her protagonists like a pit bull defense attorney. The bond of the wealthy corporate moms is solid. They speak in unison about acid facials, C-sections, spin class and sexism. They're simultaneously pampered (Ardie Valdez loves UberEats) and putupon (the new mom Grace Stanton is fed up with her breast pump). In several monologues, they make their collective case about the woes of privilege: "None of us had time, for anything it seemed. ... Sometimes, we'd see a book hit the New York Times best-seller list with a promising title like T Know How She Does It' or 'Overwhelmed.' For a few weeks, we'd pass it between us, trying to use the advice like a trendy new diet plan. But for all of us, there were - how do the pundits put it? - institutional roadblocks." Although there's "an invisible separation" between the men and the women of Truviv, the women in the workplace are by no means on the same side. Ardie, Grace and Sloane have empathy for their female colleagues on the "unicornlike search" for the perfect man, counting "every missed date, missed chance encounter, missed opportunity to meet someone with whom we might actually want to become a mother." But the mom squad grapples with a childless Boston transplant, Katherine Bell, who's single, pretty and hesitant to fight the Truvivian power. Then there's the New York attorney Cosette Sharpe, who flies into Dallas to represent Truviv in the sexual harassment suit. Once upon a time, Sloane helped Cosette get her lucrative job. Now Cosette is flashing a Rolex and crossexamining Sloane about the affair she had with Ames 12 years ago. We know what Sloane thinks of these women - Cosette's veins are "icy with freezer burn" and Katherine's fingernails are "childishly short." In a feminist novel where multiple women are chipping in to tell the story, it's a little surprising that Baker hit the mute button on Katherine and Cosette. The most compelling voice of all belongs to the insightful and pragmatic Rosalita Guillen, whose nocturnal cleaning schedule gives her a different window into the inner workings of Truviv and all its secrets. Rosalita's life story is emotionally wrenching, and you long to know more about it. Her insights into the men and women of Truviv offer a reprieve from Paleo diets and office cake. You want to get back to the story, maybe even rewind the clock and see Rosalita cope with her nightmarish situation day in, day out. After all, every whisper network relies on people speaking up as individuals, sharing their experiences. The same applies to this "Whisper Network," too. Caroline kepnes'S latest book, "Providence," is now available in paperback. The Netflix series "You" is based on her novels "You" and "Hidden Bodies."
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Narrator Almarie Guerra does justice to this offering by YA author Baker (This Is Not the End), the story of three professional women who are tired of subtle and not-so-subtle sexual harassment in the workplace and have decided to take a stand. Though Ames has a wife and small twin sons, women in the office have whispered about him for years. What is he really like? The women believe they know. Attorneys Ardie, Sloane, and Grace and cleaning staff member Rosalita, all friendly with one another, have all worked at Truviv, the same company, for years. Each of the women wonders if they should expose their boss, Ames, for the victimizer he is and file a lawsuit. Suddenly, their harasser is dead and their lives become infinitely more complicated. Was he murdered? Their lawsuit garners more attention in Dallas than they would like. And when the company slaps them with a countersuit, they fear loss of income and crippling debt. At the same time, Sloane's young daughter is being bullied at school, Ardie is divorced and uncomfortable sharing her son with his new stepmother, Grace is dealing with a newborn, and Rosalita is a single mother trying to get her son into a good school. VERDICT Listeners will have a hard time pressing pause on this one. In light of current events, this is a timely listen, recommended for just about everyone.--Cheryl Youse, Norman Park, GA


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DO disclose any "issues". Is there anything in your history which could become an issue or impair your ability to perform the duties of the practice? If you are on a Visa make sure they know the requirements for employment in advance.
DO narrow your options. This is a time-consuming and expensive venture for both parties. Location, community size, practice dynamics, group size, employed or partnership, time table…have an idea what you want.
DO start your search early. I can assure you it is never too early. Clients are signing physicians when they begin residency. Practices can offer stipends, money for student loans, relocation help, signing bonuses and more. Of course, those niceties come with obligations in the form of a "pay back loan" and time commitment.
DO research the organization/employer. Knowing something about the organization allows you to ask more thoughtful, intelligent questions.
DON'T forget that they have other options. Remember the practice may have other candidates to consider. Stay the course to completion.
DON'T be afraid to ask about salary and benefits. The process is expensive and time consuming for all parties. If the salary and benefits do not meet your expectations there may be no need to make the trip.
DON'T forget to involve the family. The interviewing practice should be willing to provide a sitter, if needed, and someone to spend time with your spouse while you are interviewing.
DO ask about proper attire for you and spouse. Location and type of practice will dictate the proper attire. It is always best to ask in advance.
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DO arrive on time. If someone is not picking you up, plan to arrive 10 to 15 minutes early, in case of traffic.
DO be courteous to everyone you meet. A receptionist who finds you rude could have a great impact on your ability to get a position, regardless of how smooth you come across in the actual interview.
DO have a firm, solid handshake. Regardless of your culture, a limp, weak handshake never makes a good impression.
DO stay calm and maintain eye contact. You don't have to stare, but keep consistent visual contact with the interviewer's general facial area. It is customary in the US to make eye contact through out the interview.
DON'T forget that interviewers are not always trained in interviewing. You may find an interviewer rambling on about the position and the practice without asking you any questions about yourself.
DO establish rapport. Remember the interviewer's name, and use it a few times throughout the interview. Show interest, smile when appropriate, and be involved.
DO ask questions. Be engaging without dominating the conversation. Asking questions shows that you are listening and are interested in learning more about the organization.
DON'T discuss politics and religion.
Every interviewer is going to want to answer some basic questions about you, including
- Are you a team player?
- What are your strengths? (Avoid sounding presumptuous. Stick with what your colleagues and supervisors have said about you.)
- What are your weaknesses? (The point of this question is to determine how self-aware and realistic you are.)
- Why should we hire YOU?
- When can you start?Acknowledge each person when you are introduced, stay focused and listen carefully to their questions, and address your answer to the person who asked the question. Everyone is anxious during an interview, so don't worry if you feel butterflies. Just remember that the person who can answer the above questions to the employer's satisfaction will get the job.
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Organizr is a HTPC/Homelab Services Organizer - Written in PHP
Do you have quite a bit of services running on your computer or server? Do you have a lot of bookmarks or have to memorize a bunch of ip's and ports? Well, Organizr is here to help with that. Organizr allows you to setup "Tabs" that will be loaded all in one webpage. You can then work on your server with ease. You can even open up two tabs side by side. Want to give users access to some Tabs? No problem, just enable user support and have them make an account. Want guests to be able to visit too? Enable Guest support for those tabs.
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Our images support multiple architectures such as
arm64 and
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Simply pulling
linuxserver/organizr should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.
The architectures supported by this image are:
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docker create \--name=organizr \-e PUID=1000 \-e PGID=1000 \-e TZ=<your timezone, eg Europe/London> \-p 9983:80 \-v <path to data>:/config \--restart unless-stopped \linuxserver/organizr
Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.
---version: "2"services:organizr:image: linuxserver/organizrcontainer_name: organizrenvironment:- PUID=1000- PGID=1000- TZ=<your timezone, eg Europe/London>volumes:- <path to data>:/configports:- 9983:80restart: unless-stopped
Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate
<external>:<internal> respectively. For example,
-p 8080:80 would expose port
80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port
8080 outside the container.
will map the container's port 80 to port 9983 on the host
for UserID - see below for explanation
for GroupID - see below for explanation
for specifying your timezone
this is where your user data and logs will live
When using volumes (
-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user
PUID and group
Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.
In this instance
PUID=1000 and
PGID=1000, to find yours use
id user as below:
$ id usernameuid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)
Dead simple to get running, create the container as instructed and start it. When up and running, load the site.
Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it organizr /bin/bash
To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
docker logs -f organizr
Container version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' organizr
Image version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/organizr
18.04.19: - Fix new install not working.
23.03.19: - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.
26.02.19: - Upgrade packages during install to prevent mismatch with baseimage.
22.02.19: - Rebasing to alpine 3.9.
11.02.19: - Fix permissions on new app location
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By Andrew Clifford
Systemhood could challenge project management and service delivery as the basis for managing IT.
In the last two newsletters I have presented the idea of systemhood. Systemhood involves asserting the definition of systems strongly, and using systems as the basis for management. The opposite of systemhood is to think of IT as a complex of technology, IT organisation, IT projects, IT processes, business change and business usage.
Systemhood makes IT easier to understand, and helps us see which bits of IT add value. It helps us control IT, for example by reducing the scope of IT projects that have impossible objectives. It helps us make the case for proactive management of existing IT systems, which reduces long-term costs. Systemhood helps cut out unnecessary demand for IT, and reduce the IT work required to deliver business value.
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Structuring IT as systems is not inward looking. It makes IT understandable and meaningful to a non-technical audience. It encourages strong ownership. Presenting IT as infrastructure layers, IT projects and service delivery processes is much more inward looking.
Although there are arguments against systemhood, there are sound counterarguments in favour.
This brings me to the future of Minimal IT. I want to explore just how far systemhood can be taken. The main "product" from systemhood has been system governance. I have written a lot about system governance as a decision making tool for compliance, cost reduction and infrastructure investment. This has not been contentious because there are relatively few competing ideas in these areas. But now I want to explore whether system governance could be developed into a more assertive framework for managing the business value of IT and for structuring IT work. This is more contentious because these ideas compete with established project management and service delivery processes.
Will systemhood stretch this far? I am not sure. But it is definitely worth exploring further.
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As students prepare to write their Exams staring today, the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti lock up the school gate disallowing students and other staff from entry.
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Avaya Oceana Solution 3.2 and Service Pack 1 (Release 22.214.171.124) were made generally available in October 2016. This is not the latest release of the Avaya Oceana Solution. The latest release is recommended for new development.
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Samantha Field: "It was far too easy to outright lie"
"I believe that requiring my parents to have more than a high school education would have made a significant difference, as well as requiring a state-certified or licensed professional to evaluate an annual portfolio. It was far too easy to outright lie in the portfolios we submitted to our umbrella school. Simply being asked to take a standardized test is not enough."
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Kenya Literature Bureau is one of the leading Publishing and Printing firms in Kenya.
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