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What happens on days that you don't feel like running or when you might have suffered a minor injury that doesn't let you? Running fanatics hate missing out even a single day of hitting the track, but with a busted knee or ankle or when you're just not in the mood, what are your options?
Having an alternative means of getting your cardio in, without your regular run involved, helps to mix things up a bit and also works on your muscles differently, which is always a good thing.
As a runner, there will be days when you just don't feel like running. On those days it's good to have a preferred backup by doing some specific cross-training for runners. You don't have to rush to get a gym membership to increase the variation in your workouts. Having alternative means can also include activities such as swimming or other non-running exercises. It always helps to mix things up a bit as it ensures that your physical development is not lopsided. And as a bonus you reap the different benefits from these exercises, which automatically improve your running either through strengthening or inculcating muscle memory.
If you want to torch calories – and who doesn't? – try spinning. A 45-50-minute session can help you lose up to 500 calories. It also comes with the guarantee of never being monotonous.
Spinning is similar to stationary cycling but with certain differences—a spin bike has an open flywheel that controls the intensity of the workout and handles that are lower to simulate racing. Both spinning and stationary cycling also differ in terms of the type of workouts they provide. A spinning exercise session is typically held in groups in a fitness studio. The instructor belts out directions amid beats of pulsating music to keep you energised and motivated.
We give you seven reasons to start spinning today:
You'll sweat loads: With an average of 500 calories burned per session, spinning is one of the best ways to lose weight. It tones up the legs and abdomen and also improves cardiovascular health.
It's less risky: There's less of a chance injuring yourself than jogging or walking. A low-impact workout, spinning is kind to the knees and feet. It is suitable for people with arthritis and useful for certain types of injury rehab.
It can be done all year round: Unlike running or actual cycling, spinning isn't done outdoors, which means you can do it all year round. You don't have to switch to an alternative exercise regimen because of the weather.
It's a super stress-buster: All exercises help relieve stress but spinning has an edge because it is done in groups of anywhere between six to 20 participants, which makes it a more social activity. The instructor takes you on imaginary journeys over hills and valleys and there is great music to help you destress.
It builds mental strength: All workouts help build mental strength but spinning offers a relatively easy way of doing it. Like other exercises, hopping onto the spin bike regularly is the key to benefitting from the activity. There will be good days and bad but consistency is key. The fact that it is a group activity has the additional benefit of motivating participants by fostering mild competition.
It can be customised: Modifications by the instructor can transform spinning into a whole body workout. Spinning affects the legs, abdomen and cardiovascular system, but variations can strengthen the upper body as well. Studios have been known to incorporate variations inspired by basketball dribbling to involve the upper body.
There's no pressure: Since participants themselves control the amount of resistance the spin bike offers, there's no excessive pressure. There are no complicated movements to follow and no fear of falling behind as the entire class begins and finishes together.
Elliptical trainer
Hitting the gym anyway? Make sure you are getting time on the elliptical trainer. You may scoff at the idea, but it's an excellent alternative for those who are recovering from foot injuries or are simply not in the mood to run. It mimics the motion of running without affecting your joints one bit. You also get enhanced coordination between your upper and lower body, which automatically translates to better pace when running.
Pool workouts
Let's face it: Very few experiences compare to an hour swimming in a pool by yourself – it's exercise and meditation rolled into one. But just a plain swim might get boring after a point. It's wise to widen your repertoire with some pool exercises. If you are someone who loves hitting the pool at every opportunity, you may want to look at including these six underwater workouts that will burn your calories and make the most of your swimming time.
A powerhouse abs workout, this requires you to pedal a bike underwater – you don't actually require a bike, just the movement of pedalling should offer great results thanks to the natural resistance in the water. This is extra work for your core, shoulders, and legs to keep you from floating away. You can add a bit of variety by facing the pool's edge and pedalling backwards as well.
Seems like child's play but your legs will feel the burn after this one. Lean back on the edge, lower your legs straight down and then raise them up as high as you can. Use the edge as a rest for your elbows for maximum effect. Absolute beginners can sit on the edge of the pool with legs in the water and perform the same movement while seated.
Regular jumping jacks but under water. Seems easy? Think again as you have to fight the resistance of the water, and also maintain your balance. Your body will rend to fall forward or back, thanks to the natural buoyancy. Jump with your legs out as you normally would on ground, but don't let your feet touch the bottom when coming back together – this is the real hard part. Pros can try the suspended jumping jack which involves not letting the feet touch the bottom!
Holding on to the edge of the pool or any surface that offers some resting place, kick your legs behind you in rapid movement. Do one leg after the other or you could try pushing both legs behind and up at the same time – if you manage the latter, you will make quite an impact on your glutes, hammies and more. Remember the goal is to not kick the water from above – Focus on kicking faster, not higher – but keep your legs under water. This discipline is what makes this an effective workout.
Hold a pair of light-weight dumbbells and lift them to the top of the water and bring them down in one fluid motion. This provides a good burn in your deltoids. Preserve your form and maintain the whole range of motion within the water to take full advantage of that extra resistance. To make this more intense, try to keep your legs off the pool floor while pulling your arms up.
Even kids can do this one, as it's super simple. Swing one leg after the other in a tick-tock manner, while pushing against the water in both directions. If you need more intensity, tie some weights on your feet. This time the goal is to have a good lateral raise for your leg – and not doing the exercise as fast as possible. After a session of this, you will feel a great burn in your outer thigh muscles.
So there you have it. Easy, effective and fat-burning workouts for your pool days. Now you don't have to dread an hour-long swim due to boredom. Just try any of these or mix them up for some variety. It's a great way to get someone who hates working out in the gym some crucial weight training.
Ab Gymnastics
Developed by Olympic gymnast Dave Durante, this 10-minute routine dramatically increases core stability and core strength, which are essential in the long run, making you a stronger runner over longer distances. The complete set of 5 routines is designed to target and challenge your entire midline and lower back area i.e hip flexors, abdominals, oblique muscles, back, glutes and hamstrings. This is an amazing medley to keep you charged up on non-running days! Do note that you should be ideally used to basic physical activity before trying your hand at this.
Trampoline workouts
It's great for weight loss, adds plyometric strength to your lower body and gives your deep core a solid workout! Trampolines are also a lot of fun! It works on your lower body without straining it. A few minutes of trampoline workout each week increase your strength thanks to the inherent plyometric action. Trampoline demands great discipline in form as doing it awkwardly results in injuries so it adds a greater sense of balance in your movements. The jumping has a positive impact on your heart and blood circulation, increasing oxygenation of muscles. This also stimulates your metabolism to make it stronger and more efficient.
This one combines dance, yoga, Tai Chi, and gymnastics, and sounds completely alien. But this is a super effective routine that doesn't require any equipment – except a simple mat. Designed by celebrity trainer and professional dancer, Lisa Marie Goodwin-Rice, it is especially effective in increasing circulation, opening the chest muscles – i.e giving them a stretch which also improves your lung capacity in return. It also contributes to improving posture, relieving back tension, enhancing functional movement, toning your arms, abs, obliques and back, legs, and glutes in a short amount of time. You can effectively finish a gyrokinesis set in less than 20 minutes.
These are just six cross-training ideas that range from beginner-level to advanced and intense workouts. However, any exercise that's not running can be considered a cross-training workout. This widely increases the scope and spectrum of routines available to you. Pick and choose as per your body and your comfort level, and mix and match among these to keep things lively and interesting.


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Have you ever had the feeling you're in the right place at the right time? That moment when all the stars seem to align and you've got a front row seat to one of the best shows on earth?
No matter how long we've been paddling these waters, seeing Orcas approach never gets old. For last week's group, getting this sort of up-close-and-personal view of the A23s as they swam by will be something they'll always remember and talk about for days (maybe months) to come.
The week started off a bit rough – the weather wasn't the most cooperative and, as of the start of the trip, the Northern Residents had yet to sound into the Johnstone Strait. We spent our first few days orientating our guests to Orca Camp, helping the group perfect their paddling technique by taking shorter trips nearby our camp. We met up with the wardens that protect the waters of the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve and had a great chat about the need to protect Killer Whales in their natural habitat. Each day the group got stronger and were able to venture further afield. They were rewarded with their effort when out of the mist, that tell-tale fin appeared.
Of course when fins are up, our paddle are down and we quietly wait and scan the horizon, hoping to catch another glimpse of these great beauties. Patience paid off! Can you see the Orca surfacing at Bob's one o'clock position?
The gentleman pictured above is 81 years old. He is a US veteran, a former river guide, and recent recipient of a pacemaker. Yet, there he was at Orca Camp, kayaking every day to fulfill a life-long dream to paddle with these Apex predators.
We often say Orca Camp is for everyone, and this gentleman is definitely proof of that.
There are still a few spots remaining in the 2015 season. Join us, won't you? Call, or email us today to reserve your spot for (to borrow a phrase) one of the greatest shows on earth!
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"Doctors for Ifakara"
Help for self-help - a Tyrolean project in the heart of Africa
The members of the Association "Doctors for Ifakara" see their task in supporting St. Francis Referral Hospital, a hospitals founded in 1953 by the Capuchin Fathers of Switzerland and Dr. Karl Schoepf, an Austrian surgeon from Zams/Austria, in the town of Ifakara, in the south-east of Tanzania. Together with the provincial government of Tyrol and many private persons, our commitment centres on the improvement of medical care for the local population.
Our supporters are not only doctors, but also people from other institutions and professions, such as nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers, artists, technicians, civil servants, gastronomy people, entrepreneurs, schools and many others.
|An Optician from Innsbruck assists at the eye clinic
Max Aricochi, Optician at the company "Isser Optik" in Innsbruck brings important devices for the diagnosis of visual acuity and other eye diseases.
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Please, look also at the website of our partner-association ("Association of the Friends of Ifakara - Parish Partnership"), which takes care of the parish "St. Andrew" in Ifakara
|Ball of the Nursing School Reutte
The Nursing School Reutte celebrated the Diploma Degree with a ball in favour of St. Francis Hospital.
|Charity Concert of the "New Piano Trio"
The internationally renowned "New Piano Trio" played for us.
|Galadiner 2016
Also this year the "Fachberufsschule für Tourismus und Handel" in Landeck has invited to the traditional Galadiner in favour of St. Francis Hospital in Ifakara.


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Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) has taken a position in the controversy over whether to go forward with a gerrymandering reform first passed when Republicans were in the majority in Richmond. After spirited debate at the monthly FCDC general membership meeting on Jan. 28, members passed a resolution not to support the current redistricting amendment.
Instead, FCDC supports a non-partisan or independent redistricting process. The resolution encourages members of the General Assembly representing Fairfax County, to reject SJ18 and the related constitutional amendment.
The constitutional amendment contained within SJ18 allows for continued partisan influence and manipulation, according to FCDC.
The commission in charge of redistricting under SJ18 would contain legislators and the composition of its citizen members will be influenced by legislators. The amendment also contains no anti-gerrymandering criteria, and instead relies on companion legislation to ensure that fair districts are drawn – legislation that can be repealed by a future General Assembly.
Moreover, the current amendment would pass deadlocks to the state Supreme Court for resolution. Critics fear that Republican members of the commission would stymie more fair district maps in hopes that the court, most of whose members were appointed by Republican majorities, would rule in their favor.
To become law, the current amendment, which was passed in 2019, would need passage by both houses of the legislature in the current session, followed by a referendum in November. The process would start all over again if the current amendment were scrapped in favor of a new one in the current session.
The FCDC resolution calls on members of the General Assembly for Fairfax County, to support the passage of legislation to govern the 2021 redistricting that reflects a return to the independent process that has been sought for many years. It also calls for enshrining that process for future reapportionment in a constitutional amendment.
Although some members supported the current amendment because it removes sole authority for drawing district outlines from the legislature, others, including Joann Collins of Hunter Mill District, said there are better alternatives. Collins said the amendment could set us up for Republican gerrymander. "We are redistricting in 2021, we are in the majority now and we need to give our legislators the leeway to take a look at what's available," Collins said.
"There's other better redistricting (proposals) by Delegates Marcia Price (D-95) and Mark Levine (D-45) and Price's legislation is backed by Eric Holder's group, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee," Collins said.
At a press conference in mid-January, Price proposed legislation (HB1256) to create an independent Virginia redistricting commission.
"I am committed to passing redistricting reform this year so that voters can choose their elected officials, not the other way around," Price said. "But simply put, there is no reform without the full and equal inclusion of communities of color. This legislature has the opportunity with HB1256 to move forward boldly with redistricting reform that proactively addresses 400 years of discrimination to make sure communities of color have an equal opportunity and voice in our democracy. Redistricting reform must happen this year and it must happen in a way that leaves out no voter, no matter where they live or the color of their skin."
The current process in Virginia is both untenable and unacceptable," said Yurij Rudensky, redistricting counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice. "The question isn't whether reform is necessary, but what is the right path forward," he said. "HB1256 offers enhancements in important areas that track what we strongly believe are best practices, including public accountability, independence, and clear guidelines for drawing maps."
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Listen to the new version of I Got 5 on It from Us soundtrack
Ahead of the soundtrack's release tomorrow, Back Lot Music has dropped the full theme song (via Pitch Fork) for Academy Award winner Jordan Peele's forthcoming social thriller Us titled "I Got 5 on It," which is a tethered mix version of Luniz's 1995 hip hop song of the same name. Featuring Michael Marshall, you can check out and listen to the creepy new version of the song below.
In addition, the complete tracklist for the film's soundtrack has also been revealed with Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe as one of its featured artists. The soundtrack is mostly consists of composer Michael Abels scores for the upcoming film. This film marks the second collaboration between Abels and Peele, whom have worked together on Peele's award-winning 2017 film Get Out.
Us stars Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther), Winston Duke (Black Panther), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) and Tim Heidecker (Ant-Man and the Wasp) along with Shahadi Wright Joseph (Hairspray Live!), Evan Alex (Mani), Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon (Friends) and Duke Nicholson.
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Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway. Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is about to befall her family.
After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover the silhouettes of four figures standing in their driveway. Us pits an ordinary American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.
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Atmospheric erosion and impactor retention in large impacts, with application to mass extinctions
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Ann M. Vickery, H. Jay Melosh, 1990. "Atmospheric erosion and impactor retention in large impacts, with application to mass extinctions", Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality, Virgil L. Sharpton, Peter D. Ward
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We examine the problem of the interaction of the vapor plume produced by the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) extinction impact with the overlying atmosphere. This process is important for evaluating models involving the production of acid rain and the distribution of Ir and associated elements in the K/T boundary layer. We use the Zel'dovich and Razier model for the expansion of the vapor plume produced by both asteroidal and cometary impactors, for impactor masses from 1010 to 1020 kg and impact velocities from 15 to 60 km/sec. This mass range corresponds to diameter ranges of roughly 200 m to 400 km (asteroids) or 500 km (comets). We balance the momentum of the expanding gas against the mass of the gas plus overlying atmosphere to find the mean velocity of gas plus atmosphere; if this velocity exceeds Earth's escape velocity, we assume that both impact-generated gas and atmosphere are lost from the planet. We estimate the amount of atmosphere lost and the amount of the impactor retained by the Earth, the latter under the assumption that the impactor material is concentrated in the outer portion of the vapor plume. Significant loss of shocked atmosphere limits the efficiency of acid-rain production with increasing impact energy, and the amount of projectile material retained allows us to constrain the minimum-size impactor required to deposit the observed Ir. For sufficiently energetic impacts, all of the atmosphere lying above the plane tangent to the Earth at the point of impact and all of the impactor are lost from the Earth. We conclude that the K/T impactor was most likely an asteroid ≥ 1014 kg in mass; data that suggest that acid rain was an important phenomenon imply that the asteroid was ≤1018 kg in mass, or else all the shocked atmosphere would have been blown off. Higher energy impacts would presumably also have disastrous consequences for life on Earth, even though they may neither produce as much acid rain nor leave behind a siderophile signature in a boundary layer. Thus the lack of Ir enhancement at a mass extinction horizon does not necessarily rule out an impact as the cause of the extinction. Lastly, the result that sufficiently energetic impacts can result in a net loss of volatiles from the Earth complicates models in which much or all of the Earth's volatile inventory was delivered by the impact of comets.


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Can anybody answer the query I posted below one week ago? I also neglected to mention that the error messages below are printed to the matlab terminal.
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Ant and Dec in loads of UK TV Adverts for Nintendo
TV viewers in the UK must haved noticed that the cheeky geordie chaps, Ant and Dec on our screens advertising Nintendo a lot! Nintendo must be trying to get their money out of them (widely reported as £1 million each).
Each advert is ended with a plug for their website: enjoynintendo.com
I've had a visit and it's a pretty nifty and slick site. Although it looks like it isn't finished yet, as only a few games have been profiled so far. The Wii games that are available currently are Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort.
Nintendo are going on Tour too, I should hopefully be able to catch them at the Metro Centre this weekend!
With Ant and Dec driving the Nintendo commercial machine this Christmas, will any other console stand a chance?


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Can anyone tell me how to activate a python add-in tool? When I say "activate", I mean make it the currently active tool for the map.
The reason I'm wanting to do this is so that I can have some code run every time the user clicks on a tool, but then immediately allow them to start drawing on the map. At present, I can only achieve this by having them first click on a button (which will appear to the user to be doing nothing), and then click on the tool so that they can start drawing.


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By Carolien Bijen, &samhoud women
In March 2011 the book '(S)Topvrouw, het glibberige pad naar de bestuurskamer' (Women at the top, the slippery road to the boardroom) by author Carolien Bijen was published. The book is an appeal for diversity and feminization of organisations in order to help women advance in organisations. Through research and interviews, a lot of insights about 'the Female Factor' are revealed. Carolien conducted the research and spoke to many top women. This book is a must read, not only for ambitious women but also for men – basically everyone who wants an organisational culture where all forms of diversity can thrive.
Author Carolien Bijen works at &samhoud and is the founder of &samhoud women. &samhoud women consists of a network of highly educated and ambitious women in The Netherlands that meets on a regular basis in the Home of Connection. Her starting point is the women themselves. She helps them to move on in their careers by offering leadership programs, and also by introducing them to potential new employers. The women find advice, connection and the means to develop and realize their personal vision. Carolien's message is "to stay close to yourself and be who you are, or become who you want to be". She also noticed the struggle of many organisations to attract, retain and advance female talent and therefore decided to utilize &samhoud's extensive experience in realizing cultural change to help organisations realize a company culture with high levels of diversity and connection. Below you will find a sneak preview of the book. It is an interview with Marike van Lier Lels who runs her own company Lels & Ko. In 2008, Management Scope declared Van Lier Lels the most powerful woman in the Dutch business community.
Female leadership
'Leadership is about improving the world. It only succeeds if leaders remain close to themselves. Women are usually better than men in that. Many men work very hard for years to appear in the annual report with a good salary. Often, they only realize how unimportant it is once they have grandchildren. Women are different leaders. Where many men are sensitive to status and power, women often emphasise the individual and seek connection. Women are then less interested in financial results or in their salaries. Men sometimes have difficulty with these different values. They do not always understand why a woman makes a certain choice or does not accept a promotion. Women have to think more in terms of opportunities and realise that the top can be achieved, also under their own conditions. If it is constantly confirmed that women can only reach the top by making adjustments, ultimately no one will be interested any longer. That picture is wrong; that is my greatest concern. I argue for diversity optima forma in which people can be themselves. The result is what counts. Wish each other well and learn from each another. Then it will always be about trust, connection and consciousness-raising. At Van Gend en Loos, there were nineteen regions that made life difficult for each other. I like to compare it with an expedition to the top. If you want to go up a mountain together, you should not drag along any stones from the past in your knapsack since you will never reach the top that way. You need provisions. So throw the stones out of your knapsack and leave them behind you, or solve the problems. Then you will acquire different dynamics; which are no longer concerned with good or bad.''
'There are many advantages to female leadership. I often hear that the women currently at the top do not let themselves to be vulnerable and show male leadership styles. The more often we write that down, the more women on the road to the top are put off. You can also reach the top on your own strengths without sacrificing your own principles. The young generation also has to do that. "Stay close to yourself and follow your own heart" is my advice. There is always pressure, both from the bottom and from the top. The trick is not to let yourself be badgered, but to determine and sail your own course. Women have to make their own choices and should not be deterred by their surroundings. When I went to study shipbuilding, my grandmother said: "that is not a ladies' profession." I had never thought about that, but of course she was right. Still I continued because I thought it was a beautiful field. Your surroundings may be negative about your choices. Too bad. Do not give in to it and do it your own way. When I became managing director at Van Gend en Loos the company was making a loss. Someone from the Management Board called every week. Then I said: "If you leave it up to me, you have to accept that I do it my own way, otherwise you can come and do it yourself." You need that type of autonomy, certainly if you want to go against the established order.'
Men's world
'Hardly any women work in shipping, certainly not in the days when I started to work. Still, I never mentioned my being a woman as a theme, others do that. I learned to find my way and never to make it more complicated than necessary. If everyone expects me to pour the coffee in a meeting, I do it. I also make myself vulnerable and I have never been worse for the wear from it. I earned respect for it. You should not put your values in writing but live toward them in good faith. At Schiphol and at Van Gend en Loos they have seen me in tears. Vulnerability is a strength. If you make yourself vulnerable, others will do that too. That is how emotion and passion develop.'
'The world revolves around love and connection. Connection with yourself, your surroundings and the world. You have to bear responsibility with one another for what you do. Money is needed, but ultimately it only serves to improve life. That is why you are on earth. It is an unconventional message in the business community but I truly believe in it. I try to have the people in the boardrooms look at reality in another way. I try to bring back love, packaged in words like 'respect' and 'involvement'. If I do not feel connected with an organisation, I do not devote any energy to it. When I started at Schiphol, I designated connection as the theme. I thought: people will understand what I'm talking about or I will stop. I made a trip with the top with 'connection' as the theme. The others were constantly asking: when are we going to talk about strategy? Connection did not fit in the culture. It was only when they understood what I meant that we were able to deal with each other differently.'
'In 2005 I had an argument at Schiphol with the highest boss. It did not turn out well for me, but ultimately it worked in my favour. The fact that I am positive about my departure is particularly because I stayed close to myself. I stood up for my values and principles. That makes you relatively invulnerable. Schiphol is a beautiful company with nice people, where I enjoyed myself, but now that I am gone, I realise that I do not have to satisfy as many rituals. I am a professional supervisory director and I have advisory roles that I believe will help The Netherlands or that I enjoy. I have pleasure in my work every day; everything I do, I choose myself.'
'My mother had to stop working when she got married. There was a deeply rooted view that you took care of your husband. That was only a generation ago. Fortunately that is starting to wear off. I meet auditoriums full of talented women. It has to work out sometime. Nevertheless, I often see that the second line resigns. They say it is because work and care are difficult to combine in the peak of their lives, but I do not believe that. At that level you do not have to wash and iron. You can farm out a lot and truly spend time with the children. I believe that it is all about interpretation. Women do not want to work eighty hours just to earn money. What they sometimes fail to realise is that they can set the tone at the top themselves, thereby improving the world. Look at KPN where Carla Smits is now on the board. With four children and a hardworking husband, she proves that it is possible.'
The top in part-time
'It is often said that you cannot reach the top in a part-time job. But take a look at men. Many CEOs have additional functions. As if they do not take any time. I believe that you can do a top job in four days if you can be reached on the fifth day. At Schiphol, there was a female manager who worked four days a week. Her boss was not even aware of it. When he called that something had to happen, she organized it. Naturally, part-time work has also become easier thanks to the arrival of the virtual world. You can now work more flexibly. New generations have fewer hang ups about it. They are not tied to an eight hour workday. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to combine a busy job with a private life.
Role models
'I have no role models. I never did. Even as a child, I had no heroes hanging in my room. Of course there are people who can do something that I would also like to be able to do, but it happens more often that I think: I do not want to be like that. I also do not see myself as a role model, but others do. Therefore I see it as my mission to show women that they have to follow their heart and that they can set the tone. That is why I am also working on this book.'
'Women have to help each other to get ahead. If it is possible, I do it too, although I have to be convinced of their talent. In the organisations where I am on the board, I try to create the right mind set to appoint a woman. I am regularly called to ask if I know a woman for a certain job. Then I try to find someone from my own network. Here, too, what is important is: simply do it and do not make it all that complicated.'
Tips from Marike van Lier Lels
- Organise your work well, set priorities and keeping focus on your vision is more important than working a lot of hours.
- Follow your heart. If your heart is connected with an organisation, go for it and organize the rest around it. Do not be too obedient. People who stay close to themselves do not do strange things.
- Do not do things just because they are good for your CV. They will never be successful. They may be good for your career, but not for you as a person.
- You can reach the top on your own conditions. Be aware of that!
- Never sacrifice yourself; it is not good for anyone. I saw highly educated expat women who did not have a working permit in Singapore. They saw their lives as a sacrifice. I do not believe in that. You have to fulfil your personal vision. There is always a way.
- Do not wait, but start today and simply show that it can be different. The role model will be followed automatically. That gets you further than storming the barricades or going against the grain.
- Some things should not be tampered with. So your vision must be clear. You have to know where you want to go. You cannot keep shifting the flag, but you can change the route to it.
- Organisations, be an attractive employer for women. Open your culture and be aware that a peanut butter sandwich is not the same for everyone.
- All hands on deck are needed; there are shortages on the job market again, certainly after the economic dip. You pass over a large part of the work force if you do not utilise their talent.
- Participate in the Taskforce, Charter on the top, diversity policy, quota… all of that is not compulsory for organisations, but it does help, if only because the subject appears on the agenda.
Download the book free of charge at www.samhoudwomen.com or at https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/s-topvrouw/id431211023/


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This Section will have some useful tips that I've come across.
Maya 2011 – Copying objects translate,rotation,scale quickly.
Say you have a eyeball in exactly the right place and you don't want to move it at all. You then find out that wasn't the sphere you were suppose to use for whatever reason so you import the right want and have to put it in exactly the right place.
Try this, import the correct object select it then shift select the object in the correct place. Now click on Translate X so it looks like you want to edit the value. Instead of typing in a value just press "tab" which goes to the next box which is Translate Y keep pressing tab all the way to the end and you'll see that the values have all been copied over.
The neat thing about this is you can do it to say just the translate or just the rotation, also if there are multiple things that you need to copy you can as well. Just make sure the value you want to copy is the last object selected.
Maya 2011 – Select Edge Loop and Delete
This one is quite simple. Say you have a whole bunch loops you want to delete, it can be pretty annoying having to select the edge and either double clicking on it or painfully going around and selecting edge after edge.
You can select the edge loop you want to delete and deleting it by doing this. Select the edge hold ctrl + right mouse then go to "Edge Loop Utilities" which is at the 4 O'Clock direction, then select "To Edge Loop and Delete". This will select the edge loop and then delete it.
You can add this command to a shortcut or to the shelf, I have mine mapped to Ctrl + Alt + D (shift). The Mel command for it is "PolyConvertToLoopAndDelete;" minus the "" make sure the ; is at the end.
Photoshop CS5 – Re-size brush using the mouse
This one is pretty simple and was found by accident not too sure if it's well known or not.
Another way to re-size the brush size in Photoshop besides from using brackets [ ]. If you have the brush select hold alt (eyedropper) then hold right click and drag this will re-size the size of your brush.
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Resources by Mischa Eligoloff
A Place of Constant Surprises – The making of a community play
Hannahs at Seale-Hayne, a charity in South Devon, was opened in 2010 as an innovative solution to the lack of appropriate facilities for people with disabilities once they reach adulthood. Working with guests, visitors and staff, a ground-breaking piece of new theatre was created telling the stories of the people at Hannahs at Seale-Hayne. Through creative workshops and one-to-one interviews, a final draft of the play with the working title A Place of Constant Surprises was produced. This evaluation report looks at the processes and benefits gained from this project as well as exploring the potential implications for this and future projects.Read more
Jerusalem: Involving local participants to create a professional production
The Jerusalem Project saw The Common Players Theatre Company, in partnership with Exeter Northcott Theatre and local promoters, bring Jez Butterworth's award winning play to the West Country on tour. This report explains the audition/casting process, the relationship with promoter partners, the make up of the audience and their reaction to the piece. In addition, it looks at the economic impact the production had, and the social capital generated for audiences and participants.Read more
Evaluating a summer of data
The summer of 2013 saw Torbay Council undertake an unprecedented evaluation project. Eleven events, exhibitions, opera, and festivals were subjected to rigorous analysis based on robust evaluation and participant feedback. This work built upon the previously published evaluation work carried out by the Creative Torbay teamm, crunching the data for individual cultural projects over the past five years. The results are presented here with key observations and a guide to reading the data.Read more
Large-scale public arts project evaluation – RedBall UK
An evaluation and case study of a large-scale, mutlidimensional arts tour and education project. Torbay Council brought an award-winning, interventionist work of public art, RedBall UK, to the streets, enriching cultural tourists' experiences and allowing visitors to see familiar places in a new light.Read more


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Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Announces $2.2 million in Fire Department Grants
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Richard E. Neal, Jim McGovern, Stephen Lynch, Mike Capuano, Niki Tsongas and Bill Keating announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded twelve fire departments in Massachusetts over $2.2 million in federal grants. Ten fire departments received Assistance to Firefighters Grants, totaling over $1.6 million, to help provide the critical resources required to train and equip emergency personnel in order to meet official standards, increase efficiency and interoperability, and help make departments and the communities they serve more resilient. Additionally, the Winchendon Fire Department was awarded $423,890 through the Staffing for Adequate & Fire Emergency Response (SAFER) program to support the hiring of trained, "front line" firefighters in communities, and the Worcester Fire Department received $175,446 for Fire Safety Education Programs.
The FEMA fire grants awarded to Massachusetts fire departments include:
- Boston, MA - $628,365 for a Training Prop and an Emergency Vehicle Operator Training Program
- Canton, MA - $241,728 for Firefighter Breathing Apparatus.
- Chelsea, MA - $59,091 for an Air Compressor - Refill system.
- Cheshire, MA - $7,139 for a Forcible Entry Training Prop.
- East Bridgewater, MA - $70,477 for 2 - Power Stretchers and Ambulance Power Load Systems
- Merrimac, MA - $118,096 for Firefighter Breathing Apparatus.
- New Bedford, MA - $74,000 for Vehicle Extrication Equipment.
- Richmond, MA - $190,477 for a Quick Attack Pumper Truck.
- Walpole, MA - $92,562 for Firefighter Training.
- West Brookfield, MA - $134,096 for Firefighter Breathing Apparatus.
- Winchendon, MA - $423,980 to hire 3 new firefighters.
- Worcester, MA - $175,446 for Fire Safety Education Programs.
"All across the Commonwealth, our brave first responders are working each and every day to protect our families and neighborhoods." Senator Elizabeth Warren said. "These grants will ensure fire departments throughout Massachusetts have the staff and resources they need to carry out their mission and safeguard our communities."
"Our firefighters bravely put their lives on the line day in and day out as they respond to emergencies. This important federal funding answers their 911 call for the tools and training they need to continue providing the best protection for the residents of our cities and towns," said Senator Edward J. Markey. "These heroes deserve the best resources available to ensure the safety and security of the Commonwealth."
"I am very pleased that both the Cheshire and Richmond Fire Departments have received these important grants from the Department of Homeland Security. Our firefighters and first responders in Massachusetts deserve the resources they need to do their jobs effectively. This federal assistance will help keep these two communities in Berkshire County safe," said Congressman Richard E. Neal.
"Keeping our neighborhoods safe starts with making strong investments in our first responders," Congressman Jim McGovern said. "Every day, brave firefighters in cities and towns across Massachusetts put their lives on the line to protect us. I'm proud that this new funding for firefighting equipment in West Brookfield and fire safety programs in Worcester will allow us to protect them."
"It is so important that our firefighters and other first responders have the resources they need to do their jobs safely and to effectively protect our neighborhoods. These federal funds will help the City of Chelsea and other communities purchase necessary equipment," stated Congressman Mike Capuano.
"Ensuring our fire departments are adequately staffed is critical to their mission to protect our citizens. These Departments received these needed federal funds through a competitive grant process, which speaks to both the quality of their application and the Departments in general." Congresswoman Niki Tsongas said. "Given the constraints on state and local budgets, competitive grant funds such as these help to maintain public safety in our communities and provide first responders with access to the resources and personnel they need to save lives."
"Firefighter grants remain critical to guarantee our departments our working with the most-to-date equipment, ensuring the safety of both our citizens and first responders," said Congressman Bill Keating. "New Bedford will certainly benefit from this assistance, which will go directly to new hydraulic rescue tools commonly known as jaws of life."
More information about FEMA's fire grant programs is available here.
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New reports show that the NSA has been using software to convert your phone calls into transcripts stored in searchable databases, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by The Intercept show that Uncle Sam's spies, as well as their British counterparts, have been heavily investing in technology to convert phone calls for over a decade.
According to a 2008 GCHQ memo, British intelligence had been using such technology for five years, and the NSA for at least ten years. The programs are now able to convert nearly all American phone calls into text in realtime.
Text of more convenient for computers to mine whereas audio requires humans to analyze, making it a slow process. The latest revelations confirm that the NSA spies on every aspect of our lives, whether you are an American citizen or not.
According to the leaked files, the NSA first built its speech-recognition efforts around Dragon Dictate, a commercially available software program. It then changed to a package called Byblos, before updating to a new piece of software codenamed RHINEHART.
The agency moved because existing packages focused too heavily on English while the agency needs to translate all calls, regardless of language. Of particular interest is Farsi and Pashto, so the agency had to develop its own solutions.
In a 2006 memo, the NSA crowed: "We are entering a golden age for Human Language Technology (HLT). Powerful and inexpensive computers, high-speed networking, and advanced algorithms are being combined to revolutionize the analyst desktop." The resulting software was the equivalent of "Google for Voice," the memo brags, saying one system could process "one million cuts a day."
The sophisticated software picks out keywords in recorded conversations. Say the wrong word too many times and your calls will be flagged for human review. Once this happens agents can then sift through the massive dossier they have on you, looking for objectionable behavior. What happens from there is unknown, as the agency has no oversight and conducts activities free from pesky laws and regulations.


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CONLON, John James (Sean) (Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, formerly of Ballinamore, Co Leitrim and Retired Commandant Transport Corps., Irish Defence Forces) March 23rd, 2020 peacefully in the loving care of the staff at Clearbrook Nursing Home, Cappagh.
Beloved husband to Bunny and father (Da) to Iain, Lisa, Susan, Conor, Gemma. He will be greatly missed by his grandchildren Saoirse, Ben, Sophie, Sam, Jude, Max, Matilda, Isabella, Niamh, Beibhinn, Isla Grace and Lily; his son-in-laws Tony, Paul, Mark and daughters-in-law Veronica and Janice, as well as his brothers and sisters, extended family and friends.
A private family funeral will take place due to Government advice regarding public gatherings. House strictly private please. A memorial service for Sean will be arranged at a later date.
Those who would have liked to attend the funeral, but due to current restrictions cannot, can leave personal messages for the family in the condolences section below. Donations, in lieu of flowers, to www.parkinsons.ie
"Rest in peace"
The Family would appreciate if you could leave a message to be put into a book of condolences for the family.


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To 'close' your business plan we recommend you write a short summary or conclusion.
This section is useful to mention anything that's particularly relevant to the person who will be reading it:
- Do you want them to take action, get involved, lend you money, give you a grant?
- Don't forget to include your contact details!
You should write the summary last to avoid the report being driven by foregone conclusions.
Use this summary template to complete this section of your business plan:
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Confronting an opioid overdose epidemic that kills nearly 100 Americans every day takes a combination of interventions across sectors. But a common thread throughout, says Andrew Kolodny, MD, should be viewing the problem not as an epidemic of abuse, but as an epidemic of addiction.
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There are a number of different ways to install PI systems and maintain configurations but historically most of the PI system installations I've done have involved the downloading of install kits and clicking through of prompts in order to install the software. Unfortunately this process opened me up to human error and the possibility that a new configuration was not to up best practices. It also takes a lot of human hours to do large numbers of installs. So recently I've been on an automation kick and have started to explore options around existing automation frameworks. There are quite a few solutions out there like SCCM, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt and PowerShell Desired State configuration (DSC). These configuration tools work in a similar way and there are hundreds of articles debating the relative merits of each solution and different users will require a different set of tools. The immediate benefits of automation to most system administrations are that you have an easy way to perform:
- Consistent configuration across installed software bases
- Version Control
The interesting part is that the right configuration can ensure that your PI System is configured correctly and according to best practices without having to ever look at the code after an initial install again. Likewise, if anyone accidentally (or purposefully) makes changes to the configurations, they'll be detected and set back to best practices assuming the configuration is rerun on a schedule.
Whatever your internal deployment looks like it can be very useful to think of what's deployed as infrastructure as code or infrastructure as a template. Having a configuration enforced based on the rules of a programming language or default setting can help with a number of planning, upgrading, and auditing, and risk factors common to installed infrastructure. PowerShell DSC and Chef have the added benefit of being able to integrate with Visual Studio release management and deploy to a server without a deployment agent.
So let's take a look at what a configuration management solution around the PI System might look like and as a thought exercise we'll walk through the automatic deployment and configuration of an AF Server with the use of PowerShell desired state configuration. Other configuration management tools and full stack solutions will offer different benefits, but for our purposes let's investigate an AF server deployment. I chose the AF server as it's a fairly straightforward installation that one can get up and running relatively quickly with a Microsoft SQL server already available so it's a perfect candidate for our though experiment.
If you're not familiar with DSC please check out The DSC Book for a very interesting overview of DSC. There's also some articles on Technet about and getting started. Please be sure to also grab the latest DSC Resource Kits. Most of these are experimental or community based, however, they work great for our purposes. Here is the most comprehensive list of DSC Resources I have found. Also, since DSC is moving at a fast development pace I'd recommend following the Microsoft Team Blog for the latest developments (in reference to TechNet documentation that could occasionally be out of date):
Example of DSC with the PI System
At its heart, DSC is just a configuration script to ensure software is configured correctly. Chef does this with recipes, Puppet with manifests, and Ansible with playbooks. With DSC It involves three main steps.
- Create a configuration file that specifies what you could like the software configuration to "look like". It's kind of like writing a document that specifies what you want done to a node/computer/server.
- The compilation of that script into a MOF file, which is just a differently formatted file that is machine readable for your infrastructure as code.
- The application of that MOF file to the computer.
Here is a simple complete example. We're checking PI Perfmon service to make sure it's startup type is set to automatic on our local node. I've written and deployed this on a PI System that has PI Perfmon running as a windows service:
#Configuration Script Configuration MyServiceConfig { Import-DscResource -Name MSFT_xServiceResource -ModuleName xPSDesiredStateConfiguration Node localhost { xService PIPerfmon { Name = "PIPerfmon1" # ResourceName StartupType = "Automatic" } } } #Compile the MOF MyServiceConfig #Apply the MOF Start-DscConfiguration -force -verbose -Path "$env:PROGRAMFILES\WindowsPowerShell\MyServiceConfig\"
In a more complicated deployment we'd have multiple services, packages, or other resources listed under our Node in order to do a complete installation and configuration of a PI System. So for each service, install kit, or tuning parameter we change in the installation, configuration, or management of a PI System, we'd have an entry. So you can imagine that this file may become fairly large with a lot of information imported into it. Also note that for DSC each node/computer/server can have 1 and only 1 .mof file.
Our example environment deployed and configured as code (e.g. PowerShell DSC and the automatic installation of an AF Server)
For the thought experiment and for testing purposes we're going to be working in a test environment in Microsoft Azure with Windows Server 2012 R2 installed on our node. I've pulled the default image from the Azure gallery and will be using it. It's entirely possible to set up the PowerShell DSC environment on premise in a push configuration, or through a pull server, but being able to spin up a machine and destroy it after testing in complete is relatively easy with Azure.
There are a few considerations that you'll ultimately have to think about before you start writing your code for an infrastructure deployment that require you to ultimately think of the end state for your configuration. This thought process can be valuable for determining things like least permissions and setting security to the exact state it should be in.
Things to have in place:
- Windows Server 2012 R2 on the target server for DSC deployment (domain joined).
- PS Version 4.0+ on your development environment (I'm using 5.0.10105.0 locally)
- Since we're doing the test in Azure, I'll be using Azure Cmdlets version 0.9.4 in my development environment. Note that this isn't a requirement as DSC can be used both on premise and in the cloud.
- The extracted install kits on the server or in an accessible file share to the serve that will be configured by DSC.
- AF Server 2014.
- AF Client 2014
One thing I did do is modify the silent.ini file for the extract AF Server 2014 in order to use the local .\sqlexpress installed SQL Server upon silent installation. Also, I did ADDLOCAL=ALL.
Then, let's think about the best practices around running an AF Server and write our code to follow that installation. The example here is a SQL Express and AF Server on the same node, communicating with the rest of a PI System on other servers.
- Use windows service accounts to run the AF Server
- Configure a windows service accounts to run the AF Server (and grant it least permissions on the SQL Server)
Here is our target configuration checklist that we'll do automatically with PowerShell DSC. In this infrastructure configuration, the AF Server and SQL Server (Microsoft SQL Express) are installed on the same standalone node.
- Enable Windows Roles and Features required for an AF Server
- Open Windows Firewall Ports required for communication to and from the AF Server
- Install AF Server and AF Client
- Set the AF Server Service accounts
Just for brevity and to demonstrate only OSIsoft products, I'm going to install PI system products onto a machine already running SQL 2014 Express. If you wanted to install SQL express in the same script, the PowerShell DSC resource xSqlPs will allow you to bundle it all together. https://github.com/PowerShell/xSqlPs
To make this example fully run, we need 3 pieces of code:
The DSC Configuration which explicitly enumerates the setup, the environmental data which tells the configuration which nodes to deploy to, the pushing of the code up to Azure.
This can be simplified for on premise installations where you run the DSC configuration locally, or set up a pull server much like Chef or other configuration managers all you to do.
Here is the code for the DSC configuration piece:
###################### DSC Full Environment Configuration ###################### Configuration PIDSCConfiguration { param ( [String]$nodeName = 'localhost', [PSCredential]$Credential, #(An Administrator Cred).This is passed in via a Get-Credential Hash Table, at a runtime prompt [PSCredential]$AFCredential #(AF Server Service Account).This is passed in via a Get-Credential Hash Table, at a runtime prompt ) Import-DscResource -Module xNetworking Import-DscResource -Module xPSDesiredStateConfiguration #Setup for all machines assuming you split it into PI Data archive, AF Server etc further down. #Windows features. These cannot be duplicated in the Node by Roles section. Node $AllNodes.nodename { ###################### Windows Roles and Features ###################### # Just make sure the .NET framework is installed. # Install .NET Framework 3.5 WindowsFeature NETFrameworkFeatures { Ensure = "Present" Name = "NET-Framework-Core" IncludeAllSubFeature = $true } # Install .NET Framework 4.5 WindowsFeature NETFramework45Features { Ensure = "Present" Name = "NET-Framework-45-Features" IncludeAllSubFeature = $true } } #Setup only if the role is "AFServer" Node $AllNodes.Where{$_.Role -eq "AF Server"}.NodeName { ###################### Firewall Rules ###################### #Firewall TCP Rules, these can be more restricted based on IP, other rules etc. xFirewall Firewall { Name = "PIAFRules" DisplayName = "PI AF Server Access" DisplayGroup = "PI AF Firewall Rule Group" Ensure = "Present" Access = "Allow" State = "Enabled" Profile = ("Domain", "Private", "Public") Direction = "InBound" LocalPort = ("5457", "5459") Protocol = "TCP" Description = "Allow Remote Access to the AF Server" } ###################### Move Install Kits ###################### #Move installkits from Fileshare \\FileShare\OSISoft_InstallKits for now to machines you are installing on #Move Sysinternals Suite over to Server #Note DSC Runs as SYSTEM so you need to add the Machine$ to the souce folder security tab for it to have access File DirectoryCopy { Ensure = "Present" Type = "Directory" Recurse = $true SourcePath = "\\XXXXXXXXX\OSISoft_InstallKits" #These are coming from another computer domain, but a network fileshare would work as well DestinationPath = "C:\OSISoft_InstallKits" Force = $true } ###################### Install Software ###################### #Note that the machine already has a SQL Express installation on it. #It's possible to add this to the DSC script via the xSqlPs resource, omitted here for clarity #The Unzipped clients are also present, with PowerShell you can unzip them in the script as well #Install PI AF Server 2014 R2, AF Client #Modified Silent.Ini file to include .\SQLExpress and ADDLOCAL=ALL for the AFServer_x64.msi xPackage PIAFServer { Ensure = "Present" Path = "C:\OSISoft_InstallKits\PI-AF-Server_2014-R2_\AFServer_18.104.22.16838\setup.exe" #Already Unzipped Arguments = "-f C:\OSISoft_InstallKits\PI-AF-Server_2014-R2_\AFServer_126.96.36.19938\silent.ini" Name = "PI AF Server (x64) 2014 R2" ProductId = "" DependsOn = @('[WindowsFeature]NETFrameworkFeatures','[WindowsFeature]NETFramework45Features') #Ex: Make sure .Net 3.5, 4.5 is installed first RunAsCredential = $Credential Credential = $Credential } #Install PI AF Client xPackage PIAFClient { Ensure = "Present" Path = "C:\OSISoft_InstallKits\PI-AF-Client_2014-R2_\AFClient_220.127.116.1138\setup.exe" #Already Unzipped Arguments = "-f C:\OSISoft_InstallKits\PI-AF-Client_2014-R2_\AFClient_220.127.116.1138\silent.ini" Name = "PI AF Client (x64) 2014 R2" ProductId = "" DependsOn = '[xPackage]PIAFServer' RunAsCredential = $Credential Credential = $Credential } ###################### Set Service Accounts ###################### #Set Service PI AF SERVER to domain\afserviceaccount #Service to change credentials. xService DSC resource to create a new service. Service PIAFServerService { Name = 'AFService' DisplayName = 'PI AF Server 2.x Application Service' Ensure = 'Present' StartupType = 'Automatic' DependsOn = '[xPackage]PIAFServer' State = 'Running' Credential = $AFCredential } } }
Here is the code for the environmental data:
@{ #Node Specific Data AllNodes = @( #All servers need the following @{ NodeName = "*" PSDSCAllowPlainTextPassword = $true }, #Individual Servers @{ NodeName = "TestAF" Role = "AF Server" } ); }
Below is the code to enable DSC and push the configuration and environmental data piece up to Azure. This would be the equivalent of doing a knife execute command in chef. Using PowerShell DSC in an Azure context, we install an extension on the VM and then pull the configuration from storage. In an on premise environment, this data could either be saved on the IIS Pull server, or stored locally on each machine in a push configuration:
#$Credential uses the Administrator account first in order to install files #$AFServiceAccount uses the Domain\AFServiceAccount to run the AF Server $configurationArguments = @{ Credential = Get-Credential ; AFCredential = Get-Credential } #Enable DSC on the VM and Set the configuration $context = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName XXXXXXXXX -StorageAccountKey XXXXXXXXX #The Path to my Configuration DSC Script, published to the Storage Context Publish-AzureVMDscConfiguration -ConfigurationPath "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\scripts\PIDSCConfiguration.ps1" -StorageContext $context -Force $vm = Get-AzureVM -Name "TestAF" -ServiceName "XXXXXXXXX" Set-AzureVMDscExtension -VM $vm -ConfigurationArchive "PIDSCConfiguration.ps1.zip" -ConfigurationName "PIDSCConfiguration" -ConfigurationDataPath "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\scripts\PIDSCEnvironmentalData.psd1" -StorageContext $context -ConfigurationArgument $configurationArguments | Update-AzureVM #To Check the Status of your DSC Configuration #Get-AzureVMDscExtension -VM $vm #Get-AzureVMDscExtensionStatus -ServiceName XXXXXXXXX -Name XXXXXXXX #(Get-AzureVMDscExtensionStatus -ServiceName XXXXXXXX -Name XXXXXXXX).Dscconfigurationlog
Now, after a few reboots and checks, your infrastructure is deployed as code!:
Whew, so that may have seemed like a lot of work just to install an AF Server! But, once you have the code in place you have the ability to quickly reinstall everything in the event of disaster recovery. Also, whether you're using PowerShell DSC, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt or another flavor of configuration management software and infrastructure as code, being explicit with your code and exactly what you want installed with a PI system will make infrastructure management more accessible and less prone to error.
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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant by its owner because she works for President Donald Trump. The owner Stephanie Wilkinson told The Washington Post in an interview Saturday that she would have done the same thing again. Wilkinson told the Post that she asked Sanders to leave at the request of her staff. I explained that the restaurant has certain standards that I feel it has to uphold, such as honesty, and compassion, and cooperation, Wilkinson recalled to The Post of her confrontation with Sanders. Posted By Persist


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God made Him who had no sin to be a sin offering for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. – 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
God, through Jesus Christ, saved our lives!
Before we were His, we were spiritually dead, and without Him we would be dead in all aspects–spirit, mind, and physical body (upon our earthly death).
But He saved us by the power of the cross, of this death and sacrifice–God loves us THAT MUCH! We owe Him our all, our everything, that we have life even in death because of His sacrifice for us.
Now shouldn't that make you want to sing out in praise to Him, raise your arms and shout for joy and thanksgiving to Him? If not, then we need to ask God to open our eyes, our ears, our hearts to His Spirit's love and mercy to live in us and permeate all aspects of our lives.
Just ask and He will come into your heart and you will experience (again) a love like no other! Even if this love has only faded in you, just ask Him for that passion to again be like a fire in your heart. He will surely answer such a prayer!
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that His life may be revealed in our mortal body. – 2 Corinthians 4:10-11 (NIV)


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text: HIP-HOP Exclusive: Tupac Estate Gets 'Total Reset': New Music and More on the Way 3/27/2015 by Steve Baltin FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Ron Galella Collection/WireImage Tupac Shakur photographed in New York City on April 2, 1994. As the 20th anniversary of the rapper's 1996 death approaches, an evocative Powerade ad sets the tone for a reimagination of his legacy. Late in February, Powerade premiered a commercial starring Chicago Bulls all-star Derrick Rose and the voice of the late Tupac Shakur reading poetry taken from his song "Mama's Just a Little Girl." As a child, representing Rose, rides his bike through an inner-city neighborhood, the voiceover intones, "You wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete had damaged petals." The spot marks the beginning of a "total reset of the Shakur estate," says Jeff Jampol, whose JAM Inc. was brought in by Afeni Shakur early in 2013 to oversee her son's business. In partnership with Tom Whalley -- current head of Loma Vista Records, who signed Shakur to Interscope in 1991 -- the company plans to mirror the work it has done managing the legacies of the Doors, Rick James, Janis Joplin, the Ramones and Otis Redding, and consulting the Michael Jackson estate -- specifically overseeing licensing, apparel and other media ventures. As the 20th anniversary of the rapper's September 1996 death approaches, elements in the works include new apparel rolling out later in 2015, collections like a recent Grammy Museum exhibit showcasing Shakur's writing, and a biography by a "very serious writer" whose deal is being finalized, Jampol says. But top of the list is the rapper's creative work -- "Almost an embarrassment of riches," Jampol says, listing "unreleased music, released music, remixes, original demos, writings, scripts, plans, video treatments, poems." And although multiple posthumous albums have been issued since Shakur's death (to strong sales and mixed reviews), Jampol and Whalley contend a wealth of still-untapped material remains -- the value of which can't be understated, considering 33.8 million Tupac albums have been sold in the U.S. alone since 1991, according to Nielsen Music. "Some of [the material] is in bits and pieces, some of it is complete; some of it is good, some of it needs work," says Whalley, who has explored much of the archive. "But I think the work that is left can be completed, and is worth his fans hearing." Inside Kendrick Lamar's Tupac Tribute 'Mortal Man': 'I Think They Would Have Been Good Friends' For proof, look no further than the buzz around "Mortal Man" from Kendrick Lamar's new LP, To Pimp a Butterfly, which includes a 1994 Shakur interview refashioned into a conversation between the two MCs. "I thought it was a brilliant idea, and they sent me portions of what he was thinking of doing, and I supported it. I think if Tupac was here, he would have tremendous respect for Kendrick Lamar's work." In fact, Lamar's name came up even before the estate was approached about "Mortal Man," when Whalley and Jampol were exploring options for the Shakur recordings. One scenario involved having contemporary artists set Shakur's words to music a la 2014's Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, which recontextualized unused Bob Dylan lyrics from 1967. Whalley confirms that such an approach is under consideration, and adds, "At some point in time, Kendrick would be brilliant to work with Tupac's [material]. He's one of the new great poets." An edited version of this article first appeared in the April 4 issue of Billboard. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME


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Mysterious Madam Z arrives at the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies. Mary Hayes jumps at the chance for adoption to leave that terrible place. But does that mean jumping from the frying pan into the fire?
Katherine Marsh has woven together a very mysterious (at time frightening) tale. It's a retelling of a
Russian fairy tale / folk tale - Baba Yaga. Being unfamiliar with such tales, I walked into a whole new territory. The village is called Iris (narrator pronounced it "ear is"). The village was described as an occult town, which threw me for the loop, but I stayed with it. Iris is a tourist town that features magicians, illusionists, con men, charlatans, and such. Madam Z lives near Iris, but has her own kingdom where she lives and takes Mary home. Mary meets a young magician, Jacob, in the town and they discover the magic in Iris. Some magic is truly just tricks, but other magic is real and connected to Madam Z's world. They join forces to uncover if Madam Z is safe or harmful for Mary's future.
I appreciated the play between magic tricks and fantastical magic. I loved that Mary had a copy of Household Tales (fairy tales around the time of the Grimm brothers) that she read throughout the book. The Russian food described during the book was also very interesting. If you like Russian literature, folktales/fairy tales, or scary books, this would be one for you! I picked it up because it was a fantasy story, but it was a bit unsettling, or dark, for me.
A silly side note... In my imagination the door by the staircase, was never by a staircase. The mysterious door was next to the fireplace. There were no staircases in my imagined home of Madame Z. It's just fascinating how all minds are different and each reader will create their own Baba Yaga home when they listen or read this story.
Laurel Merlington read The Door by the Staircase. I liked her narration from the beginning. Mary sounded young and Madam Z sounds elderly and Russian which was how those characters were described. Jacob and Koshchey, the male main characters, sounded masculine to me. Yulik the cat was the hardest voice to hear for me. It was close to her natural narration voice, but Yulik doesn't speak until later in the book. This is the first book I've heard with Merlington and I would listen to her again.
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This article reminds us that "real estate (analysis) is local." King/Pierce/Snohomish Counties: 5% year over year Decrease. Ouch. But…King County: 3.4% Increase. Seattle: 7.2% Increase. Medina: 10.4% Increase. Most Seattle Nhoods: 8%+ Increase. http://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/Seattle-area-home-values-record-biggest-jump-3875383.php#photo-913289
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Indonesia's Pertamina to import up to 11 mil barrels gasoline in Dec: sources
Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is estimated to import around 10-11 million barrels of gasoline in December, steady from November, market sources said.
Market watchers were unable to provide a breakdown of volumes between the three grades of 88 RON, 92 RON and 95 RON for December.
Despite news that imports will be steady during the seasonal lull period, and higher compared to last December's imports of 9.58 million barrels, this has done little to revive the sluggish market, which has seen cracks and prices both plunging to year lows on chronic oversupply globally and a falling crude complex.
"It is better than the 8-9 million barrels [per month] Pertamina imported in the first half of the year but I still don't think that this will be enough to add any lift to demand when fundamentals are overall still weak," a Singapore-based trader said.
Pertamina imported an average of 9.2 million barrels of gasoline per month over January to June, data from Statistics Indonesia showed.
The benchmark FOB Singapore 92 RON gasoline crack against front-month Brent crude oil futures plunged to a seven-year low of -$1.17/b on November 8, S&P Global Platts data showed. The crack, which was last lower on November 21, 2011, when it was assessed at -$1.73/b, has since rebounded to $1.20/b Monday.
Reflecting the weak market, the Asian gasoline market remained firmly entrenched in contango, with the Singapore December/January timespread at minus 25 cents/b Monday, and the January/February spread even lower at minus 38 cents/b.
The company has issued a spot tender seeking 600,000 barrels of high-octane mogas component (HOMC) 92 RON gasoline loading from Singapore or Malaysia over December 1-3 or delivery to Tanjung Uban over December 4-6. The tender closed December 14 with validity until December 16, but it was unclear if the tender has been awarded.
The state-owned oil and gas company also issued several term tenders seeking 88 RON, 92 RON and 98 RON gasoline for loading over January-June 2019, based on open tenders seen by S&P Global Platts. Sources said these purchases were routine and were unlikely to add support to regional demand.
In one, Pertamina sought two to three cargoes ranging 30,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels per month of 98 RON gasoline for loading from Singapore or Malaysia, while in another, the state owned company sought 500,000 barrels per month of HOMC 92 RON gasoline loading from Singapore or Malaysia or delivery to Tanjung Uban. Both tenders closed on November 16 with validity until November 23 and 26 respectively.
Pertamina also issued two other tenders for 92 RON gasoline cargoes and two tenders for 88 RON gasoline cargoes for loading over H1 2019. The tenders have yet to be awarded as Pertamina is still in negotiations with suppliers, according to market participants.
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A systematically selected homeopathic remedy has the capacity to correct hormonal imbalance due to poly cystic ovarian syndrome by stimulating the glands to secrete various hormones in the required manner, on the the basic pathology, miasmatic nature, individual study, a suitable homeopathic similimum will bring an excellent change in blood and sonographic reading. Homeopathic remedies would help in the regression of ovarian cysts.
Losing 5 percent to 10 percent of weight according to BodyMass Index, can help to restart ovulation, Exercise can help you lose weight. Diet : Low glycemic index foods, diet include whole grains, beans, fruit, vegetables and lean protein , Eating a few small meals rather than three big ones may help even out blood sugar levels
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Morris Animal Foundation Elects New Chair, Welcomes Vetere and Tedford as New Trustees
Morris Animal Foundation has elected a new chair for its board of trustees. Walt George, former president of the American Italian Pasta Company and interim CEO of Morris Animal Foundation, joins the board as chair. Along with George, Bob Vetere, president and CEO of APPA and president of the HABRI Foundation, and Jim Tedford, president and CEO of the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, have joined the board as well.
Our two new board members and our newly elected chair all bring a unique perspective to the table, which will undoubtedly add to the foundation's success. We are greatly appreciative of these individuals for their unwavering commitment to Morris Animal Foundation's ongoing mission to improve the lives of animals everywhere."
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Charlotte: I just don't know what I'm supposed to be.
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Model-Based Penalized Regression
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This thesis contains three chapters that consider penalized regression from a model-based perspective, interpreting penalties as assumed prior distributions for unknown regression coefficients. In the first chapter, we show that treating a lasso penalty as a prior can facilitate the choice of tuning parameters when standard methods for choosing the tuning parameters are not available, and when it is necessary to choose multiple tuning parameters simultaneously. In the second chapter, we consider a possible drawback of treating penalties as models, specifically possible misspecification. We introduce an easy-to-compute moment-based misspecification test for the Laplace prior, argue that the risk of misspecification calls for consideration of a larger class of penalties and corresponding prior distributions, and define easy-to-compute moment-based unknown prior parameters that yield improved estimation of the unknown regression coefficients in simulations. In the third chapter, we introduce structured shrinkage priors for dependent regression coefficients which generalize popular independent shrinkage priors. These can be useful in various applied settings where many regression coefficients are not only expected to be nearly or exactly equal to zero, but also structured.
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Last week I attended a conference on 'Palestine' that was promoted by the Dean of Lichfield and held at Lichfield Cathedral. My feelings on what occurred were detailedin a piece that I wrote upon my return. That article was widely shared.
I received emails in response from both the Bishop of Lichfield and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The emails informed me they had forwarded the story of my experience to the Dean of Lichfield.
Two days after this, the Dean of Lichfield posted a public 'non-statement' that included this section:
"Our recent weekend conference 'Holding Palestine in the Light – the context of the conflict' was an attempt to help people understand the complexity of the situation and what roads to peace are available for all the people of the Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians. There were some passionate exchanges and…
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JD Enterprise is a economy based server where you get a job, work, buy a plot, build your plot and make a family! Also PvP!
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