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Whether you broke up with her or she broke up with you, you can quickly regret the decision. Before long, you are remembering all of the good moments that you had together and wondering why you would ever just leave her. You can't forget about your relationship, but it seems like she has moved on. She has stopped contacting you completely, and you want to know if she will ever contact you again.
Will She Ever Contact Me Again?
Let's be clear: Every relationship is different. You will not be able to find your answer on Google. No matter how often you search for articles, your relationship and what you both want out of it is unique. Since every situation is different, we can only cover some of the things that you can do and not do to get her to talk to you again.
1. Listen to Her
Sometimes, people break up because both partners stopped listening to each other enough. In other cases, the communication was fine, but she still wanted to leave. At any rate, right now is a good time to start listening to her carefully. If she says that she does not want to talk to you or that she needs space, listen to her. If you keep messaging her and try to make her talk to you, it will only push her further away from you. All you can do is wait and hope for the best.
2. Curiosity Does Not Mean She Wants to Be With You
After being a major part of your life for a long time, it is only natural that she would think of you from time to time. If she does reach out to see what you are up to, don't read too much into it. Unless she actually says she wants to get back together, she may just be curious about how you are doing and what is going on in your life. A bit of her ego may also want to know if you have moved on first and forgotten about her. Whatever the case, don't read too much into it if she reaches out for a basic conversation or small talk.
3. She Is Around a Suspicious Amount
This is one of the signs that she might want to contact you again. Sometimes, people are shy about talking to an ex when they are interested in getting back together. You have to put aside your ego to approach an ex who might reject you, so she might naturally feel a little intimidated. Instead of just talking to you, she may suddenly appear everywhere you are. If you keep seeing her around all the time, it is entirely possible that she is trying to create an opportunity for you to talk to her.
4. Think About Your Break Up
Before you decide what can happen and if she will ever contact you again, you have to look at your break up. If it was a messy, terrible break up, then it is unlikely that she will want to reach out to you again. If you cheated on her and she absolutely cannot forgive cheating, then don't expect her to reach out to you. If your break up was mutual and there wasn't a real reason for it, then she might regret the break up and contact you again.
5. Look at All the Signs
She messaged you on Facebook to say hello, and now you assume that she wants to get back together. Don't rush into anything too quickly. One sign could happen for many different reasons. If you really want to know if she will contact you again or want to get back together, you have to look at the bigger picture. Does she show up where you are a lot? Has she tried messaging you? Does she smile or seem positive when you do see her? You have to look at everything she does to see if she wants to reestablish a relationship or a friendship with you.
6. She Is Very Active on Social Media
Technically, this could either mean she really wants to be with you or is really working to move on. If she is always on social media and posting things, she probably wants to show that she is moving on and her life is doing well. Look at the photos that she posts though. If there are cute guys in the photos, then you can bet that she wants to show that she has moved on and no longer wants to be with you. If she avoids posting photos of anyone she is dating, then there is still hope. She wants to be in your mind by posting on social media, and she wants to show that she is living life to the fullest, but she doesn't want to scare you off by showing pictures of some new boyfriend or date. If you never see photos of guys and she is always liking your photos or statuses, then you can bet that she would like to reach out at some point.
Will She Ever Contact Me: Why She Might Not Contact You
There are a number of reasons why she might not contact you. Some people want to heal and move on after a relationship ends. Healing can't really happen if your ex is constantly in your life, so they stop talking to their ex completely. This is not a reflection on you. It may just mean that she wants to focus on healing herself and can't be mired in feelings from the past.
Other people do the "no contact" rule. Some people do this because the no contact rule helps them move on. Other people do this because they (wrongly) think that it will make their ex miss them and want them back. Unfortunately for you, there is no way to know which option she is going with. In this case, you can only respect her decision not to talk to you and wait to see what happens. If she has some space, it may give her the thinking time she needs to miss you and want to get in touch with you again.


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Hello everyone! Sorry I missed you all last weekend!! I was in Minnesota for my daughters wedding. It was so wonderful to her and her husband. We were so busy with all the last minute decorations and preparations. She did a great job with all her DIY ideas and decorating, the wedding turned out beautiful! I have some beautiful photo's to share with when we get all of them back from the photographer, so stay tuned!! I will be sharing a lot of Wedding DIY projects she did, too! 🙂
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Here's the latest from Ashley at 3 Little Greenwoods ~
Whoa! I've been a busy little bee this week!
I shared an easy recipe for the very traditional Southern dish of Fried Green Tomatoes. We have eaten these tangy, crispy veggies as a side dish, shared them with company, and even on a fabulous fried fish sandwich!
School of Southern Cooking: Fried Green Tomatoes // 3 Little Greenwoods
Coastal decor is all the rage! I'm sharing with you my tips for creating a Coastal Inspired Gallery Wall {All on a Budget}. You won't believe where I got all the artwork!
Coastal Inspired Gallery Wall ~ On a Budget // 3 Little Greenwoods
Our kitchen update is rolling along! No-Sew Kitchen Curtains were a snap to make and add a layer of wonderful color and pattern to the room. The best part: the kitchen panels are made from Target tablecloths!
Fabulous No-Sew Kitchen Curtains // 3 Little Greenwoods
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How To Upcycle and Totally Transform A Piece of Art {on a tight budget}
How To Upcycle and Totally Transform A Piece of Art {on a tight budget} // Worthing Court
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Old dresser turned console table // DIY Beautify
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How to upcycle and transform a piece of art // Worthing Court
Chalky paint finish file cabinet // Fearlessly Creative Mammas
~This Week's Hosts Favorite Recipe~
Doesn't this look sooo good!!
Creamy crock pot pork chops with noodles // Fearlessly Creative Mammas
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Christmas is traditionally a time for meeting up with family and friends, making merry and enjoying plenty of food and drink. But if you have cancer it can feel difficult to join in the festivities – especially if you are tired, dealing with the side effects of treatment, or just don't feel much like celebrating.
Here is Live Better With's guide to coping during the festive season…
Deciding what's most important
If you're dealing with cancer, you might not feel able to do everything you might normally do at Christmas. Think about what's most important to you this year, and what you will enjoy the most (such as Christmas lunch, or the present-opening), and make sure you build in plenty of time around those things.
Talk to friends and family about how you're feeling, and the kind of Christmas you would like to have. You might want to keep things simpler and more low-key, perhaps spending time nearer to home with close family, and avoiding larger gatherings or longer journeys.
It's important to have realistic expectations and to be flexible. Excessive tiredness, or fatigue, is a common side effect of cancer treatment, and seeing visitors can be exhausting.
Don't be afraid to say no to things, or take some time out if you need to. It can help to talk to a friend or family member, and arrange in advance for them to take you home if you need to leave early, helping to reduce any pressure you might feel.
Ringing the changes
Christmas is such a busy time, and it can be even more of a challenge when you're dealing with cancer. On top of hospital visits, treatment and dealing with any side effects, you also have to think about choosing and wrapping gifts, buying and preparing food, decorating the house… and it's easy to try and take on too much. This can all be physically and emotionally overwhelming.
Ask for help
Christmas is a time of tradition, but don't feel that you have to do everything in the same way, or do it all on your own! Ask friends and family to help, whether it's with travelling to appointments, cooking or food shopping, helping with the children, doing the household chores, delivering the Christmas cards, or even putting up the decorations.
Christmas shopping
When it comes to buying gifts, you could consider giving gift vouchers this year. There are some great gift experience vouchers available on the internet, for that personal touch. Buying your gifts and food supplies online can save both time and energy.
Medication, treatments and tests – planning ahead
It's important to keep on top of your medication over Christmas. Many medical centres have reduced opening hours, so make sure you have enough medication to cover the festive season – including some extra anti-nausea medication if you suffer from sickness. You should also find out who to contact if you need any assistance during the holidays.
If you're due to have any tests before Christmas, try to find out when the results will be available, to help reduce any anxiety you may feel while waiting for them. If you have treatments scheduled, talk to your team about the possibility of adjusting the timings if you need to.
Dealing with food and drink at Christmas
There are normally copious amounts of food and drink around at Christmas, and this can pose a particular challenge for people with cancer. You may have problems with feeling sick (nausea), changes in taste, a reduced appetite, or stomach issues.
Dealing with nausea
Cooking smells can make nausea worse – you can help to minimise the effects by keeping the room well ventilated and avoiding any strong-smelling foods. Avoid cooking when you are feeling ill – it can help to prepare food in advance. There are also special recipe books designed for people with cancer, so you could try something that suits your particular needs. And don't be afraid to buy in some ready-made items! Alternatively, you could suggest that everyone goes out this year for a special treat instead.
Browse Live Better With products to help with nausea here.
Meals and drinking
When it comes to eating a meal, buffets are often the easiest option, as they allow you to choose whatever you feel like eating. However, if you're having a sit-down lunch it's worth asking the host if they can provide smaller portions, or put the food into serving dishes so that you can help yourself to however much you want.
If you don't feel up to eating a meal, make sure you have some high energy snacks to hand, for a quick and easy calorie boost.
And if you do want to have a drink or two, just make sure you check with your medical team beforehand (it is recommended to avoid alcohol while having any cancer treatment). Remember not to overdo it though, as alcohol is a depressant and too much might make you feel worse.
Read our guide to eating well and cancer here.
At this time of year it can be more difficult to keep up with your normal routines, but it's particularly important to make sure you get enough time to rest and recuperate.
It's a good idea to schedule in a rest break in the morning and the afternoon, to allow you to recharge your batteries. Try to go to bed at a regular time, too.
If you're finding things a bit overwhelming, remember to take a break. If you're going to be away from home, take some home comforts with you, such as a comfortable cushion and blanket. Taking some time out and relaxing for a while with an iPad, a relaxation CD, a good book or a nice long bath can help to restore both body and mind.
Read our guide to cancer fatigue here.
Dealing with emotions at Christmas
Christmas is promoted as a time of happiness, celebration and goodwill to all – whatever the reality may actually be! This can put additional pressure on people who may be going through a difficult time.
Christmas can also be a time of reflection, and if you're dealing with cancer it's common to experience some challenging emotions and thoughts, and the pressure of other people's expectations – or even your own – can make things worse.
It's important to recognise that you may be feeling tired, sad, anxious or overwhelmed, and that such feelings are normal. Give yourself permission to feel these things, and some time and space to work through your feelings. If you're finding it difficult to cope, talk to someone you trust. Support groups and online forums can also be a helpful source of advice.
"Talk with someone you trust and express your feelings. It's hard to start talking, but so, so much better when you do." Linda, Live Better With Community Member
Many people also find relaxation techniques, such as breathing exercises, mindfulness and using aromatherapy oils can be very helpful. The Little Book of Mindfulness contains a range of short, useful exercises to help you relax, de-stress and focus on the moment at hand.
Feeling more confident at Christmas
While many people are getting into the party spirit, it may be that you are dealing with some physical changes as a result of surgery or treatment, which can be particularly challenging at this time.
If you're dealing with hair loss, there are a number of different headwear options you could try, including a wide range of pretty headscarves, hats or wigs. Meanwhile, if your complexion is feeling lacklustre, using natural cosmetics can help to give you a boost.
Choosing clothes you feel comfortable in, and wearing accessories which accentuate your favourite features, can also help you to feel more confident and in control.
Read our guide to feeling confident with cancer here.
Staying in hospital at Christmas
While nobody wants to have to spend time in hospital at Christmas, there are some things you can do to help make your time there a little brighter and more comfortable.
You can try making things a bit more festive, by decorating the area around your bed with some tinsel or Christmas cards. Bringing in your favourite comfy slippers and dressing gown can help you to feel more at home.
It's worth asking your medical team if friends and family can bring in some festive treats. And if you feel up to it, why not ask them to bring in some playing cards or board games?
During non-visiting hours you can help to keep yourself occupied with an iPad, a tablet or a good book. The Live Better With community recommend using a tablet cushion to keep your device comfortably in place, without you having to hold on to it. You can also use your device to keep in regular contact with loved ones via messaging and video calls, helping you to feel more connected at Christmas.
Fnd support, ask questions, and share your tips for living better with cancer in the Live Better With cancer community forum.


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Kanye: *Sips cold pop*
Kim: Mommmmm!
Kris: Kim, I'm your mother I only want what's best for you…and me.
Kanye West And Kris Jenner Butt Heads Over New House
Via RadarOnline
For once Kris Jenner didn't get her own way!
The Kardashian family matriarch had her carefully crafted plan to keep her daughter and first grandchild close by dashed after Kim's baby daddy put his foot down by insisting in no uncertain terms that they would not be moving into the neighborhood, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
Before Kim Kardashian and Kanye West splashed out a cool $11 million on a luxurious new home in Bel Air, Kris had already picked out a mansion near the family home in Hidden Hills, Calabasas for the couple to move in to.
However, Kanye, 35, said "over my dead body" fearing Kris would be constantly intruding on his privacy and the pair moved into their own dream property, a comfortable distance away from the reality clan!
"Kris is desperate to be close to Kim during her pregnancy, so she hand-picked a property for her daughter and Kanye in Hidden Hills," a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. "The home was in a gated community, was very palatial and an ideal setting for them to live privately away from the media glare.
"She wanted to be able to visit Kim as often as possible and come and go as and when she chose to. Kris even suggested having her own key. But, Kanye laid down the law. He said 'hell no' to the idea and told Kim he didn't want to live near her mom."
The source continues: "Kanye and Kris haven't been seeing eye-to-eye of late, and he thinks that's because she's always around him, meddling in his relationship with Kim. He feels his privacy has been compromised and wants a little space away from the family.
"And, more than anything, Kanye wants a little bit of quiet time with Kim alone."
We can't blame Kanye for wanting to move away from the Kardashians to start a family life outside the watchful eye of Madame Kris. Besides, how far can Bel Air REALLY be from Calabasas???
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Fears of Philippines violence
Government vows crackdown on private armies in run-up to elections.
Published On 25 Mar 2010
As presidential elections draw near in the Philippines, the country is bracing itself for an escalation of violence that has marred so many previous polls.
Behind much of the bloodshed are the private armies controlled by powerful regional politicians.
The Philippines government has vowed to eliminate these armed groups before the May elections but, as Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports, it seems like an impossible task in a country where politics is synonymous with violence.
Source: Al Jazeera


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Newsweek: Obama More Catholic Than the Pope
Writing in Newsweek, dissident Catholic Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend (of American Catholicism's most prominent dissident Catholic clan) claims that Pope Benedict could learn a thing or two about the "real" Catholic faith (at least the variety as practiced here in the U.S.) ... from ... you guessed it ... the embodiment of the theological virtue of "Hope" itself ... President Barack H. Obama.
NewsBusters reports:
Newsweek took their criticism of Pope Benedict XVI to the next level on Thursday- not only did guest columnist Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend affirm that the pontiff could learn from President Obama (something Newsweek and their partners at the Washington Post agreed upon back in April), but also blasted the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic hierarchy for their supposed "disdain" towards women and homosexuals.My Comments:
The former lieutenant governor of Maryland began her column, titled "Without a Doubt: Why Barack Obama represents American Catholics better than the pope does," with the context of the pope's upcoming meeting with the American president, and how it was "much anticipated and in some circles frowned upon by American Catholics in the wake of Obama's controversial Notre Dame commencement speech in May." She then laid out her central thesis about these two leaders: "In truth, though, Obama's pragmatic approach to divisive policy...and his social-justice agenda reflect the views of American Catholic laity much more closely than those vocal bishops and pro-life activists...[T]hey'll politely disagree about reproductive freedoms and homosexuality, but Catholics back home won't care, because they know Obama's on their side. In fact, Obama's agenda is closer to their views than even the pope's."
"Why Barack Obama represents American Catholics better than the Pope does"?
Does anyone doubt that Kennedy-Townsend's piece accurately reflects the sentiments of a huge segment (if not the majority) of the Catholic left in this country? It does, as The Cranky Conservative fecetiously pondered recently, make one "wonder who the Catholic Dems think should be kissing whose hands."
Not surprisingly, then, The Cranky Con has a little something to say about this story today.
(Hat tip: Creative Minority Report)
Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Pope Hope I (a.k.a. "The Great")
Pope Greets "Hope"?
President Obama to Visit Vatican
Labels: Catholic Identity, Catholic Social Teaching, Dissident Catholics, Obama, Pope, Social Justice, What the ****?


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Big health companies invest in safe ideas that apply to a large population. There is little interest or effort put into "orphan" research – efforts to find treatments for small disease issues. It is heartening to see that a The Health Lab is trying to address this gap. The Health Lab (www.TheHealthLab.com)—a Manhattan-based health-tech incubator with a soul—announced that it is accepting applications for a dedicated and concentrated mentorship program that includes potential seed capital funding and assistance in writing and submitting proposals for research grants in addition to a wide range of entrepreneurial support services.
Two or three startup projects, each of which could be led by a single health-tech entrepreneur or a team of entrepreneurs, will be accepted for The Health Lab's inaugural 2015 session on a rolling admissions basis.
"The Health Lab collaborates with innovators and entrepreneurs to create sustainable, commercially viable businesses that solve health-related problems," says The Health Lab founder Dr. Charles Platkin. "Our goal is to fully support innovators who tackle an exceptional, untapped opportunity related to health and wellness. We do this by providing concentrated and dedicated mentorship to help navigate the unique challenges of a startup."
A key differentiator for The Health Lab is a focus on projects that are designed to solve problems in underserved areas as well as in the general population are preferred. So too are innovators with personal connections to the problems they're aiming to solve—for example, having a certain disease or having had to care for someone with the illness.
Startups in practically all stages of development are welcome—from well-thought-out ideas still in their presentation stages to proof-of-concept prototypes.
"Anyone can apply," Platkin emphasizes. "We widen the funnel of applicants in order to give any potentially great health-tech entrepreneur a real chance to innovate health using technology."
The Health Lab's interest areas include: analytics and big data; adherence and compliance; care coordination; clinical decision support; electronic health/medical records (EHR/EMR) enhancement; consumer engagement; consumer health; digital medical devices; wearables; and biosensing.
In contrast with traditional business incubators that define success based on capital formation, The Health Lab is focused on commercial viability.
"The Health Lab was organized to transition health-tech ideas into businesses," Platkin says. "That's why we plan to work with onlytwo or three groups every 18 months. It takes time, commitment, dedication, and a team effort to create a viable business.


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You know when you're traveling and you kinda can't wait to get home to cook / eat some homemade food? That's what this meal was for me…the first non-restaurant meal in 12 days. Ahhh, I was excited! And the body needed it.
This meal is also somewhat of a 'lazy woman's dinner'. When you're struggling through jet lag, you're not going to chop up garlic when the garlic powder is sitting nearby. And lastly, there's a chance you might have all these ingredients in your fridge. Most are non-perishable. But thanks to my Urban Cultivator, I had some fresh basil, too.
1 package quinoa linguine or spaghetti
1 zucchini
1 can chickpeas
1 tsp garlic powder
1 can pasta sauce
4 tbsp evoo
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 small container grape tomatoes
1 handful fresh chopped basil
2 tbsp capers
3 tbsp vegan parmesan cheese
- Boil a medium sized pot of water and cook your linguine or spaghetti noodles according to package instructions.
- Separately, in a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil and add one can of strained chickpeas, grape tomatoes and garlic powder. Cover and let cook over medium high heat.
- Using a spiralizer, turn your zucchini into noodles. When your pasta is almost ready, add these veg noodles to the skillet and cook for a minute or two to soften. Add the remaining olive oil, the red wine vinegar and s&p.
- When pasta is ready, transfer it to the skillet (using tongs). Now add just under one ladel's worth of pasta water to the skillet, as well. Stir it up.
- Next, add a half jar of tomato sauce (about 1.5 cups) and the nutritional yeast. Keep stirring so sauce coats all the noodles.
- To serve, dish up and then garnish with capers, fresh chopped basil and vegan parmesan cheese.


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Today, VMware is excited to introduce vSphere Scale-Out, a new addition to the vSphere product line. vSphere Scale-Out is a solution that packages all the core vSphere features required for Big Data and High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads at an attractive price point.
vSphere Scale-Out will be licensed specially for Big Data and HPC workloads and sold in packs of 8 CPUs. Key features included in the vSphere Scale-Out edition include ESXi Hypervisor, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Host Profiles, Auto Deploy, Distributed Switch and more.
By virtualizing Big Data and HPC workloads with vSphere Scale-Out, customers can benefit from:
Increased Flexibility and Agility
The line of business wants results fast. However, physical environments don't facilitate the desired flexibility or agility due to the slow nature of infrastructure procurement and setup, as well as the complexity of Day-2 operations. It could take months to obtain the required servers, install and configure them, and setup the Big Data or HPC environments. And this is just the initial lab deployment. When it comes time to start a new experiment or increase the environment size, the entire process needs to be repeated.
Contrast the physical environment with one that is virtualized. IT can rapidly provision infrastructure for their line of business with the centralized management and configuration capabilities available with vSphere Scale-Out. The line of business can get infrastructure on-demand via virtual machines from their IT department. This is especially important as the IT department is serving an increasingly diverse set of internal customers who have differing software infrastructure requirements. Virtual environments provide the line of business both the flexibility and agility they need to get results faster.
Increased Operational Efficiency
vSphere Scale-Out enables business efficiency while reducing operational expenses for Big Data and HPC workloads. vSphere Scale-Out offers centralized configuration and management capabilities to minimize setup and configuration times. vSphere Scale-Out also simplifies Day-2 operations. Ongoing provisioning and maintenance of infrastructure can be extremely time consuming. Manually configuring a few servers may seem bearable, but doing so for hundreds or even thousands of servers is an overwhelming burden. With vSphere Host Profiles and Auto Deploy, administrators can create a host configuration file once and then use it for setup of multiple vSphere hosts, eliminating the need for specialized scripts or manual configuration. vSphere Distributed Switch offers similar centralized administration capabilities but for virtual networking environments. With vSphere Distributed Switch, setting up hundreds of virtual switches can be done in the same amount of time as just a few virtual switches. All of these capabilities enable administrators to dramatically simplify the ongoing support for Big Data and HPC clusters.
Another area where operational efficiencies can be achieved is with workload mobility. There are times when maintenance must be performed on physical servers. In a physical environment, scheduled downtime would have to occur resulting in lost productivity. In a virtual environment, planned downtime can be eliminated. vSphere vMotion offers live migration capabilities that enable workloads to be moved from one host to another with zero downtime. Users don't even realize a migration of the workload is occurring. This results in elimination of downtime and greater operational efficiencies.
Reduced Complexity for Big Data and HPC Environments
Another challenge of Big Data and HPC workloads is the complexity involved with setting up the environment itself.
vSphere Scale-Out offers a less complex approach for Big Data and HPC environments. First, it utilizes the same vSphere tools that IT admins are already familiar with so there is no steep learning curve to overcome. Furthermore, specific tasks on physical servers, such as workload migration, becomes extremely simple through live migration capabilities with vSphere Scale-Out. The centralized server and network management capabilities in vSphere also dramatically reduce complexity, especially when scaling out a cluster. Finally, vSphere is recognized as an extensively deployed virtualization platform across verticals and geographies. vSphere has a broad ecosystem of OEM partners, who offer a wide choice of server and systems hardware. VMware's ISV partners bring value-added services such as backup, security analysis, firewall, and Day-2 operations management. VMware also collaborates with technology partners to produce joint certification and reference architectures for Big Data workloads.
Increased Data Governance and Control of Sensitive Customer Information
vSphere Scale-Out provides security isolation that prevents VMs from seeing other VM's data in the same cluster. Each VM is restricted to access only the virtual disk files that have been designated for it and no other. The result is that users from different groups are able to run jobs on the same cluster without fear that their data will be compromised. In addition to VM security isolation, the ESXi hypervisor gives guests low privileges by default. It is designed not to trust any privileged operations that the guest tries to perform. This means that compromised VMs, even with root access, are extremely unlikely to do damage to other VMs in the cluster. This results in increased VM and host security for your customers and their data.
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Marbella is one of the Mediterranean's most famous tourist venues and an absolute favourite for holidaymakers from all over the world.
Its impressive and luxurious infrastructure of yacht harbours, golf courses, fine dining, nightlife, great beaches, medical facilities and its closeness to Malaga airport, are key all reasons why so many holidaymakers choose Marbella as their favourite destination.
Marbella also offers a wonderfully cosmopolitan atmosphere with the many foreign residents creating a melting pot of cultures.
Marbella's motto, is "a way of life", and if you are looking for a way of life, which offers great beaches, wonderful all-year round climate, unique leisure facilities, gastronomy and entertainment, then choose Marbella, where you are guaranteed an unforgettable holiday experience.
Although Marbella is a fairly modern town, it still has an interesting history. The 'Casco Antiguo' (Old Town) displays much of the area's past, with the Moorish castle and beautiful church.
Around town
In the famous Plaza de Naranja "Orange Square" you can while away hours, sipping sangria, taking in the beautiful surroundings and people, visiting the charming boutiques and art galleries.
The labyrinth of tiny streets and alleys that surround Orange Square will reveal further tiny shops selling all forms of trinkets, fashion and souvenirs and there are some excellent restaurants and bars for a young and trendy crowd.
Across the road from the Old Town and you find yourself in La Alameda Park. The park is filled with exotic plants and trees and you will feel like you have arrived to a tropical forest whilst still in the centre of Marbella.
Down from the park is the Paseo Maritimo (Promenade); this is one of the favourite places for locals and visitors. The boulevard is filled with restaurants of all gastronomies, all looking out onto the beautiful Mediterranean Sea.
The Marbella coastline stretches from Cabopino through to Puerto Banus, the golden sandy beaches are clean and the water calm and clean. The beaches are home to some of the finest Chiringuitos (Beach Restaurants) in Spain. Sunday lunch in Marbella, equates to Paella on the beach, perfect!
Eating out
Whether you enjoy fine dining or traditional tapas, some of the best restaurants on the Costa del Sol can be found in the centre of Marbella, Puerto Banus and in many suburbs of the city.
The area is obviously known for its seafood and in many restaurants you can choose your fresh catch of the day and decide how it's cooked. Traditional tapas restaurants can also be found in the Old Town and around the streets just off the beach.
Marbella has an exceptionally mild micro climate, protected by the impressive Sierra Blanca mountain range. The winters are mild and the summer months reach 32-35 degrees.
Information supplied by Spain-Holiday.com – Holiday rentals in Spain.


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Georgia Center for the Book
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Karen Salyer McElmurray
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Milledgeville, Baldwin County
Notes of Interest
Karen Salyer McElmurray is the prize-winning author of books of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in a number of publications. She was named Georgia Author of the Year for her 2004 memoir, "Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother's Journey." Her work also includes two novels. She has been teaching at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville since 2003.
Karen Salyer McElmurray was born September 12, 1956, in Topeka, Kansas, where her father was stationed in the U.S. Air Force, and grew up in small-town Kentucky. She wrote about this time of troubled family relationships in "Surrendered Child," recounting her pregnancy at the age of 16 and giving up her son at birth. She received a B.A. in philosophy and literature from Berea College in 1980, an MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia in 1986, an M.A. in writing from Hollins University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Georgia in 1997. She was a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia 1986-87, an instructor at Virginia Polytechnic 1988-89, and an intructor at the University of North Carolina-Asheville 1989-92. At UGA, she was an editorial assistant for The Georgia Review 1994-95 as well as instructor. She taught at Lynchburg College 1997-2001, was writer-in-residence at Berry College in Rome 2001-02 and visiting professor 2002-03 after which she joined the faculty at Georgia College and State University. Since 2008, she also has taught at Murray State University in Kentucky.
Her first book was a grim, intense novel of one family's rugged lives set in Kentucky's coal-mining region, "Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven" (1999). Critics called it a "strongly imagined and skillfully executed" debut novel, and it was nominated for several awards including The Lillian Smith Award and the Appalachian Writers Association Award. Her second book was "Surrendered Child" (2004), about the search for her birth son, which North Carolina author Lee Smith called a "dark memoir lifted into an enlightening and redemptive work of art." She received several award nominations for the book. Her third work, the novel "The Motel of the Stars," appeared in 2008. She has had stories published in anthologies and journals including The Kenyon Review and the Alaska Quarterly Review, and received a Pushcart Prize nomination in 1994. She lives in Milledgeville.
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There are six Ivanovs listed on the web site: Grigory, Semyon, Pavel, Vasily, Pyotr and Alexei.
Ivanov is one of Russia's most common surnames, so it is unlikely that the six were relatives. What they do have in common though, is that all of them died on Norwegian soil between 1942 and 1945, where they remain to this day.
The Ivanovs are listed on the Krigsgraver web site — launched earlier this year — which lists basic information about close to half of the roughly 13,000 Soviet citizens who died in prison camps in Norway during World War II.
The database is part of a project called "Krigsgraver Soker Navn," or "War Graves Seek Names."
"We started the project about one year ago, compiling the data about prisoners and where they were held, from Norwegian, German and Russian archives," said Marianne Neerland Soleim, project manager for the team that has created the database. "So far we've added 3,500 new names to what we had before, but it's been difficult work, particularly as the Germans and Russians often have place names spelled wrongly — they wrote them down just as they heard them."
About 100,000 Soviet prisoners of war were held captive in Norway from 1940 to 1945, while it was occupied by Germany.
The prisoners were used as captive labor to build railroads, roads, fortresses and aerodromes for the Nazi war effort, Soleim said. "The conditions in the camps were very hard, especially in northern Norway. Sometimes the death rates were as high as 90 percent, though some of the commandants treated the prisoners a little better."
Prisoners of war were taken to Norway after being captured in fronts across Europe, many during fighting in Ukraine, Belarus or in Yugoslavia. The vast majority were Soviet citizens, and the database, which has been created with funding from the Norwegian government, can be searched in Russian, Norwegian or English.
POWs received mixed treatment from locals. "Some Norwegians treated them well," Soleim said. "But some told the Germans if they found escaped prisoners."
At the end of the war, the Norwegian government deported the 84,000 surviving Soviet prisoners back to the Soviet Union. About 30 managed to avoid being sent back and remained in Norway.
One of those who never returned is Alexei Perminov, who attended the launch of the database in Oslo earlier this year.
"This database is important for relatives of the prisoners, so they can find out what happened," he said. "It has importance for those who are living. If you were a son of someone who died in the camps you'd want to know more."
Perminov, 88, is currently writing memoirs about his life in the camps and how he avoided the forced return to the Soviet Union.
Vasily Vasilyevich Tolochka, deputy general director of the organization War Memorials, welcomed the site, although he said Russian site www.obd-memorial.ru, an attempt to collate all those dead or missing in action during the war, sometimes has more information.
"However, the Norwegian database gives extra information as it even contains information about where POWs died," he said. "It's good that there is this database."
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June 11th 2018
These children are imprisoned for being born somewhere.
My hospital clown training has taught me that the pain we feel in the face of others' suffering is not only perceptual but neurological. And the way to relieve that neurological distress is to ACT on the sufferer's behalf. Therefore for my OWN health my first act is a mere $5 per month contribution to MoveOn.org to join the fight against these and other injustices.
Jeff Merkley is the Senator from Oregon who recently toured the detention facilities of immigrant children separated from their parents and trapped in cages. He is the one politician most visibly fighting this inhumanity. He also has the balls to call it exactly what it is: Evil.
For starters I follow his lead by supporting MoveOn.
Though what I really want to do is become a performer with Clowns Without Borders and visit all 12,000+ children in all 100 detention facilities in 14 states, and do my best to provide relief -even if for a moment- by helping them remember their own humanity, experience that someone cares, and promote their resilience- through the fundamental human right that is laughter.
Yeah sure, military bases too.


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Does this committee address road conditions?
Yes. Presently there are two separate road committees in place: the Carlin Road Committee for areas north of the Davidson Lake Road headed by Wayne Carnell; and the Sandy Cove Road Committee headed by Ken Donald, for areas South of the DavidsonLake road. At this time, it is not intended that the Davidson Lake Association replace these existing groups. The Association concentrates on issues that may impact the environment around the lake such as air and water quality, recognizing the need for an integrated approach to safeguard the watershed area and promote education on best practices.
Why was there a need for the formation of an association for Davidson Lake?
The association is a non-profit group of residents / volunteers who work together with public and private agencies to ensure the health of the air and water in the watershed area.
We are fortunate that we are not currently faced with any major issues around the lake such as clear cutting, pollution or invasions of foreign species or plants. By forming this association and being aware of the possible impacts of these and other issues, we will be in a better position to speak with a united voice, should the need arise.
The continued good health of the Davidson Lake Watershed is a concern of all residents. To have a group of residents actively involved in this process can only prove beneficial for present and future generations who make their homes on or near the lake or who enjoy it during the summer months.
Who is initiating this process and what work has been done to get us to this point?
In the summer, fall of 2008, a group of interested individuals from different parts of the lake got together to discuss issues concerning the road maintenance and snow removal which lead to discussions on the water quality of the lake. As a result of discussions with the LSD Commission for Dumfries, MLA Carl Urquhart and others in the Department of Local Government it became clear that there really was no voice that could speak for all the residents (full & part-time) of the lake on issues. In fact part-time residents do not have a vote in any decisions as they are not permanent residents and for the most part vote in another riding. There was agreement that it was time to form a group or association that could best represent the collective interests of all the residents.
This group of individuals was expanded to try to include all of the geographic areas of the lake which are defined by access roads. This group was called the " Davidson Lake Association Steering Committee" Members of that committee were:
Ken Donald, Andy Morton, Pam Hughes, Steven Stairs, Wayne Carnell, Denis McQuarrie, Lyle Saunders, Rolly Lagacy, Shyanne Pangburn, Jacques Leblanc, Aubrey Trail, Don Veysey, Bill Nason, Simon Dickinson and Arnie Wilkins.
Through the research of existing Lake Associations and in particular, near by Lake George, the committee gained much knowledge about the structure and function of such an association. A decision was made by this group to explore the idea of forming an association for the Davidson Lake Watershed area. It was decided to gather and print a newsletter and begin the process for forming an official association.
It was also decided that this information would be shared with:
- residents of cottages and homes on Davidson Lake;
- residents of cottages and homes on the Davidson Lake Road; and
- residents of homes on Route 102 which passes by Davidson Lake.
This lead to a meeting where it was agreed that we would form the Davidson Lake Association, the election of a board of Directors and the creation of a constitution and the legal establishment of the Association.


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Let´s talk a bit about the history of the Sushi
The birth of modern sushi starts around 1800 by a stand selling food on the streets of Tokyo and demanded that the fish was marinated in soy sauce and salt, to last longer.
The Wasabi, spicy green paste served along with sushi, was added to cover any unpleasant flavours of the fish that in the absence of the ice was not always able to properly be cool.
Only after the Second World War that the sushi gets really like we know today.
My girlfriend and I been in so many different sushi restaurant in Australia but since we are living in Copenhagen (DK) we were surprised how this restaurant Stick and Sushi was super good.
The menu it´s very broad but is with the pictures which makes more easier the choice.
We arrive there kind of late and we were so hungry, so we picked up different dishes.
Everything was really tasty and fresh. OMG the sashimi and the sushi was absolute fantastic.
KANI KOROKKE Crab croquettes with wasabi caesar
BEEF TATAKI Beef, smoked cheese, chives, almonds, Yuzu-Kosho & spicy goma
TUNA TARTARE Tuna, avocado, goat's cheese, pine nuts, soy sesame, cress, spring onion chives & nori chips
CLASSIC MISO SOUP Tofu, wakame & spring onion
STICKS Emmental cheese wrapped in bacon, chicken with chili dip, teriyaki & spring onion and lamb chop with miso herb butter
DESSERT you have a choice of three different taste.
Here some picture from that night:
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The funny things is that we ate all of the dishes and the waitress were surprised, especcially for my girlfriend, LOL, but that´s why we are a lovely couple, we have something in common, we love FOOD.
Here more picture about our dining @stick and sushi
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A deacon (1663-1679). In 1663, while in Cairo, Johann Michael VANSLEB had copied for the Royal Library in Paris the large anthology of the Coptic canonical collection compiled by the priest Marcarius, a monk of the monastery of Saint John Colobos (Graf, Vol. 1, pp. 560-63).
This anthology was contained in two fine manuscripts that had been copied in A.D. 1372, which are now in the Vatican (Vatican Library, Arabic manuscripts 149 and 150). He entrusted the first (149) to a priest named Ghali, who completed it on 12 Kiyahk A.M. 1380/9 December 1663, and the second (150) to the deacon Abu al-Muna, who completed it on 10 Babah A.M. 1380/27 Rabi' A.H. 1075 (which should be corrected to read 1074/18 October 1663). The two manuscripts were then bound together in a large volume of 360 folios (National Library, Paris, Arabe 252). The section copied by Abu al-Muna (fols. 233-360) begins with the second book of the Canons of the Kings.
Sixteen years later, a priest in Cairo named Abu al-Muna copied the life and miracles of Anba MARQUS AL-ANTUNI, which survive in a single manuscript (Coptic Patriarchate, Cairo, History 53; Graf, no. 492; Simaykah, no. 627; Graf, Vol. 1, p. 536, sec. 2 end). This manuscript was copied on commission from Father Butrus, a disciple of the 103rd Patriarch, JOHN (YU'ANNIS) XVI (1676-1718), and is dated 10 Abib 1395/14 July 1679. Abu al-Muna may be the deacon employed sixteen years earlier by Vansleb, having in the meantime become a priest. A handwriting comparison has not yet been made.


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Dokapon Kingdom Guide: Secrets and Unlockables Dokapon Jobs
As mentioned in our October review of the game, Dokapon Kingdom is a unique blend of board game and roleplaying game that is available for both the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation 2.
In it, players use a spinner to move about a game board, and can then engage in RPG style battles depending on which space they land on. Also, Dokapon characters level up, can change classes and have to buy or otherwise acquire equipment. Players can even battle, defeat and then humiliate their opponents, all while trying to save the kingdom from monsters and win the hand of the fair princess.
Here are some tips and tricks to help you crush the competition and emerge victorious!
For a comprehensive review of Dokapon Kingdom check out this article here
General Advice
At the very start of the game, players are given two weeks to make it to the castle in order to meet with the king. Whoever arrives first receives a sizable bonus, which decreases for the second, third, and so on.
On the other hand, there are also equipment spaces where players can pick up a weapon and a shield for no cost.
What to do, what to do? I say go for the castle ASAP. Once you speak to the king, he will outfit you with equipment that should suffice for the early battles and hold you over until you get to the weapons shop, and the bonus will give you a nice early lead.
Speaking of bonuses, whenever the king provides a quest (like retrieving the princess's piggy bank early on in the game), whoever successfully completes the mission and returns to the kingdom is given an award, such as ownership of one of the castles.
However, did you know that you don't have to be the one to slay the enemy or otherwise complete the task? If it looks like you won't be able to reach the destination first, you can simply lay in wait for whoever does finish the deed, then ambush them in a fight. If you win, there's a good chance you'll wind up with the item. Likewise, a thief character can simply move through the space on which the other person is standing. Doing so will cause them to pilfer a random item, and odds are it'll be the thing the king is waiting on!
Unlockable Classes
There are a dozen different character classes in the game, but when you start, only three will be initially available to you:
- Warrior
- Magician
- Thief
The other nine will need to be unlocked The Cleric job which grants the character healing abilities, will open up when you master any one of the three initial classes.Mastering the Cleric job unlocks the Monk class, which will grant some nice stat-boosting abilities over time.To unlock the Spell-sword class, players need to master both Warrior and Magician.Likewise, the Ninja becomes available after Thief and Warrior are mastered.The Alchemist is unlocked by mastering Thief and Magician.
Some of the advanced classes require more than just mastering other jobs, however. Players will only be able to become an Acrobat after obtaining a ticket item in Casino Cave.
Likewise, the Robo Knight requires acquisition of an item (Lost Technology from the Sunken Shrine). However, in addition, players must have also mastered both the Alchemist and Monk classes in order to become a Robo Knight – the item alone is not enough.
The final regular job, Hero, is a bit trickier to unlock. First, players need to have mastered the Ninja, Spell-sword and Acrobat classes.
Then they also need to obtain something called a Hero License from the Castle in the Clouds. This is no easy task, as players need to find the entrance to this hidden area and then use a special item to fly up there – only that special item requires the player to defeat a specific opponent on a random battle space. Given that this is the most powerful regular class in the game, and has abilities that can either allow players to cast magic and use items in the same turn or force non-boss enemies to immediately give up, it's easy to see why there's so much work involved in acquiring the Hero class.
However, there is one more class that hasn't been mentioned…
It is the Darkling class, and unlike every other class in the game, it is not permanent. It can only be unlocked by a last-place player who is hearing "the whispers of dark revenge" (i.e. has a shadow bat-like creature floating over his or her head). Once a player reaches this status, he or she can either travel to the Dark Space on the board or use a Contract item to warp there directly. There, the player has the option of surrendering all of their items, money and towns in order to become a super-powerful Darkling for 14 days.
The Darkling is immensely powerful and has the strongest battle skills in the game. Opponents cannot retreat from battle against a Darkling, and assuming the Darkling wins (which it most likely will), they can lose their equipment, items, money or towns. Also, before every turn, Darklings spin a wheel that grants them Dark Points which when accumulated can be used to set traps, close shops and banking spaces, or even summon monsters to every available town on the world map.
Alternate Ending
Finally, we'll conclude this guide by showing you a way to trigger a slightly different, alternate ending to Dokapon Kingdom's story mode. When the game begins, the king promises his daughter's hand in marriage to whoever wins and saves the kingdom, and normally that's exactly what happens once the game is over.
However, if the individual who wins is playing as a girl, things play out slightly differently. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but do know that it results in a different and longer ending and involves some creepy scenes. The king puts on a wedding dress. There, I said it. If you're interested in knowing more, make sure you go through the game as a female character so you can witness all the zaniness that ensues. Good luck and happy gaming!


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Are you the one who want to know the crazy bulk's cutting stack? If yes then you are in the right place. Here in the post, we will break out some of the benefits and side effects of taking crazy bulk's stack. It is a supplement which is used for bodybuilding. People used to take it to make their body. Many people used to take the supplements, but there are not only benefits. Some of the side effects also there of taking it so that is why you should always pick the right option for you by taking guidance from doctors.
Benefits of taking:
As all are aware of the purpose of taking the supplement, so it is good for you to take it under the supervision of your supervisor. Here are a few of the benefits of the supplement are given below. Those are:-
- When you take the supplement, then you will wake early in the morning, and you will feel fresh after taking it.
- Your skin will look fresher and clearer by having the supplement.
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There has been a lot of talk about the new technology preview from Microsoft for Windows Live Local. The preview shows street-level views and allows you to drive a virtual car through the streets of Seattle and see front and side views which are still frames from a camera. And, it all works through a browser. While this is a Very Cool preview, it is pretty limited (currently only a section of Seattle works) and it's really slow and awkward to use. I was thinking about the similar capability already built into Google Earth. Yes, Google Earth can let you drive through a city and get a feel for the surroundings complete with virtual buildings and satellite or aerial photos. And it already works in most major US cities. No, it's not as cool as the new Microsoft thing, but Google Earth is actually much more practical and it works smoothly.
First, if you've never used GE "Play Tour" mode, read this. Then come back here.
Now we're going to…
Now we're going to simulate a street-level Seattle drive in Google Earth. To make this more realistic, you need to modify a couple of simple settings in Google Earth. First, turn on the "Buildings" Layer. Next go to the menu choice "Tools->Options" (NOTE: "Google Earth -> Preferences" on the Mac OSX version). In the Options window select the "Control" pane, then select "Advanced" at the bottom. In the "Driving Directions Tour Options" first take note of the current settings, then move the "Camera Tilt" all the way to the right (80 degrees), and the "Camera Range" to the left (150 meters). Ok, all done, now select "Apply Settings".
Now download this simple driving path for Google Earth. Select the "Seattle Drive" Placemark you just downloaded (make sure you have the "Buildings" layers turned on) . You might want to double-click it and let GE download the buildings for Seattle first. Then hit the F10 key (or "View->Play Tour"). GE will now take you down a main street of downtown Seattle. I've only placed a single straight-line path, because GE tries to swerve around when you go around corners with the Play Tour option. This looks cool at the normal higher camera views, but at street level it swerves you through the buildings.
When you are done, don't forget to set your "Driving Directions Tour Options" back to their previous settings (mine were at 65 degrees and 1500 meters).
About Frank Taylor
Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.


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CD Review: Drive-by Truckers
|Brighter Than Creation's Dark New West
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A band that can steamroll through a 4-hour gig, and nail it - even while accompanied by several bottles of Tennessee firewater (well, the gig in question was on New Year's Day . . .) - sure gets my endorsement. But when its recordings often match, and sometimes surpass, the quality (not the length, thank heavens) of such a live performance, that band also qualifies as one of the greatest bands of this era.
The Drive-By Truckers blew many of us away with their two previous albums (Decoration Day and A Blessing and a Curse), and they do it again with Brighter Than Creation's Dark - despite having parted ways with singer/guitarist Jason Isbell, who was also an ace songwriter. After that split, it turns out, the Truckers embarked on a semi-acoustic tour, and it's obvious that the jaunt recharged their heartfelt, Southern-built engines.
As the new album opens with "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife," frontman Patterson Hood sings from the perspective of a dead man who's wondering what's up next for his family. The accompanying acoustic guitar, piano, and banjo - as well as the eerily atmospheric pedal-steel guitar, courtesy of John Neff (who recently became a full-time band member) - will stick in your ears for a long while. Such stripped-down simmer, however, is only part of this roots-rock melting pot. The eerie calm soon leads to the swaggering, electric wail-out that is "3 Dimes Down," featuring slide guitar that should make Joe Walsh envious.
The album chronicles the struggles of plain folk trying to live their lives in a messed-up world. On "The Righteous Path," the Truckers riff steadily about a family guy trying to grab an uncertain American dream. Later, the band offers sad tranquility about an alcoholic father ("Daddy Needs a Drink") and an illegal gun dealer ("Checkout Time in Vegas").
Truth be told, the Truckers reach new levels of excellence here, but if I'm gonna commend anyone in particular, it has to be bassist Shonna Tucker. On a clutch of songs, including the wily "Home Field Advantage" and the haunting "The Purgatory Line," her songwriting talents and downright beautiful voice bring the band to fresh territory. All of this, plus the post-traumatic stress disorder of "That Man I Shot," and you have something brighter than most every other album out there.
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First clinical study shows potential of stem cell-enriched fat grafts to transform reconstructive surgery
Stem cell-enriched fat grafting could become central to plastic and reconstructive surgery after the first randomised trial in humans confirms the technique's excellent feasibility and safety.
"Our promising results suggest that stem-cell enriched fat grafting might prove to be an attractive alternative to major tissue augmentation, such as breast reconstruction after cancer with allogeneic material or major tissue flap surgery, with fewer side effects and more satisfying cosmetic results", explains Dr Stig-Frederik Trojahn Kølle, a member of the research team from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, in The Lancet.
Increasingly, autologous fat grafting or lipofilling, in which an individual's own fat is harvested to increase the volume of fat in another area of their body, is being used in reconstructive surgery, with the majority of board certified plastic surgeons in the USA who do breast reconstruction using this technique.
But despite the technique's potential, resorption rates (the percentage of the transferred fat that does not survive) of up to 80% have been reported. Recent animal studies have shown that fat grafts enriched with culture-expanded* adipose [fat]-derived stem cells (ASCs) can substantially improve graft survival.
In this study, the survival of fat grafts enriched with culture-expanded autologous ASCs was compared with traditional non-enriched fat grafts (control) in 10 healthy volunteers.
Volunteers underwent liposuction to collect fat tissue from one side of the abdomen. Two purified fat grafts were prepared for each participant and injected in the upper arms—one enriched with their own stem cells and the other without (control). The volumes of injected fat grafts were measured by MRI immediately after transplant, and just before the grafts were removed after 121 days.
The cell-treated grafts retained 80.9% of the initial volume compared with 16.3% for the control grafts, with significantly higher amounts of adipose tissue and newly formed connective tissue, and significantly less necrosis 4 months after the transplant.
According to Dr Trojahn Kølle, "These promising results add significantly to the prospect of stem cell use in clinical settings and show that ASC graft enrichment could render lipofilling a reliable procedure, since the resorption rate, quality of tissue, and safety can be predicted."
Writing in a linked Comment, J Peter Rubin and Kacey G Marra from the University of Pittsburgh in the USA say, "These therapies could revolutionise breast reconstruction after cancer and reconstruction of deformities after trauma, for example."
However, they add, "A crucial open question that will affect use of this therapy is whether there is an optimum cell dose for efficacy, and/or if there is a critical threshold cell dose for therapeutic effect…Another unresolved issue for this therapy is whether high concentrations of stem cells can stimulate the growth of residual breast cancer cells…This issue will be best addressed in large clinical trials."


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Nvidia has officially introduced the 64-bit variant of the Tegra K1 SoC. Unlike all previous Tegra designs, the TK1 64-bit is based on a custom CPU core.
Nvidia's Denver 64-bit core has been long in the making and at last we're about to see what it can do in real world tests.
The Tegra K1 implementation features two ARMv8 CPU cores, but it is pin compatible with the 32-bit version of the chip. Nvidia says this should ease implementation and speed up time-to-market.
First 64-bit ARM processor for Android?
Nvidia describes the 64-bit Tegra K1 as the "world's first 64-bit ARM processor for Android" which is a bit of a stretch. Another stretch is the console graphics claim, but truth be told Nvidia's 192 Kepler cores should be on par with console GPUs of years goneby.
"Denver is designed for the highest single-core CPU throughput, and also delivers industry-leading dual-core performance. Each of the two Denver cores implements a 7-way superscalar microarchitecture (up to 7 concurrent micro-ops can be executed per clock), and includes a 128KB 4-way L1 instruction cache, a 64KB 4-way L1 data cache, and a 2MB 16-way L2 cache, which services both cores," Nvidia said.
The chip features 128MB of main memory optimization cache. It reduces the need to re-optimise software routines. Dynamic Code Optimisation optimizes frequently used software routines into dense microcode routines.
"Denver looks across a window of hundreds of instructions and unrolls loops, renames registers, removes unused instructions, and reorders the code in various ways for optimal speed. This effectively doubles the performance of the base-level hardware through the conversion of ARM code to highly optimized microcode routines and increases the execution energy efficiency," the company said in a blog post.
Nvidia working to implement Android L on Tegra K1
Nvidia promises "amazing" devices based on the new part later this year. It also stressed that it is developing Android L on the 64-bit Tegra K1.
It is still too early to say what Android L and 64-bit support have to offer in terms of sheer performance gains, but the first ARM 64-bit parts are slowly starting to trickle out. This should compel developers to start looking at ARMv8 hardware seriously.
Nvidia says dual-core processors can attain significantly higher performance than existing four- to eight-core mobile SoCs on most workload. Since it was optimized for single –core performance, Denver should capitalize on this fact. On a side note, Nvidia was the first ARM outfit to offer a dual-core Cortex A9 part and it later introduced the first 4+1 core SoC. Now it is going back to dual-core designs, at a time when many competitors are embracing bit.LITTLE designs with six or more small cores.
The first device based on the Tegra K1 will in all likelihood be HTC Volantis tablet, which is Google's next Nexus tablet. We don't have any information on upcoming Denver-based products other than the HTC/Google tablet at this point. One thing is certain though. Nvidia is not going after smartphone design wins with its first implementation of Denver.


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Imperial 16 Years Old 1995 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection (46%, Signatory, HHs #50324+50325, 739 Bottles, 2012)
- Speyside single malt scotch whisky
- 46% ABV, £39.95 for 70cl
- Score: 86/100
What they say:
From Signatory's Un-Chillfiltered range, this Imperial was distilled on the 9th October 1995 and it was aged for 16 years in hogsheads 50324 and 50325 before bottling on the 24th August 2012. A release of 739 numbered bottles. Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt Nose: Beeswax, cut hay, honey and toffee apples on the nose with notes of dried flowers and oak. Palate: Rich, malty and spicy with notes of aniseed and toffee, waxy honey, oak, potpourri and butter. Finish: Spicy, slightly herbal and malty.
What I say:
Kicking off Thomas' Imperial Tasting for the Water of Life Society (held on the 12th March 2015) were a pair of Signatory Vintage Imperial whiskies from their Un-Chillfiltered range. Both expressions were distilled in 1995, the first was matured for 16 years in a pair of Hogsheads before bottling at 46% with an outturn of 739 bottles, this being #138
Straw gold (6/10), numerous slow/fine tears
Sweet honey, vanilla cream, crème brûlée, coconut, custard, bourbon-cask/vanilla essence, cereal barley malt, fruity peach and pear, brown sugar, prickly/spirity
Sweet honey and vanilla, a little zesty orange oil, cereal barley malt, caramel oak wood, brown sugar, vanilla crème brûlée, hints of zingy fresh root ginger
Medium length, zesty thick cut Seville orange marmalade and cereals
This had a lovely aroma and nose, on the palate this was a little zestier and fruitier than I was expecting but was fairly accomplished. Signatory's non chillfiltration and decision to bottle this at the weightier 46% has definitely paid off, with water or filtered I expect this would be a little too thin and astringent. Very nice! I really enjoyed this starter.


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A few weeks ago I received a copy of Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot in the post. Overweight, one could add to that list – this is a hefty tome. The Population Media Center must be spending a fortune posting these things out.
The book is a coffee-table style volume about population and its impact on the globe. It's been sent to all sorts of bloggers and media outlets, and it's available for activists to distribute too. You can request some yourself if you're so inclined. As awareness raising initiatives go, it's a simple enough idea. There aren't many words to read. This is all about showing people the human impact on the planet.
It works, I have to say. I've been writing about these sorts of issues for a decade, and I feel like I've seen and heard most environmental arguments. But there's a real power to the photographs here. More importantly, there's a power to the cumulative effect of them all in one place, and given the large format presentation that they deserve.
One photo shows Mexico City sprawling across a series of hillsides. (I don't want to nick it, but go and look at it here and come back). From the height of the photo I found myself imagining the density of human population that entails. Then I wondered what it would take to provide for such a community, in food and water and infrastructure. And every one of those people would prefer to be living in more comfortable, more suburban environments no doubt. Where is the space going to come from to provide that, if lower density housing remains our aspiration?
Or take the photo of a valley full of greenhouses in Spain, a sight that begs the question about water footprints. Or the rows upon rows of coal trains, lined up 50 deep at Norfolk, Virginia.
These are environmental photos that show scale, but there are personal ones too. Two Yemeni men with their child brides; women sewing Cabbage Patch dolls in a factory in China. Sometimes the impact is in contrast – Haitian earthquake survivors jostling for food aid on one page, Black Friday shoppers barging through a store doorway on the next, with the same expressions on their faces.
It's in the images of deprivation that I found the issue spoke loudest to me. "The population debate is not about the maximum number of people that can be packed onto the planet" writes William Ryerson in the introduction. "The crucial question is: How many people can the earth sustain, at a reasonable standard of living, while leaving room for the diversity of life to flourish?" A world with 12 billion people is a world with a whole lot more suffering than a world with 6.7 billion, the two possible outcomes the book presents for 2100.
Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot is "a wake-up call". It is meant to be provocative, and it is. But it isn't hopeless. Acting on population is one of the few "win-win" interventions that benefit people and the environment, reducing our ecological damage while improving women's right and education. For more on what can be done about it, visit Population SpeakOut.
You can also browse the book in its entirety online.


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28 May 2018
With the number of commercial drones set to quadruple in the US over the next four years, the technology has the potential to transform the aviation sector.
"The drone has been talked about as an innovation that's as significant as the jet engine," says Macquarie Capital Senior Advisor Michael Huerta, who is also a Board Member of Delta Air Lines and former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
"I'd argue it's even bigger because it's reshaping the cost profile of aviation. We can talk about using a drone in ways you'd never use an airplane, totally expanding aviation and aerospace."
Huerta says companies are investing heavily in the various applications of drone technology.
According to McKinsey, start-ups have raised more than $US3 billion to explore drone technology.
In 2017, Boeing acquired drone maker Aurora Flight Services. Amazon and UPS have made significant investments to build drone delivery capabilities and Domino's delivered the first pizza by drone in 2016 to a New Zealand couple.
The Macquarie Capital Venture Studio believes drones will benefit many industries including infrastructure, where they can help inspect, protect and secure critical assets, from roads to pipes.
"Drones can reduce operational risk by surveying assets often difficult and sometimes even dangerous for humans to reach, such as train tracks. Inspecting a track manually can be slow, inconvenient and hazardous," says Huerta.
The FAA estimates industrial inspection makes up 28 per cent of all commercial drone missions, the largest application after aerial photography.
As drones make asset inspection cheaper, faster and safer, utilities and other large asset operators are likely to play a key role in the development of the technology.
The FAA forecasts the number of commercial drones in the US will more than quadruple in the next four years, from 110,606 in 2017 to 451,800 by 2022.
According to McKinsey, public acceptance is the most vital factor that will influence the future of drone technology.
"Society forms their opinions around technologies quite quickly," Huerta says, noting some of the privacy concerns that have been associated with drones.
According to Bloomberg, there were 4.5 million drones in active use around the world in 2015, compared with about 320,000 planes.
While the majority of drone users are well intentioned, such as real estate agents, news organisations and photographers seeking an aerial view, the absence of a simple identification process for drones could slow the technology's progress.
"Regulators don't sit in a windowless room," Huerta says. "They respond to societal pressure. So we'll need to wait and see how people react to ongoing developments."
Companies that refine their products, educate the population about the benefits of drones to society as a public health service and public safety service, and establish responsible data policies, are more likely to succeed.
Michael Huerta has played a significant role in shaping American infrastructure. After serving as the Commissioner of New York City's Department of Ports and the Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco in the 80s and 90s, he held senior positions in the US Department of Transportation under President Clinton. In 2002, he helped prepare Salt Lake City's transportation facilities for the Winter Olympics.
Most recently, he served a five-year term as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under President Obama, responsible for the safety and efficiency of the largest aerospace system in the world. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines and is a Senior Advisor at Macquarie Capital, bringing his deep operational experience and industry relationships to the firm.