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This has already started to take place, as the stock has moved higher by 10.5% in the past four weeks. Plus, the company currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) suggesting that now could definitely be the time for this breakout candidate.
More bullishness may especially be the case when investors consider what has been happening for VRTS on the earnings estimate revision front lately. No estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 2 higher, while the consensus estimate has also moved higher too.
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A brilliant new series from the bestselling author of PRINCE OF THORNS.
"I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin"
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices' skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.
But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don't truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse.
Nona isn't your typical hero, she isn't an orphan but she doesn't come from a happy home. After losing her Father her Mother abandon's her and a nine-year old Nona ends up at the Convent of Sweet Mercy. This isn't somewhere that normally takes in waifs and strays. There is a fee for girls to go here it's somewhere the richer families of Abeth send their daughters, and the fee is not something Nona can pay, but the Abbess seems to have her own reasons for taking Nona in, reasons she isn't sharing with anyone, especially not Nona.
Most novels which start when our hero is a child finish when our hero is an adult, we skip over them growing up and boom they do their heroic deed in their adult form. This is not the case here. Nona is a child hero. She is a child fighter, a child warrior. The oldest we see her is about 11/12 but don't be fooled into thinking this is a childs book or even a young adult novel.
Nona, has moments where she shows her young age, and these moments are refreshing and made me giggle and remember that I was reading a story with someone who was young, who should be innocent, but wasn't. Then she would jump straight back to being her grown self. Her life experiences have shaped her to being so much older than her years. She was tenacious and loyal but she had a terrible temper which risked getting her in trouble.
The convent and it's training is harsh but not unfair. I never felt like the girls were being treated unfairly, that the Nuns were bullying them or that the girls were at risk. But they were toughening the girls up, making warriors out of them. The work they were doing had an end game and sometimes the girls may get hurt. In our world what they were doing would definitely seem cruel but they don't live in our world and their world is cruel!
Nona isn't afraid to stand up for what she deems is right, even if that means going up against powerful people. She is willing to fight for what she believes is right, and does to the detriment of her own safety. This leads to Nona's final battle which is excruciating to read, I honestly didn't see how she was going to make it through, even though I knew this was the beginning of a new series I couldn't see a way out. Oh and I forgot to mention she has a Wolverine style power. Yeah! So, I ended up spending the last hundred pages or so with my breath held, toes clenched, and grinding my teeth, there was just so much tension. And no, I'm not going to tell you how it ended!
Red Sister is a stunning piece of literature. I was swept away by this novel, the intricately woven narrative which wastes no time starting at page one and keeping you entwined until the final word. I highly recommend this not only to fans of fantasy but to people looking for a novel that is going to dig deep into their soul and grasp their heart tight.
A huge thanks to Mark Lawrence and Harper Voyager for the eARC of this book in return for my honest review.
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An undersea cable between Perth and Singapore has been cut, affecting Yahoo and Telecom New Zealand Xtra customers.
Customers are experiencing delays of up to two hours sending emails from Xtra email addresses.
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The affected cable is the SEA-ME-WE 3 cable, which is managed by a consortium, including SingTel.
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Introduction to IPv6 by Hubert Feyrer 05/24/2001
According to experts, the Internet as we know it will face a serious problem in a few years. Due to its rapid growth and the limitations in its design, there will be a point when no more free addresses are available for connecting to new hosts. At that point, no more new web servers can be set up, no more users can sign up for accounts at ISPs, and no more new machines can be set up to access the web or participate in online games -- some people might call this a serious problem.
Several approaches have been made to solve the problem. A very popular approach is to not assign a worldwide unique address to every user's machine, but rather to assign them "private" addresses, and hide several machines behind one official, globally unique address. This approach is called "Network Address Translation" (NAT, also known as "IP masquerading"). It has problems, as the machines hidden behind the global address can't be addressed, and as a result of this, opening connections to them -- which are used in online gaming, peer-to-peer networking, etc. -- is not possible. For a more in-depth discussion of the drawbacks of NAT, see [RFC3027].
A different approach to the problem of Internet addresses getting scarce is to abandon the old Internet protocol with its limited addressing capabilities, and use a new protocol that does not have these limitations. The protocol -- or actually, a set of protocols -- used by machines connected to form today's Internet is known as the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol, Internet Protocol) suite, and version 4 currently in use has all the problems described above.
Switching to a different protocol version that does not have these problems of course requires for a "better" version to be available. And actually, there is a better version. Version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6) fulfills future demands on address space, and also addresses other features such as privacy, encryption, and better support of mobile computing.
Assuming a basic understanding of how today's IPv4 works, this article is intended as an introduction to the IPv6 protocol. The changes in address formats and name resolution are covered. After that, it is shown how to use IPv6 -- even if your ISP doesn't offer it -- by using a simple-yet-efficient transition mechanism called 6to4. The goal is to to get online with IPv6, giving example configurations for BSD Unix and Linux.
When telling people to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6, the question you usually hear is Related Reading: "Why?". There are actually a few good reasons to move to the new version:
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When mentioning mobile devices and IP, it's important to note that a special protocol is needed to support mobility, and implementing this protocol -- called "Mobile IP" -- is one of the requirements for every IPv6 stack. Thus, if you have IPv6 going, you have support for roaming between different networks, with global notification when you leave one network and enter the other one. Support for roaming is possible with IPv4 too, but there are a number of hoops that need to be jumped in order to get things working. With IPv6, there's no need for this, as support for mobility was one of the design requirements for IPv6. See [RFC3024] for some more information on the issues that need to be addressed with Mobile IP on IPv4.
Besides support for mobility, security was another requirement for the successor to today's Internet Protocol version. As a result, IPv6 protocol stacks are required to include IPsec. IPsec allows authentication, encryption, and compression of IP traffic. Except for application-level protocols like SSL or SSH, all IP traffic between two nodes can be handled without adjusting any applications. The benefit of this is that all applications on a machine can benefit from encryption and authentication, and that policies can be set on a per-host (or even per-network) basis, not per application/service. An introduction to IPsec with a roadmap to the documentation can be found in [RFC2411], the core protocol is described in [RFC2401].
Changes to IPv4
After giving a brief overview the important features of IPv6, we'll go into the details of the basics of IPv6. A brief understanding of how IPv4 works is assumed, and the changes in IPv6 will be highlighted. Starting with IPv6 addresses and how they're split up, we'll go into the various types of addresses there are, what became of broadcasts; then discuss the IP layer, changes for name resolving, and what's new in DNS for IPv6.
An IPv4 address is a 32-bit value that's usually written in "dotted quad" representation, where each "quad" represents a byte value between 0 and 255, for example: 127.0.0.1
This allows a theoretical number of 2^32 or ~4 billion hosts to be connected on the Internet. Due to grouping, not all addresses are available today.
IPv6 addresses use 128-bit technology, which results in 2128 theoretically addressable hosts. This allows a really big number of machines to be addressed, and it will fit all today's requirements plus PDAs, cell phones, and even IP phones in the near future without any sweat. When writing IPv6 addresses, they are usually divided into groups of 16 bits written as four hex digits, and the groups are separated by colons. An example is: fe80::2a0:d2ff:fea5:e9f5
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This shows a special thing -- a number of consecutive zeros can be abbreviated by a single "::" once in the v6 number. The above address is thus equivalent to fe80:0:00:000:2a0:d2ff:fea5:e9f5 -- leading zeros within groups can be omitted.
To make addresses manageable, they are split in two parts, which are the bits identifying the network a machine is on, and the bits that identify a machine on a network or subnetwork. The bits are known as netbits and hostbits, and in both IPv4 and v6, the netbits are the "left," or most significant bits of an IP number; and the host bits are the "right," or least significant bits: +--------------------+--------------------+ | n netbits | 128-n hostbits | +--------------------+--------------------+
In IPv4, the border is drawn with the aid of the netmask, which can be used to mask all net/host bits. Typical examples are 255.255.0.0 which uses 16-bit for addressing the network, and 16-bit for the machine, or 255.255.255.0 which takes another 8 bits to allow addressing 256 subnets on, for example, a class B net.
When addressing switched from classful addressing to CIDR routing, the borders between net and host bits stopped being 8-bit boundaries, and as a result the netmasks started looking ugly and became unmanageable. As a replacement, the number of network bits is used for a given address, to denote the border. Thus 10.0.0.0/24
is the same as a netmask of 255.255.255.0 (24 single bits). The same scheme is used in IPv6: 2001:638:a01:2::/64
tells us that the address used here has the first (left-most) 64 bits used as the network address, and the last (right-most) 64 bits are used to identify the machine on the network. The network bits are commonly referred to as the (network) "prefix", and the prefix here would be 64 bits.
Common addressing schemes found in IPv4 are the (old) class B and class C nets. With a class C network (/24), 24 bits are assigned by your provider, which leaves 8 bits to be assigned by you. If you want to add any subnetting to that, you end up with "uneven" netmasks that are a bit tricky to deal with. Class B networks (/16) are easier cases where only 16 bits are assigned by the provider, and systems that allow subnetting, or splitting of the right-most bits into two parts -- one to address the on-site subnet, and one to address the hosts on that subnet. Usually, this is done on byte (8-bit) boundaries. Using a netmask of 255.255.255.0 (or a /24 prefix) allows flexible management even of bigger networks. Of course there is the upper limit of 254 machines per subnet, and 256 subnets.
With 128 bits available for addressing in IPv6, the scheme commonly used is the same, only the fields are wider. Providers usually assign /48 networks, which leaves 16 bits for a subnetting and 64 host bits.
Now while the space for network and subnets is sufficient, using 64 bits for addressing hosts seems like a
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waste. It's unlikely that you will want to have several billion hosts on a single subnet, so what is the idea behind this?
The idea behind having fixed-width, 64-bit wide host identifiers is that they aren't assigned manually as in IPv4. Instead, v6 host addresses are recommended (not mandated!) to be built from so-called EUI64 addresses. EUI64 addresses are -- as the name says -- 64-bits wide, and derived from MAC addresses of the underlying network interface. For example, with Ethernet, the 6-byte (48-bit) MAC address is usually filled with the hex bits "fffe" in the middle -- the MAC address 01:23:45:67:89:ab
which again gives the host bits for the IPv6 address. ::0123:45ff:fe67:89ab
These host bits can now be used to automatically assign IPv6 addresses to hosts, which supports autoconfiguration of v6 hosts -- all that's needed to get a complete v6 IP number is the first (net/subnet) bits. IPv6 also offers a solution to assign them automatically.
When on a network of machines speaking IP, there's usually one router which acts as the gateway to outside networks. In IPv6 land, this router will send "router advertisement" information which clients are expected to either receive during operation or solicit upon startup. The router advertisement information includes data on the router's address, and which address prefix it routes. With this information and the host-generated EUI64 address, a v6-host can calculate its IP number, and there is no need for manual address assignment. Of course, routers still need some configuration.
The advertisement information routers create is part of the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP, see [RFC2461]), which is the successor to IPv4's ARP protocol. In contrast to ARP, NDP does not only do lookup of v6 addresses for MAC addresses (the neighbor solicitation/advertisement part), but also does a similar service for routers and the prefixes they serve, which is used for autoconfiguration of v6 hosts as described in the last paragraph.
Multiple addresses
In IPv4, a host usually has one IP number per network interface -- or even per machine if the IP stack supports it. Only very rare applications like web servers result in machines having more than one IP number.
In IPv6, this is different. For each interface, there is not only a globally unique IP address, but there are two other addresses that are of interest: The link-local address, and the site-local address. The link-local address has a prefix of fe80::/64, and the host bits are built from the interface's EUI64 address. The link-local address is used for contacting hosts and routers on the same network only, the addresses are not visible or reachable from different subnets. If desired, there's the choice of either using global addresses (as assigned by a provider), or using site-local addresses.
Site-local addresses are assigned the network address fec0::/10, and subnets and hosts can be addressed just as for provider-assigned networks. The only difference is, that the addresses will not be visible to outside machines, as these are on a different network, and their site-local addresses are in a different physical net (if assigned at all). As with the 10/8 network in IPv4, site-local addresses can be used, but don't have to be. For IPv6, it's most common to have hosts assigned a local link and a global IP address. Site-local addresses are rather uncommon today, and is no substitute for globally unique adresses if global connectivity is required.
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In IP land, there are three ways to talk to a host: unicast, broadcast, and multicast. The most common way to talk to a host is by talking to it directly using its unicast address. In IPv4, the unicast address is the "normal" IP address assigned to a single host, with all address bits assigned. The broadcast address used to address all hosts in the same IP subnet has the network bits set to the network address, and all host bits set to "1" (which can be easily done using the netmask and some bit operations). Multicast addresses are used to reach a number of hosts in the same multicast group, which can be machines spread across the Internet. Machines must join multicast groups explicitly to participate, and there are special IPv4 numbers used for multicast addresses, allocated from the 224/8 subnet. Multicast isn't used very much in IPv4, and only few applications like the MBone audio and video broadcast utilities use it.
In IPv6, unicast addresses are used the same as in IPv4, no surprise there -- all the network and host bits are assigned to identify the target network and machine. Broadcasts are no longer available in IPv6 in the way they were in IPv4, this is where multicasting comes into play. Addresses in the ff::/8 network are reserved for multicast applications, and there are two special multicast addresses that supersede the broadcast addresses from IPv4. One is the "all routers" multicast address, the others is for "all hosts". The addresses are specific to the subnet, for example, a router connected to two different subnets can address all hosts/routers on any of the subnets it's connected to. Addresses here are:
where "X" is the scope ID of the link here, identifying the network. Usually this starts from "1" for the "node local" scope, "2" for the first link, etc. Note that it's perfectly OK for two network interfaces to be attached to one link, thus resulting in double bandwidth:
One use of the "all hosts" multicast is in the neighbor solicitation code of NDP, where any machine that wants to communicate with another machine sends out a request to the "all hosts" group, and the machine in question is expected to respond.
Name resolution
After all the talk about addressing in IPv6, it might make one wonder if there's a proper way to abstract all those long and ugly IPv6 addresses with nice host names as one can do in IPv4, and of course there is.
Host name to IP number resolution in IPv4 is usually done in one of three ways: through a simple table in /etc/hosts, by using the Network Information Service (NIS, formerly YP), or via the Domain Name System (DNS).
As of this writing, NIS/NIS+ over IPv6 is currently only available on Solaris 8, for both database contents and transport, using an RPC extension.
Having a simple address <-> name map like /etc/hosts is supported in all IPv6 stacks. Depending on the implementation, /etc/hosts either contains v6 addresses as well, or there will be a
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separate file that only maps v6 addresses to names. Examples for /etc/hosts that are capable of v6 addresses are the KAME-based IP stacks found in the BSD operating systems (NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc.) and /etc/ipnodes used by the USAGI Linux stack and Solaris. Other implementations may use different files.
For DNS, there are no fundamentally new concepts. IPv6 name resolution is done with AAAA records that -- as the name implies -- point to an entity that's four times the size of an A record. The AAAA record takes a hostname on the left side, just as A does; and on the right side, there's an IPv6 address, such as noon IN AAAA 3ffe:400:430:2:240:95ff:fe40:4385
For the reverse resolution, IPv4 uses the in-addr.arpa zone, and below that it writes the bytes (in decimal) in reversed order (the most significant bytes are to the right). For IPv6 this is similar, only hex digits representing 4 bits are used instead of decimal numbers and resource records are also under a different domain, ip6.int.
So to have the reverse resolution performed for the above host, you would put a line like this into your /etc/named.conf file: zone "0.3.4.0.0.0.4.0.e.f.f.3.IP6.INT" { type master; file "db.reverse"; };
and in the zone file db.reverse you put (besides the usual records like SOA and NS):
The address is reversed here and written down one hex digit after the other, starting with the least significant (right-most) one with the hex digits separated by dots, as in zone files.
One thing to note when setting up DNS for IPv6 is to take note of the DNS software version in use. BIND 8.x does understand AAAA records, but it does not offer name resolution via IPv6. You need BIND 9.x for that. Beyond that, BIND 9.x supports a number of resource records that are currently being discussed but not officially introduced yet. The most noticeable one here is the A6 record which makes it easier to change the provider or prefix.
In summary, this article talked about the technical differences between IPv4 and IPv6 for addressing and name resolution. Some details like IP header options, QoS, and flows were deliberately left out to simplify this explanation.
Hubert Feyrer works on operating systems, databases, and artificial intelligence at the Fachhochschule Regensburg.
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I get a chill whenever I listen to James Brown soulfully sing "It's a Man's Man's Man's World."
I especially like to shout "you got that right" when he says, "but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."
Those lyrics come to mind as we celebrate Women's History Month. It's not a man's world anymore.
March 3 marks 100 years since thousands of women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue demanding the right to vote. They were taunted and pushed but they pressed on. So, too, have women pressed their way into jobs in the private and public sector. The pay for many still isn't quite equal to that of men, but it's getting close.
Up to 1 billion women around the world are expected to enter the workforce over the next decade, according to management consulting firm Booz & Company.
"This is such an incredible, unprecedented time to be a woman in business," says Emily Bennington, a career consultant. "Never before has our style of leadership been so needed, and never before have our choices been so vast and our opportunities so great."
Despite the gains, success in the workplace or moving up the corporate ladder into executive positions is elusive for so many women. It can be frustrating and excruciating, like stuffing your feet into pointy-toe stilettos.
But it can get easier with some guidance, Bennington writes in "Who Says It's a Man's World: The Girls' Guide to Corporate Domination." It is the Color of Money Book Club selection for March.
What I like most about Bennington's book is the focus on self first. "You must be a magnificent woman first to have a magnificent career," she writes.
Don't cringe. Stay with Bennington on this point. It's not psychobabble or girly, touchy-feely stuff that some men and some women might scoff at. Through a series of exercises, coaching and cheerleading, she helps you reach a point where you can overcome the attitudes and behaviors that hold you back. As she writes, corporate domination "isn't about kicking the door down as so many of have been (mis)led to believe. . . . It's about melting it down one thought, one interaction, and one person at a time. . . . Business is a game about people — like everything else in life — it all starts with you."
To get ahead, you have to "cut the crap" — her words, not mine. Yes, there are bumbling sexist bosses and scheming co-workers who may stand in your way. But often the roadblock to success is you. Thus her focus on getting you to be honest with yourself about the things you do to derail your career.
The three biggest career-killers are negative attitudes, holding grudges and worrying too much, Bennington says, calling those behaviors "muddy career sludge."
Then there are the busy people who get success but at a high price. They overschedule and overexert themselves. If that's you, you've got to slow down. Take on less. Get rid of some things (hey, I'm preaching to myself here).
And of course, what would a career-coaching book be without the ubiquitous mommy guilt chapter?
But rein in the guilt, Bennington says.
"There will be times when you have to leave work to deal with your kids and times when you have to leave kids to deal with your work," she writes. "There is guilt in both, but you will save yourself a lot of heartache if you decide — up front — that 'having it all' doesn't mean being it all."
To help on this front, she offers some good simple get-rid-of the guilt advice such as a list of must-have tradeoffs for working moms. One of my favorites: Unapologetically guard your calendar. "It's often a bellwether of your happiness."
I most like the counterintuitive advice she gives about setting goals. Don't measure yourself by checked boxes, she says. Set goals but don't be ruled by them or crushed if you don't reach them.
In the end, Bennington offers these six words for success. "Who. You. Are. Has. No. Ceiling."
I'll be hosting a live online discussion about "Who Says It's a Man's World" at noon on March 28 at washingtonpost.com/discussions. Every month, I randomly select readers to receive a copy of the featured book, which is donated by the publisher. For a chance to win a copy of this month's book club selection, send an e-mail to email@example.com with your name and address.
Readers may write to Michelle Singletary at The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Personal responses may not be possible, and comments or questions may be used in a future column, with the writer's name, unless otherwise requested. To read previous Color of Money columns, go to postbusiness.com.


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I run Linux Mint 10 (64 bit) on my machine, runs like a dream. Although a little hot at times as mentioned below, I do need to strip the keyboard out at some point as it's not been done in a while and the machine is now about 3 years old.
Also run VMWare on this so I can run Windows when I need to test things for work.
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For Seniors: Edit Video with iMovie on iPad 2
You can capture video with your iPad 2, and easily edit movies you take using iMovie. With iMovie, you can splice two videos together and add music, special video effects, and narration.
The iMovie app has been built into Mac computers for several years, and now a version is available for the iPad (it costs $4.99). Download and install iMovie before continuing.
1Tap the iMovie app icon on the Home screen.
The iMovie app opens.
2Tap the New button to begin a new movie project.
Any videos you've taken are listed in the top left corner of the screen.
3Double-tap a video.
The video opens and is ready to edit.
To add one video to the end of another, double-tap another clip in the list of media.The clip appears to the right of the first one in the storyboard. To quickly return from iMovie to your camera, perhaps to capture more footage, tap the Video Camera button.
4To scroll through your video, tap the storyboard.
Wherever the red line sits is where your next action, such as playing the video or adding a transition, begins.
5Tap the Music button to add music.
Choose from sound effects, music in your iPod library, or theme music (a quick and easy way to add a musical track to your video).
Tap Settings to change the settings for playing theme music, looping the music to play continuously, and using a special effect to fade your movie in or out at the beginning and end.
6To record an audio narration, scroll to the point in the movie where you want it to be heard and tap the Microphone button.
Recording tools appear.
7Tap the Record button, wait for the countdown to complete, and then record.
When you're done recording, tap Stop. The Recording Finished dialog appears.


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[color=#008040]Hi all
Just want to ask for some advice out there.
I'm finding it increasingly frustrating that I'm losing work because some customers are requesting that they want there fixed wire testing at the same time as their PAT inspection.
Now I know that you have to train as an electrician to be able to do this, but how do PAT companies get round this that don't advertise themselves as electricians, have they just paid for an intensive course that allows them to carry out Periodic Inspections? Or what?
Surly if your a trained electrician your main income would be from being an electrician and PAT for the added extra.
What am I missing? Should I consider one of these intensive courses to win these contracts?
Is anyone else in the same boat or actually gone ahead and done one of these courses? Do they pay for themselves?
Please let me know your thoughts, I'm very interested.
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DUMBO Improvement District Annual Meeting
DUMBO Improvement District
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Rescheduled post-Sandy, all members of the DUMBO community are invited to attend our Annual Meeting to hear the latest on our hurricane recovery efforts and learn what's in store for the neighborhood in 2013. Three individual will receive the coveted DUMBO "Magic Feather" award: Rachel Hoat, NYC's Chief Digital Officer, Susan Feldman, Artistic Director of St. Ann's Warehouse, and Jerry Hultin, President of NYU-Poly.
The Annual Meeting is free and open to all. Stick around after the meeting to network and share a drink with your neighbors.
Registry by Member Class is a requirement of the DUMBO Improvement District. Please RSVP via EventBrite by January 18.
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Daydreaming may boost creativity, but a new study from psychologists at Harvard University suggests that letting your mind wander may also lead to unhappiness. The researchers had more than 2,000 study participants use an iPhone application that randomly asked them to report their current activity and state of mind. The results indicate that people's minds wander an awful lot: of the 22 activities subjects could choose from, sex was the only one not associated with distraction. Minds were wandering at least 30 percent of the time during everything else from work to conversation—and the more people reported being distracted, the lower they reported their mood. There may be something to "living in the moment" after all.
Lose Focus, Lose Happiness
A wandering mind may bring you down
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Howdy All,
Some hardy souls were able to sneak in a tramshoe yesterday (Saturday). We had a brief window between the Friday system and the current system pounding lower elevations with flooding rain and higher elevations with snow.
Thanks to all of the new snow, our track from last Saturday was obliterated. It was cold and windy, which we expected based the NWS and tram forecast. After obtaining permits, we headed out. Some folks broke the main trail into Round Valley, others headed up the left side of the Sid Davis drainage to Tamarack Valley (my group).
In addition to the wonderful snow, I had the incredible honor of snowshoeing with Dana Potts. Dana Potts, Rob May and the RMRU team heroes rescued me from the summit hut on the Monday after Superbowl weekend in February 2008. I love these folks.
The snow was much deeper yesterday than a week ago -- check out the loo in Tamarack.
Took the traditional winter route from Tamarack to the Miller Saddle.
Once at the Miller Saddle, we headed up the winter route to the peak. A wonderful couple from Oregon joined us and helped Kalen, Lorette and Kevin break trail. My primary role was navigator.
Thanks to the artic wind and snow facials, we didn't linger at the peak and headed down to the hut for lunch. Several folks (including me) goofed around on the top of the hut before goin inside for lunch. Thanks to Kevin for shoveling the snow out of the hut. On the way down the ridge, the wind was howling and blowing snow -- it was a relief to reach the Miller Saddle.
After enjoying Angel's Demise at the tram, we went to John's for dinner. Another Supernatural Day on San Jacinto. Thanks to all of the new snow, we'll be able to plow new again soon.
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Ellen Irene Keele
Sept. 16, 1915-March 16, 2012
Pleasanton, California
ELLEN IRENE KEELE: Born September 16, 1915, passed on March 16, 2012. Loving mother to four daughters; Geri (Keele) Vecchiarelli, Mariann (Keele) Roberts, Rita (Keele) Dort, Veronica (Keele) Plummer, 11 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren. Survived by her brothers, Thomas Smith, James Smith and her sister, Agnes Purvis. Preceded in death by her brother, Laurence Smith and her sister, Ann Salmon. Ellen passed peacefully in the loving arms of her daughter, after a short illness at age 96. Ellen was born in New York, moved to Oakland and settled in San Leandro to raise her children. After successfully rearing her daughters, the entire family moved to Pleasanton over 25 years ago, to continue to raise the siblings together in a large family setting. The matriarch to a large clan, she and her daughters lived within 2 miles of each other and she will be missed by all.
A memorial service will be held at Graham Hitch Mortuary, 4167 First St. Pleasanton, on Saturday, March 31st at 11:30 AM. A short reception will follow.


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The Toy Story 3 train kept chugging over the weekend, out-gunning the debuts of two star-driven vehicles. Grown Ups logged a standard Adam Sandler start, while Knight & Day generated a sub-standard Tom Cruise kick-off. Overall business was down 18 percent from the same timeframe last year, when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was unleashed, and attendance was relatively soft for the time of year.
Generating $59.3 million, Toy Story 3 posted the seventh highest-grossing second weekend ever, though its 3D share dipped to 57 percent, down from last weekend's 60 percent. The animated sequel's 46 percent drop may seem steep, but it was normal, given the movie's intense initial interest and the strength of weekdays at this time of year. In 10 days, Toy Story 3 has tallied $226.9 million, already ranking fifth for 2010, just behind Shrek Forever After (which it will surpass on Monday). That also stands as the seventh highest-grossing 10-day opening ever, lording over any other animated feature.
Grown Ups yanked $40.5 million from approximately 5,100 screens at 3,534 locations, which was the fourth biggest-grossing opening for an Adam Sandler movie but was his ninth best in terms of estimated attendance. Given the added heft of Sandler cronies Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider, that may not seem impressive, but ensemble movies often don't equal the sum of their parts. The cast did make extensive promotional appearances, often targeting sports events dating back to the Super Bowl, while the movie's outdoor campaign used real pictures of the actors from when they were 12 years old. Grown Ups, though, came off as these actors hanging out on a family vacation. Lacking a crackling comic premise, there was no urgency to see it in theaters, but Sandler batting in his wheelhouse again was still a draw. Distributor Sony Pictures' exit polling indicated that 53 percent of the audience was female and that 52 percent was under 25 years old.
Knight & Day enlisted $20.1 million on around 4,100 screens at 3,098 locations, bringing its five-day haul to $27.4 million. Attendance was below average for a spy movie, and it was Tom Cruise's lowest in a leading role since Far and Away in 1992 (which had nearly as many viewers from about half the theaters). Mr. Cruise's last summer action spectacle, Mission: Impossible III, was deemed somewhat of a disappointment, but it still debuted to $47.7 million. Co-star Cameron Diaz has never been as consistent a performer as Cruise, and Knight & Day is a reunion of the two actors: Diaz had a supporting role in Cruise's Vanilla Sky, which started at $25 million (or the equivalent of over $35 million adjusted for ticket price inflation). Distributor 20th Century Fox's research showed that Knight & Day's audience had an even split between genders and that 56 percent was over 25 years old.
Outside of the Mission: Impossible movies, Tom Cruise's pictures generally aren't prone to record-breaking launches, and they often enjoy relatively long runs, but, even under the rosiest of circumstances moving forward, Knight & Day is unlikely to reach the $100 million mark that used to be the norm for Mr. Cruise. While Cruise reprised the running man routine that has served him well in the past, Knight & Day was the dramatic star's first at-bat in the action-comedy genre.
Unfortunately, the movie's marketers didn't get the memo: instead of a summer romp, Knight & Day was presented as if it had a similar premise to Collateral, only more brightly lit and with more quips, and the drama was punctuated by the Muse song "Uprising" (also just used to push the V television series). The ads weren't clear about the movie's story or tone, leaving only the action spectacle and star power to carry the day. In this context, though, Cruise seemed unhinged (Diaz being the audience surrogate), making the movie an out-of-form self-referential nod to Cruise's oft-criticized off-screen behavior of recent years. Sensing things weren't working, the ad campaign shifted gears at the last minute, cutting the Muse song but offering only more generics.
Meanwhile, The Karate Kid retreated 48 percent to $15.5 million. The fall was harsh for such a supposed crowd pleaser, but the remake is still a champ with $135.8 million in 17 days. The A-Team took a harder hit, off 57 percent to $6.2 million, and has packed a modest $63 million in 17 days. Most holdovers saw relatively severe declines, but Jonah Hex was the worst, plummeting 70 percent to $1.6 million for just $9.2 million in 10 days.
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Broadband communication services, both wired and wireless, are now widely available in much of the world. Long distance point-to-point delivery of these services is provided. almost universally, using optical fibers. A single fiber, a 100 microns in diameter, can now support data rates in the terabit/s (1012 bit/s) range over distances of 10, 000 km. Consequently fiber optic cables serve as the backbone for the internet and long-distance point-to-point communications. The penetration of fiber-to-the home is also increasing. Fiber has its own special set of channel impairments, such as polarization mode distortion, group velocity dispersion and four wave mixing. The use of different modulation formats to help combat these impairments is an area of active investigation. The implementation of error-correcting techniques that can operate at the high data rates supported by optical fibers is also an area of research, as is the development of new integrated and fiber optic devices.
Wireless communications, including cell-phone and satellite systems, operate primarily at radio or microwave frequencies. On earth, free-space optical communications occupy small niches, such as infrared-based, TV, remote controllers. The most important application of free-space optical communications is for space-based systems, including satellite-to-satellite relays and deep space (i.e., scientific satellite payloads)-to-earth data/telemetry links. Satellite-to-satellite optical relay links in earth orbit have already been demonstrated. In deep space, distances can be enormous (e.g., 132 million km from Earth to Mars) resulting in extremely high diffraction-induced propagation losses. Consequently at radio frequencies, reliable communication over such large distances is not possible at anything but very low data rates. For fixed size antennas these propagation losses, however, decrease as the square of the wavelength, thus making optical transmission the preferred technology. The deep space optical channel differs from the radio wave channel since the noise statistics are Poisson rather than Gaussian. Thus the analysis and design of free-space optical communications systems has its own set of problems distinct from those encountered by systems operating at non-optical frequencies. The development of powerful error-correcting techniques, especially those involving LDPC and Turbo codes, for deep space optical channels is an area of on-going research.
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Eleven years have passed since the Faint released Danse Macabre. With a deluxe remastered edition released today, the Faint have been traversing the country, playing the whole album in its entirety along with a few new recently recorded tracks like "Evil Voices." They rattled a packed Fonda Theatre with their blinding strobe lights and unrelenting buzzy synthesizers. Keeping things in the keyboard realm, Trust and the Casket Girls provided support. Check out the gallery above and the setlist below.
The FAINT SETLIST
01 The Unseen Hand
02 Dropkick The Punks
03 Desperate Guys
04 Victim Convenience
05 Take Me To The Hospital
06 Agenda Suicide
07 Glass Danse
08 Total Job
09 Let The Poison Spill From Your Throat
10 Your Retro Career Melted
11 Posed To Death
12 The Conductor
13 Violent
14 Ballad Of A Paralysed Citizen
15 The Geeks Were Right
16 Call Call
17 Mirror Error
18 Mote
19 Worked Up So Sexual
20 Evil Voices
21 I Disappear
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of some 3,000 older adults, those with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood were 30 percent less likely to develop an irregular heartbeat over the next 14 years than peers with the lowest blood levels of omega-3s.
"A 30 percent lower risk of the most common chronic arrhythmia in the United States population is a pretty big effect," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, senior author of the new report and a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
According to some estimates, up to nine percent of Americans will develop atrial fibrillation, a heart-rhythm abnormality that can lead to stroke and heart failure, by the time they reach their 80s.
There are few treatments for the condition and they largely center on preventing strokes with blood-thinning drugs.
Some previous studies have suggested that people who eat a lot of fish have a lower risk of developing atrial fibrillation to begin with. But others haven't found the same link.
The omega-3 fatty acids measured in the new study — eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) - are found in oily fish and some enriched foods, like eggs, as well as in fish oil supplements.
The earlier studies relied on questionnaires about how much fish people ate, which can only estimate the levels of omega-3s they ingested, Mozaffarian noted.
"Any given fish species can vary in its omega-3s by 10-fold," he told Reuters Health.
To get a more accurate measurement of how much fish oil the people in the study actually ingested, the researchers sampled blood from more than 3,300 adults over age 65.
Over 14 years, they tracked the seniors' health and found that 789 had developed atrial fibrillation.
Those with top-25-percent omega-3 levels in their bloodstreams at the beginning of the study were about 30 percent less likely to end up with the arrhythmia compared to those with bottom-25-percent blood levels of the fatty acids.
The difference in risk isn't huge, but "these are meaningful reductions in risk" said Dr. Alvaro Alonso, a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health who was not involved in this study.
A 30 percent reduction in risk would mean that instead of 25 out of every 100 people developing a condition, only about 17 out of every 100 people would get it.
Another study from Finland used the same approach of measuring fatty acids in the blood and found a similar reduction in the risk of atrial fibrillation among those with the highest levels.
Mozaffarian's group tried to tease out which of the omega-3 fats might be responsible for the lower risk, and found that high DHA levels were linked to a 23 percent lower risk for atrial fibrillation while EPA and DPA were not tied to any reduced risk.
DHA is highly concentrated in heart muscle cell membranes, Mozaffarian and his colleagues point out in their report, published in the journal Circulation.
Alonso cautioned that this study doesn't prove eating fish is responsible for the lower rate of atrial fibrillation, but he said there is some idea that the fatty acids found in fish could work by stabilizing the excitability of heart muscle cells.
He said that the results seem promising enough to warrant further studies experimenting with using fish oil as a potential preventive measure against atrial fibrillation.
An earlier study of fish oil pills found that they didn't help the symptoms of atrial fibrillation in people who had already developed the arrhythmia (see Reuters Health story of November 15, 2010).
The American Heart Association, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other groups recommend eating fish at least twice a week.
Mozaffarian said most Americans don't meet those goals.
He said his study "doesn't change current guidelines, but I think this should change people's motivation."
SOURCE: bit.ly/zJUGYH Circulation, online January 26, 2012.


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IWRG (SUN) 01/29/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), DJ Spectro, The Gladiatores]
1) Volaris b Matrix Jr.
straight falls for Volaris.
2) Astro de Plata & Astro Rey Jr. b Pacto Negro & Polifacético
Tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Freyser, Saruman, Tony Rivera b Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Imposible
Tecnicos took 2/3. Saruman and Carta Brava ripped up each other's masks, and Saruman pinned Brava with "Sugar Reloaded."
4) Eterno, Oficial AK47, X-Fly b Angelico, Centvrión, Veneno
Centvrión reappeared here. Eterno replaced Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. The rudos ripped up Centvrion's mask, causing him to go to back to get a new one and the rudos taking the first. Tecnicos came back in the second, but the rudos cheated to win in the third. Eterno pulled Centvrion's mask and fouled him before the pin.
5) Chico Che b Black Terry [hair]
Chico Che won the first with his splash, Black Terry took the second. Chico Che took out referee Reyes with his splash in the third, and Black Terry kept getting pins with no one to count. Alan Extreme, Terry's second, complained to the commissioner. Those two got a new referee, but Carta Brava Jr. (Chico Che's second) fouled Black Terry in the meantime. Alan took out Brava with a huge tope, but Chico Che had the pin when Grillo ran in to count.
The hair match is up in three parts: one two three
@guerrero_cmll, CMLL's Guerrero del Futuro's twitter account, says NJPW's Prince Devitt will be coming soon to CMLL soon. He also confirms the Namajague who
debuted in Guadalajara last night will debut this Tuesday is another NJPW wrestler. He's on Sunday's Arena Coliseo (DF) show.
Rob has a Rey Misterio Jr. dropkick from earlier in the career.
Nice of AAA to link to El Consejo's facebook. Also on Facebook: a group petitioning for three hours of AAA each week on Televisa.
X-Project says their debut main event is Super Crazy, Raven, and Tommy Dreamer vs a Mexican trio TBA.
Jack Evans says Perro Aguayo is a strong fighter, but he can beat him.
Lucha POP is teasing Traumas vs Sami Callihan. That's an excellent idea!
Alison Evans (no relation!) talks about her match on the Versus show.
CMLL (SUN) 02/05/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Alteño vs Metalik
2) Brillante vs Acertijo
3) Esfinge & Halcon de Plata vs Demonio Maya & Infierno
4) Brazo de Oro, Gallo, Stuka Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, El Barbaro, Ráfaga
5) Atlantis vs Último Guerrero
It's six weeks out from a major show, so I guess CMLL's back to teasing Atlantis & Ultimo Guerrero will really have a mask match this time, really.
This is Brazo de Oro's first appearance in Guadalajara in two years, when he lost his hair to Asesino Negro. He was in Acapulco this past November, seemingly setting up a hair match there, but that didn't pan out. I wonder who's getting the win here.


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MIAMI - Sources identified the man who was shot and killed by police while biting off parts of another man's face near Downtown Miami on Saturday.
Police sources identified the man as Rudy Eugene.
Police said Eugene, 31, was found attacking another man near the west end of the MacArthur Causeway and Biscayne Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.
"When the officer approached him, told him to stop, pointed a gun at him, he turned around and growled like a wild animal and kept eating at the man's face," Fraternal Order of Police President Armando Aguilar said Sunday.
A witness said Eugene was biting off pieces of the other man's face and tossing them aside. He described it as looking like a scene out of The Walking Dead.
Police then shot and killed Eugene after attempting to stop the assault.
It's unclear what sparked the fight.
Aguilar said Eugene had likely overdosed, citing four past instances in Miami-Dade County when people overdosed on a type of LSD, removed their clothes, and became violent.
"It causes them to go completely insane and become very violent," said Aguilar.
The victim, a homeless man who frequents the same area where he was nearly killed, is listed in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Aguilar said 75 to 80 percent of the victim's face was missing.
Both men have had prior run-ins with law enforcement. Miami-Dade court records for both show both men have been arrested for mostly a handful of misdemeanors.
Who is Rudy Eugene?
Eugene was previously married. He met his now ex-wife in high school at North Miami Beach Senior High.
Their marriage was short-lived, lasting a year and a half.
"I wouldn't say he had mental problem but he always felt like people was against him type of attitude. No one was for him, everyone was against him," said Eugene's ex-wife.
The two filed for divorce in 2007 during a violent point in their relationship.
The woman told Local 10's Terrell Forney that Eugene became increasingly violent toward her.
"That's why I left," said Eugene's ex-wife.
The two had not spoken in three or four years.
A woman who answered the door at Eugene's former North Miami Beach home told Local 10 that the prior family had lost the 1-story house to foreclosure in 2011.
However, Eugene would often pop up to the home unannounced, often looking for mail, which made the new family uncomfortable.
"He kind of looked weird a little bit but other than that I said as long as I've got bats and got the alarm system put up, I was okay," said the woman.
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Political debate in Ontario is now dominated by a simple question: Did Drummond recommend it or didn't he?
On February 15, rock-star economist Don Drummond turned in several hundred pages worth of recommendations to the government, providing advice on how to balance Ontario's budget.
Premier Dalton McGuinty has already rejected two of Drummond's biggest cost-saving ideas: cutting energy rebates and eliminating early kindergarten. Opposition critics at Queen's Park are still trying to get a yes or no answer on the hundreds of remaining recommendations.
Last week, I argued in the Financial Post that the report's biggest mistake was its failure to focus on economic growth. But even measured by the standard of its main purpose -- deficit reduction -- the report falls badly short. With that in mind, this is the first of a series of posts I'll make here examining Drummond's recommendations.
I'll start with Drummond's weakness on health reform. If Ontario hopes to contain future budgets with spending cuts, health spending is a critical target. Drummond himself notes Ontario's health budget has risen by 6.9 per cent on average in recent years; private sector projections suggest cost rises in the 6.5 per cent range. Looking forward, Drummond's "status quo" scenario projects annual increases of 4.9 per cent through to 2017.
Meanwhile, Drummond's target rate of cost growth is 2.5 per cent or below.
The report's ideas to achieve that goal are riddled with contradictions.
He would concentrate administration under local health networks to cut the number of health organizations, yet he wants new organizations to manage chronic care. He calls for clearer lines of accountability, yet he seeks to give another agency completely new regulatory authority to impose system-wide changes from the outside.
Drummond wants Ontario to "[c]reate policies to move people away from inpatient acute care settings by shifting access to the health care system away from emergency rooms and towards community care." He insists that "[t]his alone should reduce the number of people who end up being admitted to hospital beds..." It's an amusing claim. Health managers have struggled to "create policies" to do just that for decades, without success. The most common tool used worldwide to reduce emergency room pressure -- user fees for non-emergency treatments -- is, of course, rejected outright.
Drummond is also well-versed in the health system's trendiest solution: He wants to shift more work to lower tiers of medical staff, including pharmacists and physician assistants. More primary care, more "care quarterbacks," and more changes to physician compensation.
Toronto Star columnist Thomas Walkom thrives on attacking this sort of report. Yet even he had trouble finding any red meat, calling Drummond's health plans "vague," a "litany of familiar nostrums" and "quixotic."
In fact, Drummond's health prescription is so generic, Health Minister Deb Matthews believes she's already implementing most of it. And she's probably right. Yet nobody was projecting the end of health inflation when the Minister announced these initiatives, so it's unclear how stamping Drummond's name on the same model will bring cost growth down from five to seven per cent to 2.5 per cent.
Virtually every public health system in the industrial west has seen cost rises stubbornly stay within a range of three per cent to 10 per cent -- even in countries where brutal rationing is used to contain costs. The downturn hasn't changed that. U.S. analysts recently claimed victory after recessionary pressures brought Medicare and Medicaid inflation to record lows in 2009-2010. "Record lows" means that spending grew 3.8 per cent and 3.9 per cent, respectively.
Since health care consumes over 40 per cent of Ontario's budget, even a modest shortfall could burn up much of what Drummond hopes to save elsewhere. Ontario's health budget is $47 billion this fiscal year. Suppose we contain cost growth in 2012-2013 to just three per cent, instead of the target 2.5 per cent. That half-point margin of failure means $235 million must be made up somewhere else to hit Drummond's targets. And the $235 million will have to be saved every year thereafter, unless reductions in the following year are pushed even lower to compensate.
My own view -- the closing to each of these posts -- is that Ontario must take some risks to promote an aggressive economic recovery. Selective savings won't raise enough to balance the budget alone -- especially if the savings ideas are as vague, generic, and contradictory as those in Drummond's health review.
So let me repeat my basic point: When Premier Dalton McGuinty went looking for advice, he hired Drummond. What he got was an economist who told him to charge more for parking and amalgamate public health boards. What he needed more was an economist to explain how to get Ontario working again.


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Love is in the air…
The Dogwood Set in Spud & Chloë Outer is a lovely way to treat yourself today! Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Spud & Chloë!
The Details
Pattern: Dogwood Set
Designer: Jane Richmond
Size: cowl – one
• mittens – S (M, L)
Needles: Size 11 (8mm) double pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge (Mittens)
• Size 15 (10mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge (Cowl)
Yarn: Spud & Chloë Outer, shown Rocket #7211
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Original iPhone and iPhone 3G owners, you can now pull the trigger on that iPhone OS 3.0 download. Apple has just released the software to the masses, which can be found by clicking to your iPhone pane in iTunes and then clicking on the "Check for Updates" button. The download is about 230MB and things are looking a little pokey for most people, so better go grab some coffee while you wait.
As for what to expect in the newest version of Apple's mobile OS, we have a handy review of the software right here for your edification. We love the little changes sprinkled throughout the OS, including how SMSes are deleted/forwarded, Find My iPhone, and of course, Mail and Spotlight search! There are some things we didn't like, too, like the inability to send calendar event invitations for meetings. Check out the review for the full monty.
For you iPod touch users, OS 3.0 is now available for you too. Just shell out the usual $9.95 (grumble grumble) in order to get it.


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7 products to always keep in your work bag
These beauty heroes will keep you polished and professional from 9-5.
To say that liquid lipstick is having a moment is a bit of an understatement. Thankfully, the super-matte, high-coverage finish is suitably sophisticated for the office. And it doesn't budge, to boot (if you do go outside your lip line, dip a cotton bud in a cream and wipe away the mistake). Remember, you only need one coat because of the opacity!
QUICK TIP: Overloading on product leads to flaking, which none of us want, so if you can't get that thin layer with the doe-foot applicator, use a lip brush instead.
If you're a multi-tasker at work, you're going to love this double-ended makeup brush. The flatter, round-edged side is for applying, blending and contouring with liquid or cream foundations, which gives a more flawless appearance than using your fingers. The fluffy, domed end is for powder blushers and bronzers.
QUICK TIP: If you don't have time to clean your brush right after use (and who does on a Monday morning?!), just make sure you do a deep clean at least once a week, especially if you find foundation caking up in the bristles.
To look perfectly polished and professional, groomed brows can go a long way. Fill in any gaps with a pencil or powder if necessary, then apply this clear gel over the top to lock it all into place. Or here's a neat trick if you've got full brows – start with the tail and brush the gel towards the nose first, then brush it back from inner corner back to tail. You'll have more volume and definition this way!
QUICK TIP: You can also tame flyaway or baby hairs along your forehead with a few sweeps of the brow gel, especially when pulling your hair into a ponytail or bun.
Have to deal with an aggressive air conditioner or heater in your workplace? While you probably have your skincare sorted, your hands may be suffering, too. Keep a hand cream at your desk and use as necessary to nurture and hydrate, plus get a fragrant pick-me-up courtesy of the essential oils.
QUICK TIP: Give yourself a quick hand massage when applying hand cream – using your right thumb, massage the pads of the palm on your left hand, along each finger and finally, in between the thumb and index finger. Switch hands.
In most workplaces, you don't want to look over-done, but defined. This is where dip liner comes in. Whether you've opted for a subtle flick or a tightline, the fine tip applicator offers precise application, while the long-lasting water-resistant formula resists smudging and fading.
QUICK TIP: For effortless eyeliner, line your eyes with dots first, then join them up. Just make sure your dots aren't too big – they should be roughly the same size as the width of your desired line.
Constantly moving from one environment to the next can wreak havoc on all the hard work you've put into your tresses. Try a smoothing, straightening balm to fight frizz and keep things sleek, no matter your hair type. Distribute evenly through damp hair and either heat style or leave to air dry.
QUICK TIP: You can also use the hair balm (sparingly!) on dry hair to define the ends of your hair.
A concealer pen is a handy and very important tool to have in your handbag or desk, especially when it feels silky and has a radiant finish. With low to medium coverage, it's perfect for touch-ups during the day – simply swipe on and pat into place with your ring finger. And if you've got one in a shade lighter, it can be used as a highlighter, too.
QUICK TIP: Besides the obvious blemishes or discolourations, concealing the redness around your nose also does wonders for evening out your skin tone.


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For use on vehicles with a 2 lift. Skyjacker Softride Hydro Shocks feature Hydraulic action, multi-stage velocity sensitive valving, 5/8 diameter hardened double chrome rod, internal rebound bumper, oversize piston head, tough polyurethane bushings, variable resistance, and expanded fluid reservoir to help maintain consistent performance with less foaming and heavy-duty twin tube construction. Softride Hydro Shocks are finished with a heavy-duty high mileage white paint that provides a minimum 240-salt protection. This is the shock that we recommend with most of our kits. It gives a great street ride and is still firm enough for most off-roading. Shocks include red polyurethane bushings, red boot and are back with a limited lifetime warranty. Note: These shocks are for suspension lift kits only. Shocks will not lift vehicle. *Shocks are sold individually.
When it comes to leveling kits, suspension kits and sport lifts, Skyjacker Suspensions delivers a vast selection of parts for Jeeps. We carry everything from the basics to the odds and ends that keep rides smooth and bouncing in check on or off the trail. Wrangler, Cherokee, Rubicon drivers and more depend on the heavy-duty construction that has become a Skyjacker staple to make wheeling on big tires safe and sound. Everyone needs adventures in their life and Skyjacker products like suspension and stabilizer kits, shocks and coil springs help make them possible. Shop Skyjacker Now


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The Housing and Community Services Department works on a variety of plans, policies, and reports.
As a condition of receiving entitlement grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), such as Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and the HOME Partnership for Investment Program grant (HOME), the City completes:
Five Year Consolidated Plans for Housing and Community Development which details the City's five-year strategy for allocating its HUD funds to affordable housing, community development, fighting poverty, and homelessness; addressing impediments to fair housing; and citizen participation.
Annual Action Plans which describe the City's plan to implement the Consolidated Plan during the coming year.
Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reports (CAPER) analyzes the City's progress in utilizing its HUD funds and achieving its goals during the past year.
The Department also administers the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program.
The Department works on plans and policies related to homelessness and special needs housing.
The Department works closely with the Planning & Development Department on other plans and policies, including the:
The Housing and Community Services Department presented a report on current programs and activities for a City Council workshop on January 13, 2009.


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Cluedo Classic. Reclusive millionaire Samuel Black's been murdered in his mansion! Now, it's up to you to crack the case! Question everything to unravel the mystery. Who did it? Where? And with what weapon? Ransack the mansion for clues, ask cunning detective questions and leave no card unturned. Solve the murder first to win! Fun twist on the classic mystery game features new characters and a two-player version! For 2 to 6 players. Includes Mansion Gameboard, 1 Yellow Murder Envelope, 1 Detective Notepad, 6 Character tokens, 21 Black Cluedo cards, 13 Red Bonus cards, 6 Weapon tokens, 2 Dice and Game Guide.
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Corning Community College is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State. It offers an extensive, yet affordable range of educational, cultural, and social opportunities to a diverse population of more than 5,000 full and part-time students. A member of the SUNY system, CCC is widely known for its commitment to excellence in teaching and student development.
Employee Benefits
In addition to the excellent benefits described below, CCC has numerous committees, organizations, and social events on campus in which all employees are encouraged to participate. Please contact Human Resources at 607-962-9229 for further information on any of these employee benefit programs.
In accordance with the CCC's personnel policies and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement, full-time employees appointed for five months or longer (one semester for academic employees) are eligible to participate in the following benefit programs:
Health Insurance
- Traditional Blue Cross Blue Shield indemnity plan, OR
- Blue PPO
Flexible Spending Accounts
- Medical Care
- Dependent Care
Voluntary Benefits
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
Retirement Plans
- Three plans are available: NYS Employees' Retirement Plan (ERS), NYS Teachers' Retirement Plan (TRS), Optional Retirement Program (TIAA CREF and three alternate funding vehicles)
- Eligibility for a particular plan(s) varies according to the job classification
Tax Deferred Plan
NYS Deferred Compensation Plan
Group Term Life Insurance
- Basic and accidental death & dismemberment coverage ($20,000 each) is provided, at no cost, to employees
- Supplemental coverage equal to 1.5 or 2 times annual rate of pay is available as an additional employee expense
- Dependent coverage ($10K for spouse; $5K/dependent child) is available as an additional employee expense
Travel Accident Insurance
- $100K of coverage provided, at no expense, to employees
Long Term Disability
- Provided, at no cost, to employees
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Dimensions: width approx 3.5" (9cm) x ht approx 4.75" (12cm)
This is one of several styles of pottery handmade stoneware mug by Steve Woodhead in UK. They make great coffee / tea mug / cup, This mug has four sculptured feet which gives it a "funky" feel & look.l
Each ceramic mug / cup is handmade on the pottery wheel, whilst each pottery mug / cup starts with the same weight of clay they do differ slightly in height and width which adds to the individuality of the piece.
The decoration comprises of several glazes which run and flow over each other in the kiln creating a unique and individual decoration. Because each mug is individual it will be slightly different from the picture.
The rim of the mug / cup is thrown thin to give a comfortable feeling in the mouth. In addition, the handle incorporates a "thumb grip" which makes the mug very comfortable to hold in the hand.
These mugs are microwave & dishwasher friendly, and have rattled arround our dishwasher for the past 5 years without incidence.


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David Aspden
(Australia, England 01 May 1935 – 26 Jun 2005)
Meditations on landscape no. 3
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David Aspden was born in 1935 in England and migrated to Australia in 1950. He worked as an apprentice painter/sign writer in Port Kembla for twelve years, before pursuing his intention to be an artist, in which he was largely self-taught. He moved to Sydney in 1964, where he remained for the rest of his life. His first solo exhibition was in 1965 at Watters Gallery, with two works shown in the landmark 1968 NGV exhibition on abstraction, 'The field'. In 1971 he was awarded a gold meal at the 'XI Bienal de Sao Paulo in Brazil', and was represented in the exhibition 'Ten Australians' which toured Europe in 1974. In 1980 he spent time in New York at the Australia Council Canal Street studio. In 1995 he won the Wynne Prize, having exhibited in 16 Wynne prizes between 1977-98, plus on Sulman Prize and one Archibald Prize. He died in Sydney in 2005.
For Aspden, painting was as much an act/process as well as the creation of an all-encompassing colour environment. His early interests lay in international formalist/ hard edge painting, which gave way to a more nuanced and lyrical abstraction influenced by music, landscape and nature. Above all, his work emphasised colour and expressed his remarkable facility for tone, and interest in balancing interlocking shapes, colours, tones and light.
- Year
- 1998
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- Drawing
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- synthetic polymer paint on white wove paper
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- 37.0 x 55.2 cm sheet
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Signed and dated upper c. verso, black fibre-tipped pen ".../ Aspden '98/ .../ .../ ...".
Signed l.r. corner, black fibre-tipped pen "Δ [artist's monogram]".
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- Gift of Karen Aspden 2008
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Baltimore Consort performs in Greenwich
The sounds of the Renaissance era will flow into contemporary Connecticut as the Baltimore Consort, one of the most acclaimed groups of the early music revival, performs at the Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library.
Now in its 33rd season, the six-piece outfit is a present-day incarnation of what was referred to in Elizabethan England as the "consort of instruments" -- instrumental ensembles armed with viol, lute, bass recorder, cittern and pandora.
While grounded in a centuries-old tradition, the Consort's members operate like a modern jazz combo, each taking the lead at inuitive moments, playing off one another and giving to bursts of improvisation.
"There's a lot of wonderful colors in this music, and how we mix and match our colors is an important aspect of presentation," Larry Lipkis, the group's viol player, said in a phone interview last week. "It's really beautiful how we work together."
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the Baltimore Consort will present a selection of upbeat romantic pieces. The program, "Cupid's Cabinet: Love Songs of the British Isles, France, Spain and the New World," features a collection of lyrically melodious, rhythmically textured chansons, ballads and dances, many culled from the group's 1998 album, "Art of the Bawdy Song."
As much musicologists as musicians, the Baltimore Consort has followed the trail of Renaissance music through time and space, mining everything from Spanish Villancicos to Appalachian folk ballads to music written for Shakespeare's plays.
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Sunday, Feb. 16, 3:30 p.m. Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave. 203-622-7900,
"Over the years, we've branched out into Scottish, French, Italian, German and Spanish music, as well as music from the New World," Lipkis said. "It's like doing a search online -- you're reading about one subject and you find links to other things and you go deeper and deeper and deeper."
The Baltimore Consort was founded at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore in 1980. Its present membership features instrumentalists Lipkis, Mary Anne Ballard, Mark Cudek, Ronn McFarlane and Mindy Rosenfeld and singers Danielle Svonavec and Jose Lemos (the Feb. 16 concert will feature the latter of the two vocalists, a native of Brazil).
The Baltimore Consort tours consistently throughout the United States and Europe, and has held residencies at the Walters Art Gallery and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C. The group has released 14 full-length albums on the Dorian label, the latest being "Adío España: Romances, Villancicos, and Improvisations from Spain."
Thanks to the Baltimore Consort (and other groups of their ilk), the music of a distant era, once ubiquitous in the royal courts of Elizabethan England, can now be heard in present-day venues. And though it's gleaned from a far away time and place, the music still sounds fresh.
"People really like the sound because it reminds them to some degree of bluegrass, jazz, folk rock," he said. "It's going to be entertaining, with lots of variety. Whether or not you've heard this music before, you're going to be very pleased."
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City Secretary - Oct. 24, 2013
Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian H. Burke is accepting applications from citizens interested in filling a vacancy on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Community Appearance Commission.
The Community Appearance Commission seeks to enhance and improve the visual quality and aesthetic character of Forsyth County and the city of Winston-Salem for the education, pleasure and enrichment of city and county residents; and to improve the community's visual quality of life for generations to come.
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What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
I'm always fascinated by the breakdown in communication that can occur when you order a cake. I love figuring out what went wrong just by looking at the cake; it beats any crossword puzzle or word jumble.
Other times there's a severe misunderstanding from the get-go:
I like to think that if they'd spelled "capital" correctly they might have figured it out.
Sometimes you specifically ask for little plastic "Happy Birthday sticks" stuck in your order of cupcakes:
Other times you're just not specific enough:
And sometimes, on wonderful, rare occasions, you get an amazingly talented baker. A baker with mad piping skills, a steady hand, and perfect spelling. A baker who, incidentally, is also a little hard of hearing. So, when you get this baker, and you want to order a giant Gerber daisy on your cake, just be sure you enunciate really, really well.
Because otherwise...