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"An archaeologist has found a book which tells of a fallen civilization called America, so he sets out to discover it remnants, though fears he may only find the air of myth. He reaches a foggy shore patrolled by ghost crabs. It feels cold like a dead continent …………."
I was intrigued but to say too give details here about the storyline of this book with its many absorbing developments would spoil the reading.
The beginning had me confused - India, Spitfires, Nazis, 2022 – but still captivated me and grabbed my attention. Combined with highly descriptive, exciting writing I was engrossed and had to keep reading.
This is science fiction at its purest with plenty of action that holds the reader's attention and keeps them guessing the twists adding to the excitement.
I had two problems with this book; science fiction is not a genre I generally read and as an Australian I was not sufficiently knowledgeable about American cultural and political to understand much of the story line. However, I knew enough to enjoy the little bit of humour courtesy of George Bush speeches.
If you love science fiction I am sure you will enjoy Beyond the Ocean Blue
I have given Beyond the Ocean Blue 3 ½ stars rounded up to 4 because of my lack of knowledge and basic disinterest in sci-fi.
This book was provided to me for free for an honest and unbiased review.


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The Aussie market is flat so far today, holding around 4430.
The index traded up to a high of 4445 but the bulls couldn't maintain the momentum and the index rolled over.
The sectors are fairly evenly balanced between winners and losers, with healthcare, IT and energy the strongest performers, whilst utilities, financials and telcos are the weakest links.
In company news, Brambles has jumped 3% after announcing that it is on track to meets its full year profit target of between US$1.05 billion and US$1.08 billion.
Elsewhere, APN News & Media is trading flat, after saying that it will review its media businesses in New Zealand due to receiving several approaches for the assets.
Around the region Asian markets are all trading higher; the Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite are 0.9% each, whilst the Nikkei is up 0.1%.

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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Geetha, Anarkali no challenge : Nadeesha Hemamali
Popular actress Nadeesha Hemamalee, who is set to contest the upcoming elections to the Southern Provincial Council on the UNP ticket, said today the two popular actresses Geetha Kumarasinghe and Anarkali Aakarsha, who represent the UPFA in the SPC would not be a challenge to her.
"I will not consider them as a challenge. It is the people who are a challenge to me. To me what is important or what matters is for people to accept me," she said.
When asked for her views on land and police powers as laid down in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, she said during her first election campaign she would not only answer that question but would also give good reasons for bringing back the 17th Amendment.
In response to a question by a journalist, Ms. Hemamalee said she would not consider the leadership struggle in the UNP as a big issue but that she believed in respecting the leaders as a matter of policy and said she would expect the support of both UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and front-liner Sajith Premadasa for her election campaign.
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Members enjoy fantastic night of music
Members of EYECAN attended a fantastic night of Classics from Vienna performed by the Jersey Chamber Orchestra at the Jersey Opera House on Saturday 7th October.
The music which included pieces from Beethoven and Mozart were thoroughly enjoyed and masterfully played and conducted. An exciting programme of popular classics from Vienna. With Mozart's famous Horn Concerto performed by soloist Martin Owen, and Beethoven´s Pastoral Symphony this concert was not to be missed.
Our members had a brilliant night and both EYECAN and the members who attended would like to thank Music In Action for the complementary tickets.


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"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2
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Drivers in Nashville must be constantly vigilant to avoid an auto accident. If an accident is caused by a drunk driver, it can be especially frustrating to those who were injured because it didn't have to happen. A person who is hurt in an alcohol related accident needs to understand the long-term issues they may face. There could be severe injuries and massive medical expenses. Lives can be changed forever due to an accident caused by a drunk driver.
A two-vehicle crash sent a 42-year-old man and his 27-year-old passenger to the hospital. The accident occurred as a 2002 Ford Escape driven by a 35-year-old man was heading south and attempted to make a turn. A 1973 Volkswagen Beetle, driven by the 42-year-old man, was traveling north and crashed into the Escape. The Escape didn't yield as it was supposed to. When law enforcement investigated the crash, they found that the driver of the Escape was drunk. It is the man's fourth arrest for DUI. He was also charged with vehicular assault.
People who are injured in an auto accident as a result of another person operating his or her vehicle under the influence will have a great deal to consider in the accident's aftermath. They might be confronted with a long hospital stay, the need for rehabilitation and the inability to return to work in a timely fashion. They might not even be able to return to work at all. The medical expenses can be enormous. In many instances, the only way to recover compensation for the accident is through litigation. It is imperative that the circumstances surrounding the case be investigated as soon as possible with the accident reports and other key information providing evidence.
Tennesseans who find themselves in a similar situation may benefit from discussing their case with an experienced personal injury attorney.
Source: The Daily Times, "Friendsville man charged with fourth DUI in wreck on Alcoa Highway," J.J. Kindred, Aug. 18, 2014
Source: The Daily Times, "Friendsville man charged with fourth DUI in wreck on Alcoa Highway," J.J. Kindred, Aug. 18, 2014


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TVGen / Yahoo! Chat Session with... Kyle Chandler and Alex Taub -- October 15, 1998
TVGDave: We'll be joined by Kyle Chandler in just about 15 minutes. He's still on the set, and will be calling in shortly. In the meantime, we have Supervising Producer Alex Taub to answer some of your questions. Alex: I apologize for you just getting me for the first 15 minutes and not Kyle, but I look forward to answering your questions as best I can. Flyerette_89: Not to be a downer, but how would you like to see the series end (in case it ever does!)? Alex: Well first - I wouldn't! I think I would like to see it end with Gary passing the baton of the paper to somebody else. To me, if it would have to end, it would be nice to be able to resume with another character continuing the work of the paper. Amy31483: Why did Chuck's character leave the show? Alex: Chuck left the show for a number of reasons. The actor was interested in doing movies and other things that he couldn't do with the tough schedule of having to put out 22 shows a year. And we sort of came to a mutual agreement. He wanted less involvement, he didn't want to be tied down to a TV schedule, but he will be coming back in guest spots. Dawn_Eefan: What about Early Edition gives you the most fulfillment? Alex: The opportunity to write for a wide variety of characters and a range of stories. The show is designed in such a way that we can do a drama one week and a romantic comedy the next. And that gives a writer great latitude. ... Gilbca: Alex, do you like EE's time slot? Do you think ratings may be better on a different night or time? Alex: I am happy with the time slot. Who knows? It's a big mystery as to whether the ratings would be better elsewhere. Occasionally it was tried out I think in the first season in a Sunday slot where we also did well. But I'm happy with the 8:00 hour. Huckies: Alex, in three words, describe Kyle. Alex: Let's see. Kyle is sincere. And a strong actor. Browneyedangel_77: Alex, who came up with the story line? Alex: There was a team of writers named Patrick Page and Vik Rubenfeld who originated the concept. Brought it to a writer-producer named Ian Abrams who pitched it to the network. Wrote a draft and then Bob Brush came in and developed the show. Runswithfury: This is for Alex Taub, do the writers ever get story ideas from actual newspaper headlines? Alex: Not very often. Usually we come up with a dilemma, a situation or a story, and find the headlines to support that story. Occasionally, however, for example, there was a story of a girl stuck down a storm drain, our stories are sometimes inspired by actual headlines. ... Earlydues: Alex, you've had a hand in some of my favorite EE episodes - will you be writing any episodes this season? Alex: Yes, I've written two already, and I'll be writing at least two or three more. Angstsquirrel: The Quality of Mercy was such a great episode, are there any planned that are serious like that one? Alex: Yes, we have an episode coming up that deals with the execution of a wrongly accused man, which should be a terrific episode. Runswithfury: Will we ever learn where the paper comes from? Alex: I don't think we'll ever learn exactly where the paper comes from. Hopefully we'll continue to get hints. Flyerette_89: Alex, is Crumb ever coming back? We miss him! Alex: Yes, we've been talking about a Return of Crumb episode, we were talking about it just today, and he will hopefully make a re-appearance midway thru the season. Nonniemous: Are you planning any episodes that focus on Marissa? And, how do you see her character developing with the addition of Erica to the show? Alex: We are planning episodes designed around Marissa, and her character will develop as they all do. She'll develop a friendship with Marissa, and we will get to know more about her background and possibly meet some family members. ... SkyDancer1959: Alex, we've had a lot of conversations about the way Erica was written. Most of us think she needs to be turned into social services. What different aspects caused her character to be molded in the fashion she is? She seems like a pretty ditzy bimbo that doesn't love her child as much as most of us single mothers do. (BTW, I loved Collision...well except for Kristy's acting.) Alex: We liked the idea of introducing a tough, single mother. I disagree, I think her character loves her son quite a bit. If that didn't come across in the episode that was my failing, since I wrote it. Yasmin378: Alex, how long have you been a producer? And would you say Early Edition is one of your best shows? Alex: I've been writing for television for about six years. I've only written for four different shows. One was animated, one was a sitcom in Norway, and one was canceled after the first episode. So yeah - I think Early Edition is certainly the best experience I've had. Gypsy_BellaDonna: Why was a cat chosen to bring Kyle the paper? Alex: I honestly don't know. Though personally I love the idea, and think the cat is perfect. But I don't know why it was chosen. Runswithfury: Alex, us EE fans always dread renewal time. Why is it so tough? Alex: It is a competitive field, and there are a lot of shows out there. ... Dawn_Eefan: Alex, I loved the season opener with Gary going back to 1871...how tough was that? How long did it take? Alex: It took a little over a hundred years! All of our shows take eight days to shoot. Though from inception of the story to post-production took a couple of months. Wildcat72: Alex, what are all the shows you've produced? Alex: Before EE, I wrote an animated show called Life with Louie. It was on FOX Saturday mornings. Before that I wrote for a Norwegian sitcom, that was basically the Golden Girls, only with men and in Norway. And I did an episode of a detective show called South of Sunset starring Glenn Frey. That show was canceled the day after it's first episode aired. And that's it. TVGDave: Welcome, Kyle...glad you could make it. KyleChandler: I'm standing outside on Upper Wacker Drive in Chicago. And we are in the middle of traffic right now! The weather is about 64 degrees, northeasterly winds, and everything is good! Runswithfury: This is for KC, what's your favorite EE episode? KyleChandler: I think it was called The Wrong Man. I think that was the name of it. It was directed by David Jones in the first season. And Alex wrote it! ... Alex: I appreciate that! Flyerette_89: Hi Kyle! I'm a huge fan of your work. In what ways would you say Gary has evolved from season one? And is there anything you would change about him if you could? KyleChandler: He's gone from naïve to grouchy! And I'd like to see him fail once so we can see what he's really made of. Dipconehoe: Hi Kyle! Love your show! I was wondering if playing the character you play has changed your outlook on life? KyleChandler: No, not necessarily. My life has changed because I've been doing the show for three years, and just when I started I had my baby. So my life has changed along with the show, but not necessarily because of it. Browneyedangel_77: I loved you on "Homefront." Do you miss it? KyleChandler: Yeah, I enjoyed that show very much. As a matter of fact, tonight's director is the husband of Wendy Phillips, who played my mother on Homefront. And we just had Mr. Sloan, played by Ken Jenkins, on this episode as well. Flyerette_89: I still miss Homefront! Any chance Tammy Lauren will do a guest spot on Early Edition? KyleChandler: No, probably not. She's on Martial Law right now, she's got her own TV show. ... Flyerette_89: The ladies of the Kyle Chandler Estrogen Brigade have noticed you're looking quite buff this season! Have you been working out? KyleChandler: Ladies, yes, I've been working out "Just for them." ("English accent") Earlydues: Kyle, rumors abound that you have a role in "Angel's Dance" - is this true, and can you tell us anything about it? Thanks! KyleChandler: Yes, it's true, it's myself, Jim Belushi and Cheryl Lee. And I play a young kid who gets involved with the Mafia to make a hit. It's a dark comedy. Dawn_Eefan: Kyle, what was it like the first time you were recognized from being on "Early Edition?" Where were you? KyleChandler: I just don't recall, I'm sorry. Marty2634: Hello Kyle, what attracted you to your character on "Early Edition?" KyleChandler: It was the storyline, and the scripts, it was very different from the others, the summer I saw this one, it was more special than the rest. I was also dirt poor, working at McDonald's flipping burgers. And I had just gotten out of jail at the time. ... Butterflybeliever40: Hi, Kyle!!! Our family loves your show!!! Do you do anything special to get the cat to relate to you??? We're cat lovers and love the way he's used on the show. KyleChandler: The cat's great, they use three different cats on the show. One of them is very quiet and barely moves because he's older. The other one is young and bouncy. And one is very smart. And depending on what they need for the scene, they'll choose that cat's personality. But I'm not a cat lover per se, I like dogs. San_Juan_DiVega: Do you do your own stunts? KyleChandler: Sometimes. Just depending on the stunt, whether it's a danger or not. Most of the stunts on this show aren't that dangerous, so I'll do them if I can. Lately, we've been doing a lot of things with heights, and I don't care much for heights. Although I have been sky diving before. Nonniemous: Okay, this has been a raging debate in certain circles: what color are your eyes exactly? I get a lot of flack for telling people they're hazel, most people seem to think they're brown. What color are they? KyleChandler: I call them mud puddle green. It depends on how much I had to drink the night before. Acclee: Kyle, I've been an extra on EE before, and I always see your head in a book...What do you enjoy reading? KyleChandler: No, I'm looking at the pictures. I don't trust people who can read. Fasco2000: Hiya Kyle...great show...I wanted to know if the show ever plans on doing a show maybe in another city, or something, say Gary was on vacation or a scenario similar? KyleChandler: That's a very good question. And all the cast and crew, especially at the beginning of every winter, thinks Hawaii would be a tremendous place to go. But so far, we've only gotten as far as Joliette. ... Alex: Isn't Joliette kind of the Hawaii of Illinois? Nonniemous: You said once you wanted to do an episode where Gary failed, where at the end you just see him sitting in a dark room, like his life is over. Do you still want to do that episode, and do you think we'll ever see an episode like that? KyleChandler: No, I don't think we'll see an episode like that, although it would be interesting. I don't think Gary would have to sit in a room at the end. I see him as far too heroic right now. But that would mean that the paper had failed him. That's where the comedy saves the show. It's a fine line. Pinkyball: Hey Kyle, I stumbled upon your show by accident and love it! Are you anything like your character? KyleChandler: No. KyleChandler: Please send in suggestions to the website as to what a good name for the show would be. Because a lot of people think it's a news show. We were thinking the other day that a good theme for the show would be What's New Pussycat? A lot of people know it. Browneyedangel_77: Will your character on "Early Edition" ever have a long-term girlfriend? KyleChandler: No. Because that would be just too many shows on too many ideas for episodes in the future. Right Alex? Alex: I agree. ... Dawn_Eefan: What has been your favorite scene to do? KyleChandler: I'm not sure. I enjoy the screwball comedy when it presents itself. I like opposites. When it's a serious scene, I like to find the comedy. We have very good writers. And the mixture of comedy and drama, it's a dream for me as an actor. CECE24_98: Kyle who are some of your favorite actors? KyleChandler: I grew up watching a lot of the old black and white films. The John Waynes, Cary Grant, David Niven, Jimmy Stewart, all the people from that time period. Brando. There are so many wonderful actors everywhere. I guess I don't have one particular actor, because there are so many and so many different styles. I think one of the best performances I ever saw was Cyrano de Bergerac with Jose Ferrer. Nonniemous: You made a movie a few years ago with Jon Voight called "Convict Cowboy." (Great movie, by the way!) Did you do any of the rodeo riding in that movie? KyleChandler: What I recall, no, I did a lot of riding, but not the rodeo, not the bulldogging or anything, that's far too dangerous, it's a dangerous sport. I had a great stuntman on that, it's very hard to tell the difference between us. Canadiangirl_2:Kyle, what advice would you give younger children in school when they are interested in acting? KyleChandler: They should join their local or school acting group, and if there isn't one, create one. They should begin by picking plays or writing their own material or skits at lunchtime. Get a group together that watches movies, or maybe goes out to see theater. And very often if a group comes to the theater like that, actors will be happy to spend a few minutes after the show to answer questions. And then read, read, read. The most important thing is to keep reading. _TeeJay_: Early Edition has been a big hit with audiences in the US, though only had moderate success in other countries like the UK or Germany. Do you have an idea why that could be? Is there anything about the show that just appeals to Americans? Alex: I think we're pretty popular in a lot of different countries. It should be a show that is universally popular. Maybe it's on too late in some countries. KyleChandler: I think it's shot real well and has a universal message, but who knows, there could be a lot of reasons. ... Ocean8992: Kyle how do you feel about being called this generations "Jimmy Stewart?" KyleChandler: That's a great compliment, I've been called a lot worse, I know that. I don't consider myself a Jimmy Stewart, but I appreciate the compliment. And I hope I'm doing good work. TVGDave: Thanks for joining Kyle and Alex. Alex: Thanks everyone for getting involved in this. KyleChandler: Keep watching and thanks! ... THE END


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Our topic in Coral Class this term has been The Seaside. We have enjoyed trying on different sun hats and sun glasses whilst looking at ourselves in mirrors. We have used sand and glitter in our painting to add texture and used them on our classroom display. We have had a lot of fun having sand and water in our builders tray and transporting it round the room. Charlie used a stacking cup to mark make on the floor. Isabella liked to squeeze the sand in her hands and used a spade to fill up her bucket. Micky and Riley enjoyed putting all the sand toys in the sand tray and sharing a space together. We are enjoying summertime and the seaside, we hope you are too!!
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It's finally happened! Spring has sprung. The flowers are peaking out from under the mulch. Birds are chirping. And quite possibly the best part – it's finally made it up into the 50's and 60's! Woo hooo!
In honor of the season, I thought I would share this beautiful wedding I found on Style Me Pretty. Enjoy!
Photography: Katrina Wallace and Andrew Mejia of Sedona Bride Photographers / Design + Coordination: Margaret Van Damme of Van Damme Weddings / Floral Design: Events by Show Stoppers/ Venue: Dancing Apache Lodge / Wedding Cake: Sedona Cake Couture / Rentals: Classic Party Rentals / Make-Up Artist: Liz Margin / Hair Styling: Patricia Vega / Catering: Perfection Catering/ Groom's Attire: Saverio / Paper Products: Kimberly McDowell of The Event Essentials / Mask: Sweet Ruin / Models: Katie Anderson and William Copsey of M Model Management / Gown: Destiny's Bridal


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Big news: retired businesswoman Carly Fiorina announced today that she will be seeking the Republican nomination for president. The former Hewlett-Packer CEO is not a career politician and was even defeated when she ran for Senate in California in 2010 and lost the seat to Democrat Barbara Boxer. But she says her experience and understanding of the economy make her the ideal candidate. Here are 8 more facts you need to know about Fiorina.
- Fiorina dropped out of law school. She earned her undergraduate degree in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford University, but dropped out of law school after one semester. Instead, she earned business degrees from MIT and Maryland.
- She is a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and underwent a double mastectomy.
- She's had a lot of jobs. Fiorina bounced around a bit from job to job at first. She was employed as a sales representative at AT&T when she was 25 and, by 35, had been promoted as the division's first female officer. At age 40, she was named the head of North American sales.
- She was a Kelly Girl—which was the name given to women who were employed through Kelly Services. While in college, she even held down a temporary secretarial position at Hewlett-Packer, the company she would one day lead.
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- She has been married twice. Her first marriage, to Stanford classmate Todd Bartlem, which produced two children, ended in divorce in 1984. In 1985, she remarried a tow truck driver named Frank Fiorina, who later rose through the ranks to become an executive at AT&T. They are still married.
- She became the first woman in history to lead a Fortune 100 company -- when she was hired as the CEO of Hewlett-Packer in 1999. She led the company's biggest acquisition, a $25 billion merger with Compaq in 2002—but was famously forced to resign from the company three years later.
- She doesn't like Hillary Clinton. She's long been a vocal opponent of Clinton and her policies, as well as the ideologies and policies of the Democratic party. An article she recently wrote for Time magazine caused controversy because she shifted a great deal of blame for California's drought on "overzealous liberal environmentalists," whom she says "continue to devalue the lives and livelihoods of California residents in pursuit of their own agenda."
Here is a video of Fiorina announcing her plan on Good Morning America to seek the Republican nomination for president:
What do you think about the news that Carly Fiorina is seeking the Republican nomination for president?
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My gorgeous big sister Wendy, who taught me to truly appreciate the music of the early 90's/late 80's (thank you), and her wonderful fiance Jason, (who I love!) are the perfect pair. I'm so glad I got to take some photos to document the beginning of this chapter in their lives as they prepare for their wedding day! Congratulations and I love you both!
of course, my hilarious brother in law had to get in one! Who thinks this should seriously be their
"Save the Date"?
I do!
"An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain." - Proverbs 31:10
You got a good one, Jason! And I'm not just saying that because she's my sister ;)


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Phone hacking and journalism
During the weekend a string of revelations of voicemail hacking appeared in the New York Times and The Guardian. It's a story that started back in 2005, when the British royal family discovered their cellular voicemails where being accessed by journalists. Scotland Yard stepped in and two journalists were jailed. The editor of the newspaper in question denied any involvement but resigned since it happened under his watch. Case closed.
Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor, is now David Cameron's media adviser.
Not so much apparently. Last week another journalist came forward to the NYT, disclosing that, in fact, the phone hacking practice was widespread and condoned by the newspaper's management. It seems, dozens of public figures, including leading politicians, had been victims of phone tapping. And the unfortunate former editor is once more at the center of the storm thanks to his current role as media adviser to the UK Prime Minister.
Now it seems likely that Scotland Yard will reopen the case, The Guardian reported Monday 6 September.
So far the only facts to have emerged are how trivial it is to access somebody else's voicemail and that the mobile operators and the police did not alert all victims of the hack.


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Gruppo Campari, the Italian parent company of Wild Turkey in Lawrenceburg, on Tuesday announced that sales for the quarter that ended March 31 were up 13.4 percent over the same period in 2014, to 327.4 million euros or $368 million. Profits before tax rose 72.8 percent, to 35.8 million euros or $40.2 million.
The Americas, which accounted for almost 44 percent of group net sales for the quarter, saw sales growth of 19.4 percent overall and 4.8 percent organically, with Wild Turkey up 10.6 percent, the company said. In the U.S., both Wild Turkey and American Honey showed "healthy growth" with the bourbon portfolio up 10.4 percent.
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Two challanges today CAS ualfridays– Put your heart into it and Crafts4Eternity – ugly bug ball and… the stamp is from deariedollsdigi i know the stamp had a ladybug girl in costume but it wasnt me, however loved the ladybugs shaped as hearts, hope she doesnt mind i only took part of her image…
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SO sweet!! Love the heart-shaped lady bugs! So glad that you join the fun with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
very nice and colorful card, the ladybugs with hearts gives a sweet image of a "lady bug". very nice card
Oh these little lady bugs are just such a cute shape…If only they were heart shaped :0)
Thanks for joining in the fun at CASual Fridays this week :0)
Jenny x
Sorry Tiya, I meant "if only they were heart shaped like this in real life" :0)
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Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x
What a cute way to add hearts to a project 🙂 Thanks for playing this week at CAS-ual Fridays!
Tiya! Great job – super clever use of those lady bugs for this challenge! Thanks so much for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!
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Liberals across America continue to freak out over President Trump's migrant ban, asserting that the policy was contrived out of racism and bigotry. But now, one unlikely person is speaking up in defense of our president, and what he has to say is sending shockwaves across the nation.
The mayor of the town of Montvale, New Jersey, Michael Ghassali, is taking a stand or President Trump and federal law. This comes as a shock due to the fact that this particular Mayor is a Syrian-born refugee himself. Mayor Ghassali has some strong words for his town, and the country as a whole.
According to the Conservative Post:
"I will not be signing any executive orders that will ask our employees to defy federal laws. A mayor should not be advocating the defiance of federal laws."
Dozens of cities and counties around the country are declaring their territories as "sanctuaries" for illegal immigrants. This is a bold stand, one in direct defiance of federal law and recent executive orders signed by the president. These state officials are making widespread decisions for everyone under their jurisdiction. Citizens are being placed in the position of choosing their local government over the federal one. If you reside in a sanctuary city and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes knocking at your door, you will have to decide between maintaining sanctuary status and cooperating with ICE; choose wisely.
The opening quote was from the mayor of the town of Montvale, New Jersey, Michael Ghassali. While he is certainly not the only one deciding to follow federal law, Mayor Ghassali is slightly unique. He and his family are Syrian immigrants. The fled Aleppo in 1980, shortly before the Siege of Aleppo left hundreds dead. Ghassali's statement on Facebook last week puts him in the midst of a contentious situation. There are many who believe strongly that we should open the doors to refugees and illegal immigrants and that they should be protected once they are here; even from our own government.
"No one should be threatened because we are not a Sanctuary city. But if a rapist is caught and he is here illegally, you wouldn't want him living next to you. I have an issue with Mayors declaring decisions against federal laws. What's to stop a Mayor from declaring drugs are legal in their towns if they can just sign any order they wish. As for our town's residents who fear repercussions, I will personally visit with them and put them at ease."
Ghassali walks a fine line between human emotion and duty; "I know exactly what they go through, but it's not my job to say 'look you can come to my town, it's a sanctuary city for you.' My whole network is either a refugee or has a family or friend who is a refugee. I feel it. It is very personal."
It is time that the leaders of these so called Sanctuary Cities get it together and realize the damage they are doing not only to the unity of this nation but to the people that are of this country. President Trump's travel ban is no more heinous that the last 4 presidents travel bans that literally called for the same exact actions. The only difference is that President Trump is following through on his word.
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Just a quick post to show the T I made.
I love the fabric with the little giraffes, but was afraid the print would be to busy to make a regular T. But it worked out just fine. The neckline looks a little crooked, but I think it will be fine when Pelle wears it.
It took me a long time to make a good neckline, but now I really think I found my way around it. I don't use a pattern, but just stretch the fabric around the unfinished neckline to determine the length, fold it double and than sew it on with a little zigzagstitch. To finish it off, I use a twin needle. I prefer to use a ribknit, and I can buy plenty of those in Germany, but for this T I used a regular T-shirt knit, because of the matching brown colour. So it doesn't take back all the shape when stretched, but still it's good enough for me.
I made the T to go along with a brown trouser I made earlier. More pick of that one on Flickr.
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Dwarf galaxies are peculiar objects. Like their name suggests, they are very small. Some dwarf galaxies contain as few as 5,000 stars, a mere speck in space compared to the Milky Way, which contains some 200 billion to 400 billion stars.
Because they are so small, they are also very difficult to see compared to the brightness of other objects in space. So far, around 30 dwarf galaxies have been identified in relatively close proximity to the Milky Way galaxy, although it's possible that there could be hundreds.
One of the earliest dwarf galaxies discovered neighbouring the Milky Way is the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, discovered by American astronomer Harlow Shapley in 1937. Named for its location, some 280,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Sculptor, the galaxy is very faint. Its stars are old and scattered far apart in a spheroidal shape, which makes it hard to see.
But that which makes it hard to see is also what makes it so very interesting to astronomers. The Milky Way galaxy is what is known as a cannibal galaxy, named because it absorbed smaller galaxies, dwarf galaxies and globular clusters. Astronomers predict that in the distant future the Milky Way will in turn be cannibalised by the larger Andromeda Galaxy.
Any of these snack galaxies missed by the Milky Way still in existence today would be very old, and, as evidenced by this new photograph taken by the European Southern Observatory's MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy is home to some old stars indeed. This classifies it as a primordial galaxy.
To tell the age of a star, astronomers use something called spectroscopy. Different chemicals give off different "colour fingerprints," emitting radiation at specific wavelengths on the light spectrum. Old stars contain a low level of heavy elements. Astronomers can determine the age of stars by examining these colour fingerprints.
The galaxy is home to the older stars, already mentioned, and a younger population. The young stars cluster at the galaxy's core, while the older population tends to fall at its outer reaches.
The Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy contains only four percent of the carbon and other heavy elements found in the Milky Way, according to a study released in 2009 by researchers at Cornell University. This makes the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy similar to the primordial galaxies seen at the edges of the universe.
But the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy is a lot closer, which means the light it emits is younger. It's also a lot easier for researchers to study, allowing them to extrapolate what the ESO calls "the most accurate history of star formation ever determined for a dwarf spheroidal galaxy."
Not all dwarf galaxies are built alike. Because they are isolated from each other, they tend to evolve independently. Studying the similarities and differences in these evolutionary histories, the ESO said, will help scientists understand the formation and evolution of all galaxies.
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There are already people blaming the woman in this, without even knowing anything about her. Entrapment. Gold digger. You name it. But you notice how many players there are in the NHL? Somehow this stuff always happens to Kane. Even if it's entrapment, Kane was obviously seen as an easy mark, a guy who lets his little head think for his big one.
I have no doubt than the NHL, with help from St. Rockwell of Madison Street, will somehow manage to make this all go away. But just because you flush, the bathroom still stinks.
– Me, Months ago.
Of course this ended this way. The Chicago Blackhawks were not going to leave anything to chance with their $84 million investment. The NHL is banking on The Face Of USA Hockey benefiting from short memories outside of Chicago, and the firm belief that anybody who plays for a team you like is of the highest moral fiber.
I'll say this – whoever it is that does the cleaning for the Hawks does one hell of a job. The closest the team has come to having an incident blow up in Chicago ended with Jonathan Toews simply walking away from his automobile accident rather than sticking around for the cops. But other than that? Crickets.
Now, of course, nobody other than Kane and his (former) accuser will ever know what happened in that room on that night. And there is an awful lot of real estate between "not guilty" and "innocent".
But the way the Blackhawks handled the whole situation was pretty shitty and arrogant. The shitshow of having Kane sit in front of the press (HOCKEY QUESTIONS ONLY!) before going into their usual pep rally. The bobblehead night. Kane hooking the banner. All of it. At the time it looked tone-deaf, now it looks like the smugness of someone who knows the fix is in.
Now we'll know if this was really "the pressure" or a payoff based upon one simple indicator – whether there is a civil suit or not. If there's a payoff then there will be no civil suit. Because a civil trial would not be great for Kane, the Hawks, or the NHL. For starters, in a criminal trial, Kane isn't required to take the stand. In a civil trial, if he's called, he has to. And the burden of proof changes from guilt to liability – basically instead of the State (in this case, Erie County) having to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Kane is guilty, Kane would have to prove lack of liability. And let's be real here – whatever case the Erie Co. prosecutor might have had was blown to bits with the debacle of the evidence bag – that was "Probable Cause" on a silver platter.
But at this point I'd be surprised if there are any civil proceedings. I'm pretty certain wherever the money is coming from contains a gag order – no press, no public statements (books, etc.), no anything. So this will all fall into the abyss, like Drew Doughty, like Jameis Winston, like any other athlete who has been on the lucky side of the chromosome lottery.
Where does this leave Blackhawks' fans? We've already seen it – with the exception of a very small percentage who barely created a pinhole in the firewall, it's business as usual. And Kane will get a huge ovation tomorrow night for not being charged with rape, just as he got a huge ovation at Notre Dame for being accused of rape. Hell, look at how beloved Mike Tyson is, and he was convicted of rape.
As for Kane, he will continue making millions of dollars for playing hockey. I wouldn't be surprised though, if the Hawks make him start summering in Chicago. See my remarks above regarding the Hawks and their cleaner. Because we only know for certain about the incidents that have made the public record. To be fair to Kane, everything else is hearsay. But the Blackhawks' management knows it all. And they also know that if they treat their business as if it's business as usual, all they are doing is resetting the clock for the next awful thing Kane does. And whatever happens next might not be resolved with a checkbook.
As for this humble blog? I honestly don't know. Neither CT nor I have any appetite for making fun of anybody in the league…bear in mind, I'm saying this with the Blues being the next team on the schedule. For those thinking we owe Kane an apology…yeah, good luck with that. For those wondering if we'll be "Fair and balanced" toward Kane…we've never been fair or balanced about anything ever. Why start now?
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Hello , On the afternoon of the Budget - Wednesday - I for once watched
Phillip Hammond give his Budget Speech and Jeremy Corbyn give his reply ,
but what I noticed most of all was that Theresa May really looked ill at one
point . I was a little concerned that the Budget Speeches , the many other jobs
she has in hand , together with listening to the speeches and added to the many
discussions internationally that she has had to be involved with in connection
with ' BREXIT ' particularly, was making her show some signs of strain. Did
anyone else have that feeling ? After all she has been to some extend - thrown
in at the deep end of all this as well . It is not my intention to show any
political bias in to this post , It is just me showing some concern for a person who
in all honesty must have been working very hard the last few weeks to say the
least , and a person who seems to be very dedicated . Regards Terry .
If I were she, I really would have difficulty in finding a deputy PM that I could trust.
I have wondered for some time whether Teresa May has good enough physical health to do the job. She is a diabetic isn't she. That may or may not be relevant. I'm also going by how she looks sometimes. Just a feeling.
She has got herself in an impossible position, hasn't she. She will go down as the PM who took us out of the EU, crashed the economy, and caused the breakup of the UK as well .
Unless she has to resign because she is ill and let Davis or Johnson take the blame :-)
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Well, it was a bittersweet Father's Day. Mom called late Sunday and said that Uncle Dick had passed away that morning. I called the house and spoke with Debbie - on Friday he said that he wanted to go home, so they made arrangements. They had someone from the hospice where Debbie works there and he was in no pain and surrounded by family. They are trying to schedule the funeral for Saturday.
Dad is understandably upset, but they all agreed that Dick would not have wanted them to cut their trip to Japan short. As long as it is not the day I have to settle on the condo, Gary and I will fly out.
[We'll miss him.]
Katie and I took the train down to Atlantic City on Thursday evening. Gary picked us up and we went to dinner at Crabby's - snow crab legs with garlic butter - yum! Since Katie is not a morning person, we would get up and go biking or skating in the morning and stop somewhere for breakfast on the way back and she would still be sleeping when we got back.
On Friday we went to the beach for most of the day, although I came up mid-afternoon because it was too cold to be under the umbrella, but I didn't want to lie in the sun for too long. Gary made dinner and we went to see "Batman Begins". Ehhhh. It was just OK. I did like Michael Caine as Alfred the butler and the creepy psychiatrist was pretty good, but the evil plot to destroy Gotham was rather weak. And the future ex-Mrs. Tom Cruise (Katie Holmes) didn't do much for me.
Josh came down for dinner on Saturday. We went to the condo for a while - he's not a beach person, so he stayed upstairs playing PlayStation games while we were on the beach. We went to Imperial Inn for Chinese - it was pretty bad. They were out of a lot of things, and the quality was poor. We dropped Josh off at the train station after dinner - he's working as a waiter at a country club for the summer, so had to be at work by 9:00 for Father's Day brunch the next morning.
It was really windy yesterday morning, and we faced a stiff headwind on our outbound bike trip. It was a breeze coming back though (pun intended). We had breakfast at the cafe at the condo - there was an extended family having breakfast down there - grandparents, mom and dad and three cute little kids, who were playing in the room after they finished their breakfast. The parents kept apologizing for our not being able to enjoy a quiet meal - which we couldn't understand because the kids were not raucous or yelling or doing anything disruptive. I guess we're so used to parents ignoring their screaming banshee children - like the ones behind us at Crabby's the other night - that we were suprised.
It stayed really windy and pretty cool all day so we headed over to May's Landing to do some shopping. We hit the sporting goods store, Staples and Best Buy, then had burgers for lunch. It was too windy for either the pool or the beach, so we stayed inside and watched "Pirates of the Caribbean" on DVD. We went to Savaradio's for dinner, which was just OK. Gary commented this morning that aside from Crabby's, we haven't really had a good meal since we've been down here.
[It must have been the garlic butter.]
Our realtor Bobbi told us that there were two other bids on the condo we wanted, but ours was still the highest. They were going to show it over the weekend and then make their decision. No word yet.
[Fingers crossed.]
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Please be an registered member in order to attend the NCDS convention"
The NCDS leadership in the United States is hereby announcing to all Nuer sons and Daughters living around the globe that, the Nuer General Convention will officially take place in November of 2009 here in the United States of America (U.S.A). The NCDS general membership and its leadership under President Brown Both Bol are invited all Nuer members throughout the world to come and joint their Brothers and Sisters in the United States to discuss our grievances. The NCDS general membership and its leadership are excited to oust this important occasion and we are urging all Nuer Sons and Daughters worldwide to feel in the same manners of gratitude for our impending Nuer Family General Convention event. However, we are also exhorting distance members to arrive to State of Nebraska one or two days before Nuer General Convention has begun. The stakes are too high for Nuer Ethnic Society to come altogether this time around to discuss our future fates.
A: The following are important information criterions needed the most:
1. The venue will be Omaha, Nebraska,
2. The Nuer General Convention will be started on Thursday November 26 through Sunday November 29, 2009 and it will last for four days.
3. The physical Convention site will be announced to you shortly when it is available.
B: The other announcements below are our obligations to obtain NCDS memberships and to raise fund for Nuer General Convention event. This information is concerned and mere directed to unregistered members in the U.S because we need all Nuer sons and daughters to attend that important event.
1. For your vividly information, the upcoming Nuer General Convention will be limited to register members only,
2. For this reason above, we are exhorting all Nuer sons and daughters who are living in the United States to go and see their State Representatives to register themselves.
3. For those who are living in Rural Town or Cities and have no easily accessed to their State Representatives, we have a mechanism for you. That mechanism is this, the Department of Mobilizations and Registrations will bring enough NCDS membership application forms to the Convention place for you to register yourself and pays fees before entered into the convention Hall.
4. The fees are twenty dollars (20) for family and ten (10) dollars for single person.
5. If you don't believe to fulfill above obligations, we are asking you not to waste your time and money to travel to State of Nebraska because you will be denied an entrance to General Convention Hall due to membership fallout.
C: However, we, the residents here in the U.S are indiscriminately obligated to pay:
1. Ten (10) dollars each to fund Nuer general Convention. We are asking you once again to see your State Representatives to pay them your Ten (10) dollars Convention Contributions. However, they (State Representatives their staffs) will be busy between now and then to collect that amount from all active members.
6. The same scenario applies to those unregistered members who will start register themselves from now until the first day of Nuer General Convention,
7. As such, we require all members to pay their picture ID card fees of five Dollars because we need every member to wear his/her NCDS membership ID card during the General Convention and We believe that you can handle paying five (5) since you have already handled to pay twenty (20) Dollars or ten (10) dollars membership fees.
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• Then Ten (10) dollars Convention Contributions, and
• Plus five (5) dollars NCDS membership ID card fees.
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For your concrete clarification, nevertheless, we are not asking anything from all Nuer people who are living in Diaspora, but living outside the United States. We are considered you as guests and you will only transport yourselves to Nuer General Convention venue and the above criterions are only requested from the NCDS members who are currently living in the United States.
However, we are asking your solidarities and efforts, especially its members in the United States to help the NCDS administration leadership to make that pending Nuer General Convention to successfully happening. We believe that it is up to us to make ourselves understand one another as sole people. This is onset to unite ourselves and bear healthy and fruitful understand amongst ourselves for us to withstand and standstill our differences and to moving on with fresh starting. The NCDS Leadership is here to do just that. We are exhorting you all to campaign for the success of that wonderful Nuer General Convention and make sure that all Nuer members throughout the world have got this piece of information.
Our Almighty God will keep you all in peace and guards you on your ways to State of Nebraska, and to the United States for those who will travel to the United States from all continents of the world. Once again, we are thankful to all of you for giving us these opportunities to serve this wonderful Community at this crucial moment.
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PHP is not your problem!
What version of PHP do you run?
Upgrade your PHP environment to 2013! One of the easiest improvements you can make to improve performance and stability is to upgrade your version of PHP. PHP 5.3.x was released in 2009. If you haven't migrated to PHP 5.4, now is the time! Not only do you benefit from bug fixes and new features, but you will also see faster response times immediately. See PHP.net to get started. Installing the latest PHP on Linux - http://php.net/manual/en/install.unix.debian.php Installing the latest PHP on OSX - http://php.net/manual/en/install.macosx.php Installing the latest PHP on Windows - http://php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php Once you've finished upgrading PHP, be sure to disable any unused extensions in production such as xdebug or xhprof.
Nginx + PHP-FPM http://nginx.org/ http://php-fpm.org/
Use an opcode cache! PHP is an interpreted language, which means that every time a PHP page is requested, the server will interpet the PHP file and compile it into something the machine can understand (opcode). Opcode caches preserve this generated code in a cache so that it will only need to be interpreted on the first request. If you aren't using an opcode cache you're missing out on a very easy performance gain. Pick your flavor: APC, Zend Optimizer, XCache, or Eaccellerator. I highly recommend APC, written by the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf.
PHP 5.5 has Zend OpCache
APC http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php
Use autoloading and PSR-0 Many developers writing object-oriented applications create one PHP source file per class definition. One of the biggest annoyances in writing PHP is having to write a long list of needed includes at the beginning of each script (one for each class). PHP re-evaluates these require/include expressions over and over during the evaluation period each time a file containing one or more of these expressions is loaded into the runtime. Using an autoloader will enable you to remove all of your require/include statements and benefit from a performance improvement. You can even cache the class map of your autoloader in APC for a small performance improvement.
Symfony2 ClassLoader Component with APC Caching http://symfony.com/doc/master/components/class_loader.html
Scaling beyond a single server in PHP
Optimize your sessions! While HTTP is stateless, most real life web applications require a way to manage user data. In PHP, application state is managed via sessions. The default configuration for PHP is to persist session data to disk. This is extremely slow and not scalable beyond a single server. A better solution is to store your session data in a database and front with an LRU (Least Recently Used) cache with Memcached or Redis. If you are super smart you will realize you should limit your session data size (4096 bytes) and store all session data in a signed or encrypted cookie.
The default in PHP is to persist sessions to disk http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.session.php
It is better to store sessions in a database http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php
Even better is to store in a database with a shared cache in front http://php.net/manual/en/memcached.sessions.php
The best solution is to limit session size and store all data in a signed or encrypted cookie http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.session.encrypt
Leverage an inmemory data cache Applications usually require data. Data is usually structured and organized in a database. Depending on the data set and how it is accessed it can be expensive to query. An easy solution is to cache the result of the first query in a data cache like Memcached or Redis. If the data changes, you invalidate the cache and make another SQL query to get the updated result set from the database. I highly recommend the Doctrine ORM for PHP which has built-in caching support for Memcached or Redis. There are many use cases for a distributed data cache from caching web service responses and app configurations to entire rendered pages.
Memcached.org http://memcached.org/
Redis.io http://redis.io/
• Any data that is expensive to generate/query and long lived should be cached • Web Service Responses • HTTP Responses • Database Result Sets • Configuration Data
Guzzle HTTP client has built-in support for caching web service requests
Doctrine ORM for PHP has built-in caching support for Memcached and Redis http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/reference/caching.html
Do blocking work in background tasks via queues Often times web applications have to run tasks that can take a while to complete. In most cases there is no good reason to force the end-user to have to wait for the job to finish. The solution is to queue blocking work to run in background jobs. Background jobs are jobs that are executed outside the main flow of your program, and usually handled by a queue or message system. There are a lot of great solutions that can help solve running backgrounds jobs. The benefits come in terms of both end-user experience and scaling by writing and processing long running jobs from a queue. I am a big fan of Resque for PHP that is a simple toolkit for running tasks from queues. There are a variety of tools that provide queuing or messaging systems that work well with PHP:
• Resque • Gearman • RabbitMQ • Kafka • Beanstalkd • ZeroMQ • ActiveMQ
Resque https://github.com/chrisboulton/php-resque https://github.com/kamisama/php-resque-ex/ https://github.com/kamisama/ResqueBoard/
• Any process that is slow and not important for the http response should be queued • Sending notifications + posting to social accounts • Analytics + Instrumentation • Updating profiles and discovering friends from social accounts • Consuming web services like Twitter Streaming API
http://kamisama.me/2012/10/09/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-2-queuesystem/ http://kamisama.me/2012/10/09/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-3installation/
http://kamisama.me/2012/10/12/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-4managing-worker/ http://kamisama.me/2012/10/13/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-5-creatingjobs/
http://kamisama.me/2012/10/22/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-7manage-workers-with-fresque/ http://kamisama.me/2012/10/22/background-jobs-with-php-and-resque-part-8-aglance-at-php-resque-ex/ http://resqueboard.kamisama.me/
Leverage HTTP caching HTTP caching is one of the most misunderstood technologies on the Internet. Go read the HTTP caching specification. Don't worry, I'll wait. Seriously, go do it! They solved all of these caching design problems a few decades ago. It boils down to expiration or invalidation and when used properly can save your app servers a lot of load. Please read the excellent HTTP caching guide from Mark Nottingam. I highly recommend using Varnish as a reverse proxy cache to alleviate load on your app servers. http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do There are different kinds of HTTP caches that are useful for different kinds of things. I want to talk about gateway caches -- or, "reverse proxy caches" -- and consider their effects on modern, dynamic web application design. Draw an imaginary vertical line, situated between Alice and Cache, from the very top of the diagram to the very bottom. That line is your public, internet facing interface. In other words, everything from Cache back is "your site" as far as Alice is concerned. Alice is actually Alice's web browser, or perhaps some other kind of HTTP user-agent. There's also Bob and Carol. Gateway caches are primarily interesting when you consider their effects across multiple clients. Cache is an HTTP gateway cache, like Varnish, Squid in reverse proxy mode,Django's cache framework, or my personal favorite: rack-cache. In theory, this could also be a CDN, like Akamai. And that brings us to Backend, a dynamic web application built with only the most modern and sophisticated web framework. Interpreted language, convenient routing, an ORM, slick template language, and various other crap -- all adding up to amazing developer
Expires or Invalidation http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do
Expiration Most people understand the expiration model well enough. You specify how long a response should be considered "fresh" by including either or both of the Cache-Control: max-age=N or Expires headers. Caches that understand expiration will not make the same request until the cached version reaches its expiration time and becomes "stale". A gateway cache dramatically increases the benefits of providing expiration information in dynamically generated responses. To illustrate, let's suppose Alicerequests a welcome page:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do Since the cache has no previous knowledge of the welcome page, it forwards the request to the backend. The backend generates the response, including a Cache-Control header that indicates the response should be considered fresh for ten minutes. The cache then shoots the response back to Alice while storing a copy for itself. Thirty seconds later, Bob comes along and requests the same welcome page:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do The cache recognizes the request, pulls up the stored response, sees that it's still fresh, and sends the cached response back to Bob, ignoring the backend entirely. Note that we've experienced no significant bandwidth savings here -- the entire response was delivered to both Alice and Bob. We see savings in CPU usage, database round trips, and the various other resources required to generate the response at the backend.
Validation Expiration is ideal when you can get away with it. Unfortunately, there are many situations where it doesn't make sense, and this is especially true for heavily dynamic web apps where changes in resource state can occur frequently and unpredictably. The validation model is designed to support these cases. Again, we'll suppose Alice makes the initial request for the welcome page:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do The Last-Modified and ETag header values are called "cache validators" because they can be used by the cache on subsequent requests to validate the freshness of the stored response without requiring the backend to generate or transmit the response body. You don't need both validators -- either one will do, though both have pros and cons, the details of which are outside the scope of this document. So Bob comes along at some point after Alice and requests the welcome page:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do The cache sees that it has a copy of the welcome page but can't be sure of its freshness so it needs to pass the request to the backend. But, before doing so, the cache adds the IfModified-Since and If-None-Match headers to the request, setting them to the original response's Last-Modified and ETag values, respectively. These headers make the request conditional. Once the backend receives the request, it generates the current cache validators, checks them against the values provided in the request, and immediately shoots back a 304 Not Modified response without generating the response body. The cache, having validated the freshness of its copy, is now free to respond to Bob. This requires a round-trip with the backend, but if the backend generates cache validators up front and in an efficient manner, it can avoid generating the response body. This can be extremely significant. A backend that takes advantage of validation need not generate the same response twice.
Expiration and Invalidation The expiration and validation models form the basic foundation of HTTP caching. A response may include expiration information, validation information, both, or neither. So far we've seen what each looks like independently. It's also worth looking at how things work when they're combined. Suppose, again, that Alice makes the initial request:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do The backend specifies that the response should be considered fresh for sixty seconds and also includes the Last-Modified cache validator. Bob comes along thirty seconds later. Since the response is still fresh, validation is not required; he's served directly from cache:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do But then Carol makes the same request, thirty seconds after Bob:
http://tomayko.com/writings/things-caches-do The cache relies on expiration if at all possible before falling back on validation. Note also that the 304 Not Modified response includes updated expiration information, so the cache knows that it has another sixty seconds before it needs to perform another validation request.
• Varnish • Squid • Nginx Proxy Cache • Apache Proxy Cache The basic mechanisms shown here form the conceptual foundation of caching in HTTP -- not to mention the Cache architectural constraint as defined by REST. There's more to it, of course: a cache's behavior can be further constrained with additional Cache-Control directives, and the Vary header narrows a response's cache suitability based on headers of subsequent requests. For a more thorough look at HTTP caching, I suggest Mark Nottingham's excellent Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters. Paul James's HTTP Caching is also quite good and bit shorter. And, of course, the relevant sections of RFC 2616 are highly recommended. http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/
Use Varnish as a reverse proxy cache to alleviate load on your app servers.
Optimize your framework! Deep diving into the specifics of optimizing each framework is outside of the scope of this post, but these principles apply to every framework: Stay up-to-date with the latest stable version of your favorite framework Disable features you are not using (I18N, Security, etc) Enable caching features for view and result set caching
• Stay up-to-date with the latest stable version of your favorite framework • Disable features you are not using (I18N, Security, etc) • Always use a data cache like Memcached/Redis • Enable caching features for view and database result set caching • Always use a http cache like Varnish
Taking a large problem and making it into manageable smaller problems
In short, sharding means splitting the dataset, but a good sharding function would make sure that related information is located on the same server (strong locality), since that drastically simply things. A bad sharding function (splitting by type) would create very weak locality, which will drastically impact the system performance down the road.
Service Oriented Architecture Java/Scala/Erlang/Go/Node backend PHP or pure JavaScript frontend
Companies of great scale move away from PHP or create their own variant
Yahoo! & yPHP
Facebook & HipHop HipHop 1.0 - HPHPc - Transformed subset of PHP code to C++ for performance HipHop 2.0 - HHVM - Virtual Machine, Runtime, and JIT for PHP https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/wiki
Learn to how to profile code for PHP performance Xdebug is a PHP extension for powerful debugging. It supports stack and function traces, profiling information and memory allocation and script execution analysis. It allows developers to easily profile PHP code. WebGrind is an Xdebug profiling web frontend in PHP5. It implements a subset of the features of kcachegrind and installs in seconds and works on all platforms. For quick-and-dirty optimizations it does the job. Here's a screenshot showing the output from profiling. XHprof is a function-level hierarchical profiler for PHP with a reporting and UI layer. XHProf is capable of reporting function-level inclusive and exclusive wall times, memory usage, CPU times and number of calls for each function. Additionally, it supports the ability to compare two runs (hierarchical DIFF reports) or aggregate results from multiple runs. XHprof XHGui AppDynamics is application performance management software designed to help dev and ops troubleshoot problems in complex production apps.
Xdebug + WebGrind
http://xdebug.org/ https://github.com/jokkedk/webgrind http://valgrind.org/info/tools.html#callgrind
Don't forget to optimize the client side PHP application performance is only part of the battle Now that you have optimized the server-side, you can spend time improving the client side! In modern web applications most of the end-user experience time is spent waiting on the client side to render. Google has dedicated many resources to helping developers improve client side performance.
In modern web applications most of the latency comes from the client side In modern web applications most of the end-user experience time is spent waiting on the client side to render.
Google PageSpeed https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/rules_intro Google PageSpeed Insights – PageSpeed Insights analyzes the content of a web page, then generates suggestions to make that page faster. Reducing page load times can reduce bounce rates and increase conversion rates. Google ngx_pagespeed – ngx_pagespeed speeds up your site and reduces page load time. This open-source nginx server module automatically applies web performance best practices to pages, and associated assets (CSS, JavaScript, images) without requiring that you modify your existing content or workflow. Google mod_pagespeed – mod_pagespeed speeds up your site and reduces page load time. This open-source Apache HTTP server module automatically applies web performance best practices to pages, and associated assets (CSS, JavaScript, images) without requiring that you modify your existing content or workflow.
Google PageSpeed Insights https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/
Google PageSpeed API Available as a service Extensions/Modules for Apache/Nginx to automatically improve end user experience times
curl "https://www.googleapis.com/ pagespeedonline/v1/runPagespeed? url=http://dustinwhittle.com/&key=xxx" https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/v1/getting_started#familiarize
Scalability is about the entire architecture, not some minor code optimizations. Use the right tool for the right job!
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Julia Janssen ( 24 de ani) a reprezentat unul dintre cele mai grave cazuri de anorexie vazute de medici.
To my Instagram family: I woke up today to find that we have reached 25k, which is absolutely incredible to me (I know it is not a lot compared to some other accounts, but for me it is huge) I never would have thought when I started this account over 3 years ago that it would grow into something so wonderful. Some of you have followed me since day 1. You witnessed all the ups and downs (well tbh for a long time there were a lot more downs than ups). You were there during the times I self-harmed excessively every single day, you sent prayers when I almost lost my father to a bleeding in his brain and a lot of you were very aware that in December 2014, I was on my death bed and the chances of me making it to 2015 were very slim. You supported every little step I took, celebrating even the smallest victories and sent me countless words of encouragement on my bad days. It has been amazing to see many of you go from "sick and dying" to blossoming into beautiful human beings. I get so much inspiration from so many of you. I am truly grateful for every single one of you. Even though this is "just" social media, I can honestly say that that some of you have become true friends. This is to many more years of becoming our happiest and healthiest selfs❤❤❤
Sometimes I wonder how I am even still alive... Do you see that yellow color to my skin in the left picture? That is because my liver was failing. Everything inside my body was failing. The thing about anorexia is...you don't just "get skinny". Your organs literally start to rot inside of you. Everything from your skin to your heart, your kidneys and your bones will fall apart. It is neither pretty nor glamorous. Losing control over all your bodily functions at such a young age is not glamorous. And there is nothing pretty about your mother's sobbing eyes as she has to watch her child die right in front of her eyes. The picture on the left was still many kilograms above my lowest weight but when I look at it, I still wonder: How the hell am I even still alive? Thank you body for not failing me during all these years. I won't fail you this time, I promise❤❤❤
|Andreea Marin, asa cum nu ai mai vazut-o. Vezi cum ii sta cu parul alb: "Am 43 de ani si ma simt mai bine decat la 20" - FOTO
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Hello, I'd like to introduce the new version of android.
It is a full real time that UNLOCKS te strategy for your mobile.
Car Home Ultra v3.34 & Unlocker
Requirements: 2.3 and up
Overview: Car Home Ultra is a Car Dock app that makes your phone much easier and safer to use while in the car.
OMG Droid: "Car Home Ultra -- Finally a Real Car Dock App for Android"
http://omgdroid.com/app-review-car-home ... r-android/
Applater: "A handy car dock application to help you use your device safely even while driving"
http://www.applatter.com/android/safety ... z2A4mRNCUF"
Customize up to 18 shortcuts to launch apps, direct dial numbers, or even navigate to a specific location.
Customize the Data Panel with:
- Speedometer (Speaks when pressed)
- Compass
- Altimeter
- Battery Meter
- Clock
- Current Weather Conditions (Speaks when pressed)
- Current Location (Speaks when pressed)
Other Features:
- Integrated Media Controls (Play/Pause, Next, Previous)
- 30 Custom Shortcuts
- Location alerts
- Custom Day/Night color schemes
- Auto switch between Day/Night based on Sunset and Sunrise
- Set to speaker phone mode when docked (optional)
- Starts CarHome when bluetooth connection is detected
- Auto Bluetooth on with Car Mode (optional)
- Auto Bluetooth off when exiting Car Mode (optional)
- Auto Wifi on/off with Car Mode (optional)
- Displays speed in KPH or MPH
- Displays temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit
- Optionally hide status bar
What's in this version:
Version 3.34
Shortcut Icons and Labels are now customizable. Tap & hold and existing shortcut then swipe left in the shortcut picker to customize the label or icon.
Version 3.33
Home Launcher shortcut is now compatible with the Android 4.2 Car Mode Patch
CHU version is now included in the about menu email option
Minor Bug Fix
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Wilders never received the training that makes for a psion, nor do they possess the natural martial inclination which forges psychic energy into the path of the psychic warrior. They are simply men and women with such enormous reserves of psychic force that it wells forth from them in barely-controlled waves of power. The delicate pruning and clipping of gnomish psionic techniques might broaden the scope of a psion's power, but it robs it of its raw vitality. A wilder may not have a psion's breadth of skill but they are more capable of using what they have. Their comparatively few abilities are stronger than those of a psion, and can be invoked more often and more fiercely.
Almost by definition, wilders are untrained. Nearly anyone could well up with the power, regardless of their former life. Few understand them, and most treat them as just another variety of sorcerer.


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No, not a poorly named English village pub, but a poorly constructed play on the word Pannepot.
De Struise's flagship strong dark (quadrupel?) is brewed with spices unspecified on the brewery's website and the range goes through a number of different barrel-ageing variations under different labels.
This is the base level beer, as far as I can tell, not aged in oak and dated 2014. Dark brown it pours, with red highlights against the light, the tan coloured head scared off by the 10% ABV before long. The aroma is faintly spicy alright; clove is the main player, perhaps some general Christmassy nutmeg and cinnamon stuff. Really though, the general effect is a big dark chewy malt sweetness. The only other sideshow here is a hint of acidity, not strong enough to be called sour at any rate. As expected, the palate is a sweet and savoury blend of chewy toffee and fresh earthy tobacco, with a raisiny sugar-sweetness and, despite probably not being aged in oak, it does have a sort of vinous depth and complexity that suggests a bit of age.
Rich and quad-like, but very easy to drink. I could certainly get used to this.


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Zetonna on the Market
The maker of Lunesta launched a new medication Zetonna, a dry, once-a-day nasal aerosol for allergies. Approved by the FDA in January the release to the public was delayed due to negotiations with the company's partner, a company spokesperson said.
Materials suggest Zetonna is appropriate for patients with either seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis that are at least 12 years old. The recommended dosage is one blast per nostril, per day.
It is estimated that Allergic Rhinitis affects approximately 60 million people in the United States. Symptoms can include nasal stuffiness, runny nose, sneezing, itching, and breathing difficulty. If you suffer from nasal allergies and live in the NYC area, call my office for a consultation. There are solutions to ease your symptoms and improve the quality of your life.


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So anyways, I was in Tessuti looking for some silk to make an Asaka kimono. Winter was well and truly coming and when it's freezing and dreary I believe it's best to be in denial and construct inappropriate clothing. Which is when I saw this eye fabric on the bolt and thought, OMG. I love that fabric. OMG, it is $100 a metre. So I didn't buy any because I am a disciplined fabric shopper. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. And then the new collection by Papercut patterns came out and I happened to see the YoYo dress and well...what can I say? If sewing heaven exists, this match was made there.
Construction was straight forward. I didn't make any changes to the pattern and simply cut a small, grading to a medium for the skirt. My overlocker worked overtime, though. This was one fray-hungry fabric and I ended up serging all the edges first just to prevent it from disintegrating right before my eyes like the HEALTHY tofu chocolate pie I just ate without realising. Whoops.
The skivvy I am wearing underneath is also by Papercut patterns. It's the Rise and Fall Turtleneck and a great quick sew. I used a cotton jersey from Rathdowne Remnants for this one and have made quite a few since then. Some people might say you can buy basic layering pieces so cheap why bother making them? But seriously, this top takes less than an hour and you can control the fabric quality and fit in a way you can't when slopping through the depressingly loveless garments at H&M.
Overall rating? Success!


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I don't know whether or when to announce that we're back–are we back? nobody knows–but I want you to know I'm still here, I still exist, and I still plan to get back to this. I'll let you know when I have some kind of idea of a routine schedule.
I bet Lance feels like sort of a fool for ordering an extra-large caramel-and-whipped-cream Indulgence Mochaccino just to get officially broken up with over.
In a cafe, Pickering explains something earnestly to Lance. She touches his arm and leaves. Lance sits alone. Then he runs to the doorway.
LANCE: Stop! Thief!
An officer stops Pickering.
OFFICER: What did she steal?
LANCE (sorrowfully): My heart.


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The sand remains in my pockets weeks after I collected that pink quartz, grains wedge under my nails, shards burrowing as if they could find an ocean in there. Cleaning it all out, I find a packet in my purse from last week's half-price sushi, soy sauce dark as ink. It'll live in the drawer with the others until I change apartments. You can't catch fireflies or pick blackberries in white gloves so I taught my dog to bury my pair in the backyard. I learned to curse, read upside down, sew enough to patch and hide the stains on all my shirts. I can roll a condom but lack the patience and polite smile of a young lady, my eyebrows give me away. My mom's attention to counted cross stitch wasn't passed down by chromosome, I laugh like her but louder. My hips lead when I dance, my eyes closed and drowning. I never managed to finish a Jane Austen novel, but I pay attention to the fleur-de-lis wallpaper pattern, thrill to see someone waiting on a stump, dress still wet from the lake, coming home to mother.
Cotillion Failure


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Dec 02, 2014
Sanjana Mazumdar, a seventh grader at Maus Middle School in Frisco ISD, won't be writing a letter to Santa this year, instead she'll be writing from him.
Through her participation in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, she developed a business plan and set out on a mission to keep the spirit of Christmas alive by writing personalized letters to children using Santa's signature. She also decided to give a percentage of her proceeds to a local charity.
You can read more about Sanjana and her company, A Real Letter from Santa, by following this link or visiting www.arealletterfromsanta.com.
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Frisco, Texas 75035 Map/Directions
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