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|Almond trees are coming in bloom in many Valley areas.
It's hard to believe spring is still a month away. As I drive around farm country in the Great Valley, I'm seeing a lot of almond trees in colorful bloom and alfalfa fields shimmering in green.
Almond growers that didn't apply dormant sprays like copper and oil are seeing 60 to 80 percent bloom in their trees. Dormant sprays will delay bloom. Let's hope our area isn't hit with heavy frost or heavy winter storms, which could cause problems with these early blooming trees. That could lead to blossom rot.
Alfalfa is looking good and is long past its winter dormant stage. Farmers will let the alfalfa grow until the first cutting, which usually takes place in mid or late April.
|Here's a map of the Westlands Water District.
Water officials and cotton growers are certainly checking the weather forecasts regularly and looking toward the skies for signs of more rain in the Valley and snow in the Sierra Nevadas. Rain is nature's version of pre-irrigation.
Heard on the Farms: Growers in the Westlands Water District received some bad news last week. They won't be able to transfer the rest of their current water allocation into next season. Since they don't need the water right now, many farmers are letting other growers have their water to irrigate their winter crops.
About half our growers in our San Joaquin Sustainable Farming Project are in the Westlands district, which covers 600,000 acres of farmland south of Firebaugh (see the district map). Westlands growers have been anticipating a 35 to 50 percent water allocation this season. On Tuesday, the district will have its regular board meeting and I'm sure there will be an update about water availability for 2012. Stay tuned.
|If water supplies becomes tight, some
growers may plant tomatoes over cotton.
In the past couple of years, cotton acreage has been on the upswing with increased water supplies and good commodity prices. Growers had talked about planting more cotton this year. But now, we may see less cotton acreage because of the water issue. Some growers will have to go to Plan B and plant less thirsty crops such as tomatoes using drip irrigation systems to conserve and maximize their water supplies. There's no need to panic yet. There is still time before that decision will have to be made. Let's keep that rain dance going.
Field Day Alert: Here's a great opportunity to learn about dealing with this season's pest management and water issues in almonds, cotton and alfalfa. SJSFP is sponsoring a free workshop from 9 a.m. to noon the Firebaugh Community Center, 1655 13th St. Firebaugh, on Tuesday, February 28.
As usual, we will have a great panel of speakers: University of California Cooperative Extension Merced pomology farm advisor David Doll (almonds); UC IPM advisor Dr. Pete Goodell (cotton and alfalfa) and entomologist Walt Bentley (almonds), Chris Linneman, Program Manager, Westside San Joaquin River Watershed Coalition, and Louie Guerra, environmental scientist with the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Three continuing education credits have been approved.
While at the event, growers in Fresno, Madera and Merced counties can sign up to participate in our annual sustainable farming program. I can vouch that SJSFP growers improve their farming practices, increase crop yields and become better environmental stewards.
For more information about the field day or to sign up, contact me at (559) 259-1981 or Project Director Marcia Gibbs at (530) 370-5325.


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February 2, 2006
Release # 06-528
The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC.
Name of Product: Sunroom Roof Glass and Skylights
Units: About 6,000 Sunrooms
Manufacturer: Cardinal IG Company of Eden Prairie, Minn. manufactured the reflective glass units. Four Seasons Solar Products, LLC, of Holbrook, N.Y., through its dealers and franchisees, sold and constructed sunrooms that used these glass units.
Hazard: Sunlight reflecting off of certain sunroom roof glass and skylights onto adjacent cedar shingles or cedar shakes could pose a fire hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: Cardinal IG and Four Seasons are aware of four fires that could be attributed to this scenario. There are no reported injuries. The damage ranged from minor damage to shingles and underlying sheathing to incidents that caused some structural damage to roofs and walls.
Description: The repair program involves only the roof glass in sunrooms (including skylights installed as part of the sunroom) that reflect sunlight onto nearby cedar shingles or cedar shakes. It involves reflective Code 77 roof insulating glass units. It includes new sunrooms sold from 1996 through 2002, but possibly constructed later, and those sunrooms, regardless of when built, that had roof glass or skylights replaced with Code 77 glass from 1996 to 2005.
Sold through: Franchisees and Four Seasons retail stores in the United States and Puerto Rico from January 1996 through October 2005.
Manufactured In: United States
Remedy: Owners of Four Seasons Sunrooms described above should call the toll free number to determine if their units are affected and if so, to obtain a free repair. Cardinal IG and Four Seasons working together will repair the roof glass through installation of a capillary tube. The repair can be completed from the exterior of the sunroom except for certain types of skylights. There is no need to replace the glass.
Consumer Contact: For more information, contact the Consumer Response Center at (800) 385-9988 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. Owners can register anytime on-line at www.code77glassrepair.com
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
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"Well, if there's an opportunity to win a World Series, you got to do what you got to do sometimes — within reason," Williams said. "But it's got to be, you have to have a real opportunity. I think we have an opportunity. So, if there's something out there that fits …
"Not all the names out there that supposedly are coming to Chicago are true fits because if [White Sox manager] Ozzie [Guillen] and the coaching staff don't believe they are going to play Player X on a regular basis and Player X needs to play regularly to be effective, then that's not a good fit. It can jeopardize your chemistry and it can jeopardize how your staff wants to go about winning games."
Washington's GM would says getting Adam Dunn would be:
a"For us to move him will be very painful, and it will probably be very, very painful for the team that wants to acquire him," Rizzo said. "I mean, we are always listening; we are certainly not in a position with our history and our record this year and our record in the past that we have to turn a blind eye to any type of constructive idea or offer.
You had a chance in the off-season and you listened to Ozzie, Kenny.


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Mitchell Acquires National Health Quest Inc.
Friday, March 16, 2012
San Diego-based Mitchell International Inc. said in a March 14 statement that it had acquired Redondo Beach-based National Health Quest Inc., a provider of negotiated out-of-network payment services related to insurance claims.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Mitchell provides technology and information services to the property and casualty claims and collision repair industries.
Alex Sun, president and CEO of Mitchell, said in a prepared statement that "the acquisition of NHQ further exemplifies our commitment to key, strategic relationships and investments that enable us to develop and deliver the industry's leading software and service solutions to the P&C claims market."
"There is tremendous value that can be delivered to the injury claims handling community via the appropriate integration and use of specialized out-of-network negotiation services within the claims handling value chain," said J.L. Fersch, Jr. President & Founder of National Health Quest, also in a prepared statement. "Approximately 50 to 70 percent of medical charges are generated by providers who are currently not part of a provider network, and NHQ is the leader in addressing the full spectrum of out-of-network charges, not just large claims."
Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based investment group, is Mitchell's primary owner.


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Concert FAQs: Questions and conundra
Where did the Stones stay? Richmond's Hotel Jefferson for the duration of the D.C.-Charlottesville-Durham leg of the tour. But Mick spent concert night and one more at Keswick Hall.
What's with Mick's welcome to concert-goers from Midlothian? Jagger likes to know where people are coming from, and perhaps the Richmond suburb best known for its "motor mile" of auto dealerships posted a high number of ticket sales. Perhaps he saw it on a map, and it struck his fancy. Perhaps he was thinking of Midlothian, the scenic Scottish town just outside of Edinburgh. Or, perhaps he's just a little zany.
What was his reference to "Lane"? Some non-sports fans didn't realize that when Mick expressed that it's "cooler" in Scott Stadium instead of "Lane," he was discreetly dissing UVA's longstanding rival, Virginia Tech, which plays football at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg.
Where did "the wave" begin? In the 1980s. Sorry. It started near the end of the bomb-scare break by four or five young men in lower level section 116. It took several tries to get it going, but once it did, it went all the way around the stadium nearly a dozen times– even engaging people in the floor seats.
What was the final attendance? A day before the show, promoter Tres Thomas put the figure at 55,000.
How does Scott Stadium stack up on the tour? This is one of the four biggest crowds on the Bigger Bang tour. According to published capacities, only New Jersey's Giants Stadium, Chicago's Soldier Field, and Canada's Magnetic Hill (the last just a Foxfield-style field) have a larger capacity.
Is it true that always-necktied UVA President John Casteen was actually entertaining his guests in the President's box in an open-collared shirt? Yes.
How 'bout those t-shirts? The Scott Stadium commemorative has the tongue symbol over the UVA crossed sabres. On the back: "Sweet Virginia is for Stones Lovers." $35 at the show; $33 online. (Blinking tongues were just $10 at the stadium and online.)
And who sells all the Stones merch on the web? Crozet-based MusicToday
Where'd the band go during the bomb scare? They were seen jumping into two white vans near the colonnade and driving back to their dressing rooms in Bryant Hall.
What did the bomb scare cost us? Besides an hour of everyone's time, we missed two Stones songs, "The Worst" and "Infamy," which Keith Richards has been singing during nearly every previous concert on this tour.
What was the street price of tickets? Tickets were officially priced at $60, $95, $160, and $350. Re-sellers around the Stadium were getting face value– and worse as the show wore on. See below.
Any alcohol problems? Atlanta resident Caroline Echols relates the tale of two Williamsburg-area friends who were ousted for in-stadium drinking. The two left their wives (one of them pregnant) behind and sought replacement tickets. They found another pair of tickets for $20 each. "They were only out during the bomb scare," says Echols, "so they didn't miss a song."
How did the band get to Scott Stadium? Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood came via limos on I-64. Mick Jagger arrived in a police car after his town car was involved in a minor accident with a fire truck near the Charlottesville Airport.
Did the late concert break any noise laws? Charlottesville's noise ordinance limits after-10pm volumes to 75 decibels in the downtown commercial district and to 55 decibels in neighborhoods. But UVA turf is exempt from such local codes, says city spokesman Maurice Jones.
So where was the Dave? On a family vacation to South Africa.
Who got to be up inside the fire-breathing dragon? In all, there were 230 people up there inside the wings of the stage acting as human graphic equalizers as bright lights swirled behind them. Some folks were winners of the text-messaging lottery that provided upgrades from their regular seats. And there were VIPs– including 20 friends of the Music Resource Center, each of whom paid $2,500 with 50 percent of the proceeds going to the Center, according to Center chair Fritz Berry. "It was really neat," says Berry. "You were looking over the shoulders of these guys and seeing them interact."
Speaking of the fire-breathing dragon, why could we all feel that heat so fast? "It was infrared photons– radiation– that were reaching you instantly," says UVA physicist Donal Day. "Radiation travels at the speed of light." By contrast, the sounds from the erupting flame jets were ambling along at a mere 750 miles per hour or 1,100 feet per second. That means a fan on the far end of Scott Stadium might have to wait half a second to hear the pyrotechnics. By then, the warm wash of heat would have already hit its 55,000 targets.
How can Mick move so well? He is not the typical 62-year old, and he wasn't always buff. According to Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties by A.E. Hotchner, "My dad was a physical training teacher; his job didn't really rub off on me. I didn't believe in running if there was a chance of walking." In Sympathy for the Devil: the Rolling Stones Story, Phillip Norman reveals that Jagger took up jogging and other exercises in time for the 1981 "Tattoo You" tour.
How else is Mick different? He's the father of seven children by four different women.
Is he really Sir Mick? Yes. In December 2003, the Queen of England awarded Jagger knighthood– but not without controversy. For starters, he lives much of the year in France. And Keith Richards, who took a dim view of accepting such an establishment honor, wasn't holding out hopes for his own knighthood, according to the BBC. "They knew," Richards said at the time, "I'd tell them where they could put it."
How did our football turf hold up? So well that none had to be replaced– unlike Boston's Fenway Park which had to replace 40,000 square feet of outfield after the first two shows of the tour. And UVA's underground drainage system was similarly undamaged, according to UVA spokesperson Carol Wood.
I sit and watch as girls go by.
Three songs on this sled made Scott Stadium suddenly smaller.
Stage view
They're the first to come and the last to leave: roadies at 1am.
Fifth row denizen Barbara Hopper of Lynchburg laughs as "The Wave" goes by.
These seats helped raise $25,000 for the Music Resource Center.
Not enough tongues got a hold of this tongue
The last frontman to pack Scott Stadium was away on vacation
Even after six to seven inches of rain, David A. Harrison III field gets a drink on the afternoon of Sunday, October 9


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When an impact to the head is forceful enough to knock out a child's tooth, the child needs to be assessed neurologically, according to Joel Berg, D.D.S., president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
Berg suggests, if possible, replanting the tooth within 30 minutes. "The tooth needs to be replanted into the socket immediately. The longer the tooth exists outside the socket, the more reduced are its chances of survival."
"It's not advised to return a baby tooth into the socket because it might be exposed to bacteria as the new permanent tooth emerges," says Berg.
To read the story in its entirety, visit http://www.schoolnursenews.org/index/1112-ns/SaveTooth.php
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Apple and its most well-known supplier Foxconn Technology Group, will both share the costs of improving conditions at Chinese factories that assemble Apple's iPhones and iPads, a Foxconn executive said.
Foxconn chief executive Terry Gou didn't give exact figures, but said that his company has been spending a lot of money to improve the factories which have been deemed to have poor conditions, he told Reuters. Much media attention has been focused on Foxconn employees committing suicide.
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"We've discovered that this (improving factory conditions) is not a cost. It is a competitive strength," Gou told reporters on Thursday in Shanghai. "I believe Apple sees this as a competitive strength along with us, and so we will split the initial costs."
Foxconn has been enacting changes at its Chinese factories, even raising wages by 16 to 25 percent and agreeing with Apple to hire tens of thousands of workers to reduce overtime costs. Of course, this has also hurt Foxconn, with shareholders not liking the rising salaries.
Reported conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers have been a black eye to Apple, which has spent a lot of time trying to dispel the notion that it is a huge company with sweatshops and unsafe working conditions. Now the company must follow through on its promises to create a safer and better working environment for workers at its suppliers.


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Don't send me the '80s paperback edition of "A Gift of Magic" with Nancy's face emerging from a red-tinged cloud. I'm not ready
I don't believe in God, but I do believe in used book vendors. Once or twice every few years, when I'm wondering if I'm on the wrong path in my life, I wander over to their tables and ask them (the tables, not the vendors) for a sign.
The last time I did this, right as I wandered into the vastly fiscally unremunerative but intellectually and philosophically satisfying life of a funny ha-ha cultural critic, I found the edition of "The Arabian Nights" for which I'd written flap copy in my first week as an editorial assistant in my first real-life big corporate job.
This seemed SIGN-like but I was not entirely certain how to read it. (Remember how you didn't follow this whole life path? Well played?)
THIS time, however, I received the oddest but most remarkable sign:
There is no reason for anyone who is not crazy and the compiler of some weird "Fine Lines" concordance to know this, but this is the book that, for years, has been my UR-PLOTFINDER, the title of which however often I am reminded I can never retain. (I can only ever remember blue and orange dresses, and you call Avenue of the Americas Sixth Avenue, not Avenue of the Americas.)
Again, I don't know what it means, but it seems promising career-wise and in any case was not a remaindered copy of my own book.
I had also been vastly itchy over yet another article of the "Blah, blah, and in summation, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN LEAD FULLER, REALER, HAPPIER LIVES THAN YOU. Despite the urine" variety. PEOPLE OF BABBLE. It is not a competition and STOP MAKING IT ONE. (Though if it is, just fyi, this is all true and we win, especially as we can get on board at any time, ha ha ha!)
Anyway, the table also bore the following intimations:
As the table must have known, Jean Kerr is my favorite writer of what I consider the golden age of parenting literature! Actually, I consider almost anything but our current age the golden age of parenting literature! I do love that Sandra Tsing Loh, though. Basically I want a few weary drinks and a funny story, and I'm happy. Thank you table.
The table bore no further signs for me but did have the hilarity of the following:
And also
…for which I had been searching. Check out that tagline.
Having a boyfriend is not the answer!
I see now it's a very choose your poison display, isn't it?
I also picked up copies of Cakes and Ale, Wait Till Helen Comes, Klute, Karen, Socks, Catherine, Called Birdy, The Man Who Loved Children, The Glimpses of the Moon, and first edition hardcovers of The Stepford Wives, A Kiss Before Dying, and Fear of Flying. I'm taking the position these augur nothing.


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Turn on Airplane Mode
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, open Control Center, then tap . You can also go to Settings > Airplane Mode and tap the slider to turn it on.
On your Apple Watch, touch and hold the bottom of the screen until you see Control Center, then swipe up, and tap . You can also go to Settings and tap Airplane Mode to turn it on.
You can set your iPhone and Apple Watch to mirror the Airplane Mode setting of the other device. Go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, then tap General > Airplane Mode > Mirror iPhone.
With iOS 13 and iPadOS, when you turn on Airplane Mode, it turns off all radios except for Bluetooth. If you turn off Bluetooth while you're in Airplane Mode, your device will remember the next time you turn on Airplane Mode.
Use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Airplane Mode
If the airline allows it, you can use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth while in Airplane mode. You just need to turn them on separately. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth with Control Center. Open Control Center from the Home screen and tap or . You can also go to Settings > Wi-Fi or Settings > Bluetooth. To use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your Apple Watch, just turn off Airplane Mode.
If you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth while you're in Airplane mode, they will be on the next time you use Airplane mode, unless you turn them off while in Airplane mode.
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A's won't rush decision on improving Cespedes
OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes showed continued improvement during workouts on Wednesday afternoon at the Coliseum, but whether his ailing right shoulder is healthy enough to warrant a start for Friday's American League Division Series opener (6:30 p.m. PT, TBS) against Detroit remains unclear.
The A's at least remain hopeful that the right-handed slugger will be available as a designated hitter for Game 1 of the ALDS, should he not be able to play the field. But they can't chance either if they believe playing time will only worsen the shoulder, which was diagnosed with tendinitis last week.
Cespedes DH'd nine straight games to rest his shoulder before returning to left field last Friday, only to last three innings before departing with pain.
"We have to be pretty confident," said manager Bob Melvin. "We have Thursday and Friday to figure that out, whether or not we feel like he needs pregame Friday to make a decision."
Cespedes was one of several hitters to step in against Dan Straily and Tommy Milone in an informal three-inning simulated game on Wednesday, but one of just a few to actually swing.
"His swing was a lot more aggressive," said Melvin. "I think yesterday, he was trying to ease into it, where today, you could tell right away his swings were much more aggressive. I think, hopefully, we're on a good path of getting him in the lineup somehow. We'll have a better indication tomorrow whether that's in left field or not.
"And with him, you can tell pretty easily. He'll try to grind through some things, but when you see the velocity he had behind his swing today, you can tell the shoulder wasn't bothering him."
Cespedes did not attempt to do any throwing on Wednesday. That will wait until Thursday, when he's expected to be limited to playing catch. Should he get through that exercise without any issues, the A's will look to lengthen him out.
In the event Cespedes is restricted to hitting duties come Friday, Melvin is expected to play Brandon Moss in left field -- "He can play anywhere," Melvin said -- and give Daric Barton the start at first base.
But ideally, the A's want a healthy Cespedes arm in left field.
When asked how honest Cespedes is with the staff when it comes to his health, Melvin smiled and paused for more than five seconds.
"Hmm," he began. "He wants to play -- let's put it that way. It's a combination of what the trainer thinks, how he feels, myself, all of the above."


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Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a gram-negative bacterium that lives, in the natural world, in iron sulfide (aka "pyrite," aka "fool's gold) deposits, where it eats iron and sulfur and excretes sulfuric acid.
Now, a team of graduates, undergraduates, and post-docs at New York's Columbia and Cooper Union universities is working to develop a genetically-modified strain of A. ferrooxidans that can be used in place of toxic bulk chemical reagents to selectively etch copper to make printed circuit boards:
By genetically altering the bacteria, we intend to install a light sensitive mechanism which will enable us to etch copper in a desired pattern, leaving a finished circuit board. Once a blank printed circuit board is placed in a thin layer of solid media, the bacteria will be applied onto the surface of the media and light will be focused on it in a desired pattern. The light sensitive mechanism in ferrooxidans would activate and self-destruct in the pathway of the light. In the end, the circuit board will be "etched" by the bacteria everywhere but the illuminated spots, leaving the desired pattern behind on the circuit board.
The combined Columbia-Cooper Union team are entering this project in the 2012 iGem Synthetic Biology competition. Check out the link, below, for more details, and come see them in person, if you can, at World Maker Faire 2012.


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For nearly three decades, McCarren Pool sat decrepit and empty, a hulking eyesore overlooking McCarren Park. It was a rotting reminder of the past in a neighborhood that was seeing so many changes for the better.
But the pool almost became an empty lot. In 1989, after local community residents fought the city on restoring the pool because they felt it might attract outsiders to the neighborhood, money was allocated to tear it down.
A local community group was formed – Friends of McCarren Park – to oversee the demolition. But a few brave members of that group came to their senses, and behind the deteriorating facade they saw the possibility of a great future, and broke and formed their own group – the Independent Friends of McCarren Park – but this time dedicated to stopping the demolition.
They worked, lobbied, and raised funds to try and save the pool, all the while calling attention to its historic past and the asset that it could once again be to the neighborhoods of North Brooklyn.
And 23 years after it was nearly torn down to the ground, the pool and its majestic bathhouse re-opened to the public with a $50 million facelift.
The story isn't so much about the pool and preserving the history of New York City, so much as it's about what a group of civic-minded individuals can accomplish in the face of so much opposition. There wasn't always a lot of support for reopening McCarren Pool over the years, but seeing it restored today, we doubt few would argue that it wasn't worth fighting for.
The lesson is that if a few determined voices can bring about a $50 million dollar renovation of a building that was all but given up on, imagine what a few voices can accomplish on your block?


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In his latest release, versatile fingerstylist Laurence
Juber shows again that he's equally capable of nailing rapid-fire runs
in an up-tempo number ("Enough Is Never Enough"), creating a reflective
mood ("Guitar Noir"), essaying a jazzy rag ("Maple Avenue Strut" and the
title track), firing off a tasty blues ("Green Room Blues," a bonus
live track), or laying bare his heart in romantic, Bensusan-esque tunes
("The Ornament Waltz," "Being Here with You")—and he's also equally
adept in standard tuning, D A D G A D, and C G D G A D. The best and
most vivid of the album's numbers—such as "Highway 17" (a paean to the
winding highway connecting San Jose and Santa Cruz, California) and the
only nonoriginal composition here, "Shebeg and Shemore" (by the
18th-century Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan)—display not only Juber's
erudition and technical prowess but also his gift for instrumental
storytelling. On the companion DVD (which includes printable
transcriptions), Juber devotes 90 minutes to breaking down each song,
but not bar for bar; rather, he explicates the most notable or
challenging passages in each and shares a bit of his philosophy of
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The aunt of a Chicago girl is demanding answers after she says a school security guard restrained the 10-year-old and caused several injuries.
Treshawnda Junius is the legal guardian of Kayla, who attended Beacon Therapeutic School, which specializes in students with attention and emotional difficulties. Kayla has ADHD and is bipolar, Junius said.
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Kayla had multiple bumps, cuts and bruises on her back and face.
"We heard Kayla screaming, we heard her tussling with the man, we heard him telling her to stop or it'll get worse," Junius said.
The school, Junius said, told her that Kayla had hurt herself and declined to comment to NBC 5.
Junius said she filed and a police report and is waiting for Kayla to be assigned to a new school.
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Colombian pop singer Shakira said Saturday she would one day like to sing pop songs, if not an entire album, in Arabic.
The native Spanish speaker, who also has global hits in English, was speaking at a news conference in Morocco, where she was headlining the Mawazine World Rhythms music festival.
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"It would be a challenge to do an album in Arabic. I would first have to learn Arabic," she said. "I am completely open to that experience. … At some point I would love that to happen in my life."
Born in Colombia of Syrian origin, Shakira said she grew up listening to the Arab world's premier divas of the 20th century, Egyptian Umm Kalthum and Lebanese Fairuz.
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Shakira often uses eastern dance, also known as belly dancing, in her acts, and her hit Spanish language single "Ojas Asi" relies heavily on a Middle Eastern melody. Her eastern origins and musical influences have made her popular throughout the Middle East.
She admitted, however, that she only speaks a few words of Arabic, including "ateeni boosa" or give me a kiss, provoking laughter among the mostly Moroccan crowd of journalists.
Morocco's 10th-annual Mawazine festival of world music concluded Saturday after eight days of music that saw bands from 60 countries, including Kanye West, Lionel Ritchie, Egypt's Amr Diab and Senegal's Youssou N'Dour.
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Ahhh, those fun summer days. I love these pictures of my kids just being themselves. Kaden and Kinsley love each other so much and spontaneously stop to give each other hugs - until one of them has had enough and moves on:) They have had a blast playing outside this summer with it being as mild as it has been. Kinsley's favorite thing is to dig in the mud and get all dirty. For a two year old I guess it doesn't get any better than that! Kaden loves to spray water on the dirt and make the mud for Kinsley and "accidentally" sometimes sprays her!:) This is what being kids is all about, I miss those days, but have enjoyed re-living them through my kiddos this year. Here's to kicking off your shoes and getting your feet dirty!
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Bullet points for what you missed while dreaming of having Mila Kunis over for some CHallah and honey...
- Would you say it's time to panic? Yes I would Kent. Habs lose again, 4-0 to the Bolts. You can say "it's just pre-season" only so many times;
- The Little Fuckity-Fuck had a six point night;
- Drew Doughty cashes in with the Kings to the tune of $56 mill;
- Banana tossing guy feels terrible about tossing the banana;
- For the ladies today... hmm. You type "hottest Jewish male actors" and you get Woody Allen or Larry David. That can't be good. All the handsome Jews are doctors. How about some Israeli male models;
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it's 2014 and it snowed this week but for some reason i don't mind that it's winter. probably because it's been really mild in virginia and because i've been buying myself presents (it's very good for morale). here's a list of the things i've acquired for myself so far this year: boots, coat, leggings, sweater, and bonlook glasses.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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- Sasha Maria said...
These are such lovely snapshots. I really like your coat!
- January 17, 2014 at 11:48 AM
- kristine said...
Love those pants!
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Love it
may be we can follow each other. please let me know
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A chic kiss ;)
- March 4, 2014 at 7:17 AM
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nice blog. wanna follow each other dear? :))
- March 9, 2014 at 11:25 PM
- Chic Origins said...
OH, Kennedy, I want your plants! <3
- March 19, 2014 at 10:12 AM
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Oh Kennedy, I want your plants! <3
- March 19, 2014 at 10:12 AM
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Heyyy girl, it's been a while but I'm trying to get back into blogging. Hope you haven't forgotten about me :) I miss reading your blog!
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Gibson Guitars are world-renowned for a reason. Slash, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Bob Marley, Billy Joe Armstrong and Steve Jones are each a household name, each a player of legendary status. They all have one thing in common, they all play a Gibson.
To say Gibson's are the most iconic guitars in the world would be an understatement. Gibson guitars have made their way into the hands of more legendary musicians than any other competitor can even dream of. Even the 'god' of guitar himself, Jimi Hendrix, would eventually wield a 'Flying V' in favour of his usual suspect whilst performing at a certain Isle of Wight festival back in 1970.
The Gibson story officially started at the start of the 20th century, designing acoustic guitars, mandolins and ultimately the first electric guitar, the ES-150. From this point on the electric guitar and Gibson become nearly inseparable, with their reputation cemented in the 50's when Les Paul designed his famous signature guitar. It's a testament to the great man's original design that Gibson follow exact specifications of '57 and '59 models for many of their current production guitars. The introduction of the SG as a "cut down" version of the Les Paul, thus creating two separate strands of humbucking tone. With the LP offering epic sustain and power while the SG was leaner and mean. It's hard to imagine hard rock and electric blues developing their sheer tonal variety without these iconic axes.
The story of these great instruments dates way back to the late 1800's and begins with one man. Orville Gibson. Orville was a one-man workshop with a serious passion for the guitar. He invented the worlds first archtop guitar during the 1890's with the oldest existing Gibson guitar found documented back to 1897.
Orville was a master woodwork builder and more often than not, carved an entire guitar out of a single piece of wood. This was an astonishing feat then and it still is now, especially considering the manufacturing process was completed by hand and all done by just one man. He continued to produce his guitars and mandolins in a tiny workshop in Kalamazoo Michigan USA until demand became too high.
Reputation of Orville's amazing guitars began to spread, and the high demand for Orville Gibson's guitars led to him selling the Gibson name to a consortium of music store owners and lawyers.
Gibson's archtop guitars remained the most popular in the world amongst Spanish and dance bands. Towards the late 1910's, rival manufacturers began releasing their own guitar models with the flat top acoustic being a favourable choice. It was about this time that Gibson introduced their own flat top acoustic guitars in order to stay ahead of the game. The first official Gibson flat top guitar was known as the 'Army Navy' and aimed to provide a guitar for troops to take away to barracks during the outbreak of WWI. The flattop revolution had begun.
In 1926 Gibson released the L-1 flat top acoustic guitar which remained a hit with enthusiasts until reaching its epitome in 1933. In 1936 Gibson release two guitars to replace the now ageing L-1, the J-35 and Super Jumbo models. These were also the first models to offer rosewood back and sides, giving these guitars as much tone as they had volume
As well as their fabled history of Electric Guitars, you can find an array of Gibson Acoustic guitars available at our stores. From the affordable J-15 and J35 models, all the way up to the Bob Dylan signed Signature Jumbo, we've got a Gibson acoustic to suit your style and budget.
The post war years at Gibson are marked by major innovations. Under the leadership of Ted McCarty, who serves as company president from 1950 to 1966. Gibson understood the demand for louder guitars in bands and hence set to work in developing the P-90 pickup. In 1949 Gibson released the ES-5 featuring 3 P-90 pickups. The Electric Revolution had begun.
In 1952 Gibson approached the world's most successful recording artist Les Paul. Les had previously been laughed out of Gibson when he showed up with a plank of wood sporting strings and a pickup. Apparently, the idea would never take off with Gibson stating that players wanted a conventional amplifier guitar. Les felt that solid body guitars would prove to be more rugged, easier to build and less prone to feedback and interference. This was the man who invented and pioneered wireless audio technology, multi-track recording and would eventually be known for the guitar which changed the world.
Gibson caught wind of their main rivals Fender developing the first solid-body guitars and re-approached Les Paul to hear what he had to say. There may have been something to this solid-body idea, thus the Gibson Electric Guitar was conceived!
In late 1952 and after many mock-ups, Gibson finally released their first solid-body electric guitar. They decided to name it the Gibson Les Paul. Little did the company know at the time that this instrument would go on to become one of, if not the most successful musical instrument of all time.
In 1957 Gibson perfected the humbucking pickup and began to introduce even more guitar models such as the ES-330 and ES-335. Each model carrying immense popularity in their own rights. Very shortly after this Gibson release the Flying V and Explorer. It's hard to believe to this day that the Flying V and Explorer were released in the late 50's due to how ahead of their time these models were,
1959 marks what could be the most important year ever for Gibson. The 59' Gibson Les Paul Standard got everything right. These Les Paul sunbursts or 'Bursts' as they became known as, are regarded as the most collectable guitars in the world today. Although Gibson didn't produce many Burst in 59, all of them came out perfect and each carrying a distinctive flamed maple wood pattern acting as the instruments unique fingerprint.
It would be crazy to overlook the original ES, offering a totally unique sound and embodying the hollow body tone for many. If you don't have the ES-335 then you don't have BB King's beloved Lucille or The Beatles Casino semi-acoustics. Modern Gibson guitars seek to continue with the innovative vision of Les Paul and Ted McCarty in the 50's. With automatic tuning systems, adjustable nut designs and built-in electronics to go with the original Tune-O-Matic bridges and that famous sweet humbucking sound.
They have also continued their legacy of producing fine Gibson bass guitars since 1953. Some of Gibson's most iconic guitar designs have been converted into bass tone monsters, including the SG, Les Paul, Firebird and Explorer, as well as the EB series basses. Perhaps the most stand-out model from the line-up is the Thunderbird, adapted from the original Firebird electric guitars.
Gibson continue to innovate today releasing updated models of their existing range while incorporating new designs, technologies and striving for excellence. Here at PMT we offer the UK's largest range of Gibson Guitars, all available on 0% Finance and buy now pay later schemes. We believe that everybody has the right to own one of these incredible Gibson guitars, be it a traditional acoustic or an iconic Gibson electric guitar.
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VANCOUVER — There is Eddie's Meatballs NFL fantasy football league team that's off to a surprising start.
"A Swedish guy with his first fantasy team is 5-1, how embarrassing is that?," chortled the fun-loving Chicago Wolves goaltender. "There has been a lot of trash talking, so it's been a pretty good couple of weeks here."
There is also the Lack Ness Monsters, towering white goal pads that when aligned greet opposition shooters with a huge growling Wolves logo.
"I just got them and I need three of four practices to break them in," added the gregarious 6-foot-5 stopper. "Maybe I'll even wear them around the house and to bed. Just joking, I think."
He's Eddie the Entertainer, who also tweets and blogs, but most importantly he's Eddie Lack, the promising Vancouver Canucks prospect who's proving that his quick wit matches his quickness in the AHL crease. He made 25 saves in a season-opening 1-0 overtime victory over the Rockford IceHogs and will see the net again this weekend in Abbotsford during a two-game series against the Heat. Even though Lack allowed three goals in his second outing during a 5-3 win over the IceHogs — including a pair in less than two minutes – the way he rebounded has given the Wolves a top tandem. Matt Climie made 20 saves Wednesday to backstop a 2-1 decision over the Peoria Rivermen and push the Wolves to 3-0.
"I really liked how confident I was out there, especially this early in the season," said the 24-year-old Lack. "I didn't let things rattle me and I just thought about what I had to do. Right from the first practices, I really trust myself now and really don't think too much if I'm doing anything wrong or anything like that. I'm just thinking about little notes I make before the game."
Those notes are pointers from Canucks goalie coach Rollie Melanson because as much as Lack loves to laugh, he soaks up instruction like a sponge. His game mirrors what Cory Schneider has come to trust in a more neutral style that emphasizes being closer to the goalline and working out from that stance. It should help keep Lack from slumping like he did at the midway point of last season and keep him on track to becoming the backup to Schneider next season. Lack's contract extension backs that faith with a split of $650,000/85,000 US between the NHL and AHL this season and then a one-way deal at $850,000.
"I don't think I'd be here if it wasn't for Rollie," added Lack. "He helped me a lot when I first came and to compare that to the goalie I am now — it's a huge difference. Rollie wanted me deep in the net and now I can go out and challenge more and read those situations, too."
There's a lot to read into Lack's love of the game and goaltending. Unlike most scenarios where the fat kid or the most untalented guy would be plopped between the pipes, Lack would get the rink hours early in his native Norrtalje, Sweden to make sure he got the goalie gear.
"I would hide the pads from the other kids," chuckled Lack. "When I first tried it, I just fell in love with it. I really like the fact you're either the best guy on the ice or the worst guy on the ice. I like the spotlight."
Lack didn't shy away from it last season. His 2.31 goals-against average, four shutouts and .925 saves percentage during a roller-coaster season spoke of consistency. And even in the pressure-packed playoffs, Lack responded with a 2.19 GAA and .916 saves percentage.
"I'm really comfortable in Chicago and if they [Canucks] want me to play here a little longer, then I really want to try and win a [Calder] Cup. If they want me up there in a couple of months or so, I'm ready for that, too. But I need to play a lot of games and be good day in and day out. Baumer [assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner] tried to teach me to be a pro for three years. Andrew Ebbett has taken over and we'll see how that works out."
All kidding aside, Lack was serious about getting a contract extension done in August.
"He was patient and very concerned because he wants to be a Canuck and there were some conversations because other clubs had interest," said Lack's agent Kurt Overhardt. "Having represented a dozen goalies over the last 20 years, his personality is a real positive. What endears you to your teammates as a goalie is the ability to stop the puck on a consistent basis and your work ethic because players like to be challenged and then comes your character. He doesn't treat anybody differently and he's very respectful."
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Sunday Afternoon at the Opera - Vivaldi: Catone in Utica
Sunday Afternoon at the Opera host Keith Brown writes:
My Vivaldi opera broadcast series continues this month, showcasing the latest three-CD package from the French label Opus 111 in its series "Treasures of the Piedmont," volume 55, issued just this year. This broadcast series was made possible because our station continues to receive all the newly recorded Vivaldi operas Opus 111 has brought out over the past several years. We know him today as the violin virtuoso and author of "The Four Seasons" and other concertos. Yet Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the most prolific composers of Italian opera in music history.
At least twenty complete operas of his survive in manuscript or print, and he co-wrote or ghost wrote even more, upping the total to more like thirty eight-maybe as high as sixty seven, including works in fragmentary condition. A vast bulk of Vivaldi's opera scores is preserved in the Italian National Library in Turin. The earlier, 1714 version of Orlando Furioso, broadcast on Sunday, October 13th, presented a convincing reconstruction of one of those fragmentary scores. A masterwork he penned later on in the full blossoming of his career was Catone in Utica (1737). The last two of its three acts are complete. The first act and overture are entirely missing. Vivaldi was constantly plagiarizing himself, so a lot of the missing aria numbers can be deduced from his other opera scores.
Musicologist Alessandro Ciccolini has skillfully reconstructed act one and supplied an entirely plausible opening sinfonia derived from another Vivaldi opera L'Olimpiade (1734). Ciccolini composed convincingly "period" recitative passages of his own to fill in the gaps. A renouned interpreter of baroque opera, conductor Alan Curtis, prepared the critical performing edition of Ciccolini's complete restored Catone in Utica. Curtis directs the period instrument ensemble Il Complesso Barocco, with six vocal soloists, all of them well versed in producing the florid embellishments of baroque operatic singing practice.


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Seven of the city's top science and math teachers, including three from Queens, know the formula for success in the classroom.
They accepted Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics this week for using creative methods to inspire students to make the grade and pursue careers in their field.
For Thomas Sangiorgi, a Regents chemistry teacher at Townsend Harris High School, this means being a human target.
The 46-year-old educator lets his students throw plastic foam balls at him in order to demonstrate the collision theory. The only way to score a point is to hit him in the head with one.
"You need the right amount of energy and the right amount of aim," said Sangiorgi, a teacher of 19 years. "The students love the idea of throwing a ball at a teacher."
The imaginative demonstration is one of many that have made Sangiorgi a living legend at the Flushing school, Sloan officials said.
Other lessons include shooting balled up socks in the air through a makeshift acetylene cannon to show an organic chemistry reaction.
"The louder it is, the more applause I get. It's pretty nifty," he said. "And at that point, I've got their attention. They want to know what they just saw."
Yunseon Esther Kim of Francis Lewis High School and Dorina Cheregi of Newcomers High School were also awarded this year.
Kim, an integrated algebra teacher, was lauded for her eight years of "patience, perseverance and gift for lucid mathematical explanation," according to Sloan officials.
"Ms. Kim is someone who puts in every ounce of her being toward helping kids," said Francis Lewis
High School Principal David Marmor. "She stays late. She tutors on her free time. She's a fantastic math teacher. She's had phenomenal success."
Kim has also helped two-thirds of her second-year algebra students pass their Regents exams after they failed their first year, Marmor and Sloan officials said.
Cheregi, a Romanian immigrant, has dedicated more than 17 years to teaching basic and advanced math to new immigrant teens. She is credited for her honors students' 92 percent pass rate on the AP Calculus test, according to award officials.
"To have that role model in the school is really wonderful," said Newcomers Principal Orlando Sarmiento. "It gives the kids a very concrete example of excellence and how to use education to be successful in the United States."
The seven winners in the city, chosen by a panel of distinguished science and math educators, are being honored in a ceremony Wednesday by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization, and Fund for the City of New York.
Each teacher received $5,000 and another $2,500 for their school's science and math programs. This is the program's fifth year.
Other winners were Charlene Chan of the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, Eloise Thompson of DeWitt Clinton High School, Elisabeth Jaffe of Baruch College Campus High School and Eleanor Terry of the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology.


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Climate change competition
01 March 2016
Would you like to see your own space artwork on the ESA Kids site? Here's your chance! Every month ESA Kids is looking at a different theme in more detail, seen in the 'Focus On' section. Themes include everything from orbits and planets to astronauts and asteroids.
Artwork could be a drawing, a painting, model or mobile…use your imagination!
This month's competition: Climate change
Entries to reach us before 28 February 2018
The best entries will be selected to go into the Space Gallery, and the overall winner will receive a special prize from the European Space Agency. Check out the ESA Kids website regularly to see who our monthly winners are!
Email entries to: firstname.lastname@example.com
or send to: ESA Kids, c/o Ms. Karina De Castris, ESA-ESRIN, Via Galileo Galilei, C.P. 64 I-00044 Frascati, Italy.
Please note: artwork cannot be returned. Due to the large number of entries we receive each month, we do not send letters to participants acknowledging receipt. Only the winners are contacted by ESA. Maximum age limit for competition entries is 12.


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Earning my dollars comes with earning my trust.
I have always expected your company to act with integrity by ensuring that the ingredients you use in your products are produced responsibly.
It greatly concerns me that your company cannot guarantee that the palm oil you are using is not connected to ongoing deforestation, human rights violations, child and forced labor, increased climate emissions, and the plight of endangered orangutans.
Orangutans are being driven towards extinction, forest-dependent communities are losing their customary lands, forced and child labor practices are widespread, and our climate is threatened by continued acceptance of conflict palm oil.
The time for bold action has arrived. Your company must demand responsible palm oil from its suppliers and eliminate conflict palm oil contamination of its products.
I encourage you to secure a new global responsible palm oil procurement policy and implementation plan that ensures that the palm oil in your company's supply chain is fully traceable, legally grown, and sourced from verified responsible palm oil producers not associated with deforestation, expansion onto carbon-rich peatlands or human and labor rights violations.
I can't stand by brands that use conflict palm oil.
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In rainforests half a world away from the United States, orangutans are making their last stand for survival. Scientists warn that these gentle and intelligent animals, among humankind's closest...
In rainforests half a world away from the United States, orangutans are making their last stand for survival. Scientists warn that these gentle and intelligent animals, among humankind's closest kin, could become extinct within our lifetime if their rainforest homes continue to be destroyed for palm oil plantations. But the primary threat pushing them toward extinction lies much closer to home than you may think: you'll find it hidden in the snack food aisle of your local grocery store, and likely in your own shopping cart.
RAN 's carefully selected "Snack Food 20" group of companies are named here publicly for the first time. This report assesses the palm oil purchasing commitments and policies of each of these influential corporations and spells out the critical role they have in reforming the destructive practices widely associated with palm oil production.
The "Snack Food 20" group of companies—Campbell Soup Company; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.; General Mills, Inc.; Grupo Bimbo; Hillshire Brands Company; H.J. Heinz Company; Hormel Foods Corporation; Kellogg Company; Kraft Food Group, Inc.; Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Corp.; Mars Inc.; Mondelez International, Inc.; Nestlé S.A.; Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.; PepsiCo, Inc.; The Hershey Company; The J.M. Smucker Company; Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.; and Unilever—manufacture a wide range of popular snack foods in the United States and abroad that contain conflict palm oil.
While some companies are beginning to take steps to address their palm oil problem, none have yet adopted and fully implemented adequate safeguards to eliminate conflict palm oil from entering their supply chains and contaminating their products. These big, global food companies have the power, through their supply chains, to drive a transformation in the way palm oil is now commonly produced. Increased consumer and citizen pressure on these companies is a key ingredient for success.
Working together with our families, friends, and allies, we will hold these companies to account and push them to eliminate conflict palm oil from their products. We will work with them to adopt and implement responsible palm oil procurement policies that ensure the palm oil they buy is not associated with deforestation, child or forced labor, plantation expansion on carbon-rich peatlands, or violations of forest-dependent communities' rights.
The fate of the orangutan, forest peoples, and some of the world's most rich and important rainforests hang in the balance.


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after many tries I've come to the conclusion that escalations are the best way to get SMS notifications for nonworking hours.
By best, I mean I don't have to touch packs, hosts, services ( so no need to duplicate or modify any of them)
I've succeeded in making it work for host related alerts, but not for services yet.
Here is my setup (h=host / t=template / cg=contactgroup / c=contact / e=escalation / nw=notificationway )
\_ t/generic-host-sms.cfg
..\_ t/generic-host.cfg
\_ e/escalation-sms.cfg
..\_ cg/admin_by_sms.cfg
....\_ c/ATI.cfg
......\_ nw/sms.cfg
This is working well, and allows me to select in the host configuration files if it should trigger sms alerts at night, SIMPLY by adding the line:
use generic-host-sms
Great !
for services, I can't add generic-service-sms.cfg to my host, or I would get this error message in /tmp/shinken_checkconfig_result :
WARNING: [Shinken] [items] Host u'ati-test-ati' use/inherit from an unknown template (u'generic-service-sms') ! Imported from: /etc/shinken/hosts/ati-test-ati.cfg:1
As I'm using packs, I don't want to duplicate all services // or modify the files in packs (that get overwritten when packs get updated).
Using a servicegroup would be great (not rewritting nothing, just adding the escalation I want ) , but it does not accept this keywork...
Any idea on how to make work this cleanly ?


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Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris welcomed you to Atlanta in 2002, but in 2017 it will be Arthur Blank welcoming MLS to the ATL.
Commisioner Don Garber announced today that Atlanta Falcons owner has been awarded the 22nd franchise in MLS, which is scheduled to begin play three years from now when the Falcons' new downtown stadium in complete.
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