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Sophos Awards Microgenesis Business System Partner of the Year 2017
Sophos, the leader in next-generation endpoint and network security, awards Microgenesis Business System Partner of the Year for ASEAN at the 2017 APJ Sophos Discover Partner Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, held on May 30 – June 2, 2017.
Joergen Jakobsen, Regional Vice President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Japan, Sophos: "It is always a great pleasure to be able to meet our partners face to face at these events as they play a crucial role in our success as a business. It's a fantastic opportunity to gather feedback, to hear our partners' validation of our strategy across the endpoint and network and to see it helping to make their businesses a success. I am delighted Microgenesis Business System has won the award for Sophos Partner of the Year for ASEAN. They have had a fantastic year and it's very well deserved."
Jeffrey Choa, Executive Director, Microgenesis Business System: "We are honoured to be named Partner of the Year and believe this award is testament to our commitment to Sophos for the past 15 years. With the support and dedication from Sophos, we have been able to integrate our market insights with Sophos's expertise and product suite, to deliver our promise of making IT easy for businesses. We are motivated by the constant developments at Sophos which aims to address evolving security concerns of customers, and look forward to working closely together to lend greater value to enterprises in Philippines."
Also present at the Sophos sales and partner event was Sophos CEO Kris Hagerman and the executive leadership team, and more than 650 people which includes partners delivered by key business, product, technical and sales experts.
About Microgenesis Business System
Microgenesis is a leading information technology solutions provider in the Philippines. A software company since 1998, it is now a system solutions provider. Its clientele are mainly the top 5000 corporations in the country. For more information, visit www.mgenesis.com.
About Sophos
Sophos, headquartered in Oxford, UK and publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, is a leader in next-generation endpoint and network security, with a portfolio of endpoint, network, encryption, web, email and mobile security solutions. More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos solutions as a protection against sophisticated threats and data loss. For more information, visit www.sophos.com.
Source: Press release by Dominguez Marketing Communications Inc.
Title photo from source.
Photo caption: Jeffrey Choa, Executive Director, Microgenesis Business System (in the middle) with the Sophos team at 2017 APJ Sophos Discover Partner Conference
Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos in Thailand
Former President Fidel V. Ramos recently attended the 50th anniversary of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok held at the Grand Hyatt Erawan on August 19. The AIT conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology on him in May 1998. During his four-day stay in Thailand, he also met with the Filipino community working and living in the country.
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs.


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Passing the metro courthouse on my way to work this morning it was hard not to notice a dude, obviously heading for the courthouse, wearing the shirt pictured on the right. His had a cross on it, but otherwise the shirt was identical.
Was his message -obviously intended for whichever judge would be dealing with him- aligned with that of Lil' Wayne, whose lyrics to "Nightmares From the Bottom" include the line "Only God can judge me, I don't need a jury" and therefore a kind of anarcho-christian "fuck you" to America's legal system? Or was this court-appearance apparel an existential comment on the meaninglessness of earthly actions (and consequences) more along the lines of Tupac's "Only God Can Judge Me," which gained more meaning with the death of the song's lyricist?
Either way I bet the judge sees one of these shirts every bloody day.

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Let's have a brainstorm about ways ThinkAtheist could be improved!
Big or small, any thoughts are welcome! TA is a great site/community and I'd love to help it strive to maximize its potential. Who knows, maybe one of our ideas will get implemented by a Mod.
Anyway I'll start off with this:
The comments section in Discussions should operate more like Reddit comments, in which comments form a tree-structure, and entire branches of that tree can be minimized with a simple "[-]" button. This would make it so you can see a wider variety of responses more quickly, and follow the comment-threads that interest you. As it is, there is a tree-structure, but branches cannot be minimized, so people often reply to a reply to a comment, rather than replying directly to the appropriate comment.
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If the people who administrate the site aren't the people who control the site, then who makes the decisions for the layout and design of the website?
I think Nelson means to say that TA uses some sort of pre-built software to run, and that pre-built software cannot be changed by TA admins, since either they don't have the rights to do so, or they are not computer programmers.
Fully understandable, and tbh I actually expected this. But what the hell, let's brainstorm anyway! At the very least it can affect decisions if TA ever needs to update its software.
I see. I just assumed things were more flexible than that.
GM, much as with the law, the editorial policies of this site are clearly stated - also, much as with the law, the enforcement of those policies seem to depend on who is doing the enforcing.
I have no idea how many moderators there are, but they appear to differ significantly in effectiveness. Of three I'm aware of, one appears fair, one does little if any moderating, while the third appears to believe in applying tourniquets to hangnails. As Kurt Vonnegut was fond of saying, "And so it goes."
a separate "nsfw" section would fix this problem. Btw, I consider both of those topics nsfw.
@Sagacious - I know that in the case of my own site, I was offered a wide variety of choices of templates, I made mine, then replaced the graphics that were on the original template with my own graphics, but although I made many, many changes to the looks of the template, I had no means of actually altering the format. I believe that's what Nelson, in his own inimitable fashion, is trying to say.
This might be off of everyone else's radar, but how I found TA and how I see a lot of the posts is via my Android phone. When replying it brings you to a site named disqus, which no one here uses as far as I can tell.
Replying via the phone is somewhat difficult, but I won't put that on you.
Otherwise, I am thrilled with the content and appreciative that it exists. Thanks.
Hi Melvinotis, check out the mobile version of TA just add a /m after the .com so www.thinkatheist.com/m
At the bottom of a multi-page thread, there is the option to go forward and back through the pages. Only cosmetic, but can that option also be put at the top of each page.
Also, do I see a change in the number of Big Discussions shown on the right side bar? I could have sworn there were only 5 before, but I like 8 a lot. More is good.
I'll look into that Strega.
also an option to list more comments per page might be nice... so you don't have to click next-page 16 times to get through a whole discussion
The problem with the tree format in Discussions is that once it gets more than three or four pages long it's *extremely* diffucult to be sure you've seen all new comments since the last time you looked at it. It would be nice if there were a way to only show comments newer than your previous visit to the thread, or alternatively, to visit them in turn if the tree is expanded (as, apparently, it will be). (Actually because of this issue, I'd rather ditch the tree format entirely and ask people to quote what, specifically, they are replying to.)
Another thing is, when you go to your friends page, you have to click on your friend's avatar (which loads their page) THEN click on a button to send them a PM (mail message); I'd like to see the mail command directly on the friends page.
OK and one thing I think is a bona fide bug. If you type " ) in chat (but without the space) you get a double quote followed by a wink emoticon I don't think that " ) is intended to be a shortcut for that emoticon; if it were then both the double quote and the parenthesis would be replaced by the emoticon. If it is intended, then it's redundant because you can get the wink with ; ), again without the space.


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The full lineup for the 19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is set.
Headliners Phil Lesh & Friends, Govt Mule and The B-52s were announced last month. The schedule of who will play when will be announced June 12.
The rest of the performers for the three-day festival, to be held Sept. 14-16, are Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Little Feat, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Anders Osborne, Heartless Bastards, Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins, Orgone, Kelley Hunt, Pickwick, Monophonics, Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, MarchFourth Marching Band, Tab Benoit, Little Hurricane and The Lee Boys.
Blues & Brews features three days of continuous live blues, rock, funk and gospel, and Saturdays (Sept. 15) Grand Tasting features more than 150 beers from over 50 accredited national microbreweries. Aside from the main festival stage, other musical highlights are the Acoustic Blues Competition, Kids activities, blues with breakfast, and the famous late-night Juke Joint jams.
Tickets are on sale at www.tellurideblues.com or by phone at (866) 515-6166.


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Royals Minor League report: April 24
Omaha Storm Chasers (10-10)
New Orleans 12, Omaha 8
LP: Brett Tomko (1-2)
HR: Francisco Pena (4), Johnny Giavotella (1)
The Storm Chasers rallied from a 12-3 deficit before falling short at New Orleans. Johnny Giavotella had a big night in front of his hometown fans, hitting a three-run homer and finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Francisco Pena added his team-leading fourth home run. Christian Colon recorded two hits, two walks, two runs and a stolen base. He is ranked 16th among Royals prospects by MLB.com. Casey Coleman stranded three inherited runners on his way to 2.1 scoreless innings.
NW Arkansas Naturals (6-14)
Springfield 8, Northwest Arkansas 2
LP: Andy Ferguson (1-1)
HR: None
The Naturals settled for a 2-2 series split. Springfield scored three in the second and five in the eighth. Andy Ferguson posted a quality start, striking out seven while allowing three runs, five hits and a walk over 6.0 innings. Edinson Rincon led Northwest Arkansas with two hits. Jorge Bonifacio and Juan Graterol each drove in a run. Bonifacio is tied for fourth in the Texas League with 13 RBI. He is ranked fourth among Royals prospects by MLB.com.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (8-12)
Carolina 7, Wilmington 0
LP: Jonathan Dziedzic (3-1)
HR: None
Wilmington was limited to six hits in a shutout loss at home. Zane Evans recorded two hits, including a double. The catcher, ranked 17th among Royals prospects, is batting .396 in 13 games (19-for-48). Jonathan Dziedzic pitched well in defeat, striking out eight while holding Carolina to two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks over 6.0 innings. KC's 13th round pick in 2013, Dziedzic's 1.64 ERA ranks fourth among Carolina League hurlers (4 ER in 22.0 IP).
Lexington Legends (10-11)
Greenville 9, Lexington 4
LP: Luke Farrell (0-2)
HR: None
The Legends lost game one in Greenville. Luke Farrell took the loss against his father's organization, striking out five while allowing four runs over 4.0 innings. Bo Greenwell, son of former Boston star Mike Greenwell, was 4-for-5 with two homers and four RBI for the Drive. Carlos Garcia recorded a two-run triple for Lexington.


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I've been meaning to write about F.C. Dallas's plans to expand and add a partial roof to their stadium for a while now, but have held off because I've been trying to figure out how it would be paid for. And today we have a hint, with an article about the team's naming-rights deal with Toyota:
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Hunt Sports Group vice president Dan Hunt assured the assembled VIPs and media that it would run "significantly into the future." Hunt also said that the partnership with Toyota will help enable recently discussed stadium improvements such as a partial roof along with expanded suites and premium seating.
"It will obviously help with those things," he said. "As we continue to grow, I know that the city is committed to helping improve this facility, so it's all coming together."
Okay, that doesn't really explain anything, other than that 1) the team will be getting an unknown amount for naming rights, and 2) the city of Frisco may kick in some money as well. This is yet another case where it'd be nice if local reporters took the time to ask more about finances, but I guess there's no time when there's important alternate-jersey news to be reported.


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Beet & caramelised onion tart
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal395
- fat19g
- saturates10g
- carbs45g
- sugars13g
- fibre7g
- protein13g
- salt0.44g
- 175g wholemeal flour
- 100g porridge oats
- 100g butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 100g grated carrot
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 3 large onions, sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 3 medium beetroot, peeled and grated
A favourite in 1970s British salads (cooked and pickled in vinegar), beetroot is a root…
- 3 medium eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 250ml milk (either cow's, goat's or oat milk)
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Pulse the flour, oats and butter in a food processor until crumb-like, add the grated carrot and continue to process until the mixture comes together to form a ball. Alternatively rub the butter into the dry ingredients, add the carrots and press together until a ball is formed. Carefully roll out the pastry and line a metal 25cm pizza dish or shallow tart case. Chill.
Gently cook the onions in oil for about 15-20 mins until beginning to caramelise. Place the beetroot in the pastry case and cover with the onions. Whisk the eggs and milk together, season and pour over the onions and beetroot. Bake in the oven, lowering to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3 after 15 mins, for 40 mins or until firm and golden.


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Dear Rose,
You've been asking my advice lately; now I'm going to turn the tables. A new family is moving to our area, and they plan to come to our church. They have three children. The youngest, Jake, will be in my 4s and 5s Sunday school class. I haven't been told his diagnosis, but apparently he walks unsteadily, has difficulty with language comprehension, doesn't speak much, and has a lot of tantrums.
Didn't you have a student with some similar issues once? Got any tips for me? I'm concerned about managing the tantrums without setting the other kids off.
Love, June
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Dear Sis,
About fifteen years ago, there was a little girl, Mary, in my first through third grade class. She didn't really have tantrums—just some background noise and humming—but much of what I learned would help you too.
You want Jake and his family to feel like a valuable part of the body of Christ; you don't want them to feel like an imposition or something to be feared. But I think you should ask the parents' advice.
When Mary was about to be promoted into my class, I asked to visit her family. I played with Mary, and then her parents put her to bed for the night and we discussed her needs: things she liked, things that helped her focus. Jake's parents could probably do the same for you. Throughout the year, contact his parents when issues arise.
Why don't you ask around for an aide for your class, at least until everyone gets settled? The aide could always take Jake out to calm him down, if needed.
Mary loved passing out pencils every Sunday. Maybe Jake could have a special job. Also, I've heard that routine is comforting for people with disabilities (and for all kids that age, really). Maybe you could have a consistent greeting or high-five for Jake, and the class could always start with the same song.
Mary had trouble sitting still during the Bible story. Her mom said she loved beanbag chairs, so I bought one. Problem solved! Sometimes you'll need to think creatively.
My kids were older than yours, so they had questions about Mary. When the curriculum took us to Jesus' healing miracles, we discussed our Lord's special care for people with disabilities. Mary's mom came to class and answered questions.
I suspect Jake will present bigger challenges as he gets older. He will need the church's care for life. This is an opportunity for all of you to grow in your service! We missed out on that with Mary because her family moved away.
There's a big church near here that has a Sunday school program for kids with disabilities. That's very caring, but I wonder if a separate program deprives the church of a learning opportunity. Mary's classmates took turns being her helper when they did their worksheets. Not every kid in the church was always kind to her—we're still sinners—but that group did develop sensitivity.
For your own meditations, I would suggest Luke 14:12–24, the parable of the great banquet. Notice how the invited guests reject the invitation, and then the Lord throws the door open to "the poor and crippled and blind and lame." Also, in 2 Samuel 9, David welcomes Jonathan's lame son, Mephibosheth, into his own household in a culture where people with disabilities were usually shunned. Both of these stories illuminate how the Lord cares for people with disabilities.
Love, Rose
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Hi June,
You're bringing back so many memories!
Mary didn't seem to understand the Bible story when I told it, but she sometimes seemed to get it if I showed it to her visually. Actually, lots of kids with developmental disabilities are visual learners. So use colorful Sunday school materials. Try drawing pictures for Jake.
But remember that whether Jake comprehends the gospel is ultimately the Holy Spirit's work, not yours. So pray!
Love, Rose
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Dear Rose,
You're right; this is a wonderful opportunity for our church to be sanctified together. I can't wait!
Love, June
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With oil above $100 a barrel and Arctic ice melting faster than ever, some of the world's most powerful countries -- including the United States and Russia -- are looking north to a possible energy bonanza. This prospective scramble for buried Arctic mineral wealth made more accessible by freshly melted seas could bring on a completely different kind of cold war, a scholar and former Coast Guard officer says.
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With oil above $100 a barrel and Arctic ice melting faster than ever, some of the world's most powerful countries -- including the United States and Russia -- are looking north to a possible energy bonanza.
This prospective scramble for buried Arctic mineral wealth made more accessible by freshly melted seas could bring on a completely different kind of cold war, a scholar and former Coast Guard officer says.
While a U.S. government official questioned the risk of polar conflict, Washington still would like to join a 25-year-old international treaty meant to figure out who owns the rights to the oceans, including the Arctic Ocean. So far, the Senate has not approved it.!ADVERTISEMENT!
Unlike the first Cold War, dominated by tensions between the two late-20th century superpowers, this century's model could pit countries that border the Arctic Ocean against each other to claim mineral rights. The Arctic powers include the United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway.
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The stakes are enormous, according to Scott Borgerson of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant commander.
The Arctic could hold as much as one-quarter of the world's remaining undiscovered oil and gas deposits, Borgerson wrote in the current issue of the journal Foreign Affairs.
Russia has claimed 460,000 square miles (1.191 million sq km) of Arctic waters, with an eye-catching effort that included planting its flag on the ocean floor at the North Pole last summer. Days later, Moscow sent strategic bomber flights over the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War.
"I think you can say planting a flag on the sea bottom and renewing strategic bomber flights is provocative," Borgerson said in a telephone interview.
By contrast, he said of the U.S. position, "I don't think we're scrambling. We're sleepwalking ... I think the Russians are scrambling and I think the Norwegians and Canadians and Danes are keenly aware."
Borgerson said that now would be an appropriate time for the United States to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which codifies which countries have rights to what parts of the world's oceans.
The Bush administration agrees. So do many environmental groups, the U.S. military and energy companies looking to explore the Arctic, now that enough ice is seasonally gone to open up sea lanes as soon as the next decade.
"There's no ice cold war," said one U.S. government official familiar with the Arctic Ocean rights issue. However, the official noted that joining the Law of the Sea pact would give greater legal certainty to U.S. claims in the area.
That is becoming more crucial, as measurements of the U.S. continental shelf get more precise.
Coastal nations like those that border the Arctic have sovereign rights over natural resources of their continental shelves, generally recognized to reach 200 nautical miles out from their coasts.
But in February, researchers from the University of New Hampshire and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released data suggesting that the continental shelf north of Alaska extends more than 100 nautical miles farther than previously presumed.
A commission set up by the Law of the Sea lets countries expand their sea floor resource rights if they meet certain conditions and back them up with scientific data.
The treaty also governs navigation rights, suddenly more important as scientists last year reported the opening of the normally ice-choked waters of the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
"Of course we need to be at the table as ocean law develops," the U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It's not like ocean law is going to stop developing if we're not in there. It's just going to develop without us."
(Editing by Philip Barbara)
(For Reuters information on the environment, see http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/ )


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The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) is a leading global manufacturer of quality power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology-based fastening systems. Headquartered in Towson, Maryland, the company's Power Tools and Accessories Division produces consumer power tools, accessories, electric lawn and garden tools, and electric cleaning and lighting products under the Black & Decker® brand, and high performance power tools, accessories, industrial equipment, laser products, and air compressors under the DEWALT®, Porter-Cable®, and Delta® brands. With record-setting sales of $5.4 billion in 2004, the company markets its products and services in more than 100 countries around the world.
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The Black & Decker Corporation has long considered prototyping a critical part of successful product development. The corporation's Power Tools and Accessories Division develops hand-held power tools and has historically employed physical models to design tools that are both functional and comfortable to use. Product aesthetics and ergonomics, how a product looks and feels, are more important considerations for a manufacturer of hand-held tools like Black & Decker than for other types of manufacturers.
According to John Reed, master prototype specialist, the company operates a Design Prototype Center that makes early concept and industrial design models for use in evaluating product aesthetics and ergonomics. This facility provides Black & Decker with a robust rapid prototyping capability that has served the company well for many years.
However, as Black & Decker product designers became increasingly proficient with 3D CAD tools in recent years, demand for early concept models grew dramatically, putting a strain on the prototype center's resources. Reed says meeting the growing need for early concept models using traditional modeling techniques proved to be inadequate because the increased demand exceeded the center's capacity.
"We used to use a foam-based material to machine concept models or make them by hand," Reed recalls. "But once we began working more with actual 3D digital models, the time, effort, and expense involved in programming and setting up a CNC machine to produce several iterations of an early concept model became problematic. That's when we started looking for a faster, more cost-effective, and less resource-intensive solution. Instead of creating CNC tool paths for early concept models and taxing CNC programming resources, we needed something the designers could use to produce their own models."
A 3D Printer Designers Can Use
Reed says he knew his group needed a 3D printer to address its concept model challenges based on research it had conducted several years ago. "We were one of the first large companies to take a serious look at 3D printing," Reed recalls. "At the time we were not thinking about early concept models and evaluated the technology more for producing finished industrial design models. As we became more active with CAD and transitioned from hand-made to digital models, we realized that 3D printing technology represented the best solution for addressing our growing conceptual modeling needs."
After evaluating 3D printing systems from the leading vendors, including 3D Systems, Objet Geometries and Stratasys, the company selected the ProJet CJP 3D printer. Black & Decker chose the printer because it was the fastest 3D printer, affordable in terms of initial purchase and ongoing material costs, and easy to use.
"We wanted a system that was faster, more cost-effective, and less specialized than our CNC mills, so our designers could use it themselves," Reed explains. "The ProJet CJP not only had high speed but was also simple to operate. The machine is very easy to set up, and the software is very straightforward. Our designers have really embraced the printer and are producing more concept models faster than ever before."
Reed says the ProJet is so easy to use that when two new designers joined the company, he showed them how to use the system once and they have used it productively and independently ever since.
"With the ProJet CJP, our designers can knock off several concept models during the early stages of the design process, which enables them to improve the look and feel of our products and avoid costly surprises later on," Reed stresses. "While a design may look good on the computer screen, there is really no substitute for actually holding something in your hand."
Shorter Design Cycles, Improved Product Aesthetics and Ergonomics
With the ProJet CJP printer, Black & Decker produces more concept models at less cost, enabling product designers to optimize design concepts for aesthetics and ergonomics earlier in the development process. Increased use of concept models also allows Black & Decker designers to produce higher quality products. Because the printer does not require a dedicated operator, CNC programmers can concentrate on creating tool paths for final prototypes while designers enjoy greater, faster access to concept models.
Black & Decker has also found unanticipated uses for its 3D printer, such as creating enlarged versions (10 times normal size) of a new screwdriver bit design to illustrate the benefits of the new tip geometry to retail customers.
Early concept models produced on the printer are helping Black & Decker win the race to market. "Since we installed the ProJet CJP, we have been able to reduce model production time by as much as 75 percent in some cases," Reed notes. The feedback from our designers is very positive because this capability helps them do more design iterations in less time and further accelerate product time-to-market."


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Mr. Smiles: Paramount boss heads for the stars
As he does countless times a day, Chad Hershner grabs a hardhat and speedily strides the short distance from The Paramount Theater's temporary Water Street offices to the theater itself. Ducking behind the mural-festooned plywood barrier– now practically a historic fixture on the Downtown Mall– The Paramount Theater's executive director enters the bare-bones space slated to become the box office.
He runs into Sheldon Anderson, president of the Paramount's Board of Directors, who beams and reports, "The fabric is being hung in the lobby– it's just beautiful!"
With less than a month to go until the Paramount's December 15 grand opening, Hershner, wearing a striped shirt and an almost manic smile, is not just in the Hook's hot seat. He zips through the theater, abuzz with more than 80 workers plastering, framing, wiring, installing– not a slacker in sight. The smile never leaves his face.
"What's exciting," gushes Hershner, "is at this point you come every half hour, and it's different."
Hershner made his Charlottesville debut almost four years ago after raising $17.3 million for the restoration of the Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center in his hometown of York, Pennsylvania.
He learned about the Paramount position when he happened to walk by the York theater's fax machine just as the job announcement came rolling across the circuitry.
"Everyone said 'Charlottesville! Wow– what a great place,'" he recalls, "It just seemed like a perfect fit."
That was August 2000. By January 2001, Hershner was busy consulting with the Paramount's board and setting up focus groups to determine how best to capitalize on the long-dark Paramount's potential. He was also grappling with the public perception that, like Bodo's on the Corner, the Paramount, bought in 1992, might never open. He says people used to ask him if being executive director was a fulltime job.
Under Hershner's guidance, however, the Paramount project expanded from a $6.6 million stabilize-the-building endeavor to a $14 million vision of a state-of-the-art entertainment and educational venue.
Of the shows slated for the Paramount's first season, Hershner is particularly excited about the special preview being staged for the construction crew on December 10 because he's grateful for their dedicated long hours. He's also looking forward to saxophonist David Sanborn and opera diva Denyce Graves.
What's on Hershner's agenda after the Paramount's registers are ringing? "Vacation," he says. "I'm just going to take some time and chill out."
Then it's off to New York to plan the Paramount's 2005-2006 season.
But all that's in the future. Today Hershner's focus is ensuring the curtain rises for Tony Bennett on December 15.
"Hopefully, Bodo's won't open on December 14," he jokes. "Our goal is to beat Bodo's."
Name: Chad Hershner
Age: 32
Why here? I moved to Charlottesville in January 2001 when I was hired as the Executive Director of The Paramount Theater.
Worst about living here? Is there a worst thing? Charlottesville has so much to offer. It's a small town with a big-town feel.
Favorite hangout? ACAC. I need my workout every day. or else I'm really cranky.
Most overrated virtue? Fortitude. No one should go it alone. No matter how strong or courageous you might be, you always need the help and support of others.
People would be surprised to know? For fun, I used to be an Elvis impersonator and perform at birthday parties.
What would you change about yourself? My height. I'd love to be taller to have a greater sense of perspective.
Proudest accomplishment? Playing a small role in working with the community to bring The Paramount back to life.
People find most annoying about you? My eternal optimism. I can find something positive about every situation.
Whom do you admire? Walt Disney. For his vision, creativity, and sense of passion.
Favorite book? Goodnight Moon
Subject that causes you to rant? Bad customer service. I am the world's biggest customer service fanatic.
Biggest 21st century thrill? That every day is different and offers endless possibilities
Biggest 21st century creep-out? That people are losing touch with their imaginations
What do you drive? 2002 Ford Ranger
In your car CD/tape player right now? I keep my CD changer full at all times. Right now I have Josh Groban, Dave Matthews Band, Linda Eder, show tunes, and Denyce Graves.
Next journey? New York City in January to attend the Performing Arts Presenters Conference and start planning the 2005-2006 Paramount season
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Always talking too much in school
Regret? Not taking time to enjoy the moment. Life passes by so quickly, and we do not take the time to appreciate and enjoy those things that truly make us happy.
Favorite comfort food? French fries
Always in your refrigerator? Mountain Dew. Have to "do the Dew" first thing in the morning
Must-see TV? Alias
Favorite cartoon? The Far Side
Describe a perfect day: Sleep in until 10, spend the day in the outdoors, and then have quality time with family and friends.
Walter Mitty fantasy? Being a Secret Service agent assigned to the Presidential detail
Who'd play you in the movie? Matt Damon
Most embarrassing moment? It hasn't happened to me yet– thank goodness!
Best advice you ever got? My mother used to always tell me, "Shoot for the moon because if you miss the moon, Chad, you will still be among the stars."
Favorite bumper sticker? "My border collie is smarter than your honor student."
Chad Hershner
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Red Hat has shipped a fresh version of its high-end Linux operating system that pushes support for large x86 systems much higher.
Customers can now run Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Opteron and Xeon servers with up to 64 logical CPUs. The same processor count now applies for IBM's Power chips too. The small club of Itanium processor users already had the luxury of running Red Hat across 64-processor boxes.
Looking ahead, Red Hat has even more ambitious high-end plans. The OS update includes a preview package for running Linux across up to 256 Itanium chips and up to 128 Power chips. These figures apply to logical CPUs as well, so core counts will affect the total number of chips supported.
The latest Red Hat update also ships with support for Intel's upcoming dual-core version of Itanium.
Away from processor specific items, the Red Hat update includes better kernel crash dump analysis tools, support for 4GB Fibre Channel HBAs and a technology preview of Infiniband support via OpenIB.
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If I go into Settings-->Window Manager, then I can tweak the Title Alignment and Button Layouts. And that works okay for some xfwm4 themes, but it is greyed-out for others. For themes like RedmondXP, Silverado, Shiki-Dust, it is simply greyed-out and unavailable.
I dunno much about xfwm4 themes. But can anyone tell me why the tweaks for Title Alignment
and Button Layouts are greyed out for certain themes? And could those themes be modified
to make it work plz? Thanks.
That happens when the theme hardcores the icons, that is usually the case for a theme for which the icon theming is not neutral enough to be changed as you wish, and sometimes because of lack of time from the designer.
Thank you, that makes sense. -G
You can change it by commenting out that line in the themerc file.
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The Mad Men season finale is already upon us tonight (seriously, is it just me or did this season fly by at supersonic speed?), and I don't know anything about it. Matthew Weiner's notorious paranoia about secrets getting out has been in full effect for tonight's episode -- there's no trailer, no detailed synopsis, no revealing promotional images of any kind, nothing official of any sort.
All I know is the episode is called "Shut the Door" and that "Don has an important meeting with Connie. Betty receives some advice. Pete talks to his clients." Which isn't much, so here we are left to speculate. Will Betty really leave Don? (I think she will.) Will Pete leave Sterling Cooper? (I think he will.) Will Roger take up with Joan again? (Oh yes, most definitely. I don't care if it is "different with this girl.") Will Peggy's Duck hickey ever heal? (Only time will tell!)
This has been a tremendous and very satisfying season overall, and the gradual 180-degree change in the power dynamic between Betty and Don in their relationship alone is a huge writing achievement, but... I miss Sal and Joan so much already -- next season, am I to miss Pete all year, as well? And what if Peggy tries to leave to go work for Duck, too? That is hurtful, show. Put the band back together already.
But no matter what happens, I think we all know tonight's events are going to melt our faces off. I love me some Bachelor and Rock of Love, but this show never ceases to remind me how truly brilliant television is just the single greatest thing in the entire world.
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Avril Lavigne Files for Divorce
The singer seeks to deny spousal support to estranged husband Deryck Whibley
Avril Lavigne filed for divorce and asked the court to deny spousal support to estranged husband Deryck Whibley, Los Angeles court documents show.
Lavigne, 24, cited the standard reason of irreconcilable differences and said that their property rights are to be determined, according to the Superior Court papers filed Friday.
RELATED: Newly Single Deryck Whibley Hits Vegas
Lavigne and the 29-year-old musician for Sum 41 were married for three years. They announced their separation last month.
Earlier this month, Whibley was spotted getting close with model/designer Hanna Beth Merjos in Las Vegas.
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The Global Warming Series
California Holds Back Challenge from Texas as Mythopoetic Embodiment of Battle Over Proposition 23.
Copyright 2010 by Evan Pritchard for Amazine1.mlblogs.com
Most World Series are interesting , not so much for the evolution of post-season statistics, which are somewhat dull, but for the way they come to express, through means not easily explained, the mythopoetic zeitgeist of the human condition at the time. Hardly an October (now we have to say October/November) goes by that a World Series matchup fails to bear a strong resemblance to either well-mythologized clashes of titantic forces of nature, or some socio-political struggle.
This year's one-sided rout, of George W. Bush's well-funded Texas Rangers by Nancy Pelosi's underdog San Francisco Giants may seem a surprising one, ending as it did, the day before Nancy Pelosi was voted out as Speaker of the House by a Carl Rove-backed Republican surge. But there is a deeper level of meaning there to be sure. It is the story of California State Proposition 23, expressed in the language of baseball.
The Giants' state, California, has in place a climate law designed to lower the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. CO2 levels are directly related to both oceanic and atmospheric temperatures; as CO2 rises, so do temperatures. Higher temperatures can cause drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the loss of ecological diversity. Democrats believe that rising CO2 is mainly caused by human activity, specifically carbon emissions, traced mainly back to internal combustion engines and the oil industry. The California Law limits the use and exploration of petroleum in order to protect the environment. Its existence is resented bitterly by Texas oil companies, many of them with corporate headquarters in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where the Rangers' home stadium stands. Bush has been their champion for years, and is former co-owner of the Texas Rangers. Much of the money funding the team can be linked back to oil interests. These oil interests are credited with creating Proposition 23, a move to strike out the current laws on controlling the use of petroleum, and global warming.
Proposition 23, near and dear to Texas' oil interests, was defeated by California voters the day after the Texas Rangers were defeated by California's San Francisco Giants. MSNBC November 3rd, 2010, posted: "Also in California, a ballot initiative primarily funded by Texas oil companies seeking to suspend the state's landmark climate law has failed. Proposition 23 would have delayed greenhouse gas regulations until California's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent and stayed there for a year. Unemployment in California is now at 12.4 percent. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, environmentalists and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs had warned that passing the initiative Tuesday would derail a growing investment in alternative-energy technology in California."
On October 27th, in the first round, the usually unassailable Cliff Lee was lit up and sent packing in the fifth. All told, Texas pitching gave up 11 runs on 14 hits, plus committing two errors while Texas batters scored only 7 runs. It was a surprise slugfest, considering the pitching matchup, and a victory for the California team, but it didn't stop there. On October 28th, the Texans were shut out 9-0 on a four hitter by Cain.
It was also interesting that the Rally to Restore Sanity, which attracted ten times the number of people needed to fill The Ballpark at Arlington, Texas, invaded Washington, D.C. on Saturday October 30th, 2010, just hours before the Rangers, formerly the Washington Senators, won their one game in Texas against the Giants. In a pivotal skit, Steve Colbert was depicted as a giant puppet made of paper mache, set to "attack" John Stewart in a debate. He was defeated by the chants of the largely left-wing crowd. In the evening matchup that followed, Texas defeated the Giants 4-2, getting 8 hits off of Sanchez and crew. Lewis got the win in spite of homers by Cody Ross and Torres. George Bush, who is the pop leader and figurehead of the Texas oil industry, stood in the dugout during the entire game, cheering on the players to one last lone victory before falling to two more decisive defeats the following days.
The Texas Rangers were shut out on Halloween Sunday, 4-0, held to only three hits by the Giant Bumgarner, the second shutout of their four losing decisions, foreshadowing how Californians were able to shut out Proposition 23 in their state, as well as the so-called "Tea Party," funded largely by Texas oil interests and Carl Roves' "Crossroads" Initiative. . It is ironic that "tea" is a nickname for both oil (Texas Tea) and marijuana. One home run for the Giants was by Buster Posey, whose name evokes memories of San Francisco's "flower children" of the late sixties. It was one more "trick or treat" for the terror-stricken Texas fans.
Also defeated in the election was the proposition legalizing marijuana in the state of California. This was interesting because the Giants' big star is 26 year old Tim Lincecum, who was arrested this season for smoking marijuana. On the other side, the Texas Rangers feature three colorful "hombres" who had been serious drug addicts in the past, but who have each found salvation from addiction and come back to the team; Josh Hamilton, manager Ron Washington, and co-owner George W. Bush. Hamilton had been straight enough to sock a homer in Texas' lone win on Saturday evening.
Monday, November 1st, saw a pitcher's duel between "Flower Power" Lincecum of California and "Texas Chainsaw" Cliff Lee of Texas. Lincecum gave up 1 run on 3 hits, ended up with a 3-1 victory on a homer by Rentoria and a 1-2-3 inning by "Beach Boy/Fear the Beard" Brian Wilson, to clinch the World Series. The Giants were happy the series did not have to go back to California–Licecum said they wanted to "shut them up" in front of their own fans, reflecting a long standing rivalry between the nation's two most populous states, and perhaps the battle over global warming as well. The Giants' champagne celebration in Texas was exceeded (I presume!) only by their celebration of the defeat of Proposition 23 the following night and Pelosi's re-election to the seat in her 8th congressional district (where Obama got 85.27% of the vote in 2008) which is also the home of the Giants' AT&T Stadium, where I presume she also still has a seat!
The stock market actually fell slightly after the tea party's "save the economy" victory on November 2nd. On November 3rd, the Giants paraded down Market Street in Frisco amid ticker tape and confetti, celebrating a number of Democratic victories in the state, and also the House and Senate, not to mention the coming eradication of Global Warming.
In future articles, I will discuss how past World Series also reflected mythopoetic themes relevant to their time and place.


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There will be "White Lightning" chase ships, that will be randomly inserted in cases which consumers will definitely "know one when they see one." This series includes a sticker "badge" premium that corresponds to each ship.
The "White Lightning" chase ships will be a little harder to spot in this wave, but you'll see it if you look carefully. This series includes a real cloth patch premium with each ship.
Yay! DS9 figures are coming from Art Asylum!Though it's pretty lame they went with the 'Trials and Tribble-ations' variants first. Guess they had those molds for the TOS uniforms readily available.
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Messier 13 (M13), also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is a globular cluster located in Hercules constellation. Messier 13 is one of the brightest and best known globular clusters in the northern sky. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 5.8 and lies at a distance of 22,200 light years, or 6,800 … [Read more…]