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No more gimmickry please, just give us the skinny
ECM Plus +++ Bullshitometers are very much in evidence at this year's annual CES bash for boffins of all things tech gadget enslavement. Continue reading
No more gimmickry please, just give us the skinny
ECM Plus +++ Bullshitometers are very much in evidence at this year's annual CES bash for boffins of all things tech gadget enslavement. Continue reading
As storage and content volumes surge, the need to manage content and keep it in tip-top condition from a search and retrieval perspective rises commensurately.
Consequently, disk drive performance becomes vital to enterprise and workflow productivity. Enter then the disk defragementation software tools, that help to tidy up the big mess that normal day-to-day use engenders. Continue reading
Compact and bijou – with some added extras thrown in for good measure
By PAUL QUIGLEY
ECM Plus +++ The sleek and elegant Verbatim eSATA/USB 32Gb Pocket SSD is a god-send for content creators and manipulators – the size in the hand is far-outweighed by the size of the generous capacity legroom inside the packet itself. Continue reading
IT personnel not aware of hidden costs – including I/O bottlenecks
By ECM Plus staff
ECM Plus +++ A new survey by Coleman Parkes and commissioned by CA Technologies has found that downtime costs businesses more than 127 million man-hours per annum.
However, more that 30 percent of both VMware and Microsoft virtualisation users identified backing up VM data as a challenge, and also indentified storage management, I/O bottlenecks and server availability monitoring as major virtualisation challenges. Continue reading
With a cloud security standards void to bring enterprise disasters closer?
The ostensible absence of universally-agreed cloud security standards and SLAs for enterprises who venture forth into the sexy and hip cloud outsourcing trend, without implementing an adequate risk assesment profile, is a recipe for digital data centre disaster. Continue reading
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Iomega Personal Cloud turns NAS box into a cloud server
ECM Plus – EMC subsidiary company Iomega has just launched Personal Cloud technology, a data protection and remote access product that offers control of a so-called 'Personal Cloud' without complexities and extra costs.
The company said that Personal Cloud is a web-based computing architecture that connects Iomega network storage devices to other individuals and/or devices via the Internet.
Unlike most public and private cloud applications, Iomega's Personal Cloud is completely self-owned. The content and accessibility is always under the control of the individual.
There are never any usage fees or subscription charges.
Iomega said its product offers great value for cloud access and protection.
"Iomega's new Personal Cloud is an innovative technology that separates our network storage products from the competition," said Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega. "Utilizing the expertise of EMC, the world's leader in cloud technology, we have transformed our next generation NAS devices into cloud servers that users can access anywhere, anytime. In addition, by buying two or more of our NAS products, you can remotely backup your onsite data to an alternate location – be it your office, home or some other location – giving consumers and small businesses the ideal disaster recovery plan that's easy to implement and economical, too. You're not going to find this level of innovation or value from any of our competitors."
Personal Cloud also has a built-in feature in the new Iomega TV with Boxee, launching in February.
"There are tremendous opportunities in 2011 for NAS device OEMs to refine easy-to-use basic features as well as integrate innovative technologies", said Benjamin S. Woo, Program Vice President, WW Storage Systems, IDC. "Iomega's new Personal Cloud technology brings news and innovation to the consumer and small business NAS markets that will differentiate from competing NAS devices. The Personal Cloud functionality will accelerate the adoption and growth of the consumer and small business NAS markets."
According to the firm, users of Iomega's new NAS devices can create their own Personal Cloud in just minutes. The onscreen Personal Cloud setup page asks the user to name their own Personal Cloud and then confirms creation of the Personal Cloud. The user then invites up to 250 members (devices) into their Personal Cloud, giving business contacts, co-workers or personal friends and family around the globe the ability – determined by the user – to copy and share files directly between computers as though they were all together on a local area network.
There is no IT expertise needed to set up and manage a Personal Cloud and it can be set up in minutes, When users invite others into their Personal Cloud, they receive an email with a link and an authorisation code that automatically installs the Iomega Storage Manager which creates a shared drive letter on their desktop. Simply clicking on the drive letter for access to the Personal Cloud is how it works.
For no additional cost other than the purchase price of an Iomega StorCenter network storage device, Iomega's Personal Cloud is an economical way to protect and share data, and for individuals to share their digital content with others.
Secure transfer of large or confidential files. Large video, audio, and graphic art files can quickly choke a small company's e-mail system. E-mailing sensitive files can raise security concerns. Iomega Personal Cloud offers drag-and-drop functionality that makes it easy to securely transfer large or confidential files.
At smaller companies, locally stored files are at risk from theft, fire, software problems, and hardware failure. The Iomega Personal Cloud offers built in redundancy at every level: hard drive, server, and datacenter. Should disaster strike, with two Iomega StorCenter devices and the Personal Cloud backing up your company storage offsite, you have a disaster recovery plan that allows easy copying of files so that you are up and running in no time.
Data is accessible only on the Personal Cloud by those who have the appropriate permissions to access it. Safeguards, such as AES 128-bit encryption, can be enabled to protect your data while in transit on the Internet. Secure logins also protect your data stored in the personal cloud from being accessed by the unintended recipients and hackers while in transit on the Internet.
Once the system is set up there is almost no maintenance. Users still need to manage user accounts, but jobs like array maintenance and monitoring the health of data storage are no longer needed. Archiving older files to a remote StorCenter frees up space on a primary StorCenter device for day-to-day business needs. Less capacity required for primary storage saves money.
Launching this month in 1TB and 2TB capacities, the new single-drive Home Media Network Hard Drive Cloud Edition is the latest generation of the original that makes it easy for users and businesses to share files, photo slideshows, music libraries and other content.
Secure, Safe & Speedy: The Plextor PX-NAS4 Device
ECM Plus – Plextor has just launched the PX-NAS4 network-attached storage (NAS) device for high-performance digital media offering massive storage capacity with fast data access, high security and reliability.
The PX-NAS4 offers high security, excellent reliability and massive storage space
The new NAS box also features dual LAN ports for faster data access and has up to 8 Terabytes of storage capacity across 4 Hot-Swappable drive bays.
Plextor said the new NAS was DNLA 1.5 Compliant and features iSCSI for network sharing, secure data with password protection and encryption, as well as multiple disk configurations, and, a spare bay for replacement if a disk fails
The PX-NAS4 also has a snapshot backup utility which provides for mirror-image back-ups of data.
As far as data access and sharing across networks is concerned, the PX-NAS4 boasts dual-LAN ports to deliver a massive bandwidth with data access speeds of up to 2Gbps. The device will enable digital media to be shared or streamed to compatible devices, with a suitable router connection.
With the added convenience of iSCSI, the PX-NAS4 can also be used for sharing and supporting network storage over existing installations.
Using four hot-swap drive bays, the PX-NAS4 offers 8TB of data storage space and can be expanded using the built-in 2 x eSATA and 2 x USB ports for external hard drive connections.
Plextor said that data stored on the PX-NAS4 is secure from unwanted access via password-protection and advanced volume encryption using AES 256 encryption. Added back-up options include multiple disk configurationsm, such as RAID5 or RAID10. The Sot Backup Utility is bundled with the device, offering backup which that takes a mirror-image of the current state of the NAS, to protect and safeguard data.
For more details see www.plextor.com
External SSD flash drives boast USB 3.0 with in-built encryption
ECM Plus – by Paul Quigley – Digital storage firm Iomega has just launched a new host-powered ruggedised Iomega External USB 3.0 SSD Flash Drive and secure in-built encryption.
According to Iomega, the new generation portable storage device is targeted at high-end users and creative professionals.
Iomega said the pocket-sized 1.8-inch external drives will be available in early November in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities.
Units are encased in a metal enclosure with added protection from drops of up to 10 feet, the company claimed. Drives also offer 256-bit hardware encryption for security, bundled anti-virus and backup software, and, a three-year warranty.
The Iomega USB 3.0 External SSD Flash Drive is a solid state drive that has no moving parts, resulting in a more durable drive with fast application loading and top transfer speeds for high definition video, digital images, graphics and music. Professional videographers, photographers and other creative professionals will find the Iomega USB 3.0 SSD Drive a perfect match for their deadlines and digital storage needs.
Using the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface, the Iomega External SSD Flash Drive boasts up to 10 times the speed of USB 2.0 drives. Iomega's new external SSD Drive also performs twice as fast as a 7200 RPM SATA hard drives utilizing the same USB 3.0 interface.
Cool-to-the-touch, the new Iomega SSD drives require no external power supply and are completely backward compatible with personal computers and other devices that only have USB 2.0 ports.
Iomega also offers USB 3.0 adapter cards (sold separately) to insert into USB 2.0 laptop and desktop computers so users of the new Iomega SSD Drive can experience native USB 3.0 transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second.
Included free of charge with Iomega's new External SSD Flash Drives is the Iomega Protection Suite, a one-stop portfolio of backup and anti-virus software giving users added protection for their photos, videos, music and other files.
The Iomega Protection Suite includes v.Clone software, an Iomega exclusive, which captures a complete virtual image of a PC, including the operating system, all applications, settings and all files to Iomega hard drive. Accessing the cloned copy and using it on another computer is as straighforward as just as working from one's own PC, Iomega said. When users reconnect, it will automatically be synchronised with the data on the primary PC, so that files are always up-to-date.
Also bundled is Iomega's QuikProtect backup software for scheduled file-level backups of data to hard drives and network-attached storage devices for Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks; Included too is Roxio Retrospect Express, software to backup all data plus applications and settings for Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks. All of the software elements in the Iomega Protection Suite are accessible via easy download to owners of the Iomega External SSD Flash Drive.
The new drive will be available in early November in three capacities: 64GB for $229.00, 128GB for $399.00, and 256GB for $749.00.
by Ruvi Kitov, CEO, Tufin Technologies
While some of the technical underpinnings that make up the cloud's 'secret sauce' are relatively recent innovations, the business case for managing critical IT functions as services, inside or outside the firewall, is not a new concept.
Ultimately, the cloud is just another way to outsource IT functions and the same fundamental concerns that exist with more mature outsourcing offerings need to be addressed.
Concerns such as, how does an organisation manage its security and compliance posture when critical systems and data are hosted or managed by a third party?
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed into US law in 2002, almost overnight, every security company became a compliance company. By 2010, every security company is now a 'cloud company', or has a 'cloud strategy.'
Whether or not it makes sense for an organisation to move IT assets to the cloud depends on a host of factors, with security and compliance being two of the most important.
One way IT managers can assess the risk of moving into the cloud is to look at more mature outsourcing models – some of which are actually 'flavours' of cloud computing – to see what's working, what's not, and decide how those lessons can be learned by their organisations.
So, what exactly do we mean by 'The cloud'?
According to NIST, there are four main cloud types: public, private, hybrid and community.
The Cloud Security Alliance divides private clouds into two types – internal, on-premises and external, which consists of dedicated or shared infrastructure.
According to the Cloud Security Alliance, the key characteristics that make a cloud a cloud are the top two layers. In short, services in the cloud are provisioned without having to talk to a person, can be scaled up and down on-demand, are drawn from a bigger pool that other customers can also access in the same way, can be easily monitored via laptop, Smartphone, etc, and are billed in a transparent, per unit manner.
According to Forrester Research, only 5% of large enterprises globally are capable of running an internal cloud – the easiest model to execute from a security perspective, since it resides inside the firewall. Other surveys, including one from Information Week, which sampled more than 500 organizations, all reveal the same thing – that despite all the hype, the Cloud is not the Holy Grail …yet.
While some of the technical underpinnings that make up the Cloud's 'secret sauce, are relatively recent innovations, the business case for managing critical IT functions as services – inside or outside the firewall – is not a new concept. Currently, moving security to the Cloud (via your friendly neighborhood MSSP) seems to be easier than managing the security of the Cloud. According to Gartner, Inc. in its 2009 MSSP Magic Quadrant, 60% of Fortune 500 enterprises had engaged in some level of use of an MSSP, representing about 25% of enterprise firewalls under remote monitoring or management. If the business world is already comfortable outsourcing critical business functions, then the Cloud, in all its diversity and complexity, is an impending reality.
The Cloud is just another way to outsource IT functions, and the same fundamental concerns and business challenges that exist with more mature outsourcing offerings need to be addressed (think hosting and managed services). Most importantly, how does an organization manage its security and compliance posture when critical systems and data are hosted or managed by a third party?
Most compliance requirements mandate documenting and auditing how companies access, store, manage and secure certain types of critical data. That can be difficult enough when you control the assets – how do you do that when the assets are not under your control? Do you simply trust that the service provider is doing it right? How do you deal with audits? With auditors? How do you ensure chain of custody, separation of duties, and accountability?
Ultimately, the security and compliance posture of critical data and assets resides with the organization and not the outsourcing or Cloud partner. To date, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) have been the primary tool used by organizations to hold their outsourcing partner accountable for any potential compliance violations or security breaches. However, the reality is that SLAs can easily lose their teeth if there is no way to enforce them. Given the complexity of today's corporate computing environments, creating and maintaining that level of visibility can be a challenge.
The one key difference between traditional outsourcing models and the Cloud is that the elastic and on-demand nature of the Cloud creates a scenario where the physical location of a company's data or infrastructure is not fixed. On top of that, to protect their own security, Cloud providers may not be inclined to provide significant visibility into their own IT operations. If you thought that "re-perimeterizing" your electronic assets was difficult with other outsourcing models, the amorphous nature of the Cloud further blurs the lines.
Fortunately, tools and methodologies are available today that can enable Cloud providers to deliver the security and compliance levels that organizations need. Most security technology vendors have responded to the risk management and compliance needs of their customers by providing significant enhancements to their management, monitoring and auditing capabilities. The result is that stakeholders have much better visibility into the state of key systems and assets at any given point in time, regardless of where they physically reside.
Whether it is via a common interface, an automated management tool, or a custom process, there are a host of methods that enable both Cloud owners and Cloud users to manage the confidentiality, integrity and availability of assets. Automated monitoring tools can also be used to ensure service levels are being met and can act as a common management interface for both Cloud customers and providers. This provides both parties with a way to share responsibility for managing security and compliance without the Cloud customer having to own the granular, day-to-day management of the infrastructure.
Furthermore, this kind of technology-driven accountability provides Cloud customers the ability to quickly take back or transfer IT management, knowing that the security and compliance history of the asset being managed can be understood with a few mouse clicks. If for some reason the relationship with the Cloud provider unexpectedly terminates or the company decides to take it back in house, the internal team has the benefit of the shared knowledge base.
Leveraging technology to create transparency and shared accountability is a model that has already caught on in Managed Services, especially within the MSSP space. In its Q3 2010 Forrester Wave: Managed Security Services, Forrester estimates that the global size of the managed security services market is about $4.5 billion, and predicts a 15% growth rate for at least the next three years. That number includes outsourced and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security services (a typical Cloud scenario) as well as other annualized security operations. Traditionally, MSSPs p either host the entire security infrastructure or the management of systems that reside within the customers' firewall. In Cloud-speak, this scenario would be described as a hybrid Cloud.
While the widespread use of virtualization technology has added a new set of management challenges, innovations in the ability to manage the security and integrity of highly complex and dynamic virtual environments are advancing at a rapid pace. Enhancements in network security technologies that cater to managing security in multi-tenant environments are also evolving quickly. For example, advancements in firewall management technologies have enabled firewalls to be used much more effectively and strategically for internal network segmentation without risk of downtime or outages. This is just one example of many areas where automating network management can have a positive ripple effect
If you are thinking of moving your security to the Cloud, there is a wealth of information available that outlines how to approach everything from assessing the risk of specific IT assets as they pertain to specific models, to areas of focus for an SLA or to best practices across various disciplines of logical, virtual, and physical security.
One of the most comprehensive and credible sources for securing Cloud environments is the 76-page "Security Guidance of Critical Areas of Focus for Cloud Computing." The brainchild of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the Guidance, which can be downloaded for free off the CSA's website, is one of the largest and most impressive security community efforts to date. It should be required reading for anyone interested in or involved with approaching, managing, and maintaining security and compliance in the Cloud.
The maturity of certain segments of the current IT outsourcing market reflects that the technology is, for the most part, available to manage these kinds of relationships. But as we all know technology is only one leg of a three-legged stool. The other two legs – people and process components, are critical to the success of any IT initiative. That's what makes the industry commitment to developing a holistic approach to Cloud security so refreshing – it shows that for as far as we might have to go, as an industry, we've come a long way in a relatively short time.
Scality Droplet: opening storage cloud with SDK bounty scheme
ECM Plus – Cloud storage specialist Scality plans to open-source its Software Development Kit (SDK) of its patented RING technology.
According to the firm, the move marks what it calls a 'kickoff incentive' whereby it is offering contributing developers bounties from a $100,000 fund.
Dubbed the Scality Open Source Program (SCOP), the bounty scheme, Scalify is publishing an open-source library called Scality Droplet, which makes code available for download.
Droplet, the company added, will enable developers to build apps which interface with Scality RING, with Amazon's S3 API, and more generally, with any object storage technology, on account of Scality RING's modular design.
Scality RING is used for applications handling very large volumes of user-generated content, such as email in the cloud or social applications, like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the company said.
Scality Droplet's library implements common services such as encryption, compression and large file-slicing to let application developers focus on user needs.
The contest or grant opportunity is called the "SCOP Bounty Program," and it will enable talented developers to apply for $1,000 to $10,000 bounties from a pot of $100,000. To be eligible, the developer's software application must be built using code freely available from the Scality Droplet library. The submission deadline is November 30, 2010.
"Our vision with SCOP is to make it as easy as possible to develop applications accessing the quality and the robustness of the object-based storage approach," commented Giorgio Regni, CTO at Scality. "The SCOP program is win-win for all: it allows the industry to benefit from the richness of the developers' applications while ensuring quality in storage performance and scalability. SCOP will benefit from the contributions of the developer community, and developers will get rewarded for their efforts. Scality RING, which offers a Cloud storage backend that can easily handle mission-critical and carrier-grade applications, will benefit from more applications developed with object storage approach."
Scality RING also features high-performance SAN with low-cost. unlimited scalability of cloud computing. Scality claims that RING would guarantee storage costs are half that of other SAN- or NAS-based vendors in the same magnitude of performance and reliability. It said that any application that can talk to Amazon's S3 API can be rolled out with Scality RING.
"The SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) industry momentum and membership continues to accelerate with the release of its Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) standard, ongoing interoperability programs, and technical education for data storage as a cloud service" added Wayne Adams, Chairman of the SNIA Board of Directors. "Scality as a new valued member of SNIA will further advance CSI's deliverables with their knowledge and expertise in massively-scalable, high performance object-based cloud storage platforms and software developer programs."
Phyrric victory as $33 per share bid doubling on original offer for storage minnow outstretches Dell
ECM Plus – BY PAUL QUIGLEY — The compelling desire to do cloud has just seen HP overbid by a country mile for a small unprofitable data storage company with big ambitions.
Now, it would appear that Dell decided to walk after a relatively short struggle for supremacy. HP now has the lofty challenge of integrating the smaller firm into its wider virtualization and cloud-orientated lines-of-business which will doubtless take the largest US computer manufacturer quite some time to achieve in time for serious cloud-based investment from clients.
The hunger for cloud is set to hot up later this year with industry chatter of other storage business up for grabs and the digital cumulus nimbus craze continues. Watch this space.
FalconStor Accelerator for VMware View boosts performance and data protection
ECMPlus – by Paul Quigley — Data storage specialist FalconStor's new Network Storage Server SAN Accelerator for VMWare View now touts an SSD-enhanced storage solution that increases the performance of VMware virtual desktop environments while delivering integrated, multi-tier data protection.
According to the company, NSS SAN Accelerator for VMware View can be used for performs backup and recovery for the entire virtual desktop environment and for each virtual desktop – and enables integrated self-service file recovery for individual virtual desktop users.
VMware View promises efficiencies in the deployment and management of enterprise users' desktop and laptop computers. Virtual desktop operation and management can be enhanced by storage capabilities to maximize performance, availability and efficiency. FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator for VMware View dramatically enhances the efficiency of virtual desktop management throughout the virtual desktop lifecycle – accelerating virtual desktop booting, login, operation, logoff, patch/update and security management through 10x storage performance improvement.
"Virtualization in general and virtualization of desktops in particular have amplified I/O unpredictably as read/write I/O storms occur frequently without warning; the only solution to date has been to add more disk drives," said David Vellante, chief research advocate, Wikibon. "Wikibon has been emphasizing the requirement for different architectures to exploit the potential of flash to improve I/O performance. We are very pleased with the innovation that FalconStor has shown with its flash-on- storage-controller implementation, which is much more efficient for VDI than SSDs. The FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator neatly exploits the VMware I/O separation improvements to offer a solution that combines low-cost SATA with 2 to 3 percent high-performance flash as a cache that can adapt in real-time. Wikibon believes this is a best-of-breed solution for high-performance workloads."
"The rapidly adopted paradigm shift of virtual servers and desktops ushered in by VMware's innovation has created the need for storage environments with integrated data protection designed for the new virtual data center," said Jim McNiel, chief strategy officer for FalconStor. "Virtual environments not only demand flexible, scalable virtual storage environments, but also require backup and DR systems that work with the unique characteristics of virtual machines. We designed the FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator for VMware View(tm) to deliver the kind of storage environment that virtual desktops require – improving performance and data protection in one elegant solution."
FalconStor;s NSS SAN Accelerator for VMware View is available now and costs $175k for an implementation of up to 5,000 users at $35 per virtual desktop.
Three's a crowd as behemoths battle for market power
ECMPlus.com – by Paul Quigley – Hewlett Packard's eleventh hour bid for data storage bellwether 3Par has knocked Dell into the sidewall. Aftar having acquired the likes of EDS, Palm and 3Com – as well as the absorption of Compay – over recent times, the move for the data storage firm will be something the two IT vendors look set to fight tooth and nail over.
Given the recent signifcance of EMC and IBM both zoning in on both private cloud and generic, the HP Dell duel looks set to be just the first of a new salvo of similar storage skirmishes.
ECMPlus – Avid has just taken the wraps off the new Avid ISIS 5000 open shared storage solution to store, share and manage large quantities of digital media assets.
According to the company, customers can also improve allocation of creative resources and support changing project needs with an open shared storage platform that offers access to high-performance ISIS File System technology on lower cost hardware, support for third-party applications and streamlined administration to create more content more affordably.
Ian Burling, head of technical services at Films at 59 Ltd., a post-production house in England, beta tested the new Avid ISIS 5000. "Our clients use a variety of editing systems, so in order to meet their needs, flexibility is a number one priority for us. We were looking for a solution that would allow us to consolidate high and low resolution clients and move media with greater agility and ease. We are extremely impressed by how well the ISIS 5000 has tested. It's proven to be a flexible, easy-to-use, high-performance standard-bearer—great for post production houses like us that need to integrate third-party editing systems such as Apple Final Cut Pro to handle a variety of workflows."
ISIS 5000 is designed to address the specific needs of workgroups requiring 40 or fewer client connections and looking for greater flexibility to accommodate ongoing changes and new business opportunities, the ISIS 5000 shared storage solution is fully tested and qualified with Apple Final Cut Pro, as well as support for an end-to-end Avid workflow. Major features include:
ISIS 5000 is available from July 2010 in a 32TB or 64TB switched configuration, or a 32TB Direct Connect configuration that offers four direct client connections and the ability to add a third party switch. All configurations support Mac or PC clients and include 40 seat licenses with either one or three years of Avid Priority or Avid Uptime Support.


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Possibly one of Mahler's most passionate emotional outbursts and autobiographical creations, Mahler's Symphony No. 10 is a fascinating journey, not only for performance aspects, but also for musicological and analytical ones, providing a deep psychological pathway into the genius that was Mahler – a mesmerising voyage for the composer, performer and conductor. (Michelle Castelletti)
On 24 March, John Storgårds will conduct the Finnish première of Michelle Castelletti's arrangement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 in Korundi.
Read Michelle Castelletti's full, extensive preface to the score

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This is 30 minutes
of relaxing stretch. Denise includes several
uncommon stretches that other instructors
neglect. For example, there are hip rolls, ankle
rolls, a stretch for your outer calves (nice!),
and some others. I really enjoy doing this. The
one thing keeping me from giving it an A+ is that
I'd like for some of the stretches to be a little
longer -- so I'll give it an "A"
Annie S.
A good quality tape with a relaxing atmosphere. It gives you a full body stretch & the more you do it the more flexible you get. I don't end up with any kinks in my neck the next day after I do this tape.
I think this is a tape for beginners,intermediate or advanced workouts. While I am not a favorite of Denise's other tapes, I find that I stick with her stretch & flex tape. It gives you a good full body stretch in 30 min. and I feel good when done with the tape. This is the only stretching tape I do on a regular basis.
This 1989 production is the only Denise Austin video I own. It is a nice 29 minute stretch. She holds the stretches for a decent amount of time. She does the workout barefoot, but I keep my shoes on. I like this one, but don't do it as often as my other stretch/yoga videos. There's a part in the middle where she holds her leg out in front of her and it's too hard for me.
The quality of the video recording is not the best. Fairly grainy. The music is "new age". It is only Denise and the set is very plain.
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Denise is very quiet, serious and sincere in this one. Like a fifth-grader earnestly giving a book report in front of class.
This video has been out a while, but it offers a very nice stretch. Not yoga, but very calm and relaxed. She's not hyper bouncing off the walls, but she's still Denise. She pretty much talks monotone through the stretches and you get a pretty good stretch in about 40 minutes. I do this one when I feel like doing a long stretch that's not yoga ...not very often, but this is definitely a keeper in my collection! Mine came in a Hit the Spot 3 vhs set several years ago, but I think it's been released several times with different covers.
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Happy and very calm for Denise, yet not boring.
Susanna (smith938)


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So here I am, all frustrated, irritated, stressed, depressed and… why? Because today I spent five hours of my precious day in traffic doing nothing while commuting to office and then way back home. And its not just me but hundreds of other people too who go through this irritation not only today but almost every day.
We are all pissed off; we get ready for office and leave from home like phulka and after travelling for hours in traffic, we finally reach like roasted papad. Then apart from office work we keep discussing about roads, potholes, government etc; bang our heads and finally go back home via this traffic all over again.
Traffic is becoming worse day by day but then what is the solution to this problem. By just blaming the government and discussing among ourselves solve the problem? Why don't we do something, isn't this our city, our country? Are not we responsible for anything? We all are well aware of the fact and have observed it all the time that traffic is because of more number of vehicles; roads are not good but let's not talk about what is not in our hands; let us try to find out solution for the problems for which we can do something.
Who does not want luxury? We all want to travel in our private vehicle, switching on the AC and radio and riding alone in each car; one person, one car. Why don't we use public transport when it is readily available? If we are working in normal shifts, then we can easily travel in bus. At least for few days in a week if we use public transport traffic will reduce for sure.
Let us encourage public transport or pooling concept and take one step forward in reducing traffic and stay happy :-). Until and unless we put our city, our country before our own comfort in our priority list, we cannot develop as a country; we can grow individually but not as a society.


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12-18-04 Board of Elections begins screening for new director
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The Mercer County Board of Elections has received 14 applications for it's Director of Elections position. The board met Friday, mostly in executive session, to discuss applicants for the opening. Board member Owen Hall said a specific timetable has not been set to hire a director, but the board hopes to hire someone soon now that the official recount for the presidential election is finished in Mercer County. "We expect to move forward with the hiring of a director," Hall said. "Hopefully within days or weeks we can hire someone and put this to rest." Applicants for the position include: Beth Bader, 1127 Yorkshire Court, Celina, currently a deputy clerk at the Mercer County Clerk of Courts Title Division; Rebecca Baucher, 15 Siegrist-Jutte Road, Fort Recovery, a paralegal at Hanes, Schipfer, Hurley, McClurg, Cooper & Graber, LTD in Greenville; Susan C. Canary, 7461 Ohio 197, Celina, who was City of Celina Community Development Director from 1999 until March of 2004 and Christopher J. Dues, 4249 Siegrist-Jutte Road, Coldwater, a sales representative at WDOH Radio in Delphos; Also applying are: Kimberly Sue Fiely, P.O. Box 275, 213 Wagoner St., Fort Recovery, an employee of Fort Recovery Family Medicine in Fort Recovery; Leslie A. Fourman, 679 N. Walnut St., Celina, an advertising consultant at The Evening Leader in St. Marys; Denise J. Fullenkamp, 602 S. Main St., Rockford, who is currently a member of the Mercer County Board of Elections and Leslie R. James, 7403 state Route 197, Celina, who works as a front line customer service representative at the Holiday Inn Express in Celina. Additional applicants are: Kevin Klingshirn, 908 W. Butler St., Coldwater, employed as a station manager/supervisor for Ottawa Oil Company; Carol G. Prenger, 7721 Riley Road, Celina, a clerk at Bair Pharmacy in Celina and Vicky L. Richards, 537 Touvelle St., #34, Celina, an office; clerical worker at Avada Audiology in Celina; Carol Rosenbeck, 331 Kenneth Drive, St. Henry, an administrative assistant at the Auglaize and Mercer Counties Convention and Visitors Bureau and Terrence E. Williams, 282 Brand Whitlock, Toledo. Diana Grille, the current deputy director at the elections office who has filled in as the interim director, has also applied for the job. The position has been open since June when Toni Slusser announced that she was resigning from her post to begin a new position in the staff of Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell. Slusser is serving as the northwest field representative for the secretary of state's office, providing support for election boards Mercer, Auglaize, and 11 other northwest Ohio counties. Ohio law requires that the deputy elections director and director be of opposite political parties. Grille, the current deputy director is a Democrat. If Grille is awarded the position, a Republican must be hired for the job. If a Democrat other than Grille was named to the post, a new person would need to be named as deputy director.
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I'm a useless 23 year-old kid who lives at home and leeches off of my parents because I can't get a job no matter how hard I try and how long I look. I'm worthless. Useless. A useless eater. I'll never amount to anything in life, and nothing seems to have any real meaning anymore; I have no drive, no motivation to do anything. I'm not even taking school seriously, to the point of probably failing at least one class this semester. Even all of my activism has begun to feel pointless. It's not like I'm actually making a difference in this world, anyway. I mean, who the fuck am I, this lowly peasant named Kelvin Rodeo, for people to believe what I say and do? I'm nothing, I'm nobody. My existence is a worthless one. Everything that I did was to try to start feeling something about life again, but I quickly discovered that all of that, too, will fade away and disappear. I guess nothing can really be exciting when you're such a worthless person.
I mean, really! What have I done in my 23 years of this worthless existence that anyone will ever have a good memory about? Absolutely nothing! When I die, I will just be some other guy who died, no one special, no one worth talking about or mourning over. I'm all alone in this cold, dark place. But it's ok. I'm just a fucked up kid who fucks up everything he touches. It's good that I'm alone, can't hurt anyone that way. I'm so tired of this. All of it. This thing called life is a joke. What's the point of it all? Why am I on this earth if all I can do is fuck up and piss people off or make them sad? What a cruel joke if that is all there is to this existence. Who would want to live a life like that? A life where I only hurt the people who try to help me. I'll never be a good person no matter what I do. I can pray and pray and pray for change and I can try my hardest to change but no matter what, I always fuck up in the end and prove that I haven't changed. Do my prayers fall on deaf ears? Most likely, but it doesn't hurt to try. But I'm tired of trying. Tired of it all and how pointless it is. Why am I alive? Why must I cause so much suffering? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?!?!?
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Chinese manufacturing data was better than expected, but that's not helping equities. At least for the moment, traders are more preoccupied with new U.S.-led military action in the Middle East.
The Shanghai Composite was up 0.9 percent, but most of the rest of Asia was down as after China's Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) came in stronger than expected , at 50.5 vs 50.0. New orders also rose to 52.3, up from 51.3.
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Huge phones aren't foreign territory for Samsung, far from it. They basically started the phablet game with the Note line and a year ago they released their Galaxy Mega devices. One fo them sporting a 5.8″ screen and other 6.3″, which is almost tablet territory.
Many thought that Samsung has reached the line and won't step over it, but those people were wrong. Earlier this month a mysterious Galaxy W (Mega successor) device leaked sporting a 7″ screen and that device was not dubbed a tablet. Sure, that seemed rather odd, but if someone was going to do it it's Samsung.
That huge device (Mega 2 from now on) was cleared by USA's FCC yesterday and today it leaks in some images. There aren't any additional leaked specifications at this time, but if an earlier leak is to be believed the device will sport a 720p screen, a 1.2GHz quad-core chip, 1.5GB of RAM, 8GB of storage (+microSD card) and a 8MP camera. All that should be operated by an Android 4.3 JellyBean OS.
There aren't any release date information at this time, but Samsung is going to hold a press even on June 12. Galaxy Tab S lineup will probably get announced there but that doesn't mean Galaxy Mega 2 will not make an appearance.
Would you ever buy a phone with a 7″ display?
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When an elbow injury took him off the mat, Watkins Memorial sophomore Mason Boyd was still there to support the wrestling team, helping underclassmen with their technique and serving as the leader he was.
His wrestling coach called the 16-year-old a "great kid" who stayed out of trouble, earned good grades and was mature beyond his years.
"He was a good kid in all senses," said Mark Kurth, who also serves as dean of students at the high school. "He had that maturity about him, beyond his 16 years… He was a big part of our team."
Saturday morning, Boyd was killed in a single-car accident near the intersection of York and Morse roads, south of State Route 161 in Licking County.
Capt. Darl Evans said the crash happened just after 7 a.m., when the 2007 Toyota Avalon that Boyd was driving left the roadway and hit a tree. The sheriff's office is investigating.
Southwest Licking School District planned to have counselors on hand Tuesday to support grieving students and staff. Funeral arrangements were not yet completed Monday afternoon, though calling hours were being planned at the high school later this week.
A scholarship fund also has been established in Boyd's name at the Pataskala Banking Co., with contributions being accepted at the bank's locations on Main Street and Hazelton-Etna Road in Pataskala and on East Broad Street in Reynoldsburg, Kurth said.
The teen was on his way to a wrestling tournament at Dublin Scioto High School to cheer on his team Saturday when the crash happened. Kurth received news of Boyd's death from Boyd's father just before the matches began.
Faculty and staff at Dublin Scioto on Saturday and other schools have all offered support — Licking Heights High School has already printed "MB" stickers to place on their wrestling head gear, Kurth said.
"I have received emails and phone calls from other schools all around," he said. "The wrestling community, the wrestling family is so strong ... We stick together, and we help each other out in times like this."


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Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Coutts_is_god, Jun 29, 2005.
Me finding a used MIA Fender P bass with maple neck that doesn't cost more then my life?
Yes, unless your life isn't worth much. Keep looking, they're out there. I think the $600 price area is pretty reasonable for a nice MIA Precision or Jazz and I see them go for around that pretty often. The really pristine ones or ones in cooler colors sometimes go for more, though.
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what's your life worth? If you're looking for one from the past ten years or so, I've seen them go on Ebay for sometimes go for around $500. I just saw a nice looking refin 76 Precision with a BIN of $750. I was going to jump all over that, but then realized I already have a nice Precision that sits in its case.
All the ones I've seen here are over 1200. Maybe because they were like 04's.
Hes canadian , his life isnt worth much in the US
Well the Rangers suck Ha!!
It just seems that everytime I go looking for that Precision there always that Jazz in the way. Thinking about my dream bass makes me happy. What doesn't make me happy is all the rosewood in the world. long story short. I NEED THAT MAPLE!!!!!!!!!!
the rangers do suck. hockey got canceled where were you? ah yes, canada.
Its coming back I know it is. Hockey just went to the store to pick me up a treat. Its coming back. Hockey has to come back. Hockey said it would only be back in a hour. Hockey just got lost. Thats all. See they thought they would take down their salaries but instead they took down a whole nation:'(


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I think this Course Management System will help a lot the students in the future, keep going with it guys you do an great job.
Back in 2012, Jason Blanchard wrote an article for Edudemic about the problems with Course management systems (CMSs), such as Blackboard and Moodle. At that time, CMSs were centralized platforms that host software tools essential for online course instructors and students. CMS tools often offered: a way for professors to upload content, like lectures, notes, and videos: a way for students to upload completed assignments; a messaging or email system; a grade-tracking feature; and communication tools, including either live chat or asynchronous discussion threads. By providing an easy to use, interactive platform for online courses, CMS enabled a greater number of students to benefit from educational opportunities across the globe.
The downfalls of CMSs in 2012, though, were plentiful. Blanchard described how the communication features on many CMS were generally lacking, making the entire experience more synonymous with an outdated online textbook than an advanced web-based social networking platform. Blanchard also stressed that CMS were limited to providing a platform only for reading lecture notes, watching videos, and uploading assignments without providing beneficial opportunities for collaborative work. Lastly, Blanchard explained that students are tech-savvy networkers, who learn by engaging socially with their peers and with their instructors, processes that were not replicated in a CMS's static environment.
Let's be honest, 2010 was a long time ago, especially in the world of technology. So we've decided to update the Blanchard CMS article. Our goal was to revisit his concerns with the systems in use in 2010 and to see what, if anything has improved since then. What we found was that CMSs are really a platform of the past. They've all turned into larger, more powerful Learning Management Systems. (LMS). Let's take a look at where CMSs started and how they morphed into LMSs.
From the list above, it's clear that CMSs in 2010 were basically glorified textbooks. They provided the same static experience to education that a student would get from reading a physical book. Nowhere within the CMS platforms were there options for students to engage in collaborative learning and socially synthesize new knowledge from the course.
So, have CMSs gotten better? The answer is yes…and no.
Course management systems are really a thing of the past. Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace (formerly Desire2Learn), and Schoology have morphed into learning management systems (LMS). An LMS is a more robust platform than a CMS, because it includes not only the course management component, but also reporting for data and analytics. An LMS can be used in a K-12 environment, in higher ed, and even in businesses.
The new LMS versions of the old CMS systems have content management, online app libraries, teaching training videos, advanced reporting systems, and the ability to be used in online and blended learning environments. However, LMSs are still gigantic platforms built to meet the needs of huge amounts of customers. They are not easy to customize for educators with specific needs. In addition, many LMSs are still not providing open source material in order to make it easy to integrate with other programs.
Edcause has suggested in this article that educators consider alternatives to LMSs for more classroom personalization. By compiling a toolbox of specific Web 2.0 tools, like blogging platforms and Goggle Docs, educators can create a personalized LMS, specific to their needs.
For smaller institutions and those teachers not required to use the university- or school-provided LMS, Web 2.0 tools might just be the best answer for course management. For others, the only option is purchasing an LMS. We've compiled info on some of your options in the past.
The course management systems of the past had their fair share of problems. In the last few years, they've made great strides to break out of their rigid structure and provide more communication options and information to students and teachers. These new LMSs are worth looking into for large-scale adoptions, but individuals, or smaller schools, may want to consider curating their own collection of content, communication, and assessment tools. We'd love to know which CMS or LMS you use, or if you even use one at all. Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments below.
Editor's note: This piece was originally written by Jason Blanchard and ran on June 1st, 2010. A lot has changed since then, so we've had Amanda Ronan update this piece with the latest techniques and innovations.
I think this Course Management System will help a lot the students in the future, keep going with it guys you do an great job.
The Learning Management System shift happened back in 2008. Today's "LMS" is hardly different from a "CMS" but for the name. Both are teaching productivity platforms and NOT learning efficacy technologies. In other words, neither the LMS nor CMS will improve learning, other than by improving access to course documents and information. Until the fundamental structure is changed from an online (closed, as in, enrollees only) course to an open or at least partially open course, both are at core the same thing.


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Because the flesh clings to the large, flat seed in the center of a mango, the easiest way to remove the seed is to carve around it. Stand the fruit stem side up and with the narrow side facing you. Using a sharp knife, cut the mango just to one side of the flat seed, cutting from top to bottom. Repeat on the other side of the seed. Set the two larger cut pieces aside. For the portion with the mango seed, use a knife to cut off the peel and carve off as much of the flesh from the seed as possible. Discard the seed. Another option is to purchase a mango pitter, a gadget that cuts down both sides of the mango seed at once.
The flesh of a mango also clings tightly to the skin. A simple way to remove the flesh is to cube it with a knife and cut the cubes away from the skin. Starting with one of the seedless pieces, place it on a cutting board. Using a butter knife or paring knife, cut the flesh into a crisscross grid of cubes just to, but not through, the skin. Gently cut under each cube to release it from the skin. Use the mango cubes as desired.
When you need slices instead of cubes, use the same method as for cubing, except cut the flesh into slices just to the peel and cut them out as described for the cubes. However, you may find it easier to just cut each seedless portion into individual slices and peel each slice with a vegetable peeler or knife.
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Think of the monumental effectiveness for each person in the organization if the items below are at their fingertips daily and all workers could report relevant new data up the chain of command!
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With Mercury's Textual ETL product, any CEO would have all the information or she needs in order to make the most effective decisions for the organization's customers, employees, and product or service. The CEO would truly hear the heartbeat of the entire organization every day!
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Blanche Brown of Lopatcong Township was recognized recently by the Phillipsburg Area Red Cross for donating a total of four gallons of blood over the years.
Blanche Brown of Lopatcong Township was recognized recently by the Phillipsburg Area Red Cross for donating a total of four gallons of blood over the years.
Brown was presented with a recognition pin by Malvina K. Serrano, blood program chairwoman for the area Red Cross, at the September bloodmobile visit to Grace Lutheran Church in Phillipsburg.
To reach the four gallon mark, Brown made 32 blood donations. Considering that each pint of blood donated can be processed to treat five different illnesses, Brown's donations have helped as many as 160 area residents who were in need of blood.
In recent years, when the need for donations has been critical, Browned gave blood three or four times a year in response to the Red Cross' appeals for more blood. According to the Red Cross, blood can safely be given every two months.
Besides being a regular blood donor, Brown has served as a distinguished volunteer at bloodmobiles since the inception of the PhillipsburgArea Red Cross' blood program in 1963. She has been involved with the canteen committee and served as its chairperson for the past four years.
Her efforts have included providing meals for bloodmobile staff and volunteers, as well as refreshments for blood donors.
The Phillipsburg Area Red Cross honors Brown for her loyalty and devotion to the blood program, both as a donor and a volunteer.
Warren County Community College Commission recently expanded its facilities to include the entire Franklin Township Professional Building on Route 57 in Broadway, expanding the academic resources area known as the Guided Learning Center.
The center consists of the college library, a quiet study area with self- paced learning equipment, a seminar classroom and a computer center. The goal of the center is to assist students in the development of new skills as quickly and conveniently as possible at a reasonable cost.
The library, now housed in a separate room on the first floor of the Professional Building, consists of about 8,000 biographical equivalent units. Two personal computers, microfiche readers and an optical scanner for statistical analysis are available to students. In addition to books, students may borrow software, video tapes and audio cassettes from the library.
The learning library, also on the first floor, has ten Audio-Visual Tutorial (AVT) systems - self-paced learning programs which employ tape cassettes on slides - and three televisions with VCRs.
The expanded computer center on the second floor consists or 15 IBM personal computers networked with an IBM System/36 mainframe.
The office of student services, where counseling, admissions and registration services are provided, remains on the first floor with additional office space.
For more information about the college call (201) 689-1090.
News items for this column should be sent to Lauri Rice at The Morning Call, 1101 Northampton St., Easton, 18042. All news items should be received at least one week before publication.


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Sindh health dept cautions against Swine Flu
Owing to the increasing spread of swine flu in neighboring India, Sindh health department has sprung into action and issued a Swine flu alert in all major government hospitals of the province. The hospitals have also been directed to conduct N1H1 tests of all incoming flu patients. Furthermore, these patients should be shifted to a separate isolation ward and treated there.
Swine flu can spread from India due to the fact that thousands of people from Karachi and interior Sindh cross over into India annually. India is currently battling swine flu which has gripped the nation and is increasingly becoming widespread. Swine flu is a contagious disease as its germs can be transmitted via the infected person's sneeze or cough. Swine flu infects with ease those whose immune system is weak. Swine flu also affects children more than adults hence the government has instructed all public hospitals to be equipped in order to deal with any health emergency that might creep up. It should be borne in mind that swine flu has claimed the lives of around 1200 people in India and infected an estimated 22,000.
In the swine flu alert issued by the health department, it was mentioned that in areas where Pakistan's borders met with India, special care should be taken to ward off swine flu. Khalid Sheikh, the department's Special Secretary Public Health, disclosed that no case of swine flu had luckily been reported in Sindh so far hence proper care and protective measures should be adopted. He also stated that hospitals have been directed to treat suspected swine flu victims in an isolation ward separated from the rest and the data, addresses of those patients be handed over to the health department. With the relevant data in hand, medicinal sprays to battle swine flu would be conducted in their homes and localities. To contain contagiousness, he advised all flu patients to use a handkerchief when sneezing or coughing to not spread flu germs.
Expert on Special Diseases Dr. Naseem Salahuddin said that if one case was to be reported, it had the ability to spread rapidly on account of the contagious nature of the disease.


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The Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple assumed its current form in 1993, but the history of theatre in Barnstaple can be traced back to at least 1435, when Minstrels, Players, Jugglers and Buffoons were an established feature of Barnstaple's annual fair. Documents indicate that in 1605 a touring troupe, the King's Players visited, and it is believed that William Shakespeare was one of their members.
Barnstaples first theatre was built on Honey Pot Lane in 1760 but by 1832, it had become 'ruinous' and was forced to close. A new theatre, 'The Grecian Hall', opened in 1834. Renamed 'The Theatre Royal' around 1860, it regularly staged popular musicals and musical comedies. By 1880 this too had closed, although performances continued at a large room above the Corn Market (the site of the present theatre) which had served as a music hall since 1854.
The 'Theatre Royal' re-opened in 1893 and the music hall, now the 'Albert Hall', in 1897. The two venues operated successfully until just prior to World War I, when the 'Theatre Royal' was demolished. The Albert Hall continued providing musical entertainment until 1941, when it was destroyed by fire, probably from a discarded cigarette. In 1952 the hall was rebuilt (only the outer walls had survived the fire) as The Queen's Hall. Although with a plain and functional interior, it served the Barnstaple community, for a variety of purposes of live entertainment, antique markets, dog shows and similar functions for over forty years.
In 1993 the local council decided to fully refurbish the building, reopening as The Queen's Theatre. The first production in the new facilities - the pantomime Snow White - opened on Christmas Eve that year.
In the summer of 2013 the theatre closed for major backstage refurbishment including a 23 line electric flying system (moving from 17 lines of three line hemp) and an electric orchestra pit, the theatre reopened on 14 September.


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The All Gauge Model Railway Club was founded before 1980 and became an Incorporated Association in 1991.
The AGMRC is a group of ordinary people who like to get together to chat about trains and to run their trains on the club's layouts, which are generally much bigger than most people can own or afford the space for.
Visitors and potential new members are always welcome to attend our running nights – usually held on a Friday night. Refer to our calendar on this site.
There are two large, permanent layouts upstairs featuring city and country stations with tracks running through the countryside and winding through cuttings and tunnels, over bridges past a refinery, sugar-cane farms, processing mill etc. These layouts are in HO / OO scale (sub-divided into several sections), and a large N scale layout,
The club also has a number of portable layouts. A mix of these is used when members participate in model railway shows and visit schools and shopping centres.
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Consider these statistics the next time you tweet or post something online. Or send an SMS, or watch something on YouTube, and so on. And ask yourself, would you have been able to do the same thing a few years back?
And you'll be amazed at how fast media technology has evolved. But perhaps you'll be more amazed at how your way of communicating has also changed with the technology.
This video will come in handy when I teach Media Arts 101 next semester. No, I will not give a quiz on the stats shown in the video. By that time, the figures will have grown by leaps and bounds. Or new technology may have changed the landscape again.
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WINNIPEG, Man. – Today, the Manitoba Trucking Association gave nine scholarships to hopeful students with funds it raised from its two annual golf tournaments.
Scholarships are given to employees or dependents to the company's members.
Three of the scholarships awarded were based on academics.
The winners were: Julie DePauw, Adrianna Racano and Edmund-Sean Viagedor.
Four scholarships were given to apprentices who are currently working for an MTA member company. Winners of the apprenticeship scholarships were: Kerry Bezemer, Christian Lewis, Jesse Reinsch, and Coleman Regula.
The Edward M. Ewanochko award was given to Edmund-Sean Viagedor and the Winnipeg Transportation Scholarship award was given to Lucas Bock.


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The beautiful city of Dehradun is located in the Doon Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas. A nature lover's paradise, the city is the state capital of Uttarakhand and has become a tourist hotspot owing to its pleasant weather and fascinating landscape. There are flights to Dehradun from the national capital Delhi, which take around an hour to reach the city. The Jolly Grant Airport of Dehradun is situated at a distance of 25 km from the city centre and is served by a number of Dehradun flights from Delhi and other Indian cities.
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In the Vegetable Garden - Things to do this Month - May
May is another busy month; especially in colder areas of the country with a shorter growing season, meaning a narrower 'window of opportunity' for sowing and planting. The danger of frost should be well past by now in the south of the country (but be prepared with some horticultural fleece, just in case), the soil will at last be warming-up and plant growth should get underway.
Refer to the Vegetable Planting Diary – Month by Month.
- Save water: invest in some water butts and save this valuable resource. It's also worth learning which plants can stand a bit of drought, and which must have their regular drink!
- Weed control and Watering: hoe in the morning so the sun desiccates the uprooted weeds (and hoeing also exposes slugs' eggs for the birds to eat!), and water in the evening when the heat of the day is gone
- Harvest 2 year old+ Asparagus – cut no more than 5/6 spears from each plant; older crowns will be producing new shoots for daily cutting
- Thin out root crops as they grow to allow room for development: carrots, parsnips, turnips, radishes and beetroot
- Transplant leeks to their final cropping position: pop into a ready-made hole and water-in well
- Beware carrot root fly: thin late in the evening, and cover with fleece – or consider 'companion planting': plant alongside the traditional companion herbs: Rosemary, Sage and Chives (all members of the allium family are said to repel the fly). Alternatively, you can cover with horticultural fleece, but I think the herbs both look and smell nicer and are more useful!
- Erect canes and sow runner beans and climbing French beans directly into the soil
- Sow early peas, then the taller main crop peas towards the end of the month, and provide support for these depending on whether they are tall or short varieties (stakes and netting, or hazel twigs)
- Continue to sow brassicas (cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, kale) for successional cropping – sow in trays, thin into pots, then plant out strong plants
- Sow the following in pots for planting out in June: courgettes, marrows, squash, pumpkins and sweet corn
- Continue sowing salad crops for a continuous supply
- In the greenhouse, pot on tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines into large pots or grow bags
- BE VIGILANT FOR SLUGS – see our tips for beating slugs here
- Make this the year you become self-sufficient in herbs (and never have to buy a packet of dried herbs again!). Make a list of all the herbs you use in the kitchen and get sowing – once established, you can allow some to go to seed for sowing in the following year.


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Disclaimer: I want to apologize that this blog post may not be something that everyone can respond to. However, it's an important post to me because I have hopes that I can get some feedback about our baby registry and the best products for Kensington.
I am starting to feel the financial differences that come along with a bundle of joy. Each pay period, my husband and I have been buying an essential item for Kensington in order to space out spending tons of money at the store. These essentials are things that, in our opinion, are not 'gift' items to receive at a shower. For example, we already purchased the crib. I doubt anyone would've purchased one for us, right? Same goes for a changing table/dresser, etc!
Anyways, I have finalized the last couple of essentials that we'll be buying for Kensington. I think we're going to try and purchase all of these items in February and then plan on receiving the other items as gifts. That's my hope anyways!
All of that being said, today's blog post is not about the things that we intend to purchase. That would be boring. Instead, today's blog post is about the items that are on our baby registry and I want your feedback as to whether or not we should switch things up. Are these good brands? Do you suggest something different? We only want the best for mini me!
My questions are...
Is there a safer/better brand out there?
Does this one seem fairly efficient to get your child in and out of?
Is it comfortable for that growing body of theirs?
Should we add two to our registry, or will one suffice?
My questions are...
Does this bassinet work well for infants to sleep beside the bed?
Would the mini Co-Sleeper be better, or is it too small?
My questions are...
Is this highchair fairly sturdy?
Does your child sit fairly comfortably in it?
My questions are...
Is this something that you recommend?
Is there a better brand that you've heard of?
Fun things!
I created a Pinterest board of all the fun things that I'd like for Kensington. You can see the board here. Is there anything else that you think I should add? I am ALL about monogrammed or personalized gifts. They are my absolute favorite. I would love y'alls feedback about the best personalized gifts.
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As you know, Funky Kits is the home to all things Sugar Nellie both rubber and digi and with the range growing we need a fab team to keep you continually inspired!
We will still continue to have our daily inspiration over on the Sugar Nellie blog with promotions etc on there, but in addition we will continue to run the challenge on a monthly basis.
So on to the important things...We do have some requirements for any newbies joining our team and if you feel you can meet the requirements then this may be for you!!
- You must be able to commit to a 4 month term initially April to July inclusive - this will be reviewed at the end of the term
- You must be able to complete projects on time and add them to the blog
- You must post your project on your own blog each month
- You will make comments on the entries to the challenge on your allocated numbers each month
- You must be able to take a good photo of your project
- You must have an active blog and Facebook account - most of the DT stuff is managed on our Facebook page
We want newbies that love all things Sugar Nellie and they will be great at promoting the products through their own work. So if you meet the requirements and are interested in joining the team then what you need to do to apply is to go to our challengeblog.
This DT Call will close on 25 March 2016 and the successful applicants will be notified soon after this date in time to start with our challenge in April 2016.
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After buying the small pack of Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante papers I knew I wanted to do something that could be called "steampunk." Well, while rooting around and cleaning out my stash, I found a long forgotten glass paperweight. So I decided to do a steampunk debutante in that paperweight. And here she is:
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Thanks Barack— Economy Shrinks At Worse Than Expected Pace
Thanks Barack. Thanks Dems.
The economy shrunk at a worse than expected pace in the first quarter.
Yahoo Finance reported, via Drudge:
The economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in U.S. exports in 40 years overwhelmed a rebound in consumer spending.
The Commerce Department's report, released Wednesday, dashed hopes that the recession's grip on the country loosened in the first quarter. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected a 5 percent annualized decline.
Instead, the economy ended up performing nearly as bad as it had in the final three months of last year when it logged the worst slide in a quarter-century, contracting at a 6.3 percent pace. Nervous consumers played a prominent role in that dismal showing as they ratcheted back spending in the face of rising unemployment, falling home values and shrinking nest eggs.
Maybe we can't spend our way to prosperity after all?
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Our special trip was to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. We went to the museum in a bus. As usual the children were all crowded on the bus chit chatting, playing a game called "that's mine". I nearly fell asleep but luckily I had my friends to keep me awake!
Finally we arrived at our destination (-museum), it was pretty stuffy in the bus but as soon as I got out of the bus there was a nice breeze that cooled me off. Then we all got separated into our groups. My sister, a couple of other people and I were all in my big brother Havea's group. It was a while before we went in because we were not the only school.
I hadn't been in the museum in a while but when I walked in I suddenly remembered what it all looked like and it was pretty amusing! It was then time for us to split up and go on to the different sections of the museum that were about the age of the dinosaurs. Our first activity was searching for different types of animal species such as the penguins, underwater creatures , birds and even some native New Zealand species like the kiwi or the tuatara.
The activity took about 1/2 an hour and when it finished we could go out and have our morning tea. It was a funny thing though, as we walked out of our part of the museum there was a red carpet. My friends and I were pretending that we were celebrities in Hollywood strutting down the red carpet.
After our morning tea we went to our second activity which was with a man called Paul in a lab. In this lab we looked at a real live bone of a now extinct bird called the "Moa". Paul explained a lot of interesting theories and facts about now extinct animals-dinosaurs and Moas. He then gave us a lecture about extinction and how long the dinosaurs roamed the earth. We then got to have some fun (as if the whole trip wasn't fun.) The fun was searching through sand and excavating fossils out of stones.
We then had our final activity which was looking at dinosaurs and answering questions from the board where the facts and information were. It got really hot and stuffy again so I took my jumper off and it made no difference. But apart from that it was a great experience to be in the midst of the museum again. It was then time to go back to school.
I can't wait until term 3 brings a new topic!!