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To provide support for families with members who have Down syndrome and to raise awareness and acceptance of Down syndrome.
We provide information to new parents, meetings for information and support for families of members with Down syndrome, and social activities throughout the year. We work in the community, often in conjunction with national or international campaigns, on issues that affect people with Down syndrome. For example, we are active in the Spread the Word campaign to eliminate the use of the word 'retard' as an insult. Our largest activity of the year is the annual Buddy Walk, a day celebrating people with Down syndrome and raising awareness and funds.
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This creamy cucumber and aloe parasite killer is actually a great tasting smoothie. It is a great way to get a daily dose of garlic, aloe and other anti-parasitic foods into the system. All the ingredients work together to create an environment wherein the parasites cannot survive in. Garlic is very effective at killing many types of parasites when it is combined with a healthy diet. Aloe vera gel is also anti-parasitic and helps to soothe the digestive system.
The recipe calls for pumpkin seeds and water, but for a smoother drink you can substitute one half cup nut milk for the half cup of water and quarter cup pumpkin seeds. Either way, the drink is sure to help eliminate the parasites and heal the digestive tract of the damage that has been done.
Makes about 1 2/3 cups.
1/2 cup Water
1/4 cup Raw Pumpkin Seeds
1/2 English Cucumber
1/2 Lemon, (Juiced)
1 clove Garlic
1 tbsp. Aloe Vera Gel
1/2 tbsp. Dill (Dried)
1/4 tsp. Sea Salt
Blend all ingredients together and enjoy.

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It's confirmed! The AF100Central crew is going to NAB again this year. We're looking forward to conducting some good product reviews and interviews from the show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Last year, we had a couple of great impromptu interviews with Jan Crittenden of Panasonic, and Matthew Duclos of Duclos Lenses, who showed us his prototype of the Duclos 70-200 T3 zoom. I ran into him by chance at the Angenieux booth, when I spotted the beautiful Zeiss 21mm Distagon on his Nikon. This year, we're going to have a lot more content, all filmed on the AF100, of course. 🙂 It is my intent to get a lot more content from the Panasonic booth. Jan was very gracious and extremely helpful last year, and I hope she will be open to conducting another interview. I can't stress how cool she is in person; Panasonic is lucky to have her as a representative.
So now is your chance to let us know what you all would like to see us report on from NAB 2012. Reply in the comments below and tell us who you'd like us to interview, and what products you would like to see showcased! Remember, everyone who is anyone in the video/cinema industry will be at NAB, so now is your chance to place your order for custom-tailored information!


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TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers dropped both ends of Wednesday night's double header with Casper, the Oilers won 16-7 and 9-2
They will close out the regular season with a road trip to Cheyene next week then onto the Double "AA" state tournament in Gillette on July 30th.
JETS BASEBALL - Sheridan will host the 2014 class "B" American Legion state tournament next week at Thorne-Rider stadium the Sheridan Jets are the defending champs.
The tournament will start Thursday and run through Sunday.
The Annual Summer Slam is a 3-on-3, co-ed, grass volleyball tournament intended to help those in need. This year the Summer Slam will raise funds for the Weston Johnson Memorial Scholarship.
Where: Sheridan YMCA, 417 N. Jefferson St. Sheridan WY
When: Saturday August 2nd, 2014 Captains Meeting 7:45 AM Play begins at 8:00 AM
Fee: $75 per team if entered by July 12th $100 late entry up until 7:30 AM August 2nd Make payment to Sheridan YMCA – Summer Slam
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers play their final final home date today when they host two with Casper the first game will start at 5:00.
The Troops played Casper tough on the road but lost both games and will try an get those two back tonight.
Head coach Ben Phillips the Oilers have a very good team and they expect of good battle tonight.
The Troops are two weeks out from the state tournament as they look to build momentum towards the tournament.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers beat Laramie Monday afternoon 10-2 and will play their final home date of the season tomorrow.
The Troops banged out 13 hits with Connor McCafferty going four for four with a triple and three singles.
Blake Godwin started the game and got the win with relief help from McCafferty Head coach Ben Phillips says it was a good solid victory.
Godwin started the game and had a good outing keeping the troops in through six innings.
Click on the links for final winners
2014 WYO RODEO - The Sheridan WYO rodeo is over final results from each event can be seen on the sports page at sheridanmedia.com which includes event payouts as well.
LOCAL BAREBACK RIDER RIDES THE WYO - Former Sheridan high school football player and wrestler Devan Reilly was the first bareback rider out of the chutes Saturday night, Reilly was a member of the last Bronc state championship in football back in 2011 and last month placed 6th in the CNFR bareback riding.
WYO RODEO - The Sheridan WYO rodeo heads into day three, slack timed events start at 9:00 the WYO rodeo carnival opens at 5:00 and the 3rd performance of the WYO starts promptly at 7:00.
Slack timed events run today and tomorrow starting at 9:00 and admission is free.
Rodeo week concludes Sunday with polo and other events at the Big Horn Equestrian Center starting at 1:00.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers have their alumni game tomorrow all the fun starts at 1:00 at Thorne-Rider stadium.
Click the links to see event results


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Alfred Hitchcock, the "Master of Suspense," will be the focus of the Florence Community Library's April Monthly Movie discussion. Join us in the library programming room on Saturday, April 11, at 1:00 pm for a brief look at the life and films of Alfred Hitchcock, followed by a showing of one of his most acclaimed classics – All completely free of charge!
Sir Alfred Hitchcock was already considered one of England's best film directors when he came to America in 1939. In Hollywood, he went on to even greater success, crafting a string of classics and pioneering film techniques that remain dominant today. Enjoy a discussion tracing Hitchcock's work, with film clips and review excerpts demonstrating some career highlights. Stay after the discussion to watch one of Hitchcock's most famous movies. Free popcorn and water will be available to all who attend. Patrons are also encouraged to bring their own food and soft drink to the show!
For title information or other questions, please contact the library at (520) 868-8311.


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Ear training was part of my college curriculum as a music major (B. Mus. in piano performance, San Francisco State; ear training really didn't enter into the Master's program.) I have included ear training, based on the Kodaly method modified for purposes of piano instruction, in my teaching since the 1970's. I have been teaching piano at my studio in Vallejo since 1990 (and before that in San Francisco). I hold bachelor's and master's degrees in piano performance from San Francisco State University, and am president of the Solano County branch of the Music Teachers' Association of California [more]
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Ear training is a skill basic not only to performance of any sort, but to listening to and understanding music. It is a necessary basis for music theory. I have a wide variety of techniques, games, and exercises you can do yourself, to sharpen your listening skills. I bring years of experience in choral singing and conducting, composition, and teaching to our work. If you need help with music --- let's go! I have been a professional composer and teacher of music for several decades now. I attended Yale University (B.A.), then the University of California, Berkeley (M.A.). I am a faculty member [more]
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I have a minor in music from the University of Pennsylvania where I studied classical ear training with Jay Reise and James Primosch. I have also studied ear training privately with Caris Liebman, and completed the full course load at Berklee College of Music. I am familiar with both jazz and classical ear training methods. I'm currently a PhD student in the English department at UC Berkeley. I am from Pennsylvania originally, but have lived all over the country (Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, San Francisco). I am very happy to be settling in the East Bay. I am excited to work with students from [more]
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I studied ear training in college, including moving into the atonal Solfeggi book "Modus Novus" in graduate school. I was a TA for Musicianship and taught ear training at Mills College. Dear Potential student, What is it that you would like to learn? I have 25 years' experience tutoring and teaching music and would be able to help you with most anything. I love tutoring because I love to help students succeed. Tutoring is great because students can get their questions answered and get better very quickly. It is wonderful to be able to help people have their dreams come true! I am very kno [more]
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I have a BA in musicology, and completed conservatory studies in ear training. I have taught ear training to students K - 5. First of all, let me put you at ease about any concern regarding my accent. I do NOT have a French accent when I speak English or any other of the languages I tutor. Most people ask me if I am from New England. I was raised in an international environment, and I began showing a gift for learning foreign languages at age seven. At age 19, I started tutoring ESL in Brussels, Belgium. I have taught ESL, French, and Portuguese in California for more than 25 years, both pr [more]
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I have been studying ear training for 7 years, and been teaching for 3. I teach interval, scale, quality, inversion, and chord progression identification as well as sight singing, basic piano, and dictation. i use the program practica musica with many of my beginning ear training students and I teach from the book - Tonal Harmony by kofska +payne Hello! My name is Matthew, and I teach many people of different ages academic topics from arithmetic to algebra 2/trigonometry, science, reading/grammar, as well as all kinds of music and instruments! I currently hold a Master of arts degree from Mi [more]


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One of the teams I 'manage' has been fairly consistent (i.e. mostly the same people) over the last 3 years and we are now in our third project together. They are a lovely bunch of people and a well integrated team. It was tough getting to this state, but it appears to be worth it.
Here's the thing; on this last project I have given them a one line goal, a deadline and a list of stakeholders. I barely talk to them except to get a weekly progress update.
They are on track and making decisions about what should be in and out of scope, and where quality can be flexed to accommodate more or less features. About once a month they are coming to me to ask for assistance in clearing an external impediment.
I love managing them because it's almost completely automatic. I get to focus my attention on the other teams I am working with which need more guidance and support.
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I also picked up some wood letters to spell "CREATE" and covered them in fun scrapbook paper.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Organized Art Space for Kids
I also picked up some wood letters to spell "CREATE" and covered them in fun scrapbook paper.
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I love how it is organized and contained!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Shambray! I kinda love it too :)Delete
Oh I need to do this in my house! Great idea!ReplyDeleteReplies
You should definitely make an art area! It only takes a small space, but it's so nice to have most of the art supplies contained. Thanks for stopping by!Delete
Kinda makes me want to create my own little art space :) Great job!ReplyDeleteReplies
I know, right? I kinda want my own little art space too!Delete
So glad to find your blog! Look forward to following you and on IG as well :) Saw your comment on Abby's site about going to Haven next year! There might be lots of us newbies going for the first time so we can all be nervous together! :) Anyway, this is a fabulous playroom!! Would love to have you at our link party on my blog please! Have a great week!ReplyDelete
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Aww, thanks Kendra! I would LOVE to go to Haven next year and meet everyone! I'm so glad you found my blog and I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by. I just linked up to your party and look forward to following along on your blog!Delete
I love this little space! That shelf is the ideal design for holding art supplies. It's great that everything is visible and easy for them to see and reach, but the overall is aesthetic is still pretty clean and uncluttered.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Megan! Glad you liked the space :)Delete
What a great space!!! So adorable and I love how everything is out and easily accessible. My daughter would love this.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Megan! Gotta have a space for little artists to create :)Delete
This space is so adorable Katie! Thanks for sharing it with us at Work It Wednesday!!ReplyDelete
Stopping in from Work It Wednesday and fell in love with your workspace area for the kids. I love what you did, it's all things that seem easily hung up or put together. I really need to try this :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Heather! So glad you enjoyed my kids art space. Thanks so much for stopping by :)Delete
SO cute! i shared on my facebook and twitter!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank so much for sharing!Delete
Where did you buy this table? It is adorable!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Lindsay! I actually bought it a few years ago online at Target. Even with being white, it's held up very well.Delete


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Vancouver Realtors: Adriaan & Ryan
Team Leader
I was born in The Netherlands and moved to BC in 1978 just as soon as I finished my university degree. After a few years of teaching, the art of selling Real Estate seemed more appealing and now after over 30 years, I look back at this stage in my life as a good decision.
Most of my business comes from referrals and it is extremely important to me that my clients are 100% happy with the service and advice I give them. Having the advantage of speaking several languages has helped me over the years as well.
RE/MAX Chairmans Club (Sales Achievement Award)
RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award
MLS Medallion Club (Top 10% of Real Estate Board)
Partner, Associate Realtor
As a first generation Vancouverite, I was born and raised in the most beautiful city in the world, Vancouver, BC. Even as a young boy, when my parents first went through the process of selling their home in which I was raised, I was fascinated with the entire transaction from start to finish. Perhaps unbelievably, from that day I knew that real estate was in my blood.
With a passion for people, I understand the importance of building strong relationships with clients, based on honesty, integrity, and mutual respect. I think what sets me apart from the rest is my talent for creating unique and creative marketing ideas combined with the latest technology to employ in my strategic marketing plan.
I sold 24 homes in my first year of selling real estate and was consequently awarded the RE/MAX "Rookie of the Year" award! That year, I was also welcomed into the prestigious "MLS Medallion Club" which represents the top 10% of agents in sales. I am incredibly organized and goal orientated, ready to exceed your expectations.
RE/MAX Platinum Club (Sales Achievement Award)
RE/MAX Rookie of the Year Award
MLS Medallion Club (Top 10% of Real Estate Board)
Associate Realtor
I have the honour of working alongside my dad Adriaan and Ryan. I am lucky to have such an amazing mentor and loving father to share this wonderful career with. Each day in Real Estate is a new experience and gaining the trust of my clients for life is my first priority.
Working in both Vancouver East and West, it has been amazing to see the unique distinction between each neighborhood and their markets. While Adriaan and Ryan tend to do more of their business on the West side, personally I am drawn to East Vancouver.
With many of my peers purchasing their first homes I have ample experience with the process for first time buyers. I have lived in the Commercial Drive area for just shy of a decade now and have absolutely no plans on leaving. It is so beautiful and eclectic here I just love living in a city so culturally diverse and welcoming.
Most commonly, we like to meet our clients face to face to establish a relationship. The first casual meeting is a perfect opportunity for the prospected client to learn a bit about who we are, how we work and what to expect in the process of buying or selling.
Our Buyers like the fact that we can communicate with them on a daily basis, informing them of the new listings and changes in the market. Our Sellers appreciate the open and honest feedback that we relay them from perspective Buyers. We make it a top priority to educate our clients on all aspects of the Real Estate market inventory, trends, new and upcoming developments, and investment strategies.
Let us share with you our marketing plan, focused entirely on online execution, and a high level of client service making our real estate services amongst the best in our area. If you, or anyone you know, is looking to purchase or sell real estate in Vancouver, be sure to use someone with experience, an effective marketing strategy and top notch services.


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Autumn Fours 2009
This year Autumn Fours will run once again as a side-by-side regatta. The course will be the same as for Christ Church, running from Longbridges to the Bumps Stone. Only "non-novice" crews will be allowed to enter.
Events offered are:
Men's coxed fours
Women's coxed fours
Men's coxless pairs
Women's coxless pairs
(NB for the 2- events, mixed college crews are permitted)
Men's and women's singles will be offered if there are four or more entries.
Doubling up is permitted, so why not enter your 4+s in smaller boats as well?
There will be a repechage to guarantee each crew two races.
Entries are £2 per seat including the cox. Send cheques made payable to 'OURCs' to Greg Petros at Queens.
Event Details
- Date: Sunday 1st November 2009
- Race Secretary: Ben Thurston
- Event Plan (93KB)
- Final Draw (35KB)
Schedules & Instructions
- Examples of Boat Checks (External Link) (With thanks to Richard Packer)
- Marshalling Rota (131KB)
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'Weeds': The Making of an Animated Short Film
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Join Kevin Hudson and Bradford Simonsen at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects for a behind-the-scenes look at how 'Weeds', the first animated short film completed within the Filmmakers Co-op at Disney Feature Animation, was made by a group of 40 artists from over 40 countries. 'Weeds' is the story of a dandelion struggling to journey from dry, barren ground to greener, grassier land. After watching his neighbors (also weeds!) wilt and die, the dandelion faces a tough decision: act now, or suffer and die? Created primarily using Maya, Houdini, Hyperion and Nuke, Kevin and Bradford will be joined on the stage by various artists from the project to walk through the stages of development, from concept through layout to animation and visual effects.
"As an artist, I wanted desperately to say something about having empathy for people who, by no fault of their own, were stuck in bad situations," Kevin Hudson explains. "My own relatives emigrated from Ireland and other countries in Europe in search of the 'American Dream'; of a Better Life. I hoped that if we, as artists, could make people feel empathy for something as little as a dandelion, then perhaps we could make them feel a little more compassion for their fellow human beings?"
Learn direct from the filmmakers at what promises to be an entertaining, relatable, and inspiring event about how the film was made over a year and a half by artists in their spare time. Be sure to RSVP and join us at the Gnomon Stage on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017, from 7:30 pm, or watch live on Gnomon's Livestream channel or our Facebook page.
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Making an Animated Short Film
9:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Audience Questions
Gnomon School offers a Character and Creature Animation Track with the full-time Certificate in Digital Productionprogram that trains students to capture believable and appealing performances in their characters and creatures through the application of fundamental animation concepts, software techniques, and acting skills.
Guest Speakers
Writer and Director, 'Weeds' Short Film
Kevin Hudson is a filmmaker and digital artist working as an artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Before joining Disney to work on Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana, he worked in visual effects on titles including Stuart Little, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Polar Express, and more. Before leaping into the world of digital VFX, he worked in traditional special FX on the likes of Edward Scissorhands and Predator 2. Kevin teaches Character Modeling and Sculpting classes at Gnomon School of Visual Effects.
Producer, 'Weeds' Short Film
Bradford Simonsen is an American filmmaker best known for his work as an Associate Producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where his credits include the Academy Award-winning Big Hero 6 and Zootopia. Prior to joining Disney, Bradford worked as a Digital Producer at Digital Domain on films such as Jack the Giant Slayer and Real Steel, and spent nine years beforehand at Sony Pictures Imageworks as a Production Manager on projects including Alice in Wonderland, Beowulf, Open Season, and The Polar Express.


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This is a 45 minute
pilates-infused yoga video by
Stott Pilates. Pilates-infused
yoga is all yoga, no pilates
exercises. What I think they
mean with the term
pilates-infused is attention to
breath, shoulder stabilization,
ribcage placement, and
alignment as Stott emphasizes
in their pilates workouts. I have
been practicing yoga for a year
with both classes and videos,
but am still happily taking yoga
basics classes. I've been doing
pilates for a few years (videos
and classes) and most recently
taking classes with a Stott
trained instructor.
PJ instructs while 2 women
demonstrate the poses. The
practice starts sitting in hero
pose on a block and focusing on
the breath. In that same
position you then do a few neck
stretches and shoulder
stretches (eagle arms, arms
extended behind your back
palms pressed together, and
reverse namaste). Churning is
next where you start on hands
and knees and lower hips to
floor bringing your body forward
and back while rotating (hard to
describe but it feels great!). The
next stretch is sitting leaning on
arms extended behind you with
knees bent in front and rotating
your knees side to side. You
then go from cat to dog pose in
a flowing pattern with the breath
8 times (lots of downward
dogs!) This is followed by lifting
one leg both bent and straight
out to the side while on hands
and knees. Other poses
included in this video are
lunges, angle pose, 3 legged
dog, pigeon, head to knee pose,
standing forward bend, chair
pose, wide legged standing
forward bend, lying twist, a great
lying hip stretch with legs
crossed and knees bent into
chest holding your ankles, lying
hamstring stretches, bridge
pose, rocking side to side with
knees to chest, and savasana.
I really enjoyed this video and
felt great afterwards. I was
challenged, but not exhausted.
PJ's instruction helped me to
gain new insight into some
familiar poses.
Instructor comments:
PJ O'Clair is a Stott pilates
instructor trainer and described
as an accomplished yoga
practitioner. She is not as
soft-spoken as Moira Stott. Her
cueing is excellent. Her
instruction is detailed and
thorough. She comes across
as friendly and very
This is part of the 3-set series of the Stott Pilates-Infused Yoga tapes. I was afraid this one would be too easy. It is fairly gentle, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's not your normal, run-of-the-mill yoga stretching. P.J. includes enough unique moves to keep me interested, and I wind up feeling refreshed and stretched. Very enjoyable. Grade A.
Annie S.
This video is about 45 minutes long. It's Level 1 in the Stott Pilates-Infused Yoga Series. If you're looking for "fusion", this is not the tape for you. The "Pilates-Infusion" comes through in the comments about alignment, but no Pilates movements or even "pre-exercises" are included.
The focus is on stretching, but I wouldn't call these "Simple". Also, like an unfortunate number of "beginner" yoga tapes, it includes a few moves that students with normal flexibility would have trouble with. For example, at one point viewers are in Downward Dog, then told to bring one foot/leg up and come into Pigeon. I know from experience that a lot of students cannot get into Pigeon, and it would be helpful to have a modification offered. Unfortunately, from Pigeon we go into a version of Screaming Pigeon (using only one hand and an optional strap), so if your hips are inflexible you're going to be a little bit frustrated for a few minutes.
The tape does, however, have a lot of very relaxing moments. They have a nice sequence to open the shoulders at the beginning (Eagle Arms included, always a favorite). They also have a hamstring stretch (think Side of the Hip Stretch, but with the front foot flexed) that makes you feel very nicely worked afterward. And in general, that's how you feel when you're done- this is not the tape to come to unless you want to do a little bit of work.
Instructor comments:
Very competent, but could have used fewer words.
I should have known. I hate Pilates, but this is supposed to be yoga. The stretches are not *simple*. This is labeled "Level 1" but you'd better know what you are doing. It is a major annoyance when a workouts is mis-represented to be for beginners. She does some difficult poses with little modification.
I'll admit I didn't finish the workout. It wasn't enjoyable. I didn't notice any kind of spirituality. I may have missed it.
If you like yoga with all the life and joy sucked out of it, you might like this.
I didn't.
Instructor comments:
PJ seemed awkward on camera. Dry and humorless.
April 23, 2005
This is a roughly 41 minute yoga practice offered under the umbrella of the Stott Pilates workouts. While this workout does incorporate pilates principles such as breathing and engagement of the core, it is a yoga, rather than a yoga/pilates fusion workout.
I found this practice to be something of a mixed bag. On the positive end of things, there were some wonderful stretches, particularly for the upper body, hips and hamstrings. PJ O'Clair gives very good pointers for form, alignment and breathing. On the other hand, the previous review is absolutely right--the instructor talks INCESSANTLY, which does not help when one is trying to relax! There are a few too many downward dogs, which might be a problem for those with tender wrists. Also, the title, 'Simple Stretches' almost implies that this workout is appropriate for beginners. There are several stretches, included 3-legged downward dog and pigeon, which would be very challenging for the beginning yoga student. Unfortunately, the instructor doesn't provide many modifications, even though there are two students being guided through the practice. I did think this was a worthwhile rental (my upper body feels nice and loose) but I can't say I'll be rushing to add this one to my collection.
Instructor comments:
P.J. is very encouraging and gives excellent guidance on form and alignment. However, her constant talking makes it difficult to relax.
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This is the Laminaria shawl, published in the Spring 2008 edition of Knitty.
It was done using one skein of Baruffa Cashwool on US size 4 needles.
Baruffa is one of my favorite yarns for knit lace. It is in the cobweb-weight range, and I usually work it on size 3 needles, although I upped to size 4s for this project in order to open up the dense lace pattern in the upper third of the shawl. The yarn has some bounce and loft without being overly springy, so it accepts decreases well yet is still easy enough to "read" my knitting and find mistakes. (I've found that very springy lace yarns will close up on themselves once knit and obscure the pattern, making it difficult to see what I have done.) It takes a block well and does not bounce back excessively. It comes in solid colors that I like (no small consideration!) and at $14 for a 1400 yard skein, the price can't be beat! The only thing that I don't like about it is that the finished skeins are not tied off very well, which makes winding tricky. I spend about 45 minutes oh-so-slowly winding the yarn for this project, and that was WITH a swift and ball winder!
What attracted me to this pattern was the unusual lace stitches. The pattern notes that these are of Estonian origin, and they certainly are different from all of the Shetland lace I've been doing! The flower motif in the photo at left uses a 3-into-9 stitch. I had never seen a stitch like this before and, had I seen it without the instructions, I would have said that you would need a crochet hook to do such a thing. Granted, they were a bit of a pain to deal with on the purl side, but the finished product does look very neat.
Another element of Estonian origin is the bindoff, which uses a double strand of the yarn. I was a bit leery of creating any sort of bulk along the hem, but the designer included some links with the pattern which discussed Estonian lace and how this traditional bindoff keeps the all-stockinette lace from rolling. The edging does indeed lay very flat, and I like the dramatic points.
Regular readers have probably noticed at this point that I have some "stock" shawl photos. I received many positive comments regarding a photograph of the Hidcote Garden Shawl I finished a few weeks ago – thanks, everyone! Learning to photograph lace was an unexpected challenge. I would love to know if I'm showing what people want to see. I always try to get in at least one photo showing the overall shape and construction, and another with some stitch detail. Would anything else be helpful?


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CLINTON, S.C. – Offensive pressure was the key for the Presbyterian College baseball team on Sunday, as the Blue Hose scored 10 runs on eight hits and six La Salle errors to claim the series with the 10-3 victory at the PC Baseball Complex. PC improves to 7-3 on the year and earns its second straight series win at home to cap off a 6-1 homestand.
Cletis Avery led PC at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs and two RBIs. Weston Jackson also had a strong day offensively, going 2-for-4 with three RBIs, while Tyler Weyenberg went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs. As a team, PC totaled four hits with runners in scoring position and four two-out hits to lead to the 10runs.
Hunter Kyzar (1-0) earned the win with 2.2 innings pitched in relief, allowing two hits and no runs with a strikeout against one walk. Ryan Hedrick earned a no decision for PC, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits with four strikeouts against three walks in 4.0 innings of work. Aaron Lesiak threw 1.1 scoreless in relief, while Hayden Deal recorded a scoreless ninth as the bullpen continued its good work in the later innings. La Salle's Jorge Jimenez was charged with the loss, allowing five runs on four hits in 3.0 innings pitched.
PC once again got on the board first with two runs in the second. Jacob Midkiff singled with two outs and Avery hit his third home run of the season, two-run shot to left, to give the Blue Hose an early 2-0 lead.
The home run seemed to spark the offense, as PC went for three more runs in the third. Brett Auckland drew a one-out walk and later advanced to second on a wild pitch. Weyenberg then doubled to right center to score him for the team's third run of the game. After Weyenberg stole third, Peter Johnson drew the first of his three walks on day and later moved to second on wild pitch to put two on with one out. After a strikeout, Jackson came through with the clutch hit, a single to center, to plate both runners and make it a 5-0 PC lead.
La Salle would cut in to the Blue Hose advantage with a run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth. After the first two reached in the fourth, Travis George singled to right to score one but Jackson would nail the runner headed for third for the first out of the inning. A single would put runners on the corners with one out but Hedrick battled and got a strikeout and pop out to end inning with no further damage done.
In the fifth, La Salle drew back-to-back walks to start the inning, leading PC to turn to Kyzar on the mound. He got the first two batters he faced to fly out to put runners on second and third with two outs. An infield single deep in the hole at short, followed by a throwing error, allowed two runners to score and make it a 6-3 game.
PC responded in the bottom half of the inning with a run of its own. Weyenberg and Johnson drew back-to-back walks with one out. A fielder's choice then put runners on the corners with two outs. Priaulx would attempt to take second during the ensuing at-bat and an errant throw allowed Weyenberg to score from third to push the lead back to 7-3.
The Blue Hose put the game away with a run in the seventh and three runs in the eighth. After a one-out walk by Johnson, Jackson doubled two batters later to score him from first and extend the lead to 8-1 after seven. In the eighth, Avery led off the inning with a walk, before stealing second and moving to third on a throwing error. Nick Wise then pinch hit and singled through the right side to score Avery.
Guy Casaceli came on to pinch run for Wise and would go to third on throwing error by the second baseman, as Nick Guimbarda reached on a fielder's choice. A single by Auckland scored Casaceli and a sac fly by Weyenberg played Guimbarda to reach the eventual final score of 10-3.
Kevin McGowan led La Salle with a 2-for-3 day at the plate with a run, while Justin Jacko and Travis George each went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Ethan Springston also had a two-hit game with a run.
The Blue Hose return to action on Tuesday afternoon with a road game at Western Carolina at 4 p.m.


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v152.6 Beta
- Ranged blitz: Can attack twice at 75% ranged damage (was 100%). Click for details.
- Moved Indirect Fire and Repair earlier in their respective promotion trees. Click for details.
- v.6 Pre-industrial light ships have 1 attack range.
- v.6 Light ships have the same vs-city penalty as land archer units.
- Wu Zetian: Chu-ko-nus have the same ranged strength as Crossbows (was -4).
- Added the Condensed Promotions and 2 related mods by whoward69. Click for details.
- v.5 Spending gold on citystate windows now plays the gold soudn (such as for a gold gift).
- Possibly fixed a bug where diplomacy text did not show correctly when using only CiVUP.
- v.4 Fixed a bug causing occupied cities to have higher happiness than intended.
- v.5 The "improve resources" button on citystate windows should now correctly deduct gold.
- v.6 Diplomats can be purchased in cities (if using the CSD mod with VEM).
v152.1 Beta
- Added the Great Works mod by Moriboe. Creating a Great Work with a Great Artist inside a friendly city gives a large instant bonus to the city, like a Great Engineer's bonus.
Click for details.
- v.1 200% Great Improvement yields from late-renaissance techs (was 150%).
- Raised the policy cost exponent to 1.3 (was 1.2).
- The "tile improvement maintenance" line on the top bar's gold tooltip now reads "road and railroad maintenance."
- The research agreement bonus on the Porcelain Tower should now appear on the tooltip when only CiVUP is enabled.
- The Legalism policy should correctly give +5 to the Palace now.
- -10% Catapults and Trebuchets.
- Patronage: +50% for Diplomacy Units when using the CSD mod.
- Updated some diplomacy text.
- v.15 Possibly fixed a decimal bug with citystate influence. Click for details.
- 100 cost and +25 cost-per-city for National Wonders (was 50, +50).
- Upgrading to a worker from the warrior/archer opportunities no longer ends the unit's turn, allowing the new worker to move away from potential barbarian threats. The worker also ignores terrain cost (instead of +1 moves).
- Increased AI per-era production and science bonuses.
- AIs should be more likely to build the Utopia Project once it's unlocked.
- AIs with the "conqueror" personality type are now encouraged to capture the nearest citystate. Click for details.
- The city focus section of the City View now defaults to open, instead of closed.
- Fixed a bug causing AI starting units to have lower experience than intended.
- Possibly fixed a bug causing the "choose technology" notification to not appear when techs are fully researched.
- The Order finisher now checks to make sure the player has the coal necessary for awarding Factories.
- Genghis Khan: Starts with a Scout instead of a Warrior.
- When trading a strategic resource to an AI who has none, the Trade screen now offers our resource quantity (a positive number) instead of the AI's quantity (zero).
- Updated the code for the top bar's resource display. This should fix a problem with incorrect import numbers.
- v.9 Clarified the military unit export information on citystate windows.
- Disabled the opportunity debug.
- Fixed a bug with building tooltips.
- v.8 Fixed a bug with forming deals from the Trade screen.
- v.9 Fixed a typo allowing AIs to upgrade units when they lack the strategic resource to do so.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
VeganMoFo and Thanksgiving Preparations
Alright. I went shopping. Did the dishes, and I am ready to start this feast.
My official menu is:
Cozy Inside Greek Stuffing (recipe below)
Ravioli with Pumpkin filling and a pumpkin seed creem sauce (will post recipe soon...)
Festivous Loaf (will post recipe soon...)
Cozy Inside Roasted Garlic Smashed Potatoes (recipe below)
Bourbon Sweet Potato Mash (I veganized this recipe)
Bryanna Clark Grogan's Pumpkin Pie (recipe here)
Julie Hasson's Pumpkin Spice Cake (recipe here) I am subbing chocolate chips for the fruit and frosting it with cream cheese frosting as a 3 layer cake for my Dad's birthday.
I may also make some bread, and a "fried cheese" appetizer, and if I have time I am going to make Joanna's Green Beans, from Yellow Rose Recipes.
Hopefully I'll be able to out do last year's feast!
Garlic Smashed Potatoes
4 large russet potatoes
½ cup soy creamer
¼ cup vegan margarine
¼ cup vegan sour cream
1 head of roasted garlic (see below)
Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Wash potatoes and cut them into approximately one inch chunks. Place chunks into the boiling water and cook until tender, usually 10-15 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Add in the creamer, margarine, sour cream and garlic. Smash with a potato masher until you get your desired consistency. I like mine with lots of lumps. Serve nice and warm smothered with Earth Balance and Mushroom and Onion Gravy. For cheesy garlic smashed potatoes, try adding in a quarter cup of nutritional yeast.
Roasted Garlic
1 head of garlic
Olive oil for drizzling
Sea salt to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove excess outer layers of skin, but do not peel. With a knife, cut the top off of the whole head of garlic, exposing just the tips of the garlic cloves. Place on a sheet of aluminum foil and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt. Wrap the entire clove in the foil and bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven, let it cool to the touch. Squeeze each clove out and use in garlic smashed potatoes, eat them on their own as an appetizer, spread onto bread, or add into any recipe calling for garlic when you want a milder, roasted flavor. To roast more than one head of garlic at a time, use a muffin tin!
Greek Stuffing
2 1/2 cups uncooked wild rice blend
500 grams vegetable bouillon (2 cubes)
24 ounces seitan, about 3 cups chopped into tiny little pieces, (or any other meat substitute like Boca Crumbles, Textured vegetable protein, or Tempeh sausage crumbles)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
4 tsp cinnamon
1 cup golden raisins
4 tbsp tomato paste
1 cup pine nuts
2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp fresh cracked black pepper
Prepare rice, according to package instructions adding bouillon cubes to the water. Cook seitan, or other meat substitute, in a separate pan in a smidge of olive oil, until browned. Use about 1/2 of the olive oil in a large pan (I used a wok) and sauté the onions and garlic on medium high heat for about 5-7 minutes, or until onions are translucent and garlic is fragrant. Reduce heat, add the seitan, then all other ingredients to the pan, mix well and remove from heat. After rice is fully cooked, add to the sautéed ingredients along with the remaining olive oil and mix it all together.
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A large seizure of explosives and guns has put a dent in the activities of dissident republicans, say detectives.
The haul uncovered during an operation at the Old Airport Road, Cloghran, in north Co Dublin, included 15 kilos of deadly Semtex.
Other bomb-making equipment, including detonator cord and igniters, and firearms including an Uzi sub-machine gun, a Glock semi-automatic pistol, revolvers, shotguns, a silencer and a Taser stun gun were also recovered.
Superintendent Dave Taylor, of the Garda Press Office, said there was no doubt the seizure has foiled potentially lethal attacks being planned by breakaway republican paramilitaries.
"These weapons are meant for one reason, and one reason only," he said.
"To kill and maim and cause great destruction to the community."
Around 1,300 rounds of ammunition were also among the cache discovered on July 3.
The operation was spearheaded by the Garda special detective unit as part of an ongoing nationwide mission to thwart paramilitary activities.
While some of the weapons looked in poor condition, Mr Taylor said they remained lethal.
The guns and explosives are being scrutinised by forensic experts in an attempt to determine if they have been used in past incidents and their origin.
Gardai have described it as a very significant seizure.
"I have no doubt this will put a dent in the operation of these (dissident) groups," said Mr Taylor.


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UFO Sighting Report - United Kingdom
July 3rd 2010 : Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
UFOINFO Sighting Form Report
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Date: 7 3 2010
Time: 12:00 midnight
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 5
Shape of objects: Round orange lights no sound
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Weather Conditions: Clear night stars out
Description: Round orange lights 3 in a line and 2 next to each at the end of the formation moving along they didnt stop. There was no sound what so ever and travelling as fast as a helicopter then they disappeared toward the east, it was a clear night at the time.


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Family therapy can be a very instrumental component of substance abuse and addiction treatment. The family can act as a source of encouragement and understanding, and may have an important role in both the development of and treatment of a person's addiction.
This type of therapy may be incorporated into treatment at any point, and consists of meetings with the family and counselors, group family meetings with others who are affected by addiction, and in other ways as well. To include the family in substance abuse and addiction treatment is to recognize that a person's addiction may be part of a larger family problem, or may be best understood in the context of the larger family dynamic. It is also to move the issue from being entirely centered on the individual to being viewed as part of the family system.
What is Family Therapy?
An important place to start when considering the definition of 'family therapy' is with a brief definition of 'family' itself. or practical purposes family is defined as the individual's closest emotional connections. A therapist may decide who to include in a specific person's family therapy sessions by asking them who is the most important to them and basing it off of their answer.
Family therapy is based on the principle that the family is a system, and that all parts of a system are related and thus have some effect on each other. When one part of the system changes it will effect changes in other parts, or family members in this case. With this in mind, family therapy involves sessions with various members of this system or the system as a whole. Sometimes sessions may be conducted with subsets of the family, such as the parents, or even sometimes with just one member that may not be the person abusing substances.
Family Therapy vs. Family-Involved Therapy
A distinction must be made between family therapy and family-involved therapy. in family-involved therapy, attempts are made to educate families about relationship patterns that typically contribute to substance abuse. The family is typically not the primary grouping during therapy, and there is no specific intervention in the system of family relationships. This is more of an educational family approach, which teaches family members about substance abuse, related behaviors, and the behavioral, medical, and psychological consequences of use. Family-involved therapy is found more commonly in substance abuse treatment services, though family therapy is important and useful as well.
Two main purposes of family therapy:
The two main goals and purposes of family therapy are:
- To use the family's strength and resources to help the individual in question find ways to live without substances of abuse
- To ameliorate the impact of addiction and substance abuse on the individual and the rest of the family
Models of Family Therapy that are Used Today
There are different ways in which family therapy can be implemented in substance abuse and addiction treatment. These different ways focus on different aspects of the family system, and on different ways the family affects the person in treatment. These models were outlined:
- The Family Disease Model: In the family disease model, substance abuse/addiction is looked at as a condition or a disease that affects the whole family.
- The Family Systems Model: This model looks at the idea that families become organized by their interactions around substance abuse. The idea here is that family members adapt to the substance abuse of members of the family. They begin to rely on it for things like communication and openness.
- Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches: This model looks at the idea that substance abuse and other behaviors are reinforced through certain family interactions. In this approach, treatment efforts work to change interactions and target behaviors that trigger substance abuse, to improve communication and problem-solving, and to strengthen coping skills.
- Multidimensional Family Therapy: Several techniques that focus on the relationships among cognition, emotionality, behavior, and environmental input are integrated in this approach.
How Does Family Therapy Help in Addiction Treatment?
Overcoming a substance abuse and/or addiction problem is no easy task. It often requires people to make many significant changes in their lives, such as changing jobs, locations, and friend groups. Your family, however, is something that you cannot really change, and which has a very important role in your development and your life.
Family therapy helps families to see the importance and magnitude of this lifestyle change and to see their role in it. Furthermore, this mode of treatment helps to clearly define specific goals for therapy, goals for how the family is going to change to help their loved one in treatment. It provides an outline for the changes that need to be made, and how they can be made.
According to the University of Arizona, family therapy is helpful in reducing the risk of relapse in individuals who have high levels of family involvement by addressing interactions that may lead to conflict or enabling. The lessons learned in therapy help a family avoid enabling their loved one, and help them best understand their loved one so that they can be in a position to help them avoid relapse.
How Family Therapy Helps the Person in Treatment
Family therapy of all kinds helps to ensure that the person in treatment has the support of their family. By teaching family members about the disease of addiction and what the person is going through, as well as involving them in the treatment process, they are more likely to show compassion to their loved one. Having this support encourages patients to enter and to stay in treatment.
Long-term recovery efforts are helped when the whole family understands and is supportive of a person's efforts, as well. Making the changes that are required for recovery can be tough on your own, but with family support gained in family therapy it is made easier.
How Family Therapy Helps Loved Ones of Addicts
During family therapy, the therapist will help each family member work through their situation and help them understand how their actions affect their loved one in addiction. They will help the family to understand the person's addiction, and how the family dynamic relates to it. In so doing, they help the family focus on the whole system rather than just the individual.
Family therapy helps family members of addicts identify conflicts and anxieties they or their loved ones have and develop strategies to deal with them. According to WebMD, family therapy is an active type of therapy, and family members may receive assignments to help them achieve their goals.
As a whole, family therapy helps people understand the needs of their loved one while on the road to addiction recovery, and their own needs as individuals and as a family. In this way, it helps the family system to heal as well as the individuals that make it up.


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Many airlines fly to Australia and prices vary considerably, so it pays to shop around for a flight. Consider the length of the flight and any mandatory stopovers. Start by contacting the major airlines or your local Aussie Specialist travel agent.
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All of Australia's international airports have regular public transport such as bus, train and taxi connections and private transfers with the city centres. Shuttle buses are also available and provide transfers to accommodation.
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Australia's customs laws prevent you from bringing drugs, steroids, weapons, firearms and protected wildlife into Australia. Some common items such as fresh or packaged food, fruit, eggs, meat, plants, seeds, skins and feathers are also prohibited. There is no limit on currency but you will need to declare amounts over $10,000. For more detailed information go to the Australian government Customs & Quarantine page
Medicine brought into Australia for personal use is subject to controls and must be declared on your arrival. It is recommended you bring a prescription or letter from your doctor outlining your medical condition and the medicine you are carrying. For more detailed information go to the Medicare Australia website
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Happy 10th Birthday APA!
On Saturday, the Association celebrated its 10th birthday, surrounded by practitioners at the 2016 NatGat in Brisbane. There was BBQ, videos, training all weekend and cake!
In 10 years we have seen parkour grow and grow in Australia, we have taught thousands of students and trained hundreds of instructors. The Association its self has had to grow and evolve to meet new challenges. We are so proud of what we have achieved so far and those who have helped us achieve it, we are looking forward to the next 10 years!
The weekend also saw mammoth efforts from the Brisbane Parkour Association to host an amazing NatGat 2016, with about 100 practitioners from all around Australia converging on the city to train, explore, learn and catch up with old friends. It went off without a hitch, thank you so much to the amazing Brisbane team.
We also had our annual general meeting, where we elected a brand new committee for the next year. Notably, one of our earliest practitioners of Parkour in Australia and a co-founder of the APA, Matthew 'Chippa' Campbell, stepped down. Chippa has served on the committee for the whole 10 years of the APA, 8 of which as President, and has been a mentor and leader for many of us around Australia. Thank you for the years of hardwork Chippa, Australian Parkour owes you so much. Chippa isn't going too far though and will be focusing his efforts on the Melbourne Parkour community. THANKS CHIPPA!
Stepping into the position is Eliot Duffy from Canberra, Eliot has been training Parkour for 10 years and has previously served on the Committee for 6 years as ACT Representative, Treasurer and Vice President.
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We all hope disasters will never happen, and although we certainly don't want to expect something to go wrong, IT organizations worldwide need to be prepared just in case. We all need to have disaster recovery plans in place that meet our individual needs, and organizations should take specific steps to ensure a backup strategy is in place that is right for them.
Disaster Recovery
1. Am I Backing Up Everything I Should Be?
Historically, backup storage was expensive, space was limited, backup windows were tight, and the process took much more time to execute. There was a school of thought, as a result, that you didn't have to back up static operating systems or applications (you could always just reinstall those) and that only actual user data truly needed to be backed up.
But storage prices have fallen considerably, disk performance has improved, and capacity has increased exponentially. The biggest issue now is this: after a disaster, how can I most quickly and easily recover everything I need? And the answer is that you should really be backing up entire workloads—operating systems, applications and data—together. Yes, it's true you could reinstall the operating systems and applications, but in the post-outage pressure of trying to get everything back up and running, do you really want to?
2. Creating Service-Level Agreement Tiers
Long gone are the days when everything was backed up to tape overnight. Although tape can still be suitable in some situations, some workloads need zero or near-zero downtime, while others may have more tolerance but still need better performance than tape can offer. It's clear that as technology and cost structures have evolved, one size no longer fits all. You must have different recovery tiers for different workloads in the organization. So how do you determine those tiers?
The best metrics for categorizing your disaster recovery needs and defining your service level tiers are Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
RPO defines how much data an organization can afford to lose, in terms of time: a four-hour RPO dictates that the most recent backup can't be more than four hours old, because you're only willing to lose up to four hours of data.
By contrast, RTO defines how long it takes after an incident to restore service. A four-hour RTO means that systems must be back up and running four hours after an outage.
Ultimately companies should use these standardized metrics to define their service-level tiers on the basis of these organizational needs. Whatever the tolerance level for each area of your organization, that is what should define your service-level tiers and the cost for your disaster recovery mechanisms for each of those tiers.
3. Make Sure Your Backup Strategy Aligns with Your Business Requirements
In an ideal scenario, all pieces of the infrastructure would be considered critical, but that is not possible from a cost or resource standpoint for most organizations. Tier one represents business-critical infrastructure such as an online storefront that must be maintained to conduct business and so must be operating 24/7. Email is often considered second tier, and other systems such as a print server could be third tier, although it all depends on business priorities.
Make sure to look at your business and determine which areas truly need high availability. Many organizations still have tape and optical drives, along with some disk-to-disk backup; it's important to match the value of your data and workloads to the characteristics of each backup technology that you are using.
For example, does the print server that no one uses need high availability with disk-to-disk backup? Or can you use that mechanism for tier one or tier two priorities such as an online storefront and/or email? These are things you will need to decide. Make sure to match the cost and recovery needs of each piece of infrastructure to the value of your workloads and the data you are protecting.
4. Prepare for the Recovery Phase
The recovery phase is what we typically refer to as the time spent getting things back up and running immediately after an event. The best analogy for this phase is replacing a blown tire with a spare. It is not necessarily a permanent solution, and performance may not be optimal, but it enables you to get moving in a short amount of time.
The same is true for the recovery phase – after a data center flood, for example, there is no way you can immediately repair or replace all of the damaged servers immediately, but you need to determine what the bare minimum is you can do to at least get things up and running.
What is your strategy here, and how can you quickly get back to business? Will this meet the requirements of the organization? You need to break this down to determine exactly which systems are the priority, and how long you can afford for them to be down. This should all be established and you should be able to communicate anticipated uptime and performance expectations to internal stakeholders in the event of a disaster.
5. Prepare for the Restoration Phase
The restoration phase is about putting things back the way they were. To continue with our car example, this would be comparable to taking the spare tire off and replacing it with a full-size, working tire so that your car is back to normal.
Just as you don't want to keep driving on a spare tire, you don't want your server workloads running in a recovery environment indefinitely. So how can you plan to get back to pre-disaster levels?
As we have discussed, a number of backup technologies are available on the market. Some of the most popular disk-to-disk backup solutions let you back up to a virtual machine (VM), and these are typically the fastest storage technologies available.
If your original environment was virtual, restoration is typically quite simple—you can easily move the recovery VM back to production. If the original source was a physical server, however, many solutions don't let you restore back onto a physical server from the virtual storage environment. This creates a challenge, and you may be faced with operating continually on your "spare tire" if you can't restore to a physical server.
This is very important to note when evaluating backup technologies. If you don't operate physical servers in your environment, this typically will not pose any issues. Some organizations, however, need to run physical servers either for support or performance reasons, so this shouldn't be ignored when working through your restoration strategy.
Ultimately you need the ability to get all of your workloads back to their original state after an event. A number of tools can help you prepare for, recover from and restore after a disaster, and each of these topics we touched on should certainly be a part of your thought process when determining your own backup strategy. Each organization is different and will likely require a custom approach, so make sure you know which pieces of your infrastructure are critical, create service-level tiers to align with business requirements, and have a recovery and restore process in place. We all hope bad things never happen, but in the event they do, it's best to be are prepared for the worst in order to have the best chance of emerging unscathed.
About the Author
Mike Robinson is Senior Manager, Product Marketing at NetIQ.
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Aging is an unavoidable fact of life, for cats as well as for humans. You can't keep your pet forever young, but you can make her later years as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.
The first signs of aging will begin to appear long before your cat reaches senior-citizen status.
After age 12, you might notice some signs that your pet is slowing down a bit, such as:
The above behaviors are normal for aging pets. But be on the lookout for signs of potential health problems common to older cats, such as:
If you notice any of these changes in your cat's behavior, consult your vet.
Making some adjustments in your cat's health care, grooming, exercise, and feeding routines will help keep your senior pet in good shape.
Regular checkups are important throughout your cat's life, but the following changes are recommended for her later years.
Since your cat's ability to groom herself efficiently may diminish with age, it's up to you to help keep her looking and feeling her best.
Older cats tend to gain weight as their activity levels decline. They may also have chronic conditions that can be partially managed by diet. Consult your vet before making any changes in your pet's diet. He or she might recommend some of the following measures:
As your cat ages, you'll want to make sure she is not only healthy, but also as comfortable as possible. Here are some simple ways to improve her quality of life in her later years:
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Our class of gearheads always appreciate ideas that foster learning and hands-on workmanship. Which led us to Moto Shop — a motorcycle shop that offers a rare service to the local riders in the San Francisco bay area. Essentially, Moto Shop is a place where a rider can come in, rent a work space – complete with tools and lift – wrench on their motorcycle and increase their knowledge through workshops and classes.
Established in November 2011, Wilder and Aleks Grippo opened the doors to their 4,000 square foot shop and outfitted it with five work bays, a tire changer machine, a general work area, and a metal working area. They also have lounge space for watching motorcycle racing, sipping coffee, and a couple of computer workstations for searching and ordering parts (from eBay, of course). New ideas are continually being incorporated into the work space from the customers and community.
We visited Wilder and Aleks on a chilly January morning to chat about their shop, the evolving offerings of workshops, and their involvement with the motorcycling community.
eBay Motors: How do you differentiate your shop from other motorcycle repair shops?
Moto Shop: Well, Moto Shop is a do-it-yourself shop – so right there we set ourselves apart. You don't just drop off your bike and walk away and come back potentially paying hundreds of dollars for work that you have no concept of what was even done. We are giving people the opportunity to get their hands dirty again and understand how their motorcycles work. There are no requirements, just a desire to DIY.
We are also building community. Come into the shop on any weekend and people are helping each other, creating new friendships, and having a good time.
eBay Motors: How many classes are held each month and what is the cost?
Moto Shop: Last month we had about 15 workshops – but that can vary depending on demand. Workshop prices range from the least expensive being an Oil Change for $40, to the most being a Ducati Valve Adjustment for $250. We call these workshops because the students actually perform the service on their own bikes while they learn.
eBay Motors: What other services does Moto Shop offered not already mentioned?
Moto Shop: A popular service we offer is something called 1-on-1. Sometimes people want to fix something on their bike, or add an accessory, that doesn't fit into any of the Workshops. We set up a time for them to come in and work 1-on-1 with a mechanic to get the task complete. This can be just about anything: a carburetor rebuild, exhaust install, engine work, or even a simple motorcycle inspection.
Then there are our station reservations, where people can reserve a work station with a lift and all the tools they need to perform any type of work they want on their own motorcycle. We offer daily, hourly, and monthly rates. This is perfect for those who don't have tools or a garage to work in, or are just in need of some specialized tools or even just some moto camaraderie while they work.
We also offer gear and motorcycle consignment. Proper motorcycle gear is expensive and our consignment offers riders a chance to pick up some used gear at affordable prices.
eBay Motors: Tell us about your involvement with the motorcycling community?
Moto Shop: Wilder and I started a riding group about 5 years ago and now have over 500 members. We lead small groups on rides all around the SF Bay Area and beyond. We are also huge supporters of women motorcyclists. Last year we had an big event for International Female Ride Day and are planning another even bigger event for this year.
eBay Motors: What the future plans for Moto Shop?
Moto Shop: Global domination! Seriously. We would like to open Moto Shop in other large cities. Los Angeles is desperate for one as well as Portland, Oregon. We have realized there is such demand for a place like Moto Shop that this dream is now a reality.
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Moto Shop
325 South Maple #20
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 873-1600


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Vincenzo Montella wants his Fiorentina side to bounce back from their defeat to Napoli, as they prepare to face Milan tomorrow.
The Viola go to San Siro on Saturday looking to avenge their loss to the Partenopei in midweek.
The Coach though, knows his men have areas to improve upon if they are to defeat the Rossoneri.
"Nobody said that getting into the Champions League should be our goal," he told a Press conference.
"We just want to always give our best and try to entertain people – for me that is the most important thing.
"But everyone recognises that we have to improve at the back, and that starts from the front.
"We have to react after a defeat, but football is like that. Sometimes the game is unfair, but you have to get on with it."
The tactician then commented on Massimo Ambrosini's bid to be fit for the game, as well as Juan Cuadrado's unsuccessful appeal against his red card.
"Ambrosini still has not been able to train with the rest of the squad. We'll try and get him fit, but it's going to be hard.
"I remain perplexed by Cuadrado's red card."
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text: Leave the protocol out completely.  I haven't tried this for images but it works fine for hrefs so img tags should be good too. Dan -- Dan Busarow dan at buildingonline.com 949 496 6648 x218 Follow BuildingOnline on: http://Twitter.com/BuildingOnline http://Facebook.com/BuildingOnline http://Linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1925831 On Dec 5, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Paul Jordan <paul at gishnetwork.com> wrote: > > I am working on a system where I need to host images - mostly product images, in the cloud. > > Is there a (built in) mechanism to write plain ole http:// src's to the page, but have the page sense if it is being requested via https, and exchange any 'http' with 'https'? Or, is there perhaps a method to declare a variable twice, once for http requests and once for https requests? If so, then I could do: > > S3_IMAGES http://..... https://..... Cloud product images > > I realize I can use ImageDir and ImageDirSecure, but these are only singular solutions. I need to leverage a couple of these (as if I we're using multiple clouds). Obviously I can do a bunch of If-Secure-Else in all my pages, but I was hoping for something more elegant. > > Or if nothing else, has anyone needed to use multiple external asset hosts and deliver the same page(s) via http and https? What did you come up with? > > Worst case scenario, I can poor man it: > > [if type="explicit" compare="[is-secure]"] > [tmpn ssl]s[tmpn] > [else] > [tmpn ssl][tmpn] > [/else] > [/if] > >  > > But... that seems like the old me :-) > > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > interchange-users mailing list > interchange-users at icdevgroup.org > http://www.icdevgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/interchange-users


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For my good friends, you all know one of my big stresses are that my kids don't do chores. I admit it is so MY fault, and a little of my mom's too. Don't get me wrong, I did have chores when I was young, I remember doing dishes... oh and cleaning my room on Saturdays. My house when I was young was PERFECT! My mom is crazier than I am and thinks cleaning is therapeutic! (I warned you she was crazy!) So our house always looked beautiful. I few things I forget when I compare it to mine now....
1. My dad is a little compulsive, ok a lot, and for the most part picks up after himself and keeps his area very clean, including his laundry in the hamper and soda cans in the trash.
2. There were only two of us, me and my older sister, and we were smart! We learned quickly that if we picked up after ourselves we didn't worry about it later.
3. My dad worked a lot, my mom worked, and my sister and I were the only ones home and it just didn't get that messy.
Now, my mom may remember things differently, and she's probably right, but I have and always had way too high of expectations for my house. It's caused problems! We have tried tons of chore charts and different ways to do it but what happens is either they do it and I re-do it to my moms high standards. Or we would get caught up with other things and I wouldn't stay on them and I would end up doing it myself.
NOT THIS TIME! For the last 5 weeks straight it has been good, not great, but good. They each have the same chore for one week. Kitchen, Dishes, Bathroom and laundry, and living room. Then Monday night at Family Home Evening we discuss how they did and they rotate. They can't leave their job messy or they have it another week, plus their next station. (so far that hasn't happened)
Last night Trever was doing dishes, he is still so little. I had to teach him and still have to help a little but it was great to see and he was so proud of himself for doing it. Wow things MAY change, I may not have lazy kids after all!


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Friday's episode of the CW's "The Vampire Diaries" will finally bring the storyline to the present, with Rayna (Leslie-Anne Huff) once again on the hunt for Stefan Salvatore.
But before that, we will see the events that lead to Damon (Ian Somerhalder) deciding to lock himself in a coffin next to his girlfriend Elena's (Nina Dobrev) sleeping body. Viewers also get more information regarding Rayna's past and her powers.
In the previous episode, it was revealed Rayna was enhanced by shamans to get vengeance on Julian, who forced her to kill her father, a member of the Brotherhood of Five. The shamans sacrificed themselves and gave Rayna powerful abilities that would allow her to kill vampires. She was also granted multiple lives.
In Friday's episode titled "I Would For You", Bonnie (Kat Graham), who is aware of Damon's intention to kill Rayna for good, learns from Enzo (Michael Malarkey) Rayna is on her last life, and if she dies, everyone who has been marked by her sword dies with her. This stalls Damon's plan to kill Rayna, as his brother Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) is one of Rayna's latest quarries.
This shocking discovery prompts Bonnie to help Enzo and the Armory capture Rayna.
Besides Rayna, Episode 15 will also focus on Stefan and Caroline, and give viewers a glimpse into the events that lead to them going their separate ways.
"The Vampire Diaries" airs Fridays on the CW. Click here to watch the episode.
The official synopsis of "I Would For You" on Wikia reads:
While Stefan and Valerie search for a magical herb that can keep him hidden from Rayna, Damon comes up with his own plan to take her down for good. However, while at The Armory, Bonnie makes a shocking discovery about Rayna that brings Damon's plan to a screeching halt. Elsewhere, a conversation with Caroline leaves Stefan questioning their future together, while Matt decides it may be time to truly take a stand against the vampires of Mystic Falls. Finally, as the season's middle chapter draws to a close, Damon's desire to take himself out of the game ramps up as he races to complete unfinished business with Stefan and Bonnie. Enzo and Alaric also appear.


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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My Beautiful Friend
It does make one proud!
The away form has been excellent, with four wins on the trot. Since my last post, victory over Bury (2-1) and
Home form has been rather more patchy, with another two-goal lead being relinquished in the draw with
In the Carling Cup, the terrific performance against
While all the talk last year was of the squad taking time to gel, we now have 19 new signings and nobody mentioning any similarity. They are told how the manager wants them to play, have bonded well, and go about their business in the right manner. We will lose this season, it is just a matter of time, but from the evidence so far, the heart is there and heads should not drop after one loss.
I have been mightily impressed by Danny Hollands, and his midfield play – tackling, harrying, taking the easy pass – has been excellent so far; the two headed goals he scored at
The centre of defence has been solid too, and you wouldn't really want to meet Michael Morrison or Matt Taylor in a dark alley late at night, even though I'm sure both are lovely chaps!
Up front, Paul Hayes is settling in, and I think all he needs is a home goal or two to settle the crowd in his favour. It does annoy me sometimes that we have players who play terrifically well, making goals for others, and scoring at away grounds, but unless they hit a Valley net, there is always a question mark about them. BWP will get more goals having Hayes alongside him, and provided he stays fit and manages his knees well, he looks a sure fire bet to pas the twenty-goal mark.
The difference in the team is astounding from what we saw earlier this year and the Board and management must take a huge amount of pride and pleasure from seeing them do so well. Long may it continue!
Which brings me to the point in time where I can break some news about something that will not be continuing – this blog.
I have had six happy years bashing away at the keyboard, adding opinion to previews and reviews of games, but these posts have become fewer and fewer over the last 15 months or so. My love for Charlton has not diminished, but my love for typing has a little! With other commitments to the fore, something has to give and so I feel it is time to formally close Charlton Athletic Online to new posts. I will leave it up online for posterity, as many Addicks fans (and others) do seem to search out bits and pieces that I have included over the years.
There are many other fabulous blogs about Charlton – many listed on the right hand side of this page – and they have more time than I do to continue with their writing. I read most of them daily, which is possibly one reason why I have less time to write my own posts! I will from now on merely add comments to their posts as and when I feel the urge!
It's been fun doing this – from the Premiership, to the Championship, to League One. Today's team have some ability to start our journey in the opposite direction.
Lots of love
Come on you Addicks!
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It started out around the time near CNY when we decided to head down to Ikea to get the plants and the containers. However, the plants available were mostly cactus and I wasn't to fond of pricking myself although I like how they look. The other plants either had dents on them or the plants was falling apart.
We went down to several places but because of the CNY period, plants brought in were for the festive season. We ended up not getting anything, not even the container.
Around three weeks later (which was yesterday), we finally went down to Ikea to choose our plants. I must say it was a success this time!
These are the two plants that I have chosen. Cute right? I love it.
The sand and container that I got from daiso. I bought the pink sand while Jing Na got the yellow one. We got the same container. Now it's time for me to start!
Filled about one third of the container.
Everything was fruitful and i had fun making it. You guys should try it to and you can choose to decorate it any way you want. So I'll end this post with .....
...THIS!!!! (Yeah I'm proud of
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Welcome to this brand spanking new column where I put the trash out for your general amusement.
And what better way to kick things off than a bit on the King of Kulai himself, Mawi. A mere kapchai owner a couple of years back, the dude now has a fleet of cars, including a Kia Optima and a Naza Sorento, at his disposal. The only hitch? He's got no driver's license!
Well folks, we can all stop losing sleep over it now cos according to Mingguan Perdana, Mawi is getting his driver's license any day now. And the move has drawn a positive reaction from JPJ itself, although it came with a warning: "If the dude drives without a license anyway, we're gonna make him sing at our annual dinner. For the next 10 years." I'm kidding, of course.
Now, here's some great news for those into headless Japanese soldiers! According to Mingguan Misteri, folks from a kampung in Bahau, Negri Sembilan have had various encounters with Mr Yamatakmatilagi. Even more chilling is the fact that this particular soldier can assume various forms (ala the bad Terminators in those Arnie movies) including the run-of-the-mill lembaga hitam (yawn) and, believe it or not, a hot babe. But no, it wasn't Maya Karin, ok?
And here's the headline of the fortnight…
Yup. In big, bold font is the word 'coli'. Right there on the front-page. No prizes for guessing what the story's all about. But here's the latest twist on Linda Onn-gate as exposed by Bacaria.
Apparently, the reason she refused to wear that controversial skin colour Kebaya was because she only brought pink and black bras (ahem), and those wouldn't match well with the dress.
And we all know how hard it is to find a pair of new bras in Hollywood, don't we?