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Red Tremblay
Antone Tassé was a giant who lived in the 1800s. A native of the Mauricie, he worked all his life at the Forges-du-Saint-Maurice. He was straight as an oak and strong as a bull, and nobody – absolutely nobody – could beat him in a fight. Besides muscles of steel, he had a stomach of lead. That man could drink a whole cup of molten metal without feeling the slightest twinge of heartburn.
(He drinks the cup and tries to hide his pain.)
Red Tremblay
« You O.K. Antoine? »
(Unable to talk, he signals that everything's fine.)
Red Tremblay
« So as I was saying, Ant… »
(Burp) « Sorry, copper gives me gas. »
Red Tremblay
No man had ever beaten him with his fists, either while wrestling or boxing. He even took on bears with his bare hands. Antoine was indestructible.
« Yessir! »
Red Tremblay
On the other hand, Antoine, our Antoine, wasn't much of a churchgoer. Besides, he himself use to say:
« Church is like going to the sugar shack. Once a year's enough already. »
Red Tremblay
Everybody's got his principles! Antoine believed he could beat anybody, anytime, anywhere, anyhow, and one day he launched a challenge.
« From the four corners of the planet, from heaven and hell to the centre of the universe, I'll give everything I own to the first guy who knocks me down in any kind of fight. »
Red Tremblay
The answer wasn't long in coming.
« Whaddya know…speak of the devil! »
Red Tremblay
The devil in person had appeared in front of him. He wanted Antoine to gamble his soul in an arm-wrestling contest. The giant agreed at once. But on one condition.
« Listen, fiend, if I win, you'll put a spell on my tools for a year so they'll do my work for me.
Red Tremblay
The devil agreed. Man and beast sat down face to face. It was the first time the great Antone Tassé really seemed nervous. The demon was known to possess extraordinary, supernatural strength. They set their elbows on the table for a solid grip and…the contest began.
(Struggling with empty space: only he can see the devil.) (He strains until he becomes red, he cries out. Sometimes he loses, sometimes he wins. It's a real contest.) (Antoine wins.) « Go back where you came from, get out of my face! Tell your fallen angels and twisted demons you found your master. Start practicing – you can come back next year. I'll take you on in the same conditions. You make the rules, I take home the prize! » (He laughs.)
Red Tremblay
For a year, Antoine Tassé's tools worked in his place at the foundry. The day of the second confrontation arrived. This time the contest was held outdoors. The challenge was different: the devil wanted to take revenge in a bare-fisted fight. It was a first-class brawl. The demon had trained well, but Antoine had also been busy. He had taken the hardest jobs at the foundry and, since his tools were already working, he made twice as much money. The struggle went on and on, intense, merciless. And after an hour of relentless combat, guess who finally declared victory?
« Poor wretch! Go back home to your mother, you're pathetic! I'm gonna wait for next year, and if you're not any better I'll kick you from here to paradise…so to speak! I never saw anything like it, the nastier it looks, the weaker it is! »
Red Tremblay
Our guy's fortune was made. He became a celebrity in no time flat. Everyone was talking about Antone Tassé, the man who got his tools to work for him, the one and only person who had beat the devil in single combat.
« If he hadn't cheated by using his claws, the fight would have been over that much sooner! I started by giving him a solid backhand across the face. Wham! He seemed stunned for a second, but then, quick as lighting, he gave me a swift right, then two left hooks straight to the gut. Well, it didn't take another hit to make me see red, if you know what I mean! I said to him as sure as I'm standing here, "Get ready, you wily devil, this is gonna hurt!". I darted forward and grabbed him by the horns and then stepped on his tail so that he couldn't get away. That's when I started hitting him, ten, twenty, thirty, forty times! Scraped my hand all to hell on his thick hide! But it's when I got him in a head lock that he finally cried uncle! You should have heard him scream! Bloodcurdling! He sure was a pitiful sight…It wasn't long before he slunk away in shame. I'll take the devil on, anytime, anyplace! »
Red Tremblay
The following year, at the same time, same date and same place, the devil returned.
She Devil
(Well dressed, a beautiful woman.) « Hi Antoine! »
« Leave, Madam, I'm waiting for the devil to give him another good beating! »
She Devil
« Antoine! » (Kick in the groin) « I'm the one who's waiting for you, you conceited jerk. I know you're not a coward and you'll never have the courage to hit a woman. »(Punch in the stomach and headlock)
« You don't have the right to do that! »
She Devil
« Remember what we agreed on, I'm the one who makes the rules. »
« You're cheating! »
She Devil
« Puh…a good slap in the face! You seem groggy, my good man! So what were you saying? Oh yes, it's a right and two lefts! Or is that …a left and two rights! Now, I'm telling you, get ready, you're really gonna get it. » (She punches him. Combat. He can't do anything.) « Now, here's the bear lock! » (She strangles him.) (Antoine surrenders his soul.)
Remember these lessons:
- Drinking molten metal doesn't mean that your judgement is worth gold!
- Having muscles of steel doesn't necessarily mean we have a heart of stone.
- Having a big mouth doesn't mean we can't be shut up.
- Especially by a woman! (Laughter)
ISBN 2-920764-26-8 © Éditions des Glanures, 1997
Stage adaptation of a Québec tale, Antoine Tassé, Antoine Tassé, l'Homme fort des Forges du Saint-Maurice, from Contes cornus, légendes fourchues by Bryan Perro .
Find this and all publications of Éditions des Glanures on the site: www.glanures.qc.ca


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video madness by DJPJuly 7, 2010
Damn! I really dig these DJP's video mayhems… and the tunes!
Smov & Dedy Dread – No Diggin Mash up
A track that was originally born in Lisbon (Portugal) by Dedy Dread and transported through space landing on Newcastle (U.K) soil to be treated with the unmistakable drum hellish sound of SMOV. The final result being this crazy ass shaking bossa funk rockabilly jazz dance bomb! video mashed by djp
Sho'nuff by The Sly Players (Limited Edition Red Vinyl)
Goodgroove Records original disco gangsters huge dancefloor bomb. Video by DJP the AV master
DJP – Juicyway
DJP, who's already wrecked havoc with previous releases on labels such as Wack and Goodgroove steps into the groove with "Juicyway" where Notorious BIG's vocal gets laid over a boogie monster cut up.
Available on limited edition 7″ vinyl on Bureau45 Records

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Diversity at MC AssemblyMC Assembly
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"It's never boring. There is always a new board or process to learn. I enjoy working with the people on my line. Everyone works together and has a great sense of humor!"
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Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence. (Quote by - Lemuel K. Washburn )
Honesty: The best of all the lost arts (Quote by - Mark Twain)
If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to (Quote by - Proverb)
Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who is not discovered. (Quote by - Susannah Centlivre)
Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy. (Quote by - Walter Lippmann)
Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
If Cleveland Indians' Wahoo is racist are not also Boston Celtics? naming a team for only part of the city? (Quote by - O Anna Niemus)
Honesty is something you can't wear out (Quote by - Waylon Jennings)
I'm frank, brutally frank. And even when I'm not frank, I look frank. (Quote by - Lord Thomson)
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. (Quote by - Robert Burns)
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not. (Quote by - Dean William R. Inge)
A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)
Honesty's praised, then left to freeze. (Quote by - Juvenal)
I am not an economist. I am an honest man! (Quote by - Walter Lippmann)
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve (Quote by - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. (Quote by - Spencer Johnson)
Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. (Quote by - Judith Martin)
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. (Quote by - Lee Iacocca)
A half truth is a whole lie. (Quote by - Yiddish Proverb)
He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
There is one way to find out if a man is honest (Quote by - Groucho Marx)
When rogues fall out, honest men get into their own. (Quote by - Sir Matthew Hale)
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship. (Quote by - Proverbs 24:26)


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Reprinted from Guitar World
by Csar Diaz and Daniel Jacoubovitch
Like teeth, amplifiers are a lot less
exciting to routinely clean and care for than they are to repair in an emergency.
Not that amps need daily flossing and brushing, but they do get gummed
up with use. If the crud they pick up over time isn't cleaned off occasionally,
they'll develop serious problems requiring professional care.
Many of the irritating, sound-robbing problems that plague older tube
amplifiers can be traced to dirt and oxidation that have accumulated on contact surfaces
over the years. Dirt and oxidation deposits in tube sockets and amplifier controls
cause unwanted distortion, loss of volume and a wide range of crackling and popping
The vintage Fender, Magnatone, Ampeg and other tube amplifiers that
have come to be prized by rock and roll players have all seen enough use and age to suffer
from these symptoms.
Just because an amp says Fender on the front and is covered in tweed
doesn't mean it will put out the sweet, singing tones that you expect from it.
During the years that fifties and sixties tube amplifiers have been picking up value and a
cult following, most of them have also been picking up sound- and power- robbing dirt and
Airborne dust that settles in amplifiers is conductive and
electrostatically charged. Dust deposits interfere with signal transfer between
components, causing stray noises, distortion, and generally dissatisfying amplifier
performance. The dust's electrostatic charge attracts more airborne dust, causing
more interference with the amp's circuitry, further hastening amp failure.
Oxidation deposits on amplifier-control and tube-socket contact
surfaces also impede signal transfer, causing unsatisfactory amp performance. Sewing
machine and 3-in-1 oil foolishly squirted into amp controls fouls the components and
attracts more sound-robbing dirt. The more conductive contaminants settle on
amplifier surfaces, the higher the risk of arcing – current taking a
component-destroying jump between normally unconnected electrodes.
In the worst case, dirt and oxidation can combine with moisture
to cause the big "C" – catastrophic failure: the destruction of
multiple components due to arcing and consequent short-circuiting across a large surface
of amp circuitry. In the usual -less drastic-case, dirt and oxidation rob an
amplifier of power and clarity.
A simple amp tune-up requiring only a few tools and supplies can clean
up the sound of any older tube amp considerably. The tune-up is part of the
maintenance routine that a good service shop will do as part of most repair jobs.
Many amps brought in for repair only need this basic tune-up, and perhaps a tube or so, to
get back into service.
Doing the job at home will avoid needless service expenses by
eliminating the common causes of poor amplifier performance. When the amp does need
to go to the shop, having it clean will save you from paying for the bench time it would
otherwise take to get that part of the job done. Also, from the repairman's point of
view it's no fun to have to go wading through someone's audio toilet bowl –
dust, grease, rust and beer that leaked in and crystallized on the chassis and circuitry
– looking for a failed component.
After the amp is cleaned up, some attention to how it's stored and
used will protect it from dirt and oxidation build-up, and keep it working and sounding
It's a good idea to let your amp sit unused for a couple of days
before the tune-up. This will give the filter capacitors some time to lose their
charge and you a chance to round up supplies for the job.
Letting the capacitors discharge slowly is preferable to having them
do it all at once through your body while you're poking around inside the amp.
Having the supplies you need on hand makes the job go faster; you'll want screwdrivers,
some contact cleaner (Csar uses Gunk brand choke & carburetor cleaner and WD-40), a
toothbrush and – unless you own an air compressor – an aerosol can of
compressed air. If you know how to use them, soldering supplies and a volt/ohm meter
can also come in handy – but aren't essential.
Start by unplugging the amp from the wall, the speakers from the amp,
and removing the amp chassis from the case. For Fender amps, removing the chassis
involves unscrewing the upper back case panel, then unscrewing the chassis from the top of
the case. Put the screws, nuts, and lockwashers where they won't get lost.
With the chassis out of the case, you can locate the filter capacitors
you'll want to avoid touching as you perform the tune-up. These will be cardboard
cylinders (usually orange or tan or vintage Fenders) with "+" printed near one
terminal. It's also a good idea to steer clear of wiring connected to the power
transformer (that's the large, heavy one); it's a discharge path for the filter
If you haven't given the capacitors a couple of days to discharge
– or if you just want to be cautious – you can use a short length of
insulated wire with alligator clips on the ends to discharge them. First, make
certain that the amp is unplugged. Attach one alligator clip to a capacitor's
positive (+) lead, then touch the other clip to the amp chassis several times.
Repeat the procedure for each capacitor marked with a voltage (VDC) rating higher than
25. The time spent on this precaution can spare you from a numbing electric shock
that you'll remember long after the amp is back together.
Now that the coast is clear, you can proceed with the tune-up.
Start by cleaning dust and dirt off of chassis, component, and connection surfaces.
Use compressed air to blow loose dirt away. For dust stuck to component and chassis
surfaces, Csar works with a toothbrush in one hand and a can of compressed air.
Don't waste time on crud that's leaked out of dead capacitors; it's there to stay.
As you clean off solder joints, examine each connection carefully to
see if the wire is solidly joined to its terminal. Wires that wiggle loosely from
their connections and solder joints showing visible breaks can degrade your sound. If you
have a volt/ohm meter and soldering supplies, this part of the operation is a good time
for checking circuit continuity and desoldering and resoldering worn connections.
Tighten down the power transformer screws. On tweed Fender
amps, the only way that the transformers are grounded is through their mounting
screws. A poorly grounded transformer can cause intermittence in the amp's
output. You may need to substitute mounting screws one size larger than the old ones
to restore a good connection between transformer and chassis.
With the underbrush cleared, you can start work on the tube sockets and tone
and volume controls – areas particularly sensitive to interference from dirt and
oxidation. You'll be using solvents and friction to clean contact surfaces.
The cleaner you get and keep these surfaces, the louder and clearer your amp will sound.
Clean one tube socket at a time. Take out the tube, spray
contact cleaner – or Gunk followed by WD-40 – into the socket, then
re-insert it and shake it around in the socket to expose clean contact surface. Be
careful with the spray, the idea is to use enough to clean the part you're working on,
without saturating the surrounding area. If the socket was particularly dirty,
repeat the procedure before moving on to the next one.
Clean the tone and volume controls – potentiometers, or
"pots", for short – by spraying contract cleaner through the openings
in their covers. Spray in a little cleaner, turn the shaft briskly back and forth a
few times, then flush with another shot of cleaner. If you're using Gunk, flush with
WD-40 right after you spray the carburetor cleaner; leaving Gunk on too long can
freeze the control shaft.
Re-mount the amplifier in the case and reconnect the speaker.
Now that your tube sockets and pots are clean, you can troubleshoot your tubesa
– another potential source of stray noise, distortion, and weakened sound.
All tube amplifiers have at least one power tube (such as 6L6,
6V6, or 5881), and at least one preamplifier tube (such as 12AX7 or 7025). Most
older amps will also have one rectifier tube (such as 5Y3GT, 5U4, or GZ34).
Drugstore tube testers can be used to tell if tubes are dead or
alive, but they don't tell you anything about whether a live tube is causing sound
problems. Tube problems that won't show up on a standard tube tester can be
diagnosed in the amp.
With all the tubes in their sockets, the tube covers off, and
nothing plugged into the amp inputs, turn the power on and crank all the controls up to
Troubleshooting rectifier tubes is easy; they're either dead or
alive. If the rectifier tube lights up when you turn the amp on, it works.
A power tube that doesn't light up is dead for sure. A
healthy power tube will light up and give off a medium-intensity orange glow. Don't
worry about power tubes that give off a dull blue glow; they don't necessarily need
replacement unless they have other problems.
Power tubes that glow bright red, however, are a sign of
trouble. Try another power tube of the correct value in the socket. If the new
tube still glows bright red, there is probably a failed component in the circuitry to that
tube, and you should take your amp to a professional to get the problem tracked down and
Tap each power tube with our fingernail, tubes that send a loud,
low-frequency noise through the speaker when they're tapped should be replaced.
Inspect the shaft on the base of each rectifier and power tube to
make certain that its guide pin – the ridge that slides into a groove in the
socket's center hole, aligning the tube pins with their proper socket connections
– is intact. Incorrectly inserted tubes due to broken guide pins are
probably the single most common cause of amplifier failure.
Use your fingernail to tap each preamp tube. If the tapping
is amplified and comes out of the speaker as a loud, high-frequency noise, the tube is
causing problems. If there's another socket that takes the same value tube, try the
questionable tube in that socket. Because of differences in circuitry leading to
sockets that use identical tubes, a tube that makes noise in one socket can work just fine
in another. If the tube causes problems in all the sockets you try, you'll need to
replace it with a new one.
You can now check out the amp's speaker(s) as the last operation
in your tune-up. Plug in your guitar and set the amplifier to a low volume;
you won't be able to tell the difference between amplifier and speaker distortion at high
volume. Slowly play a few full chords. If the speaker sounds distorted or
gravelly it may need repair. Try the amp through another speaker (one you know is
working right). If the problem goes away, go ahead and get the first speaker
Now that you've rid your amp of dirt and oxidation and
substituted or replaced problem tubes, it should sound clearer, louder, and generally
healthier than it did before the tune-up. a clean amp is a happy amp.
There are precautions you can take to keep it clean and
happy. Protect it from dust by keeping it covered when it isn't in use. You
can slow down oxidation build-up by keeping the amp away from damp places and protecting
it from rapid temperature changes. These changes cause condensation inside the amp,
depositing moisture on components and connections. The moisture is particularly
harmful to components that are made with paper or cardboard – capacitors and
transformers – weakening them and hastening component failure. The
moisture also cause oxidation, fouling the tube sockets and controls you've just finished
Never power up a cold amplifier; let it come up to room
temperature before you turn it on. Sudden heating can crack cold power tubes.
Cold air inside the chassis condenses as the amp warms up, depositing moisture on
component surfaces that can cause arcing and component failures.
Don't keep the amp anywhere you wouldn't be comfortable
sleeping. Unless you're a lot weirder than most vintage amp owners, this means
you'll never leave your amp in a car trunk overnight or store it in a damp basement.
Semi-annual tune-ups and regular attention to how you use and store
your amplifier will keep it sounding sweet and strong – and save you the pain
and expense of avoidable breakdowns.
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I think I can speak on behalf of men everywhere when I say: I hate shopping. Don't get me wrong, getting new stuff is awesome, but the whole procedure of enduring queues, paying fortunes, and never getting any reward for brand loyalty is something that bothers me.
However, the TFG group is aiming to change just that – giving us fellas something to cheer about when we decide to tackle the shops.
What is it?
TFG's new #RewardYourself campaign is all about giving back to the customers (a strange concept, right?). While many other loyalty programme leave empty promises, TFG's Rewards & More programme delivers.
Why should I care?
Each time you use the TGF Rewards & More card, you'll earn vouchers (which can be anything from percentage discounts to price-drops) to reward you for your loyalty. There are 20 stores in the TFG group (with everything from Total Sports to Markham in on the action), and your loyalty card can be used at ALL of them (yeah, a one-card-to-rule-them-all kind of thing); so you can gain exclusive access to some pretty epic deals from some of the country's best retailers, and it costs nothing.
Check out some of the deals below:
How long does it take?
I personally signed-up for the rewards program this week. No credit checks, endless questions, and physical forms to fill out – this was as easy as giving your ID number, name, and number, and boom – you've got the card in your hand in less than a minute, literally.
Want to #RewardYourself?
Just to highlight how easy it is, and to give you a HUGE head-start on your shopping, we've teamed up with TFG to reward our readers with R6,500 in TFG shopping vouchers and all you need to do to win is to reward yourself (no jokes, this giveaway is all about you!).
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The lucky MenStuff readers will stand the chance to win one of 6 TFG shopping voucher every day for the next 6 days! We're giving away a R1,000 shopping voucher to one reader a day (that's 5 vouchers total!) and on the 6th day a R1500 shopping voucher to the most enthusiastic reader of the week!
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On Sunday, the Eagles will host the Packers in the wild-card round. But on Monday, a head-coaching job in Cleveland became available. And Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg is regarded as one of the top candidates.
For now, though, it's not on his mind.
"There's no other way to do it — you have to have all your focus on this football game. That's what we expect of all the coaches and all the players," Mornhinweg said, per Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News.
Does he expect to get interviewed? "We'll see," Mornhinweg said.
Under league rules, assistant coaches from teams with bye weeks may be interviewed this week. Assistants from teams that play in the wild-card round may be interviewed next week, with the consent of their current employer. (Falcons coach and former Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Smith, for example, interviewed for the job after the Jaguars won a wild-card game against the Steelers after the 2007 season.)
Mornhinweg won five of 32 games in two seasons with the Lions. Apparently, Browns president Mike Holmgren is willing to consider the "Millen factor" when it comes to assessing Mornhinweg's performance.
Or maybe Holmgren just wants a coach who'll win the toss in overtime and choose to kick.


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Welcome, little Brother! Lowly, holy One! Hail thee, Virgin Mother, More than any other Blessed in thy Son! Child, since the poor manger Once thou didst not scorn, Rest thee, little Stranger, Folded from all danger, In our hearts new-born! Nestle thus, we pray thee, In our loves caress; Fain we are to pay thee Worship, and obey thee, Babe, and Prince no less!
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I'm been very quiet online recently but I've been very busy. I've been adding the finishing touches to my chapters in the upcoming ConfigMgr Current Branch Unleashed book (available for pre-order from Amazon).
Also, I've been working on a training video series for Packt Publishing. It's a lot of work. It's a two-part series of videos.
The contents are as follows:
Course 1 – Introducing the Configuration Manager environment
Section 1. Planning the Configuration Manager environment
1.1 Configuration Manager overview
1.2 Configuration Manager site planning and network design
Section 2. Installing Configuration Manager
2.1 Configuration Manager Prerequisites
2.2 Installing Configuration Manager
2.3 Easy Setup
Section 3. Getting Started with Configuration Manager
3.1 Using the Configuration Manager console
3.2 Configuration Manager and PowerShell
3.3 Discovery and boundaries
3.4 Configuration Manager Client installation
3.5 Create and manage collections
3.6 Configuration Manager Compliance
3.7 Hardware and software inventory
Section 4. Security & Role-Based administration (RBA)
4.1 Configuration Manager security overview
4.2 Role-Based administration
4.3 Securing the Configuration Manager environment
Section 5. Configuration Manager reporting and site maintenance
5.1 Configuration Manager Reporting
5.2 Configuration Manager Backup, Recovery & Maintenance
Course 2 – Implementing Configuration Manager features
Section 6. Software Distribution
6.1 Applications
6.2 Packages
Section 7. Software Updates
7.1 Introduction to software updates in Configuration Manager
7.2 Deploy a software updates solution with Configuration Manager
7.3 Automatic Deployment rules
Section 8. Operating System Deployment
8.1 Introduction to Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager
8.2 Build and Capture a Windows 10 image with Configuration Manager
8.3 Deploying a Windows 10 image with a Configuration Manager task sequence
8.4 Working with device drivers
Section 9. Endpoint Protection
9.1 Enabling Endpoint Protection with Configuration Manager
9.2 Endpoint Protection client configuration
9.3 Managing Endpoint Protection with Configuration Manager
Section 10. Intune hybrid
10.1 Integrating Intune into Configuration Manager
10.2 Managing mobile devices with Configuration Manager
10.3 Advanced hybrid features of Configuration Manager
I'm very pleased to say that Course 1 is now available for pre-order. I've just started working on Course 2.
The videos average about 10 minutes long and are presentation-driven with lots of demonstrations throughout. I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed presenting.
Special thanks to Paul Winstanley @SCCMentor who reviewed the course.
Until next time.......
Thursday, 13 April 2017
My new ConfigMgr training video series
5 comments:
Very nice.ReplyDelete
Any hint as to what the content of course 2 is? I consider myself pretty advanced since I've been managing an SCCM environment for about 5 years but there's always something new to learn :)Replies
The course has been published EricDelete
Hi Gerry,ReplyDelete
I am looking forward to purchase the book that is soon going to be available on Amazon. Do you know if it will have a kindle format available?
I'm pretty sure it will have Vinicius.ReplyDelete
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Stainless steel water bottles have become a common sight these days - much to the joy of those of us who care about the environment, since reusable bottles save plastic, petroleum, and encourage better consumption habits. Because they are everywhere these days, however, the humble stainless steel water bottle is starting to take on a patina of ubiquity / disposability similar to its green product forebearer, the "eco tote" - and this is not a good thing. In order for people to treasure and take good care of their possessions, they need to form an emotional attachment to them - which means an object needs to feel special and unique to its owner. Just when I thought that the practical-but-ubiquitous stainless steel water bottle was perhaps starting to go the route of the eco tote (i.e. stuffed in the closet or collecting dust on the shelf), I discovered Wawabots customized water bottles! Wawabots is a new company that allows a buyer to customize their stainless steel water bottle with a photo of their near-and-dear or a personal graphic.
I was thrilled to discover Wawabots, because it came at the perfect time for me – right after my 3 year old son had just lost his last water bottle. He needed a new one, and I figured that he might take better care of a bottle with his face on it. Not to mention it's a lot harder to 'misplace' a bottle with a giant photo of a specific person's face than a generic bottle. So I uploaded a design to the Wawabots website, and within a week, my Petey bottle arrived in the mail! Petey was so thrilled to see his special custom bottle, that I think he's never going to let his hands off it.
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Archive for Month: July 2016
A Breakthrough in Bladder Care
July 22nd | 2016
Posted by: Kevin Goodwin, CEO
The first half of 2016 has been an exciting time for Signostics and I wanted to find a way to communicate and connect with the people that matter the most to us – you. Our customers, our patients, our community. So I'm launching this blog to enable Signostics to provide information and share perspectives on topics and issues relevant to the ultrasound industry. We are in a dynamic time with new ultrasound innovations and products being developed, and I'm proud that Signostics is playing a leading role in this evolving field.
In May Signostics received FDA clearance for Uscan™, a breakthrough device for advanced ultrasound in bladder care. Uscan provides real-time ultrasound imaging of the bladder, kidneys, pelvic floor, prostate, gallbladder, bladder stones and urological catheter emplacement, for quick and easy visual tracking and observation. This is important as it enables clinical care team members to acquire high-definition sonographic imaging that better informs treatment decisions, streamlines workflows and ultimately supports treatment of a wider range of patients.
I like to say Uscan doesn't just scan, it sees. Because of our unique computer vision algorithms, we're able to recognise the 3D contours of the bladder for far more accurate volume measurements than the industry standard, even on obese and hard-to-scan patients.
We now have colleagues in the field introducing Uscan across the country, and one story illustrates what Uscan can uniquely do. Recently at a presentation at a hospital, a nurse who claimed she had a "full bladder" volunteered to have her bladder volume measured using a few different bladder scanning devices. A competitor's handheld device first read 183 mL and then 285 mL in two consecutive scans. Another device read 389 mL. We then scanned her two times with Uscan and received 449 and 451 mL measurements. Incredibly, the nurse volunteer voided 451 mL. Her fellow nurses said, "Now that is just too amazing" and "I love it," proclaiming they had never had access to imaging bladder volume that was so accurate and easy to use.
Now that's what I like to hear. These types of anecdotes drive us to do more to push ultrasound innovation. We have a wonderful new tool, and our technology can eliminate the guess work often employed in urologic care, and eventually beyond. Uscan has the potential to set a new standard in ultrasound imaging.
We recently introduced Uscan to physicians at the American Urological Associations' 2016 Annual Meeting (AUA 2016) in San Diego. We had a live demonstration of the device at the exhibit booth and received extremely positive feedback from attendees, which reinforced that Uscan is a better device that is meeting a real need from health care professionals.
I can't wait to see what else this year brings. Thanks for reading and please stay tuned for more posts about the future of ultrasound innovation.
The bladder volume measurement provided by the sales representative in this blog is just an example but does not reflect the actual accuracy of the device. Signostics cannot guarantee achieving this accuracy in every measurement but the device can measure Bladder volume with an accuracy of ±10% or ±10 mL, based on comparative measurements of a phantom of known volume. Please refer to device user manual.


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J. A. Bayona
May 9, 1975
Barcelona, Spain
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A longtime friend and eventual collaborator of acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, J.A. Bayona quickly moved to the forefront of contemporary Spanish directors. After cutting his teeth on music videos and short films, Bayona was encouraged by Del Toro to make the leap into features. With financing put in place by his mentor, Bayona directed "The Orphanage" (2007), a supremely spooky and dramatically potent horror thriller that enjoyed significant success in his native country and critical acclaim abroad. After being rumored for Hollywood projects, including one that would have reunited him with Del Toro, Bayona decided that his next project would be in English, but with financing from Spanish sources. Centered on the horrors endured by vacationers caught up in the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, "The Impossible" (2012) was acclaimed for both its intense recreation of the disaster and powerful dramatic story of separated family members trying to reunite in the wake of such an unimaginable tragedy. On the basis of his first two efforts, Bayona demonstrated considerable promise as a rare contemporary director with an equally firm hand when it came to the challenge of balancing technical proficiency with the ability to create affecting human drama.Juan Antonio Bayona was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1975. His love of movies was engendered in childhood, though Bayona first explored journalism as a career in his late teens before enrolling in the directing program at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalunya (ESCAC). Upon finishing his studies, Bayona acted as an instructor for six years and then went into production on commercials and music videos, before tackling the short films "Mis Vacaciones" ("My Holidays") (1999) and "El Hombre Esponja" ("The Sponge Man") (2002). Bayona first met Guillermo Del Toro at the Sitges Fantasy Film Festival in 1993 and found a kindred spirit when it came to his love of horror and fantasy cinema. The two stayed friends, and 14 years later, Del Toro served as executive producer on Bayona's feature directorial debut "The Orphanage" (2007). A wonderfully creative and atmospheric gothic thriller with a superbly balanced mix of drama and horror, "The Orphanage" received a lengthy standing ovation when unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival. Box office success in Spain followed and while it did not rival the significant business that Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006) managed in the United States, the numbers were respectable and American critical response was very enthusiastic. Bayona was also honored with a Goya Award (Spain's equivalent to an Oscar) for Best New Director.While in between motion picture projects, Bayona made a rare appearance in front of the camera by taking part in "Spanish Movie" (2009), a parody of local cinema that featured appearances by such other notable Spanish directors as Alex de la Iglesia and Paco Plaza. Bayona also collaborated with Sergio G. Sánchez, the screenwriter of "The Orphanage," on an elaborate music video for Keane's song "Disconnected." Set in a haunted house during the 1970s, the spot was highly polished and cinematic, right down to its widescreen framing and simulated instances of film damage. In the wake of the critical response stateside to "The Orphanage," Bayona was courted by Hollywood. Universal announced plans to reteam him with Del Toro for an adaptation of David Moody's novel "Hater," but the project did not come to pass. He was also considered by Summit Entertainment to helm "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (2010), the third entry in the company's hugely successful horror franchise. Although trade papers like Variety reported that Bayona was on the verge of being signed, he was never genuinely intent on doing the film, which was ultimately helmed instead by David Slade.However, Summit and Bayona ended collaborating in a fashion nonetheless when the studio acquired the rights to his next picture, "The Impossible" (2012). Set during the horrific Decembe


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My parcel arrived from Perry Miniatures.
So today I have prepped 90 figures, glued them to temporary bases and primed them.
Primer now drying overnight.
Begin the countdown to Salute...
Due to my preference for blogging on mobile devices, the absence of an official Blogger app and recent problems with a third-party app I have switched my routine updating to a facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/paintingshedblog/ Copyright © 2014, Stephen Jones All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the creator.
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Copyright 1999 -- text by Jean-Philippe Soule
An educational expedition today is comprised of more than a mere sport accomplishment in foreign land. It requires a thorough and attractive documentation of a project combining challenge, and education. It also means using the best media available in order to market it. The daunting task of documenting an expedition isnt enough any more. Fame seems to make the difference between the people who will touch others and those who wont.
Rock-Climbing gained fame as a sport when French climber Patrick Edlinger produced the first adventure movie "La vie au bout des doigts". Impressive shots of a few solo routes became his path to world renown. Edlinger later traveled to the United States to climb in front of the cameras and French reporters what was, at the time, called impossible. Meanwhile, his ex-climbing partner Patrick Berrault was challenging the most technical climbs in France. Considered the best climber of his time, Berrault was a purist. He believed climbing to be an art and a form of meditation. He shied away from the cameras and competitions and his name remained unheard of outside the French climbing communities.
Most of the time recognition is arbitrary, a haphazard blend of chance, politics, and economics. And yes, sometimes it just seems unfair that the average professional basketball player will be better known and paid than the best athletes in some non-publicized extreme sports. The same is true for expeditions and adventures. Sadly, without media recognition there is no sponsorship or funding, and without sponsorship and money it is next to impossible to stage a large-scale expedition.
For years Ive lead expeditions or gone on solo treks to break record times without ever telling anybody. Fourteen years ago I was among the first to descend some of the most challenging canyons in the French Basque country. Today this sport is barely starting to enter the States. In the winter of 1997-98, my expedition partner Luke Shullenberger and I were probably the first to race down the snowy beaches of Hokkaido, Japan on skis pulled by five square meter kites during winter storms. Like Patrick Berrault, we only thought about the beauty of the sport, not of fame or publicity to be gained from it.
When I started to plan the CASKE 2000 expedition the sport, the challenge and the adventure were only part of the project. I designed the expedition with two main goals in mind, to document the lifestyles of Indigenous peoples in Central America, and to send a simple message. I hope to sensitize people as to the importance and the beauty of cultures and lands that are threatened by development, and over-consumption.
I was inspired as a child by various authors including Jack London and Frison Roche, and other people such as Jacques Cousteau. They all had one thing in common. They saw something special in life, lived it fully, and shared their experiences with others. I believe it is my turn to share the beauty that I see in life. I hope to inspire others the same way my childhood heroes moved me, and help people to believe that they can accomplish what they set out to do.
In order to realize my goals a little bit of fame would help tremendously. Publicity is the only way to get the message out. The problem is that fame comes predominantly to people participating in the trendy activities. Were not sailing a million-dollar racing yacht around the world or climbing Mount Everest. Were paddling rivers in unknown rainforests to meet indigenous peoples forgotten by the rest of the world. It was during the earliest stages of planning for the expedition that I realized that I had to come up with a way to tie my beliefs into some extreme and trendy adventure. This is how I decided to sea kayak Central America.
It was during my last year of preparation, that Luke Shullenberger joined me. He loved the idea, but did not realize then the amount of work it would involve. We spent our last year in Japan working five to ten hours daily in addition to our full time jobs. We researched information, equipment, contacts, sponsors, media coverage and more. Then, in April 1998, we quit our jobs and flew to Thailand for serious training. At that point we still had absolutely no experience sea kayaking and only had three months to turn ignorance into mastery. In addition to our kayak training, we were encouraged to swim one to two miles daily in the open sea for the sake of conditioning and safety in case we were to loose our kayaks far from the coast. We then spent the remaining three months before our official departure date in the United States looking for sponsorship and media coverage while working on our website.
Reality was tough to accept. However much we believed in our project and its educational mission, we were not Jon Krakauer or Peter Hillary. Even the paddling magazines showed little interest in our project. We struggled to pull in a dozen small sponsors, which provided us with less than twenty percent of the equipment we needed. The total duration of the expedition was an expected at six months of preparation and training, two and half years of expedition and a year and half to write three books and produce a high quality slide show and CD ROM. Thats five years without a salary. Even if we lived cheaply and received most of our equipment from sponsors, we estimated that we would need $100,000.00.
We started the expedition without it and now, after a year, we are coming close to the red zone. Finding sponsorship and media coverage becomes more important every month. While trying to make contacts had proven to be frustrating before our departure, can you imagine how difficult it is to do while paddling through some of the most remote areas of Central America? Disappointed by our lack of success in the area I began to focus more on documenting our adventure, as well as the cultural and natural beauty of the lands were paddling through. I put the magazines aside and gave priority to my website, but there too I was put to a test. After the first six months of hard work and sleepless nights, the site was only recording a hundred visitors a month. It was demoralizing, but I believed it remained the best and most important way to document what CASKE 2000 is all about.
Each time we paddle between two main points, the focus is on the expedition. Sometimes we fight big storms, sometimes the heat, and most of the time the bugs. We experience nature at its best and its worst and try to adapt as best we can. Behind the scenes, there is much work that goes into producing the website as we move along. We take notes and wait to be in town to do the computer work. In Baja, towns were far apart, so we computed on deserted beaches powered by solar panels. Our journals describe well the challenges of the expedition. Where they fail is in relating what happens when we are in town for a couple of weeks. It may seem to readers that we sleep, rest and enjoy life like we should after roughing it. In actuality I usually spend eighteen hours a day anchored to a tiny keyboard in front of a six-inch screen. After typing all the journal entries and cultural notes, I receive Lukes text on floppies and start the html conversion. Then comes the page layout, photo editing, cross-linking of all pages, programming to fine tune the site, adding meta-tags, registering with search engines and continuously creating new pages with new topics while revising the overall site and testing dozens of thousands of links.
Computing in Central America is not like computing in highly modernized countries. Even with the occasional help of a cooling fan, in no less than five minutes my fingers are so sweaty they slide on every key. My palms slide on the pad of the keyboard and I have to wipe the drops from my forehead every couple of minutes so they dont fall on the computer. If youre an office manager and would like your employees to quit, send them on a computer assignment in the tropics. One day should be enough. After three days of constant pressure on the keyboard, in addition to fatigue, I usually suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. This is when the repeated pressure on the palm creates an inflammation that pinches the nerve. Fortunately the symptoms usually disappear two days after we are back on the water. Our ability to upload changes and additions to the site varies depending on the phone line and local provider we use. Sometimes it flows; sometimes it crashes every five minutes, which isnt even enough time to open a single page. In addition to a lot of frustration it can cost us a lot of money.
The website requires a lot of commitment. I give it all my free time because I believe in the final result. My reward comes when I know I touched people. It appears that Im starting to accomplish that goal. Our websites first award ("Best Travel Site" from Planet Rider, August 99) and the interest we have recently received from companies like Learning Outfitters (www.adventureonline.com) and Encompass One (www.encompassone.com), which feature our expedition, also helps to renew my motivation.
A year ago I envisioned a large website which would be an information resource for people who wanted to learn about Indigenous ethnic groups. Today I realize that it could be more. I hope that it will become not only a bank of information for interested outsiders, partially contributed to by Indigenous people, but a resource that is available to the Indigenous people themselves as a future reference. The site is to be a forum where they can share their knowledge, difficulties, and ideas with other groups. A place where in the future, the young people of the tribes raised a more modern society can learn about their heritage and history.
Recently the website has become more than a commitment, it has become an obsession. I can be paddling in the middle of nowhere and suddenly think of the site. Sometimes I wake up at night with new ideas. I even sometimes wonder where I find the greatest adventure, in the field or online. I engage in both with the same intensity and am sometimes surprised when I find it hard to dissociate one from the other.
Luke likes to say that I'm not normal. Luckily for me he is normal, and often it is due to his efforts that I actually manage to eat something. If it wasn't for the plates of food he serves me in front of the computer I would probably eat less than once a day. He also likes to say that I'm contagious. When I asked him what he meant he replied, "Through inspiration and shame, the people around you work harder!"
I believe that in spite of its present size, the CASKE 2000 website is still in its infant stage. I wouldnt be surprised if we end up with more than three thousand pages by the end of the expedition. In the future we would like to add sound and video clips. I can see now that the possibilities are endless, and the potential is infinite. I certainly have my work cut out for me! If, however, you feel somewhat overwhelmed and a little tired just from reading this, then maybe youre like me. Its time to return to the adventure and physical challenge. Lets go fight a storm, meet a shark, catch an alligator, or paddle the unknown.
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Northampton named top town for business start-ups
The University of Northampton's support for new businesses has contributed to the town being named the best place for business start-ups outside London.
The think tank's Centre for Cities' latest Cities Outlook 2016 report revealed that Northampton had the highest average increase in the number of businesses and the highest margin between start-ups and closures during 2013-14.
As a 'Changemaker Campus', designated by Ashoka U – a title given only to leading institutions in social innovation education – the University has placed four challenges at the centre of its strategic plan that will take it to 2020. One of these challenges is to make Northamptonshire the best county in the UK to start, build and run a business.
In 2013, The University of Northampton, Northamptonshire County Council and Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership launched the Northamptonshire Growth Hub to improve the support offered to businesses in the county.
In just two years, the Hub has handled over 2,000 enquiries from businesses looking for an extensive range of growth support from early stage one-to-one guidance to a more comprehensive business growth strategy.
Northamptonshire Growth Hub Manager Janette Pallas, pictured, said: "To be named as the best place to start a business outside the capital is a tremendous accolade that is testament to the dedication of our local politicians, councils, the university, and of course those who harness the entrepreneurial spirit and make their ambitions a reality.
"The University is proud to work with our partners to bring enterprise back to Northampton, and pledge to use this momentum to help the next generation of business start-ups."
Last year, the University opened the doors to its new Innovation Centre at the heart of the town's Enterprise Zone. The £8.5m centre provides office accommodation and support services for small businesses and organisations with social innovation, impact and entrepreneurship at their core.
Tenants have access to specialist University of Northampton business support to help them measure and develop their social value.
In 2016, The University announced an alliance with The Business Club Northants that will provide opportunities for club members to provide work experience for selected students on a regular basis, as well as take part in business presentations at the university.
Janette Pallas added: "Through social enterprise initiatives embedded in teaching and learning on its courses, University of Northampton students have unique opportunities to develop high level work place and entrepreneurial skills. That, combined with our support activities, means we are well on our way to meeting the challenge of making Northants the best county in the UK for business."
Our brand new £330 million campus.
- Designed to adapt to 21st century teaching.
- Full range of integrated learning environments.
- 24/7 library and learning zone.
- Low environmental impact.


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A couple of weeks ago I attended a local scrapbook retreat. It was tons of fun and I was able to get 24 pages done!! I caught up on my 2011 family album and even started Thia's first year album. Here are a few of my favorite layouts that I did that weekend.
...and that's just 7 pages out of the 24, maybe I'll show you more in the future. Want a lil more info on the actual event, checkout last years retreat. Happy Scrappin'!


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I just got back to this game..
2:30 AM right now.. been queuing for 15 mins but no players.
This ain't going to happen in SEA
all are busy with dota autochess, sorry mate
Australian dota tends to go downhill once it passes 12am. Bad players, trolls, unbalanced games etc. Many of my worst games have been late at night/early in the morning. From about 6am though it gets a bit better.
Playing in the smallest server at 2:30am lul.
^ if this is the case.. i can become a pro Dota 2 player here..
anyone from this region. add me, let's join #TI this 2019


text: Commerce, or Commercial Activities, include all types of buying, selling, offering to sell, offering to buy, marketing, paying for bought items, requesting bids, performing services for hire, advertising, etc. Kinds of commercial activities include repaying loans, renting, and recalling products. Though there is a great deal of overlap between commerical activities and business events, they are not the same. Firstly, business events do not include any purely social or recreational events (whereas a weekend swap-meet, for example, would be considered a commercial activity). Secondly, not all activities carried out in pursuit of business interests fall under the definition of commercial activity above (consider head-hunting, for example).


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When asked what design firm Stantec does, Jason Leadingham says to look around — you'll likely see examples of its work in office buildings, bridges or the expanding network of natural gas production in Western Pennsylvania.
"We design communities," said Leadingham, 40, of North Strabane, director of the U.S. oil and gas pipeline office that Edmonton-based Stantec has established in Cecil. "Anything that is built."
A team of engineers, architects and others led by Leadingham last month moved into an office at Southpointe, ground zero for companies working in the Marcellus shale and a hub for Stantec's engineering and environmental services for the oil and gas industry.
The company doubled its Washington County staff during the past two years to 56 as it looks to expand its presence in the shale fields. The company has 480 employees at nine offices in Pennsylvania and 15,000 across North America.
"We're focused here on pipeline development, building well pads and all the environmental services for that," Leadingham said.
The move occurs at a tough time for some of Stantec's neighbors in Cecil and potential clients. The lowest natural gas prices since 2012 and a six-year low for oil prices have slowed drilling and associated activity as producers cut capital budgets by 40 percent or more.
Analysts expect the pipeline sector to remain robust, though, because new pipes could ease the gas glut and boost prices by opening more markets.
Revenue in Stantec's energy and resources line increased 12 percent last year to $1.1 billion; the company reported $164.5 million in profit last year, up from $146.2 million the year before.
Leadingham expects revenue in the pipelines unit to increase by 15 percent with the build-out, and his office is hiring engineers.
In related news, Taking a swing at fixing the affordable housing shortage in the Marcellus.
Part of Stantec's growth has come from acquiring smaller companies, such as its 2012 purchase of Landmark Survey and Mapping, a Washington-based company that Leadingham founded. In 2010, Stantec bought Burt Hill, then Pittsburgh's largest architectural firm.
Pulling resources from different companies locally and from its divisions in North America gives Stantec an advantage, said Craig Swope, a principal in the Southpointe office. It can provide an energy client all the services it needs to design a well pad or pipeline system, handle its environmental permits and studies, and oversee construction of related infrastructure, he said.
"For example, all of these oil and gas companies have needs for folks doing bridges and roads," Swope, 37, of Cecil said about building access across Western Pennsylvania farmland and hills to well pads and pipeline sites. "There's a lot of different disciplines that come into oil and gas. Stantec can provide a fully integrated package."
Its staff can handle specialized issues that large projects can encounter without needing to subcontract consultants, including dealing with protected habitats and species such as the Indiana bat in Ohio, Leadingham said.
Clients working in Appalachia include Blue Racer Midstream, which is building systems to connect the growing gas fields in the Utica shale in Ohio to transmission pipelines. Stantec helped Dallas-based Blue Racer with its Guernsey to Lewis Ohio Pipeline, which included crossing several delicate streams.
Blue Racer CEO Jack Lafield called Stantec "a key partner in providing routing, survey, and environmental assistance to many of the new projects that Blue Racer Midstream has undertaken."
Leadingham said his office looks at working with a client as "teaming" with the company during a project. Recruiting local talent and acquiring local companies allow companies here to work with Western Pennsylvanians, he said.
The company encourages staff to get involved in the community. The Washington County staff has done park cleanups, participates in the Muscle Walk for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and supports Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children.
"We like to give our clients a smaller office feel, but with 15,000 employees behind us," Swope said.
This article was written by DAVID CONTI from The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.


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According to some researches there is usually a fall back of about 80% who go from meat to veggie or vegan and then back to meat again. Vegans usually say that most people take to vegetarian/Vegan diets for health reasons, look better, feel fitter, lose weight rather than moral reasons, so they think having some restraint according to a moral code helps people to stay vegan/vegetarian for longer.
When I was Brahmacari part of our seva was to speak to new guests who came for Sunday visits, in London at the time most normal people visiting wanted to be more vegetarian and more spiritual but found it hard due to lack of support in the external world. Usually the best advice was to tell people to visit more often, associate with devotees more often, eat more prasadam, that will purify the mind and the base desires that have been programmed by an impersonal society.
So I think to last being a vegetarian and to give more power to ones sadhana to improve good energy sadhu sangha is important, being with like minded people who have the same or similar habits and goals. This can give strength. I have seen many debates that turn people away from being veggie or vegan due to types of militant fanaticism, so just getting a strong view wont always help, it can add to suppression, conversion or awakening to a higher energy of mind is transformed naturally and with some effort and concentration on a higher cause, these perfections are within spiritual disciplines that surely in these times of open information supports ahimsa diet.
Vannakkam Eastern Mind … what a strange example … how many dog's tails has this Guru cut off so far?
Dance with Shiva - live with Shiva - merge with Shiva
Actually, all our hunger of seeking worldly enjoyment in one thing or the other comes from our inner restlessness. This restlessness is the nature of Jiva and this is the root cause behind its birth. This restlessness is for searching its lost paradise i.e. its natural blissful state. It doesn't understand why this restlessness is and keep looking for it in different types of addictions birth after birth.
It is very easy to find the inherent peaceful state within our heart. It is not exactly our true blissful state but just a shadow of it but it works. Whenever we can offload the burden of the worldly affairs which lies on our head, we should practise to rest within our heart with all our organs. The inner peace and satisfaction prevailing there is quite powerful to fill in the gap created by abandoning any addictive habit. Just visualising that I am resting within my heart with all my sense organs, all my desires dissolved in the blissful peace prevailing there gives much higher level of spiritual satisfaction than indulging in any worldly addictive physical/mental habits. Taking a deep breath slowly and releasing it in one go, thinking that all desires and restlessness have gone out with the outgoing breath and I am going to rest within my heart all with myself which is utterly peaceful and blissful in nature can do the trick.
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Namaste Indialover,
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Sorry devotee, I did not grow up in Indian culture. For me no human is Brahman. Especially not when he brings examples in which an animal is tortured.
But should he be Brahman he will for sure not feel ridiculed ... Brahman gave me a brain to use it.
Dance with Shiva - live with Shiva - merge with Shiva
Just as a side note here ... My Guru's 3 main books are titled 'Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva, and Merging with Siva
Namaste IL,
It is expected that anyone who wants to associate with Hindus should respect the basic tenets of Hindu Dharma. It is in Abrahimic religions where people keep struggling the whole life to worship True God. For them, God is some whimsical KIng sitting high up in the sky and keeps acting as he desires. Sorry, in Hindu Dharma, God is non-different from this universe. Yes, in some beings the Brahman Consciousness is manifest much more than in others. Gurus are those who have gained one-ness with Brahman and that is why they are considered equivalent to Brahman.
However, I don't think you are here to listen to such logic here. The way you are responding, gives a bad taste of your poor behaviour.
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
Thank you Eastern Mind for clarifying the context and your own statement
*** probably not something he would have recorded ***
We found agreement in an open discussion.
Dance with Shiva - live with Shiva - merge with Shiva
Namaste Jai:
My feeling is that any prayer to Lord Śiva can only create benefit!
You wrote about your past veg diet being too carb-heavy, and yes, this will certainly make a vegetarian lifestyle harder, with too much quick energy from sugars and not enough grounding from good fats and proteins. Learning different preparations of vegetables and taking more vegetarian protein foods (like dals and nuts, and curd and paneer if you take dairy) will surely help you succeed. Vitamin B12 is also vital for keeping your spirits high and your mood stable, so it's worth taking a supplement for this important nutrient if you don't eat many B12 foods (e.g., tofu, soymilk, and cheese).
What pleases me most about being vegetarian is that I no longer feel guilty and hypocritical about my meals; I wasted so much energy on stress and worry and feeling bad about myself, but now taking food is simple and even joyful. Instead of focusing on what you are missing, it might help to think about how good you will feel when your deeds align with your wishes and beliefs. I wish you best of luck in your efforts (and am happy to provide recipes and advice if you'd like to PM me).
And one more bit of "food for thought": believing yourself "tongue-tied and stupid" in prayer is perhaps a thought originating with ego, no? We don't laugh at children who are learning to talk or call them fools when they misspeak, and Lord shows us even more compassion. Letting go of that feeling of silliness is a part of trusting surrender to the Divine, and one of the most wondrous aspects of performing pūjā.
"Great are you by spiritual vigor, the wild Bull, the awesome one who wins all wealth, conquering all that is other. As the One alone you are the ruler of all the world. Send men forth for battle and for rest."
-Ṛgveda III.46.2.
Oṁ Indrāya Namaḥ.
Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya.
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Caltrain officials on Wednesday (Aug. 17) presented the results of a study that tested the feasibility of integrating high-speed rail with Caltrain on its Peninsula tracks.
While stressing the preliminary nature of the study results, Caltrain Modernization Program Acting Director Marian Lee said the possibility clearly exists for a "blended system" that could accommodate high-speed trains and a modernized Caltrain along a shared two-track corridor.
"The blended track system has merit," she said.
The study, which was conducted by LTK Engineering Services using computer simulations, concluded that if Caltrain were to electrify all of its operating trains, upgrade its signal system, and construct a 7- to 8-mile stretch of "passing tracks" in the middle section of the line, the existing two-track right-of-way could accommodate up to four high-speed trains and six Caltrain trains per hour, Lee said.
The analysis supported a concept proposed by Peninsula lawmakers Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), state Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) and Assemblyman Richard Gordon (D-Menlo Park), who in April called upon the California High-Speed Rail Authority to revisit its plans to build out a high-speed rail system that would run separately from Caltrain between San Francisco and San Jose.
A high-speed rail system running independently from Caltrain would be duplicative and would never earn local support, the lawmakers said in a joint statement issued two months ago.
Sen. Simitian on Wednesday said he welcomed the results of Caltrain's test study.
"My colleagues and I have been making the case that High Speed Rail 'done right' means a 'blended system' along the San Jose to San Francisco corridor -- a system that integrates High Speed Rail with a 21st century Caltrain," Simitian said in a statement.
Since California voters approved Proposition 1A in 2008, which authorized $9.95 billion for the high-speed rail system, Peninsula residents and officials have vociferously debated the merits of the rail plans, including design options that entailed adding aerial tracks and tunneling underground.
Lee cautioned against overplaying the results of the analysis, emphasizing that much more research would need to done before plans to construct a blended system could move forward.
"This is an ongoing study," she said. "There are a lot of assumptions we still have to think through."
Lee said the test did not consider freight train use along the corridor, the impact to cities like Belmont where passing tracks would be installed, or the need to accommodate increased train traffic by lowering crossing gates and blocking street traffic at more than 50 intersections between San Francisco and San Jose.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelof van Ark emphasized in a statement Wednesday that the shared-track plan would be an "initial" step for the bullet-train system, which eventually would call for four tracks and the ability to run 10 to 12 trains per hour.
The two-track plan would "allow us to provide a reduced but adequate initial level of high-speed service in the near term," he said.
"I look forward to working closely with our planning partners along the corridor to evaluate this provisional study and pursuing a regional consensus to advance this segment," van Ark said.
Eshoo said she was "pleased" with the findings but that more work needs to be done in order to reach a consensus.
"The preliminary analysis shows a viable path forward that minimizes community impacts by keeping the project substantially within the existing Caltrain right-of-way, avoids unwanted aerial viaducts, and saves taxpayers billions of dollars," she said.
The cost of the high-speed rail system, which is planned to stretch from Los Angeles to San Francisco, was recently estimated at $67 billion.
Caltrain has scheduled outreach meetings on Friday (Aug. 19) with Friends of Caltrain and Friday (Sept. 2) with the Peninsula Cities Consortium.
A PowerPoint presentation of Caltrain's preliminary findings is available at the Caltrain website.


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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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Finally framing all the artwork that has been in my cupboard. Soon to go up on my walls are pieces by Rick Myers, Steve Viezens, Julie Verhoeven and a proof from the recent reprint of the 1968 Paris Riot posters - alongside the work already up by Christian Schoeler, Francois Halard, Paul Davis and a ton of reworked postcards. It seemed like perfect moment to buy more... In my case a silkscreen (with an invisible glow in the dark layer!) from my favourite artist Cameron Jamie. I got mine from the oh so well curated Donlon Books. Thank god for Habitat's cheap and unobtrusive Aluminus frames...
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LAST ACFRAB meeting March 23, 2011Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Was it the months of face to face meetings struggling to come up with an ordinance? Was it the round table setting in Room 241? The atmosphere at this last meeting as the Albemarle County Fire Rescue Advisory Board was tangibly new.
Tim Cersley, Advisory Board chair and Chief of Scottsville Fire, led off the meeting with a report on his meeting with Chief Eggleston about the new ordinance. Kostas Alibertis, Vice Chair and Chief of Western Rescue talked about his discussions.
Both volunteer chiefs stated that while they understood the volunteers did not seek this ordinance and would prefer to not have the ordinance, their companies were first and foremost devoted to the safety of their citizens and would certainly step up to participate in the system and make sure it operates as effectively as possible. The distinction is important and should not be forgotten. Other chiefs responded similarly around the table.
Dan Eggleston, the system chief, was more engaged than I have ever seen him, sometimes leading the conversation, sometimes listening to others. The fact that he has begun to have face to face meetings in the fire houses is an important step in leadership and must be continued. As one chief said, "We may not agree, but we must hear from him directly, especially in a contentious issue. The worst case possible is to hear from someone else or the media." The system chief's extensive phone calls made last week were an example of new operations and must be continued.
The next months and years will tell the tale of success in this effort. We must be "all in" to make it work. The evolution of the system will be under a microscope, and we must take great care to think first, act second, and understand the consequences for all.
The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Board, FEMS Board, meets April 27, 2011, with seamless leadership, to complete the terms of the sitting chair and vice chair. A bylaws committee has already been appointed to meet in advance of the next meeting.


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Remote personnel, incompatible computer gear, unreliable power and communications lines, and equipment-disabling lightning strikes are just some of the obstacles confronting the technology managers supporting the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Si. 31, DPKO Headquarters, Freetown, Sierra Leone">
Oct. 31, DPKO Headquarters, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayordomo and McKenzie have a Friday-morning meeting with a group of military officers, a review of how well their communications and information-system needs are being met.
As Mayordomo is hustling up the steps leading to the Mammy Yoko, someone asks how his day is going. "Not so goodwe're fired up already," he says, meaning the complaints are rolling in. A network segment is down on the fourth floor of the Mammy Yoko, and whenever that happens at least 25 people are affected. He's thinking it has something to do with last night's lightning storm. It's not until much later that he finds out about a recall of the Cisco 3524 switches the mission uses.
The military officers include Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, a Nigerian and a Brit. The group works its way down the agenda, noting which problems have been solved or partly solved. One of the Pakistanis is from Koidu, and he repeats complaints about the backlog in Lotus Notes IDs and networking failures. Mayordomo recaps his concern about needing to control the proliferation of e-mail accounts. The Aironet issues have been fixed, he says, and the problem router should be replaced today.
McKenzie takes the rap for some recent problems, such as an outbreak of the MSBlaster computer worm. He's here as the communications representative, but filled in as I.T. director while Mayordomo was on a recent vacation. "And I can't spell I.T.," he says, repeating a favorite catchphrase. "When we got a virus, I ran for the med kit."
Putting on his comms hat, however, McKenzie argues the network is congested partly because some of the regional sites, including Koidu, are overloading it. Just as Mayordomo had noted unauthorized computers on the Koidu network, McKenzie has noticed a proliferation of phones. The Pakistanis must prioritize which phones really need trunk lines with dedicated connections, he says.
As the meeting is breaking up, the British officer, Lt. Col. Ian McKend, pulls Mayordomo aside to talk about the unreliability of document sharing over the network. When the commanders come in at 6:30 a.m., all the military and military-observer reports from the field that they need to condense into situation reports for the daily briefing are supposed to be at their fingertips. But when something goes wrongfor example, when the shared network drive where those reports are stored is slow or unresponsivethere's no one around from I.T. to help.
Although the help-desk staff doesn't get in until 7:30, Mayordomo tells him there's always someone designated to be on call. This is news to McKend, who scribbles down the pager number saying, "This may be a big part of the solution right here."
"And let me know if there's any reluctance to come in," Mayordomo tells him. "If it's, 'Can't it wait?' or 'I'll be there in a couple of hours'no, not good enough. They're supposed to come right in."
Mayordomo spends much of the rest of his day trying to finalize plans to visit Liberia and see how the rapid deployment of technology he arranged for the new mission there has panned out.
At dusk, when his staff assembles for barbecue and beer on a wooden deck out by the satellite farm, Mayordomo spots Ambrose Majongwe, just back from a return engagement in Koidu.
"Ambrose!" he shouts. "Is VoIP working in Koidu?"
Majongwe isn't ready to celebrate just yet, though it was working when he left. "Let's just wait until Monday, OK?"
It turns out that when Majongwe tried installing several alternate versions of IOS, he was attempting to solve the wrong problem. The router operating system crashed because it didn't have memory allocated properly for the hardware that had been installed, not because it was the wrong operating system.
At last report, the new router was still working in Koidu, handling both data and phone calls as Internet packets. Yet Mayordomo says network congestion on the link to Koidu remains a problemperhaps other traffic has rushed in to grab whatever bandwidth was freed up.
Cisco's global account manager to the U.N., David Andemicael, says he believes the technicians in Sierra Leone and throughout DPKO need better training to be more successful with Cisco technology. "We're now providing them with a lot of courses we usually charge for," he says. Majongwe's misadventures with the 3725 router in Koidu prove the point, since he skipped the crucial memory-configuration step, Andemicael says. "It's not trial and error, the way they tend to want to operate."
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Jambo Kate Tuthill,
I assume you may have had responses to your inquiry, but I just got on this bulletin board, so I am offering my obervasions for Taita Hills in 1968-1970.
I am also trying to reestablish my contact with Kenya. I work for the USDA, and we are trying to formulate a training project to advance fruit fly control among the wakulima.
I speak Kiswahili, so if you need words or expresions, I can help you out.
Most of the schools were simple, usually mud, occationally brick, with tin roof, and no glass in the windows. At that time, They had a program to feed the children lunch, which usually consisted of whole corn and beans boiled into a kind of soup. Mostly, they were not able to cook the favorite food at school, ugale (stiffly boiled corn meal). An interesting note, in the Coast Province, somehow some organization had funded the purchase of cashew (roasted without salt) for the school program. They came in glass jars, as if they had already been packaged for sale in Europe. I always thought it humerous that watoto were eating nuts that cost big bucks in the west. I am not even sure that they liked them, but it was food and most of them needed food!
If I knew how to contact her, I would put you in touch with Dolly Walker. She was a PCV in Voi when I was in Taita. She taught high school. She was an Afro-amercian in Africa, so she has a unique perspective. We used to have long discussions about the difference between being a Mzungu (white person) and an American black in Kenya.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - CONCACAF, the regional body that controls soccer in the Caribbean, North America and Central America, announced Tuesday it has parted with the U.S. division of a Brazilian sports marketing firm that federal prosecutors have indicted on corruption charges.
Traffic Sports USA, a unit of the Brazilian Traffic Group, was responsible for marketing and sales for the confederation's biennial gold cup tournaments through 2021 as well as the annual Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League through the season ending in 2022.In a press release CONCACAF said it was a mutual decision "to part ways."
It added the move "will have no effect on CONCACAF's ability to fulfill its existing obligations to sponsors or to stage future tournaments."
A CONCACAF spokesman declined further comment late Tuesday.
Traffic Sports USA's President Aaron Davidson was among the 14 marketing officials and executives from FIFA, the governing body on international soccer, who were indicted in late May on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments.
Davidson's attorney declined to comment Tuesday. He was released on a $5 million bond in June, according to court records.
Prosecutors accused Davidson of securing contracts worth more than $35 million for the Traffic Group unit he ran and of arranging bribes for a top FIFA official.
The owner of Traffic Group, José Hawilla, has already pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, obstruction of justice and other charges.
Current and former CONCACAF executives comprised an outsize share of those charged by the United States in the FIFA scandal.
The Caribbean long championed former FIFA President Sepp Blatter for his support of developing countries there. However the U.S. charges have also peeled back the curtain on widespread corruption throughout the region.
CONCACAF's major sponsor The Bank of Nova Scotia in late June warned the organization it would withhold sponsorship funds unless it cleans up its act.
CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb from the Cayman Islands, his aide Costas Takkas and executive committee member Eduardo Li of Costa Rica were among seven people arrested in Zurich after the indictment was unsealed.
Former CONCACAF president Jack Warner, based in Trinidad and Tobago, is among five others indicted in the same investigation.
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When a person's appetite reduces, under-eating and weight loss commonly result. According to the "New York Times," reduced appetite may occur as a symptom of an underlying disease, such as cancer, liver or kidney disease or from psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety or depression. Infections and medications can also have a numbing effect on appetite. To reduce weight loss or boost your weight to a healthier level, increased protein intake and nutritious foods that are dense in calories are recommended. Avoid skipping meals and add snacks throughout each day that include complex carbohydrates, protein and healthy fat. Examples include fruit slices topped with cheese or peanut butter, nuts, yogurt topped with granola and vitamin-fortified protein shakes.
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