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Earn Your BSN Degree in 3 Years or Less
You want to make a difference, helping others. You want to be a nurse and we want to help you. Whether you're new to nursing or are already a Registered Nurse (RN), a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree is increasingly becoming the new standard. Hospitals seeking Magnet Status are looking to hire and encourage their current nursing staff to earn their BSN degree.
Herzing University offers three (3) BSN degree options with unique support teams to help you succeed. By earning your BSN degree at Herzing, you can accelerate into graduate nursing programs and onto advanced practice, management and nursing faculty positions.
Program Highlights
- Direct acceptance
- Programmatic accreditation*
- 3-Year BSN program, or less depending on transfer credit or prior learning
- Year round study
- Strong academic support
Learn more today!
Choose Your Path to a BSN Degree
At Herzing, you are a nursing student from the very first day you are accepted to the University. Although the average length of time for a student taking a full course load is 32 months, the time you spend in the BSN program can be reduced based on transfer credit or prior learning experience.
I am New to Nursing
Start as a nursing student from day one and earn your BSN in as little as 3 years. Upon successful completion, you'll be eligible to take the National Council Licensing Examination(NCLEX) for Registered Nurses and begin working as a registered nurse.
- Small class sizes
- Strong academic support
- Hands-on experience in high fidelity simulation on-site clinical setting
- Program pathway to continue to advance your education and nursing career
Request information to take the next step and learn more about Herzing's BSN program.Request Info
I am an RN
Take your nursing career to the next level with a BSN degree. Herzing's RN to BSN program is designed for practicing, licensed RNs and offers advanced and immediately relevant training for you to apply in your current role as a registered nurse.
Go full-time and you could finish the program in less than 12 months either online or at one of our campus locations.
- Programmatic accreditation*
- Magnet-based curriculum
- Rolling admissions
- Block transfer up to 70 semester credit hours
- Opportunity to accelerate to an MSN
I have a BS degree in another field
Prepare for a new challenging and rewarding career in nursing through Herzing University's accelerated BSN option. Designed for students who hold a non-nursing baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university, this year-round 16-month program prepares students for professional nursing practice.
- 16-month, full-time program
- Programmatic accreditation*
- Incorporates all components of a traditional BSN degree program
Upon successful completion, graduates are eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) and have a pathway to earning a Herzing MSN degree.Accelerated BSN Option
Options for Veterans, LPNs/LVNs and Students with Other Healthcare Licensure
LPN and Paramedic Option
If you are a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse, Paramedic or graduate of the Army Practical Nurse Program (68W-M6), you may be eligible to receive credits for prior learning so that you can accelerate your education and earn your BSN faster.
Option not currently available through the Atlanta campus nursing program.Explore More
Bridge to BSN
Students who hold the following licenses or certifications may be eligible to receive credit for prior learning through Herzing Orlando's Bridge to BSN program: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Paramedic | Cardiovascular Technician | Respiratory Therapist
Options not currently available through the Atlanta campus nursing program.Explore More
Fast Track to MSN - DUAL CREDIT
Qualifying students may be eligible to complete up to four graduate-level courses as part of their BSN or RN-BSN program plan at Herzing University. We offer three specialty tracks in our MSN program: Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator and Nursing Leadership and Administration.
Additional benefits of earning a Herzing BSN:
- Relevant curriculum
- High-fidelity simulation to enhance learning opportunities
- Academic resources and support to help you succeed
- Learn from credentialed faculty with real-world hospital and patient care experience
Now is the ideal time to earn a BSN degree
Ranked #15 Best Health Care Jobs of 2018 according to U.S. News & World Report
Nursing continues to be a high-growth field and according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics* employment is expected to grow 16% between 2014 and 2024. Additionally, hospitals and other healthcare organizations around the country are responding to the Institute of Medicine's call to increase their bachelor's-prepared RN staff to 80% by 2020**.
A career in nursing could be right for you, if you want to:
- Learn and work with new healthcare technologies
- Help patients understand their health issues and treatments
- Experience new challenges and opportunities
- Expand your career potential in healthcare
- Help people feel better and prevent illness
- Understand the human body and its various systems
- Teach or consult
*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014 – 2015 Edition; accessed January 14, 2016.
**Institute of Medicine. (2010). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program Curriculums
Herzing University's comprehensive BSN degree program prepares the generalist nurse with a focus on practice which is holistic, caring, safe, quality, and evidence-based client/patient care.
- Akron, Ohio - View Program Course Sheet
- Atlanta, Georgia - View Program Course Sheet
- Kenosha, Wisconsin - View Program Course Sheet
- Madison, Wisconsin - View Program Course Sheet
- Milwaukee (Brookfield), Wisconsin - View Program Course Sheet
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - View Program Course Sheet
- New Orleans - View Program Course Sheet
- Orlando, Florida - View Program Course Sheet
Herzing University's BSN pre-licensure plan is approved by the state boards of nursing in the states where it is currently offered and prepares students to take the National Council Licensing Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) upon completion of the program. Graduates who successfully pass this national examination will be eligible to practice as registered nurses in the state in which they took the examination and will also be qualified to apply for licensure in all 50 states.
The liberal arts education core provides a strong foundation for developing the clinical judgment and critical thinking skills required to provide care to diverse populations across the life-span, health-illness continuum, and in a variety of healthcare settings and to practice lifelong learning.
The general education and core nursing courses build on each other and are integrated throughout the curriculum. Theoretical instruction is integrated with clinical experience in a variety of healthcare settings in order to provide a broad, holistic, and reality-based understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a professional nurse.
Clinical experience is an integral part of Herzing's BSN programs.
Jasmin Hernandez
Earns Her Nursing Degree
Jasmin Hernandez is a first-generation college student who's on her way to graduate with her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. She knows her parents are going to be so happy to see her walk down that stage with her nursing degree.
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* The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Herzing University Akron, Atlanta, Brookfield, Kenosha, Minneapolis and Orlando are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Herzing University-Madison is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the New Orleans Campus has initial approval by the Louisiana State Nursing Board (17373 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810; 225-755-7500). Consequently, graduates are eligible to sit for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCLEX-RN) licensing exam upon successful completion of the program. Passing this exam allows graduates to apply to the State Board of Nursing for licensure as a registered nurse.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the New Orleans Campus is not accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (www.aacn.nche.edu/ccneaccreditation) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, 404-975-5000, www.acennuring.org) at this time and no representation has been made as to when or if such an accreditation will be obtained. Some employers may prefer hiring graduates from a programmatically accredited program. Students are advised to consult with employers of preference as to the importance of this accreditation on their hiring decision.


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Posted on January 08, 2016
Evening make up can be much more fun than day make up and it doesn't always follow fashion. It's mainly centred on dark colours and sparkle! Evening make up is all about drama, you want to make sure you emphasise your features so that they don't get lost in 'candlelight'.
With your evening make up you don't want to be too bland, so if you match your lipstick to your eye shadow then try to add an extra eye shadow colour on your brow bone to catch the light. Vanity and Purity work particularly well as they lift and lighten the area.
To create these looks prepare your foundation in your normal way, or follow the article on 'How to Apply Foundation' which will give you a fabulous base. Then follow one of the gorgeous looks for your eye-makeup detailed below.
Blue Mist
This look is one that incorporates many different colours. It catches the light and brightens your eyes and overall makes your eyes the centre of attention. For this look you need to use mineral loose eye shadows as it creates the perfect amount of drama.
Imagine your eye is split into 5 sections. You are going to want 5 different coloured eye shadows. The colours used are the BWC mineral loose eye shadows - Mystery, Purity, Vanity, Obsession and Envy. With this look it is a necessity to own an eye shadow brush as it's quite a delicate look. The Fine Blender Brush is ideal, but the Deep Crease Blender Brush also works well.
Starting with Mystery, ('black') apply to section 3. Now take the colour Purity ('white') and apply to section 2. For section 1, apply the shade Vanity ('nude'). Now blend sections 1, 2 and 3 together with a brush just to soften the edges. Next apply section 4 with Obsession (dark blue) and section 5 with Envy (bluey-green). Now blend the edge of section 2 with section 5 and the edge of section 5 with section 4 to avoid join lines. Add BWC Full Volume Mascara and you have finished your glamorous evening eye makeup. A little eye liner can help to make the lashes look fuller.
This look follows the same design as blue mist however, using different colours, it will create a fantastic mystical look. The colours used are Mystery and Purity (black and white). Once again you are going to need an eye shadow brush for blending. The great thing about this look is if you make a mistake it doesn't matter because it's quite a simple look but still looks sophisticated. Sections 1, 2 and 5 all have purity. Section 3 and 4 has mystery. Blend these sections together and you're almost finished. Take an eye defining eye pencil and run it along sections 4 and 5 to outline your eyes. Add mascara and you have finished this simple but brilliant look.
Purple Passion
For this evening make up look use the BWC Purple Passion Eye Shadow Duo and the BWC Mineral Loose Eye Shadow Pride. Start off with section 4, this is the section you are going to need the mineral loose eye shadow. The reason for using Pride is that it has a sparkle in it which will lighten your eyes and catch the light. Next take the dark colour in the duo eye shadow and, using the Fine Blender brush, fill in section 2 all the way round the edge of your eye. Dampening the brush will help apply a deep shade, intensify the colour and will last longer. Try to create a 'point' on the outside corner for a tidy look, as this will also make your eyes look bigger. Try to make section 2 quite a solid colour as you don't want a 'washed out' colour look. Next fill in section 1 and 3 with the lighter shade of the lilac eye shadow duo. A touch of Purity in Section 3 will make the eyes look further apart and add brightness. Now blend all sections together so that they look like they merge into each other. Apply mascara and you're done! Again a little eye liner can help to make lashes look fuller.
This look is very simple but creates a lovely very glamorous look. It is a necessity to use mineral loose eye shadows. You need the bwc colours Intrigue and Vanity (brown and a neutral colour). However first of all you need to take a bwc eye defining eyeliner pencil in black and run it along the thick red line (left). Next fill section 1 with Intrigue and section 2 with vanity. Blend slightly in the tear duct area, add heavy mascara and this simple but eye catching make up is complete.
Bright colours are actually fantastic, they can look a bit odd to wear but if used correctly they can enhance your features better than 'normal' colours. The places you want to use vibrant colours are in sections 1 and 2. This is so that it brightens and heightens your eyes. Mineral Duo Juicy Plum deep shade works really well as it will make your eyes look bigger and brighter. For section 4 use the pale shade of the duo, or shades such as Purity or Serenity and blend. For section 3 use Purity to lighten the look and make it look fresh and not too heavy. Don't forget to finish your look with your favourite mascara and eye liner!

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GCSE (9-1) Art and Design
Our specification includes only one coursework component and the Externally Set Assignment paper offers an open choice of appealing themes, visual assignments or written briefs which are suitable for any art, craft or design discipline.
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AYGÜN - About us AYGÜN, one of the leading establishment of Turkey in the field of Medical Industry, was founded in 1988. It manufactures Container Systems for sterilization, Surgical Motor Systems,
Aysam Orthopaedics and Medical Devices - About us Our company is manufacturer of internal and external orthopaedic implants for use of reconstruction and fixation of the human body bones. Since 2001
Bonegraft is a biotechnology-based company that is focusing on research on biomaterials such as bone tissue and cartilaginous tissue scaffolds in the modern laboratory of ISO Class 7 (Class
Dream Care Medical - About us Dream Care Medical is a specialized medical equipment manufacturer.The company has been focusing on the development,manufacture,sales and service of patient
We are part of a company group. Our story start as a tooling company. We were provide technical support for many medical company for improving their production quality. In 2007 our group invest for
EMPERO - About us EMPERO took its first step into the sector in 1983 with the brand of Ersöz Kitchen Equipments and in 2005 made a fast enter into the sector by uniting its 5 companies, which are
Fulwell LLC is located in the biggest commerical and cultural centre of Southeast America, the beautiful seashore city of Miami,Florida. Our primary goal is to provide high quality medical devices to
Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters' Association (IMMIB) is a professional establishment which deals with all of the export activities within regions that have a high level of export activities.
Since 1969, Mediflex has been innovating devices for surgical efficiency and retraction —to save time and cost, reduce staff and produce better surgical outcomes. FlexArmTM and StrongArmTM
Metko is a professional manufacturer of medical cables, sensors and accessories. Metko was founded in Ankara, Turkey, in 1999. The companys headquarter is in Ankara. With almost 100 employees
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Do you know of any real estate agents or offices that keep pocket listings? In case you aren't following, a pocket listing is a listing that an agent has that he doesn't want to list on MLS or some other listing service and doesn't share with other real estate agents because he wants to find a buyer himself without having to pay a co-broke. I'd like to hear about your experiences with agents that keep pocket listings. How successful were they with their pocket listing? Do you think it's an acceptable practice?
I won't get into the legal issues because I'm not a lawyer but it's not very ethical and if you've been hired by somebody to list their building for sale or lease some vacant space, that's your first priority and frankly your client deserves access to every resource you have. So what if you are going to give up half of your fee, half of a fee is better than no fee which is what you'll have if you think you can sit on a listing and wait for the prospective buyer to come to you.
I think the first and most important thing you can do when you get a new listing is to get that information out to the brokerage community and also in the case of a commercial listing to the local business community. In some cases, you even want to connect with some regional and national brokers if your listing potentially has some appeal to some regional or national companies that you don't have access to.
There is a grey area when you start sending out emails to hopefully hundreds of brokers if your database is that large because you don't want to be caught in a spam situation. You always want to put a disclaimer on the bottom of your email letting the recipient know that they can opt out of future mailings. If they don't want to receive an email from you the worst thing you can do is send them more. First it's illegal, and second it's not good business sense. You want people reading your emails that have some interest in them and can possibly share them with people that you never would have been able to contact directly. You never who knows who and where your next lead is going to come from.
Let me know if there are any other specific areas of commercial real estate that you would like to discuss. I want this site to be a resource for business owners, real estate professionals, and anybody interested in commercial real estate. I'm also interested in networking with other real estate professionals in Massachusetts so drop me a line.


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The Georgia Revolution FC is a minor league soccer team playing in McDonough, Georgia in the National Premier Soccer League. The NPSL operates in the 4th Division of the U.S. Soccer pyramid. As an NPSL team, we are eligible to participate in the U.S. Open Cup. The NPSL is the largest national league in the United States.
We are a professionally managed Club dedicated to the grassroots growth of soccer by providing high level players in the Atlanta Metro area a national platform to display their skill. We hope you support the Club by coming to a game and cheering for the team, proudly wearing your Revs Fan Gear and following our progress on social media. Thank you fans and GO REVS!
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The Educopia Institute and the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) have been awarded a grant worth over $681,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for OSSArcFlow, a project to investigate and support the adoption of open source tools for libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs). The research team will engage with 12 partner institutions to research, devise, and test various strategies for implementing three leading open source software (OSS) technologies, the BitCurator environment, ArchivesSpace, and Archivematica.
By working with institutions of multiple sizes and types, investigators will be able to glean important workflow insights that can benefit a variety of libraries and archives. Ultimately, all project information – including narratives, workflows, summary findings, training modules, and guides – will be widely disseminated to help other institutions successfully adapt OSS digital curation and preservation tools.
"We aim to make the daunting task of implementing digital curation tools more achievable for memory institutions nationally," said SILS Professor Christopher (Cal) Lee, co-principal investigator for the project. "These activities will catalyze efforts across the library and archives fields by supporting more efficient and effective digital curation programs that ensure ongoing access to our increasingly born-digital legacy for all people."
Read more at https://sils.unc.edu/news/2017/OSSArcFlow


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The Google`s I/O 2015 event is about to begin today May 28, 2015 and as before years we are expecting the presentation of what is going to be the next Android OS called M (Marshmallow). Are saying it will be also focused on profesional enterprise besides just for the personal use.
It is expected to announce a new milestone, the Android OS use in more than 1,300 million units
Maybe some novelties about the mobile payment, battery life increased could be announced.
Google wants to conquer the home. It will do so with two tools: a proposal for Android applications for home appliances that connect to each other, which in the industry is called the Internet of Things, and other content as childish.
In hardware are expected a new version of Goolge Glass ,new kind of smartwatches and the benefits of the new version of Android Wear on them and perhaps some news of the mobiles modular Project Ara that will be announced in Puerto Rico.


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Baby rhino born in Alabama zoo makes history
Alabama's Montgomery Zoo recently welcomed the first rhinoceros produced through artificial insemination to be born and thrive in a U.S. zoo. Arriving on June 5, the Indian rhino calf weighed in at 90 pounds. He has already gained more than 12 pounds.
According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Dr. Monica Stoops, a reproductive physiologist from the Cincinnati Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife, started the insemination process in February 2012. She's been working on artificial insemination in rhinos since 2004, and her previous two attempts failed. This time, she had success with a 12-year-old rhino named Jeta.
The father is a Montgomery Zoo rhino named Himal, whose sperm was collected in 2004 and stored at the Cincinnati Zoo's CryoBioBank. Even though both were living at the Montgomery Zoo, they were deemed too aggressive to mate naturally -- a common issue among rhinos.
The baby rhino is named "Ethan" in honor of Ethan Gilman, the Alabama kindergartner who was kidnapped from his school bus and held hostage for nearly a week in January.
Montgomery Zoo experts estimate that there are 60 Indian rhinos in captivity in North America and about 2,500 left in the wild. Artificial insemination offers a way to maintain genetic diversity within the species.
Similar reproductive technology was used to produce a baby white rhino at the Budapest Zoo in 2008. Others have been produced when the mother rhino was inseminated with fresh sperm, but Ethan is the second to be born using frozen and thawed sperm.


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By Sarah Glenn/Idaho State Journal
CHUBBUCK — An otherwise quiet corner of the Pine Ridge Mall is now filled with the sound of fans and the red-faced squeals of kids young and old.
This winter, cousins Steve and Brandon Brown filled thousands of square feet of empty mall space with inflatable bounce houses, ball pits and obstacle courses. Their newest business, Jump In, welcomes all ages to run, jump, roll and play on more than seven inflatable indoor playgrounds. Their most recent addition is a rope course (named the "gravity pit" and designed for older children) that dangles over a sea of black and red foam blocks.
"My favorite experience is watching dads go through the bounce houses with their kids and just have such a great time," Brandon Brown said. "Recently a woman came in who was turning 80 and she wanted to go through the obstacle course with her daughter."
Jump In has opened its doors to every age from pre-school groups to Idaho State University students.
"We wanted the whole family to be able to come," Brown said.
The joint venture adds to the lengthy list of enterprises the Browns have supported across the area. Steve Brown is a Pocatello City Council member and Brandon Brown is a known name in local insurance.
More than a business venture, Jump In aims to financially support the Brown's involvement in the P.A.S.S. (Perfect Attendance Spells Success) Program. Over the past six years, Brandon Brown says the program has boosted local graduation rates by 5 percent and encouraged students from 33 different area schools to achieve a perfect attendance record. This year, the program aims to give out about 450 mountain bikes to youths who have perfect school attendance.
"We are hoping this can help pay for the bikes," Brown said of Jump In's revenues. "The idea is to help sustain it in the long-term and participate in our community."
Each year, the P.A.S.S. Program hosts a carnival that uses the Brown's bounce houses. And while Jump In originally began as a way to put those bounce houses to good use year-round, the Browns discovered that many were too tall to fit inside the mall — meaning a major new investment in custom inflatables.
According to Brown, what customers will mostly see are inflatables that have been specifically designed to fit the space. With a wide array of playgrounds to chose from, Jump In will occasionally swap out its offerings and new inflatables will appear.
The business officially opened on Nov. 13, signing a year-long lease with the mall. The Browns hope that once Jump In gets off the ground, they will be able to sign an extended five-year lease for the space.
While a mall-based bounce house emporium is a one-of-a-kind business in Southeastern Idaho, mall management said that the Browns were not the first to think it was a profitable idea.
"He kind of brought it to our attention," said Tia Lloyd, general manager for the Pine Ridge Mall. "There were several other parties with the same intention, but he was the first to get the ball rolling on it. … I hadn't heard of it before in any of the malls I've researched, but it's a great idea and it seems to be catching on."
The Browns hope that the relationship can be beneficial not only for local families looking for family-friendly indoor fun, but also for the mall.
"We saw an opportunity to have a symbiotic relationship," said Steve Brown. "We can help to drive traffic and they can help us have a great business."
Jump In is open during regular mall hours, Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m to 9 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
An hour of jump time in the main bounce house area costs $7 per person. An extra $3 is added if customers want to play in the gravity pit (designed for older children).
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon, anyone ages 6 and under can play for up to 2 hours for $4. Day passes and party packages are also available. Day passes cost $13 or $16 if the gravity pit rope course is included.
Eventually, the squeals and giggles of children will become louder than the fans that power the inflatables — the Browns are covering the fans with specially-designed sound-muffling boxes to cut down on the noise.
Visit facebook.com/FunJumpIn for more information.


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Some pretty cakes…
Gabriel's 1st Birthday
Gabriel's Mommy did a great job planning for his big 1st birthday celebration! She knew she wanted lots of sweet treats for their guests to enjoy, so we did a cake, cake pops and cupcakes! Her set up was amazing…gumballs, candy, cake…what more could a kid ask for at his birthday party?!
Happy Birthday, Gabriel!
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Abby Cadabby for Gabby!
Little Artist
This cake was designed for Stevie, who celebrated her 2nd birthday yesterday! It doesn't seem like a whole year has gone by since I made her Winnie the Pooh cupcakes and beehive cake! A lot has changed for Stevie's family since then…she became a big sister! Her Mommy and Daddy got her a little art table for her birthday, so they planned the party around it. The design was left up to me (which I love!) and I came up with a splatter painted cake, complete with an art easel, painter's palette and paintbrush…all made by hand from fondant. This is the first Mimi's cake to travel out of state…Stevie and her family are in Omaha…her Grandma picked it up and made the delivery. 🙂
Happy Birthday, Stevie!
Jack and Charlie's Superhero cake
Jack (3) and Charlotte (1) celebrated their birthdays together over the weekend with a Superhero party! Their Mom wanted to be sure that the cake was still somewhat girly, for Charlotte. So I used their invitation as inspiration in my design, using the red and white polka dot tier for Charlotte, and the city lights bottom tier for Jack. I also added the little red bows for a little more "girly" flair. Charlie has a food allergy, so her Mom made her a special cake and I provided a special "SMASH" plaque to dress up her cake.
Happy Birthday, Jack and Charlotte!
Ok, so I literally know nothing about the Minecraft craze…so I definitely took to the internet for some ideas. In the process of making this cake, I kept asking my daughter if it looked like a Minecraft cake yet (she has played it with my nephew) and she kept saying no…she is always brutally honest…Ha! Finally, she said, "Hey, that looks like a creeper." So that's when I finally felt a sense of relief…having no clue what a "creeper" was. In the end, she said it looked just like Minecraft, and I was relieved! Both tiers were chocolate cake, filled with vanilla buttercream, iced in chocolate ganache, then covered in fondant…it was heavy!!
Happy Birthday, Hayden!
WonderWoman and Superman!
I was so excited to make these cakes for our friends, Pippa (3) and Alfie (1)! I was told the thing Pippa was most excited about for her party, was her WonderWoman cake…so the pressure was on! 🙂 It turned out great, and so did little Alfie's Superman cake. As you can tell in the pics below, he enjoyed it!
Happy Birthday, Pippa and Alfie!
Mama's Little Bug
Acen's Mommy has referred to him as her little bug since he was born. So it was a given she would plan a bug themed 1st Birthday party for him! I made the cupcakes for her baby shower shortly after I started Mimi's…I can't believe how fast the time has gone, and he's already a year old! Anyway, here are some pics…I made all the little bugs by hand from fondant. If only they were this cute in real life!
Happy 1st Birthday, Acen!


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Wild Elephant Brought Down Along Highway 48
Koh Kong Province – A third elephant sighting has occurred along Highway 48, in the area of Chi Miel Village, Andoung Tuek Commune, Botum Sakor District.
This latest elephant sighting, however, is not believed to involve the same elephant from the previous sightings. In each of the previous encounters the elephant had been unruly, had obtruded itself onto traffic, and had used its trunk to smash car windows. The male elephant in this latest instance, on the other hand, stood passively by the side of the road, which allowed wayfarers to stop to take pictures. Only then would it make an effort towards them.
Taxi drivers along the stretch of road who witnessed the event stated that from 10:00 am on the 25th of August until 9 am on the 26th of August, 2012, officials from the organization, Wild Alliance, had been monitoring the activity of the elephant for fear that it might bound out on to traffic and create chaos.
They stated that at 9 on the morning of the 26th of August, 2012, Wild Life Alliance officials finally tranquilized the elephant, but that they did not have an easy go of it. Many man hours were required to haul it off to the zoo when the shot elephant unexpectedly lumbered off from the scene before finally collapsing deep inside the forest.
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The points raised in the letter highlight glaring inequities. The injustice is so stark that the PM could do well to accept them in toto without marking it for any comments from his secretariat. In fact he may go a step further in giving them more than what they have asked. No one in this country will regret it. This is one appendage of the Government which the general public looks upto and admires.
It also raises serious doubts in the minds of the citizens of this country about the intellectual and administrative abilities of our bureaucracy. This is the state of affairs following a review of the Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations. It is also pertinent to mention that it was carried out after widespread protests against the recommendations throughout the country. What could be more worse than an ex-servicemen being humiliated to the extent that they returned their medals of bravery and good service back to the President. An opportunity was given to remedy the inequalities but sadly the facts of the matter enumerated in the letter conclusively prove that due diligence was not applied.
The Prime Minister this time should reach out to the stalwarts ignoring the dithering voices that he may hear. The country will forever remember him as a leader who behaved like a soldier who goes to war against medical advise when admitted in a hospital.
Para 7(c)is poorly drafted & vauge.It should have clearly stated "Disability Pension"(instead of compensation)to be given on %age basis to ALL disabled Veterns,as being given to civilian officials
There seems to be less care & attention paid while releasing/posting the letter since it does NOT include the date of its release .What should one call this kind of attitude/care shown by the signatories while signing the letter.
In addition , it also shows the delay in agreeing to the mutual draft approval being August to October end.
If this is the result of some serious deliberations by these high ranking signatories, I would call this callous attitude.
I wish the contents were more appealing/strong in placing their views to the PM.


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Antioxidant is a body substance which protect the body cells from being damaged caused by harmful molecules called the free radicals. These free radicals are formed from stress, pollution, chemicals and even unhealthy foods that we eat which attacks the body's healthy cells and destroy them. With antioxidants, these disease causing free radicals will then be combated and just die and eliminated by the body.
Antioxidants are found in food nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin E, lycopene, lutein and beta carotene. These are the most common sources which is from fruits and vegetables. These means that eating more fruits and vegetables or having fruits and vegetables in the diet will lower the risk in acquiring harmful diseases such as heart disease, weak immune system, declined brain function and cancer.
Antioxidants are also found in food supplements but specialist warned consumers to control intake of supplements because over dosage of such may cause harm and it may also react with other medicines more specifically those maintenance medicine. To prevent unwanted harm, it is always advisable to consult your doctor before taking any supplements.
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Airports are a country's gates. They must effectively manage and control security to ensure not only traveler and worker safety, but also national security. A&S takes a look at how airports are secured, along with their current challenges and future trends.US airports are fenced or secured with locking doors to restrict access to authorized personnel, with video covering the whole area, said Don Tennyson, A&E Business Development Manager at Pelco (a Schneider Electric company). Abnormal behavior, unauthorized access and human traffic flow are monitored by surveillance.
At an airport, three areas require high-level security — landside before check-in, airside after boarding and the apron by the runway.High-Risk Areas
US airports are fenced or secured with locking doors to restrict access to authorized personnel, with video covering the whole area, said Don Tennyson, A&E Business Development Manager at Pelco (a Schneider Electric company). Abnormal behavior, unauthorized access and human traffic flow are monitored by surveillance.
At an airport, three areas require high-level security — landside before check-in, airside after boarding and the apron by the runway.
LandsideHistorically the landside area has offered free access to the public, but landside incidents such as the 2007 attempted suicide attack at Glasgow Airport have raised the threat level, said George Redpath, Technical Director of CEM Systems (a Tyco International company). The Glasgow attack involved a propane-laden car driven through the airport's doors, resulting in measures such as restricted vehicular access.
Nonsterile sections, such as crowded check-in areas, are vulnerable and require security monitoring. These areas are watched for unusual behavior that could threaten safety, such as abandoned bags containing explosives or emergency exit doors forced open in sensitive areas.
Cameras are used by the Transportation Security Administration at portals, Tennyson said. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has its own screening system at borders, while airport police use cameras shared with security operations center.
Public areas, such as parking lots, are accessible and require close watch. Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) is used for airports, which is tied to revenue control systems for parking, said Manon Blouin, Product Manager of AutoVu IP License Plate Recognition Solution at Genetec. As parking is one of the main revenue sources for an airport, it is a priority.
Mobile ALPR can log where vehicles are in a parking facility if there are no cameras at the entry/exit lanes. With such solution, airports can reduce costs with fewer cameras, as two mobile cameras cost less than multiple lanes with multiple cameras, Blouin said. Customers can also track where parked cars are.AirsideThe airside area is located beyond check-in, restricted to passengers and staff. Passengers are required to identify themselves and undergo a rigorous check of their person and belongings. This is to prevent incidents within the airport and during the flight. Airport staff must show staff credentials with associated background checks, and be searched before entering the airside area.
Three more zones exist within airside: departure channels and lounges, arrival channels and retail. Airports must ensure arriving and departing passengers cannot mingle, before the arriving passengers are screened.
The retail areas and employee lounges are rented to retailers and airline companies, who are not managed by airport security, Wong said. Private DVR systems typically monitor these areas.Passengers are required to identify themselves and undergo a rigorous check of their person and belongings. This is to prevent incidents both within the airport and during the flight. Airport staff must show staff credentials with associated background checks, and also be searched before entering the airside area.ApronA third risk-area is at the apron with baggage handling. It is restricted to staff who work in close proximity to aircraft, requiring access control and screening.
Some large airports have more than 1,000 secure doors, such as London's Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, with a database of 100,000 staff. Airports usually have multiple buildings that must be accessible to airport operators and statutory bodies, such as immigration, customs and police.
Iris recognition can manage employees crossing from landside to airside, said Mohammed Murad, VP of Global Sales and Business Development, Iris Technology Division, LG Electronics USA. It is one of the most accurate biometric identifiers, while processing people quickly.
The baggage area is fully automated after Sept. 11. "Megapixel cameras watch both personnel and luggage, while vandal-resistant cameras embedded with image tampering analytics trigger alarms when security events occur," Wong said.
The cargo center, catering center and air traffic control must be safeguarded for the public's safety and airport operations, said Mervyn Cheah, CTO at ST Electronics. Stringent access control measures stop unauthorized people from gaining entry to secured areas, thus preventing sabotage and terrorist attacks.PerimeterGenerally, automated detection and surveillance systems are deployed for unmanned areas. Remote monitoring is performed by communication networks, Cheah said.
The largest unmanned area in an airport is its perimeter, as terminals are no longer the weakest link. "Airports have miles of perimeter fencing that protesters can climb through or drive in with vehicles," said Jason Burger, Sales and Marketing Manager of Navtech Radar. "Radar technology with fences helps to warn security personnel of incidents in advance and enables airports to utilize manned security only when needed."
With fuel prices increasing, airports must secure their fuel storage facilities, said Ian Meadows, Business Development Manager at Gallagher Security Management Systems. Airports are investing in perimeter systems that reduce fuel theft.DesignAirport planning must balance two seemingly conflicting requirements: it must maximize security and yet enhance the travel experience, Redpath said. This means that security must be thorough yet nonintrusive when possible. Installers need to make sure security elements are inconspicuous to the casual eye.
Network infrastructure plays an important role in airport planning. Cabling determines what solutions the airport deploys, as older airports with coaxial systems are restricted to analog systems, Wong said. Most new airports have Cat 6 cabling installed as a more future-proof system, which can deploy analog and IP solutions.
Sufficient bandwidth must be considered in the planning phase. Sites that use fiber optics need to specify what cables to install, such as single mode or multimode, Wong said.
User requirements and dataflow need to be analyzed before the installation of security systems. Since airport security generates large amounts of data, it must balance centralized and distributed architecture, Redpath said.IntegrationSecurity systems in airports are mission critical, manned around the clock by trained personnel, Cheah said. Security can be integrated with centralized facility management or operational monitoring systems that track passenger flows and baggage handling. For areas requiring remote management, WAN and LAN are preferred, Cheah said. IP-enabled edge devices are also favored, since they tap into the airport's IT infrastructure with minimal or no installation of cables.
Security and information systems are integrated widely in airports. They are shared throughout the airport's system, with the exception of ICE, which has its own system, Tennyson said.
Situational management integrates and correlates information from various security systems, providing a unified view. False alarms can be minimized, making security responses more efficient, Bhonker said.
Therefore, due to budget constraints, only a handful of airports are fully equipped with digital solutions. Most airport security systems are still deployed over conventional communication networks, with front-end computers on the IT network as the key interface, said Cheah.Hybrid solutions bridge the gap between digital and analog. For example, the Sydney airport is currently the most advanced airport in Australia, Wong said. There are about 1,500 cameras — mostly networked — securing the public areas. The other analog cameras are connected through encoders, resulting in a hybrid video solution.ChallengesThe most common problem for airport security is management by many parties, such as the government and different airlines. They often have different brands of equipment installed which are not integrated, Wong said. This becomes a problem for video analytics, as it is hard to track people who pass through different monitoring areas.
It is difficult to have an open solution with products from several vendors. If a camera captured an incident at a terminal gate, the control room personnel will find it difficult to locate without seamless integration of the many cameras at the gate, Wong said.Future OutlookAdvanced access control management and network surveillance coupled with video analytics are the driving forces for airport automation, Cheah said. More sophisticated security technologies will be introduced.
Video analytics will become more popular, although the number of airports deploying intelligent video is small, Tennyson said.
Lower costs are another trend. "As equipment prices drop to acceptable thresholds in the near future, we can expect more airports to be 'fully' automated, making security breaches less likely," Cheah said.
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Frank Dupree · Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz · Karl-Heinz Steffens
Trade Mark 'Bad Boy' – After all the experimental episodes the audience has faced in the field of New Music in recent decades, today the oeuvre of George Antheil will be welcomed with a great deal of sympathy and many a friendly smile. The American knew full well not only how to meet the expectations of an audience 'prepared to protest', but also how even to challenge them more overtly. An excellent example is the Jazz Symphony, written in 1925, shortly after George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (1924), that bursting the limits of the customary listening experiences of the age in a similar way to e.g. Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps of 1913.


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On a windy day in Qatar Torpedo Tom Boonen once again blew away the competition to take this second stage win of the race and edge closer to taking the overall win for the second year in a row. As the race entered the final kilometre of the stage from Lusail to Madinat all the contenders were together, but Boonen once again beat them all to the line, Napolitaon of Team Katusha came home in second place with Sky's star sprinter Edvald Boasson Hagen in third.
Boonen now lies in third place overall 1 min 45 back on the overall leader and wearer of the gold jersey, Wouter Mol of Vacansoleil, with Geer Steurs of Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 9s down on Mol. Cervelo's Heinrich Haussler heads the points competition.
The stage started with a decent tail wind so it was no surprise that some riders were keen to take advantage and an escape group of six quickly came together after about 20Km Hansen (THR), Ignatiev (KAT), Tuft (GRM), Reimer (CTT), Zahner (BMC) and Riblon (ALM), but although they were at one point more than two and a half minutes to the good they were never going to be allowed to succeed on another day set up for the sprinters. The catch was duly made after 115Km.
Pressure at the front did eventually split the pack with 25Km to go and a lead group of 14 which included race leader Mol, Fabian Cancellara, Garmin's Tyler Farrar and Napolitano of Katusha they managed to work a lead of 30 sec over the chasing group containing Boonen and Haussler. However neither man or their teams would be denied and so it all came together for the final kilometre and the big sprint in which Boonen proved the fastest once again
Top 5 Qatar Stage Five
1) Tom Boonen QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 3h 13' 00"
2) Danilo Napolitano KATUSHA TEAM 3h 13' 00" + 00' 00"
3) Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM SKY 3h 13' 00" + 00' 00"
4) Theo Bos CERVELO TEST TEAM 3h 13' 00" + 00' 00"
5) Juan Jose Haedo TEAM SAXO BANK 3h 13' 00" + 00' 00"
Overall standings after Stage 5
1) Wouter Mol VACANSOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM 13h 12' 28"
2) Geert Steurs TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-MERCATOR 13h 12' 37" + 00' 09"
3) Tom Boonen QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 13h 14' 13" + 01' 45"
4) Roger Kluge TEAM MILRAM 13h 14' 27" + 01' 59"
5) Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM 13h 14' 33" + 02' 05"
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Reviewby Carlo Santos,
Blue Exorcist
Rin Okumura was born the spawn of Satan, yet he fights on the side of good as an aspiring exorcist and student at True Cross Academy. During a school trip to Kyoto, Rin and his classmates run into an unexpected crisis: a powerful demon known as the Impure King has awakened! Worse yet, only Rin's latent power—the Satanic blue flame—is strong enough to neutralize the Impure King. It's up to Rin to take control of his flame and wipe out the demon while protecting his allies. After the battle, everyone heads to the beach ... to battle a rampaging Kraken. Of course, Rin charges in right away, but his protective twin brother Yukio is still concerned about the dangers of the blue flame. Can the students of True Cross defeat this sea monster if their most powerful weapon is forced to hold himself back?
In the end, Rin Okumura accomplishes exactly what everyone was expecting. The boy hero gains the confidence and self-control he needs, a fire god awakens from within his blade, and the Impure King goes down with a single killing blow. Just like in any adventure story, fighting spirit and heartfelt teamwork go hand in hand, and readers can walk way with a sense of satisfaction.
But that's just the first chapter. Out of five.
Due to a quirk of serialization, Volume 9 of Blue Exorcist begins with an ending—the finale to the Kyoto story arc. After such a dramatic display, anything else that follows is anticlimactic: the next chapter, where loose ends are tied up and everyone pats each other on the back, really doesn't have much to say. A brief scene between Rin's tutor Shura and school director Mephisto Pheles suggests that there is a more sinister purpose to everything that's going on, but this is obviously a plot point for another time.
Since there's no way to top Rin's accomplishments in Kyoto (at least for now), Kazue Kato does the smart thing and scales back the story for the next few chapters. In fact, the next arc starts out as a humorous trick: look everyone, here comes the obligatory beach episode, with swimsuits galore! But Blue Exorcist is not the type to throw about filler chapters, and this seaside escapade turns into an intense battle against a rogue sea monster. It's a pleasant throwback to simpler times, when Rin and friends were assigned to one-off missions to hone their skills. Unfortunately, the supporting cast doesn't get much time in the spotlight, owing to the fact that this battle is designed for compactness—over and out within three chapters.
Instead, brothers Rin and Yukio are the focus here, as the two boys (along with herbalist and much-needed peacemaker Shiemi) find themselves isolated from the others. The trio wanders into an offshore cave, which adds exploration to the adventure, and a couple of deities lurking within expands the series' spiritual world. But these discoveries are simply a complement to the storyline's true purpose, which is to air out the brothers' conflicting feelings. It's not exactly a complex debate, as the same point has already been repeated before: Rin is raring to fight, but Yukio sees him as a disaster waiting to happen. The imperfect resolution after the battle is intriguing, though—Rin may have saved the day, but Yukio still has his doubts, and this uncertainty could play into future storylines.
Although the storyline shifts from earth-shattering climax all the way down to seaside frolic, and then back up to a sea-monster showdown, the artwork stays consistently polished. Rin's defeat of the Impure King is the supreme showpiece, with detailed linework capturing the glow of his blue flame, and expansive page layouts that emphasize the sense of scale. The battle with the Kraken is less extreme, but still enjoyable—the team's various fighting tactics (Yukio with a sniper rifle, Shiemi summoning plant spirits) keep the visuals interesting. Rin delivering the final blow with his all-conquering sword makes for a predictable sight, but few can complain when he does it with such flair. Character designs are another strong point, with a wide range of appearances and outfits among the main cast of exorcists. This action-oriented visual style is less effective during dialogue scenes, however—ordinary conversations sometimes get too messy for their own good, the result of trying to make every moment a jam-packed battle when it would be perfectly okay to lay back and space out the art a little.
Then again, it's not like dialogue is the highlight of Blue Exorcist anyway. Aside from Rin and Yukio's pitched arguments, and the regal proclamations of the gods they meet, the script is pretty bland—people are typically engaged in casual chatter or issuing tactical commands. The translation avoids making this any more complex than it needs to be, with most characters speaking in a straightforward manner. If anything, the sound effects show more personality—any action series comes with a lot of noisy moments, and while it's tiring work to edit each occurrence of Japanese text into English, the effort pays off in this volume, with creative lettering and placement that suits the artwork. Even the ornamented font that represents how the gods speak is a clever touch.
After the sheer magnitude of the battle for Kyoto, it would be understandable if Volume 9 of Blue Exorcist were just a casual transition to the next story arc. But a monster-slaying seaside mission proves that even apparent filler and fanservice can lead to a legitimate, if smaller-scale, adventure. This does have its downsides, though: Rin and Yukio's disagreements fail to reveal anything new, and at least one chapter before that is wasted on just milling about and having fun. Even without any plot-altering twists, though, this volume offers enough entertainment value, whether it's through flashy spirit-powered battles or the personal struggles of the main characters. As for Rin's ultimate destiny?—well, he'll get plenty more time to figure that out.
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Story : C+
Art : B+
+ Puts the final touch to the series' most ambitious arc yet, and still manages to spin out another, smaller-scale adventure with lots of visual thrills.
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The Yankees re-entered an orbit not of their liking last night when they lost for the fourth time in five games, something unheard of since the first five games of their otherwise spectacular season.
The team that dared deface the Yankees' wondrous summer was Detroit, which pushed across a run in the 17th inning to win a 5-hour-50-minute marathon, 4-3, at Yankee Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader.
Hideki Irabu was given the task of saving the Yankees' pitching staff in the second game, and he did so grandly, pitching deep into the game en route to a 4-3 victory that kept New York from losing five of six games for the first time this season.
His performance, impressive evidence of his continuing maturation, energized an exhausting marathon that began at 4:06 P.M. and ended at 1:17 this morning. When Mariano Rivera secured his 25th save by getting Brian Hunter to ground out to second, it was the Tiger center fielder's 13th at-bat without a hit on the night -- and set a major league record for futility in a doubleheader.
The Yankees' loss in the first game was made more surreal by the numbers: they were held scoreless in the final 14 innings, and they stranded 22 runners, one short of the franchise record set in 1927. From the 10th inning on, they stranded 12 runners.Continue reading the main story
The teams combined to use 15 pitchers, eight by the Tigers, and had Manager Joe Torre of the Yankees contemplating sending either catcher Joe Girardi or infielder Luis Sojo to the mound.
The 17-inning opener matched the longest game in the major leagues this season. But it was not the longest game in either franchise's history. Detroit played the Philadelphia Athletics to a 1-1 tie that took 24 innings exactly 53 years ago today. The Yankees played 22 innings against the Tigers on June 24, 1962, a game that took seven hours.
Last night's game was the longest for the Yankees since an 18-inning affair against the Tigers 10 years ago.
The Yankees were losers this time when Darren Holmes, their seventh pitcher, yielded three singles in the 17th. The last single, by Joe Randa, scored Luis Gonzalez, the first Tiger runner to reach scoring position since the ninth inning. That was indicative of the near-perfect pitching by the recently troubled Yankees relievers.
But Holmes faltered, allowing a one-out single to Gonzalez, a two-out single to Paul Bako, then the tie-breaking one to Randa, who had three of the Tigers' 14 hits. Holmes fell to 0-3, while the Tigers' A. J. Sager (3-1) picked up the victory with two scoreless innings.
That Detroit pushed across its first runner to reach second base in extra innings was in contrast to the Yankees' wasted opportunities. The home club was hitless in its last 16 opportunities with runners in scoring position.
''We left 322 guys or whatever it was,'' Torre lamented. ''We had a great opportunity to win the game.''
The Yankees' second straight loss to the Tigers gave them, at that point, their worst slump since they were swept in two games in Anaheim to start the season and then lost the openers of the next two series, in Oakland and Seattle.
The stall, small by comparison with most other clubs' this season, was still readily apparent as the number of Yankees left on base mounted in last night's opener. It began as a trickle, as Seth Greisinger, the Tiger starter, marooned five runners through six innings.
Then a youthful and little-known Tigers relief corps really frustrated the Yankees, allowing runners to reach but protecting the plate remarkably well.
From the eighth inning through the 12th, Yankees batters reached base 12 times. All were left on. Three were stranded in the eighth when Doug Brocail, on to clean up a bases-loaded mess inherited from Sean Runyan, caught Jorge Posada looking at strike three, then induced Chad Curtis to ground out.
The Yankees stranded another three in the 10th. Scott Brosius, facing Todd Jones, went to the plate with three on and one out and hit a slow grounder toward second. Randa made a smart pickup just past the mound despite being screened by Jones and threw cleanly to home plate for the force on Tim Raines. Chuck Knoblauch, 0 for 5 to that point, lined to right to end the inning.
The Yankees loaded the bases again in the 12th, but against Doug Bochtler. He survived a single by Raines and two walks when Derek Jeter lined out to the warning track in right.
When asked whether the dearth of hitting with runners on was a concern, Torre insisted it was not.
''It's frustrating, but the guys can only do what they can do,'' he said.
What had to frustrate the Yankees, though, was that their pitching was so spectacular. David Wells, after missing a start with an infected big right toe, allowed only three runs in the first six and two-thirds innings. The Tigers drove Wells from the game in the seventh with two runs, the first on a single by Geronimo Berroa, a double by Gabe Alvarez and a groundout. But Wells left ahead by 3-2. Ramiro Mendoza came on and induced a grounder. But the ball found right field. Randa, the batter, had a run-scoring single, and the Tigers had the tie. It stayed that way for nine more innings.
In the second game, Irabu, now 9-3 for the season and 4-0 in his career against the Tigers, limited Detroit to one run on three hits through seven innings. The Tigers broke through in the eighth on a single by Damion Easley and an upper-deck home run to right by Bobby Higginson.
But the Yankees had a four-run lead that the Tigers could not overcome. The Yankees, having not scored since the third inning of the first game, stopped the skid in the third inning of the second game when Jeter drove in a run with a single. The hit was the sixth of the night for Jeter, who played every inning.
The Yankees added three runs against the Tigers' starter, Bryce Florie, an inning later, converting singles by Curtis and the reserve Sojo and errors by Easley and Randa. Homer Bush added three hits to the Yankees' attack, much to the joy of those remaining from the crowd of 36,285.
JOSE CARDENAL, who was hit in the head by a throw during Sunday's game, did not coach at first base for the Yankees last night after complaining of dizziness. A CAT scan performed last night was negative.Continue reading the main story


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|803 cc
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|88 x 66 mm
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|55 kW (75 hp) @ 8,250 rpm
|68 Nm (50 lb-ft) @ 5,750 rpm
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Overview of Icon Transmission
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We publish this article for all the new comers and "some of the
old" of the eleven meterband.
DO enclose a
self-addressed envelope, approx 145mm by 90mm.
DO enclose one IRC
(new type marked "airmail"). A dollar bill is (at the
moment) cheaper to buy than an IRC and can be easily obtained
from a bank or Travel agent. For USA replies $10 worth of US
stamps (current rate 50c) go along way if you send a $10 bill to
a friendly American asking him to buy them for you. Remember that
in a lot of "out of the way" places IRCs are worthless.
DO use a self
adhesive own address label, without mention of amateur radio, on
the reverse of the envelope you are mailing.
DO fold your
self-addressed envelope over the IRC/$ with the address
DO use interesting
QSL cards with your QSO information on the same side as the
callsign and write a few remarks on the card.
DO NOT include
callsign in the address to which you are sending.
DO NOT make
reference to amateur radio on the envelope.
DO NOT use
attractive special issue postage stamps, as these can be removed
and used in exchange for goods in some countries, with your QSL
DO NOT keep sending
dollar bills or IRC's if you do not get a reply. Why should
anyone reply if he keeps receiving your money!?
DO NOT alter errors
on cards it looks untidy and some award authorities may not
accept them. Make a fresh card out, the DX station may need your
card also.
These few basic rules go along way in making sure your QSL
arrives at itdestination and is dealt with promptly. When a
reasonable amount of time has passed and the above rules have
been followed, questions may be asked, but not before. Remember
your card is probably one of hundreds received and to expect a DX
station (after the expense of the DX-pedition) or QSL manager to
find funds for return postage is somewhat naive.
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GroupWise 6 Deployment Guide - Section 3
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Section 3: Leveraging GroupWise Features
Internet Proxy Access
GroupWise 6 enables remote users to directly access their mailbox without having to authenticate to a VPN server or other firewall solution. With Internet Proxy Access, users can directly access all GroupWise collaboration services as if they were inside the firewall.
Deployment of GroupWise 6 Internet Proxy Access requires the following tasks:
- Configure proxy IP addresses for each GroupWise post office that will be accessed by remote users.
- Configure a DNS entry for NGWNAMESERVER.
- Enable a GroupWise MTA for Live Remote Proxy and expose it through the firewall.
- Publish the proxy POA addresses to users.
These specific tasks are reviewed below.
Configuring Proxy IP Addresses
To configure and enable proxy IP addresses for all GroupWise post offices that need to be accessed outside the firewall, the following steps must be performed.
- Identify the IP addresses and ports of the GroupWise POA for each post office.
This can be obtained from the POA object in NDS on the Network Address page of the POA object.
- Set up a proxy for that address and open the firewall for the proxy.
You must decide whether you will use a generic proxy service that is provided by Novell Border Manager or other software or a hardware device like an L4 switch. You will have to assign the proxy IP address to the proxy device and then configure the device to forward any TCP or UDP requests through your inner firewall to the POA's IP address and port.
- Add the proxy IP address to the GroupWise POA object's NDS configuration.
In ConsoleOne, modify the POA object and add the proxy IP address information to the Proxy Server Address field in the Network Address, TCPIP Address dialog.
- Verify that the GroupWise client can connect to the POA using the proxy IP address.
Launch a GroupWise client with the /@u-? command line option. (c:\novell\grpwise.exe /@u-?) Type in the name of a user on the post office you are testing; and in the TCPIP address line, specify the proxy IP address.
- Create a DNS entry for one of the POA's proxy IP address. Choose one that is configured on port 1677. This POA will serve to process batch mode requests.
Configuring a DNS entry for NGWNAMESERVER
If you are providing DHCP services with IP addresses located outside of your corporate firewall, you can configure GroupWise to automatically locate its services. GroupWise clients connecting from workstations serviced by DHCP will automatically find their home POA without any configuration required by the users.
To accomplish this you must create a DNS entry of NGWNAMESERVER in the DNS domain for the domain distributed by DHCP. This DNS entry must point to the proxy IP address of a GroupWise post office. You may also create an entry for NGWNAMESERVER2, and point that to a different GroupWise post office in order to provide some redundancy.
If the GroupWise client is ever unable to connect or does not know how to connect to its POA, it will attempt to connect with a POA with a DNS name of NGWNAMESERVER. The network client will append the DNS domain name it is using to NGWNAMESERVER to resolve this name. Failing resolution of this name, the client will try to resolve NGWNAMESERVER2 in like manner.
Enabling a GroupWise MTA for Live Remote proxy
- Set up a proxy address for an MTA in your system on port 80.
- Point this address to an MTA running on a server inside your firewall.
- Open the firewall for the proxy.
- Add the /liveremote-[port] switch to the startup file of the MTA and restart it.
- Create a DNS entry, such as gmail-remote.novell.com, that points to the proxy IP address.
Note: This is a different configuration than was used for the GroupWise 5.5 Enhancement Pack.
Publishing Information to Users
The GroupWise client will not automatically detect POA proxy addresses. Therefore, publish the DNS entry for the POA that will service remote users. Tell users to use the POA's DNS entry for Online and Caching mode connections if they are unable to connect on a network with a registered NGWNAMESERVER entry for their DNS domain. You will also have to explain how to use DNS entries to create additional connection definitions in the remote client.
Implementing Smart Caching
While other factors may come into play, performance thresholds are typically not your limiting factor when running in Caching mode. Your most significant consideration is workstation disk space. Because everything is stored on the user's hard drive, each user's available disk space needs to be considered before moving to Caching mode. Disk space becomes even more of a consideration if you implement the GroupWise client's local backup options.
When initially implementing Smart Caching, the server copies each user's mailbox to a local drive. This process, referred to as "priming," would overload the server if the system attempted to copy all user mailboxes simultaneously. Therefore, by default, priming activities are limited to no more than 20 percent of the server's threads to avoid the possibility of overloading the server (administrators can reduce or increase this percentage if necessary). Administrators can further manage priming by incrementally implementing Smart Caching on a user, post office, or domain basis.
Once a user's mailbox is primed, the user can manually switch between Online, Caching, and Remote modes by selecting a mode option from the drop-down list on the client toolbar (the administrator also has the option of locking users into a specific mode). When users switch to or from Online mode, they are prompted to exit and restart GroupWise before the mode takes effect. Transitions between Caching and Remote mode are made on the fly.
For employees who travel, you can force them to Caching mode and their system will manage itself between remote and online mode. Essentially, when a connection is available, the workstation automatically goes online every five minutes and syncs the workstation with the master mailbox. It also goes online when the user sends a message, does a Busy Search, or proxies another user's account. When a connection is not available, the workstation operates in remote mode.
System Synchronization
When a user connects via Caching mode, the client automatically checks the user's master mailbox on the server and it syncs data between the two sources. However, the user can manually force a sync by selecting Accounts > Send/Retrieve.
By default, messages, tasks, appointments, and GroupWise client options automatically synchronize between the master and cached mailboxes. There are, however, instances in which the master and cached mailboxes do not automatically synchronize. For example, while changes made to address books in Caching mode are automatically uploaded to the master mailbox, changes made to address books in Online mode are not automatically downloaded to the cached address book. Users must manually update their cached address book by going into their personal or system address book and clicking View > Retrieve Address Books.
The same principle applies to Rules. All rules defined in Caching mode are automatically uploaded to the Master mailbox; however, rules created in Online mode must be manually retrieved to the cached mailbox. Users can click Rules > Refresh to download rules from master mailbox to the cached mailbox.
Another element that does not automatically synchronize is status information. To optimize client downloads, status information is not downloaded with new messages. Instead, it is dynamically retrieved when users go into a message's Properties menu.
Consolidating Servers
With new enhancements such as disk space management, Caching mode, more efficient database maintenance, and client/server user moves, GroupWise 6 requires fewer domains and post offices than previous versions of GroupWise. Because server consolidation ultimately reduces your overall hardware expenses and administration overhead, you should seriously consider consolidating your existing post offices and domains when deploying GroupWise 6.
Before consolidating servers, you must determine which servers to consolidate and how many users to put on each server. The best way to approach these decisions is by systematically implementing the GroupWise 6 consolidation features and observing the ensuing results. The most useful benchmarks to monitor are server utilization, messages in queues, pending client/server requests, post office directory size, time required for backup/restore, and, of course, user feedback.
For example, total client/server requests processed divided by uptime indicates the load your server is currently handling. Identify this benchmark before implementing any of the GroupWise 6 consolidation options to get a good feel for the average load your server is handling under the existing GroupWise configuration. Then, after implementing GroupWise 6 consolidation options like Smart Caching, take this benchmark again to measure the overall effect on your server's load. You can then use the difference in the two benchmarks to determine if you can consolidate post offices on the server.
You can gather the information you need to consolidate servers in three basic phases:
- Deploy GroupWise 6 at the Post Office Agent (POA) and all clients.
- a. Collect Benchmarks or verify that the server is stable and performing well.
- a. Deploy the GroupWise 6 TSA and enable Smart Purge.
The GroupWise 6 TSA interacts with your backup software to perform reliable backups without bringing down your GroupWise system. SmartPurge does not allow messages to be purged until they are backed up so you have an accurate archive of every message sent within your organization
You should definitely backup your post office databases using the GroupWise TSA to ensure you get a good backup. Using SmartPurge is optional.
- b. Apply Mailbox Quotas.
Applying mailbox quotas allows you to control the amount of disk space used by user's mail. Before setting limits, the administrator should run GWCheck to determine current usage and then apply limits based on that usage.
An average mailbox size for a large company is in the range of 150 to 200 MB. You may also want to consider a message attachment size limit. GroupWise handles large attachments if the network connections are good. Consider limits in the range of 50 to 100 MB.
- c. Implement Smart Caching.
Smart Caching should be handled as a two-stage process. First, uses must be educated on the features, differences, and benefits of Caching mode. Second, migrate users to Caching mode. The migration can occur by randomly forcing a post office to change to Smart Caching or by first converting remote users and then working through a list of designated users until all users are running in Caching mode. The second migration approach provides the best success.
- d. Run GWCheck with the Expire After Download feature enabled.
The Expire After Download feature removes messages from the master mailbox after they have been downloaded to the workstation's cached mailbox. If you have wireless or WebAccess clients, they will not be able to read messages after they expire. When using this option with wireless or WebAccess clients, consider setting the expiration to no more than 30 days.
e. Collect benchmarks or verify that the server is stable and performing well.
- a. Using the benchmarks or server information you have gathered, weigh the advantages and limitations of each consolidation feature against the server performance and determine where you would like to be in terms of consolidating your system's servers. Continue adding users as long as the server is handling the load and the CPU continues to have additional capacity.
Configuring LDAP Authentication
GroupWise 6 POAs can authenticate users using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This means GroupWise users can authenticate against NDS and Netscape iPlanet Directory as well as Active Directory.
To configure LDAP, follow these steps:
- In ConsoleOne, right-click the Post Office object and select Properties.
- Click GroupWise > Security to display the Security page.
- For Security Level, select High.
- In the High Security Options box, select LDAP Authentication.
- Click the pencil icon > specify the IP address or DNS host name of the LDAP server > specify the LDAP port > click OK.
- Specify the user name that the POA can use to authenticate to the LDAP server. Having the POA authenticate to the LDAP server is faster and requires fewer connections than if each GroupWise client user individually authenticates to the LDAP server.
- If the LDAP user name requires a password, click Set Passwords and set the password.
- If the LDAP server uses SSL, select Use SSL > browse to and select the SSL key file generated by the LDAP server.
- Click OK to save the LDAP settings.
ConsoleOne then notifies the POA to restart so the new settings can be put into effect.
There are basically three types of LDAP authentication:
- Internal-The GroupWise account is linked to an NDS User object. Consequently, GroupWise authenticates the user with their NDS username and password. GroupWise accounts are linked to NDS User objects by default. Therefore, this type of LDAP authentication is the easiest to configure.
- Internal but authenticating against external-The GroupWise account is linked to an NDS User object, but the user authenticates against an external Directory.
- External-The GroupWise account is not linked to an NDS object; the user authenticates against an external Directory. Therefore, you must create GroupWise external entities in NDS for each of your users and specify the user's LDAP authentication ID in the LDAP Authentication field in the object's GroupWise Account page.
GroupWise Document Management Services
- If you plan to implement document-sharing services, follow these general guidelines:
- In placing libraries, create LAN-local rather than Post-Office-local libraries.
- When configuring your libraries, disable TurboFAT on all servers with post offices and/or libraries and assign the "manage" right to GroupWise administrators and power users.
- If you have implemented Smart Caching, the GroupWise librarians should not run in Caching mode because the Mass Document Operation is not available in Caching mode.
- If you are using GroupWise document sharing services, enable QuickFinder indexing on all your post offices. Indexing is far less "expensive" than a few complicated scan searches.
- In implementing QuickFinder indexing, do not dedicate the indexing station. Current hardware speeds are so fast that a dedicated indexing station will throw file locking errors.
- Schedule indexing so it does not occur during peak hours.
You can also download the full .pdf version of this new Deployment Guide here: www.novell.com/info/collateral/docs/4621213.01/4621213.pdf
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