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Dayum, this is impressive progress indeed! Oo
Whoa, this is amazing!
That's awesome! Wow, all of that practice paid off!
I'm excited to see next year's sample.
I found out I'm getting a promotion at work today
So you win Writer's Camp AND get a promotion? Damn girl, that's called a good day
Right? A very good day
not art related but mom made fried chicken for lunch so i'm in a p good mood
and @Peni congrats on the win and the promotion!
@VibrantFox cant argue with fried chicken for lunch!
I'm just glad that this mysterious pain in my left bicep & delt is going away- from Friday afternoon to Sat night this pain had been plaguing my arm; I could barely lift & stretch it.
Something wonderful happened yesterday on that Discord server I'm in with other Tapas creators : we decided to show @LortiaMJB the love he deserves for his comic, Sage's Sunset and got him up to 209 likes in an hour, and he was sooo happy it was amazing! You gotta love that Tapas community and solidarity <3
That's really amazing!
It really was! So much love, for such an underrated comic :3 it deserves mooaaarrrrr
@Peni Congratulations! As for me I'm pretty grateful I reached 400 subscribers some weeks ago *jaw dropped...that was really hard to believe for me. And I also just released a collab webtoon (my first one) with a very talented artist and the feedback has been positive so far so it calmed down my nerves a little Naan and chicken for lunch and leftover pizza for dinner is definitely a plus XD.
Congrats on your success with your new project
today i and my mum walked roughly 4 miles. i'm both shocked and somewhat proud to have managed to survive.
Today is my comic`s first aniversary!!! (and just remembered the gloating tread existed)
WOOO! Congrats
I'm about 5 strips away from having enough buffer space to finish off the rest of this year. I'm hoping to finish the last 5 tomorrow after I get home from work.
Less I do decide to do that one special strip I've been thinking about...
I got my art teacher to supervise a potential comics club at my school
my comic Mirror Monster is really/pretty close to 100 subscribers
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I'm trying to figure out how I should designate my third octet of Bloodletters.
My first octet is unmarked: no blood splatters.
My second octet has a bloody left hands.
The question is: where do I place the third octet's blood splatters?
- I could play it safe, and make their right hands bloody.
- I could be somewhat more exciting and make their faces bloody... but I'm not quite sure how bloody.
- Some third option?

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City OKs tech tax break benefit deals for 5 companies
San Francisco on Wednesday approved deals for five tech companies, including Twitter, to continue receiving a tax break for locating in the slowly re-emerging Mid-Market and Tenderloin areas as the city tries to spread the benefits of the tech boom.
The agreements specify a package of community benefits the companies must provide to the surrounding neighborhood, including volunteer hours, cash donations to nonprofits and thresholds for purchases from local businesses. But they also come after an advisory panel, in nonbinding votes earlier this month, voted down all but one of the deals as unsatisfactory.
"It's not surprising," Peter Masiak, chairman of the community advisory committee, said after the agreements were signed. "I didn't expect when we voted 'no' ... that that would result in those companies not getting the tax break."
Masiak and several of his colleagues said their votes were intended both to protest the lack of information about how much money the companies were saving under the tax break and to show displeasure with the lack of binding language and measurable commitments in some of the deals, including vague wording about "encouraging" employees to volunteer.
"I wanted language that was measurable," Masiak said.
Many of those recommendations, though, were incorporated into the final deals, said City Administrator Naomi Kelly, who is responsible for signing off on the agreements.
"Those agreements represent over $600,000 in cash investments, thousands of volunteer hours and specific commitments to the Tenderloin and Central Market," Kelly said in a statement.
Twitter, for example, will increase its donations from $75,000 last year to $388,000 this year, plus commit to purchasing $500,000 worth of goods and services at local merchants, according to its agreement.
The only agreement the advisory committee approved of was for Zendesk, the customer-service software firm that, beyond being praised for its charitable efforts, was the only company to disclose how much the tax holiday has benefited it - roughly $380,000.
Federal privacy rules prevent the city from disclosing tax information for individual companies, but combined, the city treasurer said the Mid-Market tax break had cost the city $1.9 million through the end of 2012. Tax figures for 2013, which included Twitter's lucrative initial public offering, are not yet available.
Community benefit agreements with two other companies - digital music service Spotify and Advisor, which handles back-office operations for young startup companies - have yet to be finalized in advance of a Jan. 31 deadline.
A higher bridge: Itching to tell someone what you think about plans to raise tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge - possibly up to $8 in 2018?
Here's your chance. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is holding public meetings to gather comments on four different toll increase proposals, as well as gathering comments online.
On Wednesday night, a meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Petaluma Community Center, 320 N. McDowell Blvd. in Petaluma. On Thursday, the show moves to the city side of the bridge to the Gatehouse at Fort Mason, 2 Marina Blvd. A formal public hearing, complete with stenographer, will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 in the San Rafael City Council Chambers at 1400 Fifth Ave.
The earliest the district's Board of Directors can consider a toll hike is its Feb. 28 meeting. The soonest the toll - now $5 for FasTrak users and $6 for those who pay by license plate - could go up is April 7, said bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie.
The district says it needs the toll increase to fill a projected budget gap of $142 million over the next five years.
The cheapest option would raise tolls for drivers using the FasTrak electronic payment system from the current $5 to $5.50 in April and then to $5.75 in July 2015, $6 in July 2016, $6.25 in July 2017 and $6.50 in July 2018. Drivers not using FasTrak would see the toll rise to $6.50 in April, $7 in 2015, $7.25 in 2016, $7.50 in 2017 and $8 in 2018.
On the high side, there would be a $6 toll in April for electronic payers that, beginning in July 2016, would rise in annual increments to $7 by 2018. Similar increases would boost tolls for other drivers to $8.
The full set of toll plans can be seen on the district's website: http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal 2014.php
- Michael Cabanatuan
Early line: Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has raised more than $450,000 for his race for the state Assembly and is touting a poll, conducted by his campaign, that shows him with a 12-point lead over his colleague and opponent, Supervisor David Campos.
Getting their message out is going to be the main challenge for both candidates, however: The telephone poll also found that 38 percent of likely voters are still undecided, more than the number supporting either candidate.
The poll of 506 likely voters was conducted in January and has a plus-or-minus margin of error of 4.4 percent. It found Chiu with support from 37 percent and 25 percent favoring Campos.
Fundraising numbers show that as of Dec. 31, Chiu had raised $450,655 from 841 contributors. And we know how Chiu's campaign will be attempting to paint him as it introduces him to voters this year: It also asked poll respondents whether they would prefer "an outspoken activist" or a "practical problem solver" - 72 percent preferred the latter.
Chiu, who is Chinese American, is seen as more of a moderate (at least by San Francisco standards) in the race to replace progressive standard-bearer Tom Ammiano. Campos, a Guatemalan American who is gay, is seen as more liberal.
- Marisa Lagos
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How to Clean a Dishwasher—For Sparkling Crockery Every Time
You can't expect a filthy dishwasher to produce pristine dishes, so you will need to clean it every once in a while. With our exhaustive guide, nothing gets missed
You might think this hard-working appliance is self-cleaning, but it will collect food debris and soap residue over time. Did you know, for example, that each month, 1kg of greasy residue passes through a dishwasher.
Clean it regularly and this will prevent mucky stuff building up and causing problems. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to clean a dishwasher, and we've thrown in some extra tips on how to keep it pristine between MOTs.
How to clean a dishwasher – the kit you'll need
- Sheets of old newspaper
- Hot, soapy water or a vinegar-water solution
- A pointed implement, such as a skewer, toothpick or tweezers
- Old toothbrush
- Multipurpose cleaner
- Microfibre cloth
1. Start by cleaning your dishwasher with a hot wash
Turn on your dishwasher, remove any dirty dishes or cutlery and run a hot-wash cycle. When it has finished, turn the dishwasher off at the mains and open the door fully. Spread newspaper on the floor in front of it to catch any drips.
2. Empty the dishwasher
Take out any baskets and cutlery holders/trays that can be removed, and soak them in hot, soapy water. If they are very greasy, use a solution that's one part vinegar to five parts water.
3. Clear the drain
Choose a small pointed tool, such as a toothpick or tweezers,t clear debris from the water holes on the spinning arms, as blocked rotators will affect water circulation. If your machine has a filter, pull it out and clean off any debris. Soak it in soapy water, then rinse it through.
4. Inspect the dishwasher floor
Pull out the bottom rack and look at the dishwasher floor, especially the drain, and remove any build-up. Using a toothbrush and a multipurpose cleaner, scrub the drain well, then rinse. Also check the sides and hinge areas. Wipe down the door with a cloth and multipurpose cleaner, taking care to clean around the buttons.
5. Examine the rubber gasket
Keep an eye on stickiness building up in the rubber gasket around the door. Wipe regularly with a damp cloth.
6. Prevent food from building up
If you aren't putting the machine on immediately, rinse crockery before loading so that food doesn't dry onto it. Pour a cup of vinegar into the bottom and run on a normal cycle every so often to clean out any food particles that have built up.
7. Finish the job
Place the clean removable racks back inside the dishwasher and run a short cycle to finish the deep clean.


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City rejects vent, OKs new backhoe
(Local News ~ 01/21/03)
Despite a plea from McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham and Police Chief Ike Brown, a request for an exhaust ventilation system for the fire station garage bay was rejected 3-2 by the McCook City Council Monday night. Harpham told the council the exhaust system was needed for the safety of both police and fire personnel...
Bad timing
(Column ~ 01/21/03)
Dear Editor, I just had to jot a note to tell (Gloria Masoner) how neat and very intelligent (her) "Glory Daze" article "Let the dogs out" was in the Thursday issue of the Gazette. Boy, how true! The Legislature has a big problem before them and I don't know how we got such a huge deficit so quickly -- I didn't do much research at this point, but we must have goofed someplace!...
Ike's warning
(Column ~ 01/21/03)
Dear Editor, I have taken note of the fact that two highly celebrated holidays in our country are the birthdays of Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King -- both of whom condemned violence as a solution to human problems. While worshiping at the shrine of these two apostles of peace, we follow the lead of "a popular president" who advocates war (a form of terrorism) against a country which has never attacked the United States and does not now nor ever has had any weapon of mass destruction which we do not have.. ...
TeleFuture event offers growth ideas
(Column ~ 01/21/03)
They say when life deals you a lemon, make lemonade. The longer we live, the more stories we hear about those who have overcome diversity in some way. A recent news broadcast, for example, concerned a Kansas beef packing plant which had recently been purchased out of bankruptcy, and which planned to reopen...
Iraq's future
(Column ~ 01/21/03)
Dear Editor, Why? Why? Why? Why is Iraq going to be totally destroyed? Jeremiah 50:25 says, "The Lord has opened up His armory and has brought forth (the nations who unknowingly are) the weapons of His indignation and wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has work to do in the land of the Chaldeans (Iraq)." So its the Lord that will bring about the destruction of Babylon...
Saying goodbye
(Local News ~ 01/21/03)
Jarrod Schmoker of McCook says goodbye to his wife, Kerri, and 31/2-month-old son, Mason, at the National Guard Armory this morning. Schmoker and 10 fellow guardsmen from the McCook unit are included in the deployment of Nebraska's 1057th Light/Medium Transportation Co. ...
Baby prizes
(Local News ~ 01/21/03)
Marcy Rodriguez (left), the mother of the 2003 McCook Daily Gazette's New Year's Baby, holds her new daughter, Analise Crystal Hernandez, while she accepts a package of gifts from Donna Houghtelling of the McCook Daily Gazette. Looking on is Analise's older sister, Olivia (center), and her cousin, Esperanza. ...
Opponents set for game
(Local News ~ 01/21/03)
The Harlem Ambassadors will be rolling into town Friday for what promises to be a fun-filled family night of great basketball, half-time high jinks and an important message for the younger generation. The Ambassadors will arrive in McCook Friday and plan to take their anti-drug message to McCook Public Schools Friday at 10:30 p.m. St. Pat's students will then hear the message at 2 p.m...
King's message? Loving each other
(Local News ~ 01/21/03)
Reginald Halsey Jr. explained Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech to McCook kindergartners and first graders Monday. "Basically, it means loving each other, no matter what color they are on the outside," Halsey said. "What counts is on the inside."...
Eleanor M. Seberger
(Obituary ~ 01/21/03)
COZAD -- Eleanor M. Seberger, 89, of rural Cozad, died Sunday (Jan. 19, 2003) at her home. She was born Feb. 4, 1913, to George and Mary Prentice at Hebron. Her grade-school years were spent in Pondera County, Mont., on a homestead her parents bought in 1917. The family moved to Lincoln in 1926, and she attended Cathedral High School there. She was a 1933 graduate of the University of Nebraska School of Journalism and worked for three Lincoln newspapers, and in a farm loan office...
Elsie I. Collison
(Obituary ~ 01/21/03)
CAMPBELL -- Elsie I. Collison, 97, died Monday (Jan. 20, 2003) at the Grandview Manor Nursing Home in Campbell. She was born April 12, 1905, in McCook, to John and Marie (Lawitson) Fredrickson. She graduated from McCook High School. She attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and graduated with a teachers certificate in May 1927. She taught for two years at Wymore and then Ord...
Clarence Sandman
(Obituary ~ 01/21/03)
CAMBRIDGE -- Clarence Sandman, 88, died Monday (Jan. 20, 2003) at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. He was born July 21, 1914, to Ralph and Gertrude (Richards) Sandman near Harvine. On Aug. 1, 1937, he married Onna Stock in Wauneta. They made their home in the Wauneta area until they moved to Cambridge in 1942. They then farmed and ranched north of Cambridge until 1975, when they retired from the farm and moved into Cambridge...
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Sarbel Yassou Maria
Yassou Maria (Greek: Γειά σου Μαρία) is the song that was sung by Sarbel, who represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. It was released as a CD single on March 7, 2007 by Sony BMG Greece. The title track is composed by Alex Papaconstantinou and Marcus Englöf with lyrics by "Mack". Yassou Maria went gold in Greece on the June 7, 2007.
Before Eurovision, ERT put together a national final to pick the song and singer to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. They picked Sarbel, Tamta, and Christos Dantis.
Sarbel enlisted the help of popular Swedish-Greek composer Alex Papakonstantinou who is responsible for big hits by Elena Paparizou.
At the national final, Sarbel was accompanied on stage by four female dancers, with blue lights and fire in the background. He wore black leather pants and a silver shirt. The choreography was complex which led with some problems with his microphone.
The public chose the song as the winner voting 44.45% while the Jury also appointed him the winner giving him 17.46%. All together, he got an average of 39.69% votes.
The CD single was released on March 7, 2007 in Greece and Cyprus by Sony BMG Greece. It includes a duet by Swedish singer Cameron, as well as a remixed song and a Greeklish Version of Yassou Maria. It reached the top position in both countries, being certified gold in Greece.
He has visited Istanbul and Sweden. In Istanbul, he visited the markets with huge success of commercial for his song. In Sweden he came bringing with him T-shirts, hats and Cd's for the Greek immigrants in Sweden. He has performed in a famous Swedish bar, and has been shown around Stockholm.
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August 14, 2018
ALBANY, NY – From Tuesday Afternoon Speech By Governor Andrew Cuomo:
I'm declaring a State of Emergency in a number of counties that have been affected or that we anticipate may be affected. We're looking at more rain, more possibly flash flooding throughout today. The weather for tomorrow is still unclear, but the water, the ground is saturated. The creeks are filled. There is no capacity to handle any more rain. And what's happening is when we have one of these flash floods, it immediately turns into a problematic situation. Because we've had so much rain, there is no place for it to go.
We're declaring a State of Emergency in Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Monroe, Onondaga, Ontario, Schulyer, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Wayne, Yates and contiguous counties through August 21st. Again, in those areas in particular, local officials, please anticipate problems and let us know how we can help before the fact. Citizens, extra diligence is required. The first responders are always the people in your own home. And you have the first responsibility for your safety. I want to thank the County Executive and the Supervisor who've been doing a very good job in the partnership. I want to thank Senator Akshar and Assemblymember Donna Lupardo who have been great partners. We've been through too many situations like this. And again, we're prepared but diligence, we're here to help. But we need the anticipation of local officials and we need every citizen to do their part.
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For many years, I have always wondered what lies beyond the NUSS Guild House located at 7 Adam Road but somehow, I never did get the chance to explore the 19 black-and-white colonial houses that make up the Adam Park estate. Lady luck was on my side when I found out that the National Heritage Board was organizing "limited edition" tours to bring visitors to Adam Park and discover for themselves the role that the estate had played during World War II. And yours truly, along with my ever-adventurous mum, were fortunate enough to get ourselves the last couple of spaces left on the last tour! 🙂
Unlike the usual war attraction places that tend to focus on military warfare and buildings (forts/ tunnels), The Adam Park Project, or TAPP for short, is a battlefield archaeology project that aims to educate people about the wartime heritage of the Adam Park housing estate through the eyes of an archaeologist. Think about how the location of the remains of bullets and cartridge could show you where the actual fighting between the English Regiment and Japanese troops took place. Pretty cool, huh? Ironically, this project was founded not by a local but an Englishman battlefield archaeologist, Jon Cooper, who is in Singapore to accompany his wife who's working here! I have learnt so much about Adam Park through Jon's very passionate and detailed narration – This relatively hidden place is simply steeped in history and I would honestly encourage all who's interested in our country's history to join his tour. I promise you that there will not be a single dull moment on the tour with Jon around! 🙂
It will be a huge challenge for me to squeeze 1.5 hours worth of information into this entry without making it sound like a thesis paper or boring you out. So, I'll try my best to capture just the main points and share a teaser of what to expect. Please get in touch with Jon through the project FB page and be ready to unearth little known facts about Adam Park!
That's our tour guide, Jon, who's extremely animated and passionate about the battlefield history behind Adam Park estate.
The colonial house at 7 Adam Park was originally the HQ for the Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment that was defending Singapore from the Japanese. This house was selected as it sits on a reverse slope and is thus hidden from a downhill view. Strategic location for the military troops to plan their attacks. It is categorized as a Class 3 house; Class 1 houses are located at the top of hill (better feng shui).
House no. 17 served as a hospital during WWII. Unfortunately, it was heavily bombed thus leaving most of the original building burnt to the ground. The house that stands in its place now has been heavily restored and even comes with a private pool!
Research shows that there used to be a POW's chapel located in an upstairs room of 1 of the houses. In spite of its relatively simple set-up, it boosted a beautiful mural that was painted by 1 of the POW. The location of this chapel still remains a mystery to-date but Jon & team are in the midst of conducting more on-site investigation to solve this mystery. House no. 12 was once suspected to be home to this chapel; alas, research findings had proved otherwise.
The group of us was also very fortunate to be invited by the expat owner for a tea break at her lovely and huge home! Super excited to be able to get a glimpse of life behind these colonial houses as it was once my dream to be able to live in 1 of the walk-up apartments at the quaint Wessex estate! 🙂
As much as I love to learn about the battlefield history of Adam Park, I must admit that a war-focused tour can be a tad dry for the ladies. So, thanks to an ingenious suggestion by his wife, Jon has incorporated elements of social history into his tours specially for the ladies.
At House no. 16, we learnt that it used to be home to a Dutch family that, unfortunately, died on their way to seek refuge in Australia and a German-Jewish family whose descendants had returned to Singapore from Australia for a visit. They even brought along original photographs of their grandparents living in this house back in the 1940s! Wow!
1. Do you know that this site was the last battle line before Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 Feb 1942? There was an intense series of fights between the Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment and Japanese 41st Regiment during the last 3 days in the battle for control of MacRitchie Reservoir (water source).
2. Adam Park also served as a camp for an estimated 1000 British and 2000 Australian POWS, who were tasked to build the Shinto shrine in MacRitchie Reservoir. Many of these POWs were later sent to work on the Thai Burma Railway that claimed the lives of many.
3. According to the personal accounts of some of these POWs, they felt that their existence at Adam Park was boring as the work that they did on local shores was a walk in the park compared to the harsher conditions that they had encountered in other countries.
4. The POWs were even paid a couple of cents a day for the work that they did to build the Shinto shrine. In addition, they were given about 625g of rice a day for their meals … Quite a big portion! What some of these resourceful men did, in their quest to survive, was to keep a portion of the rice to barter with the locals for extra food and supplement their diet. Smart eh.
5. Jon and a group of volunteers have held periodic archaeology digs at the estate over the past few years and managed to dig up about 1000 WWII artifacts, ranging from ammunition cartridges to military badges and even, vintage toothpaste tubes!
"Finding an artifact and piecing together a war narrative can be very addictive. It helps to verify historical accounts and shared memories of the battle site."
– Mrs Helen Mummery, volunteer –
More Links!
The Adam Park Project (TAPP) in motion
The Adam Park Project FaceBook
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In 2017, WRS-AM executed a special project, Revamping the REAP. REAP (Recognizing Excellence and Accomplishments in People) was a program that allowed colleagues to submit continuous improvement ideas. Through listening sessions, a culture workshop, and a change communication Summit we discovered 359 open REAPs in Michigan and 114 open REAPs in Kentucky. Of those 473 unaddressed REAP submissions, approximately 16% were over five years old, 24% were over two years old, and 21% were over a year old. Consequently, revamping the REAP was to be represented at a continuous improvement workshop in Germany. Our IDEA (Improvements Driven by Empowered Actions) program is a result of this project.
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An example of an idea with a clear cost savings amount is a submission we received involving a change in label usage. We had label roll that could only fit a specific sized label. The implementation team for the IDEA changed our label roll so that we could purchase less expensive labels. This simple change saved us $12,384 a year, and earned the team 10% of the savings.
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It's been about 3 weeks since hurricane Irma came through and kicked us out of our homes, forcing us to make decisions no one should ever HAVE to make. With the severity of the storm that was to over take us, many of use were left wondering if we would even have houses to come home to- we wondered if our home would be there when the sun rose on Monday morning.
Late that Friday night I started packing, things like medications, water & emergency food supplies, flashlights & batteries were a given. By early Saturday morning I stood looking around my house, trying to think about what I really needed and what I could do without for a few days, but it went beyond that. It wasn't as if I was going on vacation, I had to make decisions within a matter of hours of what things would I be hurt to lose, what of all my belongings would devastate me to no longer have.
My husband of course gathered his game systems, for me it was some momentos of lost loved ones- and treasured items from others still alive- a picture my grandmother colored with me and had signed her name to, a stuffed llama a family friend had given me, a Disney World frame that reminded me of all our family vacations, a blanket that kept my mother warm through her battle with cancer (that she had one) and that had seen me through the good & the bad in my life. But then the time came to have my son pack his posessions. Even at 5 I wanted him to know that there was a chance we wouldn't have a home to come back to and he should gather the toys the meant the most to him.
We left Saturday afternoon, thankfully a friend of the family had offered her home in a much safer and stable location that allowed us to take our pets, But loading up the car and driving away from my home was one of the hardest things I'd ever done, it was such a heart breaking moment, and in that moment my security was shattered, my thoughts were consumed with the idea that I may never return home.
Through Saturday night, and Sunday we did our best to keep busy, as the weather worsened we kept watch on the storm, with baited breath every new update about the storm we wondered what was going on back home. As the storm made it through, and night turned to day, we felt tension lifting, news from family that had stayed behind that our homes stood their ground faithfully allowed us to breath a sigh of relife, coming home, climbing the stairs, and opening the front door was such an amazing feeling. Looking through my house - though without electric- I was able to see that minus a small leak we had made it through unharmed.
We were the lucky ones, we didn't have electric, but my parents (who live right across the street) did, so we stayed there for the next 5 days until the electric came back on. There were others who didn't fare so well, others lost their homes, and others still lost their lives. Even though our homes & lives were spared, it was a traumatic experience for all involved. I've heard from countless people who were overly tired, unable to focus, and some just an overall feeling of sadness.
3 Weeks later and I feel like things are FINALLY getting back to normal, stores are now getting steady streams of eggs, bread and milk again, all our evacuation supplies & momentos have been put back where they belong, I've finally gotten a decent nights sleep, and my house is feeling like home again. For our Florida friends and family, if you find yourself still feeling tired and worn down, allow yourself to rest, and allow yourself time to heal. We will come back from this, we wil be FLORIDA STRONG!
To help those affected by hurricane Irma, please consider donating to your favorite reliefe charity organizaion.
(And lets not forget to continue to pray for an support not only Florida, but also those affected by Harvey & Maria.)
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Today, Nightdive Studios shared some bad news with Kickstarter backers about the status of System Shock Remastered, announcing that the project is currently on hold. Nightdive Studios revealed its plan for a remaster of the beloved sci-fi game via Kickstarter in June of 2016. The campaign was more successful than the developer ever imagined, with over 21,000 backers lending over $1.3 million for it.
Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick says the team got to work quickly, but got overly ambitious. It felt like they were creating a new game and not a remaster, which is a more work-intensive undertaking. After switching engines from Unity to Unreal, the new potential only made their ambitions increase, which in turn had them straying further from their initial goal.
"The more that we worked on the game, the more that we wanted to do, and the further we got from the original concepts that made System Shock so great."
Kick takes complete responsibility for letting that vision slide. "As the CEO and founder of Nightdive Studios, a company that was built on the restoration of the System Shock franchise, I let things get out of control," he says. "I can tell you that I did it for all the right reasons, that I was totally committed to making a great game, but it has become clear to me that we took the wrong path, that we turned our backs on the very people who made this possible, our Kickstarter backers."
So what does this mean? Kick's solution is to put the team on hiatus as a way to "reassess" their path. He wants to return to the original vision that was promised and is not giving up on the remaster. "We are taking a break, but NOT ending the project," he stresses. "Please accept my personal assurance that we will be back and stronger than ever. System Shock is going to be completed and all of our promises fulfilled."
You can read the full Kickstarter post here.
While this isn't the best news for backers, Nightdive was upfront about their troubles. And taking time to reassess their vision for the remaster isn't a bad idea. Let's hope this hiatus is a short one.


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How to set your Cross Hotbars in Controller Mode to auto-switch to a combat hotbar when entering battle stance.
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Once again the Dallas Cowboys are the laughingstock of the NFL as they missed the playoffs for the 4th year in a row. Then to top it all off, owner/GM Jerry Jones made his team look foolish as he lobbied for an expanded playoffs after their loss.
Jones was quoted last Friday on a local radio station, 105.3 The Fan saying: "From the standpoint of looking at how exciting it is for a city or a community to be involved in the playoffs and the fact that you can have a team that might have literally operated at .500 or in that area … you can have that team win the Super Bowl."
It's very clear that Jerry Jones is more concerned about the business aspect of football instead of winning games. Yes AT&T Stadium is huge and brings him a lot of money, but fancy stadiums don't win games. Any GM who lobbies the media for more teams to be added to the playoffs a week after they are knocked out of contention looks like a whiner.
Jerry had a bad year with the inability of his handpicked coach (Jason Garrett) to come through in late game situations and the terrible job new DC Monte Kiffin did in his first season. Now it seems like he is just trying to save face.
Jerry Jones is a great businessman, but not a good general manager. Until he releases some of his control on the day-to-day football operations, the Cowboys will not win a Super Bowl.


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Hotel Amenities or Enemies? - Guest Attractions May Attract Unwanted Guests
By Frank Meek International Technical & Training Director, Orkin, LLC | May 21, 2010
Beyond checking the availability of a room during their travel window, guests may also check the availability of amenities before they book with you. Business travelers want the comforts of home, and vacationers want all the extras home doesn't offer. To cater to the varying wishes of guests, hotels and resorts continue to add to the list of convenient, value-added services and amenities offered, from fitness centers to business centers, food service to laundry service. Guests expect to have everything they could want or need within the confines of the hotel. These amenities add up to guest satisfaction but may also be the perfect invitation for pests.
With an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy, a pest management provider can identify areas that offer what pests are looking for – food, water and shelter with good, proper ambient temperatures – and implement preventive practices that help keep pests out. The focus of an IPM program is a proactive, preventive approach that relies on targeted chemical treatments only as a last resort. IPM's limited use of chemical treatments also makes it a more sustainable solution to pest management, which scores another amenity point with guests. A strong IPM strategy and partnership with your pest management provider will help you maintain the amenities that garner four-star reviews and keep your hotel a hot spot for your guests – not pests.
Following are common hotel amenities that rate highly with pests and tips on how to stop them before they get comfortable.
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The swimming pool, a haven of relaxation for guests, can also be attractive to flies, mosquitoes and stinging insects seeking a moist environment and readily available food and water sources. To keep these pests from making a splash, keep the pool area clear of puddles and other standing water by using a squeegee on the deck after rain showers. Empty or dispose of containers that have gathered rainwater or other residual moisture which can attract mosquitoes.
Trailing vines and flowering bushes in the landscaping around the pool deck not only attract pests with the sweet smell of nectar, their foliage can also provide convenient harborage. Vines and greenery can also become "bridges"by which insects can crawl over treated areas to gain entry into your establishment. Work with your landscape manager and pest management provider to develop landscape plans that deny pests the cover and entry points they seek. Install sodium vapor bulbs or yellow bulbs in outdoor lights to fend off mosquitoes surrounding the pool and clubhouse. Unlike mercury vapor or incandescent lights, these bulbs do not provide as much attraction for mosquitoes and other flying insects.
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SPI.transfer(slaveSelectPin, val, transferMode)
Transfers one byte over the SPI bus, both sending and receiving. If you specify one of the Slave Select (SS) pin in the call to SPI.transfer(), the specified pin is activated (pulled low) before the transfer occurs and deactivated (pulled high) when the transfer is finished. SPI_LAST parameter is the default. SPI_CONTINUE is not supported in Energia. The last byte to be transferred should be accompanied by the SPI_LAST parameter. By default, if you don't specify a third parameter, SPI_LAST is used. When a transfer is complete with SPI_LAST, the slave select pin returns inactive (high).
SPI.transfer(slaveSelectPin, val)
SPI.transfer(slaveSelectPin, val, transferMode)
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There is a tendency for people to think that theories about teaching and learning in mathematics are only devised and written about by academics in order to produce articles in research journals. However, most of us have issues we are interested in or things we are experimenting with in our classroom. All of us have theories and principles and these come across in the actions we take in our classrooms and in the way we work with our learners. Sometimes we are not even aware of these until an observer points out to us what we say and what we do. This is "theory in action".
This unique and innovative professional development resource comprises a series of video reflections from teachers together with some clips of their practice.
Their purpose is to stimulate discussion and experimentation, not to provide answers about what is right or wrong.
The video clips and associated printed resources are designed to be used in many different scenarios (individually, in pairs or small groups or as a whole department, faculty or primary school staff).
There has been no attempt to designate the clips as only relevant to a particular phase or type of school, college or other institution. The power of these resources is that they provide a very accessible way of hearing practising teachers articulate some of the big ideas and over-arching themes in mathematics education in their own classroom-centred way.
Each resource comprises a video clip, files of printed materials (which might be used to support some activity or talking point) and a set of prompts for discussion.
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A Mathemapedia entry has now been written relating to each of these teachers' video resources. Follow one of the links here or in the relevant teachers' section on the right hand side of the page to provide further discussion points as well as links to other related Mathemapedia entries.
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Trumpet Mafia feat Ashlin Parker (USA) and Adam Hall
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"One of the greatest Trumpeters in the world today" – Terence Blanchard.
"The Trumpet Mafia is a New Orleans icon, debuting at the New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015, its really exciitng to get this project to Australia and in particular the legendary Trumpeter - Ashlin Parker"
A versatile jazz trumpeter based in New Orleans, Ashlin Parker is currently a member of Ellis Marsalis Quintet and performing at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He also leads the Trumpet Mafia and plays with numerous diverse bands, such as Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Bill Summers and Jazalsa, The Next Generation Big Band, The Original Hurricane Brass Band, Vivaz! and the Moscow-New Orleans Project.
He has played with musicians such as Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Roland Guerin, Leroy Jones, Derek Douget, Adonis Rose and Nicholas Payton as well as vocalists Anthony Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ashlin's most recent CDs, with the Ellis Marsalis Sextet, were recorded live at New Orleans Jazz Fest in 2014 and 2015. He shared in the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra's debut album, entitled Book One. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra's next album, Dee Dee's Feathers, is scheduled for release in the U.S. in August, 2015. Ashlin has been leading the jazz trumpet studio in the Music Department at the University of New Orleans since January 2011.
Combining forces with Adam Hall and some Velvet Playboys, this will be an evening of music not to be missed.


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Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) announced they would start transferring the nuclear fuel, used and unused, from the cooling pool on the 5th story of the 4th reactor building to the new pool on the ground.
The 4th reactor building has been destroyed by the hydrogen explosion at the accident and could be easily fallen down by further earthquake or another natural disaster. The pool contains over 1500 nucelar fuels, mostly used ones which could be highly radioactive and could harm people once they get out of the water. The other reactors also have a cooling pool, respectively, which still contains hundreds of nuclear fuels. Those pools are not easily accessible due to the high radioactivity. These are the reasons why they are starting the process of transfer at the 4the reactor.
A new crane was built at the 4th reactor building. It will take out each fuel into a cask weighing 100 tons. There could be debris or the other materials in the pool. Some fuels could be destroyed by them as well. It is not so easy for them to do this process due to those uncertain factors.
The pulled out fuels would be transferred from the 5th floor to the ground by the crane. The height is 30m. They insist that the doubled wires would safely hang down casks. But what safety coefficient have they taken for the crane against jolting due to such as a strong earthquake? Is it safe enough? They stated that they had done a drop test of the cask. But the height in the test is only 17m. Why not 30m? These informations mean they have hastened to transfer the fuels there.
The head at the nuclear power plant told they would escape from the nuclear plant as soon as a cask is destroyed falling down on the ground in this process. In such a situation, no wonder, they should inevitably run away there. But it means the nuclear plant is abandoned at that time. It is estimated more than ten times of the radioactive substances in Chernobyl would be spread into the surroundings. Then, they forecast, the contamination would make it impossible to reside in the Eastern Japan including Tokyo. It means the country won't exist as it has been at that time.
Yes, it is a unavoidable gamble. The government is eager to establish a NSC like organization in japan. But our security is jeopardized in this way from the inner aspect of the country, not from foreign countries. The government seems indifferent to the real crisis.


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The Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley once said "Esse est percipi," which means "to be is to be perceived." According to Berkeley, only minds and ideas exist; matter does not exist. He discusses this theory, which will later be referred to as subjective idealism, in his treatise titled, The Principles of Human Knowledge. In this video, we will explore Berkeley's radical ontology, which, if accepted, resolves many philosophical paradoxes that have haunted mankind from time immemorial.
Berkeley begins the first part of his Treatise by attacking the notion of material substances. He asserts that all bodies are merely ideas. For example, we perceive a brown, four-legged table in the middle of a dining room. The qualities of the table – such as its brownness, its size, its shape, its number of legs, etc. – are ideas that only exist within the mind. The character Morpheus, in the 1999 film The Matrix, explains Berkeley's argument very well in the following quote: "What is real? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
Even if we grant that physical bodies exist outside of our minds, Berkeley concludes that we are incapable of knowing that such bodies exist. To illustrate this, let's consider dreams. While dreaming, we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel external objects that are not actually there. If we perceive objects that are not actually there while we dream, then it follows that our sensations while awake are not necessarily produced by external physical objects. In that case, what produces the sensation we have of mountains, rivers, trees, etc., if there are no external bodies?
Berkeley answers this question by investigating the nature of the mind. He asserts that the mind can either actively create ideas, or passively perceive ideas. Thus, we can choose to recall past memories to our mind, dismiss them, and recall others. But when we open our eyes and view the world, we cannot choose to see or not see the brown, four-legged table in our dining room. At that moment, our mind passively perceives ideas. Because Berkeley claims that there are no physical bodies, he concludes that there must be another Spirit or Mind that produces the idea of the table that we perceive.
Being the Bishop of the Church of Ireland, Berkeley naturally identifies this supreme Spirit as the Christian God. Because God is infinitely wise, good, and powerful, He is able to produce Ideas that are more real than those that we are able to call forth in our own minds. Thus, Berkeley accounts for the difference between reality and our dreams, hallucinations, and thoughts. Reality, which is produced by God, is more regular, consistent, and vivid than the Ideas produced by us while dreaming, hallucinating, or reminiscing.
Berkeley believed that his theory had several beneficial consequences. It resolved many philosophical paradoxes. For example, if Berkeley is correct that only minds and ideas exist, then the questions of whether material bodies can think, whether matter is infinitely divisible, and whether material bodies and immaterial souls can interact are questions that must be dismissed as nonsense because matter does not exist.
Although Berkeley's immaterialism is initially repugnant to common sense, after some reflection, one finds that his argument is more resilient than first anticipated. At the very least, Berkeley's treatise deserves serious consideration rather than rash disregard. And I highly recommend this treatise to both believers and non-believers. One party will discover a strong ally, and the other party will discover a worthy opponent.
"PHILOSOPHY being nothing else but the study of Wisdom and Truth, it may with reason be expected, that those who have spent most Time and Pains in it should enjoy a greater calm and serenity of Mind, a greater clearness and evidence of Knowledge, and be less disturbed with Doubts and Difficulties than other Men. Yet so it is we see the Illiterate Bulk of Mankind that walk the High-road of plain, common Sense, and are governed by the Dictates of Nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that's familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend. They complain not of any want of Evidence in their Senses, and are out of all danger of becoming Sceptics. But no sooner do we depart from Sense and Instinct to follow the Light of a Superior Principle, to reason, meditate, and reflect on the Nature of Things, but a thousand Scruples spring up in our Minds, concerning those Things which before we seemed fully to comprehend. Prejudices and Errors of Sense do from all Parts discover themselves to our view; and endeavouring to correct these by Reason we are insensibly drawn into uncouth Paradoxes, Difficulties, and Inconsistencies, which multiply and grow upon us as we advance in Speculation; till at length, having wander'd through many intricate Mazes, we find our selves just where we were, or, which is worse, sit down in a forlorn Scepticism."
"The cause of this is thought to be the obscurity of things, or the natural weakness and imperfection of our understandings. Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to ourselves – that we have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see."
"What more easy than for anyone to look a little into his own Thoughts, and there try whether he has, or can attain to have, an Idea that shall correspond with the description that is here given of the general Idea of a Triangle, which is, neither Oblique, nor Rectangle, Equilateral, Equicrural, nor Scalenon, but all and none of these at once? If any Man has the Faculty of framing in his Mind such an Idea of a Triangle as is here described, it is in vain to pretend to dispute him out of it, nor would I go about it."
"That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist WITHOUT the mind, is what EVERYBODY WILL ALLOW. The table I write on I say exists, that is, I see and feel it; and if I were out of my study I should say it existed – meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it. This is all that I can understand by these and the like expressions. Their ESSE is PERCIPI, nor is it possible they should have any existence out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them."
"What are the forementioned Objects but the things we perceive by Sense, and what do we perceive besides our own Ideas or Sensations?"
"The Things we see and feel, what are they but so many Sensations, Notions, Ideas or Impressions on the Sense; and is it possible to separate, even in thought, any of these from Perception?"
"But though it were possible that solid, figured, moveable Substances may exist without the Mind, corresponding to the Ideas we have of Bodies, yet how is it possible for us to know this? Either we must know it by Sense, or by Reason. As for our Senses, by them we have the Knowledge only of our Sensations, Ideas, or those things that are immediately perceived by Sense, call them what you will: But they do not inform us that things exist without the Mind, or unperceived, like to those which are perceived. This the Materialists themselves acknowledge. It remains therefore that if we have any Knowledge at all of external Things, it must be by Reason, inferring their Existence from what is immediately perceived by Sense. But what reason can induce us to believe the Existence of Bodies without the Mind, from what we perceive, since the very Patrons of Matter themselves do not pretend, there is any necessary Connexion betwixt them and our Ideas? I say it is granted on all hands (and what happens in Dreams, Phrensies, and the like, puts it beyond dispute) that it is possible we might be affected with all the Ideas we have now, though no Bodies existed without, resembling them. Hence it is evident the Supposition of external Bodies is not necessary for the producing our Ideas: Since it is granted they are produced sometimes, and might possibly be produced always in the same Order we see them in at present, without their Concurrence."
"Though we give the Materialists their external Bodies, they by their own confession are never the nearer knowing how our Ideas are produced: Since they own themselves unable to comprehend in what manner Body can act upon Spirit, or how it is possible it should imprint any Idea in the Mind."
"But say you, surely there is nothing easier than to imagine Trees, for instance, in a Park, or Books existing in a Closet, and no Body by to perceive them. I answer, you may so, there is no difficulty in it: But what is all this, I beseech you, more than framing in your Mind certain Ideas which you call Books and Trees, and the same time omitting to frame the Idea of any one that may perceive them? But do not you your self perceive or think of them all the while?"
"We perceive a continual Succession of Ideas, some are anew excited, others are changed or totally disappear. There is therefore some Cause of these Ideas whereon they depend, and which produces and changes them. That this Cause cannot be any Quality or Idea or Combination of Ideas, is clear from the preceding Section. It must therefore be a Substance; but it has been shewn that there is no corporeal or material Substance: It remains therefore that the Cause of Ideas is an incorporeal active Substance or Spirit."
"A Spirit is one simple, undivided, active Being: as it perceives Ideas, it is called the Understanding, and as it produces or otherwise operates about them, it is called the Will. The Words Will, Soul, Spirit, do not stand for different Ideas, or in truth, for any Idea at all, but for something which is very different from Ideas, and which being an Agent cannot be like unto, or represented by, any Idea whatsoever. Though it must be owned at the same time, that we have some Notion of Soul, Spirit, and the Operations of the Mind, such as Willing, Loving, Hating, in as much as we know or understand the meaning of those Words."
"I find I can excite Ideas in my Mind at pleasure, and vary and shift the Scene as oft as I think fit. It is no more than Willing, and straightway this or that Idea arises in my Fancy: And by the same Power it is obliterated, and makes way for another. This making and unmaking of Ideas doth very properly denominate the Mind active. But whatever Power I may have over my own Thoughts, I find the Ideas actually perceived by Sense have not a like Dependence on my Will. When in broad Day-light I open my Eyes, it is not in my Power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular Objects shall present themselves to my View; and so likewise as to the Hearing and other Senses, the Ideas imprinted on them are not Creatures of my Will. There is therefore some other Will or Spirit that produces them."
In the Introduction of his Treatise, Berkeley discredits the Platonic notion of abstract general ideas. He asserts that one cannot conceive of abstract ideas. For example, it is impossible to conceive of the abstract idea of a triangle; the abstract idea of a triangle is one which is neither acute, nor obtuse, nor right, but all of these and none of these at once. "If any Man has the Faculty of framing in his Mind such an Idea of a Triangle as is here described, it is in vain to pretend to dispute him out of it, nor would I go about it."


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The Pennies Collection Count is in and we raised just under $300! Great work DR and a special shout out to the fabulous teachers and students in the foreign language department for raising a ton! Together, we are helping to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families!
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Welcome To Gilliam Week!
In honour of the release of Terry Gilliam's latest little burst of excellence, The Zero Theorem, we're here all week celebrating the man and his work. Expect to see some of his earliest shorts, (as part of our ongoing Directors' Shorts strand), the latest on the latest movie and (hopefully) later in the week a WORLD EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN hour long interview with the great man, extracted from the archives.
The Zero Theorem is a great movie. It's gonna be a good week.
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Oracle Database – What terms and conditions should we manage?
Back in 1977, almost four decades ago, Oracle Corporation's famous Database was the first piece of software produced and marketed by the company. The Oracle Database software has remained one of the most popular Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) used by many of the world's larger enterprises.
Although the Oracle Database is one of the major components in the enterprise IT landscape, almost every company that uses the software struggles with managing the accompanying licenses in a complete and accurate manner. This can easily result in large operational, financial and/or legal risks.
Most of the time, end users don't realize that a large amount of terms and conditions, as listed in many different documents, needs to be taken into account carefully for properly managing the licenses that govern the use of the Oracle Database software programs.
Involved are not only the Ordering Document – listing the amount of licenses purchased for a specific software program against a specific license metric – and the Oracle License Agreement itself – either an older Software License and Services Agreement (SLSA), an old Oracle Software License and Services Agreement (OLSA), or a current Oracle Master Agreement (OMA) – specifying the terms and conditions under which the software can be used.
Also included are Oracle's Technical Support Policies – as referred to in the annual Support Maintenance Renewal; Oracle's Program Documentation – as referred to in the license agreement; and many different Online Licensing Documents, e.g. Oracle's Processor Core Factor Table and Oracle's Application Licensing Table – as referred to in the license agreement.
In addition, many Online Guideline Licensing Documents are published by Oracle to clarify its position and/or to provide guidelines with regard to different licensing scenarios in case of virtualization (e.g. Oracle's Server Partitioning Policy), in case of data transfer environment (e.g. Oracle's Licensing Data Transfer Environment document), in case of disaster recovery environments (e.g. Oracle's Licensing Data Recovery Environment document); and more…
Most organizations tend to underestimate the time, resources and knowledge needed to manage the specific license terms and conditions and remain up to date. Often, organizations don't have a correct view of what they are actually entitled to do with the Oracle Database software, resulting in large compliance and financial issues.
Did you for example know that a database feature called "Advanced Replication" which was available in Oracle's Database software 11gR2 is no longer available from Oracle's Database software version 12c onward, and is only further developed in Oracle's GoldenGate software programs? Only by carefully studying Oracle's Program documentation you will be aware of this. The immediate next step would be to internally discuss the implications of this change with regard to future deployment of the Oracle software within your own organization.
All common Oracle Database license compliance issues we experienced at clients over the last years are presented in our white paper.
This article was published on 08-10-2015
Richard is one of the managing partners at B-lay. He started to work in the license management industry in 2004 and worked for almost 10 years at Oracle as regional director of compliance. He uses his knowledge of enterprise software vendors (such as Oracle, SAP, IBM and Microsoft) to educate, equip and enable software end users in their challenges regarding proper software license management. Richard holds a master's degree in IT, from University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.


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Struggling With Serendipity (Paperback)
Struggling with Serendipity tells the true story of a mom's crisis, a daughter's paralysis, and extraordinary travels that carried them from a small town in Ohio to Seattle, Harvard, Capitol Hill, and around the world.
After an accident, a heartsick mom battles depression and guilt, while a shy but determined teenager fights the harsh physical challenges of quadriplegia. Fourteen-year-old Beth believes everything will be okay. Cindy is certain that nothing will ever be okay again.
Struggling with Serendipity explores the power of hope while navigating unknown waters of disability. Cindy confronts her altered identity and mental health. Beth sets impossible goals as she tries to swim with legs that don't work and hands that can't cup the water.
Together they find a new normal, with serendipity in the most unlikely of moments. Waves of adventure follow, including Beth's invitation to join the Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving team--the first with a visible disability.
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They have hijacked my Halloween candy! I know I talked about this topic in last year's Halloween vlog, but this change in my favorite chocolates has really got me down. I just visited Europe recently, and my favorite thing to do is stock up on British candy at the airport. Out of curiosity I checked…… Continue reading Homemade Snickers Bars!
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Redfish steal the show at birthday celebration
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My 9-year-old grandson Andrew was still rubbing his forearms after an extended battle with his first redfish more than 30-inches long. I was still in the process of giving him a hard time when Blade Broussard announced through clinched teeth, "Coach Dickie, I've got me a big one, too!"
The three of us were celebrating Blade's ninth birthday fishing in a drizzling rain last Tuesday morning and the redfish were crashing the party. I could only offer words of encouragement as he inched along the entire length of the boat with about half of the Castaway Skeleton rod buried in the water.
"I can't get the tip up," he said almost apologetically while hanging on and cranking on the reel handle at the same time. Blade would eventually win that battle as well as several more before we called it a day around noon. Had either of the youngsters had their way, we would still be there. The action can be incredibly fast and the copper-colored rockets of late summer and fall, bring their A-game to every tug-of-war!
August marks the time of the year when redfish dominate the fishing scene for local anglers. It is dealer's choice when it comes to fishing for them with live bait or artificials, but either way, their drag-burning runs will keep you coming back.
Very few folks spend more of their allotted fishing time poling around the marshes right here in our own back yard than Capt. Chuck and he has been wearing the reds out in his favorite venue of late. His only complaint, when he called to check on an approaching waterspout while still on the water one day last week, was that too many of the fish were more than 28 inches.
It was a tongue-in-cheek complaint as that program is all about witnessing the entire battle in a foot of water. "We had a lot of
reds in these same marsh ponds last year," said Chuck, "but most of them would not make the bottom end of the slot. The fish this year are on the top end of the slot or larger and it has been a blast."
He poles most of his clients across the scattered vegetation with a fly rod in their hands, but he also catches his share of fish on topwaters and tube jigs. "The grass is getting thick now," he points out, "so we are swimming Ribbits or weightless Texas rigged Assassins over the grass."
We started fishing the imitation plastic frogs for both reds and specks several years ago and they are an exciting option when the fish are in the grass. When that floating grass humps up and two or more torpedoes zero in on your lure, it is all you can do to just keep reeling.
Andrew, Blade, and I were vertical fishing with both live bait and Hoginars in the river when we struck paydirt last week. There was no casting involved and it is a deadly technique right on through the colder months of winter. I have caught reds using this approach from the Interstate 10 bridge to East Pass for years.
We rig live bait on a Carolina rig only because it appears more natural should you drift a little in the wind or current. It is also more effective when we elect to drop anchor and cast the bait into more shallow water. When fishing vertically, I usually target water depths of 15 to 25 feet deep.
When vertically fishing the Hoginar, we replace the two treble hooks with only a single hook on the rear of the bladed bait. The lure still vibrates when retrieved, but fishes much like a spoon when vertically jigged and is much easier to get loose when it hangs up on submerged debris.
While I think it would be safe to say that the larger number of redfish caught out of the lake are taken off the shorelines year round, this is the time of the year when massive schools of the thick shouldered predators assault shad and shrimp in the open lake. You never know if the next flock of birds is ratting out undersized school trout or line breaking reds when you cast into the melee.
Redfish feeding in the open lake will hit anything in your tackle box when they are churning the surface. When they are a little more finicky, my top three choices are a Hoginar, a Trap, or GULP fished on a two-foot leader under a Kwik cork.
The only reason most of the redfish are taken off the shoreline or in the adjacent bayous is that they offer some protection from the wind. More often than not, you fish where you can rather than where you want to when fishing the lake.
Those same lures work well when plugging the shorelines, especially the GULP rigged on a jig head. We also do very well on shallow running crankbaits, quarter ounce spinnerbaits, and BLURP Sea Shads rigged on quarter ounce heads.
Before you decide that you do or do not like fishing, do battle with one redfish in or over the slot. Arm yourself with a 6 1/2 to 7 foot medium action rod, a level wind or spinning reel with a good drag spooled with 15 to 20 pound braid, and hang on. If that does not do it for you, you can take up golf and never have to wonder, "What if?"