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Friday, August 29, 2008
Great Move
It appears John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice president. The Democrats and sympathetic pundits will use her age, 44, she's even younger than Barack, as an opportunity to throw back at the McCain campaign the experience issue. It won't stick. Most Americans will accept if the presidential candidate is qualified, the veep, so long as he or she is capable (which Palin is), need not have as lengthy a résumé as the president.
Her being a woman is a big asset. As a Republican conservative, the feminists, using a variant of the charge lobbed at black conservatives, will shriek she is not "woman" enough, or some such, but again, it will not stick. The Democrats and the media are simply clueless how little most Americans care about and for feminism. Those who examine feminist complaints about Palin will quickly divine the hypocrisy behind them.
Romney, the favorite, would have been a dud. Picking Palin was a smart move by McCain and let's face it, it also doesn't hurt she's a babe.
UPDATE: Affirmation Palin is a home run for McCain is this gracious response from the Obama campaign: "Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency." Nice work, guys: in one sentence you belittle small towns, bring up the age issue and remind voters once again the inexperience of Barack Obama, the one who wants to be president.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Some Sound Advice...
That will not be followed. From Alan Jacobs, proprietor of more than 95 theses:
So my advice to all the mainline churches that see achievement of the MDGs as the core of their mission: sell all you have and give it to the poor. Your many possessions do absolutely nothing for the MDGs: sell them. Sell the chalices. Sell the copes, surplices, and cassocks. Sell the plate. Sell the prayer books, hymnals, and (if you have any) Bibles. Sell the pews. Sell the stained glass. Sell the buildings and the land to those who actually need them. Sell it all and give the proceeds to organizations who can actually do something to achieve the Goals that you say are at the very heart of your mission. Put your money where your mouth is. Or else shut up.(Thanks to the MCJ)
From Those Wacky, Fun Lovin,' Krazy Kidz at NARAL
I've been a fan of PJ O'Rourke for many years, going back to his National Lampoon days, of course, and especially, his tenure at Car & Driver Magazine, where he crafted astonishingly rude but funny pieces and caused his editors to refer to him nervously as "PJ (we're gonna get letters) O'Rourke." One of O'Rourke's great charms is his willingness to take on any issue, no matter how complex, and with rapier wit and gimlet eye, break it down into tiny, delectable pieces; his explanation of the S & L crisis of 'eighties in Rolling Stone is a modern classic.
One subject, however, that O'Rourke has eschewed (to the best of my knowledge) is God. O'Rourke's political and economic outlook is generally libertarian and I have always assumed he was an atheist or, at best, a deist. Not the case: in Search Magazine, O'Rourke takes on the deity and I am please to learn he does believes in Him, revealing it in a piece called, simply enough, On God that is (thank God!) rich in "O'Rourkeness."
(Thanks to Banished Child of Eve.)
One subject, however, that O'Rourke has eschewed (to the best of my knowledge) is God. O'Rourke's political and economic outlook is generally libertarian and I have always assumed he was an atheist or, at best, a deist. Not the case: in Search Magazine, O'Rourke takes on the deity and I am please to learn he does believes in Him, revealing it in a piece called, simply enough, On God that is (thank God!) rich in "O'Rourkeness."
Read it all. With a name like O'Rourke is it possible PJ is a lapsed Catholic? We can always hope, and if so, also hope he will come back into the fold: the world will be a better place when O'Rourke tackles liturgical dancing and contemporary Catholic service music.
"But science can be proved," a scientist would say. "The whole point of science is experimental proof." Yet we non-scientists have to take that experimental proof on faith because we don't know what the scientists are talking about. This makes science a matter of faith in men while religion, of course, is a matter of faith in God, and if you've got to choose …
Personally, I don't think you do. Science and religion both assert the same thing: that the universe operates according to rules and that those rules can be discerned. Albeit this does make it easier to believe in God than, for instance, organic chemistry. Just the fact of rules implies a rule maker while just the fact of mixing nitro with glycerin and causing an explosion does not imply a Ph.D.
In one way, however, faith in science does come easier than faith in God—if fear is any gauge of how real we believe a thing is. To judge by human behavior, people are not trembling before the Almighty much. But many of those same people are scared silly by science. They are frightened by a climate stuck in the microwave of technological advances, frightened by genetic modifications that may—who knows?—cross cabbages with kings and produce a Prince Charles, and naturally they are frightened by the clouds of mushrooms being grown in the science cellars of Iran and North Korea.
(Thanks to Banished Child of Eve.)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A Delicious Break from Potatoes
His songs are transcendently vulgar but Kid Rock's views on celebrity are a refreshing change from most of those in the entertainment biz:
"I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics," he noted. "Because at the end of the day, let me tell you what I 'm good at: I'm good at writing songs and singing. What I'm not educated in is the field of political science..."
He further suggests that political candidates might be better off to avoid close connections to those in the entertainment business.
"I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians," he said.
(From CMT.)
Don't Penn Me In
Kathryn Jean Lopez at the Corner, in Denver for the convention, this morning witnessed with approval the actor Sean Penn semi-politely declining a fan's request for a snapshot instead clocking the poor fellow over the head. Lopez presents that as evidence Penn has finally grown up some.
Perhaps so, but he could do better. Since Penn, like most of his peers, devoted every ounce of his being during his formative years to attaining the fame he now enjoys, a true sign of maturity would be his willingness to share a small fraction of it with the fans who gave it to him.
Perhaps so, but he could do better. Since Penn, like most of his peers, devoted every ounce of his being during his formative years to attaining the fame he now enjoys, a true sign of maturity would be his willingness to share a small fraction of it with the fans who gave it to him.
No One Knows Who They Were or What They were Doing
Take a close look at the image above and note the stately Greek temple in the center. That is whence Thursday night The One, "with a scented sponge 'neath his nose, lest the breath of the vulgar herd should contaminate his sacred person," will deign to accept the cries of the unwashed for deliverance.
It's nice but I had in mind as more appropriate a celebrated interpretation of Stonehenge.
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Putting on Ayres
The Obama campaign is going after TV stations running an ad depicting him as far chummier than he has so far let on with unrepentant former terrorist, Pentagon bomber William Ayres. While no one should cavil with the campaign's call for supporters to inundate stations with complaints, the campaign is also demanding the Justice Department to step in, removing any doubts of the ad's veracity for your Bloviator.
(Thanks to the Instapundit)
(Fun fact: the organization Ayres belonged to, the "Weather Underground," was first known as the "Weathermen" but changed its name in a nod to the nascent feminist sensibilities of the time. Wasn't that sweet of them?)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cardinal Egan Steps up to the Plate
...and knocks it out of the park.
We need to see more of this and wonder of wonders, we are. Archbishop Chaput of Denver, just in time for the Democratic Convention, issued salvos not only at Speaker Pelosi but Senator Biden as well.
(Thanks to Catholidoxy)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2008
Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America would make the kind of statements that were made to Mr. Tom Brokaw of NBC-TV on Sunday, August 24, 2008. What the Speaker had to say about theologians and their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.
We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb. In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons. They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith. Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being "chooses" to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name.
Edward Cardinal Egan
Archbishop of New York
August 26, 2008
We need to see more of this and wonder of wonders, we are. Archbishop Chaput of Denver, just in time for the Democratic Convention, issued salvos not only at Speaker Pelosi but Senator Biden as well.
"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a gifted public servant of strong convictions and many professional skills. Regrettable, knowledge of Catholic history and teaching does not seem to be one of them," Chaput [said].This is all to the good. Have we at last reached the turning point, where Catholic leadership in this country will no longer remain silent when putatively "devout" Catholic politicians stump for abortion?
I certainly presume [Biden's] good will and integrity," said the archbishop, "and I presume that his integrity will lead him to refrain from presenting himself for Communion if he supports a false 'right' to abortion.
(Thanks to Catholidoxy)
Smug Alert
If you can stand it (it's over five-and-half minutes long), check out this excruciating treacle-fest from the Democrats, a lugubrious paean to The One. Particularly noteworthy are the pious poses struck by b-list celebrities; who no doubt tried their darnedest to feign sincerity when commanded by the director to smile but appear more like Mr. Starker, the coffin salesman played by Liberace in the movie version of Waugh's The Loved One.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
When your Bloviator was but a mere calf and was put to bed for the night, he would listen to Jean Shepherd's nighttime radio program on WOR in New York. Shepherd once told a tale of working late-night at a TV station (in the early days of that medium) when he and an engineer, as an experiment, instead of running the usual "B" western, took a clip of cowboys riding around on their horses and made it into a loop. They broadcast the loop continuously for several hours to see what viewer reaction would be. Not a single call came in. The viewers either didn't notice or didn't care.
I was reminded of Shep's tale when I read today of a demonstration (500 strong!) by anti-war protesters in Denver on the eve of the Democratic convention. It, like just about every other anti-war demonstration of the past forty years, had all the components favored by the perpetrators of these things, including rhyming chants ("hey hey, ho ho" &tc), gigantic puppets and culmination with my favorite, the die-in. It got me to thinking, as an experiment, a TV news outfit, instead of running fresh footage of chanters, puppets and die-ins for each anti-war demonstration covered, might instead broadcast identical footage for every one of them, say for a month, to see what viewer reaction would be. My guess is the viewers either wouldn't notice or wouldn't care.
We're All Geezers Now
Joe Biden (b. 1942) being only six years younger than John McCain (b. 1936) effectively scotches the sub-campaign against McCain over his age. With both candidates sporting gray manes and Biden's face a tad wrinklier than McCain's, we may even be spared some of the unflattering photos of McCain our impartial media, up to now, has run with predictable coincidence.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Biden His Time
By the choice of Senator Joseph Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama, in the space of a few short months, has accomplished a remarkable achievement: the lightening transformation from starry-eyed idealist into jaded political hack; this in spite of his young age, his scant, four-year Senate experience and his paper-thin resumé (most prospective hacks achieve hoary veneration by forcing the entire country to pay for numerous and unneeded bridges, highways and office buildings in their home states or districts).
It remains to be seen whether this abrupt change was a wise one for Senator Obama, whether the newly transformed Barack will still be the saviour to whom America beseeches. Should the senator have miscalculated, however, and go down to defeat this November, his timely and skillful metamorphosis into Washington warhorse should assure him a pleasant alternative: filling the opening created by the imminent retirement of Senator Kennedy. At only 47 Obama is broken in yet sufficiently hidebound to assume the mantle of that awesome Ciceronian of the Democratic left. Senator Biden will be furious.
It remains to be seen whether this abrupt change was a wise one for Senator Obama, whether the newly transformed Barack will still be the saviour to whom America beseeches. Should the senator have miscalculated, however, and go down to defeat this November, his timely and skillful metamorphosis into Washington warhorse should assure him a pleasant alternative: filling the opening created by the imminent retirement of Senator Kennedy. At only 47 Obama is broken in yet sufficiently hidebound to assume the mantle of that awesome Ciceronian of the Democratic left. Senator Biden will be furious.
Remembering General Motors
A long time ago in this country beautiful cars were made. The car companies encouraged their designers to let their imaginations run wild and they did. Sometimes the designers' fantasies found their way onto the production line, more often practicality dictated otherwise. The important thing, however, was the designers were encouraged to be daring, to show their stuff. The New York Times has assembled a portfolio of "dream cars" created back in the halcyon days of General Motors; it's simply stunning, go look.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Say Bye-Bye?
Pearls of wisdom from the Chosen One:
Obama, quoting Warren Buffet: "Just Tax the Heck Out of People"
"Obama Says US Is Just Like Russia In Invading Countries"
Gee, first he cites a man who will die richer than Croesus even if the top bracket is raised to a thousand percent and posits there is "some merit" to his idea; then he drags from the trash the tired old "moral equivalency" doctrine that even before the end of the cold war lost credibility with all but the most hardcore leftie loons.
Pundits were saying not long ago the election was Obama's to lose. They were obviously onto something.
Obama, quoting Warren Buffet: "Just Tax the Heck Out of People"
"Obama Says US Is Just Like Russia In Invading Countries"
Gee, first he cites a man who will die richer than Croesus even if the top bracket is raised to a thousand percent and posits there is "some merit" to his idea; then he drags from the trash the tired old "moral equivalency" doctrine that even before the end of the cold war lost credibility with all but the most hardcore leftie loons.
Pundits were saying not long ago the election was Obama's to lose. They were obviously onto something.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Blessed are the Cheese Makers
The ever popular ECUSA bishop, the Rt. Rev'd Gene Robinson, recently made a rare and welcome visit to New Hampshire (his diocese) and was kind enough to share his thoughts with a local reporter on the recently concluded Lambeth Conference (to which he was not invited).
"I think it accomplished what it set out to do, which was to build relationships." he said, listening to such talks as the "Bishop of Havarti tell about what it is like in Zimbabwe. Just the chance to hear what that's like is just amazing."(Thanks to Perfesser Johnson at the MCJ)
(From the Cincinnatti Courier-Journal)
4,100 miles for an arrest that just goes bustAt a later news conference, the sheriff proudly displayed one of the t-shirts he and his deputy had purchased at the souvenir shop.
Kentucky sheriff drives to California only to bring back the wrong man
By Andrew Wolfson
Two weeks ago, the Butler County, Ky., sheriff and a deputy hopped into their cruiser and drove to California and back -- more than 4,100 miles -- to bring a man to Kentucky for failing to appear in court on the minor felony charge of fleeing from police and drunken driving, a misdemeanor.
On the way there, they stopped to sightsee at country music star Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, Calif. On the way back, they bought T-shirts at a souvenir shop.
Only when they got back to Western Kentucky and turned their prisoner over to the jail did anyone confirm through fingerprints and mug shots what their prisoner, 27-year-old Joe Oros III, had been saying all along:
They had the wrong man.
(Thanks to the Volokh Conspiracy)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Bring Them On
Vox populi
From Fox News:
The brass of the Democratic Party are, astonishingly, of the mind the average voter will be influenced by the political leanings of celebrities like Warren Beatty or Susan Sarandon and, in a way, they are right. If the cavalcade of Hollywood royalty does descend upon Denver for the convention, TV and YouTube images of movie stars gliding from fabulous do to fabulous do (while anarchists, as they have promised, toss Molotov cocktails through Starbucks windows) will drive home nicely to the average Joe just how utterly out of touch the Democratic Party is; that it is the Democrats, not the Republicans, who are, however vulgar, the voice of the snotty elite.
Stars Get Ready for Democratic Convention
Monday, August 18, 2008
By Roger Friedman
How many stars are going to Denver next week for the Democratic Convention? Let's put it this way: they're going to have major gridlock in the Mile High City thanks to limos everywhere. The pollution level should go way up from A-listers in their individual gas-guzzling block-long vehicles!
The Creative Coalition, a non-partisan group, is bringing a boatload of stars with them including Annette Bening (which could mean that hubby Warren Beatty is nearby), Matthew Modine, Kerry Washington, Joey Pantoliano, Susan Sarandon, Tony Goldwyn, new co-president Tim Daly, Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence O'Donnell. So many celebs are coming that I've heard Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson is considering making a documentary about the whole experience!
So bring on those stars and let them loudly proclaim (before the cameras, if you please) the gospel of Obamessiah. The Republicans must be wringing their hands with glee at the prospect and likely have already shot a slew of TV spots for the fall campaign; the only job remaining for them the delightful task, at convention's end, of culling clips from the video treasure trove so generously provided by Hollywood and the Democrats, for insertion into those commercials.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Where I Been
The first pic was taken on the beach at the old family place in Maine; the second, from the deck of the house in Bovina. God is good.
While in Maine I attended my first Catholic mass in that state at a small church that was plain but attractive and, gratifyingly, packed with about 350 souls. I suppose it's a race to the bottom when it comes to bad Catholic liturgy and music but this church has set, for me, the new lead standard. The music was a Haas, Haugen & Co. songfest, led by the ghastliest and most heavily amplified soloist under whom I have ever withered. If tonality were geography this poor woman was in Kuala Lumpur not Maine; her timbre would obviate the need for a band saw in a machine shop. The organist must have learned at the feet of the late John Kiley in Fenway Park, with his appliance set at warp-speed vibrato throughout (even during Communion), everything fortissimo, of course.
Happily, the priest (as has been my experience at virtually all Catholic churches) was wonderful. He was a guest celebrant, making the pitch for his mission in his native Lesotho. Despite the horrendous crime and poverty in his homeland, he elected to stay there and do God's work, somehow maintaining a sense of humor as well, e.g. advising us the first collection of the mass was merely a "test to see if we were still awake," that we should "pay no attention to it at all" and save all for the second collection. Had I not already made a check out, I would have complied better with the good man's instructions. His godliness more than compensated for the aforementioned unpleasantries.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Summer Vacation
(Image courtesy of Ninja Airlines.)
Your Bloviator is heading off to the coast of Maine, where there will be no convenient Internet access, then to Bovina, where dial-up service is so slow and unreliable it's good for e-mail only; in short, little or no posting.
With the bald assumption interest in them will survive the hiatus, rants will begin anew toward the end of the month.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Shut Up and Play Your Guitar
There's a brand spanking new church in Venezuela, where they worship the Deity, of course, as well give a nod to God.
It's difficult to feel sorry for these pathetic stooges but I do. For when the inevitable occurs and the good people of Venezuela finally have had enough of the ruinous policies of El Maximo Chávez, they will dispatch him with no uncertainty then turn their wrath on his sycophants, including these tired relics of "liberation theology," dispatching them also; probably in a most unchristian way.
CABIMAS, Venezuela — From a makeshift chapel in a schoolhouse where a portrait of President Hugo Chávez and revolutionary slogans from his government adorn the entrance, the bishops of the new Reformed Catholic Church of Venezuela welcomed congregants to Sunday Mass.Beg to differ, Your Grace Alvarado, but I suspect Holy Mother Church prays fervently and daily she would lose more priests like you.
Missionary Bishop Simón Alvarado, 39, strummed a guitar and led the small congregation in singing hymns. Bishop Coadjutor Jon Jen Siu-García, 37, preached a sermon on assisting the poor while his wife, Hiranioris Calles, 24, smiled at him from her seat on a white plastic chair.
"The church of Rome is fearful that it could lose more priests like us," Bishop Siu-García said.
It's difficult to feel sorry for these pathetic stooges but I do. For when the inevitable occurs and the good people of Venezuela finally have had enough of the ruinous policies of El Maximo Chávez, they will dispatch him with no uncertainty then turn their wrath on his sycophants, including these tired relics of "liberation theology," dispatching them also; probably in a most unchristian way.
Behold His Mighty Hand
The latest plug from the McCain campaign is out, this one taking on Obamessianism. I particularly like the use of the clip from the "Ten Commandments," with Moses/Charlton Heston commanding the Red Sea waters to part while the Obama "presidential seal" emerges from the waves. Brilliant stuff, someone is really on the ball in the McCain campaign.
No doubt Barack will divine racism in this spot, too but he would be wiser to ease off broaching this poisonous subject. Other than for masochistic white liberal millionaires who just can't seem to get enough of it, Obama and his cronies' repeated accusations of "racism" will quickly get old for the vast majority of Americans.
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
merry Christmas!
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
In a season filled with gift giving I've found myself reflective of the non-physical gifts of those around me. This introspection was probably brought on by the fact that my knee-jerk reaction to my boss telling me not to worry about something was to respond, "you don't know me at all--worrying is the one thing I am good at!" and partially due to the fact that I am constantly noticing all the things Jon excels at (theology--I seriously think he has the potential to be an earth-changing theologian of our generation, cooking, singing/playing ukulele, loving our kids, being hot, essentially any hobby he picks up, etc.).
(If you haven't noticed in my writing or just from knowing me in general, I have a pretty poor view of myself and my capabilities.)
While I think it is important to be critical of one's self so that we constantly grow, I am critical of myself to a fault. I think I suck at my job. I think I am completely and unequivocally unattractive from a physical perspective. I constantly question my parenting and wifely abilities. I think I am incompetent and annoying*, loud and immature, a crappy Christian**, so on and so forth.
In spite of my faults, I do my best to love my neighbors. To treat those around me with care and respect. To give a voice to the marginalized. To forgive those who have slighted me, be it actual or perceived.
But I can't extend the same grace to myself.
If pressed, I would say the only other thing I am good at is that I am empathetic and passionate about the issues that feel near to me. My heart aches for the hurting, the broken and the forgotten. I do what I can to help, but my help is oft contingent on my convenience and comfort level.
In 2016 I want to be better at two things: saying yes when it's inconvenient and being kinder to myself. If I took the energy and passion I have for telling myself lies about how useless I am and redirected it towards doing something positive, perhaps I could learn to love myself a little bit and make an actual difference in the world. Perhaps by living my life more sacrificially I can better grasp--albeit never fully comprehend--the way Jesus loved sinful, unworthy me.
*this part is at least partially true
**also at least partially true
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
life lately
Lately we have been spending a whole lot of time scrambling to remember and keep up with our commitments. I have been working part time at night/on weekends from home doing quality & compliance documentation for a friend with a medical device startup. It has been so fulfilling (I miss the BME at my main gig) but also quite the time constraint. That being said, we really needed the money between paying off Jon's hernia surgery + car problems that it has been a total blessing.
As you may expect, I'm finding myself spread thin. The living room still isn't done (need to finish caulking and painting and putting up a few more pieces of molding) but we have had to shift gears to organizing the basement as we got the kids a playhouse for Christmas and it had become the spot after the move where random boxes filled with junk we never use had gone to die.
We are making significant headway in tossing a whole lot of stuff and rearranging the stuff we want to keep. I'm hoping to have it done by this weekend.
This has been an odd season of life for us. Jon and I want more kids. We always envisioned a larger family. Now that we are nearing the age Elden was when I got pregnant with Edith we find ourselves trying to make decisions regarding how we grow our family. I never felt like Edith was my last pregnancy. I certainly didn't cherish it and I believed we would go on to have at least one more biological kid. But I have been feeling an ever-increasing pull towards foster-to-adopt lately so we are conflicted. No decisions have been made either way and as of last night we are reconsidering doing anything within the next several months since we are so uncertain.
We are hosting my family for Christmas this year and have started to really finalize the menu. I can't wait to share more once we have it nailed down!
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Friday, December 11, 2015
ten on ten
I started yesterday with full intentions to do the Ten on Ten. However, I only snapped 9 photos that didn't have our friends' kids in them (Thursday nights we usually have small group). Since I didn't ask any of their parent's permission to share the photos I decided to make this a nine on ten.
such a Deb) but it's not clicking. I'm seriously considering trying to find a place we can volunteer at with him to try to open his eyes to the many injustices of the world. But I also don't want to kill his childhood innocence. Any suggestions on making him less spoiled (seriously we have not been buying him things everywhere we go so I'm not sure why he feels so entitled) are welcome and appreciated.
{6} as of this past weekend I am down 4.4 pounds on Weight Watchers! I know weight loss at that rate is not necessarily healthy nor sustainable and I expect it to level off to 1-2 pounds per week now that the water weight is seemingly gone. I have been so good about keeping up with this diet and a few of my pants already feel a bit better.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
november, 1 second every day
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
weight watchers
Thanksgiving was the day I realized something needed to be done about my weight.
I tried on three pairs of pants that morning--pre-feast--and none of them fit. Even though I was thisclose to slapping on a pair of ratty pajama pants and calling it a loss, I suffered through some much too tight but zippable jeans.
I had planned on starting a diet that day (then the next, then the next, then the next) but you know how it goes. Until I stepped on a scale on Sunday night.
20 pounds over my typical healthy weight. Enough was enough.
I had huge success with Weight Watchers after Jon and I got married and decided to try again as I was familiar with the program, really liked it and could get an app for $4 to keep track of my daily points. Yesterday was my first day and even though I was quite hungry (it's amazing what a difference my actual serving size and the recommended serving sizes were...) I felt better about myself. I passed on donuts when I saw one was 11 points and I drank more water.
My goal is to lose twenty pounds. I want my clothes to fit better and to feel better about how I look. More importantly, I want to be healthy for my family. I'm publishing this with the hopes that "outing" myself will keep me more accountable. I've found some awesome recipes I'm excited to try and I think meal planning--which will be critical to keeping me on track--will also help us be more accountable on our grocery budget.
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Helpful Eye Injury Facts to Know
Knowing some information and facts about eye injury and how to prevent it can be helpful to almost anyone. While some eye injury risks are common sense, other facts might actually surprise you. One of the most important facts to know about eye injury is that it can be prevented in 90% of the cases simply by wearing appropriate protective eyewear. What is troubling is that according to a survey by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, only 35 percent of people say that they always wear protective eyewear when performing home repairs or maintenance and even less wear protective eyewear while playing sports!
Monday, October 12, 2015
Use Caution with Decorative Contact Lenses for Halloween
Many of your friends and family like to use decorative contact lenses as part of their Halloween costumes. Fashion or decorative contact lenses give you the ability to change your "look" by changing your eye color or even creating patterns or logos on your eyes without correcting vision. BUT, decorative contact lenses need to be used with caution and a sound understanding of how to use them safely and avoid eye problems and injury.
Facts & Tips for Halloween Contact Lens Eye Safety
- Decorative contact lenses are not cosmetics or "over the counter" merchandise. They are medical devices regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Places that advertise them as cosmetics or sell them without a prescription are breaking the law.
- They are not "one size fits all." An eye doctor, either an optometrist or an ophthalmologist, must measure each eye to properly fit the lenses and evaluate how your eye responds to contact lens wear. A poor fit can cause serious eye damage, including;
- a scratched cornea
- a corneal infection
- pink eye conjunctivitis
- decreased vision
- blindness
Where NOT to Buy Decorative Contact Lenses
- Places that sell decorative lenses without a prescription may give you few or no instructions on how to clean and care for your lenses. Failure to use the proper solution and care regimen to keep contact lenses clean and moist can lead to infections.
These are not authorized distributors of contact lenses, which are prescription devices by federal law.
- street vendors
- salons or beauty supply stores
- boutiques
- flea markets
- novelty stores
- Halloween stores
- record or video stores
- convenience stores
- beach shops
- Internet (unless the site requires a prescription)
How to Buy Decorative Contact Lenses Safely. Get an eye exam from a licensed eye doctor, either an ophthalmologist or optometrist, even if you feel your vision is perfect to make sure your eyes are healthy enough to wear contacts. Get a valid prescription that includes the brand name, lens measurements, and an expiration date. But don't expect your eye doctor to prescribe anime, or circle, lenses. These bigger-than-normal lenses that give the wearer a wide-eyed, doll-like look have not been approved by FDA. Buy the lenses from a seller that requires you to provide a prescription, whether you go in person or shop online. Follow directions for cleaning, disinfecting, and wearing the lenses, and visit your eye doctor for follow-up eye exams. See your eye doctor right away if you have signs of possible eye infection including:
The safe and effective use of contact lenses-whether decorative or not-requires proper fitting and education about their care to prevent the potential for serious eye problems from becoming a reality. If you or someone you know wishes to learn more or be fit with any type of contact lenses-including decorative contacts-please schedule an eye exam at The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit The Eye Care & Surgery Center, Google+ or facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter to schedule an appointment.
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
Cataract Surgery: Turning Back the Clock
HI, my name is Nancy and I would like to tell you about my recent surgery at The Eye care and Surgery Center. I can sum it up in one word, OUTSTANDING! From Dr. Jacobs and his staff, to the surgery center nurses and staff, all were wonderful. I cannot tell you how fantastic it is to see clearly at a distance for the first time in 53 years. And when they say the surgery is painless it truly is. Again the whole experience was painless, fast and gives you back great vision. I love it.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 2-quart baking dish.
For the filling: Toss the apples, butterscotch chips, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, allspice, and lemon juice together in a large bowl. Add to the buttered baking dish and dot with butter.
For the topping: In a separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, oats, and salt. Blend the butter into the mixture until it forms pea size lumps. Stir in the pecans and sprinkle over the filling.
Bake until the apples are tender and butterscotch is bubbling, about 45 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Plate with a scoop of butter pecan ice cream on top.
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Kanye and Bieber Were in the Studio Again
That guest verse might happen yet.
Though his name wasn't mentioned during last week's listening sessions, Kanye's been rumored for Believe since last October, so this extra-blurry Instagram photo is all kinds of significant. According to Bieber associate Kenny Hamilton, that's 'Ye, Biebz, and recording equipment, and all three were together to put "finishing touches" on JB's new album. That guest verse might actually happen! Related: Drake, have you recorded yours yet?


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Bardstown Mayor John Royalty blamed a "racial divide" with black City Council members for much of the past two years' controversy, especially a call to investigate his administration in May 2016.
"There was three — three blacks voted for it and three whites voted against it and it's been a separated council and I was the deciding factor and I voted against it. I wasn't wasting taxpayers' money," Royalty said during a recent deposition.
Royalty was describing his version of events surrounding the first call to investigate his administration following his unilateral reorganization of the Bardstown Police Department. Part of that April reorganization resulted in the demotion of former BPD Capt. Tom Roby, who was fired in May on accusations he destroyed police files as he cleaned out his office. Roby has filed a wrongful termination and defamation against the city, and Royalty testified under oath in a deposition in December.
The first call for investigation came from Councilwoman Kecia Copeland in the spring. During a heated City Council meeting April 26 where residents chastised the mayor for his actions with the Police Department and his push to break away from the consolidated emergency dispatching center. That first call failed on a 3-3 council vote on May 3, with Copeland, Francis Lydian and Roland Williams all voting in favor and Bobby Simpson, Bill Buckman and Fred Hagan voting against. The mayor broke the tie vote.
Royalty blamed the three African-American council members who voted in favor of the investigation of harboring a grudge that dated back to Royalty's defeat of former Mayor Bill Sheckles in November 2014.
"I don't think they liked me in office. Their person didn't win," he said, referring to Sheckles, who is also black.
It was a unanimous vote, though, in November, when the council voted to investigate the origins of a group of packets that were left anonymously before a council meeting that contained personal information about Copeland and Lydian. That investigation has recently expanded beyond the packets and into unspecified areas of Royalty's administration.
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The upgraded replacement for the legendary A901 series, this AWO1 brass model is suited just as well to aspiring beginners as to experienced professionals. It has a strong tonal core thanks to a re-engineered bore and toneholes, plus many upgraded features exclusive to the WO series such as newly designed Front F Keys, Ride Side Keys and Right Pinky Key.
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Yanagisawa have managed to raise the quality of their instruments another notch, with the introduction of the WO series.
The sound delivery of any Yani horn has always been one of richness and smoothness, while remaining free blowing throughout. This quality remains in place on the WO horns but there is an extra degree of warmth and just a little extra focus over and above the old brass models. I'm sure that this must be largely accountable to the change of brass, which will be having this effect on the WO 01 and 010 models.
As for the bronze models, there is less of a discernable difference tonally, except to say that ergonomically all of the range has benefited from tweaks within the mechanism and key-work. These are lovely new horns!! email@example.com
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Front F Key
A new redesigned front F key for a better feel.
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The pads are completely air-tight which supports stability in playing and their life is extended thanks to being waterproof
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Sales & Marketing Director, Spain & Portugal
Smurfit Kappa encourages an entrepreneurial spirit and management will always welcome somebody who has continuous drive to bring ideas to the table
I am proud to celebrate over 20 years with the Smurfit Kappa. I can summarise my 20 year' experience, since joining the group in 1991 on the Smurfit Kappa Graduate Management Trainee Programme, as very positive. I have been provided with continuous challenges over the years, great support, coaching and training which have enabled me to evolve professionally.
Why did I join Smurfit Kappa?
While studying Economics in Dublin (UCD) my objective was to join a best in class multinational within which I could develop a long term career. Smurfit Kappa (at that time the Jefferson Smurfit Group) was one of Ireland's leading companies and hence on the top of my target list.
What does one working week look like?
My working week involves a wide range of interesting challenges. I have a quarterly meeting with the Sales Directors of all sites, a monthly meeting with my team, monthly reviews with our CEO and ExCom, meetings with our largest clients together with the Key Account Managers, regular meetings with collegues from our Pan European Sales teams and I am involved in many projects related to driving innovation within our organisation, projects for key retailers which are mainly focused on Shelf Ready Packaging challenges or convincing retailers to move from Plastic RPC's to corrugated trays for their Fruit and Veg product ranges.
No week is the same for me and this is one of the things I most appreciate about my experience so far in Smurfit Kappa. Whenever I have a calm moment I reflect on what "new" ideas we could work on to bring positive change and better results to the division. Coaching and supporting each member of my team and ensuring that they continuously evolve professionally is an ongoing task and one that I very much enjoy.
What advice would you give someone considering joining Smurfit Kappa?
On entering Smurfit Kappa – "A Great Company" – it is very important to have an open mind and to be willing to learn about all of the key areas of the business before aspiring to move up within the organisation. It is this learning base that will stand to you later on as you evolve within the company. Smurfit Kappa encourages an entreprenural sprit and management will always welcome somebody who has continuous drive to bring ideas to the table which, if implemented, can benefit the business. However of course not all ideas will be taken on board and hence persistence and drive are key. A positive attitude / approach will certainly help any person joining the company to develop good relationships with colleagues and managers. We have a fantastic team of people within the group and it is very easy to integrate quickly at all levels. One's capacity to work as part of a team is key, and if you move into a European Role communication skills are even more important.
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The downing of an Iraqi jet by U.S. fighters Sunday serves as a reminder that Saddam Hussein remains in power while his nemesis, George Bush, has been forced out of office.
Mr. Hussein probably believed that the time is ripe for testing the U.S. ban of Iraqi aircraft from southern and northern Iraq. Global attention attention is on Somalia, Bosnia and the Israeli-Lebanese border. Washington is in transition, and Mr. Hussein no doubt would like to test President-elect Bill Clinton.


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Mayor Tom Kane's grip on Chicago is as powerful as ever.
Kelsey Grammer in Boss: Season Two brings more excitement, backstabbing and political chess being played at the expense of the citizens of Chicago. Kelsey Grammer reprises his role as Mayor Tom Kane in a declining state of his psychological health while struggling to maintain a hold on his city. With the Mayor's new assistants and old friends becoming enemies–assassination attempts and unrest are sprouting up all over the city. The second season of Boss is undeniably better than the first. Unfortunately, it seems the ratings for the program were not substantial enough for the series to receive a renewal for a third season, but this could be attributed to the show being aired on Starz instead of a more popular network channel (i.e. HBO or Showtime).
The strength of Lewy bodies is increasingly affecting Kane's decision making skills, causing him to see and hear hallucinations, notably his first senior political adviser Ezra Miller (Martin Donovan). Not only is his political career at stake, but those in his personal life are sinking deeper into trouble, including his recovering addict daughter Emma (Hannah Ware) and his wife Meredith (Connie Nielsen) becoming a victim of an assassination attempt by an unidentified assailant. With two new members of his staff at his side, Mona Fredricks (Sanaa Lathan), his new chief of staff and Ian Todd (Jonathan Groff), an ambitious young man serving as Kane's assistant, Kane's personality and allegiance shifts between old and new friends and threatens his stranglehold of power and reason.
Season Two is packed full of excitement and emotion, more so than the previous season. New characters and dilemmas have been introduced to heighten the intrigue. Kane's downward spiraling empire is fascinating to watch, wondering what could happen next for the mayor to oversee. As his symptoms worsen, it as if he becomes more human and even encouraging; a new side to him is revealed. The illness opens him to the stressed within his own city instead of shielding his eyes with the expected financial benefactors. All parties involved, while crooked, are still likable in some regard due to their complex natures and shifting allegiances with one another, showing that Boss knows how to handle character development.
Tip "T.I" Harris makes an appearance as Trey, a man with gang ties who now serves as an adviser to Alderman Ross (James Vincent Meredith). Harris' performance is smooth and professional with a touch of sinister, and knows how to get the job done for the alderman. Todd and Lathan served in strong supporting roles this season. Kane's tumultuous past is further explored in season two through his flashbacks and hallucinations involving Ezra.
Sadly for all the good things that can be said about this series, it didn't reach enough Starz viewers to remain on the air.
Damn good show.
Boss – Season Two special features include:
- Commentaries
- The King and His Court Featurette
The King and His Court is filled with appearances by multiple cast members discussing Mayor Tom Kane's position and condition within the second season and their individual characters relationships to the mayor and their personal ambitions. The characters who appears righteous are shown to be, as in the case of Sam Miller (Troy Garity)–the chief editor of fictional newspaper "The Sentinel" has his own agenda mixed in with an ultimate goal.
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The handspun socks that I wanted to wear next weekend were getting way too roomy:
A good 16 stitches too many on a total of 59 stitches.
I hadn't decreased after I finished the heel, thinking it'd be all right because I have a high instep that actually needed more stitches than I had.
But it's too tight at the front and too loose at the back.
Knitting is so 3D, y'all.
This had to go. On both socks. (And look how stretched the fabric is over my instep, ouch)
After the mandatory grumpy time I frogged them both and picked up stitches at the row that combines blue and red. I was not prepared to reknit the heel.
In the red I increased another 5 stitches immediately. In the back I decreased 5 stitches twice. 54 stitches total.
I started knitting again, checking for fit regularly, and this time it sits pleasant around my ankle and my instep has a little more room.
I knitted fast, to try and finish them before next weekend. But I also want to use up all the yarn and there's still a lot of fuchsia, then purple and then blue. These socks will be reaching for my knees!
Then I got distracted by the arrival of the kitten.
Now Pip's here and things are busy and I want all other areas of my life to be tranquil. This goes double for the colours I'm resting my eyes upon for hours each day.
So I enjoy looking outside, to the garden with the see-through to the meadow. There's the mist on the grass. Butterflies and cows in the distance. The beautiful moonlight this week.
That's why I love spinning the greenish white batts for a handspun vest at the moment, if Pip allows me some spinning time. As well as the gleaming silk-mix from Passe-Partout (which I haven't touched since last time I showed you).
I want to be submerged in whites and greys and soft touches of colours, like this gorgeous photograph by Brooke Ryan:
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Any one of these colours! Any one of the greys, the cool greens, the lilac-whites. Or any combination of them!
Oh, how I love to do a bit of colour work again. I think my shoulder's up to it… love to find out 😉
These bright colours I rather knit in the dark days in December:
So I'm putting these away until then. I have a special tin that comes out in December. It has candles and paper napkins and glass ornaments and nice yarn. Through the year I fill it with things that give a knitter a hug in the dark days of December.
Here it is in 2011, the first year I started this:
I'll put the socks in there. In a nice WIP bag.
Perhaps add some nice fabric to make my own bag. And some nice buttons? I never take the time to use my nice buttons for myself. Yes, I think I'll sneak in some fabric and my favourite buttons. I'll make it a little ready-to-start package: fabric, thread, buttons, embroidery needles (you never know, I feel like embroidering) and sneak it in. (I don't open the tin and look what's already inside, I like to be surprised in the holidays.)
That's how I make sure my x-mas time is always good.
got food?
We were at the vet yesterday, for vaccination, and he explained that a well fed kitten poos twice a day. If he goes three times he's getting too much food. Good to know.
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K-League: Seoul 4 Jeonbuk Motors 1
Seoul kept their AFC Champions League hopes alive with a 4-1 victory over Jeonbuk Motors in the K-League on Wednesday.
Yong-Soo Choi's men now sit just one point behind Jeonbuk and a spot in the top three thanks in the main to striker Dejan Damjanovic, who notched up an impressive hat-trick.
The Montenegro international now has 16 league goals this season and his treble keeps his side in the hunt for an automatic return to the Champions League after they were beaten by Guangzhou Evergrande in this season's final.
It took Damjanovic just five minutes to open the scoring at the Seoul World Cup Stadium and he doubled his tally just a minute after half-time.
Mauricio Molina then made it three on 54 minutes before Damjanovic rounded off his hat-trick seven minutes from time.
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After working with the December 2010 London Bootcamp on Multicast for the better part of Day 4 in our 12-day bootcamp, I returned to the hotel to find the following post on my Facebook page – "Multicast is EVIL!"
Why do so many students feel this way about this particular technology? I think one of the biggest challenges is that troubleshooting Multicast definitely reminds us of just what an "art" solving network issues can become. And speaking of troubleshooting, in the Version 4 Routing and Switching exam, we may have to contend with fixing problems beyond the scope of our own "self-induced" variety. This is, of course, thanks to the initial 2 hour Troubleshooting section which may indeed include Multicast-related Trouble Tickets.
Your very best defense against any issues in the lab exam regarding this technology – the new 3-Day Multicast technology bootcamp. Also, be sure to enjoy the latest free vSeminar from Brian McGahan – Troubleshooting IP Multicast Routing.
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8 Responses to "Is Multicast Evil?"
I'm currently redesigning a multicast network that used for primarily for Audio Sources speaking to MUX's that goes onto distribution. Whilst I agree Multicast is not evil, it certainly presents a number of tricky issues when considering traffic that is destined for broadcast – its about 500 groups and over a 1000 mroutes.
There are all the timers to consider for IGMP/PIM, backup and primary paths, is ECMP a consideration, how do we make it work etc etc.
Its very challanging stuff. Certainly having been studying for my CCIE now for a little over a year (Hopefully make the date in April next year), its really helped me as I'm presented with an environment that poses very tricky problems, (a number due to the old router platforms and ring topology).
So planing the upgrade plus all the study has helped me out loads!
I used to think the same until I was tasked in deploying multicast. I took the time to actually learn the protocol, how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot it. All from one Cisco document!
Before any engineer curses multicast, I would suggest they do as I did.
I forgot to add. I also attended INE's 3-day multicast bootcamp which helped tremendously!
Thanks, evil … ?
only if you're scared of it
I am yet to fully discover the Multi Cast! It is on my study schedule for about Mid January.
Joshua – what was that one Cisco Document you read?
I will be purchasing most of the 3 day bootcamps I think as seem to be getting some good feedback.
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I bought it without any second thought as soon as I saw Brian's name.
Super super stuff.
Great Brian.
Please come up with more materials like this.
Yes i do believe Multicast is very Evil..
Troubleshooting Multicast is really not something to enjoy
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Security in a Cloud-First World Is Cloudy
Enterprises are moving to the cloud faster than most of us in security expected. CIOs are going from 0 to 100 in cloud adoption and leaving security teams in the dust. Once cloud is part of an enterprise stack, it's unclear who has responsibility for the protection of applications, services, and data.
When cloud breaches occur, whether active compromise or a publicly accessible database, the blame must fall on both service providers and users.
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In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Ben Johnson, Co-Founder and CTO of Obsidian Security, explored how both groups must do more to make cloud more secure, from leveraging AI to improving APIs, to incorporating cloud into current security programs.
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Ben Johnson, Co-Founder and CTO of Obsidian Security, is a prominent voice in cybersecurity, having co-founded and been CTO of both Obsidian Security and Carbon Black. Additionally, he sits on several cyber start-up boards and spent 7 years at the NSA. He has spoken to over 600 organizations and given thought-leadership presentations in 15 countries.
Ten Tips on How to Maximize Your CloudEXPO and DXWorldEXPO Sponsorship Benefits
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX, two of the most influential technology events in the world, have hosted hundreds of sponsors and exhibitors since our launch 10 years ago.
In this blog post, I provide 10 tips on how our sponsors and exhibitors can maximize their participation at our events. But before reading my top 10 tips for our sponsors and exhibitors, please take a moment and watch this brief Sandy Carter video.
"Cloud Expo was really the event to connect with thought leaders, innovators, business folks who are interested in what the cloud can bring to their business. You know really how it allows them to bring the transformation of the business process."
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1) Sponsor and Exhibit in both New York and Silicon Valley
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX New York and Silicon Valley provide a full year of face-to-face marketing opportunities for your company. Each sponsorship and exhibit package comes with pre and post-show marketing programs. By sponsoring and exhibiting in New York and Silicon Valley, you reach a full complement of decision makers and buyers in multiple vertical markets. Our delegate profiles can be located in our show prospectus.
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Once you select the best sponsorship/exhibit package that fits your goals, return the signed contract as soon as possible so you don't miss any of your pre-show promotional activities.
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8) Promote Your Session(s) Before the Event
If you have technical sessions at our events, promote them. Don't forget, every speaker is competing with sessions in nine other breakout tracks which takes place at the same time slot. Many delegates pick which sessions they plan to attend before they arrive, so you need to promote your session content to draw the maximum audience to your presentation.
9) Plan Your Activities at Your Booth, Don't Forget Live Demos
The Expo Floor is where business is conducted. Remember your competition in the next booth is trying to reach the same customers as you are. Providing demos of your solid product is the best way to utilize the activities at your booth. Giving out t-shirts and fun toys and conducting drawings will keep delegates interested, but at the end of the day you are there to sell your products and services, not t-shirts.
10) Take Advantage of the Post-Show Marketing Opportunities Included with Your Contract
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX sponsor/exhibitor packages come with the most effective pre and post-show marketing opportunities. Don't miss any of these programs, which can be worth more than all your other marketing efforts combined.
DXWorldEXPO LLC, the producer of the world's most influential technology conferences and trade shows has announced the conference tracks for CloudEXPO | DXWorldEXPO 2018 New York.
DXWordEXPO New York 2018, colocated with CloudEXPO New York 2018 will be held November 11-13, 2018, in New York City.
Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with the introduction of DXWorldEXPO within the program. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive over the long term.
A total of 88% of Fortune 500 companies from a generation ago are now out of business. Only 12% still survive. Similar percentages are found throughout enterprises of all sizes.
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2018 Conference Agenda, Keynotes and 10 Conference Tracks
DXWordEXPO New York 2018 and Cloud Expo New York 2018 agenda present 222 rockstar faculty members, 200 sessions and 22 keynotes and general sessions in 10 distinct conference tracks.
- Cloud-Native | Serverless
- DevOpsSummit
- FinTechEXPO - New York Blockchain Event
- CloudEXPO - Enterprise Cloud
- DXWorldEXPO - Digital Transformation (DX)
- Smart Cities | IoT | IIoT
- AI | Machine Learning | Cognitive Computing
- BigData | Analytics
- The API Enterprise | Mobility | Security
- Hot Topics | FinTech | WebRTC
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DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO 2018 New York cover all of these tools, with the most comprehensive program and with 222 rockstar speakers throughout our industry presenting 22 Keynotes and General Sessions, 200 Breakout Sessions along 10 Tracks, as well as our signature Power Panels. Our Expo Floor brings together the world's leading companies throughout the world of Cloud Computing, DevOps, FinTech, Digital Transformation, and all they entail.
As your enterprise creates a vision and strategy that enables you to create your own unique, long-term success, learning about all the technologies involved is essential. Companies today not only form multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures, but create them with built-in cognitive capabilities.
Cloud-Native thinking is now the norm in financial services, manufacturing, telco, healthcare, transportation, energy, media, entertainment, retail and other consumer industries, as well as the public sector.
CloudEXPO is the world's most influential technology event where Cloud Computing was coined over a decade ago and where technology buyers and vendors meet to experience and discuss the big picture of Digital Transformation and all of the strategies, tactics, and tools they need to realize their goals.
FinTech Is Now Part of the DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO Program!
Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 22nd CloudEXPO | DXWorldEXPO November 11-13, 2018 in New York City will find fresh new content in two new tracks called:
- FinTechEXPO
- New York Blockchain Event
which will incorporate FinTech and Blockchain, as well as machine learning, artificial intelligence and deep learning in these two distinct tracks.
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FinTech brings efficiency as well as the ability to deliver new services and a much improved customer experience throughout the global financial services industry. FinTech is a natural fit with cloud computing, as new services are quickly developed, deployed, and scaled on public, private, and hybrid clouds.
More than US$20 billion in venture capital is being invested in FinTech this year. DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO are pleased to bring you the latest FinTech developments as an integral part of our program.
DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO are accepting speaking submissions for this new track, so please visit Cloud Computing Expo for the latest information or contact us at [email protected]
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Only DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO bring together all this in a single location:
Attend DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO. Build your own custom experience. Learn about the world's latest technologies and chart your course to Digital Transformation.
22nd International DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO, taking place November 11-13, 2018, in New York City, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.
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Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS - software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
Every Global 2000 enterprise in the world is now integrating cloud computing in some form into its IT development and operations. Midsize and small businesses are also migrating to the cloud in increasing numbers.
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Companies are each developing their unique mix of cloud technologies and services, forming multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures and deployments across all major industries. Cloud-driven thinking has become the norm in financial services, manufacturing, telco, healthcare, transportation, energy, media, entertainment, retail and other consumer industries, and the public sector.
Sponsorship Opportunities
DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO are the single show where technology buyers and vendors can meet to experience and discus cloud computing and all that it entails. Sponsors of DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO will benefit from unmatched branding, profile building and lead generation opportunities through:
- Featured on-site presentation and ongoing on-demand webcast exposure to a captive audience of industry decision-makers.
- Showcase exhibition during our new extended dedicated expo hours
- Breakout Session Priority scheduling for Sponsors that have been guaranteed a 35-minute technical session
- Online advertising on 4,5 million article pages in SYS-CON's i-Technology Publications
- Capitalize on our Comprehensive Marketing efforts leading up to the show with print mailings, e-newsletters and extensive online media coverage.
- Unprecedented PR Coverage: Unmatched editorial coverage on Cloud Computing Journal.
- Tweetup to over 100,000 plus Twitter followers
- Press releases sent on major wire services to over 500 industry analysts.
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The upcoming 22nd International DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO November 11-13, 2018 in New York City, NY announces that its Call For Papers for speaking opportunities is now open.
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About DXWorldEXPO LLC
DXWorldEXPO LLC is a Lighthouse Point, Florida-based trade show company and the creator of DXWorldEXPO - Digital Transformation Conference & Expo. The company produces and presents CloudEXPO, DevOpsSummit, FinTechEXPO - Blockchain Event, the world's most influential conferences and trade shows.
Early Bird Registration Discount Expires on August 31, 2018 Conference Registration Link ▸ HERE. Pick from all 200 sessions in all 10 tracks, plus 22 Keynotes & General Sessions! Lunch is served two days. EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 2018. Ticket prices: ($1,295-Aug 31) ($1,495-Oct 31) ($1,995-Nov 12) ($2,500-Walk-in)
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Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereal. Andrew's role at ConsenSys Enterprise is a mul...
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Nicolas Fierro is CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions. He is a programmer, technologist, and operations dev who has worked with Ethereum and blockchain since 2014. His knowledge in blockchain dates to when he performed dev ops services to the Ethereum Foundation as one the privileged few developers to work with the original core team in Switzerland.
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René Bostic is the Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America. Enjoying her career with IBM during the modern millennial technological era, she is an expert in cloud computing, DevOps and emerging cloud technologies such as Blockchain. Her strengths and core competencies include a proven record of accomplishments in consensus building at all levels to assess, plan, and implement enterprise and cloud computing solutions. René is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a m...
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Digital Transformation and Disruption, Amazon Style - What You Can Learn. Chris Kocher is a co-founder of Grey Heron, a management and strategic marketing consulting firm. He has 25+ years in both strategic and hands-on operating experience helping executives and investors build revenues and shareholder value. He has consulted with over 130 companies on innovating with new business models, product strategies and monetization. Chris has held management positions at HP and Symantec in addition to ...
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The challenges of aggregating data from consumer-oriented devices, such as wearable technologies and smart thermostats, are fairly well-understood. However, there are a new set of challenges for IoT devices that generate megabytes or gigabytes of data per second. Certainly, the infrastructure will have to change, as those volumes of data will likely overwhelm the available bandwidth for aggregating the data into a central repository. Ochandarena discusses a whole new way to think about your next...
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CloudEXPO | DevOpsSUMMIT | DXWorldEXPO are the world's most influential, independent events where Cloud Computing was coined and where technology buyers and vendors meet to experience and discuss the big picture of Digital Transformation and all of the strategies, tactics, and tools they need to realize their goals. Sponsors of DXWorldEXPO | CloudEXPO benefit from unmatched branding, profile building and lead generation opportunities.
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Dynatrace is an application performance management software company with products for the information technology departments and digital business owners of medium and large businesses. Building the Future of Monitoring with Artificial Intelligence. Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more busine...
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DXWorldEXPO LLC announced today that Big Data Federation to Exhibit at the 22nd International CloudEXPO, colocated with DevOpsSUMMIT and DXWorldEXPO, November 12-13, 2018 in New York City. Big Data Federation, Inc. develops and applies artificial intelligence to predict financial and economic events that matter. The company uncovers patterns and precise drivers of performance and outcomes with the aid of machine-learning algorithms, big data, and fundamental analysis. Their products are deployed...
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Many Notaries are under the radar so to speak when it comes to doing Notary work. Some Notaries do not fill out forms properly and others are downright cheats. So much for those DOJ background checks. Can the FBI check your integrity with one of those checks?
Notary Santa on the other hand has a good grasp of integrity. He knows who has been what Jeremy calls, "Integritous." He knows who has been a good or naughty Notary. Here is what you get!
When a Notary has been good he/she gets a new dual tray laser printer. They usually get one of the narrower ones not to save money, but because the larger models don't fit down a chimney. Neither does Santa, but he only works out once a year. (And eats a lot of Ho-Ho-Hos.)
When a Notary has backdated, Notary Santa delivers gifts early in the morning on the 26th, but backdates the transaction. It is a kind of Notary karma.
When a Notary has committed fraud, Notary Santa offers them a choice between Trump's clean burning coal in their stocking and reindeer poop. Some think Trump's ideas on coal are full of another kind of poop, but that's for another blog. Personally, I heard that the reindeer droppings make good fertilizer, so turn lemons into lemonade with this one!
It is generally a good idea to leave cookies in the shape of a certification seal for Santa.
JIMMY: Hi Santa — you're real.
NOTARY SANTA: I am, el-ham du-li'llah. (Praise be to God in Arabic.)
JIMMY: How many more stops do you have?
NOTARY SANTA: Only two but I'm in a real hurry.
JIMMY: Why such a hurry?
NOTARY SANTA: I'm an Islamic Santa. I do it because it pays great. But, I have to get my sleigh out of the country byJanuary 20th, 2017 before you know who takes office insh'allah.
JIMMY: Oh… Well, he'll need congressional approval to do anything drastic, so you have nothing to worry about… assuming…
NOTARY SANTA: That's exactly it… It's the assuming part. Assuming that nothing unexpected happens. Like showing up on Inauguration Day with a normal haircut. Or putting a normal-sized hand on the bible. Can you imagine what will happen when I get my sleigh back to Iraq? I'm not safe here in 26 days and my sleigh is not safe in my hometown. I think I'll just have to hide out at the North Pole or in Canada. Ya'allah — problems.
JIMMY: I understand. Can I see some ID to make sure you're the right Santa?
NOTARY SANTA: See ID? You're already sounding like the Trumpster. Yeah sure kid. Here it is.
JIMMY: It says Notary Santa Fouzi Al-Housseini. That's a strange name for a Santa.
NOTARY SANTA: It's a typical Iraqi Santa name. If you ever come to Iraq (not recommended for the next 20 years) you'll see many Santas with this type of name. Although we're not exactly Saint Nicks.
JIMMY: If I fill out the Notary venue I'll put — State of Disbelief. County of Lost IDgeles.
NOTARY SANTA: Ho! Ho! Ho!
JIMMY: You ate the last one… Last year I saw Santa kissing mommy. But, she was wearing a veil. I can't figure that one out.
NOTARY SANTA: It must have been a different Santa. But, it is hard to ID people wearing a veil or burka. Common problem in my country.
JIMMY: I was gonna make a veiled reference to that.
NOTARY SANTA: See ya Jimmy. And just call me Santa Fouzi, not Santa Claus — he handles Arizona, I cover parts of California. We have kind of a route like USPS.
JIMMY: And you took a year to get here. Just like my mail.


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A. This error message, which Figure 1 shows, appears because of the agent software that is installed by default on most HP NetServers. (You can view the agent processes—most HP NetServers hold eight agents—in Task Manager and from the Control Panel Services applet.) The problem occurs because Exchange Server Setup needs to update files (including two files related to Performance Monitor, perfc009.dat and perfh009.dat) that the agent processes have opened.
To permit the Exchange Server 5.5 installation process to complete properly, you have a few options. Try stopping the agents manually on the Services applet or stopping their related processes on Task Manager's Processes tab. (HP NetServer agent process names all begin with hp.) Then, rerun Setup. If the error persists, disable all the HP NetServer-related services in the Services applet, reboot the server, and retry the Exchange Server installation. After the Exchange Server installation is complete, you can safely reenable the HP NetServer agent services that you disabled.
Figure 1: Microsoft Exchange Server Setup error message


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Online Results Service
As suggested in recent league meetings I have been working on the online results service behind the
Please have a play : * test facility now closed * (enter all those results you wished for
during the season, whilst the data is being recorded to test the system it will not change the tables!)
The form is structured as follows:
[Your Name] – Name entered by the person completing the form
[Email Address] – Email address of the person completing the form
[Position] – Select from list [Manager, Secretary, Club Official, Other]
[Club Name] – Select from list [List populated automatically from database of current clubs]
[Agegroup] – Select from list [List populated with current Agegroups (I need to add U11 9-a-side)]
[Match Date] – Select Day,Month, Year
[Select Home Team] – Select from List [List populated automatically from database of current teams
listed in the selected [Agegroup] above]
[Score] – Select from list from P postponed to 30?
[League or Cup] – radio button, can only be one or the other
[Cards Checked] – Checkbox – tick if cards were checked
[Division] – Autofilled once team is selected (although it can be overwritten there shouldn't be any
reason to?)
[Sportsmanship] – Select from list, a score of 5 or less opens a report box to complete.
[Referee Marks] - Select from list, a score of 5 or less opens a report box to complete.
[Report Box] – opens for Sportsmanship or Referee Marks of 5 or less.
[Security Code] – Enter security code as per image , to prevent spam bots auto sending form.
There is an inbuilt error check system on some (not all) fields of the form, click 'Submit Results'
without entering any data and you will see which are checked.
Once completed the form sends an email copy of the individual results ,to firstname.lastname@example.com ,
along with a copy to the person who completed the form , as a record.
The date and time of the result being entered along with the IP Address of the sender are all
recorded in order to monitor any abuse of the system.
Once finished the plan is for both home and away teams will report using this system.
Please have a play and submit some results etc,
Let me know your thoughts and suggestions for improvements,
Andy B.
Rowsley & District Youth Football League
Webmaster/Trophies Secretary


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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Multiplayer Video Comes Out To Play
Following the recent reveal of Operation Flashpoint®: Dragon Rising™'s four player co-op mode, Codemasters® has released a preview video of the intense shooter's head-to-head multiplayer content. So I will admit that even I had started to become a little enamored with all of the gameplay vid being released for this game, but it is a new IP that I think is probably the most direct competitor to Infinity Ward's Call Of Duty franchise and therefore you have to create some market awareness. No doubt that the game looks good, but the real proof will be in how does it play and if it plays well the guys at IW may genuinely have somebody to worry about for once.
In Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's competitive multiplayer modes, players will be able to take on the role of either USMC or Chinese PLA troops in intense battles that will test their tactics and combat skills to the full. Whether it's all-out war or special forces infiltration missions, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising provides a challenging and unique multiplayer experience for online warfare fans.
The explosive gameplay video† demonstrates the breadth of tactical choice, formidable weaponry and enthralling adversarial combat set to feature in the much-anticipated multiplayer sandbox shooter. With access to the full equipment and vehicle set plus AI fireteams, players will fight in pitched team-based battles surrounded by the devastating impact of contemporary weapon systems.
Combatants are shown using surveillance to recon targets, infiltrating buildings, engaging in close and ranged fire-fights and deploying vehicles including the AH6 and MI-17 ground attack helicopters and the M1A2 battle tank. The trailer brings to life Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's uniquely tense multiplayer experience, as the 220km² island of Skira becomes an authentic and spectacular online war zone where players can attack or be attacked from any direction.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, the North American research arm of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, announced a breakthrough in speech separation technology at an annual R&D open house held May 24 in Tokyo. Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, home to some of the world's leading experts in such areas as electronics and communications, multimedia, data analytics, computer vision, mechatronics and algorithms, holds more than 1,200 patents.
The research lab has created the world's first technology that separates in real time the simultaneous speech of multiple unknown speakers recorded with a single microphone. It's a key step towards building machines that can interact in noisy environments, in the same way that humans can have meaningful conversations in the presence of many other conversations. "Solving the so-called 'cocktail party problem' has been the holy grail of speech processing for more than 50 years: we finally cracked it," said Jonathan Le Roux, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist at MERL and one of the leading researchers on the project.
In tests, the simultaneous speeches of two and three people were separated with up to 90 and 80 percent accuracy, respectively. The technology, which was achieved using Mitsubishi Electric's proprietary "deep clustering" method based on artificial intelligence (AI), is expected to contribute to more intelligible voice communications and more accurate automatic speech recognition. A characteristic feature of this approach is its versatility, in the sense that voices can be separated regardless of their language or the gender of the speakers.
Mitsubishi Electric will explore opportunities to apply this new speech separation technology to improve the quality of voice communications and the accuracy of automatic speech recognition in real environments, such as cars, homes and elevators.
"Until now, there has been no effective method to accurately reconstruct the speech of multiple unknown speakers recorded with just one microphone," said Richard Waters, Ph.D., president, CEO and founding member of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories.
About Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Inc. is the North American arm of the corporate research and development organization of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. More than 60 PhDs pursue application-motivated research and advanced development in a wide range of areas, including electronics and communications, multimedia, computer vision, data analytics, mechatronics and algorithms. Since 1991, the research lab has been awarded more than 1,200 patents. Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Additional information is available at www.MERL.com.
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GospelMusicians wrote:dayjob wrote:still wishing this wasn't iLok. i'd buy it if it wasn't.
whatta drag. 1st world problems.
I remember telling myself that I would never, ever, ever in a million years purchase anything with iLok....Haha...I know!
Now I'm bringing out my first UVI/MachFive Library....Never say what you would never do...haha!
i'm in the process of selling all my iLok plug ins so machfive 3 is out for me sadly.


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Zombies Set to Overrun Governors Island
If you're interested in joining along, it's as easy as clicking through!
While our siblings over at Daily Intel are busy staking out the perfect hiding spot on Governors Island from which to
stalk quietly observe Prince Harry this weekend, if you make the trip over there next weekend, you'll see over 800 zombies shooting a big scene for the upcoming film Isle of the Dead. If you've always wondered what it would be like to be undead without, you know, actually dying, you have until June 1 to RSVP. [Transracial]


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You can install the Apps from Google Playstore. Visit the Apps for Android TV website for a list of the latest apps that are available for Android TV devices.
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|Dailymotion allows you to find and watch the internet's most popular videos. Use staff picks and personalized suggestions to discover world class content and creators.
Listen to your favorite radio stations for free with TuneIn. With over 100,000 stations, TuneIn has the largest free selection of sports, news, music and talk radio from around the world.
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Everyone can listen to the music they love for free with the Spotify Android TV app. Browse your favourite playlists, albums and tracks, using your TV remote or phone. And while you are listening to your favourite tunes, check out the beautiful album artwork right there on the big screen.
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KKBOX offers over 30 million songs to enjoy the most complete Asian music library with the latest releases & news. Enjoy rolling lyrics synchronized with music rhythm and tempo for the ultimate karaoke experience.
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|Stream the ultimate collection of concert films and documentaries from Qello Concerts. Experience live performances by artists like Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Rush, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, BB King, Madonna, Nirvana, Heart, Coldplay, The Black Keys, and much more. * Offers In-App Purchases
|Marvel at "World Heritage" photos captured with Sony α(Alpha) Interchangeable Lens Cameras at different time of the day.
- Sony is not responsible for functionality of third party Apps. The availability of Apps can change.
- Some functions or services may not be available depending on the region/country.
- TV models and specifications are country specific and may vary.