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Great news, I like Moon Books
But why is this in the EOF?
Banned for not realizing that the mods are secretly moving news to the EOF as an attempt to cover up the truth!!!1!!!!
Cant really place it in the news section and we dont exactly have a Media Information section so I figured why not I found out about it through the testing area so id post it here.
im totally fuckin lying i was 2 lazy to look for a place to put it so BOOOM


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Clearly Star Fox and Temple Run got drunk one night and hitched up together, because Race The Sun is very obviously the resultant offspring.
But seriously. Race The Sun is a clean, clear-looking mash-up between an endless runner and a simple racer, with aesthetics that appear as if they're an evolved version of what would have been found on Nintendo's classic 16-bit system.
Players take control of a solar-powered, bird-shaped vehicle and pilot it at breakneck speeds through an abstract landscape. As the name so aptly implies, it is literally a race against the sun; that life-sustaining ball of nuclear fission will slowly descend across the sky, and once it dips below the horizon, it's game over for you. Power-ups scattered across the landscape will momentarily reverse the sun's trajectory and buy you a few precious extra seconds, but it's merely delaying the inevitable. You will die: it's just a matter of how much score you can rack up and how many regions you can clear before you meet your demise.
The landscape itself isn't static, but instead behaves as a living entity, complete with moving objects, flowing particles and hazards that stretch out, simply begging to put an untimely end to your speedy ways. Shady areas will cause your ship's power to cut out, so they're best avoided – a task that becomes increasingly difficult as the sun reaches the horizon and causes all the shadows to elongate. Hidden in the regions are secret gateways that provide a shortcut to another dimension reminiscent of an asteroid field.
You're going to die a lot, but the experience never reaches frustration because the ambience is so mesmerizing, what with the supersonic gameplay, catchy music and bright, attractive graphics.
Like any modern game worth its salt, there are achievements and daily challenges to unlock. These assume the form of arbitrary actions, such as only steering left for an entire region or obtaining a certain number of power-ups. If you think you're hardcore, you can have a stab at an "apocalypse mode" which pulls out all the stops and seeks to punish you like a twisted dominatrix having a bad day. An online leaderboard ensures that your endeavors are immortalized.
If you think Race The Sun could be your flight of fancy, race on over here to procure your copy. It's available on Steam, but there's also DRM-free builds available for Windows, OS X and Linux, so aren't you the lucky ones. To simultaneously whet your appetite and enjoy some hilarity, check out this video which is a combination of a trailer and record of players' reactions:

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Advanced Play Programs Treasurer Handbook
The accounting procedures for the Spring Select and Fall Elite teams support the audit and transparency needs of our Region. Each team must budget its own revenue and expenses and control its collections and payments, yet run the funds through our Regional AYSO bank account. AYSO requires that all funds handled on behalf of the AYSO is managed through the AYSO bank account, controlled by the Regional Treasurer, and audited by the Regional Auditor. The funds are collected from the parents by the coaches, made out to Palo Alto AYSO and are sent to the Advanced Program Treasurer as explained below. For all expenses, the coach is required to make an online check request and the Advanced Program Treasurer issues the check. Oversight is provided by the Regional Treasurer.
Accounting ProcedureEach Advanced Program team is accounted for separately, even though their funds are blended into the Regional bank account.
To enter a deposit or check request, the Coach or Team Manager must be logged into the coaches regional gmail account, such as email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
Coaches or the Team Manager enter the deposit request and payment request on the page, http://teambanking.ayso26.org into the left or right of the page, depending on the Program the team belongs to.
Registration payments by players is the majority of the funds that will be collected for the team. Additional checks that are collected by the coach should be sent to the Advanced Program Treasurer, with sufficient explanation of the reason for the check, and to whom the credit is for. The address is;
Asst Treasurer, Advanced Programs
Palo Alto AYSO
PO Box 1493
Palo Alto, CA 94302
The Deposit and Payments requests are accumulated into a Google Doc spreadsheet. You access the spreadsheet with your regional account, firstname.lastname@example.com All interactions regarding team accounting such as email or document updates must be done using this account. Those communications become part of the record for audit purposes.
To access the spreadsheet, click here for Spring Select or Fall Elite. Be sure to login to your regional account to be able to edit the spreadsheet. Do not change any tabs. They are all calculated for informational purposes, so that each team can see their transactions broken out in a separate register. The Asst Treas focuses on the tab, Master.
On the Master tab is the register of deposits and payments. Note that the first column, Username, is the login address of the person who made the entry. It is only recognized if it is a legitimate login, and is color coded. If the the entry is white in this column, then it is not a legitimate user.
Deposits should be entered by coaches. The Asst Treas receives the deposit check and confirms it in the register by entering the check number in column M, and entering initials into column N. Proceed to deposit the check in the bank account.
Payment requests are entered by coaches. The expense must be approved in the column N by the Regional Commissioner or the Treasurer before it may be processed. Once it is approved, write the check using the data on the spreadsheet and enter the check number in column M. All checks require 2 signatures.
Supplies and checks are provided by the Treasurer.
Tournaments should be sent individual checks for each team, accompanying the team's application to the tournament. The coach enters the specific check request into your Team Accounting form. Generally, the coach will enter their own address, so that the check will go to the coach. In such a case, the check should still be made out to the tournament.
There is no charge for Palo Alto teams in the El Palo Alto Tournament, instead the teams contribute volunteer work at the Tournament. If the coach requests a check for El Palo Alto, it will be denied.
Tournament Addresses for Forms and Checks
Tournament Registrar
Pacifica Fog Classic
936 Lincoln Place
Pacifica, CA 94044
Concord Cup Soccer
PO Box 674
Concord, CA 94522-0674
PHMSA/Soccerfest, Region 281
PO Box 2327
Pleasant Hills, CA 94523
Davis AYSO Region 218
682 Equador Place
Davis, CA 95616
Budget for Fields
The treasurer should plan for a field expense that will be charged to their account at the end of the season. The field time is calculated and charged directly to your account around the end of May. Guideline budgeting should be:


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Houston, TX, USA – December 4, 2017 – Panorama Film & Art Academy has proudly announced that its Red Carpet Grand Opening will take place on Saturday, December 9th, 2017 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. The State of the Art Film & Art Academy is making a global-minded approach to creative filmmaking and is offering a wide range of classes for the future filmmakers. From its Script to Screen Classes to its Production, Sound, 3D Animation, and Special Effects Classes. Each course is taught by an industry expert to create only the best filmmakers.
With the need to make the industry strong, Houston Worldfest film festival team, panorama china team, and Houston University gathered to build this program, committed to satisfy the market need, and to make a bridge between USA and China.
Panorama Film Academy teaches students how to draw inspiration from the world around them, by creating media productions that push boundaries, excite audiences and leave a mark in the global digital and cinematic media-scape.
"We offer art classes, vocal classes, stunt classes and also after-school programs to our students and we are welcoming everyone to participate our grand opening this coming weekend." Said Marilyn Swick, the Program Director, while talking about the academy's programs. "We will also provide film and acting camps along with an International Semester Program to educate the passionate filmmakers of the future. Students of ages 4 and up are welcome to get enrolled in the academy." She added.
The teaching staff, alumni, and students at the academy share a common worldview that filmmaking as a profession keeps evolving to meet the challenges and undercurrents of global cinema today. The staff team is made up of passionate individuals who have worked in media and production for over 30 years, and it comprises of 50 dedicated individuals with a combined experience of 130 years.
Furthermore, the academy will also offer international semester programs in addition to its weekly classes and monthly workshops.
To confirm participation in the Red Carpet Event and for more information, RSVP at 832 623 6643
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PanoramaFilmAcademy
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About Panorama Film & Art Academy
Jiang (Ray) Rui is the founder of Panorama Film and Art Academy. Ray is also a modern artist, president of the American Chinese Artists Association, chairman of the China unit at the Worldfest Film Festival. He graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in the 90's then came to the United States in 1996 to study. He received a full scholarship in 1998 and a master's degree from Saint Thomas University in 2002. In recent years, he has successfully co-hosted the Houston Worldfest Film Festival and launched the unit "Panorama China." By 2017, dozens of films have been exhibited in the United States. This has set a very good international platform for China's film culture to go global. It is his mission to bridge China and Houston film-makers in this state-of-the-art film academy.
Marilyn Swick's passion for acting began in Columbus, Ohio as a teenager and the rest is history. She currently serves as the Program Director for the Panorama Film & Art Academy. She is a proud SAG-AFTRA actor and an accomplished award-winning producer, director, writer, and acting coach. She shares her time between Houston and Burbank. Marilyn attended the New York Film Academy and earned her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is a long-standing member of Women in Film and Television Houston and Los Angeles, most recently serving on the Executive Board of WIFT-H as Vice-President.
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Solid Edge digital product development software is part of the new UGS Velocity Series portfolio, the industry's first comprehensive, preconfigured portfolio of digital product design, analysis and data management software for the PLM mid-market. UGS will ship Solid Edge in nine additional languages throughout the next 10 weeks.
"With a new packaging model as well as hundreds of enhancements for V18, Solid Edge once again raises the bar on delivering performance-enhancing tools that are of immediate value to our customers," said Adrian Scholes, director of Solid Edge Product Marketing, UGS.
New Functionality includes:
- New Standard Set in CAD/PDM Integration: A new Solid Edge Embedded Client provides seamless and transparent connectivity between Solid Edge and Teamcenter software, including the newly announced Teamcenter Express solution for more advanced workflow needs.
- Analysis Key to New Enhancements: Solid Edge V18 builds in preconfigured, best practices for finite element analysis with Femap Express software. Engineers can now analyze and validate designs much earlier in the design cycle. Femap is the world's most popular PC Based CAE application.
- 2D Diagramming Provides Comprehensive 2D and 3D in one System: V18 provides a new diagramming capability that leverages industry-standard 2D libraries. This extends Solid Edge's already robust standalone 2D drafting and 3D design capability to eliminate the need to maintain separate 2D and 3D CAD systems for AutoCAD users.
Also, like much of the competition, Solid Edge is a so-called hybrid 2D/3D modeler that lets you combine 2D and 3D techniques to best suit the way they work best for you. Although I'm never been enamored with the nomenclature, a couple versions back Solid Edge introduced the "Zero D" concept and capability to the hybrid 2D/3D design environment. This capability lets you define a product structure before committing to any geometry. While not totally unique, this capability includes new workflows that let you convert 3D parts into 2D profiles for 2D design layout. In essence, this enhanced capability lets you bring parts into the hybrid 2D/3D environment.
The last few releases of Solid Edge have emphasized data exchange. For example, Solid Edge has UGS Xpres Review, an email-driven tool within Solid Edge for collaboration and design reviews. It can be used for 2D/3D view and markup, and full design interrogation. There is also now a version of eDrawings that can be used with Solid Edge for those who have experience with it on other CAD packages. As important as these couple of things are, probably even bigger is the fact that Solid Edge parts and assemblies are bi-directionally interchangeable and usable with its big brother - NX. Also, the connections with Teamcenter and Femap are additional plusses.
As I said earlier, this is the second major release of Solid Edge this year. While impressive in terms of software product development, I have to wonder how many existing customers are impressed enough to try and keep the pace with the release cycles. Given enough time, just about everybody upgrades, eventually, but I wonder just how many actually acquire and implement the twice-yearly releases.
That said, though, Solid Edge is good CAD tool and a good choice for new users, especially those who interact with NX parts and assemblies. The overall application and its interface continue to get more streamlined, therefore, making it easier to use, yet sophisticated enough to perform a wide range of design tasks, and I'm sure this will be the case with V18.
The Week's Top 5At MCADCafé we track many things, including the stories that have attracted the most interest from our subscribers. Below are the five news items that were the most viewed during last week.
UGS Sponsors First PACE 2006 Vehicle Collaboration Project
UGS Corp. announced its sponsorship of the PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) 2006 Vehicle Collaboration Project. The PACE 2006 Vehicle Collaboration Project is a first-of-its-kind partnership between the corporate and academic sectors to use commercial PLM software to conceptualize and develop a ground-breaking vehicle that provides students with real-world experience in New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI). This is the first global design engineering course with a real-time web collaboration tool used on a common vehicle platform for credit bearing curriculum in several countries. In cooperation with co-sponsors General Motors, EDS, and Sun Microsystems, UGS is providing Teamcenter software to support the collaboration of 14 universities worldwide on the NPDI initiative.
Arena Solutions Unveils New On-Demand PLM Enterprise Edition
Arena Solutions introduced Arena PLM Enterprise Edition, a new product that extends the benefits of Arena's on-demand PLM to manufacturing companies who require PLM for their increasingly complex and unique business requirements. Arena PLM Enterprise Edition introduces features for advanced customization to model customers' unique business requirements; an adaptable compliance management solution that addresses current, pending and future regulatory mandates; advanced reporting features for product performance visibility; and integration into other enterprise applications, such as CAD, EDA, and ERP. Arena PLM Enterprise Edition joins Arena PLM Workgroup Edition and Arena PLM Professional Edition to complete the suite of on-demand PLM products.
OneSpace 2006 and Lean Product Development
CoCreate Software Inc., a provider of PLM and CAD software announced the forthcoming release of OneSpace 2006 -- a platform for lean product development. Lean product development, like lean manufacturing, calls for companies to cut fat and maximize flexibility in development. One way that the 2006 release cuts waste in PLM is by eliminating redundant tools and processes. For example, while PLM systems could manage product definition, most people prefer to use their Microsoft Office tools, like PowerPoint, and Excel to gather and communicate requirements. Furthermore, most companies already have an ERP system in place. In short, CoCreate feels that PLM systems are overkill. For the most effective and newest generation of PLM, CoCreate sees companies leveraging what they use already. Then, add a revolutionary solution that brings flexibility and efficiency to what lies between product definition and ERP: product development.
Second Boeing Rotor/Wing Prototype Completes Hover Flight
The Boeing Co.'s second canard rotor/wing (CRW) technology demonstrator - the X-50A Dragonfly unmanned air vehicle - has successfully completed a four-minute hover flight at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground in southwest Arizona. The aircraft reached an altitude of about 20 feet above ground. Under joint development by Boeing Phantom Works and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the CRW is a revolutionary aircraft that combines the speed and range of fixed-wing flight with the flexibility of rotary-wing flight. It also incorporates tip jet propulsion and stopped rotor technologies. The test program will culminate with the first ever "conversion" from rotary wing flight to fixed-wing flight and back again to rotary wing flight for landing. The conversion requires the main rotor to stop turning in flight, and lock in place to become a fixed wing for high speed flight.
Thales Group Standardizes On UGS Teamcenter
UGS Corp. announced Thales Group, a leading international electronics and systems group serving defense, aerospace, security and services markets worldwide, extended its agreement with UGS to globally implement Teamcenter software for digital lifecycle management. Thales Group originally deployed Teamcenter technology in several divisions to optimize the company's processes and workflows worldwide, enabling more efficient, simplified access to product data, as well as to create a more homogeneous enterprise-wide IT environment. With the global implementation, Thales Group will use Teamcenter for change management, validation cycles, and all data generated by the Thales Group's extended enterprise. In addition, Teamcenter will be deployed as part of the company's ERP-MRP exchange platform.
Jeffrey Rowe is the editor and publisher of MCADCafé and MCAD Weekly Review. He can be reached here or 408.850.9230.
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Shoulder mounted dive light - SLX Technical package
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The shoulder mounted dive light was an idea given by our customer who was playing with our hand mount and ended up mounting the light on the shoulder straps of his BC. The SLX Technical Dive Light's neoprene hand mount can be strapped onto anything that can hold the light in place. The picture here shows an application where you can keep your hands completely free (not having to point the light somewhere to see). The benefit of this setup over most of the "head mounted" dive lights is that you can look at other divers without blinding them. Also, we recommend using the diffuser if you're working on something up close.


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As some of you know, I do not post often because other than the forums I only have one source of intel who is a local Iraqi American named "Sam" that I do business with, who has family there who he stays in touch with.
Anyway I wanted you to know that Sam is hearing that we are very close (for real). He has always contended that when it does happen it would be near the pre-war rate or current Kuwait rate. $3 range. He (like us) is usually very cautious and conservative and previously spoke of the RV in terms of something way off in the distance, but now he is very optimistic that we are on the home stretch.
He says that he has heard it could intially be in the $1 USD to 1 IQD range and then climb eventually to the $3 range or it could RV all at once in the $3 range. His family is not seeing or using lower denoms or coins yet, but he does think the Erbil agreement and HCL are either done or very close.
I always thought the full GOI, HCL / Erbil, UNSC Chapter 7, (and maybe even the census) were prerequisite; but I am very encouraged when I see cautious conservative people with connections in Iraq getting excited!
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
February Kit Reveal and Inspiration Blog Hop!
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So, I am missing Toucan Scrap this month. The only digital scrapper that gets my mojo jumpin' And can I say how happy I was to see Libeeti in Mr. Linky last month. I am not able to comment on her blog. Someone please tell her how much I love her creations, and miss her regular input, here.ReplyDelete
With regards to the kits. Excellent choice. Two very different looks. Makes it easier to choose? Loved all the interpretations. Many of them made me rethink my choice. Will see, maybe I will build both of them?Replies
Sherrie! So pleased to see you enthusiastic and playing along. We hope that Angela will be joining us again this month but yes, her digi skills are quite something aren't they? I'll try to stop by Libeeti's blog for you - it takes some time to work out where and how to comment ! :-)Delete
I fixed the links :~)ReplyDelete
LADIES - you've outdone yourselves!ReplyDelete
Wow ladies great job on the forgeries! the kits look so cool this month!ReplyDelete
Those are great kits to counterfeit - it's going to be a good month for scrapping!ReplyDelete
Welcome back Susanne!ReplyDelete
hey to the DT: you guys did goodly good on your kits. I do have one started(working on enbellies and DIY's) before pics.ReplyDelete


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Are we looking at a CIA patsy (plant)???
The most glaring problem? The lack of security for it's informants. Both the source for the leaked documents and the massacre video were arrested after the leak. Both of these sources were outed by hackers. Wikileaks does a very poor job of protecting it's sources. Is this on purpose?
Wikileaks pledges to maintain the confidentiality of sources and stressed that in the presentation over the weekend. Do you offer your contributors the same guarantee?
Young: No. That's just a pitch. You cannot provide any security over the Internet, much less any other form of communication. We actually post periodically warnings not to trust our site. Don't believe us. We offer no protection. You're strictly on your own. We also say don't trust anyone who offers you protection, whether it's the U.S. government or anybody else. That's a story they put out. It's repeated to people who are a little nervous. They think they can always find someone to protect them. No, you can't. You've got to protect yourself. You know where I learned that? From the cypherpunks.
So Wikileaks cannot protect people. It's so leaky. It's unbelievable how leaky it is as far as security goes. But they do have a lot of smoke blowing on their site. Page after page after page about how they're going to protect you. And I say, oh-oh. That's over-promising. The very over-promising is an indication that it doesn't work. And we know that from watching the field of intelligence and how governments operate. When they over-promise, you know they're hiding something. People who are really trustworthy do not go around broadcasting how trustworthy I am.
The main stream (CIA controlled) media is giving this a lot of attention and in so doing propping up Wikileaks. Therefore you can be absolutely certain of two things:
1. Nothing that Wikileaks 'leaks' is or will be a threat to them.
2. They'll benefit from it somehow. If Wikileaks were a threat ,they certainly wouldn't draw attention to it! They'd ignore it like 911 Truth.
My guess is that it is sort of a sting operation designed to catch whistle blowers & to contain leaks. It's also a conduit through which they can release information they want released. I can't help but think that the 'P' in TAP (as in pipeline) stands for Pakistan. I could guess they're next. The question is do they come before or after Iran?
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Someone please explain the justification for the White House green-lighting the release of this sensitive, top secret material to MSM, knowing full well it would go viral all over tarnation.
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...outlined by Zbigniew Brzezinski in 'the grand chessboard'. The first consequence of the leaks has been the administration threatening Pakistan, which doesn't make any logical sense at all.


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In the Middle: Practice Finding Median
Which gymnast's height is in the middle? Can your fifth grader figure it out using his median-finding power? Remember: Median is determined by listing all the numbers, and then finding the one in the middle. This colorful worksheet keeps kids entertained as it educates.
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Year-End Playbook
Following a freaky week of Fed technique, we file onto the field for the final fortnight of the year.
"The essence of football is blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception." --Knute Rockne
Good morning and welcome back to the flickering pack. Following a freaky week of Fed technique, we file onto the field for the final fortnight of the year.
2007 has been a gridiron battle and the Bulls are looking to run out the clock given the inclement weather and hostile crowds. Coach Bernanke and Offensive Coordinator Hank Paulson, after calling aggressive interest-rate audibles and liquidity routes, have an eye on the ticker as the teams take the field.
While their creative approach has been enough to keep the hungry Bear blitz at bay, the pocket protection seems to be suffering. It feels like momentum has shifted, although hope springs eternal at Bovine Stadium. They're not used to losing, mind you, and they won't react kindly if they do.
As we ready ourselves for final drive of 2007, I thought it might be helpful to white board our four primary metrics. We practiced this play as we readied for the fourth quarter and it has thus far proven profitable. Quite hopefully, this exercise will provide equal utility.
Technical Analysis
Following last week's offside exhalation, the S&P remains in a distinct pattern of lower highs and lower lows. Further to that, we're back below the all-important S&P 1490 level, as well as the 50- and 200-day moving averages.
BKX 90ish is multi-year support dating back to 2002 and it's where we closed on Friday. Hold, and Hoofy has a shot at shifting the path of maximum frustration back through
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Of equal note is the dandruff that seems to be flaking across the equity hairline. The S&P, DJIA and, with some creative license, the NDX are all tracing out what appears to be (negative) head and shoulder formations.
Finally, taking a gander at other asset classes, most notably crude and metal equities (XAU), and you'll find still more dandruff. Why, you ask, does that matter? Financial asset classes have traded monolithically, all for one and one for all, on the other side of the dollar. And that takes us to our second metric.
We've long believed that we're in an "asset class deflation or dollar devaluation" conundrum. Asset classes have rallied nicely since 2002 but they've done so at the expense of the greenback, which is down 36% over the same time horizon. While both the dollar and assets classes could conceivably trade lower, we have a hard time seeing them rally in synch.
One month ago, I scribed vibe about the potential for a rally in the dollar. It seemed far-fetched but the greenback has steadily, albeit begrudgingly, grinded 3% higher since. The world is denominated in dollars and flush with debt. It stands to reason that folks will pay down debt in dollars as the credit bubble bursts.
I don't view the grabby greenback and asset class dandruff as mutually exclusive endeavors. If, in fact, the dollar continues to rally, asset classes from equities to gold to metals and beyond will likely suffer. Whether it's a cause or an effect is inconsequential-all that matters is the final score.
There will be relative winners ("stuff" needed to feed, energize and educate the world) and I believe that energy will overtake financials as the top weighting in the S&P. Given the rally we've seen in this complex, however, that theory of relativity may provide more advantageous entry levels.
The continuum of any thought process follows the path of denial, migration and panic. I'm reminded of this axiom as the debate continues to rage as to whether we'll enter into recession. While I'm of the opinion that, for many people, we're already there (masked by the lower dollar, skewed by the haves), popular perception is likely nestled between the first two trimesters.
To be fair, there is a case to be made that the mainstream mood is sufficiently dour to warrant a surprise rally. The American Association of Individual Investors has triggered signals last seen in March 2000 and May 2002. Still, from where I sit, there seems to be more hope than despair and the latter matter is tough to argue with the indices up nicely for the year.
As credit contagion spreads down the consumer food chain, the other side of zero-percent financing will come home to roost. Auto loans and credit card delinquencies will become front page news as issues once believed to be contained to sub-prime mortgages manifest into a full-blown credit contagion.
The wild card in this scenario, in more ways than one, is central bank agenda. They continue to aggressively pursue policies aimed at keeping the finance-based balls afloat, despite the fact that we're a stiff wind away from all-time highs. When confidence in the spoken word of the Federal Reserve wanes, the migration of the mainstream mindset will accelerate.
We'll be getting further fundamental data points this week as corporate tells their tale. Given last week's news from Bank America (BAC), Washington Mutual (WM) and Citigroup (C), all eyes are on Goldman Sachs (GS) (widely expected to "blow-out" their numbers) and Morgan Stanley (MS) to steady financial sentiment.
Through a wider lens, the question being asked by investors following last week's PPI was whether corporate would, in fact, pass through their higher costs to consumers. A robust CPI seemed to confirm that this would be the case. That might help margins but it begs the question of end demand and the elasticity of consumer debt.
While one report does not a market make-and year-end agendas abound-I continue to feel that we've got inflation in things we need and deflation in things we want. That, coupled with slowing growth, paves the way to stagflation which, while gaining mindshare, is still considered to be a low-probability outcome for the U.S. economy.
I'm not making a massive bet into year-end, choosing instead to choke up on the risk bat and hit for average rather than power. Along those lines, as mentioned real-time on the Buzz, I closed out my trading positions Friday and carry pure "situations" into this new week.
Capital preservation, debt reduction and financial literacy. Those are three themes I want to be long into year-end and throughout what promises to be an interesting 2008.
Good luck Minyans, and let's go out there and win one for the Gipper!
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- Several small statues were spotted on the video camera but no details on what exactly they represent were able to be seen.
- A gold or copper chain was spotted in the corner of the chamber
- Small pottery and stone jars are spread throughout the floor of the chamber
- In the center of the chamber lies a gold or copper box which is closed and its contents are unknown. The box is roughly the size of a one foot size shoe box.
At this time there are no reports of orcs, trolls or other wandering monsters. Better prepare a Magic Missile spell to be sure, though.
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May 2017
AIS Joins The South East Asia Student Activities Conference (SEASAC).At the Australian International School our athletes are relentless in their pursuit of sporting excellence and they all understand the importance of playing with a higher purpose; to play for the person next to you, to play for all who came before you and those yet to wear the green and gold jersey. It i...
April 2017
AIS Students Achieve Top In The World In Their IGCSE ExaminationsWe are excited to share that this week we have received news that two of our current Year 11 students and one of our former students have achieved "Top in the World" Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards for the IGCSE examinations that they sat at AIS in November last year; Jo-Lie Ang for Mathematics, C...
March 2017
AIS Makes Every Moment Special With StoryparkThe Australian International School has a new way of keeping parents involved in their child's education, through an exciting new App provided by Storypark. [Read More]
March 2017
AIS Students Showcase Their Artistic Talents For Erub Arts ProjectBefore the start of Term 1, AIS created a partnership with the Australian High Commission, Asian Civilisations Museum and ReDot for a project called 'Erub Arts'. Erub, also known as Darnley Island, is one of the most remote communities in Australia, located 160km north east of Queensland's Cape Yor...
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Award-Winning Australian Author Alice Pung Visits And Inspires AISAward-winning Australian author Alice Pung visited with our Year 11 & 12 English students yesterday to share her story about growing up as an 'other' in Australia and the state of multiculturalism in Australia and Singapore. She also spoke about the ripple effects of history on a first-generation immigr...
March 2017
Just How Do You Build A Tornado-Proof House - Our Year 5 Students Get The Chance To Learn!Inviting industry experts to the School to speak to our students, and organising excursions where they have the opportunity to visit professionals from different industries is a crucial way in which we inspire our student body and bring our teaching to life. [Read More]
February 2017
Students From Australian International School Discuss Economics With Nobel Prize WinnerThe Australian International School (AIS) was honoured today to host Professor Robert F. Engle III, who received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2003. He visited AIS as part of the School's extensive Mentors and Inventors program. [Read More]
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True Reasons For Homeless Kids
Most of our society is under the impression that people are homeless, mainly due to poverty. This is simply not true. I was
on the streets and was anything but impoverished. I have found the same with most of the other street people.
The kids however are not on the streets simply due to poverty or even
Homelessness, as most of them could go home, but refuse to do so. We have found, that most homeless kids come from what we
believe to be normal families and homes. They join the ranks of poverty once they hit the streets.
There of course are some homeless due to poverty, but the majority of the Homelessness in Canada is due to Abuse. I have
my personal story and have listened to countless others as well as the Street Kids.
This is what I found:
1. Adult Women:
A. Many adult women, over thirty are residing on our streets because they fear going home. At home they are abused spouses.
Many times, other family members and even children, begin to abuse Mom.
B. For instance when a woman is being abused in her home, others see this and do likewise. By the time I decided to open
my eyes and actually see I was being abused, everyone was abusing me in many different ways. I tried to get help from other
family members but similar abuses began and I ended up on the streets as apposed to take it any longer.
C. By this time, my nervous system and mental capacities were shattered from these abusive experiences. I had been literally
fighting for my life. I was left without self-esteem, confidence, logic {almost all of my thoughts had become emotional and
right brain thinking}, I was emotionally unstable, and had no love for myself what so ever. I literally hated myself and did
not understand why. All of this stemmed from childhood abuses. Since then we have found, that in most cases, domestic abuse
is a cast off from childhood abuse issues. Any person who was abused as a child, by their parent, or whom ever is raising
them, will have learned and formed very dangerous and violent mental pattern. When we reach adulthood, and enter into a relationship,
we will expect our partner to abuse, every time anger or disapproval rises. This helps to perpetuate the abuse. As well we
tent to be attracted to what we are use to, or our comfort zone, which means that we attract or are attracted to other abusers.
Until we get proper help!
D. Using Drugs or alcohol. With abuse being so prominent in our lives we tend to look for something to ease the pain and
make our existence tolerable. We also have addictive personalities due to this abuse, and when we find our way of coping
we use it for all it's worth. We very quickly become addicts to something. In my case, I was a nervous wreck. My doctor
introduced me to pain medicines, nerve pills, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, and sleeping pills, very early in my life
and by the time I was eight-teen years old I was very heavily addicted. I went from there to the bars, {alcohol} before I
finally saw what I was doing to myself and quit.
2.Adult Males:
Many of the male adults, over thirty, living on our streets, are a product of their world shattering, due mainly to childhood
abuses, chauvinistic training, and not
Learning proper guidelines for their personal priorities. Thus their world shatters and all they have worked for falls
A few examples of that are:
a] Taking away from quality, family time to be able to afford material, such as: a new car, house, better tools, better furniture,
name banned clothing, extra. This has been happening more so within the past few decades. With this way of prioritizing,
it seems that materials have become way more important then the family unit.
b] More bonding with friends and business associates as opposed to wife and children. When a husband and wife bond as best
friends it protects the family unit, otherwise there is no real protection there. If anything or anyone, {even children} comes
between this relationship, it is the beginning of the end.
c] Too much drinking and party time;
The bars are filled and the family is fragmented.
With all the time spent on careers and making a living, there is very little time for building family relationships.
Whenever a woman or children are constantly waiting at home for dad, then he finally reaches home and he is either tired and
wants to sleep, or drunk, they are going to feel neglected, alone, hurt and empty. IF THIS BEHAVOUR IS CONSISTANT ARGUMENTS,
FIGHTING AND VIOLENCE BEGINS AND WORSENS WITH TIME! This leads to divorce and Dad's dreams are shattered.
Often this can be so disappointing that their mind shatters, and renders them without self-esteem, confidence, or the will
to proceed and sometimes even to suicide. In every case self-hatred is prominent.
Ask Your-self:
If as a, person I do not take the time to build proper relationships with family and friends, what importance am I truly
placing there?
3. Many of the elderly street people are homeless due to drinking heavily, fear being put into old age homes or being abused
by family members.
4. Most Street Kids, ranging in age from seven to twenty-six, are running from abuse at home or their communities. They are
filled with pain and rage. If they try to speak about this, they are quickly shut down. They are running from themselves,
and the horrid pain inside of their bodies and minds. They also take heavy party substances to kill the pain and tolerate
what life has handed them. This is a very heavy load, for any child.
We all need to learn and understand that changes are desperately needed, if we want to save our families from becoming homeless,
and our own destruction. We have to learn what abuse is, what it does and how to stop and heal from it.
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In most wards, patients have access to a bedside entertainment and information service with a TV monitor and telephone handset. This gives you access to terrestrial and satellite channels, the internet, email and fax, as well as radio channels, including the Hospital Radio channel. It means you can make and receive telephone calls. There is a charge for some of these services.
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- Torbay Hospital Radio – Call our 24 hour request line for your very own request on 01803 655360 or 5360 from the Premier Bedside phones.
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The mainstream media, accustomed to celebrating even not-so-bad economic news as wonderful news for President Barack Obama, is greeting news of 2% economic growth in the third quarter with somber sobriety.
The 2% growth rate in gross domestic product (GDP) is only a slight improvement from 1.3% in the second quarter, and was narrowly above expectations of 1.8%. The new rate leaves the annual average for 2011 slightly lower than the average for 2012–a key talking point for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the debates and on the stump, and one that he will likely bring up today in an economic speech in Iowa.
National Public Radio said the economy grew "a little faster," and that the new number represented "good and bad news." An article on NPR's website reminded readers that "this is just the first of three estimates of third-quarter growth and it's likely there will be revisions in coming months."
Reuters noted that the increased growth rate had been fueled by a "a burst of government spending," describing the slight increase in consumer spending merely as an "uptick." It also noted that the average growth rate for the year was slower than last year.
The Wall Street Journal played it straight, reporting that the growth rate beat expectations, and that the economy had grown for "13 consecutive quarters," but added that "the pace has been lackluster" and noting that "[g]overnment spending contributed to economic growth for the first time in more than two years." Like NPR, it added: "Not all the data have been good," referring specifically to lower investment and poor trade.
Bloomberg had a more positive spin on the numbers, but noted that they gave fodder to both campaigns' arguments. A subsequent story noted that U.S. stocks were "little changed" in response to the numbers, which did not point definitively in any particular direction.
CNBC's headline said it all: "Economy Grows at 2% Rate; Government Provides Lift."
CBS News seems to have been concerned that the numbers would help Romney, warning readers: "Regardless of election results, lackluster growth may be with us for the next few years."
A quick survey of TV broadcasts reveals similar skepticism. Local station KNTV of Las Vegas, Nevada–a key battleground for the presidency–said: "…at two percent annual increase in the GDP is nowhere near the what's needed…".
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This Saturday is my favourite day of the year for two reasons:
1. The Final Four. And Louisville, my favourite team, is looking like they might win it all this year. Go Cards!
2. I get to barbeque for my friends between games. And nothing makes a house feel more like a home than a delicious meal with friends or family.
Two years ago, when our amazing friends were helping us move into our new home, one of them asked me, 'Should we pick up some burgers to barbeque?'
'We don't have a barbeque,' I sheepishly replied.
An hour later we were unpacking our stuff out of Brad's SUV and he pulled out a barbeque box.
'That's not mine,' I told him.
'Yes, it is.'
Now, I was really excited and also embarrassed - I had no idea how to use that beatiful barbeque. I dried the hell out of those burgers.
Two years of practice and mountainous assistance from my wife and Bobby Flay's 'Boy Gets Grill', I'm proud to share this tasty "Tim's creation": Grill Pork T-Bone with Honey Soy Glaze, Grilled Onions and Zucchini.
These steps are exactly how I do it.
1. Go to the Calgary Farmer's Market
2. Ask Mike at Spragg's Meat Shop for pork T-bones - he'll know what you're talking about. Then go to Cherry Pit and get sweet onions and their baseball bat sized zucchini. Go to The Silk Road Spice Merchant and get a spice rub that smells good. Trust your gut. Or trust them, they know what they're talkin' 'bout.
3. When you get home, watch this YouTube video on 'how to slice an onion into rings' and follow the instructions, but don't separate the rings; keeping the rings intact makes it easier to grill them. Slice the zucchini the same way.
4. For the onions - coat with olive oil, season with salt and pepper.
5. Put the zucchini in a bowl. Pour over a little olive oil, season with salt and pepper, then add a splash of Ponzu Lime, then another little splash. Get in there with your hands and mix it all up.
6. Turn half the barbeque burners on to medium and the others a little higher than medium.
7. To make the glaze - put a few spoons of honey in a small mixing bowl (I prefer the raw honey from Basic Roots, found at various retailers around the city), but Buzz Honey from the market is also pretty kick ass. And half as much soy sauce. Then, add a splash of apple cider vinegar and as many chilli flakes as you want. Mix it up. Taste it. Add more of something until you love it.
8. Oil and season the pork with salt and pepper. Then, I like to throw on whatever spice rub you bought from the spice merchant (I like Texas Driftwood).
9. Crack a beer.
10. Throw the pork steaks on the hotter side of the BBQ. Listen for the beautiful sizzle they make when the meat hits the hot grill. That's the best part. Close the grill.
11. Drink the beer and relax, all is good in the world. When the beer reaches the neck, dump the zucchini into a barbeque basket and put it on the cooler side of the grill.
12. When the beer is under the rounded part of the bottle, about a third done, flip the pork. Brush some of the glaze over the cooked side. Spread the onions all over the empty space on the grill. Shake the zucchini.
13. Everytime you take a drink, shake the zucch and glaze the pork.
14. When the beer is half done, turn the onions over, they should be more brown then white. Keep drinking, shaking and glazing.
15. Now, the beer isn't finished but if someone asked you if you could use another one, you'd say yes. Everything is done on the grill. Put the food on plates with more finesse than you think is necessary, love the pork with a little more glaze, get another beer.
16. Eat. Celebrate a Louisville victory.


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The amazing memristor -beyond digital computing
The amazing memristor - beyond Moore's law and beyond digital computing
Hewlett-Packard's researchers see an amazing future for the memristor - a very real, near mythical electronic component...
I recently visited HP Labs and spoke with Stan Williams, senior fellow at Hewlett-Packard and director of Quantum Science Research, about an incredible semiconductor device — the memristor.
Until fairly recently, the memristor, short for memory resistor, was a mythical electronic component. It had been predicted to exist by a mathematician, Leon Chua, a professor at UC Berkeley, in an 1971 paper. No one had made a memristor until Stan Williams and his team cracked it in 2008.
The memristor can:
- store data like DRAM or Flash but it doesn't require any energy to maintain the data storage.
- the memristor chips can be laid down in layer upon layer upon layer, creating three-dimensional structures that can store and process data.
- the memristor is easy to make and completely compatible with today's CMOS chip making processes.
- it can be scaled to very small geometries without losing its properties.
- the memristor can also perform logic, it can act as a microprocessor!
It's that quality of a memristor, that it can be used for both data storage and data processing that Mr WIlliams and his team recently discovered, and that potentially turns the world of computing on its head. This is a very big deal indeed.
From Lab to Fab – An HP Labs discovery demonstrates the viability – and versatility – of memristor technology
Hewlett Packard outlines computer memory of the future
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Exciting. Will be interesting to see what happens next.
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I remember them talking about memristor a few years back. Would be nice to see it in play now. Sounds very promising for the future of computers and electronics in general.
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Would be pretty amazing to replace CPU, RAM and storage with one module.
Hopefully would be easy to OC
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It's a Last Days of Disco reunion!
Sixteen years after she starred in her first Whit Stillman period piece, Kate Beckinsale is making another one — she just signed on to star in the director's characteristically long-gestating Love & Friendship, an adaptation of Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan. (The movie's title comes from another Austen novella, confusing bookstore owners everywhere.) Beckinsale's replacing Sienna Miller as the formerly titular Lady Susan, a beautiful widow in 1790s England trying to land husbands for both herself and her daughter. Chloë Sevigny is playing her friend, which means that this movie is officially a Last Days of Disco reunion, only set in a place where the sexual mores are just slightly more constrained.


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Vaginal birth after caesarean by Helen Churchill and Wendy Savage
Silent knife by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J Estner
Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth - Henci Goer
(a researcher who has collated evidence regarding the current birth culture -stats and facts)
Obstetric Myths v's Research Realities - Heni Goer
(like book above but more academic and referenced)
Caesarean Birth: Your Questions Answered by Debie Chippington-Derrick, Gina Lowdon and Fiona Barlow.
The VBAC companion by Diana Korte
(A small booklet with several VBAC stories)
Gentle birth gentle mothering by Dr Sarah Buckley
(Birth preparation, birth stories, interventions, prenatal testing, parenting preparedness)
Ina May Gaskins A Guide to Childbirth
(1/2 of the book are birth stories and the rest explains what the body is so perfectly made to birth. Ina May is a world renown expert on normal birth and has incredible outcomes at 'The farm' in Tennessee where she runs a birth centre practice).
Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz (Childbirth preparation)
The Pink Kit - Understanding your pelvis, exercises, visualizations etc to have as much space as possible for your baby to navigate their birth journey through.
VBAC Websites:
CANA - vbac choices - Caesarean Awareness Network Australia www.canaustralia.net
(full of facts and stats, articles, testimonials, recommended reading etc)
ICAN - caesarean information - International Caesarean Awareness Network - is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
Birthrites - vbac choices - Healing after caesarean www.birthrites.org
(full of facts and stats, articles, testimonials, recommended reading etc)
Childbirth Connection's www.childbirthconnections.org
"What every pregnant woman needs to know about caesarean section" www.childbirthconnections.org/article.asp?ck=10164
www.vbac.com - vbac research - Research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC
www.spinningbabies.com - optimal foetal positioning - Spinning Babies is a unique, step-by-step approach to Optimal Fetal Positioning. Certain positions of the baby make labor easier than others.
Statistics and research UK:
VBAC Workshops:
Birth Works - Vaginal Birth After Caesarean ½ day workshop www.birthworks.com.au
Some public and private hospitals eg Box Hill Hospital Birallee
Consumer Advocacy Organization:
ICAN (International Caesarean Awareness Network) - USA based
MC (Maternity Coalition) www.maternitychoices.org.au - Australian based
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I've been reading the Dragonlance Chronicle….yea, I know…the books like from the 80's. However I am just now getting around to reading them. Blame Television! It's TVs fault, not airing any decent shows lately. Forcing me to read books!
At any rate, it's actually a very good series of books, and I know there are some games based on the setting, and some RP campaigns and such, but what I would love to see is an MMORPG in this setting. I know there is D&D Online, but im not sure what world that game is set it, but i'm assuming it's set in Forgotten Realms.
But, Yea, I would LOVE to see "Dragonlance Chronicles Online". It could work the same way as Lord of the Rings Online works…Where you are adventuring in the world at the same time the companions are out there fighting the dragonarmy and all that…I think it would be a blast..I would buy it and subscribe to it….As long as it played like normal MMORPGs and not like the standard TSR cRPG titles. I just can't get into those, which is a shame, because I freaking LOVE D&D stories.


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It has been corrected several times by the Anunnaki. Dig it up.
If you wanna believe into that mainstream lie CRAP go ahead i refuse because I and those who seek know better.
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It has been corrected several times by the Anunnaki. Dig it up.
If you wanna believe into that mainstream lie CRAP go ahead i refuse because I and those who seek know better.
the FACT that darker skinned people DO NOT sunburn is a FACT and it's evolution plain and simple
i saw it with my own eyes every day for 4 years with my only 1/2 jamaican step sister, she never once had a sun burn, i was at the same beaches as her, the same poolsides and i was getting burned when i was out too long
people from hotter places (hotter because they are closer to the sun) and this is just a wild stab but i would assume the uv rays are a little stronger too near the equator
they do not burn in the sun, light skinned people do
clearly they have evolved to live where they lived for the years and years they did
their bodies naturally evolved to protect themselves from getting burned
or look at it this way, white people have evolved to live away from the sun
it's pretty clear and plain to see that some kind of evolution happened and that's why darker skinned people do not get burned by the sun
i dunno how you can deny that, but go talk to any anyone from the carribbean, african, south america and the middle east and ask if they are worried about sun burns
projectvxn thanks for your info
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even i forget to stay on topic here
but my point in the sun tan story was just to prove evolution in the human race
and possibly evolution of dinosaurs into lizards
but since they seem to really need the actual sun rays it would be very hard for them to live underground if at all
and an interesting fact is the talk about serpents and other reptiles in religion and other things
disinfo? cause the printing press was invented in early 1500's so the bible was hand copied for 3/4 of it's existence
so to start saying lizards are bad is to basically follow the bible from the beginning of our race (the bible says humans were created from adam and eve and the snake in the tree story)
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Evolution? There is no question about it, it's bull#, fake and disinformation by the powers that be.
The Reptilians come from a far place I'm not sure some say it is Alpha Draconis others say it is Nibiru PlanetX etc..
The Reptilians we have here are remnants that want to re-establish their empire in about our solar system. They are masters in genetic engineering ( as you can see... ).
They are "reptilian" for a reason. They are up to 20 feet tall and have two hearts. Taillength represents royality.
By now many live in the vast underground bases built since the 50s or 60s. We have built them bases just for their own.
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I want you to please analyze this photo. My b.f. and I were vacationing and stayed in the cottage for 2 days doing nothing. The place was like a garden where the "art of doing nothing" is the theme. In the bed and breakfast package. We took several photos in the garden and here in our room. He doesn't have what appears to be a 'black eye' in person, but in the photo, this appeared. Using a 37 megapixel Leica camera this is not discoloration because my photo doesn't have any 'wrong' in it. Sadly I cannot share everything cause I love this guy and respect his privacy. I took this to two digital photo shops and they are convince that this is not a shadow (showing them the whole picture) I asked him about this, he said his pupil is larger than usual and his eyes in person is color blue. Do you think it reflects his eye color. Please help. I dont want to think bad about this person because he seems to be nice to me and I love him so much. What do you think. anyone can help me? s1030.photobucket.com...


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While not particularly new news, the next version of the Cisco Nexus 1000v will be free, unless you want the security features. This is an interesting shift from Cisco with respect to VMware vCloud Director, the Nicira purchase, furthering UCS, and Cisco within non-UCS data centers. However, given other announcements, with respect to OpenStack, perhaps this is more a play to level the playing field between cloud architectures? But what I find most interesting, is that the changes to the Nexus 1000v also align with the changes we see in the vCloud Suites from VMware.
So why would Cisco take this step? There are several possibilities:
- Outside of VCE the Nexus 1000v is not being sold
- This is a step to get a Cisco device into every virtual and cloud environment build upon vSphere.
- This is a step to full Cisco integration into OpenStack
In either case, we will see an uptick in Nexus 1000v usage within vSphere environments once the product becomes freely available with the only limiting factor being the price of Enterprise Plus required to run the Nexus 1000v. Cisco is a switch company, not necessarily a security company, so charging for security features seems a bit backwards when normally they charge per port.
I think this is a statement about more than just alignment with VMware's vCloud Suite versions, it is a statement about Nicira. This move will allow Cisco to fully enter the vCloud Suite market as an alternative to Nicira and Open Flow. With VMware's purchase of Nicira, it is now table-stakes to have a cloud-wide networking story and this is a move by Cisco to be there first with their own protocol stack (NVGRE,OTV,etc.) while still providing underlying support for VMware's own vXLAN and other protocols.
The part of this announcement that is more interesting than the ever change field of network virtualization is the concept that the Nexus 1000v is free unless you want security.
Nexus 1000v: Free Unless you want Security
We need security, and we know it costs money to implement, but why add a premium to necessary security requirements? It just makes security less palatable to those who absolutely need to implement it, but do not. Security today is still in a reactive state to the breaches encountered every day. Take a look at the average virtual or cloud environment? Who is running them, making decisions about the products within them, and why those decisions are being made?
The average virtual or cloud environment is run by retrained and possibly re-purposed Windows Administrators who are not Security Administrators. They initially virtualized to save money on Capex expenditures and continue to roll down this path. They make their security purchasing decisions based on compliance requirements handed down by the CFO who does not want to be fined for missing compliance requirements. The assumption being that if they are compliant they are secure. Other security decisions are made based on hypervisor hardening guides, once more to meet compliance check box requirements.
Now, VMware has made a change to their products, when you purchase VMware vCloud Suite you actually get vCloud Network and Security (vCNS, formerly vShield) Edge and App tools bundled within the Suite. In addition, as of vSphere 5.1, the former vShield Endpoint security product is now a part of base vSphere. So what does all this bundling mean?
Since those with Enterprise+ can upgrade to vCloud Suite Standard for free, they also get security tools for free. Which means that more administrators will start to use those tools. Yes, there will be an uptick in Software and Support subscription costs at the end of the day with vCloud Suites, but the benefits of having vCNS components available to many virtualization administrators are greater.
So how does the Nexus 1000v jive with this additional security functionality of vCloud Suites? It charges for necessary switch security components that would augment the security of any vCloud Suite implementation. While it does cost more to protect your security investment within vCloud Suite (vCNS Load Balancing, High Availability) it also costs more to implement even more security with vCNS Data Security. However, the biggest difference between Cisco and VMware (at this time, while the free upgrades last) is that vCNS Standard ships with every upgraded vCloud Suite Standard.
To me, this implies, that vCNS security components will be used more and more. They are readily available to any who have upgraded to vCloud Suite, and could be the major reason to get this free upgrade while the upgrade window lasts. Additional security at no cost is a huge win in a world where security administrators are starting to get heavily involved.
Free Unless you want EVEN MORE Security
Cisco should jump on this band wagon and provide all the Nexus 1000v features for free, including the standard port security options. But charge for even more security provided by the virtualized ASA and virtual Gateway that can augment a Nexus 1000v. This would align quite well with VMware's own vCloud Suite free upgrade for vSphere Enterprise+ license holders.
Impacting the Market
Both of these changes will impact the virtualization security and networking markets, at least, for those who will upgrade to a vCloud Suite implementation from VMware. However, for those who do not upgrade, the market does not change. There is no bundled security within any edition of vSphere. Given this, the market for vSphere security tools will not change much. There is one exception to this, the former vShield Endpoint product which is now bundled with most versions of vSphere (all but Essentials), which implies that offload anti-virus and malware tools required by compliance regulations and most security policies may be cheaper to implement within a vSphere virtual environment. The impact to non-SMB customers could be quite large. But for SMB customers there is no real change.


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Questionable Hidden Mickeys in the Magic Kingdom, Disney Springs, and the Wilderness Lodge
I'm debating on a few Hidden Images around Walt Disney World. What do you think about the ones below? Let's start in Fantasyland. This first image is in the women's restroom in the Tangled area. Three purple spots are at the lower right corner of a mural painted on the left wall as you enter the restroom. (You can actually spot this wall from outside the restroom, but I recommend that guys not stand and stare!) (Thanks to Lauren Schell, Lindsey Stephens, Jordyn Freiermuth, Martha Tischler, and Kelsey Knee).
Inside Pinocchio Village Haus Restaurant, look for a design with a circle and two arcs that might form a classic Hidden Mickey. This design is repeated around the middle of a pillar at the rear of the last seating room to the right, near the exit to the restrooms. (Thanks to Justin Lewicki).
In Storybook Circus, stroll to the exit of the WDW Railroad Train Station and locate a pile of tubs, trash cans, and luggage. The lower of two silver trash cans sitting upright has some suspicious indentations near the top of the can? (Thanks to Ryan Bachman).
Over in Frontierland, depressions in the rock wall to the right of the entrance to the Briar Patch store might look like a classic Mickey. This image is difficult to photograph. (It's in the middle of the photo). (Thanks to Ryan Bachman).
Visit Morimoto Asia Restaurant in Disney Springs and scan the walls for this image. As you enter the restaurant, study the walls to your left. Three dark circles are painted high on a wall behind the right side of the drink bar. (Thanks to Linda Eckwerth).
Our final stop is the Wilderness Lodge Resort. A tall totem pole stands at the front middle of the long reservations counter on the right side of the main lobby. Under the beak of the bird at the top of the pole are black semicircles. Do they form an upside-down Mickey? (Thanks to Lizzie Cochran).
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In Memphis, Tennessee, on December 4, 1956, history was made at Sun Record Studios. A young musician by the name of Jerry Lee Lewis was in the studio for a session with Carl Perkins. As the day progressed, both Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash stopped by to visit, and legendary producer Sam Phillips herded them all into a jam session.
The recordings that emerged were marketed under the Million Dollar Quarter banner, and rightfully so. Now, that day and that music has been brought back to life with the musical of the same name.
Written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux, the jukebox musical first premiered in 2006 at Florida's Seaside Music Theatre. That was followed for the next two years by sold-out productions in Issaquah, Washington, and Everett, Washington.
Also in 2008, Chicago's Goodman Theatre mounted Million Dollar Quartet with Mutrux acting as co-director along with Eric Schaeffer. That staging soon enough moved over to Chicago's Apollo Theater.
Then, in April 2010, Broadway came calling. The Schaeffer-directed piece earned three Tony Award nods for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. Levi Kreis took home the prize for his work as Jerry Lee Lewis.
Following 489 performances, the show ended its run in June of 2011. However, within a month, an Off-Broadway production was up and running at New World Stages with a North American tour scheduled for late 2011. London's West End also mounted a 2011 show at the Noel Coward Theatre with Schaeffer at the helm.
Classic rock songs featured in Million Dollar Quartet include "Folsom Prison Blues," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Great Balls of Fire," "Long Tall Sally," "I Walk the Line," and many more.


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Have you ever written a post, think you saved it and then "BAM" – you cannot find it? That has happened to me and I'm bumming because I had a great post on what it means to be a social media expert, and how the heck does one know if someone is qualified to call themselves an expert or flaunt this title – but it's missing in the trenches of my laptop. Now I have to try and recreate all of my thoughts, research and links to great content but like all things there is a simple lesson for all bloggers – save your work where you can FIND it! Duh.
Social Media Expert
The title is used loosely, or so it seems, with many people using the words and not having much experience, client base or testimonials to back up the door plaque they've glued to the wall. Conversation Marketing has a humorous but truthful post on how to figure out if someone really is a social media expert and as I retype this I'm again laughing at the idea of people saying they are an expert after 6 months and no blog, Twitter feed or Facebook page! Over at Openpresswire there is less laughing and more name calling but a great break down of the different types of social media experts out there and how just about every other person is saying they're a "social media expert". Gag. Luckily we have Chris Brogan breaking it down and essentially saying, "If you call yourself a social media expert please know…"
Social Media Certification
What about having a pretty little certificate or banner on your website declaring that you've gone through 8 weeks of training to be a social media expert? I have mixed feelings on this because I know the way the world works, those with certifications and degrees sometimes have more to fall back on and when it comes to the online world in 5 years I worry this could make or break some people – yes regardless of experience. Not that I think this is right but when someone who doesn't know what they're talking about has something fancy to sell the person who is naive about social media looking for guidance, I see someone being taken for an expensive joy ride and getting nowhere fast. This means those with the talent, the true expertise and experience could be overlooked because of certifications and fancy degrees.
Luckily, I'm not alone in my skeptical thinking, but I'm joined by others in the field like Beth Harte, Andy Quayle and Olivier Blanchard. All of which talk about the dollar amount spent on the programs, the legitimacy of the programs and how is one supposed to know one certification is better than another? The time spent on the programs which take those practicing in the field away from the doing to relearn Twitter? That makes no sense and doesn't seem to really serve my clients well. As Olivier Blanchard so nicely points out those in the industry should be part of the Social Media Business council verses aiming to be certified or looking to a new set of standards when there are already standards in the industry.
A step up from certification could be a Master's degree in Social Media and as Mashable reported this is obtainable in just under one year for less than $7,000. The issue happens to be finding instructors qualified to teach the students because most of them already know the material! What does this tell me?
Social Media Expert is Not a Degree or Certification
When I look to others in the field and coin them as "experts" I look for the following (oh and being on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and having a blog with RSS is a given):
Looks Like Duck, Acts Like a Duck, It Probably Is a Duck. How long have they been blogging, using Twitter, Facebook and how many friends and followers do they have? Maybe they have more than one Twitter account and if they're going to teach someone about Alexa rankings, Google Rankings – what the heck are their stats?
What Are Others Saying? Do they have any testimonials or past client experience? Who have they associated with, partnered with that can give them some Klout in the field? Have they been covered in the press and what about speaking at events, a book, ebook, etc?
Picasso. If they say they're an artist then I want to see the artwork to be the judge. Assess the work, read their blog, view their Twitter streams and pay attention to what this "expert" is up to.
Anyone can say they're an expert but when you use this word it has a double edge to it and can often cut you if you're not careful. It makes me nervous to even type the words, but in the 3 years I've been doing this I've learned that the best people I know in the field of blogging and social media don't call them experts but are usually coined as such by others. They're modest students learning about the new applications that change shapes as fast as the clouds, experimenting with different networks, mediums and are the ones in the trenches trying to keep up with the fast paced world – so they can teach and guide others. Many of them are yes, bloggers who started like me, innocently trying to reach others and found that I had a new passion that I was good at, in my humble opinion. Perhaps this is why agencies and big companies are reaching out to the so called, "little guys". Catch is, these "little guys" have partnerships with others now and have recognized their worth – so don't take advantage of them because they're not wearing a name tag that says, "Expert".
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