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Wed, 28 September 2011
Hack Day in China...
Minimalist pipeline.. CI loop, CD model...
Customer was Centos based....
SVN,Jenkins, Rundeck, JBoss and Mysql... (5 Servers).
Due to cultural differences....
Make a change to the code and see the CI loop, delivery loop take place.
The do a Roll back....
Talk about Rundeck and the mechanics - Jenkins Rundeck Plugin. Drives the rundeck job automatically. Also Rundeck pulls the latest, last and history of builds.
Normally we would use Chef or Puppet on the back end of Rundeck...
Point about manual vs automated process
A Contentious Question by Chris Hoff (@beaker)
Contentios question by @beaker.. no, Actually if you guys don't follow @beaker you should. He is our #devops mirror for networking and security (imho). He tried to keep us honest...
"Given the recent influx of virtual networking solutions, many of which are OpenFlow-based, what possible in-roads and value can they hope to offer in heavily virtualized enterprise environments wherein the virtual networking is owned and controlled by VMware?"
Specifically, if the only third-party VMware virtual switch to date is Cisco's and access to this platform is limited (if at all available) to startup players, how on Earth do BigSwitch, Nicira, vCider, etc. plan to insert themselves into an already contentious environment effectively doing mindshare and relevance battle with the likes of mainline infrastructure networking giants and VMware?
If you're answer is "OpenFlow and OpenStack will enable this access,...
Not meaning to piss anyone off, but many of these startups' business plans are shrouded in the mystical vail of "wait and see."
Pro Puppet [Kindle Edition]
Ask about BigDrops?
Learning and Hadoop
September 2011 – HUG– Atlanta, GA
Machine Learning With Hadoop
Josh Patterson | Sr Solution Architect
Open source work at
After the refining process, one barrel of crude oil yielded more than 40% gasoline and only 3% kerosene, creating large quantities of waste gasoline for disposal."
--- Excerpt from the book "The American Gas Station"
Hadoop Today: The Oil Industry Circa 1900
Digital universe grew by 62% last year to 800K petabytes and will grow to 1.2 "zettabytes" this year
Speed @ Scale is the new Killer App
Results in that previously took 1 day to process can gain new value when created in 10 minutes.
ML Focused on in Mahout
An algorithm that looks at a user's past actions and suggests
What is time series data?
What is ISAX Lumberyard?
Packages For Hadoop
UDFs in Pig
used at LinkedIn in many of off-line workflows for data derived products
"People You May Know"
Hadoop Not Good At in Data Mining
We've talked about this before with twitter's storm...
Not everything fits great in MapReduce
Mahout as evidence of this
Common Challenges in DevOps Change Management
Matt Ray
Starts out with meat and potato .. everything in source control
Talks about spiceweasel .. yaml or jason..
Think roles not nodes... nodes can be ephemeral..
Start from scratch don't reuse nodes...
Don't hard code IP addresses .. m&p
Golden mages are an anti-pattern. <The don't have to be...
Three Drunk in SysAdmins....
Continuous Delivery of Server Configurations
Puppet, Git, Mcollective,Jeninks,and Capistrano
Three part series...
Announcing the MongoDB Monitoring Service (MMS)
MongoDB Monitoring Service (MMS) to the public for free. MMS is a SaaS based tool that monitors your MongoDB cluster and makes it easy for you to see what's going on in a production deployment.
Devops Chicago and Devops Camp
Interview w/Martin J. Logan
Oct 22 - 23 in Chicago
Camp Devops
Devopsdays Goteborg 2011
The conference will be a two day event on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 of October 2011
Direct download: Devops_Drop_023.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:14pm PDT
Mon, 26 September 2011
Gartner Cites Application Release Automation Tools as Key to DevOps
So many things wrong with this... (ARA) Nolio
As an emerging movement, DevOps may have improved communication and collaboration between development and IT operations teams but it still hasn't absolutely mastered its ultimate goal of unifying their work.
In his report, Ronni J. Colville argues that DevOps can be greatly enhanced by the use of application release automation (ARA) tools and specifically cites Nolio as one such solution.
Can tools help "Cuture" this question was asked at Puppetconf w/Luke...
Visibility also requires the establishment of a model of the application and its configuration for each environment. ARA tools can provide a mechanism to create application models for each environment, with externalized configuration settings that typically vary by environment.
I've implemented a Nagios check for Selenium test cases. With this check it is possible to put your recorded test cases from your Selenium IDE into Nagios to use them for monitoring.
Test-->Selenium IDE-->Export-->check_selenium (nagios plugin)-->Selenium Remote Control
DevOps in Milliseconds
AppNexus engineers have it good.
They don't lie awake at night wondering if we can handle the next increase of impressions.
They don't worry that our systems are down and we don't know it.
They don't develop in a bubble, toss their code over the wall to a mysterious group of people, and wash their hands clean.
Monitoring: Nagios - 1200 services
Metrics: Graphite - 1 million datapoints every minute.
Nagios plugin that queries Graphite and alerts if values of certain metrics go above or below specified thresholds.
Deployment: Puppet and Maestro
Puppet backed by a MySQL database and fronted by an in-house application we call Maestro.
At AppNexus there is no wall between engineers and operations, and automation is crucial to scaling our infrasctructure.
Engineers control their own destiny, and we give them the tools to dive deep into production problems and give them tools to dive deep into production problems, make fixes, and improve their products as quickly as they can code.
CI vs Zombies
Runaway builds.
--A runaway build occurs when not all processes created by the build exit cleanly.
--Zombies – may hang the build, or simply stay around in the background waiting to wreak havoc.
--They interfere with test isolation. If processes can hang around from an earlier build (or earlier test within the same build) they may affect unrelated tests.
--difficult-to-diagnose failures.
-- eventually leading to exhaustion.
--Manual intervention is required to kill them and clean up.
Openstack Compute API v1.1 support
Implement fog support for the Openstack Compute API v1.1. Includes support for legacy v1.0 style auth and v2.0 keystone auth.
Mean time to pretty chart- DevOps meets data porn
Alex Benik is a principal at Battery Ventures. Battery Ventures is an investor in DataDog and Tracelytics.
The current mantra in Web operations is to track, record and monitor everything. Data is valuable and storage is cheap.
Favorite Velocity John Rauser at Amazon and Kellan Elliot-McCrea from Etsy.
Mean Time to Pretty Chart (MTPC). For full buzzword compliance, let's say that WebOps + BigData + Information/Graphic Design = MTPC.
MTPC attempts to quantify the amount of time required to determine the root cause of an operational issue and depict it in an eye-catching way. The MTPC metric is challenging because it encompasses a number of challenges spanning large volumes of data acquisition, storage, correlation and design/representation.
A highly incomplete list of relevant commercial and open source tools would include Ganglia, Nagios, Cati, Graphite, Munin, Splunk, New Relic, Tracelytics (see disclosure), DataDog (see disclosure), and AppDynamics.
Enter the Data Scientist. While correlation doesn't imply causation, with large enough sample sizes the old adage "where there is smoke there is usually fire" often applies. When you can visualize that smoke in a pretty chart, it's easier to pinpoint the fire.
Jesse Robbins interview on DevOps Cafe #19 (w/ full transcript!)
Direct download: Devops_Drop_022.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:35pm PDT
Sat, 24 September 2011
Puppet Conf Recap ...
Great show.. first class.. venue, food, content...
"Operations as a Strategic Weapon"
Damon and I did our combined talks right after Luke's Keynote. I thought we rocked. They will be posting the videos
Devops Cafe Roundtable with Luke, Teyo, James and Scott ..
Basically the management team at Puppet Labs
Scott story about joining Puppetlabs... His Loudcloud experience.
Damon killed. We talked about Service Orchestration, PaaS, culture patterns.. great stuff... We will post the audio on Devops Cafe site and the Video should be up in a week or two...
Puppet Enterprise 2.0
A lot of new integration with Mcollective and the GUI...
New GUI, right out-of-the-box PE 2.0 automatically discovers all resources – packages, hosts, groups, and users. Uses Mcollective to discover.
Visually Clone Resources To Scale Quickly, Efficiently, and Reliably(From the GUI)
With PE 2.0's new compliance capability, you now can visually monitor for any unauthorized changes against your desired-state baseline. Can run compliance reports once a day and watch for changing trends... Give auditors GUI control to see what they need to see...
PE 2.0's new provisioning capability allows you to quickly and easily create new instances of VMware and Amazon EC2. KInd of like "Knife" with the added bare metal sauce...
"Operating at Scale"
Pedro Canahuati
SRE Manager...
Dealing with issues at "SCALE" and I mean scale....
Switched from XEN to LXC to to overhead at scale...
Been using cFengine for years... About to change to Chef or Puppet.. Looking at both.
All the #devops thing are going on at FB CD, Agile in operations, collect and store everything. Like Google, they had to build a lot of their own stuff.
They build there own TSDB kind of like Opentsdb. They have built there own monitoring framework, looking framework (they use Scribe).
ODS tool the abstracts and visualizes all events (very cool)
I was able to talk to Pedro at the speakers dinner and the following day. I am a junkie and groupie for guys like this and stuff like .. we talked about CEP and monitoring. Also about Chef and Puppet.
Beyond the Node: Arkestration with Noah
John Vincent
Puppet and Juju, scaling the cloud
Marc Cluet & Adam Gandelman
These boys showed up to a gin fight with a knife...
Slideware of how you can use puppet and Juju together. I am not a mean guy unless you propose something that you can't explain in a presentation...
Split brain... Needs to be a hackday .. talked to Dan Bodie about this... Interesting...
Mårten Mickos
CEO Eucalyptus
Great presentation... Talked about what the cloud has done to operations. Also acknowledges cloud needs devops....
My Zing question ... great answer....
We also had some one on one podcasts with the Redhat guys about Openshift and how it works.
Ended up with an interview with Jay Lyman of 451 group... Post on DTO....
Oh yeah on the way to have drinks with Gene KIm I got to get my picture talked with Merle Haggard.
Direct download: Devops_Drop_021.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:44am PDT
Wed, 21 September 2011
Goteborg 2011 - program
Friday 14 October and Saturday
Yours truly doing the keynote...
Announcing Xeround Cloud Database API
Xeround is an elastic, always-on database-as-a-service
AWS, Rackspce and Heroku
Benchmarks against an RDS Large at $0.44 vs the $0.08 standard instance Xeround
How GitHub Uses GitHub to Build GitHub
Everyone can push, everyone can deploy
Master is always deployable
Deploy 10 to 40 times a day
Pull requests are our code review
Master -> Branch -> Pull request -> Master
Pull requests are RAD no meeting, email is your interface, non techs get involved
Culture... Hack days... make things fun...
Hubot, our valiant Campfire bot, has continued to grow in complexity. A tiny list of his (current) capabilities:
-unlock the door to our office
-print out a list of the people currently in the office based on their wifi presence
-find an apartment in the area to rent
-deploy GitHub
-say an arbitrary string over the office speakers
-play an audio sample of deadmau5 to everyone through hacked Propane HTML5
-give you a quote from any movie or TV show
-tell you the build status of any git branch
-track and map packages
-SMS any GitHubber from Campfire
-embed a seven day weather forecast
PuppetConf as a Service (PCaaS): Sign up for the Free Live Stream
Mårten Mickos
SRE's from Facebook and Google
John Vincent @lusis Noah dude
Luke of course
Adrian Cole jClouds
Chad Metcalf Cloudera
Jinesh Varia AWS
Mark Hinkle @mrhinkle
Puppet Change Management for DevOps
What is Puppet?
At Atlassian, we use Puppet extensively with our internal systems, our Hosted products, and our build engineering infrastructure. Here's how we do it in build engineering.
Jira, Bamboo, Greenhopper Rapid Board
Bamboo with puppet...
IBM Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) -
From September 12 – November 11, you can provision select virtual machines at the Toronto, Ehningen, Tokyo and Singapore IBM SmartCloud data centers—subject to availability—at no charge. You can access:
Virtual machines to run Linux® (Red Hat or Novell SUSE) or Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003/2008
1 block (256 gigabytes) of persistent storage
DataStax gets $11M, fuses NoSQL and Hadoop
Brisk, Hadoop based on Cassandra
Neo raises $10.6M for Neo4j as graph DBs take off
Building Scalable Systems: an Asynchronous Approach
Node.js and rabittMQ
Direct download: Devops_Drop_020.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:11am PDT
Tue, 20 September 2011
John and Damon are back with a long form interview with Jesse Robbins of Opscode and Amazon fame.
Direct download: DevOpsCafe19.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:25pm PDT
Tue, 20 September 2011
Data science teams need people with the skills and curiosity to ask the big questions.
People You May Know (PYMK) LInkedin, Facebook
Netflix and Zynga
Google, Amazon,
A recent report from the McKinsey Global Institute says that by 2018 the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 190,000 workers with analytical skills.
New CycleCloud HPC Cluster Is a Triple Threat: 30000 cores, $1279/Hour, & Grill monitoring GUI for Chef
We have now launched a cluster 3 times the size of Tanuki, or 30,000 cores, which cost $1279/hour to operate for a Top 5 Pharma. It performed genuine scientific work -- in this case molecular modeling -- and a ton of it. The complexity of this environment did not necessarily scale linearly with the cores.
c1.xlarge instances 3,809
cores 30,472
AWS Regions 3 ( us-east, us-west, eu-west )
Compute Years of Work 10.9 years
Spot Instances at an average cost of 0.286 USD / instance / hour (0.036 USD / core / hour). Compare that to the 0.68 USD / instance / hour for the same On Demand instance. That's 57% savings!
What Exactly is Complex Event Processing Today?
Colin Clark...
Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of fun to use!
The lack of a "Hadoop of realtime" has become the biggest hole in the data processing ecosystem.
Building a Devops team
Brian Henerey, from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
First interview - remote technical test
Ec2 instance .. install Wordpress with a broken Mysql install
Tomcat log scraping...
Using screen to watch them...
Round 2 - Face to face interview
Whiteboard test
Pair programming
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Learning with Python
Node.js and MongoDB on Ubuntu
haproxy to catch inbound web traffic and route it to our node.js app cluster
mongodb for app storage
With a sample application....
First steps with Cloud Foundry on Amazon EC2
Setting up an IP address and domain name
Setting up an IP address and domain name
Making it start the right modules at boot
Direct download: Devops_Drop_019.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:33am PDT
Fri, 16 September 2011
NoSQL Benchmark
Yahoo Cloud Servicing Benchmark
Basic operations are Insert, Update, Read, and Scan. There are basic workload sets that combine the basic operations, but new additional workloads can also be created.
This article contains tests conducted on the following products and versions.
Although Cassandra's latest version is 0.8.0, we have decided to use the previous version known to be stable. Because when testing with the 0.8 version, the gossip protocol between nodes malfunctioned and the node up/down information was incorrect.
HBase-0.90.2 (Hadoop-0.20-append)
Insert, Read Only and Read and Update
Insert - Cassandra kills
Read and update Cassandra beats HBase by a little
Read Hbase wins of course but only by a little against Cassandra
Mongo get blow out...
Which leads me into .. why I would love to make this event...
Using Cassandra, Brisk, and Mahout to Manage Time Series, and Predict Future Events
Datastax ... Brisk a cassandra based Hadoop...
What is glu?
glu is a free/open source deployment and monitoring automation platform.
a glu agent is running on each of those nodes
ZooKeeper is used to maintain the live state as reported by the glu agents (blue arrows)
the glu orchestration engine is the heart of the system
Glu Script is a Groovy Class with named closures for the actions... (can be groovy or java)
install, configure, start, stop, unconfigure and uninstall
The doc is pretty cool .. however, when I started getting into the state machine stuff I had to stop...
Orchestration .. Zookeeper to build live state, compare live and desired state.
generate delta
Three months ago, we decided to tear down the framework we were using for our dashboard, Python's Django, and rebuild it entirely in server-side JavaScript, using node.js. (If there is ever a time in a start-ups life to remodel parts of your infrastructure, it's early on, when your range of motion is highest.)
This decision was driven by a realization: the LAMP stack is dead.
1991-1999: The HTML Age.
2000-2009: The LAMP Age.
2010-??: The JavaScript Age.
From $0-100million with no sales people. The Atlassian 10 commandments for startups.
Jira, Confluence
3 ppl to 300 ppl...
Start with two founders.. 50/50
Bootstrapping .. first round is 60M
-Sell itself, affordable, global, open
-Use your own product.... Passionately use your own product...
-Measure everything... Capture everything.... even if you can't analyze
-Test everything... 5 users free .. raised money for charity
-ABM... ... always sponsor the beer at conference.. like Dyninc...
-Send stuff in the mail.. t-shirts...
-Make everything into a campaign.. Turned hiring into a marketing campaign - .. send only 4 resumes otherwise you are black listed...
-Don't be afraid to let your first product will fail..
Devops Dude of the Week....
Jordon Sissel
FPM and Logstash and now...
Jordon Sissel..
This project contains two EventMachine extensions.
First, it adds an event-driven file-following similar to the unix 'tail -f'
Second, it adds event-driven file patterns allowing you to watch a given file
For logstash, the log agents were
There's a ruby gem 'file-tail' that implements tailing, but not in an
Thus, eventmachine-tail was born.
Further, the usage patterns for logstash required the ability to watch a
rtail -x "*.gz" "/var/log/**/*"
Direct download: Devops_Drop_018.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:27am PDT
Thu, 15 September 2011
$3m Wellington rail project behind schedule
KiwiRail said Project Sirius, a $3 million project to install an IBM asset management system, is six months behind schedule.
LexisNexis Releases Code for Its Hadoop-Killer
LexisNexis Risk Solutions' division HPCC Systems has announced that it is open sourcing the code for its High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) software. HPCC is a data-processing-and-delivery solution that the company is marketing as an alternative to Hadoop. HPCC includes two major components: Thor, which analyzes large datasets in a manner similar to Hadoop, and Roxie, which is closer to a traditional RBDMS or a data warehouse.
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Whirr as a Top-Level Project
Apache Whirr provides a Cloud-neutral way to run a properly-configured system quickly through libraries, common service API, smart defaults, and command line tool. Whirr is being used for proof of concepts and a way to try out new Cloud services utilizing a variety of Apache products that include Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra, and ZooKeeper. An example of this is enterprise software providers Cloudera, who use Whirr to make it easy to try out their CDH product and run distributed clustered services.
Chef Hack Day - Seattle
Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PT)
Seattle, WA
Joyent arms cloud for death match with Amazon
The pixar of cloud Jason Hoffman: Chief Scientist, Founder - PhD in Molecular Pathology
Mark Mayo: CTO...
A month after open-sourcing what it calls "the first major hypervisor" to arrive in half a decade, cloud computing pioneer Joyent has added this hypervisor to its flagship service, allowing Linux and Windows applications onto the Joyent Cloud for the first time.
Joyent and its firebrand CTO told the world they had ported the KVM hypervisor from Linux to SmartOS. They promptly open-sourced the code in an effort to "make the world a better place", and now they've rolled the hypervisor into a new incarnation of the Joyent Cloud
The company claims that its SmartOS virtual machines are up to 14 times faster than comparable Amazon server instances
Rundeck And Nagios Nrpe Checks
I've played with a few different jobs so far, including triggering Puppet runs across machines triggered by a Jenkins plugin. I've also been looking at running all my monitoring tasks at the click of a button (or again as part of a smoke test triggered by Jenkins) and I thought that might make a nice simple example.
My checks are written as Nagios plugins, and run periodically by Nagios. I also trigger them manually, using Dean's NRPE runner script.
Direct download: Devops_Drop_017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:12am PDT
Wed, 14 September 2011
VMware vsphere provider to Fog
Libvirt integration for fog
added cloudstack support
Full AWS support sqs, sns, rds, elb, dns,cloudformation, cloud_watch
Patrick is going crazy over there..
This is some crazy shit essay..
Automated Vmware ESX Installation - Bonus in Vmware Fusion
Using kickstart
After this exercise you should be able to completely script the installation of a Vmware ESX virtual machine and make it run inside Vmware Fusion.
Murder: Fast datacenter code deploys using BitTorrent
twitter eng.. .BitTorrent... Murder a 40 minute deploy.. 12 seconds! - in ruby and python also a great video on the blog.
Ruby for Jenkins Goes Pre-Alpha
The prject was started to make Jenkins fit the ruby comminity stlye...
not forced into using jruby, or maven.
boot a plugin written in pure Ruby into a Jenkins server w/o java or java knowledge.
Installing on RHEL/CentOS 5
Decomposed the script based install and refactored it to work with centos and layed out the steps to use yum
4 ways to install
LexisNexis Releases Code for Its Hadoop-Killer
HPCC Systems a division of lexisnexis risk solutions division.
open sourcing the code for its High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC)
an alternative to Hadoop.
Thor, which analyzes large datasets in a manner similar to Hadoop,
Roxie, which is closer to a traditional RBDMS or a data warehouse.
Ensemble gets some Juju!
We figured it should represent the complexities and mystery that often surround those skilled in the DevOps field, and be something that played on the same "u" sound and etymology as Ubuntu. Thus, "Juju" was born!
Direct download: Devops_Drop_016.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:03am PDT
Tue, 13 September 2011
Devops Hackday with Cloudfoundry at VMWare about 300 ppl showed up.
First ting we did was everyone got the CF Micro on USB stick (cloud on a stick)
two teams about 9 guys did a puppet git to jenkins to cf automation pipleline.
Second team was git to jenkins to tomcat with zenoss
Takes aways for VMware was that it's not just about the cloud. They thought
Podcast with Chris Pinkham, CEO of Nimbula, during VMworld 2011
Chris was formerly Vice President, IT Infrastructure at Amazon.com
Nimbula Director
Like I said that area is a blood bath. I know this when I was at Canonical tring to slep UEC and that was before HP, Dell, Citrix were in the game...
all the start ups...
10gen raises $20M for MongoDB in maturing NoSQL space
has raised $20 million in a Series D funding round. Sequoia Capital Total venture backing to more than $31 million.
The post points out the Couchbase has raised around 30m as well. Damien Katz is the createor of Couchdb... was an orginally a Lotus Notes developer, then started the CB project, then IBM hired him to work on CB and now he is part of Couchbase...
$3m Wellington rail project behind schedule
a $3 million project to install an IBM asset management system, is six months behind schedule.
When will this madness stop... I think about flightcast... Built an airline flight delay predictor that is in the high 80% tiles beased out of y combinator with three guys total capital probally less that 1/2 million...
No excuse for this kind of behavior...
dnsxd is an Erlang DNS server with a focus on DNS Service Discovery.
dnsxd's default datastore module is an interface to CouchDB
Dustin Kirkland has two posts on installing Cloudfoundry on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install cloudfoundry-server
Devops Book List
The Visible Ops Handbook: Starting ITIL in 4 Practical Steps
Gene Kim
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers)
Micheal Nygaurd
Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))
George Reese of Entratus
Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
Jez Humble
Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time
John Alspaw
Pulling Strings with Puppet: Configuration Management Made Easy
James Turnbull
Not on the list...
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef by Stephen Nelson-Smith
Direct download: Devops_Drop_015.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:56am PDT


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Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~
Sypnosis : In the world of the mafia there is an organization called Inferno. is a small but is feared by all most mafia, on one of its jobs a boy saw how a reporter was killed . then inferno decided to dispose of the boy while he escape he does everything to survive and that woke interests in Inferno so he was kidnapped. Inferno make him choice between Get Killed or Become one of their Assasins. while on their descisions he meets the assasin that was chasing him A girl called Ein ( number one in german ) The Current Phantom . she tell him all he need to do about becoming assasin or die and he was brainwashed so he has no memories . He decides to Train for it and he was now called Zwei ( 2 in german ) and so he train for be a top class assasin just for live but many contradictory that will come specially with other members of mafia that want him for themselves.
Personal : this anime is entertaining . the story is quite twisted if you ask me to many changes on plans . so much crazy people and others and has quite a bit of time skips months and even some years however that is on story progress. there are a lot of characters that i just dont like and even i want them to be killed still this anime was quite weird when i thought it was going in good direction then goes other side - when everything start to be fine BOOM everything changes for nothing is just to many changes on plots . to many betrays and deceives from part main characters and others . but what i hate more is how twisted the personality of Reiji ( Zwei ) gets more and more insane as time passes yet later in anime he try to do right things but still being an assasin . i started to like more the anime once the first time skip when reiji meets cal, the story that goes from there is very good yet as i said before all things changes in a second on this anime -_- so for everyone that wannts to see it . dont think you be able to understand all story of characters since thx for the sudden changes all that you know that passed in the time goes to a hole XD still this anime i liked it a lot and i give a rating of 8/10 however even the the end is very good for the anime i still dont like it so the raing 8/10 is for normal review but thx for the ending on my personal il give 5/10 well anyway everyone must try it and see it ! i approve it will take away some of alls boredoms =3
See and read the one below only if you wanted a bit Spoil -
on other Note FOR GODS SAKE 2 YEARS THAT CHANGE WHAT IN THE WORLD THE PPL DRAWING AS THINKING o.o
Opening 01
Opening 02
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Start: Scene of shadows talking of a next target . Reiji Driving a car reaching a house with security then kill the guards and enter the place . he starts to run and enter the house but many ppl in there are death and point at a maid with gun and is Ein , noticed she is bleeding a bit and one from top start to shoot them then . both hides and reiji say il kill got live Kill .. INTRO -- scene like a dream ofbeing chased and thiking that if he cant run he needs to first kill or be killed . he wokes up on a room dont knowing even its name and dizzy . he try to remember but he cant only some images of someone pointing a gun at him . he start to fear that the ppl chasing him will kill him . change of scene of 2 girls planing something for inferno . scene - scythe and a scientist checking how reiji acts and saying he is a genius - reiji start to walk throw the place searching for an exit . then scythe order phantom to test him - ein appear behind reiji and start shooting him then reiji escape
while he is being chased he reach a concluscion in his mind that is if i cant run i need to fight . he tries to fight then ein take out 2 knifes and give one to reiji and start fighting close combat - Reiji has no fighting skills but still he wants to survive at all cost and defend himself very good . yet he gets defeated but when ein will take final blow reiji takes her dagger and take her down and cut her mask and saw her eyes - when he will give last blow he stops and go away she let him walk to exist and reiji go out and see thats is in a desolated place, and shout who i am ! ein tell him she is Zwei thats is her other half and shoot him a tranquilizer. scythe and a girl talking that he did an insane good battle with just its insticnts and want him to train him for assasin and be a member of inferno ... ALL IL TELL if i say more il ruin the episode so see it !!! is nice to see


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Although it may feel like it, pressure washers aren't a magic wand tool that is going to just leave you house or porch sparkling clean. You have to know the right techniques for using them if they are going to be effective. This short guide should offer you some basic tips that will help you pressure wash your house with ease.
Choosing the Right Pressure Washer
Some homeowners often show their frustration with electric pressure washers, while others claim that they work wonders on their home. Why would there be such a major difference in opinion? Electric pressure washers are mainly used for cleaning small areas such as boats, cars, or walkways. People with small homes may claim that they work fine because it's a small surface area to pressure wash, so the lighter powered pressure washer can get the job done quickly. As for larger homes, people often get frustrated because it takes so long, but what they don't realize is that they aren't using the right pressure washer for the job. If you have a larger area or really tough stuff to get off, use a gas powered pressure washer. These have more power, and can cover a larger surface area.
A big concern for people is pressure washing surfaces that are high up. If you've ever used a pressure washer, you know that it puts a lot of pressure against you as well, which can make using the tool on top of a ladder quite a challenge. First of all, make sure the ladder is secure by weighing down the bottom of it. When using the pressure washer, you shouldn't operate it at max efficiency, but instead take a little more time by turning down the power. This will relieve some of the pressure. You should also face the ladder towards the house so that the pressure washer doesn't push against the wobbly part of it. It will be much easier to balance on.
Hire Out the Job
Sometimes, pressure washing jobs are just too much for one person to tackle, and it may be a better idea to hire professionals for the job. Not only will you avoid the cost of buying a pressure washer if you don't already have one, but you will know that the job will be done quickly and correctly. Make sure that you pick a good company for the job.
Hopefully these tips have helped your pressure washing job a little. Be safe when using these machines. They can be quite dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.


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Thousands of new domains are registered every day, but sometimes the process can be confusing, especially when you don't understand the words like domains, hosting, and name servers that you hear being thrown around. This is true even for people who have been using the internet for many years. Don't let your lack of technical knowledge intimidate you. Read up a bit, and you'll have the vocabulary down in no time.
In this post, I'll break down the difference between the terms domain and website, as well as provide some of the basic information on hosting your first website and domain.
What's a domain?
A domain is a name that you register and use to direct people to your website. As a business owner, your domain will be one of the most important aspects of bringing your business online. If your business name is long or not available as a domain, you will want to choose something short, to the point, and memorable. This will serve as a branding tool for you and help with your marketing efforts.
If you're an individual solopreneur and not a business, you'll still want a domain name. Domain names are basically your calling card on the web. They're how people find you and how they will remember to come back.
Domains now come with a choice of many extensions on the end. If you want to register a domain name for your brand, you have a lot of choices. Most people try to stick with .com or .net because they are still the most prominent domains on the web, and the most memorable. There are, however, unlimited options for other domains that can help you differentiate your website from the competition. Domain extensions such as .accountant are appropriate for professional accountants as a business domain, while domain extensions such as .boutique are usually chosen by upscale retail shops.
You can choose a domain name that's creative, but don't go overboard. People need to know what your website is about. Keep the name short and memorable. After all, your name is your address on the web as well as an extension of your brand.
What is a website?
Once you have registered your domain name, you'll need a space on the web to store your content and make it available to the world. A website contains all the files and content that will be stored at your domain's address. Your website may be designed by a professional, or you may use a template to create the website of your dreams. The website design and content is completely up to you. Make it easy to read and navigate, and make sure you install buttons for social sharing.
Hosting your website
When you have a completed website, you'll need a place that will host it (i.e. store it) online and make it available to visitors. The web host will help you configure your website so that the domain you have chosen will point to the website's front page.
Web hosting starting $0.99 / month >>
There are different kinds of hosting available, depending on your website's needs, including hosting that's optimized for WordPress blogs and lightning-fast hosting that's essential for high-volume business websites.
Keep this in mind:
In the early days of the internet, free hosting was plentiful, but you always got what you paid for. Often, these hosting services would shut down and take your website with them when they went out of business. A few free web hosting services exist to this day, but they're not appropriate for anyone who wants to make a good first impression.
Free web hosts often place a large amount of flashy, distracting advertisements on your website in exchange for the "free" hosting. This is why most people consider "free" web hosting a gamble; they are often fly-by-night operations that make no guarantees about availability. If you choose a free host, there will be periods of downtime. There is also an increased risk of hacking and other internet trickery, such as installing malware through the host's ads.
Choosing a web hosting option
Once your website is ready to be seen by the world, you'll want to choose a web hosting plan that's appropriate for your website size, type, and traffic. Most people will start with an inexpensive hosting plan until they outgrow it. Building traffic takes time and energy.
You may want a virtual private server or a website that's optimized for WordPress or another blogging platform. Whatever your needs are, make sure that you ask about each pricing option and ensure there is room to scale up if you need more space or bandwidth. You'll want a website that's up most of the time and grow into a bigger hosting plan, if necessary. Now that you understand the difference between a domain versus a website, it's time to decide what hosting package helps you get the most for your money.


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Clarity's cutting edge imaging: Fibrosis
Fibrosis is the hardening or scarring of various organs, such as the heart, lung, liver and kidney, which is usually a result of abnormal wound healing to tissue injury. It usually leads to an excessive deposition of extracellular matrix components, predominantly collagen. As a result, it leads to organ stiffness and ultimately, organ failure.
There are currently a number of treatments for patients with various forms of fibrosis, however many patients still progress to end-stage organ failure due to challenges in early diagnosis and inability of the existing treatments to directly target the build-up of fibrosis.
Clarity is at the forefront of nuclear medicine based fibrosis imaging. The theranostic approach allows fibrotic tissue to be detected and measured using non-invasive imaging of the organ of interest. The patient can then be treated with drugs in development aiming to reduce or reverse fibrosis. A follow up image will then allow the reduction or reversal to be quantified more accurately and in a shorter time period than traditional diagnostic measures, such as biopsy.
With an aim of advancing this field, a research group at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and Monash University led by Prof. Christoph Hagemeyer has developed a non-invasive imaging product for use as a companion diagnostic to select patients or monitor therapy. The product targets fibrotic tissue, including pulmonary and cardiac fibrosis. The product radiolabelled with Clarity's Copper-64 chelator (MECOSAR) can be used to monitor fibrosis with high accuracy and potentially determine changes in fibrosis.
We are hoping to progress our collaboration and further advance Clarity's expertise in the field of fibrosis imaging and therapy, which we can offer to prospective clients.
Clarity Pharmaceuticals is a client of ATP Innovations, Australia's leading business incubator.


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During this year's Sofa West: Santa Fe 2010 art show, held this July, interested art aficionados can attend a three-day symposium that delves into the topic of collecting new Southwest Native Pottery. Entitled, "Historic Bond/Contemporary Spirit: Collecting New Southwest Native Pottery," it includes presentations from Garth Clark, an author and specialist in modern and contemporary ceramics, curator, critic and dealer; Bruce Bernstein, the executive director for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; and Ellen Bradbury, the former director of Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, which is now known as the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Mark Lyman, president of The Art Fair Company, which produces of Sofa art fairs in New York, Chicago and Santa Fe, N.M., said the symposium was organized in response to "the many Sofacollectors expressing keen interest in learning more about the extraordinary cultural and artistic heritage of Santa Fe and its surrounding Native American pueblos."
"Native American's Southwest pottery culture is rich, mesmerizing, unparallel and uninterrupted for 2,000 years," said Clark. Of the symposium, Clark said, "A small group will travel the two millennia with their guides, noted scholars and native potters, via a privileged program of travel, demonstrations and lecture presentations. Were I not on the program, I would have signed up yesterday." Clark and his partner, Mark Del Vecchio will also exhibit in Sofa West: Santa Fe 2010 as Clark + Del Vecchio, representing acclaimed Native ceramic artists such as Christine McHorse, Diego Romero and Virgil Ortiz.
For Bernstein, the symposium provides an exceptional opportunity to explore the deeper meaning behind Southwestern native pottery from both the past and present.
"Over the centuries, Southwestern native pottery has been through cycles of renewal and regeneration, resulting in compelling contemporary innovations including new forms, techniques and symbolism," said Bernstein. "This symposium will explore Native pottery's ongoing meanings and today's creations of great beauty."
The symposium will include exclusive, curator-led tours of internationally recognized museum collections of both prehistoric and historic Pueblo pottery, as well as private collections of historic and contemporary Native ceramics. Participants will also tour the Pueblo of Acoma and witness the making of Pueblo pottery first-hand.
For more information on the symposium, agents and client are encouraged to visit SofaExpo.com/Spirit or they may call 800-344-2998 or e-mail [email protected]. The cost per person for the symposium is $825 without lodging and $1,550 with lodging. The tour will also be limited to 40 participants in total.
Sofa West: Santa Fe 2010 will take place from July 8-11 in Santa Fe.


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EEAP in slate deal with Bulgaria distributor
'Machete' first in deal with Alexandra GroupholdingCOLOGNE, Germany -- Berlin-based licenser EEAP has signed a deal with Bulgarian distributor Alexandra Groupholding for a slate of titles, starting with Robert Rodriquez's Mexploitation flick "Machete."
Other titles in the deal include Jim Sheridan's mystery thriller "Dream House" starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz and the finale of the "Saw" franchise "Saw 3D: The Traps Comes Alive."
Alexandra opened "Machete" in Bulgaria on Sept. 3, day and date with the film's U.S. release.


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A quick overnight trip. Endless lakes, wildflowers, birds chirping, dry trail, blue sky… it was the perfect overnighter. Atlas loves these adventures; so do I!
All posts by Kate
West and Amethyst Basins, Uinta Wilderness
Atlas' first multi-day backpacking adventure! 22 miles in 3 days. Camping at Kermsuh and Amethyst Lakes. How do you cross a swift moving stream with a dog? The always breathtaking High Uinta Wilderness didn't disappoint.
Atlas- from puppy to backpacking dog
Atlas' first backpacking trip! A look back at his first 8 months of socialization and training. Summer is coming and we have lots of adventures planned. Warning, cute picture overload!
Central District, Shenandoah National Park.
40 miles in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. My first East Coast backpacking trip. Appalachian Trail beauty. Bears, centipedes, a snake and an endangered lizard. Lush dense forests and cascading waterfalls.
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Parleys to Big Cottonwood, Great Western Trail
23 miles in 24 hours. A great ridge-top camp. If lady beetles have a mothership, I camped on it. A gorgeous sunrise and sunset. This tri-canyon traverse along the Great Western Trail (GWT) is a great workout with epic views.
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Needles District Loop, Canyonlands National Park
30 miles of adventure, dropping into and climbing out of countless canyons. Expansive rim-top views. Squeezing through a slot canyon. Did I take a wrong turn? This canyon wonderland doesn't disappoint!
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Capitol Reef National Park
A fun-filled 25 miles in the heart of Capitol Reef National Park linking Cohab Canyon, Frying Pan Trail, Grand Wash Trail, Lower Spring Canyon and the Sulphur Creek Route. This loop had a bit of everything: hiking ridgelines with massive vistas, walking dry creek-beds beneath towering sandstone walls, and splashing my way down a creek through a tight red rock gorge. Don't forget to click on the image albums for bigger photos, there's some beautiful shots from this trip.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM to Silver City, NM
My last days on the CDT for the year. Mixed emotions. One last bodily ailment. Celebration and reflection in Silver City. Thank you for your support. Elevated, over and out.
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Pie Town, NM to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM
Road walking, road walking, road walking. IT band issues. The *spectacular* Middle Fork of the Gila River. Water walking, water walking, water walking. Busted in the buff! Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
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Grants, NM to Pie Town, NM
Picking my way through a giant lava flow. Camping at cliff's edge on a mesa. Lots of road walking. Uber can't beat 50c for 20 miles. A pie-eating, crazy-averting and very quirky experience in Pie Town.
Cuba, NM to Grants, NM
100 miles through breathtaking desert landscapes. Water has become a scarce commodity. Summiting Mount Taylor. It's hot and the spiders are big!
Ghost Ranch, NM to Cuba, NM
A short 50 mile stretch through the Rio Chama and San Pedro Wilderness areas. My first tarantula. A serene morning camped in a meadow. Do they breed dinosaurs in Cuba?
Cumbres Pass (Chama, NM) to Ghost Ranch NM
Wolves howling, coyotes yipping, elk screaming, owls hooting, rifle hunters shooting, a full moon, Ghost Ranch and not a single person anywhere this whole stretch, it must be Halloween and this is the CDT's haunted house? Horse riding through Georgia O'Keeffe country. Loving the warmer temperatures in New Mexico!
Wolf Creek Pass (Pagosa Springs, CO) to Cumbres Pass (Chama, NM)
Leadville, a roadtrip and Pagosa Springs. The beautiful South San Juan mountains. Snow detour. Snow ass-kicking. It's really cold. Where is this damn trail? Coolest trail to town ride yet!
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Berthoud Pass, CO to Tennessee Pass, CO… via lots of ski towns!
Beautiful Colorado! Two 14'ers. 10 summits. Sketchy ridgeline scrambling. Epic views. Ski resort row. Fall colors everywhere. Snow in the mountains, again.
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Rocky Mountain National Park (Grand Lake, CO) to Indian Peaks Wilderness (Winter Park, CO)
Lakeside hiking. Indian Peaks Wilderness and The High Lonesome Trail. Bailing from a snow storm down to Winter Park. This was a really short stretch…
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Rabbit Ears Pass (Steamboat Springs, CO) to Rocky Mountain National Park (Grand Lake, CO)
Rabbit Ears Range. Never Summer Wilderness. Rocky Mountain National Park- wow! Stalked by a mountain lion? Grand Lake ice cream binge.
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1000 Mile Update
1000 miles and a thank you. Change of plan. A roadtrip. Steamboat Springs, Colorado! What's next.
Yellowstone National Park (Old Faithful, WY) to Green River Lakes (Pinedale, WY)
140 miles through gorgeous Wyoming! Yellowstone National Park. Snake River Valley. Whiskey with Hojo! The Parting of the Waters. A creepy cowboy. Victory over a tree. Green River Lakes.
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Wyoming! (Lima, MT to Yellowstone NP, WY)
800 and something miles down and I've finally made it to Wyoming! Centennial Mountains. A sheep experiment. Mack's Inn. Yellowstone National Park.
Bannock Pass to 1-15 (Leadore, Idaho to Lima, Montana)
100 miles. A roller coaster. A can of Coke. It's really hot and dry! Am I nearly in Wyoming?
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Montanaho! (Chief Joseph Pass to Bannock Pass)
130 miles along the Montana-Idaho border in the Beaverhead (Montana) and Salmon (Idaho) mountains. Incredible vistas. Victory over thunderstoms. Body ailments continue. Passed my 600 mile mark. Rest in small town Idaho.
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Anaconda Pintler Wilderness (Anaconda to Darby)
A cross between Little Cottonwood Canyon and the Uintas, the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness is totally incredible! 20,000ft of ascent and descent. 90 mountain miles. Wildflowers galore. The Idaho border! Trip odometer just shy of 500 miles. Great stretch, except the return of the blisters.
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McDonald Pass to Four Corners (Helena to Anaconda)
50 miles in the Helena and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests. Big Sky Country. Amazing trail magic. A remorseless confession. 400 miles down!
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Rogers Pass to McDonald Pass (Lincoln to Helena)
65 miles. My first CDT cows! Remote road walking. Longer water carries. Private property to navigate through and around. My feet are now too big for my shoes.
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There are many business leaders in the world who determine the temperature of the economy but there are the real shakers and movers of the global economy. One of such exceptional guru is Wes Edens who has built such a long and beautiful portfolio over years. The number of companies and leadership positions he holds are a great indicator of his great achievements. Did you know that this indomitable American billionaire has held more than 50 positions in his career life? Well, now you know.One of the major companies that perhaps most know Wes Edens is an investment banking management firm known as Fortress Investment Group which is based in NY City. He is one of the masterminds behind the foundation of this firm when they come up with such an idea 20 years ago. The fortress was founded in 1998 by Wes Edens, Rob, and Randal Nardone. In 2007 during its launch into public, the guys became billionaires after the IPO and since then the company has been doing very well. As matter of fact, at the closing of the financial year 2015-2016 on June the firm was managing around $70.2 billion in form of assets, hedge funds, private equity and credit funds.
Having been the Private Equity Chief Investment Officer, Co-Chairman, President of private equity and the Principal in the Fortress, he has seen the company through various achievements and awards like being named by the HFMWeek as the "Management Firm of The Year" in 2014, Credit Focused Fund of the Year 2011 and 2012 and also named by Institutional investor in 2014 as the "Hedge Manager of the Year". All these awards and great performance put it at the peak of many admirers including Softbank Group Corp. which entered into the agreement of buying the firm for $3.3 billion. Despite Softbank purchase of the bank, Wes Edens and his two colleagues, founders and principals will continue working and heading the bank.
This legend is an expert in private equity and investment matters. He has served in various companies and organizations including BlackRock Financial Management and Lehman Brothers where he served as the Managing Director and a partner. He has been the Chief Executive Officer at Eurocastle Investment, Global Signal, Impac Commercial Holdings, and Newcastle Investment Holdings among others.Wes Edens has been the Director, Chairman and Board Member of very many firms including Pinnacle Holdings, Penn National Gaming, and Intrawest Resorts Holdings etc. The hero studied at Oregon State University for B.Sc. in Finance and Business Administration. He is the Co-owner of an NBA club known as Milwaukee Bucks; that's basically who this legend is.


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"Just when I say:
'Boy we can't miss,
you are golden' …
Then you do this."
Steely Dan rolled into 1979 with a big head of steam, having established themselves as consistent hitmakers as well as pulling in the critical kudos. That earned them enough swag already to clinch them immortality in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame, in which they were inducted in 2001. After moving back to their beloved New York City and knocking out a killer soundtrack cut just as their pinnacle album Aja started sliding down the charts, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen took much of 1978 off. They looked forward to creating another Aja, finally free from their original record deal with ABC Records, and on to a much more lucrative one with Warners.
So yes, as they approached creating that Aja follow up Gaucho — released on this day in 1980 — they must have felt like Jesus, as they were a champion in everyone's eyes. Instead, it seemed at times that their whole world fell apart and faded away.
The first sign of trouble occurred in March, 1979 when MCA gobbled up ailing ABC Records and promptly shut down the label. They looked at Steely Dan's old ABC contract and determined they were owed one more album, and had the resources to wage that battle with the band and with Warner Brothers. A fight ensued, but MCA prevailed.
It was also during this time when Walter Becker went through a real rough patch in his personal life. The nasty narcotics habit he picked up on the West Coast was affecting his work, and in January 1980, his girlfriend was found dead in their apartment from a drug overdose, prompting a lawsuit slapped on Becker from her family. Just a few months after the overdose, Becker suffered serious injuries when a cab struck him as he was crossing a street in NYC. It took six months to recover, which happened during the time when the album entered into the crucial mixing phase. The sonic similarity between Gaucho and Fagen's Nightfly from two years later suggests to me, at least, that Gaucho lacked some of Becker's usual dose of artistic input.
Speaking of lawsuits, the duo got sideways with the jazz pianist Keith Jarrett — never one who shies away from confronting all slights real and perceived — for borrowing just a little too much of his 1974 song "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" for Gaucho's title track. Jarrett sued and Becker and Fagen reportedly paid him a cool million to keep his name out of the songwriter credits.
Moreover, the obsession over studio perfection reached its apex during the recording of this album. With so many of rock's finest drumming moments scattered among their first six albums, they sought even greater heights on Gaucho, heavily using click tracks and running through countless hours of takes with full bands just to get the drum track nailed down (sometimes, the best parts of the various drum takes were spliced together). They brought in up to a half dozen different rhythm sections to record a song, disposing of endless hours of takes by entire ensembles in pursuit of the sacred take. All-world guitarists like Mark Knopfler and Rick Derringer were barely noticed on the finished album after nearly all of their contributions were edited out. Little wonder that Gaucho is a very sterile recording; its greatest strength is also arguably its biggest weakness.
So, yes, it was extremely hard to get a track that passed muster with the Becker and Fagen, along with producer Gary Katz and engineer Roger Nichols. One track that did — and one that Katz and Nichols were particularly excited about — was a song called "The Second Arrangement." But this track didn't see release on Gaucho, or anywhere else. Why? Good question, and there's a simple explanation for that: in late December, 1979, a junior engineer accidentally erased about 75% of the track. There were attempts to re-record it but none of those takes were satisfactory to Becker and Fagen, so they abandoned the song altogether.
Ultimately, Gaucho overcame all of these challenges: it went platinum and reached the Top Ten in the U.S. Hot 100 album chart. "Hey Nineteen" became a top ten single, too, and "Time Out Of Mind" was another hit song for them. "Third World Man" served as a stand-in for "The Second Arrangement," and it ended up being one of their best-ever deep cuts. These achievements were capped by yet another Grammy for "Best Non-Classical Engineered Recording." Not insignificant accomplishments in a time where punk, new wave and disco rose up and took over as a backlash against rock of the artier kind was in full swing. So in the end, Steely Dan shook off all that bad mojo and life was good again.
Except, of course, for this 19+ year drought of no new studio releases that followed.
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Believe it or not, this is a weight watcher cookie with just a few more points added….okay, maybe more than just a few more points! It's a moist cookie made with all the fine ingredients the recipe calls for, but with more chocolate added on top, which is why Liz calls these devilish cookies!
She bakes dozens at a time and freezes them in trays, so she can bring them whenever she visits friends. Everyone raves how delicious, and just can't get enough of them! To say the least, they are very addicting! So make sure that when you eat these, have someone nearby to stop you. Because, you CAN'T just have two! This is by far our favorite cookie recipe! You must try these…..
Here's a Tip: This recipe calls for pecan nuts, but you may substitute any kind of nut you prefer….or leave them out completely. Either way they taste just as great! Enjoy!
Liz's Healthy Devilish Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
1+1/4 cup of rolled oats (I use the Quakers instant version)
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup chopped pecans, finely chopped
1/8 tsp. table salt
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
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I came across BrewMate when I was looking for a free recipe calculator application. In the past I had played with the BeerSmith free trial version and then settled down on an Excel spreadsheet application called Kit & Extract Beer Designer which served my needs well until I started doing partial mashes. At that point I was considering buying a copy of the popular BeerSmith but first decided to have a look at some of the free brewing software apps available. Two of the apps that I looked at were QBrew and BrewMate. I found that either of those apps would have met my needs but I settled on BrewMate as it had more features, a nicer interface and has been updated more recently. Continue Reading »


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Adulthood has been taking a beating in popular culture recently. Young adult fiction reigns on bestseller lists; teenyboppers top the musical charts. TV shows and movies glamorize the video-game-playing, ice-cream-for-dinner, extended adolescence that many now spin into their 30s.
So philosopher Susan Neiman decided to take a professional approach to rehabilitate the maligned life stage. Her new book, Why Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age, makes a philosophical case for the value of maturity, and for valuing middle and old age.
Unsurprisingly, the choice of argument displeased many, even Neiman's friends. She describes the reaction of two grandfathers who have been successful and lived full lives: "Both were dismayed, and one was disgusted, on hearing my choice of theme. The other said bluntly: 'My hero was always Peter Pan.'"
Their recoiling from the praise of adulthood hearkens back to the great Y.A. debate of 2014, kicked off by a Slate article by Ruth Graham arguing that adults who read children's books should be embarrassed. The backlash was nearly universal and intense, but isn't there a worthwhile argument to be made for encouraging adults to challenge themselves to read books written for mature readers?
Neiman doesn't tread into such niche territory as young adult fiction, but she delves into the history of childhood, the philosophical underpinnings of growing up, and the reasons for undertaking this unappealing personal process. The author told The Huffington Post via email about the ins and outs of aging, and what it means for pop culture today:
Why should we grow up, if eternal adolescence is more fun?
Anyone who thinks that adolescents are having fun hasn't been around one lately. Adolescence is a time of turmoil, anxiety, and extreme self-doubt –- all understandable enough because adolescents are in the process of developing a self. But even a later age –- say, the years between 18 and 28 –- is not an age most people would choose to repeat.
We make those years worse for young people by telling them they are the best years of their lives, which encourages them to think that everyone else is having more fun than they are, while they are the only ones wasting their allegedly best years with heartbreak and uncertainty. Moreover, by suggesting everything afterwards will be worse, it suggests that life is a downhill process, and prepares them to expect very little from it.
Do we have a responsibility to grow up?
We do. It's a matter of taking responsibility for our own lives and not leaving it to others. But it's a mistake to see this sort of taking responsibility in negative terms, for it brings grownup pleasures as well: the sense of knowing one's strengths, one's weaknesses, what one really cares about, and being able to act with less concern for how we appear to others.
Is teenage rebellion a necessary part of growing up?
It's necessary to sort out your relationship to your parents and teachers, and to figure out what parts of your inheritance you would like to claim as your own and what you'd like to reject, but this is a process that usually happens much later than the teenage years.
The vehemence of the rebellion is different in different cultures, and in different eras. My friends and I have been struck by the fact that our children are less rebellious than we were. Certainly we have been less authoritarian as parents than our own parents were. Of course, now it's easy to feel some compassion for our parents who were blindsided by the '60s, and must have felt helpless and confused about how to raise teenagers in those times.
Youth culture, including young adult fiction and films, have recently become widely consumed by adults. Does growing up entail reading books intended for grownups, or is our reading material irrelevant to our maturity?
It depends on the children's books. C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest children's writers of all time, said that he wrote the books he wanted to read and couldn't find elsewhere. I still find his children's books a source of wisdom, but was much less impressed by the Harry Potter series.
There's nothing wrong, and much right, with finding out what young adults are reading and enjoying it. That said, we ought to give at least as much attention to training our minds as we do today to training our muscles. Those who don't bother to read the great adult books are limiting themselves to lifting lightweights.
In today's middle-class Western world, does growing up require choosing to make things deliberately difficult for yourself?
It does. Even in the 18th century, the philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote that we avoid growing up because we are lazy and fearful, and those who control society prefer that we stay that way, since it is easier to control people who are not mature and independent citizens.
Today it is even easier to let others do our thinking for us. Resisting that involves asking hard questions about the way the world is run. Oddly, such questions –- for example, why are $1.5 trillion spent every year on the arms industry, while there are not enough funds to combat poverty? –- are considered naïve. Instead we're encouraged to turn our attention to collecting toys like smartphones and cars, which are described not as toys but as tools without which no adult life is complete.
Adult behavior has often been attributed to men while women have been deemed more childlike (e.g. Rousseau's Emile). Since youth and childish behaviors are particularly prized in women, is it more challenging for them to embrace aging?
Indeed it is; in fact, older women face discrimination in many ways that men do not. It's a pleasure to see a number of actresses, particularly comedians, recently calling this into question. While men too suffer from the absence of an appealing model of adulthood, it's even more imperative for women to develop one. Part of this means recognizing that childishness has been historically prized in women so that men can remain the adults in control. But we can also help ourselves in ordinary ways. Why are we pleased when a friend tells us we look younger than our age? It seems banal, but it carries a sinister message: looking good equals looking young. How we respond to such well-intended compliments makes a difference.
A.O. Scott wrote a controversial article recently suggesting that the downfall of the patriarchy is equivalent (at least in entertainment terms) to the end of adulthood. How would you respond to this?
Scott's essay confuses the patriarchy with adulthood, which is problematic, but he is right to say that nobody knows how to be a grown-up anymore. We had old-fashioned authoritarian models –- which in many ways were so rule-bound that it's hard to call them adult in a Kantian sense –- and once those have been overthrown we are helpless. It's crucial that we come up with models of adulthood for a less authoritarian, less patriarchal age.
Is a cultural focus on respect for elders a healthier model, as it would constantly motivate us to achieve more respect and status through age?
It is healthier, but it has to be earned, not enforced, as it often is in authoritarian societies. We earn that respect by rejecting the idea that adulthood is a matter of resignation, and by living adult lives that young people find appealing and want to grow into. One way to see how our ideas of adulthood have degenerated is to look at variations on Peter Pan throughout the 20th century. In the original novel, adults are simply boring; by mid-century they are that too, but also slightly menacing. By the time of Spielberg's "Hook," the adult is so pathetic as to be ridiculous.
Has the obsession with youth reached a higher pitch in our current culture?
It has. We are blasted with mixed messages: half of them tell us to resign ourselves to the world as it is and grow up, i.e., give up any hope of real change in ourselves or the world; the other half feeds us advice about staying young. (Even Dylan's song "Forever Young", now often used in advertising, makes the mistake of confusing being young with feeling alive, joyful, and open to the world.) But the problem started long ago, which is why my book discusses the philosophers of the Enlightenment, the first time in history when the question of choosing one's own life path became an option. Looking at the way earlier thinkers dealt with the question of growing up allows us to see that the problem goes far beyond the internet or advertising, and helps us to prepare deeper solutions.


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I imagine that merging JCHEVM and SableVM could help building what I would call a "reference VM" for Harmony. The reference VM would have a stated goal of "robustness above all". Some advantages of interpreter-based VMs are: 1- Simplicity of the code => less bugs, much easier to maintain. 2- High portability (given that some care has gone into it, of course). 3- Small footprint. 4- Can be used as a basis for a mixed-mode VM (e.g. adaptive system). 5- Using modern techniques, one can actually write efficient interpreters. (They don't compete with the speed od adaptive systems, yet they are fast enough for day to day usage on modern, fast processors). Etienne Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > My 0.02 is if the SableVM community wishes to come here, they are > welcome. If they find that they can integrate JCHEVM and SableVM and > all are willing, they are welcome. If someone shows up with another VM > that we want to accept, they are welcome... -- Etienne M. Gagnon, Ph.D. http://www.info2.uqam.ca/~egagnon/ SableVM: http://www.sablevm.org/ SableCC: http://www.sablecc.org/
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Dispatching to the Hell (EN)
The collection of stories "To Hell"… may be it dispatches everything to the hell from every story's narrator!
Each story has an apart world and a different point of view. Although the heroes are all hermit and scurf people and generally alone, who bearing the period of time which attends them to invariable life and alike moments. The characters are indifferent to the environment, to the events, though sometimes something is just an old fillip which perhaps comes and goes!
The author, Khashayar Mostafavi, says from the inside of occurrence, where the fustiness and permanency is alive in characters. He goes toward a purpose with them and makes them so alive that you forget they're just born in his own wonderful thought. You go along with, get close and sometimes you feel that's your story!
All the stories that Mostafavi created in this collection are all specially connected and related to each other. They are in one way and they don't shake your peaceful world, it's just like make our eyes to round sides and show us those we didn't notice yet! You start and you feel should read it till the last story and the familiarity of them remains in your memory.
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Sketch of serial arsonist suspected in a string of fires in San Jose.Sketch of serial arsonist suspected in a string of fires in San Jose.
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SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — The hunt for an arsonist intensifies as two more suspicious fires strike a downtown San Jose neighborhood that has seen a string of fires this week.
Fire Department Capt. Rob Brown said Sunday 11 of 13 fires that broke out in the area were intentionally set. They include two that struck early Sunday.
One was extinguished by residents before firefighters arrived, and a second one further charred a storage trailer that was burned in a Wednesday blaze behind a Baptist church.
Brown said the arsonist appeared to be growing bolder by apparently returning to the scene of the crime.


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SWINDON, 25-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (24 January 2017), we published our annual Impact Report which shows how NERC science brings sustained benefits to our economy and society, driving UK productivity and competitiveness while building a safer, wealthier and more secure world.
NERC-funded science has made the UK more prosperous and has brought benefits to low-income rural communities, cities, industries, governments and charities in the UK and across the globe. Meanwhile we are also building skills and leadership in environmental science: NERC PhD graduates provide skills that 75 per cent of their employers said they would struggle without.
NERC's chief executive, Professor Duncan Wingham, said:
"We focus investment on challenges where scientific discovery can make the biggest difference to people's lives. The great challenge of the 21st century is ensuring people can escape poverty and improve their living standards while living within the Earth's limits. This year's Impact Report shows again that our sustained investment, alongside the strong partnerships we nurture, drive meaningful and long-term societal benefits."
The report includes NERC-commissioned analysis conducted by Deloitte. Here are some of the highlights:
Smarter regulation saves water industry £7bn and UK set to benefit by £5·5bn
NERC-funded research has cut billions of pounds worth of costs for the water industry between 2015 and 2051. These savings have been made possible thanks to improved regulation informed by evidence from NERC science. The regulation will also generate a potential £5·5bn in net UK benefits from cleaner water over the same period.
Shellfish production surges and marine ecosystems recover
The UK has seen £908m in positive net impacts as a result of a ban on anti-fouling chemicals. The bans were based on evidence produced by NERC researchers into the effects of chemicals such as tributyltin on shellfish. The UK shellfish industry and its supply chain saw a £331m benefit in the same period and the UK saw £718m in benefits such as value for anglers and divers. Deloitte's analysis suggests that between £172·5m and £236m of these benefits is thanks directly to NERC-funded science.
Saving lives and boosting economies for some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people
The report also illustrates our contribution to international development. NERC-funded scientists helped:
- maintain food security in Bangladesh by showing that groundwater can safely be used for irrigation
- save lives and protect economies in Africa by developing an innovative weather and climate forecasting system
- save lives in the Caribbean by showing how to reduce the risk of landslides.
Further information
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Jocelyn Courneya (President)
In her third year at the University of Ottawa, Jocelyn is specializing in Organizational Communications, with a minor in Global Studies. Having been a part of uOPRA for the past three years, Jocelyn has watched the team grow into the fantastic association it is today, excited for what this year will bring! Outside of school, you can find Jocelyn on the hunt for the best coffee spots in the capital city.
Shanice Atkins-Broome (VP Secretary)
Majoring in Public Relations, Shanice has moved from uOttawa to the Algonquin college portion of the PR program. With passions such as acting, writing, and even dancing at times, Shanice is able to express her creativity through blogging – being one of UOPRA's bloggers. With hopes of being in the PR industry, Shanice takes the experience of being apart of such a diverse organization in hopes to further her dreams of being a PR professional and sharing her talented gifts with others.
Jordan Alfred (VP Finance)
In his fourth year at uOttawa, Jordan is pursuing a double major in Communications and Criminology. He decided to get involved with the uOPRA after attending their first annual conference. His passion for Public Relations developed in high school, wherein he became intrigued with the concept of shaping people's perceptions, in reference to how they view companies and certain figures within the media. After graduation, his goal is to either, pursue a graduate degree in Public Relations or attend law school.
Courtney Saunders (VP Social Anglo)
In her third year at the University of Ottawa, Courtney is majoring in Communication and minoring in Business Management. Upon graduation, she has aspirations of a career in event management. Courtney was raised in a small town located between Kingston and Toronto. Courtney is passionate about volunteering, her friends and family, recreational running, cooking, canoeing and camping. She believes that everyday is just another opportunity to smile and appreciate the little things that life has to offer.
Sarah Pudwell (VP Social Franco)
Sarah Pudwell is a third year student in the Communications program. This is her second year with uOPRA, and this year she is hoping to add more to the team for our French students! She has played an important role in the planning and organizing of many events in the past and is excited to continue bringing her skills to the uOPRA team this year.


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Comfy and classy! This is the perfect outfit to take you from coffee with the girls to work!
- Our Navy & Cream Striped Tube Skirt is perfect for easy sleek styling
- Wear with our Navy Drape Top to highlight the navy stripes in the skirt!
- Finish with nude high heeled boots, simple silver jewellery and navy shoulder bag!


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Guess who's back, back again? I know, it's been a long while. A recap of the last year is below. But first, I'm excited to announce I'll be selling my wares with Art Star at Spruce Street Harbor Park in Philadelphia this Saturday, August 5th! But wait, there's more! Continue reading Katie Crafts Will Be At Spruce Street Harbor Park!
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How To Make Your Own Ghee
One of the rules of Whole30 is no dairy. That means I can't use butter in cooking or to flavor any of my meals- unless I clarify it! You can find clarified butter, also known as ghee, in a few shopping markets, but I prefer to make it myself. It's very easy and in my personal experience, it comes out better than the store bought kind. With just one ingredient and 10 minutes of your time, you can learn how to make your own ghee too! Continue reading How To Make Your Own Ghee
Mother's Day Earrings Giveaway!
How cute are these tiny little earrings? Wouldn't it be just fabulous if both you AND your mom or your bestie could win a pair? Well, it's your lucky day! Head over to my Instagram Page now for this Mother's Day Earrings Giveaway! Continue reading Mother's Day Earrings Giveaway!
Vintage Rippling Blocks Afghan
I have been so busy lately! Last week we spent a weekend in Washington D.C. (photos of that trip coming later this week!), then this week we ran around town doing errands and planted all our plants in front and back of our house. In between, I've been occupying my time (and hands) with a new crochet project! This Vintage Ripple Blocks Afghan pattern from Angela Marie on Ravelry is just too cute. Continue reading Vintage Rippling Blocks Afghan
Mother's Day Gift Idea: Travel Mug
Mother's Day is on May 8th- just a month away! Tell your Mama you think she is the World's
Greatest Okay-est Mom with this awesome travel mug, available for purchase in Katie Crafts's shop! Continue reading Mother's Day Gift Idea: Travel Mug
Spring Flowers Nail Art
It's April already! Wow! The year is flying by and the weather is changing every day. I saw tons of beautiful flowers and trees blooming all over this weekend so I figured I may as well try a new Spring Flowers nail art design for Manicure Monday! This one incorporates negative space, happy Spring colors, flowers and rhinestones for a really fun look. Continue reading Spring Flowers Nail Art


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Distance from Rosholt, WI to Cazenovia, WI
Driving distance between Rosholt, WI and Cazenovia, WI is 132 miles (or 212.44 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Rosholt, WI you would reach Cazenovia, WI in about 2 hours 22 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Satellite Rights Of The Malayalam Movie Aamayum Muyalum
Priyadarshan is back to mollywood with the movie Amayum Muyalum. Its a Comedy Movie and Jayasurya in the lead role. Its Starring Jayasurya, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Piaa Bajpai, Nandu, Harisree Ashokan, Kochupreman etc in Lead Roles. Geethanjali, Arabeem Ottakom P. Madhavan Nayarum in Oru Marubhoomikkadha are the recent Priyan films in Malayalam. Amayum Muyalum is Produced by Jaison Pullikkottil under the banner Full House Entertainment. M.G Sreekumar is composing the music of this Movie. Seconds, Lal Bahadoor Shathri, Mathayi Kuzhappakkaranalla etc are the Latest films of Jayasurya.
Unconfirmed reports Says Amayum Muyalum Malayalam Movie Satellite Rights is With Asianet.