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For years I had my sewing craft rooms in the basement. We then had a flood in 2008. The rooms are now used for storage. Every thing is on shelves above a flood stage. I had a request for information on a doll I made and needed to go down and search for that information. I did not find it but I did find a few things I had forgotten I had. I found the yard sticks I want attached to the edge of my new cutting table. I also found a sweet dress and a doll purse.
The dress is one I bought
somewhere 2nd hand. It had never had the closures put on. I pressed it and
added snaps to the wrists and back. It is perfect for the china I
recently gave a new body. She needs a broach or bead necklace. I will work on that soon.
had a doll purse as a child. Not the same as this one. A good memory.
Making salsa today. Lots of tomatoes off those 6 plants. Have a great
week. j
August 31, 2015
Shopping in my basement
Posted by Hardin County Keepsakes at 6:53 AM
3 comments:
- Shelia said...
Sorry about the water in your basement. This is the first time ever we've had a basement and it is packed with everything! That's a sweet little dress. I have a little china doll head but didn't know what to do with it. I guess I could make her a body? Did you use a pattern. The little purse it adorable. Don't you love to find things you forgot you had?
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
- August 31, 2015 at 9:37 AM
- Hardin County Keepsakes said...
Shelia, I made up the pattern for the doll body. I had no luck finding one on line. judy
- September 2, 2015 at 4:00 AM
- Sandra@Prairie Patch Quilts said...
Love the china head doll. So nice that you completed the outfit. Always fun to find something forgotten and put away. Both dolls are great.
- September 5, 2015 at 4:55 AM
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If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I was pretty excited when I received my first shipment from ePantry a couple weeks ago. I had heard many wonderful things about Mrs. Myers Clean Day products, but they cost significantly more than what I was currently using. We have a tight budget, so if we're going to pay more than necessary for any product, we need a really good reason.
EPantry is a Corp B business which means they try to be intentional about offering environmentally friendly options. Honestly, I think you can take being "environmentally friendly" too far, but we should be good stewards of our resources.
The best thing about ePantry, though, is two-fold.
1. They offer discounts on expensive brands like Mrs. Myers, Seventh Generation, method, Toms of Maine, and more. (See all offerings under "Brands" on )
2. They ship right to your door every month - or however often you want, it's easy to skip shipments - so you don't even have to make a run to the store in order to clean your house.
I've had a GREAT experience so far with their team. If you chat with them online, you're immediately connected to a real person who gives real time responses. If you email them, they get back to you within one or two business days with an answer to your question. (I've done both of these, so I know first hand!) One time, I logged in to my account and could get a $2 credit just by telling them what my favorite childhood book was - how cool is that?
OK - so I think ePantry is pretty great, but what about the Mrs. Myers products I ordered? Will I be ordering them again?
Here's a list of the Mrs. Myers products I ordered (with the scent in parenthesis): Toilet Bowl Cleaner (Lemon Verbena), Glass Cleaner (Lemon Verbena), Tub & Tile Cleaner (Lavender), Multi-Surface Cleaner (Lemon Verbena), Dish Soap (Honeysuckle), Hand Soap (Bluebell), Air Freshener (Lavender).
Toilet Bowel Cleaner - honestly, as far as I can tell, it works just as well as anything else I've used to clean a toilet. So nothing special in that way, however, it didn't give me a headache when I used it! I don't remember when I could clean the bathroom without getting a headache - or, when I was pregnant, without getting a headache and getting nauseous. And I don't even particularly care for the Lemon Verbena scent I picked - definitely not as citrus-y as I expected. But no headache? My husband and I agree - that makes it worth the extra money right there!
Glass Cleaner - Wow. That's my reaction in one word. Using this over Windex - noticeable improvement. Mrs. Meyer's glass cleaner is the first I've tried where streakiness was practically non-existent. I'll get a different scent next time, as I don't really care for the Lemon Verbena, but the product itself works wonderfully.
Tub & Tile Cleaner - I did a test in one particularly grime-y part of our tub, simply sprayed the cleaner on and walked away for a few minutes. Then I rinsed off that spot. I could see where the impact of the cleaner hit the grime. It was clean! I had done the same test with Scrubbing Bubbles previously ... and there was no visual change. So not only does it work well, I don't get a headache when I use it. Again, that right there is worth the little bit of extra money. Also, I highly recommend the Lavender scent, so far, it's my favorite.
Multi-Surface Cleaner - It works, but I don't know that it works better than other ones I've used in the past. And this product gives me a headache, which hasn't happened with other multi-surface cleaners I've tried. It may be the Lemon Verbena scent - I think it's more concentrated in this product vs the others I've tried in this scent. ePantry has a "happiness" guarantee, which I'm in communication with them about, where they will make your experience 100% right if you're not 100% satisfied, so I really like that.
*update* they offered me a refund, but when I asked about an exchange (so I could see if it was the product or the scent that caused so much issue) they willingly agreed. As soon as I sprayed my counters with my new scent of choice (Lavender, which caused no issue in other products) I, once again, had an massive headache. So, for whatever reason, I cannot use this product from Mrs. Meyers. I let epantry know this, and said I understood if I couldn't get a refund since they already sent me a replacement product. They said their 100% happiness guarantee is just that - and they sent me a couple options of other cleaners to try. I picked the Seventh Generation Free & Clear multi-purpose cleaner. No headache. No scent. Just clean. Yahoo!
Dish Soap - Prior to this, we were using Ajax that we purchased at Sam's Club. My husband is the one who usually does the hand washing, and he said that this dish soap is more powerful (aka, he uses less for the same result) and smells better than Ajax (We got the Honeysuckle in Mrs. Myers, and were using a citrus from Ajax, which didn't smell citrus-y at all). I know I can smell it if I come over the sink after he's done cleaning and it's a nice scent. He does think that Dawn would probably work better than Ajax, though, so he's not sure if Mrs. Myers is superior to Dawn. We will price compare, and if Dawn is cheaper than Mrs. Myers we will try that first so we have a comparison that is more comparable before we decide if we will buy this product again or not.
Hand Soap - This was a freebie add-on for a promotion they were running when I joined ePantry, we haven't tried it yet as we still have a bit of hand soap we had previously purchased. Honestly, the generic stuff we're currently using works just fine, so I can't imagine this will blow us out of the water and convince us to switch products.
Air Freshener - Love this. Most air freshener's, you guessed it, give me a headache. And aren't particularly pleasing scents anyway. This does not give me a headache, and it is a nice scent. It also works. We don't use air fresheners often, so this will last us awhile, but when we do need more, I imagine we will be purchasing Mrs. Myers. Note - I have not tried using this instead of Febreeze, like a de-odorizer. We use febreeze if there is an odor we need to kill, like in the diaper pail, or the moldy smell when we first moved into our house and there was a leaky faucet. I haven't tried this to see if it would work to the same purpose or not, but it works great if you just need to freshen the smell of the room, or even if there's just a lingering odor in the kitchen you can't get rid of even though you've cleaned.
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Saturday, September 08, 2007
I Love You Phillip Michaels, Will You Review My Movie?
I love Elephant Butte movie critic Phillip Michaels more than I love cold, salt pork (you know what I mean, bitches) in the summer - which is to say, I besito him like loco. He's a brilliant, spectacular, sexy, attractive, intelligent, super-guapo, high-performance (though I can't say that for sure), gorgeous, film-star of a man whom I used to work with till he moved to a new paper in Elephant Butte. I didn't know him well enough to lambaste him in my famous resignation letter, mainly because he didn't have the time of day for me and usually scurried into the next room whenever I unleashed my loud tantrums, missing their historic significance. But that's why I think he can be of fucking use to me right now.
Phillip Michaels, hmmm, I remember Googling him when I was bored at my desk and didn't have anyone to fight with on those off days. I Googled him when I wasn't spatting with the copy desk over some goddamn coffee pot on a desk that gave me (perfectly understandable) morning sickness and itchy hives and the rightwing plot that was really behind it.
And I remember sort of straining to listen to Phillip interview celebrities on the phone. He was so sensitive, so New Age, such a guy. His sheer intelligence. Did I tell you he was intelligent? On top of that, he was also so sweet, so kind, as I vaguely recall. A malleable man, to my advantage.... but I'll get to that in a moment.
Very thoughtful, compassionate - an evolved man in a world of goddamn Miami Cuban Nazis. Now at his new paper, Phillip continues to be one of the most intelligent, most informed voices in all journalism, aware, as few are anymore, of the master science, sociology, and the Jon Carry nuances of American culture.
That brings us to the real reason I'm flattering the fuck. He gave me an idea from his new review of the film "Latin Thugs In Love." Where most other reviewers are saying simpleton things about this record-breaking masterpiece, like, "It's a movie for Hispanics because it's full of Mexican thugs," I want to point out that Phillips nails the more subtle truths: It's a multi-ethnic film and never mind that Latinos are one ethnicity united by common cultural, linguistic and religious traits, yet many nationalities, let's just say it's multi-ethnic anyway. And it represents the "real" Los Angeles instead of the plastic-boobs J-Lo part of LA I frequented, (oops, sorry, J-Lo, been trying to suck up to you too!) This new movie, Phillip said, was down there with Mi Gente, so that makes it more 'authentic.' With the people. Down and dirty. And I am the Dirty Queen.
You continue to impress me, Senor Michaels. Besos. And now that I've flattered the shit out of you and softened you up, you nonentity who never gave me the time of day when we worked together, I'd like to take the opportunity to tell you about my new movie, 'Dirty Chicas' which I'm going to need good reviews for because it's dropping like a stone otherwise.
(Girls, it helps to flatter these fuckheads before I need them so I can get what I want.)
What say, Phillip? You gonna write something good about my film in the name of Latinidad or do I have to prooffer to you one of my fucking tantrums you weaseled out of right under my nose back when we worked in the same building? Out with it!
Not Alisa
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god, me so horny!
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You may ask why I search out all these challenges.
Honestly it's to challenge myself to make multiple cards instead of copies of one.
This one will be not surprise people who know me oh so well!
The base card is white card stock that I used painter's tape around the outside to tape the card to the table.
I cut a piece of text weight paper and used it to mask the top while I used my Distress Ink peeled paint to ink the bottom with my Tim Holtz blender tool.
Then using the other half of the text paper I masked the bottom and inked the top with Distress Ink spiced marmalade.
I did the lettering with a fine line marker.
The barista is from MFT stamps.
I stamped her with Adirondack black dye ink and colored her using my new Chameleon markers.
Once she was cut out I put some glue dots on the back to give her some dimension when placing her on the card.
So excited that Thursday I can finally get my Starbucks PSL!


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Paula and Eminem Sing Same, Druggy Song; Start Your Swine Flu Playlist!; Britney Gets Bum-Rushed
Headlines: Eminem was addicted to methadone and says "I had almost died." Paula Abdul was addicted to painkillers and says: "I could have killed myself." They're both clean now, so surely it can't be long before they duet on a remake of "Straight Up." ... The inevitable swine flu songs are here. British rapper Mike Skinner just released one via Twitter, though the "Hey Paul Krugman" guy beat him to the punch. (If you haven't seen/heard it, "Hey Paul Krugman" guy's "Torture Memos: Waterboarding" song is worth a spin.) ... A Britney Spears fan bum-rushed the show during the pop tart's concert in Connecticut. And there's video! It happens right around the 2:19 mark, during the home stretch of "Womanizer," when a random blond guy shows up onstage. (He's the one who isn't dressed as a cop or a bondage dancer.) Because Spears is lip-synching without a live microphone, you can't actually hear what she's screaming. But she's definitely freaking out. ... Dr. Dre sighting! ... Radiohead's managers wanted Radiohead to break up before the band finally got its act together and recorded "In Rainbows." ... Bono has a little something to say about Elvis: The loquacious U2 frontman's 14-minute poem about Presley will be broadcast on BBC next week. ... New slang, newer lineup: The Shins will change your personnel. Out: Keyboardist Marty Crandall and drummer Jesse Sandoval. In: Bassist Ron Lewis (Fruit Bats, Grand Archives) and drummer Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse). "Aesthetic decision," frontman James Mercer said. The shiny new Shins lineup comes to the 9:30 club on May 14. ... From the Dept. of Ewww: Joey Jordison, the drummer for mask-wearing metal band Slipknot, has signed a drum-stick endorsement deal in blood. Or something. His signature Pro-Mark sticks will be autographed using an ink-and-blood mixture. ... Wayne Coyne is backtracking in his beef with Win Butler and Arcade Fire. He wasn't referring to the band when he took a huge swipe at the, um, band. He meant the guys working with the band, see? So: No hard feelings! ... Re that lawsuit filed by Jay Bennett against his former Wilco bandmate Jeff Tweedy, Tweedy wonders: Where's the beef? "I've read the news and I honestly have no idea what these claims are based on," Tweedy told Paste through a publicist. "It was such a long time ago. Aside from everything else, I'm being sued for not paying someone for appearing in a movie I didn't produce. Go figure. I am truly sad it has come to this. I am equally convinced, however, that I have done nothing wrong and that this will be handled fairly and swiftly." Bennett, by the way, needs a new hip.
Say What?
"Not at all, that's real wack. It's like picking a trendy team in football. We don't do trendy. People can do their little wack hipster thing, but I was the first one to rock on a Justice track. When Jim Jones did it nobody says nothin' but when I did it, it was like, 'Aw, that's a hipster rap.'" -- Wale, responding to a Pitchfork interviewer's question about whether he was "purposely aiming to please a hipster audience" by collaborating "with someone like Dave Sitek."
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Seriously guys, do you just read the Pitchfork news section and copy it up here?
Posted by: agl132 | May 6, 2009 12:09 PM
Of course not. I also steal links from Rolling Stone, NME, MTV, SOHH, EW, Billboard, Nah Right, Paste and Pollstar among many other sites.
There's a reason it's called headline aggregation, you know.
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The FCC's AWS auction ended today (FCC summary) with no new bids or other activity in the sale of 1,122 licenses. It started Aug. 9th and finished today grossing $13.9 billion for the U.S. Treasury. T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 U.S. wireless provider, topped the bidding by offering almost $4.2 billion for 120 licenses.
The 28-day-long auction ended after 161 rounds, with 104 of the 168 registered bidders winning at least one license. All but 35 of the total 1,122 licenses up for grabs received bids.
Top 10 Highest AWS Bidders
|Net total of high bids
|1. T-Mobile
|$4.2 billion
|2. Verizon Wireless
|$2.8 billion
|3. SpectrumCo
|$2.4 billion
|4. MetroPCS
|$1.4 billion
|5. Cingular
|$1.3 billion
|6. Cricket
|$710 million
|7. Denali Spectrum
|$365 million
|8. Barat Wireless
|$127 million
|9. AWS Wireless
|$116 million
|10. Atlantic Wireless
|$81 million
|Click here to find out who is backing these bidders.
The FCC's Advanced Wireless Services auction will likely be used for 3G (W-CDMA) phone services.
T-Mobile was the high bidder on 120 licenses, covering markets in the continental U.S., Hawaii, the U.S. Caribbean and Alaska while Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 player in the nation, pledged $2.8 billion for 13 licenses and No. 1 carrier Cingular — co-owned by AT&T and BellSouth — bid $1.3 billion for 48 licenses.
SpectrumCo, the Sprint/Cable group, agreed to pay $2.4 billion for 137 licenses in cities including New York, Boston, Washington, Detroit and Atlanta. AWS Wireless was declared the provisional winning bidder for 154 licenses covering 63 million people in the United States. The licenses, subject to final FCC regulatory approval, include markets such as Pittsburgh, Puerto Rico, Indianapolis, Sacramento, New Orleans, Tulsa, Little Rock, El Paso, Albany, Louisville, Sarasota, Anchorage, and Fort Myers.
While the Bush Administration promised to "bridge the digital divide" with 90 MHz of new spectrum, it was cellular operators that had the money.
Cellular operators had an advantage from the start (see: 3G Band Scam?). That's because the FCC carved up the spectrum into FDD (dual-frequency) channels for 3G cellular operators.
A "4G" system, like Mobile WiMAX, is optimized for TDD (single-frequency). It can deliver faster, cheaper, more competive broadband wireless with IP everywhere by using COFDMA, beamforming and MIMO antennas over a single channel. The FCC's duplex policy appears to have put Mobile WiMAX at a competitive disadvantage. WiMAX can do FDD but you'd loose the advantages of COFDMA.
When it comes to FCC policy, money talks.
One major new competitor DID emerge; SpectrumCo. The joint venture by Sprint and cable companies will enable cable companies to offer competitive wireless services in a few years. But don't look for any bargains using AWS (3g) phone service.
The broadband wireless landscape for the United States is done. Stick a fork in it.
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So Top10, a London-based social discovery and recommendation engine based on shared top 10 lists, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Accel Partners. Meanwhile on the other side of the pond, Just Fabulous, a California based subscription club for fashion with 3 million members, fronted by celebrity fashion model Kimora Lee Simmons has scored $33 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners.
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Today, at our gospel study class, we talked about our 'Daily Bread'. The Lord gave Manna to the children of Israel every day. He only gave them enough for ONE day at a time. If they tried to stockpile it, or save it for the next day, it would rot and be nasty. Through this, He was trying to teach His people to trust in Him, have faith in Him that their needs will be met through HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY!!
So what about me? What's my 'manna' (aptly named, don't you think)? What is my 'Daily Bread'? My first thought with this was my scripture study in the morning. I study for about an hour all by myself every morning and it is such a fulfilling and rich experience!!
I think, though, that it's more than that. And after talking with the wonderful ladies that I meet with weekly, I came away with a different perspective and different ideas about how to approach my day.
First off, I can't think too far ahead. Well, I CAN, but I can't let it overtake my day. How sad to be so panicky about my move and rush around frantically trying to do things that just don't really HAVE to be done now...and totally ignore my sweet little 6 year old who just wants to play a game!!
The most important thing, though, that I took away today, was the fact that I need to find my 'manna' for each day, and take it--NOW. Eat it up. Enjoy it! God blesses me EVERY DAY. I need to find those blessings, focus on them, thank Him, and remember that He does this EVERY DAY so that I will have more faith in Him and trust Him completely.
What manna did I find today?
- Claire made banana bread so everyone could have lunch.
- Devin came home early so we got to enjoy a few extra hours with him.
- All my kids finished their schoolwork on time.
- Peter sat not only through 'read aloud' time, but through our history time, too! (This is a BIG deal, because usually he runs out of the room after quiet reading time to 'make lunch' and I don't see him again--and if I call for him, he throws a mega-tantrum, so I just let it go. He's in Kindergarten, so he's ok.)
- We had a great dinner all together, and lots of people helped prepare it.
- Peter washed the dishes HAPPILY in the middle of the day!
- Everyone did their afternoon chores without complaining.
- We had a marvelous art lesson via Skype with my mom.
- The little boys fell asleep quickly.
- I have some time to study.


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Sometimes someone hurts you in just the right way and day after day it... hurts. And then days turn into weeks and months and years and by then it's a precious wound. It's a heartbreak you can't let go of because it hurts too good. After all, that pain has been yours for so long that it's practically a part of you.
Meet Pumpkin and Acey!
Acey (pronounced like "A + C") came to us from the racetrack. One unfortunate race day she became antsy like many hotblooded racehorses in the chutes... and she reared up suddenly smashing her head on an overhead bar leaving her fully trauma blind.
Dream Theme.
Marie Kondo, the author of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, says that much can be learned about oneself from the items that remain AFTER one has discarded all items that do not spark joy.
I Wanna Be a Real Girl.
"Ok, now! Go, go, go, GO! And don't go anywhere where you have to stoooooooop!" Amanda's voice trailed off as I zoomed down the hill. Seconds before, I was perched precariously on the edge of the HaulAll with my foot on the gas as Amanda applied the jumper cable clamps to the battery. I had … Continue reading I Wanna Be a Real Girl.
And then, gentle reader, came that fateful question… "Hi! I'm Nick. Would you like to be my dance partner?"
Meet Bug!
Bug was a tiny filly when she was purchased as a pet (yes, a pet) by a PlayBoy Bunny (yes, a PlayBoy Bunny).
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At the regular montly meeting of the Women's Institute, W.W. Blick, principal of the Sylvan Lake School, was the guest speaker.
He stated that education to many of us meant the sum total of all that could be remembered of what was in the text books and the teachers' lectures.
Children are still graded on examinations and parents are concerned mainly on that grading. In this respect, education is failing because it does not teach people how to think.
In this, Mr. Blick stated, we are ahead of the Russians. They are not teaching their people how to think because a thinking socieity would not tolerate a totalitarian society. We know and feel that the future of our world is as H.G. Wells put it, " A race between education and catastrophe."
It is going to take a thinking people in some of the problems that face the world - unemployment, world trade, population pressures. If these problems are to be solved, the young and old must be taught to think.


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The London Cycling Campaign members have voted to 'Go Dutch' as their campaigning strategy for the London 2012 Mayoral elections, this option winning an outright majority of the votes.
What I find rather interesting, in retrospect, are the images that the LCC used to illustrate the four campaigning strategy options on their website. Here is the image for Option 1 – Cycling to School –
Plenty of excitable kids on bikes. No surprises there.
Option 2 – Neigbourhoods –
A quiet street with two cyclists on it. Good idea.
Option 3 – Gyratories –
A rather scary-looking roundabout, with a female cyclist trying to get around it.
Finally, Option 4 – Go Dutch –
Err… no cyclists at all – in fact the only image, of the four, that doesn't show any. And top top it off, a pedestrian walking in the cycle path.
Is this really the best image LCC could come up with to represent 'Going Dutch?' Here's an alternative photo I took, that they could have used, free of charge.
Some actual 'Going Dutch.'
I'm not the only one who has noticed how tepid LCC have been on this issue, both before and after the vote. David Arditti has observed how the wording – extremely vague from the outset – has been changed, after the vote, from clear space for cycling to just space for cycling, also pointing out that Tom Bogdanowicz
notably both fails to clarify the obtuse "clear spaces" message, and dilutes or further obfuscates it by mentioning a number of other unrelated campaign objectives in the same paragraph – almost as if he were wishing he did not now have to campaign on "clear space for cycling on main roads in every borough", but could go back to the easier stuff about cycle parking.
The 'Going Dutch' option was listed at the bottom of the four, and illustrated with a photograph that doesn't exactly sell it as attractive. In fact, quite the opposite.
It couldn't be that the LCC leadership aren't really that interested, despite what their members voted?


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It's a question that I get asked quite frequently. Can I vault the backup data from my on-premises Altaro VM Backup server to Microsoft Azure somehow? The answer is yes, however, a lot of people follow this up with the question of whether they can simply use Azure as a storage target or not, which at the time of this writing, the answer is no. Don't mis-understand, when I say we can't vault directly to a storage target in Azure, i simply mean our software is not able to vault directly to an Azure storage account. Currently we need software at the receiving end of the vaulting process to receive and process the backup data, that's where our Altaro Offsite Server software comes into play. Check out Part 2 which describes how to setup an Altaro Offsite Server in Microsoft Azure.
This will be part 1 of a series on hosting offsite backup data in Azure using the Altaro Offsite Server. This post will cover the pricing and planning of the solution, while the next post will actually answer the "howto" question. Let's get started!
The Altaro Offsite Server
The Altaro Offsite Server software can be installed on any Windows box, and this applies to Azure as well. If you want to store your Altaro offsite copies inside of Azure, step one of the process is to stand up a virtual machine inside of Azure for this use. The system requirements for our offsite server are quite light. We require:
- Minimum of i5 (or equivalent) processor
- 75 MB RAM + and additional 75 MB for each concurrent backup/restore
So really…. that's it! You could provision a fairly light VM to handle this job, or if you'd like to limit additional compute costs from Azure, you could place this function on another server running in Azure (If you have one). Before we cover the howto aspect of this series in the next post, let's first set some expectations as to the cost of hosting this inside of Azure.
Costs for Hosting an Altaro Offsite Server inside of Microsoft Azure
Before I say anything else regarding this point, please note, that some of the costs discussed below are as I understand them at the time of this writing. Microsoft Azure pricing is changing all the time, and if you're considering going this route, I highly recommend reviewing the Azure pricing page and the calculator. If you have an Azure rep from Microsoft, I would recommend consulting with them as well. The last thing I want is for you to incur un-expected costs due to confusion of how Azure bills for it's services. With that said, here are the things you'll need to worry about paying for….
Compute: When you see this term in regards to Azure pricing, it usually means a virtual machine. You're paying for compute resources in the form of a VM, and the cost will depend on the sizing of said VM.
Storage: You'll have to pay for the storage you use inside of Azure. It's quite cheap (when you consider the alternatives) and you only pay for what you use. For example, if you're VHDX is sized at 200GB, but you're only using 20GB, you only pay for the 20GB number. As for the kind of storage you'll be paying for, you have two options with our offsite server currently.
1. Page Blobs and Disks
This is the standard storage type for virtual disks attached to a VM inside of Azure. This is likely the most common storage type and is priced at $0.05/GB every month. While this is the most common, there are some limitations. The maximum size of a page blob disk inside of Azure is currently 1TB. If you need anything over and above that you'll need to add a 2nd disk and setup a storage pool, to make use of both VHDs. Additionally, certain VM sizes inside of azure only allow the attachment of so many block devices. So to get more than 2 or 4, you'll need to increase the size of your VM instance, which will raise the compute cost, so plan accordingly.
2. Azure Files
Azure Files is a fairly new technology in the Azure solution stack. It essentially allows you to create an SMB share within the Azure file system and present that share to resources. This can be used as a viable storage location for your offsite backups. Azure files is slightly more expensive at $0.08/GB monthly, but it has a 5TB limitation, instead of the 1TB limitation. However, while the Page Blob Disks, can be stripped together to form a storage pool, the same cannot be said of Azure File Shares, so keep that in mind if you anticipate going over 5TB of offsite data.
*A note on storage resiliency in Azure:
For the vast majority of customers using Azure as an offsite backup location, the capabilities of the locally redundant storage account type should suit your needs. A locally redundant storage account will insure that 3 copies of every block of data exist somewhere in that Azure datacenter region. If your organization has more strict requirements, you can opt for the geo-redundant storage, which will provide 6 total copies of each block of data. 3 copies in the main datacenter region, and the other 3 copies located in another datacenter region.
Network Bandwidth: Azure network costs are something that confuse a lot of people, but despite all the complicated descriptions and what not, it boils down to pretty much one statement in the terms of this discussion. Bandwidth is FREE moving data IN to Azure. Egress (outbound) traffic, there is a per/Gb charge. In short, you only pay for bandwidth fees if you actually need to pull data out of the offsite server. The cost at the time of this writing is $0.09/GB per month, over 5GB in the US and Europe. Other regions are slightly more expensive. See the Azure calculator for more detail.
(Optional) Azure VPN Gateway: Depending on your organization's policies and requirements, you may not be able to vault data over the public web, regardless of whether that data is encrypted or not. (Altaro VM Backup encrypts the data in transit). In this case you'll have to stand up an additional service inside of Azure to facilitate a site to site VPN between your Azure resources and your on-premises location. This has varying costs depending on the speed required and the number of needed concurrent connections to the VPN. The below table shows the differences and was pulled from the Azure documentation site at the time of this writing.
Depending on your needs, your VPN costs could be anywhere from $27 to $365 per month. So some research will need to be done if the VPN gateway is something that you will require, and if so, which type.
Additionally, a supported on-premises server or networking device that works with Azure VPN gateways will need to be available. A list of supported devices can be found HERE.
Once you've got all this planning out of the way, your comfortable with the pricing and the various components, you're now ready to start proceeding with the installation of Altaro VM Backup inside of your Azure virtual machine. We'll be covering that in the next part of this series, so be sure to stay tuned to our blog for that howto.
In the mean time, if you have any questions or concerns with pricing or planning this solution, be sure to let us know if the comments section below!
As always, thanks for reading!


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Keywords. Equivariant, complex cobordism, involution
AMS subject classification. Primary: 55N22. Secondary: 55N91.
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.335
E-print: arXiv:math.AT/0105020
Submitted to GT on 20 February 2001. (Revised 4 March 2001.) Paper accepted 2 April 2001. Paper published 2 April 2001.
N P Strickland
Department of Mathematics, University of Sheffield
Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN,UK
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
Keyboard Sadness, Keyboard Opportunity
I've had an Azio 104-key MK Retro* with old-fashioned round keys since I found out such things could be had. The keys are okay but not quite the nice clickative Cherry or buckling-spring keyswitches (though they may be Cherry or a competent clone -- just not as clicky as I'd like). The layout is conventional and not appreciably larger or smaller than the Unicomp -- and, seeing as the latter is an IBM Model M in all but name, which was closely scaled to the IBM Selectric and Model B typewriters that preceded it, it is my standard of comparison.
If I can't fix my old keyboard, I'll likely save up and replace it. In the meantime, this Azio is well worth trying.
* Whoosh! Prices seem to have gone up since I bought mine. Look around, if you like the style -- versions without the number pad begin to approach affordability. Some the the Far Eastern manufacturers are producing interesting variations, too. Like the look but not the prices? If you have Bluetooth, the under-$30 Logitech K380, with a nearly full-size keyboard and a clickless but very definite keyboard feel, is my choice for portable use.
5 comments:
- waepnedmann said...
Eeeh gads.
The smartest kid in school and I used to rhapsodize about the laser-like qualities of a #4 Ticonderoga.
Geeks will geek.
- June 8, 2017 at 10:02 AM
I have been wanting a new mechanical keyboard for a while. The Cherry MX Red or Brown switches seem to be what I like. Need to go look at some in person again.
- June 8, 2017 at 11:35 AM
- Jerry said...
Love the Cherry keyboards but cannot afford keyboard AND ammunition. ;-)
- June 8, 2017 at 12:26 PM
- Jon said...
Personally, I have a blank DASKeyboard at home (they come in standard and 'silent' models. I will note silent is still *very clicky*. I'd invest in one for work except I'd drive my cube mates absolutely nuts inside of a week.
They do have a bit of a gamer feel to them so they might not be up your alley. But Cherry switches (or their like) are pretty easy to find these days. The trick is getting to try typing on one without investing in it.
- June 9, 2017 at 2:52 PM
- Seerak said...
Those buckling-spring things are nearly indestructible. I'm using a refurb Model M from clickykeyboards right now. I'm a bit surprised and disappointed to hear that your Unicomp is getting a bit squirrelly after only four years.
I was thinking of picking one of those up, in part because my model M starts dropping random kystrokes evr onc n a whil (argh). Unplug/replug fixes it, so it's electronics. I figure it's the relatively high current draw of the old circuitry and my too-many-points-of-failure cable setup (PS/2 to USB to four-way electronic KVM switch). I was hoping the Unicomp with its more efficient modern guts and native USB could fix that.
- June 18, 2017 at 8:41 PM


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Learning from last Week: (click here for the previous post)
- The Weekly Chart, shows a green week after a High Wave (last two candles) #W1.
- Index extends its bounce off the bottom of the Day Channel #D1 making this month's candle a Doji #M1.
Support & Resistance:
- Index was supported near the daily MVWAP34 #D1, while is stopped short of the All Time High (ATH) #M1.
Moving Averages:
- The 5 EMA and 13 SMA, in the medium term view #W1, touch and go as in a bullish deflection.
- RSI 13 is right in the 50s #W2.
Bulls retake all screens after the High Wave candle #W1.
Bears stop the index well short of the ATH #M1.
Bears stop the index well short of the ATH #M1.
Looking forward into this Week:
- High Wave's effect is active on the medium term chart (Study Links here, here or elsewhere).
- Bulls keep the index above the Long term 5 EMA, for the 4th month running. The previous two month candles #M1, are green and resemble spinning tops (Study Links here, here or elsewhere).
Support & Resistance:
- 5 EMA on the Month Chart (2077) #M1 and the Day Channel Bottom #W1, are the Index Supports that Bears want to get below.
- Bulls seek to keep above the strategic 2102 #D1 and clear the ATH #M1.
- Bulls if they close this Week above 2102, will retain the Bullish deflection of the 5 EMA and the 13 SMA on the Weekly Charts #W1.
- TSI, support at the 61.8% Fibonacci retrace by June end, good for the Bulls #M2.
Bears want a weekly close below 2102, and a break below the Day Channel #D1.


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I don't even remember what last week was suppose to look like! Here's what I got pictures of:
....but over my lunch hour I put chicken thighs, sliced mushrooms, 2 chopped red bell peppers and a can of tomato sauce in the crock pot on low. When we got back the kids ate theirs over leftover pasta while Jason and I had ours over quinoa. It tasted SO much better than it looks! I'm certain we had turkey sausage again on Thursday, but there doesn't seem to be any photo evidence! Friday we decided to go out to dinner, but my camera was sitting pretty on the dining room table. DOH!
I got some cool mail last week, too! First up we have some Method dish and hand soap:
Somehow I managed to get to their Facebook Page before supplies were out! Too bad I'm blogging from Blogger right now and can't figure out how to rotate this picture!!! Anyhow, this coffee is STRONG, but good. I'll definitely buy more when I run out.
So, I think that's all I've got for now. As always, you can check my meal plan out on my Facebook Page.....What's your favourite meal been this past month? Or is it something that you will be eating over Thanksgiving?
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My lovely scarlet red amaryllis , double headed so extra scarlet. It's neatly finished but I've looked after it so well , I'm not good with house plants. dad even bought me a cactus once and said I would have trouble killing it. Sadly I didn't !!!!
He got me this for Christmas so I'm doing well. You will be seeing this lovely plant again as it's just started sprouting another flower.


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As the president of this institution, I want to take this opportunity to inform you about the Success Equals Effort (SEE) Policy that you may have heard about through the media or other sources. Since much of what has been presented in the media has been inaccurate, misleading, or downright incorrect, I believe it is my responsibility to ensure that our constituents and supporters have a clear understanding about this innovative new policy.
The SEE policy requires all instructors at Benedict College to evaluate each freshman and sophomore student on two factors: effort and content learning. The final grade for freshmen is weighted 60 percent on effort and 40 percent on content knowledge and the final grade for sophomores is weighted 40 percent effort and 60 percent content knowledge. The policy is designed to increase student learning of subject matter content at Benedict College by increasing a student's learning efforts. The innovation in the policy is to provide our students with a strong and immediate incentive to adopt the behaviors and habits that are most likely to bring academic success. In this innovation, because there are more assignments overseen directly, our students may have more feedback than under conventional grading processes, and our faculty members are expected to have more faculty-student contacts. Our willingness to innovate for greater learning in this educational enterprise is also consistent with our historic mission.
The policy emerged out of our dissatisfaction with learning outcomes at Benedict College and our assessment of the reasons for the less than satisfactory outcomes. In particular, despite the fact that Benedict College has a rich history of graduating leaders in the liberal arts, sciences, business and education we are not satisfied with the proportion that graduate with a bachelor's degree or the level of learning that some graduates attain. From our assessments we concluded that the lack of sufficient effort was the major reason for the lower than desired student outcomes.
The logic of the SEE Policy is simple. Student learning outcomes are positively related to two factors: student learning efforts and instructional inputs. In the past most of our focus has been on instructional inputs. While we will continue to improve instructional inputs, we believe that significant gains in learning outcomes require significant gains in student inputs or efforts. Therefore, in order to improve student outcomes, all else remaining equal, we must improve student efforts. The more students work at learning the more they will learn. The SEE Policy is intended to increase the campus wide emphasis on student efforts and student responsibility to actively engage in learning activities. If the policy is successful, it will result in significant improvements in student learning and graduation rates.
Despite what has been said in the media, the policy does not automatically guarantee all students a final grade of "C". In fact, there are 25 grade possibilities under the SEE Policy. There are nine combinations of knowledge grade and effort grade that would result in an unsatisfactory final grade for freshmen students. In fact, the SEE Policy makes it more difficult for freshmen students to earn satisfactory final grades without exerting best efforts. In effect, the SEE Policy provides a warranty for freshmen students who make an "A" in effort of earning a minimum satisfactory grade. It is designed to provide the motivation and increase the incentive for freshman students to persist in making maximum efforts until the course is over. We are confident that our instructional methodology is good enough to ensure that the overwhelming majority of students who earn an "A" in effort will also learn a satisfactory amount of knowledge.
It is also untrue that the Benedict College degree will be awarded to unqualified students under the SEE Policy. As stated above, we expect learning to increase as a result of the SEE Policy. Moreover, the warranty only applies to the freshman year and thus no student could earn a degree solely because of the SEE Policy. The SEE Policy alone cannot guarantee a satisfactory grade after the freshman year. But if the SEE Policy is successful students entering the upper class years will have more knowledge as well as better work ethics and study habits. Thus we expect freshman students to be able to perform much better as upper class students because of the SEE Policy. Students receiving the Benedict College degree in the future should be better prepared for the real world than ever before.
Contrary to the assertions of uninformed distracters, the policy will not reduce the value of a Benedict College degree or the employability of Benedict graduates. The policy will result in an overall increase in student learning of subject matter content as well as an improvement in student work ethics, motivation, attitudes, and self-responsibility. These gains should be evident to employers or graduate/professional schools who objectively assesses the qualifications of our graduates. Thus, the policy should increase the value of a Benedict College degree and the employability of our graduates.
The policy has not subtracted from academic freedom at Benedict College, but has in fact enhanced this freedom. The policy has absolutely no direct bearing on faculty implementation of classroom instruction. Nor does the policy interfere with faculty evaluation of learning or effort. Moreover, by placing increased emphasis on student responsibility to make learning efforts the policy liberates faculty to teach content without fear of generating too many failures. The policy will require greater faculty efforts and more serious faculty evaluation of the effectiveness of their instructional techniques. But this is a good thing and should result in a significantly stronger faculty at Benedict College.
We are also confident that the College will be in greater conformity with the requirements of accreditation as a result of the SEE Policy. The emphasis on effort in the policy will result in an improvement of educational outcomes for our students. Moreover, we are committed to continuous assessment of all policies and we will assess the SEE Policy as systematic data become available. We have had significant internal conversations concerning the policy and these conversations will continue as we work collectively to implement the policy and make Benedict College the best that it can be.
Despite the media hysteria, we are proceeding with a relatively smooth implementation of the SEE Policy. Most faculty members and departments across the campus are working on improving their understanding of the logistics of policy implementation. We are actively planning complete evaluation of the policy as implementation proceeds. Any needed revisions will be identified and made based on objective evaluation of policy implementation and outcomes. We are confident that this innovation in our approach will result in improved learning outcomes at Benedict College and that this will be revealed in the outcomes evaluation.
We have received significant positive feedback from a diversified group of supporters. I would like to quote one of these comments by a parent from a letter to the editor of the State Newspaper dated September 15, 2004:
" (T) here is a great need for college presidents nationwide to follow David Swinton's lead and address an increasing academic performance problem among students of all socioeconomic levels. Whether I agree or disagree with Dr. Swinton's method, I applaud his decision to do something about the situation. His objective to provide severely needed motivating factors for those students who would otherwise drop out of college should not remain under attack (especially with such sarcasm and cynicism)."
We hope that this letter provides you with a sound understanding of the policy and look forward to your continued support.
David Holmes Swinton
- SEE Success Equals Effort (SE2) Policy Fact Sheet
- SEE Dr. David H. Swinton's Article (PDF format)
- SEE Dr. Stacey Franklin Jones' Article (PDF format)


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I had an interesting conversation with a stranger on an airplane about which side of the political spectrum will better handle defeat in the United States Presidential Election that is now just weeks away.
It was a deep and thoughtful discussion about the partisan extremism, "win at all cost" attitude that seems to populate the highest levels of our government. From the current administration to the Speaker of the House to the candidate's mouth pieces... our political system is often more about party than country.
I wont share the details of the discussion here (as it would be offensive to people on both sides, and I am tired of getting the emails from people chastising my blogging politics).... but it was a very interesting topic to ponder.
This week John McCain jumped to the defense of Barak Obama on a couple of occasions when audience members at his rallies went over the line in questioning the democrats character. I was proud of McCain's swift answers. I believe McCain is an honorable man.
I would like to see the candidate who loses this election be the person who takes up the cause of creating a better atmosphere in Washington DC. It would be nice to see the one who does not take the highest office do more than just offer a pleasant concession speech and then be a thorn in the side of the new administration. It would be a pleasant surprise if that person put country first and party second and rally his troops to have a more civil dialogue with the new president.
The polls are starting to show the momentum to Obama. Should this hold true in the one poll that really matters, I would recommend to McCain that he build his legacy for the next four to eight years by working to create a fresh new (and real) atmosphere of bi-partisanship in the halls of government.
The same goes for Mr. Obama. Should he return to his Senate seat, it would be wonderful if he set an example for his other elected officials and helped the new president succeed.
That is what this country needs at this time in history. We don't just need a leader in the White House, we need a leaders in the opposite party who will stand up to the B.S. inside their own party and publicly work as a team to solve the problems facing all Americans.
Have A Great Day.


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Singer-songwriter Adele joins millions around the globe in mourning for the split up of Hollywood's "Brangelina." Adele dedicated some songs for the couple and sends her love for them as well.
TMZ reported that Adele dedicated her concert gig Tuesday at the Madison Square Garden in New York to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Adele would pause between songs as she is totally shaken by the breakup. She told fans that she kept pondering on what happened and how the split has affected her as a fan also.
"I don't like gossiping, and private lives are private, but I feel like it's the end of an era. So I'm dedicating this show tonight to them," the singer said onstage between songs. "I'm really sad … I got shocked upon hearing the news when I woke up this morning."
Adele Definitely Doesn't Want To Say 'Hello' To A World Without Brangelina: Adele… https://t.co/PUQ3pmano2 #music
— Sura Dazani (@sura_dazani) September 21, 2016
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But as Adele mourns the breakup of what was foreseen as one tough relationship, a looming court battle is on the horizon. Brad Pitt is not taking things lightly with Angelina Jolie's plan for sole custody of their six children. He will fight it out for a joint custody of their children namely Maddox and Pax, Zahara, who are all adopted, and biological children Shiloh and twins Knox and Vivienne.
A source close to Pitt stated that the 52-year old actor will use all legal means necessary for joint custody. TMZ reported that aside from filing a divorce, Jolie will also be asking the court for sole custody of the kids. Jolie is amendable to give Pitt his visitation rights as their father.
"There's no chance that's going to happen," was how the source said about Pitt's reaction on the matter.
The statement tells it all that a fierce legal battle is on the horizon for the custody of the children. Jolie has accused Pitt of being a "risky father" with his addiction to weed and alcohol plus his anger issues. However, the same source narrated that Pitt was quick to described Jolie as a "great mother" and does not want to hurt her in the divorce.
ALSO READ: Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck gets into an early morning fight but no one wants to pull divorce trigger?
The topic of divorce was not an alien topic for the troubled couple as they have been frankly talking about it. However, a devastated Pitt is simply pissed off att how Jolie handled the thing by going public. Pitt wanted the divorce process done quietly and handled as "matured adults."
Angelina Jolie and Bard Pitt😧, is it only me that is feeling the thing in my chest. Why would they divorce.
— 🌸Ada Mbaise🌸 (@chimm_amanda) September 20, 2016
A very angry Pitt explains that by going public, the lives of the children are at risk as paparazzi will surely try to invade their privacy. He does not want the kids traumatized by all the media attention.
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All this precipitation has thrown a wet blanket on many summer plans, but Meteorologist Kristin Kline with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly says this is not the new normal.
"We've just had a persistent trough that has set up over the eastern part of the country," Kline says. "So that's kept very active weather in place over the area over the last couple of weeks, leading to the scattered thunderstorm and shower activity."
And those consistent showers and thunderstorms are arriving somewhat early this year.
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But July isn't expected to be as dreary. Kline says rainfall for the month of July is predicted to be near to slightly above average.
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The Olympic Games, being such an important event, struggle with all kinds of problems, including boycott, doping, violence and even terrorism.
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If you aren't familiar Kickstarter it is a way for people to get funding for all kinds of creative projects and in my case it is an effort to fund my new book titled: You don't have to call 911 to meet a Firefighter, tips on meeting, dating and even marrying a Firefighter.
The way it works is you submit a project and if Kickstarter signs off on it you get 30 days to try and reach your funding goal. My goal is for $10,000, this will allow me to dedicate my time to writing, to hiring a professional editor, pay for cover art, and pay for the first printing of the book.
If you invest as little as $10 you will get a copy of the new book as well as a copy of my last book, Dangers, toils, and Snares: Confessions of a Firefighter.
I have submitted other ideas to Kickstarter and this is the first one to win approval, all I ask is if you can help me get the word out. Thank you for any help.


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Curry Leaf Rice and Masala Vadai
Planning a proper lunch an preparing it needs a lot of patience and I am extremely short on this. It is just not the one meal lunch that you need to prepare, I have to think so some way to satisfy my daughter's short break hunger pangs too:-)Some days i make sundal or cake, salad and for today it is cookies:-)...dunno what to do for tomorrow though.....Ah!!!!I need a menu planner..........:-(
Well today it was Curry leaf rice, Masala Vadai, coconut raita and Almond cookies
Raw rice 1 cup cooked in 2 cups of water
Oil 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Black gram dhal 1 tsp
Asafoetida 1/4 tsp
To be powdered
Black gram dhal 1tbsp
Bengal gram dhal 1 tsp
Red chillies 6-7
Pepper 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves 1 cup
Oil 2 tsp
Cook rice in water . Spread on a plate and let it cool.
Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and roast Black gram dhal , Bengal gram dhal, chillies, pepper till the dhal starts to brown. Now add the curry leaves and fry it for only 2 minuts. Switch off the fire and let it coll.
When it has cooled completely transfer this to a mixer and add the necessary salt and powder it.
Sprinkle 3-4 tbsps of the ground powder on the rice and mix well. Add salt if necessary
Heat a pan with 1 tbsp of oil and add the mustard seeds. When it begins to crackle add the black gram dhal and asafoetida and fry till the dhal starts to brown.Add this tempering to the mixed rice
Serve with Raita/Paapad/vadai
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Once upon a time there was an conceptual artist born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, called
Barrie J Davies.
Barrie J Davies is an artist who has anarchically explored the absurdity of contemporary life working in his paintings, photographs, sculptures, poetry, videos, films, drawings, performance works, publications, badges, posters, signs, public interventions and written works.
He has exhibited his old unframed abstract paintings on paper and sold them for one pound each.
He organised an art pub crawl called "on the piss" designed as a focus for getting people together to talk about art while going out for a night around the pubs in Cardiff. Documentation of this event was posted on his website barriejdavies.com and for the people that came along they were each given a limited edition badge which said "on the piss with Barrie J Davies".
He has made a 'liberating' video work of releasing yellow bath-time ducks on to a lake alongside real ducks and swans to explore the man-made world against the natural world.
He has set up the world's first "Museum of Nothingness", a project designed to collect and preserve objects in a briefcase to which the public has donated to represent their idea of 'nothing' and 'nothingness'.
He has made many word and text based drawings and paintings which explore the ideas of contemporary art and its limitations.
He has put up temporary text based signs and posters around the city of Cardiff to explore the confusion that we face in moving around in our daily lives. They have been documented as photographs.
He has sold some artworks on Ebay when he has been strapped for cash.
He has organised an exhibition of art works by other artists in the bathroom of his flat, called "All Washed up!".
He has exhibited his collection of rejection letters from galleries for a ongoing project called "Rejected". This file of letters runs from 2002 to the present day.
Another one of his projects was to introduce the "Unlimited Print" which is an unlimited edition, ink on A4 paper print (2004), which is available to download free from his website barriejdavies.com as a word document.
For his latest artwork called "NO SMOKING", he is collecting as many cigarette butts as possible from the streets of Cardiff to make into the worlds largest cigarette butt sculpture to represent the death of smoking in today's increasingly cigarette-phobic society.
The artwork of Barrie J Davies explores the funny and the stupid things of life that make us laugh or get in the way or just get on our nerves or even make us fall over; they are always completely off the wall.
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Feroza is the heroine of the novel. She is the female protagonist of the novel. The title of the novel is also related to her character. She is called, "An American Brat" in the closing chapters. The whole story revolves around this single character. All other characters whether they are the major or minor incidents are related to her character.
She is the daughter of Zareen and Cyrus. She is the student of 10th class. She has an attractive and charming personality.
"Feroza fiddled with the shawl covering her chest and shoulders. Twisting on the balls of her feet, she finally looked up at die handsome youth. Her eyes unnaturally bright, her face abnormally red, she said, "I'm sorry, I don't think I'll be able to act in die play. You know how it is — my father won't like it. Please don't come again. Don't phone, please."
Family Background and Physical Appearance
She belongs to a Parsee family. Her parents are of modern time and they are broad-minded. Feroza is a religious girl when we have a first look at her character. She is very conservative. Her mother comments about her:
""She won't even answer the phone anymore! 'What if it's someone I don't know?' " Zareen mimicked her daughter in English. "I told her — don't be silly. No one's going to jump out of the phone to bite you!"
She is five feet and four inches with a fair complexion. She is a beautiful girl. She is 16 years old. She has daring and dashing personality.
She was a girl of sky-nature in her childhood. She had a very serious and mature nature. She was an anti-social child as:
"By this time Feroza was being invited to an increasing number of birthday parties, and Zareen discovered that she was also antisocial. Invariably the anxious hostess called die next day to inquire if she or someone else had offended die child? Feroza had stayed in her corner with her ayah and couldn't be coaxed to play games. She had not come to the table, even when the candles were blown out and the cake cut. No matter how hard they all tried, Feroza did not smile or say a single word all evening. At the end of this litany, the caller invariably sounded more aggrieved than anxious."
Feroza was a very stubborn nature. Feroza had been a stubborn child — with a streak of pride bordering on arrogance that compelled consideration not always due a child. Awed, Zareen often wondered where she got her pride.
Sensitive Girl
She is a sensible girl. She is not attracted towards the Youngman. She is not slap of emotions. She has self-controlled contours and she knows what is right and what is wrong. The following lines amply show this:
"She said, "I'm sorry, I don't think I'll be able to act in die play. You know how it is — my father won't like it. Please don't come again. Don't phone, please."
Backward and Narrow-minded
She is backward and narrow-minded. Her mother is worried about her attitude and behavior. She tells Cyrus that she is really worried about Feroza and says that:
""What's wrong?" Cyrus inquired cautiously, his voice conveying just the right tinge of mild concern. "She's becoming more and more backward every day." Set in tight-lipped censure, Zareen's face betrayed the hours spent in solitary brooding and the dark anxieties her brooding had spawned. Cyrus, who thought his daughter was if anything too forward, maintained his guard. ."
And these lines show her narrow-mindedness when Zareen goes to her school to bring her back. In the car, she said:
""In the car she said: 'Mummy, please don't come to school dressed like that.' She objected to my sleeveless sari-blouse! Really, this narrow-minded attitude touted by General Zia is infecting her, too. I told her: 'Look, we're Parsee, everybody knows we dress differently.'"
Under the above lines, we can say that she is also religious-minded. She is a brilliant student and with this she takes apart in the games and sports.
Relation with her Mother
Zareen Ginwala is her mother. She is a modern lady who wears blouses. But Feroza has contrast with her mother's character. She wears scarves and is religious-minded. She has rejected the offer of acting in a play she criticizes her mother's dress. In the car, she said that mummy should not wear that dress. There are also a clear difference between these two characters and their thinking. Zareen is broad-minded enough to wear sleeveless dresses and she is social woman and attends many parties. But on the other hand, Feroza is of a conservative nature. She is not even ready to attend a phone call. Zareen wanted her daughter to be modern, that's why she is sending Feroza to
. Zareen says: America
""I think Feroza must get away," Zareen continued. "Just for three or four months. Manek can look after her. Travel will broaden her outlook; get this puritanical rubbish out of her head.""
Relation with her Father
Cyrus is the name of her father. He is a broad-minded and a person of balanced personality. He is normally a correct person. We come to know about his habit of drinking when Zareen says:
""It's okay for you to run around getting drunk every evening, but I must stop wearing sleeveless blouses.""
At another place, Zareen says that it all might do him all good to drinkless. Cyrus is happy when he sees that. As we have already discussed that Feroza is a stubborn child. She was beaten by her father, when she was four but she spoke not a single word till her lips started bleeding.
Relation with her Uncle
Manek is Feroza's uncle who is only six years older than Feroza. Their relation is shown by these lines:
"With only six years between them, Manek and Feroza grew up more as siblings than as uncle and niece. Their hostilities often assumed epic proportions."
They are jealous of each other but later on we see that when Feroza goes to
, they become very good friends of each other. They called each other 'boochinai' and his nick-name is guardian in the America . USA
Her relation with Friends
David has a dancing and dashing personally. He is a beautiful Youngman. Feroza is much impressed by his personality. She falls in love with him. So, with the passage of time, she becomes morally corrupt. She has illicit relationship with David. These lines show her illegal relations with David:
"And after this, it was natural for them to be physically close, to tenderly touch each other, to abandon themselves to the ardent intoxication of their youthful hormones. Feroza was as "swept off her feet" as she could wish, as David wished her to be. And the instinct that had guarded her before, now let her go as David released her from the baffling sexual limbo in which Shashi's cooler rhythm and the restraints of their common culture had set her adrift."
So, Feroza is a round as well as dynamic character. We can conclude it in such a way that it is not the fault of Feroza but the fault of her family who gave her so much independence. She was innocent and did not agree to go to
, but she was sent by her family. Just a sixteen years old girl and such a corrupt and destructive world of America proved horrible. So, the result had to be necessarily as that of Feroza. America


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As you will be able to see from the pictures, Nichole does amazing work. All of these designs are her own. I was sitting by her one day and noticed this beautiful gown she crocheted for her little one. She is so talented, not only can she produce beautiful hats and garments by crocheting, she has produced some beautiful children as you will see below. They are her models.
Can I take this one home? Can I? Huh Huh HUH????


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Yamata, Jinnai and Nezumi are a merry band of ninjas. When a strange meteor crashes into the ground they decide to investigate. They team up with some more ninjas led by the lovely Rin (who possesses - at least according to her ninja armour - extremely well separated lady lumps). The meteor contains an alien that causes havok and scatters body parts left, right and centre. It's a tad more brutal than the aliens that we know and love. And a tad more stupid.
Aliens had the Queen alien. Alien 3 had the dog alien. And Alien vs. Ninjas has the demented dolphin alien. If you need any proof that this film is having a laugh, have a look at the creature design below:
I almost immediately warmed to this film. It took me a few minutes to put my finger on what it was about it that I liked. Then it came to me: it feels like anime. If you imagine all the characters being hand drawn then everything falls into place. It's like Naruto with a Flipper inspired alien ripping everyone to shreds. The humour is very similar to Naruto but again with a darker edge.
In some films I moan about low quality effects (both practical and CGI) but here they are a positive. The alien bounces around like it's had a cocktail of smarties, speed and moonshine. Whereas Ridley Scott tried to disguise the 'bloke in a suit' aspect of his alien, here the rubber suit is often seen in all its glory and they couldn't care less. Power Rangers has better costumes. But it all adds to the charm. At one point a character has their eye pecked out by a crow. The crow is brought to life by the complicated method of someone holding an inanimate model crow and repeatedly pecking around the actor's eye area. It made me laugh rather a lot.
There are a few scenes of exposition where things slow slightly, but in general, it rattles along at a fair pace. For a 15 rated film it is surprisingly graphic. Probably because of the stupid tone it gets away with it easily. The gore flies around readily and the sword fights are surprisingly good too. With a running time of 80 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. Plus it finishes with a suitable action film climax, involving a battle, a TJ Hooker moment where the lead characters walk away arm in arm laughing, and the obligatory final twist that sets up a sequel.
This only cost me £1.33. Given the title, I didn't have high hopes. I really enjoyed it though - apart from the back stories in the middle - and would recommend it to anyone who can bear to watch a film with that stupid a title.
If you like this you could also try:
Naruto, Split Second, Ninja Scroll.


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Utley Delivers; Howard Ends Game with a Walk-Off
The Phillies went more than 5 innings today against the Mets with only 1 hit; a Chase Utley home run. When they finally added a second hit in the 6th inning, it was an Utley single. He later also hit a triple and ended the game just a double short of the cycle.
Until later in the game, Utley's heroics seemed for naught. Kyle Kendrick stunk up the ball park with yet another horrible outing that included allowing back-to-back home runs and a 2rd straight hit to the Mets in the 5th. Chants of "You suck, Kyle!" rang throughout the stands. It was ugly.
But after Domonic Brown drove in two runs late in the 6th inning, the tide began to turn. Of course, I would be remiss if I did not mention that Brown missed a routine ball in left earlier in the game due to a lack of hustle. What is up with his defense? Ugh. At any rate, the 6th inning hit started a rally.
Utley knocked in the next two runs with his triple in the 7th. That brought the Phillies to within a run and the bullpen held the Mets down. Finally in the 9th, Marlon Byrd drove in Cody Asche to tie the game. After Utley was walked, Ryan Howard stepped in with the big walk-off single to right. He was subsequently mauled at first base, knocked off his feet and beat senseless by his teammates. All in good fun, of course. Finally, a game that did not totally suck!
Before the game, Phillies alumni took to the field, including former centerfielder Aaron Rowand. In a pregame chat, he had this to say to me:
Awww! I know there are still people out there who do not get my little obsession with Rowand. Too bad. I love this guy for his passion for the game, something that has been lacking the last several years around here.
So he and Charlie Manual, Darren Daulton, Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt and others enjoyed a nice pregame moment. Then Manuel threw the first pitch to Utley, which was fun to watch.
The Phillies have one more game with the Mets; a day game tomorrow that starts at 1:05pm. Then they will fly to Los Angeles for a short 5-game West Coast road trip.
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I am browsing the second-hand books in one of my favourite book stores/café on Glebe Point road, Sydney. My hand hovers over a title that I can just about read. 'Quarter life Crisis'. I pick it up and immediately smile to myself. Must be a sign, I believe. Paying my few dollars I wander out with my boyfriend at the time who by this point has become increasingly impatient. He hates bookstores and merely tolerates my love for them.
I am tortured. Emotionally my energy is at an all time low. I can barely string a sentence together never mind trying to succeed in a high paced IT sales environment. I spend most of my week crying silently at my desk with evenings spent on the relationship battlefield, with emotional abuse being the weapon of choice. I am desperate for answers, praying constantly to God, the Angels, the Universe to give me some sort of sign that I am on the right path.
It has taken me 40 minutes to eat an apple. Reason being is that it is so damn quiet here in the open plan office that I could hear the crunch vibrating through my skull. Paranoid that my colleagues might be mentally strangling me with each crisp, echoing bite, I gave up. I didn't even make it to the core before throwing it away. This of course made me even more agitated than usual.
I was foolish yesterday and booked a one way ticket to Bangkok for November. I have not even had my second interview for the Celta course yet and I have already taken the plunge and acted a little irresponsibly. I had to have a Desperados beer straight after the booking confirmation came through to quench my nerves. It had to be done though as I can feel my insecurities building up minute by minute. If I wait any longer I may not have any courage left.
I walked to work with a slight spring in my step which people have not failed to notice. I can smell the freedom already. It will be a fresh start but I am terrified. What if my plan of escape fails to work again? I swore to myself that starting this job over a year and a half ago that my itchy feet were thoroughly scratched. I told myself it was time to nest. I was to save my money, work hard in the corporate world, get on the career ladder, put a deposit down for a house and finally have some stability after the endless rollercoaster of jobs, travel and bad romance. Now I have done it again. I could very well be throwing away great opportunities for the unknown but isn't life all about taking some risks? Why is it the more stability I have the more my soul wants to desperately break free.
At the time of buying that book on the quarter life crisis, I was in the middle of an awful relationship which a year and a half later I am still emotionally recovering from. I remember reading the book and looking to my partner for answers. Answers to the big questions of 'what the hell am I supposed to do'? I never did get the answers I needed and spent many more months silently crying at my desk wondering if it was ever going to get easier. I desperately wanted someone to reassure me that everyone goes through these moments in life, except no one did. Particularly not my partner at the time. I can say that I am grateful that time in my life is over but I know how it feels to fail, which is why this challenge seems overwhelming at the best of times.
I am sitting at my desk and feel like screaming. My mother tells me that I am running away. If that is the case then I can only give myself this advice…..Run.


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In my last blog2blog post to Robert W Martin, I asked him to explain why he wants to live his life online without needing his own equipment - something he calls digital existence.
You gave a pretty decent answer, Rob. For me, one of the most powerful motives for seeking digital existence is that it is now technically conceivable to overcome the security concerns inherent in hardware independence. This point was hammered home by your comment on your experience with electronic health records. If Alberta Health and Wellness can provide secure remote access to legally protected patient records, certainly it is possible to provide secure (or at least secure enough) remote access to my CV drafts, letters to the power company, and weiqi game records?
Digital existence has a different attraction in the South Pacific. If I had to characterize computer use in this part of the world it would be as follows:
- There is a large cohort of older, wealthy, professionals who are heavy Internet users at home and at work; they can afford the high price of connectivity
- There is a larger cohort of young users who have very little disposable income
- This younger cohort are primarily unsophisticated but passionate users of low bandwidth social computing - hi5, bebo, facebook, free sms gateways to local mobile phone companies, and photo sharing sites
- This younger cohort would love to share files and video as well, but the slow and/or expensive connections in the region make this impractical - you can almost hear a chant of I want my youtube
- This younger cohort does not own their own computers nor do they typically have Internet connections at home - they rely on Internet cafés, computer labs at educational institutions, and their workplace to get online
So, with that, time for some the paranoia. When we started this, you asked, "can you really trust webmail?" A great question. Let's examine this with a little differential risk analysis. If you were going to send me an email, the list of locations where your message falls under threat would be as follows:
- The traditional POP3/IMAP (i.e. Outlook Express) scenario:
Rob's POP3/IMAP client, Rob's PC, Rob's LAN, Internet, Rob's mail server, followed by the Internet again and then into an area influenced by my email choices.
- The webmail (i.e. gmail, yahoo, or hotmail) scenario:
Rob's browser, Rob's PC. Rob's LAN, Internet, Rob's webmail host, followed by the Internet again and then into an area influenced by my email choices.
- POP3/IMAP client vs. browser
- the POP3/IMAP/SMTP mail server vs. the webmail server (which includes SMTP of course)
The browser, on the other hand, will often write some or all of your webmail fetched mail to cache - especially on a shared computer where you do not control the settings . Even once the cache is cleared, your mail may linger until some cryptographic disk wiping takes place, unless you cache to a removable device. Also, your browser would be vulnerable to session hijacking attacks that would not impact a mail client. For machine independent secure emailing, a thumb drive mounted mail client and a thumb drive mounted browser (see xb browser) are probably equally good, but having a thumb drive feels like cheating when the point was to have no hardware of your own. If you disallow thumb drives, the browser seems to come out ahead in the digital existence balance.
Looking at the servers, both traditional POP3/IMAP/SMTP servers and webmail server's can archive some or all of your email after it has been sent or received, including messages that you have deleted. Perhaps the difference is that webmail servers are guaranteed to have a copy of all of your mail, and it will be all indexed and ready for searching by:
- you
- any data mining software
- any advertising (think gmail) software
- any unscrupulous sysadmin
- any criminal who gains access to this juicy repository of information
- any government agent with a warrant (Patriot Act or otherwise)
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And that's where the problem came in. Spinning wheels aren't cheap. I'm borrowing a used wheel that was found on ebay for $150, and that was a great deal. Buying new can easily be over $400, especially if you want the wood to be finished.
And I'm impatient. I recognize patience is a virtue, and I do display a modicum in other areas of life, but delayed gratification is tough when it comes to hobbies. However, much as I wanted to go charge one and do my part to single-handedly turn our economy around, I was ready to buckle down and start saving up for a spinning wheel, which meant sometime this late summer or fall I would be the proud new owner.
I should also add that if you ever cross paths with me on any casual level, you're likely to know my reigning passion. It goes something like this:
You: Um, could I get help registering?
Me: [shoving my knitted socks or handing you my spindle of newly spun yarn] Thanks for asking about this! I just knit/spun this up! I'm so excited!
Anyway, rewind to Friday. It was no surprise that my coworkers were familiar with my current obsession with spinning. One of them, K, attends auctions. She and her husband find ones that offer items of interest to both of them. She likes the fabric, yarn, sewing machines and kitchen items, and he goes for the power tools. She told me about one of Saturday's auctions was slated to please them both. There in the list of items were three simple, glorious words: wood spinning wheel.
She said since they were already attending, she'd be happy to bid on it if I gave her what to look for and a top price limit I'd be willing to pay. I was ecstatic. Here I was, drafting some items to guide her, someone with absolutely no idea on what to look for in a wheel (i.e., where I was just a month ago).
She knew the auctioneer and I called to see if it would be possible to get a photo before Saturday. He didn't have access to the storage facility until 7 AM the following day, but he did tell me he thought the wheel was not an antique and was functional. He speculated it was going to go for around $20-30, which made me think he didn't know what he was talking about since some people troll auctions looking for long-forgotten spinning wheels.
So Saturday I waited expectantly, since K had both my home and cell numbers. I was all excited when the home number rang – most friends and family call our cell. It was a survey.
A couple hours later, she did call. She said it looked like it worked, but she couldn't find an identifying brand on it anywhere, perhaps revealing that it was handmade. She added that it looked like a photo of an Ashford Elizabeth that I had sent her with, but she wasn't sure she should have spent as much as she did given the condition. My stomach tightening with the prospect of paying way too much for a nonfunctional wheel, I asked what she paid. She laughed, since she had me going. A whopping five dollars. The auctioneer started at $35, and with no bids, he kept lowering the starting bid. When he reached ten, K offered $5, and no one else countered, so it was mine! Beforehand, she had also noticed a box of 30 spindles and other accessories that she informed them belonged with the spinning wheel, so she thought I should be completely set.
She brought one of the spindles in to work to show me, and it was much smaller than I expected and was missing the groove I was used to seeing on the other wheels. However, I'm most interested in spinning thin yarn, so even filling one of these, while not as accommodating as a full-size spindle, might still have yielded decent yardage.
I took ownership of the spinning wheel Monday evening. Immediately I noticed that it was missing the flyer (the object that connects to the wheel via a band and as you pedal, it turns and wraps the yarn onto the bobbin), and I strongly suspect the 30 small bobbins I have don't go with the spinning wheel.
Since it appears to be a homemade wheel, I'm bringing it to my weekly knitting group tonight to take it under advisement. There will be up to three other spinners present that can let me know if we can redeem it. The wheel has a slight wobble, but it treadles smoothly and I suspect once the band is attached to the flyer, the tension will eliminate the slight turn. I'm hoping after taking measurements of a friend's similar wheel that I will be able to buy replacement parts from Ashford (uprights, flyer, bobbins, new band, and if absolutely necessary, a maiden bar with knobs).
One of the reasons I am considering buying Ashford replacement parts instead of finding someone to make the necessary pieces is that I absolutely love the Ashford wheels, and perhaps someday in the future I will find myself the proud owner of one. In that case, I could use the bobbins/additional flyers as interchangeable pieces.
So right now, my spinning wheel is a beautiful antique of original workmanship. I am able to use my friend's wheel for a couple more weeks before she moves, and then I hope I won't have to wait too long – or spend too much – before making mine functional.
I'll try to update with the verdict on my wheel sometime later this week, as well as show off my first plied yarn (to be accomplished tonight).