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Paul Joseph Watson
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Friday, September 23, 2011
The Maryland Motor Vehicle Association is paying drivers to trial an in-vehicle spy system on behalf of a DHS-linked government entity, as the effort to build a surveillance network to constantly monitor Americans' travel patterns picks up pace.
The system is part of a research project funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a government body that has worked with both Homeland Security and the EPA. The DHS and the NHTSA have also shared administrators at the highest level.
According to a letter sent to one of our readers by the MVA, drivers are being offered $150 to participate in the program, which involves a "speed warning device" being installed inside the driver's vehicle for a period of 12 weeks.
The study is a collaborative effort with Westat, a Maryland based corporation that provides "services to agencies of the U.S. Government".
Of course, as we have seen from the transformation of the OnStar system from a safety aid to a tracking device that sells the information of its users to companies and law enforcement, governments and private corporations are working together to create a surveillance grid for all drivers.
OnStar recently announced that from December 1 they will be selling customer data to anyone they choose, even if the customer cancels the service.
"What's changed [is that if] you want to cancel your OnStar service, we are going to maintain a two-way connection to your vehicle unless the customer says otherwise," an OnStar representative told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Of course, one of the primary target markets for this data will be law enforcement, with OnStar passing on GPS coordinates of its customers over lengthy periods of time, allowing authorities to build a complete dossier on the individual, representing a total violation of the 4th Amendment.
"Personal GPS location information, speed, safety belt usage, and other information can be sold to third parties, including law enforcement," writes forensic scientist Jonathan Zdziarski. "To add insult to a slap in the face, the company insists they will continue collecting and selling this personal information even after you cancel your service, unless you specifically shut down the data connection to the vehicle after canceling."
Read the letter being sent to Maryland residents by the MVA below (click for enlargement).
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.

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Winter weather sends cars into ditches
Gov. Scott Walker declared Nov. 6-10 as Wisconsin's Winter Awareness Week, but Mother Nature didn't get the memo.
The Northland weathered its first snowstorm of the season Friday. Wind, waves and precipitation wreaked havoc on the area, flooding Highway 2 in Ashland, ripping up sections of Duluth's Lakewalk, damaging road access to the mouth of the Brule River and impacting drivers.
Superior Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director Linda Cadotte said Barker's Island suffered damage from the storm.
"There was a fair amount of riprap damage to the Festival Park area, tree debris, the Meteor suffered some flooding; the marina itself had a bit of damage," she said.
The Arrowhead Pier and Loons Foot docks also suffered some damage, according to Cadotte. A number of trees blew down in the city, as well.
"But all in all, seems there's always a community that gets hit harder, and for that I remain grateful for the minimal damage we did suffer by comparison," Cadotte said.
Significant damage was reported at the AMI marina on Connors Point.
"We pretty much lost most of our marina," said Chad Scott, president of AMI Consulting Engineers. "It's a mess. I'm still cleaning up this week."
High waves washed out the shoreline between the docks and building, twisted off the main pier and flung it into the harbor. The docks were hit particularly hard and the marina is still missing dock pieces, but only work boats were tied up when the storm hit.
Scott estimated the storm caused about $100,000 in damage.
The marina is insured. Scott expected it will be up and running again come spring. The important thing, he said, is no one got hurt.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Department received 14 reports of cars in the ditch Friday during the storm.
Reports began coming in at 8:13 a.m. and ended at about 10:13 p.m. The towns of Hawthorne and Amnicon saw the most cars land in the ditch at five each. Two cars were reported in the ditch in the town of Summit and one car each in the towns of Parkland and Superior.
The slipperiest spots, according to the reports, were the intersections of U.S. Highway 53 and County Highway B in Hawthorne and the Highway 53, and Bayfield Road in Amnicon. Three cars were reported in the ditch at each of those locations.
In the past five years, Wisconsin has averaged 18,600 motor vehicle crashes during the winter months, according to Ready Wisconsin. Many are caused by "driving too fast for current conditions." Ready Wisconsin encourages motorists to be gentle with both the accelerator and brake, not to use cruise control in wintery conditions and not to be overconfident in a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Always wear your safety belt.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation encourages drivers to plan ahead, selecting both primary and alternate routes. Check weather information before you begin, drive carefully and defensively, and watch for ice patches on bridges and overpasses.
If a storm begins to be too much to handle, seek refuge immediately, and take note of exit numbers and mileposts or crossroads in case you end up in a ditch and need to summon a tow truck or law enforcement.
Ready Wisconsin promotes having an emergency supply kit in your vehicle that includes food, water and blankets. Stay with your car if it becomes disabled, running the engine and heater for short intervals and cracking the window to avoid carbon monoxide buildup.
For more winter safety tips, visit ReadyWisconsin.wi.gov.Heating moratorium
The storm's wintery weather has also highlighted the importance of staying warm.
According to Wisconsin law, heat-providing utility service cannot be disconnected during the state's heating moratorium period, which begins Wednesday and runs through April 15.
The Douglas County Department of Health and Human services is taking applications for the 2018 Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides a one-time payment to eligible renters and homeowners during the heating season. The funding pays a portion of the heating costs, regardless of whether the resident uses wood, wood pellets, propane, natural gas, electricity or fuel oil to heat their home.
For more information and an application, visit www.homeenergyplus.wi.gov, call (715) 395-1651 or pick up an application at the Health and Human Services Office, 1316 N. 14th St., Suite 400, Superior.


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Do you have a favourite lyric from a song? If there is a particular line that means something to you, or that inspires you, why not make it part of your home décor?
There is a way you can make song lyrics part of the décor in your home. Wall art stickers are ideal for this, as they are cheap to buy and easy to apply. If you choose the right sticker and adhere it properly, it can look as if the design was painted onto the wall by an expert.
There is a selection of song lyric wall stickers available to choose from, so it's worth looking for existing stickers to see if your favourite lyric is there. If not, there is the option to design a sticker yourself, by simply sending in the quote and choosing a design.
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Grapefruit's low glycemic index is able to help the body's metabolism burn fat cells. It is highly beneficial for those people who are trying to lose their excess weight. Let's have a look on best health, fitness and beauty benefits of grapefruit :
20 Health and Beauty Benefits of Grapefruit
1. Reduce Cholesterol Problems
Antioxidants present in grapefruit helps to reduce cholesterol level in a person. Doctors always recommend dietary changes for people who want to reduce cholesterol. It is advisable to include grapefruit in your diet if you suffer from cholesterol problems. It is particularly helpful for those people who abstain from taking medication. Eating grapefruits can decrease cholesterol level up to 15 %and can decrease triglyceride levels up to 17%. Grapefruit also boosts heart health and reduces heart disease.
2. Prevent Constipation
A glass full of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice in the morning is a great remedy to control constipation. The juice stimulates the colon and other parts of the body relating to the digestive system. This is due to the stimulating effect of fiber on the secretion and stimulation of gastric juices that ease the constriction of the digestive tract and induce a bowel movement.The insoluble fiber pectin acts as a bulk laxative and not only prevents constipation but protects the colon from toxic and cancer causing chemicals.
3. Prevent Colon Cancer
Grapefruit is full of flavonoids which help the body fight infections and keeps the body free from carcinogens that can cause cancer.
Grapefruit contains high level of pectin which acts as a bulk laxative and helps to protect the colon mucous membrane by decreasing exposure to toxic substance in the colon. In colon cancer it encourages the suicide (apoptosis) of cancer cells and the production of healthy cells.
Drinking 1 glass of grapefruit juice daily helps to prevent colon cancer. It not only kills the cancer cells but also promotes the production of healthy colon cells. In colon cancer it encourages the suicide (apoptosis) of cancer cells and the production of healthy cells.
4. Prevents Kidney Stones
Grapefruit juice reduces risk of calcium oxalate stones developing in the kidneys. It increases the pH of the urine and increases the excretion of citric acid.
Grapefruit contains a compound called d-limonene that prevents the formation of and dissolves renal stones. One study from the British Journal of Nutrition found that women drinking a half a liter to a liter of grapefruit juice every day lowered the pH levels of their urine, thereby decreasing the risk of developing kidney stones. However, if you are already being treated for kidney problems, grapefruit juice may hinder the effectiveness of any medications you may be taking.
5. Prevent Breast Cancer
The pulp of grapefruits contains glucarates, a type of phytochemical that has been shown effective against breast cancer.In another study, the bioflavonoids found in grapefruit were discovered to even halt cancer cells from spreading in breast cancer patients by ridding the body of excess estrogen.
6. Healthy Heart
High contents of Vitamin C in grapefruit prevents oxidation of cholesterol thereby preventing its deposition as plaque in the arteries where this plaque can lead to narrowing and blockage and cause heart attack and stroke. It therefore improves cardiovascular health.
7. Insomnia
A simple glass of grapefruit juice, if drunk before going to bed, can promote healthy sleep and alleviate the irritating symptoms and repercussions of insomnia. This is due to the presence of tryptophan in grapefruits, the chemical we often associate with becoming sleepy after big meals. The levels of tryptophan in grapefruit juice helps us to sleep peacefully.
8. Prevent Infections
The flavonoid content in grapefruits help the body to fight off infections and keep the body safe from illness and diseases. Eating a grapefruit every day or drinking grapefruit juice daily provides immunity against infectious diseases.
9. Fever Treatment
The pulp or the juice of grapefruit helps patients recover quickly from fevers, and it reduces the burning sensation that occurs when the body reaches a high temperature. It is also known as a way to boost the immune system against colds and other common illnesses. Grapefruit juice, when combined with water, can quench thirst very quickly and can keep you hydrated longer. Most of these benefits come from the high content of vitamin-C in grapefruits, which acts as a general immune system defense system and can help the body fight to break fevers.
10. Cure Malaria
The juice, or the fruit itself, contains valuable and natural 'quinine' which is advantageous for the treatment of malaria. Quinine is an alkaloid with a long history of treating malaria, as well as lupus, arthritis, and nocturnal leg cramps. It is not an easy component to find in many foods, so grapefruits are a beneficial and rare example. The quinine can be easily extracted from the fruits by boiling a quarter of grapefruit and straining the pulp.
11. Control Diabetes
A diabetic can safely eat a grapefruit. In fact, more consumption of this fruit will help reduce the starches and sweets in the system. If you are at risk for diabetes, consume more grapefruit juice to help prevent it. If a patient is diabetic, intake of grapefruit can help them to regulate the flow of sugar in their body, effectively handling the disease.
12. Weight Loss
Grapefruits and grape juices are proven to help people lose fat and maintain a healthy weight.Many people use grapefruit in their breakfast to reduce their waistline. Popular dieticians and nutritionists always recommend including grapefruits in daily diet chart because there is scientific evidence that eating grapefruit on a regular basis helps to lose weight significantly.It is said that smell of the grapefruit reduces the feeling of hunger, which is the reason why people often include grapefruit in their weight loss programs. The high amounts of fiber contained in this fruit can also satisfy hunger and help people avoid the temptation to overeat, since it is a bulky food, and stimulates cholecystokinin to be released, a hormone that regulates digestive juices and acts as a hunger suppressant.
13. Prevent Respiratory Problems
Vitamin C has been proven in numerous studies to lessen respiratory issues and prevent asthma. Vitamin C rich foods also reduces wheezing symptoms in children and aids in treating asthma, chronic cough, shortness of breath and even runny nose. The presence of several vitamin and minerals in grapefruit also helps to boost immunity and lessens the duration of cold.
14. Cure Sore Throat
Grapefruit juice is also beneficial for people with sore throats and coughs. Drinking freshly-squeezed grapefruit juice helps relieve sore throats and soothes coughs.
15. Liver Cleanser
Grapefruit contains a number of liver detoxifying and cleansing agents, among them are various antioxidants and phyto nutrients called limonoids that help to excrete toxic from the liver by making them more water soluble. Grapefruit also contains naringenin which causes the liver to burn fat rather than store it.
16. Improve Eyesight
Pink and red grapefruits have a good amounts of beta carotene that are necessary to keep the eyes healthy and improve the vision. Just one grapefruit a day is enough to maintain the vision and fight the ravages of eye strain and ageing. The fruit contains good level of Vitamin A and flavonoid antioxidants such as naringenin and naringin and is also a good source of lycopene, beta carotene, xanthin and lutein. These anti-oxidant properties are good for vision.
17. Reduce Gum Problems
Eating 1-2 grapefruits a day help to reduce gum bleeding. Grapefruits also increase plasma Vitamin C levels and help to manage periodontal(gum) disease.
18. Prevent Leg Swelling during Pregnancy
Rich in Vitamins and essential minerals, Grapefruit is highly beneficial both for the mother and fetus. The bioflavonoids and vitamin C help reduce water retention and swelling of the legs during pregnancy.
Grapefruit contains folic acid, calcium, vitamin B complex and potassium that are essential for the proper development of the fetus.
19. Prevent Skin Dryness and Wrinkles
The high amount of Vitamin A in grapefruit along with other powerful antioxidant combat skin damage caused by oxidative stress. Grapefruit helps maintain adequate moisture levels in the skin, protecting it from dryness and wrinkles.
20. Soft and Glowing Skin
High contents of Vitamin C in grapefruit stimulates the production of skin collagen that brings natural smoothness and elasticity to the skin. The retinol antioxidant gives your skin softness, renews damaged skin, treats skin pigmentation and and give you soft and glowing skin.
Grapefruit Nutritional Value Per 100g Fruit
Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), Fresh,
Nutritive Value per 100 g.
(Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)
|42 Kcal
|10.7 g
|0.77 g
|Total Fat
|0.14 g
|0 mg
|Dietary Fiber
|1.70 g
|13 µg
|0.204 mg
|Pantothenic acid
|0.262 mg
|0.053 mg
|0.031 mg
|0.043 mg
|Vitamin A
|Vitamin C
|31.2 mg
|Vitamin E
|0.13 mg
|Vitamin K
|0 µg
|0 mg
|135 mg
|22 mg
|0.032 mg
|0.08 mg
|9 mg
|0.022 mg
|18 mg
|0.1 µg
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1994 Cadillac Eldorado 2dr Coupe
My 1994 Cadillac Eldorado is my first car, and im proud to own such a reliable and fun car. When i bought it at $900, it had 97,780 miles on it, and it ran like it was brand new. For a car thats 20 years old, i only need to fix a computer that runs the heaters, new rear tires, and exhaust leaks. Either though its FWD, it has its benefits, it wont get stuck in the snow. And the power delivery is incredible for what it is. This this hauls ass! The tires spin at half throttle and will burn the tire right off. The comfort of driving this machine is great too. blue leather bucket seats. (at least mine is) Handling is surprisingly great for a heavy fwd sedan. The fastest its gone is 157mph. FAST
Northstar Engine power delivery, Fwd reliability, Comfortable and stylish leather interior, sunroof, does awesome burnouts, Top speed and acceleration, The thing is a total sleeper (meaning its very fast, but looks like it shouldn't)
I kinda wish it wasnt front wheel drive, but thats what makes this car so fun to drive, and its great to drive in the winter time.
1994 Cadillac Eldorado Touring 2dr Coupe
I love my 1994 cadillac eldorado touring coupeI have owned it for 10 years...Its a beautiful car and noone can believe how old it is...It has around 155000 miles on it...I have had to replace the air conditioner r compressor and some othe miner thingsBut is is so sharp looking...I also have louder mufflers on it then the orginal and when you shower down on it it sounds like a little race car...It soundsgreat.My kids say Mom when are you getting a new car and Im thinking all the time my car is probably a better car than their new ones...still love it..,
I have to say that this car is one of the better cars i have ever driven. i bought it for $1,800 and it was worth it. Very clean inside and out. Not very many problems with it. Blower and window motor went out but very easy fix. Handles like a dream and a lot of fun to drive.
The seating for the driver is awesome very comfortable
rear wheel drive would be nice but other than that it is awesome
This car is a sleeper. Very quick 40-85 mph. Decent fuel economy for a V8. Engine runs hotter and has led to problems such as leaking head gaskets and oil burning. The design of the seats is amazing, passengers will be stunned by the comfort. This vehicle handles very well.
The engine, body design, and paint job.
Installing a thermostat with a cooler temperature. The interior options are nice only when they are working (broken window motor, automatic trunk pull down,and air conditioning unit).
She is the best car I have ever owned. Despite her bad tranny (fiancee was racing her) she has done me good. The tranny went bad in November of 2009 and still (April 2010) running strong just not shifting past 40 MPH. People all the time look over oh hey it's a Cadillac. It sure is Luxury with the heated seats and yep I'd recommend to any one and every one.
Heated seats, comfortable seats, smokes other cars even souped up ones so basically they are fast as heck, reliable, good gas mileage etc.
Make it a 4 door.


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A. You can pipe Format-Table to Export-CSV, but it won't be very pretty. All of the Format cmdlets produce a special kind of formatting objects that tell PowerShell how to construct a visual display. These objects aren't really useful to any cmdlet except an Out cmdlet. That's why I like to follow the rule "Format Right," meaning the Format cmdlet should be the last, or right-most, cmdlet on any command line. It can be the second-last cmdlet only if it's followed by an Out cmdlet.
The good news is that there's really no reason to pipe Format-Table to Export-CSV. Once something is in a table format, it can't become a comma-separated value (CSV) file. However, before you put it into a table format, you can use Export-CSV just fine:
Get-Service | Export-CSV
The reason a lot of people want to throw Format-Table in there is to limit the number of properties being exported:
Get-Service | Format-Table Name,DisplayName,Status | Export-CSV
That won't work, but you can accomplish the task by using Select-Object instead:
Get-Service | Select-Object Name,DisplayName,Status | Export-CSV
Select-Object is able to pick and choose specific properties without changing the objects into those special formatting objects in the way that the Format cmdlet does.


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Hotell Ivar Aasen
Hotell Ivar Aasen i s located in the center of Ørsta surrounded by the fjords and the majestic "Sunnmørs Alps". The hotel is within walking distance to the bus station and shopping areas.
The hotel has 73 rooms; the rooms are inspired by the Norwegian nature which is reflected in the art and materials. All rooms are equipped with a flat screen TV and free WIFI access. Many of the rooms have their own private balcony.
The restaurant has a spectacular à la carte menu both for lunch and dinner the menu is changed every month and is inspired by the different seasons of the year. Every morning we serve a breakfast buffet which is included in the price of the room.
The nature of the "Sunnmørs Alps" can offer you experiences we know you won't forget! You can choose to go for a hike to one mountain top or go for one of the shorter hikes right from center of town, just to get at taste with the nature. Or challenge yourself to go to one of the more "famous" mountain tops such as Slogen, Kolåstinden or Randers Topp, accessible both in summer for walks and in winter on skis.
In addition to the numerous hikes Ørsta has a diverse and unique cultural offer. Such as; Ivar Aasen Tunet, Svendsengarden, Bakketunet, Brudavoll Country Courtyard and Kometland (astronomical observatory). The Ørsta-Volda Airport is only a 5 minutes drive from the hotel, Ålesund is about 1 hour drive and with the new road which opened in 2012 Stryn is only a 50 min drive away.
The staff at Hotell Ivar Aasen would like to welcome you to enjoy a stay with us!


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A Day in the Life of Ed Roberts
Lee Roberts talks about his father, Ed Roberts
Improvements in Technology
Lee Roberts: Well, I think some of the... the things, technology and communication tools that changed over the 12 to 14 years that I was with my father was definitely the use of like the use... like the first cell phones came into contact. My father got a cell phone with AT&T that was a special phone for him that connected to his chair. Anywhere that he was, he could use it, because oftentimes that was critical because you never know what can happen if an attendant is somewhere in the other room or if... He could push a button, and the phone would immediately dial someone.
The respirators changed. They required less power. They were smaller. They were less weight. And that was probably two or three times that changed over a period of like 10 years. And then also the batteries changed. They lasted longer. I mean I had to push my father up so many different hills with his batteries running out, that—and so did many people. That technology changed too. They started lasting longer. They started becoming a smaller size. Those were three critical points.
He never replaced his chair. Never. All he did is make small modifications. He just would put a little pad here or he'd make an adjustment to the padding on the side. Nothing ever changed about that because he had specific requirements for his body and a chair that he never wanted to have it changed. We tried... We had this amazing group in Stanford make up a brand new chair for him that eventually turned out costing as much as Porsche, but in the end there was specific wants and needs for my dad on how he had to have a pad on his right knee right here and then on the left one when it was lower, how he sits and his body because one hip is a little higher than the other. And how that adjusts on the back and what you need for the padding on the back. And how he could operate his hand on the left hand side but his right hand had to be at a specific angle with padding in between a couple of the fingers. It was so specific that there was also modifications that he needed, so he always liked his original chair.
One thing that my father and I shared together, which he was always proud of, was the curb cuts. Because he invented curb cuts. We always tested curb cuts, me and him. I was either riding in his chair, but how sloped was the curb cut? How much of a drop-off at the end? My father had about 8 inches between his battery cell and the ground. If that curb cut wasn't right and it was cut off and down, it's was going to slam the back of his chair. I mean curb cuts, I mean completely utilitarian. I mean greatest good for the greatest number of people. I mean I... I would be rollerblading by the side of him or riding my bike or simply walking. My version of testing the curb cut was when my father went down it, I would stand on the side and look and how did it go? How smoothly did the chair go? Did the chair go down right into the street no problem? Those were beautiful. But... Or there was times when it would come down and bam! There would be such a drop-off and it would hit the back of his chair, and that would bounce my father's neck in a brace and that caused... Cuz he didn't have shocks on his chair, so he felt every part of the road. So if there was a drop-off right there it hit the batteries, he'd get a little jolted.


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It's no secret that states, just like the federal government, are having trouble funding infrastructure projects. They have for years, relying primarily on the gas-tax system for funding.
But, leave it to New Hampshire to come up with an innovative plan to provide funding and fix roads and bridges throughout the state. Legislators have advanced a bill to raise the gas and diesel tax by 15 cents per gallon over the next three years, nearly doubling the current 18-cent tax, and raising an additional $111 million dollars, according to Land Line Magazine.
But, that's not the most interesting part.
According to an article in the Union Leader, written by Charles M. Arlinghaus, Gov. John Lynch has found a way to bypass state law, pump money into the state highway fund and not cost the taxpayers a dime.
According to the state constitution, Arlinghaus writes, toll revenue can only be used to repair toll roads, as it's a user fee. Apparently, due to a toll increase two years, the turnpike toll fund is flush with cash. That's where Lynch's idea comes into play.
He wants to buy a road. Specifically, Arlinghaus writes, a one-mile section of I-95 leading up to the Spaulding Turnpike. The thought, it seems, is to buy the one-mile stretch, turning it into a part of the Spaulding and at the same time transferring $120 million, the purchase price, from the toll fund to the general highway fund, freeing up the money for road repairs throughout the state. Without the purchase, that $120 million, generated by users of the turnpike system, would be unavailable for general road repair.
Maybe if we had more outside-the-box thinkers like Lynch, our roads would be in better shape. Of course, eventually governments would run out of roads to sell to themselves, leading us right back to where we are today.


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Limerick Silver and Other Provincial Items
On a comparative scale, antique Cork silver is much rarer than antique Dublin silver. However, there was silversmithing going on in other towns around Ireland, including Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Kinsale. These are all incredibly rare, and highly valuable.
Although technically much of the work produced in these towns would not be called silver, as they were never submitted to the assay office in Dublin for hallmarking, it is none the less of superb quality and beauty. Some examples do exist which were hallmarked, but the majority were not, as it was too dangerous to send the goods all the way to Dublin, a long journey in those days.
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In an era of growing interest in developing solutions to homelessness, it is increasingly important to know what works, why it works and for whom it works. York University (Toronto) and the University of Victoria are engaging in a collaborative research project that will establish a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of programs that address ending homelessness. Objectives:
1. Based on a review of the literature and expert consultation, develop indicators for assessing programs and practices aimed at ending homelessness;
2. Develop and test an evaluation framework for assessing the effectiveness of programs for ending homelessness
3. Mobilize knowledge related to best practices in ending homelessness and guidelines for program evaluation in order to enhance community capacity.
A central feature of this project will be the development of effective knowledge mobilization strategies to disseminate the products of this work, increase understanding of effective responses to ending homelessness, enable the transferability of program models, and facilitate community engaged strategies for evaluating programs aimed at ending homelessness.
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Emmy Rossum: Autumn Is My Favorite Fashion Season!
Emmy Rossum works on her photography skills and checks her phone at Coldwater Canyon Park on Wednesday (August 15) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Later in the day, the 25-year-old actress waved to the cameras as she left the set of Shameless, looking pretty in a maxi dress and flip flops.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Emmy Rossum
To prep for the upcoming fall season, Emmy tweeted: "Autumn is my favorite fashion season. Just saw this Dior color in the Aug Bazaar. Obsessed. Ordering immediately! #Fall."
FYI: Emmy is wearing Ani Lee's 'Andy' dress in blue polka dot and DKNY Eyewear, Adina Reyter's Tiny Bow Necklace, and Aldo Leggat flats at the park.
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Didelphodon: Egg Thief
Geologic period: Cretaceous
Didelphodon vorax
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Didelphodons were possum-sized mammals of the late Cretaceous, with special teeth for crushing and grinding. Their heavy build may indicate they lived in underground burrows, like modern foxes or badgers.
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eBay and Samasource: Partnering for Change
By: Lauren Moore
The holidays are always a time to pause and reflect on everything we have to be thankful for. Here at eBay Foundation we certainly have a lot to be pleased about! Over the past year, we've worked hard (and had a lot of fun) bringing The Opportunity Project to life and while we're happy with everything we've accomplished so far, we know we couldn't have done it alone. This holiday season, we're grateful for our incredible partners, each individually leading important and innovative work, and the exciting collaborations we drive together.
We have recently welcomed another pioneering organization to our roster of partners. In addition to Ashoka Changemakers, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and the Clinton Global Initiative, we have partnered with Samasource, a nonprofit that connects people living in poverty to work via the Internet.
Founded in 2008 by social entrepreneur Leila Janah, Samasource connects more than 1,500 women, youth, and refugees in the poorest parts of the world to microwork—small tasks like content services, data enrichment and transcription that can be done online using inexpensive computers. Through the microwork concept, marginalized people around the world have a chance to earn a living. At the same time, Samasource assists local entrepreneurs in running microwork centers, helping to grow a new pool of business talent across the developing world. Over the last year and a half, Samasource has closed contracts from firms including Intuit, Google, LinkedIn, and the U.S. State Department, and paid out more than $1 million to workers.
As a marketplace comprised of millions of individual online entrepreneurs, we at eBay have been impressed with the work Samasource is doing to bring jobs to some of the world's most vulnerable individuals and, in particular, the way in which the organization is leveraging technology to deliver impact. Through a proprietary web application called the SamaHub, Samasource is able to securely distribute microwork tasks to its global delivery centers and, in turn, expand access to economic opportunities to vulnerable, disadvantaged populations across the globe.
In Samasource we see a unique combination of social and technological innovations that in just a few short years is already helping redefine the way business, government and society are thinking about economic development. Our collaboration with Samasource, currently focused on expanding the organization's work in India, is only just beginning. By coming together, eBay Foundation and Samasource will be able to bring more computer-based work to disadvantaged populations in India, and offer them the opportunity to participate in the economy, provide for their families and strengthen their communities.
We are thankful for all our partners and we're excited for everything that is yet to come as a result of our collaborations. Stay tuned as we continue to make progress together.


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Veggie Burgers – Yum!
So Jane's been a little reluctant to try to make a vegan burger on her own. We've had a few when we've gone out for dinner, but they tend to be a little crumbly. She's been making Dr. Praegers Tex Mex burgers on occasion at home.
Last night we had Tex Mex burgers, salad with balsamic honey mustard dressing and roasted red peppers, home-made guacamole and chips, and Whole Foods mild salsa. Yum.
I'd recommend these. They also tend to be a bit crumbly, but they have a very good taste to them, and they cook up easily in the toaster oven. I could even make this dinner myself! (I'm kidding Jane, really I am!)


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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The new switcheroo (as opposed to the ol' switcheroo)
During the recent collage workshop with Jonathan Talbot, we did an exercise which involved masking our work area with special tape. Once the piece is created, the tape is cut away to make a 3" x 3" composition. One of the workshop participants -- Trish Craig -- decided to see what it would look like to rotate the cut away portion and "re-apply" it around the composition. Very interesting, methinks! I love this kind of novel and creative thinking that can be shared in a workshop setting! Nice finished work as well! Enjoy!
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Thanks to all the folks who came to the park and took advantage of our breakfast the last couple weekends. We've been busy with summer visitors coming to New Braunfels to enjoy the river, restaurants and nearby attractions.
We will continue to have events and bring in breakfast for our guests to buy on site, and this weekend we'll have extra entertainment. Saturday, July 9th we'll have DJ Darren Lambert playing tunes in the rec hall with beer, wine and soda for sale.
There will also be live music by alternative country band The Gourds at Gruene Hall at 9 p.m. and guitarist Allan Goodman will play at Gruene River Grill on Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m.
Between the in-house entertainment and live bands playing nearby, you won't run out of music, friends or fun if you stay with Hill Country RV this weekend.


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Caleb Herbert made a spectacular pro debut for the Wednesday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine.
The forward, who joined the Bears last week on an amateur tryout contract after finishing his season at Minnesota-Duluth, scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 victory over the Portland Pirates that moved Hershey into eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Herbert's assist, his first pro point, came on a Jeff Taffe goal in the first period and his goal, which came 21 seconds into the second, tied the contest 2-2.
Like Cody Eakin on March 31, 2010, at Syracuse, Herbert scored on his first pro shot for Hershey. Eakin now plays for the Dallas Stars.
Kris Newbury's first goal as a Bear at 8:43 of the second was the game-winner.
The Bears (78 points) moved one point ahead of idle Norfolk (77) to take over the conference's final playoff spot. Hershey, which has won three in a row, also moved within three points of seventh-place Providence (81).
The line of Herbert (1-1-2), Taffe (1-1-2) and Dustin Gazley (0-1-1) combined for five points. Bears goalie David Leggio (27 saves) won his third straight start and fifth in the last six to improve to 21-17-3.
Tobias Rieder and Andy Miele, who each have scored 27 goals, scored first-period goals for Portland.
Former Pirates forward Chris Brown, reassigned by the Washington Capitals, made it to Androscoggin Bank Colisee and played his first Hershey game since March 16.
Patrick Wellar played his 300th AHL game.
Peter LeBlanc was sidelined by illness.
With his 19th goal, Taffe passed his Hershey goal total for last season (18).
The Capitals signed 2013 second-round draft pick (53rd overall) to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in 2014-15. The defenseman produced 21-39-60 in 72 regular-season games this season for Kelowna, which has advanced to the second round of the WHL playoffs. He looms as a potential junior eligible addition for Hershey when his junior season ends.
Garrett Mitchell and Joel Rechlicz served as guest speakers at Tuesday night's Hershey Jr. Bears team banquet at the Hershey Lodge.
Former Bears winger John Mitchell, traded to the Phoenix Coyotes organization in March, didn't play for Portland due to an injury.
Hershey 1 2 0 - 3
Portland 2 0 0 - 2
1st Period-1, Portland, Rieder 27 (Martinook, Klassen), 5:05. 2, Hershey, Taffe 19 (Herbert, Oleksy), 5:32. 3, Portland, Miele 27 (Martinook), 15:02. Penalties-Newbury Her (slashing), 12:05.
2nd Period-4, Hershey, Herbert 1 (Taffe, Gazley), 0:21. 5, Hershey, Newbury 15 (Watkins, Oleksy), 8:43. Penalties-Wellar Her (fighting), 14:59; Dziurzynski Por (fighting), 14:59; Todd Por (tripping), 18:31; served by Stoa Her (bench minor - too many men), 19:52.
3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Watkins Her (boarding), 17:37.
Shots on Goal-Hershey 10-9-6-25. Portland 9-8-12-29.
Power Play Opportunities-Hershey 0 / 1; Portland 0 / 3.
Goalies-Hershey, Leggio 21-17-3 (29 shots-27 saves). Portland, Domingue 9-13-2 (25 shots-22 saves).
Referees-Ryan Hersey (8), Geno Binda (22).
Linesmen-Jeremy Lovett (78), Pat Turcotte (10).
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Imperial Pacific International said through a subsidiary has terminated a loan and profit transfer agreement with Macau casino junket Heng Sheng Group. Excel Earth Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, ended the agreement because "the downturn of Macau gaming business is expected to continue." "The Junket shall forthwith return the unsecured, interest-free loan in the amount of HK$18 million to Excel Earth."
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Fiscal surplus dwindles to MOP94.8 bln in 2014
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceMacau Business
Macau's annual fiscal surplus contracted to MOP94.8 billion (about US$11.85 billion) last year, 23.9 per cent less than the year before, according to the government's yearly report to the Legislative Assembly. The report says expenditure grew by 30.5 per cent to MOP67.1 billion as the government spent more on social welfare, and that revenue shrank by 8 per cent to MOP161.9 billion as the slump in gaming curbed growth in direct tax takings.
Gaming industry employees increase 1.2 per cent
DateOctober 29, 2015
AuthorJoão Santos Filipe
SourceMacau Business Daily
The number of employees in Gaming and Junket Activities increased by 1.2 per cent to 84,200 from 83,200 during the period from July to September, in comparison with June to August, according to data published yesterday by the Statistics and Census Services.
Unemployment rate remains stable
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceMacau Daily Times
The unemployment rate remained at 1.9 percent, with the number of unemployed up by 100 to 7,600 persons. Of the total labor force of 402,500, labor force participation also remained at 73.2 percent. Total employment fell by 200 from the previous period. Fresh labor force entrants, or those looking for their first job, accounted for 14.6 percent of the total unemployed, down by 3.1 percentage points.
Regulator Who Oversaw Macau Gaming Transformation to Retire
DateOctober 29, 2015
AuthorDaniela Wei
SubjectChina, Macau
Macau's lead casinos regulator will retire next month, after almost two decades where he oversaw the industry's growth to the world's largest as more Chinese became rich, and witnessed its sharp downturn last year as Beijing's anti-corruption crackdown curbed high-stakes gamblers… "In the context of Beijing seemingly pledging its support to Macau and to the gaming industry, we would not expect the transition to a new head of the gaming regulatory body to result in tougher times ahead" for the casino companies, said Grant Govertsen, Union Gaming Group.
Starwood Hotels reportedly lures Chinese suitors
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceMacau Business
China's sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp, and two Chinese companies have expressed interest in buying Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. The Chinese entities join other prospective buyers in other countries. Starwood Hotels owns the St Regis and Sheraton hotel brands.
Permanent inspectors removed from The Star casino
DateOctober 29, 2015
AuthorSean Nicholls
SourceSydney Morning Herald
Permanent on-site government inspectors will be removed from The Star casino after Deputy Premier Troy Grant declared they were at risk of "regulatory capture" – becoming too close to the business they are meant to regulate. But the claim jars with the evidence presented in the five independent statutory reports on the casino's operations that have been carried out since 1997. None make any mention of the risk of regulatory capture for casino inspectors and several highlight that inspectors are on hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Tabcorp want gambling rethink
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceDaily News
Tabcorp wants the federal government to overhaul a raft of rules for the gaming industry, including those relating to advertising. Chairman Paula Dwyer says Tabcorp shares the community's view that there are too many gambling ads, and she's also concerned about how ads are regulated differently in each state and territory. Ms Dwyer also wants a single, national rule in relation to the offering of credit by bookmakers and says she believes the government's review of illegal online wagering could help provide a level playing field for all gaming operators.
Crown Resorts acquires stake in Nobu Hospitality
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceGross Gaming Revenue Asia
Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd announced it had acquired a 20-percent stake in the international restaurant and hotel company Nobu Hospitality LLC. The deal is worth US$100 million, Crown Resorts stated. The remaining 80 percent of Nobu "will continue to be owned by the existing owners," the firm added in a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange. The existing investors include Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa – who gives his name to the brand – , Hollywood producer Meir Teper and actor Robert De Niro.
Tabcorp revenues up 1.1 percent in 15Q3
DateOctober 29, 2015
SourceAsia Gaming Brief
Tabcorp reported total group revenues for the three months ended September 30 of A$543.5 million ($386.4 million), up 1.1 percent year-on-year. Total wagering turnover was $31 billion, up 3.2 percent on the prior corresponding period which included the 2014 soccer World Cup, Tabcorp said… In 2015, the company's net profit after tax was $334.5 million, reflecting strong operational performance and non-recurring income tax benefits.


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Making children understand the importance of money is a very important responsibility of parents. Once children understand the importance of money they can make wise decisions relating to money matters in their prospective life. Therefore, it is very critical to make children understand the importance of money at the right time. Such maturity amongst them relating to money matters will definitely help them achieve more in life.
Today's parents aim at providing each and every facility to their child. As such the child may not be aware about the financial difficulties which are faced by parents. Therefore, it is very essential for parents to make children understand the importance of money. If they learn to respect money at the right age, they will definitely grow-up as wise human beings. Here is how you can teach children the importance of money.
Day-to-Day Expenses
Make children aware about how you manage the day-to-day expenses. It is necessary for them to know that from where money comes and where it goes. Make sure that your children understand that you do a lot of hard work to win bread to your family with which day-to-day expenses are taken care of. Also tell your children that you need to do proper planning to manage day-to-day expenses. If you give pocket money to your children ask them to keep a record of how they have spent it.
Involvement in Decision Making
When you decide to spend money on a holiday for your family or you are buying any gadget or gizmo for your house, involve your children also. Let them know how you planned to earn and save money to buy such things for your family. Tell them your budget for buying a particular thing for your family. Make sure that they understand that money should not be spent out of the budget.
Importance of Saving Money
Let your children know how saving money has helped you in your life. Tell them that saving money is critical as it helps in times of difficulties. Teach them to make small adjustments so that they can save money and use it when required. Ask your children to maintain a piggy bank and save money out of the pocket money. Reward them when the piggy bank is full.
You can also teach them to make small savings. They can make small saving by avoiding using bus when they have to travel for a very short distance. Instead of spending money on bus fare they can go walking.
Importance of Proper Investment
Just like adults do, children should also learn how to make proper investment of the saved money. If your children are forcing you to buy an expensive toy or gift, you can ask them to save money and buy it by on their own. If they are confused regarding what to buy out of the saved money, you can guide them. You can suggest them to buy good books rather than buying toys. You can invest their money in child insurance plans along with your money. This will make them feel that the saved money has been invested in right manner.
Avoiding Irrelevant Expenses
You should teach them to avoid irrelevant expenses. You should tell them how you avoid irrelevant expenses. For example; you can tell them that having extra cheese in your burger requires extra money whereas if you do not put extra cheese you can still fulfill your hunger. Similarly, when we can make use of one pen and can reuse it by refilling it, there is not need to buy extra pens.
Many times, at the end of each academic year we can find many note books which are not used completely. Children can make use of such notebooks as rough books for rough work or can make rough notebooks out of the remaining pages. In this way lot of money can be saved by avoiding irrelevant expenses.
Follow what You Teach
You should follow what you ask your children to do. After all children always look up to their parents and behave accordingly. Therefore, it is very necessary that you too give importance to money so that your children will also follow you. At the same time try to help them imbibe a thought in their minds that money should be earned only through hard work.
In this way carrying out the above mentioned activities will help you teach your child the importance of money. If they understand the importance of money at an early age, they will have a very bright future. They can take proper decisions regarding savings and investments and will learn to achieve more in life.


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Much documentation can be replaced with highly readable code and tests. In a world of evolutionary architecture, however, it's important to record certain design decisions for the benefit of future team members as well as for external oversight. Lightweight Architecture Decision Records is a technique for capturing important architectural decisions along with their context and consequences. We recommend storing these details in source control, instead of a wiki or website, as then they can provide a record that remains in sync with the code itself. For most projects, we see no reason why you wouldn't want to use this technique.
We've seen a steep increase in interest in the topic of digital platforms over the past 12 months. Companies looking to roll out new digital solutions quickly and efficiently are building internal platforms, which offer teams self-service access to the business APIs, tools, knowledge and support necessary to build and operate their own solutions. We find that these platforms are most effective when they're given the same respect as an external product offering. Applying product management to internal platforms means establishing empathy with internal consumers (read: developers) and collaborating with them on the design. Platform product managers establish roadmaps and ensure the platform delivers value to the business and enhances the developer experience. Some owners even create a brand identity for the internal platform and use that to market the benefits to their colleagues. Platform product managers look after the quality of the platform, gather usage metrics, and continuously improve it over time. Treating the platform as a product helps to create a thriving ecosystem and avoids the pitfall of building yet another stagnant, underutilized service-oriented architecture.
Borrowed from evolutionary computing, a fitness function is used to summarize how close a given design solution is to achieving the set aims. When defining an evolutionary algorithm, the designer seeks a 'better' algorithm; the fitness function defines what 'better' means in this context. An architectural fitness function, as defined in Building Evolutionary Architectures, provides an objective integrity assessment of some architectural characteristics, which may encompass existing verification criteria, such as unit testing, metrics, monitors, and so on. We believe architects can communicate, validate and preserve architectural characteristics in an automated, continual manner, which is the key to building evolutionary architectures.
Many organizations we work with are trying hard to use modern engineering approaches to build new capabilities and features, while also having to coexist with a long tail of legacy systems. An old strategy that, based on our experience, has turned out to be increasingly helpful in these scenarios is Eric Evans's Autonomous bubble pattern. This approach involves creating a fresh context for new application development that is shielded from the entanglements of the legacy world. This is a step beyond just using an anticorruption layer. It gives the new bubble context full control over its backing data, which is then asynchronously kept up-to-date with the legacy systems. It requires some work to protect the boundaries of the bubble and keep both worlds consistent, but the resulting autonomy and reduction in development friction is a first bold step toward a modernized future architecture.
In previous editions of the Radar, we've talked about using Chaos Monkey from Netflix to test how a running system is able to cope with outages in production by randomly disabling instances and measuring the results. Chaos Engineering is the nascent term for the wider application of this technique. By running experiments on distributed systems in production, we're able to build confidence that those systems work as expected under turbulent conditions. A good place to start understanding this technique is the Principles of Chaos Engineering website.
It's important to remember that encapsulation applies to events and event-driven architectures just as it applies to other areas of software. In particular, think about the scope of an event and whether we expect it to be consumed within the same application, the same domain or across an entire organization. A domain-scoped event will be consumed within the same domain as it's published, as such we expect the consumer to have access to a certain context, resources or references in order to act on the event. If the consumption is happening more widely within an organization, the contents of the event might well need to be different, and we need to take care not to "leak" implementation details that other domains then come to depend upon.
Identity management is a critical platform component. External users on mobile apps need to be authenticated, developers need to be given access to delivery infrastructure components, and microservices may need to identify themselves to other microservices. You should ask yourself whether identity management should be "self-hosted". In our experience, a hosted identity management as a service (SaaS) solution is preferable. We believe that top-tier hosted providers such as Auth0 and Okta can provide better uptime and security SLAs. That said, sometimes self-hosting the solution is a realistic decision, especially for enterprises that have the operational discipline and resources to do so safely. Large enterprise identity solutions typically offer a much more expansive range of capabilities such as centralized entitlements, governance reporting and separation of duties management among others. However, these concerns are typically more relevant for employee identities, especially in regulated enterprises with legacy systems.
We've seen significant benefits from introducing microservices architectures, which have allowed teams to scale the delivery of independently deployed and maintained services. Unfortunately, we've also seen many teams create front-end monoliths — a single, large and sprawling browser application — on top of their back-end services. Our preferred (and proven) approach is to split the browser-based code into micro frontends. In this approach, the web application is broken down into its features, and each feature is owned, frontend to backend, by a different team. This ensures that every feature is developed, tested and deployed independently from other features. Multiple techniques exist to recombine the features — sometimes as pages, sometimes as components — into a cohesive user experience.
The use of continuous delivery pipelines to orchestrate the release process for software has become a mainstream concept. However, automatically testing changes to infrastructure code isn't as widely understood. Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) tools can be used to test server configuration (e.g., Chef cookbooks, Puppet modules, Ansible playbooks), server image building (e.g., Packer), environment provisioning (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and integration of environments. The use of pipelines for infrastructure as code enables errors to be found before changes are applied to operational environments — including environments used for development and testing. They also offer a way to ensure that infrastructure tooling is run consistently, from CI/CD agents, as opposed to being run from individual workstations. Some challenges remain, however, such as the longer feedback loops associated with standing up containers and virtual machines. Still, we've found this to be a valuable technique.
Organizations are becoming more comfortable with the Polycloud strategy — rather than going "all-in" with one provider, they are passing different types of workloads to different providers based on their own strategy. Some of them apply the best-of-breed approach, for example: putting standard services on AWS, but using Google for machine learning and data-oriented applications and Azure for Microsoft Windows applications. For some organizations this is a cultural and business decision. Retail businesses, for example, often refuse to store their data on Amazon and they distribute load to different providers based on their data. This is different to a cloud-agnostic strategy of aiming for portability across providers, which is costly and forces lowest-common-denominator thinking. Polycloud instead focuses on using the best match that each cloud provider offers.
Previously in the Radar, we've discussed the rise of the perimeterless enterprise. Now, some organizations are doing away with implicitly trusted intranets altogether and treating all communication as if it was being transmitted through the public internet. A set of practices, collectively labeled BeyondCorp, have been described by Google engineers in a set of publications. Collectively, these practices — including managed devices, 802.1x networking and standard access proxies protecting individual services — make this a viable approach to network security in large enterprises.
When developing mobile applications, our teams often find themselves without an external server for testing apps. Setting up an over-the-wire mock may be a good fit for this particular problem. Developing the HTTP mocks and compiling them into the mobile binary for testing — embedded mobile mocks — enables teams to test their mobile apps when disconnected and with no external dependencies. This technique may require creating an opinionated library based on both the networking library used by the mobile app and your usage of the underlying library.
Blockchains have been widely hyped as the panacea for all things fintech, from banking to digital currency to supply chain transparency. We've previously featured Ethereum because of its feature set, which includes smart contracts. Now, we're seeing more development using Ethereum for decentralized applications in other areas. Although this is still a very young technology, we're encouraged to see it being used to build decentralized applications beyond cryptocurrency and banking.
As event streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka, rise in popularity, many consider them as an advanced form of message queuing, used solely to transmit events. Even when used in this way, event streaming has its benefits over traditional message queuing. However, we're more interested in how people use event streaming as the source of truth with platforms (Kafka in particular) as the primary store for data as immutable events. A service with an Event Sourcing design, for example, can use Kafka as its event store; those events are then available for other services to consume. This technique has the potential to reduce duplicating efforts between local persistence and integration.
One pattern that comes up again and again when building microservice-style architectures is how to handle the aggregation of many resources server-side. In recent years, we've seen the emergence of a number of patterns such as Backend for Frontend (BFF) and tools such as Falcor to address this. Our teams have started using GraphQL for server-side resource aggregation instead. This differs from the usual mode of using GraphQL where clients directly query a GraphQL server. When using this technique, the services continue to expose RESTful APIs but under-the-hood aggregate services use GraphQL resolvers as the implementation for stitching resources from other services. This technique simplifies the internal implementation of aggregate services or BFFs by using GraphQL.
For some time now we've recommended increased delivery team ownership of their entire stack, including infrastructure. This means increased responsibility in the delivery team itself for configuring infrastructure in a safe, secure, and compliant way. When adopting cloud strategies, most organizations default to a tightly locked-down and centrally managed configuration to reduce risk, but this also creates substantial productivity bottlenecks. An alternative approach is to allow teams to manage their own configuration, and use an Infrastructure configuration scanner to ensure the configuration is set in a safe and secure way. Watchmen is an interesting tool, built to provide rule-driven assurance of AWS account configurations that are owned and operated independently by delivery teams. Scout2 is another example of configuration scanning to support secure compliance.
We're seeing some interesting reports of using Jupyter for automated testing. The ability to mix code, comments and output in the same document reminds us of FIT, FitNesse and Concordion. This flexible approach is particularly useful if your tests are data heavy or rely on some statistical analysis such as performance testing. Python provides all the power you need, but as tests grow in complexity, a way to manage suites of notebooks would be helpful.
One problem with observability in a highly distributed microservices architecture is the choice between logging everything — and taking up huge amounts of storage space — or randomly sampling logs and potentially missing important events. Recently, we've noticed a technique that offers a compromise between these two solutions. Set the log level per request via a parameter passed in through the tracing header. Using a tracing framework, possibly based on the OpenTracing standard, you can pass a correlation id from service to service in a single transaction. You can even inject other data, such as the desired log level, at the initiating transaction and pass it along with the tracing information. This ensures that the additional data collected corresponds to a single user transaction as it flows through the system. This is also a useful technique for debugging, since services might be paused or otherwise modified on a transaction-by-transaction basis.
We've previously talked about the technique of Chaos Engineering in the Radar and the Simian Army suite of tools from Netflix that we've used to run experiments to test the resilience of production infrastructure. Security Chaos Engineering broadens the scope of this technique to the realm of security. We deliberately introduce false positives into production networks and other infrastructure — build-time dependencies, for example — to check whether procedures in place are capable of identifying security failures under controlled conditions. Although useful, this technique should be used with care to avoid desensitizing teams to security problems.
As large organizations transition to more autonomous teams owning and operating their own microservices, how can they ensure the necessary consistency and compatibility between those services without relying on a centralized hosting infrastructure? To work together efficiently, even autonomous microservices need to align with some organizational standards. A service mesh offers consistent discovery, security, tracing, monitoring and failure handling without the need for a shared asset such as an API gateway or ESB. A typical implementation involves lightweight reverse-proxy processes deployed alongside each service process, perhaps in a separate container. These proxies communicate with service registries, identity providers, log aggregators, and so on. Service interoperability and observability are gained through a shared implementation of this proxy but not a shared runtime instance. We've advocated for a decentralized approach to microservice management for some time and are happy to see this consistent pattern emerge. Open source projects such as linkerd and Istio will continue to mature and make service meshes even easier to implement.
Microservices architecture, with a large number of services exposing their assets and capabilities through APIs and an increased attack surface, demand a zero trust security architecture — 'never trust, always verify'. However, enforcing security controls for communication between services is often neglected, due to increased service code complexity and lack of libraries and language support in a polyglot environment. To get around this complexity, some teams delegate security to an out-of-process sidecar — a process or a container that is deployed and scheduled with each service sharing the same execution context, host and identity. Sidecars implement security capabilities, such as transparent encryption of the communication and TLS (Transport Layer Security) termination, as well as authentication and authorization of the calling service or the end user. We recommend you look into using Istio, linkerd or Envoy before implementing your own sidecars for endpoint security.
Traditional approaches to enterprise security often emphasize locking things down and slowing the pace of change. However, we know that the more time an attacker has to compromise a system, the greater the potential damage. The three Rs of enterprise security — rotate, repair and repave — take advantage of infrastructure automation and continuous delivery to eliminate opportunities for attack. Rotating credentials, applying patches as soon as they're available and rebuilding systems from a known, secure state — all within a matter of minutes or hours — makes it harder for attackers to succeed. The three Rs of security technique is made feasible with the advent of modern cloud-native architectures. When applications are deployed as containers, and built and tested via a completely automated pipeline, a security patch is just another small release that can be sent through the pipeline with one click. Of course, in keeping with best distributed systems practices, developers need to design their applications to be resilient to unexpected server outages. This is similar to the impact of implementing Chaos Monkey within your environment.
The major cloud providers continue to add new features to their clouds at a rapid pace, and under the banner of Polycloud we've suggested using multiple clouds in parallel, to mix and match services based on the strengths of each provider's offerings. Increasingly, we're seeing organizations prepare to use multiple clouds — not to benefit from individual provider's strengths, though, but to avoid vendor "lock-in" at all costs. This, of course, leads to generic cloud usage, only using features that are present across all providers, which reminds us of the lowest common denominator scenario we saw 10 years ago when companies avoided many advanced features in relational databases in an effort to remain vendor neutral. The problem of lock-in is real. However, instead of treating it with a sledgehammer approach, we recommend looking at this problem from the perspective of exit costs and relate those to the benefits of using cloud-specific features.
Kafka is becoming very popular as a messaging solution, and along with it, Kafka Streams is at the forefront of the wave of interest in streaming architectures. Unfortunately, as they start to embed Kafka at the heart of their data and application platforms, we're seeing some organizations recreating ESB antipatterns with Kafka by centralizing the Kafka ecosystem components — such as connectors and stream processors — instead of allowing these components to live with product or service teams. This reminds us of seriously problematic ESB antipatterns, where more and more logic, orchestration and transformation were thrust into a centrally managed ESB, creating a significant dependency on a centralized team. We're calling this out to dissuade further implementations of this flawed pattern.


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We started the Grand Tablet initiative to help aging loved ones stay connected with their families and the rest of the world.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) October 15, 2013
Grand Tablet, Inc. announced today its intention of releasing a revolutionary new product in the PC industry – the Grand. Grand Tablet, Inc. has initiated an Indiegogo campaign to fund the tablets, which are available in exchange for a $250 pledge. The Grand incorporates the following unique software features:
1. An extra-large launcher application which creates a homescreen with an extra-large font and icons. Launcher applications are designed to modify the user experience of Android-based tablets. The Grand's launcher makes the user experience remarkably simple while allowing the user to install any of the countless apps developed for the Android operating system.
2. TechPal, a highly useful application developed by the Grand Tablet team, enables senior citizens to remotely receive help and guidance from trusted loved ones. For example, a tech savvy grandson, who may live mere minutes or many miles away, can remotely log in to his grandmother's tablet and teach her how to use the Grand.
3. Pre-loaded apps, that senior citizens will greatly desire and find useful, have been carefully selected based on results from extensive market research. Some of the apps are specifically targeted to senior citizens, such as Pill Reminder and AARP, while others are used by the mass market such as Skype, Facebook and Netflix.
In the Grand's beta testing, families have loved the TechPal, the remote app, because it allows senior citizens to easily receive help and training from their family members. As Kenny Wilkerson, grandson of a Beta Tester states, "Our family's schedule is pure craziness. There isn't an extra minute in the day to drop in and help Grandpa solve a problem, and attempting to fix a glitch over the phone is a veritable disaster. With TechPal, my wife or I can use our tablet/computer to see Grandpa's screen and either easily solve the problem or show him how to fix the problem himself."
The Grand's hardware incorporates only the basic features to reduce both price and complexity. For only a $250 pledge, customers receive a trendy tablet with a quad core CPU, quad core GPU and bright LCD screen with 1200 x 800 resolution. Added components such as accelerometers and retina display are undesirable for seniors since these functionalities not only increase the price of the tablet but actually make the tablet more difficult to use.
If someone wears reading glasses, it is unadvisable to use a tablet with retina display. Additionally, seniors generally do not play accelerometer-based video games, where the game quickly changes orientation from portrait to landscape view. This overly advanced functionality can easily wreak havoc on an elderly user's confidence.
The Grand Tablet team hopes the Grand will enrich the lives of seniors across the nation by keeping their minds actively stimulated with the latest and greatest technology. As reported by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), "Senior citizens are at a relatively high risk for depression for a variety of reasons: loss of health, loss of friends, loss of purpose." Additionally, BIDMC psychiatrist Dr. Michael C. Miller suggests, "Senior [citizens] are at less risk if they stay engaged in the world … People who have built networks of friends or enjoy family relationships tend to be happiest. People who are more social are less likely to get depressed." The Grand aids in facilitating the need of social interaction amongst senior citizens by providing an easy-to-use, low-cost, pre-loaded method of communication.
Fox Holt, President of Grand, attests, "We started the Grand Tablet initiative to help aging loved ones stay connected with their families and the rest of the world. Our team has surveyed thousands of seniors, worked with countless directors of assisted living centers and beta tested many families to perfect what we believe is the simplest, best option for elderly users."
About Grand Tablet, Inc.
Grand Tablet, Inc. is a Dallas, Texas, based company located in the Dallas Entrepreneur Center. The company was founded in 2012 with the mission of enriching the lives of senior citizens who could greatly benefit from a new technology that unlike many others, can be used daily with ease.


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A guy I know had a brother pass away un-expectedly, owing considerable debts and having no assets. In the ordinary course of events this would have only involved telling the lenders that the deceased had no assets and providing proof of death and some paperwork. Regrettable, but not catastrophic to the rest of the family. But their father had signed his fully paid off house (which the father lives in) over to his to sons in an attempt to make things easier when the father passed. So now it looks like they will have to take out a loan against the house and use that to satisfy the debts so the house doesn't get sold and the father evicted. Estate planning, like brain surgery, should be left to the professionals.
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We had a wonderful time on our Sirena overnight trip
last week! Kenneth is a very skilled and knowledgeable
guide. He located and identified all kinds of amazing
wildlife and helped us to learn a lot about the rainforest.
We particularly liked our last hike along the Rio Claro,
up a beautiful ridge, and through a section of primary
forest. It was great to take this less frequently used
trail away from the other tourists and to experience a
pristine section of the park.
We also appreciated that Kenneth visited us at our hotel
in Drake Bay two days before the Sirena trip to make sure
that we were prepared and that the logistics were all
worked out. It helped make sure that everything ran smoothly.
This trip to Corcovado National Park allowed us to experience
a true Costa Rican treasure. We are very pleased to have
traveled with a company that facilitates ecotourism in
the park. We hope this important protected area continues
always to be a stronghold for Jaguars, Tapirs, Squirrel
Monkeys, and all the other amazing wildlife that takes
refuge there.
With sincere thanks and best wishes,
Jay Reisinger
Thank you so much.
Our trip in Corcovado was great. Sabine and all the corcovado
team had organized all details very well. The hotel Ojala
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very nice and clean, and Fred (the owner) is a chief.
Richard Guyot
We can only recommend going to Corcovado NP when
in Costa Rica and experiencing it with Corcovado Expeditions.
Gustavo is an excellent guide and Sabine manages to take
care of individual wishes and last minute requests.
Thank you for a wonderful time.
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Another part of CodeMixer sets. CodeMixer is an easy to use software for encoding personal documents that you want keep safe from your colleagues, wife or children. CodeMixer is a collection of stand alone programs like CodeMixer-Red, CodeMixer-Blue. Each CodeMixer program can be used for encoding a personal document individually or you can mix them together. The real advantage is when you encode the document with two-word password and with two different CodeMixer programs. The aim is better remembered passwords. For decoding you have to know which program of CodeMixers was used and in which order, otherwise you not get correct result. Pick two of CodeMixer set, for example CodeMixer-Red and CodeMixer-Blue. Run CodeMixer-Red, enter a password 'FIRST' and encode the document. Then run CodeMixer-Blue, enter the password 'SECOND' to encode the document further. You can go as far as you like, but twice should be fine. For decoding use reverse procedure: Run CodeMixer-Blue, enter the password 'SECOND' and decode the document. Then run CodeMixer-Red, enter a password 'FIRST' and decode finally the document.
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I'm creating a web crawler in PHP to produce urls from a web page. Building on this, what scripts do I need to have to:
Take a 'root' url embedded in the code,
Check to see if robot.txt exists at the root,
If robot.txt exists, read file and store information for future instructions.
Hi Mafio - I'm not really sure what you're asking for. The pseudo code you have there is a good start certainly, now you just need to code that. Read those links Jay posted above then ask again with something more specific.
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The beach is a few hundred feet away; South Lido Beach Park is a short bike ride. This park offers shaded picnic areas surrounded by the Bay and Gulf, and a popular canoe and kayak launch. With all this nature, it's easy to become a beach bum – however St. Armand's Towers are also in close proximity to some of the best shopping and elegant dining in Sarasota and Lido Key – giving you the opportunity to be as upscale – or as casual – as you wish, all from the same location.
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Only a block from world famous St. Armand's Circle and across the street from the beach, St. Armand's Towers offer one of the best locations in Sarasota. St. Armand's Towers have a state of the art fitness center, and a third floor outdoor pool and pool deck. St. Armand's Towers were built in 1968 and offer 192 residences. The Gulf facing units provide breaktaking nightly sunsets; other units boast sweeping Sarasota Bay vistas and the beautiful Sarasota skyline.


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Tech news and event company Tech Cocktail went around the nation looking for the hottest tech startups and then brought 43 favorites to Las Vegas for a special conference and competition this week.
The companies got to compete for a $10,000 prize and show off in front of representatives from Intel, Google and a bunch of other companies and investors.
But four of the companies selected for the conference were already here in Las Vegas.
While none of them made it to the final five in the competition, VEGAS INC wanted to highlight the hometown teams that were recognized as being among the best in the nation.
ALICE Receptionist
Walking into an office building only to be greeted by a direction sign isn't the warmest welcome, but hiring a full-time receptionist is expensive. Win Tech LLC thinks they have the solution.
ALICE, or A Live Interactive Communication Experience, is an interactive virtual receptionist. A video receptionist on a touch screen welcomes visitors, who can then get help from a real employee sitting at a desk somewhere else — even if they are in another city or just out and about on a cellphone.
Chief Technology Officer Mike Yoder demonstrated the technology at the conference and said they are already set up in a number of businesses.
How many times has a friend said he owes you a drink but never delivers? Drinkboard tries to make it easy to give drinks or food to friends, all through a phone app.
Founder David Leibner said local casinos have reported that they constantly get phone calls from people in other cities who want to buy drinks or food for friends who are in Las Vegas celebrating birthdays or other events. With his app, restaurants and bars can load their menus, where friends can buy things virtually, then send it to a friend who redeems it by presenting the app at the restaurant or bar.
NEO3DO is a tablet with a 3D screen. The tablet runs on an Android operating system and doesn't require glasses for a full 3D-viewing experience.
Co-founders David Briggs and Nick Spriggs said they are trying to get the tablets into schools where studies have shown students score up to 45 percent higher after studying with 3D content.
Most people know they can go to Craigslist to buy and sell things, but what if you just want to make a trade with your friends? Tradezby, which is still in the process of changing its name from mytradecart.com, allows people to list things they want to trade online.
Friends can then see your offering and make an offer in return. Founder Nate Llorando said the service is unlike others because you are trading with a network of people you already know and trust, and social media tools are also built in.


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The 2012 "The Worst is Over" Movie Clip that recently found its way online is full of the absurd action and grand special effects audiences have come to expect from a Roland Emmerich film. At the beginning of the clip we are given a glimpse of the Curtis' family dynamic present in 2012. As the clip continues, the delivered action is so over-the-top it is almost looks like an cartoon. You can't take your eyes off it though so Emmerich did something right. When the pilot, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy), is reading the manual and won't take off: "Are you f****** kidding me?" comes to mind. Also, why the hell does the Gordon fly so low when he does finally get airborne? Pull up and out of danger. I makes no sense but like I said, its a Roland Emmerich film. Logic is optional.
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CadVetteStang posted a topic in Build: Cody's Autocross/ Road Race 02 EldoradoAlthough this car is not being built as a show car, it will appear in many videos, some indie films, several hotrod parades, shows, online forums and hopefully a car magazine or two. I am not wanting anything wild or gaudy or that reeks with bad taste. I am aiming at a classic muscle car theme that is paired with some functionality (ram-air, adjustable wing, brake coolers and front spoiler (air dam). The stripes will be permanent as will most of the vinyl lettering, but the racing numbers, class letters, and sponsorship signs will be magnetic vinyl and will not be on the car for everyday use (too much of a cop magnet). The car will eventually be a deep red color, maybe a crimson or maroon. The paint I have is in very good shape so I will keep the car as a "blonde" for now (Champaign Gold); I just wish there were fewer door dings and scrapes). This is the stripe kit and ram-air, wing, spoiler look I like the most and (except for the placement of the side stripe) should work well with the Eldorado body lines. I love the adjustable Mach 1 wing; I just wish they were not so expensive. The chin spoiler would work well too as this Mach 1 is very close to the size of my Eldorado. This is better placement of the side stripe; note the bolt on hood scoop. I have mixed feelings about one like this. But I will have hood pins just like these: Here is the same paint job in Champaign Gold and will reflect the look I am after with the current color:


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Would you like to become more fit with just a short walk each day? Join WOW - Walkers of Walkertown! We have great group leaders. Robin Klar, a personal trainer at the YMCA, and his wife Carol will guide you to improve your health with a short walk. Robin has been a runner, walker for over 35 years. He and his wife will work with you to improve your walking skills. Carol will lead the walks as you meet at the library and walk in the area.
Walking for just 30 minutes a day will help you stay fit.
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Garfield County Prosecuting Attorney
About Us
Matt L. Newberg is the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Garfield County.
The Garfield County Prosecuting Attorney has major responsibilities as legal advisor, a prosecutor of criminal matters, a representative of the county in civil cases, as well as ex-officio coroner.
Criminal Prosecutor
In criminal matters, the prosecutor has the duty to prosecute violators of state laws as well as county ordinances. A person charged with a crime by either the prosecutor's information or a district court filing, who pleads "not guilty," is entitled to a trial (by jury if desired). During the trial, the prosecutor presents the state's case and gives a recommendation for sentencing, upon conviction.
Legal Advisor
The prosecutor's duties as legal adviser to the board of county commissioners, school directors and other county officers, requires a close relationship with other courthouse officials. Written opinions are common and may require long hours reviewing state laws, court decisions and attorney general opinions. If research indicates that there are conflicting statutes or court decisions, the prosecutor may write to the Attorney General for an opinion on the matter. Local officials call upon the prosecutor to prepare various legal documents such as leases, contracts and proper forms for resolutions being considered for adoption by the county commissioners.
Civil Actions
The prosecutor represents the county in civil actions. For example, the prosecutor may need to defend the county when it is being sued on a contested claim or suit for personal injuries, in the condemnation of property for public purposes or in an action where a taxpayer sues to recover taxes claimed to be excessive.
Ex-Officio Coroner
Presently, in those counties with a population less than 40,000, the prosecutor acts as ex-officio coroner. In this position, the prosecutor must determine the cause of death in those instances where the death of a person is unnatural, violent, results from unlawful means or from suspicious circumstances, or if there is a possibility that the death is a homicide or a suicide. In difficult cases, the prosecutor will employ the services of a doctor, usually a pathologist.
Victim/Witness Unit
The Garfield County Prosecutor's Office also maintains a Victim/Witness program.
The Victim/Witness Unit provides assistance to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and harrassment, as well as assistance to witnesses involved in criminal matters handled by the Prosecutor's Office in Garfield county. We offer a variety of services including: information on victim's rights; crisis intervention and referral to services; child and adult court orientation; trial preparation; accompanying victims to interviews with law enforcement, prosecutors, and/or defense attorneys; transportation assistance; assistance with preparation of protection/restraining orders; assisting victims to apply for compensation; assistance with restitution; preparing victim impact statements; and we also discuss and explain plea negotiations and will provide notification of jail status.
Child Support Enforcement
The State, through County Prosecutor offices, may assist parents by helping to collect delinquent payments in child support cases.
[ACKNOWLEDGMENT - Most of this content was borrowed from the pamphlet "Washington County Government" published by the Washington Association of County Officials.]