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By U.S. Army RacingAugust 13, 2007
BRAINERD, Minn. (Army News Service, Aug. 13) - U.S. Army NHRA drivers, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher, Angelle Sampey and Antron Brown, all lost in the first round of eliminations here Sunday in the Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
It marks the first time this season that all three drivers departed a race day with opening-round losses.
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Ms. Sampey laid down low elapsed time for the first round (6.959-seconds), but posted a red-light foul (-.004-seconds) at the start against 13th-place qualifier, Chris Rivas, and her day was instantly over.
"I really can't believe it," said a visibly dejected Ms. Sampey. "It's extremely frustrating to throw away such an incredible pass. I really have to stop making mistakes at the start if I want to win another world championship."
It was Ms. Sampey's fourth red-light foul of the season in final eliminations. With that said, she still has a reserved spot in the NHRA's Countdown to the Championship.
While Ms. Sampey will definitely be contending for the world title, Mr. Brown's chances of making the Countdown took a serious hit after he was beaten in the first round by sixth-place qualifier, Matt Smith.
Mr. Brown actually recorded his best pass of the weekend (7.099-seconds at 186.23 mph), but it didn't measure up to Mr. Smith's 7.017-second pass at 188.15 mph.
"Man, I'm really bummed right now," said the New Jersey native. "I thought we might be able to move into the Countdown standings this weekend, but we didn't get it done. I can assure you that we're not going to quit. We'll be prepared to battle it out again next weekend."
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After swiping his seventh pole of the year, Mr. Schumacher could not get by 16th-place qualifier, Cory McClenathan, in first-round action. It was Schumacher's eighth first-round loss in 16 races.
Mr. McClenathan bolted from the starting line first and went on to post a clean lap as compared to Mr. Schumacher's tire-smoking effort.
"I certainly didn't think we would go out and smoke the tires after how we got down the track the last couple of days," Mr. Schumacher said afterwards. "But, things happen and you just have to move on."
Despite his early exit, the Chicago native has already clinched a spot in the Countdown, which begins at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend.
"We'll continue to sort out our new car next weekend and we'll be ready by the time we get to Indy," he added. "Failure is never an option with this U.S. Army team."
Mr. Schumacher, Ms. Sampey and Mr. Brown will travel to Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., next weekend for the Toyo Tires Nationals, which is the cutoff for the Countdown.
Following the Reading event, the top eight point earners in each of the NHRA's four professional classes will make the playoffs.


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Blue Kangaroo Coffee Roasters
7901 SE 13th; heart of Sellwood
Portland, OR
Way "down under" Portland, in (southern) Sellwood, is a coffee shop named the Blue Kangaroo. Very visible is a large old coffee roaster ; like many local places, Blue Kangaroo roasts its own beans in small batches, and sells it in the shop and online. Behind the roaster are pictures of kangaroos holding steaming mugs of joe (do the animals really like it in Australia?) The ceiling supports not only a fan, but also a flying pig, for some reason. Wooden tables and chairs fill most of the house, windows flank the entrance, and a high counter faces the street in each window. In the rear is a couch-seating area, with burlap covering the wall nearby. Pictures, mostly of trees and plants, decorate other walls, including in the otherwise plain bathroom. There is also a TV mounted on one wall. Up front of the coffeehouse is a toy area to welcome little kids (Do they also have a Koala Bear Care changing table in the bathroom?, I wondered. The name of that item, sold to so many restroom-providers over the years that its name has almost became as generic as kleenex, has cemented the word "bear" after "koala" in my vocabulary. Kind of like the phrase "doggy bag" at restaurants, or the word "icebox" instead of fridge in my parents' day. That is, we say it, know it is wrong, but can't help ourselves without as much effort as it takes to transform a racist into a politically-correct person).
Now hop back to the coffee shop, please.
Fare: There was a selection of teas, and a few doughnuts and bagels. I, as usual, had a black coffee; It passed muster and was average-priced.
Hours: 6:30 am (7am weekends) to 6pm
Service and clientelle: The place wasn't busy, but patrons happened to be young, studying or using laptops. Ambience was quiet and pleasant. Definitely a neighborhood place. Kudos for recycling.
Rating: 3 coffee beans (of 5). Right on par, but not really distinctive except for the kangaroo theme.

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A state prosecutor called Friday on a Milan court to impose an eight-year jail sentence on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of bribing judges.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was not in court on Friday
Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini said Berlusconi had kept up regular payments to judges in Rome to help his company Fininvest in a corporate takeover battle stemming from the mid-1980s.
The 68-year-old prime minister was not in court as the prosecutor summed up in what's been called the SME case.
Berlusconi stand's accused of bribing judges to block the takeover of the semi-state food group SME by a competitor to his Fininvest holding company in 1985.
Boccassini, due to complete her summing up on Friday afternoon, was expected to press the court to sentence Berlusconi to a jail term. He faces a maximum term of eight years if found guilty. The verdict is expected on Dec. 3.
The prosecution investigation however found the judge-bribing went beyond the SME case, and presented one $434,000 (€336,000) bank transfer in Switzerland in 1991 as evidence of a full-scale bribe scandal involving the media magnate's holding company.
Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini in court on Friday
Boccassini (photo) said the payment, which went from Fininvest to an account held by one of its lawyers, Cesare Previti, and immediately on to a third Swiss bank account held by Rome judge Renato Squillante, was "documentary proof" linking Berlusconi's Fininvest with bribery and corruption.
Squillante, head of investigations at the Rome bench at the time of the transaction, was convicted of corruption last year and sentenced to eight years in jail.
Previti, a close confidant of Berlusconi's as well as being an MP in his Forza Italia party, was convicted of bribery and sentenced to 11 years, reduced to five on appeal. Both men are currently appealing those sentences.


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People often search for affordable facsimiles or "dupes" of famous fragrances. In the case of Frederic Malle's Musc Ravageur, one name that comes up is Meharees from the Italian brand, L'Erbolario Lodi. It's been called the "Musc Ravageur killer" for a fraction of the price, and it's also mentioned in the context of Hermès' Ambre Narguilé as well. A more expensive niche name that comes up in relation to Musc Ravageur is Le Labo's Labdanum 18. I love both Musc Ravageur and a bargain, so I bought Meharees blindly, persuaded by the rave reviews and by the company's description of camel rides through the Sahara and legendary oases filled with undulating date trees. I thought I'd review it in conjunction with Le Labo's Labdanum 18 to show how they compare to the Malle.
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Le Labo Benjoin 19 (Moscow): Ambered Incense
The Kremlin in the snow, warm ambered light shining into the darkness of incense from a cathedral, and a dry wind that carries the faintest hints of pine trees on the Siberian steppes. That is one aspect of Benjoin 19, an incense and amber duet from Le Labo that I sometimes enjoyed to the point of surprise, though the perfume also ended up presenting a very different version of itself as well, one that was significantly less appealing.
Le Labo Vetiver 46
Incense and aldehydic myrrh are not what you'd expect from a fragrance called Vetiver 46, but Le Labo's perfume names are rarely accurate representations of the scent you'll experience. In my case, incense is a large part of Vetiver 46's story, along with soapiness, cloves, and ambered warmth. For some, however, Vetiver 46 is a primarily a woody incense fragrance with campfire notes, spiciness, or labdanum amber. For others, vetiver actually does seem to dominate. In short, with Le Labo, one doesn't always know what will shows up.
Vetiver 46 is an eau de parfum that was created by Mark Buxton and released in 2006. For those unfamiliar with the house, the number in the title — in this case, 46 — refers to the number of ingredients in the perfume. However, Le Labo fragrances frequently don't smell like the note that they single out. Making matters a little more complicated is the fact that Le Labo's note lists often do not include all the elements in question.
In the case of Vetiver 46, only 10 of its 46 notes are mentioned. According to Fragrantica and Luckyscent, they include:
Bergamot, black pepper, clove, cedar, vetiver, labdanum [amber], olibanum [frankincense], gaiac wood, amber, and vanilla.
Vetiver 46 opens on my skin with ISO E Super, more ISO E Super, then smokiness, leather, cloves, cedar, sweet spiciness, earthy vetiver, and labdanum amber. The fragrance has a musky chewiness that smells almost fetid, but also nutty and spiced. I can't decide if it stems from the cedar or the labdanum, but I suspect it's a mixture of the two combined with the cloves.
To my relief, the ISO Supercrappy fades to the sidelines after a few minutes, and other notes grow stronger. The cloves, pepper, incense, cedar, and amber all jockey for dominance, and frequently take turns leading the pack. The incense is delicate, but its black tendrils generally seem to tie everything together in a smoky, spicy, woody bouquet. At no time is the vetiver dominant on my skin. When it does appear, I like the fact that it doesn't smell of peppermints, as vetiver is frequently wont to do.
Vetiver 46 feels almost chewy and meaty in its heavily cloved, cedar woodiness and dark smokiness; and that makes the emergence of a strange cleanliness and soapiness feel very jarring. Less than 5 minutes in, the latter two elements become extremely prominent. I have to wonder if Vetiver 46 contains a lot of myrrh (a type of incense) and/or aldehydes to go along with the frankincense, as both elements can turn extremely soapy. In fact, Vetiver 46 repeatedly made me think of Serge Lutens' La Myrrhe, which also turned into an avalanche of lather at one point.
Whatever the actual notes, the overall result on my skin feels like hamster cage bedding, heavily doused with soap suds, followed by meaty cloves, black pepper, earthy vetiver, ambered warmth, smokiness, a hint of sour guaiac wood, and a lot of clean, white musk. I don't enjoy it. At all. It doesn't help that the sillage is initially strong, radiating 3-4 inches with the use of 3 smears, though there is slightly less projection when I apply a smaller quantity.
As time passes, several accords vie for top billing, though they are not the ones which initially dominated Vetiver 46. For the most part, the perfume shifts wildly between two, very different, distinct bouquets on my skin. First, very clean soapiness and black incense, lightly flecked with cloves and amber. Second, clean, soapy hamster cage cedar with cloves, smoke, amber, and a touch of earthy vetiver. An intense, clean wave of synthetic white musk is woven throughout both versions. The whole thing feels airy but incredibly strong on my skin, thanks to the synthetics which my chemistry tends to amplify.
By the start of the 2nd hour, I'm utterly miserable. The white musk and soapiness that I hate so much grow stronger. Adding insult to injury, the ISO E Supercrappy makes a comeback, though it is muted as compared to the blast in the opening minutes. Vetiver 46 is now primarily a blend of soapiness, white musk, black incense, cedar, and ISO E crap, with the cloves popping in and out once in a while. The whole thing gives me a constant headache every time I smell the perfume up close for too long. My skin may amplify synthetics more than most, but the white musk and soap combination feels particularly brutal here. I suppose I should feel grateful that Vetiver 46 turns into a skin scent on me at the start of the 3rd hour, but I don't.
Roughly 4.5 hours into its development, Vetiver 46 shifts again. The amber and smoke return, bringing with them a wave of warmth, as well as spicy sweetness. Vetiver 46 is now a blend of hamster cage bedding, ambered warmth, clove spiciness and incense, all blanketed with soap suds and white musk. The muted vetiver note has disappeared entirely. Taking its place is a rather sickly sweetness which I find rather cloying.
It's all far, far too much for me, and I've consistently had to scrub off Vetiver 46. I've tried it 3 times, but I've never lasted more than 6.5 hours. There is something about the contrasts which I find unpalatable, even if the perfume were not so synthetic. The mix of the almost meaty, chewy cloves and the cool, dark smokiness with the blanket of soap, dry woods, and the strange nuance of the sweet, vaguely cloying amber is really strange to me. And I don't enjoy feeling like a hamster. I can't think of another cedar scent that I've tried that evoked that parallel in my mind, but this one definitely does.
When I'm not feeling like a rodent, terrorized by the synthetics, or experiencing a headache, I'm left feeling incredibly bored. Vetiver 46 feels very linear to me, despite the occasional, sometimes fractional nuances. I suppose it's vaguely interesting from a technical perspective how certain elements weave in and out, or how it can veer wildly between two distinct bouquets at one point, but both of those versions contain an avalanche of soap suds and white musk. When the linearity finally ends with the addition of the strangely cloying amber sweetness, it becomes more than I can take.
On Fragrantica, people seem to really like Vetiver 46, though many commentators find that the fragrance bears a strong similarity to Comme des Garcons 2 Homme which was also created by Mark Buxton and which is a much cheaper scent. I haven't tried it to know how close the similarities may be, but I've heard it contains aldehydes and myrrh incense. The repeated comparison suggests to me that more people are experiencing soapiness than what they're explicitly describing, but I might well be mistaken. Another fragrance which is sometimes mentioned is Encre Noire, a vetiver soliflore that contains a walloping amount of ISO E Super. You can draw your own conclusions about Vetiver 46 from that comparison.
For some Fragrantica posters, Vetiver 46 is all about smoky incense and spiciness. Others talk about campfire smoke with a leathery nuance. One person said it reminded them of church, which seems to point to myrrh again as that is often a key ingredient in "High Church" scents. For someone else, Vetiver 46 was almost a transcendental fragrance that transported them to Tibet. No-one talks about soapiness, synthetics, or cleanness, so my experience was clearly very anomalous.
In short, the general consensus on Fragrantica regarding Vetiver 46 seems to be along the lines of this review from "kxnaiades":
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous leathery, smoking woods scent. It has nothing to do with a smoky BBQ type of smell, think of roasting posh woods emnating the most glorious, almost incense type of smoke. The smokiness in this must come from the guaiac wood and the earthiness from the vetivier. Vanilla lends an ever so slightly sweet tinge to the composition but only a dab. I can see that ladies who like feminine scents will possibly not warm towards this, to me it is very much unisex. I could well imagine Katharine Hepburn wearing this in "Woman of the Year". I think it's wonderful and for anyone wanting a respite from the day's toil or trouble. SnS was transported to Tibet and ladykarl to a sanctuary. I agree with both of them. Spray this on and take a deep breath, it's almost purifying! My first Le Labo purchase but definitely not my last.
On Luckyscent, not everyone is as enthused. A few people think Vetiver 46 is too close to the much cheaper Comme des Garcons 2 Man scent: "Le Labo has greater 'fizz' and smells greener, but I don't think I'll purchase it because I can get 2 Man for half the price." For another, it was the Catholic church resemblance which was the problem, as well as a synthetic, plastic "band aid" note:
I'm the biggest fan of Le Labo on Luckyscent, I've worn every unisex, and masculine Le Labo Perfume, this one missed the spot, for one thing, the dry down is very austere, and not smooth at all, the Oud note seems really out of place to me, it smells like band aids, plastic, very odd. The scent reminded me of Catholic school in Venezuela…not a good memory.
Band-aids also comes up in the Now Smell This review from Robin, though she seems to have liked the scent as a whole:
It opens on the smell of peppered band-aids, slightly singed, brightened by the bergamot and given a generous dusting of dried clove. The medicinal undertones calm for the most part as it dries down to dusky woods, very deep and warm, with a murky quality that calls to mind Yves Saint Laurent M7. The amber and vanilla lend some sweetness without tempering the intensity of the woods; and while it is quite earthy, I would have guessed patchouli rather than vetiver.
It is a considerably stronger and probably less "wearable" fragrance than the Vetiver de Java [from Il Profumo], and while both are masculine, the Vetiver de Java, which smells almost clean in comparison, might be easier for a woman to pull off. All the same I prefer the Le Labo.
For Ayala Moriel, the perfumer, Vetiver 46 was all about the incense and labdanum. Her review on Smelly Blog reads, in part, as follows:
In the case of Vetiver 46, I can smell the other 45 ingredients far more than building block that gave its name. To be more precise, I smell labdanum and incense. The Le Labo website describes Vetiver 46 as the most masculine of the line, and themed around Haitian vetiver. I find this quite surprising, given the woody, incensey, at times almost smoky quality of the perfume that pervades most of its life on the skin.
Opening with labdanum, cistus oil, olibanum (AKA frankincense) and smoky notes of guiacwood and burning cedarwood, the scent gradually softens but remains rather linear and unchanging. Its aroma is rich, nevertheless; yet while I find the combination of notes appealing on its own, I find the persistence of the labdanum and oakmoss here to be leaving more to be desired. [¶][…]
… If you are looking for a vetiver scent, you won't find it here. If incense is what your heart desires, look no further, it's here in a juice form. Not a joss stick as pictured, but the resins thrown on a hot charcoal in a censer.
The Non-Blonde agrees, and, in fact, points to that exact review as a good summation for Vetiver 46.
As you can see, my experience was an anomaly and cannot be taken as representative of what you will probably experience with Vetiver 46. I will caution only those people who have serious problems with ISO E Super to take care. For everyone else, if you're looking for a dark, woody fragrance that is strongly incensed, with campfire notes, spicy cloves, labdanum amber, and minor quantities of vetiver, give Le Labo's 46 a sniff.
Cost & Availability: Vetiver 46 is an eau de parfum, though it is also offered as a perfume oil. The perfume comes in two sizes: 1.7 oz/50 ml for $160, €125, or £105; and 3.4 oz/100 ml for $240, €185, or £150. Cheaper minis or decants are also available directly from the company. Le Labo Website Options: Vetiver 46 is available from Le Labo in numerous forms, from perfume to Discovery Sets, 10 ml "travel tubes," body lotions, massage oil, and shower gels. The company will personally make up and customize each perfume bottle for a customer. Le Labo has a variety of different country options for its website, from North America to U.K. to France to International. On its North American page, Vetiver 46 is priced as listed above: 50 ml for $160, and 100 ml for $240. Cheaper minis are $70 or $140. I'm assuming they ship to Canada, too, given the website name. Outside the U.S., Vetiver 46 is offered on Le Labo's U.K., International, or French websites. Lastly, Le Labo has several Sample Programs, from sets to an individual vial for $6. The link above goes to their US sample site, but you can change it to the country best for you using the arrow at the top of the page. Le Labo World Boutiques: Le Labo has store locations from New York to London and Tokyo, as well as retailers in a ton of countries from Australia to Italy to Korea. You can find a full list of its locations and vendors here. In the U.S.: Vetiver 46 is also available from Luckyscent in both sizes (along with many of the accompanying products), and from Barney's in the big $220 size. Outside the US: In Canada, Le Labo is carried by Toronto's 6 by Gee Beauty, but not on their online website for direct purchase. Call to order by phone. In the U.K., Le Labo is sold at Harrods' Designer Department on the First Floor, and at Liberty which offers Vetiver 46 in a variety of different sizes and forms. In Paris, you can find Le Labo at Colette. In the Netherlands, the line is sold at Skins Cosmetics. In Australia, you can find it at Mecca Cosmetics. Samples: Surrender to Chance sells Vetiver 46 starting at $4.25 for a 1 ml vial.
Le Labo Santal 33
It's always a bit of an adventure to try a Le Labo fragrance because one frequently doesn't know what will show up, and Santal 33 is no exception. It is an eau de parfum created by Frank Voelkl and released in 2011. For those unfamiliar with the house, the number in the title — in this case, 33 — refers to the number of ingredients in the perfume. However, Le Labo fragrances frequently don't smell like the note that they single out.
As Now Smell This once explained:
the number in the fragrance name refers to the number of notes that make up the scent's composition, and the name is taken from the ingredient in the highest concentration; to take one example, Jasmin 17 has 17 ingredients, with jasmine being in the highest concentration. The names are thus not necessarily related to what the fragrance is meant to smell like.
Making matters a little more complicated is the fact that Le Labo's note lists often do not include all the elements in question. In the case of Santal 33, only 8 of the 33 notes are mentioned. According to Fragrantica and Luckyscent, they include:
Australian sandalwood, papyrus, cedarwood, cardamom, iris, violet, ambroxan and leather accord.
Santal 33 opens on my skin with… cucumbers. Yes, I said cucumbers. If I remember correctly, the very first time I tried Santal 33 many months ago, there were pickles as well. I cannot tell you how disconcerting that is; watery vegetables are not what one expects in one's perfume in general, but especially not in a fragrance ostensibly centered on woody elements. However, as you will later see, it's not an uncommon experience with Santal 33.
Santal 33's burst of liquidy greenness almost suggests calone, a possibility that seems underscored by the aquatic, fresh, and clean elements which ensue. Infused within them all are creamy, white woods with a milky nuance that is almost fig-like, followed by white musk and a touch of iris. A dewy, floral wateriness hovers about, but it is too hijacked by the other notes to ever smell like pure, distinct violets on my skin. Within minutes, the iris grows stronger, smelling primarily like the bulbous roots, but it is also flecked by a subtle whisper of boiled, sweet carrots. In the background, a green cedar note pops up briefly, as does a tiny dab of cardamom, though the latter does not stay for long.
As a whole, Santal 33's opening bouquet smells of creamy, milky woods, thoroughly infused with watery cucumbers, watery florals, rooty iris, and cleanness. It's an airy cloud with great lightness and moderate projection at first. Three big smears created 2-3 inches of projection at first, but that number dropped after less than 30 minutes.
Santal 33 doesn't change significantly for a few hours. At the end of the first hour, there is a growing sense of woody dryness as the cedar starts to emit peppery and dry undertones at the edges. It impacts the watery accords, sometimes making the cucumber feel much more muted and demure. For much of the first few hours, however, the cucumber continues to be a powerful part of the Australian sandalwood on my skin, keeping it green and fresh. The strength of the iris and the milky, fig-like undertones to the wood also fluctuate, but only to small degrees.
At the end of the 2nd hour, Santal 33 is a skin scent that feels very clean and almost translucent. It continues to be a blend of milky woods with iris, cleanness, and liquidy, green wateriness, though it is not always pure cucumber as it was at the start. The iris has lost a large part of its rooty or bulbous qualities, and now feels more floral in nature.
Santal 33 is an incredibly linear scent, and doesn't change its broad parameters throughout its short lifetime on my skin. At the start of the 4th hour, the white musk synthetic grows stronger. The green milkiness is still there, but the overall scent is a little too synthetically clean for my personal tastes. Around the same time, a tiny whiff of vetiver pops up in the background, but it is very muted and muffled.
In its final moments, Santal 33 is merely an abstract woody musk with soft, beige woods, some greenness, a touch of indeterminate florals, and great cleanness. It lasts 5.75 hours on my skin. As a general rule, Le Labo fragrances don't have great longevity on me, unless they contain a lot of ISO E Super, which a good number of them do, unfortunately. Santal 33 does not, so it falls within the category of more fleeting Le Labo scents on my skin.
I found Santal 33 vaguely enjoyable at times as a clean, creamy, woody scent, thanks to the prettiness of the milky streak running through the fragrance. So long as I didn't think of actual sandalwood (let alone, Mysore), I thought the woods were nice and the scent much better than Kilian's recent attempt at a "sandalwood" creation with his Sacred Wood. In the case of Santal 33, I wasn't enthused by the synthetic musk's growing role during the drydown, but it wasn't a terrible fragrance as a whole. There were moments where it was almost pleasant, in fact — cucumber or no cucumber.
I realise, however, that is rather damning it with faint praise. I'm afraid Le Labo fragrances don't impress me very much with their gauzy wispiness, frequent use of synthetics, linearity, lack of layers, and often indeterminate character. For the most part, they simply don't feel luxurious, opulent, special, or distinctive to me.
Santal 33 seems to be a rather polarizing scent. On Fragrantica, the fragrance receives sharply mixed reviews, though the majority are negative. A significant number of people talk about a cucumber note, pickles, or the fragrance's wateriness. A handful compare the scent to hamster cages, due to the cedar, while a few detected an animalic note instead. There are so many negative reviews in fact that one person wondered why there was such hate for such "casual scent." Well, the detractors are certainly very forceful in their feelings. One chap said he finally understood what it meant to "hate" something passionately:
Now, I know what it means to dislike a fragrance so much, that it actually RUINS other fragrances for you when you detect any similarities between them and it. I hate Santal 33. This may be a first for me. It damn near made me turn my back on every cardamom fragrance I own, which would have been serious b.s.. There are many watery cheap unremarkable fragrances out there which I don't like, but I also don't respect them. I respect Santal 33 enough to hate it. There is something about the sheer potency of the opaque SUGAR encrusted sandalwood, cardamom, and leather, that I find to be sickeningly cloying and nauseating. This fragrance is a sillage/longevity beast, so it's definitely worth the investment if you love it, but for me, it's a nightmare on wheels. I got it on my mouse and keyboard at work and now I am trying to change jobs. That's how much I hate this juice.
Other commentators smelled extremely different elements from coconut or "a figgy milky note," to earthy vetiver, leathery smoke, violets, or, in the case of one woman's husband, harsh, pungent, pine tree air freshener. One chap is even certain that he smelt mango!
Despite the varying notes that people experienced, Santal 33 does have fans who adore its creamy sandalwood and the fragrance's greenness, calling it beautiful or meditative. The bottom line, however, is there isn't a uniform consensus on Santal 33 or what it smells like. Absolutely none whatsoever. The only thing one can say is that the majority of commentators seem to smell either pickles, cucumbers, or cedar hamster cage bedding, and that a lot of people on Fragrantica seem to dislike Santal 33.
It's a completely different story on Luckyscent where 8 of the 10 reviews rate Santal 33 as a 5-star fragrance. One person thought the fragrance should be called Violet 33, as that was the dominant note on their skin. For another, the fragrance was: "Soft leather and definately wearble [sic] by a woman as well. Light and green like cucumber with a soft saddle grease mixed with rosewood on me. Not amazing lasting power, but good enough."
For The Non-Blonde, Santal 33 is a "wild ride" with violets, leather and woods that she thoroughly enjoys, even if she smells dill pickles at first:
The opening of Santal 33 is spicy with some of the weird but inviting pickle note. Sometimes I encounter pickles in the opening of high quality ambers, other times it's attached to certain woods, which I'd guess it's the case in this Le Labo perfume. I don't mind it as the dill is short-lived and actually smells almost comforting (blame my mom who used to can and pickle all through the years I lived at home). Once we get that out the way I start smelling the cedar, scorched sandalwood and loads of violet.
This is where the journey begins. Santal 33 changes and expands on my skin in various directions. It's sweet and it's not. It's rough and sharp but also snuggly. There's something metallic and cold thrown into the pile of aromatic woods that keeps my senses alert to any coming dangers. Sometimes it smells like a girl on a camping trip [….]
It's the blend of violet, camphor, leather and top quality wood that gets me in its grip. This wild ride last and lasts (and lasts) on my skin, becomes more musky and sweet, and just works magic for me.
The deeply divisive reactions and the incredibly wide range of experiences (including very differing assessments regarding longevity) make it hard to come to any predictive conclusions as to how Santal 33 will smell on you. My guess is that it will be some version of a clean, watery, green "sandalwood" scent, but who knows? It could end up as anything. If you enjoy woody fragrances, then Santal 33 is one of those things that you need to test for yourself.


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Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Full 'Looper' Trailer - Watch Now!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt hugs Julianne Moore's 10-year-old daughter, Liv, on Thursday (June 28) in New York City.
The 31-year-old actor and Julianne, 51, filmed scenes for their upcoming movie Don Jon's Addiction in downtown Manhattan.
The theatrical trailer for JGL's other movie, Looper, was recently released – check it out below!
Synopsis: Time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good … until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.
The futuristic action thriller, co-starring Emily Blunt, hits theaters September 28!
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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) was decommissioned during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, May 9, with friends, family and service members in attendance to celebrate the ship's 30 years of Naval service.
As Rentz Sailors manned the rails, retired Vice Adm. Martine Jules Mayer, the ship's first commanding officer and the ceremony's guest speaker, detailed the ship's history, service record, and included some of his favorite sea stories from his time onboard.
"I have nothing but fond memories and I hope all who served on her feel the same way," said Mayer. "It was a privilege and an honor to be her first commanding officer."
Rentz, commissioned on June 30, 1984 was named after Chaplain George Snavely Rentz, who selflessly gave his life at the Battle of Coral Sea. Rentz gave his lifejacket to a fellow Sailor after his ship, USS Houston (CA 30), was hit by enemy torpedoes and sunk.
"Being a Sailor you have to really love what you do, and if you take care of the ship, the ship will take care of you," said Mayer. "We all have an emotional attachment to it, and we're here to celebrate it."
Rentz conducted Counter-Transnational Organized Crime Operations in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility during its final deployment, and was responsible for the interdiction or disruption of approximately 5,000 kilograms of narcotics worth $116 million through nine drug trafficking cases.
Nearly 20 of Rentz's plankowners were in attendance at the ceremony along with Mayer, and helped serve as a reminder of the ship's great history.
"There is a requirement for every CO, XO, and CMC that comes into a ship to do the absolute best by the ship and by the crew that they can," said Cmdr. Lance Lantier, Rentz's current and final commanding officer. "You owe that to them and to the legacy of those who've come before you, and we have an excellent legacy."
The ceremony concluded with the retirement of the colors and the debarkation of Rentz's crew.
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Beef Stew
Slow cooking Beef Stew creates a deep rich flavor that tastes even better the next day! Cozy up to a fire and have a cup a comforting stew! Visit my Beef Stew Campfire Leftovers for a fun idea on how to serve your beef stew leftovers.
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Beef Stew
- 2-1/2 pounds chuck beef, cut into 1-1/2-inch cubes
- 1 bottle of good red wine
- 3 whole garlic cloves, smashed
- 3 bay leaves
- 6 ounces bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pepper
- olive oil
- 2 cups onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut diagonally in 1-1/2 inch chunks
- 1 pound small potatoes, halved or quartered
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 large branch rosemary
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and sliced
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 - 10-ounce package frozen peas (not petite)
The Night Before:
- Place the beef in a bowl with the red wine, whole garlic, and bay leaves.
- Place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate overnight.
The Next Day:
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- Brown bacon in a large (12-inch) saute pan for 5 to 7 minutes , over medium-low heat.
- With a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a Dutch oven.
- Combine 2 cups of flour, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 tablespoon pepper.
- Lift the beef out of the marinade and discard the bay leaves and garlic, saving the marinade.
- In batches, dredge the cubes of beef in the flour mixture and then shake off the excess.
- In the saute pan, brown half the beef over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, turning to brown evenly.
- Place the beef in the Dutch oven with the bacon and continue to brown the remaining beef, placing it all in the Dutch oven. NOTE: If the pan gets dry add Olive Oil.
- Lower the heat to medium-low, add the onions to the saute pan, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add the carrots and potatoes and cook for 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Place all the vegetables in the Dutch oven with the beef.
- Add 2-1/2 cups of the reserved marinade (discard the rest) to the saute pan and cook over high heat to de-glaze the bottom of the pan, scraping up all the brown bits with a wooden spoon.
- Add the beef stock, rosemary, sun-dried tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon salt, and 2 teaspoons pepper.
- Pour the sauce over the meat and vegetables in the Dutch oven and bring it to a simmer over medium heat on top of the stove.
- Cover the pot and place it in the oven for 2 hours, until the meat and vegetables are all tender, stirring once during cooking.
Recipe Notes
This recipe is from Lady Behind The Curtain


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Many airports cannot comply with this safety area length requirement due to natural obstacles: rivers, highways, railroads and populated areas. Obtaining a 1,000 foot long RSA was FAA's first choice, regardless of the cost, until March 15, 2004 when the FAA issued a dramatic policy change under Order No. 5200.9, which provided EMAS equivalency and placed a dollar limit on RSA improvements. It also requires life cycle cost analysis to determine the most cost effective solution, whether it is EMAS or a 1,000-foot long RSA. With the standard EMAS solution, an EMAS with stopping capability of 70 knots and a safety area only 600 feet long would be required, provided vertical guidance is available for undershoot protection.
The policy also introduces the need to evaluate a non-standard EMAS whenever a standard solution (1000 ft RSA or standard EMAS) cannot be achieved within the maximum feasible cost. The FAA believes that EMAS can still provide acceptable safety enhancement as long as 40 knots stopping capability is provided with the non-standard EMAS solution. Under current FAA policy, RSA improvement is required when the runway's life is extended by a runway rehabilitation, overlay or other major runway work.
The FAA also encourages stand-alone RSA improvement projects to further improve safety. EMAS is AIP-eligible and is described in FAA Advisory Circular AC150/5220-22A, which provides performance specifications along with rationale for its purpose and applications.
Zodiac Arresting Systems' EMASMAX® fully satisfies this Advisory Circular and the FAR Part 139 requirements. International: ICAO (Nov. 2013) implemented the Air Navigation Commission's review of "Annex 14, Vol. 1 – Aerodrome Design and Operations", an amendment which strengthened the requirement for Runway End Safety Areas (RESA) and introduced aircraft arresting systems, such as EMAS, into Annex 14. IFALPA, IATA and ACI are all on record as recommending deployment of arrestor systems such as EMAS when it is impractical to meet ICAO- RESA lengths.


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(Novato, CA) -Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant is headed to the outback and is ready to conquer Oz! In 2011 at the 19th Annual Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA), the brewery was awarded the Trophy for CHAMPION EXHIBITOR BREWERY for the Highest Scoring Exhibitor and the Cleanevent Trophy for CHAMPION SMALL BREWERY. "I'm ready to rock Australia!" says owner Brendan Moylan, who will be accompanying Brewmaster Denise Jones to the 2012 Melbourne Good Beer Week.
Among the multiple activities in which Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant will be participating, one garnering the most "buzz" is a collaboration brew effort between Moylan's Brewery and 2010 AIBA champs Nøgne Ø's with Brewmaster Kjetil Jikiun to create the inaugural beer for Good Beer Week during the sold-out Masterclass of Champions. This is the first collaboration effort in Moylan's 17 year history and it will have beer lovers the world over clamoring for a taste.
Moylan's Brewery participating in 2012 Good Beer Week will culminate at the awards presentation dinner at the The Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, May 17th. Celebrating its 20th year, the AIBA has grown in stature to become one of the most highly regarded awards in its industry, attracting a remarkable number of high quality and innovative beers from Australian and international breweries.
Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant opened in 1995, and it's fine ales can be found in 35 states, 2 U.S. territories and 4 foreign countries
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1. The game involves a physical engine that gives motion, rotation and falling objects more realistic behavior.
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It seems like forever since there has been something to post about, today however was announced that there will be a livestream on Friday February 10th, here is the announcement from Landon Montgomery:
We didn't forget about this, I promise. In fact, the team's been talking about it a lot over the last month and we finally realized that if we did a complete reveal of everything we have planned for 2017, it'd be a 10-hour stream! I know a lot of people would actually enjoy a marathon show, but in the interest of focusing on key features we're going to segment things out over the next several streams instead.
This Friday at 3PM PST, JS Lead Game Designer Ben Jones will sit down with Senior Game Designer Justin Dazet and special guest, BruceLeeRob to discuss a number of new things. We'll talk about the new and greatly improved melee system, Strongholds (base building like you've not seen it before in JS), and we just might reveal a surprise at the end of the show. You've all been incredibly patient these past few months and deserve to see what we're up to! As always, we'll be happy to answer as many questions as we can so please come prepared.
Here is the link to the Twitch channel it will be broadcast on: https://www.twitch.tv/h1z1justsurvive
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Edwin McCain, The Kicks, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes and MODOC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - July 23, 2013 - Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General rolls into week five on Thursday, July 25 at Riverfront Park in downtown Nashville. Concertgoers can enjoy FREE music from a diverse lineup of musicians including headliner Edwin McCain known for his Americana infused indie-rock hits including "Solitude," "3 a.m." and "I'll Be." In addition, Nashville-based rockers The Kicks, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, and MODOC will build up a high-energy night for the all-ages show. Nashville's own Storme Warren will host the FREE show at the historical Riverfront Park where Lower Broadway meets the river. Doors open at 5 p.m and parking is FREE in Lot R at Titans Stadium.
Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General takes place every Thursday night through August 1. On August 1, Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General teams up with Bud Light Music First 50-50-1 concert event, exclusive to ages 21 and over. Each week, music fans can enjoy the FREE summer concert series with FREE parking at LP Field and FREE shuttle service courtesy of Grand Avenue. Support event sponsors and help keep Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General a FREE event by visiting their stores, their booths, and their websites. Come early and stay late! www.nashvilledancin.com.
Concert-goers looking for some good eats can enjoy a plethora of choices from Nashville's favorite food trucks, including DegThai, The Grilled Cheeserie, Pazze Italiano and Riffs Fine Street Food. Jeni's Ice Cream will also be onsite to delight. Artist merchandise will be available for purchase onsite at Nashville's first and only mobile clothing boutique, The Trunk. One hundred percent of profits from Nashville Dancin' merch will be donated to the charities of choice, and a portion of the proceeds from artist merchandise will be donated to the three participating charities. Charities include: Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and PENCIL Foundation.
For over a decade, Dancin' in the District, the precursor to Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General, was a local tradition, bringing some of the best live music to downtown Nashville and helping to revitalize Lower Broadway. With the city's growing economy and the current national attention on Music City, Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General is a welcomed addition to the city's entertainment landscape. Each weekly concert features diverse lineups, including Americana, rock, blues, pop, and country with a focus on Nashville's local talent.
"Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General is a great night out in downtown for anyoneh in who loves music," said Tom Morales, producer for the event.
"We've seen a lot of families coming early and staying late this year. It's great to see Dancin's back. The attendance grows every week and the crowd is loving the lineup," added Angie Gore, producing partner and head of communications for the festival.
Produced by TomKats Inc. and Kaleidoscope Media, LLC, the return of the longest-running, free weekly summer concert series represents a collaborative effort by Dollar General, the office of Mayor Karl Dean, Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and sponsors including State Water Heaters, Bud Light, Ole Smoky Moonshine, Twice Daily, Town and Country Ford of Nashville, Grand Avenue, Real Water, Metro Parks, Green Village Recycling, Horton Group, Holiday Inn Express, Atlas Hills, Sunbelt Rentals, Mapex, Hard Rock Cafe, The Green Truck Movers, Nashville Scene, Xfinity, 102.5 The Game, 102.9 The Buzz, FOX 17, Now Playing Nashville, Yelp and Governor's Highway Safety Office: Booze It or Lose It. Dancin's charities of choice include: Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and PENCIL Foundation.
For more information about Nashville Dancin' presented by Dollar General or for a full lineup of artists and talent, please visit www.nashvilledancin.com, https://www.facebook.com/NashvilleDancin or https://twitter.com/NashvilleDancin.


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Bacon Wrapped Egg & Avocado Surprise, 3 Layers of Flavor!
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Aren't you tired of your avocado having a seed inside and not being wrapped in bacon? We sure as hell were, that's why we put together this bacon wrapped egg and avocado surprise for all you cholesterol lovers out there! 1 Avocado 1 Egg 3 Slices Bacon Poach your egg and set it to the side. Cut your avocado in half, remove the seed and skin, stuff in the egg and close it back up. Wrap it in bacon, fry until golden brown, and enjoy the hell out of it.


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Move over job boards, a new SaaS startup is in town!
Recently profiled in the business showcase features by Irish Tech News (http://irishtechnews.net/ITN3/startup-business-showcase-interimarket), InteriMarket (https://www.interimarket.com) aims to replace traditional job search platforms with their connective, collaborative interim talent management solution.
Free to all users, InteriMarket provides interim, freelance and contract workers with an online space to showcase their talents, highlight skills, attach portfolios, as well as add video and other digital media.
Relevance, simplicity, usefulness and best practice consistency are at the forefront of this solution which hopes to eliminate the use of CV in favour of skills and behavior-based assessments.
Founder & CEO, Bhumika Zhaveri, says "InteriMarket is committed to helping companies, and interims, eliminate outdated CVs, processes and talent sourcing incumbancies that hamstring the process of connecting employers and employees."
The recruitment industry is nearing a standstill over Brexit uncertainties. It is important for businesses to consider many talent sources, such as forward-thinking solutions like the one InteriMarket offers. With the talent pool only growing, assessment-based hiring is the future.
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Riverbed Technology agreed to acquire Aternity, a provider of End User Experience (EUE) and application performance monitoring solutions.
Aternity helps enterprises see the entire user experience for any application running on any device, providing a user-centric, application performance experience vantage point. Aternity said it currently monitors more than 1.7 million mobile, virtual and desktop workforce endpoints. The company is based in Westborough, MA.
"Aternity is another exciting and strategic acquisition for Riverbed. Their innovative end user experience monitoring offering perfectly complements and extends our SteelCentral solutions," said Jerry M. Kennelly, Riverbed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "With the increased use of mobile devices, virtual desktop environments and the cloud, the ability to manage end user experience has become more important and complex for IT organizations. With this acquisition, Riverbed and our partners are now uniquely positioned to provide CIOs and businesses with a complete view across networks, applications and end users, all in one solution."
The acquisition also follows Riverbed's acquisition of leading SD-WAN provider Ocedo in January 2016, which enabled Riverbed to get to market faster with application-defined SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) solution SteelConnect in April. Additionally, Riverbed offers a comprehensive Application Performance Platform that delivers end-to-end visibility, optimization and control.


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Many of the big-eyed charmers shown below are small jumping spiders, with head measuring only 2-3 mm. The position of their eyes, however, ensures an excellent vision (see particulars here)
All dressed up for dinner.
Before we discuss the fantastic mimicry (camouflage and adaptation) that some spiders employ for hunting and waiting for prey, let's have a look at how spectacular (and notably cute) these creatures can get. Here, for example, is the "Snow White":
Salticidae (or "Jumping Spider") is a true hunter among spider family. Instead of building a web and sitting on it, these spiders hunt actively relying on their exceptional vision. Such highly developed visual sense and fantastic eye arrangement play a significant role, when females choose males.
Not to be outdone, the males, too, have very colorful displays and well-ritualized mating techniques, as you can see on the next pictures (courtesy Opo Terser):
"What are you looking at?" -
The colors are wonderful: blue, red formal wear... "A Bluebeard"? -
This guy looks particularly wise with his white beard:
Look into these headlights...
Every one has it's own expression... This is a little coy:
Zebra stripes and orange pom-poms (Maevia inclemens):
Athletic fit:
Old and wise:
I Can Has Cheezburger? -
Jabba the Hutt (actually, the vary large wolf spider - Hogna species) -
(all above images courtesy Opo Terser)
(image credit: Hannes Mitchell)
Hilarious jumping spider mating behavior:
"A male jumping spider trying very hard to excite a female jumping spider. That thing it does...with it's front legs... He taps, he scrapes, he turns and twists...he stops!... Make sure you turn up the volume on your speakers...the sounds are half the act"
Sensational Mimicry Acts!
Some salticidae have evolved to mimic ants. By doing so, they can avoid predators and ant attacks - this is a big threat to these small forager hunters. They form the Myrmarachne genus. As ants have 6 legs ant 2 antennae, these spiders keep the front legs over the head imitating the antennae. What they can't hide is the number of eyes, look to the head and you will see two big eyes like ants and in the front of the head four or six more eyes.
These are all spiders; not the 8-eyed ants!
(image credit: Opo Terser)
(images credit: Hannes Mitchell)
Very long jaw - Males usually have elongated chelicerae which they use to fight off rivals. These chelicerae may be as long as half their body length:
(image credit: Hannes Mitchell)
More black-ant-like spiders:
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Other spiders (not necessarily jumping spiders) may use different mimicry. Some, like crab spiders, may blend with flowers and wait for insects... Do you see the hiding "Yellow Death"? -
(image credit: Hannes Mitchell)
Others are mimicking even weirder things, such as bird droppings -
(image credit: Luenni)
- and twigs, that are hard to spot:
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Can you see this one? -
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And this one completely blends with a dry leaf:
(images credit: Malaysian Spiders)
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When adding a third parity drive, we have three ways to encode the third parity drive, as mentioned in Table . RTP is using full stripe while the proposed RAID-6Plus is short striped. We will compare RTP, RAID-6Plus, mirroring for single drive, and mirroring for all drives with metric and take RDP_optimal as the baseline performance.The results are shown in Figure .
In this way, it can be clearly seen that the existing RTP has no contribution in accelerating single failure rebuild with a zero , which is the very motivation of RAID-6Plus. Among possible way to encode the third parity drive, RAID-6Plus prevails. The reason behind this is RAID-6Plus has nearly an even and balanced coverage for all data drives and short combinations in drive use as less data elements as possible.
In short, metric is proving that, unlike RTP and STAR, RAID-6Plus is a valid way to extend RDP from the perspective of single failure reconstruction.
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The existing methodology of extending RAID-6 codes considers only the fault tolerance level by utilizing the third redundant drive to recover from triple-failure scenarios. As a result, no contribution is made to speed up rebuilding single failures, and consequently, the third parity drive is almost idle.
This paper proposes RAID-6Plus, allowing the reuse of overlapped elements during reconstruction to balance the reliability and performance of the resulting coding scheme. By applying the proposed methodology to RDP and -code, respectively, we generate two new coding schemes named RDP+ and -code+ to provide a better balance between performance and reliability. The performance evaluation indicated that RAID-6Plus exhibited () a better system performance with no extra cost compared to RTP and STAR and () an enhanced reliability compared to RAID-6. With the proposed -metric, a detailed justification of the proposed methodology is provided.
The solution is 4. The possible combinations are:
Note : Sets like {1,1,2) or {3,3,3} aren't included in the calculation, as you can't choose an item more than once for a set.
4 Choose 0 is 1. Why? This might seem like a mind bender; how can you choose none and still get 1? But you have to look at it a slightly different way.
Combinations are just the full spread of different ways you can arrange the various subsets of one larger set. For a simple example take the set of A={1,2}. You can form four subsets of this set: {}, {1}, {2}, and {1,2}. These subsets are called the combinations of set A.
If you have 4 items and you're not choosing any, you still have those four items in the set: {1,2,3,4}. In other words, you didn't take any away, so you still have them all, i.e. 1 set. Back to Top
Most of the time, you aren't told whether you should use the permutation formula or te combination formula. Part of problem solving involves figuring this out on your own. The following examples show you how to do this.
Example problem #1: Five bingo numbers are being picked from a ball containing 100 bingo numbers. How many possible ways are there for picking different numbers?Example problem #1:
Step 1: Figure out if you have permutations or combinations . Order doesn't matter in Bingo. Or for that matter, most lottery games. As order doesn't matter, it's a combination.permutations combinations
Step 2: Put your numbers into the formula. The number of items (Bingo numbers) is "n." And "k" is the number of items you want to put in order. You have 100 Bingo numbers and are picking 5 at a time, so: Step 3: Solve: That's it! Example problem #2. Five people are being selected for president, vice president, CEO, and secretary. The president will be chosen first, followed by the other three positions. How many different ways can the positions be filled?Put your numbers into the formula. Solve: Example problem #2.
Step 1: Figure out if you have permutations or combinations . You can't just throw people into these positions; They are selected in a particular order for particular jobs. Therefore, it's a permutations problem.
Step 2: Put your numbers into the formula. There are five people who you can put on the committee. Only four positions are available. Therefore "n" (the number of items you have to choose from) is 5, and "k" (the number of available slots) is 4: Step 3: Solve: That's it!
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You have a couple of options on the internet.
Permutations formula: PERMUT(number, number_chosen) For example, if you had 100 items and wanted to choose 4, you would type the following into a blank cell: =PERMUT(100,4)


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I know it's probably not good to toot one's own horn, but what the heck. My zmugfs article is on Red Hat Magazine this morning.
Month: January 2008
Yesterday I passed the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam. I am now officially an RHCE! You can verify it here.
Since FUDCon is in Raleigh this year, I was able to attend this most awesome conference. Max did a great job with the State of Fedora address. He received a standing ovation and introduced the new Fedora project leader, Paul Frields.
Michael Tiemann had the 10:15 slot all to himself as none of the presenters wanted to go up against his talk on Fedora in the Enterprise (this is not a way to replace).
We had BarCamp which is a great model for defining a conference. Typically a conference defines the sessions and times upfront. With BarCamp the session topics are defined at the conference itself. They are placed on the board and everyone chooses what they want to attend. Based on the number of votes determines what rooms they are held in. It's a great format.
In between volunteer efforts badging folks up to the 3rd floor, I've been able to attend a few talks. I went to the revisor talk after lunch. Revisor integrates with cobbler and allows you to create customized distros. I can't wait to give this a try now. I'm signed up to see Seth's yum talk as well as Adrian's FUNC talk.
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zmugfs roadmap
I released zmugfs 0.1 on October 31st, 2007, but I haven't done anything else with it since then. I'm overdue for finishing it.
Next up is to add the write mode capability to the file system which will actually allow you to upload your photos to smugmug.com. Here's a quick list:
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Stay tuned for more.