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Checking in on… the WACPosted by jstevrtc on January 16th, 2010
Sam Wasson of bleedCrimson.net and Travis Mason-Bushman of Vandal Nation are the RTC correspondents for the Western Athletic Conference.
The WAC opened up league play this past weekend and after the first weekend there were a couple of surprises. The biggest surprise came from Utah State. The Aggies went on the road to open up league play and lost to New Mexico State in a close game and then were blown out by Louisiana Tech two nights later. The preseason pick to win the league by both the media and coaches has their work cut out for them if they hope to win the league title for a third consecutive season.
Current Standings:
- Louisiana Tech, 17-2 (5-0)
- New Mexico State, 10-7 (3-1)
- Fresno State 10-8 (3-1)
- Utah State, 12-6 (2-2)
- Nevada, 10-7 (2-2)
- San Jose State 9-7 (2-2)
- Idaho 8-7, (1-3)
- Hawai'i, 8-9 (1-3)
- Boise State, 9-9 (0-5)
After the first two weekends of play there has been some significant shifting among the top and bottom. Louisiana Tech continues to lead the league race starting out 5-0 while on the opposite end of the spectrum, Boise State is really behind the eight ball after losing their first five games of conference play. With this year's tournament no longer having a play-in game between the 8th and 9th place teams, the Broncos will be fighting for their postseason lives the rest of the way.
Boise State (9-9, 0-5)
The week's results:
- 01/09 L vs. New Mexico State, 88-85
- 01/11 L vs. Louisiana Tech, 79-64
- 01/14 L @ San Jose State, 76-74
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 @ Utah State
- 01/20 vs. Nevada
Disaster. After entering league play at 9-4 the Broncos are on a five game skid and, even though it's only a quarter way through the league schedule, they have to be in a bit of a panic mode. Only the top eight teams in the league will participate in the WAC tournament this season as the league has gotten rid of the play-in game between the 8th and 9th place team. The Broncos' road does not get any easier with games at Utah State and then versus Nevada at home followed by the in-state rivalry game at Idaho. It is entirely possible that the Broncos could be 0-8 midway through the conference race.
Fresno State (10-8, 3-1)
The week's results:
- 01/09 W vs. Hawai'i, 78-64
- 01/11 W vs. San Jose State, 80-70
- 01/14 L @ Louisiana Tech, 81-73
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 @ New Mexico State
- 01/21 vs. Utah State
The Bulldogs won two of three games over the past week and sit tied for second with New Mexico State. The Bulldogs picked up a solid win over San Jose State and made one of the longest road trips in the WAC when they faced Louisiana Tech in Ruston. The Bulldogs made the trip a man down as starting guard Steven Shepp did not make the trip to Ruston due to "academic" reasons as outlined in a statement from head coach Steve Cleveland. Fresno State found themselves down big in the second half, falling behind by 20 points at 53-33 with 14:33 left to play. Fresno State, however, showed some fight in the face of adversity and close the gap to just six at 74-68 with three minutes left — but couldn't climb any closer over the final stretch. Sylvester Seay and Paul George combined to score 37 points while Mychal Ladd and Greg Smith each pitched in 27. Backup guard Brandon Sperling filled in for Shepp with five points. The Bulldogs got just four points off the bench in the loss. Fresno State travels to New Mexico State on Saturday where they'll battle the suddenly resurgent Aggies as both teams try to keep pace with Louisiana Tech.
Hawaii (8-9, 1-3)
The week's results:
- 01/09 L @ Fresno State, 78-64
- 01/11 L @ Utah State, 98-54
Upcoming games:
- 01/18 vs San Jose State
Back-to-back losses by Hawai'i on the mainland have dropped the Warriors below the .500 mark. They suffered a 14 point defeat at Fresno State and then made the trip to Logan, UT where they were punished from start to finish by Utah State. While there is certainly no shame in losing in Logan — most teams that enter the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum do not leave victorious — it was the observation of the Salt Lake Tribune's Tony Jones that is cause for concern. Jones stated after the game, "Hawaii flat out quit in this game and that's pretty embarrassing for a Division I team to do with 30 minutes remaining in a basketball game." The Warriors host San Jose State as the try to get back on the positive side of things.
Idaho (8-7, 1-3)
The week's results:
- 01/09 L vs. Louisiana Tech, 77-71
- 01/11 L vs. New Mexico State, 75-72
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 @ Nevada
After splitting their conference-opening road trip the Vandals' regular season title hopes took a big hit as they were swept by Louisiana Tech and New Mexico State at home. Both games were within reach for the Vandals down the stretch but the inability to make free throws (or any shot, for that matter) in the latter stages of the second half against Louisiana Tech and then the inability to make a defensive stop against New Mexico State in the same time frame cost the Vandals both games. With a 1-3 record Idaho sits effectively four games behind Louisiana Tech — three games in the loss column, plus losing the first head-to-head matchup. The road does not get any easier as they face Nevada at Lawlor Arena in Reno on Saturday, a place where they have only won once since joining the WAC (it was just last season).
Louisiana Tech (16-2, 4-0)
The week's results:
- 01/09 W @ Idaho, 77-71
- 01/11 W @ Boise State, 79-64
- 01/14 vs. Fresno State, 81-73
Upcoming games:
- 01/21 @ San Jose State
The Bulldogs continue to impress after a road sweep in the state of Idaho and a home victory over second place Fresno State. After securing a hard fought victory over Idaho, the Bulldogs ran roughshod over the Broncos, winning 79-64. At 17-2 the Bulldogs are off to their best start since the 1984-85 season and have rattled off ten consecutive victories. Their 5-0 league record is their best start since joining the WAC. Kyle Gibson scored a career-high 33 points in the victory over visiting Fresno State. Louisiana Tech takes their show back on the road as they'll face San Jose State on the 21st, part of their longest road trip of the season as they'll face Hawai'i two nights later.
Nevada (10-7, 2-2)
The week's results:
- 01/09 W vs. San Jose State, 96-67
- 01/13 L vs. Utah State, 79-72 (OT)
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 vs. Idaho
- 01/20 @ Boise State
After splitting their opening road trip in conference play the Wolf Pack did the same in their first two home conference games. After picking up an impressive 96-67 victory over a better-than-their-record San Jose State squad the Wolf Pack hosted Utah State on Wednesday night in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. While the two teams did not disappoint on the court for most home viewers, it was the Wolf Pack fans who went home disappointed. Nevada gave up a 10-point second half lead and were pushed to overtime where Utah State took over the game. The Wolf Pack hit just 9-18 free throws in the game. The loss evened the Wolf Pack's record to 2-2 in league play but with games against the two Idaho schools coming up, they could put themselves in a good position nearly midway through the league race.
New Mexico State (10-7, 3-1)
The week's results:
- 01/09 W @ Boise State, 88-85
- 01/11 W @ Idaho, 75-72
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 vs. Fresno State
New Mexico State erased the disappointment of their home loss to Nevada by sweeping the state of Idaho in a pair of down-to-the-wire games. The Aggies faced off against Boise State in a game in which neither team seemed to be able to hold a lead. In the first half the Aggies led by six, then trailed by ten, but cut the lead to four by halftime. Then in the second half the Aggies led by two early in the second half, but then trailed by seven shortly thereafter…only to go up by nine with under nine minutes left. They then gave up the lead and trailed by four with just under two minutes left before finally rallying to win by three. It was the sixth consecutive game between the two that the victorious team scored at least 80 points. Against Idaho, the Aggies' Jahmar Young scored 32 points, one shy of his career high; every point was critical as the Aggies held off Idaho down the stretch. The Aggies have never had an easy time in Moscow but continued their dominance over the Vandals, having now won nine of the last ten meetings. The Aggies host Fresno State on Saturday with second place in the standings on the line. With Louisiana Tech threatening to make the league race a fight for second, the Aggies and Bulldogs will both be hungry for the win to try to keep pace with Louisiana Tech.
San Jose State (9-7, 2-2)
The week's results:
- 01/09 L @ Nevada, 96-67
- 01/11 L @ Fresno, 80-70
- 01/14 W vs. Boise State, 76-74
Upcoming games:
- 01/18 @ Hawai'i
- 01/21 vs. Louisiana Tech
The Spartans played three games over the past week and came away with a 1-2 record. After getting blown out by Nevada and losing on the road to Fresno State, the Spartans bounced back with a win over Boise State at home. Adrian Oliver led the way with a season-high 33 points. It was SJSU's first win over Boise State in their past 15 games and just their second win in the past 21 meetings. San Jose State makes the trip to the islands to face a reeling Hawai'i squad before returning home to host league leader Louisiana Tech.
Utah State (12-6, 2-2)
The week's results:
- 01/11 W vs. Hawai'i, 98-54
- 01/13 W @ Nevada, 79-72 (OT)
Upcoming games:
- 01/16 vs. Boise State
- 01/21 @ Fresno State
Shellshocked no more. Whatever the Aggies were missing on offense in their first two league games in averaging just 55 points per game, they found it when they returned to Logan. The Aggies stomped visiting Hawai'i, scoring 98 points — 43 above their average in the first two games. They followed it up with a gritty road victory over Nevada in overtime. The Aggies erased a 10-point deficit late in the second half to force overtime, subsequently outscoring Nevada 10-3 as Jared Quayle and Tyler Newbold each hit three pointers for the Aggies. Utah State found their shot as they hit 50% of their three point attempts in the game (8-16) and were 11-13 from the free throw line.
- 01/16 – Nevada vs. Idaho – 7:00 p.m. PT
- 01/16 – Utah State vs. Boise State – 7:00 p.m. MT (CW30-Utah)
- 01/16 – New Mexico State vs. Fresno State – 7:00 p.m. MT (AggieVision, Bulldog Sports Network)
- 01/17 – Hawai'i vs. San Jose State – 7:00 p.m. HT (KFVE Honolulu)
- 01/20 – Boise State vs. Nevada – 7:00 p.m. MT (Comcast SportsNet California)
- 01/21 – Fresno State vs. Utah State – 7:00 p.m. PT
- 01/21 – San Jose State vs. Louisiana Tech – 7:00 p.m. PT
- 01/21 – Hawai'i vs. New Mexico State – 7:00 p.m. HT (KFVE Honolulu)


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Wireless Gains Offset Weak Broadband Sales for Verizon's Q2
Jul 20, 2012 7:00 AM PT
Verizon proved Wall Street right Thursday, just meeting expectations for its second fiscal quarter and bringing in a net income gain of 13 percent thanks to higher-than-expected wireless subscriptions.
The wireless provider earned US$1.83 billion, or 64 cents per share on the quarter, up from $1.61 billion, or 57 cents per share, from the same period a year ago. Revenue increased to $28.5 billion, or 3.7 percent.
The company was weaker on its landline and broadband services, gaining just 2,000 broadband customers on the quarter -- its weakest numbers in four years. Verizon said the paltry gain was due partly to the company discontinuing the sale of DSL connections to customers that didn't have a landline.
Enterprise sales were also down, which Fran Shammo, the company's chief financial officer, attributed to foreign exchange rates, Verizon's decision to stop selling certain customer equipment, and the state of Europe's economy.
Countering that sluggish growth, Verizon's wireless services provided the company's biggest highlight, gaining 1.2 million subscribers on the quarter. The wireless provider said its 4G LTE service, which is the largest such U.S. network, available to more than 230 million people in 337 markets, is a big draw over competitors.
Rock Steady
Overall, Verizon had a decent quarter, especially since the wireless provider marketplace is so competitive, said Timothy Horan, analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. The gains that the wireless provider is making in that market will hold the company over while it is working on profitability in its other areas, he said.
"The trends look good for Verizon in wireless," he told the E-Commerce Times. "In enterprise, revenues were pretty down and there may have been some currency and equipment issues there, but overall the trends look really good."
The wireless space is the best place for the company to be strong now, said Horan.
"Wireless is already gaining a lot of share there, and some of these price increases mean earnings should look good for at least the next couple quarters," said Horan.
Betting on FiOS Profitability
Verizon is also raising prices on its FiOS services, which use fiber optics to bring phone, high-speed Internet and HD TV to customers. The company added 120,000 net new FiOS television customers on the quarter, which was slightly lower than expected. The company said that an unusually high number of customers moved out of FiOS regions. The high cost of installing the systems and the lower regional availability could be cutting into overall FiOS gains, said Peter Koeppel, founder and president of Koeppel Direct. However, he acknowledged, the bundle package was an attractive offering for consumers now.
"I would imagine that installing their fiber optic system is costly, so they may have more investment than other providers, which they need to offset through price increases," he told the E-Commerce Times. "They may also be at a disadvantage versus other providers because their service is not as widely available."
To increase profitability, Verizon said it would be raising FiOS prices. In the current television climate, that might be a bet that's worth putting off for later, said Koeppel.
"I think that subscribers are more important right now," he said. "They can always increase prices later. Since Viacom and DirecTV are in a dispute and DirecTV customers can't currently access Viacom networks, DirecTV customers may be looking for alternative options, and FiOS should try to capitalize on this situation and secure some of those customers."
The company didn't return our request for further details.

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In January, Public Policy Polling reported that if she ran for president in 2016, Hilary Clinton would run a competitve race in Texas. Clinton was said to have a one percent lead over Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a two point lead over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and a surprising eight point lead over our own governor, Rick Perry.
"If Clinton is the 2016 nominee, she could conceivably expand the electoral map for Democrats in deep-red Texas," said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling.
Republican leaders are beginning to show some concern that the former Secretary of State has the potential to turn Texas blue. Steve Munisteri, Chairman of the Republican Party in Texas, told Real Clear Politics they are taking the threat seriously.
"If she's the nominee, I would say that this is a 'lean Republican' state but not a 'solid Republican' state," he said. "I don't know anyone nationally who's scoffing at this. The national party leadership is aware and tells me they're taking it seriously."
With white, non-Hispanic voters making up less than 45 percent of the population, Texas Republicans recognize the need to carry a larger percentage of the minority vote. Last week, Ted Cruz said missing the minority vote was one of national Republican failures of the 2012 elections. Munisteri said he has been discussing the changing political dynamics with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, and that they are prepared to meet the challenge.
If Clinton did turn the state blue, it would be a monumental moment in Texas political history. Republicans have reigned in Texas for over three decades. There hasn't been a Democrat elected statewide since 1994, and a Democratic presidential nominee hasn't carried the state since 1976.
Munisteri said that Democrats could win any state under perfect circumstances, but he is confident that Texas Republicans will "do what they're supposed to do" to keep the state red.


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For when you don't have a can of it handy.
1 14/15oz can of tomatoes
2 cups of stock
1 tbsp basil
1/2 cup of cream
Bring everything except the cream to the boil.
Turn down to simmer and add cream.
Simmer for 15 minutes
Easy Tomato Soup
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And if you don't have a can of tomato's you can always make your own
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Wine Weekend
The Living Room restaurant and c/o the Maidstone in East Hampton are taking reservations for a wine weekend that will run from Friday, Feb. 25, through Feb. 27.
The weekend will begin with a five-course Taste of Long Island wine dinner, which will include five courses, all paired with wine, for $85. The dinner will start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, and reservations have been recommended.
"Soil to Cellar," a lecture series, will be presented on Feb. 26, beginning at 11 a.m., and will include two-course lunch, for $125. Representatives of East End vineyards including Macari, Paumanok, and Channing Daughters will speak on topics such as organic and biodynamic farming, single-estate wines, and wine collecting. The day will conclude with a 4 p.m. cocktail reception with wines from all the participating vineyards.
During the wine weekend, the Living Room restaurant at the inn will offer a three-course prix fixe menu, with dishes paired with Lenz wines. The cost of the meal will be $55.
Those who attend the Friday or Saturday wine weekend events will be offered a promotional rate on rooms.
Art and Dine
Also coming up at the Living Room is the next in a dinner series called Art and Dine, which features a two-course prix fixe meal attended by guest artists, writers, musicians, and other notables.
After a dinner on Tuesday, Bonnie Grice, a radio host, will talk with Jack Delashmet, a landscape designer, about his work. The event, which starts at 6:30 p.m., costs $36 per person plus tax and gratuity, and includes a glass of wine and cookies for dessert.
Catering by LT
LT Burger in the Harbor can now be booked as a party venue, from sit-down dinners for 57 guests to cocktail receptions for more than 100, or for a birthday or other celebration for kids. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner options are available from $24 to $55 per person.
The cafe features a coffee and pastry station and a make-your-own shake bar, and the dining room includes a bar as well as flat-screen TVs that can be used for video presentations. The LT Burger chefs also offer off-premises catering.


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It is easy to etch your own designs into metal for jewelry. This tutorial will teach you how! (Check out our etching kit too!)
Before you begin, please read the safety considerations for etching metal with chemicals blog post.
You'll also probably want to read the design considerations for etching metal blog post too!
Now, here are the steps for etching metal with ferric chloride:
1. Choose your metal(s). Ferric chloride works on copper, brass and nickel silver. It will not work on actual silver (fine or sterling). Do NOT use ferric chloride on aluminum. Metal as thin as 24-gauge can be etched – just leave it in for less time than you would for thicker metal. If you want to etch both sides or etch really deeply, use at least 20-gauge metal.
2. Clean metal with Penny Brite (our favorite) or an abrasive cleaner and scrubbie. The metal must be very clean. Water will sheet off (not bead up) on the surface when it is truly clean.
3. Apply resist. Stazon ink, Sharpies, toner transfers – there are many options! (Read the design considerations.)
4. Cover all areas that should not be etched with ink or durable tape. This includes the back, sides and inside any holes.
5. Pour 3/4 – 1″ of etchant into a non-reactive container (glass or plastic). If you are etching more than one type of metal, use a separate container for each. If desired, add a teaspoon of citric acid to "boost" the etching action.
6. Attach metal to a styrofoam float "boat" and place in etchant. Suspending the metal into the bath with tape is another option. Just make sure the metal is submerged yet isn't touching the bottom of the container.
7. Allow to float for 30-90 minutes, depending on depth of etch desired. Nickel silver tends to take longer than copper or brass because it contains just 65% copper. (The rest is nickel and zinc.)
8. Scrub metal clean in a tub of water that has a few tablespoons of baking soda mixed into it. Scrub all your design elements with a brass brush (or an old toothbrush) and additional baking soda, to thoroughly neutralize the acid. Some people use a weak ammonia bath to really make sure the acid is removed. Cleaning all the etchant off is important, as it will stain, and may cause small pits.
That's it! You'll probably want to patina the metal with liver of sulfur or another oxidizer to really bring out the definition in your design.
Ferric chloride can be reused several times. Once it is exhausted (typically after about 3 uses), consult your local waste management system for guidance on disposing of it.
Happy creating! Use the "print friendly" option to print these instructions – with or without pictures! Questions are always welcome too. ~ Cindy
Editor's Addendum: Many people have asked "Where do you find these supplies?" So here is a linked list of sheet metal and etching supplies:
- 6×6″ copper sheet
- 6″ "bracelet" strips of copper sheet for etching, stamping, riveting, etc.
- Copper washers
- 6″ sheets of brass for etching, stamping, riveting, etc.
- Solid brass bracelets — great for etching or otherwise embellishing
- 6″ nickel sheet metal for etching, stamping, riveting, etc.
- Ferric Chloride
Roofers use 19- to 27-gauge copper sheet, but surprisingly the prices from most roofing supply places are higher than our prices. Fortunately, you can often find left-over roofing scrap at a local recycler, like Earthworks Recycling. The size of reclaimed copper scrap can be random, so bring a measuring gauge and gauge conversion chart to make sure you get the size of scrap or remnants you want, such as 20-, 22- or 24-gauge.
For more tips about etched copper, brass or nickel jewelry: Various designers at Rings & Things have etched jewelry designs and posted free tutorials (no login required!) which you can browse in our Design Gallery. Or go directly to a few favorite tutorials by clicking the Related Products tab in the details of this Ferric Chloride.


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Author Notes: I've been a bit obsessed with drinking vinegar since a recent dinner outing to Ping, one of chef Andy Ricker's local restaurants. At Ping you can get a wide variety of Asian-style drinking vinegars mixed with seltzer, as well as incorporated into cocktails. They make a delightfully tart soda - with the tang of the vinegar hitting you first, and the fruit finishing on the palate. For this version I used fresh raspberries with a little lemongrass to complement the berry flavor. I've also made strawberry (yum), watermelon-lychee (meh), and cherry-ginger (yum.) There is a lot of room for experimentation, so don't be afraid to give it a go! - hardlikearmour —hardlikearmour
Food52 Review: Hardlikearmour's Raspberry Shrub intrigued me. Admittedly, my palate tends toward the sour and tangy. Luckily, I found coconut vinegar easily. By far, the hardest part about making this is waiting. Finally, three days later, as my shrub cooked down, I tasted just a bit, as hardlikearmour suggests, and ended up adding an extra ¼-cup of sugar. Topped with sparkling water, the shrub is refreshing and full of tart raspberry flavor and aroma. The tang from the vinegar pops on your palate in a delightful, can't-wait-to-take-another-sip kind of way. Raspberries are the perfect match for this kind of vinegar cordial. Not only does this taste good, but also you feel good drinking it. I look forward to experimenting and enjoying this lovely drinking vinegar. Thanks hardlikearmour for a wonderfully inspired recipe! - gingerroot —gingerroot
Makes: about 3 cups
24 to 30
ounces fresh or frozen organic raspberries
stalks lemongrass, thinly sliced (optional)
milliliters coconut vinegar (5% acidity)*
cup sugar, plus additional to taste
- Place raspberries, lemongrass, and vinegar into a non-reactive container that can be tightly sealed. (I don't wash the raspberries because they are so fragile, and I don't want to lose any of their juice. If you need to you may gently rinse them.)
- Seal the container and allow to rest at room temperature for 3 to 5 days, stirring once to twice daily. The berries will basically disintegrate within a day or so.
- Transfer vinegar and berries to a non-reactive saucepan. Stir in 1/2 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over med-high heat, then reduce heat to low. Simmer as gently as possible, uncovered for one hour, stirring on occasion. (Note: boiling vinegar is quite pungent, make sure you have good ventilation!)
- Strain a tablespoon or two of the mixture into a glass, and allow it to cool. Add seltzer water, then taste. Add sugar if desired (I ended up adding another 1/4 cup of sugar.) Once it is the desired sweetness, remove from heat and allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes. Strain the entire mixture through a mesh strainer set over a bowl, pressing as much of the liquid out of the fruit pulp as possible. Strain the collected liquid through a mesh strainer lined with several layers of cheesecloth into a quart-sized pitcher or glass measure. Transfer to a bottle, cool to room temperature, seal, and store in the fridge. Use as you see fit!
- * Look for coconut vinegar at Asian groceries. It is a translucent white color, and has a mild flavor making it a perfect vehicle for your fruit to shine!
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
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Hi everyone!
You might have noticed that things have slowed down a lot here and over the last few posts I have been saying that I am slowing down a lot more and that things on here will continue to slow down.. Well, yeah things have :( Without totally leaving scrapbooking behind, I have , over the last couple of months, stepped down from , most of my design team stuff as I pretty much found it unrealistic to keep up.
I have a toddler that is thriving..going on to 2 and I want to not only spend more time with her during the day, but invest as much energy as I can into talking to her, taking her places during the day (dont think anything exotic.. more like the local shopping centre LOL), sit and draw with her, play games (even on the iPad, she's quite the champion!) with her, and just BE THERE! Be in the moment, be present.
This means that all day is gone, bar the couple of hours she sleeps which is the time I use to pay the bills, do the admin for our business, start dinner, tidy up etc and the 2 hours goes in a flash before it is time to go get the older girls from school, drop them off to various after school activities, pick them up in now time, come home , continue dinner, do homework with them while above mentioned thriving toddler hangs off one arm and is screaming for attention, have dinner, clean up and leave things spotless (yeah 'cause I am OCD like that too!) , hang out with all kids and hubby, read the occasional story (because I was THAT mother that said I would read with my kids every night but these days I am exhausted !) , tuck kids in, go up and down the stairs 30 times because someone forgot something, and then finally sit on the lounge around 8 and am like a robot and can only watch mundane programs like My Kitchen Rules that require zero thinking...Then wake up and do it ALL OVER AGAIn the next day x 7 days a week x 365 days a year!
Are you exhausted just reading that? Try living it! LOL Oh i forgot to say in there somewhere that I am obsessive about the nutrition of our family, so I source , research etc organic, good quality produce from all different places and cook mostly everything that we eat from scratch.!! Yes because I added THAT to my life too!! LOL
I am NOT complaining .. seriously I am not. I am just trying to make you see why scrapbooking and creating had to take a back seat . It is regrettable because I love it. I hope to continue with Prima a bit longer and then .. maybe I can continue just for myself.
Honestly.. I love it. I had 2 Design Teams I considered to be the elite of Design Teams.. that was 7 Dots Studio and Prima Marketing. I made both of those at the same time and then after that.. well.. what is there ? I see my work standard is declining and I am not proud of my work as I once was. So maybe.. one day I will continue to just scrap for me.. I love it too much.
But anyway, I will still be around and I hope I can drop by from time to time to share some work :)
Today I am sharing with you a card that I made for Prima Marketing
Materials Used:
Cork Stickers Cigar Box Secrets #576158
Shabby Chic Resin Treasures Marvelle #891459
Jute Trim Mulberry #576844
Color Bloom Sultry Shimmer Pressed Petal #573881
Art Ingredients Glass Glitter Gold Rush #961657
Elementals 7x9 Stencil Weaving #962333
Art Basics 3D Matte Gel #961398
Art Basics Heavy Gesso White #961374
Art Basics Modelling Paste #961411
Wine Singles Mulberry Flowers #PE-005-12
Classic Purple 24 Pieces Mulberry Flowers #PE-390-20P
Until the next time, its goodbye for now :)


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And that is true. Traveling around Russian towns can be as fun as popular foreign destination and tourist attractions abroad. First of all, because you will get to know the rich Russian culture which we, unfortunately, know little today. You can start discovering the national patrimony of Russia anywhere. Your starting point can be both world famous tourism pearls such as royal Saint-Petersburg or the enigmatic snow-covered Altais and modest but equally interesting sites that preserved their uniquity up to day.
When Russia is referred to as a contrast country, it is its rich variety that is meant. You can apply it to tourism within the country. In Russia you can choose a vacation for any taste however peculiar it is, ranging from the hot Black Sea coast with golden sand beaches and comfortable hotels to extreme safaris in the roads of winter Karelia.
There are many directions in Russian tourism and this is crucial for choosing a destination by Russians, and lately — foreigners. Anyone can find something that would please them. For instance, outdoor activities in Russia are not inferior to foreign offers, and sometimes even superior. Rafting, snowmobile & quadracycle safaris, jeep tours, kayaking, skiing resorts, fishing on picturesque lakes — extreme fans will enjoy these and other activities.
As for the culture, the range is widest in Russia also. A lot of objects of interest such as architectural complexes, museums, palaces, memorial complexes will allow anybody to feel the glamor and beauty, unveil the past and touch the present, dip into the Russian culture atmosphere. Each Russian town keeps a page of our rich history, and therefore any smallest town in Russia is invaluable.
Another advantage of vacationing in Russia is the vast variety and magnificence of the Russian nature. Praised by great Russian poets, the Russian nature strikes with its wildness and picturesqueness. Sultry Caspian semi-deserts contrast with vast steppes and lush water-meadows; magnificent mountains crowned with snow raise from the plains, and slow streams turn into wild mountain rivers. Enigmatic taiga opens up behind woodland with dotted with sky-blue lakes.
Russia is a huge country with a big tourist potential which is opening up now in its entire variety. Russia is lavish and hospitable, original and modern at that, magnificent and refined yet simple and enigmatic but the enigma can be solved by anybody who makes the first step forward!
The first archeological "Museum of lively history" of Russia is established in Great Novgorod. It is considered that it was the place constructions of so called Slovenian end were located. "Museum of lively nature" will be protected from moods of the weather by a giant "umbrella".
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The Atlanta Braves won just one World Series (1995) in a run of 14 postseason appearances from 1991 to 2005. The Chicago Bears won just one Super Bowl (1985) despite a defense that changed the game, arguably the greatest two-way back in NFL history (Walter Payton) and swagger unsurpassed in any sport, by anyone, at any time.
And now, joining those underachievers among sports' memorable one-and-done champions, we have the 2011 Dallas Mavericks.
With the surprising news Thursday afternoon that veteran point guard Jason Kidd was leaving Dallas to sign with the New York Knicks, that Mavericks team is officially over. There will be no retooling, not with Kidd gone, Jason Terry off to Boston, Tyson Chandler winning hardware for his defensive work in New York and Deron Williams sticking with the Nets for their move to Brooklyn.
Williams was the addition that was going to revive the Mavericks' title hopes – and possibly lure Dwight Howard to town. Now those hopes have been doused and, fact is, the Mavericks themselves filled the water bucket.
Not since the 1998 Chicago Bulls broke up its golden core of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and coach Phil Jackson has a defending champion so surrendered with a "No mas" fit for Robert Duran. If Dallas wasn't built to be a one-and-done champ, owner Mark Cuban and GM Donnie Nelson sure behaved that way.
They blinked at Chandler's market value, enabling him to escape to New York. They disregarded 2011-12 as some sort of asterisk season – even if it was the one in which they actually received their rings – to keep their options open for this summer and beyond.
How's that working out for them?
Williams, a Dallas native, told them thanks but no thanks. Terry opted for the Celtics, a group that so far only has won once (2008) but at least hasn't put itself in the one-and-done pickle. Steve Nash not only didn't come back from Phoenix, he left for the hated Lakers and slid into the trade-exception slot created when the Mavericks (doh!) dealt for disappointing Lamar Odom.
Now it's Kidd leaving Dirk Nowitzki behind with a roster that has more than a few has-beens and not-yets. And while the veteran playmaker's decision caught many by surprise, he might have given some hint of his intentions when he talked earlier about Williams' motives in sticking with Brooklyn, as ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan wrote:
"Honestly, it came down to the roster," Kidd said. "Brooklyn made moves that improved the roster dramatically, and he saw things were going that way. That would be my opinion from looking on the outside. He felt that if Dirk goes down he's sitting with himself."
It also didn't hurt the Nets' cause that they could offer Williams a five-year deal for $98 million while the new collective bargaining agreement limited the Mavs' offer to four years and about $75 million.
"From my point of view, I would say it's not about the money," Kidd said. "He wants to win. He's been losing. He's been getting his teeth kicked in the last couple of years."
So going to Dallas as one of the top three point guards in the NBA still might have resulted in Williams getting his "teeth kicked in" some more, in Kidd's view. Then it's little wonder how Kidd felt about the Mavs' short-term prospects without the Nets guard.
From the look of it now, there is no short-term in Dallas. Only a long-term that might feel really long.


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In less than a year both my Granny and her sister, my Great Aunt have died – not unusual I know, after all I'm 41 – 'they must have been clocking on a little bit', I hear you say and you'd be right. But to live to 99 in the case of my granny and 98 in the case of Ethel her sister, by anyone's imagination is a long time.
Granny only had one husband – my granddad – who sadly died in 1973. Ethel on the other hand had two husbands and a partner all of whom pre-deceased her.
Granny had two children; Ethel had several dogs, handbags, shoes, clothes … …
You get the drift, their lives were on the surface so different, they were their own person with their own personalities, but they must have shared something?
Their excellent skin, their longevity, their quest to out do each other, their absolute stubbornness, this list of their similarities just goes on and on!
I've thought on and off about DNA in genealogy for sometime. There's the Star 'old' gene; the Densham 'skin tone'; the Sutcliffe 'ginger' hair and so one and I wonder what benefit I would really gain from knowing what my DNA looked like – could it really answer these most fundamental questions?
I suppose the answer is no, not really. Yes, it can say whether or not you are definitely related to the cousin you found unexpectedly in Australia or if one is of European or African descent – but to me, although those answers are important and yes, if I had the money I'd like to find out; they are not the most pressing of questions.
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As of February 2009, the UFED is compatible with 1,874 mobile phones (including GSM, TDMS, CDMA, iDEN), with the standard package containing 71 different phone cables. The UFED has an intergrated SIM reader, with Wireless connection options also being integrated, such as IR and Bluetooth.
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In my experience helping RightScale customers who are at varying points in the cloud adoption spectrum from investigating IaaS to launching a POC to already using IaaS for production applications, I see quite a bit of confusion about how to actually "do" security in the cloud, particularly in IaaS. And the sheer volume of vendor cloud washing and sales FUD that is being perpetuated makes it even more difficult for them to get a straight answer.
As the Security Guy at RightScale and a cloud user myself, I'm writing a series of "How we do it" articles covering the "security things" that you should be doing as part of your security program. In this blog post I will share some of my thoughts and details on one important aspect of security: security monitoring in public IaaS. Read on for some actionable tips, or, if you want more in-depth expert guidance on security in the cloud, ask to talk with me when you request a RightScale demo.
What Is Security Monitoring?
So what exactly is security monitoring and why is it important? In the context of this blog, I am defining security monitoring as:
The ability to collect, analyze, and alert on security-related system and application events. These events are synonymous with individual log entries for the system or application in question.
Security monitoring is important because it is a critical part of a holistic information security program. A holistic program includes such protocols as governance, testing, patching, configuration management, and identity and access management among monitoring and others. Although security monitoring is just another piece of that puzzle like applying patches or configuring systems properly, it is critical because without it your security program is incomplete. If there is a compromise or attempted compromise of your system, without security monitoring you would never know it happened until you read about it in the news.
Let's start with some premises:
In order to get it right, you need to look at security monitoring in IaaS in the following light:
- Cloud, and thus IaaS, is a new way to deliver IT.
- Security fundamentals in the cloud are similar to any other environment (there is no secret sauce).
- Monitoring in IaaS is a subset of monitoring in a traditional enterprise. The main difference arises because there is no general network level visibility (for example, there is no span port to view all traffic passing through the device). I know you can architect it such that there is a "choke point" to pass all traffic through, thus gaining much of the visibility functionality you have lost. However, if you do this, you are essentially trying to shoehorn an old solution where a new one is in order (see the first bullet above), and you will introduce problems (single point of failure, bandwidth limits, latency issues, etc.). I recommend that you embrace the change, figure out how you should do it (compensate for that lack with host-based tools, for example) and don't try to force how you have done it in the past. (Note: There is an aspect of the network-level monitoring that focuses on the actual network itself, which is managed by the provider and thus is out of our scope and would not typically be considered anyway.)
Begin by asking "Why?"
You need to begin the whole process of by asking "Why implement security monitoring?" rather than "How to do it?" or "What to use?". So why are you implementing security monitoring? To meet compliance requirements? Prevention? Detection? Forensics? Other?
Once you have identified the "Why," then you can start looking at the "How to do it." Will you use Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS), application logs, system logs, host network traffic, etc. as data sources for your monitoring? After the "How" then the "What to use" should follow: open source (Syslog, GrayLog, OSSEC, etc.) or commercial (SumoLogic, CloudPassage, Trend Micro, etc.).
The RightScale answer to "Why?"
Our answer to the "Why implement security monitoring?" is compliance, burglar alarms, and forensics. We needed to meet compliance requirements, we wanted to have a system that would notify us if something we knew was not supposed to happen did, and we wanted to be able to look at past events if needed for forensics purposes.
Next consider the "How?"
Once you have answered why you need to implement security monitoring, then you can move on to the "how to do it." When we were identifying the "How?" in our security monitoring environment, we identified the following critical items that needed consideration:
- Alert latency: How quickly did we need to know that something had happened? We had to consider both the time for the event to be processed and the time to actually receive the alert. Our answer had a direct impact on requirements for storage I/O, network bandwidth, CPU, and memory.
- Bandwidth: In a centralized system (I know I have not addressed this yet, but I will), is there enough bandwidth on the processing system to handle all the network load? Also, what will the cost be relative to the amount of data that needs to be transferred off the host?
- Reliability: What level of reliability is required for the actual data and alerts that are processed? Most folks would say "total reliability," yet the most prevalent transport for logs is Syslog over UDP (per RFC 768: "...delivery and duplicate protection are not guaranteed."). Our decision was driven by our answers to the "Why?" question.
- Deployment model: I know there are as many ways to deploy monitoring as there are architects that design them, but I believe that the following three models are best for IaaS cloud use (RightScale uses all three, as I describe later):
- Local agent, local alerting, central correlation, central archive
- Local agent, central alerting, central correlation, central archive
- No agent, central collection, central alerting, central correlation, central archive
The RightScale answer to "How?"
Based on our "Why implement security monitoring?" answers, our "How?" decisions came out like this:
- Alert latency: We will trigger an alert to fire within 3 minutes of a "burglar alarm" event happening.
- Bandwidth: We will limit the cost associated with data transfer (we generate 100s of GB per day of logs, and it is growing significantly), by using systems in zones/regions that are free (ideally) or have minimal cost for large bandwidth usage. One of the major considerations is that RightScale, as part of our platform design, already has a requirement to centralize logs for troubleshooting purposes, and thus leveraging that common machinery is highly desirable.
- Reliability: We will ensure that logs are available in a central store by using a reliable mechanism.
- Deployment model: We will leverage all three deployment models noted above.
Lastly decide on the "What?"
Once you have identified "Why?" and "How?" with regard to implementing security monitoring, you can look into "What?" you will implement. This is where you get to start looking at specific technology solutions that fit into your "How?" and meet your "Why?". You can start looking at vendor products, open source solutions, developing something in house, or most likely a combination of them all. Another important part of this phase is figuring out the limitations of the technologies that are available to you and potentially feeding that back into the earlier questions if you can get something to meet the specific need.
The RightScale answer to "What?"
Based on the answers to "Why?" and "How?", we developed the following design for "What?" to do. We decided that using a combination of all three deployment models was going to be the best way to the three "Why?" requirements we had:
- Critical servers (for example, database servers): We use OSSEC standalone mode, rsyslog and RELP (Reliable Event Logging Protocol) to implement model "A" (local agent, local alerting, central correlation, central archive). This gives us the ability to implement local burglar alarms that can alert quickly if something is amiss. Implementing the local agent and local alerting increased the administrative burden for these systems, but because of their critical nature, we felt that the added burden was justified.
- PCI environment: We chose the commercial CloudPassage product Halo to implement deployment model "B" (local agent, central alerting, central correlation, central archive). Halo also provides additional security benefits for our PCI compliance requirements.
- For the rest of our systems: We use RELP to send to a central log collector and OSSEC (server mode) for alerting and correlation (model "C"). And we deploy central collectors in locations that meet the "bandwidth cost reduction" requirement. We decided on model "C" because it is the easiest from an administration point of view (no local agents to manage). It allows for generic correlation and alerting for the environment and provides the needed logs for forensics.
I cover deployment models in more detail in my on-demand webinar Security Monitoring In the Cloud: How RightScale Does It.
Examples of Alerts We Use
By now you have no doubt figured out that that by "monitoring" I effectively mean "log analysis," and one of the foremost questions in most people's minds will be: How does one classify a log entry as "interesting"?
The answer, as you would expect, is "it depends." Arguably the single most difficult part of security monitoring is defining what is worth alerting about — especially with logs. Some examples of events we at RightScale find noteworthy and want to be alerted on are:
- Interactive login to our database server: In our environment this is a rare event, so I want to know when it happens. Also, I keep an eye on any statistical increase of the occurrences of such events, as they may indicate something amiss.
- Database access from an unsuspected system: This situation should not occur and would point to a potential firewall problem or indicate some other issue that needs to be addressed ASAP.
- Former staff user account access attempts: This alert primarily helps with identifying any staff account that may have been "missed" in the employee off-boarding process.
These are the few items on our "what to watch for list" that I am willing to share since I want to give you examples of alerts but don't want everyone to know what specifically I am looking for.
Summing It Up
You must start with the "Why?" question when tackling the implementation of security monitoring . You'll notice that the ultimate decisions for RightScale are directly related to our "Why?" answers, no more, and no less. Without knowing those answers — and I would argue that most of you don't — you will go down the path of deploying technology for technology's sake and likely be continually frustrated with your lack of desired results.
At RightScale, we decided that the ease of administration, especially in a highly elastic IaaS environment, was very important. Also, from my past experience deploying global security event monitoring tools, I knew that custom correlation and alerting is the best place to start (this limits false positives). It is always easier to start with success and grow from there.
Although we have put a decent bit of work into our security monitoring, it is an ongoing process. As I said earlier, security monitoring in public IaaS is a new way of doing things and everyone is still learning at this point. We will adjust and change as our needs or solutions change.


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Coach Mike McCarthy told reporters this afternoon that Nick Barnett, who suffered a wrist injury during Sunday's win over the Detroit Lions but returned to the game, was seeking a second opinion on his injury and that the veteran linebacker could miss "extended time".
With another inside linebacker already ailing (Brand Chillar is dealing with a shoulder injury that McCarthy indicated will not end his season despite some speculation to that effect yesterday) the Packers will most likely turn to Desmond Bishop to fill in alongside A.J. Hawk in the base defense. Defensive coordinator said earlier in the week that he would be looking at some new personnel groups and formations to work around the bevy of injuries the Packers are working through on defense.
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Cozy up next to your space heater's comforting humm, rest a warm laptop over your thighs, and use your headphones as earmuffs as you enjoy a collection of instrumentals made by machines. For our latest Music for Video selection, a mix of beeps, buzzes, clicks and whirrs. Few of these sounds come from an instrument you learned in band class. They are perfect for your sexy robot love stories, hackday montages, and lonely urban sunrises.
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3. Leggysalad (website, CC BY-NC-SA) - This track has the amazing ability to infuse sentimental feelings the present moment. It's a flashback of your happiest moments spliced together into an sonic Facebook album.
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5. C. Scott (website, CC BY) - In this magical dreamscape, all your beats will come true.
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(Reuters) - The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has set disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong a February 6 deadline to fully cooperate in the investigation into cycling's darkest episode in return for a possible reduction of his life ban.
In excerpts of his interview with the CBS network scheduled for Sunday broadcast, USADA CEO Travis Tygart said he had written a letter to Armstrong with the offer.
Armstrong, 41, admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week that he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles with systematic use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs. Last year he was stripped of his titles after being labeled a "serial cheat" by the USADA.
Tygart also disputed Armstrong's claims of a clean comeback in 2009.
"His blood tests in 2009, 2010 ... one to a million chance that it was due to something other than doping," Tygart said.
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The spleen is an organ involved in the production and maintenance of red blood cells, the production of certain circulating white blood cells, as a part of the lymph system, and as a part of the immune system.
Guidelines for splenectomy include:
General anesthesia is used. The patient is in deep sleep and pain free. The surgeon makes an incision in the abdomen.
The surgeon locates and isolates the spleen, rotates it and brings it out of the wound. Its attachments to other organs are gently cut. In children, following traumatic injury and splenic disruption, a healthy fragment of the spleen may be reimplanted. Such fragments provide continued splenic function.
The outcome varies with the underlying disease and extent of other injuries. Complete recovery from surgery should be anticipated. Recovery from the operation should be rapid. Hospitalization should be less than a week, and complete healing should occur within 3 to 4 weeks.


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It's been a different type of season for Rachel (Wacholder) Scott on the national Assn. of Volleyball Professionals beach volleyball tour, but it will conclude this weekend for the former Laguna Beach High athlete on familiar sand.
Scott, a 1993 graduate of Laguna Beach, will close out the tour when she and playing partner Jen Kessy vie for the women's title at the smart AVP Championships at Huntington Beach. The four-day tournament, the last of seven stops on the 2013 AVP Tour, started Thursday and concludes with women's and men's championship finals Sunday at the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier.
The tournament began with an open qualifier Thursday. Main draw action is both Friday and Saturday. Scott and Kessy will play their first match at 1:40 p.m. Friday.
Among the top athletes contending for Huntington Beach titles are three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and Olympic silver medalist April Ross on the women's side, and Olympic gold medalists Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, and two-time Olympians Sean Rosenthal and Jake Gibb, on the men's side.
Scott, the mother of two and married to former AVP men's standout, Sean Scott, said the past few AVP seasons have been unique.
"The tour has been questionable for me these last few years," the Redondo Beach resident said. "I have two young kids, and they announced the [AVP] schedule late, so I wasn't sure what would happen with this season."
Scott, 38, will be playing Friday in her fourth tournament of the current AVP tour which started in August at Salt Lake City, Utah. She previously partnered with Annett Davis (Manhattan Beach Open), and for two tournaments (Cincinnati Open, Santa Barbara Open) with Morgan Miller.
Scott and Davis finished 13th at the Manhattan Beach Open, and Scott and Miller finished ninth (Cincinnati Open) and seventh (Santa Barbara Open) in their two tourney appearances.
Kessy had been partnered on the tour with April Ross, and the two, who won silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, had won a pair of AVP events (Salt Lake City Open, St. Petersburg Open) this year. Ross recently has formed a new partnership with Walsh Jennings and the pair won their first title in their first AVP tournament as team, the Santa Barbara Open, Sept. 29.
Kessy, a former Laguna Beach resident, then came calling on Scott.
Scott said the two had previously partnered for the second half of the 2006 season.
"Jen was looking for a partner, and called me," Scott explained. "I was shocked. She's such a great player, and I couldn't say 'no.' I was really flattered that she asked me to play."
Scott said her training for the current season hasn't been up to par. She knows what's expected on the tour, the grind of it all. She also knows the winners' circle at Huntington Beach, having reached it with then-partner Elaine Youngs when they won the women's title in 2005.
Scott and Youngs were runner-up to the 2006 women's title, and Scott and Tyra Turner finished third in 2008, at Huntington.
It was in the 2005 season that Scott was named the AVP Women's Best Defensive Player and Most Improved Player. She had the second-most kills and digs on the tour during both for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
She has reached 23 championship match appearances since the 2005 AVP season.
As for her and Kessy's chances this weekend in Huntington, Scott feels confident.
"I feel we can make an impact, although I wish I were in better shape going into it," said Scott, who recently attended the Laguna Beach High Class of 1993's 20th reunion. "I really hadn't been doing a lot of training during this season, but I'll be ready for Huntington. I'm looking forward to it."
Another Laguna Beach athlete, Whitney Pavlik, has had success on this year's AVP tour, but the former Mater Dei High star won't compete this weekend at Huntington Beach due to injury. Pavlik won the Manhattan Beach Open in August with Walsh Jennings. The duo also has one second-, one fifth-, and a pair of third-place tournament finishes on the tour.
Pavlik teamed with Annett Davis last month and finished ninth at the Santa Barbara Open.
AVP Schedule of Events
At Huntington Beach Pier
Friday: Main Draw, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday: Main Draw, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday: Main Draw, noon; Men's final, 3 p.m.; Women's final, 4 p.m.


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More than 3.7 million visited HealthCare.gov this week
Improvements that ended last week have increased website's ability to handle visitors.
WASHINGTON — More than 3.7 million people visited HealthCare.gov since the website was upgraded last weekend, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Friday.
Also, CMS communications director Julie Bataille said, the percentage of duplicate or incorrect forms from the website to insurers has dropped from 25% to 10%.
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: What you need to know
"This week, the site remains stable and experienced no unexpected downtime," Bataille said.
As technicians fixed the initial problems that plagued the site since its Oct. 1 opening, many of the other problems that had been causing difficulties with insurer forms were also fixed.
"We do believe that the transactions from Dec. 1 moving forward reflect the technical upgrades made to the system," Bataille said.
There may have been as many as one in four incorrect or duplicate forms going to insurers between Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, she said.
"With the recent upgrades and technical fixes in place, we believe nine out of 10 forms are being issued correctly," Bataille said. She said they are continuing to work on the back-end to make sure those forms are correct.
About 16,000 people used the new queuing system this week, leaving an e-mail address so they could be notified and placed at the front of the line when the site was not as busy, Bataille said. Of those, 93% of people returned after they received an email.
This weekend, regularly scheduled maintenance will continue from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., and the site will be unavailable.
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ASML is one of the world's leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML employs more than 21,000 people.
ASML Holding N.V. announces its 2018 First Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
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Jarvis Varnado Comes Full Circle With Sioux Falls Skyforce
So what if Will Foster gets posterized? (see button below) The Sioux Falls Skyforce have a familiar presence patrolling the paint. The Miami Heat assigned rookie center-forward Jarvis Varnado Friday the Skyforce, the Heat's NBA Development League affiliate. The assignment is the record 137th of the 2012-13 NBA and NBA D-League seasons, and is the first for Varnado. The 6-9 230-pounder becomes the record 54th NBA player to have been assigned to the NBA D-League this season.
The center/forward from Mississippi State returns to the Skyforce having earned a GATORADE Call-Up from the team to the Heat in January. He has appeared in five games for Miami this season, recording two points, two blocks and one assist in 19 minutes. Prior to his stint with Miami, Varnado played in five games with the Boston Celtics, where he scored six points and grabbed three rebounds in 18 minutes.
Appearing in 10 games for Sioux Falls prior to his Call-Ups to Boston and Miami, Varnado averaged 14.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.9 blocks and 30.5 minutes.
Varnado is expected to join the Skyforce today and be available tomorrow when the team travels to face the Tulsa 66ers at 7 p.m.


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How Maglevs Work
by Barbara Saffer
A brief review of magnets will help explain how maglev (magnetic levitation) trains work. Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole. Similar poles of two magnets repel each other; opposite poles attract each other. These principles govern the levitation of maglev trains.
Permanent magnets are always magnetic. Electromagnets are magnetic only when an electric current flows through them. The north and south poles of an electromagnet are related to the direction of the current. If the direction of the current is reversed, the poles are reversed.
In maglevs that levitate by magnetic repulsion, the train lies over the guideway. Magnets on top of the guideway are oriented to repel similar poles of magnets in the bottom of the maglev. This pushes the train upward into a hovering position. This system is designed for maglevs that contain groups of extremely powerful superconducting electromagnets. These magnets use less electricity than conventional electromagnets, but they must be cooled to very low temperatures—from −269 degrees Celsius to −196 degrees Celsius.
In maglevs that levitate by magnetic attraction, the bottom of the train wraps around the guideway. Levitation magnets on the underside of the guideway are positioned to attract the opposite poles of magnets on the wraparound section of the maglev. This raises the train off the track. The magnets in the guideway attract the wraparound section only strongly enough to raise the train a few centimeters into a "floating" position. The wraparound section does not touch the guideway. (Imagine a C-shaped bracelet floating around your wrist without touching it.)
To picture how a maglev train is propelled forward, think of three bar magnets lined up on the floor. The magnet in front is pulling with an attracting (opposite) magnetic pole and the magnet in back is pushing with a repulsing (similar) magnetic pole. The magnet in the middle moves forward. A maglev's guideway has a long line of electromagnets. These pull the train from the front and push it from behind. The electromagnets are powered by controlled alternating currents, so they can quickly change their pull and push poles, and thus continually propel the train forward.
- levitation:
- The state of rising and floating in the air in apparent defiance of gravity.
- repulsion:
- The tendency of particles or bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity to separate.
- What role does electricity play in powering maglev trains?
Answer: Electricity is used to create electromagnets. The electromagnets are used on the track for a maglev train.
- Some maglev trains are levitated by magnetic repulsion. Other maglev trains are levitated by magnetic attraction. Describe how the magnets for magnetic repulsion are used differently than the magnets that are used for magnetic attraction.
Answer: The magnets that are used for magnetic repulsion are placed on top of the guideway and repel the poles located on the bottom of the maglev train. The magnets that are used for magnetic attraction are placed underneath the guideway and attract the poles of the part of the train that wraps around the guideway.
- Imagine that instead of cars, people had small passenger vehicles that used propulsion and levitation magnets. What would be needed in order to make this system useful for transporting people from their homes to other places? What might be some benefits of this kind of system? What might be some drawbacks? Write a paragraph describing how a maglev system for passenger vehicles might work.
Answer: Answers will vary.


text: Windwood's original five-stall barn, was built over 70 years ago. Renovations were made to update the stalls while preserving the Windwood, Alabama history and charm of the original structure. Construction of the Main Barn was completed in 2004; these stalls house International level Grand Prix horses and horses in training. Whether Windwood is home to your first horse or your Federation Equine International (FEI) horse, you will feel welcome and your horse will have a spacious 12×12 stall with all the conveniences of a state of the art facility.


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The hottest thing right now is mobile devices and the expansion of mobility on campus.
I'm Ron Danielson, I'm Vice Provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer. I'm also an associate professor of computer engineering and I've been at Santa Clara for 36 years.
We're seeing a proliferation of devices that are connecting to our network. As an example, we have about 9,000 headcount students and about 15,000 faculty and staff who are employees, and last year we say 25,000 unique devices connect to our wireless network.
I expect to be connected all the time. My name is Maxwell Nguyen and I'm a rising sophomore at Santa Clara University.
If you don't have any online access it's almost as if you're lost. I mean, I'm not sure if that's a very bad thing that our society has come to, but at the same time, it also brings us a lot closer because we can connect to someone halfway across the world at any time, and anywhere.
Higher education institutions have been dealing with BYOD since computers first started to come onto campus. Students walk in the door with devices you have no control over what those devices are, where they got them, what the characteristics of them are, and so we've had to deal with that from the get-go.
It can be a very difficult proposition providing support for those wide range of devices.
Be prepared for expectations of instantaneous access anywhere and high bandwidth anywhere, which most of us have not designed our wireless networks to provide.
We built our first wireless network on campus about five years ago and we designed it as an overlay to the wired network, as something supplemental that would be convenient for people to use. It's now the principle mechanism that people are using to access the internet because they want to be able to walk around campus and get connections anywhere.
We're seeing huge demands for student and faculty generated video. People want to come in, record their educational experiences using video.
When you can't have a YoutTube loading, a YouTube video loading in say 20 seconds you just become impatient.
Security in a mobile environment is a huge problem. We want to maintain an open network, yet we also want to keep our data safe, and we want to be sure that the people who are using our networks are not experiencineg difficulties or encountering risks that they should be aware of.
I mean, it has the technology, we're in Silicon Valley, all these resources are everywhere. I totally love how this whole campus has so many resources that are available to students.


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Before & After: Bonnie's "Hers to Theirs" Bold Bedroom
Challenge: Bonnie's boyfriend is moving in, and her bedroom needs to go from hers to theirs.
After gathering plenty of inspiration from online sources like Glidden paint's Pinterest page, Bonnie chose Stormy Night, a Glidden paint color that combines the drama of dark grey with the richness of deep blue. To offset the deep color, she put Antique White on the other three walls of the room, creating a dramatic contrast while keeping the room crisp and bright.
Bonnie's thrilled with the results, and she emailed us to let us know that her boyfriend is, too!
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"I consider myself a historian as well as an artist. I'm visually recording history."
– Floyd Sonnier
From Small Bits of Charcoal The Life and Works of a Cajun Artist This autobiography of pen-and-ink artist Floyd Sonnier of Lafayette, Louisiana, written and illustrated by Floyd, tells the story of growing up as a French-speaking Cajun in south Louisiana in the 1940's and '50's. The book, which took some 10 years to write and 25 years to illustrate - recounts the way life was for him and his family growing up in a culture whose first language was French, whose religion was Catholic, and whose livelihood was the family farm. Presented in both English and French.


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A developer is pitching what would be by far the tallest building in downtown Midland, a booming oil and gas town in West Texas.
The project would be 58 stories (the tallest building there now is about 25 stories), and it would combine office space, condos, a hotel and shops.
The cost to build the structure is estimated at around $400 million. The building would be developed on a two-block site that would also include convention space, an entertainment center with a movie theater and an outdoor area for concerts.
The developer is Energy Related Properties, which already owns about 1 million square feet of office space in Midland. Wexford Capital is the financial partner. The city of Midland is providing the land for the development.
Texas economist Ray Perryman and the building's architect, Michael Edmonds, spoke today to a group of energy and real estate professionals about the project and Midland's significance in the energy industry. The event was hosted by Colliers, the commercial real estate firm marketing the space.
J. Patrick Duffy, president of the Houston office of Colliers, said tenant prospects are very promising and that the building could break ground early next year.
Here's a computer-generated video of the Energy Tower project:


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Encrypt the Web! Automatically use HTTPS security on many sites.
- This extension can access your data on all websites.
- This extension can access your data on some websites.
- This extension can access your tabs and browsing activity.
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Moved from Chrome to Opera, and glad this is here. Been using it for years on Chrome. You shouldn't click sketchy links, but if you do happen to for some reason, this makes the "OH CRAP" moments go away.
All wabsites with no https this extension have blocked all!So good.
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Catching up with @tmannis. Similar hardware, laptop running Vista and constrained to Opera 36, so same environment. Clicking on the "S" icon drops down an empty, blank menu except for "Version" in a small font at bottom left corner.
This is different in Firefox 52 (ers channel) - Vista is again deprecated - which displays the full set of options in the drop down menu.
Obvious there is a difference between browsers, cannot report on Internet Explorer / Edge, as IExx has never been a browser of choice since the first releases of Firefox, and there is always the fear that Google is harvesting data from Chrome.
So, good guys at EFF, is the problem within the browser or within HTTPS Everywhere? is it worth sorting?
I would give HTTPS Everywhere 5 stars, and the issue I have is not that big of deal. I use HTTPS Everywhere frequently, I also use TOR browser frequently. I also employ a hardened VPN to connect directly to the Internet. Here's the deal, HTTPS Everywhere has matured and become a more mainstream privacy tool, but I think it still is a bit to geeky and intimidates newbies. Again, I think it's a great tool and a mature tool. But I still can't help but ask myself this question "If I have no solid background in the compute science space and I am a new user. What happens when I try to visit one of my fav's websites. And HTTPS Everywhere blocks me as a new user am I A) the learning curve be damned I am going to try and figure out and troubleshoot the issue or B) turn HTTPS Everywhere off until I am through doing what I am doing. And or just uninstall and walk away. Newbies I have helped tell me,even when they fix the issues, they are not sure they are protected any longer.
With that said, EFF I love you guys, there is honor in slaying the privacy dragon. I have had my differences in opinion with EFF over the years, but I fully subscribe to the effort and resources they (EFF) have put into the battle to making sure that everyday Netziens, newbs or us old guys, our privacy stays "Sacred" and for that I am grateful.
It always forces https, which is good... BUT the drop-down menu from the toolbar icon is useless. Mostly blank, just shows two checkboxes w/o text so I cannot see what's going on. Using in Opera 36.0 on a Vista laptop.


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Responsible Energy Speech Contest, Oct. 20, 2008
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 20, 2008 – Two talented New Mexico Tech students will win $1,000 for a speech about responsible energy and earn a chance to win $5,000.
The Citizens' Alliance for Responsible Energy, or CARE, is hosting regional and statewide competitions to encourage the next generation of leaders to think about sustainability, renewable energy and responsible leadership.
Marita Noon of CARE will organize the speech contest, which is set for 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Jones Annex 101.
The top two winners at Tech have the opportunity to compete at the finals, which also will be at Tech on December 2. Finalists will compete against students from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University for the grand prize of $5,000.
Speeches must be 20 minutes long and related to responsible energy use.
See CARE website for full details: www.responsiblenergy.org/speaker_bureau.asp .
Last year's winners at New Mexico Tech were Jonathan Gardner of the management department and Thomas Erbes of the chemical engineering department, both of whom graduated last year. Gardner spoke about green building technologies and the need for advancement in the area. Erbes talked about Gas-to-Liquid Technology as an alternative to flaring natural gas.
As a result of their success at the Tech competition, Gardner and Erbes later were invited to give their speech to other groups as paid speakers, Marita Noon said. CARE enlists the six local winners to join its speakers bureau and finds speaking engagements around the state and region, she said.
Noon said participants are encouraged to translate their academic work in responsible energy from any angle into a speech topic. She said the successful talks are crafted for public consumption and are not intended to be research presentations. She said winning speeches are creative, inspirational and incisive.
CARE aims to help the general public understand energy reality, so that people are not deceived by wishful thinking, propaganda or incomplete reporting. The global economy, quality of life and national security are directly tied to the nation's ability to produce energy.
The CARE Student Speech Competition is open to all college students – but is targeting juniors and sophomores in the chemical and/or petroleum engineering departments.
Students who plan to compete November 20 need to e-mail Noon in advance at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sen. Michael Bennet gets prime seat at Barack Obama's inauguration
If you want to know Sen. Michael Bennet's stature in Washington, check out the Denver Democrat's seat at Monday's inauguration of President Barack Obama.
An interesting feature in The New York Times lets browsers know who was seated where. Zoom in on Michael Bennet's name and you'll find the senator in one of the better seats.
BTW, the guy in a white cowboy hat in the picture, the one whose face can't be seen, isn't U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar but U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
Colorado's senior senator, Democrat Mark Udall, is seated a few rows behind Bennet, next to his first cousin, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico. And seated two rows behind them is actress Eva Longoria.


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What could a TMA Membership mean for you, your practice, and your patients
Incoming TMA President David Fleeger, MD, sets his sights on protecting the patient-physician relationship from corporate intrusion and equipping physicians for sea changes affecting medicine. Plus ... TMA's 2018 Survey of Texas Physicians is here with doctors speaking their minds on legislative priorities, payer relations, practice environment and much more. Read the Latest Issue


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The woman accused of killing her father and his girlfriend has pleaded not guilty.
*Editor's Note: A previous version of this story failed to mention that charges against Desre and Stacy Dory were dropped. This story has been amended to reflect that change.
The woman accused of killing her father and his girlfriend has pleaded not guilty. Susan Elizabeth "Liz" Van Note was arraigned on Friday, Oct. 11 weeks after an additional charge was filed against her. Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Brian Keedy charged Susan Elizabeth Van Note, 45, with two counts of first degree murder in the Oct. 2010 deaths of her father, William Van Note, and his longtime companion Sharon Dickson.
Susan Van Note was originally charged with murder in Boone County in Sept. 2012 in the death of her father only. Prosecutors allege Susan Van Note had a power of attorney forged to remove her father from life support. William Van Note, 67, initially survived the shooting attack at his Sunrise Beach residence before being transported to a Columbia hospital where he was put on life support.
The case transferred to Camden County Circuit Court last month, where Susan Van Note was charged with first degree murder and forgery in the death of her father, but in a surprise move, also with first degree murder in the death of Sharon Dickson, 59.
No charges had been previously filed in Dickson's death. A longtime companion of William Van Note, Dickson died after being shot and stabbed in the same attack that eventually killed William Van Note.
Two friends of Susan Van Note, Desre and Stacy Dory, were charged with forgery and second degree murder in Boone County in accordance with their alleged involvement in the forged power of attorney document. The charges have since been dropped.
According to Prosecuting Attorney Keedy, a court date has yet to be scheduled for Susan Van Note.
Lake News will post more details when they become available.