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- Illustrations by Mr Joe McKendry
The day you discover the first few strands of grey hair is not one to add to your #100HappyDays on Instagram. From then on, you notice it more: in the barber's chair where fallen chestnut-brown clumps of hair start to look decidedly grey; in the bathroom mirror after a particularly lavish night on the liver. The red carpet may abound with ambassadors for turning silver fox - a fine euphemism for going grey - but no amount of Mr George Clooney confidence can get away from the truth: grey hair is a stark reminder of time ticking on.
But here's the silver lining: you've never heard a bald man complain about going grey. The truth is your hair hasn't died and gone to follicle heaven. Your locks may be losing the pigment needed to produce colour - and grey hair is really the contrast between coloured strands and white - but there's still plenty of life in the old dog yet. Going grey should be the impetus to sharpen up one's act rather than throw in the towel. You may find it a smart move.


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If ever there was going to be the perfect, if overdue, moment for Derrick Rose to return to action for the Chicago Bulls, it would be a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs, with his team desperate for help, facing the Brooklyn Nets in a hostile building …
Stop. Rose won't be walking through that door for the Bulls Saturday night, even if he does have more spring in his step than Willis Reed did 43 years ago on the other side of the East River, limping back for a Game 7 and straight into sports mythology. The Captain only stuck around long enough to hit two shots and inspire the New York Knicks to their first championship. Rose would seem to have that much in him, in what would likely be a 15-20 minutes limit whenever he actually does return to action. And of course we're wasting our time and our typing here.
After all, Rose's extended layoff from knee surgery last May – we're at 51 weeks now – could have had its perfect ending in Game 6 Thursday at United Center, where a packed arena's warm embrace for however long he lasted might have been enough to propel the Bulls into the second round already. It could have come two weeks ago, synchronized to the start of a postseason he missed last spring. It could have come last month or sometime after the All-Star break, when word began leaking out from behind the practice curtains that, in 5-on-5 scrimmaging, that the 2011 MVP was looking as good as ever.
The arc of Rose's repair and rehabilitation from ACL surgery has gone from anticipatory to antsy to anticlimax. It has overstayed its welcome in the Windy City, like the occasional stubborn winter, and as with the Chicago Cubs' ridiculous drought, a numbness and a whole lot of scoffing is settling in for some folks. If they did not laugh, they would cry.
But there's more floating out there than jokes. During the Game 5 telecast Monday, TNT analyst Steve Kerr was critical of Rose for his refusal to take that last big step of rehab, testing all that work and dedication where it matters most, in an NBA game, for a team in need. Multiple Bulls players have been pushing through bruises, pain and illness, while Rose still monitors the repair of a year-old injury (April 28, 2012, to be exact).
"I know I've kind of changed my mind," Kerr said on-air. "I've really supported the Bulls and Derrick with the way they've handled it. I think you err on the side of caution. But I think where the Bulls are now with this series with [backup point guard] Kirk Hinrich struggling with the calf injury — if Derrick is OK and there's no threat to further injury, I think he's got to play."
It's that kind of talk, not just from Kerr but all over sports-radio airwaves and the Internet, that has dinged Rose's reputation. As beloved in his short career as any Chicago sports star save one, Rose's hesitancy to play until he's fully "comfortable" or regains "muscle memory" has some people questioning his courage, his character, his commitment, you name it. It is as irrational as it was inevitable with a layoff this long, fan stuff of impatience mixed with the coverage of the other hobbled Bulls as "gamers."
Rose told reporters at the Bulls' shootaround Saturday in New York that he hadn't heard the criticism. "That's my first time hearing about it," he said in another too-rare media moment. "I barely turn on the TV. I'm with my son all day so that's about it."
None of the second-guessing is coming from the organization or his teammates. Coach Tom Thibodeau and Hinrich, as all of them have for months, gave Rose absolute votes of confidence Wednesday. Still, the Bulls and Rose failed each other by failing to keep everyone – not just themselves but the media and the fans – in the loop. They let him, his agents, his family and his sneaker partners (adidas) dictate the terms of communication, kept at a trickle, that bled away empathy and heightened suspicions. Monthly sit-downs with Bulls reporters would have provided better feedback, kept Rose's affable personality front and center and calmed if not satisfied the locals.
The Bulls also should have avoided distractions, speculation and all this angst by shutting down Rose's will-he-or-won't-he return about six weeks ago. Did they really want to overlay the learning curve of his return onto their playoff preparation, risking other guys' roles and rhythms? Did they seriously consider throwing him raw out there against a Brooklyn backcourt of Deron Williams and Joe Johnson? Would they seriously put Rose as red meat in front of the Dobermans from Miami, if they made it to the next round?
Come on. Who's believes this stuff?
There would have been nothing wrong had Rose and the Bulls tossed the entire 2012-13 season aside and simply let everyone know the plan, assuming they had a plan. If this truly was matter of, physically and mentally waking up each day and gauging his health and his confidence, OK, fine. Even that would have gone done better if not for the elaborate, expensive series of shoe commercials – "The Return" – that made it look as if Bulls fans would be getting Rose as "Rocky" sooner rather than later.
The long, unsatisfying NBA season in Chicago is nearing an end. When Rose does come back in October, he'll turn this all into a win-win: Show rust and people will nod, agreeing finally (and probably wrongly, since rust is part of these things whenever) that he needed another five months. Play great and the uber-cautious strategy will seem like genius, and the teeth-gnashing of this spring will fade away.
It's just difficult for a lot of folks over the next few hours or days knowing that – with Hinrich's calf, Luol Deng's illness, Joakim Noah's plantar fasciitis, Taj Gibson's knee and Nate Robinson's towel-and-bucket routine Thursday – the healthiest guy on the Chicago roster might be Derrick Rose.

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it might be the case that I am missing the essense about statistics.
It seems that the market share of Best is really significant taking into account that Best started in 2004 only.
Let´s assume for the moment that kites are being used (first hand or second hand) three years, all major competitors of Best have been there already in 2001, their relative market share has been the same over three years and market overall has not grown. I know, a lot of assumptions. It helps to simplify.
As a result Naish (14%), Cabrinha (12%) and North (8%) have sold kites over three year with most of them still in use somewhere while Best (12%) has only sold in 2004.
Let assume it is really true that Best holds a comparable market share (question is: what brand do you fly?; answers should be based on kites in use and not only newly bought kites) as the three companies mentioned above.
As a simple result of mathematics Best must have sold three times as much as Naish or Cabrinha or North (at least roughly). Or in other words: In 2004 Best has sold as many kites as all three brands together.
Probably I am getting too old and my eyes are losing sharpness. But I cannot really find them on the beaches in Europe. At least not in quantities as this poll might indicate. Are Best riders limiting themselves to secret spots only?
This poll again shows why you should not believe statistics you did not made up yourself.
There could be a good reason for these results: Best riders spend much more time in the internet than the rest of the kiteboarding community and therefore have a higher relative weight in this poll. A reason for this might be that they do not like their kites too much and prefer being in the internet rather than being on the water. Since I have a good friend who rides Best and likes them I think this is not the reason.
Conclusion: Poll result does not mean anything. But it is nice chatting about it.


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Last week I spent most of my evenings making cookie dough and baking dozens and dozens of cookies to give to my office mates and those in my husband's office too. For some reason I wanted everyone to have a variety to choose from so I made 6 different cookies this year. And I wanted my cookies to be as fresh as possible so I baked them over the course of 2 nights with the intention of passing them out at the office the following day.
Never have I been happier to have lots and lots of parchment paper! The parchment made baking all those cookies so much easier. I would scoop the dough onto clean sheets of parchment and they would be ready for the next available baking sheet (after the sheet cooled down of course). I prefer to bake my cookies one baking sheet at a time so you can imagine how long it took to bake 20 dozen cookies.
The 6 cookies I made were crystallized ginger cookies, sables korova aka world peace cookies, soft amaretti, espresso cookies with coffee icing, and the 2 different cranberry cookies included in this post. The first cranberry cookie had dried cranberries. The pistachio and cranberry rugelach were super flaky and rich. They looked so festive with the ruby red cranberries, the green pistachios and the shimmer from the sugar.
The second one had fresh cranberries combined with oatmeal and 2 kinds of chocolate. The tartness of the fresh cranberries went really well with the sweet and creamy white chocolate and the intense bittersweet Valrhona 85% cacao chocolate.
Except for the 2 cranberry cookies, I hardly have any photographic evidence of the fruits of my labor. I was so exhausted from the whole production that I opted not to take any photographs of the 60 individually wrapped and decorated packages. I just wanted to clean up and go to bed. As much as I love baking, I think I'll make just 2 or 3 types of cookies next year.
Pistachio and Cranberry Rugelach
(makes 30-32 cookies)
4 ounces (8 tbsp/1 stick) unsalted butter, softened at room temp
4 ounces cream cheese, softened at room temp
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp granulated sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped
1/3 cup dried cranberries, chopped
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup orange marmalade
Optional: 2 tbsp granulated sugar (for sprinkling)
To make the dough
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy and had increased in volume, about 5 minutes on medium. On low speed, add flour, sugar and salt. Beat until well combined.
Scrape dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Wrap dough and form a disk about 1-inch thick. Chill dough in refrigerator for at least 2 hours or up to 1 day.
To make the filling
Heat the marmalade in a saucepan over very low heat to liquefy. Set marmalade aside. In a small bowl, combine pistachios, cranberries and sugar. Set aside.
Assemble the rugelach
Take dough out of refrigerator. If it's too firm to roll, let it sit on the counter for about 10 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a rectangle approximately 12 x 16 inches. Cut the dough into two rectangles (each measuring 8 x 12 inches).
With the 12-inch side in front of you, spoon or brush a thin layer of marmalade over the dough. Sprinkle half the pistachio-cranberry-sugar mixture over each rectangle of dough leaving a 1-inch wide strip of dough at the far edge uncovered (there will only be marmalade on this 1-inch wide strip). To make sure the filling sticks to the marmalade and dough, gently press the filling down into the dough.
Starting with the edge close to you, tightly roll the dough away from you. When you reach the strip of dough with the marmalade only, apply a bit of pressure to seal and roll the log so that it is seam side down. Carefully slide the logs onto a tray or baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate logs for 30 minutes or up to 1 day.
Bake the rugelach
Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Slice each chilled log into 3/4-inch wide slices (you should get 15-16 slices per log). Place cookies 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets (sliced side up). Sprinkle with more granulated if desired.
Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Allow rugelach to cool on baking sheets for 15 minutes before removing from the baking sheets.
Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
(adapted from Bon Appétit December 2004 )
(makes about 30)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
5 ounces (10 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened at room temp
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1 cup bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup high-quality white chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cranberries
Preheat to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture and oats and stir until just combined. Stir in both chocolates and the cranberries.
Drop batter by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake cookies until edges are light brown about 16 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely.


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Oracle has submitted a proposal to the Eclipse Foundation to create a Hudson project in Eclipse and contribute the Java-based Hudson continuous integration tool's core code to that project.
As part of the process, Oracle will transfer the Hudson trademark and the Hudson-ci.org domain name to the Eclipse Foundation. Under the new proposal, Oracle will be the project lead with Sonatype, Tasktop, and VMware as initial contributors.
To help ensure that the proposal is in the best interests of the developer and open-source communities, Oracle says it will solicit feedback from the Hudson community to make sure its opinions are heard before any proposal is finalized.
As an open-source continuous integration server, Hudson is designed to increase developer productivity by coordinating and monitoring executions of repeated jobs — making it, in theory, easier for developers to integrate changes to the project and for users to obtain a fresh build.
"After careful review of the options and talking with many of our customers and partners, we believe that contributing Hudson to the Eclipse Foundation is the best way to ensure its growth and continued success," said Ted Farrell, chief architect and senior vice president, Tools and Middleware, Oracle.
"Hudson has become an important tool for many software developers and is widely used within the Eclipse community," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "We believe Oracle's proposal to make Hudson an Eclipse project is an important next step in expanding the adoption and usage of Hudson. The Eclipse Foundation provides a vendor-neutral community that allows any company or individual to participate in the community, this makes it possible for any company to commercialize Hudson — we also institute the processes to ensure the production quality and intellectual property due diligence required for large-scale enterprise deployments."


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From Williams Sonoma
The Shun Premier collection is distinguished by hand-hammered blades and walnut-colored PakkaWood handles that evoke the artistry of traditional hand-forged knives. Hand-crafted in Japan, the blades are thin and lightweight. This santoku knife is indispensable for chopping and slicing fresh vegetables and small cuts of meat, combining the benefits of a chef's knife and cleaver in one.
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Reebok has just came out with their new top of the line skate, the Reebok 11K ice hockey skate. Many have probably seen glimpses of the 11k on the likes of Datsyuk, and Crosby.
Reebok has made several changes to the 2010 11K, however the overall design has stayed very similar to the previous years 9K skate. Reebok has introduced a new quarter panel material for the 11K skate called Pro Armour IV. This is a combination of materials designed to offer a lightweight, durable, abrasion resistant outer, and great responsive flex. I weighed the 11K, here at our warehouse at 856 grams for one 9D skate. Definitely one of the lighter skates on the market, weighing in pretty close to last years 9K.
Reebok has also redesigned The Pump™ on this years skate line. The Pump™ still features the same performance but now with a sleeker look. The actual pump and release do not stick out as much and are easier to access. Reebok has continued to use the Lace Lock feature to add to the customized fit.
The 11K skate also features a new hybrid tongue. This is a combination of foam and traditional white felt. The hybrid tongue offers a great pre-molded fit, along with a lace bite guard that allows for forward flex. Reebok has also given the 11K ice skate a new liner using a combination of Clarino and Nash leather, offering moisture wicking and a locked in feel. The Nash leather is down the back of the skate, helping increase durability as well.
The 11K skate is not as stiff as some of the competitors top of the line skates, but it offers a nice wrap around the ankle, and the combination of the lace lock and Pump you can lock it down pretty good. According to Reebok the skate will also be available in a new width. It will be a D in the forefoot and narrow in the heel, offering a different fit. Having a slightly narrow foot I'm interested in checking out this new size.


text: I am posting this because I just got an army with the new (at least to me) spear looking weapon with the 5 blades on the end. I went on lego.com and found out it was called a glaive so I did some research and found out how they fought with them. I knew they were for going against calvary charges, but this was interesting to read. This is from one of the many medieval fighting recreation groups. Enjoy


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Born in May 1939, I grew up at 247 Mottram Road. Formerly the servants quarters of the adjacent property then known as "The Hollies", it was a large and interesting house for a child – with cellars and an attic, the back room replete with six "servants" bells only one of which was in use being the front door bell which would clank and swing every time it was "pulled" from the front door! The kitchen was situate down two huge steps and had a black leaded grate and a hot fire! There was a washhouse, a coal house down the yard and a pleasant garden overlooking Gee's Brook and the allotments sloping up the hill to a view of the old Godley Vicarage, Godley School and the tower of St John Baptist poking through the houses. We had a ginnel in a tunnel from the back door to the front pavement and the iron railings had not yet been taken down for the war effort. Just over the garden wall you could see the crenellated "castle" now called Brookbank Folly and three enormous trees. Brookbank House then belonged to Dr Grau who had a surgery in one of the front rooms of the house. He and his family could often be seen pottering around his huge garden.
Early memories of life at "247" was an earth tremor in 1944 , which shook the house for a moment: the distant glow of Manchester on fire during the blitz and the terrifying noise of a V1/2 Flying Bomb over the house as we hastened down to the cellar for safety. With all the fields and woods around, that bomb fatefully exploded on the farm buildings only a mile to the east of our house and very near to the The New Inn at Matley.
SHMD trams hurtled past our house across the cobbles and every fifteen minutes, the local "Joint Board" and North Western buses bound for Mottram and Glossop. This was the then infamously busy A57 trunk road with endless processions of traffic and the tar boiler was perpetually on duty with a man pouring liquid pitch between the setts and throwing to us little boys small globules of the stuff to sniff!!
Towards the end of the war a convoy passed through and stopped on our road. Soldiers got off the vehicles and lay across the pavements waiting for the order to move. Some of the women came out with beans on toast for the men, regardless of their own shortages. We cycled up and down our tricycles talking to them. The noise, smell and smoke of the diesel coming from the tanks was a memory for life.
The view from "247" across Mottram Road at that time was of the land belonging to the Ashbrook family. They lived in the end terrace house and at the end of the garden adjoining was their large shop which opened and closed a few times during my childhood. The shop afforded some shelter from the rain while waiting at our Glen Wood bus stop for buses into Hyde. By the side of the shop was Green Lane, from where, by way of the back of Ashbrooke's garage, we could collect frog spawn from the water from the side of the bomb craters in the field above.
I was allowed across this road if I used common sense and being an only child looking for things to do, would often, with permission, saunter up Green Lane towards the railway bridge and Dove Holes Farm. The land was rough, boggy in parts, with reed beds, cotton grass and May flowers in the spring. Lying in the grass and looking up to the blue skies, I could often hear skylarks. Green Lane marked the end of the town and the start of the country and I loved it. Werneth Low seemed a long way away and would be an adventure later on.
The Bridge that leads from Green Lane.
The Iron Bridge
Dad was an unknown figure for he had been at war from my birth until I was nearly 6. He was "demobbed" in 1945 and came home in a smart suit. The war was over. A new chapter was opening.
Many thanks, Roger !! :)


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Phoenix, AZ (Friday, March 21, 2014) – Attorney General Tom Horne announced a major verdict obtained yesterday against abuse in Colorado City. This includes a $5.2 million jury verdict on behalf of Ron and Jinjer Cooke, who were discriminated against by five official Colorado City defendants, based on religion. Colorado City is where young girls are kept in polygamous marriages by older men, and boys are kicked out of town so the older men will not have competition.
Horne stated: "The defendants denied the Cookes water, sewer and electric service based on religion. The Cookes have been without city water service for over five years. The jury also found that the defendants intimidated and interfered with the Cookes' housing rights. The discrimination was because the Cookes are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, headed by Warren Jeffs. Jeffs is serving a life sentence plus 20 years in a Texas prison."
Horne added: "Discrimination based on religion will not be tolerated in this state."
The defendants are: Town of Colorado City, AZ; City of Hildale, UT; Hildale-Colorado City Utilities; Twin City Water Authority, and Twin City Power.
The jury also found that the defendants violated the Arizona Fair Housing Act by engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against the Cookes and other non FLDS residents. This finding will enable the state to obtain injunctive and affirmative relief to eradicate the discrimination.
This case was tried by Sandra Kane, Assistant Attorney General, Bill Richards, former Assistant Attorney General, and Bill Walker on behalf of the Cookes.


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Flushmount Albums – Photo Wrap Covers
I finally have a few photos to post of the new flushmount albums I am offering my new wedding clients. I love how elegant they look! The standard album is 10×10, 30-pages, with a full metallic photo wrap cover. (The cover shown is a black-and-white photo which really shows off the unique qualities of the metallic paper.) It comes wrapped in a soft black pillow case to protect from fingerprints and shipped a sturdy black album box. Please contact us for a custom quote on larger albums with additional pages.


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The death of French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur inspired many plays and operas, of which Francesco CileaÆs Adriana Lecouvreur is the finest and most enduring. The opera would become CileaÆs greatest success, renowned particularly for his heroineÆs arias æIo son lÆumile ancillaÆ in Act I and æPoveri fioriÆ in Act IV ¢ though CileaÆs atmospheric and elegant score offers much more besides, with MaurizioÆs aria æLa dolcissima effigie sorridenteÆ, the Act III ballet and AdrianaÆs intense spoken recitation at the end of that act particular highlights.
Adriana LecouvreurĀis anĀoperaĀin four acts byĀFrancesco CileaĀto an ItalianĀlibrettoĀbyĀArturo Colautti, based on the 1849 playĀAdrienne LecouvreurĀbyĀEugène ScribeĀandĀErnest Legouvé. It was first performed on 6 November 1902 at theĀTeatro LiricoĀin Milan.
Paris, 1730. Backstage at the Comédie-Française, the director Michonnet and the company prepare for performance, in which both Adriana Lecouvreur and her rival, Mademoiselle Duclos, will appear. The Prince of Bouillon and the Abbé de Chazeuil enter, looking for Duclos, who is the princeÆs mistress. They encounter Adriana and compliment her, but she says that she is merely the servant of the creative spirit (ōIo son lÆumile ancellaö). The Prince hears that Duclos is writing a letter to someone and arranges to have it intercepted. Left alone with Adriana, Michonnet confesses his love to her, only to be told that she is in love with Maurizio, whom she believes to be an officer in the service of the Count of Saxony. Maurizio enters, declaring his love for Adriana (ōLa dolcissima effigieö), and the two arrange to meet after the performance. Adriana gives him a bouquet of violets as a pledge of her love. During the performance, the prince intercepts the letter from Duclos, in which she asks for a meeting with Maurizio, who is in fact the Count of Saxony himself. He is to meet her later that evening at the villa where the prince has installed her. Determined to expose his seemingly unfaithful mistress, the prince arranges a party at the villa for this same night. Unknown to him, Duclos has written the letter on behalf of the Princess of Bouillon who was having an affair with Maurizio. Maurizio, receiving the letter, decides to meet the princess who has helped him pursue his political ambitions. He sends a note to Adriana to cancel their appointment. Adriana is upset, but when the prince invites her to the party and tells her that the Prince of Saxony will be one of the guests, she accepts in the hope of furthering her loverÆs career.
The princess anxiously awaits Maurizio at the villa (ōAcerba voluttàö). When he appears she notices the violets and immediately suspects another woman but he quickly claims they are a gift for her. Grateful for her help at court, he reluctantly admits that he no longer loves her (ōLÆanima ho stancaö). The princess hides when her husband and the Abbé suddenly arrive, congratulating Maurizio on his latest conquest, who they think is Duclos. Adriana appears. She is astounded to learn that the Count of Saxony is Maurizio himself but forgives his deception. When Michonnet enters looking for Duclos, Adriana assumes that Maurizio has come to the villa for a secret rendezvous with her. He assures her that the woman hiding next door is not Duclos. His meeting with her, he says, was purely political and they must arrange for her escape. Trusting him, Adriana agrees. In the ensuing confusion, neither Adriana nor the princess recognize each other, but by the few words that are spoken each woman realizes that the other is in love with Maurizio. Adriana is determined to discover the identity of her rival, but the princess escapes, dropping a bracelet that Michonnet picks up and hands to Adriana.
As preparations are under way for a party at her palace, the princess wonders who her rival might be. Guests arrive, among them Michonnet and Adriana. The princess recognizes AdrianaÆs voice as that of the woman who helped her escape. Her suspicions are confirmed when she pretends Maurizio has been wounded in a duel and Adriana almost faints. She recovers quickly, however, when Maurizio enters uninjured and entertains the guests with tales of his military exploits (ōIl russo Mencikoffö). During the performance of a ballet, the princess and Adriana confront each other, in growing recognition that they are rivals. The princess mentions the violets, and Adriana in turn produces the bracelet, which the prince identifies as his wifeÆs. To distract attention, the princess suggests that Adriana should recite a monologue. Adriana chooses a passage from RacineÆs Phèdre, in which the heroine denounces sinners and adulterous women, and aims her performance directly at the princess. The princess is determined to have her revenge.
Adriana has retired from the stage, devastated by the loss of Maurizio. Members of her theater company visit her on her birthday, bringing presents and trying to persuade her to return. Adriana is especially moved by MichonnetÆs gift: the jewellery she had once pawned to secure MaurizioÆs release from prison. A box is delivered, labeled ōfrom Maurizio.ö When Adriana opens it, she finds the faded bouquet of violets she had once given him and understands it as a sign that their love is at an end (ōPoveri fioriö). She kisses the flowers, then throws them into the fire. Moments later, Maurizio arrives, summoned by Michonnet. He apologizes and asks Adriana to marry him. She joyfully accepts but suddenly turns pale. Michonnet and Maurizio realize that the violets were sent by the princess and had been poisoned by her. Adriana dies in MaurizioÆs arms (ōEcco la luceö).
- See more at: http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synposes-Archive/Adriana-Lecouvreur/#sthash.NivCm87b.dpuf


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This coming weekend BBC will be airing a programme in their Horizons-series about how Grundfos Lifelink on one hand is doing business i Eastern Africa and on the other is helping thousands of locals to get access to drinkingwater.
The series is focusing on ideas and businesses that may succeed in tackling the planet's biggest challenges.
- I am honoured that the BBC took time to investigate how we are developing Grundfos Lifelink into a growing business. But what is more important is, that they hereby address the real problem and that is that close to one billion people in the world don't have access to clean water, says Peter Todbjerg Hansen, director of Grundfos Lifelink.
Peter Todbjerg Hansen and Frank B. Winther took the presenter Saima Mohsin and her crew from the BBC to Kathangathini to show how the community not only benefits from the Grundfos Lifelink system for drinkingwater. They also have surplus to run a greenhouse with vegetables aimed for the local market.
The programme will be aired twice this weekend reaching more than 350 million households in the world. Close to one billion people are potential viewers.
- Having BBC as a platform for telling the good story about Grundfos Lifelink, how innovation goes hand in hand with sustainability, meeting the basic needs of the local population is a unique possibility, Frank B. Winther, Communication Manager of Grundfos, says.
The documentary will be featured May 12th and 13th:
Saturday – 01:30 and 08:30 GMT (03:30 and 10:30 CEST)
Sunday – 14:30 and 20:30 GMT (16:30 and 22:30 CEST)
Find more information and see the documentary online on BBC Horizons
Scroll to Series 2, Episode 6, Clip 1: Sustainable Water Pumps


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Bachelor contestant Megan Marx has revealed she is devastated by revelations that naked photos of her are being circulated.
A photo of the 31-year-old naked asleep was taken without her consent earlier this year and has been doing the rounds in Melbourne, Sydney and her native Western Australia.
It is now a criminal offence in Western Australia to photograph someone naked without their consent and could land the person who took the photo with a $5,000 fine or 12-month jail sentence.
"Obviously, if someone's taken (naked) pictures of you sleeping it's incredibly weird and creepy and inappropriate," Marx said to the Daily Telegraph.
"It just shows that you don't ever fully know anybody, it's quite horrific.''
Megan goes on to say that she is not sure how to proceed but is thinking she will go to the police '"At this point, I'm still in a bit of shock. I haven't even seen the photos myself.''
Marx believes she knows the photographer who is circulating it and ''It's definitely a breach of my trust and my privacy.
"I have a pretty good idea of who it was, but I've had a couple of ex-boyfriends so I can't confirm. I definitely don't want to falsely accuse anybody," she added.
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A small but persistent percentage of SMS One-Time Passwords (OTPs) sent by two-factor authentication systems never reach users because organisations have no way of spotting incorrect mobile numbers, new research has suggested.
The Ponemon study for mobile interaction firm tyntec questioned 1,861 security and IT staff across Asia, Europe and the US, finding that OTP technology was fairly popular, with just under half of those surveyed using it.
Of the 53 percent that had deployed it in some form (with some overlap), 43 percent had used it for identity verification or registration, 33 percent for each login, and 31 percent for specific transactions.
The survey uncovered a mixed picture when it came to awareness of OTP delivery failure rates, with 18 percent reporting error notifications and another 33 percent aware that messages have not been delivered but not sure why.
Of the nearly one in five that had received a delivery error, the estimated average failure rate was 13 percent. In half of these cases, the underlying cause was an invalid mobile number supplied by the end user with unreliable SMS delivery services accounting for most of the other failures.
Such a failure rate would put the number of non-delivered OTPs at only a few percent but this is probably an underestimate of a problem some IT teams are not even aware of.
The survey found that two thirds of respondents would be interested in some form of number validation in real time on order to check numbers before SMS OTPs were sent.
"In addition to accruing costs in messaging fees, invalid mobile numbers also result in unauthenticated One-Time Passwords, un-activated accounts and un-met expectations on behalf of both the sender and end-user," said tyntec CTO and founder, Thorsten Trapp.
"By performing a validity check of the mobile numbers provided in real-time, companies can instantly notify users. As a result, service providers can improve customer satisfaction with fewer complaints, reduced customer support costs and higher conversion rates."
This, of course, fits with tyntec's view that organisations investing in OTP two-factor authentication technology need a layer of number verification as well; over two thirds of respondents agreed this resulted in a better customer experience and lower support costs. Seventy-two percent were not currently using validation of any kind.


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How can miners build cyber resilience? It's time to grow with confidence
Connected mines are more vulnerable than ever before to cyber threats. See six ways mining companies can confidently embrace their digital future.
Doubling down on data veracity in metals and mining
Metals and mining companies are increasingly using data to drive critical and automated decision making. See why trust in data is key to sustained growth.


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The hurricane's damage to Oakland Beach was so great that many totally abandoned any hope of saving their cottages. Many residents of the area, such as Father Valmore Savignac of St. Rita's Church and the Reverend Albert A. Gaisford of Oakland Beach Union Church, will be long remembered for their work in rescuing people from the flooded areas and providing shelter for them. The National Guard was needed to help in the disaster, and Rev. Gaisford allowed them to use the church vestry as a billet. The Oakland Beach Yacht Club, the waterfront roller skating pavilion and many other landmarks were gone forever.
The devastation in Conimicut was also great. Mayor Ruerat remembered, "Conimicut Point house was gone. There was nothing left on that part of the peninsula." The same tragic story could be told in nearly every section of Warwick. For 109 days, most of the city had no power, no generators and no telephone service.
The effects of the hurricane lasted for years and put an additional strain on the city's budget. By November of 1938, six emergency W.P.A. projects were in operation. They included repairs to bridges and culverts, repairs to Lockwood High School and repairs to water mains. The pipes in the Buttonwoods section were left exposed when the water washed away the bank along Promenade Avenue and the pipelines had to be lowered quickly before frost set in. Buckeye Brook as so cluttered with debris that it had to be cleaned in order to allow Warwick Pond to drain.
When Warwick began the long road to recovery after the hurricane of 1938, it was obvious that the shore resorts would never be the same. Strangely enough, six monkeys that had escaped from Rocky Point in 1937 and were living in the woods on Warwick Neck not only lived through the winter but managed to survive the hurricane as well and were seen on the Neck and Spring Green for at least another year.
Warwick was still trying to clean up the wreckage caused by the hurricane of 1938 as she entered the decade of the 1940s. For a while, it seemed that even Warwick's oldest and largest amusement center, Rocky Point, had reached the end. The park was returned to its earlier owners, the Harringtons, as the entire area began to stagger back from the effects of the storm. The owners, however, never gave up hope.
In less than a year after the storm, plans were made to rebuild the park. In 1939 Thomas F. Wilson and a few others formed an organization that began building a great dining hall large enough to seat 3,500, and they restored the mechanical equipment of the huge covered swimming pool. When the project of restoration ran into difficulties there was talk that the park would be divided into house lots. When this failed, representatives of the petroleum industry sought to use Rocky Point to locate its oil tanks. The Harringtons rejected this, as they feared it would be detrimental to the beauty of Warwick Neck and, instead, attempted to operate the park on a reduced scale in 1940-41.
Mainly due to restrictions placed upon them by World War II, the Harringtons were forced to curtail their activities and the park was not reopened to any great extent until 1945. At that time, it was sold to the Studley Land Company. In 1947 ownership passed to Rocky Point, Inc. under the leadership of Frederick Hilton, Joseph Trillo and Vincent Ferla. In 1949 Vincent was joined by his brother, Conrad, who remained with Rocky Point through a number of changes in ownership.
The outbreak of war in Europe pushed the everyday problems of the 1930s to the background as new crises arose. Prejudice and fear of the type Warwick witnessed with the Know-Nothing movement of the 1840s and the anti-Catholic, anti-black rallies of the Ku Klux Klan came to the fore. This time, it appeared as anti-German. In May 1940, when over 200 German-speaking persons gathered at the Norwood Hofbrau on Post Road, protests were heard. Residents of the area claimed, "They drank beer, sang German songs, gave the Nazi salute…and made anti-American speeches."
Fortunately, the city administration refused to be panicked, as Mayor Ruerat calmed irate citizens by promising to make a thorough investigation of the episode. No action was taken and, within a short time, the charges were forgotten.


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Sugarland's Kristian Bush Gets Turned Into a Green Video Game Monster
Sugarland's Kristian Bush can now add a new job title to his resume: video game character creator. Or ... something like that. The Grammy-winning singer joined forces with Big Blue Bubble, Inc. to create a new character for My Singing Monsters, the company's award-winning musical video game.
Bush's character is based on his real-life persona. The green, fedora-wearing, bearded monster is called Shugabush and looks a whole lot like the popular singer himself.
According to Country Music Tattle Tale, Bush was inspired by his 11-year-old son, who is a big fan of My Singing Monsters. Once Bush started playing the game, he tweeted to Big Blue Bubble, Inc. about how much he loves it. Creator Dave Kerr responded, and that launched the collaboration that turned Shugabush into My Singing Monsters' newest addition.
The Sugarland star even lent his expert mandolin playing and unmistakably beautiful vocals to the project. "This whole experience has been a blast," Bush says. "First of all, the music in My Singing Monsters is irresistible -- that's what drew me to the game. And since I love to dream big via social media, I'm so glad that Dave Kerr and his team at My Singing Monsters dreamed back. I've always wanted to let my inner monster out … and I think I'm finally about to impress my son."
According to Kerr, Bush was a pleasure to work with, too. "Working with Kristian was an amazing experience! He was enthusiastic and upbeat throughout the process. I can't wait for the public to see his groovy new monster," a statement reads. "Kristian's sweet mandolin and unmistakable voice add great depth to the music in a way that only a true professional can."
Sugabush had his big debut on My Singing Monsters on July 29.


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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Let's Brew Up Some Fun...Release Day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!
The hop begins over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog where you will find a complete list of all the talented designers participating in today's blog hop. As you hop along, please make sure to leave comments at each blog as Kimmie will be drawing some lucky winners who will win packages of some of the new August stamps! So, if you've been following along you should have arrived here after visiting with one of our newest Krafty Girls, the lovely Nicole! Wasn't her spooky project amazing...I love her style!! (if not, just hop on over to the KKS Blog so you don't miss any stops along the way)
My card today features the spooky and slightly demented Potion Master by Annie Rodrigue. I love all the details of this stamp....the frazzled hair, the crazy eyes, the slightly hunched back...she's awesome! :) Potion Master comes with two sentiments, "Let's Brew Up Some Fun!" and "We Have Chemistry!". The papers are from My Minds Eye "Haunted". The edges were all sponged with Black Soot Distress Ink. The bow was made with my Bow Easy. I added a little spider button and a tiny glass "potion" bottle that I filled with black glitter and red glass beads. (The bottle was a dollar store find.)
Potion Master was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah cardstock and coloured with Copic makers. I tried to emphasize her crazy eyes by adding some deep red shading with my R59 (tip-to-tip blending method). I also wanted to give her a bit of a worn and "dirty" look, as I would imagine her laboratory is anything but pristine and sterile, so I added shading with my black Conte crayon. The image was masked and then the background was sponged with Antique Linen and Black Soot Distress Inks.
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, R59 Hair: E50, E31, E33, E37, E59 Goggles: R27, R46, R59, Y38, C1, C3, C5, C7 Coat: E41, E43, E47, E50 Pants: T2, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, C5 Shirt: G94, C5 Beaker: B60, YG25, YG00, E13
After you are done hopping around, make sure to stop by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Online Store because all the new August stamps are now available for purchase!! Back by popular demand are the Gimmie Kimmie Kits if you want to buy the stamps as complete sets...the kits are always offered at an amazing discounted price, so make sure to scoop yours up before they disappear!
It's now my pleasure to send you off to visit with the always sweet and very talented Diana...just wait until you see what spooky fun she's been brewing up for you! Oh, and don't forget to leave comments along the hop for your chance to win some of the new stamps!
Thanks for joining us on the blog hop today!
Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Potion Master" and coordinating sentiment
Paper: Neenah, Bazzill, MME
Ink: Memento, Copics, Distress Inks
Embellishments: Ribbon, spider button, glass bottle, glass beads, Martha Stewart Glitter
41 comments:
- Lisa T said...
I love what you did with this image! Perfect paper and all the inking and "dirtying up" is perfect!
- August 21, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- rach said...
what a cool image and your colouring is amazing
- August 21, 2011 at 2:42 AM
- Sarah said...
OMGoodness Melanie!! You are CRAZY Talented girl!! Your coloring is STUNNING! You really make your images come to life! I love the way you made her eyes kinda red around the edges and crazed! Fabulous!!
- August 21, 2011 at 2:50 AM
- michael said...
ik vind u kaart erg mooi
leuke papier
- August 21, 2011 at 2:53 AM
- Marijke en Chantal said...
Wat een mooi kaartje is dit, hou van de kleurencomi, leuk afdrukje!
groetjes, marijke en Chantal
- August 21, 2011 at 3:45 AM
- Sanne said...
Great card! It's really spooky! I love the little bottle you used!
Hugs Sanne
- August 21, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- Mette said...
This a a great card and I love this stamp. Beautifully coloured and love the papers and little "potion" bottle. Brilliant.
Hugs, Mette
- August 21, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- DoodleDee Designs said...
Love the dirty look it is sooooo perfect. The sponged background is fabulous.
- August 21, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Alberto said...
ahahah this image look so so so funny!
greatwork, melanie! love it and all the details!
hugs xx
- August 21, 2011 at 4:58 AM
- lawinchen said...
What a wonderful card. Wonderful colouring and papers.
- August 21, 2011 at 5:34 AM
- Riikka said...
Oh, that's just AMAZING! I really love your card!
- August 21, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Närrin said...
I love your card...and the new images.
- August 21, 2011 at 5:51 AM
- Brigitte said...
She's spooky!!! Love your colouring!
- August 21, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- angie babe said...
wow, you`re colouring is spooktacular! love the backing papers too! xx
- August 21, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Linxx said...
Great idea to add on that little bottle! Love the way you coloured it and your background is perfect!
- August 21, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Janine said...
love the coloring, papers...thanks for showing
- August 21, 2011 at 7:50 AM
- Maryu said...
Gritty, grimy, scary card! Love the sophisticated coloring in a limited palette.
- August 21, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- ♥Rach♥ said...
Super creepy! Papers and the little vial embellishment is so cool Melanie!
- August 21, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Niinu said...
I love her! She looks like me...when I was a little bit younger;) Your card is lovely:)
- August 21, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Kraftin' Kimmie said...
Okay, this is just incredible!! You really have a way with making these images look creepy and crazy!! haha!! And the addition of the potion bottle is so creative!! Love it!
- August 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- Jill Angel said...
Love this so much! What a great idea adding a potion bottle! You are amazing :)
- August 21, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Amanda R said...
Very creepy but cute! Love the little potion bottle you added too, nice accent!
- August 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Cool card, love everything about it. This is by far my favorite image.
- August 21, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- lifesabeautifulmess said...
I love your card and all the detail you put into it. Great inspiration!
- August 21, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- g said...
so amazing! your coloring is always incredible! love the papers & your potion bottle is a perfect embellie! LOVE it!!
- August 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Jani said...
Amazing card!
Thanks for the hoP!
- August 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Wow! I am always anxious to see what you have done with these images. You really bring them to life!
- August 21, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Michele Boyer said...
I love your coloring so much. I could stare at it forever. Truly amazing, Melanie.
- August 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Debbie Stephens said...
What a talent, your coloring is amazing. It brings this image to life. Awesome card!
- August 21, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Mickaela Sundkvist said...
I just love how you shadowed around the eyes, you really made her look insane!
Love Mickaela
- August 21, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- Cindi F said...
Gorgeous card! I love the way you did her eyes and that little bottle is so cute!
- August 21, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- agnelia said...
You are such an coloring godess! A true artist! ♥
I have looked at so many of your cards before and everytime I get a W...O...W...feeling!
This one is no exception! Love that mad look in her eyes with the redness underneath, the worn and raggity look and those old looking pattern papers and of course, the potion bottle!!!
- August 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Heidi Brawley said...
awe your coloring is amazing. love your card too. hugs
- August 21, 2011 at 6:25 PM
- Nancy Ball said...
Great card.
- August 21, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- Wilfreda said...
This is perfect. Your coloring is amazing.
- August 21, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- scrappintlc said...
Seriously awesome. Love the look you gave her eyes, the paper, the buttona dn bottle.
- August 21, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- Scrappy Rat said...
Love the black and kraft motif! It makes the mad scientist even spookier!
- August 22, 2011 at 4:15 AM
- Tracey said...
This is absolutely AMAZING Melanie!!! I love it!!
- August 22, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- Hannah Clark said...
As per usual, your colouring just ASTOUNDS me! Did you know that when I can't figure out how to colour something, I come to your blog! You are amazingly talented, Girl!
- August 22, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Sassy Cheryl said...
You're card is amazing and so is your coloring. LOVE IT!
- August 23, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- Shanna Shands said...
Your work is always amazing do you ever post coloring tutorials... I mean your coloring is so WOW... I would love to see videos or photos of your coloring process!
- August 28, 2011 at 7:15 PM


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Don't waste your time in those 12 team mixed leagues that are too shallow for even the coast guard! Our winner gets paid huge money and there is no disadvantage to joining in new!
KING OF THE HILL is entering its fourth season of existence, and we have had 3 champions in 3 years. It is a single-season mixed rotisserie league with 20 teams comprised of 23 starters and 5 reserves. I am in need of 4 owners. Entry fee is $200 and the top 3 finishers are paid.
Categories: Offense- Avg, R, HR, RBI, SB-CS, OBP, TB+SB. Pitching- ERA, Whip, K/9, W-L, SV-BS, Holds, Quality Starts.
THE DRAFT: Our draft is different from what you are used to. It is a serpentine draft that starts at the beginning of March and a drawing determines the order. The draft is is done entirely by phone. I call each owner when it is their turn to pick. At that time you can make your pick, or if you need some time to review things and make a decision, that is okay as well. There is no pressure on that end, and the only thing that is important is that you are able to be reached by phone or can return my call in a reasonable time. We finished the draft in 8 days last year, doing 2-4 rounds per day.
For those who aren't always reachable, I have a couple of owners who will submit a list to me with instructions while they are out of pocket, and when it is their turn I use that list to give them their player.
I frequently send updated results and rosters by email so everyone stays in tune with what is going on. You are always welcome to call me for instant updates and information too. Also, there is some limited trading of draft picks allowed too.
Notable- We employ an independant service to evaluate questioned trades and have a detailed constitution, so we try to keep the political b.s. to a minimum.
Unique Draft Style- The draft is alot of fun and the owners communicate alot during it. It fills the void during the time when you are chomping at the bit waiting for your other drafts. This draft is also an excellent prep-tool for your drafts in mid/end March. There are knowledgable owners who love the game, but greenpeas have done well due to the format giving them a good chance to review magazines and cheat sheets as well as talking to their buddies about who they should take.
Most of us are in California but you can live anywhere in the U.S. and play in this league. We have one owner that I found on these boards who lives in Atlanta and he's been with us for the last 2 seasons and will be returning this year.
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- Exposed brick, this is if you can't decide which wallpaper to choose, plus it is one of the up-to-the-minute and hottest trends.


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This week, ebook lovers got yet another reminder of why DRM (Digital Rights Management) is terrible for ebooks. While attending a library conference in Singapore, Jim O'Donnell lost access to the titles in his Google Play Books app. Apparently, the app detected that he was in a country where Google Books aren't available and subsequently denied him access to his books. Stories like this crop up every now and then, each time highlighting some crazy ebook restriction or policy that most people aren't even aware of. The way things are set up, you kind of need to protect the digital books you buy from the companies that sell them. There are a growing number of ways and reasons why Amazon, Google, or a book publisher might strip you of your digital library.
The best way to protect yourself is to break the DRM on your ebooks for the purpose of keeping a local, personal backup. (We don't encourage you to do this for any other reason.) The process is not difficult, even if you aren't very techie. And it allows you to read your ebooks on any device since the software can also convert file types. Keep in mind that this is technically against the Amazon Kindle terms of service, and other ebook sellers like Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, and Google certainly frown on such actions. However, here are five really good reasons to do it, anyway.
1: Leave the country, lose your ebooks
As O'Donnell's story highlights, attempting to access Google Play Books from a country where that service is not available isn't possible, even if you bought the books in an access country. This affects people traveling internationally as well as those who move from one country to another. Why it should matter where you are when you decide to read a book you've already bought is beyond us.
We reached out to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Sony, and Kobo and asked if customers utilizing their apps or ebook readers would encounter the same problem. B&N assured us that customers can access content and buy new titles no matter where they are in the world as long as they have a valid US or UK credit card and billing address. Kobo went a step further in their statement, saying: "Purchases remain in the account even if the customer changes his or her credit card information and address to another country, regardless of the content's territorial rights" We haven't heard back from the other companies as of press time. However, looking at the permissions for the various Android apps, none of them gather location information or have access to "read Google service configuration" under Accounts, which is likely how Google Play Books knows where you are.
Still, until you know for sure, it seems a good idea to backup your ebooks before you cross the border.
2: Anger Amazon, lose your ebooks
Last year a woman from the Netherlands got a rude shock when she discovered that Amazon had wiped her Kindle and severed access to her account. It seems the retail giant decided that her account was closely connected to another that was involved in violating the terms of service. Attempts to get answers from Amazon proved futile, and all the books the woman bought and paid for: gone. This situation mirrored one that occurred even further back when Amazon reached into hundreds of Kindles and removed copies of Orwell's 1984 that shouldn't have been available. Problem was that Amazon gave no warning or explanation for this at first. Turns out the entity that published the book didn't have the rights to do so.
Given that Amazon has the ability to yank books from hardware without recourse, keeping copies of your own that you control is a good idea.
3: Own too many devices, lose your ebooks
Back in 2009, when the mobile technology boom was underway, more people started to read ebooks on devices other than dedicated ebook readers: you know, like smartphones, PDAs/MIDs, tablets, and computers. Due to this, Kindle users started to run up against a hidden "feature" of the ebooks they'd bought: download limits. A specific number of downloads were baked into each Kindle title, and if you hit that limit you couldn't access the ebook again. Even better, this number wasn't public. Six was the magic number for many books, but the publisher could set any value and that info was no where in the book itself or the product page. When Amazon finally clarified the policy it turned out that the download limit was connected to the number of registered devices – deregister an old device and gain a download back. That's fine for people with fewer than six active devices, not so great for families sharing one account.
This policy isn't limited to Amazon. Most (if not all) ebook stores are affected since the policy originates with the publishers. Books without DRM don't have this problem.
4: Switch to a different book store, lose your ebooks
Looking at all these stories about Amazon might make a person nervous and lead to the decision to switch to an ebook seller less prone to shenanigans. Maybe Barnes & Noble's many Nook features will tempt you, or Kobo since their service is available in so many more countries. Depending on the type of device you choose to read books, you might not be able to access the books you already bought on Kindle. You can load the Kindle app on the Nook HD/HD+ and the Kobo Arc tablets (or any other Android tablet and the iPads), but not on Kobo or Nook E Ink ebook readers. Same goes for the reverse. Plus, Kindle books in the iOS and Android apps aren't any safer from corporate meddling.
If you remove DRM, backup, and convert your ebooks to DRM-free formats like ePub, you'll be able to read them on any device you want no matter where you bought them.
5: Bookstore shuts down, lose your ebooks
If you're not a big ebook nerd you might not know that there were plenty of places to buy them before Amazon introduced the Kindle. May of the early pioneers in the ebook space are now defunct, and when they went out of business, their servers went down, too. If customers didn't download copies of their books before that happened, they're out of luck now. Even worse, some old ebook formats require outdated software and/or hardware to read. Don't even ask about the files with DRM on them, it's too depressing to think about. It's hard to imagine Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google, Sony, and Kobo going out of business completely (yes, even with the demise of Borders), yet history tells us that nothing lasts forever.
Having a local, non-DRM backup copy means your books will stay with you even if the bookseller goes the way of the dodo.


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Think The Charger Debuted In 1966? So Did We!
Bob Smock's 1965 Dart Charger 273We see a lot of things as we travel around, but when we got an eyeful of Bob Smock's Dodge Dart Charger 273 at the Goodguys race in Las Vegas last fall, we had to do a doubletake. After all, the little convertible was very clean and sported a lot of neat options, but what primarily got our attention were the Charger emblems. You see, this Dart is a '65 model, put together a year before the new B-Body platform Charger made its debut.
We made some phone calls finally and determined the car was apparently one of a limited run of factory specials done on the A-platform in '65. The new 273 four-barrel was referred to as the Charger 273 V8 in early literature, and, while details are murky, one of the West Coast dealer associations was probably responsible for the car's trim, which was designed and built at the Los Angeles assembly plant. This makes sense, since Dodge was trying to keep their A-Body in the limelight because of competition from the Mustang and Barracuda. The sporty Dart GT already had three little side dcor pieces along the side rocker (painted red, white, and blue), but the scripted GT logos from the previous year were gone (a body stripe was optional). So the Charger program made sense.
With the package, specially-made Dart Charger 273 emblems were added to the front quarter-panels and the glove-box door. A quadrant of (now rare) 13×6 Crager wheels replaced the stock 13×4.5 steel rims. All factory-built examples were painted cream yellow with a black interior and black vinyl or convertible top. According to a story that surfaced in Slant Six News #37, only 180 were built at the plant, while parts for an additional 300 possible cars were shipped to Dodge dealers in 11 western states.
Bob, the sales manager for a distribution firm, and his wife Zondra live in Las Vegas. A long-time hot rodder, he's had his share of prewar iron and musclecar classics, and first found out about the pre-Charger when he saw it in a friend's garage. The original 273 engine was intact but wounded, and the car itself was in rough shape. If Smock were to own it, a full rebuild would be needed. Still, he decided the A-Body deserved a more loving home, and he spent the money to buy it and then started the process of bringing it back to life.
Like all hot rod projects, this would not be a perfect bone-stock plan. Since the numbers-matching 273 was in need of some serious work, Bob left the '65-vintage mill in the garage until it could be rebuilt and decided to up the ante. Into the engine bay went a warmed-up 340 with an Edelbrock intake and 650 Edelbrock carb breathing through a K&N filter in the air cleaner. Ignition parts from Mopar, Accel, Mallory and Champion spark the fuel, with a set of high-flow 340 manifolds and 2.5-inch pipe for the exhaust chores. By the way, Bob has not given up on the 273; once he gets it done, it will end up back where it belongs. Behind the current engine is a 727 treated to a stock rebuild and a 3.73:1 rear cog.
Meanwhile, the body was still in need of some serious work, so the sheetmetal was carefully worked back into shape, with Bob doing a large amount of this on his own. Once completed, Jimmy Goldsbourgh covered it with DuPont Solar Yellow paint, while Lenny Newman handled the detail work. The suspension was upgraded as well, with KYB shock absorbers, better drum brakes, and BF Goodrich 235/60 R14 tires on replacement Cragar wheels added to the package. Inside, a custom interior with hounds-tooth covers was put in place of the originals, while a new white top replaced the ruined black original.
Though far from a purist restoration, the car has received numerous accolades. Bob has taken 18 First Place and 6 Second Place awards with the car since its completion. As for survival figures on the Dart Charger 273 package, they aren't known, but Bob is aware of only three others in existence at this point. Obviously, the "real" Charger would make its debut as a '66 model (not actually hitting the streets until mid-year), but for A-Body fans, this one is a great opening act.


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Other than some fancy alloy wheels and a couple of discreet badges, the BMW Active Hybrid 5 looks just like any other BMW 5 Series. However, under that familiar styling lies some pretty unusual running gear.
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It's obvious, then, that this particular hybrid is as much about delivering thrilling performance as it is about reducing your tax bills and saving rainforests.
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|Oracle® Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B12013-01
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This chapter describes how to reconfigure Enterprise Manager if you later revisit your configuration decisions after you have installed the software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The following sections describe reconfiguration and tuning changes you can make to the Management Agent after you have installed Enterprise Manager. Refer to the following sections for more information:
Configuring the Management Agent to Use a New Management Service
Controlling the Amount of Disk Space Used by the Management Agent
When you install the Management Agent on a managed host, you associate the Agent with a particular Management Service. The Management Agent uses the Management Service URL address and port to identify and communicate with the Management Service.
After you install the Management Agent, you can later reconfigure the Management Agent so it is associated with a different Management Service. Reconfiguring the Agent requires no changes to the Management Service. The reconfigured Agent will begin communicating with the new Management Service after the Agent is restarted.
To associate the Management Agent with a new Management Service after you have installed the Agent:
Stop the Management Agent.
Locate the
emd.properties file in the Agent home directory:
Use a text editor to open the file and locate the REPOSITORY_URL property.
Modify the value for the
REPOSITORY_URL property so it references the new Management Service.
For example:
Modify the value for the
emdWalletSrcUrl and
emdWalletDest properties so they reference the new Management Service and the new Oracle home path, respectively:
For example, if the new Management Service is on a host called
mgmthost2.acme.com and the new Oracle home is
/private/oracle/em10g, modify the properties as follows:
emdWalletSrcUrl=http://mgmthost2.acme.com:4889/em/wallets/emd emdWalletDest=/private/oracle/em10g/sysman/config/server
Save your changes and close the
emd.properties file.
Delete all the files in the following directories:
AGENT_HOME/sysman/emd/upload/ AGENT_HOME/sysman/emd/state/
Restart the Management Agent.
The Oracle Management Agent uses a predefined port number to receive requests from the Management Service. This port number is defined by default when you install the Agent on a managed host. If you later need to modify this port, you can use the following procedure. You might need to modify this port number if you have existing software that uses the default Agent port.
To change the Management Agent port:
Stop the Management Agent.
Locate the
emd.properties file in the Agent home directory:
Use a text editor to open the file and locate the EMD_URL property.
For example:
Modify the port number in the EMD_URL property so the Agent uses a new unused port on the managed host.
For example:
Start the Management Agent.
Oracle designed the Management Agent to work within a set of disk space limits. These limits prevent the Management Agent from using too much disk space and causing performance or resource issues on your enterprise systems. However, if disk space becomes an issue, you can adjust the default settings that are used to control the amount of disk space used by the Management Agent.
As the Management Agent on a particular host gathers management data about the targets on the host, it saves the collected data on the local disk until the data is uploaded to the Management Repository. The agent saves this collected data and metadata in the following directory:
By default, the Management Agent will save up to 50MB of collected data in the upload directory. If the amount of collected data exceeds 50MB, data collection is stopped temporarily until the data is uploaded to the repository and more disk space becomes available.
In addition, the Management Agent checks to be sure that the percentage of disk space currently in use on the local disk does not exceed 98 percent. If the this value is exceeded, the Management Agent stops collected data and stops saving information to the Management Agent log and trace files.
You can modify these default settings as follows:
Stop the Management Agent.
Locate the
emd.properties file in the Agent home directory:
Use a text editor to open the file and modify the entries shown in Table 7-1.
Save your changes and exit the file.
Restart the Management Agent.
Table 7-1 Properties for Controlling the Disk Space Used by the Management Agent
|Use this property in the
emd.properties file to specify the maximum number of megabytes (MB) used by the collected data in the Management Agent upload directory. When this limit is exceeded, the Management Agent will stop collecting additional management data until the next upload to the repository reduces the amount of collected data in the upload directory.
|Use this property in the
emd.properties file to specify the maximum percentage of disk space that can be in use on the local disk before the Management Agent temporarily stops collecting additional data and stops saving information to the Management Agent log and trace files.
The Management Agent will be begin collecting data again when the percentage of disk space in use falls to less than the percentage specified in the
The Oracle Management Agent is the Enterprise Manager component that gathers the data you need to manage your enterprise efficiently. As a result, Enterprise Manager includes software that keeps track of the Management Agent processes and makes sure the Management Agent stays running.
For example, if the Management Agent quits unexpectedly, this self-monitoring process—referred to as the watchdog process—will restart the Management Agent automatically.
In most situations, the watchdog process works in the background and requires no configuration or maintenance. The watchdog process is controlled by the
emwd script located in the following directory of the Management Agent home directory:
You can identify the watchdog process by using the following command UNIX systems:
$PROMPT> ps -ef | grep emwd
In today's global economy, it is not uncommon for the systems you manage to reside in multiple locations throughout the world. For example, if your company headquarters are in New Hampshire, USA, you may need to manage systems that reside in California, Canada, and in Europe.
As Enterprise Manager collects monitoring data from Management Agents running on these remote systems, it is important that the data is correlated accurately. A software failure on a machine in Ontario, Canada might be the cause of a performance problem on a machine in Hoboken, New Jersey.
To correlate this data, it is important that Enterprise Manager obtains the correct time zone for each Management Agent that you install. The following sections describe how the Management Agent obtains the time zone and how to correct the problem if the time zone for a Management Agent is incorrect:
Understanding How the Management Agent Obtains Time Zone Information
Troubleshooting Oracle Management Service Time Zone Problems
When you install the Management Agent, the software attempts to obtain the current time zone of the host computer. If successful, the installation procedure updates the
agentTZRegion property setting in the following configuration file:
agentTZRegion property can be set to any of the values listed in the following file, which is installed in the Management Agent home directory:
Sometimes, during the Management Agent installation, the time zone detected by the Agent configuration tool is not recognized by the Management Agent. In other words, the time zone obtained by the configuration tool is not listed in the Management Agent list of supported time zones.
This problem prevents the Management Agent from starting and results in the an error similar to the following:
Could not determine agent time zone. Please refer to to the file: ORACLE_HOME/sysman/admin/supportedtzs.lst and pick a timezone region with a standard offset of +5:0 from GMT and update the property 'agentTZRegion' in the file: ORACLE_HOME/sysman/config/emd.properties
This error appears in one of the log files shown in Table 7-2, depending upon which Enterprise Manager product you are using.
Table 7-2 Location of Time Zone Error in the Enterprise Manager Log Files
|If you are using...
|Look for the Time Zone Error in This File...
|Grid Control
|Application Server Control
|Database Control
See Also:"Locating and Configuring Management Agent Log and Trace Files" for more information about the Oracle Management Agent log files
To configure the Management Agent to use a valid time zone:
Enter the following command in the Management Agent home directory to identify the time zone currently being used by the host computer:
AGENT_HOME/bin/emctl config agent getTZ
Note the time zone that is returned by this
emctl config agent getTZ command.
This is the time zone of the host computer.
Use a to open the following file in the Management Agent home directory:
This file contains a list of all the time zones supported by the Management Agent.
Browse the contents of the
supportedtzs.lst file and note the supported time zone closest to the time zone of the host computer.
Use a text editor to open the following Management Agent configuration file:
Locate the following property near the end of the
emd.properties file:
Set the value of this property to the time zone you identified as closest the host time zone in the
supportedtzs.lst file.
For example:
Save your changes and close the
emd.properties file.
You should now be able to start the Management Agent without generating the error in the log file.
Section 188.8.131.52 describes how to correct potential problems that result when the Management Agent cannot determine the proper time zone. Similar problems can occur when the Management Agent finds the correct time zone, but the time zone is not recognized by the the Management Service or the database where the Management Repository resides.
When the Management Service does not recognize the time zone established by the Management Agent, Enterprise Manager generates the following error:
OMS does not understand the timezone region of the agent. Either start the OMS using the extended list of time zones supported by the database or pick a value of time zone from ORACLE_HOME/emdw/sysman/admin/nsupportedtzs.lst, update the property 'agentTZRegion' in the file ORACLE_HOME/sysman/config/emd.properties and restart the agent. A value which is around an offset of -05:00 from GMT should be picked.
This error appears in one of the log files shown in Table 7-2, depending upon which Enterprise Manager product you are using.
There are two ways to correct this problem:
Restart the Management Repository database using the more extensive list of time zones in the
timezlrg.dat database configuration file, and then start the Management Agent.
See Also:"Specifying the Database Time Zone File" in the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
Specify a new time zone for the Management Agent that the Management Repository database will recognize.
See Also:"Troubleshooting Management Agent Time Zone Problems" for instructions on changing the time zone assigned to the Management Agent
The following sections describe configuration changes you can make to the Management Service after you install Enterprise Manager:
When you install and deploy the Management Service, you associate the Management Service with a Management Repository. The Management Service uses the database host, database system identifier (SID), database port, management user, and management password to identify and communicate with the Repository.
This repository information is stored in the
emoms.properties file, which can be found in the following directory of the Oracle Application Server Home where the Oracle Management Service is installed and deployed:
The following sections describe how to modify the repository information in the
emoms.properties file and provide details about how Enterprise Manager keeps the Management Repository password secure.
To associate the Oracle Management Service with a new repository, you must modify the repository properties saved in the
emoms.properties configuration file:
Stop the Management Service.
Locate the
emoms.properties file in the following directory of the Oracle Application Server Home where you installed and deployed the Management Service:
Edit the
emoms.properties file by updating the appropriate values for the properties described in Table 7-3.
shows sample entries in the
emoms.properties file.
Restart the Management Service.
Table 7-3 Repository Properties in the emoms.properties File
|The Management Repository user name. The default value is SYSMAN.
|The Management Repository password. The default value is
sysman, but when you open the file you will notice that the value for this property is an encrypted string.
Remove the encrypted string and enter the management password for the new Management Repository.
|The System Identifier (SID) for the database where the Management Repository schema resides.
|The name of the server or host computer where the repository database resides.
|The port number for the repository database.
|This property must be set to FALSE so you can manually modify the management password (
emdRepPwd) property.
For more information, see "About Changing the Repository Password".
Example 7-1 Sample Repository Properties in the emoms.properties File
oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepUser=SYSMAN oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd=sysman oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncrypted=false oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepSID=oemrep1 oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepServer=system12.mycompany.com oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPort=1521
For security reasons, the password stored in the
emoms.properties file is encrypted as soon as you start the Management Service. For this reason, when you edit the
emoms.properties file after the Management Service has been started at least once, you will notice that the
emdRepPwdEncrypted property is set to TRUE.
As a result, to modify the repository password, you must do the following:
Stop the Management Service.
Open the
emoms.properties file.
Change the
emdRepPwdEncrypted property to FALSE.
Change the
emdRepPwd property to the new password.
Save the changes and close the
emoms.properties file.
Restart the Management Service.
When the Management Service starts, it opens the
emoms.properties file, encrypts the password, and changes the
emdRepPwdEncrypted property to TRUE.
When you install the Management Service, the port number for the Management Service is automatically set to 4889. The following procedure describes how to manually change the port number after the Enterprise Manager installation. For example, you will have to modify the port number if you attempt to install two Oracle Management Services on the same host computer.
To change the default Management Service port:
Stop the Management Service.
Locate the following
httpd_em.conf file located in the following directory in the Oracle Application Server home directory where you installed and deployed the Management Service:
Open the
http_em.conf file with a text editor and change all occurrences of
4889 to the new port number you want to use.
Save and close the
http_em.conf file.
Locate the
emoms.properties file in the same
sysman/config directory.
Open the
emoms.properties file with a text editor and change the following entry so it references the new port number of the Management Service:
Restart the Management Service.
Reconfigure each Agent on your managed hosts to use the new management port.


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Businesses increasingly use whitelisting to keep the bad guys out but now it turns out that criminals are employing the same tactics to target favoured victims, security firm RSA has reported.
During 2012, the company saw a small surge in the popularity of plug-in modules for phishing kits that allow their users to aim attacks at specific targets in a way that excludes unintended victims.
Dubbed the "bouncer" attack (as in club bouncers), these generate user IDs for each target on the list, serving unwanted visitors a 404 for the same phishing site.
A huge surprise is the tiny scale of some of these attacks; 3,000 recipients was an average for campaigns.
Selective phishing isn't new per se but its emergence as a more regular tactic is partly a response to the predation of security firms, who make a living from detecting, analysing and blocking attacks in real time. Keeping these researchers out buys the attackers more time.
A second motivation is simply spear phishing, campaigns that target specific enterprises with a view to setting up more complex advanced persistent threat (APTs) attacks at a later date.
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As with most phishing websites these days, the pages on which these attacks hide will usually be hijacked blogs using vulnerable and poorly-managed open source content management systems. Hiding on legitimate domains is a way of hiding in plain sight.
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