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May 19 Events
May 19, 6:00 pm, Maslow's by Farestart
Maslow's Sleight of Hand Dinner Pairing
Join Trey Busch, winemaker and partner at Sleight of Hand Cellars in Walla Walla, for a magical evening of great food and amazing wines at Maslow's Seattle, part of the FareStart family of restaurants and cafes.
Enjoy a six-course meal specially paired with Sleight of Hand wines. Tickets are $100 plus taxes and service charge.
All profits from the evening are reinvested into FareStart's programs to recruit, train and support students and apprentices.
To purchase tickets, please contact Maslow's at email@example.com or 206.588.4020.
Sleight of Hand supports Fare Start and their mission of providing real solutions to poverty, homelessness and hunger.
Dexter Brewhouse x The Arc
Do you love great food, great beer AND The Arc of King County?! This is the event for you!
Join The Arc's Young Professionals Board from 4-7pm at Dexter Brewhouse for the Return of All Inclusive Ale!
Proceeds from food sales and All Inclusive Ale sold during the event directly benefit The Arc of King County.
Reservations are highly encouraged. Please call 206.403.1228 and mention The Arc event.
May 19, 3:00 pm, Argosy Lake Union
Saturday Wine Tasting on Lake UnionSaturday cruising, uncorked!
Sit back, sip, and savor the wine (and views). Our professionally trained wine stewards will guide you through tastings of each featured vintage as we enjoy the waters connecting Lake Union and Lake Washington. This 1.5 hr cruise is highlights & sights only, no narration. Adults 21+ and minors are welcome.Fees/Admission: Adults Wine Tasting (21+) – $47.50 (save $3 online!)
Cruise-Only Ticket (no wine, all ages) – $37.50 (save $2.25 online!)
Kids 3 and under – FREE Please book your reservation here.
May 19, 6:00 pm, Brave Horse Tavern
Jellyfish Beer Dinner at Brave Horse Tavern
A group of jellyfish is known as a smack. A common packaging device for yeast distribution is called a smack pack. Coincidence? The crew at Jellyfish Brewing thinks not! Seattle Beer Week wouldn't be the same without collaborating with all of our favorite brewing smack packs. Thus we bring you our neighbors from Georgetown, Jellyfish Brewing Company. Join us at Brave Horse Tavern for a fun and adventurous beer dinner with a paired menu created to drift like the random travels of a jellyfish.
Tickets are $65 and can be purchased here.
Greeter Beer: Hydra Pils
1st Course
Beer: Sour Suzie
Food: Shigoku oyster with "Sour Suzie" mignonette
2nd Course
Beer: Oh My Figgin' Quad
Food: Fig and chicken liver mousse, rye crackers, fig mustarda, pickled mustard seeds
3rd Course
Beer: Smack IPA
Food: Seared scallop, pine smoked peach puree, frisee, pine nuts
4th Course
Beer: Seattle Sunburn
Food: Red wine braised short rib, yeasted potatoes, hibiscus jus,
5th Course
Beer: Tickle Monster Imperial Stout
Food: Sour Cherry chocolate tart, espresso whipped cream, cocoa nib tuille
May 2 - June 20, Winston Wachter
Deb Achak: Culture and Sea
Winston Wächter Fine Art is proud to announce, Culture and Sea, an exhibition of new photographs by Seattle artist Deb Achak. Opening reception for the exhibition will be held on May 2nd, 6-8PM at 203 Dexter Avenue North. The artist will be in attendance.
Photographer Deb Achak explores her fascination with water and the ways in which we connect with it in her debut exhibition Culture and Sea. This exhibition examines the texture, color, and poetry of the ocean with her Ebb and Flow photographs, as well as the commonalities across cultures in the way we gather, find joy, relaxation, and contemplation at the beach in her Aquatic Street series.
With Ebb and Flow, Achak takes the viewer into the water, at times submerging her camera, others hovering just above the water line. This series allows us to feel the power of the ocean, as well as it's ability to sooth and heal.
Achak's Aquatic Street photography documents life by the ocean as the silent observer. She moves within the crowds of people, capturing the impact the ocean can have on human behavior in honest and genuine expressions.
The photographs in this exhibition were captured in Positano and Capri Italy, Hawaii, and Florida.
May 19, 1:00 pm, Museum of History and Industry
Living Voices: La Causa
In the late 1960s a new movement changed the lives of Latin American farm workers who fought for civil rights and battled racism and indecent working conditions. Experience this chapter of American history as one young woman balances the demands of her family and culture and fights to see her people free of poverty.
Living Voices combines live theatrical performances with archival film, turning history into a moving personal journey. This performance will take place in the Joshua Green Foundation Theater on MOHAI's second floor. Suitable for guests 11 years (5th grade) to adult.
Location: Joshua Green Foundation Theater
Cost: Free for MOHAI members / Included with museum admission
May 14 - August 18, MadArt
The Presence of Absence
MadArt is excited to welcome Seattle-based artist Katie Miller to the studio this summer. Miller's site-specific installation of sculptural forms, including a labyrinth of cut paper, will envelop visitors in light and shadow. Layers of coalescing lines and latticed structures will create an immersive environment referencing the changing urban landscape.
Katie Miller was born and raised in the pristine wilderness of Northeastern Minnesota, but is now deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. As an interdisciplinary artist, Miller creates immersive installations often with a participatory element. She received her BFA from the University of Washington and her MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Her work has been collected and exhibited nationally, with recent solo exhibitions at Gallery 4Culture and METHOD Gallery in Seattle, Washington and group exhibitions at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington and Temple Contemporary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Miller has been selected for numerous artist residency programs including the Montello Foundation, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Art Farm, Anderson Ranch, and Sculpture Space.
November 18 - June 17, Museum of History and Industry
Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith
Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith at MOHAI Nov. 18, 2017- June 17, 2018, is an ambitious exhibition that chronicles the African-American community in the Pacific Northwest. The exhibit also provides an entry point into national discussions about the history and changing character of Seattle and its evolving neighborhoods.
Legendary photographer Al Smith was an explorer and his camera was the universal key that opened doors and gave him license to go anywhere. Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith, organized by Seattle's Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) and on view Nov 18, 2017 – June 17, 2018, gives visitors a rare peek into Smith's historically significant collection that chronicles the African-American community during the mid-20th century in the Pacific Northwest. The exhibit also provides an entry point into national discussions about the history and changing character of Seattle and its evolving neighborhoods.
Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith is a retrospective of Smith's work. It honors the collection of more than 40,000 photographs generously donated to MOHAI by the Smith family.
Curated by Howard Giske, MOHAI's Curator of Photography and a long-time friend of Al Smith, this important exhibit uncovers a collection as unique as the man who created it. "It is one person's work but it says a lot about Seattle and its people," said Giske. "Al was as comfortable in church on Sunday morning as he was in a nightclub on Saturday night."
For more than half a century, Smith documented the African-American community life in Seattle. During that time, he amassed thousands of prints and negatives (taken between 1940 and 2005), which he stashed in drawers and cabinets and grocery bags in his home.
"Al Smith's photography chronicled his life as an active, vital member of Seattle's African-American community," said Leonard Garfield, MOHAI's Executive Director. "With great warmth and intimacy he created thousands of remarkable photographs of life in the neighborhood where he was born and where he raised his family—the Central District. Smith's brilliantly expressive documentary photography captures a community in transition, and subtly raises issues of social equity and inclusion; a topic of great significance today."
As a teenager, Smith went to sea as a steward with the American President's Line, sailing to Hawaii, Japan, China, and the Philippines. During his last trip to Asia in 1937, Smith bought a German-made Ikoflex camera and made up for lost time. He began to take his hobby seriously, although he modestly claimed in a 1992 interview that he was "doing nothing special, just shooting pictures…"
"Al wasn't just somebody with a camera. He was a photographer. And that was his introduction," said Jackie Lawson, Historian and founding member of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State.
MOHAI's relationship with Smith goes back to 1986 when Smith volunteered in the MOHAI darkroom. For more than a decade, Smith helped the museum preserve its vintage-photo collection of Seattle history.
Seattle Times jazz writer and author of Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle Paul de Barros, describes Al Smith's work as "extraordinary." de Barros said, "When you look at Al's photographs, you don't feel like a visitor, but more like a participant, partaking in the joy revealed by his camera."
Structured in a combination of six thematic sections, Seattle on the Spot takes visitors back in time.
An introduction/background of Al Smith is the first section and acquaints visitors to a humble, but driven photographer. This section provides an outline and background of Smith's life.
From the introductory area, step into Smith's Darkroom and explore his workspace—a captivating hands-on area where visitors can look at proof sheets, faux negatives viewable through a loop and a display of the cameras Smith used.
The next section is an immersive Nightclub. Here, visitors step into a theatrical nightclub-like atmosphere that breathes life into scenes of Seattle's jazz scene of the 1940s immortalized by photos Smith took as a young man. This area includes a video, dance floor, music, interactives, games and artifacts on display.
Moving from the nightclub, visitors explore a more formal presentation of Smith's work in the Nightclub Gallery section. Smith's best-known work is from Seattle nightclubs in the Jackson Street district during the early 1940s capturing the musicians as well as reveling patrons, to whom he sometimes sold souvenir photographs. This was a heroic period for Seattle jazz—a wartime scene that ultimately spawned such internationally known artists as Ray Charles and Ernestine Anderson.
The final section focuses on the Retrospective Space. This section brings the discussion of Smith's work to the present day and highlights the changes in the communities that Smith documented. Visitors will explore how communities are remembered today and have a chance to reflect and add information to Smith's photos and stories to the oral history station.
"Al Smith just enjoyed people," said Carol Peoples-Procter, President Black Heritage Society of Washington State. "I think he enjoyed life. And he wanted to capture it through photos."
Seattle on the Spot will be supported by unique programing including an exciting opportunity for a group of pre-selected high school students in the Central District to hone their photography skills, and develop personal aesthetic and narrative perspective. Students will curate their work for display in Seattle on the Spot from April – June 2018. Pieces will be on display in the exhibit and posted to MOHAI's website.
MOHAI has gathered the city's most influential leaders including former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, Carol Peoples-Proctor, Jazmyn Scott and Al "Butch" Smith Jr. to advise and collaborate on program development for this unique and ambitious exhibition.
Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith is accompanied by an illustrated catalog with contributions by Jacqueline E. A. Lawson, Howard Giske, Al "Butch" Smith Jr., Paul de Barros and Quin'Nita Cobbins. The catalog is co-published by the Museum of History & Industry and the University of Washington Press.
Generous support for Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, The Boeing Company, Laird Norton Wealth Management, MOHAI Exhibits Fund, Mike Repass, 4Culture, Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, ArtsFund, and Gordon & Celia Bowker.
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After Robert Griffin III's gift registry list at Bed Bath & Beyond leaked online, Washington Redskins fans sent their star quarterback an impressive collection of wedding gifts.
RGII, who will marry fellow Baylor University grad Rebecca Liddicoat on July 6, took to Twitter Sunday to thank his fans.
Griffin also responded to critics who wondered why the successful football star -- drafted to the NFL on a four year, $21 million contract -- needed anyone to buy gifts for him.
Thank you to the Fans who are helping buy ALL the items from our wedding registry at Bed Bath & Beyond … say.ly/MLw5Rbg— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) May 19, 2013
I didn't ask the fans to buy me anything. They found it on their own and decided to get what they could. SMH at all these Debbie downers— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) May 19, 2013
"@heartsong2v: @rgiii Love you, but something is wrong when the poor buy goods for the rich. Hmmmm..." Which why I appreciate the gesture— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) May 19, 2013

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Kurds vs. Hells Angels Biker War Looms in Bremen
Members of a notorious Kurdish clan in Bremen have founded a new chapter of the Mongols motorcycle club and are challenging the Hells Angels in the city. The police fear a new biker war may be just around the corner.
The last movement in the life of novice motorcyclist Mustafa B. was a twist of his right hand. His red Honda Fireblade, which had a 178-horsepower engine and a top speed of 290 km/h (180 mph), accelerated with a roar and shot past the cars. Seconds later, the biker smashed into a tree. He died at the scene of the accident, a four-lane street in the northwestern German city of Bremen. A statement later issued by the police blandly stated that "no third party was to blame."
Nevertheless, investigators took a particularly close look at the victim's motorbike to check for possible sabotage. After all, 38-year-old Mustafa B., who was Kurdish, was considered a leading light in Bremen's organized crime circles. The police therefore had good reasons to suspect that some people might have had a vested interest in his demise.
Mustafa B. had challenged the Hells Angels, the legendary bikers' club. Members of the Hells Angels have long been believed to play an important role in the city's underworld. In August, Mustafa B. and almost two dozen members of his clan had founded a local chapter of the Mongols, an international motorcycle club. It was the first time in Germany that members of a Muslim immigrant clan which is believed to be involved in organized crime have been active in this area.
Investigators in Bremen now fear the move will herald the outbreak of another bloody biker war that could quickly spread to other cities. Another, no less comforting, possibility is that the Hells Angels and the Kurdish gang will join forces. "We're keeping an eye on both developments with great concern," says Bremen police detective Harald Habethal.
Bikers Without Motorbikes
One thing is certain: The immigrants are not interested in emulating an "Easy Rider"-type lifestyle. According to investigators, the new bikers have neither motorbikes nor the requisite motorcycle license. Whenever they cruise through Bremen's downtown area, they drive powerful cars. Mustafa B. was the only member of the clan who had actually gotten his license, two weeks before his untimely death. "We suspect that the members of ethnic clans are interested in developing new structures and trading channels," says Andreas Weber, the head of Bremen's State Office of Criminal Investigation. The Mongols are believed to be involved in drug dealing in the US and southern Europe. The Bremen Mongols could therefore have much to gain from cooperation with gangs elsewhere.
The Bremen police believe that the Kurdish clan already controls the city's drugs trade. The clan is part of a group of Mhallamiye Kurds who emigrated to Germany from Lebanon in the 1980s. They have made little effort to integrate into German society, and primarily live off welfare and shady businesses like drug dealing and prostitution. Most of them live in Bremen, Berlin and the western city of Essen. Police estimate that the Bremen clan has at least 2,600 members. They are already investigating about half of them. A total of 66 family members are considered to be particularly hardened criminals.
Most of the members of the Bremen Mongols chapter also have extensive police records. Ibrahim M., the man investigators believe succeeded Mustafa B. as the head of the club, has been associated with no fewer than 147 crimes, ranging from grievous bodily harm to illegal possession of a weapon.
Peace Talks
It certainly seems to be an ideal time to expand their operations. The Bremen chapter of the Hells Angels is currently relatively weak. Although they were able to drive the rival Bandidos gang out of the city four years ago, many of their members are currently on probation, and the Kurds are seen as particularly ruthless.
So it's hardly surprising that peace talks are apparently already underway. The head of the Hells Angels in Hanover, Frank Hanebuth, is said to have offered the Mongols 250,000 to join him, at least according to the leader of the Mongols in Germany, Bernhard Denzinger, who runs a club in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. The Kurds apparently rejected Hanebuth's overtures, however.
Hanebuth denied having made any such offer. "We never offered anyone money," he said. "We absolutely don't need to do that."
A similar tactic by the Hells Angels proved successful in Berlin. At the start of 2010, they were able to convince a particularly brutal group of Bandidos led by a man identified as Kadir P. to leave the club. The Hells Angels incorporated the defectors into their club. Now they call themselves the Hells Angels Nomads Turkiye.
Overdoing Things
The police in Bremen want to take a tough stance against the bikers. Weber says criminals will be prosecuted quicker and the clubs may possibly be banned. Mongols chief Bernhard Denzinger also says he won't allow criminal elements to endanger his club, although he admits that some of the new members "overdid things a bit" in the past. He is also demanding that all his members get a motorcycle license by early May at the latest.
As such, it may not be the police who put an end to the club's activities, but the department of transportation.
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On short rest and riding a three-match losing streak, the Crew needed the early lift provided by Bernardo Anor's fifth-minute tally from Federico Higuaín's corner-kick service against the Portland Timbers on Sunday as the Venezuelan headed home his second goal in as many games.
"It was the same, just like the one I scored against LA," Anor said after the match. "We're making the runs we're supposed to make, Pipa [Higuaín] is serving the ball like he's supposed to and things are resulting pretty good for us."
Six minutes after Anor's strike, the Black & Gold were in complete control as Portland went down a man following Pa-Modou Kah's straight red card after a reckless foul on Aaron Schoenfeld. The Crew hung on for the remaining 79-plus minutes for its third home win of the season. With the 1-0 victory, Columbus snapped the Timbers' 15-match unbeaten run and became just the second team to defeat the Timbers in 2013.
Following its 19th match of the season, the Crew has plenty of time to make up ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Sunday's win was a much-needed punch in the arm for an inconsistent Columbus side that is hoping to find its identity in the summer months.
"Bobby [Warzycha] said some smart words before the game that, if you pay attention to, mean a lot," Anor said. "This is the start of the second half [of the season]. We have half of the games left. By winning this game, it means a lot.
"We have to keep it up and keep scoring the goals."
Head Coach Robert Warzycha had only one training session to observe Wil Trapp since his return from representing the United States at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey before deciding to place him in the starting lineup on Sunday for his professional debut. Having watched Trapp progress through the Crew Soccer Academy, Warzycha knew what he was getting when the Gahanna native signed with the First Team last winter.
"After [Trapp] came back from Turkey, we gave him some time off," Warzycha explained. "We didn't want to throw him on the field right away. I think he enjoyed the few days off. Obviously, he stepped on the field and he did very well.
"We knew what he can do and what kind of player he is. He grew up here in Columbus, so it was a matter of time of when he would step on the field and do the job. He's a good player."
Trapp's experience in Turkey against the best Under-20 players in the world provided a difficult test ahead of his MLS debut. With the confidence of captaining the U.S. to a 1-1 draw with France in the tournament, Trapp was sure his talents could carry over to his play with the Crew.
"I think the games I played in Turkey prepared me very well for this game," Trapp said after the match. "Still, you're playing against men here so it's never easy to adjust, but I think those games really helped me be ready for this one."
In front of his friends and family, Trapp was one of six Ohio natives in the Crew's starting lineup as he earned Barbasol Man of the Match honors for his performance.
"I think I underestimated the feeling you would get when you step on the field in front of your friends and family," the 20-year-old midfielder said. "It was awesome to see my parents in the stands and my friends, girlfriend -- all that kind of stuff, it was great.
"I think because I had so many people here, they were probably just texting away on [Man of the Match voting]. It's awesome to be recognized for that."
Starting goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum was a last minute scratch due to a shoulder ailment, leaving Homegrown Matt Lampson to step in for his second career start. The former Ohio State Buckeye was only forced to make one save -- a diving stop to deny Darlington Nagbe in the 87th minute -- to earn his first shutout.
"In terms of psyche, when a goalkeeper makes a save like that, it fills the entire team with confidence," Lampson said. "We knew we were going to get out of here with a win."
The 'keeper continued: "I really only had to make one or two saves, and that's credit to Danny [O'Rourke], the Chads [Barson and Marshall] and 'The Body' Josh [Williams]". A lot of guys, this is the first big minutes they've had the entire year and every single one of them stepped up."
Even on short notice, Robert Warzycha has no fear throwing the second-year goalkeeper into the starting lineup.
"Matt had to step in in the last minute and actually he did an excellent job," Warzycha said. "He's a good goalie. I'm not afraid to put him in goal; I think he's an excellent goalkeeper."
In his post-match press conference, Warzycha noted that he didn't think Gruenebaum's injury was serious.


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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
No Different Than Blood
Posted by Shane and Amy Jo at 2:58 PM 6 comments
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Went for a Walk
This summer ended up a total whirlwind! My brother and his family made the big move to Idaho from Chicago. Hooray!!! And finding them a home (right by us!) was TOP priority. Natalie and I went to work...talking everyday about various homes on the market. It was fun. I always love to look at homes for sale, but this was WAY better. It was real, after all. We had areas in the valley narrowed down and looked daily for new listings. One of the stipulations we had was that their home needed to be in a different ward. But of course...that didn't stop me from looking!
One weekend, Lindsay and her family were in town visiting. Shane and Wynn took a scenic drive home from church and went down a street very near to ours and one we've always loved. BAM! New listing! Good eye Wynn. They stopped and grabbed a flyer and headed home. When we got to looking at the details, we quickly realized that the home was priced under market value. Significantly. It was almost do-able...for US! We bought our home at the peak before the market crashed in 2007. Getting out from underneath it...ever...seemed impossible. We always play the "what if" game and we had talked endlessly about what it would take to make it work somehow and when the timing would be ideal. The plan always included a whole lot of unknown "if's!" So naturally I thought...what if we could pull this off?! If only we could sell our home. Our previous appraisal was still under market value. Dang!
The next day I took Lindsay and the kids for a walk. I wanted to show her which street the home was on. So off we went. When we got there, the owner was outside. We stood outside his home and talked quietly to ourselves until I looked at him and jokingly said, "So I wanna buy your house!" He offered to walk us through the inside. So we bribed the little boys and took him up on the offer. The home had potential. It needed some facelifts, mostly paint which was do-able. It was nice. Double the size of our 1100 sq. ft. home. After walking through it, I explained to him that we just lived a few streets over and that we would need to first sell our home (which wasn't for sale). He explained that he was going through a nasty divorce, needed to get out of his home quick (which was why it was priced so low) but also needed to down size in the process. He then asked how big my home was, which street we were on, and a ball-park asking price. I looked at Lindsay like...do I really tell him all this??? I gave him the info and threw out a number. He said, "Well that sounds good to me, maybe I'll just buy your house!" And then we all had an uncomfortable laugh. As we were walking out he said that he felt there was a special family meant for his home and that I should go talk to my husband and bring him back to take a look. Right. Sure thing dude!
So I did!! Shane pretty much laughed in my face. It was awesome. Lindsay and I went crazy with the "what if's". What if he really would buy our house?? What then??? It was priced right for us. On a street we've always loved. On a great lot. Same ward. Same school. Interest rates low. Size right. So what if?
His realtor called us the next day and said the seller was serious and wanted to know if he could come look at our home. What?! So we played along. Shane and I went to look at his home again and he went to look at ours. And the following day he made an offer on our home...contingent on us buying his home. His offer was priced right. Just what we needed to get out. On top of that, his realtor offered to help us through the rest of the process but wouldn't charge us a dime. Is was nuts. This was all in a matter of THREE DAYS people!!! And in the end, we couldn't walk away from it. It was just too good to turn down. We had to do it. So we did! We moved forward with inspections, appraisals, financing, etc. At every step of the way we kept thinking..."okay, here's where it will all fall through." And it just never did. At our closing, our signing officer said it was the smoothest trade she'd ever experienced. We hadn't planned on moving. But we did the last week of July. And let me tell you. I NEVER want to move again! It's just awful! We hadn't moved in 9 years, so we were out of practice. Awful! Worth it? Absolutely. It put a kink in our summer just a bit. But 100% worth it. I still can't believe it happened. Such a blessing. And the great thing is, the man we worked with felt the same way. He was great to work with and has told us since what a blessing it was for him. Unbelievable. It is evident that the Lord's hand is in our lives. No such thing as coincidences. The time since the move has been spent on getting settled and house projects. And we are just about done. .......Phew!.....maybe some pictures of our new home will come later....maybe...
Man...someone needs to make a movie out of this story!
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Family Pictures-July 2013
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10 Amazing Quotes and Lessons Learned from Successful Entrepreneurs
Nobody ever said that entrepreneurship is easy. Customer acquisition, fear of failure, building a brand, money management and balancing quality and growth are just a few of the challenges that small business owners and entrepreneurs face every day.
One method to follow when you get frustrated or think you'll never succeed is to research the strategies of successful entrepreneurs, start-up founders and inspirational leaders. Here, we compiled 10 quotes and lessons learned from some of the most successful modern entrepreneurs and leaders.
Eric Ries
Eric Ries is the author of "The Lean Startup," and is one of the founders of IMVU.
Ries's quote reminds entrepreneurs that sometimes it's necessary to take a "test and learn" approach. Experimentation is a valuable tool for determining the efficacy of a new product or service. Don't be afraid to perform business experiments. Some experiments might pay off; others might fail. Nonetheless, you'll gain valuable insight and data.
Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie is one of the founders of Box, launched in 2005. Box is a file sharing and cloud content management service.
I discovered this quote when reading "The Way I Work: Aaron Levie, Box" at Inc. Magazine. It reminds me that startups must move at the speed of light. They don't have time for bureaucracy, politics and pontification. Entrepreneurs must invent simple solutions for complex problems. When nonsense slows them down, strong leadership prevails.
Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the CEO of the clothing and shoe online retailer, Zappos.com.
Zappos is known for their incredible culture and happy employees. What I find inspiring about Hsieh's quote is that he understands and embraces the intangible value of happiness. This quote is a great reminder that employee happiness and engagement leads to profits and success.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur, investor and engineer. He is the CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors.
Success takes time; it doesn't happen overnight. Many entrepreneurs are innately impatient, and this can actually be an amazing quality because they push their employees to success. However, if entrepreneurs are too impatient, they might give up before seeing the success they deserve.
Bel Pesce
Bel Pesce is an accomplished author and has launched several startups, including Ooyala and Lemon Wallet. She is the founder of the FazINOVA school, a private business school founded in 2013.
This quote is from Pesce's TED Talk entitled, "5 Ways to Kill Your Dreams." It's a great reminder that it's human nature to become complacent when you're experiencing success. Pesce's quote reminds entrepreneurs that it's necessary to keep pushing even after they've reached their initial goals.
Chip Conley
Chip Conley reached success by building Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which is a boutique hotel and restaurant company based in San Francisco. He is an accomplished author and inspirational speaker. I encourage you to watch Conley's TED talks. They are both inspiring and educational for business leaders or anyone else who wants to find joy in their lives.
Conley has discovered the importance of emotional intelligence and how it enhances leadership ability. This quote reminds entrepreneurs to examine emotions when making decisions — data, facts, risk and complexity are not the only factors to consider.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is best known as one of the founders of the social networking site for business people, LinkedIn.
This quote reminds business leaders that at times it becomes necessary to re-invent to stay relevant. The competitive landscape changes, the market shifts or new opportunities present themselves, which makes transformation inevitable.
An example that immediately comes to mind is the shift from print to digital media. The Atlantic is a great example of a company that successfully made a transformation. The magazine was founded in 1857. They embraced a digital-first strategy to stay relevant in a dying print magazine industry and are currently successful, reporting revenue highs in Q1, 2015.
Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely is the founder of Spanx a highly-successful hosiery company.
This quote is a great reminder that entrepreneurs can learn from anyone. Business owners and leaders should take every opportunity to learn from customers, mentors, employees or peers and to embrace the knowledge that's gained. Being open to a new point of view or perspective can be gold.
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales is most well known as one of the founders of the Wikipedia.
I first heard this quote when watching a 60 Minutes Interview. Morley Safer asked Jimmy Wales why he passed up billions by making Wikipedia a nonprofit. I was intrigued by his humbleness and by how he's embraced the meaningfulness of his work. The lesson learned? Never lose sight of why you created your business. Find meaning in your work.
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is most well known as the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post. She is a successful author and speaker.
In her book, Becoming Fearless, Huffington discusses the challenges of being assertive and aggressive, specifically for female leaders. This quote is a great reminder for business leaders — especially those who are introverts. When it's the right time, speak up, be assertive and conquer your fears.
Make the Leap
As an entrepreneur or business leader, what's holding you back? The next time you need inspiration, think about the ten ideas you read about today.
- Test and Learn
- Move at the Speed of Light
- Embrace Happiness
- Be Patient
- Push to a Higher Peak
- Tap into Emotions
- Constantly Re-invent
- Never Stop Learning
- Don't Lose Perspective
- Be Fearless
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Laparoscopic pancreas surgery allows candidate patients to minimize some of the standard risks and discomfort associated with a standard open operation. Laparoscopic surgery is typically performed using 3 or 4 half-inch or one-inch incisions, sparing patients a large incision. Fine surgical instruments are used to carve out a tumor or remove an entire section of the gland, after the nearby blood vessels are controlled.
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The deep and central location of the pancreas in the abdomen, coupled with its "wet sponge" texture, make it a unique organ for surgeons to conquer. Adding to the complexity of pancreas surgery, the pancreas lacks a capsule, or covering, and is thus prone to bleed or leak juices with even a small degree of rough handling. For these reasons, we recommend that pancreas surgery be performed by a specialist who is familiar with standard tissue handling techniques for the pancreas.
Laparoscopic surgery is ideal for tumors of the pancreas tail. Candidacy for laparoscopic removal is determined by one of our surgeons reviewing the patient's CAT scan images. Patients are encouraged to call the office of Drs. Makary and Edil to arrange for overnight mailing of CAT scan CD-ROM for them to review. Alternatively, a CAT scan can be performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital on a same-day basis. Typically a repeat CT scan is needed within 1-2 months prior to surgery.
Larger tumors of any part of the pancreas for which an open operation is required can be started laparoscopically to look for cancer spread before making the large incision—sometimes sparing patients the large incision at a time when comfort is the goal.
Drs. Hirose, Makary, Weiss, and Wolfgang perform the operation using standard cancer principles, obtaining a wide enough removal of the pancreas and surrounding tissue to achieve optimal goals for survival, while minimizing the amount of physiologic stress incurred to the patient.
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Point of View GTX 470 put to the test
Sanjin Rados
14 May 2010
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Viable alternative to HD 5870 cards
we'll be talking about Point of View's GTX 470, a card that by now certainly needs no introduction. Both the GTX 470 and GTX 480 are aimed at high end market and are the HD 5800 series' direct competitors. Nvidia launched the GTX 470 and 480 more than a month ago, and the cards are based on the largest and fastest Fermi GPU.
We expected the GTX 480 to get the full version of the GF100 GPU but Nvidia thought differently and the GF100 ended up with one disabled Streaming Multiprocessor (SM). This means that out of 512 available stream processors (16 SM x 32 cores) or CUDA cores as Nvidia likes to call them, the GTX 480 lacks 32 to reach the full number. Going downstream to the GTX 470, this card has two disabled SMs and 448 stream processors in total. Naturally, this raises questions of what happened to the full version of GF100, but at this point we can only speculate.
The GF100 is a complex chip that's made of four Graphics Processing Clusters, four Raster Engines, six memory controllers, six ROP clusters and, as we've said before, 16 SMs. We're not sure of exactly which SMs are disabled on the GTX, but we do know that the GTX 470 also comes without one ROP cluster containing 8 ROPs. At the same time, this means that the GTX 470's memory bus is 320 bit, rather than 384-bit like on the GTX 480, which comes with all available ROP clusters. Each individual ROP cluster is assigned with one 64-bit memory controller.
In order to make the performance difference evident, the usual practice is to lower operating clocks. This is the case with the GTX 470 where the GPU runs at 607MHz, compared to the GTX 480's 701MHz. Stream processors on the GTX 400 cards run at 1401MHz and 1215MHz for the GTX 480 and GTX 470, respectively.
The memory on the GTX 470 runs at 837MHz (3348MHz effectively). Coupled with the 320-bit memory bus, the card's bandwidth totals at 133.9 GB/s
Nvidia opted on using GDDR5 memory, but the company did run into some problems with the speed. We see that the memory is clocked lower than on AMD's high-end cards, but AMD uses 256-bit memory bus. As a result, the HD 5870 scores 153.6 GB/s with GDDR5 memory clocked at 4800MHz, whereas the GTX 480 (384-bit memory bus) is capable of 177.4 GB/s despite featuring memory clocked at 3696MHz.
Point of View's GTX 470 comes with 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory while the faster, GTX 480 packs 1536MB.
The GF100 is a fast and powerful graphics processor, but cooling it on GTX 400 cards has proven to be quite tricky. Nvidia uses dual-slot cooling on both cards and while it does get the job done, both cards get pretty loud. The GTX 480's TDP stands at 250W and the GTX 470's at 215W. Idle consumption for the GTX 480 and 470 is 47W and 33W, respectively.
Point of View GTX 470 is no different from the reference GTX 470, except for the stickers on the fan and the cooler. So, the card comes with reference dual slot cooling, which is a smaller version of the GTX 480's cooler. To transfer the heat from the core to the heatsink, the cooler uses 5 heatpipes. The heatpipes are short and managed to fit beneath the plastic hood, so you won't see them like on the GTX 480. The pictures below show the difference between the GTX 480 and GTX 470.
Point of View's GTX 470 is 241mm long, which means it's 26mm shorter than the GTX 480 and similar to the HD 5850.
A small 70mm fan is the same one used on the GTX 480. It's a Delta fan rated at 1.8A. The fan, located at the far end of the graphics card, blows through the aluminum block and hot air leaves the case via the I/O panel's outlets. In order to provide as much fresh air, the PCB features holes behind the fan. This trick was first done by Nvidia on its dual-GPU GTX 295 cards, and has now found it's way to the GTX 400 cards.
The GTX 470's cooler is made of four parts. The fan and the plastic hood used to direct air are visible but the plastic hides the third and the fourth component – a large aluminum block and metal block.
Like on the GTX 480, our today's card also features 5 heatpipes, but they're much shorter and don't exceed the GTX 470's height. Since the heatpipes on this card are not visible, Nvidia decided not to "pimp" them the way they've done on the GTX 480.
The heatpipes are in direct contact with the GPU.
The heatsink with the heatpipes cools the GPU only, while the memory is cooled by the metal block which extends the entire length of the card and cools other hot components.
Nvidia's Fermi GTX 400 series is in many respects the company's first. Namely, this is the first time that the green team used GDDR5 memory on their high-end cards. The GTX 470 comes with 10 128MB GDDR5 memory chips (1280MB), whereas the GTX 480 comes with 12 memory chips (1536MB).
On their GTX 480, Nvidia uses 348-bit memory bus with memory clocked at 924MHz (3969MHz effectively), while the GTX 470 uses a 320-bit bus and memory at 837MHz (3348MHz effectively).
The GTX 470 comes with a 215W TDP and the card requires two 6-pin power connectors. In comparison, the GTX 480's TDP is 250W and the card needs one 8-pin and one 6-pin connector. Recommended PSU for the GTX 480 is 600W whereas for GTX 470 Nvidia recommends a 550W PSU. Power connectors are located on the top of the card.
The I/O panel features two standard DVI outs and miniHDMI. We presume Nvidia opted on mini-HDMI to leave more space for ventilation, as the GPU can get pretty hot. The GTX 480 and GTX 470 feature the same I/O panel, as you can see from the picture.
It's worth noting that the GF100 supports DisplayPort, but Nvidia opted on HDMI as it's much more common. However, if partners deem it appropriate, they can easily add DisplayPort out on the GTX 400 cards' I/O panel.
Nvidia included an HDMI sound device within the GPU, which means there's no need to connect an external audio source to the graphics card when trying to bring both video and audio to your HD device via one cable only. In this respect, the GF100 features the same audio/video capabilities like the 40nm GT200 cards.
Motherboard: EVGA 3xSLI
CPU: Core i7 965 XE (3.6 GHz / 1.270 Volts, Intel EIST and Vdrop enabled)
Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator 12800 7-7-7-24
Power Supply: CoolerMaster Ultimete 1100W
Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Fan Controler: Kaze Master Pro 5.25"
Operating System: Win7 64-bit
Vantage reports that GTX 480 is currently the fastest single-GPU card and it's clearly faster than the GTX 470. The GTX 480's advantage over the HD 5870 melts from 10.5% in Performance to 6.2% in High and ends up at about 3% in Vantage Extreme, but it still manages to beat the HD 5870 in every single test, albeit with a rather tight margin.
In Vantage tests, the GTX 480 constanlty beats the GTX 470. Performance test reports 24.7% better results, High settings report 26.6%, whereas Extreme settings result in a 27.2% advantage, naturally in favor of the GTX 480.
Comparing the GTX 470 to the HD 5870 shows that the latter card packs more punch in more demanding tests. The GTX 470 ends up 12.7% slower in Vantage Performance, 19.3% at High settings and 23.4% at Extreme settings.
Far Cry2
In FarCry 2, Nvidia's high-end GTX 400 series comes out on top and it's even more evident when 8x antialiasing is turned on. FarCry2 results prove that by redesigning ROP subsystems in the GT100 chip, the company managed to improve compression and rendering efficiency as well as rendering smaller primitives that can't be compressed. Throughput was also much improved compared to GT200 architecture, which resulted in overall better antialiasing performance and significantly smaller drops in performance when switching from 4xAA to 8xAA.
Radeon HD 5870 ends up about 50% slower than the GTX 480 in both tested resolutions with 8xAA. The difference ducks to 39% at 1920x1200 and 4xAA and to 33.6% at 2560x1600, which proves that Nvidia's GF100 is more efficient with 8xAA. With antialiasing turned off at 2560x1600, the performance difference ends up at only 15.5%.
Point of View's GTX 470 outpaces the HD 5870 in few occasions, and the highest gap Nvidia's ace made was at 1920x1200 and 8xAA – 17%. By increasing resolution and turning on antialiasing, the GTX 470 loses the fight versus the HD 5870.
GTX 470 did manage to beat the HD 5870 by up to 17% in FarCry 2, but Crysis is another story. In this game, the HD 5870 beats the GTX 470 by 22-29%. Since the GTX 470 is slower than the GTX 480, and Crysis rates both GTX 480 and HD 5870 almost identically, it was clear that GTX 470 won't come out on top.
Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham Asylum is one of the games that features PhysX effects, but if you're playing it on one of the Radeon cards, you'll have to turn them off.
So far, we've shown you FarCry 2 results where the GTX 480 outran the HD 5870 with antialiasing turned on, as well as Crysis results where the GTX 480 scores almost identically to the HD 5870. Batman results show that HD 5870 doesn't quite fare great with antialiasing, but it gets better without it.
At 1920x1200 and no antialiasing, the difference is only 4.7%, but the GTX 480 makes it much higher after we turned 4xAA on – it beats the HD 5870 by as much as 45.9%. The difference at 2560x1600 with no antialiasing is once again minimal; only 2.8%. However, after turning on 4xAA, the gap extends to 50%.
Switching from 1xAA to 4xAA causes a higher performance hit on the HD 5870 than on the GTX 400 cards. At 2560x1600 in FarCry 2, switching from 1xAA to 4xAA results in 19.7% slower GTX 480 performance. The same scenario, on the other hand, sees the HD 5870 performance drop by 38.4%. The same deal in Batman: Arkham Asylum sees the HD 5870 perform as much as 82.8% while the GTX 480 drops by 25.3%. The same scenario results in the GTX 470 running 21.3% slower in FarCry 2 and 27.5% in Batman, which is similar to the GTX 480.
Turning on 4xAA antialiasing at 1920x1200 results in the GTX 480 performing 23.1% slower. Performance drops by 26.3% when you turn on the 4xAA antialiasing at 1920x1200 resolution with the GTX 470. On the other hand, the performance of the HD 5870 drops by as much as 71.4% with same settings. These results clearly show that antialiasing causes higher drops in performance on AMD HD 5870 card.
Not much to complain about Radeon HD 5870's performance in Batman as it scores almost 60fps at 2560x1600 and 4xAA. It's a pity that PhysX is intended only for Geforce cards.
The GTX 470 ends up slower than the HD 5870 at resolutions with no antialiasing by 16.6% and 20.5%, respectively. Upon turning on 4xAA on, the situation changes in the GTX 470's favor. It manages a nice comeback and beats the HD 5870 by 16.3% at 1920x1200 and 19% at 2560x1600.
At 1920x1200, the GTX 480's PhysX capabilities are 26.6% better than the GTX 470's. At 2560x1600, the GTX 480 outruns it's little brother by 22.7%.
You might've noticed that playing FarCry2, Batman and Crysis at the highest tested resolution, 2560x1600 (and no AA), results in minimum difference between the HD 5870 and GTX 480. Gaming with antialiasing isn't working in HD 5870's favor as it ends up as much as 50% slower in FarCry2 and Batman. Crysis reported pretty even performance while HAWX manages to put a better face on the Radeon HD 5870.
At 1920x1200 and no AA, Gainward GTX 480 outscores the HD 5870 by 16.7% while turning on 4xAA results in 20.9% advantage. At 2560x1600, Gainward GTX 480 outruns the reference HD 5870 by 4% (no AA) and 12% (4xAA). These results show that antialiasing takes a higher performance toll on HD 5870s than on GTX 480 cards.
After turning on 4xAA at 1920x1200, we noticed that the GTX 480 performs 14.5% slower, whereas the HD 5870 takes an 18.7% hit. Increasing the resolution to 2560x1600 also takes its toll so turning on 4xAA on the GTX 480 results in 17.6% slower GTX 480 and 25.8% slower HD 5870 performance. Just for comparison, turning on antialiasing in FarCry2 and Batman at 2560x1600 results in the HD 5870 performing 38.4% and 82.8% slower performance, respectively. GTX 480's performance toll is much lower – 19.7% in FarCry 2 and 25.3% in Batman.
The GTX 470 couldn't defeat the HD 5870 as the latter card handles antialiasing much better than in FarCry2 and Batman. Both aforementioned games tend to prefer the GTX 470 when it comes to antialiasing. In HAWX, the GTX 470 lags behind the HD 5870 by 5.9% and 16.9% at 1900x1200 and 2560x1600, respectively. After turning antialiasing on, the differences duck to 3.4% and 11.9% respectively.
Dirt 2 is one of the newer games that utilize certain parts of DirectX 11. At 1920x1200, the GTX 480 beats the HD 5870 by about 20%. This difference melts to about 7% at 2560x1600, with and without AA. Point of View GTX 470 fares well versus the HD 5870 at 1920x1200, but as soon as we hit 2560x1600, the HD 5870 proves that it's faster. At 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 (no AA), the GTX 470 is slower by 1.6% and 15.9%, respectively. After turning antialiasing on, the difference melts to 3.4% and 16.7%, respectively.
Metro 2033
Metro 2033 is post-apocalyptic game developed by 4A Game and implements a number of advanced DX11 features with the latest generation of DX11 graphics cards. GTX 480 takes the cake in this test, but the differences aren't very high. At 1680x1050 and 1920x1200, the GTX 480 beats the HD 5870 and GTX 470 by about 18% and 28%, respectively.
Nvidia made the GTX 480 with serious tessellation potential in mind, and the results confirm that. The level of tessellation can be regulated in Heaven engine and we see that the difference between the GTX 480 and HD 5870 rises after setting the tessellation level at Extreme. It's well worth noting that GTX 480 manages a playable framerate at 1920x1200 with maximum tessellation.
At Extreme tessellation settings, Point of View's GTX 470 outpaces the HD 5870 by about 27%. The GTX 470 scores 710 on the test while the HD 5870 scores 557.
Point of View GTX 470 runs at 607/1215/837 MHz for the GPU/Shaders/Memory – meaning we're talking about reference clocks. Nvidia strapped the GTX 470 with a dual-slot cooler, but the card easily hits 90° in 3D. The cooler is similar to the one used on the GTX 480, and it uses the same Delta 1.8A fan.
The cooler is capable of keeping temperatures in check, but it does get pretty loud when the GPU heats-up. Still, it's quieter than the one on the GTX 480. At reference clocks, maximum GPU temperatures didn't exceed 93°C and the fan spun at 3400 RPM. In idle mode, Point of View's GTX 470 ran pretty quiet.
Overclocking always requires some kind of sacrifice – thermals, noise or both. In this case, we had to push the fan to maximum RPM, but the fan was unbearably loud. We didn't meddle with voltages but managed to push the GPU from reference 607MHz to 700MHz. Truth be told, we expected more. We managed to hit 740MHz for the GPU, but the card didn't run stable in all the tests. Overclocking the memory on GTX 400 cards is a bit tough, and we only managed to reach 880MHz (3520MHz, reference is 837MHz). Overclocking brought 13% better results in FarCry2.
Point of View's GTX 470 is without a doubt an excellent graphics card and it will set you back
about €325
. This is the first "more affordable" Nvidia's DirectX 11 gaming card. Point of View GTX 470 runs at reference clocks and comes with reference cooling which is quiet in desktop operation, but can get loud during gaming.
AMD's HD 5870 on the other hand is priced some €20 higher, and while our testing does prove it's slightly faster, the GTX 470 often stages a comeback and wins. Basically it is often all down to particular titles and user preferences. This has been especially true in antialiasing tests, but it does fare well in DirectX 11 performance tests as well. If you like PhysX, CUDA or 3DVision, then GTX 470 might be what you're looking for.
Consumption is not much higher than on AMD's HD 5870, but note that GTX 470 runs hotter. As far as noise goes, both cards have a tendency to be quiet in idle and get a bit loud in 3D. The GTX 480, on the other hand, is much louder. Oddly enough, HD 5870 prices have increased over the past couple of weeks, thanks to the weak euro. Meanwhile prices of Nvidia's recently introduced DirectX 11 cards have dropped and they are now widely available.
Choosing between the two is not as straightforward as it used to be. They are very closely matched both in terms of performance and price, so you won't go wrong with either of them. The HD 5870 is somewhat cooler and needs less juice, while the GTX 470 supports several interesting technology and it is a bit more future proof, hence we'll give it a slight advantage over the good old HD 5870.
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Letter to the editor | Judge made the right call
I was relieved by the recent ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley, who decided that requiring all voters to show photo identification at the polls is unnecessarily burdensome to a free and fair election process.
This has become a particularly controversial issue for minority groups and those who would have difficulty securing an approved ID.
The Voter ID law, which was openly identified by Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai as a measure to help Republicans in the 2012 election, was blatantly disruptive of the election process and disrespectful to all voters.
This Republican-led measure would have disenfranchised many voters and was designed to discourage Democrats and minorities from voting.
Although it was touted by Gov. Tom Corbett as being necessary "to protect the integrity of our elections," the state provided no evidence of the election fraud that this law was supposedly designed to prevent. This law was, at best, a multi-million-dollar solution to a problem that does not exist.
As a candidate for lieutenant governor, I want voters to know that I would never support a measure that would discourage any group from exercising their right to vote. If elected, I would be the first African-American woman to serve in this capacity and would use my unique perspective to protect the rights of all Pennsylvanians.
Brenda Alton, Harrisburg
The writer is a Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor.


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Thunder 94, Spurs 88: Kevin Durant had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 11 rebounds and Oklahoma City snapped visiting San Antonio's 11-game winning streak last night.
Thunder 94, Spurs 88: Kevin Durant had 24 points and 13 rebounds, Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 11 rebounds and Oklahoma City snapped visiting San Antonio�s 11-game winning streak last night.
Reggie Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting for Oklahoma City, which is 7-0 at home, the franchise�s best home start since 2004-05, when it was in Seattle. The Thunder has won five straight games, its longest streak of the season.
The Thunder took control of a tight game with an 8-0 run in the third quarter and withstood a run by the Spurs midway through the fourth quarter.
Tony Parker had 16 points and seven assists for San Antonio (13-2), which was seeking the best start in franchise history. The Spurs also started 13-1 during the 2010-11 season. Portland is the only other team to have defeated San Antonio this season.
During their previous eight games, the Spurs had beaten opponents by an average of 19.1 points.LAST NIGHT�S HIGHLIGHTS
Magic 105, 76ers 94: Nik Vucevic had 21 points and 16 rebounds and host Orlando beat Philadelphia last night to post back-to-back wins for the first time since early this month.
Pacers 99, Bobcats 74: C.J. Watson knocked down five three-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished with 18 points to pace visiting Indiana over Charlotte, the Pacers� fifth straight victory.
Rockets 113, Hawks 84: Francisco Garcia scored a season-high 21 points, Aaron Brooks also had 21 and Houston cruised to its third straight win by beating visiting Atlanta.


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The 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient, Richard F. Leahy, was a key member of the great Boston State College Men's Ice Hockey team of 1967-68 that achieved a 16-9-1 record for Head Coach Ed Barry. Dick was named to the All-East and All-New England teams in 1968, while helping the Warriors to a fourth place finish at the inaugural NAIA National Championship Hockey tournament. Leahy averaged 1.5 points per game with 103 points in 68 games, for the fifth highest scoring average in school history.
Playing on the first line as a forward his entire career, he also saw action regularly for the first-line power play and penalty killing units. In 1969 he was named the team's Most Valuable Player, while earning the first of two school Sportsmanship Awards. Leahy helped the Warriors to three straight Codfish Bowl titles and was selected to the Codfish Bowl All-Tournament team in 1969. In 1970 he achieved captain status for both the hockey and golf squads. Dick Leahy was chosen as a 2004 inductee into the UMass Boston Athletic Hall of Fame.
After receiving his Economics degree from Boston State in 1970, Dick attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania and then went on to a distinguished and successful career in investment. He is a Principal and co-founder of Episteme Capital Partners LLC, an investment management firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, that specializes in development and application of sophisticated financial technology. Earlier, Richard was a cofounder and Principal of JWM Partners LLC, and Long Term Capital Management. He was with Salomon Brothers from 1976 through 1993 as a Managing Director, and was associated with Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1972 through 1975. He is on the Board of Directors for Renesys
Corporation and is a former Director of Liberty Brokerage, Inc., as well as a past President of the New England Government Bond Club. Dick Leahy has been a dedicated philanthropist, helping a wide range of charities and nonprofit organizations through his gifts and as a volunteer. He has been a consistent contributor to the UMass Boston Department of Athletics and to this Hall of Fame annual celebration. In 1996, the Richard F. Leahy '70 Endowed Science Faculty Development Fund was established in honor of D. Crandon and Alice Leahy. Dick Leahy was one of the challenge grant donors who founded the J. Keith Motley Scholarship
Program which provides current-use scholarship support to students who are alumni of the university's pre-collegiate programs. Dick Leahy and his wife, Lynne Barnes Leahy, currently reside in Larchmont, New York, and have four children: Brooke (Duke'00), Taylor (Boston College '05), Richard (Bowdoin College'08) and Jillian (Boston College '12).


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Shares of Redstar Gold Corp (RGCTF) is moving on volatility today -7.17% or -0.0043 from the open. The OTC listed company saw a recent bid of 0.0557 on 22100 volume.
Technical traders may be following indicators to help spot possible entry and exit points. The two main types of indicators are lagging and leading. The leading indicator precedes stock price movements which can be used as a predictor. Lagging indicators may be used as confirmation as they follow price action. Lagging indicators may be highly useful when the market is trending, and leading indicators may be the strongest when the market is moving sideways. Indicators that stay within a certain range are referred to as oscillators. These common indicators are usually monitored for trading signals when the reading gets close to a specific level.
Syncora Holdings (SYCRF) has a 14-day ATR of 0.10. The Average True Range is an investor tool used to measure stock volatility. The ATR is not used to figure out price direction, just to measure volatility. The ATR is an indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder. Wilder has developed multiple indicators that are still quite popular in today's investing landscape. The general interpretation of the ATR is the higher the ATR value, the higher the volatility.
Currently, the 14-day ADX for Syncora Holdings (SYCRF) is sitting at 36.75. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would support a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would identify a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would lead to an extremely strong trend. ADX is used to gauge trend strength but not trend direction. Traders often add the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of a trend.
The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a widely used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSIfor Syncora Holdings (SYCRF) is currently at 34.26, the 7-day stands at 28.91, and the 3-day is sitting at 27.55.
Looking further at additional technical indicators we can see that the 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) for Syncora Holdings (SYCRF) is sitting at -119.68. CCI is an indicator used in technical analysis that was designed by Donald Lambert. Although it was originally intended for commodity traders to help identify the start and finish of market trends, it is frequently used to analyze stocks as well. A CCI reading closer to +100 may indicate more buying (possibly overbought) and a reading closer to -100 may indicate more selling (possibly oversold).
Moving averages can help spot trends and price reversals. They may also be used to help find support or resistance levels. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators meaning that they confirm trends. A certain stock may be considered to be on an uptrend if trading above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. On the other side, a stock may be considered to be in a downtrend if trading below the moving average and sloping downward. Shares of Syncora Holdings (SYCRF) have a 7-day moving average of 2.04. Taking a glance at the relative strength indictor, we note that the 14-day RSI is currently at 34.26, the 7-day stands at 28.91, and the 3-day is sitting at 27.55.


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1. Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 2:23 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
If I understand you correctly, you want to have audit job with 5 master (for example) and compare it with rest of servers. If it is the case you can do it:
- Create a component template for each of the master servers you want (it can be exactly the same component template, but each master should have a component template of its own).
- Run discovery job with each of the component temlate on the required server. At teh end of this process you shoud have a component for each master server, and each component is of different component template.
- Create audit job of type 'Audit component'. Add all the component templates of step 1 above to the component template for filtering. In the masters selection, you will be able to select different master for each component template. There you go - an audit job with several masters (assuming this is what you are looking for).
2. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 26, 2012 2:41 AM (in response to Nimrod NameToUpdate)
what I want to achive is comparision of a master Snapshot(Older one) with multiple target servers with the Live objetcs or a New snapshot with Multiple targerts. and check for the Hardware changes, Do you mean to say Component of Master snapshot here? also is it fine i i discover it on multiple targets?
3. Re: Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 3:16 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
I probably didn't understood your first question, so please ignore my last post.
In case you want to have an with single master and compare to it several targets, all you need to do is to add whatever objects (snapshots or live objects to the targets list of the audit job). Can you please elaborate why the audit job "only allow me to Compare with single server/ Snapshot of a single server"? Does the list in which you select the targets doesn't display all the object that you want to add as targets to the audit job?
BTW - some tips when creating the snapshot job and the audit jobs:
- When you create the snapshot job the object can be the Hardware Information entry in the server (you can select the root and no need to select specific object in the tree of HW info).
- On the object selection (same step as above), make sure you select the relevant snapshot options for you (by default not all is marked)
- Same thing for the audit - amke sure you select teh relevant audit options
4. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 26, 2012 4:15 AM (in response to Nimrod NameToUpdate)
Thanks Nimod for your help.
I ransnapshot job on multiple servers (single instance) , and now i am taking this as Mastar for comparision, When I try to create a Audit job It will allow me to just take a single server snapshot out of all the servers or else i will have to click individual server snapshot and select it, I am targetting around 700 servers, and to select each server snapshot would not be feasible, Can we select all the results at a time from the Master snapshot?. Please check the below snapshot
5. Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 4:45 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)1 of 1 people found this helpful
If you want to select the whole 700 snapshot as masters then my first answer is the way, meaning you have to create component for each machine, but this is not feasible as well, as in that way you have to create 700 component templates.
In general, the audit job should have a single master (which is the "golden master") and all the rest of targets are compared to this one. if you'll have 700 masters and say 50 targets, you'll have 700 caparisons,each against 50 targets, which means 35,000 results. IMHO, this is not the way to use audit.
In case you still want to have audit with 700 masters this is the option as I see it:
- Use looped BLCLI script which will create the 700 component templates (for each server)
- Use Template createEmptyTemplate to create the template
- Use Template addSystemInfoPart to add part (I don't know if there is a way to add hardware information part)
- Group all the component templates and set the group as target for the component discovery job. In this way you can create a component discovery job which will run against all the component templates.
- Group all the generated components under single group (you can use component smart group)
- Open the Group explorer (Ctrl+G) and select the component smart group. You'll see all the components under the group.
- Multi select all of them (click on the first one, hold shift key board button and click on the last one).
- Right click and audit. This will create an audit job with 700 masters (but I still don't recommend it)
- Use looped BLCLI script which will create the 700 component templates (for each server)
6. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 26, 2012 5:38 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
Thanks, Apart from this is there any way to track the changes to the Hardware of a Multiple servers?
7. Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 6:04 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
Can you please provide exactly the scenario? Do you want to make sure that all your servers doesn't deviate from a predefined setup? Do you want to make sure that no one tampered the server configuration? any other use case?
8. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 26, 2012 6:14 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
Thats correct, Want to run audit and make sure if the servers are deviate from the predefined Setup and configuration.
9. Re: Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 6:36 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
In that case you need to define a single server with the expected configuration and take snapshot of the HW info of this server. The snapshot is a static data of the object and it will be your golden master. Now use this snapshot in the audit job and set all the rest of the server as targets. Any server which is not the same as the snapshot will be indicated in the audit job as non-compliant. Can this be useful for your case?
10. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 26, 2012 6:58 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
Though its helpful, but the configurations arent similar in my case. Also if run I Run audit on the Master, It wont allow me to see the changes like if a network card was removed or any hardware not matching like Disc and all.
11. Auditing the changes.Bill Robinson Mar 26, 2012 8:09 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
basically you define a single master, that is typically as snapshot of the 'good' state, and run an audit job w/ that master and your targets.
you cannot have a multiple master audit. if you are trying to capture a known good state and see if anything deviates, you may want to use compliance instead.
12. Re: Auditing the changes.Nimrod NameToUpdate Mar 26, 2012 8:58 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
In case the configurations are not similar you should use snapshot job which tells you for each server the changes it had from the last snapshot run (it compares each server with its own last snapshot), or use audit but only with attributes which you know that should be identical. It means that you will not add the NIC to the audit job but may use the BIOS (in case all the servers should have the same BIOS). another option is to use compliance, like Bill suggested, in which you define rules and not specific configuration (which gives you more flexibility in the comparison).
13. Auditing the changes.Sachin Dhale Mar 27, 2012 8:08 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
Thanks Nimrod and Bill, I am not too sure about compliance, Checked the user and admin guide, but could not find much information, can you provide any link for the documentation so that i can refer?
14. Re: Auditing the changes.Bill Robinson Mar 27, 2012 8:53 AM (in response to Sachin Dhale)
It's a rules based system. you run a conditional check on the 'part' and pass or fail based on that.
If you install the BMC provided content for DISA STIG, CIS, PCI, etc you will have some examples. You can also look here:


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a case series seemingly tailor-made for cinematic tragedy or farce, emergency physicians report severe botulism poisoning from a batch of potato-based "wine" (also known as pruno) cooked up in a Utah prison. The study was published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Emergency Department Identification and Critical Care Management of a Utah Prison Botulism Outbreak") http://tinyurl.com/mbsr43l.
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"Evidently the incorporation of an old baked potato in the pruno recipe allowed botulism to develop," said Megan Fix, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. "The patient who cooked the wine had cooked this recipe approximately 20 times previously without a potato, but his decision to experiment sickened him and seven other inmates. The patients' initial reluctance to confess their consumption of pruno could have been deadly since botulism requires fast intervention."
Eight patients came to the emergency department from a Utah prison with trouble swallowing, double vision, difficulty speaking and weakness approximately 54 hours after ingestion of the potato-based pruno. The amount of pruno prisoners consumed varied greatly, with some patients reportedly ingesting over two gallons. The three most severely affected patients had respiratory failure and were intubated.
Because botulism anti-toxin is held in stockpiles around the country by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in case of bioterrorism attack, the process of obtaining the anti-toxin takes some time. In this case it took about 9 hours from suspicion of diagnosis to administration of the anti-toxin. All patients received botulism anti-toxin within 12 hours from being admitted to the ED.
Foodborne botulism poisoning is extremely rare, with a typical incidence of about 20 cases per year in the United States.
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Running in the light of LED
To exercise gives us energy and makes us feel better, both physically and mentally. But walking or running in the dark can be really scary for most of us. The sense of security is affected by darkness and therefore it is important that parks and recreation areas are illuminated in the best possible way. This, together with the possibility of saving energy led Hovslätts IK to replace the old luminaires along their jogging trail with Evolume 1 from Fagerhult.
Hovslätts IK, a sports club in Jönköping founded in 1929, decided to replace the fittings along its 2.3 km jogging trail. The previous fittings consisted of 85 luminaries with mercury light sources, which nowadays are banned according to law.
Reliable product with excellent lighting performance
The sports club wanted not only a LED luminaire with excellent lighting performance but a reliable product that could help them lower the energy consumption, especially during the winter. Fagerhult provided Evolume 1 - our newest addition to our range of super-efficient post top luminaires.
Evolume 1 will help Hovslätts IK to create a feeling of safety along the jogging trail, since the luminaires are spreading its light not only along the trail but also in the immediate surroundings.
The luminaires has just been installed but we have already had a lot of postive reactions from our visitors, says Herbert Kruspel, Hovslätts IK.
So, no more excuses for skipping your daily exercise - at least not if you live in the area around Hovslätt in Jönköping!
Evolume 1 is the first product in a new family of energy-efficient LED luminaires for streets and roads. We have combined the excellent qualities of light from our AGC lenses with a modern design that fits in any environment.
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Evolume 1 is a cost-effective solution and can with the aid of light controls reduce the energy consumption by up to 80 percent - compared to traditional lighting installations. With Evolume 1 you get great light performance, long life and low energy consumption - at a low investment cost.
The new LED luminaires are 100 W less than the old fittings and we hope to save a lot of energy thanks to them, says Herbert Kruspel.
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