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Grab some paper and a pen and get ready because for this week's DIY Friday I will be sharing some of my favorite DIY planning go-to retailers for planning your next event! Welcome to my Little Black Book of retailers and make sure you make through the entire post because I have some awesome planning tips for those of you that may not know where to start!
DIY Vendors & Stores for Party Supplies, Favors, & Decor
Michaels: one of the largest, not to mention my favorite, online and brick and mortar crafts retailer that sells arts and craft supplies, scrapbooking materials, framing, baking materials, baskets, party supplies, decor elements, framing, and a lot more! They also offer a variety of wonderful classes – check out their website for details. They always have coupons, so make sure you grab one before you go shopping and be prepared to spend a few hours in the store!
Dollar Tree: LOVE the Dollar Tree! You wouldn't believe how many amazing decor and party planning supplies that I have snagged from this retailer from vases, candles, decor items, candlesticks & plate for a DIY cake stand, silk flowers, foam, children books, and so much more! This is definitely one of my go to retailers and each store may have slightly different inventory so you may have to hit up a few. Hint: If you need to buy in bulk you can purchase from them online, usually in cases of 24, and have it shipped to a nearby store for FREE for you to conveniently pick up!
Etsy: online retailer that offers a ridiculous amount of amazing handmade goodies from talented people around the world. Any and everything handmade that you can think of is available through Etsy – invitations, banners, signs, clothing, jewelry, etc. (For an example check out my Etsy Thursday posts – every Thursday I pick a unique and creative wedding theme and then search Etsy for the best handmade finds to fit the theme.)
Amazon: this retailer is known for the awesome shopping experience it provides to its buyers and sellers, with great accountability, ease of purchasing, and wide variety of products. For unique party decor items I can't find in store, I always search Amazon for the product and have had nothing but wonderful purchasing experiences!
Save-on-Crafts: online crafts retailer with a amazing variety of craft and decor items that at times it is just overwhelming to look at all of their decor goodies. You will find a lot of wonderful items at great prices – so have fun and be prepared to spend a few hours looking!
Party City: online and brick and mortar retailer of party supplies like paper goods (plates, cups, silverware, tablecloths), serving dishes, themed party supplies, balloons, and more!
Joann: online and brick and mortar retailer that sells an amazing variety of fabrics plus some decor elements! If you can sew or work with fabric, this is the place to shop. I recently bought burlap and fabric for a pirate flag from Joann's for my son's 2nd birthday party that I did.
Linen Tablecloth: offers a variety of quality linen for purchase at amazing low prices (less than rental rates)! Why rent linen when you can buy it for your next event?
Beau-coup: one of the largest online favor and party supply retailers with creative items for a variety of events – weddings, baby shower, bridal shower, birthday parties, etc.
Hobby Lobby : online and brick and mortar retailer selling arts and crafts supplies, party supplies, silk flowers, and more! (Make sure to keep an eye out for coupon codes and see if they have one available on their site.)
Oriental Trading Company: the largest online US direct merchant of party supplies, arts and crafts, toys and novelties – all at great low prices!
Event Planning Advice
Once you know the event you are planning, whether birthday party, bridal shower, intimate dinner, baby shower, etc., you will want to decide on the following:
- Budget – Decide how much you can afford and are willing to spend for the event. If you are on a tight budget try to solicit the help of a friend or family member to help and contribute in order to maximize your budget without uncomfortably stretching your pockets.
- Theme & Decorations – Use online resources like Google, Pinterest, & Kara's Party Ideas to find inspiration and come up with a creative concept. It is ok to take a popular theme and add your own twist, unique color palette, or creative addition to make it your own! Or try to come up with something different that hasnt been done over and over again that is outside the box and most importantly relates to the person(s) you are celebrating! Once you have your theme start searching in local stores and online for decorations – if you are as detailed as I am you will make a few trips to a variety of stores and then search online (using the retailers I mentioned above + Google) for the items you can't find in stores, compare item and shipping prices, and then purchase. It is ok to do a little comparable shopping before purchasing and feel free to search the web and vendor's website for coupon codes, coupons, and deals! If you are crafty, then incorporate DIY projects into your decorations, thinking of creative elements to add to the decor.
- Number of guests you plan on inviting
- Invitations – Depending upon the event, theme, and person you are celebrating, you will want to decide whether to use an online invitation site like Evite or go the traditional route and mail invitations. Try to make a creative invitation that fits your theme or search online (i.e. Etsy) for a unique invitation to share the details of the event. Nowadays you can buy invitations, paying someone to personalize, make, and print them for you or on Etsy you will find alot of stores will sell you a customized pdf invitation that you can print on your own. If you purchase an invitation that you have to print on your own, buy some colorful or textured paper to print on at home or if you want to save your ink, just order it from an online print shop like VistaPrint or Overnight Prints. Recently, I used UPrinting and had a wonderful experience – they had the best pricing & shipping options, timeline for print and delivery, and I found their process really easy to use.
- Timeline for the event – It is important to have a basic outline of the activities for the day, sequence of events, and a rough time schedule for each activity. You definitely want to plan in advance so that you don't run out of time to do all the activities you worked so hard putting together.
- Location – You will want to decide if it will take place in a private home or if you will rent a space.
- Date & Time
- Menu (food and drinks) – Keep in mind your budget, theme, type of event, time of the year, and your guests when developing a menu. It is always a lovely touch when it compliments the event. (For example: for a Super Bowl party you will probably want to serve delicious finger foods, bbq, chips & dip, and mini desserts.)
- Games/Activities – Search the internet for creative games and activities that relate to your specific event and theme.
- Favors/Gifts/Keepsakes – Although this is optional, it is always fun to give your guest a parting keepsake. Try to find something that represents the person you are celebrating and/or fits your theme.
- Entertainment & Photography – Based upon the event and theme you will need to decide if you will have entertainment at the event – clown, balloon artist, caricature artist, character, vocalist, DJ, etc. Also, you may want to hire a photographer to capture the decor and special moments or if you are lucky enough maybe you can enlist the help of a friend or family member that is a photographer or takes great photos with a quality camera to help you out.
Here are some party planning resources that I found on Pinterest and think you might find of interest! (Click on the link below, which will take you to the Pinterest pin and then you can click on the pin to get to the original resource and information.)
The Perfect Party Planner from Studio 5
The Chickabug Guide to How Much to Serve at a Party
Party Planning Guideline shared on Kara's Party Ideas
Now are you ready to party? I am! Just waiting for the next event I can plan! If you are not the party planning type, don't have the time to do it, or just don't have a creative or DIY thumb, then call/email me! I am available to help plan your next event and/or develop the creative decor that will give your event the WOW factor and keep your guests talking for months! (Check out my most recent event that was featured on one of the largest party inspiration blogs – Kara's Party Ideas!)
Feel free to PIN, LIKE, EMAIL, SHARE, or PRINT this post!

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Former Republican hopeful Marco Rubio unleashed a late-night Twitter tirade that included sarcastic tweets about his gym routine.
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A "longtime friend" says Rubio is "betwixt" about whether to work out his "chest or legs tomorrow at gym," Rubio tweeted, mocking the article.
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The robotic system that operated on Rick Elliott's farm near Monmouth, Ill., didn't resemble a robot. Instead, it looked like a typical combine-tractor-and-grain-cart setup—except the tractor moving through the field was empty.
Kinze Manufacturing brought media to western Illinois to witness its new Autonomous Harvest System working in fields on customer farms. This was the second time Kinze had shown its system to the media. The first time was a year ago in an experimental setting at the company's headquarters in Iowa. Since then, Kinze spent a year improving the system and was ready to show it again and in extended action.
The system worked well that morning. The empty tractor with a Kinze grain cart followed the combine through the field like a puppy dog. When the combine needed unloading, the tractor and cart moved in close beside the combine and maintained perfect position under the auger. After unloading was finished, the tractor and cart drove to a position in the field and awaited further instruction.
Better than human
Kinze loaned the system to three farmers for three weeks for use in their fields. The company installed some electronic equipment in each farmer's combine and provided John Deere 8530 tractors already equipped with Kinze's autonomous equipment.
The farmers all said the system worked well for them. "It was easier to use than I expected—a piece of cake," reported Joe Krupps, Galesburg, Ill. "The tractor followed me close and was always there when I needed it. It frees up a person to do something else."
At the media event, the precision and agility of the system was demonstrated when the combine operator drove in a circle while unloading. The grain cart remained precisely positioned under the combine auger. Not a kernel of corn was spilled. "I don't think a human could do that without spilling some corn," Krupps adds.
The human element is one of the reasons for developing the autonomous system, reports Susanne Kinzenbaw Veatch, Kinze vice president and chief marketing officer. Skilled labor to drive large, sophisticated equipment is getting difficult to find. Plus, the system provides consistent accuracy 24 hours a day if needed.
How it operates
The Autonomous Harvest System includes the combine with an operator and the tractor with a grain cart. Rhett Schildroth, Kinze product manager, explains that the combine operator instructs the tractor/grain cart from a Samsung tablet computer. The tablet provides an aerial view of the field with the combine and tractor locations. It will also switch to a camera view from the tractor.
The operator can give the tractor four commands from the tablet, Schildroth says. One command is "follow" so the tractor/grain cart follows the combine in the field at a safe distance.
The "unload" command directs the tractor to accelerate and position the cart under the combine auger. The tractor matches the speed and position of the combine so the wagon remains perfectly placed under the auger.
When the cart is full, the operator pushes "park" and the tractor/grain cart moves to a predetermined location in the field to await further instruction. "Idle" is a fourth command used to bring the tractor to a controlled stop wherever it is and stay there until further instruction.
When the grain cart needs unloading into a semi, a person takes control of the tractor when it is parked by flipping down the stairs to the tractor cab. This action automatically shuts down the tractor's autonomous system and moves to manual operation, Schildroth says. To return to autonomous operation, the stairs must be folded back up into place.
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The Autonomous Harvest System will be sold as a kit that can be installed on a tractor and combine. The tractor requires most of the equipment, which ties into the transmission, steering and braking systems, Schildroth says, and will need to be specific for different brands and models. He says Kinze plans to develop individual vehicle kits.
"The brains of the system are high-speed, ruggedized computers that are housed in the tractor," Schildroth explains. "Those brains take all the sensor information and GPS locations and determine in real time the most efficient path the tractor must take to reach the combine. And if there's an obstacle, it takes a path around it if it can, or it stops."
Schildroth listed other equipment used to safely operate the autonomous system:
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■ Inertial sensors are installed on the tractor to detail the dynamics of what's happening, Schildroth explains.
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"Is it safe?" is the first question people ask when they see no one is in the tractor cab. Schildroth says Kinze has taken many steps to address safety concerns, ranging from the hinged stairs to the sensors, radar, etc. that halt the vehicle when obstacles appear.
The system also has emergency stop buttons. The combine operator can push an emergency stop button installed in the combine cab. Hand-held emergency stop buttons also may be used by workers in the field. These will immediately stop the system.
"Robotic vehicles operate just as safely at the end of a long 16-hour day as at the beginning," Schildroth says. "Not many humans can make that claim."
The future
Schildroth says Kinze is on a "very controlled rollout" of the autonomous system. The company has not decided how many farmers will test the system next year. And pricing has not been set. But the company does plan to market the system in the future.
Kinze also is working on an autonomous system for planters.
"This type of technology is certainly appealing from an efficiency standpoint," Schildroth says. "It allows farmers to expand the acreage they cover without hiring more help.
"As we design these, we are ending up with systems that are safer than existing systems. For example, we have a full-time, 360-degree monitoring of the tractor. A human can't do that," he says.
But farmers will need to be convinced that the system is safe. "People are skeptical of the technology until they see it running," Schildroth adds. "But after they see it, they don't ask me if it works. They ask how much will it cost and when can they get it delivered."


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FLORIDA, Mass. — State Police are investigating the theft of two scenic viewers that were stolen from the Eastern Summit on Route 2.
FLORIDA, Mass. — A three-vehicle accident involving a state police cruiser closed Route 2 for nearly two hours on Thursday morning. No one was seriously injured.
The accident occurred at about 7:18 a.m. on the Mohawk Trail near the Savoy line, according to David Procopio, state police director of media communications, when an eastbound dump truck crossed the center line and hit a westbound 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup towing a Bobcat on a trailer.
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Dennis Rodman is back from his whirlwind tour of North Korea and he comes with some interesting news: Kim Jong Un is basically Mikey from Swingers.
"He wants Obama to do one thing: Call him," Rodman told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week." "He said, 'If you can, Dennis – I don't want [to] do war. I don't want to do war.' He said that to me."
This is just great. Kim Jong Un doesn't want to "do war" with the United States so he's asking Dennis Rodman to do him a solid. As intermediary, Rodman suggested a possible detente via basketball: "[Kim] loves basketball. And I said the same thing, I said, 'Obama loves basketball.' Let's start there."
As is often the case with tense international politics, however, the two sides must meet somewhere in the middle on even the most basic of points before real progress can be made.
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In a letter, AAA's new President, Dr. Monica Heller encourages and supports the efforts by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter to terminate the U.S. Army's Human Terrain System (HTS). AAA has been a long-time opponent to HTS. The program embeds social scientists with combat units.
We are especially encouraged to see it more widely acknowledged by Members of Congress that the HTS Program's shortcomings are not simply ones of poor execution, but of misguided mission, inappropriate staffing, and lack of recognized need. It is impossible to do high-quality, professionally responsible social science research at gunpoint, and reports submitted to the Army's Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) suggest that the program does not make a significant contribution to the counterinsurgency effort.
As the AAA has pointed out for several years, military leaders ought to have been the first to acknowledge that you cannot expect people to tell complete strangers anything resembling the "truth" in times of conflict. And social scientists have a professional responsibility to point this out. Social scientists also have the professional responsibility to do no harm to the persons and communities involved in their studies, and to give informed consent, without coercion, to those who participate in their studies. The circumstances under which the HTS Program operates compromise the quality and integrity of the research it purports to carry out, and work at cross-purposes with the overall mission to reduce armed conflict.
The AAA, with more than 12,000 members, is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the human condition, and to applying this knowledge to tackling the world's most pressing problems. We feel a responsibility to help improve US government policies through fact-finding, dialogue, and deliberation. More important than the legion of problems HTS has encountered in its planning and execution, it is fundamentally flawed. It is well past time that the HTS program be de-authorized, and we applaud your efforts to end this unproductive, irresponsible activity.
Read the letter and learn more about AAA's efforts opposing the program.


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Chris Brickley has been the Head of Pictures, Bonhams Scotland since 1999. He joined the company in 1996 having completed a PhD thesis on the Glasgow School, a subject on which he is an acknowledged specialist.
In 2011 he master-minded the £3m sale of Colourist and other Scottish paintings in Edinburgh including 'Flowers and Fruit' by Samuel John Peploe which sold for £512,800 and 'The Artist's Drawing Room' by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell which made £400,800.
Under his leadership the Bonhams picture department has become the number one seller of Scottish art in the world and has established several world record prices for Scottish paintings among them the £120,000 paid for Sea Gulls and Sapphire Seas by Robert Gemmell Hutchison.


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Belgians ID Machete Attacker
Belgians ID Machete Attacker
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Belgian prosecutors on Sunday identified the machete-wielding man who attacked two policewomen as a 33-year-old Algerian known to police for criminal offenses but not for terrorist acts.
The Saturday attack was initially was being treated as a terrorist incident, notably because the man shouted "Allahu akbar!" as he slashed at the officers outside the main police station in the city of Charleroi, Prime Minister Charles Michel said. The assailant, shot by a third officer, died later in a hospital.
The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office said Sunday that the attacker, who it identified only as K.B., had lived in Belgium since 2012.
"Since there are indications that the attack may have been inspired by a terrorist motive, the federal prosecutor's office decided to take over the investigation from the district prosecutor's office of Charleroi," the federal office said.
The federal prosecutor's office said two police searches were carried out overnight in the Charleroi area, but said no further information about the investigation would be made public
Michel said the prosecutors were investigating a possible case of "attempted terrorist murder."
The prime minister spoke to reporters following an emergency meeting with top Belgian law enforcement officials on Sunday morning. Michel cut short his vacation in the south of France to hurry back to Brussels following the attack in the southern Belgian city.
"We must keep a cool head," he said. "We must avoid panic, of course — not give in to terror. That's the trap that has been set for us."
Belgium has been on high alert since the March 22 suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State extremists that killed 32 people in Brussels. Many of the perpetrators of the Nov. 13 carnage in Paris that killed 130 people were also residents of Belgium.
"We know we must be constantly, constantly vigilant," Michel said.
Belgian Defense Minister Steven Vandeput said the government's Crisis Center would meet to determine if additional measures should be taken to protect police buildings and staff.
On Sunday, Charleroi police posted a request on their Twitter account asking reporters not to divulge officers' identities.
"We are targets," Charleroi police explained.


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How to Maximize Your Bank's Profitability
In this webinar entitled "How to Maximize Your Bank's Profitability Through Performance Management,"key industry thought leader Craig Schiff and CCH Tagetik's Financial Services Specialist John Engelbrecht explore several strategies that optimize financial performance management in the banking industry.
The banking industry has held business growth as the chief priority for years. But all that changed after the global recession,and now financial institutions are under more pressure than ever to create value and profitability in a landscape of tighter margins. In these current conditions understanding the latest trends and strategies will allow banking executives to be more agile and responsive.


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This is a new question related to a question I asked previously.
MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep
Basically, the MacBook would sleep after 3 hours despite the preferences telling it to "never" sleep.
I fixed the original problem by deleting the Energy Saver plist file.
However, after two weeks, it broke again and the original problem came back. I have no doubt that I can just fix it by deleting the preference file again.
Obviously something external is botching up the Energy Saver preference file. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how I can determine what could be causing this problem in the first place.
Trashing the Energy Saver plist file no longer fixes this issue. I've removed Caffeine and I'm out of ideas. I can't even effectively troubleshoot this since it takes three hours just to see if it will sleep or not. What else can I do? Where else can I look?


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In this paper we derive nonparametric stochastic volatility models in discrete time. These models generalize parametric autoregressive random variance models, which have been applied quite successfully to nancial time series. For the proposed models we investigate nonparametric kernel smoothers. It is seen that so-called nonparametric deconvolution estimators could be applied in this situation and that consistency results known for nonparametric errors- in-variables models carry over to the situation considered herein.
Knowledge about the distribution of a statistical estimator is important for various purposes like, for example, the construction of confidence intervals for model parameters or the determiation of critical values of tests. A widely used method to estimate this distribution is the so-called bootstrap which is based on an imitation of the probabilistic structure of the data generating process on the basis of the information provided by a given set of random observations. In this paper we investigate this classical method in the context of artificial neural networks used for estimating a mapping from input to output space. We establish consistency results for bootstrap estimates of the distribution of parameter estimates.


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Markus on Development and PublishingThis is Markus Egger's professional blog, which covers topics such as development, publishing, and business in general. As the publisher of CoDe and CoDe Focus magazines, and as the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., Markus shares his insights and opinions on this blog.
Markus on Development and Publishing
This is Markus Egger's professional blog, which covers topics such as development, publishing, and business in general. As the publisher of CoDe and CoDe Focus magazines, and as the President and Chief Software Architect of EPS Software Corp., Markus shares his insights and opinions on this blog.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005Quo Vadis, ASP.NET?
We are getting closer and closer to the next release of ASP.NET (November 7th
with VS2005). The new release certainly is exciting and a huge step forward once
again. However, other things are happening in the world of HTML-based web
development. Technologies and techniques like AJAX. Things you can already do
today, but not as easily as it should be.
ScottGu (the "guy at Microsoft who owns ASP.NET") has just posted a rather
comprehensive announcement on where they want to take ASP.NET, what the time
frame is, where one can see first samples, and the like. Check out his
post.Posted @ 1:44 PM by Egger, Markus (firstname.lastname@example.com) - Comments (57)
Tuesday, June 28, 2005Quo Vadis, ASP.NET?
We are getting closer and closer to the next release of ASP.NET (November 7th
with VS2005). The new release certainly is exciting and a huge step forward once
again. However, other things are happening in the world of HTML-based web
development. Technologies and techniques like AJAX. Things you can already do
today, but not as easily as it should be.
ScottGu (the "guy at Microsoft who owns ASP.NET") has just posted a rather
comprehensive announcement on where they want to take ASP.NET, what the time
frame is, where one can see first samples, and the like. Check out his
Monday, June 27, 2005DevTeach Recap
DevTeach is over, and it was a blast!
This was the "official Canadian CoDe Magazine conference", but unfortunately, I
can not claim to be the main force behind the success of this show. My input was
simply in picking speakers and sessions for the .NET track. But I have to say I
am proud to be associated with this show, and I am looking forward to next
The value provided by this conference is great. It is relatively inexpensive
(and the Canadian $ makes it even more affordable for US attendees), and it is
packed with information. Sessions were presented on .NET, SQL Server, and VFP.
Most sessions are in English (in fact, there are more English sessions than at
comparable conferences in the US), but there are also sessions in French. As a
result, the conference has a huge number of sessions. The conference is very
relaxed, and one has a much better shot at talking to a speaker after the
session than at conferences like TechEd or PDC. And the attendee demographics
are awesome too. Lots of people from all around the world. I guess Canada is a
more exciting destination these days than the US, when it comes to conferences.
But then perhaps it's just Montreal that draws in the crowds. Personally, I
always have a blast there (check out my Travel Blog for
I did 2 sessions in Montreal (I got off easy this
time...): Real-Life Tablet PC Development, and Developing
Interfaces in Avalon
. The sessions were pretty
well attended, and I am happy to report that my evals were pretty decent too
(things are still in flux as people still turn in their evals online, but it
looks like I will end up in the top-5... cool!).
The timing of this conference was very nice. Since TechEd was less than 2
weeks before DevTeach, all the TechEd news were spread at DevTeach as well. So
in many ways, DevTeach was a cheaper and better TechEd for most attendees. The
speakers were very similar
between the two events, and I am proud to say that I was involved in picking the
speakers for the .NET track. Many of the CoDe authors were there. Very cool.
Thanks for coming to Montreal, guys!
Monday, June 20, 2005DevTeach Tablet PC Session Notes Available
The samples and
slide deck for my Tablet PC session at DevTeach in Montreal are now
available for download.
This was a great session, btw. At least, I every much enjoyed presenting
it. As usual, turnout was a bit on the moderate side, but not bad at all,
and most of the people in the session were very interested.
Monday, June 20, 2005My New TabletPC Blog
Those of you who are interested in Tablet PC development might also be
interested in my new Tablet PC Blog: http://www.tabletpcblogs.com/blogs/markus/
www.TabletPCBlogs.com is an
interesting site that provides lots of information posted by Tablet PC
enthusiasts and professionals. Check it out, it is pretty cool!
For those of you who are interested in a wider range of development topics: I
will still be most active and this blog, and post topics related to Tablet PC
development on both blogs.
Monday, June 20, 2005CircMan Show Slides Available
The slide deck I used at Circulation Management show last week is now
available for download here.
Saturday, June 18, 2005DevTeach 2005 Is Here!
It's time for another conference, and this time, things are special for us! I
am posting this blog from DevTeach 2005 in Montreal (www.DevTeach.com), the official Canadian show
of CoDe Magazine. Needless to say
that as the owners of CoDe Magazine, this is extremely exciting for us! 4 days
packed of in-depth information about Visual Studio .NET, SQL Server, and Visual
FoxPro, both in English and in French languages.
Today is the pre-conference day, which features presentations on SQL Server,
Visual Studio, and on how to adapt .NET technologies if you are a Visual FoxPro
developer (for more details, see www.VFPConversion.com).
This conference is an excellent deal for developers. With TechEd just a
matter of days in the past, this is the first major conference that incorporates
news from TechEd, for a much lower rate. The list of speakers is extraordinary.
If you are not able to attend DevTeach this year, make sure to mark your
calendars for the next one!
Wednesday, June 15, 2005Circulation Management Show
VFP DevCon is over (got back last night at 5am) and I am off to the next
show: CircMan Show in New York (www.CircManShow.com).
This is a somewhat unusual conference for me, since it is not a computer
conference. Instead, it is a conference for magazine publishers, with a focus on
the distribution aspects. I have been invited to speak at this conference, based
on the system we use to manage all aspects of CoDe Magazine. It's an in-house
system entirely developed on .NET and Milos (www.eps-cs.com/Milos), called "Olympus".
You can see part of it in action at www.CoDe-Magazine.com, and in fact, even
this very blog is managed and maintained by Olympus.
And without wanting to toot my own horn (well, maybe a little <s>), I
am proud that a small publisher like EPS has been invited by one of the major
industry events to tell people how to get their IT ducks in a
Sunday, June 12, 2005Off to Advisor's DevCon in Las Vegas
I am off to Las Vegas to speak at Advisor Media's annual DevCon.
The focus of the event is quite broad. This time around, there are individual
"sub conferences" for Access, VB, SQL, .NET, SharePoint, and Visual FoxPro. The
Visual FoxPro part of this event is of course what used to be the "official MS
DevCon", which has now been handled by Advisor for a number of years. After a
few quiet years for the VFP conference (the event was used as the launch event
for new versions of VFP on occasion), this year, the VFP part seems to be the
most explosive, based on recent Microsoft announcements (check out the "VFP
Roadmap on http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro).
I speak on a number of different topics: Advanced UI Design, Building Tablet
PC Applications, and Event Handling in VFP.
Other than myself, there are several pretty close associates speaking there,
such as Claudio Lassala (one of our EPS guys), Rod Paddock (editor of our
Magazine - www.code-magazine.com and owner of
Dash Point Software - www.dashpoint.com), as well as Kevin
McNeish (Oak Leaf Enterprises - www.OakLeafSD.com) and Rick Strahl (West
Wind Technologies - www.west-wind.com),
both close EPS associates and founding members of www.VFPConversion.com. Asides from
these guys, there are a number of CoDe Magazine author's at the conference
such as Ken Getz and Jim Duffy.
This is going to be interesting. Plus, it is Vegas, and Vegas is always fun
(even though the event is held at a hotel outside Las Vegas). Unfortunately, I
will have to leave a bit early (Tuesday night) due to my packed conference
schedule this week. (Still to come: CircMan Show in New York, and DevTech in
Montreal... www.DevTeach.com).
If you are planning to be at DevCon, stop by and say hi!
Friday, June 10, 2005Welcome to my Blog!
OK, I finally broke down! After having had other ways to publish
online (www.Code-Magazine.com,
in particular my eColumn), and after having used blogs for internal
communication and training at EPS and CoDe Magazine for quite some time, I have
now launched my first public blog dedicated to software development.
Expect to see topics related to various development tasks, as well as
industry news, conference and event news, and much more.
Also, check out my other blogs at www.MarkusEgger.com/Blog and www.VFPConversion.com.
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Marson feeling better after home-plate collision
ST. PETERSBURG -- Indians catcher Lou Marson was feeling better Sunday after sustaining a cervical (neck) strain in a home-plate collision with Rays center fielder Desmond Jennings on Saturday night.
Jennings ran over Marson in the third inning of the Tribe's 6-0 loss at Tropicana Field, though Marson held on to the ball to record the out and save Cleveland a run. Marson remained in for the rest of the third but came out after that and underwent several tests, including at least two concussion tests. He reported back to the Trop on Sunday morning feeling "fine" but still "just a little sore."
"If they need me, I could play," Marson said. "The more I move around, I'll loosen up and feel better."
Indians manager Terry Francona said the Indians' medical staff monitored Marson during Saturday's game, afterward and again Sunday morning, and they would check on his availability again after he ran and threw during pregame warmups. Carlos Santana was back behind the dish for Sunday's series finale, meaning Marson would only come in as a late-inning substitution or injury replacement anyway.
"He's doing great for taking that kind of a hit. Now we just have to see where he is as far as being able to play in a game," Francona said. "If he's not able to do [these pregame warmups], then he has no business going into a game. We just want to make sure we do it right."
Francona said the Tribe didn't want or need to put Marson on the disabled list, but they have been discussing their possible backup options in case something happens to Santana. Ryan Raburn is the club's emergency backup catcher. Marson, for his part, appreciated Francona's cautious approach to an injury that initially looked like it could have been more serious.
"They didn't want to mess around with something, get hit with a foul tip, get hurt. It's early in the year," Marson said. "Especially now with all the concussion stuff going on, I think it's good for like younger kids, things like that -- don't mess around with head injuries and things like that. It's probably a smart thing to do."


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Vlad signs deal with Long Island Ducks
Vladimir Guerrero has waited for a team to call upon him. Now it appears the nine-time All-Star will be a Duck.
The veteran outfielder has agreed to join the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.
Guerrero, 38, last played in the Major Leagues in 2011, when he logged a .290 average with 13 homers and 63 RBIs in 145 contests for the Orioles. He made a brief cameo with the Blue Jays' Class A and Triple-A affiliates last season before the organization released him in June.
Guerrero captured the 2004 American League Most Valuable Player Award when he batted .337 with 39 homers and 126 RBIs for the Angels in 2004. He spent eight years with the Expos before joining the Angels prior to the '04 campaign. He then spent the 2010 season with the Rangers before heading to Baltimore for a year.
For his career, Guerrero has tallied 449 home runs and totes a .318 average and .379 on-base percentage.


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From the Earth to … the Earth, with ESA, at 'Le Bourget 2007'
ESA PR 22-2007. The 47th international Paris Air Show will open its doors on Monday 18 June, until Sunday 24 June (*), and promises to be an outstanding event, with almost 2000 exhibitors present, and over
This year, a highly significant one for the space sector throughout the world, ESA is returning to le Bourget to take visitors to its pavilion on a special journey from the Earth to … the Earth!
The ESA pavilion will be back in its usual place between the full-size models of Ariane 1 and Ariane 5, just beside the Air and Space Museum. Upon entering the 400m² exhibition area, visitors will be launched from our blue planet into outer space to explore the cosmos virtually and find out about ESA's astronomy missions of the past and future. They will then take a close look at the Solar System thanks to huge spectacular images of the Sun, Venus, Mars, Titan and the Moon, all places where ESA has now 'set foot'.
The voyage will continue over terrain where robots will show what they will be able to do on faraway planets in the not-so-distant future, in particular on a European mission to Mars (ExoMars). Today's human presence in space will be highlighted by scale models of ESA's Columbus module and Jules Verne ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle); these two main elements of ESA's human spaceflight programme will reach the International Space Station towards the end of the year, while three ESA astronauts (Paolo Nespoli from Italy, Leopold Eyharts from France and Hans Schlegel from Germany) are set to fly to the Space Station between autumn and winter this year. Amazing 3-D images taken on the Space Station will enable visitors of all ages to experience the wonder of 'almost being there'.
Models of launchers of today and tomorrow will bring across their key role in Europe's space programme and pre-eminence in the field of space transportation systems, while visitors gradually come back down to Earth and discover space tools for monitoring our fragile planet, analysing climate change and helping take better care of our environment and the security of all citizens. The last stop on this journey will bring visitors close to telecommunication and satellite navigation systems, with a detour through the world of technology, which spreads its value across all the various projects.
The press will be able to meet ESA's Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain during an opening press conference on Monday 18 June at 16:00 hrs. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June most of the ESA Directors will be available for one-on-one interview on request (**). Other ESA experts in various disciplines will be on hand for interviews and to provide background information during the entire Air Show. ESA astronauts will be "on stage" to reach out to media and the general public on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June.
Moreover, on the night of Friday 15 June, in anticipation of Le Bourget, ESA - in partnership with CNES and with the support of the City of Paris - is organising a major event for the general public, "Paris fête l'espace", at the place du Trocadéro, preceded by a reception on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. A dedicated call to press to highlight this event is being published separately.
A more precise calendar of the various ESA events at Le Bourget will be posted on the ESA website at a later stage, closer to the opening day.
For more information:
Brigitte Kolmsee, Media Relations Office
Communication Department
Tel :+ 331 5639 7299
Fax: + 331 5369 7690
email: email@example.com
(*) Press and trade visitors are welcome during the entire Show (7:00-19:00 hrs for the press and 9:30-18:00 for professional visitors), while the general public is welcome from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 June (9:30-18:00 hrs).
(**) Media accreditation and interview requests:
Note: Media interested in attending the above events are kindly requested to return the attached form, duly filled out, by Friday 15 June (fax + 33 (0)1 5369 7690). Do not forget to bring your press card or press credentials.
For free access to the Air Show, media accreditation is available from GIFAS (tel. + 33 (0)1 44 43 17 62 or see http://www.paris-air-show.com).


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Miley Cyrus: Borgore's Christmas Creampies Concert
Miley Cyrus hits up Borgore's Christmas Creampies concert held at the Fonda Theatre on Saturday night (December 8) in Hollywood.
The 20-year-old actress/singer wore a pair of leopard thigh-high boots during her set at the event.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Miley Cyrus
In case you missed it, there's a new trailer for Miley's flick, So Undercover.
The movie follows a tough-as-nails, street-smart private investigator Molly (Cyrus), who is drafted by the FBI to go undercover within a college sorority. There she finds that she's way out of her class among a sisterhood of snooty, high maintenance, materialistic college girls.
10+ pics inside…
"So Undercover" Trailer
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Hotels range from modern hotel premises to intimate inns. We have a selection of Wexford's best hotels, everything from budget hotels to 5-star. Whether visiting for tourism or business, you can find great deals and book online. Meals, refreshments, and bars are available in all hotels. Children are usually welcome in hotels.
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I'm a late bloomer when it comes to oatmeal. Funny thing that - I love all things creamy. Rice pudding, tapioca and my childhood favourite -
Cream of Wheat.
That's what I had when everyone else at the table was eating polenta, which I decidedly didn't like. It was one of the few eating quirks I had and so my mother obliged. Made easier by the fact that my sister didn't - and still won't - eat red tomatoes or garlic. It was way more complicated for my mother to make lasagna, gnocchi and pizza without tomato sauce than it was for her to make up a pot of Cream of Wheat for me. I never imagined Cream of Wheat with brown sugar instead of the parmigiano cheese I so generously sprinkled into my bowl. So naturally oatmeal, Cream of Wheat's first cousin, never struck me as being particularly breakfast-like.
And then I discovered steel cut oats. They were Cream of Wheat with a crunch. Nutty, delicious and healthy to boot.
McCann's became an instant staple in the kitchen. I've already shared my recipe for overnight steel cut oatmeal with apples, but when the weekend rolls around, I don't mind spending the 30 minutes or so it takes to stir up a freshly made pot of oatmeal.
The fundamental challenge with steel cut oats is the "stick" factor. No matter how low the heat, or how constant the stirring, there always seems to be a tipping point when the bottom of the pot becomes a mess 'o oats. Enter the spurtle.
Dating from the 15th century, the spurtle is a kitchen utensil whose sole and express raison d'être is to stir oatmeal. Simple, elegant, and exactly right for what it is meant to do, my spurtle is all the more loved because its design hasn't changed for hundreds of years. As I stir the oatmeal lazily and sip my coffee, I'm connected to an ancient cooking ritual.
Tips for Perfect Steel Cut Oats
Bring 4 cups salted water to a firm boil and add 1 cup steel cut oatmeal. Let the oatmeal simmer briskly for five minutes before lowering the heat. Cook and stir for 30 to 40 minutes until creamy but with a bit of a bite (think pasta al dente). I'm still a bit of a purist - no brown sugar for me - but marcona almonds add a decadent touch to a perfectly wholesome breakfast.


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High-Tech Gifts for Your Undergrad
Tech accessories for the college set tend to be limited and cheap enough to withstand their fair share of spilt Kool-Aid. Michael Hsu discusses four accessories for your favorite undergrad that may be worth the extra bucks. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal.
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I guess just a chairlift type, it doesn't have to take me in the chair?
I've never really wanted one (why would I choose to live in a place with stairs?), but now my buddy says he's gonna buy one for his house.
My friend bought a new house and I just went to visit him the other day. It's a two story house with an unfinished basement. I can get onto the first floor okay because he bought a little collapsible ramp just for me to get in and out, which is pretty cool (nobody has ever done that for me before). But as he's showing me around the house, he tells me that the basement is unfinished, and apparently he's gonna turn it into some bad ass man cave with a bar and a theater room and a poker table and whatnot, which sounds awesome, but it's also down a full flight of stairs. I'm only in my 30s, but me and most of my other buddies lived life pretty hard in our twenties and while I was busy earning my SCI they were arranging to get arthritic knees and busted nerves from jumping out of airplanes for Uncle Sam, so while they can and have hauled me up and down many flights of stairs, I know it's really painful for them, especially my friend who just bought the house, and that's only gonna get worse as we get older.
So while he was giving me this tour he said "don't worry" about getting down the stairs, and I was like... yeah... right... and I started asking him how sturdy the railing was on the basement, because if I've got a rail on either side, I can almost get myself up a flight of stairs on my own, and if I ever start working out like I always mean to it's one of my goals to be able to get myself up and down without having to bump my ass along each step. But then he tells me he's already got it figured out and he's gonna get a stairlift.
That's awesome, but I also have no idea how expensive that is. He says he's got it all figured out, but this guy isn't rich (especially now that he just bought a house) and he's got two little kids who I gather are also pretty expensive. Anyway, it's a super nice gesture, and he seems to think he's got it all figured out, but I worry that it's gonna cost him a lot of money.


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Hillary Clinton's Impressive Legacy in Foggy Bottom
When a real diplomat runs up against a "don't do stupid s***" foreign policy.
Hillary Clinton's record as U.S. secretary of state is under fire. Like all secretaries, she faces controversies over specific incidents and decisions, from what she did or didn't do in Benghazi to where she stood on controversial questions like whether to arm the Syrian rebels, how best to combat Nigeria's Boko Haram militants and what kind of deals—if any—to make with the Taliban.
She addresses many of these questions in her new book, Hard Choices, though her partisan adversaries are unlikely to pay much heed. But the larger critique is potentially more damaging. The Washington Post's David Ignatius summed up what is quickly becoming the conventional wisdom. Clinton, Ignatius said, "can say, 'I was a solid secretary,' but compared to what Kerry's attempted she just wasn't really at that level."
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Clinton has not helped herself as she struggled to assess her own record. Asked at a recent conference in New York to name her proudest moment as secretary of state, she replied, "I really see my role as secretary, and, in fact, leadership in general in a democracy, as a relay race. I mean, you run the best race you can run, you hand off the baton."
The media and political debate on Clinton's time as secretary has been particularly shallow because it lacks historical context and an appreciation for what success in diplomacy really means. So what does make a great secretary of state? And how does Clinton stack up?
Let's start by asking the question is a different way. When was the last time any U.S. secretary of state notched any truly historic accomplishments? Certainly not recently. One would have to go back to James Baker, who served under George H. W. Bush, to find them. Baker built an impressive international coalition to liberate Kuwait and, with President Bush and national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, managed the reunification of Germany as the Cold War came to an end. Yes, he and his boss made mistakes and left nettlesome problems, like Yugoslavia, to their successors. But Baker's successes were enduring.
George Shultz was likely the best secretary of state in contemporary times. He may have been the only member of President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy team to correctly read his boss. Reagan wanted a tough-minded foreign policy focused on ending the Cold War once and for all. That meant a very hard line against the Soviets in the first half of his presidency, followed by a more conciliatory approach once the Soviets realized that they could not compete with the United States. Shultz helped Reagan refine his thinking and both men correctly judged when to soften the competition. By the end of the Reagan-Shultz years the Cold War was basically over, the threat of nuclear war largely dissipated and Europe on its way to becoming whole and free.
Henry Kissinger may be the most famous secretary of state. Many do not agree with some of his policies—for good reason—but he does measure up well by the criteria that should define success. As national security adviser he was initially against President Richard Nixon's opening to China, but once he understood that his boss was serious, he got on board and devoted his impressive intellectual prowess and energy to help make the opening happen. He and Nixon became true partners, exchanging ideas and visions about how to achieve the opening, and when Nixon resigned Kissinger saw the policy through as Gerald Ford's secretary of state. Kissinger rightfully remains a highly controversial figure in the annals of U.S. diplomacy, but there is no doubting his influence and impact.
Dean Acheson was arguably America's greatest-ever secretary of state. Even more than George Kennan, the author of the famous "Long Telegram," he was the architect of the strategy of containment that served the United States so well throughout the Cold War. He was tough-minded and hawkish, in lockstep with his boss Harry Truman and highly effective. The organizing principle of Acheson's foreign policy was to build "situations of strength" in Europe and Asia. He rejected bilateral negotiations with the Soviets before strengthening America's global position as they would simply have served to appease Stalin further. As part of the positions of strength strategy, he created the U.S. alliance system and Western institutions, which have served as the linchpin of U.S. strategy ever since. In the case of NATO, this was negotiated over Kennan's objections.
Before Acheson there was George Marshall, the general who led the Allies to victory in World War II, sowed the seeds of the containment strategy and authored the Marshall Plan to rebuild a shattered Europe. Marshall became secretary after James Byrnes, who had a difficult relationship with President Truman, and at a time when the American people wanted to reduce their engagement in European affairs—economic aid to Europe was highly unpopular. Truman trusted Marshall, who quickly recognized that economic collapse in Europe posed a strategic threat to the United States. He reversed the tide of retrenchment and carefully constructed a plan that not only rebuilt Europe but also tied the United States to European affairs for the decades that followed.
These five stand above all others. Why no one else has since come close is worthy of a dissertation.
Of the 16 remaining postwar secretaries of state, where does Clinton rank? To answer the question, it is necessary to define success.
It's certainly not simply shooting for the moon. Trying, even if you might fail, may be good advice in life but it is not necessarily a sound basis for a foreign policy. A deal that goes bad is often worse than never having tried for it in the first place. Just look at John Kerry, who has received plaudits for his determination to restart the Middle East peace talks. They are now "paused," and their collapse could lead to the resumption of conflict, just as the failure of Camp David did in 2000.
Diplomatic success depends upon recognizing when a problem is ripe for a solution and when it is not. Ripeness is not just a matter of political will. Take the Cold War as an example. A negotiated compromise with the Soviet Union was a terrible idea in the late 1940s, as Acheson and Truman recognized; it was a risky but worthwhile proposition in the late 1960s, and it was an absolute necessity in the mid-1980s, when the Soviet economy was teetering on the edge of collapse and the Kremlin was run by a reformer.
Above all, success in diplomacy is not just about solving problems or negotiating peace treaties. It is about strengthening America's position and influence in the world, which will in turn contribute to the solving of intractable problems when they are ripe for it.
Since 1945, successful secretaries have been tough-minded and understood the unique leadership role the United States must play internationally. They combined vision with practical judgment and effective execution. They knew what their bosses wanted and they helped shape their thinking, whether that is Shultz with Reagan or Madeleine Albright persuading President Bill Clinton to intervene in Kosovo.
The great top diplomats also engage in what Acheson termed gardening. It would be a poor gardener, he wrote, who tore up his plants every morning to see how much they grew overnight. In other words, the successful diplomat will plant the seeds of future success. To do this they need to properly understand how the world works and where it is headed.


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Ideas pits physical servers against fake ones
Sizing up the clouds
Looking to try to size up the workloads running on your physical servers and see what it would take to move them onto public clouds? There's an app for that.
Server research specialists Ideas International have puffed up an online application called CloudSizer that does just that. The company has spent years coming up with its Relative Performance Estimate ranking; this allows the performance of different servers and their price/performance running various workloads to be directly compared in a manner that is a bit more sophisticated than doing some guesstimations on the back of an envelope or (more typically perhaps) a drinks napkin.
In fact, the new CloudSizer app is based on the second-generation RPE2 methodology, which you can read all about here in this whitepaper, which shows how RPE2 is used to size up workloads running on Hewlett-Packard ProLiant servers on a Terremark vCloud Express public cloud. But it is not limited to any particular cloud and, more importantly, can let you figure out what resources you would need to move a server running at a particular.
CloudSizer can show you pricing in US dollars, British pounds, or Australian dollars and covers cloud providers in North America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. In the United States, the tool can size up public clouds run by Amazon, Elastic Hosts, GoGrid, Gandi.net, Hosting.com, IBM, Linode, NewServers, Penguin Computing, Rackspace Hosting, ReliaCloud, SoftLayer, Storm on Demand, Terremark (now part of Verizon), Voxel, and Zerigo.
It can do capacity planning and pricing for Amazon, Elastic Hosts, Gandi.net, Linode, Rackspace, and Voxel in Europe, and Amazon, Cloud Central, Linode, and Voxel in Asia. Once you pick one or more public cloud, you tell the app about your current physical server in terms of its make and model, its memory capacity, its duty cycle (per cent of the day the machine is not idle), and its peak utilization.
Then you pick the compute cloud instance type you might want and voila – it tells you the cost of renting the cloud capacity for a year and the net present value over three or five years so you can reckon that cloud cost against an investment in a real server.
The CloudSizer Express, which you can play with here, is a freebie tool that does rough estimates, while CloudSizer Pro is a finer-grained tool that does more accurate analysis, according to Ideas International. The Pro edition costs $299 for a three-month subscription. ®
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Writing a Eulogy
A speech at a funeral is known as a eulogy. It's a way to say goodbye and let everyone remember their loved one. There are no rules as to what you should say yet as we found that over two thirds of bereaved UK adults are often lost for words, we've created a guide to help you find the right words and some advice below to get you started.
Writing a eulogy
Structuring a eulogy
Do's and don'ts
Funeral poems
Delivering a eulogy
Writing a eulogy
Funerals make connections bringing family and friends together. You may often find it difficult to give a eulogy as there is a big sense of responsibility whilst also having to cope with your own strong feelings.
However, the eulogy is a vital part of the ceremony, offering you the chance to remember your loved one and share their life.
Where to start?
- If you could say only three things about them, what would you say? This can really help focus your speech. Think about everything that they were to you, and how they impacted your life.
- What made them special? Any favourite pastimes, interests, likes and dislikes?
- What are the highlights of their life story? Draw on memories of their life, including having children or scoring a winning goal – anything that made them truly happy.
- Ask siblings, friends and family about times they shared and times they would have been proud of.
- And don't forget to think about how they would like to be remembered.
Structuring a eulogy
- Decide on the tone.Do you want it to be light hearted or formal? A letter, a poem or a simple few words?
- Divide it in to three parts, beginning with their childhood and working through the highlights of their life.
- Or beginning with the recent past, then working backwards.
- Alternatively, you can write it as a letter to them.
- Think about how that person would like to be remembered.
- Pick favourite memories of your own and ones that others will remember too.
- Try to mention the people who were closest to them.
- Keep it light hearted and add a bit of humour if you can. It can be easy to become morbid at a sad time but try to celebrate the person who has passed.
- Try not to over complicate it. Keep it simple and sincere.
- Avoid clichés like "We are gathered here today…" and begin as you mean to go on, with something special to that person. In fact, you don't really need an introduction: people know who you are and why they are there.
- Don't panic. Speak slowly and don't worry if you feel yourself losing your words. Just take a deep breath and continue
Delivering the eulogy
- Think about who you will be speaking to. You can speak to those at the funeral using words such as he/she/they – or you could choose to speak to the deceased – "I remember when you…"
- Practice aloud first so that you are familiar with the words, you understand how long it will take and where to put in pauses if necessary.
- And remember, if you change your mind about delivering the eulogy, it's OK to ask someone else to give the speech on your behalf.
Funeral Poems
The popularity of poetry is growing as over a third of people have encountered a poem when saying goodbye to a loved one.
Here are few examples poems which may help you along the way...


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Map-reading driver faces roads ban
A driver has been fined more than £1,000 and banned from driving for a year after he was caught reading a map at the wheel.
Peter John Rigby, 73, of Beamsley in Skipton, North Yorkshire, was captured by police cameras flicking through an atlas for at least 10 seconds while driving his Honda Jazz on March 4.
The car caught the attention of a camera operator when it began to wander across the white line of the overtaking lane.
Footage released by North Yorkshire Police today showed Rigby looking at the map while driving on the A59 at Beamsley Hill.
Police said the period when his view of the road was "completely obscured" could have been "disastrous for him or other road users".
Rigby pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at Skipton Magistrates' Court last Friday.
He was fined £1,080 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £108 and costs of £85.
As well as being banned for 12 months, he was ordered to take an extended driving test.
Dave Brown, safety camera team manager at North Yorkshire Police, said: " Mr Rigby captured the attention of the safety camera operator when he began to wander across the dotted white line of the overtaking lane as he read the map.
"The footage captured by the safety camera shows Mr Rigby is distracted for a least 10 seconds while flicking through his atlas and then holding it up to his face, completely obscuring his view of the road.
"Those 10 seconds could have been disastrous for him or other road users. He should consider himself fortunate that he was in a position to attend court and escape with just a driving ban and hefty fine."
"This case demonstrates the clear evidence captured by the safety camera and should serve as a reminder to other road users of the potential consequences if they choose to take unnecessary and dangerous risks."
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Topic Page: Museveni, Yoweri (1944 - )
(you'Әrē mō´´sӘvā'nē), 1944?–, Ugandan political leader, president of Uganda (1986–), b. Ntungamo. He studied economics and political science at the Univ. of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (B.A., 1970), where he headed a leftist student group. He worked briefly as an intelligence official in the government of Milton Obote. When Idi Amin took power, Museveni went into exile (1971) in Tanzania, organizing an opposition group that had a pivotal role in overthrowing (1979) Amin. Museveni lost to Obote in the 1980 presidential elections, which were widely believed to have been fixed. He then founded the National Resistance Army (NRA), which ultimately won the five-year guerrilla war; Museveni was declared president.
Pledging to restore peace and end ethnic strife, he instituted a number of reforms, e.g., the privatization of state-owned companies and promotion of a free market to help rebuild Uganda's ravaged economy, cutbacks in government spending, and an independent judiciary, and instituted an effective program to control the spread of AIDS. He also long opposed multiparty democracy, maintaining that it required a thriving economy and viable middle class. Generally considered a leading African statesman and power broker, Museveni has called for Africans to stop blaming colonialism for their problems and to attempt to operate without Western aid. However, Uganda also has intervened in the political affairs of neighboring countries, including Congo, Rwanda, and Sudan. Museveni's reputation has been tarnished by profiteering and looting by Uganda's forces in the Congo and by his increasingly autocratic rule, failure to tackle corruption, and intolerance for political opposition.
Uganda's first direct presidential election (1996) returned Museveni to office by an overwhelming majority, but a referendum that approved (2000) continuing his so-called no-party state saw a large drop in voter turnout. He was reelected president by a large majority in 2001, but this time there were cleared indications of vote fraud, although it seemed to have inflated rather than ensured his win. A 2005 referendum, which approved returning to a multiparty system, was supported by Museveni. He was elected to a third term in 2006 after the constitution was amended (2005) to permit him to do so and won again in 2011 and 2016, in elections that were marred by irregularities.
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Tax cut for 95 percent? The stimulus made it so
President Barack Obama talked a lot about economic recovery during his State of the Union address on Jan. 27, 2010, including the benefits of the economic stimulus bill passed last year.
The stimulus, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, included tax cuts for many Americans, Obama said.
"We cut taxes. We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families. We cut taxes for small businesses," Obama said. "We cut taxes for first-time homebuyers. We cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children. We cut taxes for 8 million Americans paying for college."
Democrats applauded, while Republicans were silent for the most part. In one of the unscripted moments of the night, Obama looked at the Republican side of the room, smiled and said, "I thought I'd get some applause on that one."
Here, we wanted to check Obama's statement that he cut taxes for 95 percent of working families.
The key word in his statement is "working." Obama's claim is based on a tax cut intended to offset payroll taxes. Under the stimulus bill, single workers got $400, and working couples got $800. The Internal Revenue Service issued new guidelines to reduce withholdings for income tax, so many workers saw a small increase in their checks in April 2009.
The tax cut was part of Obama's campaign promises. During the campaign, Obama said he wanted $500 for each worker and $1,000 for working couples. Since the final number was a bit less than he promised, we rated his promise a Compromise on our Obameter, where we rate Obama's campaign promises for fulfillment.
During the campaign, the independent Tax Policy Center researched how Obama's tax proposals would affect workers. It concluded 94.3 percent of workers would receive a tax cut under Obama's plan based on the tax credit to offset payroll taxes. According to the analysis, the people who wouldn't get a tax cut are those who make more than $250,000 for couples or $200,000 for a single person. Obama said he intended to raise taxes on those high earners, a promise he reiterated during the State of the Union, and that revenue would offset the stimulus tax cut.
Because the stimulus act did give that broad-based tax cut to workers, we rate Obama's statement True.


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Human Genome Will Be Defined by Spring
Human Genome Will Be Defined by Spring
One quarter of humankind's genetic make up is already in the public domain
September 1999
Scientists have confirmed that they are on schedule to produce the first draft of the genetic blueprint of humankind by Spring 2000. They have already released sequence data into the public domain corresponding to one quarter of the human genome to help further developments in diagnostics, preventative medicine and disease control.
The researchers from 16 centers representing the international consortium working on the Human Genome Project (HGP) last week attended the Fifth International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing held at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge. China has become the latest contributor to the worldwide sequencing effort alongside France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The consortium confirmed that it jointly possesses the necessary sequencing capacity to provide a working draft of 90 percent of the euchromatic (gene rich) part of the human genome by Spring 2000. To date, 739 million base pairs, or roughly one quarter of the human genome, have been deposited in Genbank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank) in finished or near finished form.
This is a very significant achievement in light of the fact that full scale human DNA sequencing only got underway at the larger centers less than six months ago.
The sequences of several individual chromosomes are nearing completion, and the first of these likely will be announced before the end of the year.
"By 2003, if not earlier, the entire human genome should be completely finished in a form that will stand the test of time," said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) which along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funds human genome sequencing.
"However, scientists do not have to wait until 2003 to take advantage of the achievements of the Human Genome Project," added Dr. Collins. "Working draft data, as soon as it becomes publicly available, is very helpful to scientists today in their efforts to understand the hereditary influences on health and disease and to develop more targeted diagnosis and treatment procedures."
The group reaffirmed its commitment to place all sequence data in the public domain without fees, patents, licenses or limitations on use. Data is available on publicly accessible databases within 24 hours of the time that an assembly of 1000 to 2000 base pairs is obtained.
During the meeting, quality standards were also adopted for the working draft sequence that is on track for next Spring. As useful as the working draft will be, it represents only the only the first phase in this momentous project to understand humankind's genetic past, present and future. Beyond next Spring work will focus on producing a complete, highly accurate and final sequence by 2003.
"Given the value of both the draft and the finished human DNA sequence to scientists around the world, in academia, federal laboratories and private industry, it is only fitting that the sequence itself is being determined by an international team," said Dr. Ari Patrinos, head of the U.S. Department of Energy's human genome program. "Hopefully the partnerships that have developed to sequence the human genome will continue as we begin the even more challenging analysis of all the information that is contained in our DNA."
Speaking after the meeting Dr. Michael Morgan, chief executive of the Wellcome Trust, Genome Campus, said: "This has been an extremely satisfying event, confirming that international collaboration is starting to produce real results on this historic project."
The group has scheduled its next full progress meeting for January 2000.
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On the Lonely front
I wrote a poem for how I am feeling and how I know the men and women over
there are feeling
I hope you enjoy
Here we sit, alone and cold
our boots muddied and feeling like stones
We watch each others backs as we watch the front lines
knowing death may come for us at anytime
each fateful day brings us closer to death
but we do not mind for we gladly give our last breaths
we dont do this for honor or glory we do this for each other
we know that the price we may pay is ultimate and final
We see the stories back home and wonder why God oh why do they not
understand, that we dont do this to be killers, but to give freedom a
we starve and we move forward feeling alone and afraid, not because we want
to, but
because of love of each other
we will not falter and will not fail, for to each side of us some men may
a father, a brother, a friend to us all. we do this because we swore an oath
we vowed to defend freedom with our dying breaths, to give all we have for
the country we love.
So here we sit, alone and cold waiting for the fateful day that will bring
us closer to home. we care for one another, we cry and laugh together, we
know this day may be our last yet we sit here with each other.
Sgt Raymond A. Carson
B Co. 1/120th Inf (M)
Smithfield NC