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This convenient tool is the simple secret to portioning even the softest, ripest tomatoes into neat, uniform slices—just press down on the handle for perfect prep with one simple motion. Equally useful for mozzarella cheese and hard-boiled eggs, it's equipped with eight serrated stainless-steel blades to ensure quick, clean slicing.
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This week, I am in Taipei, teaching Top Gun class. There was concern that another typhoon would hit the island of Taiwan later this week, but it looks like it is now headed for Hong Kong instead.
Elsewhere in the world, there are several events going on next week, so I thought I would bring them to your attention.
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IBM Introduces New Era in Computing
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Well, it's Wednesday, and you know what that means... IBM Announcements!
(Actually most IBM announcements are on Tuesdays, but IBM gave me extra time to recover from my trip to Europe!)
Today, IBM announced [IBM PureSystems], a new family of expert-integrated systems that combine storage, servers, networking, and software, based on IBM's decades of experience in the IT industry. You can register for the [Launch Event] today (April 11) at 2pm EDT, and download the companion "Integrated Expertise" event app for Apple, Android or Blackberry smartphones.
(If you are thinking, "Hey, wait a minute, hasn't this been done before?" you are not alone. Yes, IBM introduced the System/360 back in 1964, and the AS/400 back in 1988, so today's announcement is on scheduled for this 24-year cycle. Based on IBM's past success in this area, others have followed, most recently, Oracle, HP and Cisco.)
Initially, there are two offerings:
If you are unhappy with the inflexibility of your VCE Vblock, HP Integrity, or Oracle ExaLogic, talk to your local IBM Business Partner or Sales Representative. We might be able to buy your boat anchor off your hands, as part of an IBM PureSystems sale, with an attractive IBM Global Financing plan.
To learn more, check out the [IBM PureSystems] landing page, follow the twitter handle [@IBMPureSystems] or hashtag #ExpertIntSys, watch the videos on the [YouTube channel], or read the [Expert Integrated Systems] blog.
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Day4 Last Sessions and Final Thoughts
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This is my final post on my coverage of the 30th annual [Data Center Conference]. IBM was a Platinum sponsor, and there were over 2,600 attendees, of which 27 percent were IT Directors or higher. Two thirds of the companies have 5000 employees or more. Here is a recap of the last few sessions I attended.
So that wraps up my coverage of this conference. In addition to attending great keynote and breakout sessions, I was able to have great one-on-one discussions with clients at the Solution Showcase booth, during breaks and at meals. IBM's focus on Big Data, Workload-optimized Systems, and Cloud seems to resonate well with the analysts and attendees. I want to give special thinks to Lynda, Dana, Peggy, Hugo, David, Rick, Cris, Richard, Denise, Chloe, and all my colleagues, friends and family from Arizona for their support!
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Day 2 - Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization environment
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Continuing my coverage of the [Data Center 2010 conference], Tuesday afternoon I presented "Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization". In 2008 and 2009, I attended this conference as a blogger only, but this time I was also a presenter.
Here are my charts on SlideShare.net:
Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization Environment
View more presentations from Tony Pearson.
I am thankful I had a great turn-out, with nearly every seat taken.
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Reporting and Managing Virtual Servers and Storage
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Next week is [VMworld 2010], so I thought today would be a good day to write a blog post about reporting and managing virtual guest images.
As the original lead architect for IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, I am no stranger to reporting and management tools. Needless to say, if you have lots of virtual guest images, it makes sense to deploy reporting and management software. I had never heard of Veeam before, but I decided to check out Veeam Reporter 4.0, an enterprise-level reporting solution specifically designed for large Virtual Infrastructure (VI3) and vSphere virtual environments that allows you to automatically discover and collect information about your VMware virtual environment. Their 90-page User Guide offered these helpful "First Steps" on page 9 which I used as the master plan for my evaluation.
(FTC Disclosure: I work for IBM, the leader in server virtualization worldwide, and the number #1 reseller of VMware. In this post, I review [Veeam Reporter 4.0] as my official entry for their blogging contest. IBM and Veeam do not have any business relationshiop that I know of, other than both being VMware business partners, so I am treating them here as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Veeam has not compensated me in any manner for this review, this review is not to be taken as an endorsement of Veeam or its products, and I was not provided any full or evaluator license keys. The review is based entirely on my experience using the "Free Edition" available to all for download. None of this blog post was pre-reviewed by anyone from Veeam. IBM, of course, also offers similar software, which I mention below for comparison purposes.)
At this point, you might be thinking, "Doesn't IBM offer something like this?" Of course it does! IBM is the leader in infrastructure reporting, monitoring and management software. Last October, [IBM unveiled IBM Systems Director VMcontrol] software. Not only does IBM Systems Director VMcontrol provide similar support for your VMware environment, it also manages Microsoft Hyper-V and Xen deployments, PowerVM on POWER-based serves, and even z/VM guest images on the System z mainframes. Combined with the rest of the IBM Systems Director, you can manage all of your physical and virtual servers with a single tool from a single pane of glass. How cool is that?
IBM VMcontrol comes in [three levels]:
To learn more, see the [VMcontrol Implementation Guide], take it for a test drive, with a [trial download], or talk to one of the many IBMers at [VMworld 2010] in San Francisco, August 30-September 2.
I would like to think Doug Hazelman, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Veeam, for organizing this awesome blogging contest. If you liked this blog post, click here to [vote for me] to get counted for this contest.
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Softer than a bunny, the KESS InHouse fleece blanket is the best and softest thing to ever grace your bed. Or couch, chair, car, picnic, or nursery. Plush and warm, these blankets are perfect for gifts, and are machine washable with no fading for long lasting cuddling! Perfect for every season, you'll want more than one for every room of the house! Available in three sizes, we've got the perfect size for everyone on your list, no matter the occasion. Coming in sizes perfect for baby (30 x 40 inches), single (50 x 60 inches), and double (60 x 80 inches), we've got the whole range covered.
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EXCLUSIVE! An Addiction Expert Tells Us Lindsay Lohan Can't Get Better Yet — 'She Hasn't Hit Rock Bottom!'
Even though Lindsay' is back in jail yet again, LA-based addiction expert, Dr. Gregory A. Smith, tells HollywoodLife.com she's not likely to recover until she loses her money, her friends AND her family…how sad!
Poor Lindsay! We keep holding out hope that she'll bounce back to her former Mean Girl glory days, but even another stint in jail isn't going to clean up her act, predicts leading Los Angeles-based addiction expert Dr. Gregory A. Smith.
"After jail, I think she should be in a medical rehab where she's medically detoxed, but she needs to be confronted by a psychologist to see if she's really at a point that she wants to get clean," the doctor — who founded the Comprehensive Pain Relief Group – tells us. "If she's not wanting to stop partying, then she really needs to hit rock bottom first."
Isn't a two-time trip to jail and four times in rehab rock bottom enough? We'd say so!
"Jail would be rock bottom for ME, but look what's happened," Dr. Smith explained. "She went to jail, but it was almost like a publicity stunt. It's not like she was doing hard time. I think rock bottom for her is losing friends, money and fame. If she had no movies, she'd have no money — money doesn't last forever, no matter how much you have."
Regardless, if the 24-year-old actress doesn't actually WANT to change, the court is still required to help her.
"When I have patients who aren't ready, I tell them all the negative things that could happen and that have already happened," he said, adding, "We still try to help them, but the success rate is low."
Do YOU think 28 days in jail will help get Lindsay Lohan get clean?


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RootsTech is now an annual Genealogy Event in Salt Lake City. See more at rootstech.org. Its a great opportunity to learn lots of "stuff" and to meet and chat with new and online friends. Many GeneaBloggers gather just for that purpose. We know one another "online" through Blogs, both posting and reading, and I have heard it said that it's like a big Family Reunion.
But, I want to share one of the many things that have happened, just today.
I am sitting at Lunch, in the Family Search (familysearch.org) lunch on the topic of "With Dramatically Changing Technologies, What MUST NOT CHANGE! The speaker was David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch.org. Food was good, talk was GREAT, BUT, isn't there always a "but", he puts up on the screen a picture of the "Baldwin Book Barn" just out side of West Chester, Pennsylvania. He told us about a box of photographs of people, just sitting there. I am sure that I have seen THAT BOX in THAT BARN more than one time. His comments was more than identifying the people, but if YOU have a photo that is writing on the back, WE MUST identify WHO wrote that information on the back. My thought was "Thank you for the EXTRA Work", but then it dawned on me, that of course we need to do that.
I am thinking about the scanning that I have to do, with my mothers photo albums (90+ of them), where I know my mothers hand writing, but anyone coming later may not. So, IF I know who wrote on the back of that Photo, I need to document that as well. Did my mother know that person, or did her mother tell her who that person was. OK, I get that, as it makes total sense.
Now for the really fun part.
I checked my cell phone, to make sure I had the photo in my Online Tree of my grandparents house (my mother's house) and I did. So, I went up to Mr Rencher after the presentation as showed the picture my the house taken in 1939, I had marked the photo with the ADDRESS and the Date of the Picture, and asked My Rencher if he ever saw that building before. He KNEW the address and recognized the house.
After I picked myself up off of the floor (as they say), he had family in the SAME TOWN where I was born, where my grandparents lived and the he was born in the same area.
It's a small world after all. BUT isn't the technology that Mr Rencher was talking about just awesome, where you can have your family tree, on your cell phone, and to be able to share a photograph to someone else, right there "on the spot".
Mr Rencher, thank you.
As a side note, as I write this blog, I am reminded of the 1940 Census of this Household. Before those census records were indexed, I did some browsing of those census records and found my MOTHER listed twice. Once in a house that I never knew about, in West Chester, with my father (they had married the year before), but she was ALSO listed in this household with my grandfather. The information about "my mother" was really the information about my GRANDMOTHER and my Aunt was NOT listed at all but she was still in school, living in this house in 1940. I know this, because when I found the record, I just had to call my aunt to make sure I have my information right and I did. The Informant was my Grandfather.
Yes, it's all noted in my genealogy database.


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Six years after she killed her girlfriend with a shotgun blast to the chest, Heather Stone is serving a 30-year to life sentence at the New Hampshire State Prison for Women, where she works in the library.
Six years after she killed her girlfriend with a shotgun blast to the chest, Heather Stone is serving a 30-year to life sentence at the New Hampshire State Prison for Women, where she works in the library.
Stone said she was drunk and on prescription drugs when she murdered Lauralee Perkins in their Dover apartment in July 2006, then altered evidence to try to make it look like self-defense.
"I just snapped," Stone said earlier this month. "I'm paying a big price. I deserve it though."
Stone, 41, described herself as "a loner" who doesn't like having a cellmate and said she was sexually abused by a neighbor at the age of 7.
The women's prison, she said, "could use more counseling."
Her sentiment is echoed in a class action lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire that alleges the constitutional rights of all the state's female inmates are violated daily.
According to the suit, women prisoners in New Hampshire don't receive the same treatment, services, pay and housing as the state's male prisoners. Among the allegations of gender disparity is that the state's male prisoners have access to more mental health services, including a specialized unit for inmates with difficulty in the general population.
In an answer to the suit, and according to a separate report released by the state earlier this month, state officials generally agree. Blame is placed on inadequate infrastructure, staff and money.
Janice Hutt is a former nurse who stole someone's identity and cash, then violated probation. She's also one of four inmate plaintiffs named in the four-count lawsuit against the state alleging violation of constitutional protections and state laws.
Hutt is housed in the women's prison with 21 other female inmates in a single room with double bunks lining the walls. She claims it's "extremely unlikely" she'll ever work as a nurse again, so she'd like vocational training on par with offerings at the men's prison in Concord.
There, male inmates can study culinary arts, furniture making, auto repair, building trades, business education and computer technology, according to the lawsuit. But for Hutt and the other 121 women currently incarcerated by the state, only the business and computer classes are available, their suit alleges.
Susan Weeks is locked in the same cramped room as Hutt — a room that once served as a "day room" until the number of women prisoners exceeded bunks in cells. Incarcerated for burglary, Weeks said "men have more opportunity" in the state prison system than women.
She said she'd prefer to work on heavy machinery, like male inmates can, because she could earn $3 a day instead of the $2 a day she makes.
But according to Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons, "Limited space prevents us from having large industries operations" at the women's prison. And the large industries operations are what pay the higher wages.
"A new facility would allow us to expand and open to potential new industry contracts," Lyons said.
The female inmates' lawsuit alleges the men's prison in Concord offers inmates access to a full-time special education instructor, on-site college-level education, vocational training and addiction programs for inmates who do not also have mental illness. Female inmates have none of that, they argue in their lawsuit.
"I had to fight to get into a parenting program the men have," Hutt said, while noting male prisoners also have an in-prison camping program that involves their children and is not available to incarcerated women. That program was funded through a federal "fatherhood grant," said Hutt, while uttering a sarcastic, "yeah."
Male inmates also have regular opportunities to "visit" with their children though real-time Skype technology, while the women have access to Skype only twice a month, Hutt said. And male inmates can take college classes with visiting teaching staff, while the women's prison offers only correspondence classes, according to the lawsuit.
Lyons said women inmates can earn high school diplomas and equivalency certificates, but the instructors have to travel from the men's prison, so the women "have to wait for them to come here."
Filed in the Merrimack Superior Court, the female inmates' lawsuit comes 20 years after the state of New Hampshire was ordered to provide incarcerated women conditions and a facility "on parity" with male prisoners, as a result of the federal lawsuit Fiandaca v. Cunningham.
Meanwhile, according to the Department of Corrections' response to the inmates' lawsuit, there's no sense asking for money for programs for incarcerated women unless the state comes up with the money to build a new prison with enough space to conduct the programs.
Lyons said a lack of space also correlates with the fact that women inmates have "less opportunity" to earn the same income for behind-bars jobs.
Inmates can earn money for phone calls, for example, and many of the women's jobs pay $1 and $2 a day, Lyons said. Those jobs include working on a cleaning crew, cutting grass outside the Goffstown prison or shoveling snow, he said.
In Concord, male prisoners can work "industries" jobs in print, wood and plate-making workshops, or by building and upholstering furniture, and making signs, according to the women's lawsuit. Those inmate jobs, Lyons said, pay incarcerated men $3 day.
The women have had limited opportunities to earn $3 a day by painting and drilling wood items that were made at and shipped from the men's prison, he said.
According to the pending lawsuit, filed by attorney Elliott Berry of New Hampshire Legal Assistance, male prison inmates with serious mental illness have access to a "residential treatment unit," while female prisoners do not. And unlike male inmates, women prisoners don't have access to addiction programs, unless it's tied to mental illness, the suit alleges.
Weeks said the families of incarcerated men are allowed to bring pizza and fast food into the men's prison to share with inmate relatives, but the families of female inmates are not. She said men are also allowed to smoke in certain areas of the men's prison in Concord, while women aren't allowed to smoke on the grounds of the Goffstown prison.
Lyons said there's no place to allow women inmates to smoke without impacting non-smoking inmates.
"This is what we get — 22 to a room," Weeks said. "And we should have a minimum security area like men."
Lyons said the 22-inmate room is the prison's minimum-security area. The rest of the women's prison has locking two-bed cells.
According to a state audit by the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant dated Nov. 12: "Not providing equivalent services (for women inmates) puts the state at risk for further legal action and may negatively affect female inmates' rehabilitation."
The report also says the women's prison has insufficient space and staff to provide female inmates with programs and services "on parity" with the state's male prisoners.
The report concludes with a recommendation that the Department of Corrections ask the Legislature to "provide women inmates with services on par with male inmates, as required by court order, before or by the 2014-15 budget cycle."
Lyons said the DOC has already asked three times for $37 million to build a new women's prison. The answer every time, he said, has been no.


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University of Washington Press
The University of Washington Press (UWP) is the nonprofit book and multimedia publishing arm of the University of Washington. The Press has published approximately 4,400 books, of which about 1,400 are currently in print. From the beginning, the Press has reflected the University's major academic strengths. Building on those strengths, the Press has achieved recognition as the leading publisher of scholarly books and distinguished works of regional nonfiction in the Pacific Northwest. The Press has especially distinguished lists in Asian studies, Middle East studies, anthropology, Western history and biography, environmental studies, and natural history.
Albert Bierstadt
Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast
This book reveals the fact within the fiction of Bierstadt's 1870 painting "Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast."
Toxic Archipelago
A History of Industrial Disease in Japan
Darwin's Pharmacy
Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noösphere
This book inquires into the swarm of ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions provoked by psychedelic experience in the context of global ecological crisis.
Seattle Geographies
Seattle Geographies explores the human geography of the city and region to examine why Seattle is Seattle.
Open Spaces
Voices from the Northwest
These cutting-edge essays and articles collected from Open Spaces magazine provide thoughtful readers with new ways to understand the Pacific Northwest region, themselves, and many of the major issues of our time.
Building New Pathways to Peace
Building New Pathways to Peace considers both old concepts of tolerance, shalom, and wa, and the relatively new concepts of human security, multiculturalism, and transnationalism, to elucidate impediments to and necessary conditions for actualizing peace.
Iceland Imagined
Nature, Culture, and Storytelling in the North Atlantic
A cultural and environmental history that explores the unusual geography, saga narratives, language, culture, and politics, of the North Atlantic landscape to analyze the region's modern transformation.
Heritage of the Great Plains
Richly illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs and artwork, this book reveals the history and significance of the tipi from the 1830s to the present.
A Year in Lapland
Guest of the Reindeer Herders
This lyrical memoir of adjusting to life as a reindeer herder is a rare insider's account of the Saami people of Swedish Lapland.
Better than the Best
Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2000
Thirteen black athletes describe how they succeeded in the face of often daunting odds, including economic barriers and racist attitudes and practices.
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An Environmental History of the Pacific Flyway
Seeking Refuge examines the development and management of refuges in the wintering range of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway, the subject of recent contentious debates over water usage.
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Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond
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A profound and compelling exploration of how the economic and political culture of the 1890s shaped the rush for gold in the Yukon and Alaska.
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Confessions of a Peking Tom
An illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, that reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People's Republic of China.
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Linda Chalker-Scott investigates scientific literature to debunk common gardening myths, reminding us that urban and suburban landscapes are ecosystems requiring their own particular set of management practices.
The Power of Promises
Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest
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Becoming Tsimshian
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The Country in the City
The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area
Being and Place among the Tlingit
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Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on Northwest Coast of North America
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Apple could be readying an even bigger smartphone to launch alongside the iPhone 5S in June, apparently called the iPhone Math.
According to the hit-and-miss China Times wesbite the iPhone Math will carry a sizable 4.8-inch display and an 8MP camera.
Instead of replacing the iPhone 5S the iPhone Math will be part of a dual release by the Cupertino-based firm as it looks to offer consumers a wider array of handsets.
iPhone Math = iPhone 6?
If the larger screen size is to be believed then the Math may make it to market under the moniker iPhone 6 sporting Apple's usual premium price tag, while the widely rumoured iPhone 5S may carry a more attractive price.
Of course this is speculation from us on a report which has questionable sources and it would be a massive shift for Apple to launch two handsets side by side – although we were initially sceptical about the iPad mini and look where that ended up.
That's not all though, as the same report suggests Apple will launch further iPhone models throughout the year, with a handset sporting a 12MP camera arriving just in time for Christmas. We're not convinced, are you?
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I'm looking for a recommendation for a programming language, specifically one that is good for writing GUIs. I do most of my development in Java so most of my GUIs are done in swing. You can make Swing sing and dance and do some really cool stuff but it's time-consuming, mind-numbing work. A lot of my project ideas revolve around visualisations and user interaction so I'm looking for an alternative to Swing. I have a list below of features I think are important and another of features that would be nice to have. I realise that a language that is great for user interfaces might not be the best for some of the background work. It would be really cool of there is something that can be easily hooked up to other technologies so I can use another language for the back end.
- Easily create complex resizable layouts
- Diverse selection of standard widgets
- Customisable Displays (e.g. list and table cell renderers)
- Powerful 2D graphics
- Free (or possibly cheap)
- Interoperable with other languages
- Can make desktop apps
Some of these are me not wanting to lose the features I like in Swing (widgets, customisable displays, 2D graphics, free) but the really important one is the ease of making layouts. Java's Layout managers tend to be overly simple and a lot of nesting has to be done to achieve good results. At the other extreme, setting pixel coordinates for each item is too fiddly. Perhaps HTML hits the sweet spot with sensible default rules for laying out elements, customisable with style sheets, and pixel placement available if necessary. I'm open to suggestion here.
Nice To Have
- Optional D&D form designer (sometimes all you really need is a window with some buttons in it)
- 3D graphics
- Native look and feel
- Cross platform
- Web applications
- Interoperable with Java
Ideally, my language would be all of the above, but I would be willing to drop any or all of the nice-to-haves for the sake of getting all the importants.


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Geneva Peace week 2017
From 6-10 November, was the Geneva Peace Week. In its fourth edition, the Geneva Peace Week focused for the first time on the theme of Prevention and effective pathways for implementation. The theme built on the prioritization of prevention by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who in his address to Members of the UN Security Council on 10 January 2017, said "Prevention is not merely a priority, but the priority. If we live up to our responsibilities, we will save lives, reduce suffering and give hope to millions." This week was an opportunity to see what the progress is towards conflict prevention and what can be done together with many various actors and organisations in this field.
GPPAC also participated in the event. Our Executive Director, Darynell Rodriguez Torres was a speaker on the panel during the launch event. Darynell Rodriguez Torres believes that, 'The development of a strong constituency for prevention is one of the first steps to bridge the gap between rhetoric and practice. Identifying common goals and developing collaborations among different actors to achieve these goals are key elements to make prevention possible. A shared analysis and identification of risks by the different actors of prevention, (governments, multilateral organisations, private sector, academia, civil society organisations others) would contribute to forge collaborations and address social vulnerabilities that could lead to violence.'
'Any effort to do prevention must put people at the centre. It cannot be an 'elitist' exercise but rather an inclusive effort to understand what are those elements that individuals and communities need in order to feel secure and how can we respond to those needs. The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed conflict, GPPAC, was founded to strengthen the constituency around prevention and to enable collaborations among different actors. We have shown a strong convening power and are in a unique position to bring the voices of grassroots actors to national, regional and global multilateral forums and make a significant contribution to managing the risk of violence outbreaks.'
GPPAC also held two workshops during the week. The first workshop, 'Civil Society Perspectives: Obstacles and Opportunities to support the UN,' focused on The Civil Society-UN Prevention Platform. This platform was launched in 2016, in New York, in close collaboration with QUNO, GPPAC and the Department of Political Affairs with the aim to support the UN's prevention agenda through strengthening coordination and information sharing between civil society organizations (CSOs) and the UN at all levels. The Platform believes that the UN's work on prevention would benefit from a systematic engagement with civil society and that the inclusion of diverse civil society expertise is crucial to achieving sustainable peace. At the event, presenters highlighted the obstacles and opportunities for civil society to better support the UN's prevention agenda.
The second workshop, "Prevention in Practice: Case Studies in Prevention through a Sustaining Peace Lens," focused on the importance of locally led conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies for it to be sustainable. This workshop brought the debates around sustaining peace and prevention to Geneva and highlighted the main discussions, challenges areas of thought and the key cases which highlight the various aspects of prevention for sustaining peace.


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Winter season scholar athletes were announced this week by the Buckeye Border Conference.
Fayette athletes who earned 4.0 honors are senior basketball players Austin Hylander, Mara Raker and Brittany Seiler; senior cheerleader Hannah Schrock; and junior basketball player Evan Stoltzfus.
Other basketball players named as scholar athletes were seniors Ben Kovar, Shelby Franks, Danni Wyse and Trisha Bates; and junior Elisha Hartman.
Other cheerleaders were seniors Kalley Martin and Katie Borer and junior Mariah Haskins-Beard.
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process and time table. Both have been credited with important contributions to TI. Budgeting is a necessary part of managing a large complex organization. But like strategic planning, it is a means to an end. What is the end? Overall, in a modern corporation, the end result of top management's efforts must be to cause excitement, innovation, productivity, and risk taking, so that purposeful work occurs across the organization. Leadership in these times requires more than ministering over current resources. Control must be simultaneously "loose and tight," to quote one study of what makes successful companies successful. • Cultivate a customer-driven culture. This is easier said than done— particularly if layers of years and practices have obscured the fact of who really pays the bills. Few established companies have built a distinctly better mousetrap that will be purchased indefinitely by consumers—regardless of service, support, and continuing usefulness. Even the high-rise microcomputer companies are today scurrying to become user-friendly. From a recent book titled Entrepreneuring by this author, here is the second of ten commandments for building a growth company: "Define the business of the enterprise in terms of what is to be bought, precisely by whom, and why. "Businesses/institutions perform certain tasks that provide the goods and services the public wishes to own and use. The nature of these tasks usually changes over time, as those who are served change. The successful company predicts and responds to its chosen customers' needs. At all times, some customers are growing in their ability to buy; others are declining. The astute manager ascertains which is which. The big company corollary to the above is that all hands have to get, believe, keep, and live the message that customers are in the driver's seat. But this is not clear from a look at the contents of a majority of company orientation programs. Or training programs. Or publications. Or performance reviews. Chances are you will find little on the customers of these enterprises. The winds of entrepreneurialism have died, deflating the corporate sails as far as the crew is concerned. Sailing, instead, with the prevailing breeze is not a formula for long-term success in a stormy competitive world containing both sunshine anchorages and hidden reefs. Conclusion I have cited five relatively straightforward actions that have the potential for opening up an established company to fresh thinking. Such thinking is the precursor to behaviorial change, that is, changes in what people do. These new actions are required if established companies are to join in the entrepreneuring revival crossing the country. In short, the management of resource-laden enterprises is confronted by a major opportunity to move with, if not ahead of, the times. Entrepreneuring is a spirited way of life. The door to the club is a wide one. More members are needed. Former members are particularly welcome. C Dr. Brandt also is senior lecturer in management at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. This article is taken from the forthcoming book Entrepreneuring in the Established Company, Copyright © 1983, by Steven C. Brandt. t3^?/compucer Grapnics By the end of the decade, you will just connect your personal computer to our Cray and tune in the cable channel and become part of the movie. Instead of buying pay-TV movies, you will pay us for interactive movies that you're part of We present generic possibilities and you create varieties based on your personality and abilities. You control things, create a custom movie that will never be seen by anyone else or never do anything else. The more interactive a system is, the more it becomes what you want to be seeing, what you want to be doing, what you want to be exploring. You'll be saying a lot about what you're getting through this system. GARY DEMOS Vice-President/Co-Founder Digital Productions
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And while it is nice for the Lady Bisons, the defending A-Sun Champions, to not have to play a quarterfinal game, the No. 1 seed has seldom been a guarantee for success in the tournament.
"It is kind of new thing for us to go in as the No. 1 seed and have the bye," said Lady Bisons' coach Brandon Rosenthal. "It's exciting, but one thing we will share with our players is that the seeds pretty much go out the window right now.
"It has been that way for the last couple of years that being the No.1 seed does not mean you are going to win the tournament. It is important that we stay hungry. I've seen it in the eyes of our players that they are hungry."
Last year the Lady Bisons won the tournament as the No. 4 seed. They beat Mercer in the quarterfinals, Belmont in the semifinals and Jacksonville in the championship game. Setter Stefine "Jake" Pease, then a freshman, was named the A-Sun Tournament Most Valuable Player. The Lady Bisons earned the A-Sun's NCAA Tournament berth and played Dayton in the first round in Dayton, Ohio.
The tournament begins tonight at the University Center on the Mercer campus in Macon, Ga. The Lady Bisons will play the winner of the match between No. 4-ranked Mercer and No.5-seeded ETSU in the semifinals at 6:30 CST.
Belmont, the No. 2-seed, will face the winner of the match between No. 3 Jacksonville and No. 6-seeded Campbell.
"In some ways this is a like a regular weekend for us with Friday and Saturday matches," said Rosenthal. "That is how we are going to address it with the team.
"We aren't going to get too far away from our normal routine. We have some things they are going to do as a team while I do some scouting. When it comes down to tournament time it is about management, not coaching."
The only team in the tournament that the Lady Bisons did not sweep during the regular was Belmont. They split with each team winning on its home court.
"The thought of trying to beat a team for the third time in a season is a challenge," said Rosenthal. "I think our players are ready for it."
The Lady Bisons practiced at Allen Arena Wednesday morning before driving to Kennesaw Ga., where they planned to practice Thursday.
"I'm excited to see the attitude that they are going to bring to the court. In talking with the players individually there is a sense of relief that the regular season is done. Now they can get down to business.
"What we accomplished in the regular season was great, but the main goal is still out there. Whether it is Mercer or ETSU it is going to be tough."
The Lady Bisons last faced ETSU Nov. 8 and they closed out the regular season against Mercer at Allen Arena Nov. 15.
"It is really a matter of just going out and playing," said Rosenthal. "You don't really have a whole lot of time to change things. We would like to fine-tune some things and that is what we are going to get down to doing.
"We have talked about the grit and attitude of this team and the gutsiness they have. I think you are going to see those same things during the tournament. Ultimately, we have had our eyes on this all year long. Now it is just a matter of getting it going."


text: Gulf Coast Power Pro Wrestling returns to the National Guard Armory in Port Neches on Feb. 26 with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The armory is located at 511 Grigsby, which is near Port Neches-Groves High School. Tickets are available at the door for $10 (adults) and $7 (kids). Seating is based on first-come first-serve. Fan favorite Max Muscles is scheduled to defend the GCPPW heavyweight title against Zen Zen. The cruiserweight title will be up for grabs when Avarice defends against two opponents — Hector Montoya and Jen Alise. The Rough Riders are also set to return. GCPPW is a locally owned and operated company out of Port Neches, Texas. It began in 2002 in Orange as a way to entertain crowds at Mardi Gras festivities and has since branched into regularly scheduled shows at the Port Neches National Guard Armory, Beaumont Mardi Gras, Cinco De Mayo festivals at Ford Park, and numerous other locations. What separates GCPPW from other groups is the accessibility of the wrestlers and the fans. GCPPW always provides an intermission during every event, which allows fans time to climb into the ring and take pictures with the wrestlers. For more information, visit gcppw.com or call (409) 626-2194.


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Snow Blower: A Drink to Drift Into
Regardless of the history or origin, punches of all kinds are an expected beverage at many of today's social gatherings. Whether you're an aspiring bartender or just someone who wants to be a good host (and the life of the party), you need to pack at least a few punches in your repertoire of drinks.
Pass a bit of peaceful holiday time with this warming recipe:
Snow Blower
6 oz. cranberry-apple juice drink
1 tsp. lemon juice
Pinch cloves or nutmeg
1 oz. rum, optional
Lemon slice, garnish
Heat cranberry-apple drink, lemon juice, and cloves or nutmeg in a small saucepan. Pour into mug and stir in rum, if desired. Garnish with a lemon slice, and you're all set to cozy up next to a warm fire — oh, so simple and soothing.
Makes 1 serving.
Punch may have come from the word puncheon, a cast made to hold liquids, such as beer. The word may also have come from the Hindi word pantsh, which means five. What does five have to do with anything? British expatriates in India in the seventeenth century made a beverage consisting of five ingredients: tea, water, sugar, lemon juice, and a fermented sap called arrack.


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Colossal magnetized fountains of gamma-ray-emitting gas are spewing from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, researchers say.
The amount of magnetic energy contained in these geyser-like outflows "corresponds to the energy liberated by about a million supernova explosions — that is a lot!" study lead author Ettore Carretti, an astrophysicist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Australia, told Space.com.
These outflows could help solve mysteries concerning the magnetic field of the Milky Way galaxy, Carretti added.
Past research detected regions, later called "Fermi bubbles," that emitted gamma rays far above and below the galactic center. Gamma rays are the most energetic form of light.
To learn more about these Fermi bubbles, the researchers analyzed the parts of the sky including these regions using the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia as part of the S-band Polarization All Sky Survey (S-PASS). They detected giant outflows of gamma-ray-emitting gas, two cone-shaped lobes that combined are about 50,000 light-years long.
"That is about half the size of the entire Milky Way," Carretti said. Seen from Earth, the outflows stretch about two-thirds across the sky from horizon to horizon.
Each of these lobes is about 13,000 light-years wide, and made of gas traveling about 2.2 million mph (3.6 million kph). [ Amazing Milky Way Photos ]
"Beside the galactic disc, these are the largest structures ever discovered in our galaxy," Carretti said.
These outflows are about 100 million years old, and apparently spew mostly from supernovas within the compact 650-light-year-wide area surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way. Supernovas are the most powerful exploding stars in the universe, bright enough to momentarily outshine their entire galaxies.
"The compact region around the Milky Way's center harbors the most active star formation activity of our galaxy, and a number of supernova episodes occur there," Carretti said.
These outflows each hold a vast amount of magnetic energy, which helps explain why they glow with gamma rays.
"The gas expelled by supernova explosions is magnetized," Carretti said. "Moreover, all of the area of the galactic center possesses a strong magnetic field and the outflows, made of charged particles, can trap the magnetic field they are immersed in.
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"These findings tell us there is transport of a massive amount of energy and strong magnetic fields from the galactic center to the outskirts of the galaxy. It is an interaction we did not know about, and can transform our view of the galactic halo."
The galactic halo "was supposed to be a quiet place," Carretti said. "We now know it is continuously fueled with a massive amount of energy."
These cone-shaped outflows have denser ridges corkscrewing around their surfaces much like strings of lights wrapped around Christmas trees. These ridges are about 13,000 to 16,000 light-years long and 1,000 light-years wide.
"They are made of relativistic charged particles — high-energy particles that move nearly at the speed of light," Carretti said.
One of these ridges, dubbed the Galactic Center spur, apparently stems from a super-stellar cluster orbiting the galaxy's center. Super-stellar clusters contain a very large number of young, massive stars.
These ridges take on a corkscrew form because matter spewing out from the spinning center of the galaxy moves in spirals. This is because of conservation of angular momentum, the same property that causes ice skaters to spin faster if they draw their arms in.
The other two ridges the researchers see are not connected to super-stellar clusters. The researchers suggest the clusters they originated from may no longer be active, thus shedding light on the history of star activity in the galactic core.
These outflows might help explain mysteries surrounding the galaxy's magnetic field.
"How the galactic magnetic field is generated and sustained is still a mystery, and our finding can be crucial to solve it," Carretti said. The outflows carry magnetic material from the galactic center to the galactic halo, helping to explain why a magnetic field pervades the galaxy, he said.
As monstrous as these outflows are, they are no danger to us, Carretti said. "They are not coming in our direction, but go up and down from the galactic plane. We are 30,000 light-years away from the galactic center, in the plane," he explained in a statement.
In the future, the researchers would like to identify the roots of the outflows and their ridges and investigate any connections between the magnetic fields of the outflows and the galaxy's.
The scientists will detail their findings in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
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Below, for any function $Q$ the notation $Q_x$ means $\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x}$, and $Q_{xx}$ means $\frac{\partial^2 Q}{\partial x^2}$.
In physics, the trajectory of a particle is given by the Euler-Lagrange condition:
$$\frac{d L_{\dot{x}}}{dt}=L_x \:\:\:\:\:\:\:\ (1)$$
This condition guarantees that the particle travels along a trajectory of stationary action.
I would appreciate it if someone could help me understand the physical implications of a trajectory where (1) is satisfied but also the condition
$$L_{\dot{x}}=L_x \:\:\:\:\:\:\:\ (2)$$
is satisfied.
For example, if we have the action
$$S=f(x) \:\:\:\:; \:\:\:\:x=x(t)$$
and thus the lagrangian
$$L(x,\dot{x},t)\equiv\frac{\delta S}{\delta t}=f_x\dot{x}$$ $$S=\int_{t_0}^{t_1} L(x,\dot{x},t) \:\:dt$$ then $$L_x=f_{xx}\dot{x}$$ $$L_{\dot{x}}=f_{x}$$
and if you differentiate $L_{\dot{x}}$ w.r.t. $t$ you'll see that the the Euler Lagrange condition (1) is satisfied. Now, if condition (2) is also imposed, then the trajectory is a stationary action trajectory, but also
$$L_{\dot{x}}=L_x \Rightarrow \:\:\: f=e^{t+\ln{x}+C} \:\:\:\:\:\:\:\ (result)$$
where $C$ is the constant of integration.
Specifically, my question: I thought condition (1) already imposed a unique path upon the particle. But adding condition (2) seems to impose an even "unique-er" path upon the particle (i.e. the "result"). Does this mean that the path of stationary action is not necessarily unique? That there are many trajectories that satisfy the principle of stationary action?
And more generally, I would appreciate it if someone could help me understand the real world physical implications of a trajectory that satisfies condition (2) and of the "result."


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Anxiety; constipation; diarrhea; drowsiness; insomnia; loss of appetite; nausea; sexual difficulties; sweating; trembling.
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- Do not drive or perform other potentially dangerous activities until you know whether the medication will impair your ability to do them safely.
- Take with food.
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- This drug can increase the risk of bleeding and bruising, especially if taken with aspirin or other blood thinners or NSAIDs.
- Combining any of these drugs with alcohol or other depressants (including antihistamines, narcotics and some dental anesthetics) can make side effects more severe. Also, many of the medicines used to treat fibromyalgia work by boosting the amount of serotonin in your body. Taking two or more of these drugs together could lead to a potentially life-threatening condition called serotonin syndrome. Symptoms usually begin within hours of combining the drugs and include confusion, agitation, irregular heartbeat, unstable blood pressure, tremors, muscle rigidity, nausea and vomiting. If you have these symptoms, stop taking your medication and seek immediate medical help.
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Ultimate Hoops trainers will help you get the most from your game. Learn everything from the basics to being more competitive in classes, small-group training, or person 1-to-1 instruction.


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A subdeacon (or sub-deacon) is the highest of the minor orders of clergy in the Church. This is a sub-clerical order which is higher than the reader and lower than the deacon. It is an order that is at it's fullest when serving with a bishop during hierarchical services.
In common practise, an acolyte or reader can be blessed to act as a subdeacon during services.
The ordination to the subdiaconate is performed outside of the altar and in a context other than the Divine Liturgy, as it is a minor order. During the Sixth Hour, after Psalm 90, the reader who is to be ordained subdeacon is presented to the bishop by two other subdeacons, who first lead him to the nave. There he faces east and makes a prostration before turning to make three prostrations towards the bishop, moving further west after each one. He is then led to stand immediately before the bishop. The subdeacons present the orar to the bishop, who blesses it. The ordinand then kisses the orar and the bishop's hand, and the subdeacons vest the ordinand in the orar.
The bishop blesses the ordinand three times with the sign of the Cross upon his head, then lays his right hand upon the ordinand's head and prays the prayer of ordination. The new subdeacon kisses the bishop's right hand and makes a prostration before the bishop, after which the more senior subdeacons drape a towel over his shoulders and present him with a ewer and basin, with which he washes the bishop's hands after the usual manner. The bishop dries his hands and the three subdeacons receive the bishop's blessing and kiss his hands.
The senior subdeacons return to the altar while the new subdeacon, still holding the ewer and basin, stands on the solea, facing the icon of the Mother of God and saying particular prayers quietly. The Sixth Hour is completed and the Divine Liturgy continues as usual. The subdeacon remains on the solea until the Cherubikon, when he and two senior subdeacons wash the bishop's hands as usual.
At the Great Entrance, the new subdeacon joins on the very end of the procession, carrying the ewer and basin and, after the commemorations, takes the blessed water to the people so that they may bless themselves with it. He returns to his place on the solea until the end of the Anaphora, when he re-enters the altar, lays the ewer and basin aside, and joins the other subdeacons.
The ordained subdeacon has the following duties:
- Serving in the altar, generally as the head server
- Co-ordinating and leading the serving team
- Training new altar servers
- Care of the altar area, including
- Cleaning the altar area
- Looking after the vestments of clergy
- Looking after the cloths of the Holy Table, including cleaning, mending and changing them according to feasts, fasts and seasons
- To assist the bishop when he is presiding, by:
- Vesting the bishop
- Holding the bishop's service book
- Carrying the bishop's staff
- Presenting the bishop with the dikiri and trikiri
- Placing eagle rugs on the floor
- Operating the veil and the curtain of the Royal Doors
- Other duties that the bishop may assign
- Any of the duties of a Reader, if required
- Other duties that the priest may assign
As a member of minor clergy, a subdeacon - according to his abilities - might be entrusted with the duties of:
- Cantor
- Catechist
- Other leadership roles in the community.
Subdeacons, like readers, are permitted to wear a cassock, although many do so only when attending services; this is done as a sign of his suppression of his own tastes, will and desires, and his canonical obedience to God, his bishop and the liturgical and canonical norms of the Church. In jurisdictions that utilise clergy shirts, subdeacons may wear a clergy shirt without a collar.
During services, the subdeacon is vested in a sticharion with an orarion tied around his waist, up over his shoulders (forming an X-shaped cross in back), and with the ends hanging down in front, tucked under the section around the waist in an X-shaped cross. In jurisdictions where acolytes are able to wear orarions, they are distinct from subdeacons in that an acolytes orarion hangs straight down in front.
When there is no bishop present, a subdeacon will take the role of acolyte, assisting the priest during religious services in the altar. The only exception to this being that a subdeacon is able to touch the table of oblation and the altar when necessary, though he is not able to move between the Altar and the Holy Doors.
Contemporary practise
In some jurisdictions, a seminarian who has discerned that he does not have a calling to pastoral service can be ordained to the subdiaconate.
On the day that a subdeacon is ordained, he may be required to serve at the Liturgy (particularly if there is a shortage of altar servers). In this case, the taking of the blessed water to the people may be omitted, and he may be asked not to stay on the solea but rather to assist with serving duties in the altar and at the entrances. This will depend on jurisdictional preferences.
Subdeacons are mentioned in canons with age restrictions (of 20 years of age) and prohibitions on marriage after ordinations (like deacons and priests) - e.g., Apostolic canon 26. A variety of methods of 'getting around' the canons have been employed, from blessing acolytes or readers to vest and act as a subdeacon (for a particular service or permanently), or for reserving the formal ordination service to candidates for the diaconate, or for simply ignoring the canons and permitting subdeacons to marry.
It should be noted that a 'blessed' subdeacon may not touch the altar or assume other perogatives of ordained subdeacons outside services.
- Subdeacon Wikipedia article, revision on 4/March/2011.
External link
- Who's Who? in Church Services
- orthodox subdeacon - Google Image Search
- Ordination text tweaked for the Byzantine tradition.
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Media mogul Fuller honoured by uni
Media mogul Simon Fuller, who guided the Spice Girls to stardom, told graduates after receiving an honorary degree: "Value every day, make the most of every day."
Simon, who has also managed figures including David Beckham, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton, gained a doctor of letters from the University of Brighton.
He has amassed a £382 million fortune from a career which has seen him build up the Pop Idol franchise, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
Hastings-born Simon, whose grandfather was a headmaster in the East Sussex seaside town, received his doctorate at the summer graduation awards at the Brighton Dome.
He told graduates: "If you follow your intuition then - trust me - it will work. You'll be better at everything. I have been lucky enough to do what I love to do.
"Value every day, make the most of every day. There's something about youth that you don't quite value time as much, so really make the most of every day.
"Every day is precious, don't waste it."
Carol Burns, the university's registrar and secretary, said: "Simon's is not a rags-to-riches story but it is the story of a young man from a then-sleepy coastal town who was not afraid to take on the most powerful forces in his world."
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Heroic Gul'dan down!
Would like to thank everyone for their efforts so far with the raid merger, I'm happy to say it's a resounding success!
Hoping for continued enjoyment with our Gothic Silence brethren going into Tomb!
Trial Raid Team Merger with Gothic Silence
Hey folks!
I had meant to get this up a while ago, but it always slipped my mind, so apologies for that.
The observant among you will have noticed that Wednesday 15th February's raid has a fair few more players on the invite list than usual. The reason for this, as the title of this post suggests, is that we are currently trialing a raid team merger with the guild Gothic Silence.
I'm sure you are all aware of our own struggles with a stable roster, and we certainly haven't got the breathing room we'd like to maintain solid raiding throughout Nighthold and beyond. As such, we'd been in discussion with our previous sister guilds such as Wicked and Dragonclaw Mercenaries looking to bolster our ranks on the nights we need it.
We were then contacted by the Gothic Silence guild last week, who are in a similar position in terms of raid team size, and general progress in raiding. Following a very amicable and fruitful discussion with their raid leader, we agreed to to proceed with a trial week of merged raid teams.
I assembled the following notes on the discussion, please feel free to take a look if you are curious:
For some context on the guild itself, it was formed back in 2010 by the current GM (Katfairy-Steamwheedle Cartel) and has been a social guild that raids since. From the discussion I've personally had with both Kat and their RL, we have similar mindsets on raiding in general, and well aligned goals for the merger.
Now, onto the raiding itself. Most of this is in the document I linked above, but for the lazy:
- Invites handled via in-game calendar : No change for us, just a few more names on the list.
- Raid leading to be split : Myself and Levimon (GS' RL) will be sharing the raid leading responsibility to start with. On Wednesday, he'll be taking the reins, and I will do Monday for this week. This is to get an idea of our raid leading methods and hopefully we can work together to improve in general.
- Voice Comms via Discord : I would strongly recommend , but you can connect through browser if that takes your fancy. The following is a link to the GS discord channel; we will be using this for comms on Wednesday - it is required: https://discord.gg/2dVavpB
- Personal Loot : No change here
I have been informed that the GS tank/healers are not flexible to DPS at the moment, so we may have to do the heavy lifting initially depending on attendance.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask me directly, or if you'd like to speak directly to the Gothic Silence GM/RL, I can pass you the details.
I hope everyone is as excited as we are to trial this out!
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Just in time! I'd like to thank everyone for the stellar effort tonight to make this happen, not just once, but TWICE in a single night for Vash's sake.
I hope we can maintain this momentum into Nighthold in just over a week's time!
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The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
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The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
http://XmasDVD.com - Watch Christmas clips, movies, commercials, cartoons and more, online all year long!
FINALLY!! We've pretty much had it on a loop here for the past few weeks!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
The Education system in china is powerful and horrible. They can do everything illegal that they want to do.*To non-special class(grass root class), any struggling would cause victims' disaster. *The ending always is that *the kids will lose their school(no school would receive this kid). *So, many many family choice *suffering in silence.
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Education*system*in*china*is*powerful*and*horrible .*They*can*do*everything*illegal*that*they*want*to *do.*To*non-special*class(grass*root*class),*any*struggling*wo uld*cause*victims'*disaster.*The*ending*always*is* that**the*kids*will*lose*their*school(no*school*wo uld*receive*this*kid).*So*many*many*family*choice* *suffering*in*silence.


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Motorola i730 / i733 / i710 / i720 / i740
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Average Ratings
Not too happy
I have been a Nextel subscriber for 10+ years, I had an i1000 for long time. Eventually I needed something with a large contact base. I was sold the i710. At first I was very happy with the whole color scheme and ringtones, however the signal wasn't as great as my i1000 and the first time I dropped it I had to file a claim. a couple of months later I dropped it again and same thing happened the screen cracks when the phone is dropped..hence cheap plastic housing.
Color Screen
Decent Battery Time
Cheap Housing
Poor quality control at time of assembly
Key pad backlight reflects too much onto keypad
Poor signal strenght
i730 is my FAVORITE nextel
idk why this guy is hatin on the i730 so much i mean its a sexy phone and it very very DURABLE. i mean i had a i730 when it first came out and it still wokrs perfectly. its a classic phone. i love the design too.. plus the custom ringtones are great u can put ur own songs in ur phone thats great. i like to say that i730s are like Honda Civics because its so customizeable lol.. theres many ways to personalize ur i730.. so in opinion i730 is a great phone.
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below poor recption
I tried a new company because I was disappointed in sprint then they combined. GREAT I have had the phone for almost 2 yrs. It's horrible!! The reception is terrible, and the battery is even worse have to charge it at least once a day!!! The only pro was getting the data cable but ringtones that you load on it are hard to here, poor speaker. Basically nextel wouldn't do anything about it. I am counting the days till I can smash it with a hammer, set on fire, then throw it away because no one should own the stupid phone. Speaker phone cuts out, because you have to turn it up so load that the mic thinks the person talking o the other end is actually talking into it. Then you get robot voice/ chirp voice on direct connect, worthless for personal users!! Never get even for free
solid phone
I liked this phone, its solid, and good for big guys like myself who fat finger stupid tiny buttons! great call quality, signal, and its tough. I dropped it several times. And its heavy! you notice if its missing in your pocket, and when it hits the ground so it wont drop out of your pocket or purse without notice. Sounds silly but, I'd rather have a less attractive clunky phone thats tough than a pretty razr that breaks if you fart in its general direction
i got good reception, but then again, all nextel phones do. their better than sprit , t mobile, immix, or any of those other piece of junk companies. NEXTEL is GOD!! well, anyways, this phone has a good color display and about 12 ringtones. VERY, VERY durible, on dropping, and getting run over by cars. screen gets scratched easily, and has bad battery life. otherwise, its an ok phone.
The Motorola i710 was the first cell phone I ever had. First off it is impossible for any phone on Nextels service, no matter how awesome it is, to get on my good side. I absolutely HATE Nextel, and you should too. My phone bills were always between 70-80$ because of all the enormous taxes, and I had Nextel's Free Incomming/300 plan. Plus I paid 70$ for the phone with a 2 year agreement. Very expensive. About the phone though briefly:
-*Relativley* small for a Nextel
-Decent battery life....for a nextel.
-Almost no reception. Period.
-Still very bulky for a flip phone
-Small poor quality screen
-Terrible speakerphone quality
-PTT times out almost every time you use it
-Charger port breaks from frequent use
-Glue(wtf?!?!) holding antenna housing inside the phone wears off and the antenna comes out all the time.
-Insufficient onboard memory. I could only store 5-6 ringtones on my phone.
-Very pricy...but then again all Nextel phones are.
-And of course you have to charge it about (no joke) every 3-4 hours.
To sum it up, you can get a far better phone, for less money, and better service with any other carrier. Sometimes that DirectConnect feature just isn't worth the hassle. This phone makes a GREAT paperweight now though! =D
the worst phone ever
when I first got this phone a few years back, I was so excited because all my friends also had Nextel and we had the silly notion that it would be more convenient to use the walkie-talkie feature with each other. Little did we know how annoying it was. This phone is WAY too loud, way too bulky, heavy, and has a tiny screen. The i730 has close to no interesting features and it's not worth the extra money to buy the phone because of course Nextel does not have any special free phones that come with their plans. The reception was terrible no matter where I went. The only good thing about this phone was that it was very sturdy--I dropped it at least once every week but it still survived for 2 years.
This Phone is G-A-R-B-A-G-E!!!
I thought this phone was going to be equally (well) put together like the other phones from Nextel; seeing as how ALL of my friends have Nextel phones.
So...I joined the bandwagon! Never Again!
*Loud speakerphone
*Loud Ringtones
Hmm...thats about it!
*Pretty much everything from the screen, to the text messaging (I'd get a text like 4 days later after it was sent). :(
*How many calls did I drop?????
Anywho...this phone is FREE for a reason. And in this case, the best things in life arent free at Nextel.
Mother of Garbage
Motorola should be ashame of themselves and refund everyone that has purchase this piece of garbage!!!!!!!!
don't seem so bad
I carried this phone for 2 years and i admit the A version was bad(low resolution,wallpapers could not be deleted) but i replaced it with a T version and I was happy with it for the most part. The phone took some abuse over 2 years(i admit,i grenaded my phone a couple of times) i had some good days and bad days, but like all phone providers i dont care what they claim they all have bad service in certain areas! and there are a few bad units when they are made. its a good phone durable,kinda water resistant, i was un happy over the screen size but resolution was good. the newer phones offer some much more i dont see why nextel still sells this phone. it was good for its time. the second generation falcon phones do get better reception but for the times i moved on to the i850 cause i guess? im a nextel soldier


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"The Myth of Israel's Insecurity" is an essay that traces the history of the underlying premises of Zionism. It shows how those premises have kept Jews locked in conflict, and therefore insecure, since the beginning of the Zionist movement.
The essay is in three parts:
1. The Zionist myth of Insecurity.
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[June 10, 2014]
The Lincoln Park District hosted the annual Lincoln D.A.R.E./Nathan
Turner Memorial Fishing Clinic on Tuesday evening. Once again Herb
Dryer from the Illinois Department of Conservation presented the
class. Herb and Roy Logan of the Park District estimated that this
was the 15th year the clinic has been held. Nathan
Turner's family is also a sponsor of the clinic for kids and adults.
Nancy Turner, Nathan's mom, started the event by explaining that the
fishing clinic is held each year in honor of Nathan and to bring the
joy of fishing to families. Nathan was a lifelong fisherman and
member of the Park District. She said Nathan would have been proud
of the wonderful program.
Herb Dryer is a lifelong advocate of fishing. "It is a hobby boys
and girls can enjoy for life," he said. "Families can have fun
together anywhere, and you don't have to have a lot of fancy
equipment." Dryer stressed that safety is of prime importance when
fishing. A person needs to be aware of their environment and be very
careful when casting. If there are a lot of other people in the
area, a person may have to modify their cast to ensure the hook
doesn't catch on a person. "Holding the pole vertically against your
body when removing a fish is important," Dryer said. "It ensures
that no one will step on your gear as might happen if you place it
on the ground." He also mentioned that some fish have sharp spines
so knowing what kind of fish has been caught and how to hold it
safely is important to avoid getting jabbed with a needle-like
Dryer said that catching a fish is exciting, the most satisfying
part of fishing. To this end, having the correct equipment is vital.
Bluegill, the Illinois state fish, is a popular fish to catch, but
they have a very small mouth. If that is your quarry, then a very
small hook, a tiny piece of bait, and a small bobber are essential.
Dryer said he is an impatient fisherman. If he doesn't get a bite in
thirty seconds or so, he will gently move his line a few feet to
test another area. The small fish like to hide in weeds and branches
to avoid larger fish, so knowing where to cast is vital. "It's all
about catching fish," Dryer said. "When you get a bite, tug gently
on the pole to set the hook, and then reel it in."
After a demonstration of how to tie a hook to a fishing line using
the improved clinch knot, Dryer passed out large hooks and line for
everyone to practice. Kids and their parents put their heads
together to practice knot tying.
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Finally, Herb Dryer talked about the ethical issues involved with
fishing. Because many areas have limits on the size of fish that can
be caught and kept, it is essential to know the State of Illinois
rules for each species of fish. Therefore, being able to identify
fish and having a measuring device handy are important. "We want to
make sure we maintain a healthy fish population for the future, so
releasing undersize fish is important," he said. "Also, we don't
want to keep fish we have caught when it is spawning season for that
species." Dryer also stressed that it is important never to throw
live bait fish in a pond or stream. They can contaminate the water
with unwanted species. "And, clean up the area where you have been
fishing before you leave," he said.
This Saturday, kids and their parents will get to put all of the
knowledge they learned at the fishing clinic to good use at the
Nathan Turner Youth Fishing Derby at Hickory Lane Campground in
Atlanta. The free event will have lots of fishing poles for the kids
to use and help from expert volunteers. The event runs from 9:00
a.m. to noon.
[By CURT FOX]
Nathan Turner was a young leader serving his community near
and far as a Lincoln alderman and involved in international
humanitarian outreach at the time of his untimely death in 2010.
Resolution honoring Alderman Nathan Turner
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Will LED Lights be Your Only Light Source by 2020?
In this discussion from the ECO:nomics conference, panelist talk about how LEDs will transform the lighting industry.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Carriers are using every spin on words they can in every advertising medium possible to try to hook consumers into expensive multi-year contracts and many don't want you to know that although they may promise you the "Best Coverage" or "Fastest 4G Network" in reality people are constantly getting stuck with service that is nothing close to exceptional.
But don't fret there are three amazing free web services that give you coverage maps you can rely on. I remember when I started using AT&T I checked my neighborhood on their coverage map and it said "Best Coverage" which is their highest level of service quality and for months they told me the dropped calls, failed call attempts and bad voice quality was just an issue specific to me or my phone.
Come to find out they were pulling my leg because I looked at the following sites and signal and speed data from hundreds of customers on AT&T in my neighborhood and surrounding areas showed the service sucked.
Open Signal
Open Signal is a free crowd-source open coverage map platform which means users install an app on their phone which checks real service quality in 2G/3G/LTE and conduct speed tests to give true coverage data showing you how your current carrier or potential new carrier stacks up in your neighborhood or city.
In my opinion Open Signal appears to have the most data of any platform.
Note: Feel free to install their app and test signal in your current city/neighborhood so their coverage map grows in accuracy and that way it benefits other considering getting service with your carrier.
Sensorly was probably my favorite crowd-source coverage map tool because not only does their mobile app check for cell service levels and speeds but it can also use the wifi chip in your phone to scan for open/free wifi networks in your city/neighborhood to help build a map showing where the most wifi is deployed. Sensorly goes further than Open Signal in that it has a Trip Mode that lets you run it while doing trips so it can plot signals over maps while Open Signal can do the same it seems Sensorly's app works better and provides more data when moving.
Note: Like Open Signal you can Install Sensorly and help grow their data for the benefit of yourself and others
Root Metrics was my least favorite crowd-sourced tool because it had the least amount of settings on the app side although their website came in second place when it came to the amount of data they had on various carriers and how complete their maps were.
Note: Help grow Root Metrics data by installing their Android App or iPhone App.
All in all if looking for a carrier I would suggest using Open Signal Map while also looking at the data Root Metric's has to offer and consider them both when deciding on a new carrier. Notably of the carriers coverage maps I found AT&T's to be the least honest while Verizon was more honest and Sprint and T-Mobile seemed somewhat honest. Small carriers like Cricket and MetroPCS seemed to have inaccurate coverage maps too and I assume the carriers with the least honest coverage maps are not using real signal level data to show coverage but instead have some sort of "Coverage Projection" that they guess based on cell tower placement with no consideration for interference from freeways, adjacent towers or buildings or just faulty older equipment.
If you are already stuck with a carrier providing you horrible service consider reading your wireless contract as there are usually portions you can use to your advantage for instance AT&T has a part that covers their liability during service interruptions and I have personally used that since if they are claiming "Best Coverage" yet not providing it then that's clearly an interruption in the service they promised.


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I'm 14 weeks pregnant with my first and suffering from HG. It started almost immediately and hasn't let up since. We (my partner Joey and I) live in Australia and fell pregnant on our first big trip together to the US. The nausea was instant and unbearable. My poor beautiful fiancé had to cut our trip short and carry me back home, crying and vomiting, on a 18 hour flight. Possibly the worst day of my life.
For the first month it was almost unbearable. I went to live with my parents as Joey had to work and I was in no state to take care of myself. I was admitted for fluids numerous times, lost 12kgs and tried every medication under the sun. Still I was vomiting 4, 5, 6, 7 times a day. I did, what I've read many of you did, and wished, hoped and prayed for miscarriage. All I've ever wanted to be is a mum and suddenly I found myself cursing the day that stupid sperm found my stupid egg. Oh the guilt. I felt like a monster. How could I be such a monster?
Over last few weeks it has subsided enough to allow me to work on and off. I'm surprised how well I fell when I'm there. I put on a happy face and tell people I'm doing much better. They offer me ginger biscuits and dry crackers and I politely accept and let them think they have cured the poor girl of her morning sickness. But the days after... Oh the days after I feel 1000x worse. Last week I was there three days and spent the next 2 two with my head in the toilet. I sleep 12-14 hours a day just because I can't bear to be awake. I want to quit my job but money is tight. And with little one on the way I feel like I would be failing him completely.
The last few days I have not been able to drag myself out of bed. I just lay here and cry and wish I had never gotten pregnant. Is wasn't supposed to be this hard! I watch my poor tired, exhausted fiancé drag himself off to work knowing full well he will have to come home and put a load of laundry on. Make dinner for himself and eat it alone in the kitchen. Do the dishes, tidy up and come to bed just in time to hold my hair back while I vomit for the umpteenth time that day and cry myself to sleep. I have never felt more guilty and useless in my life. I want to help him. I just can't. Even worse than that is the guilt I feel when he tells me he misses me. He looks deep into my eyes, stroked my hair and I know he's thinking "she's just not there". I feel like I've left him all alone to deal with this. I know that this must be just as hard for him. I want to support him and take care of him but all I can do is cry.
So I guess the point of my post is - please someone tell me it will get better. Tell me to stick work out for just a couple more weeks and things will be fine. Tell me Joey doesn't hate me for doing this to us. Tell me my friends will forgive for ignoring their problems for the past 3 months. Just tell me I can do it and it will all be worth it in the end. Ok?


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UK Cheapest Impact Vests
Impact / Wake / Ski Vests
An Impact Vest is designed primarily for protection and freedom of movement rather than buoyancy. They do, however, offer up to 50N of buoyancy in some cases. Impact Vests are intended for use during high-speed watersports by intermediate to advanced riders where potential injury could occur from coming into contact with the water (or obstacles / equipment) hard. Impact Vests are tight fitting so that they stay put during a fall and many have no openings so are pulled over the head rather than zipped or buckled up. Impact vests are generally thinner than Buoyancy Aids and often have visible panels for added protection in critical areas of the torso and spine.
Buoyancy Aids
A Buoyancy Aid is designed to make life easier if you are taking part in any water sport that involves you actually being in the water a reasonable amount. A Buoyancy Aid will assist you greatly in terms of being able to tread water, but generally speaking you still need to be able to swim in order to stay afloat. A Good Buoyancy Aid will also provide a certain amount of insulation on cold days and most will provide varying amounts of impact protection depending on their design and the materials used. The accepted standard for a Buoyancy Aid is that is provides 50N of floatation and that it is ISO-approved. Buoyancy Aids are worn like a jacket and fasten at the front or side with either snap buckles or zips (or both). As with most things, you get what you pay for and we recommend that you should always spend as much as you can comfortably afford. The more expensive PFD's are made from higher quality materials, are more comfortable, and have more adjustments / features.
Life Jackets
A Life Jacket differs from a Buoyancy Aid in that it is designed primarily to keep you afloat, even if you can't swim, and to rotate you onto your back if you are unconscious so that your head is held above water and you can breathe. For this reason, Life Jackets tend to be bulky and have a pronounced head / neck support plus straps to ensure that the jacket does not come off if the user is thrown into the water at speed. Wearing a Life Jacket for most recreational water sports is impractical (and can be quite uncomfortable), but using them on a boat or for kayaking is perfect, and if you want to tow younger kids in towable inflatables then we also recommend Life Jackets for this purpose too.


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Essential Tools for Home Organization
Organizing is hands-on work! You can save valuable running around time by assembling a few basic tools before you start an organizing project. To take a room from cluttered to cleansed, you need the following tools:
Sorting tools: You can probably find these tools lying around your house! For sorting, you need four large bins. Purchase paper in four different colors (like neon yellow, green, orange, and pink), and using a dark-colored marker, label the signs with large block letters: STAY, MOVE, SHARE, and GO. As your SHARE and GO bins fill up with items, periodically transfer the contents to trash bags. Label your trash bags so your SHARE pile doesn't end up in the trash.
Installation tools: You can accomplish most projects with a hammer, Phillips screwdriver, flathead screwdriver, measuring tape, level, and drill. Spending $50 at the local hardware store can easily round out your tool collection.
Finishing tools: When it's time to put your items away, select the proper containers (such as bins, boxes, or baskets) based on the size and characteristics of the items they'll contain. You can save money and be eco-friendly by repurposing existing containers such as shoe boxes, crates, or canisters. And don't forget to label each container.