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It's been less than a year since celebrity stylist Vernon François (who works with A-listers like Lupita Nyong'o and Kerry Washington, NBD) launched his own haircare line, but he's already expanding the range of standout stylers with the launch of the Whipped Deep Conditioner. Like the rest of the products in the line, this newbie is geared towards curly, kinky, textured strands, though thanks to a formula packed with reparative and nourishing ingredients, it's choice for any and all hair types that have been exposed to damaging heat or color.
"We know what damaged hair needs and responds to, so we used a combination of high-quality ingredients that all work together," says François of the formula. We're talking strengthening keratin amino acids and smoothing black oak extract, coupled with antioxidant-rich green tea and ginseng extracts to prevent color fading, and conditioning jojoba, castor, and sweet almond oils.
And of course, true to the product name, the consistency is delightfully whipped and airy (keeping in line with all the foams we're currently seeing in the beauty sphere right now). François likens it to melted marshmallows. "Conditioning is a luxurious process for women," he says. "It's psychological, something you do when you want to invest in yourself." Still, the texture does more than just create an indulgent sensory experience: "It makes it easier to apply and distribute the conditioner through even the thickest of hair, which means it will work better," he adds. Adding to the luxury? The scent, which is a creamy blend of grapefruit and vanilla.
Because the Whipped Deep Conditioner works with all hair types, we had two Allure staffers with different textures give it a test run: Monica Perry, our digital production manager who has natural textured, curly hair (you can see her curls above), and Liz Denton, our senior digital editor who gets her fine, wavy, frizz-prone hair bleached once a month (her current shade of pastel pink is shown below). After leaving it in for 30 minutes (the label recommends 20 to 30 minutes depending on texture) and rinsing it out, Monica found it left her hair soft, a lot less frizzy, and way easier to detangle. "The only downside was the scent, which I found to be a bit intense, especially when you have to leave it in for that long," she explains. (However, Monica also admits that she's not a big fan of perfume or perfumed beauty products in general.)
Liz, on the other hand, didn't mind the scent, and certainly didn't mind how manageable it left her hair: "Between the bleach and the constant pastel hair dye, my hair texture is dry and rough. Plus, it's naturally frizzy in the first place," she says. "After washing my hair twice, I applied the deep conditioner, focusing it more on my ends. I left it in for 20 minutes, rinsed, and was pleasantly surprised at how soft my hair felt. Usually I need to add two different serums to get a comb through my hair, but it was super easy to brush out. It didn't feel heavy either, and my hair actually has smooth body today."
If you decide to pick this up, consider using it once or twice weekly, depending on how dry or damaged your hair is. To even further maximize the strand-saving benefits, François suggests applying it on damp hair and covering for 15 to 20 minutes to create some heat — that will help open the cuticle of the hair and allow the product to better penetrate. Then, before rinsing, let your hair cool off completely. This closes the cuticle, locking in the formula's conditioning agents, he explains.
You can pick up Vernon François' Whipped Deep Conditioner starting today on his website, us.vernonfrancois.com, for $39.
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This guide summarizes the most important things you need to know about home insurance and provides links to additional information in case you need a deeper understanding of certain points.
Shopping for homeowners coverage can be confusing at first, and Insurance.com simplifies the process for you. If any terms are unfamiliar, review our glossary of home and renter insurance to get comfortable.
What is homeowners insurance?
Homeowners insurance coverage for personal property
Additional living expenses (ALE)
Home liability and umbrella insurance
Home insurance for different types of homes
Home insurance for renters and landlords
Determining home insurance rates
Tips for buying homeowners insurance
Home insurance provides two critical things to policyholders in the event of a loss:
For example, if a tree falls on your roof, a fire destroys your kitchen, or a friend injurers himself slipping on your rug, the insurance policy pays for your loss when you file a claim.
Standard home insurance coverage, often referred to as an HO-3 policy, provides reasonable protection for the average homeowner. Some policies even cover unusual home insurance claims, and it is possible to purchase additional protection to fit your needs.
It isn't necessary to actually own your home to benefit from homeowners insurance; condominium owners and renters also buy these policies. Your home insurance can help pay for many costly problems including:
Yes. Your mortgage lender will require you to purchase homeowners insurance to protect the property, unless you are buying a home outright, in cash,.
For most people, it is worthwhile to spend some money on home insurance to replace personal property and/or defend against a liability suit in order to avoid draining savings should a serious problem arise.
Be sure you have enough homeowners insurance to rebuild a house of similar quality and/or replace your belongings in the event of a serious disaster. Common personal property coverage levels include:
Actual cash value: Replaces possessions at their current value, deducting depreciation for items you have owned for a long time, up to your policy limit.
Replacement cost: Covers the current cost of replacing your possessions, without any depreciation deduction, up to your policy limit.
Guaranteed replacement cost: Covers the current cost of replacing your possessions, without any depreciation deduction, up to about 20 percent above your policy limit.
Generally, personal property is covered between 40 and 75 percent of your structure's rebuilding value. While this is a reasonable starting point for many people, your own needs for personal property insurance may vary.
Although it can cost about 10% more to buy replacement cost coverage, many homeowners appreciate the security that it offers.
Typical home policies offer coverage for the following perils:
Fire or lightning. Take an inventory your possessions, and evaluate the cost to replace your most important items in the event of a major disaster, such as a home fire. Review your home fire insurance coverage policy details.
Power outage. This benefit is often limited to your personal property coverage amount and may be even lower for items such as spoiled food. Understand the home insurance ramifications of a power outage by reviewing our article power outage insurance.
Wind or hail. Wind and hail are among the most common and costly insurance claims. Learn what protections winter home insurance coverage provides.
Theft. Your tangible personal property is covered by hour home insurance, but there are limits on reimbursement for money, bank notes, gold, silver and other items. It is also common for some personal property to be excluded, such as animals, motor vehicles and property belonging to any boarders or tenants.
Additional perils are covered by home insurance policies. Review homeowners insurance policy types and what they cover.
Beyond standard homeowners coverage, some people buy separate insurance for the following:
Flood. This insurance can be purchased through an online home insurance quote, your insurance agent, or directly through the U.S. government's National Flood Insurance Program. Flood coverage can be important, but may not cover all flood insurance claims.
Water back-up. Most insurers offer optional coverage for property damage that results from sewer or drain back-ups.
Earthquake. Depending upon where you live, you may be at higher or lower risk for earthquake damage. Earthquake insurance policies typically have high deductibles, but the coverage can be important if a significant quake causes serious damage.
Ordinance. Construction building codes evolve over time and if you need to rebuild an older home, you might find it expensive to comply with stricter ordinances or laws. Optional ordinance or law coverage is designed to pay a set amount to help offset these construction costs.
If you experience serious damage to your home, it is sometimes necessary to live elsewhere while repairs are underway. Standard home insurance provides some amount for additional living expenses that occur when you are displaced. ALE insurance covers you when your expenses exceed your ordinary living expenses. Coverage limits vary by insurance carrier, many policies provide reimbursement for:
Commonly, ALE amounts are paid up to 20% of your total homeowner policy. It is often possible to purchase additional coverage, if desired. Be warned: should your home be unlivable due to neglect, ALE benefits could be denied.
Your homeowners liability coverage pays to defend you if you are sued by someone who is injured on your property or who suffers property damage as a result of you, your family members or pets. Many home policies offer a minimum of $100,000 in liability protection.
This may seem like a large amount of coverage, but Jury Verdict Research data indicates that about 13 percent of personal injury awards or settlements reach $1,000,000 or more. If you are a high-net-worth homeowner, you may be more likely to attract lawsuits. If you aren't wealthy, a large judgment could be disastrous for your finances.
For these reasons, homeowners with moderate to high assets choose excess liability, or umbrella insurance policies. This coverage kicks in when standard home liability limits are reached, providing additional protection.
Whether you own a manufactured home, old home, condo or rental property, your insurance needs may differ. Costs to repair damage to a manufactured home may vary from costs associated with repairs to an historic home, and your insurance premiums are likely to reflect these risk estimates. Examples of special considerations include:
For a clear understanding of insurance recommendations for your home, read Insurance.com's article on homeowners insurance for various types of homes.
Today's renters may find that they are required to buy renters insurance as a matter of course, and it's not a bad idea to protect your personal property even if you aren't responsible for the structure of your dwelling.
Landlords, whether they are simply renting out a home in their house (such as serving as an airbnb host), or renting out an entire building, are wise to supplement their homeowner policy with landlord insurance or airbnb insurance. Standard homeowner insurance does not provide protection to those who are in the business of renting their property.
The biggest factors influencing the cost of homeowners insurance are:
Your home's location and value are also factored in when calculating your insurance premium. Many other items are assessed as well, including:
For more information on how homeowner premiums are determined, review some of the main factors affecting your home insurance rate. Insurance.com provides details on average home insurance rates by state; compare your current policy cost to the typical premium in your area.
Surcharges are additional fees, above your base premium, that are added to your home insurance rate to cover special risks associated with your property. The following items may be viewed as posing an extra risk:
Swimming pool insurance is important, but be sure to do everything possible to prevent a problem. If you install a pool, update the "other structures" portion of your home insurance coverage.
Home insurance can help cover your liability costs if your pet damages someone else's property or causes an injury to a person outside your home. Some insurance companies exclude certain pets, so be sure yours is covered by your policy or shop for new insurance.
It is important to disclose your pets when you purchase your homeowners insurance and essential that you notify your insurer when you add a pet to your household. To gain a better understanding of pets and how they can impact your home insurance, read our article on home insurance and pets.
Take reasonable steps to protect your home from natural disasters and avoid filing small home insurance claims if you have the resources to cover small losses on your own.
Discounts on homeowners insurance are available, and sophisticated shoppers should always ask about them. Potential discounts on home insurance include:
To learn more about how to save on your home insurance, explore Insurance.com's list of discounts worth pursuing, including bundling your home and auto insurance.
Compare home insurance rates and coverage options before you need to make a claim. Insurance.com's guide to buying homeowners insurance can help you determine your coverage needs and explains how to save on your policy.
Once you choose the best home insurance, be sure to review your policy at least every two years to adjust your coverage, as needed. Factor in:
If you're like most people, your insurance needs change over time and it's critical to be properly protected for your current situation, in the event of a loss. If your existing coverage no longer meets your needs or provides the best value, it is relatively easy to switch and cancel your home insurance.

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Talking about jobs
The aims of this lesson are to provide practice of the vocabulary of jobs and of reading and speaking skills. The lesson is based around a jigsaw reading exercise on a text about a survey of hairdressers. It introduces the topic of jobs with discussion and a dictation, then asks learners to identify and exchange information.


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How to Avoid Epic Throwdowns in the Office
We've all witnessed it in one form or another – either an epic battle of backstabbing and hushed conversations behind closed doors or the all-out, blood-drawing brawl on the shop floor; (okay I haven't seen that but I haven't spent much time on trading floors – or was that just a DiCaprio thing?). In any case, if you're more of…
We've all witnessed it in one form or another – either an epic battle of backstabbing and hushed conversations behind closed doors or the all-out, blood-drawing brawl on the shop floor; (okay I haven't seen that but I haven't spent much time on trading floors – or was that just a DiCaprio thing?).
In any case, if you're more of a lover than a fighter and would prefer to take a Jedi Master approach to life to get where or what you want without the mental (or physical!) exertion, then this one's for you. I'll warn you, this might take a little bit of restraint but remember; discipline is like a muscle – the more you use it, the stronger you get..!
It's actually pretty incredible; we humans are quite scientific when it comes down to our personalities and our hard-wired tendencies. How we interact with others, how we process information, and how we absorb the outrageous amounts of data pouring through our sensory system every millisecond is actually quite simple to dissect.
The key here is to recognise and accept that not everyone is the same as you (shock, horror!). In order to be a true Jedi Master, you have to understand how to best navigate negotiations with others to reach them speaking their language (not just your own!).
Most people can be categorised into one of four core personality categories: Dominant, Influential, Steady, or Conscientious. Now, this is by no means a mutually exclusive model; you can be a blend of all 4 categories however usually, there is one category that stands out as the 'driver' and can be identified by any innocent bystander with little observation.
Without getting too fancy (as this has the potential to be a very long post) let me break down the basics:
Types and their Visible Traits:
Dominant – The D Behaviour Style tends to be direct and decisive. They would prefer to lead than follow, and tend towards leadership and management positions. They tend to have high self-confidence and are risk takers and problem solvers, which enables others to look to them for decisions and direction. They tend to be self-starters. Dead Giveaway: Look for those who think about big picture goals and tangible results. They are bottom-line organizers that can lead an entire group in one direction. Often very direct and get to the point succinctly.
Influential – The I Behaviour Style is not afraid to be the centre of attention. They are enthusiastic, optimistic, talkative, persuasive, impulsive and emotional. This Personality Type will trust others naturally, truly enjoys being around others, and functions best when around people and working in teams. Dead Giveaway: Look for those who go out of their way to keep things light, avoid and negotiate conflict and keep the peace. They keep environments positive with their enthusiasm and positive sense of humor.
Steady – The S Behaviour Type is known for being steady, stable, and predictable. They are even-tempered, friendly, sympathetic with others, and very generous with loved ones. The S is understanding and listens well. Preferring close, personal relationships, the S is very open with loved ones, but can also be possessive at times and hold them close. Dead Giveaway: Look for patient, and good listeners, who want to work with teams in a harmonious way.They tend to be compliant towards authority and a loyal team player. They do not enjoy being the centre of attention.
Conscientious – The C Behaviour types are accurate, precise, detail-oriented, and conscientious. They think very analytically and systematically and make decisions carefully with plenty of research and information to back it up. The C has very high standards for both themselves and others. Due to the fact that they focus on the details and see what many other styles do not, they tend to be good problem solvers and very creative people. Dead Giveaway: Look for preference for exact figures and details. They work to ensure highest quality and accuracy and can sometimes come across as being overly pedantic.
How to Best Speak Their Language:
Dominant – Be direct, to the point, and brief. Focus on tangible points and talk about "what" instead of "how". Focus on business instead of social topics and try to be results oriented. Make suggestions for how to achieve the goal instead of talking about why it won't work. Try to think like a D, be confident and focus on problem solving and big-picture outcomes.
Influential – They are motivated by the approval, flattery, praise, popularity or acceptance by others. It's important to build rapport and be friendly. Approach them in a favourable and friendly environment. Give them plenty of opportunity to verbalize their ideas, as they usually have very create thoughts and are great problem solvers. Allow time for sociable activities at work, they are great motivators of others.
Steady – Try to be personable and build rapport. The sooner they feel comfortable with you, the sooner they will open up to you, especially if they see genuine interest in them as a person. Provide them with specifics and clarifications for tasks they are asked to do and try to explain the "how" questions. They desire sincere appreciation for their acts of kindness and security in both situations and environments. They enjoy repetition and patterns and time to adjust to change if it must occur.
Conscientious – Pay attention to the details because this is what the C focuses on. When you can support a statement or idea with accurate data or examples that is helpful. Be systematic and logical in your thinking and planning and specific when agreeing or disagreeing. When disagreeing, work with facts instead of people examples.
There you have it – with the wave of your hand and a 'this is not the drone you're looking for' you'll have managed to open up a whole new world of communication and heightened awareness for yourself!
Psst – This is only a little scratch on the surface – for more info check out DISC profiling or send us an email for a custom DISC profile assessment!


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Friday, August 26, 2011
Green Monsters & Shape Monsters
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Thanks for sharing these cute ideas! I have a monster theme in my first grade this year and had planned to read "Go Away, Big Green Monster." Now I have a project to do with it (plus a math activity.)
You are SO welcome! I hope that you and your kiddos have fun! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to start our Monster unit next week!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 5:37 AM
Hi Jamie,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the awesome ideas! I would like make the super cute monster glyphs with my kiddos but this teacher cannot cut a perfect circle to save her life! DO you have templates you would share?
♥ you monster shape glyphs!!!! So glad I found your blog!!!!ReplyDelete
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Mrs. Fleenor & Katie-Thank you SO much! :)ReplyDelete
Jana-I do not have a template for the shape monsters. Those are dicut shapes. Sorry.
This is so cute! Thanks for sharing your idea and the documents!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 21, 2012 at 3:52 AM
Thanks for the idea! I did this activity today with my Preps. It looks great on display.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2012 at 11:36 AM
I can not download the templates. Do I need to sign up for anything?ReplyDelete
I love the idea, but I can't download it from Scribd. :-( We're getting ready to study shapes, and it's a great activity!ReplyDelete
I love all the picture, drawing you posted on this blog site. This is the reason why we want to have our own collections. Nice creativity!!!ReplyDelete


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Embrace the Fire
It is time to embrace the fire!
The Lord is calling many to change, calling, come closer, walk faster, stand longer, fight harder. He is calling for us to reach out and take the promise, to take what belongs to us. For many of us this is an exciting yet frightening time. Because it means we have to change and embrace the fire.
In times of change it can be difficult to let go and move on. Nevertheless, the Lord is calling, tugging at us, wanting us to move forward. Now if you are like me, I like my comfort zone, it feels good. However, I do want what God has for me, so therefore I want to follow Him wherever he leads me.
Which brings me to this, we must go through the fire, and learn to embrace it. God is the fire (Hebrew 12:29). Therefore, in coming closer to God is coming closer to fire. Now the fire is good, even though it may scare us. But the fire is a time of testing, purging, and refining. Hmm, refined I like that one. Like fine silver and gold, purged, to remove impurities, tested for strength, and refined to shine with His light. Polished and melded into God's work of art. What more could we ask for? For now our feet are walking in His way, following His path. Even though it may be scary or sometimes even painful, the fire will merely burn away things that were hiding and holding us back. And when we embrace the fire, we come out stronger, purer, better…
So let us embrace the fire, and let God be our consuming fire, knowing that He is standing there with us. Be blessed my friends!
Hebrews 12:29 : For our God is a consuming fire.
Malachi 3:2-3 But who can endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like launderer's soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Zechariah 2:5 For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.


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WHILE on bail and a court curfew, a major drug trafficker used his light plane and a Ferrari to shuttle between Melbourne and a clandestine lab in regional Victoria to oversee production for his ice and amphetamine network, a court heard yesterday.
Mohammed Charif Oueida, aka Sherif Lobau, whose $2.8 million fortress-like Greenvale home came complete with a golf course, was shot on the day he was due before court last year as part of a battle involving Middle Eastern crime families in Melbourne's west over the control of drug money, the County Court heard.
Lebanese-born Oueida, 36, was described in court as having an Alan Bond-type character - he lived a lavish life, drove a Hummer or Ferrari 360 Spyder and flew his Beechcraft Bonanza light aircraft.
But at other times, Oueida was a kidnap victim, he was shot at by a rival using a gold-plated Beretta pistol, or he talked up timber deals in the Solomon Islands or building projects in Pakistan.
"He's a terrible show-off," defence barrister Remy ven de Wiel, QC, said. "A multi-millionaire today and they are broke tomorrow."
Oueida's empire came undone thanks in large measure to the bravery of an undercover police operative, codenamed UCO232, from Taskforce Rossa, a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and the Australian Crime Commission, the court heard.
"He chose to play the game ... what brought him undone was the brave effort of an undercover police officer who put his life at risk to infiltrate and deal with people who were prepared to use extreme violence," prosecutor Richard Pirrie said.
On one occasion, as Oueida was on a lunch adjournment from a court hearing last year for a separate shoot-out at Coolaroo, he took an $80,000 cash payment from UCO232 for a drugs shipment.
"Oueida had plenty of money, he had a lifestyle beyond extravagant," Mr Pirrie said.
"He was at the top of the tree on his side of the (drug network's) equation."
He gave one of his associates a Lexus car and another a Range Rover as he organised thousands of packets of "Chinese pseudo pills" - cold and flu tablets processed for their pseudoephedrine - and sold a wholesale value of $740,000 in illicit drugs in 2010, the court heard.
Mr Pirrie, in calling for a sentence of up to 11 years, said Oueida was a willing player who had used his sophisticated network to build a fortune.
"This is offending at a very high level," he said.
Judge Liz Gaynor will sentence Oueida, who has pleaded guilty, next Thursday.
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The Condusiv blog shares insight into the issues surrounding system and application
performance—and how I/O optimization software is breaking new ground in solving
those issues.
Slow medical record load times were hurting ER and overall patient care hospital-wide.
Ryan Barker was responsible for overseeing the MEDITECH EHR systems at Hancock Regional. As he put it, "You can imagine how dire the situation can be, particularly in the ER. My users can't spare precious seconds waiting for data to load and records to save."
Ryan was considering doing what most admins do when facing a performance issue - throw more hardware at the problem. While considering a forklift upgrade of the SAN that wasn't in budget, Ryan had heard about what V-locity® I/O reduction software had done to accelerate EHR at other MEDITECH hospitals.
Since V-locity is free to evaluate and tailored specifically for MEDITECH, he figured he had nothing to lose.
Here's a direct quote from the full case study:
Over the first two weeks of running V-locity on all the MEDITECH VMs, Ryan requested several tests from the Core Team, all reporting impressive results. "The feedback I'm getting from the Team is very positive; they are seeing major improvement," says Ryan. "Before V-locity, the EDM tracker took seven seconds to load two patients. With V-locity it's now taking only four seconds to load six patients." Ryan continues, "Compiling a list of 16 patients took 13 seconds. With V-locity it now takes only five seconds to load 19. That's a major improvement when you're talking about a busy day in the ER."
Hancock Regional was able to put an end to performance issues, defer upgrading their SAN and now looking to deploy V-locity on other I/O intensive applications. In addition, since V-locity comes with the MediWrite™ engine for MEDITECH, the FAL growth issue from severe fragmentation is no longer a risk to downtime. MEDITECH requires all 5x and 6x users to have a FAL remediation plan and recommends V-locity for its real-time and automatic FAL remediation capabilities.
Read the full case study ->
Tags: healthcare, performance, meditech
MEDITECH | V-Locity
"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials." - Bruce LeeRemoving the nonessential is a key element of simplicity and efficiency, yet it is deceptively difficult to accomplish. We need reminding. And then more reminding.When I get too caught-up in what's on my desk, in Outlook, on the calendar, I get on the phone with one of our V-locity customers and I remember what we're doing here. Why I pull into the Condusiv parking lot every day. We hack away at the inessentials, and in doing so, we enable our customers to work better, faster, more efficiently, without buying more hardware to achieve it.We're very pleased to announce V-locity version 5. In this release, V-locity is now bundled with the V-locity Management Console, giving IT organizations the visibility, command, and control to optimize applications and maximize users' efficiency—proactively managing I/O and its impact on performance across the entire environment.Enterprise-class and cloud-ready, the V-locity Management Console enables seamless deployment and centralized management of V-locity on-premises in a virtual or physical environment, or in the cloud. With central control of assets, configuration, and performance management, admins can deploy V-locity to thousands of VMs and physical servers in just five clicks, manage a large number of licenses, and support various pricing models.The highlights:
No more needle-in-the-haystack approach to troubleshooting. No more contending with a disjointed view of the environment. No more lack of understanding what's happening from server to network to storage.Maybe you've virtualized, maybe you've gone cloud, maybe you're using VDI to ease management of so many endpoints… whatever the case—in any of these scenarios—the marketing message is always simplification.And while simplification might be partly real, each of these strategies comes with an inherent problem: I/O. More and more I/O, which leads to serious performance degradation, more hardware to throw at the problem, increasingly formidable data centers, and more hours spent troubleshooting and stressing out. The root of the problem is I/O.And V-locity is software that dramatically reduces I/O—literally overnight. And now it comes with the V-locity Management Console to make managing complex environments more efficient than ever.So today I channel Bruce Lee and his thoughts on simplicity, on hacking away at the inessentials. That's what we're doing at Condusiv. That's the vision of V-locity version 5. Enabling organizations to perform faster, better, simpler, happier.Learn more about the V-locity version 5 release »
Tags: Application performance, virtualization performance, IOPS, workload, SQL, Exchange, Meditech, ERP, CRM
Big Data | Cloud | General | Hyper-V | IntelliMemory | IntelliWrite | Product Alerts | SAN | SSD, Solid State, Flash | virtualization | V-Locity | VMware
We talk a lot about data around here. Particularly, how to make it perform better, how to make applications respond faster, how to solve some of IT's most formidable challenges around managing increasingly complex data centers.But nothing compares to the importance of data performance when it comes to patient records and load times in a hospital ER, where every second spent waiting might be a second too long.I recently spoke with Ryan Barker, Technology Specialist with Hancock Regional Hospital, hoping to get real insight into why speed matters—and I got exactly that. Ryan's users, which consist of ER doctors, nurses—any and all staff who touch the hospital's MEDITECH systems—were complaining of extremely slow load times and the inability to save records. Sometimes in dire situations, like a busy day in the ER.Read the case study to learn how Hancock Regional used V-locity® VM™ to improve load times from 2 patient records every 7 seconds to 6 records in 4 seconds.
Tags: virtualization, workload, IOPS, throughput, MEDITECH, virtual servers
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Recent Natural Disasters - the Worst Tsunamis
2011 Japan Tsunami
A tsunami is an enormous wave caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, nuclear detonations, meteorite impacts, underwater explosions, landslides, avalanches and tectonic plate movements. The word 'tsunami' is a Japanese word meaning 'harbour wave'. In the past, tsunamis were called 'tidal waves'. This terminology was technically incorrect as tsunamis are unrelated to tidal flows. Of course, tsunamis are not really 'harbour waves' either. Nonetheless, the term came into common usage during the 20th century. It is fitting that a Japanese word is used to describe the phenomenon as almost one third of all recorded tsunamis have occurred in Japan. An average height for a tsunami wave is 9 metres although they have been recorded at over 30 metres.
Tsunamis were not greatly understood until the 20th century even though the ancient Greeks made the link between seismic activity and the giant waves over 2000 years ago.
Tsunamis cause devastation in two ways. Firstly by the obliterating impact of a large wall of water hitting a coast line at great speed. Secondly by an overwhelming amount of water flowing off the land and taking everything with it as it moves through what remains.
Just the shear number of earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. that occur without us knowing about them is amazing. All the cases described in this book about tides, waves, etc. show how important the sea has been throughout history. If you have ever had any interest in history and/or the sea, read this book.
Recent Natural Disaster Series
'Tsunamis' follows "Recent Natural Disasters - the Worst Earthquakes" as part of the 'Recent Natural Disaster' series. The series concerns a common perception that natural disasters are happening more frequently as well as getting more intense in recent times. I address seven types of natural disasters (Earthquakes, Fires,Floods, Avalanches, Cyclones/Hurricanes/Tornadoes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes) in the series.
According to Pickrell, (cited below) scientists are of the view that natural disasters are not becoming either more frequent or stronger. Pickrell says that natural disasters are causing greater damage because populations and development are increasing meaning there is more infrastructure and life available to damage. This is so particularly in coastal areas. Increased media coverage and information technology is why many think there are more natural disasters than before. An opposing argument (cited below) is that 2010 was the second worst year for natural disasters since 1980 with 950 recorded disasters, 295,000 people dead and an overall disaster cost of $130 billion from a re-insurance industry perspective.
This aspect of the series will focus on tsunami killer waves. This series is really only looking at the last 100 years or so of natural disasters (the 20th & 21st centuries), but will when merited go beyond that time frame.
1946 Hawaiian Tsunami (Aleutian Islands Quake)
The Deadliest Recent Tsunamis
Tsunamis have killed hundreds of thousands of people since the turn of the 20th century. Here is a list of the worst ones.
- March 2011 - Japan - 24,525 dead (the numbers of the dead and missing are still climbing)
- 2007 - Soloman Islands - 52 dead
- 2006 - Indonesia, Java - 800 dead
- 2004 - Indian Ocean Nations, 230,000 dead
- 1998 - Papua New Guinea - 2,200 dead
- 1993 - Japan, Okushiri, Hokkaido - 250 dead (earthquake and tsunami responsible for the deaths)
- 1983 - Japan, Sea of Japan - 107 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
- 1979 - Colombia, Tumaco - 259 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
- 1976 - Philippines, moro Gulf, Mindanao - 5,000 dead
- 1964 - United States, Alaska - 121 dead
- 1960 - Chile, Valdivia - 6,000 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
- 1952 - USSR, Kuril Islands - 2,336 dead
- 1946 - United States, Hawaii and Alaska (Aleutian Islands Earthquake) - 164 dead
- 1946 - Japan, Nankaido - 1,500 dead
- 1944 - Japan, Tonankai - 1,223 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
- 1933 - Japan, Showa Sanriku - 3,068 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
- 1929 - Canada, Newfoundland - 28 dead
- 1908 - Italy, Messina - 123,000 dead (earthquake and tsunami)
Post-Tsunami Devastation in Japan, Mar 2011
2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
The most recent of deadly tsunamis was the series of killer waves that, along with a massive earthquake, killed 24,500 people in Japan in March 2011. The death toll is still climbing. An estimated 92% died by drowning.
The epic earthquake of March 11, 2011, stimulated a tsunami event in the north of Japan, most strongly in northeast Honshu. There have been estimates of between 9 and 30 metres of the height of the tsunami wave. The water reached up to 10 kilometres inland.
The earthquake, the aftershocks and the tsunami event damaged the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, further complicating the effects of the disaster and the recovery efforts. The humanitarian crisis caused by the earthquake, tsunami event and the consequent radiation has been immense and ongoing. In the aftermath, up to 1 million people are without running water while 500,000 remain homeless. The possibility for disease to flourish is an ever present fear. These survivors are for the most part without electricity and facing extremely cold conditions. (As of May 2011)
The economic consequences include the (temporary) closure of the Toyota and Honda plants. Roads, railway lines, dams, other vital infrastructure and 125,000 buildings sustaining gross damage. It has been estimated that the cost could be as high as 300 billion dollars. If this is so it would be the most expensive natural disaster in history.
Japan Tsunami Surge and Impact Footage
Dead Bodies in Post-Tsunami Aceh 2004
Map of Countries Hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Boxing Day 2004 - Worst Ever Tsunami Event
On 26 December, 2004, Tsunami waves up to 15 metres high crashed into the coastlines of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, and Somalia and even killed 10 people in Tanzania, 5000 kilometres away from the epicentre of the earthquake that caused the giant waves. 227,898 people died, 1.7 million people were made homeless. This event killed more people than any other Tsunami in recorded history. It was caused by a sudden tectonic movement in the India/Burma plates resulting in a massive earthquake off the West Sumatran coastline. The quake made a rift in the sea floor 1000 kilometres long.
The worst hit location was the province of Aceh on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. 167,000 people died in Aceh alone, most of them in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.
A feature of tsunamis is that just before a killer wave hits, there is often a rise or fall in the ocean level. Apparently one of the contributing factors to the deaths in 2004 was that many people went down to the beach to marvel at the sudden exposure of the sea floor, unaware that this was a sign of impending doom. A receding ocean is said to mean that there are about five minutes left to leave and get to higher ground.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Strikes Thailand
Are Tsunamis getting Worse?
Tsunamis are common in some places, such as Japan. Perhaps this is because they can be caused by so many factors. The same as with other types of natural disasters, vast increases in population and development mean that when a tsunami event occurs, the damage and the death toll are potentially likely to be worse than previous events. However, the institution of a worldwide Tsunami Warning System seems to have assisted in keeping down the death toll in relation to certain events, particularly in Japan. This must be contrasted with the fact that the worst ever on record tsunami disaster happened in 2004 in the Indian Ocean. Also some disasters are so all encompassing in scope (such as Aceh) that a warning system is of little use as there is just nowhere safe to go to in time. This could point to a worsening in intensity of tsunamis if it were not an isolated event. A trend has not been established as yet (and hopefully will not be). As with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires and floods it is really hard to find grounds for the proposition that they are getting worse in intensity or frequency due to climate change or any other factors.
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- Wikipedia
- John Pickrell, The Worst Natural Disasters in Recent History", ABC Environment, 27 April 2011:http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2011/04/27/3197103.htm
- Natural Disasters killed 295,000 in 2010, Sydney Morning Herald, January 4 2011, http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/natural-disasters-killed-295000-in-2010-20110104-19e06.html
- History of Tsunami: the Word and the Wave, 89.3 KPCC California Public Radio, http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/03/18/history-of-tsunami-the-word-and-the-wave
- Tsunami, Natural Hazards Org, http://www.naturalhazards.org/hazards/tsunami/index.html
- Tsunamis, Facts About Killer Waves, National Geographic News, updated Jan 14, 2005 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1228_041228_tsunami.html
- Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, Tsunami Facts and Information, http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/info/index.shtml
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This hub certainly brought back memories of seeing this on TV. The Fukushima power station problem goes on and on.
I. Was. In. The. 2004. Tsunami
This is very informative list. Are you aware on this Worst Tsunamis in History? http://www.ranker.com/list/the-worst-tsunamis-in-h...
The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was indeed the most devasting
tsunami disaster killing almost 228,000 people and Banda Aceh was relly clobbered. Terrible devastation!!!
Now I know why Japan suffered tsunamis.Thanks for the info in this hub.
Mel Jay, I couldn't believe it when I watched the 2011 Japan Tsunami on television, it was like a science fiction movie, something that couldn't possibly be real... Just devestating. I was glued to the TV for days, my heart goes out to everyone affected by this terrible disaster.
Good Job, you have compiled a great deal of information.


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CMD32GX4M4E4000C19 XMP Instability
CPU: i7-8700k
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (bios 0605)
Memory: CMD32GX4M4E4000C19
I am trying to get my memory to run stably at the specs on its product page
Speed: 4000MHz
Tested Latency: 19-23-23-45
Voltage: 1.35V
However, memtest86 and prime95 validations quickly show memory errors.
I was wondering if anyone could help me find out if I can dial in any settings to get stability. My core overclock to 5ghz has been validated, but I am doing all of my ram testing without my core overclock first to eliminate it as a source of instability.
I know my memory isn't on the motherboard's QVL, but it seems I never see dominator on vendor lists, and an identical Vengeance kit is on the list. I've heard the same ICs are on both products, just higher quality and better validated ones are in Dominator. I'm entirely open to the possibility that this isn't the case and Dominators just have a sexy tax.
I have tried using XMP and manually applying the paremeters, as well as upping VDIMM and VCCSA + VCCIO and no luck.
I've noticed that if I apply the parameters of the next fastest Dominator kit,
Speed: 3866MHz
Tested Latency: 18-22-22-40
Voltage: 1.35V
I do not throw any errors in a default memtest86 test (other than "RAM may be vulnerable to high frequency row hammer bit flips.", is this a cause for concern?).
A prime95 test on this seems stable, at least much more so than the XMP parameters.
Is it possible for me to achieve the specs on the box, or is this a case of "stability isn't guaranteed for these specs" for my motherboards speed support and the listed RAM specs?
Last edited by Brendan McCoy; 12-20-2017 at 04:30 PM.
Asus lists maximum DRAM capability as 4 DIMMs@4000MHz for that board. You are right there. Working at the limit usually brings these kinds of difficulties and this is with the CPU in the normal state. 4000 DRAM and stock CPU clocks seems like a bad trade over 3866 and 5.0GHz. You are doing the right things and can keep at if you like, but I would take the 3866 and 5.0 and move on. Memory instability is really infuriating and time consuming. Let it ride for 6 months and give it another go with a more mature BIOS. I can't imagine any meaningful performance differences between 4000 and 3866, but that lock up that requires an OS re-install will ruin your week.
Could be a limitation on the CPU IMC or maybe the IMC becomes unstable if the CPU temp is to high. You might want to try lowering VCCSA and VCCIO and see if it helps. Also you could also try an older bios Version 0428
Having the same problem myself, although I will freely admit, I do not know anything about overclocking, voltages, etc so I don't go near that stuff.
I have CMD32GX4M4E4000C19, ASUS Z370 Maximus X Hero and a BX80684I78700K.
I had 16GB of the exact same RAM for a couple of months and everything ran perfect at 4000MHz. I decided to buy myself an Xmas present of a new 32GB kit. Soon as I put it to 4000, game crashes and blue screens galore. I sent x2 kits back but they all had the same problem so it clearly wasn't the RAM itself.
Currently running at 3733MHz with no issues; in my head I've settled for that, but seems a waste buying the 4000.
Possibly could my CPU not handle 32GB at 4000? It all ran great with 16GB though.
I have the same issue running this kit at 4000 but I am using Rampage VI Extreme and 7980XE. I have already RMAd one kit since one stick was not recognized at all. Well, kit is not on the QVL but it is on the Rampage VI Apex QVL. Any tips?
Btw, 3800C17 runs very well.
Presumably, you don't notice any real performance differences between 4000 and 37xx. Given the rather exorbitant cost of memory right now, you might consider waiting this one out unless you need the extra 16GB immediately. I think I had come to this same conclusion earlier in the week, but this helps solidify that idea. I am looking at that same kit in 2x8, so I am glad to hear you were able to run 4000 right from the start.
Last edited by c-attack; 01-05-2018 at 09:07 AM.
But you mentioned about the bios; do you think, in the future, it may run at 4000?
Amazon do a 2x16 3466 MHz kit, just incase ytou hadn't seen it (amazon.co.uk).
Will 4x8@4000 run in the future? Probably. How long that will take is another matter. When I first got X99, 4x8 above 2666 was a struggle. It really wasn't until the second year anything above that was plug and play. Those last one or two rungs at the published board limit for frequency can be challenging for a longer duration. It certainly won't be next month for easy drop in and done.
However, there is another way to look at this. You doubled your RAM capacity with only a drop from 4000 to 3733. That is not the worst trade, if you need or want the capacity. I cannot imagine any real world performance differences at those speeds, but you are also one of the few people who can swap the two kits back and forth and compare read/write/copy/latency. I use 10-11 of 16GB of RAM on X99 on a regular basis. I would also like to move up to 32GB and I am more likely to run into a capacity limitation before I run into a speed limitation.
Incidentally, I am curious what kind of read/writes you get with 4000. I am going to put the new board in shortly, but will start with my 4x4 kit @3200 until I figure out which of those two variables is the more pressing.
Sadly, I've already sent the 16GB kit back. The 32GB kit worked fine at 4000 initially so I foolishly sent the other kit back. Then all hell broke loose. I do still have a second 32GB kit that I haven't sent back yet (learning my lesson). I can run whatever tests, if any, might be useful for you.
Bump my post earlier. ;)
I've had nothing but trouble with this kit. I tried my another kit with my 7980XE and could actually run a hour of RAM Test with my way lower bin 64 GB 8x8 3200 C16-18-18-36-2T Corsair Dominator Platinum kit at the same setting as this "4000" kit. Eventually I got errors to pop up too, but with this 4000 kit, I manage to get an error in under 2 minutes so it seems it is actually much worse. I also tried with a 7900X CPU and another R6E board and it's no better...
Currently trying 3600 16-16-16-36-2T, fingers crossed.
I have the Rampage VI Apex too, but only the 7740X I can play with. If the sticks don't work in dual channel mobo on that mobo, I will definitely RMA this kit again...the 7740X on the Apex should support even DDR4-4400 (or 4500 for that matter) kits.
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From time to time, I will copy and paste chapters from each of my books here as examples of my writing style. Often these are chapters that I have just written and have not edited yet. I write in a stream of consciousness style as I think the story up and I do not take the time to go back and edit as I create. I have a story brewing in my head and it needs to bubble out and I don't want to take to time to stop the flow of creative juices in order to correct a spelling or grammar. I will make corrections in due time during the editing process. But, the story is there and it is waiting to be explored. If you are brave, enter carefully. Be on the lookout for dangling participles, sentence fragments, run-on sentences and bad spelling ( mostly caused by auto-correct ). Hopefully you will find a precious story nugget on your quest.
Benji The Greaser: Saturday Night
In this story segment, Bengi and his mate Margo are visited by Donner and Kitcher Wheezle, a newly married couple who are new to their village and have come to discuss a potential business venture.
It was still early evening, Benji and Margo were quietly visiting in the living room while sipping tea and nibbling on cookies when there was a soft knock on the door. Benji gave Margo a look of mild shock, nobody they really knew was in the habit of visiting at dusk. Benji set his mug of tea down and approached the door, "I don't welcome strangers this time of day. You had best be going!" he barked through the closed door.
"Benji, let us in, it's Donner and Kitcher!" came the voice from the other side of the door. Benji looked over at Margaret.
"Oh, let them in, Kitcher's a distant cousin on the Von Steuben clan and such a dear. You know Donner too, he just finished his Journey-level exams in Bladecraft. They're too young to be any trouble." Margo got up to make more tea and to take out a seed cake for company.
Benji took a small lantern from off the table by the doorway and lit the wick inside. He raised the bar on the door and lifted the doorlatch. He held the lantern up and opened the door slowly. Standing on the porch was a very young couple that Benji only half-way remembered seeing before. Nothing about them looked dangerous in any way, except that the male might be a threat to Margo's pantry. He remembered his manners and motioned for them to step inside. He felt a warm breeze in the air and the smell of petracore. "Evening young Wheezles, you don't look wet, is it raining? I didn't see any cloud cover this afternoon." He closed the door, replaced the lamp and extinguished the flame. "Here children, let me take your coats."
Kitcher removed her light coat and handed it to Benji who hung in on a peg near the door. Donner didn't have a coat, only a second long-sleeved shirt that had seen way too many days. It was painfully obvious that these youngsters were desperately poor. Donner spoke with a thick accent from the old country, "Nein, we haven't seen any rain as such. But the sky is full of clouds. Kitcher thought she saw lightning up on the mountain." Though it was still quite warm for a summer evening, Donner shivered and rubbed his paws.
Margo appeared, hugged and kissed both Donner and Kitcher on the cheek and invited them in to sit on the small settle near the hearth. "Have you youngsters eaten?"
Donner went to stand like a school-aged child would when answering a question of his teacher, but he eased back into his seat embarrassed, "Yes, Ma'am, I mean Mrs. Redfern. Kitcher and I had a good meal tonight, thank you for asking."
Benji wasn't much for small talk and got right down to business, "You know, it's a little unusual for anybody of our kind to be out at this time of evening, what with owls and coyote and such on the prowl." He shifted his weight in his chair, "What brings you all the way over from Manzanita Gorge this evening."
Margo snorted, "Benji, manners. These two obviously came to us for some kind of assistance, I think it's only polite to give them a little chance to catch their breath before you grill them and send them off."
Benji sighed and started to apologize before Donner interupted, "Oh, no. It's OK Mrs. Redfern, we really didn't want to stay, we need to get back home tonight as it is."
Margo protested, "Donner dear, I'll not have you rush out because my mate is a more then just a little bit rude. You must forgive him, he had a bad day today. Now let me get you two some tea and some honey seed cake." She got up to the singing of the teakettle and strode into the kitchen.
Donner stood again. "Oh, don't bother about the tea and cake, really. We didn't mean to stay." He stopped his protest at the touch of Kitcher's paw on his. He looked at her face and realized that she really wanted to stay just a little bit. He smiled at her and patted her paw. "Well, maybe we can stay for a little while. It seems that Kitcher would like to try some cake and tea."
Margo was an efficient hostess and had the cake and tea served in a few moments. Despite Donner's assurances that they had a good meal, the two young weasels managed to put away several slices of cake and several mugs of tea before they got down to the reason for their visit. Benji was about to bust waiting to hear the reason for the visit, but managed to put on a cheerful face and soon found himself liking Donner quite a bit. For one so young, he seemed to have a lot of common sense and a lot of heart. He couldn't help liking Kitcher, she was absolutely adorable, sweet, funny, and despite her youth and obvious poverty, she was quite pretty.
Donner set down his plate, sipped the last drop from his mug of tea and wiped his mouth on his sleeve. He was about to apologize to Margo, but she winked at him as if to say that it was OK and he nodded. "I want to thank you Mr and Mrs. Redfern for letting us visit tonight, the cake and tea were delicious." Donner cleared his throat again, "Let me start by saying that we heard from one of my cousins in Apple cove what happened two weeks ago and what happened to you today in Burrow Hollow. I just want to say that I'm sorry that happened to you."
Benji opened his mouth before thinking, "These cousins of yours, wolverines perchance?" He caught Margo's dirty look and redirected his comment, "Uh, thank you Donner."
Donner didn't make the connection, was momentarily confused but then continued. "No, but the one killed in Apple Cove was a cousin of Kitcher's. You knew him as the tallow-maker."
Benji looked chagrined but nodded his head, "Yes, I did know him, a regular customer named Kyle. His mate is named Lotte. I don't know the children's names." Benji turned to Kitcher, "I'm so sorry Kitcher for your loss." He didn't know what else to say, the memory of watching Kyle killed was too fresh in his mind, even after two weeks.
Kitcher nodded, "Thank you Mr. Redfern, you are most kind. We know that you did what you could to stop it. It's not your fault that you couldn't, we know you were also beaten senseless too. We are so sorry." Kitcher sat quietly and fiddled with the napkin on her lap.
Donner continued, "The point is Mr. Redfern, there's something going on and we want to do what we can do to get to the bottom of it and stop it."
Benji sat up, "Get to the bottom of it? Stop it? How do you propose we stop it?"
Donner scooted to the edge of the settle, "well, I was hoping that maybe you had some ideas about this sort of thing, seeing that you've been involved three times in the last month."
Benji looked surprised, "Who told you I've been involved three times?"
Donner looked chagrined, "Your mother did. We met her earlier on our way here, we crossed paths and spoke."
Benji didn't know if he should be angry, or intrigued, so he chose intrigued just to keep on Margo's good side. "OK, I'm involved somehow. Now what?"
Donner knew he had Benji on the hook, "I suggest that we pool our information, see. We won't have to sneak around so much as just keep in touch and share what we have learned."
Benji was indeed hooked, he liked the way the young weasel thought. "OK, so we gather information. Then what?"
Donner nodded, he was getting further then he thought he was going to be able to, "Then we bring in others who feel just like we do, that there is something strange going on and we get them to share what they know."
And so it went for two hours, the four weasels talked into the late evening about the strange goings on in Glen Meadow and formulating plans to find out more ways that they could help the citizens of their community without getting themselves in trouble or killed. Their meeting had reached a fevered pitch when there came a brilliant flash through the windows and a deafening clap of thunder. Benji yelled, "Donner!"
Donner had his paws over his ears, but heard Benji's cry. "Yes?"
Benji turned and laughed, "No, I meant thunder, my mother still calls the thunder by the Old World name, Donner." He laughed at his lame joke and waved his paw, "Never mind. Well, I can tell by the sound outside that it's a real down pour outside. I hope you children don't mind sleeping here tonight."
Kitcher protested. "Oh no, we couldn't possibly impose."
Her protests were interupted by a new sound, the wails and cries of seven distraught children awakened by the lightning and thunder. All four adults wandered down the hall, lit candles and lanterns, entered the nursery and found Griffin and Jan on Griffin's bed crying, Elzie and Rose on Roses bed crying, Fritzie and Penny on Penny's bed crying and little Sabine going from bed to bed patting each of her sibblings, passing out kisses and hugs, cheerful as a basket of chips.
In the end there was nothing for it, it took another round of stories, cups of water, trips to the potty, hugs, kisses, prayers, being tucked in and more trips to the potty, the adults were exhausted. Margo wouldn't take no from Donner and Kitcher and insisted that they sleep in the spare bedroom, provided Kitcher with a long night gown and Donner with a flannel night shirt, hugged them both good night and shut their door.
It was nearly midnight by the time Margo and Benji crawled under their covers, but Benji was still wide awake. "Margo, I think that young Donner has some good ideas."
Margo leaned over and kissed her mate goodnight, "He's a lot like you, Mister. Now go to sleep."


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Oodles of solar stuff, vast amounts of lack of warm, not even a threat of wet stuff and even less atmospheric movement at the Castle this morn.
The butler has been out collecting fat, carbon neutral teenagers for the furnace, the garden is still in need of a middling fettle and the Honda is dustier than the dustiest thing you could think of.
And the interweb thingy doesn't like the cold...
Could be on shelves in two years, scientists are already talking with pharmaceutical firms about making the product, which would work by stopping the effects of a single guilty enzyme.
US-based dermatologists announced earlier this year that they had found that an enzyme, called prostaglandin D2 (PGD2), instructed follicles to stop producing hair.
They identified it by screening 250 genes implicated in hair loss.
George Cotsarelis, head of dermatology at Pennsylvania University, said the one responsible for levels of PGD2 played "the major role".
He said he was now talking with several drugs firms about creating the anti-baldness product.
About four in five men will experience some degree of baldness by the age of 70. In bald patches follicles are still making hairs, but less well than before. The hairs get shorter and shorter until they are either barely visible or do not even break the skin's surface.
And about bloody time...
Cocaine - and other drugs like morphine - were routinely used in remedies for coughs, colds and toothaches as a cure-all magic ingredient in the Victorian era.
Long before the drugs were criminalised - and prior to the regulation of both medicine and advertising - the substances were frequently touted as effective treatments for illnesses as serious as cancer and liver disease.
All the products were once readily available over the counter and millions rushed to snap them up around the world in the late 1800s.
One advert for Ozone paper urges buyers to ignite its special paper and inhale the smoke to cure their asthma and bronchitis.
While Dr Seth Arnold's Cough Killer's campaign showed a young girl clutching a puppy - but contained high levels of Morphine.
Another ad dating back to 1885 advertised its 'instantaneous cure' for toothache - using cocaine.
How times have changed-or not....
Locals call it the Devil. They say it lifts up boats and wails when it attacks. Now underwater sonar shows they might be telling the truth.
Lake Labynkyr is located 5000 kilometres east of Moscow. It is 60 kilometres away from town of Oymyakon – the coldest place on earth. But while every other lake in the area becomes an ice-skating rink in winter - this lake does not freeze over. Ever.
It also has no plant life.
Associate Professor of Biogeography Lyudmila Emeliyanova told The Siberian Times that on her mission to Lake Labynkyr in remote Siberia she recorded 'several seriously big underwater objects' with sonar readings.
So convinced is she that there is something down there that she has called for a new scientific mission to solve the mystery of the monster.
"It was our fourth or fifth day at the lake when our echo sounding device registered a huge object in the water under our boat," Ms Emeliyanova told The Times.
"The object was very dense, of homogeneous structure, surely not a fish nor a shoal of fish, and it was above the bottom. I was very surprised but not scared and not shocked, after all we did not see this animal we only registered a strange object in the water. But I can clearly say - at the moment, as a scientist, I cannot offer you any explanation of what this object might be."
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A New York hotel has become famous - for its toilet windows which enable people outside to see guests 'doing their business'.
Restroom users at the Boom Boom Room club on the 18th floor of the The Standard Hotel are completely visible from the street below.
The 10-foot, floor-to-ceiling windows give users fantastic views of the Manhattan skyline - but the visibility works both ways, reports the New York Daily News.
"Scientists" have come up with a way to boil water without making bubbles based on the on the Leidenfrost effect
To stabilize a Leidenfrost vapour film and prevent bubbling during boiling, Patankar collaborated with Ivan U. Vakarelski of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Vakarelski led the experiments and Patankar provided the theory. The collaboration also included Derek Chan, professor of mathematics and statistics from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
In their experiments, the stabilization of the Leidenfrost vapour film was achieved by making the surface of tiny steel spheres very water-repellent. The spheres were sprayed with a commercially available hydrophobic coating — essentially self-assembled nanoparticles — combined with other water-hating chemicals to achieve the right amount of roughness and water repellence. At the correct length scale this coating created a surface texture full of tiny peaks and valleys.
When the steel spheres were heated to 400 degrees Celsius and dropped into room temperature water, water vapours formed in the valleys of the textured surface, creating a stable Leidenfrost vapour film that did not collapse once the spheres cooled to the temperature of boiling water. In the experiments, researchers completely avoided the bubbly phase of boiling. …
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A Dallas-area animal shelter has cared for the 5-year-old orange tabby since getting a call about a stray in a yard about a week ago.
Kim Chapin with Richardson Animal Services said Friday that Skinny's "very sweet" - and the largest cat she's seen in 21 years with the shelter.
Not surprising. U.S. government growth charts show Skinny weighs about as much as the average 4-year-old child.
Chapin says Skinny appears healthy except for being overweight and likely having diabetes. Blood tests have been ordered.
Chapin says somebody apparently had been caring for the cat but officials aren't sure who owned the huge kitty.
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You are not as bleedin sorry as we are...


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When most students in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton construct a senior thesis, they hew to studies of arcane derivatives, options and other financial instruments, some with an eye toward the potentially lucrative job market awaiting them on Wall Street.
Katherine L. Milkman, 22, decided to turn rigorous mathematical analytics on an even more mystical topic: the selection of short fiction for The New Yorker. In applying scientific metrics to an ineffable process, Ms. Milkman will no doubt set off a small, discreet tempest among a cadre of authors who would gladly saw off their (nonwriting) hand to be the next Jhumpa Lahiri, a young writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000 for her book of short stories after her work was plucked from the pile by the editors at that weekly magazine.
Ms. Milkman, who has a minor in American studies, read 442 stories printed in The New Yorker from Oct. 5, 1992, to Sept. 17, 2001, and built a substantial database. She then constructed a series of rococo mathematical tests to discern, among other things, whether certain fiction editors at the magazine had a specific impact on the type of fiction that was published, the sex of authors and the race of characters. The study was long on statistics and short on epiphanies: one main conclusion was that male editors generally publish male authors who write about male characters who are supported by female characters.
The study's confirmation of the obvious left some wondering why Ms. Milkman, who graduates this morning from Princeton with high honors, went about constructing such an intricate wristwatch in order to tell the time, but others admire her pluck and willingness to cross disciplines in a way that wraps the left and right brain neatly into one project. Her adviser on the project, Prof. René Carmona, was thrilled by the concept and amazed by the resulting thesis.
''Katy had to completely design the project from scratch,'' he said. ''She didn't collect the data, she created it and did a very rigorous quantitative analysis of all figures that she measured.'' She received an A-plus, her thesis won an American studies competition, and the current editor of New Yorker fiction, Deborah Treisman, found her work engaging, if not material to the task at hand.
''She gives you a new way of looking at these stories which would not have occurred to me,'' Ms. Treisman said. ''Do I walk away thinking, 'Now I have to think about gender and race and location in selecting stories?' No.''
After harvesting the gossip about the tendentiousness of one editor or another -- there is much to choose from -- the thesis segues to the ''Kolmogorov-Smirnov Two-Sample Goodness of Fit Test'' and the ''Pearson Correlation Coefficient Test.''
''I was personally riveted by the whole thing,'' said Roger Angell, a writer at The New Yorker who worked as a fiction editor during part of the period scrutinized by Ms. Milkman. He spent a significant amount of time talking to Ms. Milkman and helped connect her with other people at the magazine. He was charmed by the results but worries they may sow confusion.
''Some unpublished writers are going to read this and say, 'I now know what I have to do to get published in The New Yorker,' and it's not helpful in that way,'' he said. ''In the end we published what we liked.''
In applying numerically based analysis to literary matters, Ms. Milkman's work was something of a micro-execution of the controversial text-free literary investigations of Prof. Franco Moretti of Stanford, in which he examined the broad scope of literary history by the numbers, tracking the birth and denouement of various genres based on statistics. Longtime adherents to canonical literary thought were appalled by Professor Moretti's by-the-numbers approach to the study of literature, something Ms. Milkman came to be familiar with.
''Many people thought it was completely idiotic,'' she said. ''But when they found out I would actually be reading the stories, they were more understanding.''
The 116-page thesis is dense with footnotes and data addenda. (A CD-ROM of the data was appended in case someone is interested in testing her results.) The main inquiry is how a change in the head of the fiction department -- from Charles McGrath to Bill Buford -- affected the stories published in The New Yorker, perhaps the most sought-after real estate in the short fiction world. (A secondary question of whether a change in editor from Tina Brown to David Remnick had measurable effects came back a resounding no.)
In analyzing such matters, Ms. Milkman has brought statistical rigor to one of the more intense parlor games in the literary world. Critics have long suggested that under Mr. Buford -- who took over the magazine's fiction department in 1995 when Mr. McGrath came to The New York Times, and left to write books in 2002 -- female authors were about as welcome as they would be at the clubhouse of Augusta National.
According to Ms. Milkman, the number of male authors rose to 70 percent under Mr. Buford, compared with 57 percent under Mr. McGrath. She also found that Mr. Buford was much more likely to publish stories set in the New York area: the number of stories set in the mid-Atlantic region rose to 37 percent under Mr. Buford, compared with 19 percent under Mr. McGrath. The study also found that the first-person voice rose mightily under Mr. Buford, which may reflect the growth of memoir in the 90's more than anything else.
Under both editors the fiction in the magazine took as its major preoccupations sex, relationships, death, family and travel. Mr. Buford was relatively more interested in sex, a topic in 47 percent of the stories he published as opposed to 35 percent under Mr. McGrath. Mr. McGrath's authors tended to deal with one of the occasional consequences of that act, children, more frequently than Mr. Buford's writers: 36 percent under Mr. McGrath, 26 percent under Mr. Buford. (History, homosexuality and politics all tied for the attentions of Mr. Buford at a lowly 4 percent.)
''As a fiction editor, you are really on the receiving end of other people's agenda,'' Mr. Buford said. ''You choose from what you are sent.''
After a brief look at the study, he chose to see the glass as half full.
''The best thing that came out of it for me was not whether you could tell a difference,'' he added, ''but that from beginning to end, the stories were good and fun to read.''
Among Ms. Milkman's least shocking findings was that characters in New Yorker fiction tend to live in the same places New Yorker readers do, not the United States as a whole. (One could imagine if the same analytics were applied to New Yorker cartoons, where the Upper East Side is more robustly represented than all the middle places put together.)
In a conclusion that will probably cause few readers to spill their evening tea, she states that ''quantitative analyses revealed that New Yorker characters are not representative of Americans or New York State residents in terms of their race.''
''It is amazing and dazzling, and somewhat incomprehensible at some point,'' said Mr. McGrath, who left The New Yorker to edit The New York Times Book Review and is now a writer at large for the newspaper. ''I think that it really suggests that it is best for editors not to think too much about what they do.''
Ms. Milkman is by all accounts, including her own, a normal college student. Although she was once ranked in the Top 200 of junior tennis players in the United States, she set down the racket to devote more attention to various statistical investigations. But she still has time for other pursuits. She is a member of the Ivy eating club, the most notorious of Princeton's social clubs, renowned for its hard-drinking ways, and her teachers said she was a pleasure to deal with amid a scrum of careerist young students.
''She is pretty driven,'' said William Gleason, an associate professor of English and her American studies adviser. ''But she is bright and eager, someone who likes to grab a topic and run with it, not just for the academic result -- which is grades in our world -- but because she is really curious.''
Next fall she will attend Harvard Business School, seeking a doctorate in information technology and management.
''I wanted to do something that involved reading, and I read some amazing work,'' she said of her thesis. ''Students tend to come up with a thesis that will trigger the interest of interviewers, but since Princeton grads don't have trouble getting jobs, that seemed sort of silly to me.''


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Outside the art scene, it may not be understood that, for the selected Australian artist, the Venice Biennale is an opportunity of Olympian stature.
Fiona Hall's selection last year was uncontroversial given her significant accomplishments, and it is fitting she was given the opportunity to launch the new purpose-built Australian Pavilion. This year, her Venice installation, Wrong Way Time, is reinstalled at the National Gallery of Australia.
This wunderkammer-like collection of objects, materials and images directs attention to the current environmental, social and political state of the globe.
"The enduring legacy is that Hall looked quite distinctive – not following fashionable trends but rather revealing an artist who is absolutely true to herself – a great 'maker' of art works with the ability to convey profound messages," says NGA senior curator Deborah Hart, who saw Wrong Way Time in Venice.
"She doesn't tell people what to think but she opens up profound areas of experience for us to contemplate, question and take on board. Her work is provocative but also at times playful and witty, and always engaging."
"In its major temporary exhibition space the NGA has "exactly mirrored the space of the Australian Pavilion in Venice", according to Hart. Other works by Hall from the NGA collection, including her Paradise and The Divine Comedy series and her cutout Morality dolls: the seven deadly sins, 1984, will extend the exhibition into other galleries.
"The world is such an amazing place," Hall says, "yet sadly we are living in troubled times and that sense is reflected in a lot of the works". Her artistic intensity expresses concern about changes to the earth's environment, yet in her artwork her concerns become life-affirming and vital.
Wrong Way Time
Fiona Hall
National Gallery of Australia
22 April – 10 July


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"Trees are your best antiques."
~Alexander Smith
This is a favorite because it is so tactile and hands on or preschoolers. Okay, and for us grown ups, too. I usually send a nice letter home asking parents to save white paper or newsprint. Sure, I could do it all myself but the children love coming in with paper they have reminded their families to save. We keep the 'recyclings' in a big basket until that special project day comes. It all builds to the excitement we have been discussing all week. I will usually show them a sample paper that we will be making and they will go absolutely bananas for it.
Materials You'll Need:
• Newspaper gives off a gray tint to the finished recycled paper. Another option is to leave it out all together. Sprinkling small bits of crushed potpourri into paper gives it a elegant look
• A framed screen that will fit inside the baking pans
• Scissors
• 2 disposable baking pans (you can find them at a dollar store/foil)
• Small rolling pins/Adult rolling pin
• Sponges for the children and yourself
• Glue (optional-any kind)
• Pitcher of water
• Smocks for yourself and children
• Potpourri (optional)
• Large bowl
You may want to create your 'pans' ahead of time. I have also seen more seasoned teachers do without the pans after they have done this a few times. Your pans can be as big or as small as you want them but remember, the thickness of the paper effects drying time.
Making the Pans:
1. Use your scissors to cut the bottom of the baking pan out, leaving only about an inch or two around the edge of the bottom of the pan. Place this pan inside the other one.
2. Put the screen into the pans.
Now here is where you and your smocked children have to most fun.
The Process:
2. Place clipping in the large bowl and mix carefully with hands.
3. When adding glue, be sure to ask the children what they think will happen when glue is added, be sure to use your spoons afterwards!
4. Place in blender and mix with pitcher if water to a wet mashed potato consistency (add potpourri)
5. Pour out on screen evenly lifting screen and to allow water to drip off and using sponges to soak up excess water. Place a sponge at the bottom of the screen. Ring sponges into large bowl or sink. Repeat and continue.
6. Flip screen onto a flat surface for next step
7. Roll out evenly with a rolling pin to get out excess water and to flatten evenly
8. After it has dried you may use your paper!
It makes a wonderful gift all by itself with a but of ribbon strung though it holding a poem or a photo of the child.


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Nails of ice by Fabian Acker
I am above the Arctic Circle where only reindeer, pine trees, and empty coca-cola cans mark the landscape. I'm worried about the pine trees. They're like car salesman, lean, mean and hungry. Their branches point almost vertically downwards, shoulders hunched. They are small, miserable and obviously undernourished. They need a bit of sizzling sun and a steaming hot plate of reindeer dung.
Well they're not going to get either. The reindeer are keeping all the dung to themselves, probably to provide the raw materials for the carvings the Laps make for the tourists. And as for the sun; well its summer time and although the sun is there 24/7, it's invisible. Needle-sharp rain pierces my body, nailing it to the ice.
Apart from the pine trees there are also Laplanders here who live in perfect harmony with nature; the reindeer, the pine trees, the coca-cola cans, etc. But like the sun they're invisible. Probably all down at Starbucks. The Laps that is.
No; not true. Here's one of them; youngish chap accompanied by a blonde-haired lady, both dressed in reindeer skins and beads. (Blonde hair? Lap? A Swedish friend tells me later: "either the colouring is artificial or she is.").
Oh God, he's going to sing me a yoik. I wipe the rain from off my face, in case they think I'm weeping at the prospect, and let a smile of happy expectation play about my lips. I know that in a few minutes the smile will freeze into position so I stop making the effort and just think of England.
No musical instrument to help him out, but then after a few seconds I realize there isn't one in the world that could. And of course he can keep his hands in his gloves if doesn't have to play anything.
Did I tell you about yoiks? They are songs specific to Laplanders. Sometimes they're tender declarations of love, sometimes they're roistering tales of debauchery, sometimes of noble sacrifice, and sometimes descriptions of train journeys. I think this one might be a love song. Or a train song. Can't detect any debauchery. No; I think it's a song of a reindeer mother separated from her calf who's got her foot trapped in a coca cola can. Never thought reindeers could scream like that.
I try to modify my smile so as to make it look sadly sympathetic to the reindeer, but appreciative of the singer. The whole scene is very sepia. Trees dark against a sullen white sky, a long line of shadowy snow-shoe prints leading to a teepee, which provides the only colour in the landscape. It's made from bright red and yellow heavy-duty plastic; easy to find in a snow storm. Inside I know there's a gas heater. I want to get in there and make love to it and ask it to bear my children.
I applaud the yoik with just enough enthusiasm to show how enjoyable it was, but without suggesting that I would like to hear another. This is the challenge; can I disguise my absolute hatred of yoiks, rain and ice just enough to avoid offending him and make it to the teepee before I die?
It's not certain. Can't unfreeze the smile. Feet have morphed into ice. Oh God! He's singing another. There is a little chunk of iced water in each ear now muffling the sound but I can definitely hear a reindeer screaming again.
Before he can start a third yoik, I tear one foot off the ground and make a heavy step towards the teepee. I consider engaging his woman friend in conversation to make sure he doesn't begin again. I think of trying "Do you come here often?", but it's a bit of a daft question with theNorth Pole just around the corner.
So I turn to the singer. Delicate dark straight hair, fine narrow lines around dark eyes; wind-tanned cheeks from trekking deep inside the Arctic to herd his reindeer. "I suppose you're outdoors in all weathers, summer and winter."
"Oh no", he continues in faultless English as we finally make it to the teepee. "I don't get outdoors as much as I'd like. My cousin does." He nods towards a young man sitting down on a tatty armchair. He's listening to an I-pod, feet resting on the stove, wearing jeans and a tee-shirt decorated with a pair of breasts. "He's the reindeer herder."
"And you?"
"Oh, I'm a pilot with SAS." Pause. "And so is Monika."
The girl smiles.


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Word has trickled down to the southern states that Wally Bronner, of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, has gone to Santa's Great Workshop In The Sky. I remember seeing him standing at the front door when I was a kid and thinking he seemed like a nice old man (he was already old back then!). Mom K sent this article about him.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Happy Little Starfish
I made a quick little starfish for the G Man. Here it is:
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On Saturday 5th July 2014, the worlds largest annual sporting event will roll past our doors, here in West Tanfield.
With one HUGE party, lots of reasonably priced parking, two open roads for alternative access from A1 and the Dales and marking the start of the LIVE worldwide tv coverage:
West Tanfield is THE best, family-friendly place to come celebrate and experience the spectacle!
Come and enjoy a 'o' pint or two of pennine ale in the beer tent and wave the flag for Yorkshire!
Opening Hours
We will be opening at 11am especially for all of you coming to cheer on the Tour at West Tanfield. Our beer tents are located just of the roundabout & in the field before the bridge with the fun fair & hot air balloons. Watch out for our signs.
The Penning Brewing Co beer tent at West Tanfield will be opening:
- Friday 4th July 11am to 11pm
- Saturday 5th July (race day!) 11am to 11pm
- Sunday 6th July 11am to 10pm
Hot Air?
There will be a Hot Air Balloon Festival as part of West Tanfield's Grand Depart celebrations featuring 20 Hot Air Balloons from the very best teams….and including this beauty from Disney, from the film "Up"!
Hot Air Balloon Countdown
Friday 4th July, evening @ 6pm
Hot Air Balloon Pilot briefing and if suitable, free-flight from the venue, weather conditions permitting.
Friday evening post flight or Saturday morning – flight cylinder refuelling.
Saturday 5th July
Race Time, weather conditions permitting.
Balloons prepare for tether, inflation to coincide with 15-20 minute to arrival time of the peloton. Balloons tethered until West Tanfield race section completed. Unfavourable weather conditions – possible baskets rigged and burners lit.
Saturday afternoon post race – flight cylinder refuelling.
Saturday evening, after dark, weather conditions permitting
Night glow of balloons, or baskets/burners, possibly to music.
Saturday evening post night glow – flight cylinder refuelling.
Sunday 6th July, morning @ 6am
Pilot briefing, free-flight from the venue, favourable weather conditions permitting.
Sunday morning post flight – flight cylinder refuelling.
Sunday evening @ 6pm – pilot briefing (for those able to remain on site) and if suitable, free-flight from venue, favourable weather conditions permitting.
NB Free-Flight means not tethered!!!!
Find us and Park…
There will be lots of parking and camping available (all prices are controlled by ASO who run The Tour, so no profiteering!). Parking will be £10 per car.
For info and booking for camping please see www.west-tanfield.com
The race route will be closed from 9.00am to 6 pm ( time approximate ) but will be open to pedestrians and some cycles until around lunch time at which point the road ( but not the pavements ) will be closed to all traffic.
Public access road open thoughout race weekend also bring you to car park and disable car parking is at the station
B6267 leading to a1 public access road open thoughout race weekend
Car parks will be opening at 5am please check for a lot of roads are closed in surrounding areas at 7am on the 5th july 2014 for the Grand Depart – Tour de France.
What's On at West Tanfield
- Pennine beer tents
- Pimms bar & cocktail bar
- Pennine hog roast
- Food outlets
- Market stalls
- Live events stage
- Funfair
- Hot air balloon
- Picnic area
- Big screen show weekend events , Wimbledon, f1 , tour de france
- Toilets


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