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Restaurateur ANNA WEINBERG will WINE, DINE and entertain you at her growing empire of SAN FRANCISCO HOT SPOTS.
As the morning unfolds in the SoMa high-rise Anna Weinberg shares with her husband, financier and CEO James Nicholas, and their toddler, Leo, Weinberg (who hails from New Zealand) waves her iPhone like a baton over the joyful cacophony that is the music of her life. Following cuddles with the couple's adorable 2½-year-old towhead, this particular day holds great excitement: Weinberg and Nicholas, co-founders of the Big Night Restaurant Group (which includes Marlowe, The Cavalier and Marianne's, S&R Lounge in SoMa, and Park Tavern in North Beach) are to sign the lease on their soon-to-open project, Leo's Luxury Oyster Bar, in collaboration with partner-chef Jennifer Puccio. "Under chef Puccio, our focus is a fresh raw bar paired with craft cocktails, rosé and Champagne," Weinberg explains. "Leo's is about glamour. And excess, because I'm determined to bring daytime drinking back in vogue."
Located in the city's Financial District just two doors away from Wayfare Tavern (owned by their Food Network star pal, chef Tyler Florence), the Leo's space is, for the moment, stark. But that only fuels Weinberg's team's collective creative vision. Led by interior designer Jon De La Cruz (lead Marlowe and Cavalier designer under the direction of Ken Fulk, who serves as Big Night's brand guru and creative partner), the group has gathered to animatedly debate the Mad Men-era decor vision, comprising tile floors, vintage rattan and a back room. "I'm always looking for a back room," enthuses Weinberg, who already has one to her name—Marianne's, a late-night, Rolling Stones-inspired, members-only spot behind The Cavalier. "After the birth of Leo, James insisted on buying me jewelry," she recalls. "But all I wanted was a cool, sort-of-secret back room. So Marianne's is my 'push prize.' " The request fits with her decidedly rock 'n' roll, yet sleek and structured fashion sense (Saint Laurent cigarette pants, Rag & Bone blouse, chunky Alexander Wang jewelry)—a look that is embellished with a touch of boho-chic. (It's worth noting that at heart, she is also a rugby-mad tomboy.)
"Anna has a rare gift: She's a mad genius with natural élan who innately understands how to bring hospitality to a new level. Some nights you feel like crap. But that's not allowed in front-of-the-house—what we do is performance art." —Jonathan Waxman
"When Anna was my Barbuto maitre d', she was a hot mess," says Jonathan Waxman (the pioneering, James Beard Award-winning New York-based chef, who cut his teeth at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse) with a hearty laugh. "But she brought a party atmosphere to the game, which instantly increased our nightly covers. Together we transformed a good restaurant into an amazing one." At the time, Weinberg was 24 and going through a divorce. She had yet to meet Nicholas, a fifth-generation San Franciscan, who was also in the Big Apple at Princeton Capital, where he launched his venture capital career. "Anna has a rare gift: She's a mad genius with natural élan who innately understands how to bring hospitality to a new level. Some nights you feel like crap. But that's not allowed in front-of-the-house—what we do is performance art," Waxman continues. "With chef Puccio's skill and James' business acumen, they make a mighty team."
Nicholas recently lent those skills to Waxman, assisting the Berkeley-born chef on lease details for his new Italian restaurant opening later this fall at Ghirardelli Square. The couple's team also includes top investors, many of whom rank among San Francisco's tech titans: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, financier Carl Pascarella and angel investor Ron Conway.
"Anna and James have added high-quality restaurants to the San Francisco scene," writes Conway, via email. "Anna brings so much energy to the culinary experience."
So deeply entwined is Weinberg in each space that she fondly describes her restaurant children as "fraternal" rather than "identical." And she easily thumbnails the vibe of each: Park Tavern is "all-occasion" chic, attracting the likes of such grand dames as Denise Hale. Marlowe is a haven to budding techsters and hipsters. The Cavalier is the go-to for tech types toiling nearby at Twitter, Salesforce and Uber. The menus at each star Puccio's beloved Marlowe burger and signature crispy Brussels sprout chips bar snack. In 2014, star pastry chef Emily Luchetti signed on with Weinberg and company. And all three Big Night restaurants landed on the 2015 Top 100 Restaurant list by vaunted San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer.
"But we don't want to grow too big," says Nicholas. "The restaurant business is service-driven and all about quality of experience and food. Our goal is to keep that experience polished to a high gleam." Yet even as they strive daily to create stellar memories for their guests, Weinberg and Nicholas are often challenged to make time for their own experiences. In addition to being CEO of Big Night, Nicholas is also an angel investor. Weinberg not only hustles to make her guests happy but also their 380-person staff: Between greeting guests, flash-solving any problems and keeping an eye out to promote talent and create actual culinary careers for her employees, she often spends 15-hour days shuttling between their restaurants.
"There are days when we're dying to see each other. But sometimes I'm not home until 2 a.m. And James is awake by 5:45 a.m.," Weinberg says. "When it works, we're a bit like an old couple: We have a standing 4:30 p.m. date for an early dinner at Swan Oyster Depot."
In-between the Leo's lease-signing and a 6 p.m. design meeting at Fulk's loft, Weinberg sneaks in a break at Wayfare Tavern, where Florence's wife, Tolan, has the staff set out delicious snacks and refreshing Tom Collins cocktails. She wonders aloud if she's crazy to open a fifth spot—although, as Leo's will only hold 35 seats, she's thrilled to be starting small again. "But large or small, the second guests walk into our restaurants they are greeted by an engaged staff, who are not staring at their phones sending texts," says Weinberg, whose own phone is tellingly emblazoned with typewriter-style letters that spell out "Type A." "Those guests are not even going to think about going somewhere else because our staff makes them feel like they've landed at the best party in town." She praises her husband for being an amazing analyst, who will "game out" any possible business scenario: a trait balanced by Weinberg's understanding of the theatricality inherent in the restaurant world, where she occupies a front-row seat.
"I'm lucky because I get to know some of our guests who are creating amazing things that are changing the world," she says, recalling her teen years as a budding TV soap-opera star. "If the restaurant's front-of-the house performs well—and this is coming from a self-proclaimed failed actress—then some nights you savor applause at the end of our show."
Written by Catherine Bigelow.
Photography by Aubrie Pick.


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Britain's spies have been seeking guidance from an "ethical counsellor" on how to cope with moral dilemmas.
MI5 members have discussed issues like the rights and wrongs of extraordinary rendition and whether the Government was right to try to alter the ideological views of citizens.
The counsellor's existence was revealed yesterday in the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee's annual report. The post, created three years ago, is held by a former service director-general. Security reasons prevent the disclosure of his name. Senior figures dealing with the service's most sensitive work have been to see the senior adviser and some of the matters raised have led to wider debate within the organisation.
The report states that "concerns the individuals have raised include... whether there were sufficient controls for sharing information with countries that do not comply with international standards for the treatment of those in detention and whether guidance for staff on these matters was sufficiently accessible and understood."
Last week, the British Government admitted involvement in extraordinary rendition, where terror suspects were handed to the US in Iraq to be flown to Afghanistan for interrogation.
Lawyers for Binyam Mohammed, a British resident released from Guantanamo Bay, claim MI5 knew the US had used torture to obtain information from him, but the service denies this.
The issue of "whether it was ethical for the Government to seek to alter the ideological views of its citizens as part of its counter-radicalisation strategy" goes to the heart of government strategy that aims to use community campaigns to confront fundamentalism.
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MI5 members questioned whether the service had adequate mechanisms to evaluate risks to the health of international counter-terrorism agents. The director-general of MI5, Jonathan Evans, has disclosed that 75 per cent of his agency's work is devoted to threats from Islamists, and that a large number of British Muslims, as well as local people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, are MI5 agents. The concern raised related to these field agents.
Logistics and seemingly a concern over resources also featured in discussions. Staff questioned whether MI5 should be involved in the Government's Prevent strategy, to prevent terrorism developing in communities, "given the pressure it faces to tackle the terrorist threat directly".
The report also said the service employed 3,382 people and expected that number to grow to 4,100 by 2011. Twelve of those employees have seen the counsellor so far.
The Commons Intelligence and Security Committee said: " It is reassuring that so few Security Service staff have felt the need to raise ethical concerns or complaints. We nonetheless welcome the establishment of the post and believe it provides an important avenue, should the need arise, for staff to discuss their concerns."
MI5 regrets that one employee did not access the counsellor, an officer whose partner was part of a secretly-filmed sadomasochistic session with Max Mosley. The officer revealed what happened to a newspaper. The officer was suspended and later resigned.
"The incident has highlighted the risks inherent in the vetting system," the report said. "The committee intends to look at this in more detail."

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So Russia won the 2018 World Cup bid and all we're left with is the comical display of Britain's populist rags pulling their hair out in OUTRAGE.
Blame the lefty BBC! Change the rules! It's all a fix! Russian crooks! We were the best! From the Daily Mail to the Sun and from Masturbating Daily to the Express, it's all rage rage rage.
But the best demolition of World Cup-related populist delusion comes from this excellent article at Macondo Sunsets. Try this snippet for starters:
"If you think these big events give economies a boost, think again. [...]Down pat.
Bread and circuses don't save the day. Just ask a now-bankrupt Greece. The Athens Olympics were only six years ago. And although the Olympics served to temporarily tranquillise them and make them forget the state of the economy, they soon woke up again. The British will too. Good luck to the Russians-they'll need it once Blatter and his partners are done chucking all the sacks of roubles into the truck..."


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The Pays de la Loire strengthens ties with the Netherlands
The Pays de la Loire recently welcomed a Dutch delegation. It was a great opportunity to demonstrate the dynamism of regional industry,… Read more
GE: global HQ for marine renewable energies will be in Nantes
General Electric's unprecedented deal with Alstom was signed in June. In it, the American group stated its willingness to establish its global… Read more


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Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski is attempting a comeback, having signed with the ECHL's Florida Everblades.
"I'm just excited to get back on the ice again and see where God takes me on this journey," Rafalski said on the team's Web site.
Rafalski, 40, retired from the NHL in 2011, with one year at $6 million remaining on his contract with the Red Wings.
The Red Wings last week granted Rafalski's request to file a release with the NHL, making him an unrestricted free agent, general manager Ken Holland said. Otherwise Rafalski would have been Red Wings' property for three years from the time he filed his voluntary retirement papers in May 2011.
Rafalski did not ask the Red Wings to sign him to a contract with the ECHL's Toledo Walleye. He apparently wants to play close to his home in Florida while determining where this comeback will lead him.
If he plays well in the ECHL and wants to take the next step to the AHL, the Red Wings would at least talk to him.
Rafalski spent four seasons in Detroit, winning the Stanley Cup in 2008. He won two Stanley Cups with the New Jersey Devils (2000 and 2003).
He notched 515 points in 11 NHL seasons.
He also appeared in three Olympics for Team USA, winning the silver medal in 2002 and 2010.


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Writers' Groups and Regular Events
WRITE NOW: Darwin
Come write with a bunch of folk who are writing stuff. Anything. Everything. Everyone. Hosted by a local writer in a lounge room setting, WRITE NOW is a laid-back get- together where you can work on whatever you like and be inspired by the constant tap of productive fingers and minds. You won't be asked to share your writing (you can do that at Wild Words!) but you will get to share in a delicious afternoon tea and the buzz of writing together. Usually held on the first Saturday of the month, 3 – 5pm @ The Mayfair Gallery, Harriet Place. Cost: $5 on arrival
Presented by NTWC in partnership with ACCOMPLICE & StoryProjects
POW – Palmerston's Own Writers
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Member for Brennan's Community Room, Palmerston Shopping Centre at 5.30pm. For more information contact Sandra Parker on T: 0427 451949 or E: firstname.lastname@example.com
You Write Mate?
Malak Writers' Group. Come along for a night of fun, creativity and getting words down on paper. Monthly meetings. Find us on Facebook
Tennant Creek Writers
Regular meetings. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
KROW – Katherine Region of Writers
Meetings are held at the Katherine Public Library Tea Room, 10am to 12noon every second Saturday of the month. For further details, please contact email@example.com
Darwin: Poetry and Coffee Mornings
Meet some fellow poetry lovers to share your favourite works, or some work of your own. It's held the third Thursday of every month at Eat at Martins, 6 Caryota Court, Coconut Grove, 10am – 11am. Just turn up and enjoy a coffee or lassi in poetic company!
Wild Words
A monthly event to allow writers to trial some spoken word in front of a friendly audience. It happens the last Sunday of every month at the Darwin Railway Club in Parap from 3pm to 5pm. Entry is $5, but FREE for performers.
Hold a writers' group that you would like to list? Email us at email@example.com
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Today marks World Population Day and women's access to contraceptive services has come under scrutiny.
According to the most recent United Nations (UN) estimates, the current world population stands at 7.5 billion people.
The UN predicts that it will rise to 11.2 billion by 2100.
This year, World Population Day coincides with the Family Planning Summit.
According to UN figures, 214 million women around the world don't have access to safe and effective birth control.
Read: Maternal deaths caused by unsafe abortion a cry for reproductive justice
Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UN Populations Fund's (UNFPA) regional manager, says most women without access are in developing countries.
Many parts in developing countries just don't get access to safe and effective birth control.— Julitta Onabanjo, Regional Director For East And Southern Africa at , United Nations Populations Fund (
Dr. Onabanjo says the Family Planning Summit will assess progress and efforts to reach 120 million women and girls in order to provide access to contraceptive services.
She outlined the challenges and misconceptions surrounding contraceptives services and reproductive health rights for vulnerable population groups around the world.
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Meanwhile, the Western Cape Health department says all women can access birth control services free of charge at any local clinic.
The department's Jo-Anne Otto explains the they have also collaborated on public-private partnerships to provide contraceptive services at select pharmacies.
Otto described the various options available for women and girls and some of the barriers to raising awareness.
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This article first appeared on CapeTalk : Sharp focus on access to contraceptive services this World Population Day


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A couple of months ago, the FDA approved the latest drug to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Called ponatinib (brand name Iclusig, made by Ariad), the drug is a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, the latest
Drug Development
Industry's Influence
Do they or don't they? It's the question that paper after paper after paper after paper has tried to address over the past decade: does industry sponsorship of clinical trials bias the outcomes of the
How Much Money Do Drug Companies Pay the FDA?
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act became a law in 1992. PDUFA (or as most people say, padoofa) allows the FDA to collect fees from pharmaceutical companies filing new drug applications. A new drug application,
Avastin for Ovarian Cancer
You've probably already seen the headlines noting the disappointing outcomes of two phase III studies of bevacizumab (brand name Avastin, made by Genentech) for ovarian cancer. I've been trying to familiarize myself with the data
Protons, Electrons, and Hepatitis C
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The false distinction between basic and applied science
During an interview years ago, Herb Abelson, the leukemia researcher after whom the abl gene is named and whose work with viruses in mice helped unravel how a chromosomal mutation leads to chronic myelogenous leukemia,
Let the Death Panel Accusations Fly!
Yesterday, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee issued its recommendation to the FDA on the use of Avastin for the treatment of breast cancer: no. Based on clinical trial results, ODAC members voted unanimously that the
What's Next for Hepatitis C
Without question, the recent approvals of telaprevir (Vertex) and boceprevir (Merck) for the treatment of hepatitis C infection marks the beginning of a new time for hepatitis C. This advance is genuinely significant, and after
Helping People. Working System?
Here's an example of how drug companies work the drug development system: Part 1: A Successful Phase III Study for a New Myelofibrosis Drug This week, results of the second phase III trial of a
Collaborative Clinical Trials: A Way Forward?
Last week, The New York Times reported widespread panic among the pharmaceutical industry with the expiration of patents looming in the near distance. As the articles states, "…because of patent expirations, the drug industry will


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Sakutaro (さくたろ)A stuffed lion doll handmade by Rosa and given to Maria for her birthday. He became Maria's furniture when she gave him a soul through magic. His name was originally intended to be "Sakura" (さくら?, based on a veiled reference to the manga and anime Cardcaptor Sakura), but since "Sakura" is traditionally a female name, Maria derived from it and added the male suffix tarō (たろう?). In reality, Sakutaro is a normal stuffed animal who Maria simply imagines to be alive, viewing him as one of her most beloved friends. His vessel takes the shape of a simple lion cub, while his human form has the appearance of a young boy with blond hair, red eyes, an orange cap with pointed ears, and an oversized yellow jacket; he wears a red muffler given to him by Maria in both of his forms. He is innocent and shy, and often utters the phrase uryū (うりゅー?) He is also incredibly popular among the Sisters of Purgatory, who never waste an opportunity to pounce and cuddle him all at once, much to his dismay. As furniture under a witch of Mariage Sorcière, he serves as a non-aggressive diplomat with the ability to produce barriers and negate magical attacks to protect Maria, though his defensive powers pale in comparison to more experienced furniture. In Alliance of the Golden Witch, Sakutaro is torn apart by Rosa in a fight with Maria and believed to be impossible for Beatrice to resurrect due to Rosa's refusal to accept him afterward. However, he still appears before Ange, who comes across and repairs the remains of his vessel and revives him. In Dawn of the Golden Witch, Sakutaro assists Maria against Erika the two argue over a trivial magic trick, and manages to arrange a truce. He later defends Maria against Kanon when he attempts to kill her, only to be disintegrated by Shannon's own shield, though he is restored in the end.
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Senate Bill Would Deny College Financial Aid to D and F Students
Washington--College students entering their junior or senior years would have to have maintained a C average or better to qualify for federal financial aid under legislation approved by a Senate subcommittee.
In voting to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and the Humanities last month made several other changes in existing law that would limit students' access to federal loans and grants, but would increase the amounts students who qualify could receive.
For example, the bill restricts Pell grants to students from families earning less than $30,000 a year, but raises the maximum award in 1987 from $2,100 to $2,400. The House has approved legislation that sets the maximum grant at $2,300.
Subcommittee staff aides said the new restrictions would ensure that only students who need federal grants and loans get them.
But according to Peter J. Gossens, director of governmental relations for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the C-average requirement would "simply lead to grade inflation," while the $30,000 family-income cap would penalize students from large families.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee is expected to consider the bill next month.
House Bill
The Senate subcommittee bill differs significantly from a reauthorization measure the House approved earlier last month. (See Education Week, Dec. 11, 1985.)
The House bill did not include the requirement that students maintain a C average to qualify for federal aid, and it did not set a $30,000 family-income cutoff for Pell grant recipients. It did, however, require that all students submit to a financial needs-analysis test before becoming eligible for federal aid.
Also, while the House bill would provide $111.5 million in fiscal 1987 for numerous teacher-education programs, the Senate bill provides only limited funds for two such programs.
It authorizes $10.5 million in 1987 for the Carl D. Perkins Scholarship program, which is currently authorized at $20 million, and sets $5.25 million for the National Talented Teacher Fellowship program.
Authorized spending levels for both programs would increase by 5 percent a year until 1991.
"Essentially, we repealed Title V," a subcommittee aide said. Title V is the section of the act that funds teacher-education programs.
The House bill also includes numerous new programs for nontraditional students that the Senate bill does not fund.
$9.8 Billion
The Senate bill authorizes $9.8- billion for the many programs covered by the act, which is about $800- million less than the House voted to authorize and some $500 million more than current appropriations.
In general, the measure authorizes spending only for currently funded programs, and it limits their authorized spending levels to 5 percent above current appropriations.
One exception is a new $3.8-million program for projects that encourage students to do community service in return for financial aid. The House bill did not include this program.
"Gramm-Rudman made it clear that a huge, expensive bill could not pass the Senate," a subcommittee staff aide said, in explaining the lack of new programs in the Senate bill. She described the measure as "more realistic and responsible" than the House bill.
However, Mr. Gossens of naicu said the full committee could add programs when it considers the bill. "Any kinds of new programs were put off until the full committee markup," he said.
Major provisions of the subcommittee bill include:
Eligibility: Unlike the House bill, the Senate subcommittee bill does not establish a single needs-analysis test for all federal financial-aid programs.
Nor does it set a cutoff age for students wishing to declare independent financial status.
However, the Senate bill departs from existing law by requiring students who declare themselves independent to undergo a needs-analysis test for the two years prior to their aid application.
Current law requires applicants to demonstrate need for only the pri-or year. The subcommittee bill also allows child-care expenses as an income-offset in the needs-analysis test.
Current law does not allow child care to be considered in applications for Pell grants, and makes it optional for guaranteed loans.
Limits on loans, grants: The bill authorizes $4.3 billion for Pell grants in 1987, and $3.1 billion for guaranteed student loans.
It would allow students to borrow $3,000 a year for two years and $4,000 a year for three additional years, for a total of $18,000, unlike the House bill, which would allow students to borrow $5,000 a year in their junior and senior years but a cumulative total of $14,500.
Current law allows grants of up to $2,500 a year for five years.
Interest rates: The bill raises the interest rate on g.s.l.'s for new borrowers from 8 percent to 10 percent. It also raises the rate on National Direct Student Loans from 5 percent to 7 percent.
Campus-based programs: Unlike the House bill, which directs new money for campus-based aid programs to institutions with the neediest students, the Senate measure would target aid to the largest campuses with the greatest number of eligible aid recipients.
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Hi all, hope you're enjoying your Saturday so far! Tonnie is sharing her fabby Flip/Swing Wedding card using our newly released "It MOOOst Be Love" digi set! I just love fancy fold cards, don't you? This is adds a bit of surprise when as you get a different image when the card opens :)
Lovely card Tonnie! Your rose paper, pearle and diecuts are so lovely!!
Here's the set in store if you'd like to grab it too!
Have a MOOOvelous weekend!! *Ü*
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Miley Cyrus is all about empowering people to act crazy and uninhibited, but she's not one to force someone to do something against his or her will. That extends to her love of marijuana, which she says she doesn't want to encourage those younger than the legal age (in some states, anyway) to try.
In an interview with The New York Times, Cyrus responds to Joe Jonas' allegations that he only tried weed at the encouragement of Miley and Demi Lovato. Jonas recalls being "17 or 18" at the time he first tried the drug, which would have made Cyrus and Lovato only 14 or 15 at the time. According to Cyrus, she was too young to peer pressure him into doing anything.
"If you want to smoke weed, you're going to smoke weed. There's nothing that two little girls are going to get you to do that you don't want to do. I thought maybe he was saying that like it was going to make him look bada**," she tells the Times. "We were so young that it's actually like, "How did you get peer pressured by me?"
During the time of this pot-smoking incident, Cyrus was still employed by the Disney Channel as Hannah Montana. In retrospect, she regrets news of her drug use getting out while she was working for the Mouse House.
"Things came out that happened — like, you know, bong videos — when I was on Disney. But I never wanted to do that to Disney. When I was no longer employed by anyone, that's when I was like, 'OK, I'm going to do my own thing,'" she says. "But I waited until I felt like I had respectfully finished out what I was supposed to do, you know?"
As for her year of twerking, Cyrus says that people should understand by now that that persona is the "character" of Miley Cyrus, and not who she actually is.
"I went from people just thinking I was, like, a baby to people thinking I'm this, like, sex freak that really just pops molly and does lines all day. It's like, 'Has anyone ever heard of rock 'n' roll?' There's a sex scene in pretty much every single movie, and they go, "Well, that's a character." Well, that's a character. I don't really dress as a teddy bear and, like, twerk on Robin Thicke, you know?" Cyrus says. "I feel like now that I did the VMAs, that just kind of became a standard for me, and then anytime I do anything else, they're like, 'Miley kept it tame tonight.'"


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First, we used them as flash cards. Students had them in a pile and went through and reviewed their letter names.
Next, we sorted the cards by upper and lower case. Then they matched the upper and lower case together.
After that we reviewed the letter sounds using only the lowercase letter cards.
We had the gingerbread vowel run to a consonant to practice blending words. Most of the words were nonsense words, but the point was to practice blending sounds together. This group of kids isn't ready to blend three sounds yet, so we focusing on two sounds. It was a lot of fun!
Click on the picture to watch the video. :)
We practiced segmenting sounds. They were able to segment three letter words with guidance. I said the word, then we all segmented the sounds together a couple of times. Then they tried to pull down the correct letters to make that word.
Last, we worked on manipulating sounds They had lots of guidance but I really saw improvement by the end. I would repeat the word and "touch and say" each sound.
For example, I would say, map, /m/ /a/ /p/ as I touched each sound. Then I would say a new word, like mip, /m/ /i/ /p/. I would touch the cards again to help them see which sound changed. A few kids were able to touch and say the cards on their own to determine which sound changed.
If you want to print out these cards to use with your kids, you can download them here.
For more gingerbread ideas, click here to see my past posts. There are quite a few freebies if you scroll all the way through!


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Finally Teresinha's Japanese wardrobe !!!
(you are in for a long one... so grab a cup of coffee before you start reading)
HERE). I've been using this book a lot.
HERE & HERE. I've used the perfect Liberty print for it this time. I really wish Liberty fabric was more affordable... (sight)
All the books in Japanese were bought HERE
The ones in English/French were either a present or bought in Amazon.
Fabric is from www.traetela.com
Sara organized all of it and there's a link up so you can play along too :). All details HERE!
In a Manner of Sewing | Conversas de Hermanas | Pequenos e Verdes | Climbing the Willow
Bartracks and Singletrack | S is for Sewing | Sew Happy | Mamacosesola
Fairies, Bubbles & Co. | Sewing Like Mad | As it Seams | Sewing For Mini Me
La Folie Sewing Booth | Just Add Fabric | Blogless Anna | Sweeter Than Cupcakes | Needle and Ted | Miss Castelinhos | Made by Toya | Lil Luxe Collection | House of Estrela
Patty Made It | Paisley Roots | Rita Pirolita | Call Ajaire
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Individual walks
3 times a day
Large heated enclosures
Veterinary assistance provided
Open all year round
WARNING: At times of festivals and/or holidays
you should consider booking in advance.
Open from 10 am to 12 noon
and 4 pm to 6 pm
Closed Wednesday afternoons, Sundays
and public holidays
No arrival, departure, or visit is allowed outside of opening hours, despite our 24 hours attendance at the kennels.
Our private living accommodation is in the grounds of the kennels,
so your pet is under constant monitoring and is part of our living!
The kennels are built on 1 hectare of ground with natural surrounding bordered by vines. We accommodate mainly
but also
entrusted by their owners during their holidays or for any other reason.
Lodgings, shelter and affection are guaranteed for all our lodgers.
Various options are offered, each resident having individual accommodation.
Dogs and cats of the same family need not be separated and the pen size will be selected to suit accommodation requirements.
Possibility of heating.
External air shaft.
Relaxation areas, walks in the vineyards.
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About 600 youth representing New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the Boy Scouts of America, Brooklyn Council, the YMCA and the Indo-Caribbean Alliance, Inc., will join together to enjoy local stewardship and camping at The Great Urban Outdoor Event on October 15-16 at two parks in Brooklyn: Gateway National Recreation Area's Floyd Bennett Field and NYC Parks' Marine Park.
Beyond its iconic buildings and cultural institutions, New York City features incredible untapped natural resources. These can inspire the next generation of urban environmental stewards.The goal of The Great Urban Outdoor Event is to "Engage, educate and employ" youth in and around the Jamaica Bay area. The event seeks to inspire our young citizens not only to enjoy the outdoors, but also to encourage their stewardship of New York City's natural heritage and to open their eyes to green career opportunities. Youth participating will plant native trees, clean up New York City's coast, take nature walks and camp outdoors.
"Urban natural areas are just as important as pristine wilderness parks," said Gateway Superintendent Linda Canzanelli. "Because parks like Gateway are close to large and diverse populations, we can engage urban youth and adults who have yet to see places like Yellowstone." Canzanelli said Gateway and its sister NYC parks inspire youth to learn about the necessity of natural spaces like those in New York City and it gives youth the chance to consider careers in public service.
"Introducing kids to green jobs puts them on the path to long-term careers and fosters a strong commitment to improving the environment," said NYC Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe."The Great Urban Outdoor Event represents a shared commitment between the National Park Service and NYC Parks to engage, educate, and employ young New Yorkers, by taking advantage of the city's natural resources."
During the day, staff from the National Park Service, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and NYC Parks & Recreation will lead activities in and around Jamaica Bay. The events include a large coastal clean-up, native planting around the new campsites and mulching and watering trees that were planted last fall through the MillionTreesNYC mayoral initiative. From rangers to foresters, gardeners to administrators, the staff will demonstrate urban environmental career choices and engage youth in dialogue about the ways environmental stewardship can sustain our urban metropolis.
In the evening, approximately 150 youth and chaperones will camp overnight at one of the two parks. Overnight campers will experience a number of entertaining activities including team-building initiatives and games, night hikes, a lantern tour of the historic aircraft, star gazing and storytelling.
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About Gateway National Recreation Area
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Citi Reports Q4 Earnings Down 11% Y/Y
Citigroup reported its net income declined 11% from Q4/10 to $1.2 billion in Q4/11, reflecting a $1.2 billion decline in Y/Y revenues, a $465 million increase in operating expenses and a $470 million increase in the provision for taxes, which offset a $2 billion improvement in the cost of credit from the prior year period.
The majority of the revenue decline in 2011 was driven by the ongoing reduction in Citi Holdings assets, which declined approximately $90 billion during the year to $269 billion.
Compared to the prior year, total cost of credit in the fourth quarter fell 41% to $2.9 billion. The improvement in credit costs was driven by a 40% decline in net credit losses to $4.1 billion partially offset by a smaller release of credit reserves of $1.5 billion. The credit reserve release reflects a lower level of inherent losses remaining in the portfolio.
Vikram Pandit, Citi's chief executive officer, said, "Overall, we made solid progress in 2011. We increased our net income to $11.3 billion, up 6% from the previous year, and reached key benchmarks in our consumer businesses, showing our strategy is achieving results. Clearly, the macro environment has impacted the capital markets and we will continue to right-size our businesses to match the environment. With Citi Holdings assets at 12% after the transfer of retail partner cards to Citicorp, we are increasingly focused on driving earnings through our core franchise and beginning to return capital to our shareholders this year."
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Choosing the size of your tank
Things you need to consider when determining the size of your tank or storage vessel include:
1. Rainfall – how much rainfall you get in your area,
2. Roof area – how large the catchment surface is,
3. Water usage – what you intend to use rainwater for, and how much you expect to use,
4. Site characteristics – how much space you have, and the location you intend to install the tank or storage vessel.
Use the following formula:
Roof Area X Annual Rainfall = Maximum Available for Capture
Then determine:
Most Days without Rain X Average Daily Water Use = Storage Volume Required on Day One of a Dry Spell
If for example, the most days without rain was 40 days, and the average daily usage was 400L, the volume on hand on Day One of 40 days would have to be 16,000L.
It is very difficult to predict the required volume, because often a dry period will start when the tank is not full. However, this method provides a guideline, and you can add a safety factor on top of this requirement.
When calculating how big the storage capacity should be, plan the tank area so that extra storage can be added later if required.
It is important to consider the space you have available, whether the vessel is to be installed above or below ground, below the roof-line or above it (eg. on a sloping site), whether you will have one or more tanks – connected or installed as separate systems, and what ground surface preparation is required.


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Introducing Piperlime Style Shortcuts by Aimee Song
I'm so excited to share that I've partnered with Piperlime and POPSUGAR as their new guest editor! I'll be covering trends and sharing style tips and my favorite picks in a series called Style Shortcuts, featuring weekly video segments and written posts. The pieces featured on POPSUGAR, along with all my top picks, will be available to shop at Piperlime.com.
Spring is right around the corner, and brights are back in a huge way! In my first video with Piperlime and POPSUGAR, I've ditched my go-to black leather jacket for a brighter peach-sherbet leather jacket from Theory. Speaking of sherbet colors, how pretty are these Rachel Roy heels? The python texture and ankle straps are a definite plus in my book.
For my second look, I embraced the black-and-white trend — bold, simple, and modern. As much as I love color, I'm really into black-and-white looks right now, and the graphic print on this Tibi dress is what caught my eye.
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The organism Haemophilus parasuis (HPS) was first reported in 1910 by Glasser. It was associated with fibrinous serositis and polyarthritis. Through the years, it was considered a sporadic disease of high-health pigs.
However, in recent years, it has emerged as a significant bacterial disease. The concurrent emergence of new swine respiratory diseases, such as porcine circovirus-associated disease type 2, influenza viruses and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus, has contributed to its increased prevalence and severity.
Vaccines, antibiotics and other management strategies have not always been successful in the control of losses due to HPS.
Case Study No. 1
A gilt development facility receives weaner gilts from a breeding stock multiplier unit every nine weeks. The "nursery" is a section of the facility, but possible air exposure to older animals periodically occurs if doors in hallways are left open.
Four to five weeks after delivery, a portion of the pigs developed a mild cough with intense sneezing. Initially, it was suspected that the virus causing inclusion body rhinitis (IBR) was circulating.
However, some affected pigs started to lose weight and needed to be euthanized. Autopsies showed these animals had pericarditis and pleuritis. Diagnostics revealed positive results for HPS, but negative for IBR, swine influenza virus (SIV), PRRS, circovirus and Streptococcus suis.
The remaining animals were injected with a long-acting antibiotic (tetracycline). Subsequent groups were vaccinated for HPS upon arrival and given antibiotics in the water during the challenge period.
Following these treatment steps, minimal clinical disease has occurred and no animals have exhibited lesions at postmortem examination.
Case Study No. 2
A continuous-flow, wean-to-finish site received PRRS-negative pigs from a sow farm every eight weeks. Very few health issues were clinically visible until a respiratory break occurred. Pigs of all sizes/ages were affected. Pigs were visibly sick and the cough was the classic bark of influenza. Treatment was given via water, but death loss occurred with increasing frequency.
Postmortem examination revealed moderate pneumonia and severe pleuritis, pericarditis and peritonitis. Those lesions were characteristic for HPS and appeared to be the major cause for the deaths. Tissues were submitted for lab testing.
The diagnostic laboratory findings were influenza virus and HPS. Because the site was continuous flow, a concentrated effort was made to control the infectious agents. The losses due to HPS were contained by strategic antibiotic application and the use of a commercial vaccine. Future groups received HPS vaccine, which controlled the mortality problems and clinical signs.
This case demonstrates the importance of determining a control program for disease syndromes that have multiple causes. SIV vaccines have not been very effective in preventing overt disease. Newer strain-specific HPS vaccines have been very helpful in reducing clinical effects of an infection.
Once this wean-to-finish site went through four groups with normal mortality, vaccine use was stopped. No other producer receiving the same pigs from the same sow farm has seen clinical signs of HPS.
Case Study No. 3
A 1,200-sow farm was producing PRRS-negative pigs and started bringing in high-health weaner gilts. The owner decided to raise some pigs from his own production. These male pigs were housed in the same nursery with the new gilts.
Within two weeks, gilts were coughing and sneezing and exhibiting severe respiratory distress. Two were euthanized and lab results isolated pure HPS from the lungs. It was suspected the HPS originated in the in-house male pigs and then infected the weaner gilts. Antibiotics were put in water and feed for a short time. Future herd additions were vaccinated for HPS.
Haemophilus parasuis is a common bacteria residing in the respiratory tract of healthy pigs. Pigs are commonly infected from their dams during the first week of life. However, the introduction of animals from an outside source can trigger a disease outbreak, as there are numerous strains of the bacteria and each strain may have different virulence. Stress situations such as mixing and moving, along with poor ventilation in colder months can cause the bacteria to replicate rapidly and cause clinical disease.
A complete diagnostic workup is essential to getting specific identification of the organism and then developing a control strategy. Your health advisor can develop a control and monitoring program for your operation.


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How Loom Scaled to 500K Users without Spending a Penny on Marketing
Loom did what many consider impossible for a B2B company.
They want viral, non-stop.
Resulting in 500K users in a couple of years.
Today, they have over 1.7 million visitors/month to their site.
The last time we've seen growth this fast, it happened with Slack.
And with investments from growth marketing experts, Hiten Shah and Brian Balfour, they have the knowledge base to keep it moving forward fast.
In this piece, we explain the story behind Loom per an exclusive interview with co-founder, Shahed Khan. Then we dive into makes Loom one of the most viral B2B products today. Enjoy.
What is Loom?
Loom is a communication tool that helps people get their messages across through instantly shareable videos. With Loom, you can capture your screen, record your front-facing camera, and narrate your video all at once — no switching apps or upload required. Whether it's training new teammates or replying to a customer inquiry, Loom enhances the way people communicate.
The interface is simple. You click the Chrome extension icon, then the setting pop up. With one more click, you're ready to record.
Loom was the Brainchild of a Failed User Testing Product
"The co-founder and I [Shahed Khan] knew we wanted to work together, but we didn't know what the product would be. We were brainstorming different ideas on Skype. We came up with this idea that we threw on the whiteboard which was user testing….spent the first six months building out [the] platform…Companies could install a single line of JavaScript on their page and a test prompt would pop up allowing them to collect qualitative insights.
These users would get a little dialogue box that asks them to install a Chrome extension. This Chrome extension allowed you to record your screen, audio, and camera in a single string and whether the test was 30 seconds long or 30 hours long. The video would get uploaded instantly, then be sent to the test creator."
The problem?
"They do them periodically and it's not something you do on a daily or weekly basis. The monetization strategy wasn't there."
The Big Pivot
"We were self-funded. We were running out of cash. At that time, we were eating Chipotle Burritos every single day without guacamole. All we could afford in the startup [was] a Hail Mary. We launched this Chrome extension that we had as part of the user testing product under a new brand.
A lot of these clients were starting to record videos of themselves walking through the different user tests that they just watched. They'd record that video summarizing the test, then send them to a product manager."
Here's an example:
As you can see by Loom's current backlink traffic, the idea of product manager using the tool is right on point. Upwork, the freelancing site that thousands of product managers use, is their number one source of referral traffic.
"We thought, 'oh, this is interesting. I wonder if other people will be using this for a variety of these cases. So let's generalize it. Let's call it a screen recording tool and see what people think. We posted it on Product Hunt, then shared it on Facebook. This is July of 2016. From there, it…blew up. We rebranded to Loom in January of 2017."
Marketing Budget
"It's all been organic either through the early referral system that we had encouraging users to share to unlock features in the platform."
If you refer just 3 people you'll get two premium features plus $15 credit towards more features. Using the same methodology as the famous Dropbox referral campaign, they've incentivized users to refer based on features.
By sticking to the product, it ensures the people who get referred are high-quality users.
"We kept it free to get people hooked on the idea of recording videos. So then when we did put up a paywall, they would feel more comfortable investing in terms of dollars. When we first released the referral system, some of our most requested features have been 'hey, I just recorded a video and I have to rerecord because I stuttered at the last like two seconds of the video. Can I just trim that segment out so I don't have to rerecord?' Our community uploads a bunch of features that we end up throwing up and that's how we dictate what is going to be paid."
Best Use Case Study Thus Far
"There was just like this giant word of mouth. People were referring the site instead of using the referral link."
As you can see, the result is a huge increase in organic traffic from people searching Loom. This means the product already has a powerful brand.
"[One of my favorites case studies] This massive company public company has a couple thousand employees. They had 22 employees on Loom who were using it. They have their headquarter office in the US, a couple of remote employees throughout the U.S., and then they have another office overseas.
The reason we didn't start charging right after that round of financing was that we knew that Loom's usage within that company amongst thousands of other companies would start to organically grow. Now we're at over 370 employees from that company."
Walk Away With This
What Loom did right was simple. They scaled back, then focused on one core feature.
The result? Product/market fit.
Rather than charge, they discovered what their potential customers wanted and would pay for. Now they have 500K users they can monetize at any moment. From pivot to pioneers, the Loom team might just be building the next Slack.


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DAY 1 : Indore
Arrive in Indore and Proceed to Hotel. Rest of the day is free for leisure or visit the Market in the evening. Overnight at Indore.(D)
DAY 2 : Indore City Tour
Today after Breakfast Proceed to visit the City Sightseeing that includes : Central Museum, Gomatgiri, Kanch Mandir, Khajrana, Town Hall, Bada Ganapati, Gita Bhavan, Chhatris and Annapurna. Overnight at Indore. (B,D)
DAY 3 : Indore - Omkareshwar - Maheshwar - Indore
After breakfast, Visit Omkareshwar and Maheshwar. Return to Indore and Overnight at the Hotel, Indore. Overnight at Indore. (B,D)
DAY 4 : Indore - Mandu - Indore
Today Visit Jahaj Mahal, Jami Masjid, Bajbahadur Palace and Rani Roopmati Pavalion. Return back to Indore in the evening. Overnight at Indore. (B,D)
DAY 5 : Indore - Ujjain (65 Kms/ 01:30 Hrs)
Today After breakfast, visit Mahakaleshwar Mandir, Bade Ganeshji Ka Mandir, Kal Bhairav Shrine, Pir Matsyendranath, and Radha Madan Mohan Temple. After Sightseeing Proceed to Ujjain. Overnight at Ujjain. (B,D)
DAY 6 : Ujjain - Bhopal (City Tour)
Today Proceed to City Tour that includes Taj-Ul-Masjid, Shaukat Mahal & Sadar Manzil, Salkanpur, Bharat Bhawan, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Laxmi Narayan Temple & Museum, Upper & Lower Lakes. In the evening, check in the Hotel. Overnight at Bhopal. (B,D)
DAY 7 : Bhopal - Bhimbetka - Sanchi - Bhopal
Today after Breakfast, Proceed to Visit Bhimbetka - archaeological treasures in the form of cave paintings that reveal the life story of pre-historic cave dwellers in India. After the Visit to Bhimbetka, visit Sanchi Stupa - a UNESCO World Heritage site. Overnight at Bhopal. (B,D)
DAY 8 : Bhopal - HomeTown
Today after Breakfast, Check out of the Hotel and Proceed to Airport / Railway Station to catch the Flight / Train to your next Destination / Hometown. (B)


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Rumours have been flying that the British designer would be making a move to the fashion house ever since he was spotted lunching with its management team last month. Now Emanuel Ungaro has confirmed that it has recruited him as its latest creative director.
The team behind Ungaro will be hoping that Deacon will be able to transform the fortunes of the troubled fashion house. After the disastrous appointment of Lindsay Lohan as artistic director and the swift departure in quick succession of two creative directors, Esteban Cortazar and Estrella Archs, it's fair to say that the label has been the talk of the fashion crowd for all the wrong reasons. But hopefully not for much longer.
The appointment is Deacon's first as the head of a major fashion house. He is currently based in Paris with his eponymous label which he will continue to design his own line alongside his job at Ungaro. He told WWD, 'I obviously dont want to infringe upon my own line, but I like things that are very feminine, lots of color, great prints, great quality, some unusual cuts. All of those things that I like in the world of fashion design Im going to bring to what I feel is appropriate for the Ungaro woman.'
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Staff Choice Question
Posted 17 April 2013 - 03:52 PM
Posted 17 April 2013 - 04:34 PM
Generally speaking, you want whichever staff has the most +MATK%. Most important piece of gear for mage/wiz is your staff, and you want highest +MATK% possible. Keep in mind INT gives some MATK, which helps, but MATK% should be your primary focus.
Posted 17 April 2013 - 05:42 PM
Posted 17 April 2013 - 06:23 PM
What Sassy said and INT boosts are ALWAYS better than element damage boosts I've found.
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Posted 17 April 2013 - 06:45 PM
What Sassy said and INT boosts are ALWAYS better than element damage boosts I've found.
WEll if you get the elements right then elemental cards should work the best... but elemental cards don't work like you would think in this game. I think a lot of people don't get it and do the wrong elements.
+Earth Damage on weapon means you will do that much more %% damage against earth monsters. I don't know if it works for mage staffs + magic, I assume it would since many of the top mages have elemental carded weapons.
If you get +Earth damage on weapon, it does NOT mean your earth spells will hit that much harder. It means you will hit earth elemental monsters harder. It's how elemental dmg cards in RO have always worked, except the "wording" or description is kind of misleading in this game.
Generally speaking if you card elemental damage properly it's going to do a lot more damage than a little MATK or INT. However 3% isn't much, INT or MATK may very well be better than 3% damage. When I say "card elemental damage", I mean stacking three cards of 5% or more elemental damage into your weapon. +15%-21% elemental damage is usually going to be more significant than a little INT or MATK.
Posted 17 April 2013 - 06:50 PM
Posted 17 April 2013 - 08:10 PM
unless you have super uber equipment or something or cash shop additional stats point, at earlier lvls ( < 30 at least maybe < 40 ), int > %matk. 1 point in int gives more than 3.5 matk depending on your % staff bonus. There are some very cheap staves which are very good. Like Yggdrasil (req lvl 28 , the one doppelganger drops) not only gives %21 matk which is even more than VS staves around that lvl, but also gives +8 int ( which is around +33 matk) and +8%sp (ok not too useful but still better than...dunno str).
You can probably find it for cheap at the auction house, and even if you're that broke on zeny you could always try to farm it (doppel runs are fun ) ! The drop rate seems pretty high.
just my 2 cents.
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OpenStack High Availability Features
Until the moment we have been researching possible solutions to make an OpenStack Cloud deployment have as much high availability features as possible.
Before the Folsom release H.A features were not built in the OpenStack service components.
With a large number of requests from the OpenStack community, starting with the Folsom release H.A is being addressed as part of the project. The features are still being introduced and in test phase, there aren't a lot of production deployments out there yet, but with the help and feedback of the community the OpenStack developers believe that by the time the next version is release (Grizzly) OpenStack H.A features will be automated and ready to get in production mode from the get go.
Getting into the details of the H.A features available in Folsom:
Instead of reinventing the wheel, OpenStack decided to go with a proven and robust H.A provider available in the market: Pacemaker was their choice. With more than half a decade of production deployments, Pacemaker is a proven solution when it comes to providing H.A features to a vast range of services.
Specifically looking at the technologies involved with OpenStack, the role of H.A would be to prevent:
- System downtime — the unavailability of a user-facing service beyond a specified maximum amount of time, and
- Data loss — the accidental deletion or destruction of data.
In the end the focus is to eliminate Single Points of Failures in the cluster architecture.
A few examples:
- Redundancy of network components, such as switches and routers,
- Redundancy of applications and automatic service migration,
- Redundancy of storage components,
- Redundancy of facility services such as power, air conditioning, fire protection, and others.
Pacemaker relies on the Corosync project for reliable cluster communications. Corosync implements the Totem single-ring ordering and membership protocol and provides UDP and InfiniBand based messaging, quorum, and cluster membership to Pacemaker.
An OpenStack high-availability configuration uses existing native Pacemaker RAs (such as those managing MySQL databases or virtual IP addresses), existing third-party RAs (such as for RabbitMQ), and native OpenStack RAs (such as those managing the OpenStack Identity and Image Services).
Even though high availability features exist for native OpenStack components and external services they are not automated in the project yet so there is a need for manual installation and configuration of whatever H.A features are needed in the cloud deployment
A quick summary of how a Pacemaker setup would look is:
PaceMaker creates a cluster of nodes and uses Corosync to establish a communication between them.
Besides working with RabbitMQ, Pacemaker can also bring H.A features to a MySQL cluster, the steps would be:
- configuring a DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) device for use by MySQL,
- configuring MySQL to use a data directory residing on that DRBD device,
- selecting and assigning a virtual IP address (VIP) that can freely float between cluster nodes,
- configuring MySQL to listen on that IP address,
- managing all resources, including the MySQL daemon itself, with the Pacemaker cluster manager.
More information can be found:
Towards a highly available (HA) open cloud: an introduction to production OpenStack


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He wanted to go and play. He kept looking out of the local train window even though his mother was calling him.
He finally turned when he heard "Samosa".
He saw his schoolmate selling it.
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Ajax, Young Boys, AEK Athens reach Champions League group stage
Four-time European champions Ajax qualified for the Champions League group stage on Tuesday for the first time in four years, while AEK Athens and Young Boys Bern ended even longer absences.
Ajax went to Dynamo Kiev with a 3-1 lead and that was the final aggregate result after the Dutch side were held to a 0-0 draw despite dominating.
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"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." Helen Keller
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Winter solstice and my SAD
But I am fighting.
I am railing against my hibernation instincts, the urge to be cranky, to push everyone away, to make rash decisions. To run like a dog and hide under the porch until everything leaves me alone. I am exersizing, even though the joy is gone, just for the endorphins.
I am working hard to ensure I can keep getting up, because it only takes one day to start the spiral.
It is winter solstice next week which is always my symbol that the sun is coming.
And this will get easier.
Makeup will be fun.
Bed will be an afterthought at the end of a day, not the wishful dream of an entire week.
Work will feel challenging not confronting.
I won't want to lash out at anyone who doesn't love me unconditionally.
I will invite you over, because my floor will be clean, there will be food in the fridge and I will be ok.
In the meantime, I will come to your place, you cannot come to mine.
I will listen more than I contribute.
I will lurk on the internet with fuck all contribution of value.
I will avoid triggers when I would normally push through.
I will force myself to keep this job, even though it gives me chest pains and I would rather bar-tend.
But my pants are on and I am present.
And that my friends, is a fucking victory.
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Good luck buddy. Here in Sacramento we are emerging from the longest darkest coldest winter ever ever. It was particularly difficult for me. Usually after the sun comes out for a week or so then I feel better; not this time. As of now, I'm seeking meds. the SAD turned into full fledged depression. Good luck buddy.ReplyDelete
I'm so feeling you on this one. I know exactly what that's like and I don't think people take SAD seriously. Which sucks. Maybe because it's such a crap acronym? I find it so hard to function when it even starts to get cold. Reading this is like I wrote it myself. Thanks for posting.ReplyDelete
Wishing you sunshine. Soon.ReplyDelete
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Researchers analyzed questionnaires completed between 1985 and 1988 by more than 7,500 London civil servants. The civil servants were asked if they had felt bored at work during the previous month. The researchers then tracked down how many of the participants had died by April 2009.Those who reported they had been very bored were two and a half times more likely to die of a heart problem than those who hadn't reported being bored.
Virtually everyone gets bored from time to time, most often because we're faced with nothing to do, or forced to do something we'd rather not. As long as your boredom is fleeting, it's nothing to worry about.
But if boredom becomes a regular part of your existence, one that threatens to make your life dull and depressing, it's time to take action to change it. Otherwise, this boredom, which Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Fenichel identified as "pathological" boredom back in the 1950s, can slowly suck the life right out of you … literally.
The Risks of Boredom … and Why Some People are More Bored Than Others
Fenichel believed pathological boredom resulted from your drives and desires being repressed, which in turn leads to aimlessness, among other risks.
Psychologist Stephen Vodanovich of the University of West Florida told Scientific American that research from the past two decades shows boredom increases your risk of:
Drug and alcohol addiction
Anger and aggressive behavior
Lack of interpersonal skills
Performing poorly at work and school
Likewise, this recent study from University College London researchers found that people who were bored were 2.5 times more likely to die of a heart problem than those who were not.
Rather than blaming the boredom in and of itself, it's likely being bored leads to other unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as smoking, drinking, or eating junk food, or is associated with depression or other psychological problems.
Yet, while everyone experiences dull moments here and there, some people are more prone to boredom than others. The Boredom Proneness Scale, developed in 1986 by psychologist Norman Sundberg, even points to boredom as a personality trait of sorts, one that can be measured by answering the 28-question survey.
Research by Vodanovich and colleagues suggests that people who score highly on the external stimulation portions of the BPS have a greater need for excitement in their lives in order to stay stimulated. But there is another variable too, aside from your varying need for external stimulation, and that is your ability to generate your own stimulation.
Vodanovich found in his analysis of the BPS that people who are creative and have many hobbies and interests are less likely to be bored -- likely because they're able to keep themselves occupied from the inside out.
As writer Gerald Brenan said:
"Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself."
And that is really the key.
Live Your Life with Passion
I firmly believe that this is one of the central keys to avoiding boredom. You simply need to do some serious self-analysis and know what authentically makes your heart race.
The number one key to success, excitement and feeling fulfilled is doing something you just love to do.
It's the passion for immersing yourself in the subject, whatever it (or they) may be, and never getting tired or bored with learning more about it that keeps your life interesting. This is also your key to personal happiness. Happiness is that which makes you jump out of bed in the morning with eager anticipation to start your day -- to engage passionately in your chosen work.
But how do you get there?
The first step is to identify that activity, or group of them, and then start focusing your mind around that so you can structure your life to do more of it. Education, whether in the form of reading books, taking a college course, networking with like-minded individuals or going to night school to finish an entire degree, will likely be part of this process.
Personally, my happiness is strongly tied to my mission to catalyze the change of the fatally flawed health paradigm. This is what makes me jump out of bed each morning, and it is the driving force that allows me to truly enjoy the many hours of my "work" weeks.
It is sad to say, but some people are actually bored when they have free time because they're not sure what to do to make themselves feel entertained. If you fall into this group, and need some suggestions to stay occupied, try:
Exercising: It will boost both your mood and energy levels.
Networking with interesting people: The conversations alone will keep your mind fed for days!
Learning a new hobby: Have you always wanted to paint, garden, tutor or play the piano? Carpe Diem!
Doing something you want to do: Too often we're bogged down with tasks we have to do, rather than those we want to. So if you're feeling bored, take that as a sign that it's time to do those things you've been pining away for (Write a novel? Remodel your bathroom? Learn Portuguese? The possibilities are endless … and exciting!)
I strongly believe, though, that one of your best strategies to nipping boredom, and its potential health risks, in the bud is to invest in some serious reflection time to identify what you are truly passionate about.
If you discover that you are not already doing that at work then seek to change your circumstances quickly so you can become involved in your passion as much as possible.
What you don't want is to one day find yourself lying on your death bed and realize you have regrets; that you didn't give every bit of energy you had to achieving the really important goals you had in life.
You will not find me in that position, and I hope I won't find you there either.


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Tae Kwon Do - Belt Test and Break-a-thon
We just had what I'll call a "Very Tae Kwon Do Week-end." Friday night Daniel, Lucas and Caden had their first belt test and Joshua and Chase came along to support. They each did great, demonstrating proper form, technique and skill all culminating in breaking a board. Lucas and Caden broke theirs using a hammer fist and Daniel broke his with an axe kick (!) Each boy wrote a bad habit on the back of their board symbolizing their intent to break that bad habit the way they broke the board (I hope it works ;) Each boy successfully advanced to the next belt level and enjoyed the ceremony celebrating their achievements.
Saturday morning was the Break-a-thon and it was a great event. We got to see several demo teams perform, the highlight being the Master's Demo at the end. It was truly amazing, so fun to watch. Boards, bricks, apples on knives all broken in spectacular ways. Then the boys had the opportunity to break boards of their own, raising funds for Randall Children's Hospital. Eight schools were involved and collectively we were able to raise very close to $20,000!
Here's footage of Daniel's board breaking at the belt test. It's really good! If you feel so inclined, please leave a comment as to whether the footage played for you or not. I'd be much obliged :)
Caden in the foreground, spot Lucas down the line!
Break-a-thon! Lucas used punching techniques:
Daniel's turn! He used a combination of kicks and punches:


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Mike is in charge of all concessions at the ballpark including the stands, portables, luxury suite, picnic area, and Executive Party Deck. He learned his trade working for the Akron Aeros, Wilmington Blue Rocks, and Arkansas Travelers. Mike also works at other venues throughout the country. He has been with the Somerset Patriots since the ballpark opened in 1999.


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Delta Sky Miles members may run into an issues finding award space across the country. I've been there myself. The low level award space in First Class usually requires only 45,000 miles. But when that isn't available, the mid level award space requires a significant amount more in miles, 80,000 miles in total to be exact.
Searching on Delta's award engine doesn't always yield the lowest result. For example, you really should click the "miles per passenger" drop down to see the lowest mileage option. This will sort the results by the lowest miles required first.
When that doesn't work, you'll often see the results of award space up at the mid level. I don't know about you, but I don't like using more miles than I have to. That 80,000 number scares me a little bit because I know there is low availability that will get me to the west coast when I want to, it just requires a little more effort.
In the example below, I'll try to find low level First Class award space from Atlanta to San Francisco on a specific Friday in the next two months.
The first thing I do is find availability on individual routes using one-way search option. There were no direct flights from Atlanta at the low level, but how about another east coast hub, say Detroit?
I found low level award availability from Detroit to the west coast, now I had to get to Detroit from Atlanta. What if there is no First Class award availability to your connection point? Look for coach. Since the First Class segment from Detroit to the west coast is higher, the ticket will price out at the First Class low award level of 45,000 miles. You'll may have to fly in coach on the short segment, but you'll have a confirmed low level award to the west coast.
After you've found the individual segments, simply use the multi-segment search option to piece each segment together. After you pick the exact flights in the correct class that you found low level availability, you can piece them together. I don't prefer to fly in the back of the plane if I don't have to, and since I've booked into First Class low level award, I can likely change to a direct flight based on availability or schedule change. If the schedule changes or I standby for an earlier flight, I may be able to get on a more desirable flight.
Bottom Line
Sure, Delta low level award space in First Class isn't always available, and it's frustrating when you can find what you're looking for.
But if you put a little effort into searching for availability on the Delta award search engine, you may just be able to secure an itinerary at the low level. Then if the itinerary is not ideal, you can keep an eye out for a schedule changes, try for a same day confirmed change or even standby on the day of departure for a different flight to your destination.
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The Dreamer. – Lily & Noah @becomming.mummy.to.noah
What a dream… I couldn't not start with that saying that. But truly, I honestly wish I had invested in this product when Noah was a new born. There's are so many features of this cot that make it a dream for parents to use.
Style is a critical feature for lots of parents now; with the abundance of images posted daily on social media- I'm sure we all feel the pressure to have a modern stylish nursery for our little bundles of joy. And, those little bundles of joy have no idea on how lucky they are not to have some of the bedrooms we probably had! The grey matte finish on the travel cot means that this would be the perfect addition to any room no matter what the décor.
This travel cot looks sleek and stylish; but the look isn't the only offering. The most wonderful feature for my lifestyle is that it has two wheels to allow transportation with minimal disturbance. This means if your little one is sound asleep and the location of the cot isn't ideal, without hassle, you can move them. A very slight lift on one end of the cot, allows it to be moved wherever you need it. For me; I push the cot up against the wall, near to a radiator- but if Noah falls asleep, I move it away just incase it gets too hot for him. Another issue I face is when in the kitchen, I use the cot to keep the baby safe and penned in, but the sun light often hits the cot- again with minimal issues, I can manoeuvre it without trying to lift it up with the baby inside.
This travel cot has a bassinet adjustment which can be use for newborns and until baby's can sit unaided. This would be a wonderful help to allow sleeping newborns to continue to sleep but parents to carry on with daily chores. We all know there isn't a washing up fairy; so with the easy move aspect you can carry on.
The soft padded handle bars which surround the cot are key as children grow. This is ideal to ensure little hands are safe and teeth bite on something gentle. The difference: I have seen other branded travel cots which are surrounded by thin mental bars; which have a very thin sheeting on top which has two issues in my opinion- 1.They are often very cold or if against a radiator get dangerously hot which isn't nice for the hands and faces that are often pushed up-against them 2. When teething kicks in; everything goes in their mouths-biting directly on to nearly unprotected metal isn't ideal for any baby nor is it in my opinion safe or little growing teeth. Which is where the dreamers padded sides and edges mean they are more baby friendly and one less issue for parents to consider.
My house seems to have toys in every room; I have lovely wicker baskets to house them to make them look nicer! The dreamer has two good sized pockets on the side which allows toys to live discreetly- however, if was to use this for a newborn; you could keep nappies, wipes, creams, muslin cloths, blankets and comforters in so they are on hand. This is a well thought out cot- another Red Kite product that children love and designed to help parents.
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