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As a vRealize Automation system administrator, you must perform an appliance database maintenance failover operation.
This scenario assumes that the current master node is up and running normally. There are two database failover maintenance steps: maintenance of the master and maintenance of a replica node. When a master node has been replaced so that it becomes a replica, you should perform maintenance on it so that it is suitable to become the master again should the need arise.
Do not stop or restart the HAProxy service on the applicable host machine while performing a maintenance failover.
vRealize Automation is installed and configured according to appropriate instructions in Installing vRealize Automation.
Log in to vRealize Automation Appliance Management as root using the password you entered when you deployed the vRealize Automation appliance.
Install and configure an appropriate embedded Postgres appliance database cluster.
If your database uses synchronous replication mode, ensure that there are three active nodes in the cluster.
- Remove the master node IP address from the external load balancer.
- Isolate the master node.
Disconnect the node from its current network. This should be the network that is routing to the remaining vRealize Automation appliance nodes.
- Select another NIC for management, or manage it directly from the Virtual Appliance Management Interface.
- Select on the Virtual Appliance Management Interface.
- Select the replica node with the lowest priority for promotion to the master, and click Promote.
Replica nodes appear in ascending priority order.
The old master is demoted to replica status, and the new master is promoted.
- Perform the appropriate replica maintenance.
- When the maintenance is complete, ensure that the virtual appliance is running with network connectivity and that its HAProxy service is running.
- Log in to the vRealize Automation management console as root.
- Ensure that the replica node can be pinged, resolved by name, and has a recent status in the Virtual Appliance Management Console Database tab.
- Click Reset for the replica node.
This operation resets the database so that it is configured to replicate to the current master and re-synchronizes the replica node with the latest haproxy configuration from the master node.
- Following successful reset, return the replica virtual appliance node IP address to the external virtual appliance load balancer IP address pool.
- Ensure that the replica node appears healthy on the Configure Postgres vRA Database table and that it can be pinged and resolved by name.
What to do next
Correct issues with the former master node and add it back to the cluster.


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A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning 22 miles from Searles Valley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:33 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 37 miles from Ridgecrest, 75 miles from California City and 77 miles from Pahrump, Nev.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm.
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Sintra, the colorful town of Portugal
Last year, when we went to Lisbon, we decided that we must also go to Sintra for a day. We'd seen on the Interned lots of photos with the colorful palace, the green gardens and we didn't want to miss it. Sintra is just 40 minutes away from Lisbon by train, so many tourists choose…
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PS4 could allow multiple subscription levels
President of Worldwide Studios says Sony could act like a cable TV company and offer gold, silver, or platinum levels of membership.
The PlayStation 4 could offer gamers multiple subscription levels, Sony president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida told The Guardian. The executive said that because services and content have become available digitally, Sony is in a position to act like a traditional cable TV company and offer multiple membership tiers.
"As more and more services and contents become available digitally, we'll have more of an option to create attractive packages. So hypothetically we can look at different models--like a cable TV company," Yoshida said.
"We could have gold, silver or platinum levels of membership, something like that. We can do subscription services when we have more content--especially now that we have the Gaikai technology available," he added. "With one subscription you have access to thousands of games--that's our dream."
Yoshida's comments are purely hypothetical at the moment, as Sony has not yet detailed full plans for PS4 pricing. The only mention of firm pricing plans thus far came from SCEA CEO Jack Tretton, who said last week that PS4 titles will range from 99 cents to $60.
Digital software support will be a major component of the PS4, Yoshida said, noting Sony is taking a similar approach to that of the PlayStation Vita.
"We're shifting our platform more and more to the digital side--PS4 will be similar to PS Vita in that every game will be available as a digital download, and some will also be available as a disc," he said. "The Witness will be a digital release and because of the flexibility of the digital distribution scheme, we can have more small games that might be free or available for a couple of dollars, or different services like free-to-play or subscription models."
For more on Sony's vision for the PS4, check out a Yoshida's thoughts on used games, The Last Guardian, and support for legacy platforms .
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YANCEYVILLE � The Caswell County Board of Education has selected Renee Franklin to become the next superintendent of Caswell County Schools effective July 1.
The board made its selection during a meeting on Monday. Franklin, 53, has been an Edgecombe County Schools assistant superintendent for the past two years. She is a native of Dunn.
�I am obviously very excited about being selected as the next superintendent,� Franklin said.
Franklin said Tuesday that she plans to move to Caswell County sometime in June and will meet with current Caswell County Schools Superintendent Douglas Barker to discuss the transition process. Barker, 61, will retire as superintendent effective June 30. Barker has served as superintendent for the past 11 years.
�When I meet with him we will go over a strategic plan,� Franklin said. �His input is very valuable.�
Franklin has worked in education for 30 years. Before working with Edgecombe County Schools as assistant superintendent, she spent 11 years as an educator and administrator in Craven County Schools. Franklin said she decided to come to Caswell County Schools because of the system�s size and recent growth. Franklin and her husband, Bill, have two children, Meredith and Jake. Meredith is a teacher in Lenoir County Schools, while Jake will soon be attending Louisiana State University.
Barker said he is looking forward to retirement and spending more time with his family in Yanceyville.
�The school system here is overall in better shape,� Barker said. �I have enjoyed working here.�
Barker said he is proud of the work done to improve the school system�s technology programs and of the support provided in the classrooms to ensure students� success.
Caswell County Board of Education chairwoman June Dailey said there were 19 applicants for the superintendent position. Franklin�s starting salary is $120,000, according to Dailey. Franklin signed a two-year contract to become the next superintendent.


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In Eleanor Antin's photograph, Antinova Remembers (1982), a woman's melancholy gaze passes through a restaurant window and emerges as the central point among city lights, as waiters in white jackets turn away in the deep space at the back of a restaurant. The image recalls documentary photography, with its connotations of objectivity, but is a carefully scripted artifact of the performance of Eleanora Antinova, one of the personalities created and embodied by Antin.
Drawing upon early training as an actress, in the 1970s Antin developed a series of fictional characters "capable of calling up and defining" her own identity.[1] She detailed and chronicled the costume, manner, and biographical information of these figures in a blend of artistic formats such as film, photography, text and theatrical performance.
Antinova, first embodied by Antin in the late 1970s, is an aging black ballerina made famous by her work in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company. Antin sets Antinova's time with the company roughly in the 1920s, a time when Josephine Baker was winning over Paris, and when the Jewish dancer Ida Rubinstein was restricted, but made famous, by the Ballets Russes in Orientalist costume and themes.[2] The artist's most famous performance as Antinova took place over 20 days in 1981, during which time Antin painted her skin, assumed glamorous costume, engaged in Antinova-appropriate activities and interacted with others as the ballerina, in casual settings as well as in performances at the Ronald Feldman Gallery.
The blackness of the character of Antinova is layered with significance and provocation. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the performance "has rendered most critics and historians decidedly silent."[3] Not only does Antin appear to differentiate between cultural and historical implications of the African American experience, and the word "blackness" as a sign; she also locates the performance of identity within a tradition of Jewish performers assuming blackface, ultimately aligning themselves with whiteness.[4] Antin herself is Jewish, and the child of European immigrants. As Alisa Lebow notes, "the racialized otherness of the Jew in Eastern Europe," and the "troubled history of Jewish blackface performance on the American stage and screen"[5] in the early 20th century inform her self conscious decisions and language surrounding race. Antin points to this history but confrontationally stages and reproduces some of these dynamics in the present.
Antinova Remembers serves as the cover for Being Antinova, a book documenting Antin's performance of Antinova. Inside, the artist used a diary format and multi-media images to detail her subjective experience of both performing and being Antinova. Confusion intentionally permeates the project from start to finish: is this written voice stemming from the artist or the ballerina? Antin did not seek a seamless performance, or a veneer of total accuracy, aligning instead with other feminist art in presenting "her subjectivity not as being but as the agency of being."[6] The sentimental nostalgia and isolation portrayed in the photograph are not truly Antin's – are they Antinova's? Problematizing personality, documentation, and narrative is an expansive task, but Antin expresses a strain of idealism as well in the closing passage of Being Antinova. She describes herself as one who "restore[s] histories…or those that should have been."[7] Readers are left with a complicated definition of history: represented by Antinova, the past is demonstrably incorrect, but derives from pervasive truths, as Antin performs her melancholy to complicate the comfort and seamlessness of the present.
— Rachel Shipps, MA Candidate in Public Humanities '14
For more on Antin and her multiple identities visit the ICA Boston's exhibition "Multiple Occupancy: Eleanor Antin's 'Selves'" open through June 6, 2014.
[1] Eleanor Antin, "Dialogue with a Medium," Art-Rite (Autumn 1974) 23-24, quoted in Jayne Wark, "Conceptual Art and Feminism: Martha Rosler, Adrian Piper, Eleanor Antin, and Martha Wilson," Women's Art Journal, 22:1 (Spring-Summer 2001), 47.
[2] Cherise Smith, "The Other 'Other': Eleanor Antin and the Performance of Blackness," in Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011) 124.
[3] Smith, 110.
[4] Smith, 98 and 104.
[5] Alisa Lebow,"Strategic Sentimentality: Nostalgia and the Work of Eleanor Antin," Camera Obscura 22:3 (2007):142.
[6] Wark, 47.
[7] Being Antinova, 85.


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Officers Honored at the Boston Police Relief Association's 143rd Annual Ball & Awards Ceremony/
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, the Boston Police Relief Association hosted the 143rd Annual Ball & Awards Ceremony at Lombardo's Restaurant in Randolph. Each year, members of the Boston Police Department gather to honor, recognize and celebrate those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts to protect and serve the citizens of our fine city. This year's awards ceremony honored and recognized over 20 officers for various acts of bravery and courage. Said Commissioner Evans, "The men and women of the Boston Police Department make me proud every day. Their commitment to public safety and keeping people safe is unwavering and strong. Whether it's building relationships in our community or responding to emergency calls, our officers always answer the call. The acts of bravery and courage over the past year are countless and it's nice to see our men and women get the credit and recognition they deserve."


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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Closing reception November 21st
Click on image below to enlarge invitation
Featuring excerpts from a reprise performance of "Nocturne" by El Radio Fantastique, docent tours, beer and award winning cheese pairings, and an award winning Art Raffle!
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Postmark Deadline: January 4, 2010
Notification: by January 15, 2010
Entry Fee: $20 for processing
ELIGIBILITY: Artists living and working in any of the following Bay Area Counties:
San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Contra Costa, Alameda, and San Mateo and not enrolled in a school program at this time
Curators: Claudia Chapline, artist, gallery owner and Etta Deikman, painter
Exhibition Dates: March 12 - May 31, 2010
Deliver Work: February 27, 11-4 pm to gallery at 7500 Red Hill Road (Pt. Reyes Petaluma Rd)
Artists Reception: March 14, 2-4 pm
Curator Tour & Artists Talk: April 11, 2-4 pm
Closing Event: May 22, 2-4 pm
Pick Up Work: June 1, 10 am-Noon
Art at the Cheese Factory is a new, large, contemporary art venue in West Marin located at the Marin French Cheese Company's large gallery and extensive outdoor space. Artists are invited to submit work on any aspect of travel internal or external, including physical or spiritual movement in time and/or space, on roads or trails, with guides, vehicles, in process, etc. Indoor & outdoor artworks in all 2D & 3D art media, including events and installations will be considered.
SUBMIT: DIGITAL IMAGES ONLY. JPEG files (1 MB) on CD. Images must be accompanied by an image list with title, date, size, and media of 3 examples of available work or of previous work representative of a proposal for an installation or event with drawings/details. Outdoor sculpture must be self-supported and able to endure 3-month outdoor exhibition on uneven ground with no maintenance requirements. Indoor artwork will be hung in the rustic 3000 square foot warehouse gallery with 9-foot high cement walls, florescent lights and wood beams overhead. Artists are responsible for delivery and pick up of selected work. No substitutions permitted. Art at the Cheese Factory does not provide insurance coverage for artworks. Sales inquiries will be referred to the artist. In the event of a sale resulting from the exhibition a donation of 30% to Art at the Cheese Factory, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, will be appreciated and used to help fund the next exhibition.
For entry form send SASE with request to Art at the Cheese Factory, POB 1117, Stinson Beach, CA 94970 or go HERE to print form online.
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If you hadn't been paying attention to Heidi Klum recently (although honestly, how could you not?), here's something to grab your attention: the German model posing totally naked in Allure's May 2012 issue.
And, wonder of wonders, she looks amazing. 38-year-old Klum stripped down for photographer Norman Jean Roy, wearing nothing but a Hervé Van der Straeten bracelet on her right wrist (conveniently placed over her lady parts).
Not that she's got anything to hide. Heidi tells Allure that she came to terms with her body a long time ago:
I was too curvy and too busty and a little too short… And I was a little bit self-conscious about it. But I was by no means heavy, I just — well, you have hips and boobs, and that's it. Haute couture, you don't really see girls with big boobs."
Needless to say, Heidi found ways to make her body work for her — and she doesn't plan on changing it anytime soon. When asked the inevitable question about plastic surgery (Ed. note: when will lady mags stop asking female celebrities about this hackneyed topic?), she dished:


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When it comes to appliances, how colorful would you go? I grew up in a kitchen that had a mustard yellow stove before it was chucked in lieu of something a bit more modern. You might regret this decision down the line, but it looks like the colorful appliance trend is back.
BlueStar prostyle ranges now offers 190 colors in their 30″ model. I'm actually a little smitten with the kelly green (shown above).
Dacor's 24″ Preference microwave comes in six different hues. Bonus: this model also has a built-in recipe book.
The prize goes to Amana for their crazy array of different colors and patterns. They can't choose which one to unveil first so they're asking people to vote here for their pick. They'll even give you a personality quiz based on what color your like best.


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Sunday Salon: Am I a threat to literature?
This is the week when I learned that my ramblings on this blog pose a threat to literature. Peter Stothard, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, considers people like me are undermining the status of literary criticism.
Sitting in my study, happily tapping away at the keyboard, I never dreamt I was wielding so much influence. I thought I was just sharing my own personal experience and love of reading with other similarly interested people. Stothard however believes the rise of blogs is bad for readers:
…. as much as one would like to think that many bloggers opinions are as good as others. It just ain't so. People will be encouraged to buy and read books that are no good, the good will be overwhelmed, and we'll be worse off.
He seems to miss the point that many bloggers don't set them selves up to be anything other than enthusiasts. We don't claim to have special knowledge or expertise beyond that of being the target audience for people who write and publish books. Is Stothard suggesting that readers shouldn't share their reactions with others – so would he like to see the end of book clubs and reading circles also? And maybe he would be happy if we stopped talking about it to work colleagues and friends over lunch? Isn't he forgetting the fact that many books (Fifty Shades of Grey, Da Vinci Code and Harry Potter to name just a few) became best sellers based on word of mouth recommendations?
Here is the report on Stothard's comments: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-bionic-book-worm-8168123.html .
And now for other news….
End of another week and I am still behind with posting reviews on some books I've read recently. I did finally get to review a novel I read while on holiday – Shadow of the Wind. But I've yet to post my comments on Bring up the Bodies which I finished about six weeks ago let alone Pure by Andrew Miller which I read last week and Northern Lights which I also finished. I'm also still behind on reading for the Classics Club- am only half way through North and South even though I am enjoying it so far. Better luck next week maybe.
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I also worked at a small daily newspaper for 20 years as a features editor and watched while all my friends left one by one. Finally, I left a little more than a decade ago. It was great fun while it lasted. Among many other things I wrote local theater reviews and some book reviews. While I watched the business die, I lost sympathy for those who could not seem to get beyond bemoaning the loss. I have great hope. I think book readers and writers are finding new ways to respond to books.
I think his arguments are silly. It's a shame newspapers are dying — and newspaper journalists are going with them, but they just are. For some it's a long goodbye. But it's still bye bye for most papers. There are reasons fewer and fewer people are reading them — and seeking alternative ways of getting info online.
Did readers always trust reviewers? Do they trust the author blurb writers? Or the peer reviewers. I don't. I read a variety of opinions and try to figure out if I would agree with the writer or not depending on how they look at the work discussed. I also look for lively, interesting writing.
I think we should abolish all book-related sites like LibraryThing, GoodReads, and reviews on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Just think about all those AVERAGE people who can state their opinions! We might be influenced by our peers instead of the better-informed critics. *gasp*
Word of mouth reviewing, or blogging, can be more trustworthy, not less. Stothard's views sound stuffy and his reasonings flawed.


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Both wet and dry foods for cat have their own benefits and are nutritionally complete. While some cat owners insist on wet food, others swear by the dry food! The major difference between the two is water content; with wet food apparently having much more than dry food. Many cat owners find dry kibble to be more suitable and convenient for feeding.
However mixed feeding is recommended to assure that the pet gets the benefit of both dry and wet food, especially if you are looking to give your cat a complete widespread nourishing diet. Not only will this mixed food program give cat owners the contentment of having a healthy cat, but cats also relish a mixture of wet and dry food.
Urinary Tract Well-being: Feeding cats with wet food leads to increased water intake by them. It keeps them hydrated and results in more urine formation thereby increasing the frequency of urination by the pet. This further helps to reduce chances of stone in the kidney.
Weight Management: Studies reveal that when cats are fed a high-moisture diet, they tend to consume less calories because most wet food contain the same amount of calories as dry food but in bigger volume. So the cats tend to feel full, eat less, thereby reducing excessive weight.
Eating Enjoyment: Wet food is shown to increase satisfaction amongst pet because of its flavor and aroma
Oral Health: Dry food creates friction between food and teeth, which helps to remove plague and tartar keeping the mouth clean. Some of the dry foods are specifically formulated with ingredients that help to clean the teeth.
Easy to feed and store: Many cat owners prefer dry food because it is not as pricey compared to wet food, convenient to store, have a longer shelf life once opened and they can leave the kibble out whole day for the cat to chew. This helps to satisfy a cat's desire to eat several small meals throughout the day.
According to a research from The Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition feeding a combination of wet and dry foods allows cats to mix a diet that meets intake of protein, fat and carbohydrate, i.e. macronutrient intake as compared to dry or wet only. Combined or mixed feeding practices can offer the best of both worlds. However different cats have different eating preferences. It is wise to choose food which provides nutrition required for your cat depending on its weight, health condition and everyday lifestyle or as advised by your veterinarian.
Ultimately whether you choose wet or dry food or a mix it is important to select quality pet food that is most suitable for your cat.
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Due to a bus strike the roads were busy with traffic and so a lot of people, including myself, arrived late. Beardfish were already halfway through their first song Roulette and they were jumping around flooding the stage with energy. Bass player Robert Hansen was sliding across the stage on his woolly socks, one can only guess about the amount of static electricity flowing through his fingers into his strings. Their frontman is Rikard Sjöblom, who is the singer, keyboard player, lead guitarist and also delivers the majority of the writing, played with all his heart, sometimes literally spitting out the lyrics.
With a band like Beardfish you never know beforehand what they are going to play, maybe they don't even know themselves. It's a band with a revolving setlist and we were told that today they were in a "Sane Day" kind of mood. Nobody really minded and some people still have The Sane Day as their favourite Beardfish album. From their latest album Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two they played only one song, Into The Night. With two bands still to come they played a short set, but in that short time they made their mark. Beardfish sounded very tight and more powerful than on their studio recordings, they are a real live band. Without a doubt I can say that
in time this band will be headlining in a setting similar to this.
Also from Sweden, what a lot of good bands come from Sweden by the way, was
the second band Ritual. Their latest album The Hemulic Voluntary Band was a revelation for me. This band re-invented themselves on this album and I was thrilled to see them live. Ritual appeared very colourful and Patrik Lundström looked great in his outfit including his trademark hair band. He also brought all of his enthusiasm getting the crowd involved and to sing along. I was a bit afraid that the full sound, with its many layers, could not be performed live - but I was wrong. The Hemulic Voluntary Band is a song with many layers and being familiar with this song you can tell when the band misses a couple of arms - nonetheless the song came out very good live. In The Wild is I think an easier song to play live. Not so many acoustic layers and it sure was rocking. Besides new material they chose to play material from the very first Ritual album and a song like Wingspread was a guaranteed success. The acoustic set, which is also present on their live album, was impressive and surprised many people not familiar with Ritual's older works. Drummer Johan Nordgren stepped away from his drum kit and picked up the 'Nyckelharpa', a traditional Swedish instrument. It's amazing to see how a band is able to implement an instrument like that in progressive music and it surely showed the originality and the uniqueness of this band.
There was only one thing that went through my mind, will they play A Dangerous Journey? This epic song features so many changes and different instruments that I was doubtful whether it was going to be played so after a funny story about the song Patrick introduced it and a shiver went down my back. The Nyckelharpa played a big role in the first part of the song and after ten minutes keyboard player Jon Gamble played the first non acoustic bridge allowing other musicians to change to electrical instruments. Johan Nordgren climbed behind his drums and bass player Frederik Lindqvist put down his Irish bouzouki. All parts of the song were woven together perfectly and the difficult time changes were played flawlessly. The Vulcano part is very difficult to play but Ritual played it impressively. After the somewhat jazzy Onion Soup, the heaviest bit Monster was played. Just like on the album it was furious and also very short. A Dangerous Journey was a twenty five minute trance and for me the absolute highlight of the evening but after an epic song like that, the audience needed a bit more compact energetic song to step out of that amazing experience. The set was therefore closed with Typhoons Decide and it could not have ended better.
Ritual delivered a perfect set and their performance was brilliant. Patrik Lundström proved to be a good frontman and entertained the crowd, that increased during the evening, but was still far from a packed venue. A perfect match of songs from the first and last album with a definite highlight for A Dangerous Journey. Hearing that song live was a dream fulfilled.
The last band on this busy evening was not least, Andy Tillison's project The Tangent who had recently released their fourth album Not As Good As The Book and they were going to prove that they can play live as good as
they recorded. The first time I saw The Tangent was also in Zoetermeer and it was only the second performance ever for them. At that time still accompanied by Roine Stolt, Zoltan Czorsz and Sam Baine, Andy had already showed the potential of The Tangent.
The Tangent nowadays is more a band than in it's earlier days, with even more chemistry. Still present from the early days is Flower Kings' bass player Jonas Reingold and drummer Jaime Salazar, who is also known for his work for the Flower Kings and also on the Allen/Lande albums and Karmakanic. On this tour the guitar player was Krister Jonsson who was present on A Place In The Queue but who is not playing on The Tangent's latest album. It would have also been great to have Guy Manning and Theo Travis on stage but that's just me dreaming.
Krister Jonsson appeared a bit out of this world wearing his pointy party hat and at times waving a heart shaped fairy wand. His guitar playing seemed also out of this world, he surely made me forget all about Roine Stolt. The Tangent surprisingly started with Forsaken Cathedrals, a song only present on their live album Pyramids And Stars. Because it was a three band evening the setlist was shortened and the usual epic songs could not be played back to front. To still give a taste however of some epic songs, they chose to play a medley with parts from several different ones. Most impressive was the solo performance of A Sale Of Two Souls, Tillison really played with all his heart and soul. As an encore he played an unknown song about Burma which he wrote many years ago - sadly the lyrics were still very up to date. Four Egos One War was shortened and a long evening ended.
The Tangent played more like a band than the first time I saw them, a real unit. Andy played passionately and he is very skilful on his keyboards. At the end he gave credits to the guys from Beardfish and Ritual and thanked everybody for attending. Now it's my chance to thank Beardfish, Ritual and The Tangent for an evening of brilliant music.
Beardfish Official Website
Beardfish MySpace Page
DPRP Review of Sleeping in Traffic - Part One
DPRP Review of Sleeping In Traffic - Part Two
Ritual Official Website
Ritual MySpace Page
DPRP Review of The Hemulic Voluntary Band
DPRP Review of Ritual
The Tangent Official Website
DPRP Review of Not As Good As The Book


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Arsene Wenger has made a sensational swoop to sign Jack Wilshere's impregnated girlfriend who is set to give birth to a footballing prodigy in 9 months time. The Arsenal coach was reluctant to part with the cash but after witnessing the first kick, Wenger splashed a whopping 200 pounds for the unbirthed star.
"It's a great bargain, I'll tell you that. This will save us nine months of counter-balancing our wage structure with unreasonably high-priced contracts with that of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas." Wenger said
Wenger was full of praise for the child saying that he has so much potential and can not wait to work with the fetus. "I've seen the sonogram. He will add a lot of quality to our squad."
Though he has been criticized heavily by fans for not diving into a voracious transfer market for more experienced and established players, Arsene Wenger assures fans that they are heading in the right direction and that they should have faith. With the departures of Gael Clichy to Manchester City and troubling rumors surrounding Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas, Wenger claims this is the best piece of news for the club.
"Yes, we haven't achieved much in the past six years but we have always been very close and I understand their frustration. That is why I'm doing whatever it takes to secure Arsenal's future at hand."
With the likes of 17-year-old Carl Jenkison, and Ryo Miyaichi, the trio will become a team destined for trophies in 2030.
"It's not always about signing the most expensive players, but you have look for cheap players nobody has ever heard or seen but also have explosive amounts of talent waiting to be tapped. How do you think I signed players like Hleb? Wilshere? Vermaelen and Koscielny?"
Asked whether he'd be looking to sign more players after rumors of Nasri leaving to Manchester City and Fabregas en route to Barcelona, the team that first rejected him in 2003, he smiled. "We're fighting very hard to keep both Nasri and Fabregas but if they should leave, we'll be very active this summer to sign more players of the baby's quality,"
But not to worry Arsenal fans. Media sources have confirmed Wenger has also lined up a bid to sign Robin Van Persie's 4-year-old son Shaqueel, who has also been dubbed a future world class striker.


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Blair Historic District
Belleville, Illinois
PRO prepared National Register of Historic Places historic district nomination for previously-unlisted parts of downtown Belleville, Illinois.
Downtown East St. Louis Historic District
East St. Louis, Illinois
East St. Louis is working on an asset-based strategy for downtown revitalization, with historic buildings at the center. The National Park Service listed the district in September 2014, enabling the use of historic tax credits. The hard work only has begun, but the prospects are inspiring.
Leclaire Historic District
Edwardsville, Illinois
PRO updated the National Register of Historic Places nomination for this former utopian industrial village, now part of Edwardsville, Illinois. The original form was less than 12 pages long without a resource inventory; the new form is 205 pages and incorporates the results of PRO's architectural survey of the district.
Reber Place Historic District
St. Louis, Missouri
This is a suburban residential district just west of Tower Grove Park in south St. Louis. The Southwest Garden sought designation of this district as part of a project creating the first historic districts in the neighborhood.
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The southern part of the Fox Park neighborhood centered on the historic St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church was located in a local historic district, but not a national district. This designation helps the neighborhood receive historic tax incentives necessary to tackle vacancy.
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This is a suburban residential district just west of Tower Grove Park in south St. Louis. The Southwest Garden sought designation of this district as part of a project creating the first historic districts in the neighborhood.
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Working with the City of St. Louis' Cultural Resources Office, PRO secured listing of three National Register districts in the demolition-ravaged heart of the city's historically African-American neighborhood of The Ville.
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Located in St. Louis' JeffVanderLou neighborhood, the area around Yeatman Square is one of the few areas in the depleted neighborhood to retain continuous historic fabric. PRO's version of right-sizing is exemplified here: creating a boundary that honors remaining heritage while providing resources for reinvestment.
Air Force Base Cultural Resource Surveys
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This letter was printed recently in The Advocate, but it is sometimes difficult to find in the archives, so I decided to reprint it here. These issues may be coming up soon in EBR.
Recent reports reveal the charter school landscape in Louisiana resembles the lawless environment of the Wild West, where anything goes and crimes often go unpunished. The latest renegade is New Orleans' Sci Tech Academy. To fill a hole in their budget, administrators of Sci Tech (managed by ReNew Schools) falsely identified students as disabled to bring in extra tax dollars for specialized services, denied actual students with disabilities access to the services they needed and violated testing standards designed to ensure the integrity of testing results. The Louisiana Department of Education — our trusty sheriff — didn't even catch them red-handed. The department claims it would have during internal audits.
But the state department's regular audits didn't nab the bandits at Lagniappe Academy in New Orleans. For years, Lagniappe administrators failed to provide services to special-needs children and falsified documents. The department was either unaware of the fraud or turned a blind eye to it until whistle-blowing parents and teachers complained so vociferously for so long LDOE was forced to do a more exhaustive audit. The results confirmed the reports of wrongdoing
Neither whistle-blowers nor the state department reported the crimes at Sci Tech. ReNew turned itself in. And why not? The bandits have nothing to fear. No one was fired, fined or charged with a crime. The CEO of ReNew and the two top administrators at the school were allowed to resign, and the school is under a "corrective action plan."
Our tax dollars intended to provide special education services were stolen, and Patrick Dobard, the superintendent of the Recovery School District, says there is no hope to recoup them. According to Dobard, the RSD does not have the authority to recover the stolen funds. Our sheriff is powerless.
This is the model New Schools for Baton Rouge and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation are determined to bring to Baton Rouge. They initially claimed charters would improve education for the students in the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone. When that failed, they recruited BASIS for south Baton Rouge and, at a public meeting, Basis' CEO Peter Bezanson declared its schools will flout Louisiana laws regarding the students they serve.
The law specifically states "the best interests of at-risk pupils shall be the overriding consideration" at charter schools. And yet, Bezanson stated, BASIS is "unlike some of our peers, who exist to serve a particular student demographic." BASIS schools serve over 10,000 students across the country, but the percentage of free and reduced-lunch children, students with disabilities and English-as-a-second-language learners is under 5 percent. So much for the best interests of at-risk students. So much for the law. In this Wild West, the charter operators freely declare, "We don't need no stinkin' badges."
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On 08/01/2012 11:39 AM, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote: > On 2012/08/01 5:14, Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr) wrote: >> On 7/31/12 10:49 AM, "Dave Crocker"<dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote: >> >> >>>> There's only one difference that is interesting, which is that current >>>> best practice on the web is to not use
's as a placement >>>> mechanism, >>> >>> sorry, no. my assertion of 'quite' was about appearance, not technology. >>> >>> The visuals of the xml2rfc document header are massively different from >>> yours and, I believe, the differences are likely to have differences in >>> some aspects of utility and possibly marketing friendliness. (But I >>> said possibly.) >> >> I was unclear. Other than the table-ness, everything else is easy to >> recreate with the exact HTML we have in my proposal, modifying solely the >> CSS. Hence, the table-ness is the "interesting" part from an >> implementation perspective. I don't know how important that is to you. > > In the case of the HTML created by XML2RFC, the table used at the top is of course technically > totally obsolete as a way to put information into two columns. > > But not only that, but also design-wise, the table has lots of problems. There are clear dividing > lines e.g. between authors and their organization, which go together semantically. On the other > hand, the rows of the table visually pretend that there is some relationship e.g. between the > Intended Status of a certain document and one of its authors (or their affiliation), which is > nonsense. table were often used in the last century as a pre-css method to do page layout when web presence become something else than displaying a scientific article. Today such a use is not really recommendable, especially when css is used anyway. In our context
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Studio News December 2011 - Mentoring, Associate Photographer Jobs, Travel and a new Portrait Package special
Hi all - hope your Christmas shopping is underway and you are looking forward to some time off! Things are going a bit crazy at this end, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm heading down to Margaret River this weekend for a gorgeous wedding before two more weddings prior to the finale of 2011. I will be going camping with the boys in January so will be unavailable between 14th January and the 24th January. I'm having my yearly trip without any kind of technology and I can't wait.
I have a number of exciting developments happening in 2012 and I know it's going to be an amazing year. I have decided to expand White Tulip Photography to take on more weddings per year and hopefully train up at least one, maybe two associate shooters. If I am already booked for your date, or you need a slightly more affordable option, my associates will be able to step in. I will be training people up in my style and to shoot the way I shoot so you can be guaranteed of quality results. In order to start this training, I am offering a limited amount of one-on-one educational training and mentoring.
The first stream of this will be directed towards those people who are just starting out with their business and need some guidance. I learnt the hard way, taught myself pretty much everything and it has been a long process of trial and error. I feel I am now in a position to help people get a bit of a headstart. As well as my photography and business experience, I am also a qualified media and photography teacher. If you would like an information pack which includes costs and an outline of what we will cover, please email me at email@example.com.
We will cover business aspects from marketing to pricing to workflow; technical aspects including tips and tricks for shooting (weddings and portraits specifically), photoshop basics and album design; and finally shooting experience. You will receive headshots for your business from yours truly and you will get an opportunity to shoot both a family portrait and a styled wedding shoot. It is an intensive 5 day course (can be spread over a number of weeks) so I am limiting it to only a few people and it is one-on-one so you will have my full attention. I have made it as affordable as possible and I believe it is of immense value compared to the time and money you will save trying to figure things out on your own. Obviously you will need some photography experience considering you are wanting to start your own business ;) A DSLR and a couple of good lenses as far as gear goes is an absolute minimum. I can give you advice on what gear is essential for weddings and portraits.I very much look forward to these teaching experiences in 2012!
Leading on from these courses is the opportunity to go into training with White Tulip. The course will be a pre-requisite to becoming a short term intern. This will include the opportunity to accompany me to weddings and try your hand at shooting. Critique of your images will be included. You will be able to use images from both the course and training for your portfolio so you will have a great start to your own business and also to become an associate shooter for White Tulip if you desire.
The second stream of teaching I am offering is for people that just want to extend their understanding of photography and DSLR shooting. This is just a two day course and will feature tips and tricks for shooting including natural light and basic on camera flash techniques; basic Photoshop tools to enhance your photos; RAW processing/conversion; tools for connecting with your subject including posing basics and more! If you have a DSLR and a couple of good lenses and would like to improve your family snaps and travel photos, this course is definitely for you! All information presented is also available in a PDF at the end of the course so that you can always refer back to the information in the future.
Again for more information, please email me firstname.lastname@example.com.
I am also going back to offering family portraits in 2012. I specialise in older children, including teenagers. Babies must be able to sit up independently and I don't do maternity portraits. Family generational portraits are welcomed! All sessions are on location and I have one simple package. You can add on extras but the base package is as follows:
One hour session on location
Viewing appointment at the Fremantle office to choose your images
Silk Folio Box (8x10) featuring 15 matted prints at 5x7 - photo cover
25-30 edited images on disk - non watermarked and high resolution - for you to print as you wish
$1500 inc GST
This is amazing value so get in quick and book your session for 2012 :)
In travel news, I will be in the following locations if you would like to book a wedding or portrait session with me:
Melbourne end May/early June 2012
Cocos Islands August 2012
UK/Europe end May/June 2013
Next up on the blog are weddings from October and November as well as a gorgeous engagement session and engagement party!
Enjoy the holiday preparations peeps xo


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2017 Oaklands West Coast Winter Market Vendor List
Our West Coast Winter Market returns to the Oaklands Community Centre on Saturday, December 2nd from 10am to 4pm!
Here is our full list of vendors:
Fireweed Farm & School / Ravensong Seeds
Filan Farm Artisans
Healing Farm
Forest for Dinner
Talon Ridge Honey Farm
Elk Lake Farm
The Stamping Grounds
Uncouth Chocolate
De Vine Wines & Spirits
Just Bread
Charlotte's Preserves
Pure Pleasures
SpiceWorks Food Creations
Rozy's Jams
Rust Bucket Hot Sauce
The Divine Sprout
Jo's Jamboree
Kettle & Hive
Enerchi Kombucha
Flaming June - Bad Ass Vegan Cuisine & Upcycled Whimsy
Raven and Firefligh
Shanti Collective
Glim - for the Love of Light
Sunstone Aroma
Rad Juli
Jody's Naturals
Sweet Earth Photographics
Dragonfly Dreaming Organics
Nightingale Naturals
Wychbury Ave.
Bat-Fish Studio
Wild Hill Botanicals
Little Bird Studio
Goldilocks Wraps
Miiko Skin Co.
Haus Sausage Co.
Bird of Passage Designs
Cold Gold
Lucia & Damiano Co.
Bound 2B Books
Humble Hermit Wood Works
Irwin Fenger
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Sarah Leckie Ceramics
Hands on Clay Collective
Marigold Botanicals
Pope Cottage Creations
Victoria Compost Education Centre
Fernwood NRG/The Gift of Good Food
Honeybee Handmade
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Luberon is inspired of the lavenderfields in the Provencale region with the same name. Trying it, I can imagine cycling around the lavendelfields a sunny summerday inhaling the wonderful herbal-flowery scent. Luberon starts with the most natural smelling lavenderaccord, reminicent of the lanvender gold standard in the genre, Caldey Island Lavendel (swe). After a while tha lavender blend with other notes and becomes almost chalky-oily, a bit similar to a light petrolnote, maybe the minty leaves creates this effect together with the lavender. The rose nor the woody note is noticable as a separate notes, it's the beautiful lavender which dominates during the whole drydown. The longevity is very good for a lavenderfragrance, it lasts for a whole day performing outdoor activities, which also is the right setting for Luberon. Where Caldey Island Lavendel is musky in the base, Luberon is of a drier, woodier character.
Rating: 4
Notes: Lavender, rose, mint, oakmoss, cedar
Thanks to Fragance & Art for the sample to test
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Hip-hop is in a degenerative state. Undercover infidels have gained fame by mercilessly throwing the essence of hip-hop in an acid bath, leaving a barely mobile carcass that performs dance crazes not even worthy of the 10th Step Up film.
Nas tried to save it when he said hip-hop was dead. He self-issued resurrection powers, purifying what needed to be purified, clearing the stench. But miracles only come to those who want to be enlightened. The revolution was televised; you switched the TV off and plugged your ears to something empty. Those who killed hip-hop know who they are, and you do to. Still you do nothing but enjoy this shit.
What is the true essence of hip-hop? People will stare directly in your eyes and passionately relay the answer. But look beneath the rhetorical devices and it's mostly superficial knowledge. Most have just bought into an image, whether it's baseball caps or recreational drug use. But, it's not a question that really needs to be answered. Music is there to be created and consumed and we place normative questions out of the urge to find inherent meaning in it. This is fine. The problem is implanting what a prominent minority define as worthy.
Above is a 'would be' sermon from a hip-hop eugenicist. To him/her hip-hop is degenerating from embodying social significance to something devoid of meaning. It's not a new position. The early 90s rap zeitgeist represented political militancy. LL Cool J who had previously been lauded for his cute love songs and vanity was now the active agent in hip-hop's degeneration, releasing 'Momma Said Knock You Out' in response to the hate. In 2006, Ice T said: "Fuck Soulja Boy…I know you're young enough to be my kid but you single-handedly killed hip-hop man…we came all the way from muthafuckas flowing like Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube and you come with that superman shit." 2012, and an NPR intern unwittingly caused furore by admitting ignorance of Public Enemy. She was taken to the cyber docks. "The state of the youth today…"
At 15, rather than being flushed with 'real hip-hop' I was pouring my energies into perfecting the Soulja Boy dance (I will add that I wasn't alone). But I'm not a pantomime villain and neither is that intern. Frankly, 'I Can't Live Without My Radio' is a hip-hop classic despite lacking a moral edge. None of this points to a gradual decline of the genre. Hip-hop is not degenerative, it's egalitarian; two words that have most certainly been conflated.
Brilliantly yet painfully egalitarian, it's non-discriminatory, 'for the people, by the people'. We pollute its nature by assuming goodness should always equate to success. Idealistic rose tinted tunnel vision; dance crazes are successful because people like to dance. Limited wordplay is successful because most consumers just want to consume, not philosophise. This isn't indicative of degeneration but of popular taste. Most people use music as an accompaniment rather than a catharsis. But both modes of music consumption will always be present as long as people produce it. For every Soulja Boy there is a Kendrick Lamar, it doesn't matter which is more successful as long as there is a choice. If it's any consolation, success through ill-conceived hype is transitory. Success through talent transcends time.
Brilliantly yet painfully egalitarian, eugenicists will argue that success should evenly split lyrical and production excellence; idealistic rose tinted tunnel vision. These two elements vary in importance. Lyrical content is greater in rap battling than the DIY production. But flipping this apparently results in degeneration despite the fact that production is actually fundamental to hip-hop. For every screaming pubescent girl who considers 'Starships' their induction to hip-hop, the truth is that besides the Minaj's rapping it's a barefaced pop song because of its production.
Yes, Waka Flocka Flame's breakout single did begin with the poetically challenged rhyme of 'up' with 'up'. Again, one of the biggest rap songs of this year involves Chief Keef tenuously listing things that he doesn't like. But these songs are unmistakably hip-hop: gritty, slick, fresh; perhaps not to your taste but still hip-hop and still well liked. I'm not absolving the importance of the rapper. To be truly great you must tick all the boxes. But the genre will only cease to exist once people stop making beats. It's the scaffolding that allows hip-hop to change and progress. It's the visionary producers who see sounds as stem cells, creating and manipulating to produce synthetic rawness. The shit producers will be there too; hip-hop is egalitarian but the power of choice is great.
Brilliantly yet painfully egalitarian; the true essence of hip-hop needs to be defended. This prominent minority of hip-hop eugenicists are suffering from 'bad faith'. They didn't see the genre they helped forge being represented by the likes Waka or Chief Keef. It was meant to be Shakespeare. But it's not, and that's ok. It's strange that as critic I should be fine with mediocrity. But I have a commitment to a philosophy that hip-hop is a 'being in itself', much bigger than our limiting perceptions of it. I like what I like and dislike the other stuff but there will always be something to pick. No degeneration, hip-hop is excruciatingly inclusive but full of choice.


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RUA by Miranda Kavi
Expected Pub: 9/2/2012
A girl with an unknown destiny.
A boy from a hidden world.When Celeste starts at a new school in a small, Kansas town, she hears whispering voices, has vivid nightmares, and swarms of blackbirds follow her every move. She is oddly drawn to aloof Rylan, the other new student who has his own secrets.The exact moment she turns seventeen, she wakes to a bedroom full of strange creatures, purple light emanating from her hands, and Rylan breaking in through her bedroom window.
He knows what she is . . .
Intriguing and deeply romantic, RUA is page-turning YA novel with a supernatural twist.
First of all…that cover….oh yeah!
I want this book. Next paycheck it will be mine.
We are so lucky to have Miranda on the blog today. And she is talking about Man Candy in Ya. Yummy!!! You know how much we love Man Candy!
Man Candy
I'm a sucker for romance. It's often my favorite element of any book, from the sweeter romance of YA genre to the steamier varieties offered in adult appropriate books.
If the man candy is written well, it really pulls me into the romantic elements of the story.
Read on to see my top-five favorite male love-interest traits:
- Smokin' hot. Obviously, I don't want to read a romance with a fat, balding guy with excessive back hair. Nothing against these men, but a book is a fantasy and the man must be a ridiculously good looking. *NOTE* He doesn't have to be perfect, just hot.
- Naughty. Yeah, okay. I like bad boys. Tattoos? Great. Bad Habits? Fine. Mysterious, checkered past? Fantastic. I know… so cliché!
- Somewhat sane. He needs to be palatable as a love interest. He can't be too horrible or rude or controlling. Should he push boundaries? Yes. Should he trample on all human decency? Probably not.
- Vulnerable. Just a little bit of vulnerability. I'm not talking about the "bad man with heart of gold," stereotype. He needs to have something he can't handle all by himself, some little soft spot that can be exploited (or coddled).
- Smart. He doesn't have to be a cognitive neurophysiologist (though that would be hot), but he does need to be sharp, either "street smart" or "book smart."
What do you like to see in your male fiction hotties?
Umm all of the above?!?! She pretty much nailed it didn't she. Miranda is offering a giveaway for this blog tour so ENTER!!!
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Miranda Kavi is a YA and Urban Fantasy author. She has worked as an attorney, an executive recruiter, and an assistant in a biological anthropology lab. She loves scary movies, museums, and is hopelessly addicted to chocolate. She lives in the Houston area with her husband and daughter.
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I am doing 3D simulation modeling, I try to know whether I can describe robot arm moving using self animation on 3D. I just checked the graphic structure of pickandplace, and I could see the robot arm part.
Do you know how to describe only robot arm rotation on 3D?
Actually I also look into 'selfAnimation", it looks only allowance of robot x,y,z position not allowing robot part xyz..
Please adivse
Thank you!
The reason for you not finding self animation entries is simple: there are none, the arm animation of robots is a built-in functionality.
Now, if you want to rebuild such animations yourself, I would first suggest that you reduce the conditions you have to consider as far as possible - simply to make life easier: doing robot arm animations yourself is pretty tricky, which is why we included them in the core software in the first place.
To understand how they are done in principle, you can open the graphic structure dialog of a robot (you will find the command "Show Graphic Structure" e.g. in the context menu of a robot). When you unfold the items that have a blurry "3D" as icon, you see the animatable object structure, for our current standard robots this will be "Z"-"Y1"-"Y2". Each such animatable object can be animated with self animations - in SimTalk you address the objects like this:
var z := MyPickAndPlace.getObject("Z")
var y1 := z.getObject("Y1")
var y2 := y1.getObject("Y2")
If you want to mimic the calculation of PickAndPlace animations, I would additionally suggest to start with the z axis (the first animatable object) to achieve an angle as in the angle table in the object dialog, continue with the y2 axis (the last animatable object) to adjust to the MU distance and finally set the y1 axis (the animatable object in the middle).
If the response to your question is satisfactory, please do not forget to 'Accept' the solution.
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I'm a barrister in Australia, 27, and I've had your book for two years. I read "The System" daily, always keep it on my bedside table, and I've purchased your Mastery Series. I also use tune into your radio show and have seen a tremendous amount of success in my personal relationships as well as in business as a result. I've recommended your book to many friends, all of whom have benefited greatly from it (you'd be surprised how many Australian men lack a backbone!)
Anyway, I met Eve through my church three months ago. She's 26 and works in construction management. I called her six days later and got a date. Our first coffee date went very smoothly, conversation was light and funny, and I could tell that my actions were raising her Interest Level (she has recently told me that she wanted to kiss me on that first date, but I made her wait till our second date!), and we called it a night.
Fast forward three months. We've been on nine dates and I've seen her interest gradually and steadily rise. Eve is consistent, hardworking, a Flexible Giver, demonstrates Integrity and strong family values -- which I value very highly. We are both committed to our church and do not believe in sex before marriage. She doesn't text incessantly during the week, and I call her on a Tuesday and take her out on the weekend. I have resisted the urge to text and have tried to remain a Challenge to her, even when we see each other every Sunday at church.
We are approaching 10 dates now. On our next date I will buy a single rose for Eve. My plan is to be patient, follow "The System" and wait for her to ask where the relationship is headed. The concern that I have is that Eve is a rather traditional girl, and my intuition tells me that she's waiting for me to ask her to be "officially dating" (this is consistent with the Christian perspective on romantic relationships). Naturally I don't want to do this, and I want to remain a Challenge to her. Should I continue to be patient and wait for her to bring it up?
I have moments of doubt where I interpret her lack of texting during the week as low Interest Level (this is debunked when we are together -- she can't keep her hands off me!). Should this be interpreted as low interest, or is it simply demonstrative of a classy, secure girl who doesn't feel the need to text constantly? I get the feeling that Eve is holding back, as she has never gushed about her feelings with me. It feels like a bit of a stalemate -- she's holding back, the same as I am! A part of this is our Christian background, but my gut tells me that it's a little more than that. How can I get Eve's Interest Level up into the 90s so that she starts to give a little more of herself? It seems to me her interest is only in the 80s.
Nic - who owes everything to "The System"
Dating Women Podcast Episode 14
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*The weather can be a "blocker" in dating
*Don't let her be "tolerant" of you
*Money can be an issue in relationships
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Hi Nic,
First, I want to thank you for the ability to believe in what I say, and to trust me, and as result you've seen how my principles carry over into your business life as well. What I teach in "The System" is the result of sales techniques that I've learned over the past 40 years while working for many companies. And this is why I have a completely different philosophy from the other love doctors out there, most of whom are psychologists or psychiatrists. They never think in terms of how a sales manager can ride with a guy and make him a better salesman. And that's why I do with you guys. When I ride with you, you get better and better at my techniques until finally Miss Right comes along and you keep her.
When a girl wants to kiss you and you tell her no, it's amazing how many points you score – because it drives her crazy. Like my cousin Rabbi Love says, "No other guy on the face of the planet would turn Eve down for a kiss." The difference is that you're a "System" guy and you know how to PLAY IT COOL.
It's great that Eve doesn't text you. You're very, very lucky, Nic. Many women want to break up with you if you don't want to text. But TEXTING KILLS CHALLENGE. Like my cousin Fast Eddie Love from East L.A. says, "If you talk to her every day, you got nothing new on the weekend when you see her."
You're rushing the rose, Nic. EVE HAS TO ASK YOU TO BE HER BOYFRIEND FIRST. She'll ask you if you're seeing anyone else. You play dumb and say, "Well, not that many," which makes her laugh. Then she'll say, "Well, we've been going out for a while and I want to know if you'll just see me and stop seeing everyone else." Then you tell her that you'll have to think about it for a week. After waiting a week, you give her the rose. The key to a relationship with ANY WOMAN IS GOING IN SLOWLY.
Eve might well be waiting for you to make a move. Let her wait. You're going to out-wait her. Yes, you're going to continue to be patient and let her bring up the subject of being your girlfriend before you do anything.
So you're insecure about Eve not texting you. You're looking in the wrong spot, dude. You've got a good girl here. Again, you're lucky she doesn't want to text. And again, texting slays Challenge. Once incessant texting starts, it's impossible to stop it. That's why you don't want someone who's addicted to texting. The only thing that counts is that she can't keep her hands off you – but remember, don't touch her back. Your goal is to FRUSTRATE her, Nic. Make her want you more by not giving her what she wants, whether a return kiss or a return touch.
No question about it: Eve is a classy, secure girl who doesn't feel the need to text constantly. But she's not holding back. She likes you. Hey, she can't keep her hands off you! She makes every date, you have a great time, and she shows no Red Flags, like showing up late or talking about exes. This girl is perfect. She just happens to be traditional and she's taking it slow – which is great. You have to take it slow too. And it's nice being out with someone who hasn't dated the entire soccer team!
There's no stalemate here. How is Eve holding back? She can't keep her hands off you, remember? You're searching for a problem where there isn't one. Pal, her interest is already in the 90s.
Remember, guys: if she can't keep her hands off you, you have nothing to worry about.
Don't be shy - LET'S TALK BELOW!


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Local charity Winchester Radio gets £10,000 boost from the BIG Lottery Fund's "Awards For All" programme.
Winchester Radio has provided the hospital radio service at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital for over 30 years. Its new community radio service will offer local radio tailored for the over-50s in Winchester and the immediately-surrounding villages, produced by local volunteers – Radio for Winchester, from Winchester, by Winchester.
Changes in the NHS, both locally and nationally, mean fewer inpatient beds, and more people being treated in the community rather than in hospital. A rapidly growing older local population together with NHS and social care budgetary constraints means that it is ever more important that people look after their health and wellbeing as they approach and enter older age. Winchester Radio wants to play a key role keeping the over-50s keeping active and engaged with local community life, as this is widely recognised in playing a key part in maintaining good mental and physical health. And where people, because of ill-health, have limited ability to participate in local activities in person, Winchester Radio will help keep them informed about what is happening and, where possible, allow them to get involved from home.
The charity expects to grow a loyal audience, who actively engage with the station, participating in the programming (be that by sending music requests, or taking part in on-air discussions and quizzes). From its current status as being "a friend at the bedside" to those in hospital, it hopes to become both a good friend in the living room, and a trusted source of useful, helpful, local information.
The £10,000 grant funded by the National Lottery, along with smaller grants from the national Hospital Broadcasting Association and Winchester City Council's Community Projects Fund, covers replacing the old computer systems that keep that charity's service "on air" 24 hours a day, and allow the volunteers to produce and edit programmes and features for later broadcast. As well as the computer systems, much of the charity's other studio equipment, home-built in the early 1990s, has become increasingly unreliable and also needs to be replaced, at a cost of around £18,000, and a transmitter and antenna need to be installed on the roof of the hospital (at a cost of about £11,000) before the community radio service can launch.
Since land was sold for student accommodation, it operates from a single small temporary studio at the hospital. The NHS Trust has identified alternative, larger, non-clinical space for the charity, more suitable for its needs, but significant fit-out works are required, costing approx. £110,000.
In total, to relocate to the new accommodation, install modern reliable equipment, and launch the community radio service will cost £163,000. Through fundraising and by using its existing reserves, the charity has already been able to allocate over £55,000 towards this project – by far the biggest in the station's history.
As well as making grant applications to charitable foundations, the charity is now asking the people of Winchester, and local businesses, for help. Anyone who makes a donation of £100 or more will be recognised via a broadcast on-air list of donors. Anyone donating £1,000 or more will have the opportunity to have a personalised message of recognition recorded for regular broadcast. Further sponsorship and naming opportunities are also available for those making significant donations.
Nigel Dallard, the charity's Treasurer said: "We'd like to thank the BIG Lottery Fund for their support, which has provided a significant boost to our fundraising efforts. However, we still have many more thousands to raise if our plans to return local radio to Winchester are to bear fruit. I hope the community will get behind us, and I'd encourage anyone living locally, as well as local businesses, to help us with a donation if they possibly can."
Donations can be made online via the website www.winchesterradio.uk, where further details of the charity's plans are available. Alternatively, the charity can be contacted by phone on 01962 250143, or by email via donate <at> winchesterradio.uk.


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Scientists: Monitoring Caribou Climate
Thanks to technology, you can sit in the comfort of your climate controlled classroom and conduct science observations in the Arctic. Just how cold does it get up there?
We can now access temperature information from a small community called Old Crow, where many Porcupine caribou congregate during the winter and early spring. Located at 67.65 N, and -139.50, Old Crow is situated at the confluence of the Crow and the Porcupine Rivers. The only Yukon community located above the arctic, it is a small town of about 300 aboriginal people; known as the Vuntut Gwitchin. People in Old Crow enjoy long summer days and experience the short days of winter.
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text: Recipes Cupcakes & Muffin Recipes Fairy Cakes Raspberry and coconut fairy cakes Back to Fairy Cakes Raspberry and coconut fairy cakes Total Time 35m Prep Time 15m Bake Time 20m Serves 12 Skill Level Easy 0 Reviews No ratings yet Save Save this recipe Share This raspberry and coconut fairy cakes recipe is perfect to bake for an afternoon treat. It is also ideal to make with children as it is so simple and the outcome is light little fruity cupcakes with coconut. Why not try adding the grated zest of a lime for an exotic twist. Method Preheat the oven to 190ºC (170ºC fan, gas mark 5). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases. Put the butter and sugar together in a bowl and whisk together until pale, light and fluffy. Gradually whisk in the eggs. Tip half of the raspberries into the flour and gently fold in the milk to form a creamed mixture. Fold in the desiccated coconut and the almonds. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases, scattering the rest of the raspberries over the top. Bake for 15-20 mins until pale golden, risen and springy to the touch. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with sieved icing sugar. Store in an airtight container. Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Reviews Unfortunately there are no reviews for this recipe yet! Leave Your Thoughts Unfortunately reviews are not permitted to non-registered users. Please Log in to leave your review or ask us a question. Ingredients 175g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature) 175g Unrefined golden caster sugar 3 Egg(s) (free range) (medium) 75g Self-raising white flour (sifted) 75g Raspberries 3 tbsp Milk (whole) 75g Dessicated coconut 25g Almonds (ground) 0 Unrefined golden icing sugar Recipe Alternatives Teatime treat fairy cakes Teatime treat fairy cakes Total 35m Serves 12 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet Christmas Fairy Cakes Christmas Fairy Cakes Total 1h 10m Serves 24 Skill Easy Diet Veg Rating No ratings yet Raspberry friands fairy cakes Raspberry friands fairy cakes Total 45m Serves 12 Skill Easy Diet Rating No ratings yet


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According to rumors from Asia, LG would use the second generation of their own processor to boost Nuclun a successor to LG V10.
The rumor says the Nuclun 2 is slightly more powerful than the Kirin 950 of Huawei, but LG decided it is not powerful enough to boost the LG G5, which will be presented in the first half of 2016 – possibly in April.
The two then Nuclun debut with the successor to the LG V10, would come only in the second half of next year.
The use Nuclun 2 cores Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A72, and would be manufactured by TSMC with 16nm process. Although it had been rumored Intel's intervention in making the SoC with 14nm process, presumably with better performance, eventually low production capacity of Intel played in favor of TSMC at first.
The Nuclun 2 carries a heavy legacy, because the first version of Nuclun was a fiasco, and choose the second generation successor of well received LG V10 could pose many risks to the manufacturer that needs to reverse the poor performance of 2015.


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Demand for non-dairy alternatives is still on the rise, as evidenced by Tofutti's continued growth in sales. Though I am not a huge Tofutti shopper, they did have the only dairy-free cream cheese and sour cream on the market. These two ingredients certainly do come in handy. I have actually become a fan of their cream cheese, which is amazingly similar to dairy-based cream cheese. However, I was browsing Whole Foods the other day, and what should I see, but another vegan brand of both cream cheese and sour cream!
It seems that supply is meeting with demand, as Galaxy Foods has expanded their vegan product line to include these new offerings. I may be a bit behind on the release, since I seldom shop Whole Foods, but I was excited to see this nonetheless. I still have some Tofutti to use up, but my next cream cheese needs could warrant a trial of the brand with purple "Vegan" label.
As aside note, but still on the cheese topic, I am currently trialing the hot new import, Sheese. So far, so good. The cheddar and chives already has two thumbs up! The flavors we are trialing should be up in the product reviews in a week or two!


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While I believe that sharing DSLR or edited photos on Instagram is acceptable, even desirable, whether users should is a worthy debate.
A worthy debate for the user community, which holier-than-thou arguments like this one at best ignore, and at worst insult.
In opposing the publishing of DSLR or edited photos on Instagram, freelance photographer, video and content producer Nate Benson writes that uploading non-mobile, non-real time photos is not what Instagram was intended for.
I'm not sure whether he has inside knowledge of the creators' intentions, but even if he does, that's not for him or the creators to decide. The purpose of a social platform is whatever users say it is. Right now, some users are saying that Instagram is in part for sharing DSLR and edited photos. And other users, like Benson, are saying that it's not.
Great. Let the debate play out. If enough users agree with Benson, their feedback, through negative reactions to DSLR or edited photos, including ignoring them, and positive reactions to unadulterated smartphone photos, will correct the behavior of users who agree with me.
Until then, or until the opposite result, who is Benson to say that users are using the platform improperly, and who am I to say that they're using it correctly?
To accept otherwise is to stymie the generatvitiy that made the Internet what it is — or, for that matter, made the Internet. I'm perfectly open to arguments against evolutionary uses of Instagram, or any other service, but they need to be made on narrower grounds.


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The data from BP's Statistical Review of World Energy, combined with economic statistics available elsewhere, provide valuable tools for such analysis. Examples of such data transformations include:
This measures the amount of energy used to generate a unit of economic output. In practice, this is done by dividing energy consumption by a measure of economic activity, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Energy intensity is not the same as energy efficiency: changes in energy intensity are the product of changes in the structure of economic output and changes in the efficiency of energy consuming equipment.
This helps to explain significant variations in energy intensity between countries and the generally higher levels of energy intensity in emerging economies than in mature OECD economies. It also explains the tendency for the energy intensity of the world economy to decline over time, given underlying efficiency gains and the transition to a more service-based economy.
By combining population data with energy consumption, one can analyse trends in energy use per capita and differences in per capita energy use between countries. For instance, which country consumes the most energy per person? Does the average Italian consume more energy than the average Canadian? How has energy consumption varied with a growing world population?
BP does not produce data on economic and demographic variables. However, data are available from the following organizations:
The International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) publishes economic indicators, including GDP, for most countries in the world.
The World Bank publishes a range of indicators relating to development, including economic and social statistics.
The United Nations Population Information Network publishes demographic data, including population by country.
Chief economist Spencer Dale talks about the scenarios and uncertainties that might affect the energy landscape