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12 May 2016 12:41:52
As usual these rumours originating on twitter that Martinez has gone, that being the case it is a rapid departure, not even 1300 yet. Notice Neil Lennon has put his ten pence worth into the Martinez debate, may I just say Neil you were a midfielder after my own heart but as a Manager down here in the tough league you were pants. Anyone could manage Celtic to the Scottish Championship especially while Rangers have been down the nether regions.
11 May 2016 21:14:52
This is supposedly the best Squad since the 80's, yet this man along with his relegation tainted Staff has utterly destroyed their ability and moral. We are so lucky that this has been such a poor Premiership this Season because that could very well be us languishing in the bottom 3. Sunderland are not a good side yet they are making us look very very ordinary.
1.) 11 May 2016 21:42:40
Nail on head I think.
08 May 2016 21:10:43
I urge Bill etc to read Elliot Bretlands piece and I defy them to deny it.
1.) 08 May 2016 21:25:18
Where is that piece?
Do you really expect BK - or anyone at the club - to read (let alone respond to! ) any comments especially considering the vitriolic abuse they've received from so many angles?
{Ed025's Note - its on NSNO sid..
2.) 08 May 2016 22:09:14
And it is not vitriolic Sid.
3.) 08 May 2016 23:03:35
I never said that item was vitriolic - I hadn't read it which is why I asked where it was - but I remarked that plenty of comments from other angles have been.
07 May 2016 21:45:09
After Liverpool and now this against Leicester (two of the worse performances most of us have seen in a single season) there is no reaction from the Club (and no comments about knee jerk please that is just an insult to the intelligence) . Surely it is extremely difficult for even the illustrious showman that is our Chairman to put a spin on his last comment 'What a Manager' indeed Mr Kenwright indeed.
07 May 2016 21:07:59
Just watched his interview, no excuses and congratulations to Leicester, in a hurry to get out of there but also and more crucially he did not look like a man (same at Wigan) who is going to walk. He needs a big push Bill.
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12 May 2016 13:07:15
actually correction to above, there is no training today so that is why no Martinez. As for betting being suspended on Martinez, Martinez has nothing to do with it, betting has been suspended simply because the season is at an end.
{Ed023's Note - Or maybe punters have lumped on Martinez to be sacked.?}
12 May 2016 12:42:41
Thought the reporter outside the gates saw him going into Finch Farm Sol.
12 May 2016 08:07:08
Unbelievably so but Martinez has managed at Wigan and Everton to have both boards accepting that his mediocrity is acceptable and no matter his failures (of course never his fault) he is a young up and coming coach who everyone admires. If this man remains in charge I genuinely believe 100 percent he will relegate us. The man is to arrogant to walk, the board needs to grab whatever balls they have left and do what is best for this football Club, it is no romance anymore Bill, time for your business head.
11 May 2016 20:48:37
72 points (built on Moyes legacy) 47 points, Martinez begins to assert his influence, this season 37 games 44 points so far. Assess me over the last 3 seasons he says. Last 2 seasons lowest points score in 12 years, yet the board still have nothing to say. It beggars belief but can they possibly be considering keeping him on, surely not.
11 May 2016 19:28:34
Hope it is not a rumour from your mate at Finch Farm.
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12 May 2016 18:46:52
Well that is me off, thanks for providing the media for me to sound off. Not one to demonstrate and hurl abuse so this was the only option left for me to sound off. Don't know if Roberto is/ was a nice man or not but in my opinion as a Manager at this level he has proved twice now that he is out of his depth. What I did propose his forte would be, would be as a coach with a strong man-manager above him. Not going into recriminations at all for the reason I am leaving this board. But Ed002 sometimes you really do need to take a chill pill. Finally, hopefully our Club is never put in this predicament again.
12 May 2016 12:53:46
JCW admire how Martinez has done his job, are you having a laugh.
12 May 2016 06:36:07
Yes they are Professionals and we do not know what goes on behind closed doors but all I/ we can see quite clearly despite the rhetoric, the players are just not playing for Martinez. I totally blame Martinez and his Staff, far from 'getting' Everton he and his incompetent Wigan Staff (no it is not too harsh) have sucked the life out of the Squad. Last season we failed because of Europe, this season it is because of the FA Cup. Never wanted Martinez, have mates at Wigan so already knew about his methods and obstinacy before he arrived and was dreading it. I am not happy and yes totally blame Kenwright and Elstone. One is a hopeless romantic and the other (well I can't print it) .
11 May 2016 22:02:54
To be honest I never liked Steve Round either, another one of these pen and paper coaches but I would take him over Phil as a Moyes No 2.
11 May 2016 19:33:08
Pennington or Stones.


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A software company that uses technology developed at the University of Aberdeen is targeting a float on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) this week in a move that will value the firm at £102.3 million.
Arria NLG specialises in "natural language generation", which is a form of artificial intelligence that analyses complex sets of data to create reports that read as though they were written by a human. Its technology is already being used by the Met Office.
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Women Men Love, Women Men Leave
(Critical Survey of Contemporary Fiction)
The format of this book reverses the order of the title, with the first half devoted to the issue of how women scare away men. Whether the couple is in the dating stage or already married, males naturally shy away from certain behavior from their mates. This phenomenon, the authors explain, stems from differing "bonding zones" of the sexes and relates to how much intimacy each partner will tolerate. Curiously enough, many women will recognize themselves in this first section and may be surprised to realize that their behavior is precipitating their mate's withdrawal, silence, lack of sexual arousal, or fear of commitment. A woman's secret contempt for men, a need to control, the desire to give more than the man wants to receive--all of these common behavior patterns can backfire to ruin a relationship, with the woman entirely unaware of what she is doing.
The second half of the book examines the kind of behavior that attracts a man and makes him want to make a commitment to an enduring relationship. It is a positive look at positive behavior and deals with friendship and trust as well as the arousal of passion. Women who have already achieved committed relationships probably possess the qualities outlined in this section, but women who are still searching may find information of value. The eleven "Rules for Staying in Love" are a good reminder to everyone that love relationships take work to maintain.
The appendix at the end of the book contains quizzes to help a woman determine her own attitudes toward men and relate them to her success in maintaining a relationship. The quizzes are conveniently set up to correspond to designated chapters, so it is easy to refer to the authors' explanations for certain behaviors.


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Sovereign debt management in India: interaction with monetary policy
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Backstage during a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddygore. I don't dress like this every day!
Happy new year, my friends!! Did you do anything to celebrate? M. Cheesemonger's parents have been visiting, so we spent a day celebrating with his family. I split the holidays between my family and M. Cheesemonger's, so I did manage to get my fill of fluffy dogs!
I took a few days off to not critically think about cheese, but I'm gearing up for a new year! And I wanted to start off by talking about my PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNEY! I get so many questions from all of you about it and I spend so much time on it, I thought it would be worth going into a little more detail here. This is definitely a journey for me—I am self-taught, and a lot has been picked up over many hours spent making a lot of mistakes! And I am still learning LOTS.
My accomplished photographer/lawyer friend gave me some great advice when I was starting out, "Don't worry too much about the camera body. It's just a box. You want to get the best glass you can afford and invest there." This was when I was shooting with the respectable Canon Rebel SL1 [affiliate link]. It was tiny and reliable, and I took it everywhere. I had one lens for it, a Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 [affiliate link], which was fine for a bit. I had no idea what I was doing. I learned a lot quickly, though, photographing EVERYTHING—landscapes, people, food—with that one lens. We went to France with it. Within 6 months, however, the Sigma's focus had softened considerably. I got the Sigma dock that was supposed to help you calibrate your lens, and it didn't help. I gave up on Sigma lenses as soon as I saw that, and after reading up about how this happens to many Sigma lenses.
My next camera body was a Sony a7 [affiliate link], a full-frame mirrorless camera. I knew I wanted to potentially grow into more professional photography territory with a full-frame camera (e.g. three editorial photo shoots this past year!), so I did think a little bit about "the box." Knowing my focus on Miss Cheesemonger is inanimate objects, I wasn't too worried about the a7's slow-ish autofocusing. I did love being able to use so many focus points on the a7, the camera's small size, and the experience of using the electronic viewfinder made me feel like more connected to my subjects. The camera's focus peaking actually highlights what is in focus on your camera, a tool that was beyond my wildest camera dreams. The Zeiss-Sony partnership also meant I got to work with some special Zeiss lenses (although, admittedly, there aren't a ton of full-frame Zeiss lenses specifically for Sony full-frame cameras just yet). My two favorite lenses from the system are the 55mm f1.8 [affiliate link], which I take around with me everywhere, and the 35mm f1.4 [affiliate link], which I have only rented thus far, but whose image quality makes me go weak in the knees. Over time, I've come to really love my Sony camera. It goes with me everywhere—to Puerto Rico, on hikes, to restaurants. It feels a little delicate in my hands, though, so I try not to bash it around too much.
As I developed my portrait photography business in the past year, the a7's sluggish auto-focus became a significant issue, as did the lack of great Sony-compatible lighting options and native lenses. After MANY HOURS of deliberation, I decided to go back to using Canon for my portrait work, settling on the 5D Mark III [affiliate link]. It's reliable (ultra key), solidly built, and good for low-light situations. My brother, who is also a photographer (#misscheesemongersbrother on Instagram), prefers Nikon, but because I had already gotten used to the Canon system, I decided to not change it up again to match his. I much prefer the colors and skin tones I get from the Canon system over the Sony, which is reason enough for the change. We'll see if I get another one at some point!
Starting January 2016, just about everything you see on Miss Cheesemonger and on my social media is shot with the Sony a7. It just goes everywhere with me! On my portrait photography page, it's more of a mix. I alternate between both cameras often between shoots, then have to do a fair amount of tweaking between my Canon and Sony images to get them to look consistent.
Remember what my friend said about investing in the best glass possible? Well, another confession here is that many of my blog feature photos are shot with my Sony's kit lens, a 28-70mm f 3.5-5.6 [affiliate link]! That said, I have decided to use it for blog posts after testing it in many situations. I noticed it doesn't do its best work in harsh sunlight or when there are stark shadows. When it is in even, soft lighting situations, it shines. Because that's how I shoot many of your blog posts, I opted for the versatility of the zoom lens.
Like I mentioned before, I use the 55mm f1.8 a lot for my food photos when I am out and about, and even a good amount of portrait shots. The low f number (1.8) means it is pretty good in low light situations and shallow depth of field. Usually, I don't insist that a food item be completely in focus (it is a stylistic thing for me), although sometimes I do insist on it. The other main Sony/Zeiss lens I use is the tiny 35mm f2.8 [affiliate link]. It doesn't have quite the same shallow depth of field as the 55mm, but it's useful for taking in more of the environment in a single shot. Plus, it's so tiny (it weighs just over 4 oz!), it's the best lens to travel with!
Because I tend to like wider shots of tablescapes, you'll see me shooting those at about 35mm or wider. Later, when I focus on particular items on a table, I'll use the 55mm (a slightly longer lens). I also have a 50mm macro lens [affiliate link] that I can use to take extreme close-ups of food. It's a pretty clunky lens, but it works, more or less.
Portrait Lenses
I'm slowly building my portrait lens arsenal. Right now, I do a lot of work with the 55mm Zeiss/Sony lens and Sony body—the bokeh, or background blur, is stellar, and subjects look like they are popping out of the background! I also use a 135mm f2.0 lens [affiliate link] on my Canon, and love it. One of my singer friends recommended it to me and after seeing some examples of work with it, I decided to give it a go. The third lens I use sometimes is the 85mm f1.8 [affiliate link]. It's not too expensive, and the image quality is quite respectable, at least until I can save up for the 85mm f1.2 [affiliate link]! :)
The longer the lens is (so the more millimeters), the less lens distortion you will notice in a person's face. Wider lenses will sort of stretch out a face from side to side. Longer lenses tend to compress them in a pleasing way. Additionally, longer lenses will give you more of that background blur that people love, which is idea for portraiture!
After amassing a fair amount of camera gear, I had to learn what to do with it. Essentially, cameras and eyes work by letting in light. One key to creating a good photo is by understanding how the light interacts with your subject.
The person who first introduced me to DSLR photography told me to just start with shooting natural light, so I did—extensively. And that's what I would recommend you do if you want to get into photography! Take whatever camera you have, even if it is a phone, and set the camera to manual mode. Figure out the relationship between ISO, shutter speed, and aperture (I can write more about this if you'd like), and just shoot. Try different angles—try shooting something in direct sunlight from all angles to see how the light and camera behave. Try shooting in soft light, try shooting in mixed light. Try golden hour—at both sunrise and sunset. Different situations call for different lighting situations. I like even light most times, but shadows have their place in my heart.
After figuring out how to work all that light, then you can move to creating your own lighting with flashes and studio lights. This is where I would really love to go next with my photography generally. Alas, lights are expensive, and I only have one flash per camera system and one light modifier, a brilliant little Westcott 26" Rapidbox [affiliate link]. I'd love to get some more lights so I can do more elaborate portrait set-ups, but for food photos, right now, I get by with natural light and a reflector, or one flash and one reflector. It is such a slippery slope, the world of photography!
A good chunk of time is spent processing images after they've been taken! I do this in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Lightroom is a great start, and since I don't really retouch my food photos (yet), I just need to get them looking right in Lightroom, and I'm done! I'm a fan of that film-type look, so I have a few presets out there that emulate film. Mastin Labs is my favorite source for presets right now! It's amazing, though, that with one set of presets, in the hands of thousands of people, you will get thousands of different takes on an image. The presets are a tool, but they won't magically transform your images. You alone are responsible for proper exposure, white balance, and coloring!
For my portrait work, things are different. I spend a lot of time retouching portraiture, even if I'm not going for an ultra glossy look. It takes time to smooth out clothing, clear away blemishes, and fix up hair and makeup in portraits. I know there are shortcuts, but I don't like taking shortcuts! Plus, Photoshop is fun! I feel like I am just scratching the surface of this crazy tool. I've learned a lot about retouching from the website Phlearn.com in particular, and would definitely recommend Phlearn's free videos on Youtube if you are just getting started with Photoshop.
I talked about this in a prior blog post!
Next Steps for Miss Cheesemonger
You may have seen my solid colored backdrops in some of my food photos. I'd like to repaint at least a couple of them with different colors, so we'll see if I actually get around to it. As I mentioned before, I'd love to experiment with more complex and diverse studio lighting, so I hope I'll get the chance to do that, too.
I hope to improve my food styling a bit! I got Delores Custer's textbook on Food Styling [affiliate link], and it has been enlightening.
Because the parallels between cheese makers and other artistic folks is so strong, and because I have a pretty big creative streak in me, I am doubling down on my commitment to showcase creative people here on Miss Cheesemonger. Sometimes they will be in the cheese world, and sometimes they won't, but we cheese lovers can learn so many lessons from these courageous, creative, entrepreneurial individuals.
Are you a photographer? Do you want me to go into any of these topics in more depth? Let me know in the comments! Let's talk!
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Location: Delaware
Race: Senate
Candidates: Christine O'Donnell (R) vs Chris Coons (D)
Mission Details: This is probably one of the oddest races of the election. Republican, candidate Christine O'Donnell is an anti-choice female who is just, well, something else. She's almost as, dare I say it, George Bush when it comes to that whole talking thing. O'Donnell has so many quotes that make absolutely no sense, or are just plain false, that the Huffington Post decided to make a list here. Some of my favorites include:
- "It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, you also have to be abstinent alone. The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery, so you can't masturbate without lust." – Masturbation = adultery, right?
- "I dabbled into witchcraft. I never joined a coven." – Good to know! I think…
- "The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more your economy is dependent on the federal government." – Umm no.
Besides all of that, she owes over $10,000 in back taxes and she is under investigation for misuse of campaign funds. Looking past her own legal troubles (no matter how hard that is) she is against abortion even in cases of rape or incest and if the mother's life is endanger, she would let the family decide which life to save, though I'm not 100% sure how that'd work…
Final Note: Chris Coons for Delaware Senate!
Location: Colorado
Race: Senate
Candidates: Ken Buck (R) vs Michael Bennet (D)
Mission Details: There's not too much to say in this one except Ken Buck is a sexist idiot. This is the man who, as District Attorney, refused to prosecute an alleged rapist. He defended his decision by explain that the victim invited the supposed rapist into her room, and essentially blamed her for her own rape. He said because she invited the man in she was most likely having what he called "buyer's remorse," instead of actually having been raped. To make matters worse, the man later actually admitted to having raped the victim. Buck would also like to completely outlaw all types of abortion and even some forms of basic birth control. At times he's even made comments referring to his views that women are unfit to serve in political offices.
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Running a business from home has many advantages – for example, it gives you much more flexibility with your time, and allows you to do something that really interests you without having a boss looking over your shoulder. However, running a home business is also hard work, and you are on your own financially. With all of that effort that you put in, the last thing you want to do is to waste your hard-earned dollars when you don't have to. Fortunately, there are quite a number of different ways that you can eliminate unnecessary expenses and make your money work harder for you.
One area to look at is the cost of staying in touch with your customers. Of course, you want to be able to get on the phone and talk to them – and you definitely want them to be able to get hold of you when they want to put business your way. The trouble is that doing this can be very expensive – particularly if your customers are far away. A great way of keeping these costs down is to use a service such as Skype to make all of your long distance calls at a very low rate. Just buy a $30 headset, plug it into your computer, and you are ready to go. Better still, try using Google Voice – right now, this will let you make calls anywhere in North America for free.
You also want your customers to be able to contact you when you are not in your home office – and for that you are going to need a cell phone. Again, there are things you can do to keep your cell phone bills down. Look for a plan that includes a number of long-distance minutes, or one that only charges you when you make a call – not when someone calls you. Also, make sure that you take advantage of any promotions that are available – such as these deals from Verizon Wireless.
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The theme was orange circles set by Lynn Krawczyk. The fabric is from the stash. I hand-dyed this a few years ago when I did the MSU Project. It has a lovely rust tone to it that knew I wanted (I know Lynn likes a good rust color). First I Thermofax Screen Printed the larger round circles in browns and black. Once that was dry I printed a mini version of Circles Sprites in gold for a little contrast and texture.Then I dug out every container of orange paint I could find, along with every orange, brown and black marker I could unearth in the studio. Then I just started experimenting with the different shades and types of paint. If something looked cool, I did some more, if it didn't, I put it away. I layered up the colors for a bit, then broke out the pens and markers and started drawing on the painted and unpainted areas. Pebeo makes a fabric marker that worked really well for this. But beware, the odor is pretty strong with these. Also, metallic Sharpies are absolute favorites. So print, paint, draw was my method of creative mayhem. I love how it turned out and can't wait to tackle the next theme.
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A Thermofax Screen Print Sunday
For a few years now Lynn has mentioned that she had a Thermofax Machine to make screens for printing. I had heard of this thermal…thermo thing but I couldn't conceptualize what the heck it was. I'm just one of the those people who needs to see and do something to understand it. So a few weekends ago I joined a few other people at the Northville Art House for a workshop on Thermofax Screen Printing taught by Lynn herself.
Well the whole process is fun and addicting. Except for maybe the cleanup, but when is any kind of clean up fun? I did know enough about the process to bring along lots of darker, hand-dyed fabric to create cool prints with. We used Plaid Simply Screen to print the images.
This one came out pretty interesting. The fabric is a hand-dyed muslin with several colors used to make the swirly vine print. Metallics are cool.
This one was a screen made from a grave stone photo. I was trying to used colors close to what was in the fabric colors.
Here is a lovely hand-dyed fabric from my big project last summer. I used the elusive Birds on Wire screen that was in Lynn's screen stash. She needs to find the digital file of this one to make more. The print came out pretty cool. I like the repetitive look that matches the fabric. I think I'll start stitching this one into a new piece.
This one is destined for the dye bucket. I'm testing out the Plaid Simply Screen paints for Lynn. See my guest blog on her blog for the first round of tests. Next will be with the MX Pro Dye (Procion). I've been known to microwave my fabric in the dye process. Stay tuned for that.
At the end of the three hour workshop I had a nice stash of revived fabrics for future projects and a new surface design skill to add to the resume. I should also mention that I've been designing screen images for Lynn's Etsy shop. So go check those out when you get a chance!


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This past weekend I unsubscribed from my last opensolaris mailing list. While reflecting on where technology is heading, I had to take a few minutes to reflect on where things were just a few years back. I remember vividly the day that the opensolaris.org website came online. After the announcement came out, I spent 24 straight hours signing up for mailing lists, reading documentation and reviewing the source code for a number of utilities. This had been all too easy with Linux, since all of the code and documentation was available in the public domain. But when the Solaris source came online, I felt like a 4-year old in a HUGE candy store.
Over the next few months I saw the community start to grow at a decent pace. The first opensolaris books (OpenSolaris Bible and Pro Opensolaris) were published, Solaris internals was updated to take Solaris 10 and opensolaris into account and every major trade magazine was writing something about opensolaris. Additionally, our local OpenSolaris users group was starting to grow in size, and I was beginning to make a number of good friends in the community. All of these things got me crazy excited about the opensolaris community, and I wanted to jump in and start helping out any way I could.
After pondering all of the things I wanted in opensolaris, I came up with a simple change that would allow me to get familiar with the development model. The change I proposed and coded up would allow dd to print the status of the copy operation if a SIGUSR1 signal was received. This feature was available on my FreeBSD and Linux boxes, so I wanted to see it on my Solaris hosts as well. I went through the hassle of filling out a form to submit code and then I sent my changes over to my sponsor. He replied stating that he would look things over and get back to me. That was the last time I heard from him and my follow up e-mail didn't receive a response either.
I am not the type of person to pester someone to do something, so I didn't sent another e-mail to request status. This of course let to my proposal dying a silent death. :( This was the first thing that led me to wonder if opensolaris would truly flourish, since all of the source code enhancements I had made to other projects were added back within days (and usually the authors were grateful). Since I knew contributing code was most likely not going to work, I decided to be active on the forums and propose changes that would better Solaris. This is when I started to get the impression that most of the design and development was happening behind closed doors, and not out in the open. Linux has prided itself on openness when it comes to design and development, so once again I started to question whether opensolaris would flourish.
So fast forward to the recent announcement by Oracle that opensolaris design and development would not be happening out in the open. In my opinion this never really occurred in the past, so I wasn't one bit surprised by this announcement. They want to capitalize on the product (Solaris) they bought, and I can't really fault them for that. Some people appear to have been caught off guard by this announcement, but the second Oracle bought Sun I figured open development would most likely stop. My only remaining question was what would happen to Solaris? Will Oracle eventually scrap it in favor of Linux? The cost to support two operating systems has to be relatively large, and I have to assume that there are some folks at Oracle who are evaluating this.
The Oracle announcement appears to have stirred some things up, and a number of new things came about as a result of it. The Illumos project was erected with it's goal of making opensolaris development open. While this is a great idea in theory, I'm skeptical that the project can truly succeed without Sun/Oracle engineering. The amount of code in Opensolaris is rather large, and I have to assume that you would need an army of engineers to design, develop and QA everything to make it battle ready. I truly wish this project the best, and hope it gets the momentum it needs to succeed (Garrett D'Amore is a sharp dude, so the source is definitely in good hands!).
About a year ago I ditched Solaris in favor of Redhat Linux, which appears to be a growing trend amongst my SysAdmin friends. I like that Linux development is truly open, and the distributions I use (RHEL, CentOS and Fedora) provide the source code to the entire Operating System. The Linux distributions I use also have a large number of users, so getting answers to support or configuration issues is typically pretty easy to do. There is also the fact that the source is available, so I can support myself if no one happens to know why something is behaving a specific way.
This post wasn't meant to diss Solaris, OpenSolaris or Illuminos. I was purely reflecting on the road I've traveled prior to embracing Linux and giving up hope in the opensolaris community. Hopefully one day Oracle will make all of the awesome Solaris features (DTrace, ZFS, Zones, Crossbow, FMA) available to the Linux community by slapping a GPLv2 license on the source code. I would love nothing more that to have all of the things I love about Linux merged with the things I love about Solaris. This would be a true panacea as far as Operating Systems go! :)


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Just before the previous owners sold their house they put new turn / sod down in the back yard. We have been quite diligent in watering the lawn but this one patch just died, and no amount of watering helped. The patch seemed to have very square corners a fairly straight edges, so I thought that maybe that was where the put all the turn when they bought it and it had crushed the grass, or something like that. I even asked the neighbour and he couldn't remember anything ever being there, and he couldn't think of anything.
So last weekend we went out to purchase some grass seed and fertilizer. We found out that the kind of grass that we have, buffalo grass, can't be planted with seeds, you need to get actual turf / sod and lay it because it's a "creeping" grass, or something like that. All the places that sold turf were closed on the weekends so instead I purchased a pitch fork so that I could try aerating that part of the lawn and maybe apply some of the fertilizer that I already had. When I finally went to poke the holes in the ground I wound up and "twang", I hit something very hard. I tried again somewhere else thinking that it was a rock and again, "twang", the same thing happened.
That's when I started to poke around the turf more carefully and I discovered a pattern that you might recognize below:
So then I started to dig and scrape and poke around that part of the yard a bit more. And you know what I uncovered?
A concrete pad the perfect size for a garden shed!
We eventually want a garden shed, but definately not there near the middle of the back yard. We were thinking in the back left corner of the yard.
I guess that the previous owners just decided to stick the turf on top of it, either hoping that the grass would grow with just the soil attached to the roots, or just trying to hide it from the sucker buyers, namely me. So now I'll have to break it up and haul it off to the dump, then I'll have to purchase new soil and turn to stick down where this pad was. Bummer…


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Impact of Preinterventional Arterial Remodeling on Neointimal Hyperplasia After Implantation of (Non–Polymer-Encapsulated) Paclitaxel-Coated Stents
A Serial Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis From the ASian Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Clinical Trial (ASPECT)
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Background— This study used serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to evaluate the effect of preinterventional arterial remodeling on in-stent intimal hyperplasia (IH) after implantation of non–polymer-encapsulated paclitaxel-coated stents.
Methods and Results— Patients were randomized to placebo or one of two doses of paclitaxel (low dose, 1.28 μg/mm2; high dose, 3.10 μg/mm2). Complete preinterventional, post–stent implantation, and follow-up IVUS were available in 18 low-dose and 21 high-dose patients. IH volumes were similar in low-dose and high-dose patients: 17.6±15.1 mm3 in low-dose patients and 13.1±13.3 mm3 in high-dose patients (P=0.3). Therefore, IVUS findings in low- and high-dose patients were combined. Preinterventional remodeling was assessed by comparing lesion site to proximal and distal reference arterial area: positive remodeling (lesion>proximal reference, n=13), intermediate remodeling (distal reference<lesion<proximal reference, n=13), and negative remodeling (lesion<distal reference, n=13). During follow-up, there was a decrease in lumen volume in positive remodeling lesions (from 106±30 to 90±27 mm3; P=0.0067) and in intermediate remodeling lesions (from 97±28 to 76±31 mm3; P=0.0004), but not in negative remodeling lesions (99±27 versus 92±32 mm3; P=0.15). The follow-up IH volume was lower in negative remodeling lesions (5±7 mm3) compared with positive remodeling (20±14 mm3; P=0.0051) and intermediate remodeling lesions (20±15 mm3; P=0.0043); however, IH volume was virtually identical in positive and intermediate remodeling lesions. Multivariate linear regression analysis determined that remodeling and inflation pressure were independent predictors of IH volume; variables tested in the model included diabetes, acute coronary syndromes, dose, remodeling, and preinterventional plaque burden.
Conclusions— Preinterventional arterial remodeling, especially negative remodeling, influences neointimal hyperplasia suppression after implantation of non–polymer-encapsulated paclitaxel-coated stents.
Received March 20, 2003; de novo received July 10, 2003; accepted July 28, 2003.
The major limitation of coronary stenting is in-stent restenosis secondary to intimal hyperplasia (IH).1 Previous studies have shown that preinterventional arterial remodeling—as assessed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)—predicts both IH (also as assessed by IVUS) and clinical restenosis.2,3 Non–polymer-encapsulated paclitaxel-coated stents reduce IH accumulation and angiographic restenosis.4,5 The aim of the present study was to use serial volumetric IVUS analysis to determine the relationship between IH and preinterventional arterial remodeling after implantation of paclitaxel-coated stents.
ASPECT (ASian Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Clinical Trial) was a three-center, triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of paclitaxel-coated stents to reduce in-stent restenosis.4 There was a single-center IVUS substudy of ASPECT (Asan Medical Center).5 All patients gave their written, informed consent. This study was approved by Asan Medical Center Institutional Review Board.
Ninety-eight patients were enrolled in the IVUS substudy. Complete preinterventional, post–stent implantation, and 6-month follow-up IVUS data were available in 18 of 32 low-dose and 21 of 33 high-dose patients, excluding those in whom the proximal reference (n=2) or distal reference (n=4) could not be assessed. Preinterventional IVUS imaging was not specified in the protocol; therefore, this represents a post hoc analysis of patients in whom preinterventional IVUS was performed and complete preinterventional IVUS analysis was possible. Because, in the overall IVUS cohort, follow-up IH volume was similar in low-dose and high-dose patients,5 all patients treated with paclitaxel-coated stents were combined for the present analysis.
Stents were placed after predilation. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors were not used. Quantitative angiography was performed using the guiding catheter for magnification calibration and an online analysis system (ANCOR V2.0, Siemens).
IVUS Imaging and Analysis
IVUS imaging was performed after intracoronary administration of 0.2 mg nitroglycerin using a motorized transducer pullback system (0.5 mm/s) and commercial scanner (SCIMED) consisting of a 30-MHz transducer within a 3.2F imaging sheath.
Quantitative volumetric IVUS analysis was performed using computerized planimetry (Indec Systems) by an independent core laboratory (Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC) according to published standards.6 Preinterventional lesion and proximal and distal reference segment external elastic membrane (EEM), lumen, and plaque and media (P&M=EEM−lumen) cross-sectional areas (CSAs) and plaque burden (P&M/EEM) were measured. The lesion was the site with the smallest lumen CSA; if there were multiple image slices with the same minimum lumen CSA, then the slice with the largest EEM and P&M was measured. The proximal and distal reference segments were the least-diseased image slices (largest lumen with least plaque) proximal and distal to the lesion, but within the same segment and before any major side branch. Preinterventional remodeling was assessed by comparing the lesion site EEM to the proximal and distal reference EEM CSA: positive remodeling (lesion>proximal reference), intermediate remodeling (distal reference<lesion<proximal reference), and negative remodeling (lesion<distal reference).
Postinterventional and follow-up stent, lumen, and IH (stent minus lumen) areas were measured every 1 mm within the stented segment. Volumes were calculated using Simpson's rule.
Statistical Analysis
Statistical analysis was performed with StatView 4.5 (SAS Institute). Data are presented as mean±1SD or frequencies and compared using factorial ANOVA with post hoc comparisons using the Bonferroni correction for student's t test or χ2 statistics.
The numbers of patients treated with high-dose versus low-dose stents were similar in all three groups, and there were no differences in patient, lesion, or procedural variables (Table 1). As in the previous IVUS report from ASPECT, IH volumes were similar in low-dose and high-dose patients: 17.6±15.1 mm3 in low-dose patients and 13.1±13.3 mm3 in high-dose patients (P=0.3) with %IH (IH volume/stent volume) measuring 13±13 in low-dose and 19±20 in high-dose patients (P=0.3).
Preinterventional IVUS measurements are shown in Table 2. In keeping with the remodeling classification, lesion segment EEM and P&M CSA were largest in positive remodeling lesions and smallest in negative remodeling lesions. Distal reference EEM measurements were larger in positive remodeling lesions compared with intermediate and negative remodeling lesions (P=0.0104 and P=0.0481, respectively), but otherwise, reference segment measurements were similar among the three groups.
Postinterventional and follow-up IVUS measurements are shown in Table 2. Baseline stent volumes and minimum stent CSA were similar among the three groups. During the follow-up period, there was a decrease in lumen volume in the positive remodeling lesions (from 106±30 to 90±27 mm3; P=0.0067) and in the intermediate remodeling lesions (from 97±28 to 76±31 mm3; P=0.0004), but not in the negative remodeling lesions (99±27 versus 92±32 mm3; P=0.15). Overall, IH volumes and %IH were similar in patients with diabetes versus no diabetes and acute coronary syndromes versus stable angina; IH volumes and %IH did not correlate with preinterventional plaque burden or lesion length. The follow-up IH volume was lower in negative remodeling lesions compared with positive remodeling and intermediate remodeling lesions (P=0.0051 and P=0.0043, respectively). However, IH volumes were virtually identical in positive and intermediate remodeling lesions. The Figure shows the comparison of the distribution of IH over the length of the stent according to the baseline pattern of arterial remodeling. Multivariate linear regression analysis determined that remodeling and inflation pressure were independent predictors of IH volume; variables tested in the model included diabetes, acute coronary syndromes, inflation pressure, dose, remodeling, and preinterventional plaque burden.
The present IVUS study demonstrated that, as in bare metal stents, IH accumulation after implanting non–polymer-encapsulated paclitaxel-coated stents is related to the baseline remodeling characteristics of the lesion.
Pathological studies have suggested that in the early stage of atherosclerosis, human coronary arteries enlarge (positive remodeling) in parallel with the formation of atherosclerotic plaque and that the lumen area is preserved until progressive plaque accumulation exceeds compensatory mechanisms.7 IVUS studies have confirmed the presence of positive remodeling, especially in acute coronary syndromes.8 However, these IVUS studies have also shown that negative remodeling (shrinkage of EEM CSA at the lesion site) is observed in 15% to 34% of stenotic lesions and, along with the plaque accumulation, contributes to luminal narrowing.9,10 Studies correlating IVUS and clinical findings have suggested that positive remodeling lesions may be more biologically active and negative remodeling lesions more inert.
Nishioka et al10 first proposed the classification of remodeling used in the present study. Using this classification, Endo et al2 showed that preinterventional remodeling influenced IH in 113 selected patients treated with a single stent. In this study, %IH measured 51±19% in positive remodeling, 42±18% in intermediate remodeling, and 35±20% in negative remodeling lesions. Using other definitions of remodeling and different end points, the relationship between preinterventional remodeling and in-stent restenosis was substantiated by other investigators.3,11,12 The present study suggests that drug-eluting stents may have a greater effect on reducing IH accumulation in lesions with preinterventional negative remodeling characteristics. However, %IH in ASPECT (overall 16%) was greater than in sirolimus-eluting stents in RAVEL (RAndomized study with the sirolimus-eluting Bx VELocity balloon-expandable stent) (overall IH=1%)13 or SIRIUS (a multicenter randomized double-blind study of the SIRolImUS-coated Bx Velocity stent) (overall IH=3%, unpublished observations, M. Leon, MD, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, September 2002) as well as in polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents (overall IH=8%, unpublished observations, A. Colombo, MD, Columbus Hospital, Milan, Italy, September 2002). It is likely that greater suppression of neointimal hyperplasia will blunt the relationship between preinterventional remodeling and subsequent IH accumulation.
Complete (pre- and postinterventional and follow-up) IVUS analysis was available in only a subset of patients in ASPECT. The control group of ASPECT with complete IVUS (n=16) was too small for meaningful analysis in the present study. Although there was no difference between IH in the low-versus high-dose patients (which was why the two groups were combined), the small number of patients in each group might have masked any differences between low- and high-dose patients. As noted, the present findings will likely not apply to other, more "powerful," drug-eluting stents. This was a retrospective analysis.
Preinterventional arterial remodeling, especially negative remodeling, influences neointimal hyperplasia suppression after implantation of non–polymer-encapsulated paclitaxel-coated stents.
This study was supported by Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea, and Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, Ind.
Drs Mintz, Hong, Lee, Kim, S.-W. Park, S.-J. Park, and Weissman received a grant from Cook, Inc. Dr Fearnot is an employee of Cook.
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Twins were a bit difficult to keep track of. On top of making them look like they were growing up slowly from age two to age three, they had to look like family as well. It is harder than one would think drawing a character that looks the same over and over. Imagine the effort in a long comic book when you would have to draw someone a hundred times. Using particular traits like hair cut and clothing style helps but when it's supposed to be a year going by you can't have them wearing the same clothes in every picture!
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