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DiNapoli To Fundraise Post-Presidential Debate
A reader forwarded me this invitation for Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's fundraiser Oct. 17 that promises a "lively panel discussion" on the 2012 presidential election.
Tickets to the event start at $100 per person.
President Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney will be squaring off in a debate at Hofstra University a day earlier.
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From what i understand they switch pistols and caliber for mission specific use
This is a discussion on Delta force goes to 9mm within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; In the several books on the Army's secret Delta force (after which the TV series "The Unit" is based), it is mentioned that they switched ...
In the several books on the Army's secret Delta force (after which the TV series "The Unit" is based), it is mentioned that they switched from using .45-cal pistols to 9mm.
I surmise that is because these guys are perhaps the best combat shooters in the world, shooting of millions of rounds in highly realistic practice scenarios. (Practice makes perfect.)
In that case, it makes little difference what caliber the round is that enters the perp's eye socket, but being able to carry 17 rounds instead of 6-8 does make a big difference.
From what i understand they switch pistols and caliber for mission specific use
'Inside Delta Force' is more than a little dated. Haney was the first CSM for Delta. He's been retired for quite some time now. Nothing in that book should be considered current, by any stretch of the imagination.
You are right,I did switch to a 9mm.Originally Posted by Tholzel
Have Fun and Shoot Straight !!
Avoid what you hear and learn about from the television shows like the plague. Most Special Operation Units such, Seal, Para Rescue, Force Recon..etc still issue slabsides in .45 Cal....or some other platform.
Listen, Think and React.....Nuff Said.....
You forgot the internet as well....Avoid what you hear and learn about from the television shows like the plague.
Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly."
The Reaper-3 Sep 04
Just a side comment about the post ....Alot of people say " practice makes perfect " As a friend of mine says which i agree with .....' Practice makes Permament " the reason i think that if u train bad habits thats what u will learn bad habits.
Was kinda off the subject but i thought i would throw it in .
Perfect practice makes perfect
Why are all the high speed low drag Marine special units going to the custom tricked out Kimbers and such? I don't know if I believe it.
If they weren't limited to ball ammo in the 9mm, I could Almost believe it.
They know from Afghanistan and Iraq what poor performer 9mm ball is.
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It's true that nothing beats the .45 in stopping a perp in his tracks--especially if you are not that great of a shot. But if--like the Delta Force guys--you are a perfect shot, able to hit your target time and again under all sorts of conditions--then it makes sense (to me) to carry more rounds rather than fewer, since an excellent shot with a 9mm round will kill a BG just as well as an excellent shot with a .45.Originally Posted by Lawrence Keeney
That's my understanding, too, and there must be a big list to choose from. I've heard everything from Glock 26 to HKP7M8 through 1911s and the big HK with the suppressor, based on a great opportunity I had a couple years ago to chat with some Navy Specwar guys. I got the impression that any of these kinds of experts could use about anything and get the job done.Originally Posted by Bud White
sometimes a 9mm HP will expand.....
but a .45 will not get smaller
Det-1 ordered 100 Kimber, MEU(SOC) ordered 150 Springers.Why are all the high speed low drag Marine special units going to the custom tricked out Kimbers and such?
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I like the points you make above but if I might add to it: There really is no such thing as stopping power except on television or in movies. Bullets punch holes and let the juices out. The bigger the bullet the bigger the hole. That's it! Always shoot for center of mass! Always put at least two on center to inflict the maximum damage, and always move afterward so your position is ever changing. Standing in one spot unloading mag after mag trying to get a head shot is akin to turning the gun on yourself! Don't do it and don't act like you are in a movie! As someone said earlier, perfect practice makes perfect. I have never heard that before but I have heard "Success is where preparation meets opportunity" and find that to be a very true statement. Plan and Prepare diligently and if the time ever comes for you to have to employ that plan your preparation will pay off! In reverse, you can have the biggest gun in the world but if you can't hit the broadside of a barn with it under the stress of incoming rounds you are not likely to be successful!
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Had been toying with this idea for a while and even started work on it, but just couldn't find the perfect background. So when this challenge came up, it was like voila! Thanx for the challenge and the freebie! =)
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- Link Aggregation Concepts
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Link aggregation is the ability to create one logical link using multiple physical links between two devices. This allows load sharing among the physical links, rather than having a STP block one or more of the links.
Link Aggregation Concepts
One of the best ways to reduce the time it takes for STP convergence is to simply avoid STP. EtherChannel is a form of link aggregation used in switched networks.
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EtherChannel technology was originally developed by Cisco as a technique of grouping several Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet switch ports into one logical channel.
List at least three advantages to using EtherChannel:
EtherChannel Operation
You can configure EtherChannel as static or unconditional. However, there are also two protocols that can be used to configure the negotiation process: Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP—Cisco proprietary) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP—IEEE 802.3ad).
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For PAgP, briefly describe each of the following modes:
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For LACP, briefly describe each of the following modes:
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Table 3-1 PAgP and LACP Modes
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Initiates LACP negotiations with other interfaces. |
Forces EtherChannel state without PAgP or LACP initiated negotiations. |
Places an interface in a passive, responding state. Does not initiate PAgP negotiations. |
Actively initiates PAgP negotiations with other interfaces. |
Places an interface in a passive, responding state. Does not initiate LACP negotiations. |
The mode that is configured on each side of the EtherChannel link determines whether EtherChannel will be operational.
In Table 3-2, two switches are using PAgP. Indicate with "yes" or "no" whether EtherChannel is established.
Table 3-2 EtherChannel Negotiation Using PAgP
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Switch 2 Mode |
EtherChannel Established? |
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Auto |
Auto |
Desirable |
On |
Desirable |
On |
Off |
Desirable |
Desirable |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Wot I did yesterday (Stone, Rosemary, Shooting, Braising)...
I went straight out to the fields when I got back and - small miracle - within twenty minutes was walking home again with a large rabbit.
I've been following the Silver Spoon tip about soaking recently: just give the meat a half-hour soak in a litre of water with, say, half a cup of white wine vinegar. This seems to freshen the meat up a good deal and lessens the initial cooking smells.
I'm really a convert to braising with garlic and rosemary - it's so good. I use a pressure cooker, with the heat low and the lid not quite locked on. If time's running short I lock the lid on and give it a quick blast under pressure just to loosen the meat on the bone before dishing it out. Lord, it's good.
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Hiya SBW.
I read a few comments about the Silver Spoon on Amazon and I got the impression that - rather weirdly - they'd decided to put imperial measurements in on the basis that we're still all wrapped up in rod, perch and pole over here. Well, fair enough.
The other changes they made seem to be around re-writing sections of the book. The original assumes that people (i.e, Italian people) pretty much *know* how to actually do this thing called 'cooking'. They decided that this might *not* be true for an English/American readership. And - who knows? - they might even have been right about that...
Hiya Le Loup,
Oh you should try it, for sure. It's just acidulated water though, not soaking in vinegar as such (though I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world if you did) and there's only one clove of garlic per rabbit - so you don't taste it and think, 'WHA-HOO! GARLIC!'
I think it's important not to skimp on the rosemary though - chuck *loads* of it in the chest cavity (with some of the olive oil and a wee bit of butter and garlic) and then sprinkle a fair bit more over the outside. Also, do add the odd bit of water to the braising pan from time to time if it starts to dry out at all and keep going till it's almost falling off the bone. Honestly - it's *really* good.
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The thesis of the 2015 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, which I co-curated and which opened last December, was that we need to "re-live" our cities. We need to bring them alive through architecture. What we need—more than new office buildings, homes, apartments, factories, or vanity cultural projects—is to reuse and rethink what we already have. We need to do so in a way that lets us take charge of the human-made world we inhabit.
The section for which I was mainly responsible, Collage City 3D, consists of a dozen installations created by architects, artists, and designers from around the world. I asked them to come to Shenzhen, to gather materials, forms, and ideas from there and the Pearl River Delta con-urbanization of which the city is part, and then to make a site-specific installation that would propose new ways of living there. I asked them to use found materials and to create the installations collaboratively.
What the makers came up with was beautiful and largely to the point, but I underestimated how embedded the idea is among architects that what you design is the result of an idea that you have in your head—an order and a grid, an abstract form, or a philosophical position—which you then make real by finding and fitting materials, usually of an abstract and standard form, into that notion. Similarly, architects do not play very well together, and each of the 12 took the space we assigned to them as his or her own territory, even if they did collaborate in sharing materials and other resources.
The project that came closest to what I had had in mind was also a late entry (that we added because the firm Snarkitecture bowed out a month before the opening). I asked Italian architect Francesco Delogu to fill in; he in turn collaborated with the artist Maria Cristina Finucci, and in the end it was two students, Giovanni Vimercati and David Tantimonaco, who did most of the work. They showed up with nothing but a vague idea, which changed as soon as they arrived. Running and bicycling around Shenzhen, they collected trash, toys, books, and clothes, and then stuffed everything into crates. These they stacked up to make a wall with a nook lined with books, their covers turned in so that it became a quiet place of wonder and puzzlement where you could not learn one thing, but could only speculate.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Berlin-based firm Topotek1 was entranced by the global character of Shenzhen. They collected hundreds of little music boxes and then attached them to walls, inviting people to turn the little handles to create a cacophony of Western and Chinese melodies.
Jimenez Lai—born in Taiwan, raised in Canada, and currently working in Los Angeles—bought toys made in Shenzhen in the U.S., then "brought them back home" by shipping them on site. He designed a light box that you could read as a model of the main floor of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (an OMA-designed building), and placed the toys in that bright container, turning it into a landscape in which these brightly colored fantasy animals and forms disported themselves.
Another interesting take was that of Langarita-Navarro, architects working out of Madrid. They toured offices in Shenzhen and became fascinated how these generic spaces, which were the same as what you would find anywhere in the world, became both specific and generic in another manner because the users always added plants and streamers hanging from the fluorescent lights. The architects dutifully brought in plants, and hung shiny mylar from the ceiling grid. They made the argument that this was the "soft space" or tissue that represents human lives within the abstractions and grids of the modern city.
Most of the other exhibitors played on the idea of home. Local architect Feng Feng collected beer cartons (from local beer, of course) to make an enclosure, a bed, a desk, and a chair. You can book a stay there on AirBnB. Tyree Guyton of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit made a home that referred both to the work he does in the U.S. and offered images of what it means to be home.
Taken together, these projects did offer new ways in which Shenzhen could be inhabited, and did make you aware of aspects of the city you might not have noticed. Whether they constructed the kind of collage that could withstand the dullness and oppressive grids of the Pearl River Delta, I am not sure. In the end, the exhibit is a pleasurable labyrinth of images and forms, one that is worth exploring (through Feb. 28) and that, in at least one case (that of Feng Feng) you can inhabit.


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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Kentucky Oaks 135 Notes (4.25.09)
BE FAIR/TWEETER – Thomas Van Meter and Charles Kidder's Be Fair galloped an unspecified distance Saturday morning at Churchill Downs according to trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
Lukas said the filly will work "possibly tomorrow" in her final major move leading up to Oaks 135.
Marylou Whitney Stables' Tweeter also galloped Saturday morning and Lukas said Tweeter will work Monday or Tuesday for a possible Oaks run.
FLYING SPUR – Mike Rutherford's Flying Spur galloped a mile and a quarter under Joanna Trout before the renovation break Saturday morning.
Trainer Bill Mott expressed satisfaction with the morning's activity that occurred the same time Mott was on the track with Kentucky Derby contender Hold Me Back.
Garrett Gomez has the riding assignment on Flying Spur, who is expected to work on Monday.
GABBY'S GOLDEN GAL – The heroine of the Sunland Park Oaks, Gabby's Golden Gal, was out and doing some leg stretching at 6:45 Saturday morning, building up steam toward her date in Friday's Grade I Kentucky Oaks.
Exercise rider George Alvarez was at the controls and took the Medaglia d'Oro filly through a mile and one-half gallop.
The Arnold Zetcher homebred is scheduled to have one more work prior to her date on the national stage. When would that work takes place, her silver-haired conditioner was asked?
"Sunday," said Bob Baffert. "Looks like we'll work her on Sunday."
JUSTWHISTLEDIXIE – West Point Thoroughbreds' Justwhistledixie walked the shedrow at Barn 42 a day after working a half-mile in :49.
"Everything looks good this morning," trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. "She ate up good and probably will walk again in the morning."
Julien Leparoux has the Oaks riding assignment on Justwhistledixie, who has won five consecutive races.
NAN – J. Paul Reddam's Nan walked the shedrow after putting in a five-furlong work Friday morning in 1:00:20.
Aimee Dollase, sister and assistant to trainer Craig Dollase, said "she came out of the work great and is looking great."
Corey Nakatani has the Oaks riding assignment.
RACHEL ALEXANDRA – L and M Partner's Rachel Alexandra galloped a mile and a half under exercise rider Rudy Gallegos shortly before 7 o'clock Saturday morning.
"I have been getting on her since last May and she just keeps getting better and better and stronger," Gallegos said.
Trainer Hal Wiggins, along with his wife, Renee, and his mother, Joyce, watched the morning activity.
"I had a clocker at Oaklawn Park tell me he watches her every day and it is the same every day," Wiggins said of the strong gallops put in by Rachel Alexandra.
Wiggins, a trainer for more than 30 years, plans to work Rachel Alexandra a half-mile on Monday morning after the renovation break with jockey Calvin Borel up.
No paddock or gate schooling is planned for Rachel Alexandra.
"Her disposition is so good, she won't do either," Wiggins said.
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Eco-friendly chargers are great, but we know that solar panels are rather slow when it comes to converting solar energy to electric power, and today we have solar chargers that might speed up this process a bit.
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New Yorkers forget they live amid a giant estuary, a mere subway ride from the wild ocean. Tides swirling into and out of New York Harbor create a giant steam-table buffet for bluefish and striped bass, the water thoughtfully heated by the ConEd power plant. Next time you feel like blowing off a Midtown meeting, call Staten Island-based - and accented - guide Joe Mattioli, who knows all the hot spots around New York Harbor. He'll pick you up at 23rd Street for a day jigging the East River in the shadow of the Chrysler Building, reeling in feisty Manhattan blues and stripers within earshot of taxi horns and construction machinery. Pass the time between strikes by deleting work-related e-mails on your iPhone. [From $550; flyfishnyc.com]


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You're re-hired! Lord Sugar appointed as government's enterprise tsar
Lord Sugar has been reappointed as enterprise tsar as part of the government's drive to get more young people to start their own business.
The move has been seen as a major coup for the Conservatives – Lord Sugar quit the Labour Party last year after becoming disillusioned with its "negative business policies" and "anti-enterprise concepts".
As well as championing enterprise and apprenticeships among young people, he will encourage businesses to take on apprentices themselves, part of the team responsible for delivering the government's pledge of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020.
Lord Sugar, one of the best known names in British business, built up two successful computer firms – Amstrad and Viglen – after leaving school at 16.
The Apprentice presenter will be undertaking a series of roadshow events across England, speaking to local school leavers and businesses.
A "delighted" Lord Sugar said: "I built successful businesses with the support of hundreds of talented young people who learned their skills on the job – exactly the kinds of skills you learn in an apprenticeship. But not enough of our young people know about apprenticeships and what they offer, and too few feel empowered to set up their own business.
He added: "I'll be travelling the length and breadth of this country to tell young people why apprenticeships are a great way for them to build their skills – and talking about the opportunities for starting their own business, hopefully instilling some entrepreneurial spirit."
Skills minister Nick Boles said: "We want every young person in Britain to get on and build a great life for themselves, whether it's by starting an apprenticeship or setting up their own business. Lord Sugar has huge credibility among young people and I am delighted that he has agreed to help the government bang the drum for apprenticeships and enterprise."


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Monday, September 29, 2008
So I've resurfaced. I'm not exactly feeling well rested but I do feel negligent. Given the topic of this week for me I've chosen to post six female photographers who've pointed their gaze towards women. Enjoy! I hope it won't be as long until the next post. Apologies for being away for so long.
Monday, September 1, 2008
As some of you might have noticed.. I've taken a bit of a hiatus from wanderlustagraphy. I'm feeling incredibly overwhelmed with some other tasks at hand. The end of my summer has been slammed (as I've heard from quite a few other folks as well). I promise to resurface. In the meantime feel free to continue sending work in.
Enjoy those dying days of summer and those entry days to fall.
Till then..
Enjoy those dying days of summer and those entry days to fall.
Till then..
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Kristen, Me, Cassandra, & Cristina
One of my very good friends, Cristina, turned 30 back in September. So for her big year, we decided to take a girls trip to St. George for her birthday! We left Friday afternoon, and came back home Sunday evening. It was a quick trip, but super fun! We got our nails done, went shopping, layed by the pool, watched movies, we even watched general conference, and of course went to some yummy restaurants! I love these ladies! Happy birthday Cristina!!!


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This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics
Monday, April 8, 2013
Strong Winds Buffet California
Let's start by looking at the maximum winds over the past 24-h around the Bay Area (see graphic). Lots of places experienced forty to fifty mph, with some sites far higher. San Francisco Airport hit 60 mph, tens of thousands of homes lost power, some major roads (Highway 84) were closed, and trees/power poles were downed all over the area. These are serious winds.
What about southern California? The 24-h max gusts there (see graphic below) is even more impressive. Loads of winds of 30-50 mph, with huge winds (75-100 mph) in the mountains. Impressive.
Most of these winds were from the north and northwest, a somewhat unusual direction for powerful winds in that region. No Santa Annas or Pacific cyclones.
Lets look at a series of upper air maps from the UW WRF model system starting yesterday at 5 PM to figure out what happened. These are for 500 hPa (about 18000 ft), with the lines representing the height of that pressure surface. You can think of them as pressure. The winds are parallel to the lines and the closer they are to together, the stronger the winds.
At 5 PM Sunday, there was a ridge over the eastern Pacific and a low/trough over the Northwest (yes...it passed over us first!)
Twelve hours later the trough made it to California and a huge height (pressure) gradient developed over coastal California. Such gradients are associated with very strong winds at this level and below.
By 5 PM today, the trough had moved towards Arizona, bringing strong winds to southern CA and Arizona.
The upper trough was associated with a low pressure area at the surface and a strong pressure gradient was observed during the day over California--here is the surface chart at 11 AM to illustrate this. Strong pressure gradients bring strong winds. There were reports of some serious dust storms over Arizona later today.
Well, gorgeous weather is in store for the Golden State after this storm passes, and our weather looks decent for a few days. But the latest model runs suggest that NW weather will turn cool and wet over the weekend, with the potential for very low snow levels by Sunday and Monday. Perhaps the last hope for TV news snow hypesters!
Residents of California and the Pacific Northwest have different attitudes for dealing with weather.
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- Buzz's Marine Life Puget Sound said...
255 mph winds at Huntington Beach and nothing in the news about it being blown to bits?
- April 10, 2013 at 5:49 AM
- JewelyaZ said...
Good thing there was no wildfire burning anywhere nearby!
I would assume that the 255 mph reading is from a broken sensor (or even a decimal point human error) as nothing nearby went over 25 mph.
Amazing winds, to be sure. Glad to see that it appears noone was hurt. - April 10, 2013 at 12:25 PM
- Walter Harley said...
Cliff, you say "with the lines representing the height of that pressure surface. You can think of them as pressure. The winds are parallel to the lines..."
This continues to perplex me. Why aren't the winds *perpendicular* to the isobar lines? Shouldn't air move from higher pressure to lower, just as a marble would roll downhill on a topo map? I would think that parallel to the pressure lines, pressure would be equal and there would be no reason for air to move in that direction.
Is this just a typo, or is there something interesting going on? - April 14, 2013 at 1:23 AM


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Xen Project Best Practices
- 1 Best Practices for Xen
- 1.1 Xen dom0 dedicated memory and preventing dom0 memory ballooning
- 1.2 Why should I dedicate fixed amount of memory for Xen dom0?
- 1.3 Xen credit scheduler domain weights and making sure dom0 gets enough CPU time to serve IO requests (disk/net)
- 1.4 Dedicating a CPU core(s) only for dom0
- 1.5 dom0 network configuration
- 1.6 Common problems with Xen
Best Practices for Xen
This wiki page lists various best practices for running Xen hypervisor.
Information here applies to opensource Xen from xen.org, not necessarily to Citrix XenServer or XCP.
Xen dom0 dedicated memory and preventing dom0 memory ballooning
You should always dedicate a fixed amount of RAM for Xen dom0.
This can be done by specifying "dom0_mem=512M,max:512M" option for the Xen hypervisor (usually xen.gz) in grub.conf/menu.lst. This makes sure that the initial amount of memory allocated for dom0 is 512 MB (note: Replace this value with the amount of memory you want to allocate to dom0) and leaves the rest of the host system's RAM available for other guests. See this grub.conf example for GRUB1:
title Xen 4.1.0 / pv_ops dom0 kernel 184.108.40.206 root (hd0,0) kernel /xen-4.0.gz dom0_mem=512M,max:512M loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all module /vmlinuz-18.104.22.168 ro root=/dev/sda2 console=hvc0 earlyprintk=xen nomodeset module /initrd-22.214.171.124.img
The next step is to configure the toolstack to make sure dom0 memory is never ballooned down while starting new guests:
- If you are using the XL toolstack this can be done by editing /etc/xen/xl.conf and setting autoballoon=0. This will prevent XL from ever automatically adjusting the amount of memory assigned to dom0.
- If you are using the xend toolstack this can be done by editing /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp and changing the "dom0-min-mem" option (to "dom0-min-mem 512") and changing the "enable-dom0-ballooning" option (to "enable-dom0-ballooning no"). These options will make sure xend never takes any memory away from dom0.
After making these changes to grub.conf and to xend-config.sxp/xl.conf, reboot the system. After reboot you will notice dom0 has only 512 MB of memory, and the rest of the RAM is available in Xen hypervisor as a free memory. You can run "xl list" (or "xm list") to verify the amount of memory dom0 has, and "xl info" (or "xm info") to verify the amount of free memory in Xen hypervisor.
Why should I dedicate fixed amount of memory for Xen dom0?
Dedicating fixed amount of memory for dom0 is good for two reasons:
First of all (dom0) Linux kernel calculates various network related parameters based on the boot time amount of memory.
The second reason is Linux needs memory to store the memory metadata (per page info structures), and this allocation is also based on the boot time amount of memory.
Now, if you boot up the system with dom0 having all the memory visible to it, and then balloon down dom0 memory every time you start up a new guest, you end up having only a small amount of the original (boot time) amount of memory available in the dom0 in the end. This means the calculated parameters are not correct anymore, and you end up wasting a lot of memory for the metadata for a memory you don't have anymore. Also ballooning down busy dom0 might have bad side effects.
Xen credit scheduler domain weights and making sure dom0 gets enough CPU time to serve IO requests (disk/net)
For smooth operation and good guest performance you need to make sure that dom0 always gets enough CPU time to process and serve the IO requests for guest VMs. This can be done by setting up the Xen credit scheduler domain weights and caps. See CreditScheduler wiki page for more information.
Some background: As a default Xen gives every guest (including dom0) the default weight of 256. This means all guests (including dom0) are equal, and get the same amount of CPU time. This can be bad for dom0, since it needs to be able to serve and process the IO requests for other guests. You should give dom0 more weight, so it will get more CPU time than the guests, when it needs it.
Example commands:
- use "xm sched-credit -d Domain-0" to check the current Xen credit scheduler parameters for dom0.
- use "xm sched-credit -d Domain-0 -w 512" to give dom0 weight of 512, giving it more (up to twice as much) CPU time than the guests.
Note that you need to apply this setting after every reboot! It's not persistent setting. You can place the "xm sched-credit" to rc.local or other script that is executed late in the boot process. Make sure the command is executed after xend is started, since the xm command needs to talk to xend.
For domUs just use the default weight (256), unless you have a reason to tweak them.
Dedicating a CPU core(s) only for dom0
If you're running IO intensive guests or workloads in the VMs it might be a good idea to dedicate (pin) a CPU core only for dom0 use. Please see XenCommonProblems wiki page section "Can I dedicate a cpu core (or cores) only for dom0?" for more information.
dom0 network configuration
You should configure and set up networking on Xen dom0 using the networking scripts provided by your dom0 distribution (i.e., "/etc/network/interfaces" on Debian and Ubuntu, and "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg*" on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora). Using the networking scripts provided by your dom0 is much better than using the xen "network-bridge" script, which is troublesome on many configurations due to renaming tricks it uses.
If using XL / LIBXL toolstack (Xen 4.1+) you're actually required to set up the networking using distro network scripts!
To use distro networking scripts/tools:
- If using xm/xend toolstack disable the Xen network-script in "/etc/xen/xend-config.sxp", ie. comment out the "network-script" line, or make it be "/bin/true".
- Configure network settings (bridges, etc) using the networking scripts available on your dom0 distribution. See the documentation of your distro for more help.
- Reboot.
You can still use the default Xen vif-bridge script to attach VM vifs to the bridges you have configured using the distro networking tools so that no changes are required to the domU configuration files in "/etc/xen/<domU>".
See Network Configuration Examples (Xen 4.1+) wiki page for examples how to use the distro network scripts.
Common problems with Xen
Also check the XenCommonProblems wiki page for answers to many common problems related to using/running Xen.
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Olivia Newton John Has Gained Smooth And Juvenile Appearance By Plastic Surgery
Olivia Newton John is a well known Australian singer and actress. Olivia was born in Cambridge. She has been awarded four Grammy awards and her almost 100 million albums are being sold up till now. Her father died of her cancer and she was also diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. Olivia Newton John plastic surgery has reconstructed her breast.
Olivia Newton John plastic surgery has not changed the size of her breast. She says regarding her surgery that she is satisfied with the result as she was not a large breasted lady. Now, she has focused her attention to help the victims of cancer. She has organized a cancer clinic in Melbourne. She has arranged a handsome amount of funds from her friends and other celebrities for the cancer clinic. She was married to Matt Lattanzi and her marriage sustained for eleven years. At the critical moment when she was fighting against breast cancer, her husband was busy to have an affair with someone else. She divorced her husband due to his affair. In 2008, she was married to John Easterling.
Olivia Newton John is an Australian singer who was born in Cambridge, UK. The 64 years singer recently looked so unnaturally young. This fact may indicate her to have several plastic surgery procedure. Those procedures included facelift, botox treatment and facial fillers. The first, she might have a facelift, this kind of procedure had helped to rejuvenate her face by lifting the saggy skin to be tighter skin like a youthful face. Its seems she did it well.
The second plastic surgery procedure is the botox treatment. She had injected her forehead with a botox to remove all the wrinkles appeared on her forehead. The wrinkle-less forehead made it so unnatural, we guessed she had too much botox. The third procedure should be the facial fillers. There are some points of possibly injected with fillers, her cheek and her lips. The cheek might be injected with fat, or other fillers that made her cheek so plumped and unnaturally plumped.
And the lips too, it seems more nutritious than before, a restylane or juvederm might be the possible fillers that injected in her lips. How does she feel by having her current face, does she feel freeze? Except the facelift, she had a too much injection in her face that make her looked so plastic.
When Newton-John made an appearance on Loose Women in 2012 to talk about her new cookbook LivWise, fans and celebrity watchers criticized more her appearance than her latest project to hit the shelves. The stark juxtaposition between her crow's feet around her eyes, compared to a totally wrinkle-free forehead didn't quite sit right as they were in extreme contrast.
Judging by the before and after pictures, it is obvious that Newton-John went under the plastic surgeon's knife. Her smile has gotten wider, which is not a naturally occurring side effect of aging, an indication of lip implants.
Her neck seems clean and taut. Her jaw line is tight and there is a lack of jowls as well, all tell-tale signs of a facelift. If you rewind back to the late 1990's, images of Olivia reveal that she had the beginnings of sagging skin on her lower face, which by now should have been serious jowls.
Her eyes are wide, refreshed and peculiarly lacking in excess skin hanging over in her upper and lower eyelids. Also, there is little under eye puffiness, all signs of eyelid surgery. For someone at her age, it is extremely rare to look this young without the aid of the knife.
Her forehead, mouth and eye areas are flawless and have no deep wrinkles or lines, which means she likely used dermal injections like Botox, Juvederm, or Restylane to get rid of horizontal forehead worry lines, crow's feet around her eyes, and nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth, all of which were all visible features in some of her previous pictures.
It is also possible that Olivia Newton-John had a brow lift to correct some of these flaws and she might use laser skin treatments and peels to maintain a youthful skin appearance, though filler injections are more likely for removing wrinkles.
Olivia Newton John has denied all the cosmetic surgery rumors, saying that her good looks are purely genetic. "I haven't had plastic surgery yet, though I would never say never. However, I would like to think that I won't because the thought of it is an uncomfortable one," Newton John was quoted as saying.
"I think I'm just fortunate, genetically, and I've always said that I want to age gracefully like my mum did," Newton John revealed.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Newton John claimed that a smile is "the best facelift" and a happy life is the key to beauty.
Olivia even claimed that she had never dieted a single day in her life, keeps very active without straining herself and has never turned to cosmetic surgery.
"I haven't succumbed (to plastic surgery), despite the fact there is obviously more pressure on people in the public eye to look good. I think eating well, and being positive and happy, are the best ways to stay young. A smile is the best facelift," Olivia explained.


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B.S.I. - Bureau of Scientific Information, a government agency featured on the spy series TOP SECRET, U.S.A./SYN/1954-55.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
MTA's Forest Hills tree chopping unpopular
A Long Island Rail Road effort to clear brush that blocks passing trains in Forest Hills has devastated a plentiful array of trees and shrubs that added natural beauty to the urban landscape, angry locals charge.
The stretch of decimated plant life - along the north side of tracks parallel to Austin St. from 71st to 82nd Aves. - reminded residents of a 2007 LIRR sweep that turned mighty trees into mere stumps.
"I was really hoping to prevent the mass clearing," said Nate Grove, 36, who lives in an Ascan Ave. co-op. "There's no ground coverage, there's no saplings and limbs have been removed from big, healthy trees."
"They cut down 100-year-old trees," co-op president James Versocki said. "There were other alternatives. They could have replaced [them] with evergreens."
Another Tennis View co-op owner, Edward McGinnis, griped that the trees cut down in 2007 had provided not only pleasant scenery but also a train noise barrier for the adjacent West Side Tennis Club.
But LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena insisted the railroad made efforts "to preserve a tree buffer where possible," adding, "Safety is always our overriding concern."
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Hey Weiner, Katz, and Hevesi: this is your jurisdiction, WHY DID YOU NOT SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS???!!!!
All phonies liars, and crooks!! - Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Hang those MTA officials to a sour apple tree!
- Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Unpopular, or unpoplar?
- Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Horrible...And as the trees here die they do not replace them...I have 3 dead trees outside my window in Forest Hills, I am waiting for them to chop them, but sure won't wait for them to plant something in its' place..In the Cord Meyer section concrete is now in "vogue". How about all the hollowed out trees that are cut so far from powerlines that they look ridiculous.Beautiful trees with gaping holes...Safety they say will shut up everyone's mouth. It looks gross..
- Tuesday, June 02, 2009
You don't need trees because tree huggers don't serve the clubhouse needs.
Who needs hospitals when you need money for bike lanes, tree plantings for new development projects, ESL programs, day laborer shape up halls, and a fat six figure salary for diversity coordinators.
Besides, with all the 3rd world types in Queens, you really have no idea who is renting an apartment along the tracks with a rocket propelled gernade laucher aimed out the window.
Just think, one shot and what happens to the railroad.
But look at the good side.
The little types asses on the East Side are kept clean, the dishes are sparkling at all those bistros that Blumturd and Ackerman fans dine in, and developers profit margins are nice n fat! - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
If the folks of the medieval-style Forest Hills Gardens don't like the train noise, why not build a medieval-style noise wall?
- Wednesday, June 03, 2009
If the folks of the medieval-style Forest Hills Gardens don't like the train noise, why not build a medieval-style noise wall?
AND HAVE THIRD WORLD TYPES RAISED IN MEDIEVAL CULTURES COVER IT WITH GANG GAFITTI? - Thursday, June 04, 2009
True dat!
Those spoiled sequestered FHG folks are having the real world invade their medieval lives!
Welcome to the club! - Thursday, June 04, 2009


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Fans of that great movie classic, Mean Girls, will remember Gretchen's tragically unsuccessful efforts to introduce a new word to the English language.
Her choice, in Tina Fey's brilliant screenplay, alights on "fetch", to which she gives the meaning of "cool" or "elegant" or something of that sort, as in "Oh my God, your hair is totally fetch". Her posse puts up with it for some time, until their leader, Regina, snaps. "Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!" "Happen," meaning "attain popularity", is, of course, rather a more successful recent shift in meaning. Regina knew what Gretchen did not; that it takes more than one person to create a word.
It has been revealed that the compilers of The Oxford English Dictionary keep a room in their offices devoted to as yet unsuccessful words; words created and nominated, but which, in the dictionary's view have not yet attained the level of use and exchange required for inclusion in the standard corpus of English-language words. I like to think of this room as dusty, filled with giant grey filing cabinets, and staffed by a Miss Blenkinsop and a Mr Fazackerly, each in a cardigan, each with their own mug.
Unearthed by a student graphic designer, Luke Ngakane, the archive contains millions of words which have not caught on. Apparently, members of the public very frequently write to the dictionary saying that they have coined a word. Could it be included in the next edition?
Some of the words Mr Ngakane came across are clearly contrivances of this sort: "nonversation", for verbal burbling, "optotoxical" is a jocular way of saying "a look that could kill". Some, however, are lovely pieces of fantasy which might well catch on.
"Furgle", meaning to search fruitlessly in a pocket for a small object, and "wibble", referring to the tremor of the lower lip before crying, seem perfectly appropriate for their proposed use.
The OED sets its barrier for inclusion quite high, and others of Mr Ngakane's finds are pretty close to regular use. "Freegan", meaning urban scavenger, and "locavore", for person eating exclusively local produce, probably fail to pass the self-consciousness test, as they are rarely used without an accompanying definition. Other words, like "earworm" for an infuriatingly catchy tune, directly translated from the German Ohrwurm, have in fact been included in less scrupulous lexicons than the OED.
The classic of contrived words is Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's The Meaning of Liff, which attaches new meanings to place names, with disconcertingly accurate results. My favourite is "Shoeburyness: The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom." But what is the word for that feeling? The contrived word and the word that has never caught on are witnesses to the fact that the world of things is full of events and emotions which we struggle to put a name to, and probably always will.
Find me an oasis away from the buskers
A busker, Dean Langley, set up shop outside the Anchor pub in Hastings, and started to play "Wonderwall" by Oasis. He then played "American Pie" by Don Maclean. Then he played Wonderwall again. Then American Pie, then Wonderwall. After two hours, the landlord of the pub approached Mr Langley and pleaded with him either to stop playing, or to learn a third song. Mr Langley then became abusive, and was arrested.
Is there anyone who can read this without feeling passionate sympathy with the pub landlord? When General Noriega took refuge in the Holy See's embassy in Panama in 1989, the American army bombarded him with non-stop repetition of terrible old rock records. It has been reported that a torture technique in Guantanamo Bay involved playing Barney the purple dinosaur's song "I Love You And You Love Me" for more than 24 hours without a break. Truly, the repetition of even the most innocuous song eventually becomes laden with horror.
Curiously, in 2009 a pair of buskers in Moseley, Birmingham, were given an Asbo when it became apparent that they, too, only knew two songs. Even more curiously, one of those songs was also "Wonderwall". What is it about this moany dirge that exerts such a pull on buskers?
Babar is the worst kind of elephant to protect
There is to be a movie of Babar, the well-known French tale of elephants. Good luck to them. If there is any children's book which calls out for censorship and even repression on the grounds of political correctness, it may be this one. People
rightly complain about the repulsive racial stereotypes in Tintin In The Congo, but in my view The Story Of Babar is even more awful.
After his mother is shot, Babar makes his way to the big city, where he is taught how to behave and wear a green suit by the "Old Lady". He is begged to return to be king of the elephants, and transforms the lives of the savages by the kindliness of the Old Lady.
Sucking up to this thinly disguised allegorical representation of colonial France is a major motif in Babar. Babar himself is the most frightful prig and goody-goody. Tintin's deplorable adventures in the Congo at least have the slight mitigation of a joyous, circus energy. But Babar really does think that elephants, for which read Africans, would be much better off if they all put on green suits, and, still worse, would probably be grateful when the Old Lady asked for nothing more than a few tusks in exchange.
Babar has softened and been made suitable for small children over the years, but the original Story Of Babar is as much an allegory of the rape of Africa as Heart Of Darkness. If film-makers want to make a movie out of an elephant's adventures in civilisation, could I direct them instead to JP Martin's excellent Uncle series of novels for children? Uncle, a millionaire elephant in a large, purple dressing gown, has a deadly enemy called Beaver Hateman and is a much more appealing figure than an awful teacher's pet like Babar.
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This Japanese rockstar was on a mission to play himself to death
Despite being one of the world's most successful rock stars, drummer and composer Yoshiki almost gave in to thoughts of suicide. After tragedy surrounding his band, X Japan, and his personal life, Yoshiki has used music to heal, recently completing a sold-out two-night stint at Carnegie Hall.
Shoe shiner makes $900 a day insulting his customers
If you don't have anything nice to say, you could make $900 a day! Don Ward — whose stand is prominently perched at 47th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan — jokingly chides Midtown schlubs when their hooves aren't up to par. Ward says he first decided to go into the shoeshine business when one of his former colleagues made more money in one day polishing than he did all week at a photo job he previously had. Ward has been shining shoes and cracking jokes for 17 years.
Paris Hilton: From Page Six party girl to bombshell boss lady
Paris Hilton is no longer just a socialite glossing the pages of Page Six. She says she is now primarily focused on being a businesswoman and entrepreneur while simultaneously traveling the globe as a DJ — she currently has a residency at a nightclub in Ibiza. Paris opens up about what drives her as a businesswoman who has used her likeness to build a multibillion-dollar brand including her own line of fragrances, clothing, shoes, pet clothing and accessories.
What the frock? This Jewish fashion line bucks tradition
Two Orthodox sisters living in Brooklyn want to break the stigma associated with dressing modestly. Australian transplants Simi Polonsky and Chaya Chanin are the creators of a fashion label, The Frock NYC, which adheres to the dress code required in the Orthodox Jewish community but does so with a fashionable flair. Orthodox and Hasidic women — who are required wear skirts or dresses and must cover their knees, shoulders, neckline and other areas of their bodies deemed "immodest" — can now do so while expressing their personal style.
Here's how the 1% can escape NYC when terror strikes
Paranoid New Yorkers now have a speedy route out of the city should disaster strike. Chris Dowhie, co-owner of Plan B Marine, runs a marine evacuation service that advertises the fastest possible way out of Manhattan. Whether it's power failure, blackouts, grid failure, bad weather, flooding or a terrorist attack, Dowhie's clients want to be prepared for doomsday. "You don't have a captain. You have to drive this boat yourself," Dowhie told The Post.
White men can't jump -- but these old ladies can
It's never too late to get in the game! A group of spry senior citizens from Raleigh, North Carolina, play on a basketball team called the Fabulous 70s. The women, who range in age from 75 to 81, play against other athletes in the North Carolina Senior Games. "Of the original five gals that played the first game on our team, three of us are still actively playing," Judy Barton, 81, told The Post. Barton is one of the team's most dedicated members.
Sugar daddy seeking meaningful connection - unless you're 'chunky'
Rob, a 54-year-old commodity broker from Manhattan, meets women on SeekingArrangement, a dating website that pairs young women with men who are willing to pay for a woman's company -- and hopefully more. We followed Rob on one of his dates at American Cut Midtown, a posh steakhouse in New York City to find out what it's like when a sugar daddy wines and dines a potential sugar baby.
This New Yorker is 82, bisexual and feeling randy
An 82-year-old singer-songwriter from New York City is looking for a good time. D'yan Forest says that while many of her friends have given up on sex, she'll never stop craving intimacy. "It ain't over 'til the fat lady's dead," Forest told The Post with a chuckle. The performer, who identifies as bisexual, sings about checking out the boys and girls on Tinder and says her desire to date is greater than ever. Video produced for the NY Post by Elettra Fiumi and Lea Khayata of Granny Cart Productions.
This video about boobs will also teach you about words
Everyone knows what cleavage means, but where did the word originally come from? It actually originates from Hollywood and the severe censorship standards of the 1940s. Video research from "Totally Scripted: Idioms, Words and Quotes from Hollywood to Broadway That Have Changed the English Language" by Josh Chetwynd (Lyons Press).
A New York gem: This woman is 'mother' to hundreds of pigeons
Tina Pińa Trachtenberg is a true character in NYC, where she is known as Mother Pigeon. Aside from just feeding the birds, she creates pigeon sculptures and displays them, in an effort to help spread more positivity about the unpopular bird.


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I had a son born at 31 weeks due to HELLP in 2011. He is a healthy 15 month old but we have been working with his pt on his strength and now a feeding therapist as he has major texture aversion so will only eat purees. Have any of your kiddos had similar scenarios due to being a preemie and if so, is there anything that did or didn't work best? We are expecting #2 in April and I am praying we get as close to full term as possible!
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Guitar Shop TV Episode 8: Jimi Hendrix Tribute
The Hendrix Episode: GSTV celebrates the genius of Jim Hendrix! In Episode Eight, we kick off a series of eye-opening interviews, performances, and articles on one of the greatest guitarists of all time, featuring insights from legendary guitarists Robert Cray and Steve Cropper, renowned Hendrix Recording EngineersAndy Johns and Eddie Kramer, and more. Also in this Episode, pedal steel legend Robert Randolph delivers a red hot LIVE version of the Hendrix classic "Voodoo Child"
Guitar Shop TV Episode 7: Jimmy Wallace/Dallas Guitar Show
This episode features our exclusive conversation with legendary Texas guitarist, promoter and businessman Jimmy Wallace, founder of the Dallas International Guitar Festival, along with scenes from the red-hot Dallas music scene, including amazing LIVE blues footage from one of the Big D's coolest clubs "The Bone," and much more!
Great Performances: Greenwich Town Party Music Festival (Buddy Guy, etc)
The first annual Greenwich Town Party was a big hit, with a great musical lineup, a gorgeous site on Greenwich Harbor, perfect weather, flawless organization, and enthusiastic response from everyone who attended. Featured artists included Buddy Guy, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Little Feat, Toots and the Mayalls, The Temptations, and several impressive local bands. Given its highly successful debut, The Greenwich… Read More
GSTV Featured Artist : Vintage Trouble – Artist Showcase
Vintage Trouble describes its sounds as "live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth'd, pelvis-pushing juke music." Indeed. This band rocks. Truly. They are also extremely soulful, consistently delivering a very big sound and exciting stage performances. In the current Los Angeles musical milieu of over-hyped, indie bands with hipster haircuts and limited musical abilities, Vintage Trouble are truly a breath of fresh air. A charismatic and musically potent quartet, Vintage Trouble take the classic soul sound and breathe new life… Read More


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Culture of Corruption: Not so fast there, Carol Browner
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The Obama Culture of Corruption won't be the same without her. But the question is: While lying, eco-radical czar Carol Browner may be stepping down (Politico has the scoop), does it really mean she's stepping out of the inner circle?
Word has it she may have lost out to health care czar Nancy DeParle for the coveted deputy chief of staff position (As I've previously reported, DeParle's got her own set of baggage).
In any case, it's a Pyrrhic victory unless the Republicans are able to hold her accountable for all her dirty green deeds.
My archives are stuffed with Browner's power-grabbing, transparency-undermining, science-distorting antics that stretch across two Democratic administrations. She and her energy lobbyist husband Thomas Downey are immovable Beltway fixtures — and it looks like she has no plans to leave D.C.
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Carol Browner, who has served as President Obama's top environmental adviser in the White House, will leave the administration soon, a senior White House official said Monday night. Carol Browner, White House director of energy and climate change policy, in December.Alex Wong/Getty Images Carol Browner, White House director of energy and climate change policy, in December.
Ms. Browner had been viewed as a close adviser to Mr. Obama in the White House. A veteran who was administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Clinton, her name was floated as a possible candidate for a deputy chief of staff when Rahm Emanuel departed to run for mayor of Chicago.
But that talk faded after Mr. Emanuel's job went to William Daley, another cabinet secretary under Mr. Clinton. And Ms. Browner's chief portfolio — climate change — appears headed toward the back burner in the wake of the Republican gains last fall.
In a news conference just days after the November elections, Mr. Obama all but conceded defeat on his efforts — led by Ms. Browner — to get a comprehensive energy bill through the Congress.
Proving they live in Bizarro World, the Times performs this nifty bit of P.R. work on Browner's behalf:
Ms. Browner was praised for her work during the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last summer, a performance that was said to have increased her stature in Mr. Obama's White House.
WHO praised her — other than the NYTimes, I mean?
An increasing number of Democrats have raised their voices against Browner's War on Carbon.
She infamously bullied auto execs to never put down anything in writing ever.
Obama's own oil spill commission singled out Browner for misleading the public and "contributing to the perception that the government's findings were more exact than they actually were."
And her BP data doctoring was under fire by both Senate and House Republicans.
The GOP must not let her slip out the door quietly without answering for her abuse of power under oath and in the full light of public hearings.
I'll withhold my usual "DLTDHYOTWO" until such time.
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United Artists (UK) (London Films Production)
Though he looked much older, Charles Laughton was only 33, when played the lead role in the historic biopic "The Private Life of Henry VIII."
British producer-director Alexander Korda was not hampered by the strictures of the Production Code and, using Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis' scenario, which took liberties with historical facts, dared showing King Henry VIII as a lusty man, eating like a slob, then tossing the leftovers, sleeping with women and using politics as fun games.
The proceedings are peppered with anachronistic dialogue and humor, which made the movie popular and entertaining.
MGM's Irving Thalberg was impressed with Laughton's performance and later cast him in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1934), essentially a vehicle for his wife-star Norma Shearer.
The female cast was impressive, including Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn, Binn Barnes as Katherine Howard, Wendy Barrie as Jane Seymour, and Elsa Lanchester (who became Laughton's wife) as Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Parr as Everley Gregg.
Also in the cast are Franklin Dyall, as Thomas Cromwell, and Robert Donat, as Thomas Culpepper. Like Laughton, Donat would be recruited by Hollywood for prestige literary production and would win the Actor Oscar in 1939 for "Goodbye Mr. Chips."
The production values are modest, particularly the set design by Vincent Korda (Alexander's brother), a function of the below average budget and brief shooting schedule, but the picture is well photographed by the gifted French lenser George Perinal.
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Actor: Charles Laughton
Oscar Awards: 1
Oscar Context
"The Private Life of Henry VIII" competed for Best Picture with nine other films: "Cavalcade," which won the Oscar, "A Farewell to Arms," "Forty-Second Street," "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang," Lady for a Day," "Little Women," "She Done Him Wrong," "Smiling Through," and "State Fair."
"The Private Life of Henry VIII" was the first British film to be nominated for Best Picture and to score a huge success at the box-office, largely due to Charles Laughton's Oscar-winning performance. "She Done Him Wrong" is the only Mae West to be nominated for the top award.
Laughton received two more Oscar nominations, in 1935 for "The Mutiny on the Bounty," and in 1957, for Billy Wilder's "Witness for the Prosecution."


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Filing taxes and separated?
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I should be getting my last W2 any day now and am going to go file taxes as soon as I do. My husband and I have been separated since September of last year, but we aren't legally separated (we didn't file for legal separation). Can I file separated head of household even though we aren't legally separated? Or do I have to file married filing separately or married filing jointly?
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by Anonymous 2February 1, 2013 at 9:08 AMMarried separately, but not heaq of household.
by Anonymous 3February 1, 2013 at 10:02 AMThere is a test to determine if you can claim head of household and you must answer yes to all. Because you lived with him more than 6 months you don't qualify for hoh.
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Nearly sold this about three months ago but didn't!Rohloff Speedhub 14,new sprocket and chain,Solitude Cycles frame,
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This is a quick, easy, 5 ingredient, throw together meal great for lunch or dinner! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
1 lb. Groud Beef (You can also substitute this for ground turkey for a healthier meal)
1 Bell Pepper (Diced)
1/2 Onion (Diced)
1 (8oz) package cream cheese (also you can use 1/3 the fat cream cheese for a healthier meal)
1 tsp. Garlic Salt
4 Kaiser or Sub rolls
Brown the ground beef till no longer pink (about 7-10 minutes on med. heat). While the meat is cooking season with the garlic salt. Set aside on a paper towel to absorb any extra juices from the meat. Next, in the same pan you cooked the meat in, saute the bell pepper and onion for about 2-3 minutes. Then add the meat back in with the bell peppers and onions. Now cut the cream cheese into cubes and throw into the meat mixture, stirring till the cream cheese is melted. Serve on a Kaiser Roll or a wheat sub roll with a side of fruit salad or fresh veggies.


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Monday, July 15, 2013
Good Gifts
"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing."
Zephaniah 3:17
You know that feeling when you're about to surprise your kids with something they really love? I don't know about you, but when I know I'm about to bring my kids joy I can hardly contain myself. I get so excited, looking forward to their reaction- the squeals (or screams) of joy, the huge smiles, the knocking-over-with-force hugs. The fun things in life are that much more fun when I get to watch my kids enjoy them. I delight in my children. Greatly.
Yesterday I learned that no matter if my kids are small or grown, that delight in watching their joy won't end. The same with our God. He delights in us, His kids. He LOVES bringing us joy and giving us good gifts.
So, I'm here in Anaheim for the National Vineyard Conference. When my dad heard I was heading to Anaheim for this thing and we would be arriving a couple days early, he asked the burning question, "Are you going to Disneyland?" Well, if you know me at all you know that I absolutely ADORE Disneyland. I can't even adequately describe to you my love for all things Disneyland. I love everything about it. It's my most favorite place ever. But, we were just given a trip to Disneyland in March and we're trying to pinch every penny to save for our big move, so I didn't think I could justify spending the money for a day in Disneyland. My dad, delighting in his grown-up daughter simply replied, "Oh, you're going to Disneyland!" He said if I could find a way to get there he would pay my way to spend the day. You should have seen the grin on his face when he saw my joy. Dad's love giving good gifts to their kids.
So, the question remained, "how would I get to Disneyland?" I was coming to the conference with our pastor (Lanny), his wife (Anne), and their two grown daughters (Christen and Abby). I knew I wouldn't have a car, so I would just have to wait and see if it worked out. We arrived in Anaheim and realized the little condo we are staying in is literally RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from Disneyland!!!! Shut the front door!!! Case closed. Disneyland was definitely happening on Sunday. (Plus the wifi password at the condo is "TO DISNEYLAND". I took that as another sign.) ;)
On Saturday night as I prepared for Disney I was super excited, but a tad bummed that I was going by myself. I mean, don't get me wrong, I could enjoy Disneyland alone- no problem. But, I did realize it's much more fun to share your joy with someone else. Annnnddddd the love of parents stepped in again. Abby, Christen, and I were in the bedroom chatting and Anne walked in and asked the girls "Do you guys want to go to Disneyland with Kim in the morning?" You should have seen the looks on their faces. "Ummm OF COURSE!" Anne let the girls know they would pay for them to go to Disneyland in the morning. No matter what the age, parents love delighting in their children and giving them good gifts. (I may, or may not have been jumping on the bed with joy...)
I know you might find it cheesy for me to use Disneyland to talk about the Father God's love for His kids, but if you do, you don't know me well enough, or understand the extent of my love for Disneyland. :) When we were on Space Mountain I was just laughing- out loud! I could not believe God gave me that opportunity before we head to Ukraine. Before heading to Anaheim I actually had quite a bit of nervousness and anxiety about attending the conference. I felt like "Who am I? What business do I have attending this conference and chatting with other missions folks? What makes me think they'll be interested in what we're doing?" Well, Jed put me in my place about that. He reminded me again that it's not about us or our abilities. It's about obedience to The Lord. All we have to do is say yes and tell our story. The rest is up to Him! This has never been about our abilities or lack thereof. This is about what God is doing and His ability.
When I was on Space Mountain I felt like God was saying, "Look at what I've given you today! I am taking care of every single detail. I love you and I love delighting in you and watching you laugh. I delight just as much in my children in Ukraine in their cribs. I'm their Father and I want to give them good gifts. You don't worry. No one will stand in my way. I'm gonna give my babies good gifts and delight over them with singing- and I'm going to love every minute of it. The joy you feel right now is just a glimpse of the joy that's on its way." Oh my word. It brought me to tears. I don't care how cheesy it sounds, God spoke to me on Space Mountain in a big way and I won't be the same.
Today, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, know that YOUR Father in heaven delights in you. He loves you. He rejoices over you with singing. Maybe things are rough for you. Maybe you feel like you have nothing to be joyful about. Maybe you think "Easy for you to say, Kim. You don't know hardship!" Maybe I don't know your hardship. Maybe I've never experienced the pain you've experienced, but I've experienced the delight of the Father- and He is your Father too. I know His Word is true. If He can bring joy and delight to children wasting away in cribs, and He promises to do that, He can bring joy and delight to you. Fix your eyes on Him and allow Him to father you. This is not about your ability. This is about God's ability and His great, never-stopping, overflowing, abounding love for you. I see Him with a big ol' grin on His face. That grin is for you just as much as it's for me.
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
James 1:17
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- AnonymousJuly 18, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Grown ups, especially Christians seem to lose their joy. Somehow being serious is thought as being more pious, holy ? Anyway, I wanted to say your joy and exuberance about life is what I like about you. If that means being cheesy, bring on the cheese.
May you never lose this joy and take it with you as you minister to the least of these in Ukraine. I have a feeling your joy would be contagious :) - Courtney LJuly 19, 2013 at 9:34 PM
Kim, it was so great to meet you this last week! And I'm so glad you got to go to Disneyland...what a great story and great post/reminder! I will definitely be following your journey.
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A bracket is included for attaching the Max to a bike's handlebars. This has a rotating head, so you can use it to connect to all manner of rods. There's still a helmet band, too. The band itself is more elaborate than the Action Cam 1's, making it a little easier to attach to a wider variety of helmets. However, the camera attachment is just two rings of elastic, so you can't rotate the device to point in a specific direction, meaning that you will need to be facing directly towards your subject matter.
The final inclusion is an external viewfinder. This attaches to one end of the camcorder, but we're a little nonplussed by its design. Whilst a ridge on the Action Cam Max prevents the viewfinder from slipping off, there's nothing to stop it from rotating. So it won't give you precise framing, just an indication of the basic direction in which you're shooting.
The Action Cam Max has a reasonable internal specification. There's a 1/4in CMOS sensor with 3-megapixels, which is sizeable for a budget camcorder. Video is recorded at 640 x 480 and 25 frames/sec, with a 4Mbits/sec data rate, so the 2GB microSD card will be enough for a little over an hour of footage. This should be sufficient for a decent quantity of extreme sporting activity.
Considering the Action Cam Max's price and VGA resolution shooting, we weren't expecting it to produce video quality any better than the first version. But it does manage slightly improved performance. There's still a slightly excessive amount of sharpening. However, the picture is otherwise reasonably detailed and colour fidelity acceptable. Since the data rate is relatively generous for VGA resolution, compression artefacts aren't heinous either.
The Max's abilities in low light are markedly improved over the original version, though. Where the original Action Cam failed our 100W lighting test quite badly, the Max picks up a sufficiently bright image with some colour remaining. The picture is extremely grainy, but at least you can see the subject matter. That said, the quality gets steadily worse below this lighting level, making performance in poor illumination little more than borderline.
The video is recorded as AVIs. We found the files could be imported into all the editing apps we tested. So editing your Action Cam Max footage shouldn't be a problem, unless you're using a Mac.
We quite liked the original Action Cam, mostly because its price is so low you only need to use it a couple of times to be worth the money. You could almost buy it for a single special bike trip or skydiving treat. The Action Cam Max costs twice as much, but our conclusion is basically the same. With the plethora of mountings included, though, you will be able to put this model to work in a greater range of situations. So, whilst image quality is no match for premium specialist extreme sports camcorders, if you just want to grab footage in a variety of situations hands free, the Chilli Technologies Action Cam Max gives you plenty of options for a keen price.
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Fall 2013-2014* COM 239 / AFS 239 / AAS 239 (LA) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit
Introduction to African Literature and Film
African literature and films have been a vital (but often unacknowledged) stream in and stimulant to the global traffic in invention. Nigerian literature is one of the great literatures of the 20th century. Ethiopian literature is one of the oldest in the world. South Africans have won more Nobel Prizes for Literature in the past forty years than authors from any other country. Senegalese films include some of the finest films ever made. In this course, we will study the richness and diversity of foundational African texts (some in translation), while foregrounding questions of aesthetics, style, humor, and epistemology.
Sample reading list:
Amos Tutuola, The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
Anonymous, Kebra Nagast
Ken Saro Wiwa, Sozaboy
Ousmane Sembene, Faat Kiné
Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions
See instructor for complete list
Reading/Writing assignments:
An average of 130 pages of reading a week (all readings in English) and 60 minutes of viewing a week.
Paper in Lieu of Mid Term - 20%
Paper in lieu of Final - 30%
Papers - 20%
Oral Presentation(s) - 10%
Class/Precept Participation - 20%
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P01 | 7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | M | McCosh Hall 48 | Enrolled:0 Limit:15 |