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I have been out of the dating scene for 10 years after having been in a long-term relationship for that length and it has since ended. I find it difficult being back on the singles' market.
I currently find myself in a strange situation; I have met a guy through the Internet. On our "first date", I set the context of our encounter by saying that I thought from having left a long-term relationship that it was important for me to be friends and to be interdependent rather than codependent as was my previous experience.
So now seven weeks have passed, we've been on a number of dates, but haven't kissed. I am waiting for him to make a move. I'm fearful and I don't want to ruin anything if it is meant to be a friendship, although I would like more. How long is too long to know someone before "stepping things up" and how do you decipher whether it's a friendship or if there's potential for a relationship?
'Back On The Scene Again'
Dear 'Back On the Scene Again':
Yes, it can be quite a difficult challenge when transitioning back into the dating scene after having been in a long-term relationship for the length that you were involved in. Feeling rusty and out of practice, it can be overwhelming navigating through those waters again, particularly with the difficulties inherent in finding compatible matches. Not only this, you're likely still going through a grieving process over the loss of your 10-year relationship even though you initiated the breakup.
So my first bit of advice to you is to relax and breathe! There's no rush and it's a process you have to go through. Becoming preoccupied with the dating challenges will only serve to frustrate you and create more angst and desperation that could sabotage your efforts to find healthy dating partners.
Being new to the scene again and wanting "to do it right the first time around" is commendable and it sounds like you've done your homework by realizing the importance of pacing and taking things slow. There does need to be a balance with this, however, otherwise many men will perceive a lack of interest if the signals aren't expressed that you're interested.
This new guy you're dating sounds like someone you're intrigued with and would like to see developing into more than "just friends." While going slow is important, you want to beware of over-thinking it and communicating it too much to the guy you're seeing.
My concern is that it's possible your guy may have interpreted your statement on the first date of being friends and interdependent as a barrier you put up towards getting close. Try to be mindful of ways you may be projecting your past relationship mistakes onto new dating encounters.
It's important in the early stages of dating that you make the contacts light and gradually build in more self-disclosure as you screen the person to determine their suitability; this way, your disclosures match the level of intimacy that's developed in your progressive meetings with your new dating partner. It's possible your statements may have come across as "too heavy" and your guy may have interpreted what you said in such a way that now your relationship with him is defined as purely a friendship because that may be what he thought you were surmising.
After two months with no movement, that may be the case. But don't fret, my friend! All is not lost! It's also very possible that he, too, shares your interest, but is waiting for you to make the first move because of what you said and he's letting you be in control of the pacing since you expressed the need initially.
( Part Two Tomorrow - "Becoming More Than Just Friends" )
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Saturday, May 10, 2014
MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS? part one
Posted by JustinO'Shea at 11:20 AM
2 comments:
- Gary Kelly said...
A good friend of mine once lamented that the apple of his eye didn't understand the difference between loving someone and being "in" love.
- May 11, 2014 at 5:24 AM
- Coop said...
Me thinks this guy is trying to plan too much.
- May 14, 2014 at 11:33 AM
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Carlos Alazraqui is the "World's 1,247TH Most Interesting Man" Currently Carlos is the breakout voice of El Chupacabra in the Disney Toons Film, "Planes." El Chu will also be appearing in the Planes sequel coming out July 2014.
Starting out as a stand up Comic and winning the San Francisco Comedy Competition in 1993 and then moving to Los Angeles to start his voice over career as the voice of Rocko, on Nickelodeon's "Rocko's Modern Life". Soon after he was Mr. Weed on Family Guy and then on to The Taco Bell Chihuahua. On camera Carlos is best known for his super accurate portrayal of law enforcement officer, James Garcia on Comedy Central's "Reno 911!". Since then Carlos has guested on CSI, Pushing Daisies, Big TIme Rush, Las Vegas, and appeared as Nestor in both "Happy Feet" and "Happy Feet 2."
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Making Sense of SyriaWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: WAR: About that War
Last March, Syria's externally generated uprisings began. Despite legitimate grievances, Washington orchestrated change there like elsewhere in the region.
It's part of its imperial "New Middle East" project to control North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia to Russia's borders.
For over a decade, regime change plans targeted Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Syria, and other countries outside the region.
Libya's model is the template for future Washington aggression. Whether it's employed in Syria remains to be seen.
So far, heavily armed insurgents entered from regional countries. Anti-government demonstrations have been disruptive and violent. Trapped between warring sides, civilian casualties keep mounting.
Washington and other Western nations blame Syria. Its security forces, in fact, confronted an armed insurrection. Conflict keeps raging unresolved.
Russia and China blocked America's (Western supported) Security Council resolution. If passed, it would have been a first against Syria, perhaps opening the way for greater conflict or war like against Libya.
Despite watered down language, both countries opposed options, including the UN Charter's Article 41 provisions, stating:
"The Security Council may decide what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decision, and it may call upon (UN members) to apply such measures."
"These may include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal, telegraphic, radio, and other means of communication, and the severance of diplomatic relations."
In other words, stiff sanctions harming Syria's weakened economy further might topple it.
On October 4, New York Times writer Neil MacFarquhar headlined, "UN Resolution on Syria Blocked by Russia and China," saying:
"Nine nations, including the United States and its Western allies voted for the measure, while Brazil, India, South Africa and Lebanon abstained."
France's Gerard Araud called the veto "disdain(ful) for the legitimate interests that have been fought for in Syria by protesters since March."
Britain's Mark Grant said vetoing the resolution "will be a great disappointment to the people of Syria and the wider region that some members of the council could not show their support for their struggle for basic human rights."
Washington's Susan Rice said:
"Those who oppose this resolution and give cover to a brutal regime will have to answer to the Syrian people - and, indeed, to people across the region who are pursuing the same universal aspirations. The crisis in Syria will stay before the security council and we will not rest until this council rises to meet its responsibilities."
Russia's Vitaly Churkin and China's Li Boadong expressed concern about the resolution's thinly veiled regime change scheme. Both were adamant about Syria not becoming another Libya.
Churkin said it reflected a "philosophy of confrontation," knowing full well how Britain, France, and especially Washington operate.
This evil troika's lawlessness is transparent and appalling.
Against Libya, Washington, Britain and France led NATO's killing machine, turning the country into a charnel house. A peaceful country lies ruined. Corpses pile up daily on others. Human misery levels are horrific.
Libyans know their friends and foes. They understand supportive and hostile nations. They despise imperial Washington and Western allies.
So do Syrians. They want no part of foreign intervention in their internal affairs, especially if Washington, Britain, France, and Israel are involved.
They know what happened to Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan awaits them if NATO's "humanitarian intervention" targets them.
In December 2008, Susan Rice became UN ambassador. She was chosen for supporting unilateral use of military force against any US target for any reason or none at all.
She and other Obama war cabinet picks then and now represent extreme imperial lawlessness, arrogance and hypocrisy.
She continues that tradition, supporting America's worst crimes of war and against humanity, perhaps targeting Syria like Libya.
On October 6, NSNBC's Christof Lehmann addressed the issue of America's unconventional warfare, involving:
• "freedom fighter" insurgents;
• recruited homegrown and/or US Special Forces death squads;
• color revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, and elsewhere; and/or
• the "modified Chechnyan model," involving "Arab Spring Subversion" and financial warfare sanctions.
A rogue network of "think tanks, endowments, funds and foundations" are involved. So are CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy, and other congressional funded groups. Internal figures are bribed to defect.
Other tactics are also used. They including enlisting support from human rights organizations, corrupted NGOs and the UN. Major media scoundrels support them and administration policy.
The clear message to targeted regimes is "go or be gone." End results aim for "post-modern coup d'etat(s)."
A Syrian National Council (SNC) was established, similar to Libya's puppet Transitional National Council (TNC).
Originally formed in 2005, it was revived on August 23, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. It represents Western-backed internal opposition elements against the rights and interests of most Syrians.
It called for a Libyan-style "no-fly zone" and foreign intervention. It supplies intelligence to Washington and other Western nations. If unconventional tactics fail, stepped up violence and war remain options.
Since early 2011, NATO countries used regional bases to provide anti-regime support. Saudi Arabia and Lebanon's Saad al Hariri were implicated in financing and arming insurgents. Israel, Jordan and Turkey are also believed to be involved.
So far, Russia and China blocked a Libyan-style "humanitarian intervention." Once Washington wants regime change, it's open to question what measures can stop it.
On October 6, Jeremy Salt separated fact from fiction about Syria, saying:
It's insurrection threatens civil war. Western intervention and propaganda fuel it. What, in fact, is going on?
Hafez al-Assad consolidated Syrian authoritarian rule for three decades (1971 - 2000) until his death. He "crushed all dissent ruthlessly." Bordering on Israel, he feared assassination and subversion, including by "western intelligence agencies."
In July 2000, his son Bashar al-Assad succeeded him. Israel occupies its Golan. Syria wants it back. On October 7, in fact, hundreds of Syrian Golan residents rallied supportively for Assad.
Ma'an News said they marched carrying banners and Assad portraits, chanting:
"We love you, Bashar." "We are with the Syrian army." A banner read, "We are for a dialogue aimed at national unity."
Washington invention prevents it. Staying vigilant is key to avoid being toppled and replaced by pro-Western elements.
Syrians indeed want democratic change nonviolently. "(A)rmed groups operating from behind the screen of the demonstrations have no interest in reform." Representing Western interests, "(t)hey want to destroy the government."
In contrast, large segments of Syria support it. Externally supported "armed gangs" fueled anger over "their country (being) the target of an international conspiracy."
Heavily armed insurgents "killed hundreds of police, soldiers and civilians, in total probably (around) 1,000...." Those killed include "university professors, doctors, and (recently) the son of the Grand Mufti of the Republic."
Armed gangs "massacred, ambushed, assassinated, attacked government buildings and sabotaged railway lines."
Clearly Western intervention is involved in what's tearing apart the country.
Assad "has a strong base of personal popularity. (It's) misleading to call him a dictator." Decades long regime power is authoritarian and dictatorial. Clearly it resists change. Assad supports it.
After earlier demonstrations, his government proposed reforms. Opposition elements rejected them out of hand. "No attempt was even made to test the bona fides of the government."
Instead, insurgents fueled violence since protests began last winter. They're funded, "well armed and well organized. Large shipments of weapons have been smuggled (in) from Lebanon and Turkey."
They include "pump action shotguns, machine guns, Kalashnikovs, RPG launchers, Israeli-made hand grenades, and numerous other explosives."
Western intervention fueled violence for regime change. Once initiated, it's hard shutting it off. Media scoundrels regurgitate official lies, including the New York Times on its Syria page.
Ignoring a Western backed insurgency, it accused Assad of "launching....a series of withering crackdowns, sending tanks into restive cities as security forces opened fire on demonstrators."
"Syria's crackdown has been condemned internationally, as has Assad...."
As explained above, Assad responded to well-armed insurgents brought in from outside Syria to stoke violence and reject mediation efforts to stop it.
Western countries are behind so-called international condemnation - the same ones responsible for instigating violence for regime change.
Salt agreed that Western media Libya and Syria coverage "has been appalling." NATO intervention everywhere causes mass death, destruction and human misery.
Western Media distortions and lies blame victims, not perpetrators. Al Jazeera notably "lost all credibility." America's media and BBC never had any. Their Libya and Syria reporting reflects "blind support of anything that discredits" governments Western nations oppose.
Washington "is doing its utmost to drive Syria into a corner," including financing its opposition and using proxy sources to arm insurgents.
Security Council efforts may try instituting a no-fly zone, "opening the door to foreign attack" like against Libya. So far, Russia and China strongly oppose turning Syria into another charnel house.
Knowing their long interventionist histories, it's "inconceivable that the US and Israel, along with France and Britain" aren't behind violence in Syria for regime change.
If Washington, its Western allies, and Israel succeed, "every last Baathist and Alawi will be hunted down" the way Gaddafi loyalists have been arrested or murdered in cold blood.
Supportive of Israel, Washington's wanted Syria's government ousted "for twenty years. The dismantling of unified Arab states along ethno-religious lines has been an aim of Israel's for decades."
Whatever Israel wants from Washington it gets, including unqualified support for its worst crimes of war and against humanity.
If Syria's Baathist government falls, it will be "a strategic victory of unsurpassed value to the US and Israel. (The) strategic relationship between Iran, Syria and Hizbullah will have been destroyed...."
Lebanon and Iran will be more vulnerable to Washington and Israeli attacks. General war could erupt, destabilizing the entire region and beyond if Russia and China decide to defend their interests.
Syrians deserve democratic reforms. Western intervention won't tolerate them. Washington, Britain, France and Israel assure unconscionable state terrorism wherever they intervene.
Syrians know what happened elsewhere in the region. It's their choice to rally against it at home.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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As usual, Muslim-sans-turban Lendman serves as a mouthpiece for the Saudis and pretends there's no strings up his back.
Let's see, he hates the U.S. for allegedly orchestrating the fall of the horrible Soviet Union. That makes sense, since he's a Comsymp. Now he hates it for allegedly orchestrating the fall of horrible Muslim dictators that he also claims were U.S. puppets, although everybody knows the U.S. backed Islamist rebels against Commies for years, which it's now paying for. He really hates to see Libyan dictator Madman Daffy go, and now he's pulling out the hankies for Syrian dictator Bashed Asswad.
Why does he never mention the SAUDIS and their horrible retro Wahhabism that they export throughout the world, and was behind al-Qaida et al.? Because no dog bites the hand that feeds it? The same reason makes him never mention the words Muslim or Islam in connection with his 3-hanky Palestinians.
Why does he never mention another likely puppemaster in all of the above: GEORGE SOROS? Is he a U.S. puppet too, or vice-versa? He's a Hungarian-born lapsed Jew who can live anywhere he wants, and doesn't need the U.S. Speaking of the U.S., if it's so powerful as Lendman claims, and none of the Arab Spring uprisings would have happened if they hadn't ordered it as part of their Middle East Project, what about the current Wall Street protests?
Libertarians like Ron Paul decry foreign interventionism, but those who live in the real world know it's necessary in the age of WMDS and the Internet. Of course the U.S. long ago gave up isolationism, and ever since it's been a mainly good force in the world devoted to encouraging freedom. Excuuuse it for believing that any regime in the world who's for freedom will be its ally, and vice-versa, those against freedom will be its enemies, including Commie and Islamist ones. Ditto any regime that's out to exterminate its staunch ally Israel. As for Britain and France, they once had far more global power than they do now, and the U.S. has split ranks with them in many ways, but even they are able to close ranks with it in toppling Muslim dictators, albeit they might be just handing those countries to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist outfits, which makes me suspect SOROS as their international puppetmaster, Lendme your ears.
In Lendman's calculus, though, the U.S. has no role in his new world. Instead, it should be run by Emperor Daffy, ruling over provincial pashas including Madman Inastraightjacket, Sodamn Insane, and so on, he's called Sausage the Riot Dog, here he is, another day another riot, tear gas leaves him unfazed. Who would be the pasha of North America, him? I've heard of starving artists, but doesn't he ever choke on his buttered lobster? :)
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Although the biotech and native gene trait pipeline is already extensive, it is just the start of something even bigger. It is not unusual to hear a phrase like "the possibilities are limitless" when you talk with trait developers about the future of traits and their impact, not only on agriculture, but on the general economy and environment as well.
"We're just in the Model T stage of biotech's potential and the potential of genomics and marker-assisted breeding," says Syngenta Seeds' Jack Bernens. In the near term, he expects crop traits to help improve efficiencies in the animal feed and ethanol markets. He also predicts there will be traits that help improve drought tolerance and that provide protection against rapidly changing plant diseases.
"In 20 years, we'll likely begin to see significant developments in biotech," Bernens says. "The sky's the limit. Cells are a very efficient way of producing materials, ingredients and compounds."
Ben Kaehler, Dow AgroSciences, predicts new developments in the areas of crop yield enhancement and animal nutrition and health. In addition to developing new crop traits, Dow is working on its Concert plant-cell-produced vaccine technology, which uses plant-cell cultures rather than whole plants. Plant-cell-produced vaccines made in a biocontained system have several advantages over whole plant systems, including minimizing environmental concerns, Dow reports.
Such products, while still several years off, could be used to help fight diseases such as West Nile virus, avian influenza and canine diabetes, Kaehler says.
Bill Niebur, vice president, crop genetics research and development, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, sees potential for using genes from both inside and outside of the maize and soybean genomes.
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With the increasing costs of land and crop inputs, the industry will need to provide products that fully express their genetic potential, Niebur says. At the same time, technology developers will need to understand where growers' operations are evolving economically and in the face of environmental regulations.
It will be important to think in "macro" terms, Niebur says, adding that because demand is likely to increase for ethanol and other end-use markets, there may be much more corn following corn in the future. Interstate-80 could become the "ethanol corridor" and we could see a large number of cattle feedlots nearby using the by-products from ethanol facilities, he says.
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With the potential for more corn-on-corn production, researchers will be working to strengthen corn's ability to establish stands so that the maximum potential for yield is fully realized, Niebur says. Corn will be better able to tolerate cold, wet or dry conditions and to defend itself against diseases.
Corn of the future also will have greater ability to extract soil nutrients in suboptimal conditions and to dry down more quickly in the field, thereby reducing drying costs.
John Jansen, corn trait marketing manager, Monsanto, notes that because water is such a valuable resource, research to improve water utilization will continue to be critical. But drought tolerance also is one of the most complex traits to develop, he says. Monsanto is currently working on drought-tolerant corn, soybeans and cotton.
Jansen adds that another key development will be improved nitrogen utilization. With the increasing costs of petroleum, farmers are interested in corn that can more efficiently utilize nitrogen at standard fertilizer rates, he says.
Better-yielding soybeans
While input costs for soybeans are lower than those for corn, Niebur says that they must yield at higher levels to justify their future position in a corn-soybean rotation. Pioneer will use both biotechnology and conventional plant breeding to remove genetic or biological limitations in soybeans so that they will more consistently reach the 100-bu./acre mark, he notes.
Monsanto's next-generation Roundup Ready soybean product, Roundup Ready2Yield, is in advanced development, and in trials, it is seeing up to a 5-bu. increase over current Roundup Ready soybean varieties.
Reshaping rural communities
"We'll likely see a dramatic change in the use of water, land and nutrients going forward," Niebur says. "Science and biotechnology have the ability to continue to reduce the environmental footprint that agriculture makes."
He adds that biotechnology will help drive new and unconventional markets and that it has the potential "to reshape rural communities and how the land is used." Niebur says that, with biotech's potential in renewable energy markets, agriculture "is poised to have a favorable impact on rural, national and international economies."


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More info: Nikkor 12-24 Lens
Posted 20 February 2003 - 09:21 AM
Posted 21 February 2003 - 06:08 PM
Nikon makes money selling lenses, more so than camera bodies. I'm sure they will want to sell this lens to all S2 owners :freak:
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Posted 27 February 2003 - 02:00 PM
1) According to those specs, port #5503 should accommodate the lens.
Problem is , there is no way to use the zoom function as the lens is
well over the maximum diameter limitation of 2.8". You could just set
the lens to the widest angle setting and shoot.
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This is the response to my inquiry to Ikelite about the port needed for the 12-24mm. This is a little disappointing and takes away some versatility. I will still buy the lens for it's wideangle aspects.
Posted 06 March 2003 - 06:44 AM
http://www.maxwell.c.....0dx 12-24.PDF
I printed it out and gave it a read and it is definitely worth considering. I'm not sure I "buy it" though. Are they saying that this lens is going to be smaller than the 18-35 that I have???
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 08:15 AM
I was never going to consider this lens - but actually it looks pretty good.
The 82.5mm diameter of the lens barrel is the same as the 17-35mm lens and that fits in many housings. So sorting it shouldn't be a problem.
I am not sure if the barrel length changes when the lens is zoomed?
I wrote an article in Underwater Photography Magazine Issue 5 with some practical tips on getting the optimum housing configuration for wide angle zooms.
Underwater Photography Mag Issue 5
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 06 March 2003 - 08:33 AM
Try it w/ an 18-35 if you have one. I did.
The 18-35 works fine in the Ike housing.
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Posted 06 March 2003 - 09:12 AM
Posted 07 March 2003 - 02:42 AM
My main worry with the lens was fitting it inside my existing Subal ports. I know that 17-35 and 18-35 Nikkors fit (just). And I've recently bought a Sigma 28-70 f2.8 that only fitted into the port after I took the rubber grip off the lens barrel! Hence my concern.
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
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The Homer Heritage Motor Fest, which will include show cars, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, time period costumes, BBQ, hamburgers and raffles to benefit Banks County DFACS, will be held in the park in downtown Homer from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 28.
The entry is free but donations will be accepted. Raffle tickets and dinner items will be sold to raise money. Prizes will include ladies only dinner gift cards, 50/50 split pot, $100 gas card, door prizes and cake walk. Proceeds will benefit DFACS, as well as a portion of sells from Banjo's BBQ and Leopard Hamburgers.
During the event, the historic courthouse will be open for tours and refreshments. The Boy Scouts will be helping out at the show and will have a table set up to receiving donations for their opportunity to attend the Philmont High Adventure Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
Awards will be given out. First place trophies will be awarded to "Best in Show" in car/truck, tractor and bike categories. Award plaques will include "Peoples Choice" in car/truck, tractor and bike categories. Award plaques also are given to Best Car, Best Truck, Best Jeep, Best 4x4, Best Mustang, Best A Model, Best VW, Best Rat Road, Best Street Rod, Most Unique and Sheriffs Choice; Best American, Best Metric, Pastors Choice Motorcycle; Mayor Choice Tractor; Best Costume and Best Time Period Costume.
Ladies only drawing includes gift cards from Banjo's BBQ, Leopard Drive-In, Country Commerce Cafe, Starbucks, Longhorn, Outbacks and El Parians. Other drawings include gift cards from Woodstock Gunsmithing, Radio Shack, Erika Jantzen Massage, Grove River Ranch and Donna Lanier's Sweet Creations.
"DFACS is in constant need of items to make a child feel more 'normal' during their transition as often time they are removed with just the clothes on their backs," organizers state. "New clothes, new shoes and a stuffed animals can go a long way for a little one adjusting. Donations needed for DFACS kids at this time are kid type toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, combs, and brushes. Longhorn's staff will supply book bags filled with school supplies."
The event is sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority.
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VIDEO: Heat vs. Bobcats, Jan. 18, 2014
This time — after Al Jefferson, after Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, after Jeffery Taylor — it's Kemba Walker. This time, it's a sprained left ankle and the Charlotte Bobcats saying Walker will miss 10 to 14 days.
This time, it's different.
The Bobcats have faced a series of health issues this season and remained in playoff contention in the Eastern Conference, but a couple weeks without their starting point guard may become the biggest test yet. The timetable for Walker to be back is good news. Sitting a full 14 days and seven games is not bad, considering how awful the injury looked, with Walker's ankle and left leg practically at a 90-degree angle as he stepped on the foot of Miami's Chris Bosh on Saturday. Walker had barely hit the court before Jefferson, watching from behind while trailing the play, put both hands on his head in concern of what appeared to be a serious injury.
Otherwise, the injury is a huge concern. Walker not only leads the Bobcats in scoring (18.7), assists (5.0) and minutes (35.7), but he had been playing particularly well lately, at 21 points per game and 45.6 percent shooting in the last five outings (he's now at 42.1 percent for the season). While never known as a distributor, Walker had at least eight assists in four of the last seven games, including in 22 minutes against the Heat. In those seven games, he had only 13 turnovers.
Walker, Jefferson told Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer, is the "heart and soul" of the team. The Bobcats, he said, lost their "fight" when Walker went out in the third quarter against the Heat. A 64-57 lead turned into a 104-96 overtime escape for Miami.
Playing without Walker changes everything. Opponents will be able to double Jefferson in the post more aggressively without Walker's outside shooting, Bonnell points out, and the Bobcats will have to do without the Jefferson-Walker pick-and-roll — just as it had become a late-game option, developed over time after Jefferson missed most of November with a bruised right ankle.
Jefferson, the starting center, missed his first nine games as a Bobcat after signing as a free agent with the bad ankle. In Jefferson's seventh game back, small forward Kidd-Gilchrist fractured his left hand, costing him 19 games. In that time, Taylor, MKG's backup, ruptured his right Achilles' tendon, ending his season. Yet despite the health woes, the transition to new coach Steve Clifford, an unreliable offense and concerns about a declining intensity on defense, Charlotte, even at 17-25, was just a game behind the Nets for the final playoff spot.
The Bobcats had been better after a recent five-game losing streak, with Clifford telling the Observer, "I feel a lot better about our team than a week ago. We showed the fight we were showing early in the year. … We're playing hard and smart." They had gone 3-4, and then came the double loss — Walker to the ankle injury and the game to the Heat — Saturday at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Now Charlotte faces home games against the Raptors and Clippers, at the Knicks, back home against the Bulls and then a Western swing that begins with stops against the Nuggets, Lakers and Suns with Walker out. Several opponents are dealing with point-guard injuries, too, but the Bobcats are beginning the stretch by playing four games in six days, further taxing a bench that will be thinned out with Ramon Sessions or Jannero Pargo moving into the lineup.
Sessions is the obvious choice for the promotion to the lineup Monday against the Raptors, but Clifford could choose the seldom-used Pargo to start, keeping the second unit intact while hoping the experienced starters step up around Pargo. The decision arrives with the Bobcats a game behind the Pistons and Nets, battling for the last playoff spot.


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Uncommon Handmade: Modern Clocks and Home Decor
Specialty: Mid-century inspired wall clocks and home accessories
Price Range: $$ Mid-Range
The colorful and clever handmade home accessories by Uncommon are the perfect addition for the danish or mid century modern enthusiast's home.
Husband and wife duo Vincent and Jessie have combined their creative talents (a mechanical engineer and a graphic designer) to produce what they have dubbed as "Uncommon."
"Furniture and room accents with modern clean lines, an old-fashioned sensibility, and fresh colors. Ours is a marriage of love and also love of good design... "
All items can be custom made to the color of your choice. Their bright palette of color choices dare you to be bold.
For more about Uncommon, visit their store page over at Marketplace.
1. Abstract Wall Clock, $60
2. Monogram Letters, $125
3. Tiny Scallop Clock, $32
4. Fancy Chandelier in Natural Birch, $56
5. Modern Walnut Wall Clock, $110
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'Queer Eye' Will Celebrate Ten Year Anniversary With Reunion Episode!
Well this is a fun surprise! Deadline has just reported that Queer Eye (originally Queer Eye For The Straight Guy) will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a reunion episode in October!
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was a surprise hit when it premiered in July 2003, adding the "make-better" to the pop culture conversation and sending Bravo on its reality path. Now the cable channel is celebrating the five-season series with Queer Eye Reunion: 10 Years Later, an Andy Cohen-hosted gathering of the "Fab Five": Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez. As they discuss the Emmy-winning show — whose title was shortened to Queer Eye after Season 3 — the gents will dish on behind-the-scenes secrets and how their lives have changed in the past decade. The reunion will air in October.
Will you be tuning in, Instincters? Excited to see what the Fab Five are up to these days??
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I will definitely watch!!!!!!
I never understood the role that Jai Rodrigues playe din it all though. He was in charge of the inspirational part of the makeovers, and he always seemed to be too 'posey' and just couldn't REALLY connect with the men. That was always so disappointing, so I hope that he finally improves there!! But all of the others were already top of their game! Kyan Douglas, I always felt, was so much more engaging with the men whom they made over. I can't wait !Let's see them really push hard and give it their ALL!!! YAY, guys!!!


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The INCA software tool provides an automotive-specific and efficient environment for the measurement, calibration, and diagnostics of electronic controls in the vehicle. INCA integrates a wide variety of ECU and bus interfaces and measuring devices.
MATLAB scripts can be employed to automate measurement and calibration procedures by use of the INCA-MIP interface to MATLAB®. Manual input provided to the scripts by INCA can be combined with numerical calculation and optimization routines that utilize the rich MATLAB® libraries and toolboxes. For the calibration of Simulink control models in the virtual environment, the INCA-SIP Simulink toolbox is provided. During simulation runtime, measurements can be recorded and parameters can be changed with INCA. INCA-SIP reads changed parameter values back to Simulink. Description files and INCA configurations are automatically created by the INCA-SIP toolbox and transferred to INCA.
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Motorcyclist Hits 186 MPH on New Jersey Turnpike
A motorcyclist has posted video of himself hitting 186 MPH on the New Jersey Turnpike giving new meaning to the term "fast traffic."
The gloved cyclist who posted the video on YouTube under the name "Robert Bobby" is seen driving on Interstate 95 north out of Philadelphia and north into Bucks County and over the Scudder Falls Bridge into New Jersey. He continued onto I-295 and I-195 and the New Jersey Turnpike, taking a quick break at the Molly Pitcher service area.
A speedometer shows his speed on the Suzuki hit speeds in excess of 150 MPH as he speeds north on the Turnpike during his nighttime ride, passing trucks and cars. The video ends as he approaches exit 13 (Carteret).
New Jersey State Police say the public's safety is the first priority in determining if they would pursue high speed riders.
"At the end of the day, they're going to try and stop them," Sgt. Adam Grossman of the NJ State Police told NBC Philadelphia. "It all comes down to safety. Safety for the trooper and safety for the public."
- 180MPH+ on I-95: Motorcyclist Speeds Into Danger Zone / NBC Philadelphia


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Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Physicians
The physiatrists on staff at Washington Health System Washington Hospital are specially trained in rehabilitation for neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders, including pre-and post-operative care. These physicians work closely with rehabilitation staff to develop individualized plans of care for each patient and are dedicated to achieving optimal function as quickly and safely as possible.
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Cultural facilities
The range of culture in Germany has developed over hundreds of years.
Germany's federal structure and the independence of the Länder in cultural matters results in a very diverse cultural scene.
Often towns and municipalities are the organisers, for example, of town festivals or arts festivals. They also finance or support local cultural centres and facilities such as libraries, museums and theatres.
Cultural facilities in Germany – a few figures
In Germany there are:
- 6,200 museums (of which 630 are art galleries),
- 820 theatrical venues (including musical theatres and opera houses),
- 130 professional orchestras,
- 8,800 libraries,
- 94,300 new publications or new editions of books each year,
37 places of cultural and natural interest under the protection of the UNESCO world heritage scheme.
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Find out about cultural events from:
- advertising hoardings,
- newspapers and magazines,
- radio,
- television,
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The Other Side Of The Ice - One Family's Treacherous Journey Negotiating The Northwest Passage
Description: How far will a family go to try and heal old wounds? In the case of Sprague Theobald it was 8,500 miles with his estranged children and stepchildren, a journey he details in the incredible new book, The Other Side of The Ice: One Family's Treacherous Journey Negotiating the Northwest Passage. Together, they traversed the Northwest Passage – the sea route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific – which has been successfully navigated by only twenty-four pleasure crafts since 1906, and a staggering number of people have died trying. From his starting point in Newport, Rhode Island, through the Passage and around Alaska to Seattle, it would be a trek filled with constant threat from ice, polar bears, and severe weather. Theobald knew the expedition would be physically challenging, but what he couldn't have known was just how life changing his journey through the Passage would be. The family embarked with unanswered questions, untold hurts, and unspoken mistrusts hanging over their heads. Unrelenting cold, hungry polar bears, and a haunting landscape littered with sobering artifacts from the tragic Franklin Expedition of 1845, as well as personality clashes that threaten to tear the crew apart, make The Other Side of the Ice a harrowing story of survival, adventure, and, ultimately, redemption.
Price: $7.99 to $16.63


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|2009-05-17, 07:19
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Update time.
Starting with sigs.
May SotM entry:
Spoiler for Older versions.:
Request sig for The Chaos:
Request sig for Hs Vi Germania:
And some photos.
Spoiler for Series of sky shots.:
Spoiler for Dimage 7 IR photo shakedown.:
|2009-05-17, 13:00
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|2009-05-21, 18:43
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Just a small update.
I'm finally getting some kind of idea how to post process IR-images.
And then a couple of sigs.
A request for lsley:
Yup it fails...
And one for myself.
Mio with headphones. I'm sure there's something that can beat that, I just can't think of anything. I'll even allow the brand heresy on her part. AKG is a no no.
|2009-05-23, 08:19
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|2009-06-27, 09:53
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Whoa it's been a long time since my last update. (Haven't had much to update to be hones...) Anyway here goes.
Request sigs:
Extreme failure SotM entry:
Not expecting to get any votes with this uninspired and rushed piece of crap.
And finally some photos from the past month or so:
Spoiler for size:
|2009-07-02, 15:08
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Another wonderful batch of photos. I really like a lot of the shadow work in the tree photographs. I don't really know how to describe it, but to me it gives the photos a very "smooth" look.
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Vector wallie I made for myself. Just something simple.
|2009-07-03, 19:06
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Double posting... Sorry. Wanted to have a separate post for this tutorial.
Camera RAW
Here's a quick look into benefits of RAW format. Basically all DSLRs and quite many other digital camera's give you the option of capturing RAW images, but why would you like to fill your card with these huge images you can't even display without at least converting them into another format. There are two huge benefits.
Noise Reduction
Lets start with one of the smaller ones. Generally, at least in most of the cameras very little in camera processing is done to RAW images. Generally all you get is some curve and color space adjustments in camera but for example no noise reduction.
Why is this a good thing? Well a digital camera nowadays has about as much processing power as a basic smart phone so fairly generally noise reduction in camera isn't the most sophisticated. Some of the quality has been sacrificed on the altar of speed. With a modern computer you can do much much more without making processing of the images painfully slow. There's also very little or no options in cameras to how it's done. At best there are a few level options and that's it. Albeit being a bit inaccurate definition you could say that digital capture has two kinds of noise chromatic and luminance noise.
To better understand noise it's best to start with it's cause. Image sensor in a camera works a bit like a solar panel. But rather than creating electricity from light converts the difference in the amount of light into difference in voltage. It works in two stages, for each pixel in the picture there's usually four light sensitive sub pixels in the sensor, each of which have a colored filter. Usually two green sub pixels and one each for red and blue. Each of these sub pixels reacts to the light hitting the sensor and creates a corresponding voltage. When the image is exposed this voltage information is read from the sensor. Now this creates a bit of a problem. The pixels in the sensor are mostly sensitive to light but they're also a little bit sensitive to temperature. In fact just enough that the heat that is created by the sensor itself is recorded by it. ISO sensitivity works in digital cameras through increasing the voltage sensitivity when reading data from the sensor, which causes the amount of noise to increase as sensitivity is increased due to the the relative ratio of the actual recorded data and "false data" being recorded decreasing. Actually there's a little bit of noise caused by residual voltage but that's not very important and quite complicated matter.
A crude example. You have 2 images with identical exposure but one taken with 2 stops higher sensitivity and quarter of the light than the other.
In the first case with for example ISO 100 a pixel creates a signal of the strength 11X (arbitrary unit used just for this example). 10X of which being actual data and 1X of noise.
When you reduce the amount of light to a quarter of the original and compensate this by increasing the sensitivity to ISO 400 the sensor still creates 1X of noise but just 2½X of actual data. The signal with strength of 3½X is just interpreted by the camera as being the same as 11X in the first case. Well it's a bit more complicated than that but that's the basic principal.
The reason you generally get more noise in the dark areas of the picture is because just like a human eye the sensor records the amount of light on a logarithmic scale so the darker the detail in the picture the smaller are the differences in the voltage recorded. Extending the exposure time also increases the amount of noise because the sensor creates more heat the longer it's active since it needs constant electric current. Pixel density is also a factor in noise since if you increase the amount of pixels in the sensor without increasing it's physical size the absolute amount of light hitting each of the pixels is decreased. This is one of the reasons why cameras with smaller sensors tend to have higher noise levels as it's usually impossible to increase the actual sensitivity of the recording process enough to compensate it.
Now why deal with the noise yourself rather than letting the camera do all the work? Well this again comes down to marketing. There's a fairly constant competition between camera manufacturers who makes the cameras with the lowest noise. Low noise is however not usually achieved by making the sensors actually more sensitive but rather by more and more aggressive noise reduction. Image sensor creates a color for the pixel by interpolating the data of the sub pixels. Noise reduction is done in the exact same way but for larger areas of the picture and in camera generally done both for chromatic and luminance data. This inevitably causes some loss of detail. No noise reduction is in general done to RAW images, some cameras don't even compose of the final pixels from the sub pixels. Either way the data from the sensor is in effect recorded pretty much as it is. This allows you to for example disregard the luminance and interpolate only chromatic data. In this case the software reads the absolute luminance of the pixel and it's color, disregards the luminance and interpolates only chromatic data. This causes the rainbow colored noise to be reduced or even removed while keeping pretty much the original level of detail. You will end up with some monochromatic noise but it's usually fairly little concern.
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Larger Bit Depth
Now this really makes a difference. Cameras create fairly standard JPEG files. Usually you can crank the compression ratio fairly low but it's still basically a compressed 24bit image. That's 8 bits per each red, green and blue channel. JPEG is often mistaken for 32bit format. It in fact in it's basic form isn't one due to the lack of Alpha-channel. Camera sensor however is usually capable of quite a bit more than that. Generally DSLRs can record RAW images of 12-14bit per channel bit depth. Now when you take into account that increasing the bit depth by 1bit you can double the amount of shades recorded. 12bit per channel image contains 16 times more shades per channel than 8bit per channel image, 14 bit has 64 times more shades. Well... In theory. In practice it's almost never perfectly linear nor do the images hold as much information as the bit depth would suggest but there's still a great difference.
So what? Well, if the pictures are perfect right out of the camera this doesn't matter. However if you want to make some exposure corrections especially if you want to make these adjustments only partially to the image this becomes fairly big deal. In optimal case, with a perfectly exposed image a 14 bit RAW gives you about 2 stops of headroom. You could increase or decrease the exposure by one full stop without any great loss of detail in the final image. This of course depends on the contents of the picture and the actual performance of your camera but basically +/-½ stop can be quite generally expected. Trying to do something like this on JPEG image will almost always cause either dark shades cut to black or light shades cut to white. And even if not you'll still lose a fair bit of shade data since the bit depth of the original and the final image being the same and the shade scale being altered.
Adobe's Camera RAW and for example Lightroom that uses it to raw processing has a couple of neat tools which are in fact fairly usable thanks to just this headroom. Digital fill light and recovery. Recovery allows you to fine tune the exposure of the highlight areas and fill light does the same for shadows. Especially recovery is fairly useful tool for finding a little extra definition in the highlight areas. For example clouds tend to respond very well to a careful use of it.
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The "Cost"
Too good to be true? It sort of is. The biggest problem with RAW images is that there's absolutely no standard for them. The problem is that RAW images aren't images in the traditional sense. As a simplification you could say that RAW records how the image was captured rather than processing this data and recording what in fact was captured. Each image sensor and image processor combination produces an unique type of RAW image. This inevitably causes compatibility issues. Even the most common RAW processing programs might not support RAW files of new cameras immediately, not even the most common models. If I remember correctly it took about a month for Adobe to implement the support for EOS 500D's (EOS Rebel T1i) RAW format to their Camera RAW. Manufacturers usually have their own processing software but they in general aren't very good in terms of usability.
There's a non-standard alternative though. Adobe is campaigning heavily for their DNG (Digital Negative) format. Camera manufacturers are yet to catch on though. DNG as a format is fairly good because once you have a software that can convert camera's RAW format to DNG (usually lossless conversion) they're compatible with any software that supports DNG regardless whether these support the original RAW format. Adobe has DNG support in all of their major image manipulation software as do a few of their competitors. However as great as DNG is it's not without limitations. For example one major being that its adjustable light balance color temperature scale is only from 2000K to 50000K. Usually it's not a problem but poses some issues in some specialty cases, especially in the lower end of the scale. There's also a high chance that the format might need upgrading at some point or another which could render some older software unusable, especially in the case of third party software. To my knowledge this hasn't happened yet but doesn't remove the possibility as the technology continues to advance in a dizzying rate. One more and in fact the larger issue is that there aren't really cameras that would capture images in DNG format. At least I'm yet to come across one. So it pretty much inevitably needs conversion from the original format to DNG. This might change in the future if the camera manufacturers actually decide to support the format. Remains to be seen.
Final Words
Time for a conclusion. While RAW as a format has limitations, not least of which being that to be used it always needs conversion to another format, there are in my opinion a few huge pros that trump all of it's cons. In any case if you have the equipment to do so it's definitely worth looking into. There are a few very good software out there for processing them, for example Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture both of which are fairly affordable. At least I think putting half the price of an entry level DSLR to a software that allows you to have twice the fun with it is a good deal. And if you can actually use the camera manufacturers software without having a nervous breakdown it usually comes free with the camera.
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I found that Camera RAW tutorial very useful Escimoe. Too bad I cannot give u any cookies yet.
I used to love photography when I was younger but my busy life won't let me do anything useful again >.>
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A sig update. I'm rusty...
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Two years in, and still not quite a cloud operating systemAnalysis The OpenStack cloud controller, launched two years ago to the day by techies at NASA Ames Research Center and Rackspace Hosting, has come a long way in its infancy.
With Hewlett-Packard and Rackspace ramping up clouds based on the current "Essex" release, OpenStack is only just learning to walk. But it won't be long before companies looking to deploy private clouds – or to sell them as a service – will not only be looking for OpenStack to run, but to run well, run fast, and run networking in addition to compute and storage.
It's a lot to ask of a two-year-old, but OpenStack has a lot of mentors and advisors. If the OpenStack Foundation does what it is supposed to do, then it will be a meritocracy, not dominated by Rackspace, that will allow some of the best minds in the world to perfect a cloud operating system.
They may call it by different names, but the data center is the new server and a cloud operating system is exactly what Citrix Systems, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware have been seeking to build with their various software stacks.
The idea is to turn static physical hardware into malleable virtual hardware at the compute, storage, and network layers, allowing it to be programmatically controlled. Applications and their required software underpinnings can be puffed up in an instance and shuffled around inside a private cloud, or pushed out to a public cloud as workloads and economics dictate.
Rackspace wanted to transform itself from a simple hosting provider to a cloud provider, so it started work on cloudy storage under its Mosso subsidiary back in 2006. That effort got beefed up when Rackspace acquired Jungle Disk in October 2008, on the same day that it bought Slicehost, which had created its own compute cloud biz.
The Mosso cloud storage and Jungle Disk access code morphed into the Swift storage controller, which Rackspace currently uses in production. The Ozone compute controller, based on ideas from Slicehost, was underway when the NASA techies and the Rackspace techies decided to pool their efforts and at the same time foster an open source community to drive development of an alternative cloud control freak.
At the time, Eucalyptus was the early favorite as an alternative to VMware's "virtual data center operating system." It was embracing multiple hypervisors and virtual machine images to gain leverage over VMware and what would eventually become vSphere and vCloud Director. Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, embraced Eucalyptus and embedded it inside of its distro, and server makers fell all over themselves saying they were going to build Eucalyptus clouds.
Everyone talks about OpenStack now. That is, unless they are talking about CloudStack, the alternative now championed by Citrix Systems. Citrix left the OpenStack community (more or less) and open sourced CloudStack under an Apache license back in April. Citrix and the rest of the OpenStack community have a fundamental difference of opinion that cannot be resolved.
OpenStack, which is more or less driven by Rackspace at this point, wants to build a cloud fabric that has its own set of APIs. Citrix and the CloudStack community want to create an open source fabric that adheres to the API sets created by Amazon for its eponymous Web Services cloud. You can imagine that Rackspace would rather crawl through 500 miles of the west Texas desert than kowtow to Amazon, which pretty much rules the public cloud these days.
OpenStack ramps faster than LinuxSince OpenStack launched two years ago, a flurry of IT vendors and independents have rallied to its banner. Jim Curry, general manager of the Cloud Builders program at Rackspace and the man who spearheads the OpenStack efforts from inside Rackspace, says that the enthusiasm building around OpenStack rivals that of Linux in its early days.
To show you how developer interest has grown, there were 75 people in attendance at the first OpenStack Design Summit in July 2010. There were more than 1,600 people at the event in April when the "Essex" release was launched.
From Austin to Diable to EssexAt the moment, there have been over 200,000 downloads from the OpenStack repository, and that doesn't count all of the versions that have been repackaged by Canonical, SUSE Linux, Piston Computing, and Stackops. There are over 100 commercial clouds running OpenStack today, including ones from AT&T, HP, Deutsche Telekom, DreamHost, Korea Telecom, NTT, and Internap.
And, of course, soon Rackspace itself will offer a commercial cloud. It is currently in the process of beta testing the "Essex" release in production. (The Swift controller has been used for years in production at Rackspace for the Cloud Files service; what is changing is the move to the Nova compute controller and all of the other tools that wrap around the two.)
The Essex release had 235 code contributors, according to Curry, and even though the OpenStack Foundation, formed late last year and moving towards taking over the steering of the various OpenStack projects that make up the cloud control freak.
Curry says that the foundation will take control in the next two to three months, when the trademarks and other intellectual property will be transferred to the foundation, and that the goal is for this to happen before the OpenStack Design Summit in October. The governance documents for the foundation have been drafted and are sufficiently rigorous for Red Hat to join up. OpenStack is searching for an executive director at the moment and is doing interviews.
Jim Curry, GM of OpenStack Cloud Builders at Rackspace"We used to manage the project, but we are now acting as a member of the community," says Curry.
In the wake of the initial code dump from NASA, Rackspace was pretty much the only code contributor to the project, but now Rackspace's contributions are down around 50 per cent – and that is against contributions that are two to three times as great as when the project was first started two years ago. So the amount of code coming out of Rackspace is actually growing, but that contributed by other community members is growing much faster.
"The rest of the community is taking responsibility for the project, and that is what we want. We didn't open source this because we wanted to control this," Curry says.
In fact, Curry says that Rackspace expect for the foundation to take control of OpenStack until 2013 or 2014, so if anything, getting it done by this October is early.
Incidentally, the OpenStack Foundation just announced in a blog post that individuals in the OpenStack community can now formally join the foundation and therefore have a say in nominating board members.
OpenStack: Folsom and beyondWith the Linux kernel and its related operating system layers in the late 1990s and early 2000s, each subsequent release was important because so much functionality was being added every time Linus Torvalds gave the go-ahead. Linux today is much more sophisticated and useful, but the changes are arguably not as jarring as they were, because Linux and the process by which it is created are both more mature.
As a two-year-old, OpenStack is still, in many ways, trying to code wings onto the airplane as the fuselage rockets down the runway towards liftoff. It is a fun time for OpenStack contributors, and this, says Curry, is one of the reasons why the ramp for OpenStack is steeper than that for Linux at the same point in its cycle.
"The promise of an open cloud is a very interesting problem to work on," says Curry. "We got into a market that clearly needed a solution."
It took a dot-com bust to really put the shine on Linux and take the bloom off Unix and proprietary machines.
The next release of OpenStack is code-named "Folsom," and it has just passed its third milestone, with the goal of getting it out the door in the last week of September. It will add Quantum virtual networking, Ceph block storage, and substantial enhancements to the Nova compute controller, the Glance virtual machine imaging system, Horizon management dashboard.
"Folsom is coming along well, and we have a lot of new things coming," says Curry. But speaking on a personal basis, not as someone in charge of OpenStack but as a member of the community, Curry wants the OpenStack community to slow down a bit.
"I am glad that all of these features are being added, but my personal focus would be to make this more usable," he says. "The speed of feature additions is not always conducive to ease of deployment and management."
That, ultimately, may be the other big selling point for OpenStack over other alternatives, aside from it being free if you are smart enough to support it by yourself (just like Linux). The Penguin was never going to be able to knock Windows off the desktop because of the overwhelming familiarity (and for many, contempt) that we all have with Windows as it has grown up on our desktops and moved into servers over the decades.
But in the cloud operating system racket, nothing is familiar because, quite honestly, so few companies are really doing anything more than server virtualization. OpenStack has an even chance of beating VMware vCloud, even if Citrix tries to go its own way with the Apache-licensed CloudStack and hitches its future on compatibility with AWS.
Microsoft is always a wild card because there are so many Windows servers out there and it can give away for free what others have to charge for. Red Hat is trying to do its own thing with OpenShift and CloudForms, but it may just give in, move to OpenStack once it matures, and ship a commercial-grade variant with support.
Year three promises to be interesting for OpenStack. That's for sure


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Sports Birthdays for November 13 — Metta World Peace and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on November 13:
Mel Stottlemyre
Age: 71
Profession: Retired MLB Player
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Age: 49
Profession: Retired NFL Player
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BEIJING (AP) – Chinese police on Tuesday announced the arrests of 23 people as part of a joint U.S.-Chinese investigation into a gun trafficking ring that smuggled dozens of firearms into the country.
The arrests announced by the Ministry of Public Security follow the detention of three men in the United States last month in connection with the scheme. They included Joseph Debose of North Carolina, a staff sergeant in a U.S. National Guard special forces unit, along with two Chinese nationals.
Debose was arrested on May 20 in a sting operation when he arrived with another shipment of guns for export to China and had been armed with a loaded .45-caliber pistol, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York.
The smuggling ring defaced serial numbers on the guns to disguise their origin, but U.S. investigators working with Shanghai police were able to trace some of them to Debose.
"This level of cooperation between American law enforcement officials and authorities inside mainland China is a sign of optimism and could lead to even greater law enforcement cooperation in the future," the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said in a statement Tuesday.
The Chinese ministry said the latest arrests took place in 16 different provinces and cities and led to the seizure of 93 weapons, large amounts of gun parts and more than 50,000 bullets.
It said the investigation stemmed from the detention in August last year of a 32-year-old Chinese man, Wang Ting, at Shanghai's Pudong Airport after he attempted to claim an overnight delivery package that was labeled as stereo equipment but actually contained nine handguns and additional parts.
Firearms are tightly controlled in China and private ownership is for the most part illegal. Periodic campaigns aim to round up trafficking rings and seize and destroy illegal weapons.
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samuelzz10 wrote:The idea of a time machine is to be a random ball of monstrosities. anything that can will go wrong with a few exceptions, and the 72 is to make it as random and unpredictable as possible. there are some 12 option time travel supplements, but this is supposed to take out any hints of certainty, and make all who hath faith un-easy.aoffan23 wrote:I have one small question.
How does this have any sort of purpose in-game?
Do you mean time travelling to another battle? Because that's just a plot point, and using five thousand dice to get them to the battle rather than just sending them there is... really dumb.
Do you mean travelling to another battle that's happening simultaneously IRL? That's a little more understandable, but why do you need 72 results?
Do you mean travelling to another turn in the same battle? There's no point in doing that, because you'd might as well just leave the unit inactive for however long.
I'm not just making a point, I'm seriously asking what kind of effect this is supposed to have on the game. The way you're talking about it makes it seem completely useless and... well, I'm terrible idea.
Yeah, I got that from reading every word of this thread. What I didn't get, and what you still haven't answered, where/when they're travelling to. Arkbrik's explanation makes sense, but I still have no idea how you intended it to be.


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Doctor Who Series "The Girl Who Waited" Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague - a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day. The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness?G
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It was a fun filled day two at IBM Impact 2012 general session here in Las Vegas. The show began at 8:30am Pacific time, the host of the show was Katie Linendoll who is an Emmy award winning tech expert, Tech show host at Spike TV and a regular CNN guest commentator.
She began the show with a brief documentary and later introduced Mr. Johan Gerber Senior Business Leader of Fraud Management Solutions for MasterCard Worldwide. Johan told the audience about his company and said that MasterCard does not actually issue the cards but they are a technology company providing network link to consumers, businesses and card issuers. They provided powerful endorsement to IBM saying that they have implemented IBM Decision Management and message handling platform within their network for fraud detection.
Gerber left the stage with an innovative video about the future of shopping.
The second speaker of the session was Steve Mills who focused on transaction processing and said that IBM has a long history in managing transactions, helping corporation worldwide manage structure and execution of transactions in complex environments. He also provided the examples of Marriott Hotel, China Mobile and Sprint who are using IBM platform for faster delivery.
Steve also introduced the audience to IBM Websphere Transaction Cluster Facility v1.1 with scalable transaction processing capabilities built keeping in view the criticalities of millions of transactions that occurs every day. Steve also called this server facility as nothing else like it in the world today.
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Katie Linendoll introduced the next story, The Ottawa Hospital where they have implemented mobility with iPad devices and unifying processes in health care through a single console providing doctors with all the patient history for better patient management.
The next speaker was Phil Gilbert, the VP of BPM and Decision Management at IBM who presented the demonstration IBM Decision Center and Business Process Manager Version 8 showing the new collaborative, social, redesigned decision management interface. He said that BPM mobile application is also available on iTunes store.
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2006 Moorings 51.5
- Description
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- Year:
- 2006
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- Length:
- 51'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
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Designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Beneteau, the Moorings 51.5 is the latest addition to our fleet. She features a large cockpit, generous interior volumes, 4 double cabins with en-suite heads and shower, plus crew quarters with a head and sink in the peak. The large galley is across a U-shaped saloon with a large table that also converts to a double bed. An additional settee offers more seating and additional storage. Behind the settee, a full size cabinet provides additional refrigeration storage and counter space. Generous water and fuel capacities, a standard generator and air conditioning add to the comfort of this blue water cruiser.
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Keel: Other
Hull Shape: Monohull
LOA: 51 ft 3 in
Beam: 16 ft 0 in
Dry Weight: 30142 lbs
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 1x 100 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (246 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (116 Gallons)
Number of single berths: 11
Number of heads: 5
Additional Description
- Self-draining cockpit with nonslip GRP floor.
- Large cockpit benches with nonslip finish.
- Cockpit coamings: for greater comfort and increased safety.
- Large GRP cockpit table with hinged leaves, quick and easy to put in position, giving excellent freedom of movement and welcoming space around the table.
- Table fitted with a locker, glass holder, bottle rack and handrail, as well as a forward-sloping panel to take the electronic navigation screen.
- The cockpit is fitted with 2 large lockers to port and starboard for increased stowage space and comfort when sailing.
- Cold water shower to starboard.
- Built-in liferaft stowage on deck aft of cockpit with easy access and opening.
- A hinged door over the liferaft locker to close the cockpit and for ease of access to bathing platform.
- Sprayhood.
- Innovative cockpit bimini with open structure.
Additional Description
- Headroom : 6?7?/2.02m (companionway), 6?7?/2.02m (center).
- Saloon fitted with U-shaped seating and central table and a central bench seat with storage and refrigeration.
- Aluminum table legs.
- Shelving along hull, behind settee seat backs.
- 2 lights.
- Hull lining.
- 2 opening hatches with blind and mosquito screen.
- 5 opening ports in coachroof coaming with curtains.
- Saloon table convertible to double berth (a set of legs to lower the table).
- Headroom below hatch: 6?9?/2.05m.
- Companionway with laminated side panels, treads with non-slip surface.
- Engine access under companionway.
- 2 solid wood handrails.
- The companionway is closed by a sliding Perspex hatch and a louvred, hinged teak double door.
- Headroom : 6?7?/2m.
- Double berth.
- Slatted base to berth.
- Hanging locker.
- Shelving along hull.
- Central shelving between the two cabins.
- Hull lining.
- 2 opening ports in each aft cabin.
- 1 opening hatch in each aft cabin (with blind and mosquito screen).
- 2 lights.
- Headroom over berth : 6?3?/1.90m.
- Slatted base to berth.
- Shelving along hull.
- Hanging locker.
- Small seat in front of hanging locker.
- Hull lining.
- Opening hatch with blind and mosquito screen.
- Opening port in coachroof.
- 2 lights.
- Headroom : 5?11?/1.81m.
- Foldaway bunk berth.
- Washbasin.
- Marine toilet.
- Ladder access through top hatch.
Additional Description
- 1 engine battery (12V, 110A).
- 3 service batteries (12V, 2 X 140A).
- Back-lit, 21 switch 12V electrical panel with 4 x 110V switches.
- The 12V circuit is protected by fuses (one per switch).
- The 110V circuit is doubly protected: one thermal breaker per switch and a main 30mA differential circuit breaker on the panel.
- 2 x 25A battery chargers. Battery status alarm on electrical panel.
- Shore supply cable (in aft starboard cockpit locker).
- 3 air conditioning units supplying cabins and saloon.
- 8 x 110V cabin sockets.
- Halogen deckhead lights with built-in switches.
- Fittings in place for optional cables.
- Radio CD with 2 interior speakers and 2 waterproof cockpit speakers
- Autopilot.
- Model 435 Color chart Plotter with GPS.
- Fan in each cabin.
- 2 fans in main saloon.
- Multi-channel VHF radio with LCD display and 25-watt maximum power output.
- Sailing instruments include depth sounder, speed and distance log.
- 12V outlet at chart table.
- Bicolour bow lights on pulpit.
- Sternlight on transom.
- Anchor light and steaming light on mast.
Additional Description
- Headroom : 6?7?/2m.
- Laminated work surface surrounded by wood handrail.
- Plastic waste bin under sink.
- Cutlery drawer and stowage under sink.
- Shelving for stowage along hull.
- Gimballed 3 burner hob and oven.
- 3 opening ports in coachroof coaming.
- Top-opening ice box with 12V refrigerating unit.
- Storage unit with bins.
Additional Description
- Stainless steel open pulpit forward.
- 2 stainless steel pushpits aft.
- Lifebuoy/ensign staff holder and outboard bracket.
- Two rows of guardrails supported by 4 double and 10 single ?vertical? stainless steel stanchions fixed on stainless steel bases.
- 2 wide gates in guardrails.
- 4 stainless steel handrails on coachroof.
Additional Description
- Yanmar 100HP with shaft transmission.
- Engine mounting built in to the inner hull mould.
- Sound-proofed engine compartment.
- Engine control lever and engine control panel with key start built in to the steering console.
- Three-blade fixed propeller.
- 2 x 58 gal/220L rotomoulded fuel tanks under aft berths with electric gauge connected to the electrical panel.
- Fuel filter, sediment reservoir and seawater filter.
- 7KVA/220V or 9KVA/110V generator.
Additional Description
- Headroom : 6?5?/1.95m.
- Chart table facing forward.
- Unit with shelving under chart table.
- Panel for navigation instruments.
- Electrical panel.
- Seat with locker.
- 1 fixed port.
Hull & Deck
- The hull is single-skinned balsa sandwich construction with reinforcement points.
- A built-in structural inner moulding is bonded and laminated to the hull at intervals. Its structural role is important as it takes and absorbs the stresses at pressure points (keel, rudder, etc.) and spreads any loads guaranteeing reduced strain on the hull.
- The inner moulding with its perfect surface gives extra stowage space under the sole and makes cleaning easier.
- A skeg is moulded into the hull to protect the propeller shaft.
- Prevention against osmosis by use of vinylester resin.
- The gel coat is white.
- The deck is sandwich construction (glass fibre and balsa) for an optimal strength/weight ratio as well as excellent sound and thermal insulation.
- A ?diamond point? non-slip surface increases safety over all areas of movement on deck.
- There are solid reinforcement points under the deck fittings (winches, tracks, chain plates, cleats).
- A built-in inner deck moulding completes the deck structure and helps to perfect its finish.
- A straight deck line with an aluminium toerail forms the hull/ deck joint. This join ensures a watertight assembly and improves safety when moving around on deck. The transom/ hull joint is secured with a rubber rubbing strake.
- To improve durability the keel is given an anticorrosion treatment using epoxy based coatings and paint.
Mast & Standing Rigging
- 9/10 fractional rig, anodized aluminium deck-stepped mast with 20? aft swept twin spreaders.
- Mast fitted for slide system.
- Stainless steel halyard exits.
- Anodized aluminium boom.
- Stainless steel discontinuous rigging.
- Lower shrouds.
- 2 shroud chainplates on deck line.
- Double backstay with bottlescrews and 2 chainplates.
- 1 classic forestay.
- Stainless steel stemhead fitting.
Sails & Running Rigging
- 1 mainsheet led back to cockpit.
- 1 main halyard led back to cockpit.
- 1 boom topping lift with cleat on mast.
- 2 reefing lines and 2 Cunninghams led back to cockpit.
- 1 mainsail foot outhaul led back to cockpit.
- 1 boom vang with 4-part tackle led back to cockpit.
- 2 genoa sheets.
- 1 genoa halyard with jammer and one cleat on mast .
- 2 mainsheet U-bolts on coachroof.
- 6 jammers to starboard : mainsail outhaul, main halyard, reefs 1 and 2, mainsheet, boom vang downhaul.
- 3 jammers to port : Cunninghams for reefs 1 and 2.
- 1 six-sheave deck organiser and 1 three-sheave deck organizer.
- 1 mainsheet tackle with U-bolts on coachroof and led back to cockpit.
- 1 PROFURL genoa furling gear and furling line.
- 2 blocks, 3 lead blocks and 1 jammer for genoa furling line (led back to cockpit). 2 genoa tracks (L 1500) and adjustable cars with pin stops.
- 2 single genoa sheet return blocks.
- 2 genoa sheet winches
- 2 halyard winches on coachroof to port and starboard.
- 2 aluminum winch handles with 2 pockets.
- 1 furling genoa with UV strip, 110% overlap for ease of handling.
- 1 mainsail and slides with 2 reefing points.
- Lazy jack.
- 1 lazy bag with Moorings logo.
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Antoinette Arrighi, former North Massapequa resident, loving homemaker
Former North Massapequa resident and homemaker Antoinette Arrighi died Feb. 8, 2011 in Albany, New York. She was 88. Born Antoinette Casiglia on March 27, 1922, she later dedicated her life to caring for her children and home.
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