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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Measuring Up
While there are many bike computers, power meters, and smart phone apps available for the cyclist, I do not really need any special device to tell me how slow I am on a bike. I am slow. For example the other day on the way home from work, I had been pushing hard into a headwind through Marina Del Rey and across the causeway. When it is windy, and it usually is at this time of year, I like to go kind of hard just to get it the westward sections of the ride over with. Once I turn South on the bike path the wind is most often out of the west north west and gives a little push home.
Anyhow I was taking it easy after a bit exertion on the causeway when a rider passed me at a good clip. He nodded a greeting and slipped by. Then I heard another rider behind me. It was my friend The Blue Rider. We see each other from time to time and sometimes he will slow down and we talk bikes and life and work. He smiled and asked "Shall we follow?" Meaning of course, catching the first guy and giving him a friendly race. "Sure, I'll try." With that we were off. Well actually, my friend The Blue Rider was off. He quickly caught "Rider A" on the incline to the parking lot and passed him. I however, was still humping it up the hill. Turning on to the straightaway along the parking lot, I could see them already at the other end. No way. While rider A had what looked like a proper modern multi-geared bike, The Blue Rider is still sporting a steel single speed, much like what I push along on. No excuses, I am not fast.
To prove this point I recently purchased the "Cyclemeter" app from Abvio LLC for my "smart phone". I have never had a bike computer or a speedometer before. In the past I have tried to gauge my speed by counting my pedal strokes per minute and using one of the online calculators to figure out my speed. This works well on a single speed. It gives you an idea of what your average speed might be at a comfortable cadence. Really that is fine for me. However, the one thing I had always wondered was the exact distance I have been going. There is the "Map My Ride" site that allows you to draw out a route, but it is a little funky and sometime it wants to put you on the next street over or not really finding the bike path. For over two years I have been wondering and saying it is about 15 miles.
According to the "Cyclemeter" app, it is about 15 miles, 15.35 to be more exact. For $4.99 Cyclemeter measures and calculates quite a bit of data. Some of it seems more accurate and interesting than others. For example sometimes the elevation jumps wildly dropping me below sea level or up 100 vertical feat. This can be seen in the graph mode that displays the peaks and valleys of your speed and elevation over the course of your ride. Another mode gives splits for each mile. with average speed, top speed, calories burned, and overall time. Since it has no way of measuring head wind, the calories burned must be a ballpark figure. I can tell you that you will be burning a lot more fuel riding at 15 mph into a 15 mph wind, than going 16 mph with a tailwind. There is also a map function that shows your route with markers at each mile. All cool stuff. The kind of stuff bike dorks like.
The first time you use the app, you need to put it in stop watch mode and name the route you are about to set out on. This route is then stored and each time you ride that route again, you can select it and the Cyclemeter calculates and compares your performance. This is cool as well. One of the settings is "stop detection" This is great for commuting, it does not include stops like traffic lights, helping folks with flat tires, or paramilitary encounters into your speed average. This give you a more accurate account of average riding speed while still calculating your overall time.
There are a number of features I have never used on this app. It can post your stats as e-mails, on Facebook, and Twitter. I pledge now to never annoy my "friends" with a daily account of my ride. That is exactly what is wrong with FB... "got up this morning and trimmed my cuticles"... I don't want to know. No one wants to know how much I suck.
It supposedly has internal voices that will tell you how slow you are going. I think you put in headphones for that. I do not ride with anything in my ears and my own internal voice tells me I suck anyway. The other thing is I mostly keep my phone in my bag so I have no idea what this app looks like while riding. I think it has a live speedometer. I'll have to look sometime.
So here it is, my first review as a blogger: The "Cyclemeter" for $4.99 it does a lot of stuff. I personally don't care to use it very often. I don't like having to measure up all of the time. After all I am just riding to work. However it can record data showing how equipment changes, can effect your ride. Recently I was able to measure the difference on switching over to a clipless pedal system. I t seems I am able to ride an average 2 mph faster with SPD pedals and shoes. I guess measuring up makes the Bike Dork happy after all.
Posted by the bike dork at 10:48 PM
Labels: Abvio, commuting, Cyclemeter, Cycling, Review
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Wiley Vs. Skepta
Well probibly not as I'm pretty sure they are mates... but Skepta is at least tryin to get a lil beef goin for some publicity for their albums that came out the other week. He made a vid about how real Barnett is while dissing Wiley's big country house to ummmm the hook from ummm Blur's Country House. It's so lame its well worth a post, I just hope as someone posted on DSF Wiley is gona come back with a version of Roll With It by Oasis.
What are you talking about, Willis?
Wiley & Skepta released albums on pretty much the same day a week or so ago and now they are manufacturing a lil grime war by the looks of things, mostly to hype up the albums a lil bit. You know cos grime is build on wars and beefs with MC's goin up against each other, but wil and skep are in the same crew so its probibly all friendly. Willey said somat about skepta on his album, like he was only king in Barrnet where he is from. So Skep has come back with this vid sayin how wiley never comes to london any more and sits in his big house in the country doin fuck all.
The vid is kind of lame and he does a blur hook so I though dis would enjoy abusing it a little.
I actually know this (the posters dotted around London showing that they at least use the same promo company were a slight clue).
I was just trying to get you to write in English in the future. It's shocking stuff.
the rewind in the video!
terrible track anyhoo
I know its really bad
apart from like one line about needing a tomtom to find his way round bow or something. I just hope Wiley comes back with something just as shite it will be well funny.
Now its on!
wiley's reply on the player, called Wiley Barnet.
"I've got your throat lumpy, You're Stuck In London like Funky"
Too many man, too many many man
There's too many man, too many many man...


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Will be quick with this one as I have tonnes to do today.. but for those interested in personable accounts of the Cabaret experience in Adelaide, I can recommended highly the Blogs of Super Soph and No Plain Jane.
Here are there thoughts on opening night of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. (NB: The girls are also worth a follow on Twitter if you're really keen!)
Super Soph: Cabaret Diary, Friday 11th | the adventures of super-soph.
No Plain Jane: In Brief: Adelaide Cabaret Festival Opening 2011 | No Plain Jane.
Enjoy, have a read and please leave your thoughts. For one, Olivia Newton-John's performance of Xanadu seems to have left many floored after the show. Was it a highlight for you?


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Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiring and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary.Unfortunately, many choose the latter—and later regret it.The Bible warns against being unequally yoked in 2 Corinthians : "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. Because the phrase "unequally yoked" can be a bit difficult to understand, I like to read this verse from , a paraphrase of the Bible. " God gives us this command for our own protection and joy.
This is a fairly common scenario—A Christian dates a non-Christian. The Christian must make a choice: go through the pain of a breakup, or be "unequally yoked" with an unbeliever.Question: "What does it mean to be unequally yoked?" Answer: The phrase "unequally yoked" comes from 2 Corinthians in the King James Version: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? " The New American Standard Version says, "Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?" A yoke is a wooden bar that joins two oxen to each other and to the burden they pull.An "unequally yoked" team has one stronger ox and one weaker, or one taller and one shorter.


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A chance to make Spanish sparkling wine for Autumn harvest seasonWith Decanter Magazine recently revealing an 80% rise in sparkling wine sales, Hotel Arts Barcelona is encouraging guests to discover Catalonia's vibrant viticulture scene, by launching a new series of tours, tastings and winemaking sessions in the nearby Penedès Region, where over 95% of all cava is produced, and just an hour's drive south of the city.
Taking advantage of the upcoming Autumn harvest season and showcasing one of Spain's most beloved exports, "Spanish Champagne", or cava, Hotel Arts Barcelona's new package will enable participants to visit multiple wineries, taste the sparkling wines served at the hotel's Enoteca restaurant, and make their own sparkling wine, which will be bottled and sent to them once fully matured.
Guests will begin their immersion into the world of sparkling Catalan wines with a trip to the Penedès region's Mas Comtal vineyard. A 40-hectare estate at the feet of Spain's limestone Garraf Mountains, Mas Comtal's vineyards are organic, and have been family owned since the late fifteenth century. Here guests will discover the processes underpinning organic viticulture, whilst sampling a selection of the wines served at Hotel Arts Barcelona's famed, two Michelin-starred restaurant, Enoteca. Accompanied by a Hotel Arts Barcelona Sommelier, guests will enjoy wine tasting in the vineyard, with paired appetisers.
Guests will be invited to join in with grape collection and subsequent pressing, before trimming and pruning the vines, in preparation for the harvesting process. They will collect fruits and press them to extract the "must" (a mixture of grape skin, seeds, and pulp) before leaving it to ferment. Once aged for a period of twelve months, guests will receive six special edition bottles of the cava they've created, sent directly to their homes. Additional stops on the tour will include: Cava Guilera, a leader in Enotourism initiatives, Finca Ca N'Estella, whose historical wine presses date back to 1789, and Llopart Cava vineyards, a family run working estate, since 1385.
Post harvest, guests will be transported back to the hotel for a special seafood menu served at the hotel's internationally renowned restaurant, Enoteca. Designed by Catalan chef extraordinaire, Paco Perez, this exclusive menu will be paired with a selection of wines from the vineyards visited. The experience will offer insight into the wines' provenance, and vine to table process.
Hotel Arts Barcelona's Harvest Package includes a Vintage Harvest experience at Mas Comtal, winetasting in the vineyard, lead by a Hotel Arts Barcelona Sommelier and accompanied by a selection of gourmet appetisers, six bottles of wine created on the tour (these will be shipped to each participant's home address, once fully matured), two nights' stay at the hotel for one person and dinner at Enoteca paired with wine from the Penedès region.
This costs from €1,760 + 10% IVA per person and will be available until the end of October, 2016


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Time flies when you're having fun, right? You've already completed more than half of the Emoji Words mobile game and you'll be completing the rest of them in no time. You know how it works: you have to guess what the emoji images stand for. They make a puzzle that needs to be deciphered. Sometimes the answer is a word, a movie or a famous idiom. You never know what the next one will be. Some of them are quite easy to guess; for the one you don't know the answer to, visit our page. Welcome to Emoji Words answers level 381-400.
Cold Turkey
Captain America
Sleepy Head
City (of) Angels
Top Movie
Chinese New Year
Nine Lives
Dirty Dancing
Sweet Dreams
Computer Bag
Rollercoaster Ride
Don't Chase Waterfalls
Blast (Fr... The) Past
Two Birds With One Stone
Shot In (the) Dark
Run Down
Runaway Bride
– This emojis features images of a cruise ship, two masks, confetti, a cocktail drink and a woman dancing.
– This refers to a celebratory event where people wear masks and have fun.
Cold Turkey
– This emoji is made of a snowflake and a chicken head.
– This refers to a person who gives up an addiction or a habit in an abrupt way.
Captain America
– This emoji features a police officer, a flexed arm and the American flag.
– This is a very famous American comic book super-hero. It was turned into a movie starring Chris Evans.
Sleepy Head
– This emoji consists of the letter Z and a sleeping emoticon.
– This refers to a sleepy person.
City (of) Angels
– This emoji shows a picture of a city and two emoticons with halos above their heads.
– This is the nickname given to Los Angeles.
Top Movie
– This emoji features the word TOP with an arrow pointing up and a film camera.
– This refers to a very good movie.
– This emoji is made of four piles of money.
– This refers to money in any form when it's in actual use or circulation. It is used as a medium of exchange.
Chinese New Year
– This emoji shows a Chinese character inside a red box, the word NEW inside a blue box and a calendar.
– This is an annual Chinese festival that marks the passing of the previous year and welcomes the new one.
Nine Lives
– This emoji consists of the number nine and an image of a cat.
– It is believed that cats have this number of lives.
– This emoji shows an image of a cat and a fish.
– This is a type of fish that lives in fresh waters and has whiskers.
Dirty Dancing
– This emoji is made of a pile of dirt and two people dancing.
– This is a famous American romantic drama starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. The movie was released in 1987 and it follows the story of a teenage girl who falls in love with her dance instructor.
Sweet Dreams
– This emoji is made of a candy, a sleeping emoticon and a speech bubble.
– This is what we say to someone before they go to sleep.
Computer Bag
– This emoji consists of a computer screen and a briefcase.
– We use this object to carry our laptops in.
Rollercoaster Ride
– This emoji features an image of a rollercoaster and a car.
– This refers to a ride in an amusement park.
Don't Chase Waterfalls
– This emoji features a stop sign, a running man and a picture of a waterfall.
– This is part of the chorus of a very famous song by girl group TLC. The song was released in 1995.
Blast (Fr… The) Past
– This emoji shows an image of an explosion, a cloud, an old man and an old woman.
– This refers to something very powerfully nostalgic.
Two Birds With One Stone
– This emoji consists of a skull, two tallow bird heads and a rock sculpture.
– This means solving two problems with just one action.
Shot In (the) Dark
– This emoji consists of a gun, an arrow pointing right and a picture of a landscape at night.
– This is an idiom that means "to take a wild guess".
Run Down
– This emoji features an image of a running man and an arrow pointing down.
– This means to be in poor health or physical condition.
Runaway Bride
– This emoji shows an image of a running man and a bride.
– This is an American romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. The movie was released in 1999.


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|10 Apr 2014
OK; I thought you were using the 250 gb drive listed in your specs.
When it's noisy, look in Task Manager at the processes tab; sort the processes by clicking the CPU column. What's at the top of that list.
You could also look at the performance tab of Task Manager and click on Resource Monitor. When it opens, look at the disk tab to see what's going on with the disk.
Right now, you could type disk defrag into the start box and look at Disk Defragmenter. Let it analyze your drive. It will show you if it is fragmented. If you have defrag set to run on a certain schedule that could be the problem. Maybe it hadn't run much before because the drive has rarely been fragmented to any degree.
But it could be some other process entirely.
What do you have checked in the startup tab of msconfig?
I did a defrag last night, it is always set to manual and never on a schedule.
Acronis Scheduler Helper Acronis
Microsoft Security Client Microsoft
NVIDIA Update NVIDIA
Sidebar Unknown
Windows Live Device Integrator Microsoft
mcui_exe Unknown
Adobe CS5 Service Manager Adobe
SBSV 2010/02/19-11:02:07 Adobe
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Adobe
hpwuSchd Application Hewlet Packard
Acronis True Image Acronis
Acronis True Image Acronis
Java (TM) Platform SE Auto Updater Oracle
HP Digital Imaging Hewlet Packard
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Fred, is the disk perhaps indexing the contents to make the searching more efficient?
Please check for that using this:
Indexing - Pause
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Indexing ???
Thank you for that. It may be the problem. I have cleared all indexing locations. The last count for the indexing was 269,012. I will wait and see if that cures the problem. My need for rapid searches are very limited, so I can bear the pain if need be.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Let us know if it improves things.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
I have spent hours letting the index rebuild itself from scratch
284,841 items indexed
At the moment all seems to be quiet on the HD front, just very slight sounds of activity. When I paused the search the HD chatter did stop.
With your reply a link was inserted for RegCureProSetup.exe
I have downloaded it, should I use it ? It is unclear if you, or the forum inserted the link.
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|10 Apr 2014
It's a registry cleaner, which you should avoid other than in extreme circumstances. Particularly that one.
No, I wouldn't use it, particularly since you apparently don't know where it came from or what it is.
It says here it is bad news:
How safe is RegCure Pro? - Microsoft Community
You ought to get to the bottom of why this link was offered to you as I don't see it.
You may well be infected with Adware that is having its way with your PC.
Have you run Adwcleaner or Malwarebytes?
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
It's a registry cleaner, which you should avoid other than in extreme circumstances. Particularly that one.
No, I wouldn't use it, particularly since you apparently don't know where it came from or what it is.
It says here it is bad news:
How safe is RegCure Pro? - Microsoft Community
You ought to get to the bottom of why this link was offered to you as I don't see it.
You may well be infected with Adware that is having its way with your PC.
Have you run Adwcleaner or Malwarebytes?
Where do I get Adwcleaner or Malwarebytes?
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
There's a free version and a paid version; free is all you need for now.
Téléchargements - Outils de Xplode - AdwCleaner
Look for "telechargements" download.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Just after I made my last post I realized it was a dumb question to ask, and went and found it on Google.
Below is the result.
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Olympic Opening Ceremony
Last Friday the whole school was involved in a special Olympic opening ceremony to celebrate the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Each class represented a different country and made flags and dressed up in the countries colours. Our Olympic ceremony included a parade of countries and athletes followed by formal proceedings before announcing the 2016 Rio games were open.
What was the highlight of the opening ceremony? Why?
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Pools return to action on Saturday 20th January when we host Wrexham at Victoria Park and tickets for the game are on sale now.
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Just beyond the Hachiko statue is the Hachoko crossing. This is arguable one of the busiest crosswalks in Japan. It's at the crux of this city that's always humming with an electical vibe. The people crisscross here like electrons through the circuits of this massive metropolis.
The electicity is in the air too--literally. Giant TV screens surround the area, blasting forth advertising messages, music clips, and even a shot of the street below.
It serves as the perfect mirror of a city that never seems to slow down. Always moving, always buzzing, always vibrant.
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Having the opportunity to work with many different marine animals, I have learned that trash is one of their biggest threats. Not only is trash a threat to marine life, it is a threat to every living thing on this planet.
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Ok, just to get caught up since I missed a couple days of posting 🙂 Yesterday was my last injection; two more days of VLCD and then my cycling break starts. YAY! I'm ready. The last two days of VLCD I tried something a little different because I wasn't feeling well and was really tired of the food. So this is what I did: I had 100 grams of protein for breakfast. 200 grams of protein for lunch with lettuce or spinach, and another 200 grams of protein for dinner with lettuce or spinach. I felt better the last two days and I still lost, so that made me happy girl!
Today I'm hanging out at my house with KO and I have the urge to cook, so I'll likely be in the kitchen all day!!
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Boys Varsity Wrestling · Colonial High School Boys Varsity Wrestling finishes 34th place
Saturday, February 11, 2017 9:00 AM Place 34 Points 24 Meet Recap Colonial battled with some tough competition at the State Championship this past weekend. Colonial brought Alesandra Burgos (9th), Alexa Macias (9th) and Arianna Lugo (11th). Arianna placed 4th in her weight class showing dominance over hard opponents from University, Evans and Liberty. Opponents


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The Latest Fitness Tech
5 products changing the workout game
The Consumer Electronics Show, better known by its acronym CES, has been at the center of the future of technology since its inaugural kick-off a full half century ago. In the intervening years, the annual trade show has consistently showcased the cutting edge of what's new and next, especially in the world of health and fitness. Here are some of the most exciting new products that were shown.
LifeFuels: The Next Gen of Water Bottles
The winner of this year's Innovation Award at CES, LifeFuels bills itself as "the world's first portable drink maker," thanks to a line of what they dub FuelPods, insertable capsules which contain a concentrated serving of vitamins and electrolytes. Users can mix and match to create their own personalized, functional health drink. (Wait list to purchase now open.)
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Sensoria: The Shoe That Can Make You a Better Runner
High-tech fitness company Sensoria's 'smart' running shoe is outfitted with sensors so users can track and measure everything from foot landing technique to contact time on the ground, as well as pace, distance, time, and calories burned. It all works thanks to a reusable microelectronic component that installs directly into the shoe itself. (Available for pre-order.)
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KuaiFit: Headphones That Keep You On Pace
These sweat-proof headphones with a seven-hour battery double as a heart rate sensor and an activity tracker for distance, calories, and speed. However, what makes them unique is their automated voice coaching technology, which uses an algorithm to adapt a training plan that's custom tailored for each user. (Now available.)
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SCOSCHE'S RHYTHM24: The Armband That Knows if You're Stressed Out
Whether you cycle, swim, or run, the RHYTHM24 armband from SCOSCHE measures the minutia of your exercise routine. Its centerpiece feature is an intuitive heart rate monitor that tracks and records heart rate variability among other biometrics, whether you're pushing yourself to the max, stressed out, or simply relaxing. Feel free to use it morning, noon, and night: the device's moniker is a nod to its 24-hour battery life. (Now available.)
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Motiv Fitness Tracker: The Ring That Tells Facebook About Your Workout
Originally unveiled during last year's CES, Motiv's newest update allows you to seamlessly record your exercise data (steps, heart rate, calories burned, and the like) and integrates it all whether you're an Android or Apple user. In addition, the ring will now connect directly to your social media accounts, so you can broadcast your fitness accomplishments. The ring is also waterproof, withstanding depths of up to 165 feet.
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"Family Guy" creator says Arizona law like Nazi Germany• Reuters
MacFarlane, whose irreverent animated TV comedies have themselves provoked controversy, said the Arizona law was more shocking than anything he had done on television.
"It's too much. It's kind of a slap in the face, it's not the way to handle it...Nobody but the Nazis ever asked anybody for their papers," MacFarlane told Reuters
1 Comments in Response to "Family Guy" creator says Arizona law like Nazi Germany
Another case of a big mouthed moron who hasn't read the law or can't comprehend it spouting off utter drivel.


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The idea is to have it function similar to Yelp where you can 'check in' to businesses such as restaurants, clubs, banks etc.
The end game is to have a pop up stating 'you are now checked in at XYZ business' and then launch a form.
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IKIC Big Challenge Winners
5th May 2018
IKIC Big Challenge Winners
A group of Year 9 students have been taking part in the IKIC Big Challenge since November 2017. This is a business enterprise challenge where they have learnt skills in running their own business and developing a range of products. After submitting their final business reports, two teams have been selected to attend the final where they will pitch their business idea to a panel of judges on Thursday 26th April.
If you see them, please can you congratulate and wish the following students the best of luck for their presentations:
K. Suttle - Kasey's Kakes
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Strong defense leads Cardinals to 3-1 win over Western Michigan
Tied 4-4 early in the fourth set, senior outside hitter Mackenzie Kitchel's block at the net got Ball State women's volleyball fired up.
After that block, the Cardinals would never trail in the match again and went on 6-0 and 7-0 runs to defeat Western Michigan 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 12-25, 25-14).
"Our defense was incredible," head coach Kelli Miller said. "I thought our back line made more plays tonight than they had the entire season."
Match Leaders:
Kills: Sydnee VanBeek - 13*
Assists: McCallen Kennedy - 35
Digs: Kate Avila - 25
Blocks: Avery Devoe - 6
Freshman middle hitter Sydnee VanBeek led the Cardinals with a career-high 13 kills, 16 points and 4 digs.
VanBeek and junior setter McCallen Kennedy got in a rhythm early and let that carry them throughout the rest of the match.
"Me and Mac [McCallen Kennedy] have been connecting like no other," VanBeek said. "And our passers have been just laying it in there perfect, we've all been working together."
The Cardinals started off the match strong, taking a 7-1 lead early in the first set. The Cardinals went on runs of 4-0 or greater seven times in tonight's match, which is something that Miller said was an emphasis in this week's practice.
"I think at times in the past we would get off to a quick five point start but we'd have trouble maintaining it," Miller said. "I think when you have a good urgency about what you're doing, it's been followed by some great momentum."
The strong defense from the Cardinals really started to show up in the second set. Ball State allowed Western Michigan to go on a 3-0 run midway through the set to take a 10-9 lead but strong blocks from sophomore middle hitter Avery Devoe and junior outside hitter Sabrina Mangapora allowed the Cardinals to gain momentum.
"I was really all over the backcourt in practice this week and I thought they translated that instantly into the match tonight," Miller said. "I think tonight was just a glimpse of how good that we can be defensively."
After dropping the third set 25-12, Miller looked for some veteran leadership for the fourth set and senior outside hitter Mackenzie Kitchel stepped up. Kitchel had 3 kills in the fourth set alone (6 total) and also added 3 digs in the final set (6 total).
The Cardinals (13-16, 9-6) will finish their regular season at home at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 against Northern Illinois (22-5, 14-1 MAC).


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I have a confession to make! I have been neglecting my Outlander Movie blog for a while now as I've been doing other (non-outlander) things. However, in the last week I've added a tumblr blog to my online acquisitions which is based around Outlander Inspired Photographs. It's basically ... well ...photographs with Outlander themes such as Scottish scenery, the odd casting call and bowls of porridge so feel free to pop on over and take a look :-)
I have however come across a few possible candidates for Jamie which I feel are fairly good. Jason Lewis has been mentioned a few times now but I haven't really been paying too much attention. I would like to wax poetical about him but I haven't seen any of his acting and I have to admit that I hadn't even heard of him until someone recommended him as Jamie.
Being an American (and me knowing nothing of his acting skills) he may or may not be talented enough to pull off a Scottish accent but he certainly ticks all the other boxes.


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I'll be the first to admit that when pop icon David Bowie died in January of this year, I was more than a little cynical. The seemingly endless outpouring of grief across social media and other platforms seemed, to me at least, to be somewhat disingenuous in some part. People seemed in competition to be the one expressing the most devastation over the death of a man they claimed had had such a great impact on their life. I mean, how could someone they had never met have affected them so much? Surely real grief isn't that tangible in such a situation?
Those thoughts were brought into sharp perspective for me earlier this week with the news that Holland, Ajax and Barcelona great Johan Cruyff had succumbed to the effects of lung cancer. It had been publicly known the Dutch master was suffering from the condition since October 2015 and yet his death came as quite a shock to most, with many, including former AC Milan and Chelsea favourite Ruud Gullit expressing their impression that his health had been improving in recent months. "I'm perplexed," he said in a piece in The Guardian this week, "I thought he was getting better. Holland lost a face in the world. He put our football on the map. Furthermore he's been extremely important for my career."
There are many reasons that, like Bowie for so many, Johan Cruyff's death has affected me more than probably expected for a man I never had the honour to meet. From a personal point of view, I saw Cruyff as very much a part of my parents' generation, a major reason why they fell in love with football and so, indirectly, a major reason why I would go on to do the same. Seeing him in such a light does, however, bring into stark reality the mortality of not only me, but of those around me.
I've spent the days since the news broke reading about the Dutchman's many achievements. Many of them I knew. His honours as both a player and manager are almost too numerous to count. 9 Eredivisie titles with both Ajax and Feyenoord, 5 La Liga titles with Barcelona, 4 European Cups and 3 Balon D'Ors are just some of the achievements worth listing. But it's in reading more in depth that I've come to more acutely appreciate the wider impact he had on football as a whole, rather than just in the trophy room.
With his philosophy of endless attacking and total voetbal, it was Cruyff's firm belief that every player in a team should be well-rounded and play to a high standard in a number of areas, while also excelling individually in certain roles. Despite being born some 15 to 20 years after Cruyff's playing prime, I and so many others with a love of the game, owe this philosophy a great debt for the way in which it's contributed to the modern game we enjoy today.
It's my belief that Pep Guardiola is a revolutionary. A man who has changed the way football is viewed and I genuinely believe he will go on to become the defining manager of my generation. It's fair to say, however, that he wouldn't have been able to achieve what he has without the work of Cruyff before him. Cruyff's influence on the world-famous youth academies at Ajax and Barcelona saw him implement a system whereby the teams at every stage of development played in the same systems with the same style and the same responsibilities bestowed upon each member of the team. It was his belief that such consistency meant that the players could more easily adapt to each team as they rose through the ranks, with the hope that the players would have years of experience playing together in a consistent manner by the time they reached the senior side. Both Barcelona and Ajax maintain this philosophy today and it's been adopted elsewhere, with similar set-ups contributing to the success of both Germany and Spain on the international stage over the last 10 years.
What's also worth remembering is that Cruyff was a man never afraid to voice his opinion. He was deeply critical of the Dutch football system in his later years, stating at the 2010 World Cup, "Who am I supporting? I am Dutch but I support the football that Spain is playing. Spain's style is the style of Barcelona… Spain, a replica of Barça, is the best publicity for football." Even in his playing days, he wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers. When told by Ajax in 1983 that he no longer featured in their plans as a player, he immediately signed for rivals Feyenoord, winning the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup double in the season following. Point proven, I think you'll agree.
We could talk all day about the impact Johan Cruyff has had on football. We could list the players who have directly benefitted from his input. Bergkamp, Messi, Iniesta, Overmars, the De Boers, Xavi, Van Der Saar and even Guardiola himself – the list is endless. But perhaps it would be best to leave it to the man himself to explain his view on football.
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Last week was really boring food wise. I ate the same exact main meal all week long (Chopped BBQ / Potato Salad / Pintos) and my Green Juices were the same too – Spinach / Banana / Chia Seeds. I really do eat like a picky / repetitive 3 year old a lot of the time. 🙂
I also didn't feel well most of the week. Terrible sinus and allergies plus major Lupus fatigue no doubt exacerbated by the heat. 😦
The only baking I did all week was making another Dr. Pepper Cake. That and the Monster Cookies are the unanimous Gluten Free favorites of everything I've made so far.
Here's a few pics from the last few days
Left over Tamales plus Doritos with Cheese. Homemade White Corn Tortillas with homemade Refrieds / Cheese and Green Sauce.
Homemade refrieds.
Saturday Massage. 🙂
Bad pic but it's post massage Gringos. 🙂 Chili con Queso / Green Sauce. Refrieds / Ground Beef / Ranchero Sauce / Rice and Corn Tortillas.
Another slightly shaky pic but does anyone remember these little glass animals from the late 70's / early 80's? Particularly from the Sonic kids meals? I vividly remember getting these in my kids meals when I was little. I still have a red monkey and a purple giraffe somewhere in storage. (Yes, my name is Jennifer and I'm a pack-rat.) 😉 After my massage I stopped at Cracker Barrel to pick up some more of that delicious Cream Soda and they have a whole rack of these nostalgic glass animals.
What's left of the second Dr. Pepper cake. 🙂
Not sure what's on the menu this week. Still feeling a little fatigued. Anything good / interesting on your menu?


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Single Sign-on Everywhere
If your organization is deciding how broad of an initiative their single sign-on (SSO) project should be, it's noteworthy to keep in mind that if you're like a typical organization, your professionals have somewhere between 7 to 25 accounts that they access on average 15 times every day. And that is why having a comprehensive single sign-on solution is important. It's also the reason why so often piece meal projects with point vendors solution fall short of the complete user experience. While SSO projects increases productivity and security for your employees, it's becomes a fundamental requirement for your customers that you're looking to engage.
Delivering seamless access experience to customers require more than just single sign-on. It also requires letting them use their social credentials (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, etc.) because they're easy to remember. This means that once the user provides his credentials, most likely the one he remembers, single sign-on authenticates him so he can begin using the applications that trust that credential. With Access Manager® can setup multiple trusts to the level of user verification matches the type of risk of the application being accessed, this is also true with corporate controlled authentication. Meaning, that a highly verified credential can be used to SSO to sensitive applications that need a higher level of protection while require a step up for uses who may have been using a social credential.
What other benefits should you consider? Among other potential benefits, there can be a very real cost savings involved with minimizing passwords. It has been estimated that 40-50% of all help desk calls are for password resets. The more passwords a user must remember—the more likely they are to lose or forget them. The load on your in-house help desk or the number of calls to an outside help concern can be greatly reduced by using SSO.
Single Sign-on made simple
Using a variety of technologies, Access Manager has multiple ways to deliver single sign-on (SSO) for any intranet or cloud-based service. This means that regardless of the interface that your applications may or may not have, your users (employees, customers, et.) get quick, convenient access to them while you maintain your access control using the same processes that you've been using. Beyond enjoying the advantages of SSO, you have a choice on offering one click access to web apps through easy to setup icons contained in the mini portal, also easy to setup. Access Manager's built-in mini portal isn't designed to replace anything that you may already have in place, but rather to be an option for those that don't have one or to use as an option for however many apps you want. The portal is designed to be lightweight for administrators to turn on, configure, and maintain as well as intuitive to use by any type of user. Access Manager's quick access interface is a nice enhancement to the single sign-on experience.
Access Manager provides your organization three options to implementing single sign-on (SSO) across all your cloud and intranet based applications:
- Access Gateway—the ultimate in access management for both access control and rendering single sign-on, Access Manager's gateway is the best way to deliver a seamless user experience across multiple services and complex environments – internal, cloud based, both.
- Standards based federation—SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, WS-Trust, and WS-Federation; Access Manager supports these types of applications through pre-configured connector catalog or a toolkit from which you can configure your own trust between an authentication provider and a service provider.
- Single sign-on assistant—for the wide ocean of small or specialty apps that don't support any type of federation, the SSO assistant single sign-on users.
Single Sign-on through Federation
For federated single sign-on through federation, Access Manager lets you setup a trust relationship where is can be configured to function as identity provider or a service provider based on your needs. You'll also need to setup the type of type of federation (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, WS-Trust or WS-Federation) as well use. If you're using SAML you have the option to choose one of the many pre-configured connectors. If the catalog doesn't have a preconfigured SAML connector for the service that you want single sign-on for, you can use the toolkit to setup your own.
Single Sign-on through the Assistant
For cloud based services that are too old, small or primitive to support federation, the Single Sign-on Assistant delivers an SSO experience. With minimal effort, users are prompted to download the browser plug-in that securely retrieves credentials once they've been recorded. Once the assistant is setup, whenever the user accesses the application, users experience SSO. The first place to look for ready built assistant connecters is the Access Manager Connector Catalog. If you're not able to find the connector you need there, you can record your own. Access Manager automatically prompts the user to install the connector the first time after which it retrieves and submits the user's credentials from Access Manager for an automatic login.
For example, a user Maria has an account for Evernote. Maria uses Evernote to take notes for her job in marketing. Instead of logging into Evernote with separate credentials each time she wants to use it, she would log into Evernote once and the Single Sign-on Assistant will save and replay her saved credential every time she accesses Evernote.
Both the Single Sign-on Assistant as well as the Access Gateway's Form Fill policies both automatically populate HTML forms. Form Fill policies scan each login page, accelerated through the Access Gateway, to see if the Form Fill policy can populate the credential information. Basic SSO provides connectors for the different applications. You configure the connector for the specific site. Basic SSO captures the users' credentials through a browser plugin or extension. It securely stores the users' credentials on the Identity Server, never using the Access Gateway.
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Although TB is no longer a widespread killer, it remains a dangerous disease that can cause disability or death if untreated. The World Health Organization reports that one-third of the world's population is infected. In the United States, as well as in Texas, about 10 percent of reported TB cases occur in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Two types of tests are available for patients whose TB risk assessment questionnaire is positive: the conventional tuberculin skin test (TST) and newer blood tests known as the IGRAs. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the new class of blood tests measures how the immune system reacts to TB bacteria.
Isla's TB screen indicates a risk for TB exposure because she recently spent more than three weeks in the Caribbean, where the TB incidence rate is among the highest in the world. The CDC recommends that children with TB risk factors be tested before symptoms appear. Early detection and treatment can prevent development of TB disease. Young children are especially vulnerable to developing life-threatening forms of TB.


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Financial subsidies to the correction of new energy automotive industry benchmark – people.com.cn car — people.com.cn original title: financial subsidies to the correction of the new energy automotive industry benchmark of fiscal policy under the care of the Chinese new energy vehicle budding period has passed, switching to a rapid growth, two financial subsidies gradually "fall off" has become inevitable. In the future, government financial subsidies will be significant to the scale, diversity and technical. It can be predicted that, with the more accurate financial subsidies force, China's new energy vehicles will be stepped up to improve the quality, pay attention to technological innovation and innovative business model of connotative growth track. On the basis of the investigation of the Ministry of Finance and other four ministries after half year, five new energy automobile production enterprises, including Suzhou GMC bus, Jinlong United Automobile total defrauding financial subsidies in 2013 to 1 billion 10 million in 2015. Thus, in addition to return the financial subsidy funds, five companies were subjected to a suspended vehicle production qualification, cancel the qualification penalty and punishment of financial subsidies. Of course, these five companies exposed only the tip of the iceberg, the premise is publicly notified in the absence of relevant enterprises under has been fined or will issue models from the "energy-saving and new energy vehicle demonstration and application of recommended models directory" in selecting. From exempt from purchase tax and travel tax, to get the wave number and not limit the privilege of giving up the license plate, from the central and local government procurement to the two levels of financial open money bags, no country in the world like China as the new energy automotive such size, wide caliber to support. Over the past 10 years, the world's subsidies for new energy vehicles totaled about $16 billion, while China accounted for more than half. According to data released by the State Council, since 2009 the implementation of the subsidy policy for new energy vehicles, the central government has arranged 33 billion 435 million subsidy funds, such as with 1:1 local government supporting financial subsidies, each production of new energy vehicles, enterprises will receive subsidies of up to 134 thousand. Generous and generous financial subsidies to stimulate the growth of China's new energy vehicles blowout. Over the past 6 years, the production and sales of new energy vehicles from China, respectively, by leaps and bounds to last year's 497 thousand and 440 thousand, which last year, the cumulative production of new energy vehicles, an increase of 400%, an increase of 379 thousand. The first 7 months of this year, the new energy vehicle production and sales increased by more than once again, respectively, and 207 thousand, an increase of 119.8% and 122.8%. Just a few years, China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of new energy vehicles. However, behind the bustling market, so a few dirty hands. The survey found that the means of defrauding the state financial subsidies to the enterprise pattern don't, as in the vehicle did not reach the standard even without promotion on illegal production licence cheat subsidies will be in accordance with the provisions of the vehicles sold to related companies rather than end users, does not meet the conditions for subsidies subsidies but in advance; the technical content is not high. The battery will not invest in the production and operation of the vehicle to obtain financial subsidies, vehicles will be sold to the end user but in obtaining subsidies after a large number of idle funds, resulting in serious waste; and the enterprises in obtaining vehicle subsidies, simply purchase electric vehicle)相关的主题文章:
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Once you decide to improve your photography skills, you should buy a high quality camera. Your timing is quite excellent. The tips in this article will get you on your way to taking great pictures.
To create pictures that resemble things like water colors, sketches, or oil paintings, use digital methods. Lots of companies create digital software for changing your pictures; however, Adobe Photoshop is usually considered by most to be the standard in the industry. Taking your photos and making them a piece of art, is as easy as clicking a button or two in these programs.
If the sky looks overcast, minimize its appearance in your picture. Leaving too much of the gray sky in your photograph might make the whole shot look too muted and lacking in contrast. If you still want to take pictures of an overcast sky, try a black and white feature. If the day is not overcast, you can show as much of the sky as you want to, but make sure you are attentive to the lighting.
Using a professional camera is crucial if you plan on shooting professional quality photographs. There is no substitute for a DSLR camera when it comes to taking professional-grade pictures. High quality photographers are using this so you must as well to keep up with this standard in the industry.
Keep the knowledge of the settings on your camera simple. Learn to master one portion of the control, such as aperture or shutter speed, before you worry about the next. The picture you want to take may no longer be there if you take too much time worrying over settings before you shoot; the scene may have changed or the person has gone away.
Many photographers pay attention to the background of a landscape shot and neglect the foreground, but the foreground is what the viewer will see. Consider a natural frame in the foreground of the photo so that a perception of depth is achieved.
Consider trying new things; don't be scared of taking pictures that are original. An excellent picture needs to have its own personal style to it. Show this point of view to the rest of the world. Avoid cliched poses or shots that you have seen millions of times. You can create great photos by using different angles and adding your creative touch.
Perhaps the best way to get high quality photos is to take a lot of pictures, so it's important that your camera has a big memory card. If you have a good-sized memory card, you won't need to worry in regards to the amount of room you have. You will be able to store plenty of pictures. A large card will also allow you to use RAW format so you can take advantage of the additional flexibility it offers.
Some good advice is to be sure to actively search out other photographers, and look at their work for inspiration. Looking at the work of other photographers will remind you that there are endless ways to capture a moment.
The first step to creating stunning photographs is to find the correct subject. The subject can make or break a photograph regardless of how technically advanced your equipment is, or how good your photography skills are. Seek a professional model or an aspiring model to pose for you, or seek interesting faces on the street for impromptu shots.
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When shooting a picture, judge the surroundings and choose the right aperture, shutter speed and ISO. These features will influence the exposure. Avoid overexposed pictures or underexposed ones unless you are looking for a particular atmosphere. With a little experimentation, you can strike the right balance between the 3 settings to deliver the results you want.
Taking many, many pictures is one of the ways to capturing something great, so purchase a memory card that is big enough to hold large amounts of information. When you have a spacious memory card, then you will be able to save all of your pictures. Another benefit of large memory cards is that they allow you to take shots in RAW format, and that enables a good deal of flexibility.
When you have your shot lined up and it is time to hit the shutter button, stop breathing for a moment and don't move a muscle. Even the slightest movement can destroy a great shot. Take a second right before you are going to hit the shutter button, don't breath and take a straight shot.
When traveling, photograph your souvenirs. Place the object in its native environment or in the local shop where it was purchased, and photograph it this way. This will help you keep the narrative of your souvenirs alive well after you have returned from your vacation.
When you're scheduled to photograph more than one person in a shot, give them advice beforehand that will help them choose clothing for the best staging. It is not necessary to match colors, but colors that are complementary will produce more pleasing results. Consider suggesting warmer colors or those that are neutral so everyone's clothing blends well with an environment with a natural look and feel. If the client has a preference for bright colors try to encourage them to wear some pieces of black clothing to act as a balance in the color scheme and avoid non-complementary colors.
Make your subject feel comfortable, especially if you don't know them. Many people feel self-conscious or uncomfortable being put in front of a camera. You can ease their reluctance by engaging them in a friendly conversation and asking permission to photograph them. Make people understand photography is an art rather than an invasion of their privacy.
Often people set their digital camera to the setting that allows the greatest number of photos to be saved; however, this results in a poorer quality print. Only use the lowest image quality settings if you are completely sure that the images will only be viewed on a computer monitor.
There is no secret to becoming a good photographer. Practice and learn from your mistakes. Digital cameras give you the ease of not having to develop or keep all your photographs. Your skills will improve over time and you will benefit from scrutinizing your images and what you could have done to improve them.
You can easily edit your pictures. There are lots of image editing programs that are easy to use where you can do it yourself. When comparing different options, you should take note of the number and range of photo-editing tools in each package. A program that is easy to learn is best.
If you are intrigued by the nostalgic quality of photography captured by traditional film, consider picking up a manual camera from your local thrift shop. Using black and white film (200 speed), can also create that old-time look. Use different types of paper when you develop your prints, for example a fiber-based paper.
Finding a type or brand of equipment that works well for you is essential if you want to develop photography as a lifetime hobby. Whilst many professional photographs will tell you to buy your equipment from big brand names, there are many independent manufacturers that produce equipment of equally high quality for a lower price.
Learn how to compose your photos properly to improve their quality. Whether you want to be a professional photographer or just want to take photos for fun, your photographs can benefit from learning composition principles. Like any other art form, if the composition in your photo is not right, the work will suffer. There are many different methods of composition that you can practice to improve your photography.
Any subject can make an interesting photograph, however, for some subjects, in order to make a good photograph, you may need to adjust your camera's setting, alter the angle which you capture the image from or change the surrounding lighting. Experiment within your home with the camera settings and light so that when you go to take pictures outside of your home you are ready to apply your new knowledge.
Experiment with varieties of expressions, scale and perspective. An otherwise ordinary subject can appear quite artful if placed in an environment where it appears drastically disproportionate in size or humorously out of place. Take everyday objects out of the mundane by composing them in your shots in an unusual way.
Any serious photographer should have a tripod. When you are shooting low-speed photos or active pictures, slight jiggles and jitters are noticeable. Using an inexpensive tripod will do away with blurriness in your photos. If your tripod is good, the pictures appear more professional and gets rid of any unwanted results.
When shooting pictures of a landscape, ensure any shot you take has three focal points. They need a foreground, middle ground, and finally a background. These are fundamentals of photography as well as many other art forms.
Be creative with shutter speeds. Generally speaking, it's best to utilize the fastest shutter speed possible; however, you can get some interesting effects with a slower shutter speed (e.g. 1/30). See that bicyclist speeding by? The result will be that the cyclist is sharp and clear, while the background is horizontally streaked, creating a speeding effect.
Adjust the focus to create a unique photograph. A smaller f-stop number, or depth of field, will focus on your main subject, and make the background blurry in comparison. When the subject sits close to the lens, such as a portrait shot, this is a great idea. On the other hand, a higher f-stop number creates more depth; everything within the frame will appear in focus. You want to do this when taking landscape photos.
Take time for posing your subject! You have noticed but many family photos you look at do not turn out the way people want them to because of quick surprise pictures and candid photos. You're more likely to capture the exact moment you want,if you ask people to pose for photographs.
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Balance is essential in photography. The best way to get your photos up to the standards of art galleries is by having a careful balance to every element in the image. Try to keep a steady horizon level and meticulously place your subject in the photograph to eliminate distractions.
If you have to adjust to new backdrops or subjects, take lots of practice shots. Since the circumstances of every photography shoot are different, you can gain a better sense of the conditions by practicing with the types of shots you want to take. It is normal for light to change, so take lots of practice shots to get the right lighting.
You can get some interesting effects by playing with your shutter speeds. You can prevent a blur within a picture by using a faster shutter speed if your subject is moving. This is especially useful when photographing sporting events. Also, if you wish to have the motion blur effect you can choose a slower shutter speed. Photographs of waterfalls and streams look especially nice when you use this technique.
Create more unique photos by using a variety of angles. It takes no special skill to simply point and shoot a photo head-on. Instead, take your shot from a different angle. Get up higher than your subject, or shoot from the ground up. You could also consider taking sideways or diagonal shots to make them more interesting.
You should check to see the amount of light coming through your camera's aperture. If the photos are overexposed (too light) you need to decrease the aperture and if they are underexposed (too dark), increase it. You can do this by learning to read and understand the histogram of your camera. This feature can let you know in advance if your shot is going to be overexposed or underexposed.
Strive to have an interesting object within the foreground of any landscape photos you shoot. You might include a rock, leaf or branch in the frame to give the photo depth. The enhanced depth will make the photos more interesting to those viewing them, and viewers will be better able to imagine themselves in the setting.
Focus on shutter and film speed, aperture, and other things that relate to exposure. Exposure techniques alone can do wonders for the final images you archive.
After reading the tips above, you are probably much more ready to work with photography. If you already thought you were prepared, you should now know everything there is to know. These tips should have helped you so that you can improve your photography skills.
Night photography can help photography be seen in a new light. Make sure that additional lighting is available when natural lighting is insufficient. Night pictures will work out when using fake lights and other special devices.


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Sally Farrington
Excellent chemistry teacher and very nice person, extremely hard marker however.
Very nice lady.
Not very clear, has obvious favourites and ignores others.
She is a fantastic science teacher. The best
An example to all teachers out there. She is one of the very few teachers who actually truly cares for her students. She is the loveliest lady and i am so lucky to have had her.
Awesome teacher, I got into uni with he amazing teaching skills!
She was scared I wasn't going to do well and was so excited when I got a high mark in my mock TEE. Truly cared.
saved me in yr 11 chem. without her i wouldnt of passed the bloody course
6 years on from high school she's still the teacher I remember...a fine example of patience and dedication. Thanks for everything!
if every teacher was like her, corpus would be an aawsome school. that's how awsome she is
Clear and helpful, Ms Farrington is possibly the best Chemistry teacher. Always there if extra help is needed after class.


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Why won't government institutions leave memes alone?
The Yanny vs. Laurel debate took a dark turn when the U.S. Air Force thought it would be a good idea to use it in a now-deleted tweet that bragged about repressing a Taliban offensive.
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But the White House killed the meme for good when it released a video of staffers dividing into Team Yanny and Team Laurel.
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Elsie De Wolfe
Elsie De Wolfe
Elsie de Wolfe (1865-1950) was the first professional interior designer in America. She believed in achieving a single, harmonious, overall design statement, and felt that the decoration of the home should reflect the woman's personality, rather than simply the husband's earning power. De Wolfe introduced a startling freshness to the elaborate, heavily fringed and tasseled Victorian design sensibility of her time.
Before de Wolfe began helping her friends with home decoration around 1900, American homes had never been "designed." Upper-class women called in curtain makers, furniture salesmen, wallpaper hangers and other craftsmen, and then attempted to arrange these elements themselves. While carrying on the tradition of decorative surfaces and harmonious color combinations, de Wolfe cleared away the thickly curtained and upholstered look of the nineteenth century. Having spent summers in France, she had come to prefer the light, gilded interiors of Versailles and the delicate lines of eighteenth-century French furniture.
Elsie de Wolfe was born in 1865 to a fashionable New York City family. In 1884, she began an acting career, appearing in A Cup of Tea. At this time she met Elisabeth Marbury, who would become a lifelong friend and companion. Never an unqualified success in the theater, de Wolfe continued to act in various productions in the United States and abroad until she was in her early forties. At one stage of her career, while she had her own theatrical company, she planned all the stage designs, impressing her audiences with her great fashion sense, her fine eye for color, and her ability to create a harmonious environment.
Early Design Projects
In the late 1890s, de Wolfe and Marbury moved into Washington Irving's former home in New York City. De Wolfe tried her hand at designing an interior from scratch, impressing her visitors. When these women asked for advice in decorating their own homes, de Wolfe gladly helped them in their attempts to create modern, beautiful, and harmonious interiors. Around the turn of the twentieth century, de Wolfe decided to retire from the stage and launch a career as a professional interior designer. She had cards printed with her logo, a wolf holding a flower in its paw, and opened an office in New York City.
In 1905, architect Stanford White commissioned de Wolfe to design interiors for the exclusive Colony Club, a retreat for upper-class women. To research the designs for her first large commission, she sailed to England and brought back flowered chintz (then considered an inexpensive, countrified fabric) and simple furniture, which she planned to use in white-painted rooms lined with trellises with real ivy growing on them. Her idea was to re-create an English cottage garden indoors, in a clean, light, comfortable interior. Although her ideas for the Colony Club stirred considerable controversy at first, de Wolfe quickly became one of the most sought-after designers of her generation.
A Signature Style
By the early 1910s, de Wolfe had developed her own distinctive style, which included bright colors, fresh paint, and easily maintainable surfaces. One visitor described de Wolfe's home as a "model of simplicity in gold and white." De Wolfe covered dark wood with white paint, removed heavy draperies from windows to let in the light, and covered furniture in chintz. Her book The House in Good Taste (1913) has influenced several generations of designers. In addition to the Colony Club, de Wolfe's important design projects include the homes of Mrs. George Beckwith, Mr. and Mrs. William Crocker, the Barrymore, and Henry Clay Frick, as well as a dormitory for Barnard College in New York City.
In 1926, de Wolfe married Sir Charles Mendl and moved to Beverly Hills, California, where she continued to startle her contemporaries with her innovative designs. She was probably the first woman to dye her hair blue, to perform handstands to impress her friends, and to cover eighteenth-century footstools in leopard-skin chintzes.
Further Reading
De Wolfe, Elsie, After All, Arno, 1974.
Russell, Beverly, Women of Design: Contemporary American Interiors, Rizzoli, 1992.
Smith, C. Ray, Interior Design in 20th-Century America: A History, Harper & Row, 1987. □
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Monday, September 20, 2010
The 'Ole Double Standard
Let's see, Obama abused cocaine in his past, Barney Frank is gay, the Secretary of the Treasury is a tax cheat, Al Franken is an X-rated comedian, the Chairman of the House and Ways Committee is a tax cheat, a former President of the United States is a perjurer and these left wing hypocrites are all up in the air about Christine O'Donnell's dabbling in witchcraft with her high school girl friends?! Get a life!
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I bet Sarah Palin is relieved the media now has a new target - at least for now. Rush mentioned today that we now know more about O'Donnell than BO.
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Securing Analytics to use SSL
Analytics uses Apache and mod_ssl to provide SSL for all of the different types of communication needed. It is assumed that if you are running Resource Manager 4.x you already have secured the Resource Manager behind SSL (this is in place as a matter of course in Resource Manager 5.x and 6.x). This is a required prerequisite for securing Analytics.
The following procedure will install Apache and mod_ssl and set it to use a self-signed SSL certificate. You may also choose to purchase a SSL certificate signed by a third-party Certificate Authority or to generate your own SSL certificate.
yum -y install httpd yum -y install mod_ssl systemctl enable httpd systemctl start httpd
You can check this was successful by visiting both http://<analytics server fqdn>/ and https://<analytics server fqdn/ in a web browser.
cd /etc/httpd/conf # Backup the existing config file cp httpd.conf original_httpd.conf_original # Edit the file vi httpd.conf # Add the following line right at the top of the file. Header unset Pragma
Save the file and exit the editor.
cd /etc/httpd/conf.d # Backup the existing config file cp ssl.conf original_ssl.conf_original # Edit the file vi ssl.conf
#Internal proxy rules instructing Apache to proxy any request to the #Analytics server and data warehouse on 7070 ProxyPass /reports http://127.0.0.1:7070/reports ProxyPassReverse /reports http://127.0.0.1:7070/reports ProxyPass /etl http://127.0.0.1:7070/etl ProxyPassReverse /etl http://127.0.0.1:7070/etl #Turn on the RewriteEngine RewriteEngine On #Redirect any just / over to /reports RewriteRule ^/+$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}:443/reports/ [R]
systemctl restart httpd
Next we lockdown tomcat to localhost only so that the Analytics server will not respond to requests on its internal port (7070). An alternate solution is to simply close port 7070 altogether via firewall configuration. Note that if you are intending to use 3rd party tools with Jaspersoft you should NOT lockdown this port or make this server level config change.
cd /opt/zenoss_analytics/conf # Make a backup of the server.xml file. cp server.xml original_server.xml_original # Edit the file vi server.xml
<Connector port="7070" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"/>
<Connector port="7070" address="127.0.0.1" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"/>
service zenoss_analytics stop service zenoss_analytics start
This completes the Analytics Server installation. Proceed with the next section to install extraction daemon services in Resource Manager and to connect the Analytics server into your Resource Manager deployments.


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Al Franken, the former SNL comedian, the Harvard graduate, and now US Senator, has a special talent. He can draw the map of America, state-by-state, while chatting up a crowd. Almost makes me feel the 4th of July spirit...
Thanks for Eric for this one.
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Much like the user interface of SharePoint is an open canvas, the security model offers lots of room for creativity, though the efforts are mostly transparent to the end users. When designing a security model, I like to thing about things like what size is the user base, what is the organizational structure of the company, how do the business units interact with each other, what are the security policies in the company, how strict must the security on the content be, is the IT staff willing to accept the responsibilities, etc..
As a rule of thumb (with exceptions of course), I don't create SharePoint users, instead I create SharePoint groups and corresponding AD groups. I like to manage the memberships exclusively in AD. Another thing I try to avoid doing is creating roles based solely on org charts. If an organization is collaborative enough that they are implementing SharePoint, then chances people are interacting outside of their immediate department anyways. Most workspaces and content are custom and besides; departments change and reorganizations happen.
There is a significant effort that goes with keeping the security model in good shape. Limit SharePoint security to roles based groups, keep all of the group membership management in AD, and have a consistent organized pattern and naming convention. When that is all set, spend a some time developing the following two reports:
- A report that shows Sharepoint Site, SharePoint group names, access levels
- A report that shows AD groups, member names, and email addresses, nested groups and their members


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Experience true paradise and stunning ocean views from the lanai as you sip on your morning coffee! Stroll along the world famous Wailea Beach Path, enjoy fantastic snorkeling at uncrowded Polo Beach or unwind and sunbathe at the ocean front pool and jacuzzi.
This 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom accommodation is your own slice of paradise. This unit features tasteful furnishings, a fully equipped kitchen, stainless steel appliances, and a fabulous lanai to watch the sunset and take in the beauty of Maui. Beautiful artwork adorns the walls by artists Blake Goode, Sherry Reeves and Kim McDonald. New carpet, living room furnishings and lanai furniture as of March 2018!
This unit accommodates up to six guests and features a king sized bed in the Master Bedroom, two twin beds in the Guest Bedroom which can also be made into a King, and a sleeper sofa bed in the living area. The bedrooms and living room all feature Smart TVs to stream your favorite shows and movies! The Master Bedroom features an ensuite bathroom and there is also a second full guest bathroom. There is central air conditioning and wireless internet access throughout.
The Polo Beach Club is situated in the resort community of Wailea, offering world class dining & shopping options all nearby at the different resorts and The Shops at Wailea. The Polo Beach property features a pool and jacuzzi tub for guest use. There are also communal BBQ grills on-site and an herb garden to enjoy.
Hawaii Tax ID #: 032-544-1536-01