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Featured Activities - Event Support
Event Volunteers are an extremely important part of the Canadian cancer Society team. After a planning committee develops an event, it needs to be appropriately staffed with volunteers to help out with the many pieces of the event for the duration.
Even volunteers are added to a list and are notified when events are happening in their community. The volunteer can then choose weather they want to participate in helping out at the event. Roles vary depending on the event, as does timing. Without event volunteer no event would be a success in fundraising for the organization.
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- Contributing to fundraising that supports the fight against all cancers.
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- Canadian Cancer Society Volunteer Orientation (optional) and Volunteer Handbook
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- Support from Leadership Volunteer colleagues and Regional Staff
- Friendly and personable
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Be reliable and punctual on the day of the event.
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text: With our iPods and DVRs maxed out and the cloud offering a never-ending stream of shiny new distractions, sniffing out the truly amazing bits can become a truly daunting task. Here's what caught our eyes and ears as we dog-paddled through the data stream: the most entertaining moments of 2010, as recalled by Underwire's key contributors. Read on for our picks and share your own favorites in the comments below. Above: Hit Girl, the Bloodletting Pipsqueak The most startling four minutes of filmdom in 2011 came courtesy of Chloe Moretz (above, center). Playing potty-mouthed, purple-haired Hit Girl, Moretz, then 11, entered a room full of bad guys in Kick-Ass and contributed a new chapter in the annals of funny violence heretofore dominated by Quentin Tarantino and his minions. As she earlier proved in 2009's (500) Days of Summer, Moretz possesses the rare gift of being able to make "precocious" seem charismatic rather than obnoxious. What's next: Following her chilly vampire turn in Let Me In, the young star has eight projects in the hopper including a Kick-Ass: Balls to the Walls sequel. The challenge: Can 13-year-old Chloe Moretz transition from Hit Girl to It Teen? —Hugh HartIron Man: Extremis Iron Man 2 may have been 2010's favored Shellhead spawn of the movie-going public. But its lightweight version of the decades-old villain Whiplash (played by Mickey Rourke, doing time), was a trash-fab retread of Rocky IV's Ivan Drago, while its blow-dried bazillionaire Tony Stark (hammed with cheese by Robert Downey Jr.) spent the majority of the film drinking and moping over daddy. Comics true-schoolers were within reach of a much meatier, and more cerebral, man-machine experience in Marvel's motion comic Iron Man: Extremis, written by Transmetropolitan brainiac Warren Ellis with vivid art from Adi Granov. Extremis was based on the pair's six-issue arc that, in a nice bit of circularity, influenced the design and themes of the Iron Man film franchise in the first place. From its creepy carnage to its deep philosophy on nanotechnology, terrorism and the often-blind ambition of doom science, Iron Man: Extremis exhibited more gray matter in its first few minutes than Iron Man 2 did in its entirety. While the motion-comic format didn't have all the bells and whistles of director Jon Favreau's full-on Hollywood blockbuster, it also didn't have virgin-bait Scarlett Johansson or the fair and balanced Bill O'Reilly. Instead, it possessed what comics-based films should have: Sick action, smart writing and a compelling if troubling story that can accommodate its high-powered characters. What's next: Iron Man 3 arrives May 2013, but has no director now that Jon Favreau has departed for "something that lights a fire" in him. Which is to say, the Disneyland theme-park spinoff Magic Kingdom. —Scott Thill <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoID=78917954001&playerID=27197670001&&domain=embed&" height="630" name="flashObj" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" seamlesstabbing="false" src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/27197670001?isVid=1&isUI=1&publisherID=1564549380" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="650"></embed>Girl Talk Unleashes Another Free Album on the Net It was probably a coincidence. Probably. The same week that Apple made its BFD announcement that The Beatles were finally going to be available on iTunes, Girl Talk released another free album on the internet: All Day. It was full of the usual magical mashup moments that Gregg Gillis is known for, and it'll probably fuel another crazy tour for the laptop maestro. Will it live on in your iTunes as long as The Beatles? Umm, dunno. Did it embody the of-the-moment immediacy that makes music great? Absolutely. What's next: Girl Talk is going on tour. Who knows when he'll release another album, but let's hope Gillis has some great ideas about what to do with The Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's The Black Album. Oh, crap. Forget it. —Angela WatercutterMarch of the Desktop Auteurs Momentum continues to gather for the clever, self-taught computer wizards who love movies and spend hundreds of hours crafting a few minutes of eye-popping YouTube fodder to prove it. The fake trailers, DIY animations and short films with studio-quality visual effects dreamed up by these desktop auteurs don't take long to watch and, at their best, offer welcome respite from the chaff generated in the billions-uploaded universe. What's next: When will the web spawn Hollywood's next major filmmaker? Jared Pitts' DIY sci-fi trailer "Technotise" caught the eye of an Avatar producer in 2010. But it's one thing to handcraft a mind-blowing 10-minute video from digital assets, and quite another to work with dozens of cinematic collaborators and sustain an entertaining vision over the course of two hours. One of the first viral-spawned projects belongs to Uruguayan Fede Alvarez, who's now busy turning his alien-invasion YouTube hit "Panic Attack" (below) into a feature for Sam Raimi and company. And —Hugh Hart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVkGrant Morrison Shines the Bat-Signal The comics industry's hardest-working visionary — alongside Warren Ellis, of course — went fractal with Batman's bottomless mythology in 2010. In astoundingly ambitious and subversively clever series like Batman and Robin, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman: The Return and Batman, Inc., Grant Morrison dragged his Zen billionaire across time and space in search of uncharted territory. In the process, Morrison made DC Comics millions of dollars, and cemented his status — alongside Warren Ellis, of course — as the next comics-based brainiac, after the controversial Alan Moore, primed for Hollywood adaptation. Movies based on Morrison's comics would nicely complement Patrick Meaney's insightful 2010 documentary Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods). That is, if Hollywood can step away from the Batman film franchise's fake realism and shoot for the fantastic fringe, where all things strange and cool reside before the mainstream co-opts them for blockbuster cash. "I think we want fantasy again," Morrison told Wired.com in November after launching Batman, Inc.. "We want worlds we can get into. We want to be superheroes. I think the audience is ready for wilder stuff. But Hollywood is still mostly dealing in a conservative mindset." What's next: Hollywood dips its toe into Morrison's challenging but rewarding work when the animated feature adaptation of his acclaimed miniseries All-Star Superman arrives in February. Although it's written by Justice League vet Dwayne MacDuffie, Morrison promised that the film is loyal to the spirit of his stunning comic. "I wasn't upset, because I saw the movie and it's one of my top three superhero movies ever," he told Wired.com. "Only the superfans are going to complain, because the film has about 90 percent of my stuff in it. Much of it is actual dialog taken from the book." —Scott Thill Unabashed IDAs (Internet Displays of Affection) Why stare at a cat in a sweater or a cuddly baby when you can celebrate someone else's earnest declaration of love? A fresh cache of twee wedding videos, viral love letters and engagement stunts have entered the online psyche. What's next: Wired.com can never be sure, but chances are this trend swings the other way. 2011 might see the rise of venomous video breakup letters and other acts of romantic vengeance like this nasty Netflix prank. —Allison DavisFilm Soundtracks as Hypnosis Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor and Daft Punk (above) gave the art and craft of movie soundtracks a significant kick in the ass this year with their propulsive scores for Inception, The Social Network and Tron: Legacy. Mixing electronic sources with orchestral voicings, the composers produced mesmerizing music that downplayed the triumphalist melodies that usually service blockbuster drama. Instead, old pro Zimmer, Nine Inch Nails vet Reznor and French dance wizards Daft Punk populated their churning soundscapes with weird, unworldly effects that meshed in dark concert with the on-screen visuals. What's next: Look and listen for Liquid Universe and Vitaliy Zavadskyy to plow similarly experimental sonic turf in their soundtrack for Zack Snyder's March sex 'n' violence fantasia Sucker Punch. —Hugh HartPop Songstresses Female-driven pop music seemed to meet its end when a newly shorn, umbrella-wielding Britney Spears went bat-shit crazy. But thank you, 2010, for the resurgence of female pop artists we love to hate and can't stop watching. From meat dresses to exploding brassieres and pseudo-drunk drunken speak-singing, this new generation is innovative and marginally talented. Lady Gaga (above), Katy Perry, Ke$ha and the rest, we tip our hats to you. What's next: New albums and world tours. A meltdown or rehab stint is probable. —Allison DavisGlee Continues Its Delightful Appropriation of Memes Glee spent the better part of its first season creating television's ultimate cultural mashup: Take a little bit of Bring It On, add some Election, mix in some underdogs-done-good, add radio hits and some tropes from every sports or dance movie ever and ... voila! TV with something for (almost) everyone. In the show's second season, creator Ryan Murphy and company have kept all the pop culture memes and added some internet ones as well. The entire underlying narrative of the much-hyped Britney Spears episode was that the New Directions glee club had Britney experiences while under their dentist's anesthesia. Sound familiar? Yep, "David After Dentist." When Kurt married off his dad to Finn's mom, the glee-club kids walked them down the aisle singing Bruno Mars' "Marry You" in a style that was very, very "JK Wedding Entrance Dance." To be sure they didn't miss anything, show creators had Gwyneth Paltrow sing the internet-smashing "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green, and hired one of the guys (Darren Criss) behind the viral YouTube phenomenon known as "A Very Potter Musical." Well played, Glee. Well played. What's next: Let's hope Ryan Murphy doesn't discover an interest in Chatroulette. —Angela WatercutterFringe's Freaky Genius As junk-food-craving kook researcher Walter Bishop, actor John Noble articulates pitch-perfect delivery in Fringe while demonstrating blithe indifference to human tissue and a ridiculously encyclopedic knowledge of chemistry, physics and neuroscience. Criminally ignored by Emmy voters, Noble's Bishop calmly recites borderline-credible explanations for reanimation, implanted devices, cellular mutations, telepathic psychosis, shape-shifting and other anomalies while slicing into corpses that make their way into his laboratory. Sci-fi exposition has rarely been so entertaining. What's next: Noble will likely be looking for a new yet-to-be-decided gig: Fringe has been consigned to Friday nights. The ratings-challenged series will have a tough time topping its fall "crossover" episodes in which time-traveling FBI agent Olivia Dunham (played by Anna Torv) body-doubled herself to an alternate version of Manhattan. From this couch, chances for a fourth-season renewal look slim. —Hugh HartBanksy in Exit Through the Gift Shop Oh, Banksy. Was it not enough that you turned art-museum-hacking into selling-art-to-famous-people? You really had to go and turn being documented into making a documentary? OK, fine. You win. In all seriousness, Banksy's film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was an excellent look into the real meaning of what "street art" is now. It was also a rare glimpse into how the elusive Banksy himself (allegedly) sees not only what art truly is, but how he sees the process of its creation. What's next: Really? You want us to speculate on what Banksy might do? We'd consult our crystal ball but it's covered in spray-painted rats. —Angela WatercutterInception Memes Something special happened with Christopher Nolan's 2010 blockbuster. Inception was the film that launched 1,000 theories (mostly in handy charticles) but its thudding, dramatic score also lent itself to countless viral videos (and cool Lego re-creations of key Inception scenes). The Toy Story/Inception mashup? Brilliant. __What's next:__There is nothing left. You've spoofed it all. —Allison Davis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJwgA54GqkNatalie Portman in Black Swan Director Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan proves ambitious ballerinas are far scarier — and hungrier — than zombies or vampires. What's next: Black Swan star Natalie Portman gets medieval with James Franco and Danny McBride in Your Highness (out in April) and totally hammered as a scientist in Kenneth Branagh's Thor (May). —Nancy MillerThe Reign of Oddball Comedy Community The lovable weirdos that make up the cast of Community are constantly praised for their ability to straddle the line between pathos and parody. Once the writers stopped with "will Jeff and Brita or won't Jeff and Brita?" (who cares! More Abed and Troy!), a wacky Season 2 brought scenarios like being stuck in a KFC space-simulation capsule and discovering the meaning of Christmas through song and stop-motion animation. (And don't forget Community's Twittersode.) What's next: The rest of the second season and then a third that's as strong as the second (fingers crossed), with reappearances of Troy's monkey, Annie's Boobs and that mysterious baby Abed delivered. —Allison DavisSocial Network's Icy Impersonator Filmmaker David Fincher is famously neither warm nor cuddly when it comes to giving anything other than technical direction to his actors. Jesse Eisenberg, armed with Aaron Sorkin's withering dialogue, deserves most of the credit for his unsettling portrait of Facebook's icy co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. Bordering on literal impersonation, Eisenberg, who studied Asperger's syndrome and changed his posture in preparation for the role, personified the isolation, arrogance and insecurities that come with being the smartest and most awkward guy in the room. What's next: The 27-year-old Eisenberg ranks as one of the most seriously committed actors of his generation, whether he's channeling a lovelorn zombie slayer (Zombieland), a Hassidic drug smuggler (Holy Rollers) or an aimless carnie (Adventureland). In the wake of his likely Best Actor nomination, Eisenberg will be playing a small-time pizza delivery guy/robber in 30 Minutes or Less. —Hugh HartSym-Bionic Titan's Sci-Fi Freak-Outs Whoever thinks that animation isn't for adults doesn't realize the incontrovertible truth that adults have been watching, and creating, killer cartoons for all ages, for decades. This year, it was once again Genndy Tartakovsky's turn to shine, which he hasn't since his mind-blowing 2003 miniseries Star Wars: Clone Wars nearly outshone Revenge of the Sith. Tartakovsky's new mecha-based American anime Sym-Bionic Titan has become one of the best television shows of the year, capable of delivering riotous satire, butt-clenching horror and action-packed sci-fi. Sure, it takes place in a high school, but so does the American Idol reboot Glee, which has no problem recruiting freaks and geeks across demographics. "Animation has always had the problem of being perceived as purely for kids," Tartakovsky told Wired.com in September before Sym-Bionic Titan's stellar launch. "I think things are better than a few years ago, but the stigma still exists." For no good reason, given Titan's sci-fi, anime and mecha roots. Unlike Glee, Sym-Bionic Titan thankfully annihilates its high school, and everything surrounding it, whenever a fearsome new monster flies through a space rift to try and assassinate the show's interstellar refugees, Lance, Ilana and their shape-shifting robot Octus (the brilliantly restrained Brian Posehn). What other series featured nightmare fuel as fearsome as Xeexi (below), the nastiest throat- and mind-raper on television? What other so-called geek series featured a nerd-bot scoring with the high school cheerleader, in a brilliant, sexually suggestive sequence mashing phallic weaponry, vagina dentata, A Flock of Seagulls' "Space Age Love Song" and the classic musical Singing in the Rain? In 2010, Sym-Bionic Titan was the alpha and omega for sci-fi fans looking for something besides desensitized zombie gore and religious soap operas. What's next: Tartakovsky's hopeful that Sym-Bionic Titan will keep him busy. "Overall, I think everyone is pleased," Tartakovsky told Wired.com. "It is a very competitive and crowded market right now, and I think Titan has just begun to find a way to stand out from the crowd." —Scott Thill Kanye West Joins Twitter, Launches G.O.O.D. Fridays Twitter just wasn't ready for Kanye West. Not when he joined the service, and only barely when he showed up at the Twitter offices and started rapping. As with everything else West does, we learned to adapt and learned to love him anew. At this point, mentioning the greatness of West's latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (above), is kind of pointless (everyone else already has), but remembering how it was born into the world is worth reflecting on. Not long after 'Ye joined Twitter, he launched a little something called "G.O.O.D. Fridays," a series of Friday internet leaks that not only gave us glimpses into future MBDTF tracks like "So Appalled" and "Devil in a New Dress" but also unleashed gems like a West/Raekwon/Justin Bieber collaboration. Kanye West: The internet thanks you. What's next: Let's hope Kanye West discovers Chatroulette. Wait ... nevermind. —Angela Watercutter*Inception'*s Brainy Game With Christopher Nolan's defiantly labyrinthine mind-fry Inception, cerebral sci-fi finally scored a blockbuster this year to stand alongside pop corn like Iron Man 2 and, yeah, Tron: Legacy. (The truth computes, fanboys!) Mashing genres and melting perspectives, Inception proved that cinema, sci-fi and otherwise, doesn't have to worship at the limiting "altar of the 18-to-25-year-old male and his penis," as the excellent Helen Mirren recently put it. Inception employed some heavy thematic coding, fluid possibility and less CGI than you would think, and still scored enough millions to become one of the highest-grossing films of the year. It's a lesson Hollywood should learn, given how heavily it has leaned on Nolan for credibility. Take Inception out of any list of the most popular films of the year, and you have a wasteland of disposable moneymakers with little in the way of longevity. We'll know if Hollywood has been paying attention if Inception beats The Social Network for Best Picture. What's next: Nolan heads back to Batman with The Dark Knight Rises before abdicating the director's chair and helping Zack Snyder make a live-action Superman movie that doesn't suck, a feat not accomplished since the '70s. —Scott ThillSee Also:The 20 Best Games of 2010Alt Text: The Best New Webcomics of 2010

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By virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Security Deed from Jason Whitmore to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., dated May 10, 2012 and recorded in Deed Book 488, Page 7, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, said Security Deed having been given to secure a Note, dated May 10, 2012, in the original principal amount of Sixty-six thousand, sixty hundred thirty-four dollars and 74/100 Dollars ($66,634.74) with interest thereon as provided therein, will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of APPLING County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday of April 2014 regarding the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 219 of the Third Land District of Appling County, Georgia, containing 1.574 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as Tract 1 on the hereinafter referenced plat as follows:
Start at the intersection of the centerline of East Martin Street with the centerline of Oak Street, thence South 71 Degrees 35 Minutes 08 Seconds East a distance of 543.48 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence North 20 Degrees 49 Minutes 13 Seconds East a distance of 417.51 feet to a point; thence South 69 Degrees 50 Minutes 42 Seconds East a distance of 162.57 feet to a point; thence South 20 Degrees 28 Minutes 26 Seconds West a distance of 419.40 feet to a point; thence North 69 Degrees 10 Minutes 47 Seconds West a distance of 165.09 fee and back to the Point of Beginning, all more particularly described according to that survey and plat thereof by Andrew C. Tomberlin, G.R.L.S. No. 3160, dated April 4, 2012, and being of record in Plat Book 19, page 599, Office of the Clerk, Superior Court Appling County, Georgia, and incorporated herein by reference thereto for descriptive and all legal purposes.
Said property is commonly known as 367 E. Martin St. , Surrency, GA 31563.
The indebtedness secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of default under the terms of said Security Deed and Note, including but not limited to the nonpayment of the indebtedness as and when due. The indebtedness remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same, all expenses of the sale, including attorney's fees and all other payments provided for under the terms of the Security Deed and Note.
Said property will be sold subject to the following items which may affect the title of said property; zoning ordinances, matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or by an inspection of the property; any outstanding taxes, including but not limited to ad valorem taxes, which constitute liens upon said property; special assessments; all outstanding bills for public utilities which constitute liens upon said property; all restrictive covenants, easements, rights-of-way and any other matters of record superior to said Security Deed. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Jason A. Whitmore or tenant(s).
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.
as Attorney-in-Fact for
Jason A. Whitmore
Topping & Associates, LLC
1930 N. Druid Hills Rd., Suite B
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(404) 728-0220
Ad Run Dates: 3/5, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
3-5, 3-12, 3-19 & 3-26ch
gpn11 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF APPLING
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i drew this still-life like a sketch on paper. Now this is a digital version.
Java Draw Created Oct 27, 2009 338 x 470px Unless noted Copyright 2009 OLGASA115.
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Love the use of deep, rich colors. Saying that I believe you've captured the embodiment of autumn itself not just by colors but the warmth, joy, feel and love from it as well. Beautiful draw.
Such talent! 5 hearts collect
wow i'm stunned! this is the best still-life drawing i've seen so far
this is a very beautiful work of art! you do such great work!!
very realistic.. i love autumn :)
Очень красиво! Молодец ты какая, Оля!
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wow i love this because it really is a great reflection of autumn with not only the colors, but just the basic feel of it with the leaves and apples. and you did a great job with the grapes! i hate drawings grapes lmao 5H++


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In this beautifully illustrated and inspiring new book--"Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure" -- award-winning photographer and best-selling author Mikkel Aaland gives you a hands-on, guided tour of Lightroom 2.0. Aaland shares the knowledge, techniques, and stunning photographs from his adventure in the wilds of Tasmania, where he led 18 colleagues and a team of Adobe experts on a Lightroom 2.0 road test.
"The stars aligned perfectly to make this adventure a smashing success," explains Aaland. "First, Tasmania exceeded all our expectations, and we were like kids in a candy store shooting non-stop for 14 days. Working with Adobe to help improve Lightroom was deeply satisfying. We truly went to the edge of the world to road test an amazing tool for digital photographers, and Lightroom met and exceeded our expectations."
Adds Aaland: "The world-class photographers on the team weren't paid, but they worked their butts off and not only provided valuable feedback to Adobe, but produced stunning images as well."
In "Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure," you'll find:
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Step-by-step instructions for managing, developing, and presenting your photographs
Lavish illustrations with gorgeous examples from a collection of top photographers and instructors, including Peter Krogh, Katrin Eismann, Bruce Dale, Peter Eastway and many more.
Practical, motivating, and compelling, "Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure" can help you improve your images and save your time. Indeed, "the most compelling and amazing thing about working with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is it frees photographers to do what they do best: take photos," notes Aaland.
The Lightroom 2 Tasmania Adventure was awarded by ASMP "Best of the Year."*
Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure
Mikkel Aaland
Sample Chapter: The Develop Module PDF
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View the Lightroom Adventure web photo galleries from Tasmania
Don't miss the original Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers, the groundbreaking launch of this blockbuster series by Mikkel Aaland
Mikkel Aaland is an award-winning photographer and author of 11 books, including the first edition of this book that took the team to Iceland, "Photoshop CS3 RAW" (O'Reilly), "Shooting Digital : Pro Tips for Taking Great Pictures with Your Digital Camera, 2nd edition" (Sybex), Photoshop CS2 RAW: Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop to Get the Most out of Your Digital Camera; and Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography in 2006
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SKF conveyor solution cuts costs and extends bearing life
The challengeA sand and mineral processor was using 11 vertical and 11 horizontal conveyors to move 35 000 000 kg of sand annually to its processing facilities. Each conveyor had four open spherical roller bearings, for a total of 88 bearing positions.
The open bearings were exposed to contamination from sand and grit that damaged bearing seals and reduced service life. The bearings needed to be replaced every nine months, the housings every 18 months. Downtime for planned maintenance took two hours, or four hours if a bearing failed unexpectedly. Costs for parts replacement, lost production and manpower were difficult to control.
The solution
SKF specialists tested an SKF conveyor solution with a sealed spherical roller bearing to protect against contaminants. The test compared the cost and performance of three options: the open bearing currently used, an open bearing equipped with a Taconite seal, and an SKF sealed spherical roller bearing.
The resultOver a 24-month period, the unsealed bearing failed every nine months. The open bearing with the Taconite seal and the SKF sealed roller bearing both registered zero failures. However, the SKF sealed solution offered lower costs and trouble-free operation without the expensive, environmentally harmful grease the Taconite seals required.
|Cost for 88 bearing units over 24 months (22 conveyors at 4 bearing positions each)
|Open bearing
|€ 46 112
|SKF sealed spherical roller bearing
|€ 22 880
|Cost savings of SKF conveyor solution
|€ 23 232


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Viton® far outlasts nitrile rubber and other general-purpose elastomers. It is designed to withstand high heat, as well as low temperatures and aggressive fuels and chemicals, to help seals, coatings, gaskets, O-rings and a wide variety of custom shapes last longer. Customers can stretch maintenance intervals and budgets, especially vital in hard-to-get-at down-hole applications.
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Navy Quarterback Keenan Reynolds Named To The Davey O'Brien Watch List
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy junior Keenan Reynolds is one of 39 quarterbacks on the 2014 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List announced today by the Davey O'Brien Foundation.
This year's list, which was compiled by a subset of the Davey O'Brien National Selection Committee, was selected based on player performance during the previous year and expectations heading into the 2014 college football season.
Jameis Winston of Florida State, the 2013 Davey O'Brien winner, headlines the list. He is bidding to become the fourth quarterback ever to win the award twice, joining BYU's Ty Detmer (1990-91), Florida's Danny Wuerffel (1995-96) and Oklahoma's Jason White (2003-04).
Winston is joined on the Watch List by five semifinalists from a year ago: Brett Hundley (UCLA), Sean Mannion (Oregon State), Marcus Mariota (Oregon), Braxton Miller (Ohio State) and Bryce Petty (Baylor).
The Navy defense will play against three quarterbacks on the list in Ohio State senior Braxton Miller, Notre Dame junior Everett Golson and Temple sophomore P.J. Walker.
Nearly half (19 of 39) of the players on the watch list are seniors. Thirteen juniors and seven sophomores round out the contingent. Among conferences, the Pac-12 leads the way with eight signal callers on the list. The Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC are all represented by five players.
The field will be narrowed to 16 semifinalists on Monday, Nov. 3 and three finalists will be announced on Monday, Nov. 24. The 2014 Davey O'Brien winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 11.
The 38th Annual Davey O'Brien Awards Dinner will be held Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, in Fort Worth, Texas.
2014 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award® Watch List
Anthony Boone (Duke, Senior)
Terrance Broadway (Louisiana, Senior)
Shane Carden (East Carolina, Senior)
Rakeem Cato (Marshall, Senior)
Connor Cook (Michigan State, Junior)
Jeff Driskel (Florida, Junior)
Cody Fajardo (Nevada, Senior)
Devin Gardner (Michigan, Senior)
Jared Goff (California, Sophomore)
Everett Golson (Notre Dame, Junior)
Garrett Grayson (Colorado State, Senior)
Christian Hackenberg (Penn State, Sophomore)
Connor Halliday (Washington State, Senior)
Grant Hedrick (Boise State, Senior)
Taylor Heinicke (Old Dominion, Senior)
Taysom Hill (BYU, Junior)
Kevin Hogan (Stanford, Junior)
Brett Hundley (UCLA, Junior)
Matt Johnson (Bowling Green, Junior)
Chuckie Keeton (Utah State, Senior)
Taylor Kelly (Arizona State, Senior)
Cody Kessler (USC, Junior)
Trevor Knight (Oklahoma, Sophomore)
Sean Mannion (Oregon State, Senior)
Marcus Mariota (Oregon, Junior)
Nick Marshall (Auburn, Senior)
Hutson Mason (Georgia, Senior)
Braxton Miller (Ohio State, Senior)
John O'Korn (Houston, Sophomore)
Bryce Petty (Baylor, Senior)
Dak Prescott (Mississippi State, Junior)
Keenan Reynolds (Navy, Junior)
Joel Stave (Wisconsin, Junior)
P.J. Walker (Temple, Sophomore)
Bo Wallace (Ole Miss, Senior)
J.W. Walsh (Oklahoma State, Junior)
Jake Waters (Kansas State, Senior)
Davis Webb (Texas Tech, Sophomore)
Jameis Winston (Florida State, Sophomore)
By Conference: Pac-12 (8), Big Ten (5), Big 12 (5), SEC (5), Mountain West (4), American Athletic (3), Independents (3), ACC (2), Conference USA (2), Mid-American (1), Sun Belt (1).
By Class: Senior (19), Junior (13), Sophomore (7).


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NASA still far from sending astronauts to Mars
WASHINGTON -- Is NASA going to send astronauts to Mars?
That's the agency's stated goal, though there's no mission yet, no program per se, certainly no budget (it would probably give lawmakers the jitters) and, at the moment, NASA doesn't have the technology to land astronauts safely and then bring them back to Earth. So humans-to-Mars is aspirational, with the tough logistical and political issues yet to be resolved.
Amplification of NASA's long-term Mars strategy came Monday at the outset of a three-day conference at George Washington University called the "Humans to Mars Summit," or H2M. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden served as the keynoter, and he was soon followed by senior agency officials who have Mars on the mind.
All expressed cautious optimism that the agency is on the right path to get to Mars eventually, though some members of the audience were openly impatient and more than a little dismissive of NASA's current plan to send astronauts on a mission to inspect a lassoed asteroid.
After three senior NASA officials -- William Gerstenmaier, John Grunsfeld and Michael Gazarik, the associate administrators for human exploration, science and space technology, respectively -- talked extensively of the asteroid mission, an audience member took a microphone and expressed exasperation that they were so focused on the asteroid rather than Mars. Another member of the audience, Robert Terry, a retired physicist, made a reference to a private venture, Mars One, that vows to create a permanent Mars colony in just a decade: "When Mars One puts boots on the ground in 2023, what lessons do you expect you'll be learning from that?"
The officials declined to be combative, though Gazarik, for one, noted that he's skeptical of some of the ambitious Mars missions being promoted by private groups. He added, in a conciliatory tone, "I'm skeptical of our own plans."
Then, as they were preparing to leave the stage, they received a nudge from the stage itself, when Artemis Westenberg, the president of Explore Mars -- the nonprofit organization that staged the conference -- announced that her organization had surveyed Americans and found that only 14 percent favor a visit to an asteroid.
She quoted favorably a line from one of the asteroid-mission skeptics: "Why stand on a rock when you can walk on a world?"
But Bolden, in kicking off the conference, made it clear that the administration plans to take Mars one step at a time, starting with the development of a "commercial crew" program in which private companies would taxi American astronauts to the international space station. Only if that program is fully funded by Congress can NASA turn to the harder tasks of sending astronauts on deep space missions, Bolden said.
He acknowledged that people in the audience want to go to Mars immediately.
"I don't know about you, but I'm not ready. I don't have the capability to do it. NASA doesn't have the capability to do that right now. But we're on a path to be able to do it in the 2030s," Bolden said.
The Obama administration's 2010 "National Space Policy of the United States of America" requires the NASA administrator to set "far-reaching exploration milestones," including: "By 2025, begin crewed missions beyond the moon, including sending humans to an asteroid. By the mid-2030s, send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth."
So, taken literally, the policy does not call for NASA to put astronauts on the surface of the fourth rock from the sun. They'd go to Mars, take a close look from orbit, perhaps rendezvous with one of the small Martian moons, and come zooming home.
That may seem like a long way to go without bothering to land, but landing on Mars is extraordinarily difficult. Mars has a very thin atmosphere, and without air, it's hard to brake a spaceship coming in at 13,000 miles per hour. Getting to Mars would be relatively easy if you were allowed to crash into it. Surviving will cost you extra.
"Can we do it? Yes," said Gazarik, the head of space technology at NASA, speaking in advance of the H2M conference. But he quickly added: "It depends on your level of risk. You can send people many places. It is a question of risk."
And we need new technology, he said. Finding ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation in space is a major challenge. So is avoiding those crash landings: "We need better ways to slow down."
NASA succeeded last summer in landing the Curiosity rover within 1.5 miles of its target on Mars after a 350-million-mile journey. The entry and descent used a novel method that included using a 15-foot-diameter heat shield to slow down the craft, then a parachute, then chemical rockets. But landing a spaceship with astronauts would probably require a payload about 40 times heavier, Gazarik said.
"That was a metric ton. That was the size of a Mini Cooper. Imagine if we had a larger spacecraft, if we had fuel and a rocket to get off the planet," he said.
One possibility would be landing the fuel, the return rocket and the astronauts separately so that the payloads could be smaller. But that's easier said than done.
"You got to land it all near the same place. It pushes on our ability to land accurately," Gazarik said.
Top NASA officials have made clear that they see humans-to-Mars as the logical ambition for the agency. In response to a reporter's request for clarification about the National Space Policy, an agency spokesman, Allard Beutel, said in an e-mail: "That's the written policy, which we generally refer to as 'going to Mars,' but obviously we're looking at landing on Mars in the coming years, not just orbiting it. And before that is an asteroid mission. So, we have a number of incremental steps and missions ahead of us that will get better defined as we prepare to go to Mars."
There are private entrepreneurs who also want to send humans to Mars and who might be willing to accept far more risk than a program run by the U.S. civilian space agency. But physics is the same for private and public explorers alike.
No one knows how much a human mission to Mars would cost. But in a time of pinched budgets, it's an ambitious goal for the space agency even when using imaginary future dollars. Simply discussing potential costs could be problematic. The agency well remembers what happened in 1989, when President George H.W. Bush announced an ambitious space strategy that included a permanent moon colony and then a human landing on Mars. A rough estimate emerged from NASA that such a suite of missions would cost $400 billion. Congress flinched, and the Bush 41 Mars mission soon evaporated.
Chris Carberry, executive director of Explore Mars, said he's optimistic that NASA could pull off a manned mission to Mars if given the money: "If NASA was directed to do it and provided the resources, they could definitely do it. The question is whether we have the political will to do it. It's more of a policy issue."
The H2M conference is co-sponsored by GWU's Space Policy Institute, perhaps the leading academic think tank with a focus on government efforts in space. And the program lists a bevy of corporate sponsors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and ATK.


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In a bizarre series of events, reports emerged in Brazil claiming Dante had agreed to join United, with the player then going on radio to clarify the situation, effectively stating nothing would be decided until January 31.
However, Marcus Marin, the 30-year-old's Germany-based agent, insists the only discussions that have been taking place are with Bayern Munich over an extension to a contract not due to expire until 2016.
And even if Moyes was to express an interest, Marin feels it would have to be for the end of the season as a January move is a non-starter.
"There is no way that is going to happen," he told Press Association Sport.
"He is not going to leave Bayern in the window.
"At the moment, Bayern are the only people we have spoken to anyway because we are talking over a new contract.
"We are still waiting for an answer from them and although things happen very quickly in football, until that situation changes, we cannot speak to anyone else anyway."
Moyes has not spoken about Dante, although given the player is capable of operating in central defence, at left-back or in midfield, the attraction would be obvious.
If there is a positive to emerge from a fairly confusing picture, it is that, for one of Europe's best players - virtually certain to be a member of Brazil's World Cup squad this summer - United remain an appealing proposition despite their present struggles in the Barclays Premier League.
"Manchester United followed him two years ago," Marin said. "We were in talks with them, but then he ended up at Bayern.
"They are a very good club - and a very big club - so it would be interesting if they were interested in Dante, although I stress we have not spoken to anyone."
Moyes is undoubtedly going to be linked with huge numbers of players until the January 31 deadline given his obvious need to strengthen, which is recognised by virtually everyone - including former right-back Gary Neville.
Chelsea's Juan Mata is another big-name target, although a near £40million fee is a hefty one, which would require United to break their transfer record.
It is a rather strange backdrop to Moyes' attempt to reach his first final as United boss - his side will be looking to overcome a first-leg deficit against Sunderland at Old Trafford on Wednesday night to reach Wembley.
Failure would be another hammer blow, robbing United of their most realistic chance of silverware.
There is no guarantee either Wayne Rooney or Robin van Persie will be available to help Moyes out, even though both are on the comeback trail following groin and thigh problems respectively.
And with captain Nemanja Vidic definitely out after the appeal against his weekend red card at Stamford Bridge was rejected by the Football Association, it would be no surprise if the atmosphere around the United camp was gloomy.
But midfielder Tom Cleverley said there can be no such naval gazing.
"We can't let it get our heads down," he told Sky Sports News.
"We are not going to feel sorry for ourselves. We have to stand up and be counted.
"We are still confident it will come back and we will come out of the other side of this tough period and be stronger for it. There is too much quality in the squad and we work too hard for it not to.
"We have had to rethink our targets for the year but this club is about winning trophies.
"We are still well in the Champions League and are in the semi-final of the cup.
"We have to shoot ourselves up the league, then hopefully we can end the season positively."
Cleverley is one of a number whose performances this term have fallen well below expectations.
The 24-year-old has taken plenty of flak, although it is becoming easier to deal with.
"If results are poor and performances are below par you are going to take some stick for it," he said.
"It is all part and parcel of being a Manchester United player.
"It takes a bit of getting used to, but I am growing a thick skin."
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South 12
These covenants, as presented on the Sandia Heights Homeowners Association's (SHHA's) website, or distributed by SHHA, are solely for the user's convenience, and might not be the official recorded covenants filed with Bernalillo County. There might be changes, updates, and amendments to the attached covenants that an individual Unit has made and recorded with the County but has not provided to SHHA. SHHA accepts no responsibility for any omissions, updates, or errors made in typing and formatting the covenants for use on its website or for other distribution. In the event of any dispute, the covenants formally filed with Bernalillo County will be the final authority. Some Units have enclaves with their own homeowner association or with additional covenants which are enforced by said association.
The following Units have their own respective homeowner association: Chamisa Park, Habitat 6k, North Tramway Estates, Sandia Haciendas and Sierra Sandia
KNOW BY ALL MEN THESE PRESENTS: That SANDIA PEAK TRAM COMPANY, a New Mexico corporation, hereinafter called Grantor being the owner of SANDIA HEIGHTS SOUTH, UNIT 12, a subdivision in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, in accordance with the Plat thereof filed in the office of the County Clerk of said County on the 12th day of February, 1975, hereby declares that it has established, and does hereby establish a general plan for the improvement, development and restriction of the said property, subject to which all lots and portions of lots in said Subdivision shall be sold and conveyed.
All the reservations and restrictions hereinafter set forth are made for the benefit of each and every subsequent owner of any portion of the land in said Subdivision or any interest therein, and shall inure to and pass with each and every parcel thereof and shall apply to and bind all subsequent owners thereof; said restrictions, reservations and covenants being as follows:
1. These covenants are to run with the land and shall be binding on all parities and all persons claiming under them until the year 2000 A.D., at which time said covenants shall be automatically extended for successive periods of ten years, unless the then record owners of a three-quarters majority of the residential lots in said Sandia Heights South-Unit 12 agree to change said covenants in whole or in part.
2. If the parties hereto, or any of them, or their heirs or assigns, shall violate or attempt to violate any of the covenants herein provided, any other person or persons owning any real property in said Sandia Heights South-Unit 12 Development or Subdivision shall have the right to prosecute any action in the proper court to enjoin such party form violating such covenant, or to recover damages for such violation, or both.
3. Invalidation of any of these covenants shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
4. All lots in Sandia Heights South Unit 12 are hereby designated residential lots. No structures shall be erected, altered placed or permitted to remain on any residential lot other than one detached single family dwelling and buildings related thereto, except that this provision shall not prevent the combination of two adjoining lots for one such dwelling. The Grantor may dedicate one or more lots, or any such portion thereof as a park.
5. Except by specific consent of the Architectural Control Committee, no building shall be located on any residential lot nearer than forty-five (45) feet to the front lot line or fifteen (15) feet to rear or any side lot line.
Except by specific approval of the Architectural Control Committee, no residence shall be a full two story structure. A two-story structure is defined as one which is two full stories above the natural grade of the lot on all sides.
6. An Architectural Control Committee (hereinafter called the Committee) is hereby established, consisting of Robert J. Norhaus, Ben L. Abruzzo and Max Flatow as the appointees, to serve for a period of ten years from the date hereof and until their successors shall be appointed and qualify. Vacancies occurring either before the end of or as a result of expiration of such ten year term shall be filled by the members of the Committee, provided that within thirty days of any appointment, owners of a majority of the residential lots may select other appointees in their stead.
7. Before anyone shall commence construction, remodeling, addition to, or alteration of any building, swimming pool, wall, fence, tank, or other structure whatsoever, on any lot, there shall be submitted to the Grantor for transmittal to the Architectural Control Committee.
(a) preliminary floor plans, elevations and location of the structure on the lot:
(b) after approval of the preliminary plans, two complete sets of the final plans and specifications for said work.
No structure or improvement of any kind shall be erected, altered, placed or maintained upon any lot unless and until the final plans, elevations and specifications therefore have received such written approval as herein provided. Such plans shall include plot plans showing the location on the lot of any structures proposed to be constructed, placed, altered, or maintained, and elevation of same, together with the proposed color scheme for roofs and exteriors thereof, indicating materials for same.
(c) Solar Heating Restrictive Covenants Solar heating equipment will be considered to approval based on the merit of its design and the manner in which it is constructed so as not to be obtrusive to other homes in the subdivision. Roof mounted equipment will be difficult to conceal, however, if the color and structure is done in good taste this type of installation can be considered for approval.
The Architectural Control Committee WILL NOT APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:
The Architectural Control Committee is authorized to charge not more than $100.00 for review of plans for structure and alterations. At the time of submission of the plans and specifications as set forth herein, the owner shall cause to be paid to the Grantor an initial charge in the amount of $25.00.
The Committee shall approve or disapprove said plans and specifications within thirty days from the receipt thereof. One set of said plans and specifications with the Committee's approval or disapproval endorsed thereon shall be returned to the owner and the other copy thereof shall be retained by the Grantor.
The Committee shall have the right to disapprove any plans, specifications or details submitted to it as aforesaid, in the event such plans and specifications are not in accord with all the provisions of this declaration, or if a design or color scheme in the proposed structure is not in harmony with the general surroundings of such lot or the adjacent structure, or if the structure shall unduly interfere with the view from nearby residences, or if the plans and specifications submitted are incomplete, or if the Committee deems said plans and specifications to the contrary to the spirit and intent of these restrictive covenants, or contrary to the interest and the welfare and rights of all or any part of Sandia Heights South Unit 12. The decision of the Committee in any of these matters shall be final, and no building or improvement of any kind shall be constructed or placed upon any lot in Sandia Heights South Unit 12 without the prior written consent of the Committee.
Neither the Committee, its members or the Grantor shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for any defect in any plans or specifications submitted nor as revised by said Committee or the Grantor, or for any work done pursuant to the requested changes of said plans and specifications.
8. No residence shall be erected on any residential lot having an area of less than 2,000 square feet of living area.
9. No trade or offensive activity of any kind shall be carried on upon any residential lot, nor shall anything be done on any lot which shall constitute an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood.
No trash shall be burned on the premises. Garbage shall be placed in covered containers, said containers to be concealed from public view by an attractive enclosure.
10. No house trailer or boat shall be parked on any lot, nor shall any trailer, tent, shack, garage or other out-building be used as a residence, temporarily or permanently.
11. The exterior of all buildings on all lots shall be finished according to plans approved by the Architectural Control Committee within twelve months of start of construction.
12. Each residence shall be provided with a method of sewage disposal meeting the recommended standards of the Bernalillo County Health Department and approved by the Architectural Control Committee. Garbage and waste shall be kept in covered metal containers and stored or disposed of in a manner approved by the Bernalillo County Health Department. Outdoor privies are prohibited.
13. Natural vegetation is to be left undisturbed where practical on residential lots, except for access to property, clearing of building sites and establishment of lawns and flower beds adjacent to buildings. No Chinese elms, cotton-bearing cottonwood trees or Bermuda grass shall be maintained on any lot. No grouping of trees shall be planted to constitute a screen. Each dwelling shall be developed in such a manner as to retain 50% or more of the storm water run-off within the boundaries of each residential lot, so as to comply with the standards of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Flood Control Authority or its successor then in force. Remaining run-off shall drain into existing channels as shown on the recorded plat of the property. Public agencies shall have the right to enter upon all drainage easements for construction and maintenance of drainage facilities.
14. Access roads and utility easements are dedicated and reserved as shown on the Plat of the Subdivision. All rights to water, oil and natural gas underlying the property are reserved to the Grantor.
15. Butane tanks must conform to state regulations and must be located so as not to detract from the appearance of any lot.
16. No animals shall be kept on any residential lots except domestic cats and dogs.
17. No wire fences shall be maintained in the residential area of the Subdivision, except by Grantor on Subdivision boundaries. No walls, of any kind, will be approved that are located on the lot boundaries.
18. No residential lot may be subdivided, nor may a portion of any residential lot be sold except to adjacent property holders for the purpose of increasing the size of an adjacent lot. No room or rooms in any residence may be rented or leased to any person, providing however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing the renting or leasing of an entire lot together with its improvements as a single unit to a single family.
19. It shall be the responsibility of owners of lots, vacant or otherwise, to keep said lots, and all easement areas encompassed within the exterior boundaries of said lots, clear of trash, rubbish or noxious materials.
20. No un-shaded flood lights shall be maintained which cause light directly into the homes of other residents in the Subdivision.
21. In the event that a structure is destroyed, wholly or partially by fire or any other casualty, said structure shall be properly rebuilt or repaired to conform to this declaration or, all the remaining structures, including the foundations and all debris, shall be removed from the lot.
22. Any and all of the right, title, interest and estate given to or reserved by the Grantor herein or on the plat may be transferred or assigned to any person, firm or corporation by appropriate instrument in writing duly executed by the Grantor and recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and wherever the Grantor is hereby referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include it successors and assigns.
No delay or omission on the part of the undersigned, its successors or assigns, or of the owners of other lots in said Subdivision having the right hereunder to exercise the same, in exercising any right, power or remedy herein provided for in the event of any breach of the restrictions, covenants or reservations herein contained, shall be construed as a waiver thereof or acquiescence therein; and no right of action shall accrue, nor shall any action by brought or maintained by anyone whatsoever against the undersigned, its successors or assigns, for an on account of failure or neglect to exercise any right, power or remedy herein provided for in the event of breach of any of said covenants, restrictions or
Signatures on file in the SHHA office.
Contact Info
Phone: (505) 797-7793
Fax: (505) 856-8544
12700 San Rafael NE #3
Albuquerque, NM 87122
Office Hours
Monday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Tuesday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday: Closed
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Watching your kids and their cousins:
running around freely in a beautiful farm,
playing hide and seek,
milking cows, riding horses,
making pretend soup by mixing water and flowers,
looking at the stars at night and more,
are beautiful things for a parent to see.
Seeing kids play so happily in the country side, was not only a wonderful thing into itself, but it was also amazing that a couple of the kids there, my kids, live most of the year in a country where the spoken language is a different one than the one spoken by their cousins.
This summer, during our visit to my country: Ecuador (We go there from San Francisco where we reside, every summer for two months), my kids and I went for a couple of days with part of my large family to a farm outside of Quito. We had a wonderful time there and the next day went back to Quito in time to join my parents for dinner.
I was so happy to see my kids interact so easily with all (young and old) in my large Spanish-speaking family in Ecuador. Thanks to them growing up bilingual in Spanish/English they were able to just blend in.
I was reminded of all the other families that I've met whose parents for some reason decide not to speak to their kids in their native tongue:
Parents at the park who both spoke Spanish but talked to the kids mainly in English.
Parents from two cultures who spoke to each other in English and felt like they should speak to their kids in one language they would all understand.
Spanish-speaking moms who spoke to their kids in Spanish when they were very young, but as their kids grew they got used to answering back to them in English.
During the last leg of our flight from San Francisco to Quito, Ecuador, my 10-year-old daughter Isabela and 7-year-old son Sebastian, found a very cute little 4-year-old girl sitting in the row in front of us. She sat up and looked back at us and played peekaboo with my kids. I chatted with the mom, and discovered that she lived in Florida, but was from Quito as well. Though it was just the two of them on their way to visit her family, she spoke to the child in English and said she did so because her husband didn't understand Spanish. I discovered that the girl spoke just a few words of Spanish. I told her that my husband was a monolingual English-speaking American as well and begged her to reconsider speaking to her daughter in Spanish.
I found it so sad:
- for a mother to give up the natural instinct that I strongly had to speak to her child in her native tongue
- for all the children born to immigrant parents who don't speak to their kids in their native tongues, and for the families and culture they live behind because without the language their kids would not be able to connect at the same level
- for kids not spoken in their parent's native tongue, from the lack of understanding they will have of their own parents, their parent's culture and for missing on all the benefits of brain development that growing bilingual bring
My kids and I stayed in Ecuador for almost two months. I'm lucky enough to go there every year and it is imperative for me to do that so they grow up as an extension of my Ecuadorian family, and learn and participate in my culture. It is also important for me to go and expose them to a couple of months of Spanish immersion, as they are also learning Mandarin at their San Francisco immersion public school.
We had such a wonderful time, as we always do, visiting my large family and the beautiful Ecuadorian country site. I mostly loved seeing them at the table with my 82-year-old dad chatting away happily, even though he doesn't speak any English.
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Was iPhone 5C the Cause of Apple's Woes? Mum's the Word
Judging by the comments – or lack thereof – from Apple executives, the company's mantra for its less-expensive iPhone 5C seems to be: "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all."
Apple sold 51 million iPhones in the December quarter, good enough for a 7% increase from a year earlier but less than the 55 million units that analysts were predicting. It was a disappointing figure, considering Apple had expanded its iPhone line-up for the first time by offering a high-end iPhone 5S and a more affordable 5C.
Apple executives never directly pointed to the 5C as the culprit, despite repeated analyst questions. Instead, they stayed mum about the 5C while praising the 5S at every turn.


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Faith Be Your Guide Card
Re-creating this finished card is easy when you use these free instructions! These simple card-making steps are great for showing how much you care. Learn how to make this handmade religious card today!
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (white) Papertrey Ink Clear stamps: (maple, circular, oak leaves from Leafy Greens set; sentiment from Spiritual Sampler set) Paper Smooches Dye ink: (Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Purely Pomegranate, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard) Stampin' Up! Pigment ink: (Onyx Black) Tsukineko Finished size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
1 Make card from cardstock. 2 Mask off bottom portion of card. 3 Ink leaves with one color and roll edges in second color. Stamp on card. 4 Remove mask and stamp sentiment.
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Dogs Are Smart – How about Cats? (Jun, 1930)
I can't speak for other people's cats but mine is just stupid.
Dogs Are Smart – How about Cats?
Your Pet May Be too Proud to Learn—or Just Stupid. Science Is After the Truth
By PRESCOTT LECKY
Department of Psychology, Columbia University
Are cats as smart as dogs? Judging from the experimental evidence so far secured, the answer is an emphatic "No." In many scientific tests the dog has proved his superior intelligence. And if the question were put to a popular vote, there is small doubt that the dog would score an overwhelming victory.
But science is not yet ready to hand the dog the palm. The reason is that the cat possibly has not had a fair show. Because the dog is a gregarious, sociable animal that loves its master, is eager to please him, and is fond of praise, it is much easier for it to demonstrate its intelligence than it is for the cat. Solitary by nature and habit, indifferent to its master's attitude and praise, the cat is difficult to "draw out."
Now, however, the cat is going to have its day. In the psychology laboratory of Columbia University, New York City, experiments are under way to find out how smart cats really are. Novel and ingenious, the apparatus used in the elaborate tests resembles the combination of a safe in principle. The question is: Can a cat learn to "open the safe" and, if so, in how many tries?
This is how it is done: Three round, flat, wooden plates are set in the floor. They are wired so as to act like electric buttons. Arranged like a safe combination, they open the door of a food box when stepped upon in the right order. For example, the "combination" may be set so that, to get at the milk in the box, the hungry cat must step first on plate No. 1, then on No. 2, then on No. 3. The combination may be 3, 2, 1 or 3, 1, 2.
The tests are conducted in the Columbia animal laboratory under the direction of Professor Carl J. Warden, of the psychology department. It is planned to use the same type of device later for experiments with dogs, monkeys, and other animals.
In previous comparative tests of cats and dogs, the cat has always lost out.
There was, for instance, the experiment made some years ago by Dr. Edward L. Thorndike, a pioneer in animal experimentation, who is now professor of educa-tion in Columbia. Professor Thorndike tried to find out which animal could manage to escape most quickly from a box. Food in sight but out of reach was placed outside the bars. Each hungry animal could release itself from the box when, by random efforts, it happened to strike the latch that operated the door. Though this comes under the head of a mechanical problem, in the solution of which cats have shown some aptitude, dogs turned in a better performance in practically every test.
A wholly different type of experiment, devised by Dr. Walter S. Hunter, professor of psychology in Clark University, Worcester, Mass., aims to determine how long the animal can stick to a fixed plan of action. The apparatus consists of an entrance chamber facing three food boxes. First the animal is put through a training period in which it learns that the box with a light at the entrance is the one that will open. After the connection between light and food is thoroughly established, the real test begins.
THE light is turned on and the animal, seeing it through a wire netting, prepares to run to the proper box as soon as it is released. But now the light is turned off and the animal kept waiting for a short while. How long can it remember which box was the lighted one? Cats remembered for sixteen to eighteen seconds; dogs for one to three minutes. Moreover, in order to remember at all, the cat must keep its head and body pointed toward the box. A dog can turn away and still, in the majority of cases, choose correctly.
Apparently the difficulty for the cat lies in the use of a signal, which requires abstract reasoning. In more recent experiments, the cat saw the food itself placed in the box and the signal was discarded. Now she could remember the right door 67 times out of 100 for periods up to sixteen hours. Unfortunately for the sake of comparison, this modified method was not tried on dogs.
IX ANOTHER still more complicated test, worked out by the well-known animal psychologist, C. V. Hamilton, the dog also defeated the cat. Four doors are provided in the apparatus used in this experiment, all of them leading to food. These doors are kept shut, but one is unlocked for each trial. In no case, however, is the same door unlocked twice in succession. Therefore, the correct method of solution is to try the three remaining doors one after the other. The incorrect way is to try the door that was open before, or to try any door more than once. How did the dog and cat compare in their ability to solve this puzzle? In an equal number of attempts, the dog required 313 trials and the cat 352. Incidentally, the monkey proved smarter than either dog or cat, with a score of 291. That the test is not as easy as it may seem was shown by the fact that a mature person needed 201 trials.
Then there is the question of learning to understand human speech. In this respect, the dog's superiority is unmistakable, though whether this is due to intelligence or is merely a reflection of the greater interest that dogs take in people has not yet been settled. After sixty trials, Professor Thorndike succeeded in teaching a cat to climb to the top of her cage for food when he said: "I must feed that cat." To teach it not to climb at the words "I will not feed her" required 380 trials. But even so, the cat would climb in response to any other remark that was uttered, such as "Nice weather we are having," or "Tomorrow is Tuesday."
On the other hand, Professor Warden and Dr. L. H. Warner, experimenting with the famous dog Fellow in the Columbia psychology laboratory (P. S. M., Feb. '29, p. 25), found that he was able to carry out fifty-three simple commands without a single error.
SO MUCH for scientific experimentation, in which neither animal ever comes up to its popular reputation for smartness. The reason for this may be that a good many laboratory tests, especially the earlier ones, failed to give either dog or cat a fair chance to demonstrate its real ability.
It is outside the laboratory that both dog and cat give their most impressive demonstrations of cleverness. And in the mass of anecdotes gathered by reliable investigators, the dog again comes out an easy winner.
Still, there are a number of apparently well-authenticated stories relating amazing instances of the smartness of cats. The English naturalist George J. Romanes, zoological secretary of the Lin-nean Society of London, England, tells of a cat whose master was in the habit of throwing out crumbs for the birds. The cat would hide in the shrubbery and attempt to pounce upon the birds as they ate. On one occasion, the crumbs were strewn in the evening. During the night they were covered by a light fall of snow. In the morning the owner saw the cat brushing away the snow and removing the crumbs to another spot, where it put them on top of the snow! Then it hid in the bushes and waited for the birds. This trick for the pack, it follows him faithfully and grieves in his absence. A cat that would follow its master would be a rare exception, though it sticks to familiar territory and hates a change of scene.
This also explains the obedience of the dog and its sense of responsibility. Being a gregarious animal, it seems to accept an outside standard of right and wrong conduct and to understand what is expected of it. When it breaks a rule, instead of being indifferent, it reveals its guilt unmistakably and will bear punishment. Even if the punishment is severe, it is so dependent upon its master's company that it is usually willing and even anxious to be friendly again. The cat seems to have no ability to accept responsibility, and if punishment is attempted will either fight or flee.
THE emotional expression of the two animals also is almost exactly reversed, so that the same act may have quite a different meaning depending on which animal is studied. For example, a dog wags its tail as a sign of friendliness, but a cat wags or lashes its tail only when it is angry. Erection of the tail means excitement for the dog, as in pointing game or meeting a challenge, but the cat's tail goes up when it seems most amiable, as when rubbing against its master's leg.
Caress a dog and it sinks down with tail lowered, but stroke a cat and it stands upright. In fear, the dog goes flat to the ground, while the cat arches its back to such an angle that the fore and hind feet almost touch. In hunting, the dog prefers daylight, roams freely, and covers a wide territory; the cat as a rule lies silently in wait to pounce on its prey as it passes.
One physical characteristic the dog and cat seem to have in common—there is strong evidence that both are color blind. Though they can very often distinguish between colored objects, this is due not to the difference in color but to difference in brightness. The dog also is handicapped in vision by farsightedness. Since the retina of both animals lacks a fovea, or area of clear vision, it is probable that they see only vague shapes without the sharp outlines of human vision. If there is any advantage as to vision, it seems to lie with the cat. In hearing, however, and also in the ability to distinguish between faint odors, the dog is markedly superior.
THE dog has a larger brain than the cat, but it is the larger animal. In terms of capacity for training, such as minding sheep, carrying packages, standing guard, doing tricks, and so on, the dog again has a marked advantage. But is this due to greater intelligence or merely to a greater willingness to cooperate? The cat may not be interested in jumping through a hoop to please the teacher. On the other hand, it simply may not be smart enough. The present experiments at Columbia may furnish a definite answer.


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Update: Virtual server backup
Virtual machine (VM) backup is more sophisticated now, but finding the perfect VM app for your environment means weighing the importance of many new capabilities.
- George Crump, Storage Switzerland
Data protection in virtual server environments has improved significantly over the past few years. Virtual server backup has evolved from backing up virtual machines (VMs) as if they were physical systems, to backing up OS guests, to backup applications specifically designed to take full advantage of the virtualized state.
There's a core set of features that anyone managing a virtual server environment should expect from a backup app for virtualized servers and, while not all inclusive, these are proven technologies that can make a significant difference in the overall backup process. When evaluating vendors and their products, it's important to ensure these capabilities and features are included, but it's equally important to understand how they implement the technologies as there can be variations from vendor to vendor.
Changed Block Tracking
Almost every backup application designed to protect virtual servers, especially those running VMware, supports Changed Block Tracking (CBT). With CBT, instead of backing up the entire VM -- or even just its changed files -- each time a backup job is initiated, only changed blocks within the VM are backed up. CBT dramatically reduces the amount of data that needs to be sent across the network to the backup server or backup target.
Typically, the process starts with the virtual server backup application performing a snapshot of the backup device so the previous backup state can be preserved. When the CBT backup occurs, the previous backups of the VMs on the backup device are updated with the changed blocks. Once the CBT transfer process is complete, the copy on the backup device represents the most recent backup data with previous backups stored as snapshots for point-in-time recoveries.
Granular recovery
In the past, one shortcoming of a CBT backup was that to recover a file from the backup instance, the entire instance had to be restored first. In that regard, CBT is similar to image-based backups. However, unlike image backups, modern virtual server backup software applications can recover components such as individual files and email messages from within the image.
Granular recoveries are typically done by mounting the VM directly from the backup devices and copying out the data, or via a recovery wizard that can peer into the VM and extract individual components. The recovery wizard method is preferred as it involves fewer steps and can be done from a single interface.
Rapid virtual server recovery
The next capability to expect from your virtual server backup app is the ability to recover a server very quickly or directly from the backup device. Some of the speed advantage of virtual server recovery derives from the way it encapsulates an entire server into a file. It's faster to move a file back into place as a module than it is to reassemble that server from potentially thousands of files.
A few software applications have added the capability to recover only the blocks that need to be updated to satisfy a restore request. For example, if a VM needs to be recovered to how it looked five days ago, the software understands that only a percentage of the blocks within that virtual machine have changed during that time. This means the app knows that only those blocks need to be copied back, replacing newer blocks to make the VM look the way it used to. Essentially, this is CBT in reverse.
Another option, often called "recover in place," is the ability to start a VM directly from the backup device. In every case we've seen so far, this means the backup target must be a disk device. With this capability, previous versions or copies of the current versions of a virtual server can be recovered within seconds. Some applications have the ability to automatically isolate the recovered VMs into a private virtual lab so they don't conflict with production VMs. This brings a lot of flexibility for testing development code or a disaster recovery (DR) situation.
When comparing the two capabilities, CBT has the advantage of putting the VM back on production data storage very quickly but it may take a few moments to recover that virtual machine. Products with recover-in-place technology will have an advantage in their initial return to operations. However, because those VMs will have to initially execute from the backup, device runtime performance may be affected. Backup devices usually don't offer the same availability as production data storage. This means that at some point the VM will have to be moved back into production via VMware Inc.'s Storage vMotion or a similar product.
Another consideration regarding recover in place is that the performance of the backup device becomes a key factor, making its ability to handle random I/O operations critical. While some access to the application is better than no access, if that application is so slow that it can't be used, then recover in place is far less appealing than a changed block recovery. Ironically, all the features that make a backup device appealing, like high-capacity drives and data deduplication, may now become problematic. In no case is this considered a "deal breaker," but it's a scenario that should be tested and planned for.
One of the key goals for any backup application is to facilitate the creation of an off-site copy of data. In legacy backup days, this was a matter of creating an extra copy to another set of tapes. Today, this often involves leveraging CBT to send changed blocks over a WAN connection for reassembly at a DR site. While many virtual server backup products have a replication module, it's often a separate step in the backup process. Another option is to use a disk backup appliance that provides replication as part of its feature set, keeping in mind the recover-in-place concerns mentioned above.
Must have or nice to have?
There are also a number of backup app features that, in some cases, may be more "nice to have" than required. As always, their importance will largely depend on the data center in which they're used.
VM-specific vs. legacy backup apps
While not exactly a feature discussion, one of the questions you'll need to consider when reviewing virtual server backup apps is whether you should opt for one of the new breed of applications designed specifically for virtual environments or if a legacy enterprise backup app will suffice. VM-specific applications became popular because enterprise backup applications were slow in moving to full support of virtual server environments.
Other than the recover-in-place capabilities noted earlier, most legacy backup applications have filled in the gaps and now offer many of the capabilities of VM-specific products. In addition, legacy enterprise backup applications have the ability to support tape, advanced reporting and can back up the non-virtualized part of the environment. Any of those factors may make them more complete options.
Support for other hypervisors
While each vendor makes a big deal out of its recent support of Hyper-V, it's still not heavily used in most environments. Still, with Windows Server prevalent in most data centers, Hyper-V is likely to be considered for server virtualization, so a backup application's Hyper-V support is important. Hyper-V products may not be able to leverage the same kinds of hooks and APIs a VMware environment may offer, so backup vendors often have to be more creative. It's a good idea to plan for extra testing of features such as CBT when they're supported in Hyper-V environments.
Agents vs. agentless
There has been some debate about the use of agents: Should the backup intelligence reside in the virtual server OS, the host or on a separate piece of hardware? While conventional wisdom states the agentless approach is better when no software is required in the guest OS, this may not actually be the case. If an agent is written correctly, agent-based backup can deliver as good or better performance and potentially better scalability.
Also, even agentless products may still need to deploy an agent to get application-specific information. For example, granular backup of Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint usually requires an agent.
Still lacking
Two key issues are still weaknesses for most virtual server backup products. The first, as mentioned earlier, is tape support. While the use of tape has diminished in many data centers, it's often an integral part of backup operations at many companies. With the availability of high-capacity, high-performance media, many companies are actually looking to expand the role of tape in their environment. From a virtual server backup perspective, it's an ideal way to store older backups for a longer period of time. Being able to selectively push to tape a series of snapshots you want to keep but won't need instantly would free up capacity on the disk appliance and put older data on a medium designed to sit on a shelf for years.
The second issue is reporting. Advanced reporting needs to be developed to identify which virtual servers haven't been protected in a given period of time or aren't protected at all. In addition, effective reporting could provide information about resources consumed during the backup process so better load balancing could be arranged.
The state of virtual server backup is improving rapidly and there are many options available from a variety of vendors. The functionality gaps among those vendors are closing rapidly as well. Many of the features described here have become standard fare in most VM backup apps, but your environment -- the way it's currently configured and its anticipated growth -- will determine which ones are required and which would be nice to have.
About the author:
George Crump is president of Storage Switzerland, an IT analyst firm focused on storage and virtualization.