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Hello My Beautiful People! Yesterdays Cobblers pose was an easier day of stretching, but today we are getting back into inversions with the 1 Legged Inverted Staff Pose aka 1 Legged Bridge Pose. If you have never gotten adjusted to those beautiful Staff Poses, now is a perfect time to try to get it. The 1 Legged Inverted Staff Pose teaches us that hard works pay off. The harder it is for you, the more gratifying it will be when you get it to your kind of perfect.
Okay, I know inversions are rough but you have got to do them in order to get better flexibility, and strength. If you aren't able to do it just like the picture, so what! You can do it, aim to be better than the last time you tried. For all of my beginners, this is an extension of Bridge pose. It really helps when you practice all types of what I call 'builder' poses, like adjusted bridge, and the one legged wheel to get this pose in check.
Step By Step 1 Legged Inverted Staff Pose:
- Start by laying flat on your back with your arms at your sides, in corpse pose. Bend your knees while keeping your feet parallel and aligned with your hips. Draw your heels close to the edges of your buttocks.
- Reach your arms up overhead, then bend your elbows to place your palms on the floor at either side of your head.
- Inhale as you lift your hips upward towards the ceiling. Bring the crown of your head to the mat.
- Exhale, straighten your arms and lift your head completely off the floor. Stay here for 3 -5 breathes before lowering onto the mat on your forearms. You can place your hands locked behind your head or palms facing the mat for added balance.
- Shift your weight onto your right foot. Exhale, bend your right knee and draw it toward the center of your torso. On the inhale, reach through the ball of your left foot and extend your leg up toward the ceiling as if you were trying to touch it, or as vertical as possible.
- Continue to lift your hips and chest as high as you can, holding here for 6-12 breathes. Release as you would in Wheel Pose.
A Matr3Moni Reminder:
"NO MATTER WHAT, it's your body and your choice."
Please be careful while practicing; If you have prior injuries be extremely mindful of every movement and how it affects your body. By now you know your body and the difference between your pain and your stretch, so again, be careful.
Along with being mindful while practicing, you also have to be mindful of what is going on in the inside of your body and mental/spiritual realms. You can work your body in such a positive way and still counter the positive vibes by not having healthy habits and/or awareness. Do not fight against yourself, find ways to incorporate wellness habits into your daily activities.start trying new activities like yoga and cross fitness that engage all of your core muscles and then some that you didn't know you weren't working already.


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It's about the Shoes!
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"The world of blogging is amazing.
Through blogging I made friends
of places I never heard of before.
I experienced kindness and caring.
I hope my blog friends will pass
this award to only three caring
and kind people from anywhere
who touched your heart."
How cool that I got an award with shoes! Not just any old shoes though...red wooden polka dotted shoes!!! ;)
l was excited to see my name over at Marit's blog. So cool to "meet" people online with similar interests out of all the bazillion people in the world, but even cooler to reacquaint after losing them in the hubbub of the world wide web! So glad to reconnect Marit. :)
I will now pass this along to some of my most faithful blog friends.
Mandie She just rocks! She has become a true friend that I cherish as a blessing from God. She is seriously a gem... and even though we have never met face-to-face, I know someday we will! :)
Julie. wow, this woman is amazing...I honestly think maybe she is two people. :) She has more energy than all get out! She is the queen of smilies and can scrapbook like none other. She is always positive and just makes me happy. :)
Deana. What a doll. She is the most adorable and talented thing! Another one who amazes me with her energy. PLUS, she is quite the fashion-plate and has awesome taste in shoes! You can't go wrong with good shoes. ;)
There are many others who I could go on and on about...seriously, it is awesome to connect to people who have similar interests and passions. I probably take that for granted, but I do appreciate all the wonderful blog friends I've made!
And since this award is based around shoes and Deana is the shoe queen, I leave you with one of my favorite pictures of the over 1400 I took at a wedding on Saturday:
6 comments:
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thanks for the award Kim and the nice {{blushing!}} things you said about me!! LOVE YA!! And wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeee that photo! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
- September 3, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- mandiegirl said...
Thank you friend. You are a treasure to me. :)
Love you!
- September 3, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Marit said...
I'm glad you like the shoes, I ADORE the yellow ones under a white wedding dress, how cool is that?!!! I think, with fall coming and all, it's time to get out of the flip-flops and have my orange boots out of the closet. I might even go ROCK the world! You have a nice weekend too Kim!!!
- September 3, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- sarah said...
yay for shoes! :)
poppin' in to say have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
- September 3, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- deana said...
Ok, how sweet are you?! And those yellow shoes... yummy!
You're the best, Kim! So glad our paths have crossed in this crazy world of scrapbooking!
Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend!
Big hugs...
- September 3, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- Bekka said...
It's so funny, because when I saw the title of your post, I immediately thought of Deana!
Have a wonderful weekend!
- September 4, 2010 at 8:04 AM

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Album Review and Sidi Toure in Session
Lucy Duran introduces a review of new albums of world music, plus a studio session with Malian blues singer Sidi Toure.
Lucy Duran introduces a review of new albums of world music, plus a studio session with Malian blues singer Sidi Toure.
Sidi Toure has been on the prolific Malian music scene for many years, but he is only now starting to make waves internationally. His songs are rooted in the traditional music of the Songhai people of northern Mali, and he says he was inspired by a visit to a sacred sand dune by the River Niger, which, according to legend, is a meeting place for the most powerful wizards of the world. Even before the current troubles in Mali, Sidi Toure was writing about challenges and tensions in the country. He reflects "We have to be fighters, to say when things go right, when thing go wrong, especially when they go wrong. We have to sing to find solutions. We have a role, a duty to increase public awareness. I can only sing that Mali is a multiracial country, that we have to be united and reconciled, and we must forgive each other for a strong and prosperous Mali.".
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Autumn leaves at my feet, mud clinging shoes,
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scent of mortality pervading air.
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"I see a bubble in everything that relates to the financial sector," Marc Faber the author of the Boom Gloom & Doom report told CNBC on Tuesday. He puts bonds, low-quality bonds and equities on the top of that list. "If you look at the financial sector as a percentage of the global economy, it's very large. We have a huge debt bubble, and it's only getting bigger. It's not getting any smaller."
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.
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Even though PC gaming took a backseat in the mobile revolution, enthusiasts still need their dose of the best gaming rigs, budget deals and extreme gaming gear.
I personally, and my team at Budget Gaming Rigs, have been passionate PC gamers since the early 2000s and have founded, moderated and contributed to tons of forums over the last decade and more.
Now we've decided to start a publication solely devoted to PC gaming hardware, tips, tricks, reviews and guides. Not only will we be reviewing the best budget gaming graphics cards, CPUs, motherboards, memory chips and power supplies, but also citing the best deals online on all gaming hardware.
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The dates in bold BOLD = Religious Holidays listed in Policy 323.2
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what is soundcurrent?
Well, it's a bit like electrical current, but made of sound, whether analog or digital. It comes from a very old word which implies that sound flows, from and to your heart and mind endlessly, and has an immediate connection. Certainly no matter what type of music they make, all musicians want to connect to their audience.
what is mastering?
It is simply the final stage, and last opportunity, to polish and refine your recording before duplication. The better the sound, the better your connection. It is also the opportunity to be ferocious, or not. Read on for information about the process of mastering...
ferocity is an option
more about mastering
Originally, mastering included the process when the record was being cut by the lathe for replication into vinyl. Certainly, this skill still exists (and demanded by many audiophiles), although the nearly complete majority of recordings are on CD or the internet.
Most "mastering" is really pre-mastering, adjusting the sound for best possible quality and balance. Making the glass master is the final mastering, which should not change the sound at all. Through the development of sophisticated digital editors and automation, fine-tuning of each song can be done which was difficult or impossible just a few years ago.
At the most elemental step, each song's level, or relative volume, is adjusted so that they match from song to song. Then, EQ, or spectral balance, is also adjusted, both overall and for each cut. Many times each song has a dynamic range that may need to be enhanced by making it larger or smaller (more dynamic if it was overcompressed previously, less dynamic if suited for the music). In addition, control of dynamic behavior within a frequency range (such as de-essing) can be used.
There are many things that can be done to a record. Most don't need to be done very often, so the real issue is to do only what's needed. We can do things you didn't think we could, and can't do things you wish we could, but don't let this stop you from asking!
Many of the processes can be done in the digital or analog domain. Deciding which is best --and when-- is part of the craft of mastering. The key is for our mastering to do only what is needed, then get out of the way of the music. But don't worry, if you want something specific, just ask. For example, if you want it huge and loud, it shall be done. We'll hopefully guide you to understand what the trade-offs are for a loud record. Personally, we prefer stuff which is big and punchy, which means you simply turn up the volume some. However, some forms of music just simply need to be competitively loud.
The most important tools are the ears of the mastering engineer; second-most important are the monitors and the room itself. The processors themselves are essential, but the knowledge to use them wisely and with a light touch is vital. If you have any questions about the process, please email.
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Jim Lauderdale. Corrosion of Conformity (2 cd's, 1 surround DVD). Rabbi Shergill. Belleville Outfit. 10 Years. Dolly Parton (2 cd's, 1 surround DVD). Cain & Annabelle. Clint Alphin. Stephanie's ID. Cort Armstrong. Zim Ngqwana. Sergio Compean. Sirius.B. Acoustic Syndicate. Teenage Love 13. Steve Miller. Laura Reed & Deep Pocket. RB Morris. American Plague. Place of Skulls. Mr Mack. Bob Moog Foundation (The Recording Academy). David Lewiston Archive (Smithsonian/Recording Academy). Electronic Music Foundation. John Eaton. Wah! Devi. Mad Tea Party. Aaron Price. here's more.
what and how much
Please see our policies and formats page for what formats are accepted and about booking a session. For pricing, here's a PDF.
In general, it's 50 euros per song (around $70), but you might have 17 songs, or only 2, so we honor the fact that nearly everything is negotiable. Read the PDF file for pricing info. There is a rate per-song, per-hour, and per-day, and whichever is lowest is the price. In this way there is a cap on the price of projects so you know what you'll pay at maximum before we start, not after it's done.
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In the interest of encouraging standards:
Here are links to The Recording Academy's very helpful files. I really encourage you to use these documents.
Here is the media label for CDs or DVDs being provided as masters, although it works great as a tape box label too.
My favorite pack of papers to document sessions: Session doc, what a perfect name.
Here is the short guideline to pro tools session procedures.
Here is the full guideline to pro tools session procedures.
The Pleasurize Music Foundation has been established to help educate audio engineers, musicians, and listeners about the increasingly "louder records" which dominate the market. The truth is, no one buys a record because it is loud, no one listens to several CDs at a store and buys the loudest one they find. They buy the song they want, the band they want, the experience they desire. If you wish to learn more about this, visit the PleasurizeMusic web page.
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my take on the MLB Network
I was probably as excited about the MLB Network's January 1 launch as the next MLB blogger when I first heard about it during last year's post season. When we moved into our new home in December, I made sure we'd receive the MLB Network as part of Comcast's digital TV package ( OK, we mainly went digital so my son could watch Noggin!).
MLB Network has promised to provided balanced coverage of all 30 MLB teams, but they have thus far failed. I know, it's only January this year's hot stove is unusually cool, but do we REALLY need to see Red Sox Memories and the '04 and '07 World Series replayed EVERY week??? How 'bout a special about 2008's best story – the Rays?
I get it chowderheads, the Red Sox won the World Series in 04 and in 07 – the only team to do so twice this decade. Fenway sells out every game and the Sox have the highest road attendance in MLB – they are clearly America's favorite team today. But seriously, if I wanted this much Red Sox coverage, I would put on ESPN.
On the bright side – I love the "Seasons" show (I've seen 86, 95 and 01). Ken Burns's Baseball should be required viewing, and the specials on Hank Aaron and the Negro Leagues have lived up to their names.
I'm looking forward, of course to the WBC coverage and I'm especially pleased to hear that MLBN will be covering the Carribean Series. This will probably be the first time most American fans get to see the game from South of the Border. That, and MLBN will be able to finally begin broadcasting, recaping and analyzing games
The Tigers finlly enter the win column last night with a big 7-2 win over the Red Sox. Marcus Thames continues his work as the Red Sox killer, with a two run homer.
Superstitions are everywhere in this game; now I just hope I don't have to pull up a bar stool at the Kickin' Chicken in order for the tigers to put up a "W".
The bleeding continues…
The Tigers (wait for it…) lose again. 5-0. There's not a lot to say about the game, since there wasn't a whole lot of offense or defense on behalf of the Tigers.
I think people are FINALLY starting to realize that Jason is an utter train-wreck. How this guy has kept his job this long is beyond me.
Somebody better teach Carlos Guillen to play first base before he gets plowed down. The guy covers first base like a first time little leaguer. Did he look this bad in Spring Training? Anyone?
In good news: Kudos to the Red Sox for some VERY classy Opening Day festivities bringing out legends from ALL of Boston pro sports teams. Most of all for having Bill Buckner throw out the first pitch, and the tremendous reception the Fenway faithful gave him! I guess winning 2 World Series in 4 years has a way of exorcising 86 years worth of demons.
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Have you ever heard of poo-eating koalas? No? What about fart-talking fish? This book is only for the brave at heart! Your senses will revolt as you yell 'That's Stinky!' with each foul and fetid fact about Aussie animals.
About this series: Fans of the highly successful That's Gross! Weird & Disgusting Aussie Animals book will find much more to squirm at with squeamish delight in this new stomach-churning series written by Stella Tarakson. Featuring everything from offensive odours to prehistoric puke, these feral facts are not for the faint-hearted! Combining natural history, science and a sense of humour, these books are sure to keep kids entertained while they learn.
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Repost from @carolyna_hutchings: "A big THANK YOU to all the blogs, and to every single person that reposted and spoke out, our voices was certainly heard and I believe our babies will be happy to thank you all personally when they grow up. UNTH Enugu has apologised for not communicating well and for other mishaps that occurred along the way.
A lot of meetings have been going on for the safety of the kids and they have agreed to assist in sending out records to interested hospitals. We thank them for their cooperation. All hands are on deck now, ensuring miracle and testimony have the best care and surgery.
By my research such surgery takes 10-18 hrs depending on its complexity, chances of survival is 5-25 percent, which could involve 20-25 surgeons, finding the best team for the surgery is our outmost priority regardless of where it would be. We want both girls to be alive. By his grace all will be well. Will keep you all updated. Thank you very much and may God stand up for you as you stood up for the Ayeni twins. We all appreciate you all. The battle will soon be over."


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43actions.com » GTD to-do list for iPhone and iPod touch
Advanced to-do list and Getting Things Done (GTD) organizer for iPhone and iPod touch. Check it out at 43actions.com
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olb.tumblr.com » Sanity is Statistical blog
I have a new, personal blog hosted at the cool Tumblr enterprise. I'll pour my thoughts there more frequently than here, which over the years have felt more and more like a sandy desert.
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Proud Member of Daringfireball.net
When I saw that John Gruber of Daringfireball.net fame was going to quit his full-time job and spend all his time on the website, I just had to support him. Got a very nice white T-shirt as what I consider a bonus.
Good Luck, JG!
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Web: Donna Dashingwood Movie Site
New site launched today for animated short movie Donna Dashingwood. Movie made by Sara Axelsson, Sweden in 2004-2005.
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Web: New Blog Design
Happy Holidays!
Took the opportunity while redesigning avocade.com to also refine the design of this blog. Hope you like it. Be sure to check out the three different style-sheets at the bottom.
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Render Farm On Demand
How cool would it be to have your own Render Farm, like the ones of WETA, Pixar or ILM fame? Sure, they're pretty expensive and most often require a full-time technical team comprised of Ph.D's to manage the hurdles.
But what if, perhaps now that bandwidth is both pretty good and cheap, you could use someone else's render-farm to render your 3D-scenes—over the internet?
And just when you thought you had a fresh idea, it turns out someone else has been doing it for years. I guess I shouldn't be surprised …
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Internet TV Is Upon Us
I just had to write a blurb recognizing the effort of some great people. They have, on their own and for the benefit of us all, created an iTunes-like video-aggregator called DTV which will let you subscribe to video-feeds as easy as podcasts in iTunes.
(There is only a Mac-client out now, but the Windows version should be out in a couple of weeks.)
Granted, there are still some bugs to work out and some code-optimizing to be done. But this is just the first version. It can only get better from here.
We've now had the democratization of print, courtesy of blogs. We've had democratization of audio and radio, courtesy of podcasts. And now we're beginning the democratization of video and TV which, arguably, is the single most powerful medium in the world. However, this will take a long time to saturate down from the alpha-geeks to the regular couch-potato.
We live in a (mostly) democratic world. But until now, that has only been on paper, mostly because of Big Media. Finally, with the true realization of the global interweb has it been possible for true liberation of the media. I'm very excited about this.
Boycott Internet Explorer
When even one of the most avid Windows fans and journalists out there proclaims that Microsoft Internet Explorer is a "cancer on the web", you know something is terribly, terribly wrong.
Not that we haven't known this for a long time, but anyway …
Apple's Sneaky DRM-business
Just as I was planning to start writing my own article about the iTunes DRM-sneakiness, The Inquirer comes out with a nice, punchy article on the subject. And it's later followed-up with a nice long discussion over at Slashdot.
Apple's Sneaky DRM-business just got that much sneakier. Rumors are true that Apple will be switching to Intel chips. This might mean that one of my greatest fears of long could be realized, namely that Apple will begin using DRM-enabled hardware to stop copying of protected files. It's possible that the Hollywood Studios won't let Apple build its rumored iTunes Movie Store until they have these counter-measures in place (however there are some indications, even from the companies themselves, that DRM will probably fail in this regard in the long run—so if it's not meant to protect movies, what is it meant to do…?). In short, this could possibly be really, really bad news. I'm not buying crippled hardware anytime soon—even from the only hardware company I really love. And it seems at least Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing fame is with me on this one.
The original topic of the talk was that Apple is continuing to strip down the rights of what you can or can not do with your legally bought music off the iTunes Music Store.
One example is that some year ago you could burn 10 CDs of a playlist, now it's down to 7. Another one is that before iTunes 4.7.1 you could let people stream music from you however much you wanted—now it seems you can do one (1) session per 24 hours…
I'm still not using the iTMS myself since us here in Sweden seem to be among Apple's low-prioritized countries. This sounds to me like a very evil and bad and—most menacing—sneaky thing to do. Gollum-sneaky even, or worse. Not considering it's probably illegal in some way, too. It can't be allowed to lock customers in and gradually strip away their rights. Not in the United States of America, whose grand agenda is pro-public and not pro-corporation… or at least should be.
I'll write a more extensive article on this very important subject later on. It's very important since this isn't only about Apple—this is what will soon happen with all the DRM-protected media we buy over the net. When they have a firm grip of your balls (or boobs) they won't let go, and you'll be forced to follow or flee.
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Rent a Movie - 99 Cents a Day?
Apple seems posed, with its "Year of the HD" (a.k.a. High-Definition Video) to revolutionize and redefine the movie distribution business like they did the music business. They really haven't got a very long way to go, actually. Far less than most would think. With the iTunes Music Store Apple has fine-tuned its delivery-system for distributing huge masses of songs over the net.
Steve Jobs at MacWorld San Francisco 2005
They do it fast and reliably thanks to their partners Akamai, hosting content-servers all over the world. They have the Store concept; so instead of a 30 second preview of a song, give customers a 3 minute, streaming, low-quality preview of each movie. This stuff is pretty straightforward, but what's different from the music business here, is that while people want to own their music, they are much more willing to rent their movies.
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Web: New Design for Sound Studios
Thought I'd make it more of a retro style. Yes, I'm from that decade… Well, at least I have "that" attitude.
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Beautiful Quartz Compositions
I'm so glad that people have started using the new technologies in Tiger to make amazing stuff. This time it's Quartz Composer that shows its stripes.
Kudos to Zuga Kousaku for letting us view (and download) his slick creations for free.
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Music: Elektronische Etude
Web: Avocade.com's New Front
Remade to be angled more as a portal towards the other sites I host at avocade.com.
Here's some more info on the services that Avocade Creations has to offer.
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Music: Konkret Etude
Web: New Site for David Löfberg Is Up
Just finished David's personal website. I simply took his photoshop-mockup and did the magic "convert-to-html"-oldie. Give it a fly-by at david.avocade.com.
Warning: The language is Swedish, so please don't kill yourself if you don't get it.
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Software: Mail to iPod Script
Created an AppleScript a while ago to move my newest email's from Mail to my iPod automatically. Had forgot about it but recently when I Googled my name it popped up.
Also seems like a guy named Ben Klocek found a bug and fixed it, so the version to get now is 1.2. Enjoy!
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Blue Star started in 2004 providing computer services and computer solutions for businesses in Goshen and surrounding areas. 14 years later we're still here.Speak With Our Goshen Computer Services Team
It all began back in 2004 … 14 years ago.
Blue Star IT Services & Solutions was born. We had great success back then and even more so today. Companies in and around Goshen, Indiana were in need of affordable and reliable technology.
Managed IT Services hadn't even come on the scene in this area. But, we knew there was a way to help companies use technology without spending a fortune. So we found a way to provide the service and support they needed to grow their businesses without depleting their bank accounts.
Little did we know that the term would be coined and that Managed IT Services would take off.
From our initial focus of remote monitoring and management of servers and networks, our line of services expanded. Today, it includes services like:
We're happy to say that now, 14 years later, many of our original clients are still with us. And many more have joined the Blue Star clientele.
We've achieved success for us and them through constant improvements. We built on our success to ensure that our clients' technology will stay relevant even 14 years from now in 2032!
How can we be so sure?
Because we've developed repeatable and successful methodologies to maximize the overall reliability, security, and stability of our clients' IT systems.
I know it sounds like we're bragging. But we're excited about the past 14 years of success for us and our clients.
And, why shouldn't we brag?
2018 has been a great year for us. Blue Star IT Services & Solutions Was Ranked Among The Top 501 Global Managed Service Providers For The 2nd Year In A Row!
Our President, Jon Morningstar explains:
"This recognition is for our entire team who has worked hard for over the last 18 years. They ensure our clients' needs are met and exceeded with every interaction. We completely trust our staff to work hard for our clients. This Award is more theirs than anyone else's."
What makes the Blue Star Team the best IT support team in and around Goshen IN?
It's who we are at a core level – our company culture and values. That's the X-factor that we bring to the table. And that's what sets us apart from the competition.
In addition, it's what makes us the right IT partner to help your business function, grow, and succeed.
Our values are the framework for our company culture and they give us a foundation for continued growth and a vision for our future (and yours)!
On to 2032 and beyond!
Thank you all for your loyalty. We couldn't have done it without you.
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A couple of weeks ago I read some posts on the internet complaining about the Mexican flags that were in evidence in various parts of the U.S. on May 5th, in celebration of Cinquo de Mayo. I perceived these posts as a display of the kind of intolerance which has led to the new immigration law in Arizona. There are voices calling for similar actions in other states now, including Maryland, where I live.
Syttende mai is a celebration very similar to Cinquo de Mayo. Both days are celebrations of the independence of the respective countries following the Napoleonic Wars. On May 17th 1814 Norway's constitution was signed and Norway was declared to be an independent state. For centuries Norway had shared a king and a government with Demnark. When Denmark chose the losing side in the Napolionic Wars, Norway was stripped from them and given to Sweden, at the treaty if Kiel in January of that same year. The last war, to date, that Sweden ever fought took place that year as Norweay fought to throw off the yoke of Swedish oppression. Well OK that's a bit of an exaggeration, but we still resent the Swedes. In August the king of Sweden and the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) signed the Convention of Moss, which ended the war, allowing Norway self rule under it's constitution but keeping Sweden's nominally in office as King of Norway. This "personal union" between Norway and Sweden remained in force until 1905 when it was declared dissolved by the Storting. They then elected Prince Carl of Denmark to be the King of Norway. Somebody has to be available to give away the Nobel Peace Prize, you know.
Syttende Mai is celebrated in Norway with children's parades. In the U.S. it is often celebrated, by Norwegian Americans, with dinner parties where lutefisk is often in evidence. I'd rather go to a parade, myself. There are parades in the upper Midwest, particularly in Stoughton Wisconsin. Nobody seems to complain about all the Norwegian flags on display.
I have never heard anyone object to the flying of a Norwegian flag in this country. I've been asked what it was, though.


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One of my first meditation teachers told me I could meditate on anything. Which sounded bizarre to me. But when she cracked open the 70% dark chocolate and passed it around our little group and took us through a 'chocolate meditation', I was totally won over!
Thank you to everyone that participated in my survey about kickstarting a meditation practice. Your input is invaluable. Truly.
The winner of the survey is Maree and she has some beautiful "Frankie Says Relax" tea coming her way thanks to Tea Pray Love. I'm sure Maree will love sitting in a comfy chair and meditating on her "Frankie Says Relax" tea 😉


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I'm pretty proud to say that T has always been a kind person.
Since an early age he was happy to share toys with us and other children, and would often give us something without the need to have it back.
For an 18 month old, that's not bad. Especially as we haven't had to work hard at encouraging it. It's just happened.
I assumed toddlerhood would be where everything he had would be his, and everything I had would be his too, and I'd be damned if I tried to take it back.
T's kindness comes in a range of different colours and forms, and I'm lucky to have witnessed them all:-
1) Toys. Even with his favourite toy, T likes giving and seeing what you make of it. If you offer it back, he's even pushed your hand back towards you indicating that you can keep it. He likes watching you enjoy it, he likes playing with people.
2) Sharing food. Everything and I'm mean everything is shared at mealtimes. Although he now accepts when I say "no thank you" there was a time when T would get quite upset when I wouldn't take AND then eat something he offered.
3) Cuddles. There's not a day that goes by where T doesn't ask for a cuddle or kiss. Likewise, if I ask for cuddle, more often than not he'll oblige and give me a quick squeeze.
4) Animals. I've said this before, but T is extremely gentle with animals. He clearly adores them. Even without telling him he always pats them gently, and when there's a new animal in his vicinity he calmly toddles over to enquire about a stroke.
Other forms of kindness include waving to strangers, picking things up for me, helping me do housework, and generally being a sweet person.
I fully expect things to change as T gets bigger and older (although I really hope not), but considering he's usually a bull in a china shop I'm amazed at how naturally kind T is at the same time.
***Prize Draw***
'Kids Talking Kindness' is a new campaign led by one of your favourite children's TV shows 'The Clangers'.
Just like they do on their little blue planet, The Clangers are encouraging young people to share kindness.
To celebrate, we're giving away a few Clangers goodies to one lucky young person (or adult wishing to enter for them!)
How to enter:
Pop over to our Facebook page and follow the guidelines (Terms and Conditions apply).
Good luck!
In the meantime, how does your little one share their kinder side?


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Time Out says
This much can be said for French director Franck Khalfoun's grainy, grimy, LA-set remake of the 1980 B-movie regarded as a classic in genre circles: at least it gives you fair warning. The agonisingly deliberate opening, in which a pretty young clubber is followed home and slaughtered in the hallway by an unseen mouth-breathing predator, acts as a litmus test for the entire exercise – which amounts to a parade of similar rat-in-a-trap carvings.
If you're not driven to the walkout point by the time the first victim falls to the ground, you may get something out of this boringly bloody slasher. Its inconsistent distinguishing gimmick is that it's shot from the killer's point of view. The killer is played by still-baby-faced Elijah Wood and is a tortured collector of shop mannequins, which he charmingly accessorises with the scalps of his prey. The casting feels like a gimmick, too – Wood is about as frightening as Frodo. Terror or suspense, however, aren't the point so much as seedy discomfort: Khalfoun's set pieces rarely afford the victims any possibility of escape, and you needn't have seen the original to know some severe mummy issues lie behind it all. Rank even on its own terms, it's the kind of inferior remake that also invites questions about the original's cult status.
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I absolutely agree. The review is an example of a hanging jury by snobbism, and the remake is a justified improvement on a not particularly good original. An excellent soundtrack, fine acting and special effects and excellent photography and set design mean I'm giving this four stars. It's a quese-inducing experience, but it's good that the gore is not allowed to be mere window-dressing. The quality of this film was a big suprise, because I hadn't expected much.


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Being able to concentrate is a crucial part of learning. At Solutions4Learning, concentration plays an integral part in the learning process and academic performance. We offer a number of methods of developing better concentration in students of various ages. The first step in the process is to establish the extent of the child's concentration problem. How do we do this? We carry out a continuous performance test which is able to establish whether the concentration problem stems from potential auditory or visual abilities. There are many areas of concern when it comes to establishing the cause of concentration problems. Some areas that we will investigate include: impulsivity, stamina, distractibility and focus, to mention a few.
Medical problems can also cause or aggravate concentration problems and so this avenue must also be thoroughly investigated. We can address certain medial or health issues by recommending the correct supplements and diet for your child. This is determined by means of a thorough case history as well as urine and blood laboratory testing. When required, we can also refer parents to a neurologist or further psychological evaluation.
At Solutons4Learning we endeavour to get to the actual root of the concentration problem instead of just trying to rectify / treat the symptoms. We commit ourselves to assisting parents in a paradigm that they feel comfortable in, in order to encourage and assist their child in achieving their full academic potential.
To help children with concentration problems or ADHD, we use functional medicine protocols* and neurofeedback** methods which are ideal for treating the following:
- Anxiety problems
- Aspergers syndrome
- Autism
- Various other barriers to learning
*Functional Medicine definition: Functional Medicine is an integrative, science-based healthcare approach that treats illness and promotes wellness by focusing on the bio-chemically unique aspects of each patient, and then individually tailoring interventions to restore physiological, psychological, and structural balance.
**Neurofeedback Definition: Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy or neurobiofeedback, is a type of biofeedback that uses real-time displays of brain activity—most commonly electroencephalography (EEG), to teach self-regulation of brain function.
Neurofeedback is "weight training for the brain". This form of therapy is one that makes use of technologically advanced equipment to assess brainwaves and help both children and adults to control their brainwave activities.
Neurofeedback Treats The Following Conditions:
- Attention deficit disorder
- Epilepsy
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Sleep disorders
Neurofeedback is also used to enhance performance in top achievers in the sport and business world.
The Process Of Neurofeedback Treatment
Neurofeedback involves the monitoring of brainwave activity. This is done by applying electrodes to the scalp much as in the same way for an EEG. The signals picked up are filtered and processed through a computer system to extract data concerning certain key brainwave frequencies.
Sessions are typically held twice a week and are half an hour long. During these sessions, clients will learn how to inhibit activity associated with slow brainwaves and how to produce a greater number of fast waves associated with being calm, alert and focused. The information is presented in the form of a video game. The game is effectively played by making use of the brain. By playing this game regularly, the brainwave activity is shaped toward a more desirable and regulated performance.
Demonstrations can be arranged by getting in touch with Dr. Johan Meyer on (011) 917 1230.


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Thankfully, for our lovely feet and growing bunions, flat shoes have become a fashion staple over the last few years. It started with stylish trainers worn outside the gym, matched with skirts and suits worn in the office by day and onto the nightclub by night. And in 2016 when the Gucci loafer – in particular the sling back with fur lining – was worn by every blogger and editor worth their street style salt, we became totally obsessed with this chic shoe. And sure why wouldn't we? They are comfy, versatile and add instant cool girl chic to any outfit. If you can't afford the Gucci price tag head to Office or Topshop for some great styles. (FYI, you can get 25% off in Office if you pick up this week's issue of Grazia UK). Wear with pleated skirts, trouser suits, and mom jeans for that Instagram worthy shot. Wear with whatever you want if you're not on Instagram.
Top tip; sit on a windowsill or cross a street for the perfect Instapic, see below.


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Your writer crush: How can I have just one? I'll name some seasonal suspects: John D'Agata, Eliot Weinberger, Harold Pinter
Favorite lyric: "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard."
Any place in the world: Because I'm hungry right now: Chengdu.
Best breakfast: Walking through San Francisco's Mission with either Tartine Bakery's morning bun or croissant crumbling all over my clothes, chin, the corners of my mouth.
Character (TV, book, movie) you most identify with: This is embarrassing to admit, but it's the truth: Nora Durst from HBO's The Leftovers. Infer from that what ye may.
Question you secretly want to be asked: "Let me cook for you."
The answer: "Yes, a thousand times, yes."
Diana Khoi Nguyen is currently a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Denver. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Poetry, American Poetry Review, PEN America, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. www.dianakhoinguyen.com


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Combat Magic
Healing Magic
Spells with temporary effects
Protection from Fire, Cold, Lightning
Steel Body, Tiger's Strength, Cat's Grace, Wisdom of the Owl
Bear's Blood
Mirror Shield
Aura of Renewal
Iron Skin
Colossal Endurance
Astral Carnival
Distracted Gaze
Dispel Magic
Locate Beacon
28 of November 2007. The given addition relates to following incantations (buffs):
Tiger's Strength, Cat's Grace, Owl's Wisdom, Steel Body, Stability of Collosus, Frenzy, Mirror Shield, Bear's Blood, Protection from Fire, (Cold, Lightning), Aura of Renewal.
Buffs to others – application of buffs to other characters.
- Buffs (not depending on level) to others: 10 minutes.
- Buffs (not depending on level) to yourself: 20 minutes.
- Buffs of potions: 15 minutes.
- Buff potions of 3rd level in the shops of innate towns (incomplete set).
- Mana expense to buffs does not depend on effects already cast.
- Mana expense to application of incantation Dispel Magic does not depend on the cost of effects.
- Decreasing of health amount of characters up to ~200 level.
- Dispel Magic takes off: 10 minutes of action time.
- Lightning dispel effect takes off: 5 minutes of action.


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Ladies and gentlemen, Ramsey Street has come to London and parked itself on what used to be my street. With each passing day, my neighbours are becoming nosier and it's getting under my skin. My landlord spends all his time these days sending out emails to everyone in my building and the emails always include the words neighbour and complain.
The first time a neighbour complained, it was because a 'to let' sign had been sitting outside our building for "too long" and was "tarnishing the image of the street."
The second time a neighbour complained it was because there was a chipped tile on the path leading to our main door and dear neighbour thought it was a safety hazard that needed to be urgently addressed. You need to know my house and have seen the tile in question to understand how silly that complaint was. That pathway is only used by our property and the chip in the tile was so tiny, another tenant and I had to get down on our hands and knees to see it!
The third time a neighbour complained, it was because she thought there were too many Sky dishes attached to our roof and it made our building "look hideous."
After that complaint, I stopped reading emails from my landlord. Group emails from him always mean there's a problem. My policy is that if the matter involves me, he will call (which he does). I mean, what is my neighbours business with how many sky dishes are on our building and if Mr Landlord didn't want that, surely he would have put up a communal dish on the property, no?!
Yesterday I got an email from him that I should have ignored but the first sentence caught my eye and I was too stupefied to hit delete.
"I received a complaint that the green bin is being used for normal rubbish by the neighbours."
Why on earth was a neighbour going through our bin?!?!?!
Landlord's phrasing was a bit dodgy but what he meant was that he received a complaint from the neighbours that our green bin is being used for normal rubbish. For those of you unfamiliar with English rubbish etiquette (excuse the pun), green bins are for compost and biodegradable waste and not domestic waste. Yes, there is the possibility that my landlord could be fined by the council (after official warnings) because they feign concern about environmental issues but that was beside the point. I couldn't get over the fact that some nosy neighbour had been spying on our green bin! What kind of loser behaviour is that?! They gave a detailed description of the contents of the bin which means they not only opened it, they rummaged through it. I can't, can't, CAN'T get over it.
I chope our bins are all they go through because if I ever get burgled again, I am so blaming them! Clearly they see all so if they can't tell me who robbed me, I'll have to assume they are guilty!
Rant over. Thanks for indulging me.


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A standout amongst our most every now and again made inquiries is "How do payday loans influence my credit?". It's a hard inquiry to answer on the grounds that the appropriate response depends totally on how you oversee satisfying your payday loans. In any case, in any case, it's an essential thing to ask and a considerably increasingly critical inquiry to reply. All things considered, your credit can influence huge, imperative budgetary choices, such as purchasing a house, acquiring another vehicle, and financing other critical buys.
On the off chance that you've connected for a payday loan, you realize that all you have to "qualify" for a payday loan is a financial balance, a wellspring of pay, and some type of recognizable proof (i.e., a permit). Payday moneylenders don't run a credit check before endorsing loans. They don't do much leg work at all to guarantee a borrower can really reimburse the loan. For some borrowers, this is engaging. Notwithstanding, this doesn't imply that payday loans are a decent choice for the individuals who are tied for money in a terrifying monetary crisis. It additionally doesn't imply that a payday loan won't influence your credit.
Since a payday moneylender won't run your credit while getting endorsed for a loan, taking out a payday loan won't really influence your credit. Rather, payday loan organizations utilize your salary confirmation as their credit check. In spite of the fact that payday loan movement doesn't for the most part appear on layaway reports from the three national departments (Equifax, Experian, Trans Union), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) cautions that there are "claim to fame credit announcing offices that gather a portion of your payday loan history" and that it's conceivable that moneylenders may approach this data.
Lamentably, for most payday loan borrowers, be that as it may, payday loans do end up influencing their credit and in unsafe ways … not on the grounds that they took out a payday loan, but since that one payday loan transformed into an unmanageable cycle of loans.
The CFPB found that over 80% of payday loans are moved over or recharged. "What's more, for over 80% of those with rehashed loan cycles, the loan size and default rate is bound to go up the more extended the loan cycles are stretched out." In this report by the CFPB, they "found that half of all payday loans last no less than 10 loans in length and that 64% of new borrowers move toward becoming renewers."
For whatever length of time that you keep on paying the extra charges you bring about, moving over payday loans won't influence your FICO rating, either. Be that as it may, if, in the same way as other individuals, you miss an installment or turn out to be so somewhere down in the red that you can't satisfy the loan(s), your FICO assessment can be influenced.
How Payday Loans Affect Your Credit
The way that you connected for a payday loan won't really influence your credit, yet there are a few different ways a payday loan can hurt your credit. How you handle the payday loan and regardless of whether you remain on track with installments and charges will decide if a payday loan influences your credit.
Bobbed Checks
A payday loan necessitates that you give a check to the aggregate sum of the payday loan in addition to extra charges. The check is held until your payday loan is expected. Around then, the check can be gotten the money for by the loan specialist. In the event that there aren't assets in your financial balance to cover the aggregate sum of the check, you'll end up with a bobbed check.
Bobbed checks don't straightforwardly influence your credit. Be that as it may, on the off chance that you ricochet a check and don't reimburse it, the bank can have your record sent to accumulations. The gathering office would then be able to report this to the credit agencies, which will adversely influence your FICO assessment.
At the point when Unpaid Loans Go to Collections
There's one other regular way a payday loan can contrarily affect your credit. In the event that you don't pay your loan in a convenient way, the bank can send your obligation to accumulations. Now, the gathering office can report this unpaid obligation to the national credit authorities, along these lines contrarily influencing your FICO assessment. In the event that this obligation winds up on your credit report, it can hurt your financial assessment for as long as seven years, regardless of whether you pay the accumulations sum or the judgment against you.
If the post-dated check you gave to the payday moneylender does not clear the bank and you default on the loan, this additionally frequently results in the obligation being sold to an accumulation office and being accounted for to every one of the three credit authorities.
As indicated by this article by National Debt Relief, in spite of the fact that payday loan obligation may appear to be not quite the same as standard individual loan or Mastercard obligation, they work a similar way in case you can't pay back the cash you acquired. The obligation is sent to accumulations and it winds up adversely influencing your credit.
There is the likelihood that a payday moneylender or a gathering office could sue you to gather unpaid loans and charges. On the off chance that you weren't to show up in court or were to lose the case or not pay the judgment, this can appear on your credit report and effect your financial assessment for as long as 7 years.
While taking out a payday loan won't really influence your credit adversely, the repercussions of payday loan obligation can. With 80% of payday loans being either moved over or reestablished, it's evident that the payday loan obligation trap is genuine. For some, it prompts unmanageable regularly scheduled installments and taking out payday loan after payday loan to cover the expanding interest and charges from past loans. This cycle, lamentably, drives individuals into money related circumstances where they aren't ready to satisfy their obligation, and, this outcomes in negative repercussions on your credit.


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What is NAVTEX?
In Marine Navigation, the NAVTEX (Navigational Telex) system is used for the automatic broadcast of localised Maritime Safety Information (MSI) using Radio Telex (also known as Narrow Band Direct Printing or NBDP). Typically, a navtex receiver on board prints out navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent marine safety information to ships.
The range of a navtex receiver is around 200 to 300 nautical miles, which means that it can be effectively used close to the shore. It is part of the worldwide GMDSS system (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System)
How does NAVTEX work?
The Navtex frequency is 518 khz, a medium frequency found suitable for transmission of the telex. For non English broadcasts, the frequency is 490 khz.
Broadcasts from Navtex transmitters are automatically picked up by on board receivers and printed. The officer on watch on the bridge of a ship monitors these broadcasts regularly, and so gets pertinent navigational and weather related information in real time.
The coding of Navtex messages is such that repeated messages are not printed by the receiver on board, which are designed to operate unattended.
Major areas of NAVTEX coverage include the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, coastal areas around Japan and areas around the North American continent. NAVTEX receivers are supplied with their own antenna system. The service is free to users.
It is important to understand that the system is automatic on board ships– once it is switched on and set, it receives MSI information for the area the ship happens to be in continuously and without user involvement. The only thing a mariner has to do is to change the paper on the printer when it runs out.
What do NAVTEX messages contain?
Navtex messages may include (A,B,C etc are called 'Subject Indicators' and denote the kind of message, eg, A is for Navigational warnings. The Subject indicators are unique)
A – Navigational warnings
B – Meteorological warnings
C – Ice reports
D – Search and rescue information
E – Meteorological forecasts
F – Pilot service messages
G – Decca messages (Decca, Loran and Omega are electronic navigational aids)
H – Loran messages
I – Omega messages
J – Satnav messages (related to Satellite navigation)
K – Other electronic navaid messages
L – Additional navigational messages
V – Special services
W – Special services (possible other languages use)
X – Special services
Y– Special services
Z – No message on hand (to confirm there are no new messages)
Advantages of NAVTEX
Navtex provides a cheap and accurate means of receiving all safety related information closer to the coast. It is automatic, user friendly and does not involve regular monitoring. An officer has to just switch it on and initialise it and the receiver will print (or store, as in some models) MSI information automatically.
The Navtex is the most convenient way of monitoring navigational warnings, meteorological warnings, search and rescue information and other data for ships sailing within 300 miles of shore.


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Mary Bisbee '12
Mary Bisbee '12, of Princeton, Mass., will teach English in the Czech Republic as a Fulbright Scholar. As a child, she was shy and more interested in books than in people. Then her grandmother started taking her on trips to such distant places as Ecuador and Italy. The exposure to foreign cultures opened her mind and kindled in her "a sense of adventure and a desire to learn about other languages," she says. She majored in English and has a minor in Italian. She spent the fall semester of her junior year at the University of Edinburgh and the spring term in Ferrara, Italy, where she studied in an Italian-language immersion program. Her interest in teaching blossomed just last summer, when she used her Trustee Scholar stipend to intern at the Telling Room, a creative writing camp for children in Portland, Maine. After her Fulbright year, she hopes to attend graduate school to study linguistics.
More world-class scholars:
- Stephanie Antetomaso '12
- Hannah Allen '12
- Mary Bisbee '12
- Amanda-Joy Febles '12
- Iraimi Mercado '12
- Margaux Fisher '12
- Kristin Petroff '12
- Adam Goldberg '12
- Raphael "Raffi" Sweet '12
- Padric Gleason '10
- Zachary Ginsburg '10
Wheaton students have won 18 competitive national scholarships this year, including two Watson Fellowships and 10 Fulbright Scholarships (a college record for one year).


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Man whacked crocodile with spanner after fatal attack
Following a spate of crocodile attacks in Australia's Northern Territory, including one where a croc tried to drag a camper out of his tent by the foot, a 72-year-old man has told rescuers how he watched his friend drown and then cracked a rampaging crocodile's skull with a spanner.
The pair were catching mud crabs at Leaders Creek in Darwin when a giant crocodile capsized their three-metre "tinny" boat. Up to 200,000 adult saltwater crocodiles are believed to live in the Northern Territory and several were involved in the latest incident.
One fisherman drowned during a three-hour ordeal, while trying to clamber back onto the boat. He somehow became trapped.
As crocs moved in for the kill, the other man managed to repeatedly whack one of the reptiles on the skull with a spanner, then hit it with a few spark plugs for good measure.
Air ambulance Careflight spokesperson Ian Badham recounted the survivor's experience, telling the BBC the crocodiles kept coming back for the man. He fought them off, then took refuge in mangroves and waited for the shifting tide to help him climb back up onto land.
The man's screams eventually caught the attention of professional crabbers who took the victim – and the body of his friend – to a boat ramp. The survivor was whisked to hospital by air ambulance and treated for severe shock, dehydration and exposure.
Both men were from Victoria, in the temperate south of Australia. The latest exploit is set to join a catalogue of blood-curdling tales from Australia's untamed tropical north.
Written by Peter Needham


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Coming Soon to Centrino NotebooksLinux
Lindows.com has announced a new version of its Linux operating system with support for portable computers based on the Intel Centrino platform. Although few observers see an immediate threat to Microsoft's operating system franchise, according to Lindows.com officials, making Linux available on cost-effective notebooks has been a big request from PC manufacturers. The first Centrino systems with LindowsOS Laptop Edition will begin shipping in the late-March to early-April time frame.
The new operating system is the first flavor of Linux to become available for Centrino notebooks. Michael Robertson, founder and CEO of Lindows.com, says manufacturers will offer $199 desktop PCs and $799 notebook systems preloaded with LindowsOS. While several hardware makers have agreed to ship Centrino-based LindowsOS notebooks in coming weeks, no names will be announced until early March.
Lindows.com introduced LindowsOS Laptop Edition at the beginning of the year, and several notebooks now ship with the operating system. A Wi-Fi notebook based on an AMD 1400+ processor is available from Elitegroup Computer Systems for $699 for example. But the first version of LindowsOS Laptop Edition didn't support the Centrino platform, which has become a leading force in notebook systems.
"For manufacturers, the issue isn't just paying for putting Windows XP on a notebook and then asking users to pay," says Robertson. "The system makers also engage in contracts with Microsoft where they have to agree to purchase a certain number of operating systems whether or not they're able to sell that many systems. We don't require that, and that's one reason why OEMs asked us for Centrino support."
The jury is still out on how users will take to Linux-based notebooks. "I don't see any significant near-term threat to the Windows franchise based on Linux appearing on desktops and notebooks," says Dwight B. Davis, vice president and practice director at research firm Summit Strategies. "But it seems clear at this point that there will be various sectors of users who move to Linux-based systems, and most of those sales would have gone to Microsoft. Microsoft helped fuel some of this by changing its licensing policies, which was greeted by unhappiness in many cases. [Linux on desktops and notebooks] could develop into more than a nagging problem."
So which kinds of users might welcome Linux on notebook systems? "It's time for Linux to arrive on desktops and notebooks in certain countries," says Davis, "and in some enterprises, and for some individual userssuch as open-source fanatics. The predisposition in some countries such as China and in parts of the European community is to look closely at Linux as a preferred operating system. There's more of that sentiment than I would have expected a couple of years ago. There are also now many more viable applicationssuch as Sun'sfor use on Linux systems."


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Protective gloves against chemicals and micro-organisms.
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Reporters apologize for spreading New York Times fake news story about Rick Perry
The New York Times ran a hit piece on Rick Perry yesterday claiming that he did not understand the role he would play as Donald Trump's Energy Secretary. Of course several reporters got on Twitter to spread the news of Rick Perry's ignorance but there was one small problem with the story–it was fake news.
Those embarrassed so-called reporters were forced to admit their mistake and issue retractions. Here is more:
I'm about to delete this tweet, which spread the rumor about Perry not knowing what energy sec does," New York Magazine writer Jesse Singal wrote on Twitter, referring to an earlier tweet sharing the story. "I think it's false."
"I officially retract my snarky Rick Perry tweet c/o the NYT," writer Andrew Heaton wrote on Twitter. "I stand by my snarky Dancing with the Stars tweets." Asked why he was retracting in a reply to his tweet, he added: "It appears the NYT had a pre-existing opinion and then slopped some dubious reporting on top to confirm."
"Im retracting last 2 tweets," Vanity Fair editor and Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald Tweeted. "Someone pointed out there are now questions if NYT allegations on Rick Perry are true."
"Since I tweeted the NYTimes story, I'll tweet this repudiation from their source," Huffington Post reporter Natalie Jackson Tweeted. "Deleting my initial tweet."
As one of the reporters stated, the New York Times had a pre-existing opinion and ran with the story without really checking it out. Of course the same can be said for these so-called reporters but I have to give these reporters credit for realizing their mistake and at least making an effort to correct it, which is more than can be said for the New York Times.
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We are a lucky species, in that we are able to hold more than one thought in our heads at once. We can enjoy films that may not be in line with our political ideology, dance to music created by assholes, and appreciate art made by idiots. In fact, this is mostly what we do all the time. If we didn't, we would have very few options for entertainment. The reality is that most of our favourite actors, musicians, and artists are... Wait... Maybe you should sit down for this one...
... Kind of stupid.
I'm sorry but it's true.
I hate listening to radio interviews with actors and musicians I love because they are almost always disappointing idiots. I am exhausted by a culture that desperately wants our celebrities to be everything: intellectuals, political commentators, spiritual guides... It's ridiculous. Actors are actors, rock stars are rock stars, artists are people who make art. None of these qualities necessarily makes these individuals qualified to do anything more than that. If they happen to be intelligent, political beings on the side, great. But it's just as rare to find that our idols also share our ethics and politics as it is to find this in any other very wealthy narcissist.
This reality is compounded when we're talking about male stars. This is because we live in a misogynist society that not only teaches men that women are not so much full human beings deserving of respect, but that women are more like cars or fancy watches: things that are more easily acquired with fame and fortune. "Money, power, women" is the male American dream and it's one that treats commodities as priorities and women as among those commodities.
Wholly interconnected to this is rape culture -- that thing where sexualized violence and male entitlement to sexual access to women is so normalized that even what we understand to be "consensual" sex is steeped in the same values. Sex is something men "get," through whatever means possible and, when they succeed in "getting" said sex, they are congratulated, made to feel powerful and virile -- like real men -- rather than punished.
Knowing all this, is it any real shock that so many of our favorite male artists and entertainers turn out to be abusive dirtbags? I don't say this to excuse men's behaviour -- this is not a "boys will be boys" argument, rather it's an argument that says: Don't idolize your idols. Particularly when they are men. Rock stars are not gods. And when it turns out that your favorite comedian, director, or musician is a rapist or an abuser, try not to let idolization fog that reality. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to unlike whatever music that man created or forget the ways in which that art impacted your life or created a soundtrack for your formative years, but it also doesn't mean you ignore the truth about these men, simply because it makes your desire to bask peacefully in the warm glow of nostalgia more difficult.
On that note, here is a list of men who created what many consider to be great music who were not necessarily great people:
1) Jimmy Page kidnapped 14-year-old Lori Maddix and raped her. (We're all aware that kidnapping a 14 year old and having sex with her never counts as "consensual," right?)
2) John Lennon openly admitted that he beat women in his younger years.
3) James Brown was an extremely violent abuser who beat his second wife, Deirdre Jenkins, to a pulp on a regular basis. She wasn't the only one. His third wife, Adrienne Rodriguez, had him arrested four times on charges of assault and in 2005 a woman named Jacque Hollander accused him of raping her in 1988.
4) Um, Michael Jackson...
5) Miles Davis beat his wives regularly, by his own admission.
6) Rolling Stones guitarist, Bill Wyman, "dated" 13-year-old Mandy Smith when he was 47, eventually marrying her.
7) In 1993, Tupac was arrested for sexually abusing a 19-year-old-woman. From the sounds of it, he participated in a gang-rape with three of his friends. (This is a tough one for me, I'll be honest...)
8) Sid Vicious abused Nancy Spungen and was charged with her murder.
9) Chuck Berry was convicted of transporting a 14-year-old Indigenous girl across state lines for sex.
10) Ozzy Osbourne tried to kill his wife (and was subsequently arrested for domestic abuse) in 1989.
11) Iggy Pop had sex with "baby groupie," Sable Starr, when she was 13.
12) Dr. Dre beat up two women in the '90s.
13) It's common knowledge that Ike Turner viciously abused Tina Turner while they were together.
14) Elvis Presley began pursuing Priscilla Presley when he was 24 years old and she was only 14. Looking back on their relationship, she said, "I was someone he created. I was just a kid and I was consumed by him. All I desired was not to disappoint him."
15) In 1992, Wilson Pickett's girlfriend, Jean Cusseaux, filed a domestic violence complaint against him.
16) R. Kelly, who some might not consider "great," but I was a fan and many others are/were too, raped girl after young girl. (He also married Aaliyah when she was 15.)
17) At 27, Steven Tyler convinced 14-year-old Julia Holcomb's mother to sign over guardian rights to him so he could take her across state lines with him while he was on tour. Of her relationship with Tyler, Holcomb said, "I was subordinate to him as in a parent relationship and felt I had little control over my life." She also pointed out that Tyler referred to her as "my Little Oral Annie" in his memoir.
18) And finally, Lori Mattix told Thrillist that, in the early '70s, "[David Bowie] escorted me into the bedroom, gently took off my clothes, and de-virginized me." This took place when she was around 13 or 14 years old (some sources say she was 15, but in a VH1 documentary, Mattix says this happened before she was with Jimmy Page (at which point she was only 13 or 14). He also faced rape allegations in 1987.
This list could go on... And while we are free to continue to value and enjoy the music these men produced, the desire to appreciate said music shouldn't override the truth about rape culture and violence against women that exists behind it. In fact, denying this truth perpetuates the very culture that allowed these abuses to happen in the first place.
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Hello Creators,
My name is Laura, but you may know me as "Jinx". I have been a Creator at IMVU for almost 13 years. Twelve years ago, I moved to California to be near IMVU, and for the last 8 months, I have been working with the team in different departments. Recently, my dream job became available and I am pleased to announce that I am now stepping into a new role: "Creator Advocate and Program Manager". I am truly excited about this role, as it represents what I stand for within the IMVU Creator community, as well as an opportunity to be your advocate.
My job is to connect with the Creator community and serve as an advocate, a liaison, and an educator, to communicate with IMVU employees so that they can better understand the Creator program and all of its details.
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Along those lines, it is my pleasure to announce some big news.
The IMVU team has been working hard on expanding the current capabilities of the Creator Tool. If you've even done any meshing, you know that exporting from 3Ds Max (or your program of choice) and importing into the Create tab can be a labor-intensive task. If you don't have a Cal3D plugin, you aren't able to export from many of the 3D tools out there. But..what if you could just save a .fbx file and load it directly into Create during the import process? This would not only make things easier for our existing Creators, but it also makes the entire Creator program more accessible to tens of thousands of new 3D creators and animators. This tool is currently in development and is being worked on by a team of engineers and designers as I write this!
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These are a work in progress, and that is where you, the 3D Creator, come in. If you are experienced with 3D Modeling software and you are interested in being a Beta tester for the new FBX import tool, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Tell us a little bit about your 3D modeling/animating experience and what OS and 3D tools you use. We will use this information to reach out to a variety of Creators when the tool is ready for testing.
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|Posted: May 14, 2008
Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools
|(Nanowerk News) Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope.
|"It turns around the rules of nanotechnology, by using biology to calibrate an instrument," said Volkmar Heinrich, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis and co-author of the paper with graduate student Chawin Ounkomol.
|An atomic force microscope uses a tiny lever that runs over the surface of an object. Small deflections of the tip are read and translated to produce an image of the object's surface. However, accurate calibration of the springiness of the tip is difficult.
|Heinrich and Ounkomol used individual red blood cells sucked onto the end of a pipette to push the lever. The lab has previously developed a model that calculates the exact forces needed to squeeze a red blood cell by a certain amount. They could therefore use the red blood cell to very accurately calibrate the springiness of the atomic force microscope cantilever.
|Heinrich does not see the technique as a new way to calibrate these instruments, but it does show that the red blood cell can be used as an accurate force transducer, he said, and could be used as a tool to measure forces between individual molecules and cells or between molecules. Those measurements can advance our understanding of cell biology, for example how cancers spread or how immune cells enter tissues to fight infection.
|The paper is published in the April 14 issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters and also was selected for the April 28 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, which links to original papers in other journals.
|Source: UC Davis
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2x6: Peekaboo
Jesse now has to deal with the yonkis that stole to his dealers. Meanwhile, Skyler thanks Gretchen for taking care of the payments for Walter's therapy
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Construction of the new Pokot cement works, being built by the Sanghi Cement group, will be completed in two years. The company said it is on course with all processes and that the project would take off as planned. Cemtech said it is currently importing materials from China and India. South Africa will provide a captive power plant for the project. The plant is expected to produce 1.2Mta of cement.
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JSR for Java EE 7
We found the recent approval of the JSR (Java Specification Request) for the next release of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 7. The major thrust is given for cloud enablement, which is really good news as Java EE tends to be the major application development platform for the enterprises in their datacenters. As Microsoft Azure already provides a clear path for .NET migration to the cloud, this announcement from the Java EE community make doubly sure that enterprises move toward Cloud in the near future. The Press Releases states the following support for Cloud Platform.
Java EE 7 will further enhance the Java EE platform for cloud environments. As a result, Java EE 7 based applications and products will be able to more easily operate on private or public clouds and deliver their functionality as a service with support for features such as multi-tenancy and elasticity (horizontal scaling).
The following sections outline the supporting features in Java EE 7 to position itself as a Cloud Platform for enterprises along with Windows Azure.
Java EE 7 as a Cloud Consumer
As per the press release, the latest submission for Java EE 7 compliments the JSR 339, which is for the Java API for RESTful Web Services. This JSR will develop the next version of JAX-RS, the API for RESTful (Representational State Transfer) Web Services in the Java Platform.
Representational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems, such as the World Wide Web. Central to the RESTful architecture is the concept of resources identified by universal resource identifiers (URIs). These resources can be manipulated using a standard interface, such as HTTP, and information is exchanged using representations of these resources.
All the major cloud platform providers support RESTful Web Services and with JSR 339, Java EE is positioned to be a cloud consumer for all types of cloud-based resources.
The REST APIs for the Windows Azure storage services offer developers a means to access the Blob, Queue, and Table services in Windows Azure or in the development environment.
All storage services are accessible via REST APIs. Storage services may be accessed from within a service running in Windows Azure, or directly over the Internet from any application that can send an HTTP/HTTPS request and receive an HTTP/HTTPS response.
SQL Azure data can be exposed as WCF Data Services by using the entity framework provider. The WCF Data Service framework provides an API that allows data to be created and consumed over HTTP using a RESTful service. All the database operations can be exposed as a service in this manner.
From these discussions, support for REST APIs will enable Java EE 7 as a cloud-consuming platform across many cloud providers such as Windows Azure.
Java EE 7 as a Cloud Integrator
JBI standardizes a way of assembling and binding the components making up an application.
JBI defines a container that can host components. Two kinds of components can be plugged into a JBI environment:
- Service engines provide logic in the environment, such as XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) transformation or BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) orchestration.
- Binding components are sort of "connectors" to external services or applications. They allow communication with various protocols, such as SOAP, REST, Java Message Service, or ebXML.
JBI is built on top of state-of-the-art SOA standards: service definitions are described in WSDL (Web Services Description Language) and components exchange XML messages in a document-oriented-model way.
Together with consuming APIs for REST-based Services and JBI, Java EE 7 can be positioned as a cloud integrator platform. However, we need to see the final specification on the exact options for cloud integration in Java EE 7.
Java EE 7 as a Cloud Provider
While the options for a cloud consumer and integrator do exist in Java EE in different forms in the earlier versions, the new add-ons to position Java EE 7 as a cloud provider are a major boost to the platform. The following are the expected major features in relation to Java EE 7 as a cloud provider.
- The Java EE platform architecture to take into account the operational impact of the cloud, more specifically by defining new roles that arise in that model, such as a PaaS administrator.
- The Java EE platform may also establish a set of constraints that applications that wish to take advantage of PaaS-specific features, such as multi-tenancy, may have to obey and provide a way for applications to identify themselves as designed for cloud environments.
- All resource manager-related APIs, such as JPA, JDBC and JMS, will be updated to enable multi-tenancy. The programming model may be refined as well, for example, by introducing connectionless versions of the major APIs.
- Java EE will define a descriptor for application metadata to enable developers to describe certain characteristics of their applications that are essential for the purpose of running them in a PaaS environment. These may include being multi tenancy-enabled, resources sharing, quality of service information, dependencies between applications.
The actual release of Java EE 7 is expected to be in 2012. However, the Java Community has taken the correct step in moving toward Cloud, especially since the .NET platform has moved ahead with Windows Azure implementation.
We have seen that Java EE is the major enterprise platform with millions of lines of code available in the data centers, a path to move them to Cloud will be very attractive to enterprises. Considering the current rate of cloud adoption, it may be a better business option to release this version much earlier in 2011
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