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'Tangled' up: Movie trailer blurs the line between parody and reality during SNL
I was watching SNL this weekend and was turned off by a commercial that aired after SNL went to break. It was a commercial for the new Disney movie, "Tangled." But instead of it being the same trailer we've seen in rotation all weekend, it was a parody of a pharmaceutical company ad. They called it "Rapunzhair." Essentially, they created their very own parody commercial during the show that does parody commercials.
I don't have a problem with Disney trying to jazz up their marketing plans with pseudo-funny takes on their product. But to have it broadcast during the only prime-time programming that does honest-to-goodness parodies is borderline suspect.
This summer, a furniture commercial was doing the same thing during Mad Men: dressing up and talking like the characters to sell their stuff. The Walter E. Smithe brothers have made their name with parodying sports and entertainment. But both of these examples weren't as obvious or as sneaky as what we saw on Saturday night.
As consumers, I think we need to do a better job of letting Hollywood or big corporate interests stay away from this kind of misleading marketing. I really thought it was a parody commercial produced by SNL. Memo to NBC: Don't let advertisers ruin the integrity of your programming.
If you want us to watch your programs and support them through thick & thin, then please have the decency to draw the line and not let advertisers try to dupe us with gimmicks and marketing tricks. I know you are in this to make money and to serve us ads. But at least pretend you're not.


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Week 6 MLS Average Attendance is 21,204 With 2 Sold-Out Matches
MLS week 6 average attendance is 21,204 compared to 18,498 last week. The regular season average has increased 0.81% to 20,424 from 20,259 last week. Stadiums were 82.48% filled throughout the week, staying at 82.17% of capacity for the season.
Two matches were sold out this week— Vancouver Whitecaps FC versus Seattle LA Galaxy at BC Place and D.C. United versus Los Angeles FC at Audi Field.
Below is a visualization of the season average versus the individual weekly averages.
Below is a visualization of the season average throughout the history of Major League Soccer from 1996 to the current season.
Finally, below is a table with each team's average home attendance capacity this season.
What do you think about Major League Soccer's Week 6 attendance statistics? Let us know in the comments section below or on Facebook and Twitter.

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Controlling BIRT Chart Colors in Maximo
One of the efforts I'm making as we head into 20201 is data consistency. I started looking at some of our key reports and noticed that as our maturity evolved, our reports evolved as well, but sometimes in a disjointed way. We'd discover a new technique in BIRT or better define a business process, which could alter one of our reports. As these alterations of our reports occurred, the reports across our environment wouldn't have a consistent feel because some reports may have been untouched. 2
I'm working on an update to our reliability scorecard and I wanted to add some visual cues to what has been just a set of numerical charts for a long time. I got the data loaded for various views of our work orders onto 3 separate pie charts. The charts looked like this:
This was the correct visual representation of the data, but look at the charts closely... the colors change in each pic chart. That's not helpful when the goal was for a more consistent view.
Setting Chart Colors
I started digging through chart settings in BIRT and found nothing on how to set a chart color to the category value - e.g. worktype 'PM' will always be blue. I did some digging around and found a post similar to what I was looking for on the OpenText forums.
Hi, I'm using a multiple pie charts and the slices are colored based on what the value of the category series is. This is working as intended, but the question I have is can I specify the color based on the value of the category.
The steps to force a BIRT chart to specific colors turned out to be pretty simple. I identified the top 4-5 work order types I knew that would consistently show up in all the pie charts. The key to the process is creating a script to connect the Category values in the chart to a specific color palette.
Steps to Force Chart Colors
With the script created, I applied the script to each chart with the following steps:
- Create color palette for the Categories that will be shared across all the charts in BIRT. (Use the example script from above.)
- Open the BIRT report and select the chart you want to modify.
- With chart selected, click on the
Scriptbutton in the BIRT editor.
- This will open the
On Renderfunction for the chart, which is also the only function available.
- Paste the categorization script you created.
- Go back to the
Layouttab and repeat steps for other charts.
- Save the report file and preview the report.
With the updated rendering scripts, all of the primary categories are now the same color:
Data Consistency
Doing a side by side comparison of the same dataset shows how the controlled version has more consistency between the category sets.
The next step I could take would be to set a standard for all work types, so no matter what the dataset is I would have consistent coloring on all the charts.
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The highly conserved rabies viral remains a neglected zoometric disease in many developing countries due to constraints of diagnosis. In virtue of discovering and evaluating an opportune technique for rapid detection of rabies virus using an enzyme immunoassay, a mark is seen to set in branch of medical science dealing with diagnosis of rabies in humans and animals. A team of international researchers at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, bring into light the propensity of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)-based for detection of rabies virus. This ELISA-based method for detection of rabies virus presents advocated tests for rapid diagnosis of rabies, as compared to the most commonly used fluorescent antibody test (FAT) that's not only expensive but necessitate expertise to perform and interpret the results.
The authors in alliance conducted a study, taking Brain homogenates of suspected rabid humans (n = 16) animals (n = 250) and clinical samples like saliva (n = 12) directly spotted on polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (PVDF). A simple direct ELISA-based technique for diagnosis of rabies virus nucleoprotein-specific antibodies has been developed and assessed to root out the rabies antigen in brain specimens of humans and animals. The utility of this test in the ante-mortem detection of human rabies has also been examined and the results were evaluated with (FAT) (for brain samples) and mouse vaccination test (for saliva and CSF samples).
It is quite shocking but the reality remains that most of the human departures from life happens due to rabies, more specific in Asia and Africa. Estimates of human deaths due to endemic canine rabies in Asia and Africa annually surpassed 30,000 and 23,000, respectively, probably causing in more human lives and livestock losses. Although human rabies is believed to be almost 100% lethal, the reported survival of a team of researchers who developed and evaluated (ELISA) with purified recombinant N protein expressed in E. coli have revived interest in the medical community to apply experimental therapeutic approaches.
The aptitude for treatment offers an additional stimulus to attempt to make the diagnosis at earliest possible and, that being so, ante mortem laboratory detection has gained greater significance in recent years.
For the purpose of achieving sizeable success in controlling canine rabies and minimizing human rabies transmitted by dogs, using a simple, reliable and rapid sandwich ELISA (WELYSSA) is conjectured to accomplish the ambition.
Until now Laboratory diagnosis and surveillance for human rabies are by n large restrained in much of the developing world where rabies is a native mainly due to rabies remain underestimated here. Realizing the need of a simple, sensitive, and cost-effective laboratory technique for rapid rabies diagnosis, ELISA (WELYSSA) has shown its potential of detection of viruses belonging to all 7 genotypes diffusing in Asia, Africa, Oceania and Europe.
Authors display; another productive test for rabies viral antigen detection that includes Rapid Rabies Enzyme Immunodiagnosis (RREID). By implementing an immuno histo chemical technique as well as enzyme immunoassays, the rabies N antigen can be easily and rapidly detected. This method of diagnosis is based on capturing rabies N protein in a brain homogenate by a monoclonal or polyclonal anti-N antibody laminated on the solid phase. Consequently, the captured antigen is diagnosed by adding peroxidase conjugated polyclonal or monoclonal antibody heightened in distinct species or even better by supplementing biotinylated N antibody followed by colour development with hydrogen peroxide, diamino benzedine and o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (OPD).
In different trials, the (RREID) test is concluded to be as specific and as sensitive as FAT. However, an added advantage of RREID remains in characteristic that entails that partial breakdown of the brain will not affect the test result. One limitation of the test includes the requirement of brain tissue, which interrupts its use in ante mortem detection.
The ELISA-based technique for diagnosis of rabies virus nucleoprotein-specific dot blot described here is a subtle, specific and rapid test for the post-mortem detection of rabies in humans and animals. The specificity of the test was observed to be 100%, even so, the utility of this test for the ante-mortem detection of rabies requires further investigation.


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Be respectful of the teacher, other students, and yourself.
Enter the classroom prepared to learn.
Follow classroom procedures at all times.
Class Rules:
Class Syllabus
Students are expected to follow the student code of conduct in the student handbook and all other rules, guidelines, and policies outlined there. I will follow SST's discipline and positive reward system in addition to the classroom management system below.
· First Infraction: Verbal warning
· Second Infraction: DPS Points (Parent will be contacted)
· Third Infraction: Student/Teacher conference
· Fourth Infraction: Parent/Teacher conference
· Fifth Infraction: Saturday Detention of After-School Detention
Sixth Infraction: Office Referral
Behavior and Discipline:
Note: Students found bullying, using profane or derogatory language, being physical or verbally violent, endangering themselves or others, violating laws, committing Level II or Level III offenses according to the Parent/Student Handbook will bypass warnings and written conferences and be assigned DPS or have a referral written. Students in possession of electronic devices and cell phones will have their devices taken up in accordance with school policy. These devices will need to be picked up by a parent at the front office and a fine will be charged.


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Yours, Mine and Ours
THE PERNICE BROTHERS released their third album Yours, Mine and Ours a few weeks ago to tons of critical acclaim. The followup album to 2001's The World Won't End finds the band in rare form and pushing their dark pop tunes to the limit. To quote Keith Phipps in the Onion A.V. Club, "...the music of a grown-up unruly boy who learned that there was more to the record store than U.K.-only B-sides, but who never shook the haunted melancholy of a teenage obsessive. The new Pernice Brothers album Yours, Mine & Ours strikes the same gorgeous, sad tone as its two predecessors, beginning with a track so immediately striking that the rest of the disc could consist of misguided experiments in dub remixes, and it might not matter." Luckily for us, the record does follow suit. You can listen to the new album on the Pernice Brother's Site or catch the band on their upcoming US Tour.


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Russian-British relations: a co-operation without a reset
The United Kingdom is the only large EU member state not to have close, friendly relations with Russia. The key reason for this seems to be the lack of readiness in London to make the economic concessions Russia expects. Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to Moscow on 12 September – the first in several years at this level – fits in with the efforts his government has been making for a year or so to improve mutual relations. Although it failed to bring the breakthrough, it nevertheless confirmed that both countries, despite their political differences, are willing to continue their pragmatic economic co-operation.
The cooling of Russian-British relations
Russian-British relations, which were very good in 2001–2002 (for example, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair was the main initiator and advocate of establishing closer NATO-Russia co-operation), became significantly colder later. This was caused by problems regarding both political issues and economic relations.
Russia viewed the United Kingdom's granting of asylum to political refugees from Russia and its refusal to extradite them as hostile actions. This in particular concerned Boris Berezovsky, an oligarch linked to political opposition circles, and Ahmad Zakayev, prime minister of the Chechen government in exile. On the other hand, the death in November 2006 of Alexander Litvinenko, a British citizen and a political refugee from Russia, who was poisoned with radioactive polonium, coupled with the Russian government's refusal to surrender Andrei Lugovoy, a former officer of the Russian secret services, who was suspected of this crime, gave rise to a serious crisis in bilateral relations. One of the measures the British government took at that time was the decision to freeze co-operation between the two countries' secret services.
What brought about an even stronger deterioration of relations between London and Moscow were economic problems, especially the British government's de facto blocking of Gazprom's attempts to expand into the lucrative British natural gas market in 2006–2007 (an unsuccessful attempt to take over a major stake in Centrica, one of the leading gas distributors in the United Kingdom), and on the other hand problems encountered by British energy corporations on the Russian market. In 2007, the Russian-British joint venture, TNK-BP, was forced to make the decision to relinquish its project aimed at production at the Kovykta gas field, and the British-Dutch corporation, Royal Dutch Shell, was forced to hand over to Gazprom its controlling stake in the Sakhalin-2 project aimed at the extraction of natural gas and crude oil and LNG production.
Attempts at a reset
The new British government, a coalition of Conservatives and Liberals, led by David Cameron made attempts to reset Russian-British relations in 2010. Cameron met four times with President Dmitry Medvedev at various international forums. In autumn 2010, in order to meet Russian expectations halfway for support with modernisation processes, the British side sent to Moscow a concept for establishing closer bilateral scientific and technological co-operation under the title 'Knowledge Partnership'. Russia reacted favourably to these initiatives, expecting however more serious economic offers from London. An opportunity for enhancing Russian-British relations in this area seemed to have been offered by the talks between BP and Rosneft, which in January 2011 resulted in an agreement being signed on strategic co-operation covering for example extraction from gas fields on the Russian Arctic shelf, which provides for a partial exchange of assets between the two companies.
This agreement was formally blocked by the Russian partners in the TNK-BP joint venture, who demanded it be revised or that there be compensation from BP for breaching its obligations towards them. However, there are many hints indicating that their actions were closely consulted with the Russian government, which wanted to force BP to make further financial concessions or – which is more likely – to hand over more of its assets to Russian entities. However, BP chose not to do this. It was also not without significance that the British government, without having expressed its official stance, was de facto critical of this deal.
Prime Minister Cameron's visit
Given this background, the British prime minister's visit to Moscow could not be expected to bring about any positive breakthrough in bilateral relations. Its most important result seems to have been the confirmation of the readiness of both sides to develop economic co-operation regardless of the existing political differences. An expression of that was the Declaration on a Knowledge-Based Partnership for Modernisation signed by Prime Minister Cameron and President Medvedev and the memorandums which accompanied it (see Appendix 1).
The visit did not settle the existing disputes between the United Kingdom and Russia. For example, both parties confirmed in public their respective firm stances on the extradition of Lugovoy (according to Kommersant newspaper, the British side rejected a solution put forward by Russia: a joint investigation, and if Lugovoy was found guilty, he would serve his penalty in Russia). A great difference of opinions was also revealed in the approaches to the Syrian issue (while Prime Minister Cameron insisted that Assad's regime should be removed from power as it had lost legitimacy, president Medvedev opposed the imposition of UN sanctions on Syria). The atmosphere of this visit was also affected by the searches of the Russian offices of BP in late August/early September, which was linked to the failure to reach a strategic agreement between BP and Rosneft (the Russian court which passed the decision on the confiscation of BP's documents however cancelled it following a conversation between Prime Ministers Cameron and Putin).
A co-operation without reset?
One reason for the problem of making a reset in Russian-British relations seems to be the lack of readiness from the British side to pay the economic and political price which the Russian government expected to receive for it. Apparently, the unsuccessful BP-Rosneft deal seems to have played a major part in the prevention of a positive breakthrough in Russian-British relations (the discord over the Litvinenko case had a smaller impact). This is due to the fact that the potential benefits of closer relations seem limited to both parties. From the point of view of Russia, the United Kingdom, despite being one of the key EU member states, has a significantly weaker influence on the EU's policy than Germany or France. It is also either unable or unready to offer Moscow attractive joint infrastructural projects, access to its domestic market or closer military co-operation. For the United Kingdom, Russia is an attractive market, including in the energy sector, however not sufficiently enough to be offered important British assets. London is interested in good political relations with Moscow, but it is not using these relations to improve its position within the EU and is also not ready to sacrifice its principles for their sake.
However, on the other hand, regardless of problems in bilateral relations on the political level, Russian-British relations in the area of trade and economy have been quite good over the past few years (see Appendix 2). Russia sees the potential benefits the promised limited transfer of British technologies offers and wants British companies to make investments, especially in sectors other than energy. The Russian market, despite the existing difficulties, is still attractive for the United Kingdom and the many British companies operating on this market (the British energy giants are also determined to stay there). All this will contribute to a continuation of economic relations between Russia and the United Kingdom, however without a particular rapprochement between the two countries.
Wojciech Górecki, Marek Menkiszak
co-operation: Marcin Kaczmarski, Ewa Paszyc
Appendix 1
Documents signed during the visit
1. Declaration on a knowledge-based partnership for modernisation (envisaging for example co-operation, including technological, in various sectors of the economy and science, fostering contacts between business circles, scholars, young people, etc.).
2. Joint statement on cultural co-operation (listing joint projects to be implemented in 2011–2013).
3. Memorandum of understanding on co-operation on joint scientific research and the development and commercialisation of innovative technologies in the common interest (concerning co-operation with the Skolkovo innovations centre, which is being created, including in the area of energy-saving technologies).
4. Memorandum of understanding on the Russian Foreign Direct Investments Fund (providing for facilitations to British firms investing in Russia and Russian firms investing in the United Kingdom).
5. Memorandum of understanding between the Open Joint-Stock Company RZhD [Russian Railways] and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by UK Trade and Investment (envisaging for example co-operation on the modernisation of Russian junction railway station).
6. Memorandum of understanding between Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and Rolls-Royce (concerning supplies of equipment to nuclear power plants).
7. Memorandum of understanding on co-operation on the creation of an international financial centre in Moscow (the aim of the centre's operation is to act for the benefit of the modernisation of the Russian economy and to render financial services to the parties).
Appendix 2
British-Russian trade and economic co-operation
Trade turnovers between the two countries in 2010 reached US$15.9 billion, and US$10.1 billion in the first half of 2011 (US$22.5 billion in 2008 and US$12.6 billion in 2009). The Russian president said that British companies had invested US$40 billion in Russia thus far, mainly in the energy sector. (According to other data, total British investments in Russia account for 7% of all FDI and rank the United Kingdom sixth among all investors). Hundreds of British firms are present in Russia (according to other data, as much as over one thousand). These include such petrochemical giants as BP (present in Russia since 2003 through the joint venture TNK-BP) and the British-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, as well as firms from the pharmaceutical, food, trade and industry sectors.


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In the African desert included the song that will "play forever"
One of the main problems of modern gadgets — they have to charge. In some cases this must be done every day (e.g., smartphones), sometimes you can afford to take a break, if we are talking about tablets, wireless speakers and other devices with low energy consumption. The creation of something "eternal" has been postponed largely for this reason, but one artist was able to work around this limitation the old fashioned way.
In the middle of the Namib, the oldest desert in the world, the African artist has created an installation of multiple speakers and player. As planned, the player must constantly produce a track of Toto — "Africa", which was released in 1982. Dynamics and player eat like from built-in batteries and are placed around the solar panels. For stability they are bolted to the concrete columns, which are slightly dug into the sand.
On the idea of the artist, the song should "play forever: the sun in Africa enough, so the battery device will not sit down. The only thing that can prevent installation — harsh climate of the Namib desert, where there are often sandstorms. Well, or vandals that decide to ruin the song.
The idea of using solar panels to create something "eternal" is not new, but until now nobody has implemented it in a similar way. The song "Africa" has become "viral" a few years ago, becoming one of the favorite tracks around the Internet.


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Hi Yogis! Welcome to our April Yogi Spotlight, organized and written by the fabulous Kathleen Reynolds! Today's feature yogis are Jody + Cindy, two yogis who have been with us since our very early days! Learn more about Jody + Cindy and their wonderful practices in their own words below!
Meet Jody Krieger:
I was a true beginner when I walked through the doors of Allay Yoga in October of 2011; I did not know one single yoga position. Not even down dog. I spent that first month or two looking around the room mimicking others. I was such a novice in that first class, that when Pam told us to lower ourselves down to our belly from the plank position, I chuckled to myself thinking "You want me to do what?!?" Little did I know that this was the basis for so much of what we do in yoga.
The other position I remember so clearly from that first class was savasana. Not because I was thankful that I had survived a class where my body had been asked to do things I don't think it had ever done before and now I could go home and have a glass of wine, but because I was thinking to myself (I thought to myself a lot in those first classes) "Okay, I've rested long enough, time to get up. Why are we still lying here? Let's go. Time to leave."
I read somewhere that for some savasana is one of the hardest positions. It certainly was for me. I'm impatient. I'm ready to move on to the next thing. Quieting my mind is not something that comes easy to me. It took me many months to love savasana. But I did learn to clear my mind, to lie there and be still, to truly just breathe. Pam's strong, gentle hands massaging my upper back, neck and head during savasana is one of life's great pleasures.
A year or so after starting yoga, my daughter was home on her winter break from college, and we were driving on the highway. She asked me why I was driving so slowly (I think I may have been doing the speed limit.) She said her mother always drove fast. It made me think, had my yoga practice affected my driving? Was I learning to slow down; to not be so impatient?
I think we all tell ourselves stories about ourselves. And we come to believe them. For me, in my yoga practice, it was always "I don't go upside down." Whenever there was an inversion position, I always modified so I didn't have to go upside down. But then we started doing downward dog on the wall. I watched the first week. Everyone was laughing trying to do it. It certainly looked like fun, but there was no way I was going upside down. And then the next week came and I decided to try. Everyone was having fun and I wanted to too. Couldn't do it, but I was partially upside down for a few seconds and I survived. I'm not sure how many weeks it took before I could do the position, certainly over a month of trying, but I kept trying and I kept going upside down.
And now I love ending my practice in supported shoulder stand right before savasana. I just seem to be able to let my body go and relax into my shoulders. Kind of funny that being upside down is now one of my favorite positions.
This morning I was driving behind some really slow cars. I must confess that I yelled out loud to my empty car "Why are we driving so slow people?" I guess it's time to get back to my yoga practice; I've missed the past couple of weeks.
Meet Cindy Frank:
Yoga is power. Power is strength and control, and yoga gives me both. I am not a physically imposing person, but my weekly yoga practice has given me the strength to carry more groceries than I used to, and my abs don't scream out from boat pose or plank anymore. When one of my daughters was younger and especially frustrated with another person, I would ask her, "Is that person the boss of you? No. That's right, you are the boss of you." (I often wondered why none of my daughters ever said to me, when I asked them to do something, "You are not the boss of me!" So far, that hasn't happened.) My yoga practice, and weekly class with Pam or Marisa reminds me now that I am the boss of me, and that is enough control for my life. This was especially true when I sat through certain meetings at work last summer and fall, when my job was in flux. Yoga reminds me to take that breath, straighten my spine, lower my shoulders away from my ears and move forward.
I came to Allay thanks to my friend Jody; about three years ago, she invited me to a beginner class with Pam and that was that. The focus on mindfulness and learning all the basics while listening to what your body wants is so calming. I love the challenge to balance just a little longer, or sink a little deeper. There is also the laughing. Outloud. I mean, really, you want us to raise one foot and eagle arm ourselves while focusing on that spot on the wall opposite and breathe and smile???
Besides the sheer fun and work benefits I get some health payback as well. The nurse who checks my bone density and measures my height announces that I am not shrinking – she tells me women who practice yoga tend not to get shorter as they age. Other benefits include kitchen yoga, which means a forward fold, a halfway lift to step back plank while waiting for the tea water to boil; also dancing around the house yoga to whatever is on the radio (Tay Swift included), and focused breathing during those moments when everyone around me is trying to get a word in, or pout and be cranky. There is no shame in tuning others out while you focus on your breath.
So Jody, thanks for inviting me, and Pam, Marisa, Kathleen, Nicole and all my class mates, thanks for sharing your practice!


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Benefits of studying engineering courses.
Engineers get to apply the knowledge they acquire from learning mathematics, science, invention, innovation, design, economics, social and practical in developing new and improved concepts.
The many career benefits that an engineering graduate is highly likely to enjoy upon completion of studies, should help students put aside their fears and set their mind on studying engineering.
The field of engineering has been exploited over the years and many inventions and innovations made. Engineering studies are bound to be of great usefulness to both the engineering students and the society too.
Students with innovative minds can actualize their desires to improve the world, through studying engineering so as to know how they can do this. They get to study the course they have always desired to and live the life they have always wished for.
Students who choose to pursue engineering courses have many career opportunities that they will find to exciting. Engineering graduates have a chance to apply their skills they have acquired, in the various industries, in the offices, in the laboratories where they can perform various experiments on different phenomena or even choose to work in the learning institutions as lecturers and academicians.
Students who have interest in the utilizing natural energy from sources like wind and solar, have a chance to learn about how to do this, by pursuing the related courses that have been newly introduced in colleges and universities. Students who wish to pursue an engineering courses that sustains the cleanliness of the environment can now choose to study any of the green engineering courses available. Students who study green engineering courses will play a major role in the world today in finding ways of utilizing the renewable sources of energy like the solar and wind energy.
There is a need for students to study courses like solar panel installation, since this knowledge would be applicable in installing the solar panels to help people use the solar energy. Students who study solar panel utilization get equipped with skills on how to maintain and design the solar panels, hence ensuring effectiveness of the panels.
There has been a drop in the number of students who graduate from the field of engineering, because many students today dislike the idea of spending long durations as is the norm in the study of engineering. The consequence of students shying away from pursuing engineering course today is the huge imbalance between the high demand for skilled engineers and the actual low number of graduates from the field of engineering.
The possibility of landing well-paying jobs after graduating, should encourage the students who have interest in engineering to persevere the lengthy study duration. There are not so many careers that are more lucrative and highly paying than the engineering careers.
People with good qualifications in the field of engineering have a wide variety of jobs to pick from since the jobs are readily available for them.


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Supreme Court of South Dakota
February 3, 2016
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Plaintiff and Appellee,v.TROY LEE REINHARDT, Defendant and Appellant
Considered on Briefs January 11, 2016.
As Corrected April 25, 2016.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MINNEHAHA COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE HONORABLE MARK SALTER, Judge.
MARTY J. JACKLEY, Attorney General, JOHN M. STROHMAN, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee.
KRISTI JONES, Minnehaha County Public Advocates Office, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.
ZINTER, Justice. GILBERTSON, Chief Justice, and SEVERSON, WILBUR, and KERN, Justices, concur.
ZINTER, Justice
[¶1] Troy Reinhardt was convicted of simple assault. He appeals the circuit court's refusal to give a definitive ruling, at the close of the State's evidence, on his request for a self-defense jury instruction. Reinhardt also contends that the admission of certified copies of his fingerprint cards from prior arrests in Iowa and Nebraska violated his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation in a subsequent court trial on a habitual criminal information. We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
[¶2] Reinhardt's assault charge arose out of an incident in which he punched
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another person while in the lobby of the Minnehaha County Jail. During a two-day jury trial, the State elicited testimony from the victim, eyewitnesses, and jail personnel. After the State rested its case, the court distributed its proposed jury instructions. The court did not include Reinhardt's requested self-defense instruction. The following morning, the court inquired whether Reinhardt was going to testify. Reinhardt's counsel stated that if the court was still not inclined to give a self-defense instruction, Reinhardt would testify. The court indicated the State's evidence was insufficient to support such an instruction. Reinhardt then took the stand and testified that he was defending himself in the incident. He alleged that he punched the victim in response to being pushed. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the court gave the jury a self-defense instruction. The jury returned a guilty verdict.
[¶3] A court trial was subsequently held on the habitual criminal information. The information alleged that Reinhardt had been convicted of two prior assaults: one on August 12, 2003, in Woodbury County, Iowa; and another on September 12, 2008, in Douglas County, Nebraska. During that trial, over Reinhardt's objection, the State introduced certified fingerprint cards it acquired from Iowa and Nebraska agencies that had fingerprints relating to Reinhardt's convictions in those jurisdictions. Marc Toft, of the Sioux Falls Crime Laboratory, testified that he compared the fingerprints on the fingerprint cards with the fingerprints taken from Reinhardt following the assault in South Dakota. Toft opined that all three sets of fingerprints ...
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It's the finest show in Cannes – the 38th Yachting Festival 2015 – the sunshine is there to welcome everyone!
..and we were amongst the 50 000 expected visitors this year – visiting some 496 stands – and there is just about everything you can imagine – engines, propellors, annexes, insurance, yachts and most importantly some amazing looking hosts – from all over the world – ready to welcome you! – a real buzz
Is the luxury market suffering??? NO – the stands are full, drink is flowing, contracts are signed, boats are tried – an amazing action packed trade show – as only Cannes can do!
With over 300 000m2 exposition space, 2 marinas, 10km of boats, and over 3km of additional floating peers – make sure you are ready for a very very long walk!
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Sun Hill is in a state of tense apprehension as an operation to arrest a big drug baron gets underway. However, the bold move onto the suspect's premises does not get the desired evidence, leaving the investigators unexpectedly stuck. Inside Sun Hill, Superintendent Heaton battles to keep Inspector Gina Gold fully on his side, as he is set to prove that his zero tolerance approach to drugs is the way forward. Now all depends on the team's support for the Superintendent's war against drugs in his nick. During the investigation, PC Lewis Hardy finds it hard to accept the Superintendent's approach. Wishing to protect the suspect's family, it hurts him to see the kids get a bad impression of what the police stand for. A second visit to the suspect's house provides the team with the evidence to firm up their suspicion that the suspect's wife is hiding something. But is a bag of cannabis really the tip of the drug iceberg that Heaton is expecting?
In a nearby back garden, PC Dan Casper and PC Will Fletcher are investigating a case of vandalism against the owner of a local go-kart stadium. Although more concerned about Dan's boxing match that night, they get on the case anyway and find out that the offender is Euan Thomas, whom they both know from the boxing club. A visit to Euan's house explains his motivation was to revenge the business man's behaviour towards his sister. Taking a diplomatic route to resolving this case, the young coppers hatch a plan which gets more than their endorphins racing …
DC Terry Perkins is put in charge of Max Little a potentially dangerous offender who is about to be released from prison whom Superintendent Heaton wants to keep under close scrutiny. Terry wants to see him a changed man, but when Max's mother is found screaming for her life on her balcony, he realises that Max is still a very angry man. Terry is also getting more entangled in his kids' adolescent turmoils. After being absent from their lives for three years, Terry finds himself growing close to his estranged ex-wife, Helen Coles. Is now their time to smooth things over when the children have only just settled into the separation?
As Dan prepares for his next boxing match, Gina, possibly more nervous that Dan, has a surprise in stock for him. Dan's coach and best mate Will stands by, not doubting Dan's abilities for a moment. Seconds out…


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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23: A technical correction saw the ringgit retreat versus the US dollar in early trade today after yesterday's brief gain.
At 9.15 am, the local unit declined against the greenback to 4.1140/1190 fromThursday's 4.1060/1110 closing.
A dealer said the outlook for the local note against the greenback was still positive after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut the longer-term rate view at its two-day meeting.
"Besides leaving its target rate for overnight lending unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, the Fed also projected a less aggressive rise in rates next year and in 2018, and cut its longer-run interest rate forecast to 2.9 per cent from 3.0 per cent.
"Investors' expectation for a US interest rate hike has now dwindled, and this scenario favours emerging currencies like the ringgit" he added.
The ringgit was traded mixed to firmer against other major currencies in early trade today.
The local note declined against the British pound to 5.3741/3827 from 5.3665/3735on Thursday.
Meanwhile, it rose against against the euro to 4.6106/6166 from 4.6114/6187, improved against the Singapore dollar to 3.0292/0336 from 3.0303/0362, and advanced against the yen to 4.0700/0770 from 4.0750/0816.
Source : The Malaysian Times


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In Key West, an island town in Florida known for its pirate origins, raucous parties, and as the home of Ernest Hemingway's cats, there's an eco-revolution going on. In lieu of timely efforts at state and federal levels to protect the environment, Key West and the other cities of the Florida Keys have taken it upon themselves to protect the fragile ecosystem that surrounds the island chain.
Preserving shared natural resources is nothing new for the southernmost city in the continental United States. "Key West's heritage of conservation began more than a century ago," explains Ashley Serrate, a representative from the Tourist Development Council (TDC) for Monroe County, of which Key West is a part. It started in 1908 with President Theodore Roosevelt's establishment of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge, one of the first in the country, while more recent eco-efforts have resulted in sunscreen bans designed to protect the Florida Reef—the world's third largest barrier reef—which is only six miles offshore of Key West.
Located on the front lines of climate change-induced traumas like hurricanes and flooding, Key West and its neighboring communities have shown a commitment to going above and beyond on environmental issues—but tourism brings in millions of people every year. For those making a trip, Key West businesses and the TDC have created numerous resources to make selecting eco-friendly options easier.
Before a trip, Serrate encourages visitors to educate themselves on eco-travel—her team has created a guide called the 10 Keymandments. With suggestions like planting coral and catching (then eating) invasive species like lionfish, these adventures are inherently eco-friendly.
Even though the sunscreen ban doesn't take effect until 2021, Key West visitors should stock up on oxybenzone and octinoxate-free SPF before heading to Florida, in addition to metal straws and reusable bags. "Get to know what makes the area so unique and such an environmental treasure," says Serrate. "Once [visitors] do that, they will almost certainly become motivated to embrace eco-friendly actions that will not only help protect the Keys' natural world, but also their environment at home."
Many tourists are drawn to Key West for its fishing, snorkeling, and other water-based excursions, and a sustainable approach is the only way to ensure they can continue to be enjoyed well into the future. Key West has done its part: "Catch-and-release fishing, followed by size and bag limits, and bans on gill nets and fish traps in Florida state waters, have enabled fish stocks to stabilize and grow," says Serrate. Tourists can do their part by selecting Blue Star operators, which evaluate dive, scuba, and fishing businesses on their dedication to the environment.
Dolphin lovers can take a dolphin watch trip with Honest Eco on Key West's first electric-powered charter boat. Built by captain Billy Litmer and equipped with solar panels, Squid gives passengers an extraordinary wildlife experience while having little impact on the environment and its creatures. Not only does the excursion avoid areas where other boats have convened around dolphins, the already quiet engine is shut off when wildlife are nearby. Because the boat creates a little wake, which dolphins like to play in, passengers can instead spot the marine mammals from the raised front of the boat, avoiding unethical human/dolphin interactions.
Even if the water surrounding Key West made a big impression, let it stay there. On the surface, many souvenirs seem to pay homage to the nearby sea, and some do, but others are only available at the expense of what they evoke. Avoid anything for sale using the iconic gold and brown hawksbill turtle shell—they became critically endangered as a direct result of human greed—as well as anything containing coral or shells. These are all natural, essential parts of an ocean environment and tourist money speaks volumes: without demand there would be no supply.
Choosing the right hotel will have a major impact on an individual tourist's overall footprint. Traveler's Palm Inn is a vetted green lodging option, with solar water heaters, environmentally safe paint and building materials, and landscaping made up of native plants, which is irrigated by collected rainwater.
Parrot Key, a waterfront property in Key West, is another eco-minded accommodation, having made a commitment to the environment through the sustainability platform, EarthView. Through this program they are able to collect detailed information about the resources consumed on property, analyzing where to implement programs that will reduce their footprint.
Ultimately, being an eco-conscious traveler comes down to choosing to be that way. It means researching ecosystems in advance, adapting to their unique needs, and supporting businesses that have invested in the future of their surrounding environment.


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Preview: Millwall vs. Crystal Palace
MILLWALL are boosted by the return of Danny Shittu and Shane Lowry ahead of their crucial South London derby against Crystal Palace at The Den on Tuesday.
Shittu and Lowry are available again after suspension and the defensive duo will go straight into the starting line up as the Lions looking to secure their Championship status with a victory.
Midfielders Liam Trotter (knee) and Chris Taylor (groin) remain sidelined and they look increasingly unlikely to play any further part in the current campaign.
Eagles loanee Jermaine Easter is unable to play against his parent club and winger Dany N'Guessan remains doubtful with a knee injury, although he could make the bench.
Andy Keogh and John Marquis are pushing for starts, with manager Kenny Jackett expected to play with two strikers, but Rob Hulse will not be included in the squad.
Liam Feeney could be recalled to the side after a solid cameo against Nottingham Forest.
Midfielders Owen Garvan and Jonny Williams are both set to start for Palace after recently returning from injuries.
Garvan and Williams (both knee) made substitute appearances in the Eagles' 1-1 draw at Blackburn on Saturday. Paddy McCarthy (groin) and Jon Parr (ankle) are out.


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Nobody really knows how many Christians there are in China, just that there are an awful lot of them. Despite decades of persecution, the government has not been able to stomp out the church nor retstrict its growth.
This report from Catholic News Agency:
Why is Christianity growing so quickly in mainland China?
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Fort Worth, Texas, Aug 17, 2015 / 05:19 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christianity is spreading rapidly in China, and it could be because of how well the faith fits in with modern scientific technology.
According to the renowned sociologist Rodney Stark, the number of Christians in China is growing at an impressive annual rate of seven percent.
Stark coauthored, with Xiuhua Wang, the 2015 work A Star in the East: The Rise of Christianity in China. Stark views himself as a social historian and is co-director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University.
Stark and Wang estimate that in 1980 there were 10 million Christians in the People's Republic of China, and that in 2007 the figure was 60 million. These numbers yield an annual growth rate of 7 percent – which means that last year, there were nearly 100 million Christians in China.
They hold that this large increase in the number of Christians in China is driven by the conversion of the better educated, who are experiencing "cultural incongruity" between traditional Asian culture and industrial-technological modernity, which results in a spiritual deprivation, which Christianity is able to answer.
China's intellectuals, Stark told CNA Aug. 14, "are very convinced they've got to turn West to understand the world they live in … and they're convinced by my argument that eastern religions don't fit the modern world they're engaged in, and that they need to look to the West to find philosophies and religions. It's quite amazing."
Eastern religions, like Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, Stark maintained, "are all anti-progress; they all proclaim the world is going downhill from a glorious past, and that we should look backwards, not forwards. None of them admit that we're able to understand anything about the universe – it's something we have to meditate on, not something to try and theorize about, as the physicists and chemists do. And that doesn't fit with the world that modern Chinese are experiencing having happened around them."
"Industrial society, and all the science it's based on, doesn't fit well with those kind of religious views," Stark reflected.
"But the question of what does the world mean, and how do we live in it, persists – and so that's a major motor in the Christianization of China, and it explains why it's the most educated Chinese who are the most apt to join."
The spread of Christianity in China, he said, has been possible even "during the worst time of Chinese persecution" under Mao Zedong's cultural revolution of the 1960s and 70s because "this process of conversion is invisible; the government can't see it."


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I look out my window with eager anticipation because the colors of autumn are upon us and the trees are ready to show us the splendor of red, orange, yellow, crimson and gold. This month nature knows no limits and it blesses us with lavish abundance, guiding us in that season between summer and winter into December Solstice. This time of the year reminds us that it is time to harvest that which we have planted. This also reminds us that just as the soil knows no limits to its bounty, the only thing that causes limitation in our life is the belief in limitation itself. Therefore, if we insist in imparting limitation to the creative principle in our own life, we shall continue to experience limitation in our experience. However, if we decide to lay aside the belief in limitation and begin to accept in earnest a new belief, one that recognizes the boundless nature of our souls and the unlimited horizon of our minds, then, our own borders will expand in all areas of our life, in all issues of our life.
I affirm today that this Unlimited Power is in me, available to me, and with every breath I take I move forward progressively and boundlessly, unlimited and shining bright like all the colors of the autumn leaves, into the future of my soul. Now, today, tomorrow and forever into eternity. This is so and so it is!
Orlando Rivera, MMSc, Author - Speaker with over 25 yrs, experience in management and entrepreneurial ventures, challenges his audiences to a higher ground of personal development and accomplishment, through metaphysical concepts and self discovery.


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Donnie teaches all of his guitar lessons in small groups, which means you can learn guitar with a built-in support group of like-minded peers. If you have a playable guitar and some spare time to practice most days of the week, you have everything you need to get started.
The benefits of learning guitar in small groups with Donnie include:
Lower cost
- Small group classes with Donnie are roughly HALF the cost of private lessons with a traditional music teacher!
- Flexible payment options available
- Weekly small group classes are easy to reach for anyone living in northern Colorado Springs, Black Forest, and the Monument/Palmer Lake/Tri-Lakes area
- Online class sessions for days when the weather is too bad to travel
- Classes are planned to align with the local school district schedules as much as possible
Access to the best
- No more trying local teachers over and over until you find the right one
- Donnie is an experienced instructor who understands what you want from guitar lessons and he knows how to help you get the results you're paying for
Learn guitar in a community
- Get accountability, encouragement and support from the other students in your class
- Build friendships and connections with other musicians
- Special beginner-level group classes are available for kids (ages 8 and up), teens, girls, homeschoolers and more!
Get conditioned for live performance from the start
- Learning in a small group automatically helps develop the confidence needed to play in front of others
- Overcome nervousness and stage fright from the very beginning
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- All class sessions are recorded and posted to a private online students-only members area so you can watch them later for future reference
- Get automatic reminders via email so you never forget about class sessions
- Get a copy of Donnie's lesson notes sent to you after each class session so you always remember what was taught and you always know exactly what to practice
- Interact with Donnie in between the lessons via email and his private student-only Facebook group
- Get access to a monthly online live "Master Class" session where Donnie answers questions, interacts with all of his students together as a group and teaches on some useful guitar topics
- Get over $90.00 worth of free extra stuff included with your lessons, like free access to EarMaster Pro and a 50% discount on Guitar Pro software
Styles and Topics
Donnie specializes in teaching beginner to intermediate-level blues, rock, folk and modern worship guitarists, and chances are he has worked with someone who wants to learn the same things you do. Or maybe you're brand new to the guitar and you're not sure where to start and what's possible. Donnie can help you with:
Want to learn folk fingerstyle guitar or how to play worship songs on your acoustic guitar? Maybe you just want to be able to pull out your guitar and play with friends around the campfire. Donnie can teach you the skills you need to make it happen, including how to:
- Strum and play chords on the acoustic guitar
- Play the specific songs you love on your acoustic guitar
- Play the rolling fingerstyle patterns used in songs like "Blackbird" and "Dust In The Wind"
- Play in alternate tunings like Open G, DADGAD and others
- Use a capo to play in any key
- Use multiple and "cut" capos to simulate alternate tunings
Donnie is an accomplished blues player with over 25 years of playing experience. That means if you want to learn any blues songs from artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and B.B. King, Donnie has the skills and experience to teach you how to do it. He can show you how to:
- Jam with other musicians in any key, playing blues licks up and down the fretboard
- Break out of the limiting "pentatonic boxes" that so many blues players seem to get trapped in
- Use modes and other scales to bring a fresh sound to your blues soloing
- Play slide guitar with finesse and control
- Write and record your own blues songs
Rock guitar is a lot of fun to play, but it requires a good degree of skill to play it well. If you want to learn how to play rock guitar, Donnie can help you learn Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Metal and pretty much any other style of rock electric guitar. Donnie is currently performing his own original rock compositions with a live band, and he can teach you how to:
- Play all the cool rock chords you need to know to cover any song
- Play complicated rock rhythms and riffs in different time signatures
- Play songs from bands like Metallica, Soundgarden, Van Halen and Led Zeppelin
- Read and write guitar tablature so you can learn any song you want online
Modern Worship
Donnie has years of experience playing in modern worship bands and served for 8 years as one of the electric guitar players at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO (an 11,000 member church with multiple worship albums released under the Integrity Music label). He's performed with artists including Kari Jobe, Jared Anderson, Jon Egan and Danny Daniels, and he can teach you what you need to know to be a successful modern worship guitarist, including how to:
- Get great ambient guitar tones using the gear you have available
- Play the alternate chord inversions that give modern worship it's distinctive sound
- Work within the framework of a worship band and still be expressive on the guitar
- Play solos that fit the song and elevate the people in the congregation
- Turn simple musical concepts into cool sounding riffs
Lead Guitar
Once you have some basic rhythm guitar skills, you're ready to to start learning how to play guitar solos and improvise. There's a completely different set of skills involved, and you really need a teacher who can function as a COACH to help you with the strength and technique training required to develop your guitar soloing abilities. Donnie understands that coaching mindset that can keep you motivated, plus he'll teach you how to:
- Play scales, modes and arpeggios all over the guitar fretboard
- Do two-handed tapping techniques like Van Halen, Satriani and Vai
- Develop your speed and picking technique so you can play faster and cleaner
- Organize your practice efforts so you make progress faster and avoid discouragement
Music Theory
Once you get past the basics of guitar and you're ready to understand HOW and WHY music works the way it does, Donnie can help you learn the practical music theory you need to take your musicianship to a higher level. Instead of a bunch of dry, boring concepts that have no connection to what you already know, Donnie will translate the most important parts of music theory to the guitar and teach them to you in a logical, step-by-step approach that will reinforce your existing musical knowledge and experience. Theory lessons include topics like:
- Reading music
- How to train your ears to recognize and understand music better
- Scales and how they're used to make music
- Understanding how chords are built
- How harmony works
It's a great thing to be able to play other people's songs, but the whole point of learning the guitar is to express yourself creatively and make something that's uniquely "you". That's where the real joy and fulfillment in music comes from! Donnie can teach you how to:
- Come up with your own original guitar riffs
- Create original melodies and chord progressions
- Develop those musical ideas into complete songs
- Compose the parts for other instruments, like bass and drums
- Write lyrics for your original songs
Home Recording
Once you're writing your own songs on the guitar, you need to be able to capture them in a professional sounding recording so you can share them with the world. Thanks to modern technology, having your own home recording studio is within reach of any musician…but too many musicians buy the gear and have no clue how to use it to make pro-quality recordings. Using his own home studio, Donnie can teach you how to:
- Choose the right recording equipment so you can get the best quality for your budget
- Understand the process music industry professionals use to produce the music you hear on the radio
- Record great guitar, vocal and drum sounds on a limited budget
- Treat the acoustics in your home studio so your tracks will sound great
- Make pro-quality demo recordings of your songs so you can share them with other musicians
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To Cloud Or Not To Cloud?
"Most progressive enterprises are knowledgeable about all of the different cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), have researched the major vendors, have started executing on their cloud strategy." —Mike Kavis, Forbes
Deploying services in the 21st Century can be a confusing experience. Namely, where do you deploy? A decade ago, you'd either have your servers in a hot room in your office, or you'd have them in a pricey data center somewhere elsewhere, providing you with access to your databases, Active Directory servers, email, document management and so on. These days though in the age of the cloud the questions can be far more simple, or far more complex.
You can now choose from a slew of options, in the more traditional sense, do you run Windows or Linux? Do you run services in your own data center or in the cloud? Do you manage your own services or do you run your services on a Software As A Service platform? Or do you do a combination of all of them?
Luckily there is no right or wrong answer but in this post we'll try and help you decipher the important factors that will aid you in making that decision.
Often the number one driving factor of whether to switch to cloud services is cost. There are a number of factors to take into consideration here, in the self hosted environments we have some factors to consider:
- Hardware
- Software
- Human
- Consumables
The most obvious self hosted cost is hardware, there are still a couple of options here, either buy your own servers and rack space or lease physical servers from a data center supplier on a yearly or monthly basis. Depending on what you want to achieve your costs here will vary and co-locating services will often help you drive down costs. Similarly there are software costs, from the operating system upwards. Do you pay for commercial support? If you're in a Windows environment you have no choice, for Linux based businesses you have more flexibility there. Certainly paying for operating system level support has a number of advantages both in helping fund further OS development but also in terms of getting priority patches, service support, hardware support and more. The difference here, between Cloud and self hosted is that software costs are usually bundled with the cloud fees, so you don't necessarily have the initial outlay and instead pay for however much you use.
There is also a human consideration here, in that in the cloud world you don't pay for engineers time, you don't even always have to pay for a Systems Administrator and can have it all done for you. If you take into consideration that a good Systems Administrator is going to cost around £40000 and £25,000 for more junior administrators, that cost obviously has to be factored in as well.
Lastly, in the cost bracket is consumables. Electricity, cooling and bandwidth all cost money and depending on the scale of the operation this can increase very quickly, so can the cost of the data center space rented, or the room in your building where the servers are located.
Security is usually pretty high on the list of important stuff when people choose how and where to deploy their services, in fact according to KPMG- 30% of global senior executives said they have concerns related to the loss of data and privacy, while 26% are concerned with general security risks. Amazon for example provide a very flexible and easy to manage firewall service, but a number of the smaller cloud providers do not. Of course, it also takes someone who knows what they are doing to set it up, otherwise you could just expose all your ports to the Internet, but similarly depending on budget, dedicated firewalls for physical hardware can also be very expensive.
At the same time, running your services away from the cloud can offer some help in that it won't necessarily be the target of blanket DDOS attacks we see aimed at cloud services from time to time. The flip side of course is that many cloud services now have DDOS mitigation techniques in place that would hopefully help prevent attacks on your servers should they be targeted. As an aside, the CIA has a $600 million contract with AWS, and you would imagine that security is high on their priority list. Be honest about your own IT team's expertise and capacity, by delegating responsibility for cyber-attack response to full-time specialists at a cloud vendor, organizations can spare themselves a major source of cost and distraction.
Make sure your cloud applications are compatible with the cloud infrastructure your vendor supports in terms of login credentials, authentication, and data encryption. Gaps can undermine the integrity and security of your applications. The more frequently your application vendor and cloud vendor have worked together, the less likely it is that there will be gaps.
"Using cloud services means that your data is better protected than if most of us tried to manage it on our own…Large-scale services are all much better than we are at avoiding data loss from gear failure, keeping software up to date, upgrading hardware, and constantly improving security." —Frank Gillett, Forrester Research
One of the key factors of cloud use, on top of their simplicity to commission is their general stability and very much their redundancy. Cloud servers on the mainstream providers are pretty bullet proof, of course they have underlying hardware but modern monitoring makes it quick to migrate the servers across nodes should they fail, and the best bit is you don't have to do anything.
Also we know from our own experience, Amazon often know way ahead of time that a server is on its last legs and will send you an email suggesting you move your cloud server before it falls over completely, which isn't bad. In a data center if your server fails, you are often on your own, you need new parts, remote hands, and money to fix broken servers and unless you have redundancy built in (which obviously costs more money), there is the potential for critical service downtime, which isn't good for the business bottom line. In an IDC study discussing AWS they said "End users benefited from fewer service disruptions and quicker recovery, reducing downtime by 72% and saving nearly $32,600 per application per year." Pretty impressive.
Another often forgotten about, but important issue is data locality. Of course some businesses don't worry about it, but others have regulatory requirements around their data location and in some cases its not allowed to leave the country. The other important thing to consider about data locality is speed. If you have a lot of data locally that needs to regularly hit servers to process it, where do those servers live? If you're in the UK and your cloud servers are in the US the transfer speed will be slow, sometimes this doesn't matter, other times it does and so is worth bearing in mind.
So you want to go serverless? Not a problem, but be wary of vendor lock in. When you push your data to them, can you get it back? Also if you push data to SAAS vendors, how do they deal with scale if you end up providing high volume data or have lots of people using the service at the same time?
If you go cloud of course you get freedom from hardware constraints you can scale to more nodes, shrink to less nodes, make the nodes bigger and make the nodes smaller. So you're going to go cloud, which do you use? Very good question.
There are the main players:
They all offer a comparable service with some minor differences, Google's pricing for example is much easier to understand and calculate when compared to Amazon and Microsoft. Also if you're planning to use Docker, they all offer extra container services which allow you to deploy docker containers into their cloud.
For storage, all offer block storage, but there is also the high volume distributed storage pattern to consider, S3, Data Lake, Cloud Storage and Rackspace Cloud Files. All have their own API so often one of the deciding factors is who and what is going to interact with it. Of course S3 has the most support but there are excellent API's like JClouds to provide cloud agnostic support for most of these services.
Of course there are also a number of other cloud providers that have their own pros and cons and which you choose will largely depend on your own requirements and budget. But also consider API, automation and whether you need to go with a server or in actual fact could go serverless and depend on a cloud provider to orchestrate the underlying hardware.
As you can see there are a number of questions you need to be able to answer before taking the plunge with any of these, cost is certainly a driving factor in both small scale and large scale deployments, as is in house expertise, which of course relates to both cost and security, to manage these services if you want to be able to host your own services.
At Spicule we have helped many clients over the years make that decision, if you would like to find out more, please get in contact and we'll be happy to discuss your requirements with you.
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If you've ever visited Amazon looking for accessories such as a cable, charger, portable battery, or even a keyboard and mouse, then the name Anker has surely popped up. I own a few of their products myself and haven't been disappointed with my purchases. But Anker isn't happy just selling you things, it wants to rent stuff, too. In particular, batteries.
Anker is kicking off an experiment called AnkerBox, which will allow you to rent a portable battery for charging your devices on the go. AnkerBox takes the form of a charging station containing six 6,700mAh portable battery packs. You simply install the AnkerBox app on your smartphone or tablet, then approach the AnkerBox, request a battery, and one is ejected for you to use.
Charging your device with the battery is a simple case of plugging it in. In fact, if you don't use the battery for more than 30 minutes Anker won't charge you anything. However, beyond 30 minutes and up to a day will see you pay $1.99. That's not cheap when you consider Anker sells portable battery chargers for between $13-$40 depending on capacity. But if you're stuck without a charge, a one-off $1.99 cost isn't terrible. And if you end up keeping the battery for a while? Well, then it's yours to keep as soon as you've spent $30 using it.
As this is an experiment/pilot program to see if there's actually a market for this kind of thing, Anker is rolling out the AnkerBox slowly. Initially, 200 locations around Seattle will have them installed from April 15. Visit popular bars, restaurants, gyms, or other public venues in Seattle and chances are you'll see an AnkerBox.


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Stick around! Here are the trends for 2018
The world is still moving. After geniuses having been elected for president and cryptographic currencies going through the roof, nothing can surprise us anymore, right? Wrong: Here are the 8 trends for 2018 – freshly printed and easy to glue. For creative thoughts that stick.
'Cause if you like it, you should put a sticker on it!
You read correctly, we turned our trends into stickers this year. For clear statements to share with the world. And since nothing seems impossible in 2018 – except establishing a German government perhaps – our trends aren't static, they intersect and blend. They can be combined in every possible way and thus provide the sought-after inspiration for our customers, partners and team.
Our trends 2018 – Happy sticking!
#allcycling – Re- and upcycling was yesterday. Now there are cycle products that never end up as rubbish. According to the the cradle-to-cradle principle, everything is reused until the trash ends up at the rubbish dump of history.
#foodlaboratory – Who needs animals when you
can get meat out of a petri dish? Only breed what you really need. True to the motto: The chemists of today will be the farmers of tomorrow.
#digilove – Sex sells, especially in the digital world. But now the robots are joining real life: Machines in the form of seals and intelligent sex robots are going into serial production. Already today, every fifth person would consider going to bed with such a whatchamacallit.
#spaceliving – 'I'm taking off!' will soon become the usual way to say goodbye, at least according to a prediction by Stephen Hawking. Soon, everyday life might be taking place on the moon or on Mars, just add a few space plumbers and cosmos architects.
#smartdelivery – Already received a package today? In the future, this might be happening hourly. Even today, more than 3 billion shipments are being sent every year. The solution? Self-driving postal stations are already being tested, flying warehouses dropping parcel drones towards the earth are still visionary.
#storyliving – History isn't written, it's made. It is no longer important for professional influencers what they are talking about, but how many people are experiencing it with them. The audience becomes the story itself, with an illusion of vulnerability and a sense of space.
#ecopolis – Dystopia becomes utopia, the future belongs to the 'sharers' among us. 'My house' and 'your house' turns into a whole network, supplying electricity and water for the entire block. Grey concrete blocks are covered with green havens, the city is not only alive, it can finally breathe again.
#socialmedianomics – Money rules the world? Wrong: The new currency putting everything else in the shade is called social credit. You want to get a loan or take out health insurance? Sorry, you've collected the wrong points. You'd better work on your public image, because Google, Facebook and co. don't forgive anything.
Our trends as an app
We'll be honest: We do not want to keep our trends from you. And since the line between online and offline or digital and analogue is blurry anyways, our trendstickers 2018 are now also available as an app!
You can now share our GIFs with friends, customers or colleagues. How does this work? We'll show you:
(1) Open the App Store on your smartphone, tablet or laptop, search for 'adel & link' or 'trendsticker 2018' and download the free app.
You will probably notice that our trendstickers are only available via the App Store. To all Android users: We're really sorry.
(2) After this, simply click on 'open' – and done! You can use our stickers in any iMessage chat, all you have to do is click on the App Store icon in the chat window and tah-dah! Here you will find all our stickers for your digital statements!
A huge shoutout to the design agency Markwald & Neusitzer for their support in designing the stickers and for turning them into an app!
Every year we are on the lookout for creative ideas and exciting sources of inspiration for our customers and partners – that is where our trends come from. The trends of the years 2017, 2016, 2015 und 2014 can also be found on our blog.


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Most Underrated Music Artists of 2013
The Top Ten Most Underrated Music Artists of 2013
Jackie's voice has to be heard to be believed.
Jackie sang the National Anthem at the Independence Day celebration in Washington DC. She delivers every song with astonishing grace, dignity and vocal dexterity. She is a national treasure who deserves more attention from music listeners of her US homeland. - BobG
He's far from underrated.
Eminem underrated. Hmm... while some people call him rap god, others think he's underrated... What would be overrated, then!?! - keyson
The true rap god rapper alive
Sorry for putting him so high. I was bummed he wasn't eligible for very many grammy's. I've only been a fan since 2011 and I hoped to get the full Eminem experience, where he's winning a ton of awards and being on a whole bunch of talk shows and other T.V. appearences. - IsaiahWill22
Mmlp2 was dope so...
Her album is amazing. I think she was as deserving as Ariana Grande. - IsaiahWill22
Great singer. She deserved an award of some kind.
Lorre didn't deserve those granny's. Zendaya should've at least gotten to perform at an MTV award show.
Headbands was a really cool song.
The Contenders
Not underrated at all.
His album kissland was a masterpiece. The Weeknd was slept on by his fans and critics


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Race and Economic Disparities [pt1] (The Bitter Medicine x The Pro Black Perspective) Podcast
https://www.bittermedicineblogs.com – On today's show we discuss a NYT article on "Race and Economic Disparities.". The article can be found here: https://goo.gl/xW95cN
We begin the show with a reading of a 2013 article in The Guardian, called "Why I hate being a black man" by Orville Lloyd Douglas. This article highlights black self-hatred and illustrates how Black people view themselves through the prism of white supremacists thinking. The article can be found here: https://goo.gl/MWq2zX
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Table Cloth – Garnier Thiebaut
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Classic style, vivid colors, a jacquard table linen to enjoy. Is machine washable and can be machine dried (medium setting).
Size: 70″ x 108″.
Garnier Thiebaut is the oldest linen manufacturer located in the east of France. They name stands for quality, consistency and beauty.


text: Save space with this luxurious leather ottoman. This handsome Christopher Knight Home Collection piece features convenient side lifts and fluid hinges, making it easy to access the ottoman's storage space. Upholstered in stunning chocolate brown bonded leather with stylish tufting, the comfortable ottoman top also acts as additional seating for increased functionality. Built to last, this storage ottoman boasts solid wood construction.Use this handy bench for storing blankets and pillows at the foot of your bed, or bring it into the family room to organize games and gaming equipment, DVDs, books and other items. Each side lifts independently and features two hinges that lock to keep the lids open, so you can quickly find what you need inside.Includes: One (1) ottoman Materials: Bonded leather, wood Color: Chocolate brown No assembly required Double opening for added storage options and functionality Product dimensions: 17.5 inches high x 21 inches wide x 46.5 inches long


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Life on Earth is about learning. Sometimes, in the best of situations, things go wrong.
People make mistakes, unforeseen circumstances occur or communications break down and things must be cleaned up, fixed or done over.
Looking for blame, rarely brings a positive result.
Instead, look for ways to change, educate or get creative. Then you can turn an unfortunate situation into a spectacular triumph.
If you can't see a way to make it better, look to your Angels. They will illuminate the situation for you so you can create a better one in the future.


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I started by searching hoarding. After looking through results, I discovered that compulsive hoarding is a subject term assigned to the topic (After you find an article that is helpful, click on the title and you will see a list of subjects that have been associated with the article). So I performed the following search:
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ALCOHOL MARKER INSTRUCTOR AND SPECIALIST. As former Certification Instructor for both Copic and Spectrum Noir, I have a wide variety of knowledge to assist all types of alcohol Markers... Now also teaching watercolor stamping and assorted card classes.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Penny Black - Challenge - Garden Kitty!
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This is darling tag and your coloring is beautiful. I really like the idea of the tag used as a money holder. Did you use a die for the tag shape? If so, what one?ReplyDelete
no it is a free hand cut tag..... just clipped the corner off then took the scrap from that corner and used it as a template for the other side so that they matched perfectly! easy peasy!ReplyDelete
:) Very funny post! Love this tag, you coloring is wonderful! Such a cute and funny cat! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Katie B.
Another super creation Jennie and such agreat way to give a gift and your colour choice is perfect, so bright and cheery.ReplyDelete
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So lovely Jennie, adorable image and beautiful colouring!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing with us at Penny Black and More and good luck;-))m
What a darling image!!! I am so excited to welcome you to the Stampendous team!! I can't wait to get to know you better!!!ReplyDelete
Fantastic tag project, especially this time of year. It is easier to just wrap my money up this way. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Just save that tag and send it to me in May for my birthday...WITH the cash please ;) hee hee hee. Gosh it's CUTE!ReplyDelete


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Our philosophy of care is deeply rooted in a Catholic healthcare ministry that is committed to serving the poor and those most in need. We recognized the need to provide health services to the growing population of frail elders in South Philadelphia and started the first Mercy LIFE center on Columbus Boulevard. In 1998, the doors opened with just seven participants, a few staff members, and one vehicle to provide transportation. With the need still great in South Philadelphia, we opened the second center on Moore Street in 2005. Our program was quickly established as a community asset that saved lives and motivated seniors to remain active and improve their quality of life. Based on the countless lives positively impacted in South Philadelphia, another center was opened in North Philadelphia, located on Hancock Street, to offer services to even more seniors who could benefit from the program. Over the last 10 years the small staff has grown to more than 150 with over 600 seniors and their families served. We currently have over 380 active participants that receive quality care that allows them to remain independent in their own homes and communities. In fall of 2010, we opened the a site on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. And in late 2018, we opened our latest site in Norristown, Montgomery County.
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Jogger s Park is a one stop fitness equipment store offering a vast selection of exercise equipment both for home use and for corporate gyms. The various products range from home gyms multi station gyms abdominal exercise equipment motorized treadmills manual treadmills exercise bikes upper body gyms cross trainers steppers weights and all kinds of gym equipment all designed to give you a complete workout. Joggers Park is a reputed name in the fitness industry for providing extremely high quality and reasonably priced gym equipment for all you fitness needs. Whether it is for home users for commercial fitness centres for hotels or clubs they have the perfect exercise equipment for you. You will also get personalized fitness equipment depending on your special exercise needs. Joggers Park is also the biggest supplier of cardio exercise equipment and equipment for stress release and for general health.
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