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Rating agencies and regulators expect utility companies to maintain sound risk management and long-term planning strategies. For this reason, electric utilities value diversity in power generation options. "Reliance on one fuel or technology can leave them vulnerable to price and supply volatility," says a Congressional Research Service study published in February. The study cautions utilities from becoming too dependent on ...Read More »
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Barbour sets record straight on Kemper County Coal Plant
Recently Louie Miller, spokesman for the Sierra Club, criticized the Legislature and me for "costing Kemper County residents millions." Let me set the record straight. The Sierra Club is fighting the construction of a cutting edge, clean coal electric power generation facility by Mississippi Power in Kemper County. It will be the first commercial scale carbon capture and sequestration system ...Read More »
Kemper County clean coal plant heard before Supreme Court
Oral arguments were heard Dec. 14 before the Mississippi Supreme Court in the case regarding Mississippi Power's $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. The Sierra Club is appealing a decision made by Harrison County Chancery Court to uphold the state Public Service Commission's decision to allow Mississippi Power to build the plant. Sierra is concerned about ...Read More »
Mississippi Power wants rate hike, mainly for Kemper plant
GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. has filed documents with state regulators for a net rate increase of 11.35 percent. The company says customer impact will vary with electricity usage. Company spokeswoman Cindy Duvall says Mississippi Power made three separate filings late Tuesday to the Public Service Commission. Duvall says two were for increases and one was for a decrease in ...Read More »
Day: Kemper County power plant on schedule
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president/CEO Ed Day says construction of a coal-fired electricity plant in Kemper County is on schedule. In an interview with The Associated Press, Day said yesterday that he expects Kemper County and Central Mississippi to see expanded economic benefits from the plant's construction and operation. Mississippi Power has two coal projects on tap. One ...Read More »
Lignite looking more like the wrong horse to have bet on
While the world has been championing natural gas as the savior of the energy crisis, Mississippi Power has insisted that gas prices will be high and volatile — reminiscent of 2009 — for years to come. The 2011 Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that natural gas prices will stay around $5 per million Btu through ...Read More »
Judge: Kemper appeal decision in 2 weeks
By Amy McCullough GULFPORT – While lawyers prepared for the hearing upstairs, more than 20 Gulf Coast residents rallied in the lobby of the Harrison County Chancery Court on Feb. 14, as Mississippi Sierra Club director Louie Miller explained a lawsuit with a pair of flip flops. Miller held up a pair of the popular beach sandals with the names ...Read More »
Kemper Coal Plant — Are Commission conditions too much for Miss. Power?
Mississippi Power Company is taking a careful look at whether to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant in Kemper County. The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted April 29 to approve the plant – but with several conditions MPC says "seem to make it impossible" to finance or construct. Commissioners Leonard Bentz and Lynn Posey approved the plant. Commissioner Brandon ...Read More »
Barbour's Kemper connection
Vote on proposed clean coal plant to come down this week Note: This story was updated on May 4: "BGR website has changed" At a press conference April 14, Gov. Haley Barbour spoke again about state energy projects and touted the proposed Kemper County clean coal project that will be approved or disapproved by the state Public Service Commission this ...Read More »
Kemper the best option
Topazi talks about himself, Momentum Mississippi and the Kemper County lignite plant Q & A with Anthony Topazi, CEO of Mississippi Power Company Photos by Stephen McDill Click here to watch the video interview series Q: Tell us a little bit about your background. A: I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. I am the grandson of Italian immigrants, both on ...Read More »


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This month, more than 500 volunteers held litter cleanups across Liberty County because they know that clean waterways matter.
We need to do more than cleanups, though. Every day, we make choices that affect our waterways. Here are some facts from the Kitsap Stormwater Consortium and Puget Sound Water Quality; by following these suggestions, we can minimize our impact on our water.
•Fact No. 1: Water from rain, storm drains and ditches flows directly into streams and larger waterways with little or no treatment. Storm drains and ditches are different than sewers; they are not connected to a treatment plant.
• Fact No. 2: We all live in a watershed. What you do on your land affects streams, even if you don't live on one.
• Fact No. 3: Small amounts of contaminants from all over the land can add up and cause water pollution. Yes, even the little things matter.
•Fact No. 4: Failing septic systems pollute. Untreated wastewater from failing septic systems can contaminate nearby streams, drinking water sources and bays. Inspect your septic system every three to five years.
•Fact No. 5: Soap from washing your car at home pollutes. Soap and dirt from washing your car can flow through storm drains and ditches and end up in our streams untreated. Wash your car at a commercial car wash, on the grass or on a graveled area.
• Fact No. 6: Oil and antifreeze that leak from cars pollutes. When it rains, rainwater picks up oil, antifreeze and other pollutants and eventually carries them to our local waters. Put a drip tray under your car to catch car leaks and fix car leaks promptly.
•Fact No. 7: Garden and lawn chemicals pollute. Common pesticides and fertilizers can end up in neighboring streams. Pull weeds by hand. Avoid use of chemicals: if necessary, use sparingly and as directed. Call for information on alternatives to weed and bug killers.
•Fact No. 8: Cleaners and chemicals used or disposed of outside can end up in our waters. Look for natural alternatives to household cleaners and chemicals.
•Fact No. 9: Pet waste pollutes our water. Scoop, double bag and throw pet waste in the garbage.
•Fact No. 10: Waste from livestock pollutes water. When it rains, rainwater can carry harmful bacteria from livestock waste to streams and provide unwanted fertilizer in streams. Compost livestock waste and fence livestock away from stream access.
•Fact No. 11: If you hose down your driveway, the water carries all the pollutants on it to the streams. Sweep your driveway and walkways instead of hosing down. Use apple vinegar to kill moss on driveways and walkways.
•Fact No. 12: Lawn clippings and yard waste in ravines and ponds can become unwanted fertilizer for streams. Too much plant growth in streams can use up all the oxygen and kill fish and aquatic life. Compost your yard waste. Use a mulching mower.
•Fact No. 13: Too much soil in runoff can pollute. Plant vegetation on or cover bare ground, and cover piles of soil.
•Fact No. 14: Untreated sewage from boating is a significant risk to human health and wildlife. While boating, treat and dispose of your sewage properly. Pump your waste-holding tanks at pump-out facilities. Properly maintain marine sanitation-device hoses to prevent clogging.
•Fact No. 15: Toxic chemicals, oils, cleaners, and paint scrapings from boat maintenance can make their way into the water. Complete any maintenance involving paints, solvents or sanding with the boat pulled out of and away from the water. Use less toxic or nontoxic cleaning alternatives. Use oil-absorbent pillows or pads in your bilge to soak up oil. Use anti-fouling paints with caution and according to directions.
•Fact No. 16: Contractors and service people should properly dispose of chemicals and water used during their work. Make sure contractors you hire dispose of chemicals properly. Request use of nontoxic products.
•Fact No. 18: Litter can end up in our storm drains, ditches, and streams. Throw all litter in appropriate trash cans. Keep litter out of truck beds and secure items so they aren't blown out. Recycle and reuse items whenever possible.
Upcoming Keep Liberty Beautiful events
Nov. 15 — America Recycles Day
Nov. 17— Recycle It! Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Liberty County Health Department.
For more information, call 880-4888 or email firstname.lastname@example.com .

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Here's an update of Mia's weekend with her Nana, Paw Paw and Memaw:
Mia had a pretty good night last night except she really worried us waking up coughing once. It was the only time we had heard her cough all day!! I gave her another dose of cough medicine though, and she went right back to sleep.
Today we went to the Austin Zoo. Mia got to walk almost the whole way. I got some great pictures of her feeding the "doats", and she loved the pot belly pigs!! She chased the Pea Hens...good thing they were quick! :-)
We say lions and tigers and bears...oh my! It was a very busy morning. We also rode the train around the zoo. Mia LOVED the train, but she sure doesn't like the whistle. Every time they blew it, she jumped a foot and grabbed her paw paw. But if you ask her what a train says now, she says "Toot toot".
She had a big lunch and a nice nap this afternoon. She woke up coughing again. She'd already had her medicine. She only coughs when she's laying down. I think I'll run a vaporizer tonight.
Right now she is curled up with her PawPaw watching the Texas game! I think I'll join them. Hope you are having a wonderful time!! We are!!
Love you,
PS - I haven't forgotten the pictures - will download later. I tried to take a movie at the zoo also - hope it comes out!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Mia Chronicles continued
Here's an update of Mia's weekend with her Nana, Paw Paw and Memaw:
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Fishing Column: Free pumpout services for boaters
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Good news for Connecticut boaters.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced that all pumpout services for recreational boaters along Long Island Sound and Connecticut's rivers and Candlewood Lake will now be offered free of charge.
"Every facility with a publicly available pumpout system designed to capture sewage from recreational boats has agreed to provide this service for free, demonstrating that our marine industry partners have a tremendous commitment to improving water quality and providing top-notch service," said DEEP Commissioner Rob Klee. "We also thank the marina facilities for helping us to keep Long Island Sound and our navigable rivers and lakes clean and healthy for fishing, clamming, swimming and boating."
To help boaters find and take advantage of pumpout services that are available, DEEP has launched a new interactive map showing the location of each publicly accessible pumpout facility and pumpout vessel. The map can be found at www.ct.gov/deep/pumpoutdirectory
The map provides boaters with the latitude and longitude, hours of operation, and contact information for the facility or vessel for a pumpout. The goal is to provide boaters with a faster, more user friendly browsing experience on Smartphone tablets or desktop computers.
In 2013, Connecticut marine facilities and pumpout boat programs helped to keep 910,108 gallons of recreational boat sewage out of the waters of Long Island Sound, making a significant contribution to efforts to protect natural resources and aquatic life. Up until now, many of the pumpout facilities had charged a service fee of $5.
Funding for this program, known as the Clean Vessel Act (CVA) program, comes from the Sport Fishing and Boating Trust Fund, which is supported by excise taxes on certain fishing and boating equipment and boat fuels.
DEEP partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and issues grants to marine facilities and programs through the CVA Grant Program. This program helps keep coastal waters clean and safe for recreation by safely disposing of millions of gallons of boaters' sewage annually.
The marine facilities provide 25 percent of the cost of each project. The Connecticut CVA program serves as a good example to many other states and has been the recipient of numerous awards for its excellence.
Since 1993, DEEP has worked in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, marinas, yacht clubs, boat yards, municipalities, and non-profit organizations to install more than 97 land-based pumpout facilities, 21 dump stations, 19 pumpout vessels and four pumpout vessels associated with marinas for a total of 141 pumpouts to accommodate the removal of recreational marine sewage from vessels to preserve and protect water quality in Long Island Sound.
Since that time, all of the waters of Long Island Sound in Connecticut and New York have been designated by the EPA as a federally approved no-discharge area.
The CVA program has awarded more than $12 million in grants since 1993 to fund more than 525 projects in Connecticut providing grants to small marine business owners, a valuable service to boaters, and providing improved water quality in Long Island Sound. It is DEEP's intent to continue funding for these facilities to further improve water quality in Long Island Sound and other boating destinations in Connecticut, including rivers and lakes in inland areas.
For more information about the CVA program, visit the DEEP web page at www.ct.gov/deep/cva and select "Grant Program Information" or contact Kate Hughes Brown, BIG/CVA Program Coordinator, at (860) 447-4340 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Last week was a good one for local saltwater fishermen. Striped bass, black sea bass, bluefish, fluke and porgies were all providing plenty of action.
Catch of the week honors have to go to Mary Rofhok. While fishing at Buoy 26 with fellow family member, Darren Rofhok, the 72-year-old angler landed a 32-inch striped bass. They also caught a 5-pound fluke and black sea bass measuring to 16 inches. They were using a variety of baits including a Yo-Zuri crystal minnow.
Fishing from the Stamford shore, Jose Lopez caught a 35-inch striper. He was using fresh bunker.
Dave Curtis also caught a nice bass from shore. While fishing off Sherwood Island he hooked a striper that tipped the scales at 25 pounds. He was using a live bunker.
John Santagata caught several striped bass while fishing in Stamford waters. His largest linesider measured 29 inches. John was drifting bunker chunks.
We heard about an outstanding blackfish catch last week from the staff at Fish Tales Bait and Tackle. Mike Marinaccio caught 30 blackfish, including a nice 6-pounder, while fishing in Stamford waters during the week. Mike was using Asian crabs. Most of the fish were released unharmed.
Rich Dombrowski was out hunting for bluefish twice last week. Both times he caught some choppers including one that weighed 12 pounds. On both trips he used fresh bunker for bait.
Kevin Elzea, age 14, caught several bluefish while fishing from Calf Pasture. His largest fish weighed 10 pounds and was weighed in at Fisherman's World. Kevin was using mackerel chunks for bait.
Mike Black and Paul McFarland teamed up a couple of times last week. They caught a variety of fish including a 35-inch striped bass, a 20-inch black sea bass and porgies up to 15 inches. For the stripers they used live bunker. The sea bass and porgies were taken using clams.
Joe Horvath used calamari to fill his pail with fish when he fished at the Cows last week. He caught a variety of black sea bass, fluke and porgies.
Tom Piesam cruised across the Sound to Lloyds Neck where he found excellent fluke action. Using a combination of squid and spearing he caught a limit of fluke measuring up to 28 inches.
On this side of the Sound, Fred Bova limited out on fluke at the Stamford Cows. His largest fish measured 21 inches and was taken on squid and spearing.
Also doing well at the Cows was Mark Alimena. He caught a 22-inch fluke, two keeper stripers and some porgies. Mark was using a variety of baits.
Fluke fishing is also good behind the Norwalk Maritime Center. Last week George Gonzales caught several fluke there including an 18-incher. He used bunker strips.
Martin Armstrong is a member of the Fisheries Advisory Council, a lifetime member of Trout Unlimited and part of the Outdoor Writers Association


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You've probably heard of the fishing cormorants on the Li River in China. I included one in my re-telling of this fable as a sort of Kiplinger "just so" explanation.
HAN AND THE MYSTERIOUS PEARL is my fifth picture book with Guardian Angel Publishing. I am very pleased with the illustrations by Carl Kocich, who also illustrated my friend, Jayne Moraski's, HOW ALLIGTOR GOT HIS SMILE BACK. These pictures will take you right to Ancient China to meet Han, his mother, and his pet cormorant. Also an enigmatic figure.
The story is about a Chinese boy, Han, who goes on his first solo fishing expedition—with his faithful companion—his cormorant, after his father has died. Han inherited his father's knife with which he hacks down the bamboo poles to build his own raft. His mother provides him with a simple lunch. But before the day is over, Han has the adventure of his life.
On that first evening, Han spies a glow from a cave on the river, and goes to discover what causes it. There he finds a wonderful pearl. He takes the pearl, but there will be consequences!
Watch out for those river monsters!
The book is available at Guardian Angel Publishing:http://guardianangelpublishing.com/han-pearl.htm
as well as Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, and Goodreads.


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This post is difficult.
Because it is about pain- in the church house.
I'm talking to Bible believers here, primarily (but not only) Protestants, because for the most part in the practice of worship meetings hold the time of teaching from the pulpit in the highest regard. This is especially to those, who preach the Word, who have NOT compromised and may find this as a source of pride.
It's about the next generation of believers. And you, listen. That is, if you are a rescued, redeemed, washed clean, child of the King.
Look at this. And look closely.
Read it. Weep. Pray.
I copied this from Rachel Held Evans blog- named one of the 50 most influential women in Christendom of our day. Her post was called Sunday Superlatives where she picked some different quotes, books, etc… that she considers "super".
Kathryn Joyce with "By Grace Alone"
"For years, Protestants have assumed they were immune to the abuses perpetrated by celibate Catholic priests. But Tchividjian* believes that Protestant churches, groups, and schools have been worse than Catholics in their response. Mission fields, he says, are "magnets" for would-be molesters; ministries and schools do not understand the dynamics of abuse; and "good ol' boy" networks routinely cover up victims' stories to protect their reputations. He fears it is only a matter of time before it all blows up in their faces and threatens the survival of powerful Protestant institutions."
*Basyle J. Tchividjian is the grandson of Billy Graham, a former district attorney in Florida prosecuting child sex-abuse cases. He is now a law professor at Liberty University and in private practice. He is the founder of GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment). Kathryn's article is worth the read.
Do you understand that THIS is true? THIS is real stuff. THIS is not made up. THIS is spoken by a man, who knows from experience. Do you understand good ole boy networks exist IN the church house? And this little woman is about to tell you a thing or two.
Rachel Held Evans- named one of the 50 most influential women in Christendom today (where I copied the above quote)- She gets so much right. She will say what others won't because most blindly follow leaders simply because they are in a position- Because she will post THIS on her blog. THIS TRUE information about children molested in Protestant churches and ministries and Protestant leaders covering it up. But do you know this: if your kid told her he or she was gay she would affirm them in that. Huh? Yes, huh? Is purity purity or is it not? Go, read her blog. She is pro-gay and much more. She and her following helped influence World Vision's decision to allow people in same-sex marriages to volunteer and work in their ministry. (They later back peddled on this decision). Rachel blamed "intense financial pressure from evangelicals" for the reversal of that decision.
She is probably right.
When ministries are built on the personality of anyone other than Jesus-
Where men or women stand behind pulpits-
And use them as protection-
And build the numbers-
And fill the money bins,
But sweep difficult situations that threaten the building of their own kingdoms under the rug,
As if God had no power- or even worse… as if He and His people don't matter,
A platform for the lies of the enemy.
You get boys and girls abused, secrets shuffled under rugs, and big boys and girls confused, distraught, and leaving – or sitting and doubting and numbing and never quite free- thinking that worldly position equals godliness.
You get people practicing all forms of ungodliness and pointing fingers- saying "don't call me impure because you people allow all forms of ungodliness in your midst and then point at gays, and preach on and on about marriage…You don't even deal with the sin (sexual included) and greed in your midst… How dare you?" Clever, huh? Sinners and addicts of all kinds look for loopholes- just like Satan to make it confusing. And in the process keep people in bondage, fear, pride, and unbelief.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Prov. 1:7
FEAR. and we are right when we are in awe of Him and we should know that if anything is under the rug- It will be revealed. God doesn't deal with rugs. He is in the business of thorough housekeeping, unlike many busy mothers- who strive for some order and clean enough. He is about spick and span-
Completely Clean.
What we would hide and throw away- what we fear opening-
HE DOESN'T. He will open, uncover,
and cover- powerfully- with His purity.
Read the Gospels.
He didn't avoid the difficult in a human body walking dusty roads. AND He doesn't now. He is a mind reader, knows the motives of our hearts– …everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13
This is why we are to fear Him. He is the real deal. In a world full of fearing all the wrong things- the what- if's, if -only s, oh -no's, and dear me s-
He, the Real Deal, the only proper One to fear.
And this is the only business His children are to be about. No pretending. No lifting the corners of rugs to sweep junk underneath- no trying to patch hard things up with a wave of a Bible verse.
The Word, who became flesh, Jesus, never does that. (Gen.1 and John1)
Big living is meant for you and I- royal living- Jesus living. Cause didn't He say He gives us His life? Didn't He say, I am leaving you and sending the power of God to dwell within you? Acts 1:5
Royalty of the heart.
crowned in our hearts with the bold righteousness of Jesus.
NOTHING can take us out of His hand.
Where the arrows fly, but the authority of the crown guards our hearts.
And we turn, reach, grab a hand and point- to Him and Him alone.
The FEAR of the LORD
Hand in hand with Bible teaching, we are in desperate need for the Word to work in the most difficult of situations. We need the Remnant to rise up, and to keep rising up after long times of bending low and listening to the King- letting Him deal with us and be our everything- to rise among the weeds
and be recognizably wheat. (Matthew 13:30)
This is meant to encourage you, Royal Priesthood, to challenge you, to help you pray.
To pray for our leaders. And to be the leader you were meant to be- a Priest or Priestess of the King. A Prince or Princess of the Mighty One of Israel.
We must stop pointing the fingers at others and let the Word point at us-
Believers who are-
The Remnant of Our Generation, The True Believers, The Faithful Witnesses.
And those who are washed clean have an enemy who wants to steal our seed meant to help others throw off those grave clothes and walk in Christ. Do you get that? YOU- have special seed- assigned just for you!
And listen-
When the the gospel is preached and then tossed in the garbage when a difficult situation arises that threatens the institution- the agenda of man, this is YOUR business. You are NOT a sweeper under the rug spiritual housekeeper. Nor do you allow others to be- because you love, because we, you and I, have been washed and loved- because we know His power is big enough to handle ANYTHING. The Gospel is sacred and holy and we must confess it and breathe it, and battle rightly, willing to let others be offended by it no matter what worldly position they might hold.
Believers. The Royal Priesthood.
I submit to you- ask Jesus how to pray for His body, your local body, your leaders, to ask Him to show you how to battle and to repent and get up under His mighty hand and stay there, letting Him lift you up in due time- relying on His power and authority alone.
The Lord bless you with rejecting a form of godliness that denies it's power. May you not be one who sweeps dirt under the rug because you fear something more than you fear Him. May you be blessed with leaders who battle with you, worshiping in Spirit and in Truth. May you not faint, nor grow weary in doing good because you drink often and deep from the bottomless well of Jesus, our All.
And pray this for me, too.
For I Long to BE In Him Alone Always,
Princess Diana of the Unending Kingdom
To Be Continued, Dear Reader…


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What Exactly Is The Stateside Unlawful Presence Waiver Process?
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On April 2, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to to allow certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who have been unlawfully present in the U.S. to request waivers of the 3 and 10 year bars to readmission before departing from the U.S. to apply for an immigrant visa at a U.S. consulate abroad. The new rule implements the provisional unlawful presence waiver process. It is expected that the procedural changes will significantly reduce the length of time U.S. citizens are separated from their husbands, wives or children who, because they are ineligible to apply for an immigrant visa in the U.S., must depart the U.S. to apply at a U.S. consulate abroad.
It is also expected that rule change will streamline the waiver process and save tax dollars.
It is important to remember that the new regulation does not change the law. Any foreign national that stays in the U.S. unlawfully for 180 days or more–after entering illegally, overstaying a period stay authorized by the government, or having been found out of status by a government official or immigration judge–is barred from readmission to the U.S. for up to 10 years. Nor does the filing or approval of a provisional unlawful presence waiver confer any legal status, protect against the accrual of additional periods of unlawful presence, authorize a foreign national to enter the United States without securing a visa or other appropriate entry document, convey any interim benefits (e.g., employment authorization, parole, or advance parole), or protect a foreign national from being placed in removal proceedings or removed from the United States in accordance with current DHS policies governing initiation of removal proceedings and the use of prosecutorial discretion.
If you or a loved one believe you may qualify for a provisional stateside waiver you should seek the advice of a licensed attorney.


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|Sep 23, 2013
Algae researchers partner to develop bioactive molecules
|(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI) and the ASU-led Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) have made a one-year agreement with Health Enhancement Products, Inc. (HEPI), which investigates and licenses algae-derived, high-value bioactive molecules that benefit human and animal health.
|The three entities aim to work together to commercialize one of HEPIs unique bioactive molecules.
|The scope of the research project includes:
|The research we are doing at AzCATI/ATP3 on HEPIs proprietary molecules accelerates the process of going to market as we are refining our knowledge about the bioactives and optimizing culture growth, allowing for the scale-up to commercial production, said Dr. Thomas A. Dempster, a research associate professor at AzCATI and the ATP3 test-bed site coordinator.
|In HEPIs years of research we have identified bioactive molecules with verifiable health benefits for humans and animals that have attracted quite a lot of attention from potential licensors, said HEPI CEO Andrew Dahl. Now is the appropriate time to commercialize the research, beginning with the cultures and organisms responsible for creating the bioactive compounds.
|The collaboration with Dr. Thomas Dempster and Dr. Henri Gerken at AzCATI/ATP3 has yielded a positive outcome from the very start. We were able to immediately kick off a complex and aggressive development program that will get our product validated and market-ready within a reasonable timeframe. The responsiveness and innovative thinking is an added bonus.
|The mass-culture process requires a considerable effort to determine the most cost-efficient and timely production techniques, which in the case of the target organisms, may require multi-stage culturing and extraction.
|Were able to look at different culturing techniques, procedures and outcomes, assist with cost modeling and suggest appropriate solutions in a timely and efficient manner, said Dempster. We look forward to working with HEPI to determine a feasible production process that meets all compliance and financial benchmarks.
|Lets remember that a sustainable business model really means a profitable business model, because without the prospect of profitability, its difficult, if not impossible, to attract capital, attract top talent, meet operating expenses and fuel any meaningful growth, added Dahl. Like any other form of agriculture or aquaculture, algae production will inevitably mature into a high-volume, capital-intensive model where process control and efficiency will make the difference between a solid return and a hatful of excuses.
|Source: Arizona State University
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Source: littlebluedeer.com via Heather on Pinterest
If you are going to paint a dresser, why not push the envelope and have a little fun? Favorite song lyrics, a poem, or the funniest thing your kid ever said. (Skip the graffiti, though: pretty hard to pull off at home, and if you have kids, they might get the wrong idea and apply elsewhere in the house!)


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Jim Casey of United Parcel Service had a vision way back in 1916 to put people first. To put his employees quality of life, their voice, their expression, and their overall life experience as a priority. This vision built a phenomenal company that exists today. He so cared about putting his people first that he invited the union to unionize his employees. A very gutsy move knowing the contentious possibilities between unions and businesses.
I'm not sure in these current times how many businesses have the same kind of vision as Mr. Casey.
At Arcaro, we invest in ourselves so we can invest in you. We are the physical barbershop in the community allowing people to express themselves and flourish. We invest in improving as coaches so we can pave a path for all our boxers, recreational and competitive, to confidently walk down.
Community is made up of several individuals and each individual brings some unique perspective to the ring. Each individual tells a story through their body as they sweat and endure the discomfort of training. Everybody risks telling their story to people they normally would never engage with outside the ring or gym.
There is power in our conflict, in our shared experience of physical disagreement being reenacted through sparring or even hitting the heavy bag. There is enlightenment and release in touching gloves after the controlled conflict. We learn that our punches our meant to expose one another to the holes in our defense. This exposure enhances our skills in conflict outside the confines of the gym.
This community experience within the gym allows our members to go back out the door and contribute a very different mindset in other intersecting communities.
Boxing is what makes our community great!


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What is Fragile X Syndrome?
The intellectual impairment of FXS can range from learning disabilities to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities. There are also speech and behavioral abnormalities.
Males with Fragile X
Approximately 1/4,000 males have Fragile X Syndrome and many of them have never been diagnosed. Males with Fragile X Syndrome almost always exhibit mental retardation. FXS is the most common known cause of autism or "autistic-like" behaviors. Symptoms can also include characteristic physical and behavioral features and delays in speech and language development.
Behavioral characteristics in males include attention deficit disorders, speech disturbances, hand biting, hand flapping, autistic behaviors, poor eye contact, and unusual responses to various touch, auditory or visual stimuli.
Females with Fragile X
The characteristics seen in males can also be seen in females, though females often have milder intellectual disability and a milder presentation of the behavioral or physical features. About a third of the females have a significant intellectual disability. Others may have more moderate or mild learning difficulties. Similarly, the physical and behavioral characteristics are often expressed to a lesser degree. Many girls thought to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) actually have FXS.
One well recognized consequence for women who carry the mutation is an increased risk for premature ovarian failure (POF), defined as the cessation of menses before the age of 40. Among women who carry the mutation, approximately 21% have POF compared to only 1% in the general population.
Fragile X Syndrome is an X-linked genetic disease
Why are males far more severely affected than females? This is because the mutation exists on the X-chromosome. (FXS is due to a mutation in the X-linked FMR1 gene). X-linked conditions are more severe in males than females, because males have only a single X-chromosome (males are 46 XY) and females (who are 46 XX) have two. In females, if one X has the mutation, the other X chromosome does not and this can minimize or prevent many of the features of an X-linked condition.
Other common X-linked genetic diseases are hemophilia and color blindness, also much more common in males. Of these conditions, females who carry the mutation are unaffected.
How does someone get Fragile X Syndrome?
This is a genetic disease, and a person is born with it. The Fragile X mutation follows the traditional rules of X-linked inheritance: Half of the children of carrier mothers will receive the mutation. If the father is the carrier of the mutation, none of the sons and all of the daughters will receive the mutation.
Approximately 1/200 females and 1/1,000 males carry the FXS mutation. Also about 4% of males and 8% of females of Northern European descent will carry the mutation.
Is there any treatment?
At this time, there is no cure for FXS. However, special education, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and behavioral therapies are helpful in addressing many of the behavioral, and cognitive issues in fragile X syndrome. In addition, medical intervention including medications can be helpful for aggression, anxiety, hyperactivity and poor attention span. Because the impact of fragile X is so varied, it is important to do a careful evaluation of the individuals' abilities and difficulties to tailor a treatment plan to address specific needs.
Is prenatal diagnosis available?
Only in the past few years has there been a simple blood test which is an affordable and accurate diagnostic test for a woman to find out if she is carrying the FXS mutation.
In one study, families with a son affected by Fragile X were asked if they knew during the pregnancy that their baby was going to grow up with this condition, would they have chosen to continue the pregnancy.
99% of the families said no. Why is that?
99% of the families said no. Why is that?
Boys with Fragile X have a common set of behaviors that make them extraordinarily difficult to take care of. Other than sleeping, these kids never stop moving. 16 hours a day, these boys are in motion: running, jumping, tumbling, grabbing, throwing and breaking things. They can't help it. Year after year this continues, getting far worse during adolescence. Families cannot keep babysitters. Schools expel these kids. These parents are desperate just to have an occasional day off. 95% of the marriages end in divorce. You do not see numbers like this in families whose child has Down Syndrome.
What if someone has the mutation and still wants to have children?
Today's world offers a near-perfect, but not inexpensive solution for this scenario, called PGD. This stands for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. The couple goes to an IVF clinic. The fertilized embryos are genetically tested prior to implantation. Only embryos that do not carry the mutation are transferred, so any child born from this process will not carry the mutation.
Some of the above material was obtained from The National Fragile X Foundation. http://www.fragilex.org/html/summary.htm
Other Links
Medicine.net article.
Other Links
Medicine.net article.


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Introduction: Trepak [From the Nutcraker ] 01'17"
This is the 3D art work expressed performance collaborated with the real time digital technique. The coordinate value which is the source of this project is extracted from the conductor's motion, who is performing "trepak" from the Nutcracker composited Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
This 3D work is composed of the sculptural expression used by the real time digital technique. The aim of the project is to transform an invisible element, such as time and music, into visible form. I have wished to express invisible elements such as time track as the way like free and live drawing, and then, furthermore, I have became to wish making 3D mold using such drawings. This project is succeeded because of the remarkable development of 3D printer typed SLS(Selective Laser Sintering). SLS enable me to draw coordinate values of inside structure of invisible elements essentially considered to be impossible to interpret.
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Step 1: Trepak [From the Nutcraker ] 01'17"
1, Extract coordinate value of the conductor's motion is recorded during the selected music using "motion capture".
2, Then, transfer the numerical value into 3D mold.
3, The most significant feature of SLS is unnecessity of support material on the process of layering the 3D data.
Material : Nylon resin
Size : Righthand 3D mold H:450,W:300,D:300mm
Lefthand 3D mold H:280, W:300,D:300mm
Weight : Righthand 3Dmold 300g
Lefthand 3Dmold 500g
Structure : 3D mold by 3D printer typed SLS
Step 2: Trepak [From the Nutcraker ] 01'17"
I insist that art is attached great importance to its process and concept. In other words, the information such as those is also the essential element besides visual effect given by art works.
Today, the digital fabrication is widely penetrate among our life, but I think the art is not just the product, but one attached great importance to its process and concept. Including these, my artwork also means transformation of diversity of human possibility into real world as well.


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After a reboot of your Windows server, FME Server fails to start and no engines are running.
This issue may occur because the local FME License service has not started in time before FME Server's engines start to request licenses. When the licenses are not found, the FME Server Service fails to start properly and must be restarted manually.
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I'm interested in doing more Song Fight collaborations with vocalists where I write the music & melody and the vocalist provides the vocals. I'd like to work with male &/or female vocalists.
Lyrics? I could go both ways there. Maybe for some collaborations I'd write the entire song including the lyrics and just look for a pure vocalist ... but I'm also open to the idea of writing a song (with melody) and having a vocalist add their own lyrics (fitting the melody I've already written - I'd be OK with slight changes probably as long as the main idea were still there.)
In general I think I'd like to write the music first rather than trying to match a melody to prewritten lyrics as I find that to very difficult unless the lyrics are written with musical forethought (ie with syllable counts that make sense for a structured melody.) But I'd be willing to try to write to someone else's lyrics as long as I have the freedom to mold them a bit (and the collaborator could re-mold again when singing.)
Additional Instrumentation? I'm not totally opposed to having someone add something else musically (another guitar part... a guitar solo even... a trumpet solo. live drums would be exciting! whatever you play.) As long as it fits with the music I've written I would be OK with adding it. But that's not my main interest; the vocals are what I'm really looking for.
Harmonies? I would like to write some harmony parts as well, I would create guide parts in those scenarios. But I'm also OK/interested in having you write/sing/record your own harmony parts if that's something you're good at doing.
Multiple Singers? One thing that I think would be really neat is if I had multiple people sing on the same track ... either as a duet or as harmonies... I think it would be cool to hear different song fighters singing on the same track in this way.
Doubling? I like to use artificial doubling (by duplicating tracks and offsetting them with each other slightly) as I think it really makes the vocal sound pop. But if you like to do your own double tracking, that's cool - it'd probably be best to give me the tracks separately to mix back in but if you really like to have your doubled voice mixed in a certain way that's cool too.
Time? I would do my best to get the basic guide track done (including a final melody & chord progression) at least 3 days before the song is due to give the collaborator a chance to get the song down and record a good take, particularly if the collaborator is also writing the lyrics.
The big key here is that I'm interested in having vocalists who want to sing a melody I have written, I don't want to just create a backing track for a vocalist to create their own melody over. The interest I have in this type of collaboration is in working on my songwriting and having vocalist come in and make the song come alive in a way that can't happen otherwise.
So this is what I'd need from anyone who wanted to do this:
(1) The ability to record (in at least decent quality) a vocal (on its own track so I can mix it back in) that matches a melody I have written.
(2) Agreement to let me submit the track to SongFight as "The Chocolate Chips with/featuring YOUR NAME HERE" and to put it up on http://thechocolatechips.bandcamp.com/album/song-fight as a free download & up on YouTube (where I would include links to wherever you want in the description.)
(3) An OK to do some slight tuning with Melodyne if need be. I wouldn't do this in an obvious "Cher effect" type way, but in a transparent sort of way if needed - to make sure the melody is clear. If you're a great singer with good pitch then I wouldn't mess with it. I want a natural type sound that's the idea of this collab request! After all; if I wanted a weird robotic sound I would just do it my usual way.
What do you get out of it?
(1) Well I'm hoping this appeals to people who love to sing but who don't necessarily want to write a song themselves (or who maybe want to do this in addition to writing a song themselves.)
(2) Some slight attention for your own work - I don't exactly have a huge following but I do get some views on youtube etc and I'm hoping my songs would have a lot more appeal with good vocals. I would link to your URLs (just let me know what they are) in the youtube description and give you a shout-out on Twitter/Facebook.
(3) ?
Reading over this mountain of text it looks like I'm over explaining this whole thing, but I think it's quite difficult to find collaborators who are on the same page as far as what exactly each person is meant to contribute so I think it's a good idea to be upfront and clear with with I'm looking for so that only people who would be happy with this kind of collaboration contacts me because I don't want to waste anyone else's time (or my own!)
Vocalists Needed!
Organize yourselfs.
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Re: Vocalists Needed!
just letting folks know that I've already got a couple of responses here (direct messages) so I kind of feel like I need to go with people as they responded ... but I'm sure there will be more opportunities to work together in the future (like a song fight or two down the road) so ... yeah keep 'em (the messages) coming!
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(married name, Mavromati). Born Oct. 20, 1918, in Amfissa. Greek actress.
Papatanasiou graduated from the theatrical school of the National Theater of Athens in 1940. In 1941 she made her debut in the M. Kotopouli Theater in Athens. During World War II she served in the resistance. After the war she joined the United Artists' Theater. Papatanasiou's stage career had lengthy interruptions because of the postwar political reaction. In 1953 and 1954 she acted in M. Katrakes' company, and in 1957 in the Piraeus Theater.
Papatanasiou's best roles are those of ancient Greek tragedy, especially the title roles in Sophocles' Electra and Euripides' Medea. Her inspired tragic performances are imbued with exalted passion and with civic protest. She has toured in almost all the countries of Europe and in the United States. In the USSR, which she visited in 1963 and 1964 and in 1967, she played the roles of Medea and Antigone in theaters in Moscow, Kiev, Tbilisi, and Leningrad. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Papatanasiou established the Single Actor Theater, in which she has acted in scenes from the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides. She has toured with this theater in the USSR, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, and other countries.


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Tough economic times have most Nashvillians looking for ways to save money without impacting their quality of life. With food being one of the largest budget items for most families, many shoppers are turning to local farmers for good quality and cheaper prices. As a result, the community-based organization Good Food for Good People, is announcing the grand opening of the West Nashville Farmer's Market on Saturday, August 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. The market's creation was a collaborative effort between Good Food for Good People and two west Nashville neighborhood associations, Sylvan Park and R.U.N. (Robertson, Urbandale, Nations).
The West Nashville Farmer's Market will be held every Saturday at Richland Park, close to the intersection of 46th and Park Avenue near Charlotte Avenue. It will offer customers a variety of choices in local, affordable organic food and wares. Jason Holleman, Metro Councilman for District 24 said, "It's exciting to have a Farmer's Market with locally-grown products right here in Sylvan Park. I hope that visiting this market for fresh fruits and vegetables will become a Saturday morning custom for families in our neighborhood."
The farm vendors at the market will include Delvin Farms, Foggy Hollow Farm, Richland Gardens, Timbertop Farms, and Fresh Harvest. Also partnering with the market are Tennessee Cheesecake, The Green Wagon, Rhino Books, Fido, Portland Brew, and Star Bagel. Sean Siple, founder of Good Food for Good People, explains the value of the partnerships surrounding the new market, "This market is growing out of tremendous community support from both sides of Charlotte. We named it the West Nashville Farmers Market not only because that's where it is, but also for each of the west Nashvillians who are stepping up to make this community event a reality. This is a community farmers market like no other in the region."
Eric Patrick of Foggy Hollow Farm expressed his excitement with the opening, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to sell our produce so close to home and look forward to many more Saturdays here in west Nashville." Residents and local vendors interested in partnering with the new market can contact Sean Siple at (615) 585-1294 or by email at [email protected]
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Twin siblings Sarzen and Helnia, a warrior and a mage, set out to find the Dragon Gods, who they believe are their people's only hope of survival. But the quest ahead of them is fraught with dangers they can't even imagine, including a revelation about themselves that will shake their view of themselves and their leaders forever.


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In what looks more like a scene out of a James Cameron movie, this improbable creature suddenly popped into the frame of researchers on a NOAA expedition aboard the Okeanos Explorer in the Marianas Trench.
With just a few wiry tentacles and a cluster of 8 brightly reflective orbs inside its body, this new jellyfish looks more like something from the realm of Photoshop than science. But incredibly, it's real, living mysteriously at 2.3 miles (~3,700 meters) underwater.
Scientists believe this animal belongs to the genus Crossota, a group of jellies that does not have a sessile polyp stage; all phases of their lives are ocean drifters. They also believe this animal is an ambush predator – note the posture it had assumed in the first half of the video: its bell motionless with its tentacles outstretched like the struts of a spider's web, waiting for something to bumble into them. The red canals, they suggest, appear to connect the bright yellow objects, which may be gonads.
Although the jellyfish may be 'bioluminescent', the "lights" seen inside the jellyfish in this video are merely reflective. The most likely scenario is that the gonads of this particular species exhibit some form of fluorescence but do not illuminate independently.


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Post regarding Cisco and general networking issues and their fixes.
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HP BladeSystem Flex 10 Ethernet Switch Configuration
Had to do a bit of configuration on an HP c7000 blade chassis the other day. There was a need to have two separate uplink pairs going to two different pairs of switches from the single chassis. I needed to provide both uplink paths to each host within the chassis (they were ESXi hosts).
Here is the configuration to do this for one of the uplink pairs, for the other uplink pair you just do the same thing, but applying the server-port-map-range to different physical ports on the blade. Each blade has 8 pNICs (4 on the LOM and 4 on a mezzanine card).
In this example ports 3 and 4 are going to be used to provide active/standby paths through the Flex-10 fabric to the physical network beyond.
If you want vlan1 to be untagged to the host where these 3 vlans are trunked to the host on ports 2 and 3, you need an extra bit of configuration:
Cisco ASA Firewall - DMZ to Inside Access
On a Cisco ASA firewall you will probably want to use the DMZ for servers that are web facing, and also restrict/deny any access they have to the internal network. The idea being that a connection to a web server say in your DMZ would get into the DMZ, and if another connection is required e.g. for a database lookup, it would be made back through the firewall between the DMZ and inside to the internal server.
When a firewall is brand new and un-configured, there is an implicit incoming rule on the interface saying "any less secure networks" so this means that if you have configured the interface security levels as follows:
outside = 0
inside = 100
dmz = 50
then the following is true:
A host on the inside (internal network) can access anything on the dmz or outside (internet) using the default implicit rules.
A host on the dmz (DMZ network) can access anything on the outside (internet) but not the inside (internal network) using the default implicit rules. Because it only allows "any less secure networks".
But at the point of adding your own rules to the ACL this implicit rule is removed and then an implicit deny is added to the end, and then only your traffic is allowed.
So onto the point of this article. A scenario to explain it all.
If you have a host on your DMZ network and you want it to only be allowed to access the internet on HTTP or HTTPS (i.e. DMZ to outside) and allowed access to the internal network on TCP/1433 (SQL) (i.e. DMZ to inside) you need to setup the commands below.
The rule set is basically split into 4 sections below to allow traffic to the inside host from the DMZ, traffic from the DMZ to the internet, block all other traffic from the DMZ to the inside and block anything else.
This assumes all your NAT rules have been setup already.
Cisco ASA NAT Exemption (post version 8.3)
The changes to the ASA IOS post version 8.3 changes the way that NAT works. NAT Exemption is normally used to disable translation for certain addresses e.g. for VPN tunnelling.
So for this example below you create an access-list containing the IP addresses that are to be exempted from NAT. So say these are the site to site VPN addresses where 192.168.0.0/24 is the A end, and 172.31.0.0 255.255.255.0 is the B end.
This basically says traffic going through the firewall from 192.168.0.0/24 to 172.31.0.0/24 through the firewall should not be NATTed.
Cisco ASA Static NAT (pre version 8.3)
Pre version 8.3 to statically NAT an internal host to an external IP address you would use the following:
This then means......
inside = the source interface for the NAT connection (assuming going from the inside to the outside)
outside = the translated interface for the NAT connection
18.104.22.168 = External IP address to which the internal host is translated to on the outside.
192.168.100.10 = Internal IP address from which is the original source of the traffic.
network mask 255.255.255.255 = Specfies that it is a single host, change this to 255.255.255.0 for a range of addresses for example.
Cisco ASA Dynamic NAT Example (Post version 8.3)
Okay a basic example with a Cisco ASA for the NAT rules. Lets say there is PC1 on the inside network that you want to have internet access. The IP address 192.168.1.100 can't just connect to the Internet using that IP address as its not routable, so instead we need to translate it.
In this example the PC1 is going to be translated from the IP address 192.168.1.100 to 220.127.116.11 (the IP address of the outside interface of the Cisco ASA firewall), to make its outgoing connection. On the way back in the translation is made in reverse, so the traffic coming back from the webhost goes back to 18.104.22.168, a dynamic translation is in place (in memory) on the firewall that translates this back to the original IP address 192.168.1.100.
Now thats fine for one PC but what about a whole network of PCs sharing one IP address, you can't have this for each you'd run out of IP addresses on the outside interface. So instead, you add a port number (hence the dynamic NAT or PAT, port address translation), this ensures that each individual translation can be uniquely idenified by a port number so that it can find its way back. Right lets go through that example above again with PAT.
PC1 is going to be translated from the IP address 192.168.1.100 to 126.96.36.199:1234 (the IP address of the outside interface of the Cisco ASA firewall), to make its outgoing connection. On the way back in the translation is made in reverse, so the traffic coming back from the webhost goes back to 126.96.36.199:1234, a dynamic translation is in place (in memory) on the firewall that translates this back to the original IP address 192.168.1.100.
PC1 (192.168.1.100/24) -----> 192.168.1.1/24 (inside) <-----> ASA Firewall <-----> 184.108.40.206/27 (outside) --------> WebHost 18.104.22.168/28
Okay so how do you configure this, well you create a network object for the internal range (i.e. the range PC1 is in) so 192.168.1.0/24, then you put the NAT rule within it so something like this:
Okay so what does this mean? Well you create the object network inside-network then say its the subnet 192.168.1.0/24. At this point you then apply the dynamic NAT (PAT) rule to the network object that says any traffic hitting the inside is translated to the outside using dynamic NAT (PAT) on the firewall's outside interface IP address. Of course here if you have more than 1 IP address on the outside firewall port you could use one of these in the rules instead.
inside-network = the internal network object name
subnet 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 = the subnet definition
nat (inside,outside) = the source interface (i.e. inside) and the destination interface (i.e. outside) of the translation
dynamic = specifies that this is a dynamic NAT rule as opposed to a static NAT rule.
interface = specifies to use the outside interface's IP address 22.214.171.124 in this example, here you could substitute a specific IP address if you didn't want to use the firewall's interface IP.
You'll also need an access control list rule to allow this out, so a quick example that would allow port 80 HTTP out to any IPv4 address on the internet would be something like this:
acl-in = Means the ACL on the inside firewall (so traffic coming into the inside interface going to the outside or dmz interfaces).
tcp = Means the type of traffic TCP or UDP, in this case TCP for TCP/80 HTTP.
inside-network = Means the source network or host (as an object in this case).
any4 = Means the destination network or host (in our case this is any host on the Internet).
80 = Means the destination port on the remote host (in our case HTTP port TCP/80).
Pre version 8.3
Create the pool for the outside interface:
Now create the dynamic NAT (PAT) rule for all inside traffic to the outside
This is all you need from a NAT point of view, now you can create an ACL to allow out the traffic.
Enable Wake On Lan Across VLAN on Cisco Network
Wake on LAN packets do not traverse routers (normally) so you need to configure your network to do this. There are some security implications you need to be aware of first, Cisco's document on it is a good read: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/91672-catl3-wol-vlans.html
Also download Solarwinds Free Wake On LAN tool, its a good one to use to test this, it also has a command line to it as well.
So in this example we have the Wake On LAN controller PC on the IP address 172.26.40.22 in VLAN 240. The PC(s) we want to switch on are in the VLAN 244 subnet. We need to configure our core switch/L3 router with the below. This will allow the controller PC to send a request to the subnet to wake up the PC.
access-list 150 permit udp host 172.26.40.22 any eq 7
ip forward-protocol udp 7
interface vlan 240
ip helper-address 172.26.47.255
interface vlan 244
ip directed-broadcast 150
You need to ensure that the WOL tool you are using will send on udp port 7, if it doesn't the IP directed won't match.
Set the TFTP Source Interface Cisco Switch
This was an interesting one, I was trying to download a IOS image to a switch but the connection was being denied.
It turned out the connection was coming from a VLAN interface on the switch that did not have access to the TFTP server.
You can force the VLAN interface used with this command:
ip tftp source-interface vlan 5
Where the VLAN 5 is the interface from which the want the traffic to emerge.
Cisco ASA https:// Page Cannot be Displayed
Okay here's a weird one, we had two identical clusters of firewalls running:
One of the firewall clusters you could access https:// to get to the ASDM with no problem, the other one, you access you get page cannot be displayed with some error about SSL not working.
Firstly I ran this command:
# show run all ssl
ssl server-version any
ssl client-version any
ssl encryption des-sha1
Note the bottom line in green, this only has one type of encryption strangely you'll find this works on Windows XP and not Windows 7. You need to run this command from the command line to enable it:
# ssl encryption rc4-sha1 aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 3des-sha1
Now if you try to access https://<ip of firewall> you should find it works. Note you also need to be sure you are running the correct version of Java too.
Cisco 3750 and 3750e in a Stack
Here's something that came up, we are replacing a few switches and want to replace it will a couple of 3750s and a 3750e in a stack.
The issue was that the 3750e has a different IOS to the 3750s but still must be the same version. After some playing around I found these versions work together.
This is the latest version that the 3750 (v1) supports, it won't support the 15.0 IOS because the flash isn't big enough. The 3750e can't run anything lower than this because its firmware is not compatible.
But this has allowed me to get two 3750s and a 3750e working in the same stack with no problems.
Using IPv6 (Part 1)
Although IPv6 is still fairly unused in the enterprise or home, it is beginning to gain traction, so I thought I should begin to learn about it. These articles there will be a few will chart my investigations into setting up IPv6, starting in this part with two workstations on the same network segment and also connecting them to an IPv6 website on the internet.
I'm not going to explain about what IPv6 as you can find pages of information of this on the Internet, i'm looking at it from the more practical (useful) side about how you can use IPv6 in practice and setup a network to use it.
At the moment there are a few ways that you can use IPv6, the most important ones are:
1. IPv6 native, you use IPv6 natively, your hosts on your network are IPv6 only, you connect using IPv6 compatible routers and firewalls to IPv6 websites, not all sites are IPv6 yet so you might find large parts of the Internet are not available to you. (See section 1 below)
2. Dual Stack (IPv6 and IPv4) - Having both stacks running on the same host gives you the best of both worlds, but adds to the complexity, you have IPv6 enabled, but the IPv6 component must tunnel across the IPv4 devices and networks if it doesn't support IPv6. (See section 2 below)
3. Some sort of tunnel broker that will tunnel traffic across the IPv4 networks, similar to the Teredo type thing that Microsoft offers in Windows. Except you could get your edge router to tunnel out to the IPv6 Internet, even if your Internet connection and ISP is only IPv4.
1. Two Windows 7 Workstations on the same network segment (VLAN)
Okay this is a basic proof of concept test. I have two computers connected to the same VLAN on my network, both run Windows 7 and i've turned on the IPv6 IP stack.
Firstly run IPCONFIG to get the details of the IPv6 connection:
Now from this you can see the IPv6 IP addresses are as below, if you repeat for workstation 2, you'll see that the addresses are different, but start with "fe80" this means it is a link-local address. I.e. one you can use to access the Internet. In IPv6 a host may have mulitple IPv6 addresses, one to connect to other local hosts, one to connect to internet hosts and so on.
Workstation 1: fe80::75c7:d95b:1f7e:65ce
Workstation 2: fe80::949f:66d7:ca65:6668
Now lets do a ping from workstation 1 to workstation 2, and see what happens, note I've added the %11 at the end of the IP address, this signifies the interface I want the connection to go out of, if you don't specify this you may find you can't ping and it tries to resolve the IPv6 address as a hostname.
There we go its working, we can ping from one to the other. You'll notice that this address has been auto selected, we don't have an IPv6 DHCP server (yet) so this link-local is being auto-configured by the PC on the network automagically.
Once of the odd things with IPv6 is you don't need to have a DHCP server, IPv6 is more about the auto configuration of hosts, but i'll come onto this more in the end.
2. Connecting a Windows XP or Windows 7 workstation to an IPv6 website on the Internet using Teredo
Okay so how about now using it on the Internet to access a host off your network, well unless you have IPv6 networking all the way from your internal computer to the web server somewhere on the internet you'll struggle. Microsoft provide within Windows XP and 7 (Vista, cough) the Teredo adapter, you might have seen this when you did an IPCONFIG.
Right so in this example, I have my Windows XP SP3 host on my internet network, I want to be able to connect to an IPv6 website, say: http://ipv6.google.com, if you try and access it on a IPv4 only host you'll not be able to access it, so you need to enable the Teredo adapter.
This will tunnel any IPv6 requests into a tunnel across the IPv4 network and Internet (through any NAT devices, like your network firewall) to a Teredo Relay that will then spit the the traffic out onto the IPv6 Internet for the last mile connection to the IPv6 webserver. The return traffic going back to the Teredo Relay and through the tunnel back to your host.
1. First up you need to make sure that port UDP/3544 is open outbound through your firewall to the Internet, if its not, you won't be able to use the Teredo tunnel. I use a Cisco ASA firewall so you'd need something like this:
access-list acl_in line 84 extended permit udp object-group OAKLANDS any4 eq 3544
access-list acl_in line 83 remark Allow outbound traffic on UDP/3544 to the Internet for use of Teredo IPv6 Client.
2. Now you need to setup your PC, i'm using Windows XP SP3, the settings are basically the same for Windows 7, except you don't need to add the IPv6 interface.
3. Add the IPv6 protocol to your interface. Control Panel then Network Connections -> Right-Click "Properties" on your LAN or Wireless connection, "Install…", "Protocol", "Add…", choose "Microsoft TCP/IP version 6″, hit "OK" until all the windows are closed.
At this moment, the IPv6 is enabled, and will decide upon a link-local address of its very own. You can have a look at it with ipconfig /all if you want, but we are not done yet, this link local is no good for accessing things out on the Internet.
4. Right now you need to make a few changes on XP, again you might not need to, the modification of Windows XP Teredo clients can be done with any of the folowing two ways:
4A) Installing the Windows Update KB922819. Note that if you have installed the Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP), which is available in the Windows Update KB920342, then you do not need to install the KB922819 update.
In my case I did option B, because I was running SP3, these two patches above are already installed.
4B) Adding or altering the REG_DWORD value of the \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\GlobalParams\TeredoPrefix entry in the Windows Registry. The REG_DWORD value is interpreted as a 32 bit prefix, in network byte order. To do that just follow the following steps:
i) Run the regedit.exe program: Start -> Run -> Write regedit.exe and then click on OK button.
entry exists. If don't so, add it.
If you are on:
On Windows 7 Business and better:
5. Right, reboot and log back in and then fire up a command prompt. First thing to do is setup the Teredo client to use a Teredo relay, in my case im using one in France as this is closest, but there's some all over the place, so take your pick.
teredo.remlab.net (France)
teredo.autotrans.consulintel.com (Spain)
teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com (USA, Redmon)
188.8.131.52 (NCA, Korea)
debian-miredo.progsoc.org (Australia)
6. Now, my machine was on a domain, so you also need to run this command too:
7. Right we are ready, so now run this command to see if your tunnel has come up:
7. Okay it appears to be working, next we'll check our routing, run this:
8. Okay this also looks good. Right now we can do a ping test. as below:
9. Using IE, we also get:
10. We are done, we are using an IPv6 website via an Teredo tunnel over an IPv4 network and internet connection. Obviously this is just step one in to my investigation of IPv6, so more will come but it does show that we can use IPv6 is some form. Next I will investigate further into how to begin the migration of our network and hosts over to IPv6 and if its even possible.
11. And for interest, here is the IPconfig when connected, you can see now we have our IPv6 IP addresses:
Link-Local: fe80::21a:a0ff:fe5e:61be
Global (via Teredo): 2001:0:53aa:64c:0:f9f8:2b24


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The registration was open for Kurdistan Region's schools to participate in the Erbil round and over 350 students and faculty participated. The event was held entirely in English.
The WSC is an international competition for school children aged 10 and above to practice their skills in debate, collaborative writing, individual writing and Scholar's Bowl.
Some of the schools who had performed well in the December round may qualify to take part in the global rounds held outside of the country, and then may eventually further qualify to take part in the Tournament Of Champions hosted annually at Yale University in the United States.
Students and schools who were interested in the event were required to form teams of three for the junior division, 10 to 14, or the senior division that includes students aged 14 and above.
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Seattle never runs out of issues when it comes to replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Monday officials heard one consistent message: Don't let the initial steps foreclose the eventual solution, including a new elevated highway or a different variety of tunnel. And some new action dates are being discussed.
In letters and at a public session on replacement design and a City Council briefing, several speakers criticized plans to retrofit the three blocks of the viaduct immediately south of the Battery Street Tunnel.
State officials have said retrofitting the northern end of the structure would save money and provide a ready connection between the tunnel and whatever highway replaces the elevated structure between Lenora and King streets.
Critics of that idea, however, said it would mar the Elliott Bay view with part of an elevated structure that many don't want to keep, as shown by the March election in which voters rejected keeping an elevated highway as well as a tunnel.
The retrofit "does foreclose other options," said Cary Moon of the People's Waterfront coatlition, a viaduct opponent.
The retrofit is one of six projects, totaling $915 million, that was agreed to after the vote by Gov. Christine Gregoire, King County Executive Ron Sims and Mayor Greg Nickels. The three entities have proposed beginning the two-year retrofit in late 2008.
Engineers think much of the 1953-vintage viaduct is vulnerable to collapse in another major earthquake. The Nisqually Earthquake opened up a few cracks in the double-decked span and part of it has settled since the 2001 quake.
Engineers also say the three-block segment sits on sounder soil than the rest of the 2.2-mile structure and is supported by a steel framework that could be strengthened relatively easily. It would also provide a connnection to the Battery Street Tunnel that would be needed regardless of how a replacement is designed.
"Why spend the funds to replace it when you get the same function by retrofitting it?" said state engineer Ali Amiri.
But the chairwoman of a group representing five downtown neighborhoods said the segment shouldn't be rebuilt until a longer-term solution for the central-waterfront viaduct replacement is understood and traffic routings and volumes are known.
"Building an elevated highway was voted down…and rebuilding this section of it contradicts Mayor Nickels' promise that 'there will be no highway on our downtown waterfront'," said Catherine Stanford, chairwoman of the Downtown District Council, in a recent letter to officials.
Victor Gray, head of a group advocating complete retrofitting of the viaduct, said if the north end is being rebuilt for safety reasons, as he said the state told him, "why do it at all?"
At a public meeting called to discuss a new design for part of the replacement, several speaker said the state, county and city should be open to several solutions, including a "deep-bore" tunnel that some propose drilling underground though the downtown area east of the viaduct, starting from a point south of downtown.
John Blackman of the Seattle Historic Waterfront Association, said he hoped the state will "thoroughly examine all options," a sentiment echoed by several other speakers at the two meetings.
It's not clear this will happen, however. State project engineer Ron Paananen said plans are for an "environmental assessment" of the new design for replacing the south end of the viaduct between Holgate and King Streets. Such an assessment would not compare the proposed design with other alternatives.
The three government entities have proposed a design that would partially elevate the highway but with a new bridge structure 1,500 feet shorter, almost 30 feet lower but more than twice as wide between Holgate and King with its lanes in a side-by-side configuration. Paananen and other state planners said the new design could connect to a new tunnel or elevated road, the existing viaduct or a new "surface" road that could replace the viaduct, dispersing traffic onto surface streets.
They also say it could connect to the old viaduct, preserving existing on- and off-ramps, or to a tunnel, a new elevated highway or a new highway on the surface.
Gene Hoglund, chairman of a pro-viaduct group, said building a new one is the best solution. An elevated highway, he said, "will decrease greenhouse gases, which a surface road will not."
City Council members, however, have begun a study to see if such a "surface" road system could handle the traffic if the viaduct is removed from the Central Waterfront and not replaced. The study, due out in July 2008, will examine whether transit and improvements to downtown streets could reduce the number of vehicles traveling through the state Route 99 corridor and disperse them to ground level.
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When and where did you first attend or hear about CDR? What do you recall?
I went to the very first edition of CDR [Berlin], after being invited by my good friend and CDR co-promoter Dirk Rumpff.
I can remember the quite small underground location by the Spree ( "chez jacki"! ) and how astonished I was, how many young producers actually brought their music with them, to hear them out loud the first time in a club context
What are you thoughts/feelings about DJing tracks submitted especially for Open CDR when you represent at Prince Charles on October 10th?
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Now 2013 is entering it's final quarter, is there a song/album shaping up as your track(s) of the year?
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A growing trend in the cybersecurity industry is rooted in educating everyone about the risks of a cyber attack.
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The ability to effectively reengineer systems for today's needs, allows for removing entire classes of vulnerabilities at a time. "What we are examining now (and that we explore in the course)," Shrobe said, "are the architectural principals that would govern those secure designs."
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Our interactive and personal Segway Tours are organized in small groups, giving you plenty of chances to ask questions and get to know your guide!
The tour starts with a 5-10 -minutes orientation session in front of our office on the big open square (not included in quoted tour time). You will have time to practice on the Segways so that everyone feels comfortable and ready to go out and conquer Budapest.
Whichever tour, the day time or late afternoon, we will give you a fantastic orientation of inner Pest and fabulous views of Danube. You will guide from our office to the whole City Centre sites including Vörösmarty Square, Danube Promenade, next the Chain Bridge, Parliament, Liberty Square, Basilica.
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2. Vörösmarty square
3. Danube promenade
4. Széchenyi square
5. Grasham Palace
6. Chain bridge
8. Liberty square
9. St. Stephen's Basilica
Adult: 40 EUR
Student: 35 EUR
When: every day, from 9 a.m till 6 p.m
Meeting Point: 1061, Budapest Andrássy út 22. (in front of the Opera House)
Inclusions: guided training and tour, Segway machine rental, Stops for photos.
Infant Policy: No infants allowed with parents on tour
Children Policy: No children under 10 years of age or 40 kg. Parents must sign liability and wavier forms for younger
participants under the age of 18 years.
Terms and information: Tour goes in all weather conditions – refunds/exchanges are not given due to adverse weather. Please dress for weather and we encourage our guests to bring hats and gloves to keep the extremities warm during colder months of the season. Not responsible for unforeseen delays or accidents. Must sign wavier forms for tour participation.
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- This tour can be bought directly before it goes
- Confirmation for this product will be received at time of buying.
- Riders must have the ability to make motions such as climbing and descending stairs without assistance.
- The Segway is not appropriate for those weighing over 280 pounds (130 kilograms).
- Anyone suspected of being under the influence of alcohol will not be permitted to ride and forfeit their right to do the tour, without refund.
- Segway Tours are appropriate for anyone aged 10 and older
- Unfortunately, pregnant women are NOT able to participate
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