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3rd Line's The Charm
April 12, 2011 8 Comments
If it looks like déjà vu, feels like déjà vu, and sounds like déjà vu then it must be déjà vu. Right?
In a match made in heaven for the mindless, the Vancouver Canucks will face their newfound arch nemesis Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs. In case you don't follow the NHL, the Blackhawks have ousted the Canucks from the playoffs in each of the last two years while giving Vancouver fans a new hobby.
As Vancouverites continue to poke pins and needles into their Patrick Kane dolls, there is also a growing sense of anxiety amongst fans as to the growing likelihood of a first round upset.
The hometown fan depiction of the Chicago Blackhawks as this Mount Everest-like hurdle, that once overcome will lead to our eventual playoff glory is preposterous. The Vancouver Canucks have lost a couple of years in a row to a couple of pretty damned good teams. A Stanley Cup winning team in fact.
At an attempt to be insightful, fans also carry on the notion that somehow the Blackhawks have "gotten in the heads" of the Canuck team, especially goalie Roberto Luongo.
"They're in our heads." "They have our number." I hear it around town way too much.
As clever as it makes you sound, the thought that the Canuck team itself places the Blackhawks on this glorious pedestal as well is just silly.
Although the circumstances of the series may scream déjà vu, the Blackhawks roster of 2011 hardly resembles their Stanley Cup champion roster. Despite the more well-known core of players such as Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook still comprising a solid Chicago team, the immense depth that stymied the Vancouver Canucks last season is almost non-existent in the 2011 version of the Blackhawks.
The lack of depth in the salary cap pressed Chicago Blackhawk gives the Canucks a significant advantage that most likely will not be overcome by an otherwise talented group of Blackhawk players.
The key to last year's series was the ability of the Blackhawks to shut down the vaunted Sedin twins. A combined effort from Chicago's checking line did a magnificent job of stopping the Sedin's and essentially Vancouver's offence.
The problems will lie here for the Blackhawks. A number of important yet underrated checkers lost during the offseason including Andrew Ladd, Adam Burish, Ben Eager and John Madden will pose serious issues for the Blackhawks. Not to mention the questionable health of their most valuable checker, Dave Bolland, who is still out with a concussion.
Moreover, the Vancouver Canucks not only have the Sedin line to carry the offence this year but their increased production from the 2nd line, including 40 goal scorer Ryan Kesler, and improved depth in their bottom 6 will make the task that much more difficult for Chicago's lack of an adequate checking bottom 6.
The key to this series is in the hands of the bottom 6 and primarily the 3rd lines of each respective team.
The advantage, as you have probably already determined, well that goes to the Canucks. Even though unfairly suspended Raffi Torres is out for the first two playoff games and one of the best faceoff men in the league Manny Malhotra is out for the season because of eye surgery, the Canucks still sport an incredible amount of depth. The deadline day acquisitions of Chris Higgins and Maxim Lapierre add to the plethora of possible bottom 6 candidates in the Vancouver line-up.
Vancouver's 3rd line may hold the final key to victory but as I wrote in January, goaltender Roberto Luongo is going to need to step it up in order for the Canucks to make a serious playoff run. He has played brilliantly since Christmas but his weak playoff resume leaves much to be questioned from the franchise goaltender.
The supposed "in Luongo's head" guy in Dustin Byfuglien has departed, which will leave no reason for fans other than choke if Roberto Luongo doesn't continue to perform in the manner that he has for much of the season.
This fear from Canuck fans of the name and jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks does not reflect that nature of this sure to be passionate first round playoff matchup.
While the mirage of déjà vu in this series may not flee the minds of Vancouver fans, there is no doubt that a Canuck victory would be as satisfying as a cold glass of water in the middle of the Sahara.
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A short break walking holiday centred on the Georgian city of Bath. This city based walking holiday will give you an opportunity to visit the hidden wonders of the city, the magnificent Bath Abbey, the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent to name but a few. The Kennet and Avon Canal is one of the most picturesque canals in the country and the towpath provides a tranquil setting for walkers.
You will be centre based, staying in selected three star guest house which is only a short walk from the centre of Bath. A 19th century town house conveintly situated in a popular central Bath location. All rooms are en-suite and you will have an opportunity to visit any of the excellent eating places of your choice, for which Bath is renowned.
This day enables you to explore the Georgian City of Bath and its hidden wonders. A self guided or a free-guided walking tour of the city will enable you will discover its unique heritage. You may wish to discover the Roman Baths or visit the new Thermae Bath Spa.
You start your day by taking public transport to Monkton Combe where you join the Somerset Coal Canal and walk along to the Dundas Aqueduct to join the Kennet and Avon Canal. After following the towpath you leave it to climb high into Bathhampton woods and then follow the beautiful hillside walk to Sham Castle with wonderful views of Bath before rejoining the canal to take you into the centre of the city and Bath Abbey.
Start this walk by catching public transport to Bitton. The walk takes you through tranquil countryside and onto the picturesque villages of Upton Cheyney and North Stoke and joins the Cotswold Way, which takes you back to the city. Following the Cotswold Way provides you with many views of the Avon valley.


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A new local Sunshine Kids Club is set to open after the new year thanks to a heads up contractor and a fantastic donation by the national storage container company, Storage Container Pros. With little resources and money to build the much needed kids club, head contractor Steven Smith, thought about the possibility of creating a fun, active building for kids to play in made from storage containers. Steven had seen on television that houses were being made from old shipping containers, and thought he would make a few calls to see if this was a possibility. After speaking with a local representative from Storage Container Pros, Steven was put into contact with the head marketing manager of Storage Container pros, Mike Laferty. Mike thought it would be a great idea to donate a few older storage containers to the local kids club, with the hopes of some good press.
Storage Container Pros was able to find eight, twenty foot used storage containers, and five, forty foot storage containers to be donated to the kids club. Once the storage containers were hauled to ope plot of land, Steven Smith was able to do some basic welding to ensure the storage containers were secure and safe for the kids to play in. The insides of the storage containers needed some work, like electricity, plumbing, and walling. But the interesting part was the outside of the new building. The kids will be encouraged to use their creative skills to draw nice murals on the outside, and use their creative minds to express themselves. Sunshine Kids Club would once again like to thank Storage Container pros and contractor Steven Smith with doing a great job helping the local community.


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Visiting my mom last week involved lots of foodie fun. The afternoon I arrived, she prepared a wonderful bruschetta with eggplant and fresh mozzarella and garlic-tomato confit, the perfect snack to enjoy outdoors on a gentle bright afternoon:
Yummy hearty breakfasts this time included blinzes with fresh figs, Greek yogurt and apricot jam...
and a really delish omelet with three cheeses and croutons fried in olive oil
On our day in Manhattan, we checked out the always fun Chelsea Market and newly opened Italian food emporium Eataly. The Chelsea Market is inside the creatively refurbished former National Biscuit Factory building... the pretty old items on display:
The market today houses an intriguing collection of independent food shops and restaurants, including a great Italian specialty shop with ground pistachios from Sicily, all manner of specialty cheeses, truffle honey, salt and oil
and Sicilian marzipan, so vivid and detailed!
You might also enjoy some yummy avo-sushi rolls at a seafood place across the way
Here's a view of the creative architectural re-purposing of the former factory space with exposed brick walls:
Wildly cute cupcakes at a sweet bakery...
As if that was not enough yumminess, we were determined to visit the recently opened, huge emporium of things edible and Italian, appropriately named Eataly. Dotted throughout its enormous space are cafe/ restaurants with specialized seafood, vegetable, pasta and pizza, meat menus...no surprise, we selected the seafood option. The frito misto or mixed fry of fish and shellfish was really light, crisp and lovely...
As we had lunch we watched fresh pasta being made. I loved the shape and name of these Fiori di Zucca ravioli...so I bought some to cook and bento!
There are goodies everywhere you look...fruit-mosaic pastry:
Mmmmm, nougat with almonds
Bright produce--I took home excellent fresh tarragon, parsley and green figs...
As a lover of fresh, filled pastas these agnolotti caught my eye!
I liked how this packaging evokes Italy's ancient role as a link between the Mediterranean and East:
"Rustic Fig Bread"
At the recently re-opened NYC coffeeshop chain Chock Full O' Nuts, a nostalgic taste of a childhood favorite--date nut bread sandwich with cream cheese, slightly caramelized just as I remembered it...
Hydrangeas changing color in Madison Square Park
Japanese maple in early morning sun, first day of autumn
My visit bento included some of the delightful butternut squash ravioli with pine nuts, red onions and prosciutto, portabella mushrooms, fresh figs and sugar snap peas...


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(FAME ENT CO) WASHINGTON, DC (September 26, 2011)—Neo-soul artist and Louisiana native, Greg Banks officially releases latest and highly anticipated single, "Soul", from his forthcoming independent mixtape, A Gentleman's Journal. Crafted with classic neo-soul sounds and a sensual vocal style, "Soul" offers an authentic, passion-heavy masterpiece and leaves listeners in a swoon—stricken with the sultry intimacy of the modelesque crooner.
Faithful soul listeners have anticipated the release of Banks second single as it follows in a trail of praise and recognition paved by his first single,"Magazine Street" and a recent collaborative single and music video with rapper G-Eazy entitled "Runaround Sue"—which has received over 150,000 views and earned a mention in Billboard.com's fashion column ('Top 10 Songs We Want on the Runway for Fashion Week' ). Banks continues to garner the attention of notable sites and blogs such as DJBooth.net and PynkCelebrity.com. Having graced the stage with industry heavy weights such as Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, and Jazzy Jeff and being nominated for an mtvU Woody Award in recent years, Banks has proven to be quite the musical globetrotter, introducing an incomparable combination of style, finesse, and musical genius.
With the release of his latest single, Banks states: ""Soul" is definitely the turning point of Greg Banks. It's me paying homage to artists like Maxwell, Prince, and Smokie Robinson. It's a description of a woman I was in love with—all described in parable, and a little complex, but definitely a single listeners can appreciate."
Greg Banks currently maintains a large following of loyal listeners and can be found by via his personal website at http://www.gregbanksmusic.com/ or any of the links provided below:
Twitter: @GregBanksMusic
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GregBanksMusic/
Bandcamp: http://gregbanksmusic.bandcamp.com/
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/gregbanks
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/GregBanksTV


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Since I started blogging, I have always wanted a collaboration with a lifestyle salon, where I could go anytime I wanted to get pretty or just to unwind. And I guess it's true what they say if you really desire something, eventually it will come true. By wishing something with passion you run an energy pulse, which "works" to make your dream come true. So, I have been invited by Robin James to become their brand ambassador wiiii 🙂 I could not be happier, I am so so grateful for this opportunity, words can't describe it.
So, let me tell you more about Robin James Salons & Spas.
Robin James has 3 Lifestyle salons & spas across the South West of England, more precisely in Poole, Dorchester, and Sherborne. I have been visiting their high-end Poole salon for the last couple of months, and I simply can't explain how gorgeous it is. Plus, its perfect location, situated on the historic quayside of Poole harbour with views to the Purbecks, not to mention the interior and most importantly their super talented and friendly staff. Because of this and more, I am always so happy to come back, RJ team always makes sure, I leave their salon looking and feeling fantastic.
It is a lifestyle salon & spa; therefore, they offer a variety of services, from hair cutting and colouring to spa and beauty services. They offer a wide range of Aveda Spa therapies including manicure and pedicure, hair removal, massages, facials and body treatments.
Each of RJ salons stocks a full range of Aveda retail products. All Aveda products are alive with the life force of plants and contain pure essential oils, they also stock Cloud Nine, Lumity, and OPI Nail colours.
Every time I go there, I have a chance to try a new Aveda product and believe me, they are all brilliant, not just saying that! If you haven't heard of Aveda yet, their products are cruelty-free, with naturally derived ingredients, and manufactured with 100% wind power through renewable energy credits and carbon offsets. Win-win for us & for the world we live in!
Since I have been part of RJ family, I have had my hair cut, coloured, nails polished, plus I have had Lava Shell massage done.
I guess not everyone is familiar with Lava Shell Massage (honestly, I haven't heard of it before either). So, let me tell you more about it. During the massage, the masseur used heated Tiger Clam Shell and glided these over my body, plus she used this truly amazing Aveda Stress-Fix Hydrating Oil. It is definitely worth a try, I would recommend it to anyone that wants to rewind or de-stress.
Let's not forget to mention, every time you come to RJ, you will receive a short massage depending on the service. Let's say if you are having your hair cut, they will offer you a complimentary short head and neck massage. Before starting the massage, you are always asked to smell a few Aveda essential oils, to find out which one meets your needs on that day, and then they will use that one during the massage.
As I said it before, Robin James it's not just like any other salon, it is a lifestyle.


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We'll see one more chilly night before temperatures rebound. Most of the area will be a few degrees colder than we were Saturday night. I'm expecting a widespread inland frost (perhaps a freeze) as temperatures drop into the 30s. If you live along the coast, it will still be cool tonight as we'll drop into the 40s.
Monday our wind direction will shift to the southwest, which will do two things: 1) it will moisten the atmosphere and 2) and it will warm us up.
Monday night clouds will increase, which will keep temperatures in the 50s. I'm expecting us to stay dry for most of overnight, but showers will develop by daybreak. Expect a slow commute into work Tuesday morning. Rain will be steady through the early afternoon before tapering off to showers.
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Don't get caught up in the exact values OR the placement of the numbers, but it does paint a pretty good picture of a rainfall range.
Wednesday will be dry, but AFTER Wednesday there are a few forecast challenges. We aren't done with this storm system. The cold front passes through on Tuesday, but the area of low pressure is still over Michigan. That low, will drift south and east — eventually it will stall. IF it stalls over New England, expect showers and cool, unsettled weather through next weekend.


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It's almost the end of the year and you, like many other people, may consider it a good time to consider a fresh new career by owning your own business. As you contemplate your options, be sure to consider one of the most stable business environments available: healthcare! If you don't have experience in healthcare then consider a healthcare franchise that can offer you everything you need for success. Now is a good time to open a healthcare franchise because the baby boomers are turning 65 at over 7000 a day and they're one of the wealthiest generations alive.
It's a no-brainer: as the population ages, healthcare becomes more and more important. At this point and time, people who are over the age of 65 outnumber children under the age of 5. Older people usually need the most healthcare, and with technology people are living longer and longer. Starting a healthcare franchise now means profits for years to come! To open and operate a healthcare franchise you do not need to be a doctor or have healthcare experience. Owning a medical billing franchise involved in the revenue cycle management of a medical practice may be perfect for you.
As 2016 gets closer, so does a list of new healthcare rules and regulations. This means that more and more people are going to be required to have healthcare options, which also means continuing business for you. For this reason, a healthcare franchise will be the smartest business decision YOU make. It is a good investment, sure to reap value and income for years to come.


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Just Published at Amazon Kindle Victorious Redemption, by Randy Seiver
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The Sovereign Potter reigns above;
He sits upon a holy throne.
He shows his justice and his love
And all to make his glory known.
Of the same lump of sinful clay
He fashions some to show his grace,
But then permits the rest to stay
The rebels of a fallen race.
That God his sovereign mercy shows
Is not of him who wills or runs.
He freely grants to those he chose
To see his glory in the Son.
There is a truth that we must trust
That God must save and he alone.
He raises beggars from the dust
To set them on a glorious throne.
Randy Seiver
If I should glory let it be
In what the Savior did for me.
I have no merit of my own
My boasting is in Christ alone.
He took my place, he owned my guilt,
His blood in innocence was spilt.
He crowned my head with righteousness
All through the triumph of his grace.
Before God's throne I stand complete
In him who suffered for my sin.
His beauty has become my own;
My righteousness before God's throne.
To think that in my place he stood,
Condemned to bear my load of sin
The spotless Lamb, the Son of God,
My mind can scarcely take it in.
Condemned before God's judgment bar
Because he bore my guilt for sin
'Tis greater love, yes greater far
Than I could ever comprehend.
He bore my sin upon the tree;
My heart is glad, my soul if free
It is my honor to confess
I wear his robe of righteousness.
There is a Priest in heav'n above
Who now appears before God's throne.
My name is written on his heart
He deigns to name me as his own.
As long as he is there for me
To plead my cause before my God.
My heart is free, my conscience clean
Since he has borne my awful load.
He once appeared at ages' end
To put away my guilt and sin.
He, by his sacrifice and blood,
Has reconciled my soul to God.
To those who watch for his return
He will appear on earth again.
This time he brings no sacrifice
But comes to free us from all sin.
Based on Hebrews 9:24-28
Salvation does not come alone
But always brings its fellows.
There's faith that works, hope that endures
And love that pumps the bellows.
We show our love for God above
Not by our grand profession
But by our service to his folks
And by our faith's progression.
If we would have assurance true
It will require persistence,
To know our hopes are founded well,
In spite of all resistance.
If we would know that we are heirs
Of God's great gospel promise,
We must with faith and patience run
To seize the prize before us.
Randy Seiver
Based on Heb. 6:9-12
If I should boast let it not be
In works that I have done
But in the work that Christ has wrought,
And in his work alone.
Those deeds that seemed a gain to me
In which I dared to boast;
The very best that I have done
I now consider loss.
I glory now in Christ above
Who sits upon his throne.
His Spirit leads my soul to boast
And revel in the Son.
And now I have no confidence
In what the flesh can do.
My faith is founded on the rock,
My Savior ever true.
To know the Lord, be found in Him,
My quest that will endure,
And in his righteousness alone
My soul now rests secure.
Based on Phil. 3:3-9
Romans 2:12-16 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who ar…
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text: The dolphins allowed the swimmers to reach the shore Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were swimming 100m off Ocean Beach near Whangarei on New Zealand's North Island when the dolphins herded them - apparently to protect them from a shark. "They started to herd us up, they pushed all four of us together by doing tight circles around us," Howes told the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA). Howes tried to drift away from the group, but two of the bigger dolphins herded him back just as he spotted a three-metre great white shark swimming towards the group. "I just recoiled. It was only about two metres away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said. "They had corralled us up to protect us," he said. Protective instinct The lifesavers spent the next 40 minutes surrounded by the dolphins before they could safely swim back to shore. The incident happened on 30 October, but the lifesavers kept the story to themselves until now. Environment group Orca Research said dolphins attacked sharks to protect themselves and their young, so their actions in protecting the lifesavers was understandable. "They could have sensed the danger to the swimmers and taken action to protect them," Orca's Ingrid Visser told NZPA. SOURCE: Reuters


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DATE: March 18, 2016
TO: SJU Community
FROM: Dr. Mark C. Reed
RE: Leadership for Inclusion and Diversity
Commitment to inclusion and diversity is central to our institutional mission, which calls us to be active global citizens who think critically and act responsibly. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that Saint Joseph's is a welcoming and accepting place for students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds to live, learn, and work.
To address this critical area and in response to ongoing, thoughtful campus-wide conversations on this topic, I am announcing the reorganization of formerly separate offices and functions and the creation of the position of Assistant Provost for Inclusion and Diversity, reporting to the Provost through the Vice President for Student Life & Associate Provost. This senior leader will oversee and lead institutional diversity initiatives and student diversity programs and services, including the Office of Multicultural Life, the Women's Center, and the Ignatian College Connection and other diversity related pre-college programs.
The Assistant Provost will also coordinate and work closely with the offices of Human Resources, Admissions, Student Success, Veterans' Services, the Office of Teaching and Learning, and Student Disability Services to promote, support, and sustain a diverse and inclusive community. As a core member of the Provost's Council, the Assistant Provost will be well-positioned to promote the needs of all underrepresented groups and advance diversity initiatives. Moreover, we will identify and establish a unified physical space for staff working in these areas and the students they serve. We will begin the recruitment and hiring process for the Assistant Provost position immediately.
The creation of this position makes a clear statement about the value of diversity at Saint Joseph's, but the work that needs to be done cannot and will not be accomplished by one individual. It is our collective responsibility. Therefore, I am also creating the President's Council on Inclusion and Diversity, to be chaired by the Assistant Provost for Inclusion and Diversity, but comprised of representatives across our campus. The Council will report to me regularly on the status of efforts to promote, support and expand the culture of diversity on our campus. I will consult with the senior leadership of the University before finalizing appointments to this new council.
I'm grateful to all those on campus who actively embrace diversity and make a difference in the lives of our students.
Dr. Mark C. Reed


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Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that shook the digital world in 2017. This decentralised system sends user payments across the World Wide Web without letting people use a bank or a third party. This year, the cryptocurrencies' overall market cap went up over $200 billion which reaches the mainstream with the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading bitcoin future. If you are wondering whether or not to invest in Ethereum, here are some of the compelling reasons to invest:
It is Becoming More Popular
Ethereum has been able to establish itself as the second biggest digital currency. Today, millions of people have set up crypto wallets which hold Ethereum. If you want to enjoy the benefits the currency brings, then you should invest now.
There is Increasing Valuations
Just like Bitcoin, Ethereum has increased valuation over the recent months as people began to adopt digital currencies. Ether has been trading for two years now with a limited 18 million per year of issuance. Today, one ether is worth over $700.
Be Part of its Successful Future
Digital currencies like Ethereum can shake up the financial system like what successful companies have done. Trust in conventional markets is low because of the financial crisis many years ago and people these days are becoming more comfortable with the digital world.
Exchanges can be Traded
Some cryptocurrency exchanges now provide Ethereum on their platforms to give people many choices. They provide individual account managers, coin options, and awesome customer service.
You can Use Ether when Buying Goods
A number of organisations are not accepting cryptocurrencies as payments. And this number is continuing to rise over the next few years because people have recognised the convenience and comfort the online world offers them.
Big Growth Potential
The digital world can be complicated because of the need to understand the technology. However, due diligence can help you become familiar with terms. Jumping on the crypto bandwagon earlier than others will provide you an edge in terms of experience and possible gains. While it can take a lot of learning, it would be worth it. Also, you have the option to
Buy Or Sell Ethereum for cash.
You Don't Have to Depend on Institutions for Money Transfers
Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum is decentralised. This democratises conventional powers. You don't have to rely on financial institutions to transfer money which comes with hefty fees. With Ether, you can transfer money to anybody at any location with a fraction of the fee. Plus, having private wallets for storing your coins allows you to have a control over your money.


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Author Archives: Mark Kummer
Introducing Cloud-Scale Networking in a 100G World
A few weeks ago, we announced a transformative technology offering for our service provider customers: software solutions for cloud-scale networking. At the time, Cisco's SVP for service provider, Kelly Ahuja, had this to say about the announcement: As cloud-based traffic scales, … Continue reading
Video Traffic and Mobility Continue to Dominate Cisco's VNI Report
In May, Cisco released the 10th annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, and like previous reports it predicts substantial growth in IP traffic globally, as well as here in Canada. Between 2014 and 2019, the annual global IP traffic is … Continue reading
How to thrive in the fast-paced service provider world: A Q&A with Fibrenoire's CTO
Since its founding in 2007, Fibrenoire, based in Montreal, Quebec, has grown from a startup to one of Canada's largest metro-fiber-to-the-business service providers. As further testament to their success Fibernoire was the first Canadian service provider to earn MEF Carrier Ethernet … Continue reading
Video Traffic and Mobility Continue to Dominate Cisco's VNI Report
This week saw the release of the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Forecast, covering findings from 2013 to 2018. Now in its ninth year, the VNI has proven to be a strong tool for forecasting and analyzing Internet … Continue reading
The New Evolved Services Platform Gives You What You Want, When You Want It
You probably don't think about how the content you want arrives on your devices. When you watch your favourite show or stream the music you need to get you through your commute, things like virtualization and orchestration of software platforms … Continue reading
Why faster devices, video and machine-to-machine traffic are driving rapid growth in mobile data
Last week we released the 2013 update to our annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Forecast and it contained some interesting data points on the Canadian market. For those of you not familiar with the forecast, it's a … Continue reading
Introducing the Cisco Network Convergence System
This month we've shown once again why Cisco is the industry leading supplier of service provider infrastructure technology. Earlier this month we introduced the nPower family of network processors, which enable advanced capabilities like multi-terabit scale, programmability, high availability and … Continue reading
A glimpse into 2017: As the world gets more crowded so does the Internet
Every year we release our annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) report that examines trends in Internet usage and adoption, and forecasts four years into the future to predict what the world, and Internet, may look like. As the global population … Continue reading
How Allstream is building on the power of Cisco with Hosted Collaboration Solutions
Last month Allstream launched its Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), a unified communication-as-a-service (UCaaS) offering based on Cisco's UCS product suite. In this clip, Allstream's vice president of unified communications Tom Jolly explains why HCS could solve critical business challenges in … Continue reading
Why Cisco Canada is proud to be a broadcast sponsor of the Masters golf tournament
The Masters is one of professional golf's biggest events, one of four major tournaments on the PGA Tour that showcase the best the sport has to offer, with the world's best golfers vying for the coveted green jacket. This year, … Continue reading


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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
SF Site on FF2
Okay, one more late review of Fast Forward 2, this one from Derek Johnson at SF Site, with due kudos to the editor:
In 2007 Lou Anders edited Fast Forward, one of the strongest original anthologies that science fiction has seen -- so strong, in fact, that after one closed the book one wondered if Anders would be able to match both the quality and the ambition of that volume in his next. After all, the anthology's very title indicated that Anders wanted to actually incorporate the Campbellian vision into a genre that, for all of its rhetoric about being a literature of the future, too often looks fondly over its shoulder at the trails blazed in the past. Even Dangerous Visions fought to bring the genre up to the speed of the present more than chart a path to the future. But Anders did it; Fast Forward not only met the challenge to look forward, but succeeded. And with Fast Forward 2, his follow-up anthology, Anders not only continues to forge ahead and actually push science fiction into the future, but also position himself as one of the genre's most dynamic and influential editors. A reader looking for the best in contemporary science fiction will find not a wasted story in Fast Forward 2's pages. This is the Stuff.
Anders starts out strong with his introduction. Titled "The Age of Accelerating Returns," where he discusses the genre's ever-increasing popularity and opinions by Joseph Mallozzi, Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss and Paolo Bacigalupi of science fiction's purpose (even futurist and The Singularity Is Near author Ray Kurzweil gets a citation) before citing what he sees as science fiction's four purposes: its predictive capability, its preventative possibility, its ability to inspire the future, and being "the literature of the open mind," which "acknowledges change and encourages thinking outside the box." And then presents fourteen tales which promise to do just that...
And then there are the standouts among the standouts. Chris Nakashima-Brown gives us a powerful, and quite funny, vision of bio-artists, sports, body enhancement and copyright law wrapped up in an air of Hemingwayesque melancholy in "The Sun Also Explodes." It's a story of gene-splicing gone amok that never lets up on the wow factor. Mike Resnick and Pat Cadigan, in "Not Quite Alone in the Dream Quarter," lead us through a surreal, haunting landscape where beings from human dreams have escaped, and try to learn what it means to be human. And in "An Eligible Boy," Ian McDonald returns to the India of River of Gods to tell the story of a young Hindu man looking for a suitable mate, and seeks out the advice of an artificial intelligence designed for a soap opera to help him traverse the hazardous terrain of dating in the twenty-first century. It is the anthology's most human, and most charming, story, a great love story without all of the sap one finds in such tales.
Thanks, Derek!
Also, check out the rest of the Pyr catalog, including Fast Forward 1, now available in Kindle edition.
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- Sharon E. Dreyer said...
Wow, great review! You are exactly correct and the "founding fathers" of science fiction cannot be forgotten, but they are at times equalled. Check out my first and recently released novel, Long Journey to Rneadal. This exciting tale is a romantic action adventure in space and is more about the characters than the technology.
- June 17, 2009 at 8:12:00 AM CDT
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If the Stig was more into computers than he was cars, he'd be mighty proud right now, as IBM has overtaken Fujitsu with their brand new supercomputer that is now the fastest... in the world.
IBM's Sequoia takes pole position on the list of the world's fastest supercomputers, and bumps down Fujitsu's effort down to second place. The newly crowned champion will be used to carry out simulations to help extend the life of ageing nuclear weapons, thus avoiding the need for real-world tests that could be potentially hazardous.
Sequoia is 1.55 times faster than Fujitsu's K, clocking in at an incredible 16.3 petaflops, and uses over 1.5 million processors -- which is more than double than its rival. But despite using more processors and being even faster, Sequoia also consumes a lot less energy, making it much more efficient, which makes its triumph even more impressive. [BBC, io9]


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The Arcade Fire
The Arcade Fire are a band that have universally been lauded by critics and hipsters alike, but the Montreal arena rock band have left the other two LxL contributors a bit cold, and while I myself would call myself a fan, I don't bow at the knee of Win Butler and company like many music fans. I had particular intrigue with their latest album, Reflektor, though considering it being produced by LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy in his first big project after LCD Soundsystem broke up. Reflektor contains some of the magnetic dance hooks that Murphy once brought to LCD Soundsystem, mixed in with big, guitar-driven Arcade Fire sound to make a good album that just falls a bit short of anything special, leaving me a bit cold yet again.


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Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Democratic 'D' now stands for demagoguery
I've been in campaign meetings. Sometimes the atmosphere is grim. Your side is down and you're looking to turn things around. The pollster goes down the list of issues tested. Health care? Nope. They hate your stand on that. The economy? Thumbs down. Foreign policy? Nobody cares anymore.
Then, finally, something that works. An assistant at the polling shop throws in a question about campaign contributions by foreigners. Turns out most voters don't like them. They don't think it's an important issue, but, hey, nothing else works. So let's go with it.
This or something like it seems to have taken place at Team Obama Central sometime in the past few weeks.
Back in January, the president attacked the Supreme Court for ruling that corporations and unions have First Amendment speech rights and pointed to the possibility that foreigners might try to influence American election outcomes. Now he and his spokesmen on the campaign trail and on Sunday interview programs are charging that outfits like the Chamber of Commerce are smuggling foreign money into the campaign.
Their evidence? Well, there isn't much, as even the New York Times, Washington Post and factcheck.org agree.
The smoking gun? The Chamber of Commerce collects $100,000 in membership dues from foreigners out of a $200,000,000 operating budget and spends some of that budget on campaign ads. But Obama uberadviser David Axelrod says it's up to the chamber to prove it's innocent.
There are a couple of odd things here. One is that the 2008 Obama campaign, by deliberately not using the address verification software most enterprises use to determine it's really your credit card, took in a lot more illegal foreign money than its rivals. The Obama folks may be projecting their own sins on their opponents.
The other is that this charge of foreign money doesn't fit into any familiar political narrative. At least when the Obamaites attack evil rich people, some voters think of 19th-century caricatures of fat cats (and ignore the fact that Obama carried voters with incomes over $200,000 in 2008).
But who are these evil foreigners who are trying to inject their dirty money into American campaigns? The guys who got the jobs that were supposedly outsourced from Youngstown, Ohio? Americans who gave up their citizenship to avoid taxes? James Bond villains like Auric Goldfinger?
I seem to remember that it was candidate Barack Obama (not John McCain or Hillary Clinton) who gave a big election year speech in the Tiergarten in Berlin. It was Obama cheerleaders who told us that foreigners would love us once again if we sent George W. Bush back to Texas and installed their multicultural champion in the White House. Back in 2008, we were supposed to vote for the candidate foreigners loved. Now in 2010, we are supposed to vote against the party foreigners support.
You can be pretty sure that this is not where the Obama Democrats wanted or expected to be three weeks before the 2010 election. They operated on the assumption that history is a story of progress from no government to big government and that American voters would be grateful for little bits of economic redistribution, like the $400 tax rebate in the 2009 stimulus package.
But as Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute (where I'm a resident fellow), points out in his book "The Battle," happiness does not increase in proportion to dollars taken in. Lottery winners are happier for a few months, then go back to feeling the way they did before. What makes us happy, Brooks argues, is earned success, often in the form of money we think we've fairly earned, but also satisfaction from fulfilling family and personal responsibilities or performing community service.
Obamanomics hasn't resulted in much earned success, and Obamacare doesn't seem likely to either. The chief talking point on the latter seems to be that you can stay on your mommy and daddy's health insurance until you're 26.
Last month Barack Obama took to saying that D (Democratic) stood for Drive and R (Republican) stood for Reverse: shorthand for his notion that history inevitably and correctly moves left. Focus groups and polls showed that didn't work. So now we have the issue of supposed foreign contributors to Republican campaigns. It looks like D stands for demagoguery and desperation.
British police red tape revealed: reams of paperwork to look through a window
Detectives carrying out surveillance on criminals must complete a 16 page form before they can look through a window, an official report will reveal this week. It is the most basic piece of detective work – but police officers who want to watch a suspect through a window must first fill in a 16-page form to seek permission. The volume of paperwork needed to carry out this simple task has been exposed in an official report which will be published by the Government this week.
Jan Berry, hired two years ago as a Home Office "tsar" charged with combating red tape in the police service, discovered the form created by one force for officers carrying out surveillance. "One superintendent pointed out to me very poignantly that he could sign a piece of paper to authorise someone to be shot, but has to fill in a 16-page form for someone to look through a window," she said.
Mrs Berry, former chairman of the Police Federation, will conclude that police officers spend a third of their time on pointless bureaucracy. Other examples she will cite include:
* A police officer who makes an arrest must enter the suspect's details in at least four separate databases, or as many as eight in some forces;
* When a member of the public reports a crime, it is assessed by four different officers before an investigation even begins;
* A student constable investigating a straightforward burglary will have nine other officers supervising their work.
In an article for this newspaper today Nick Herbert, the police minister, says: "The police must be crime fighters, not form writers."
The minister also reveals that the Coalition will introduce requirements on individual police forces to buy equipment such as cars and IT at a national level to save money.
Mrs Berry has not identified the force which requires a 16-page permission form for surveillance operations. She said the document was in two sections. In the first, to comply with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), officers must log details of the investigation, justify the need for surveillance and explain why they cannot pursue an alternative course of action.
In the second, the "operational order", they must record how many colleagues will be joining the operation, the ranks of all the participants, and how they will be deployed. "This could just involve simple surveillance such as going to look whether a suspect is at home, by peeking through the glass," she said. "Clearly, I think this is unnecessary. "We can't have a Big Brother policing with unregulated surveillance, but at the same time most members of the public will think that level of bureaucracy is totally ludicrous."
Other police forces impose similar volumes of paperwork on officers taking part in surveillance operations, but ask officers to complete two separate documents - a RIPA form of around seven pages, and an operational order of eight to 10 pages.
All of the paperwork must be approved by a superintendent. Failure to complete it properly could lead to a prosecution collapsing in court when defence lawyers claim surveillance was carried out without authorisation.
Mrs Berry, a retired police inspector, will warn in her report that British policing sometimes gives "greater attention to recording than investigation", and wasteful practices still exist despite being first identified more than a decade ago.
She said: "We have whole armies of people filling in spreadsheets trying to prove their force meets this or that different standard. "There is one third of policing that we could cut out. I suggest an estimate that one third of work is added by duplication, over-engineering and risk assessments at every level of policing. "Over the last 10 years there have been so many initiatives to cut red tape but if we are honest some of the barriers that were there 10 years ago are still there now."
Further examples of red tape cited by Mrs Berry include:
* An offender accused of a simple shoplifting offence can be held in custody for up to 14 hours in one police force area, because the arresting officer has to hand the case over to a specific team rather than handle the case themselves;
* About 80 per cent of guidance given to officers on how to handle different crimes is duplicated;
* In major crime investigations and other activities known as "protective services", forces have to answer 1,099 questions to prove they are meeting standards;
* Officers spend 30 to 45 minutes a day ploughing through internal emails because bureaucrats send communications to everyone in the force;
* Supervisors can spent two to three hours per shift preparing for daily intelligence meetings.
The report will conclude that a prime problem is that no single person is responsible for the police nationally, or for overall control of the criminal justice system. It will recommend creating a job with "clout" to have that wide oversight, claiming that otherwise reforms will never happen.
Mrs Berry, who was hired as "independent reducing-bureaucracy advocate" by then-home secretary Jacqui Smith in 2008, said: "In the current economic climate we cannot afford for this to get worse.
"Forces are going to have their budgets cut and they are going to have to look at what roles people are playing. "At the moment, when someone reports a crime, one member of staff receives the call, it goes to someone else for assessment, then to someone else for another assessment, then someone will decide if it should be a priority and another person will put together an investigation plan. This must be simplified. "Performance culture is huge and, while the government has rightly removed a lot of the targets, at a local level targets are alive and well."
Other main recommendations include allowing officers to use common sense, reducing the use of "gatekeepers" who are nominated to handle certain types of crime or processes, and reviewing structures and departments to streamline investigations.
Simon Reed, vice-chairman of the Police Federation, which represents front line officers, said: "There will be fewer police as a result of cuts, and we must have a huge reduction in bureaucracy to help make up the shortfall."
The British police must have power to stop and search ethnic groups
By Brian Paddick (Paddick was formerly Deputy Assistant Commissioner in London's Metropolitan Police Service)
Suppose two Asian gangs from different parts of the country have agreed over the internet to settle their differences in a street fight. Armed with knives and baseball bats, they make their way to your high street only to find that the police have organised a blanket 'stop and search' operation in order to disarm them.
So why are the officers telling white passers-by to open their bags and empty their pockets? Such a state of affairs might seem bizarre, but it is all too common. Police officers fear they will be accused of discrimination if they target people on the basis of their appearance, a form of political correctness which can only damage their ability to uphold the law.
Why, then, has there been such an outcry at Government proposals to bring back a bit of common sense and allow officers to stop some suspects rather than others? It has been claimed that the proposals – draft guidance from the Home Office – are a return to the 'sus laws'. They are setting the clock back, it is said, and will allow the police to directly discriminate on grounds of race.
I am a firm believer in civil liberties and a great admirer of the Liberty campaign group. However, as a former police officer, I believe such criticisms are entirely misguided, in particular the claim that the proposals amount to a return of 'sus'.
'Sus' – or being a suspected person loitering with intent to commit an indictable offence – is discredited legislation from 1824 that has long since been repealed. It was a criminal offence, not a power to stop and search, and it was at the heart of poor relations between the police and black people in Britain for good reason.
The usual evidence given in court in a 'sus' case was no more impressive than 'three car door handles, your worship'. If a police officer saw – or said they saw – a suspect looking for an unlocked car door in order to steal, this would be sufficient to prove they were up to no good.
Regrettably, some police officers would invent evidence in order to secure a conviction. In 1978 I was at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court when one of my colleagues put a young black man in the dock. The accused man pleaded guilty to 'sus'. Yet when I spoke to the arresting officer he told me in hushed tones that the 'guilty' man had done nothing. 'He just ran away when we came around the corner and when we caught him we said he could either have an attempted burglary or 'sus' and he went for 'sus'.'
As there was no need for any corroborative evidence, it was a law open to abuse, which is why it has been consigned to the legislative dustbin.
These new Home Office guidelines are nothing to do with 'sus' and everything to do with practical policing. Of course it is wrong to pick on black people simply because an officer might associate being black with criminality.
That is a matter of straightforward prejudice. The overwhelming majority of black people are law-abiding. It is equally wrong for the police to target Muslims in the crude and misguided belief that Muslims are likely to be terrorists.
What does a Muslim look like, anyway? The 'shoe bomber', Richard Reid, was born in the London suburb of Bromley to a white British mother and a Caribbean father. He looked neither Middle Eastern nor South Asian. So, yes, I have sympathy for the civil libertarians. But in this case they are wrong, as a matter of principle and of detail.
The new Home Office guidance suggests no more than a modest rewording of Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, a piece of legislation originally aimed at gangs of rival football supporters but which is now used to counter violence of all sorts.
Before Section 60 can be used, a senior police officer must reasonably believe that there is going to be serious violence or that people are carrying weapons. Only then are the police authorised to stop and search anyone. The powers come with strong safeguards. They can be used only within a specific area and for only a limited time, initially no longer than 24 hours.
When I was the police commander in Wimbledon, South London, in the late Nineties, we sometimes received intelligence that rival Asian gangs from different parts of London were preparing to fight on the streets.
If we had specific information about where and when the fight was going to take place, we could use Section 60 to prevent it. The new Home Office guidance is saying no more than this: that if the police believe the fight will take place between two Asian gangs, it makes sense to stop and search Asian people.
In 1999, the white supremacist and nail-bomber David Copeland was targeting busy shopping areas at weekends. In the absence of anti-terrorism legislation at that time, we used Section 60 to try to catch him. Officers were given authority to stop and search and were told that we were looking for a white man carrying a sports holdall. Copeland had been caught on poor-quality CCTV but we could still make out his ethnic origin, if not his identity.
Police at that time did not racially stereotype all white people as terrorists. They did, however, target their stop and search on a particular ethnic group and in this case the people of interest happened to be white. Any reasonable person can see the merits of the police having such powers.
The proposed new guidelines state that officers should take care not to discriminate, but say: 'There may be circumstances...where it is appropriate for officers to take account of an individual's ethnic origin in selecting persons and vehicles to be stopped in response to a specific threat or incident...'
Bear in mind, too, that some potential crimes, such as a fight between neo-Nazis, would probably exclude people from minority ethnic backgrounds from suspicion. Far from jeopardising race relations, such a commonsense approach could actually promote them.
If serious violence can be prevented, then police officers must be empowered to conduct blanket stop-and-search operations which target the most likely individuals. Yes, it is a draconian power; yes, its use should be limited. But there are circumstances where such powers are absolutely necessary.
'You're not on welfare so we can't help': What a British job centre told mother trying to return to work
A mother-of-two claims a job centre told her they couldn't help her find work - because she didn't want to claim benefits. Lynne Dawson, 32, had taken a career break to raise her two children while engineer husband Anthony brought in an income. But now daughters Deanna, six, and Keira, three, are older she felt she should find work as well as help the family.
Intending to work part-time from home Mrs Dawson said she was having trouble finding the right job and decided to seek help at her local job centre.
Shockingly despite contacting the her local centre in Derby Lynne claims she was told without claiming benefits she couldn't get an interview. She even tried a different branch and another member of staff but was still turned down.
The former medical inspector, from Chaddesden, Derbys, said: 'There is a recession on and a lot of people out of work. 'It's quite shocking that you have to sponge off the state to qualify for some personal advice in getting back into work. 'I couldn't believe it. It was the first question they asked me: 'Are you claiming any benefits?'.
'I don't want to claim benefits. I'd rather do things on my own. All I wanted was some advice on putting a CV together and finding work by sitting down and talking with someone. But they wouldn't do it.
'I wanted a part-time position I could do from home and I started to check job websites but it was quite confusing. 'So I decided to go and ask the job centre, to get some help putting a CV together, I haven't done one for years.'
Taxpayer's watchdog the Taxpayer's Alliance branded the job centres actions as outrageous. A spokesman said: 'This is a total outrage and just goes to show how topsy turvy our welfare system has become. 'Someone willing and able like Mrs Dawson should be encouraged into work, not on to benefits. 'Her commitment to finding work is admirable but it's a complete disgrace that she's being denied help.
'Real reform is desperately needed if we're to get people back into employment and break open the benefit trap.'
Job centres offer advice in getting back to work and compiling a CV via the Directgov website but Lynne said she was not made aware of this when speaking to staff. A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions said: 'We are sorry that this information was not offered to the lady who approached us for help.
'Jobcentre Plus prioritises its services by offering support mainly to people who receive welfare benefits and to those who have experienced long-term problems in getting back into employment.
'Our online and telephone services are convenient to use and provide extensive advice. The Directgov website, available to anyone, offers help and information about looking for work as well as providing access to the UK's largest jobs database.'
Conservative Minister for Employment Chris Grayling said the coalition Government had no plans to change Jobcentre rules. However, he did highlight Government proposals to set up 'work clubs'. He said: 'We are setting out this week radical plans for welfare reform to break the culture of welfare dependency which is present in too many communities around the country, but we are also stepping up the support to newer job seekers through job centre Plus and work clubs.'
George Cowcher, chief executive of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, said it seemed 'counter-productive' to turn somebody away who wanted to find employment. He said: 'Nobody who is actively seeking work should be denied such help and support.'
Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.
American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of other countries. The only real difference, however, is how much power they have. In America, their power is limited by democracy. To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges. They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did: None. So look to the colleges to see what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way. It would be a dictatorship.
For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, GREENIE WATCH, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, FOOD & HEALTH SKEPTIC, GUN WATCH, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, DISSECTING LEFTISM, IMMIGRATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL and EYE ON BRITAIN (Note that EYE ON BRITAIN has regular posts on the reality of socialized medicine). My Home Pages are here or here or here or Email me (John Ray) here. For readers in China or for times when blogger.com is playing up, there is a mirror of this site here.
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Ex Credit Suisse banker attacked his wife in front of their young son after 'using her Sat-Nav to discover she was having an affair'
Frenchman Marc Grosjean, 43, punched Artemis Berberi in the face at their London home
A FORMER Credit Suisse banker has been found guilty of assault after he beat his wife when he snooped through her SAT-NAV and discovered she was having an affair.
Frenchman Marc Grosjean, 43, punched Artemis Berberi in the face and injured her hand trying to tear her wedding ring off at their Paddington home - in an struggle witnessed by their young son.
Westminster Magistrates Court heard Grosjean had gone through Ms Berberi's car Sat-Nav and mobile phone to confirm his suspicions that she was seeing another man.
Abbas Lakha, defending Grosjean, said he had already been 'substantially punished' and that setting up his own business had taken 'an enormous toll.'
He said: "This has been an extremely stressful time for him. It has taken an enormous amount out of him, as well as the matrimonial proceedings.
"His then-partner, the complainant, was undoubtedly in an affair behind his back. At the time, she made a total denial."
District Judge Paul Goldspring sentenced Grosjean to eight weeks in jail suspended for two years, for the sake of his son.
He said: "Your son has already had the trauma of being taken from his birth mother and being a witness to some of these events.
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"You are a loving and, to some extent, a good father. If only one reason persuades me not to impose an immediate custodial sentence it is [your son].
"I have the welfare of the child at the forefront of my mind."
He added Grosjean being jailed 'may be something he never recovers from.'
The judge said: "Your behaviour in that 24-hour period was nothing short of shocking. You used the back of your hand to strike your partner to the face.
"You were frustrated that the relationship was ending. But you are an intelligent 43-year-old man and should know that violence is never the way to deal with frustration."
Grosjean was found guilty of one count of assault by beating and one count of common assault. He was sentenced to eight weeks jail suspended for two years along with 200 hours of unpaid work on each offence.
He was also ordered to attend a domestic abuse intervention programme, and to pay a total of £890 in costs and a victim surcharge.
A restraining order preventing him from contacting Ms Berberi was also made.
It is thought Grosjean has launched an appeal against his conviction.
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Once a month fellow gardener Gail from clay and limestone invites us to share the wildflowers we have in our gardens.
I was really scratching my head to find something to share today! I have a tub where I collect the tags of the plants I have planted and yesterday I was investigating them all looking for some Australian plants. In the end I did find something to share and it has inspired me to plant some more Australian wildflowers.
Ptilotus exaltatus also pink mulla mulla or joey has a unique pink flower which looks like a fluffy foxes tail. I think it looks like a plant you would expect to see in dry conditions, the flower heads sit upon single stems with a few leathery dark green leaves at the base of the plant. It is a small shrub growing to 20 – 30cm tall, it is widespread from the North-West coast into the Northern Territory, which are some of our driest parts of Australia.
I saw this plant for the first time last year at a big nursery I think they were a new nursery release last summer and were selling for about $15. I can remember eyeing them off every time I went to the nursery but thought they were too expensive, I was very lucky to receive one for a birthday present from a dear friend which is why I can share it with you today.
I think it is a plant that looks better planted in a group which I think I will do, the seeds are available from Australian seed, in fact they have a great range of native seeds with all the required germination information.
Do you grow wildflowers/natives in your garden?


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UFO Sighting Report - Portugal
Please note that the reports in this section have been submitted to UFOINFO/UFO ROUNDUP and accepted in good faith. No investigation has been carried out by UFOINFO.
With the increasing use of digital cameras we are seeing more photos showing alleged 'UFOs' - many of these could be insects, cloud shapes etc. As many readers have asked to see the photos I will be using some of them and leaving it up to the individual to make up their own mind - John @ UFOINFO.
Sept 8th 2006 to Sept 15th 2006 : Vale do lobo, Algarve
UFOINFO Sighting Form Report
Location: Vale do lobo, Algarve, Portugal
Date: Sept 8th 2006 to Sept 15th 2006
Approach Direction: North
Departure Direction: East
Witness Direction: Various
Description: Witnessed whilst on holiday. Must have seen this object some 5 or 6 days out of 7 during the 2nd week of my holiday when the sky was clear. Three Other members of family witnessed also. It generally appeared in the North always in the same place, just after dark and stayed stationary most of the time but once saw it move from North to east in about 20 minutes, and disappeared from view over the Atlantic.
Other times it would start in the north and say 2 hrs later just show up in the south a few hours later. I.E we would watch for a while then look again at a later time and it had moved. It did not look very big and strange thing was that appeared to flash and change shape or should I say seemed to be making zig zag movements slightly up and down when focused in on x 7 with binoculars.
[Zig zag movements possibly caused by zoom if binoculars or arms were not supported on a steady surface - John @ UFOINFO.]
2 other members of out group are very sceptic but even they were baffled by these sightings !
Color/Shape: White ball with red + blue intermittent flashes. Also when focused in on with high powered binoculars, appeared to be zig zagging. I would say though, to the naked eye it looked like only a star.
Height & Speed: Must have been 20,000 ft at least maybe 30,000 and only saw it move once from North to East in a slow but straight line.
TV/Radio/Press: No


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Next, read the notes at the top of the script in case there is something you need to do before running the script. For the LB7 and LLY you should read it, but the downsides of not reading it are small. For the LBZ/LMM the downside of not reading it and following the directions might be a disaster.
Then click Run. It's a long script and will take a minute to run.
When it's finished, save it with a new name and carefully check to see if everything looks OK.
Finding people to test these has been a bit of a challenge so if you find a problem, please tell us and I'll see that it gets fixed.
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11. My brother suggesting music for my ballet dance
12. Candle light as a means of light at home
13. my first ever job interview <3
So this is the first volume of my 'happiness'. More to come! :""> I first saw this "happy list" from Ate Camie's blog and I find it very interesting. I just have to try it especially because all these things I'm supposed to do are stressing me out so I have to constantly remind myself that I am a happy camper and list down all my happy moments, big or small. I think this is a great way to boost one's self confidence.
And the happy list is indeed a happy list. I might be doing this more often from now on. :-)
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Have a wonderful Friday friends!
This fabulous home just got published, it's been a long time favorite ~ congrats Ally!
Love this stylish graphic table setting from Mimosa Lane.
Another crush on blush ~ no surprise this home is in Europe.
A fashion designer's classic dining room ~ the kitchen is just as good!
Cut eucalyptus is included in these perfect fall touches,
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Mark Knopfler: Get Lucky|Mark Knopfler writes mood music for sad and lonely men. Mark Knopfler writes modern Celtic-folk songs about an old country none of us has ever known, but long for deep in our hearts. Mark Knopfler ...read more
Heart: Red Velvet Car|On Heart's first studio album in six years, the Seattle-based sister act of singer Ann and guitarist Nancy Wilson prove that, musically speaking at least, you shouldn't mess with a good thing. The 2010 version ...read more
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Van Morrison: Born to Sing|Van Morrison's first studio album since 2008's Keep It Simple marks his return to the Blue Note label (where he picked up a Grammy nomination for 2003's What's Wrong with This Picture?) and finds the ...read more
Lynda Randle: 'Til the Storm Passes By|A powerful example of traditional and contemporary gospel seamlessly co- mingling with other roots styles, Lynda Randle's 'Til the Storm Passes By also makes sure its inventive music never subsumes the praise and worship messages ...read more
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This (mostly) vegan diner was opened since I've left Grand Rapids. But last week I was introduced and swept off my feet. Bartertown Diner is
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My Only Love Song (2017)
Other name: 마이 온리 러브송 Mai Onri Leobeusong
Country: Korean
Status: Completed
Released: 2017
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Song Soo Jung is a top star and she is very arrogant. She classifies people by how much money they have. Suddenly, she goes back in time to the Goguryeo era and meets On Dal. He will do anything to make money, but in fact he is generous to the weak and poor.
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If you were born on 14th October 1962., your age is Fifty-Seven years and Two Hundred and Thirty-Six days. 21055 days passed since day of Your birth (or 3007.9 weeks). But you are not alone with this! In world 337000 babies was born on that day.
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The "big bum" was on ≈21st January 1962. (if you were born on time), but for details, ask your parents, they may have some interesting story for that day ;-)
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I had a video file in .mkv format, and I needed to convert it to mp4 format for my Android tablet. I tried using my favorite app called Handbrake, but my first attempt created a video file without any audio. I then tried several different settings, but still no audio. I was at a loss, since Handbrake is one of my favorite video conversion tools. It's easy to use, I can queue up videos to be converted, and it has several pre-defined settings for the Apple TV, iPhones, iPad, Android Tablets, etc.
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Ralph Thomas and Betty Box produced a long run of popular British productions, but not many truly important ones. Besides their "Doctor" movies with Dirk Bogarde, they remade classics (even a Hitchcock film) without a great deal of distinction. Ms. Box's solo producing effort from 1948, Miranda is far better than the sequel she made in conjunction with Ralph Thomas.
1965's The High Bright Sun puts an excellent cast in the middle of a still-relevant situation. In 1954 the British occupy Cyprus and are trying to stem violent rebellion by a faction fighting for independence. Major McGuire (Dirk Bogarde) investigates the ambush and murder of two soldiers, and discovers that young American archeologist Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg) was a witness. Juno is a guest in the home of a relative, Dr. Andros (Joseph Fürst), whose son Emile (Colin Campbell) has a serious crush on her. McGuire is convinced that Juno knows more and isn't cooperating. Then she discovers that the Andros house is a local headquarters for the liberation movement: wanted rebel General Skyros (Grégoire Aslan) lives in a hidden room and the wealthy fighter Haghios (George Chakiris) visits frequently. When McGuire puts pressure on Juno -- romantic as well as professional -- the Cypriots debate whether or not she can be trusted. Haghios wants her killed, but Skyros holds off. An effort is made to assassinate McGuire, who lives in town and continues to find ways to see Juno. A drunken undercover Brit named Baker (Denholm Elliott) seems an unlikely ally for McGuire, whose path is continually dogged by Prinos (George Pastell), a sinister local. Juno's problem may be worse: if she helps McGuire, she'll be turning her back on her own family.
Given the title McGuire, Go Home! and cut by 13 minutes for import to America, The High Bright Sun disappeared fast; in 1965 super-spies were the craze and non-escapist tales of colonial intrigues seemed ten years out of date. Filmed on location, the show has atmosphere to burn -- we can identify with the pointlessness of the armed patrols and fruitless investigations under the blazing Mediterranean sun, while Cypriot gunmen pick off individual soldiers at random.
The show also benefits from an excellent cast. Susan Strasberg was criminally underused in the movies, and here she at least gets a starring role and a chance to be a romantic heroine. Her highly intelligent eyes add meaning to scenes not stressed in the writing or direction. Dirk Bogarde plays the cagey investigator, trying to be aloof but assuring the Cypriots that their hospitality doesn't fool him for a minute. It's fun watching him as a wilted cavalier, ignoring his ineffectual, loony C.O. (Nigel Stock of The Great Escape) and strutting through the town (Nicosia?) as if it were totally safe to do so. Ex-dancer George Chakiris is a genuine Greek-American and looks sensational as the intense law student-turned terrorist. But he suggests no further emotional depths beyond the script's stage directions. Haghios is a stock "hater", criticizing Juno and America from the get-go.
The film's weaknesses are fairly easy to see. Ralph Thomas is a very literal director, and he plays out events at the same measured pace at all times. Action scenes in which lives are at stake are given little special emphasis. Telling a clear story isn't enough, and The High Bright Sun just "lets things happen". The characters don't always register a reaction to what should be nerve-shattering developments. McGuire and Juno barely survive a siege at his apartment, and men hunt her with knives and shotguns, as if she were a fox. Juno is a sensible woman but she seems unfazed by the experience, and the implications of the story aren't carried through. Juno is on the death list of her own relatives in Cyprus. Will her parents in America reject her as well? We're more likely to feel sorry for young Emile. He puts his life on the line for Juno yet goes unappreciated.
The unfocused direction does lend The High Bright Sun an "anything can happen" feeling that many viewers may prefer to a standard thriller approach. This approach makes a standout of the minor character Baker. Anybody who likes Denholm Elliott should enjoy the opportunity to see this truly amusing character. Baker is an alcoholic, a cynic and slob seemingly of no use whatsoever. Yet he continues to come to the rescue at unexpected moments. If 007 really existed, he might likely be something like Baker - a social misfit who nevertheless is a dead shot, even when potted. Played by Elliott, Baker is immensely likeable despite having only eight or nine minutes of screen time. He's also much more slim and fit looking than in his later '70s and '80s roles.
The High Bright Sun saves its other wild-card character Prinos for a last-minute showdown, after he's followed Juno on an airplane fight. George Pastell was the go-to actor whenever Brit films needed a shifty Middle Eastern villain, and Prinos' careful shadowing of McGuire and Juno becomes a sinister running gag. The final payoff isn't exactly in the same league as The Third Man, but it leaves the film on a very positive note.
VCI's DVD of The High Bright Sun is a welcome disc with excellent, vibrant colors. We do ask ourselves why Ms. Strasberg's face is so pale at all times (a makeup choice?) and if the leather wrist band worn by Bogarde has any particular meaning. The audio track benefits from a music score by Italian Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, that uses an interesting string rhythm theme for the main titles and action scenes.
But the company has accepted a master from ITV/Rank that takes a center 1:33 crop out of a 1:66 widescreen image. The resulting pan-scan is nowhere as severe as it would be if the original film were anamorphic, but it's enough to occasionally stick a character half-off the side of the image. Seen on a widescreen TV -- the standard now, of course -- we can easily imagine that the black pillarbox bars on each side filled with more of the movie. This is not a guess, as the title sequence is rendered in flat letterbox 1:66, indicating that the film elements are hard-matted. One would have to go back to the original negative to get an un-matted source, although it's likely that the film was shot with a hard matte in the camera.
The movie's short running time suggests that it is from a PAL master transferred at 25 frames per second. On the plus side, English subtitles are included. Being a fan of most of the actors and of movies about tense colonial conflict, I found The High Bright Sun highly enjoyable, with the appearance of Denholm Elliott an unexpected treat.
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Women often feel helpless and annoyed at the limited choices of gifts they can give their man on a special occasion or just to say they are special. It may be even tougher if the man is question does not easily express or accept romantic feelings. One method for coping with those gift-giving puzzles is to add a funny touch to your romantic gift.
Edible Gifts
The old saying that states "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach" is true and most guys appreciate gifts that please their stomach. To give your man a romantic edible (or drinkable) gift, make his favourite dish with stylish garnishing for a special look. Bake your guy a cake and write a romantic note on it with icing or buy your guy a bottle of his favourite wine as one of the best romantic gifts.
If you want to please your man's funny side, consider giving him a collection of funny labelled Ramen Instant noodle soups with interesting labels to appeal to a man's taste. These items may be easily available at local joke shops or ordered online.
Wearable Gifts
Give your man something to wear so he thinks about you whenever he wears it. Buy your guy an expensive dress shirt in a colour which you think looks awesome on him. Most men love watches, so buying him a nice watch with a romantic message engraved on the inside.
You can attack your man's funny side by buying him a funny pair of boxer shorts featuring his favourite cartoon character. You can also buy him a T-shirt with a funny message printed upon it such as "I'm Magically Delicious."
Office Gifts
To add a romantic touch to your man's office environment where he spends a considerable amount of time, give a beautiful photo frame with a picture of the both of you in it. An expensive pen with both of your initials engraved on it is a romantic token that he will cherish.
You can also give your man something funny for his office such as electric shocking pens or a humorous painting or desk decoration of a man kneeling down to his woman while she does her nails.
Miscellaneous Gifts
Other romantic gift ideas include coffee mugs with special messages, love coupons giving him a chance to exchange the coupon in return for a favour from you, flowers, and many others. Other funny gifts include the denture bottle opener, the be-on- time clock, funny beer can coolers, and many more.