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5 Ways to Ditch the Menopausal Weight
When you hit 40, your body tends to gain more weight, especially after menopause. That's due to the hormonal changes in your body. Putting on weight at this age could increase your chances of health risks and problems. Here's how you can effectively keep the extra weight off:
Eat fish
It's best to stay away from red meat. Go with fish instead. Two servings of fish every week helps keep your heart healthy. Pick salmon or trout for the healthy fats.
Try supplements
If you don't like eating fish, you could give fish oil supplements a try. This can reduce the risks of you getting a heart disease. Be sure to talk to your doctor, though, before you start taking anything. Since the risks of heart disease as well as breast cancer go up after you hit the menopausal age bracket, that's a good enough reason to give these supplements a try.
Ditch the sodium
You might end up feeling bloated. You could keep that to a minimum by cutting out the sodium, along with processed carbohydrates, out of your diet. Nosh on fiber-rich food and don't forget your fruits and vegetables.
Skip the drink
Alcohol dries up your skin and could bring on hot flashes. That's the last thing you want to happen, especially given the discomfort you'll have eventually find yourself in, Health says.
Go for a weight loss program
If you can't seem to lose the weight, get help from a professional. Find a menopause weight loss program that fits you. With the help of professionals, you have a much better chance of losing the excess weight and slimming down to your ideal shape. Unlike other options, this one has a major advantage: it works. If you want faster results, it's better to start looking around for a menopause weight loss program near you.


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Darlington man dead following rollover accident
Accident happened 3 miles north of Darlington
TOWN OF WILLOW SPRINGS, Wis. — The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department said a rollover accident early Friday morning killed a 33-year-old Darlington man.
The incident happened about 3 miles north of Darlington on County Highway F near Furnace Hill Road in the town of Willow Springs.
According to the sheriff's department, a preliminary investigation shows the SUV driven by Jay Schwartz was going southbound towards Darlington when the Schwartz went off the right side of the road, then over corrected. Schwartz over corrected again, and rolled over on the right hand side of the road.
Schwartz wasn't wearing a seat belt when the accident happened, according to the sheriff's department.
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Grab a quiet breakfast of curry mee and yong tau foo at Foo Kwai, BerchamAugust 7, 2015 | 6,380 views
This article was first published in The Malay Mail Online.
Lou Shu Fun served with a scoop of dry curry paste; and succulent cuts of caramelized BBQ pork on top
There are some breakfast places in Ipoh that have remained evergreen; a hit with the loyal early risers in the quiet neighbourhoods of Ipoh, yet inconspicuous enough to stay out of the (tourist) spotlight. If you ask me, one of the last things that I wish upon waking up on a relaxing Sunday morning is to fight for a seat with the boisterous, ravenous crowd or scramble for that last basket of steaming hot dumplings from the kitchen. I don't need to name the establishments here, but safe to say if you are wise enough to avoid the white coffee outlets in Ipoh Old Town and the dim sum madhouses in town, then you deserve a pat on the back. But of course, some of you might get a kick out of the long, snaking queue, rowdy environment and lengthy waiting time plus lacklustre service despite the service charges imposed. With booming tourism, and a higher influx of day-trippers to Ipoh, the situation progresses to a more dire one come extended weekends or public holidays. Read the rest of this entry »


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Better Accelerate Than Never?
Seeing this lying on the desk in the PC Gamer office was something of a surprise. They've only gone and brought back oddball games-and-girls US magazine PC Accelerator! Who'd have thunk it.
Well, not back-back. One issue back, presumably to either test the waters for some manner of relaunch or to because there was a load of interesting ad stuff outside of PC Gamer, or some other reason. Who cares? All that matters is that one of the most casually sexist videogame magazines the world has ever seen is back for another crack.
I'm quite glad to see it.
Now, I'm an Ex-Guardian-contributing left-of-Kropotkin writer who thinks castration for maleness may be a good idea. This stance may be somewhat unexpected.
But I liked PCXL. I liked the fact they, of all the American magazines of the time, actually had an idea. It wasn't necessarily the best idea in the world, but they executed it with vigour. Tellingly they were executing it a hell of a lot better than any British magazine which was trying the girls + games = sales angle in the same late-90s period – and there was a load of them. I once offended a friend by throwing my copy of the mag they were working on across the room rather than touch the cover as a pure visceral reaction to its sheer fucking horribleness.
I was young.
The difference between Accelerator and most mags which plastered girls over their pages was that it actually integrated this standard men's magazine material into it. It wasn't a thin sticky layer placed over a completely standard games-mag, but conceptually part of it. Maxim… but about games. They tried. In fact, the new PCXL follows through even further, with a complete lack of reviews, just features on the game, each taking it from an defined angle at why you may be interested in. There's been very, very few games magazines who've abandoned reviews entirely (The only mag I can think of which does it is Windows Vista in the UK, which is quietly doing some of the more experimental games writing around at the moment, randomly).
Secondly, that it had an angle at all made it worthy of note. Most games magazines are solely divided by format, and – fundamentally – the approach is just about the same (+/- a standard deviation). Take my Alma Mater PC Gamer and its long time rival PC Zone. While historically they may have been further apart, for the last five years at least, in terms of approach to the material, it'll be difficult to put any significant space between them. But if PC Zone was like PC Accelerator… well, then these are two different magazines. While magazine trends continues downward in terms of sales, the move away from trad-mags is interesting. The emergence of Retrogamer, for example, which finds a niche not on any abstract format, but a culture of gaming akin to (say) Mojo in the music mags. Edge remains its own creature, of course, and a forerunner of this sort of stuff. On some level, I'll support PCXL just because it's itself and if we're to have magazines, I'd rather ones with their own template rather than some tatty one passed down from publisher to publisher from the Stone Age.
Thirdly, gamers – especially PC gamers – are terribly puritanical. I remember the furore when Edge did their infamous girl issue, where it seemed the entire readerbase were enraged by the horrific sexism of a their Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball cover. Of course, the actual image was a carefully cropped, virtually sexless, impressively iconic midriff. The only Tomb Raider cover we did when I was on Gamer got similar complaints, and that was a profile shot of the polygonal adventurer. It's over-reaction. Since games are considered geeky, people want to separate themselves from that stereotype. Buying a magazine with a girl on the cover… well, that labels them as what they fear they may be. But FHM was selling 800,000 for a reason, and it wasn't to those of us who've seen all three endings of Deus Ex. No-one cares. PCXL's use of sex is always light in tone. It has no guilt. These are, I think, pretty healthy attitudes relatively speaking.
Fourthly, its staff could write. In fact, in its period, I'd argue it was the best written American magazine on the shelves.
Finally, very few mags actually do the final issue properly. While Accelerator didn't match up to Amiga Powers concept-issue glory, it gave it a fair crack.
Such panache earns it a curtain call, I think.
But do remember: There is no such thing as ironic masturbation.


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15 Apr Treat Each Other Like…
Thirty-six years ago, we promised to stick together in sickness and health and for richer or poorer. Too bad nobody told us about chicken pox and college tuition! But if we've learned anything at all, it's that some of life's best moments come from our many shared experiences and years of togetherness. Here are a few things you can do to help your relationship stay strong over time.
Treat each other like…the best boss you ever had. Back when you had a boss, if she told you something you didn't want to hear, you didn't slam the door or give her the silent treatment did you?
Treat each other like…your most valued employee. You don't give your assistant sketchy assignments or tell them to "just figure it out." You outline your expectations and provide direction when it's helpful.
Treat each other like…a favorite niece or nephew. Aunts and uncles are awesome for advice. They have your best interests at heart, but they're not so tied into your life that they get caught up in judgments.
Treat each other like…your most expert advisor. You pay your attorney to keep you out of trouble and your CPA to keep you solvent. They know what they're doing. Let your partner do their job, too.
Treat each other like…perfect strangers. Smile when you pass them in the hallway, hold the door open for them, ask how their day is going, compliment them on their reading glasses.
This Week: If you were to practice one of the suggestions above, which one would enhance your relationship the most? Pick one. Practice it for a week. Get back together to discuss how it impacted your relationship.
Treat each other you would like to be treated.


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UHC bill passage to improve health service delivery: DOH
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
MANILA (Philippines News Agency) — The passage of the universal health care (UHC) bill would correct the inefficiencies in the current health system as it will empower community health units in the provision of quality health care to every Filipino, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview on Wednesday that the UHC bill aims to provide comprehensive health care to all Filipinos, especially those pushed to poverty because of illnesses.
Duque added that the bill also aims to address the disorganization in the delivery of health services under the current system.
"What makes our current health system inefficient and expensive is people with the most simple health issues go now to the third level, the hospitals, kaya naman mapangasiwaan ito sa barangay (which can be attended to at the community) health stations which are basic delivery units closest to the communities," he said.
Duque explained that this practice would help Filipinos lower their expenses on health care since they don't have to travel far just to receive treatment for common health disorders.
In the case of serious health problems, Duque said community health units are instructed to refer the patients to rural health units, city health center, district hospitals, provincial hospitals or specialty centers on heart, lungs and kidney ailments.
Apart from improved health service delivery, community health units are expected to perform their primary health care tasks with diligence.
"Sisiguraduhin nila na ang iniinom ay safe sa cholera, typhoid, E. coli, water and sanitation services which are basic, risk management and assessment, health promotion, advisories like huwag masyado kakain ng matatamis na pagkain, huwag uminom ng labis na alcohol, huwag manigarilyo (They will ensure that drinking water is safe from cholera, typhoid, E. coli, water and sanitation services which which are basic, risk management and assessment, health promotion, advisories like don't eat too much sweets, don't drink too much and don't smoke)," Duque said.
He added that the prioritization of primary health care could help Filipinos avoid serious illnesses and complications, which result in lack of creativity and productivity.
"Malaki ang pakinabang nito sa ordinaryong mamamayan kasi kapag ang tao ay produktibo kikita siya sa pamamagitan ng kanyang konting buwis makakagawa ang gobyerno ng pondo na makapagbibigay ng libreng pagamutan at mga gamot (This helps ordinary citizens because if a person is productive through his small tax contributions the government can generate funds that will provide free hospitals and medicines)," he said.
Stressing that UHC is for all Filipinos including the poor, Duque said that the first step to receiving UHC is PhilHealth membership.
"PhilHealth membership ay libre magpapalista lamang sa kanilang local social welfare development offices at magpatala sila sa 4Ps program. Halibawa may ischemic heart disease ka at kailangan mo ng operasyon, pwede kang mabenepisyuhan ng health package ng PhilHealth (na) PHP500,000 na malaking tulong kung mahirap ka (PhilHealth membership is free you go to your local social welfare development offices and be enlisted under the 4Ps program. For example, you have ischemic heart disease and you need surgery you can benefit from PhilHealth's health package of PHP500,000 which is a big help if you're poor)," he said.
On Wednesday, the DOH held a press briefing about the UHC bill and the effect of tobacco tax increase on it.
Senator JV Ejercito, Chairman of Committee on Health and Demography, attended the event and reported that the bill is pending in Congress and is expected to be passed in October. (PNA)


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Scala Multiple Constructors
A couple of weeks ago I created a new type of exception for use in our application. If I'd been using Java I would have written something simple like this:
public class MyException extends RuntimeException { public MyException(String message) { super(message); } public MyException(String message, Throwable throwable) { super(message, throwable); } }
The Scala multiple constructor model is different to the Java one, as described in this article. In Scala, only the primary class constructor can call a superclass constructor, meaning that it's only possible to invoke only one superclass constructor. The code above makes calls to two constructors on the RuntimeException class. So how can we write a Scala equivalent? Fortunately one of the answers posted to this question explains a pattern for how to do this:
object MyException { private def create(message: String): RuntimeException = new RuntimeException(message) private def create(message: String, throwable: Throwable): RuntimeException = new RuntimeException(message, throwable) } class MyException private (exception: RuntimeException) { def this(message: String) = this (MyException.create(message)) def this(message: String, throwable: Throwable) = this (MyException.create(message, throwable)) }
I think the pattern is really neat but certainly a lot more complicated that the Java equivalent. I guess this is one of the cases where using Java classes in Scala can be tricky.
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Lincoln couple helps decorate White House for Christmas
The decorations at the White House are a tradition enjoyed year after year and this year one Lincoln couple put their own touch on a national spectacle in D.C.
Amber Conroy and her husband applied for the volunteer positions in September and over the weekend they got to help make the White House a winter wonderland.
"My husband is actually in the military and he's never been to the White House so him walking up and just seeing his face is a memory I'll never forget," said Conroy.
The pair applied to volunteer for the task earlier in the fall separately and were both accepted.
"Being selected and decorating the White House is amazing," said Conroy.
They were assigned to the East Wing, making rose garland and matching First Lady Melania Trump's theme of "The Spirit of America".
"A lot of people don't know that we actually don't get a story board or anything to go off of," said Conroy. "We just get what the first lady envisions."
Conroy says the volunteers came from all over the nation.
"You're listening to Christmas music and you're communicating with people of all different kinds of religions and it's not about who you're voting for or who you voted for," said Conroy. "It's about being kind and together and Christmas magic."
Conroy says the minute she got home her house started getting the White House treatment for Christmas as well.
"We went to our local stores and bought a whole bunch of lights and garland and our house is insane," said Conroy. "It looks like the North Pole right now."
HGTV will air a special later this month on White House decorations, featuring some of Conroy's work.


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Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva: Fighting in a Different Country?
Cesar Gracie, the trainer and manager for Nick Diaz, believes his fighter should be allowed to compete in other parts of the country. Diaz was suspended for a year by the Nevada Athletic Commission after a failed drug test earlier this year, and will not be able to compete again in the state until next February.
Gracie cited numerous other instances where fighters took bouts in other states or countries after being suspended by certain commissions. Gracie discussed this with Mauro Ranallo on The Score recently.
"We want to sort out this whole situation with Nick and get him a fight overseas like other fighters have been afforded that chance," Gracie said. "(UFC president) Dana (White) has said in the past the NSAC is the worst commission, so we want him to put his money where his mouth is and free Nick Diaz."
Gracie continued to discuss instances where Diaz has felt that people treat him different, adding, "I'm gonna ask Dana White why other guys get to do it but why it's always a different rule for Nick. It doesn't make any sense."
Diaz lost a bout to Carlos Condit for the interim UFC welterweight title. Last week, Gracie posted an announcement which seemed to state that Diaz was ending his retirement and would be willing to face UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, even if it isn't for the belt.
Gracie said he is set to meet with White on August 6 to work on a new contract for Diaz. From there, we will likely find out what is in the fighting future for Diaz.
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Get more great MMA news and analysis over at Fightline.


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Vern Yip wants me to have this lamp
May 31, 2004
FLOS Lighting: "Bloc T" Table Lamp; it is cool, but $172?
FLOS Lighting: "Bloc T" Table Lamp; it is cool, but $172?
A very funny article on McSweeney's about Kerry's picks for VP. One my favorites:
10. Nancy Pelosi, Representative and House Minority Leader, California
Pro: Could lure disenchanted liberal voters who might otherwise go with Nader
Con: As a liberal, hates America, would make religion illegal, raise taxes by 500 percent, move Capitol to France
During this holiday weekend I was out and about quite a bit, for me. I tend to stay home on the weekends and only sally forth in order to purchase food.
However, this weekend I threw caution to the wind and went shopping, exciting I know.
One of the things I picked up this weekend are these cool wall graphics. I haven't put them up yet, but I will. Can anyone say, 'Chick magnet?'
I was looking for buy a new couch this weekend, but sadly the one I want was out of stock, but they should be back in stock in the middle of the month.
I am also in the market for a new lamp for my livingroom. I realized the other day that I have been living in my apartment for a little over a year, and it still looks like I moved in last week. I need to get some 'grown up' furniture and make this space mine.
Registry Mechanic v3.0 is something that could be useful at my job.
R Todd King has some amazing photos of a winter festival.
I do believe this is the same fesitval where they fashion a hotel out of ice. But I could be wrong.
Dear god, I am watching this stupid reality show called 'The One That Got Away,' which is a guy meeting up with several ex girlfriends, and friends who may want to be more than friends, and he picks the one that he thinks is 'The One.'
Reasons why this show sucks:
This show makes me wonder why stooges like Skipper have several beautiful women vying for him and I have a grand total of zero women chasing after me. What is the dealio?
Steve Rittler, someone who was in my class at Lehigh, has discovered the joys of Conference Food.
I have been to alot of conferences, dinners, forums, and events thanks to the nature of my job, and I must concur. I have had some of the best food of my life at various events, too bad I am usually working at them.
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I once tried to catch a frisbee in my mouth and got a bloody lip. Another time a crow dropped a partially-eaten english muffin through the sun-roof of a car (I was in the back seat) and the muffin stuck, butter-side, to my shirt, right above my heart.
Tim Buntel posts about some possible improvements for charting in the next version of Coldfusion:
The data is passed into a chart on the page in the tagset and all the rest of the information in defined in a style elsewhere. For example, Blackstone could ship with several pre-defined styles (brushed metal, autumn afternoon, and other daft names) that you can specify in the cfchart tag. Then you get a professional looking graph with a pleasing color palette in very few lines of code - and all of the charts on your site can have a similar look and feel (be they bar, line, pie, or mixed series charts) without ever needing to worry about the attributes. Customizing or creating your own styles would involve defining this XML based style definition document.
If you're anything like me, and let's face it you are, then you often wonder How to make friends by Telephone.
Very educational.
Two of my favorite things: Oracle 10g on Mac OS X road tour.
I want an Xserve with Oracle 10g, and I want it now!
Ladies and gentlemen, I present Moscow Day 2.
According to guster dot com Guster, Ben Folds, and Rufus Wainwright (whose name I can't pronouce correctly) are playing together at Penn's Landing in Philly on July 7th. Tickets are about $40.
I saw Guster perform at Penn's Landing last summer, and it was almost magical. Their laid back tunes and the weather combined to form a fantastic experience.
I think I am going to go to this concert, I will just need to find some people to go with. But if I can't I am going to go alone. I'm a big boy!
Who wants to go to Ireland with me this summer?
I have just decided that I am going for a week, at some point this summer (the prices are quite affordable) but it is always fun to travel with someone, as opposed to alone and bitter. I like to have company when I am bitter.
I also need to decide if I want to book my trip with a Tour company that will cart me around to all the sights, or if I want to do it all on my own.
I think the best idea would be to book the trip with a tour company and take a few extra days after the tour to explore on my own.
So, who wants to go? And yes, you would have to pay for yourself, but you would get to hang out with me in my ancestral homeland.
My Moscow Day 1 Photo Album is online! Check it out, dudes. There are only a few pictures in it, but there will be many more in the coming days in several more albums.
In case you missed it, and would like to see it, Penn's Commencement Webcast is available.
Bono was the Commencement speaker , and he was very good.
Inquisitor searchs Google as you type. Mac OS 10.3 only.
The bummer about writing a wildly popular article is that it brings out the crazy-ass motherfuckers. Partly because they're attracted to memes like moths to a bug zapper, but partly because such articles reach a much wider audience than my usual readership, and I'd like to think that my usual readership is a cut above the rest of the population. Of course, most writers think this, and we can't all be right. I don't want to get all Garrison Keillor on your ass, but you can't all be saner than average. I'm just sayin'.
WordPress 1.2, read all about it.
Thanks to the marvels of technology I am sitting in Air France's Business Class lounge and posting to Blankbaby wirelessly, from Paris, France. I am on my way back to Philly from St. Petersburg, Russia and I thought I would post a qucik update before I post a few much longer postings.
Just so you can get an idea of what I have been up to for the last few days, take a look at this picture:
I am standing in front of one of the many canals in St. Petersburg, wwith a few palaces in the background for some flavor.
If you EVER have a chance to go to St. Petersburg you should, but be aware they only have 60 days of sunshine (we were lucky it only rained on our last day there), they have 2 months of summer and 6 months of winter. It is the most beautiful city I have ever seen. And I have lots more pictures to post, but I will do as soon as I get home. I am hoping to edit my pictures on the plane ride to Philly, and then post them from home. Of course, I might just fall asleep in which case it will take me a little longer to get the pictures up.
I am flying to Moscow tomorrow!
I am very excited. My digital camera will be with me, but my trusty Powerbook is staying home, he is afraid to fly.
I think I will have net access at the hotel, and I will have my work laptop so if I have time I will post from Mother Russia.
They Rule allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top companies in the US in 2004. The data was collected from their websites and SEC filings in early 2004, so it may not be completely accurate - companies merge and disappear and directors shift boards.
This is a very cool resource.
Wired News: IPod All the Rage in High Fashion
Forget the $200 iPod bag from Gucci; it's for cheapskates.
The ultimate iPod accessory is Fendi's Juke Box, a $1,500 carrying case for transporting multiple iPods.
That's right: multiple iPods.
The bag, unveiled by the Italian fashion house at a catwalk show in Milan, is a rectangular gilded purse about the size of a bread bin. It is lined with multicolored cloth and incorporates a pocket for holding up to a dozen iPods (see photo).
This bas was designed by famous designer, and iPod nut, Karl Lagerfeld. Although, sadly, this case would be too small for his collection of iPods. He has 40 of them. You read that right, 40.
It doesn't take much tea-leaf reading to see that the Microsoft-championed Tablet PC is at a crossroads.
When Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates launched the Tablet PC back on November 7, 2002, he touted the technology as "a whole new way of experiencing the personal computer." The Tablet was more than a PDA. It was better than a notebook. It was the mobile form factor of the future, destined to spawn an entirely new class of apps — like Microsoft's own ePeriodicals, for one. (By the way, whatever happened to ePeriodicals?)
I am in the IT industry, and I tend to be on top of industry trends. I have never seen a Tablet PC in person, but from what I have read online you have to use them to truly understand their appeal.
Maybe I can get Microsoft to send me one, and I will review it on here. That would be sweet.
Scobie, what do you think? ;)


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|The long-distance runner. Phoenix Park, March, 2012
At this stage I have published some 1001 posts according to Blogspot - no mean achievement in itself, I suppose. Blogging has now become an addiction for me, like it has for millions of others out there in the blogosphere. Through its medium we have instant publication of our views and access to a certain audience. Some people blog on politics because they feel so strongly about certain issues, and they believe that by highlighting them they may be able to further their cause. This, indeed, is a noble pursuit. We all like to feel we can effect change in our immediate surroundings at least, if not at a more countrywide or national level.
Others write simply to express themselves. Still others to find themselves. Others still on a hobby which they may have from beekeeping to bus-spotting. Indeed, I know people who blog on each of these issues. Furthermore, others blog on subjects ranging from all the various sciences, to literatures from various countries to religious beliefs and none. There are family blogs and art blogs and blogs full of wonderful pictures. Indeed, the Internet has allowed many of us to pursue our various hobbies on a virtual as well as on a more real or practical level through books and other physical activities.
It was, indeed, by absolute chance that I stumbled upon Blogspot. I have been a student of one subject or another for most of my life, and indeed it seems like I have been a student since the first dawn of my consciousness of the wonder of things about me. Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. Yet Plato and Aristotle did not expand a great deal on what precisely they meant by wonder.
Yet these two great Greek philosophers were so right. When we become hooked on wonder, with respect to whatever interest we may have, there then begins a wonderful engagement with life. In short, I believe that's what the function of wonder is - its function is to allow us engage with life and that means that we fall passionately in love with life in se or in itself.
Wonder has a role in all the sciences - not just in the creative arts or humanities. Who can look at the starry skies above and not be overcome by the mystery of the frightening expanse of space and the sheer insignificant size of our little world, not to mind the sheer insignificance of the ant-like thinking creature I am among the many billions of my number on this oh so small planet moving (with or without purpose) through space?
Philosophy seeks to give more general answers to our most basic questions. Theology proposes specific answers and the philosopher or scientist in us might want to engage with the proposed answers suggested by religion. There again, we might not. Still the engagement is an option. And as humans options and choices are values we have long fought so hard for.
|Cyclist, Phoenix Park, March 2012
This blog has become, in reality, a sort of Commonplace Book for me. Originally, such books were essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: medical recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas. Commonplaces were used by readers, writers, students, and scholars as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts they had learned. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests. I had always kept diaries and journals and notebooks and had always written notes into them. Therefore, when I discovered the idea of a Blog in April 2005, I realised that I now had an interesting way of keeping my Commonplace Book on line. In other words, then, it didn't matter at all initially whether I got followers or not because its main function was personal, but never private.
I had seen many Commonplace Books over my career in teaching and studying and was always intrigued by the vast range of interests of various authors from Coleridge to our own fine novelist, poet and playwright Gerald Griffin (1803 – 1840) who became a Christian Brother. I had seen the original of Griffin's Commonplace Book in O'Connell School, North Richmond Street as a young pupil at that school.
Over the years I have had many articles published in various journals both in the Irish and English languages, for example, Studies, Issues in Education, The Secondary Teacher, Doctrine and Life, The Furrow, Céide, Iris Leabhar Mhá Nuad and latterly An Gael. However, blogging is far more interesting than writing for these various journals ands magazines as one gets instant access to publication and indeed to a readership, and indeed to various responses to what one writes.
As I say in the blurb accompanying this blog, my purpose is simply expressed as being serendipitous, if random, thoughts and reflections of an autobiographical/spiritual/philosophical/literary/linguistic bent on the nature of my experiences of what life is for this single human being trying to make some little sense of it. Whether that has been achieved or not is perhaps for me to say rather than any of my readership, given its personal provenance and aims. Still, if others have found any of its reflections interesting or thought-provoking I am enriched all the more.
And so, having broken the thousand mark with respect to posts, I have reached a sort of viewing point, a sort of plateau from which I can view my circuitous ascent to this present spot. The thought I have is not about the possible reaching of the (distant) summit, but rather it centres on the struggles I now engage in on the journey ever upward. If I ever reach the top, this physical heart will have stopped beating, my lifeblood shall have ceased coursing through my body, my mind shall have been stilled and my little consciousness absorbed into the very stuff of the universe from whose bourne and embrace it once emerged.


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During the mid 80s, as a young teen, I used to daydream about what my life would be like as an adult out in the world on my own. Most of these visions seemed to involve me living in some sort of high-rise apartment in the middle of a downtown metropolis and my pad would be adorned with things like black leather furniture, bare brick walls, white carpeting and neon lights for art and the only available light source. I would be near all of the coolest night clubs and, of course, all the pretty ladies would love me. In my future world, pretty much everything would still be like it was in the mid-80s, because all of that shit was forever in my mind. The only difference is that reality would start to mirror more of the movie and music video landscape of the time. In other words, things would be stuck in a post-apocalyptic retro/future scenario – some sort of Streets of Fire world. In retrospect, I often wonder what was going on with that. Maybe it was the Reagan regime's push for a return to simpler times (i.e. the 50s, where dissenting voices were more easily quashed), while at the same time smashing us under the thumb of fear and paranoia of constant nuclear threat (again, see the 50s). How this manifested itself in movies and music videos is beyond me, but it clearly did. Just watch a music video from the 80s and you'll see lots of leather jackets, plain white t-shirts, Levi's, motorcycles, old phones, and appliances shot in black and white, yet adorned with brightly colored highlights and other modern touches in a setting of an abandoned cityscape strewn with blowing debris. This is pretty much how I thought the near future would be and that I would somehow thrive in such an environment. As I reached adulthood, this vision faded into something closer to reality. Instead, I simply wanted to find a place of my own, no matter the squalor, as long as I could afford ramen, macaroni & cheese and the occasional new music purchase or show, I'd be pretty happy and very disgruntled in a punk rock sort of way. It was a more realistic version of life, but still framed within a vision where I would be cool. Isn't that what most of us wanted as teenagers?
It was just after spring break in 1990 on a Sunday evening, the first truly warm evening of the year, when I first heard a song named "Downtown" on Q105's New Music Hour. It was then, while lying down on my bed/couch thing in the decrepit dorm room of Clark Hall at Pacific University, my old daydreams of high-rise dominance came flooding back to me like a beacon of hope. At first, I thought this slick mildly bluesy city song over piano taps was a new The The song, which seems crazy to me now, since Matt Johnson would never release a new album within a year of the previous one, and since the style is pretty far afield from the madness of much of his work. Instead the song turned out to be a new Lloyd Cole song from his first solo album (someone just recently mistook The The's "Uncertain Smile" as an old Lloyd Cole song, so I feel a bit vindicated). I first heard Lloyd Cole in 1987 with his song "My Bag," which I remember touting a bit to my friends when I bought the 12" single, but I never went any further. This new song, however, had me very energized. The opening lines are so cool and so fitting of the world I thought I wanted to live in: "I want to take you down underside of the city / where the sun doesn't shine and the moon isn't pretty / and the slow train crawls in the nights and the days are as one as the smoke and the heat haze / yes, it's neon here twenty four hours of the day / and you're sure looking pretty when it's hitting on your face." It's full of some dark underbelly dealings, but so damn slick, chic and smooth. It made me want to race down to Jay Jacobs at the barely breathing Galleria and buy that $99 black suit that they had in the display window for about five years straight, so I could wander around town with my tie partly undone, the suit a little wrinkled and smelling of day old cologne and booze. Unfortunately, I wasn't as handsome as Cole, nor would I ever be, so I could never pull off the walk of triumph, but only the walk of shame. If none of this makes any sense, you've probably read too far.
It wasn't until early in the summer break that I purchased the self-titled solo debut and like any 19 year old, I played "Downtown" over and over and pretty much ignored the rest of the album. Then I saw the video for "No Blue Skies" and that became my new anthem. This down tempo number with huge atmospheric keyboard washes over a steady beat, grinding bass and magical guitar fills sent me into a warm world of beautiful melancholy and reflection. With lines like "Looking for something when there's nothing there to be found / make it easy on yourself / go out and find your body someone else / or tear the stars out of the sky" never had I enjoyed heartbreak so much. Little by little, the album grew on me. Along the lines of "No Blue Skies," my other early favorites mined a similar slower and sadder vein. The album opens after all with "Don't Look Back" and maybe loneliest lines on the album: "When you're nothing to no one / and you're less to your kin / and you're looking for someone / who won't cling to anything," and finally concluding that "life seems never ending when you're young." The next one to beat me into submission is the aptly titled "Loveless." This destitute song opens and closes with what sounds like an empty can (of beer maybe?) clanking on the ground as Cole takes us vividly down the road of a breaking relationship and the sheer pain of it all ("you lie and you cheat your own mind to believing / that you don't need anything or anyone / so why do you say you love me when you don't?").
This album is not all darkness. The string and horn-laden "A Long Way Down" finds Cole warning of the dangers of narcissism and too high of a self-esteem ("walking that tall your head is going to trip your feet"). The song, at first, verges on camp, but instead turns out to be a catchy timeless tune. The more upbeat numbers are equally up to par. "What Do You Know About Love?," "Sweetheart," and "I Hate to See You Baby Doing that Stuff" are all hook-filled numbers that wind their way into ones music subconscious for endless replays. There are also the classic lust-filled numbers that should dot any classic rock-n-roll album and Cole finds a way to pull it off with intelligence in "Ice Cream Girl" ("I feel like a shady politician / trying to sell a broken down car / to a sleeping virgin princess / you know that's not what you are / do I have to feel this small / before you'll play ball?") and the bouncy "Undressed," which is pretty self-explanatory. The LP ends with the gritty "Mercy Killing," which assumes that "there must be more to life than this / or we'd be mercy killing us." It's a sentiment that I'm sure many of us have felt a time or two.
The music and performances on this album are immaculate. The co-producer, Fred Maher, also fills in with his muscular and classic drumming style (also featured on Lou Reed's excellent 1989 album New York), while the late Robert Quine, of the late-70s punk originals Richard Hell and the Voidoids plays his bluesy and crystalline leads throughout. Matthew Sweet also adds his rich, full-sounding bass, before borrowing most of this same line-up (including Cole) for his 1991 breakthrough pop rock classic album Girlfriend. The best part about this album is that it continues to grow better with age. It never made any of my best of the year album lists, but I could easily put it into my all-time top 10 or 20 favorite albums of all time. It comes highly recommended.
Now that I'm 40 and listening to this album as I type this, I may need to re-think my vision of the future. A part of me still wants that high-rise apartment, but I still don't think I can pull off the cool.


text: It was awkward from the start. Her name was Lorainne and Mitt Romney wanted to call her "Loraina." At last night's debate, host Candy Crowley introduced a Latina speaker as Lorraine Osorio, and it appears the GOP presidential candidate wanted to one-up the host and make sure this Latina wasn't a Lorena. >CROWLEY: Lorraine Osorio has a question for you about a topic we have not… > >OBAMA: This is for Governor Romney? > >CROWLEY: It's for Governor Romney, and we'll be right with you, Mr. President. Thanks. < > ROMNEY: Is it Loraina? > > QUESTION: Lorraine. > > ROMNEY: Lorraine? > > QUESTION: Yes, Lorraine. > > ROMNEY: Lorraine. > > QUESTION: Mr. Romney, what do you plan on doing with immigrants > without their green cards that are currently living here as productive > members of society? Notice how Lorainne used "immigrants without their green cards" to phrase her question. Now take a look at how Romney answered. "We're not going to round up 12 million people, undocumented illegals, and take them out of the nation," Romney said last night. "Instead, let people make their own choice." Self-deportation questions aside, was Romney about to use the more neutral "undocumented immigrant"? Maybe he caught himself and ended up saying "undocumented illegals"? According to the more recent survey of Latino voters, Obama enjoys the backing of 70 percent of likely Latino voters. T[he CNN/ORC International survey](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/cnn-poll-obama-at-70-among-latino-voters/) also points out that number is slightly higher than the 67 percent of Latinos who voted for him in 2008.


text: biodiversity Fifth year of Ann Arbor's controversial deer cull program starts January 2 By Tracy Samilton • Jan 2, 2020 Emma Winowiecki / Michigan Radio Ann Arbor will shut down eleven of its city parks and nature areas after 3:00 p.m. every day from January 2-26, to permit sharpshooters to cull its abundant population of deer. Ecologist says biodiversity could be planet's "insurance policy," but only if we act fast By Stateside Staff • Nov 15, 2017 David Tilman Listen Listening... / 7:53 Stateside's conversation with Brad Cardinale, an ecologist at the University of Michigan. Biodiversity. It's one of those scientific terms we hear and think, "That's a good thing. We need it," without truly knowing why it's a good thing. A University of Michigan and Smithsonian study now helps us understand. The researchers found biodiversity is even more powerful and important than they thought it would be. Heirloom seeds bring forgotten tastes back to Great Lakes region By Stateside Staff • Apr 6, 2017 Courtesy of Nature and Nurture Seeds As we ease our way into spring, gardeners might want to consider planting heirloom seeds. That's Erica Kempter's advice to growers this year. She's co-owner of an organic seed farm called Nature and Nurture. The result could be a chance to taste surprising and often forgotten foods that belong here in the Great Lakes region. Behind nature's wall of green: Why knowing exactly what's on your land matters By Derek Shiels • Aug 1, 2016 Flickr user orangesparrow / Flickr / HTTP://J.MP/1SPGCL0 The Next Idea Many Michiganders enjoy walking in our outdoor spaces, whether private or public, being rejuvenated by the sights and sounds they encounter. But how many know what they are experiencing? Are they just seeing "walls of green?" Are they merely hearing a sound coming from somewhere high in a tree? And do they know whether the animals and plants they see are healthy? Gov. Snyder vetoes bill aimed at eliminating goal of "biodiversity" in forest management By Mark Brush • Jan 15, 2015 user {inercia} / Flickr Today, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a bill that attempted to keep state officials from managing the state's forests and parks for biodiversity. Senate Bill 78 was sponsored by State Senator Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, and it passed the Michigan Legislature during last year's "lame duck" session. From Gov. Snyder's veto letter: Bill would forbid DNR from preserving biodiversity in forests and parks By Lester Graham • Dec 21, 2014 Lester Graham / Michigan Radio Update: January 15, 2015: Gov. Snyder has vetoed the legislation. Original post: More than 130 scientists and the state's environmental groups are calling on Gov. Rick Snyder to veto a bill they call anti-science. The bill would forbid the Michigan Department of Natural Resources from protecting native wildlife and plants on the pure merits of protecting nature. The bill would prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from managing state lands for biodiversity. It would prohibit the agency from managing forests for restoration. It would end work to eliminate invasive species. It would strike from the law the finding that most losses of biological diversity are the result of human activity. Scientists oppose bill to keep DNR from considering biodiversity By Tracy Samilton • Dec 9, 2014 Tracy Samilton / Michigan Radio A bill that would forbid the state Department of Natural Resources from considering biodiversity along with other uses of state lands, such as public recreation, or logging rights, is moving swiftly in the state Legislature. More than 130 researchers who oppose it hope Gov. Rick Snyder will veto the bill. University scientists urge Gov. Snyder to veto bill that restricts DNR By Rebecca Williams • May 9, 2013 Michigan.gov A group of scientists from 13 Michigan universities is urging Governor Rick Snyder to veto a bill (SB 78) if it reaches his desk. The bill prohibits the Michigan Department of Natural Resources from setting aside land specifically for maintaining biodiversity. The state Senate has passed the bill. It's now being considered by the state House. Bradley Cardinale is an associate professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. He wrote a letter to Governor Snyder and so far, more than 100 of his fellow academics from the state's universities have signed it. "There are a number of items in this particular bill that seem anti-science and run counter to the best available knowledge we currently have about how to manage natural resources sustainably." The effort to derail 'Biodiversity Stewardship Areas' in Michigan By Stateside Staff • Mar 26, 2013 USFS Listen Listening... / 9:27 Should the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have the power to set aside an area of land specifically to maintain biological diversity? It means protecting the variety of plants and animals living in that area. The question has fueled passage of Senate Bill 78 in the State Senate. It awaits action in the State House. The bill would prohibit the Michigan DNR from setting aside land specifically for maintaining biodiversity. The MDNR would have to ask permission each time it wanted to set aside land. Senate Bill 78 is sponsored by Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba). He thinks the MDNR should have to request approval from the Legislature each time it wants to set aside land. Two weeks ago, Stateside spoke with Senator Casperson about the bill. "Biodiverity can mean different things to different parts of the land. We think there should be oversight. It seems like it's dependent on who's in charge that gets to do that. And we have a concern with that, especially when you look at what they already have. A lot of the argument against this was designed to sound like, if they don't have this specific ability that they're done. They can't do anything to protect biodiversity. I don't believe that to be true. Not with 22 tools in the toolbox to do that." The MDNR had been planning to create "Biodiversity Stewardship Areas" on both state and private land. These areas would assist in encouraging biodiversity. It seemed that most everyone was on board - environmentalists, hunting groups - and then things got derailed with the new bill. Today, we got a chance to speak with Marv Roberson, a forest ecologist with the Sierra Club. He gives us insight on what Biodiversity Stewardship Areas could do for Michigan and how Senate Bill 78 will have an impact on our state. Listen to the full interview above. Setting aside land in Michigan for biodiversity? Casperson says 'check with us first' By Stateside Staff • Mar 12, 2013 USFS Listen Listening... / 10:47 The following is a summary of a previously recorded interview. To hear the complete segment, click the audio above. The State Department of Natural Resources has been in the planning process of this idea to create what it calls Biodiversity Stewardship Areas. These areas would include both state and private land. All the stakeholders were on board in the early planning process - hunting groups, environmentalists - most everyone - until someone became alarmed because the plan could have potentially stopped human access to some areas. Well, if you even hint that hunters or timber companies can't have access, you've got a problem. State Senator Tom Casperson (R- Escanaba) has introduced a bill that would prohibit the Michigan Department of Natural Resources from setting aside an area of land specifically for the purpose of maintaining biological diversity. In part it reads: THE DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR, OR COMMISSION SHALL NOT PROMULGATE OR ENFORCE A RULE OR ISSUE OR ENFORCE AN ORDER UNDER THIS ACT THAT DESIGNATES OR CLASSIFIES AN AREA OF LAND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING OR MAINTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY... According to Casperson, the MDNR should request approval for each proposal from the State Legislature. "It's not that they can't do it, but it needs oversight," Casperson said in an interview with Michigan Radio's Lester Graham.


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Robyn Feeley
One look at the portfolio of artist Robyn Feeley and you may be asking
"Why paint animals?" Robyn's response would most likely be "Why not?
Inspired by the raw beauty and unconditional love that emanates from the animals, her
whimsical pastel portraits truly capture the essence of each animal.
This self-taught artist has an uncommon approach to her work. Her ability to think
outside the box allows her artwork to be free and quite fluid. Robyn has developed a
style that is truly unique. Her rich, vivid, whimsical portraits are all painted by hand.
Her use of colour and her ability to blend the many layers of pastel give these portraits
the depth she strives to achieve.
Working from photographs and personality descriptions, Robyn has been delighting her
clients from New York to Los Angeles since 2003.
Children of all ages are attracted to Robyn's uncommon style. She has taught young
artist workshops at the Willows Community School in Culver City as well as privately
out of her home studio in Topanga.
Robyn shares her home in Topanga canyon California with her son Max, three rescue
dogs and a miniature pot belly pig named Frank. Her environment is rich with
inspiration. Including, but not limited to, a hand painted vintage carousel horse.
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On Tuesday, Weezer released their triumphant return to music, their ninth studio album titled Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The record marks a critical shift back towards the band's original sound after their less successful offerings of the past decade: albums like 2010's Hurley. Since the band's release of the single Back to the Shack earlier this year, a massive amount of hype has accumulated around the band as a result of their sound resembling a roots revival of their glory days.
One of the issues that fans and critics had with albums like Hurley was that the sound was too processed, as if Weezer had "sold out" to their record label and were now producing radio-friendly singles with little substance. This opinion certainly was not helped when Weezer aided Jackass 3 by providing the theme song, a Hurley track called Memories. In recent years Weezer has had issues delivering to both sides of their fan base: those who remember the Blue Album being their strongest outing, and those who believe Pinkerton was actually the pinnacle of Weezer. The albums resemble a great artistic divide between the smoother sounds of the Blue Album and the grittier, more experimental, angst of Pinkerton. Hurley planted itself too far into the former record's territory, alienating some fans who wanted a darker, louder sound.
With Everything Will Be Alright in the End, both sets of fans can put down their weapons. The record is an exceptional blend of all of the best sounds of Weezer over the past twenty years. Rivers Cuomo, the frontman and songwriter of the band, shines especially on the record, his songwriting as tactful and witty as ever and his vocals as strong as they were when we fell in love with the four nerdy kids from California in 1994.
Cuomo's songwriting centralizes around a few main themes on the record: father issues, girls, returning to the roots of Weezer, and paying homage to the past. Over the course of the forty minute record, he is able to touch on all topics extensively. All of the songs sound a bit like anthems, actually, as if the album is a declaration of sorts. Back to the Shack declares that Cuomo wants to return to their roots, strapping back on his Fender strat and "rocking out like it's '94." Eulogy for a Rock Band centralizes itself around paying homage to inspirational bands who have come and gone as Weezer decides to continue to run with the torch rather than fading away. The British Are Coming lands itself in a similar vein, tributing the British Invasion and its impact on rock and roll, but also while making a stand against it as Cuomo wants to take things in his own hands rather than roll over to the red coats.
As Cuomo remarks in Back to the Shack, he has had time to mend a bitter relationship with his father during the space between these albums. That may very well have inspired Foolish Father. Even though the song is a plea to a daughter to not cut her father out of her life, it seems a bit like Cuomo acting as the intermediary he may not have had in the severing of a similar relationship.
In Weezer's triumphant return to music, Everything Will Be Alright in the End cannot be complete without a few awkward love songs that remind of us Pink Triangle and El Scorcho. Don't worry, Rivers Cuomo is more than happy to oblige. Go Away is a fantastic little tune about the end of a relationship where the boy is begging for a second chance from the girl. All she wants from him is his absence… right now. He bounces off of Best Coast singer Bethany Cosentino as she angrily pushes him out of her life. Then Cuomo leaves the desperate space of Go Away for the electrifying Cleopatra, where he comes to the conclusion that he wants her out of his life as well.
The musicality of the record is remarkable. The band has chosen to work with producer Ric Ocasek of the Cars, who is the same producer who worked on the Blue Album. In addition to Cuomo's vocals being as powerful as ever, the entire band isn't phoning it in anymore, which may be how Hurley sounded to many. The electric guitar solos on Everything Will Be Alright in the End are the strongest Weezer solos ever, with cascading riffs in songs like Cleopatra causing the soundscape of the record to unravel into organized chaos. The synths on the record are top-notch as well, and every musical performance is the perfect mix of gritty, angst-filled rock and California surf tunes. Again, Blue Album fans and Pinkerton diehards can finally sit in the same room together.
The weakest point of the record is debatable, because while Cuomo commits one of the cardinal sins of songwriting, it works so well that it is hard to blame him for it. Da Vinci, one of the catchiest songs on the record, is riddled with modernized technological references. This tends to be a songwriting dilemma because once the writer does this, they run the risk of dating their song. What happens when a writer mentions Facebook in their song and ten years later it is nonexistent? Cuomo seems to ignore that unspoken rule entirely, mentioning both Rosetta Stone and Ancestry. This may be the first time the Ancestry website has made its way into a rock song, but that is alright because it actually does work. Cuomo's writing is so innocent, yet incredibly intellectual and endearing that the quirky modern references do not take away from the experience as they typically would in any other scenario.
Everything Will Be Alright in the End is a triumphant return to music for Weezer. Their four-year absence can be easily forgiven by fans given the album is one that is worth waiting four years for. Move over Pinkerton and the Blue Album, there may be another album in the running down the road when fans and critics alike take stock of the Weezer legacy.
Review By Brett Stewart
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Welcome to the second issue of Aqua Strategy.
This issue's cover story and the accompanying items give our first focus on one of the core themes of Aqua Strategy: utility management. We take a look at efforts in the Danube region to improve the way utilities are run with an update on a joint project between the World Bank and the Danube water utility association IAWD now starting its second three-year phase. This is complemented by a view from participating country Albania.
Our first issue included three features on the emerging topic of micropollutants, and we build on that in this issue with insights offered by Swiss expert Professor Hansruedi Siegrist about technology options and a regulatory model that offers a practical model for Europe and beyond.
Further features take a look at the regulations driving water sector opportunities in China and provide advice on how to do business there. Three of the other features are combined under the theme of innovation, looking at the opportunities presented by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme, along with insights from entrepreneur Adam Kingdon.
We hope you find the articles of value - please let us know, and we look forward to the issues ahead.
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Inter-cloud interoperability
With all the work going into things like OVF and working out how we're going to make sure that the applications/servers operate in the way we want across supplier there is a few critical things that have yet to be addressed… These are Network related, specifically, Network portability, QoS and Security zone transference.
Currently OVF supports information around the virtual system i.e. Virtual Hardware Selection which could include a number of different components including Ethernet adapters, system requirements and a range of other options. Currently there isn't a way to specify more detail.
For example the Ethernet Adapter section only allows for Logical Name grouping (OK and MAC address specification, but I won't go there just yet), where all VMs with the same Ethernet Logical name are placed in the same segment. That's well and good but how does that translate from my private, or corporate, network to a hosted one? Currently it doesn't.
Whilst there is nothing on QoS, it is a very complex piece of negotiating ensuring that something gets the correct network priority (also only really applicable when looking at private links between hosting company and customer) when dealing inter-company (Then again priority of 1 VM over another in your sub domain, is a very real thing).
How about security zoning? Surely there could be a simple untrusted, semi-trusted and trusted/secure model put forward, ensuring that applications bundled in the OVF framework could be virtually segmented and separated by firewalls or just basic ACLs? I'm not saying that the rule base needs to be passed on, seriously, when have application developers been that switched on that they unerstand what port is on what, etc? But it would allow for smarter integration with something like Chris Hoff's A6 idea. and ease some of the regulatory compliance pain.
I'll be watching the standard closely as it progresses and more so once VMware's vCloud platform is officially launched.


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It's hard to tell from the gloomy marketing shot, but the Apple logo is about 1.5 inches wide on my MacBook Pro. From that, this machine would appear to be under 13 inches wide, which would suggest a 13.3" diagonal. The edges, however don't look at all like the MacBook Air.
I miss the 12" PowerBook. You do too. Is this a happy moment, or rose-tinted pixtacles?
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Has anyone done a day 5 transfer with embryos that have not made it to blastocyst?
I just did a 5dt on 11/12 and i'm still in my 2ww. The 2 they transferred were not blastocyst yet. I don't know why they didnt just wait another day...They put both in and sent me home with pictures of them taken under the microscope. One is all lumpy and the other is round but the cells arent clumped up on one side like 5 day blastocyst looked like in all my other research....I'm nervous but hopefull.
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Journey into the remarkable world of natural oils
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Gun rights advocates took to the State Capitol in Harrisburg Sunday to stand up for their second amendment rights. Gun Rights Across America, a volunteer organization made up of gun owners and gun rights advocates rallied on the capitol steps. Members of the group say they want to stand up for their constitutional rights to keep and bear arms.
Eric Patroni, Gun Rights Across America State Coordinator says, "I think gun owning citizens are not the problem or what the base of the root of the gun problem is. It's people who don't own guns legitimately who are the ones that are causing all of us legitimate gun owners the hard ache and the aggravation of having to fight for our right keep and bear our arms."
The group holds rallies all over the country to fight for their second amendment rights. Speaker's at Sunday's event included Kim Stolfer, the c-founder and chairman of the Firearms Owners Against Crime committee and retired United States Army Sergeant, Robert Mansfield.


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This month's challenge is to create an Easel Card using any of the Beccy's Place images. Easel cards are nice and simple to make and look fantastic standing on a shelf or cupboard. For those who haven't made one before I have some instructions here. Remember to use one of the Beccy's Place images, but colours, themes, sentiments, etc. are entirely up to you.
When you have made your card, take a photo and upload it to your blog then put a direct link below. You can enter as many times as you like and you can submit your card to any other challenge you wish. At the end of the month a random winner will be chosen to receive three images of their choice from my online store. I will personally select a Guest Designer for the month of August... try to get your entry in early as I need to choose the guest designer about a week before the end of the month so they can get started on their cards.
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Burgos justice; a year's experience of Nationalist Spain, with an foreword by Elliot Paul
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. 241p., first American edition cloth boards in dj, contains a laid-in printed note from the publisher responding to accusations by a British peer that Vilaplana lied about his recent past. Minute frayed spot at head; pervasive damp has stained the jacket, faintly affected cloth, and must have contributed to considerable browning of paperstock. The author, an early supporter of the Nationalist cause and its Commissioner of Justice in Burgos, became revolted by the franquist administration of justice and fled the country. Translated by W. Horsfall Carter.
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Pre-heat the oven to 200°C, 400°F, Gas Mark 6.
Add the beef stock and braise until carrots are cooked. Drain and serve.
To make the chicken stuffing, place the chicken in a food processor, blend and gradually add the cream until it forms a fine mousse.
Season the meat with salt and pepper, then lay the pancetta out on the cling film so the pieces overlap and are slightly wider than the beef joint. Spread thinly with the chicken filling (approx 2 mm), then place the beef on the top and wrap tightly.
Remove the cling film and heat the butter and oil in the pan. Fry the meat all over with the juniper berries, bay leaves and the rosemary for 3-4 minutes until browned. Remove from the pan and place on a baking tray.
Cook the meat for around 30 minutes (depending on weight) in the middle of the oven, remove and cover with foil. Allow to rest in a warm place for 10 minutes.
Deglaze the meat juice with the cassis and the beef consommé, then reduce until thickened.
Peel the carrots and cut into cubes, then boil in salted water until cooked through. Drain, then add the cream to the pan and thicken a little by boiling briefly.
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Summer is in full swing. It's a popular time for fun and relaxation, yardwork and household projects, barbecues and beverages, and traveling with family and friends. How can you enjoy it all without going overboard on your budget? Here are five tips to keep in mind as temperatures start to climb:
1. Budget First, Then Play
Expenses for things like vacation, camp and entertainment can be a shock to your wallet if you're not prepared for them. Make a list of everything you'd like to do this summer, and figure out what it will cost. You may need to make some adjustments to your budget (hopefully you have one!), but that's okay because planning now will help you avoid overspending and having to face credit card debt come fall.
2. Find Free and Reduced Activities
A lot of communities host free concerts, plays and movie nights in the park during summer. Just pack a blanket, some drinks and snacks, and enjoy. And many museums and tourist sites offer reduced fees on particular days or during certain hours. Also, look for street fairs, nature hikes, art shows and other activities that cost little or nothing to attend.
3. Invest in Fun
Is there a theme park, zoo or kids' park you plan to visit multiple times this summer? If so, consider a season pass or membership, which typically offers a significant discount on admission.
4. Carry Cash
Give your debit and credit cards a vacation from swiping. Instead, set a daily spending budget, and use cash to pay for your purchases. This may seem "old-school," but using cash puts a hard limit on your budget. Since you can only spend what you have in your wallet, you may be less apt to buy things you don't need or truly want.
5. Keep a Little Happy in Your Day
If you enjoy a cold-brew coffee on the way to work, get one. You can keep your budget in check by thinking carefully about what matters most to you and spending on things that bring you joy (within reason, of course!), and then offsetting that spending by cutting back on other nonessentials.
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