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Hitachi Vantara named Leader for primary storage in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant
October 2021
Hitachi Vantara has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage for 2021.
Allvue Systems launches centralised data cloud with Snowflake
August 2021
Allvue Systems has chosen Snowflake to offer a centralised data cloud, with the overarching aim of enhancing and simplifying client's data storage and processing capabilities across business lines and asset classes.
10 Minute IT Jams
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is StarWind?
August 2021
StarWind is a software vendor specialising in software-defined storage, hyperconvergence and storage virtualisation solutions.
Pure Storage
Pure Storage expands portfolio with FlashStack now delivered as-a-Service
July 2021
Pure Storage has announced further expansion of its subscription services portfolio, with FlashStack now delivered as-a-Service.
Datacom Group profit up 84%
July 2021
Leading technology company Datacom Group has nearly doubled its profit on the back of a large revenue gain driven by increasing demand for digital services.
Pure Storage named leader in Kubernetes storage report
July 2021
Pure Storage has been named the leader in the GigaOm Radar Report for Enterprise Kubernetes Storage.
A/NZ organisations lack knowledge of where data is stored
June 2021
"It is concerning that a large number of organisations still don't know where all their data is stored."
Cloud Storage
The pandemic has caused a 30% increase in flash drive prices and eight-week shipping delays
June 2021
Online storage platform StorONE says flash drive pricing has increased by 30%, and buyers are seeing eight-week delays so far in 2021.
Pure Storage unveils next evolution of Modern Data Experience strategy
May 2021
The strategy is backed by new innovation and cloud-ready solutions, allowing customers to transform sprawling data into clear-cut business opportunities and outcomes
Pure Storage
Managing storage across multiple clouds
May 2021
Containerised software can run reliably from one computing environment to another, making containers the ideal choice for a multi-cloud environment.
Pure Storage
Why Storage-as-a-Service is a great way forward for smart organisations
March 2021
Moving to STaaS can help overcome barriers and unleash the power of data for smart organisations, Pure Storage vice president for ANZ Michael Alp.
The world generated 64.2 zettabytes of data last year - but where did it all go?
March 2021
That means that most data was essentially created to be consumed, or cached and overwritten with new data, says IDC.
Pure Storage upgrades its flagship software
February 2021
The revamped solution delivers enhanced ransomware protection makes hybrid storage for data centre workloads obsolete with a third-generation FlashArray//C all-QLC platform.
OVHcloud, IBM, Atempo Group develop tape-based SaaS for data centres
January 2021
The offering will be based on IBM's 3592 enterprise tape technologies and leverage Atempo's Miria platform, while OVHcloud will host and operate it through data centres in the French territory.
Trend Micro unveils world first cloud-native file storage security
December 2020
"The explosion of cloud-based file and object storage presents a new attack vector for threat actors to target with malicious files."
Documents overtake photos in the cloud amid COVID-19
December 2020
People are storing documents more often than photos and other media files in the cloud by 29% amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Cloud Storage
NetApp software-optimised Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud comes to APAC
December 2020
NetApp and Google Cloud have announced the availability of the containerised, software-based variant of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service in the Asia Pacific.
Cloud Storage
Nutanix extends storage services to its hybrid cloud platform
December 2020
New features include cloud tiering for objects storage, hybrid cloud file storage, and simplified disaster recovery, all of which build on the recent launch of Nutanix Clusters.
Cloud Storage
MediaHub launches 'bill shock proof' deep storage solution
November 2020
ArkHub allows clients to store data for a monthly cost, with no further ingress or egress charges, early deletion, embargo or region fees.
Dell Technologies accelerates as-a-service strategy
November 2020
Dell Technologies has announced the expansion of its as-a-Service capabilities with Project APEX.
Cloud Storage
Cloudian launches operations in Australia and New Zealand
July 2020
Cloudian aims to bolster its local team and partner network in the region and has already signed distribution agreements with Exclusive Networks and NEXTGEN.
Digital Transformation
Auckland uni selects Datrium for DX via BEarena and ASI Solutions
June 2020
The University of Auckland has partnered with disaster recovery firm Datrium to modernise its infrastructure by leveraging the cloud and unifying compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery.
Cloudian launches cloud storage monitoring tool
June 2020
The solution, called HyperIQ, features storage and user analytics and enables managers to conduct health checks and optimise resources – from a single interface.
Cloud Storage
Interxion and RStor announce partnership, with eye on storage solutions
June 2020
The partnership will allow users to leverage backup storage management, disaster recovery and archival of data through RStor's capabilities as a provider of cloud services across multicloud environments.


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Irene Selig recently shared her story with the Northeastern community as part of the university's annual Holocaust Awareness Week.
One of the can't-miss events at Northeastern this month is "A Tribute to the Dream" on Jan. 15, when the university community will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Andrew Farrell is a New York based golf professional working at the Mitchell Spearman Golf Academy in Westchester, New York. Designed for all skill levels, the Mitchell Spearman Golf Academy offers an innovative range of programs to help you get more out of your game. Lessons are offered in groups or private one-on-one sessions. They are taught using Mitchell Spearman's proven techniques to immediately produce results on the course. To book a lesson with Andrew, visit:


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A few weekends ago on a Friday afternoon, my friend Sasha and I took a train up to Boston for the weekend. We only stayed two nights and our itinerary was pretty spontaneous (a.k.a. nonexistent) as we hung out, explored the city, and enjoyed the nice weather.
Our Friday night was pretty packed: we missed our train, ate some pretty delicious Thai food, got into Back Bay Station at around 10:00 PM, caught an Uber to Boston University, met Bailey at her dorm, ate some midnight pizza at T. Anthony's Pizzeria, and still managed to go to sleep before 1:00 AM or so.
Saturday morning, we woke up not too early and not too late — at about ten– and ate brunch at the dining hall across the street. And then it was finally time to head downtown into the city. We took the green line on the T and got off at the newly-built Government Center station and from there walked to Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall and all the shopping around it. All three of us had already been there on previous visits to Boston, and found it extremely uninteresting so we walked right by and headed to the Harbor Walk. It was a clear day and the water looked calm and the harbor beautiful. We just enjoyed the views for a bit, but although the sun was out, it was extremely windy, so we headed inland, unsure of where we were going next.
So while we were busy admiring the architecture, we happened upon the Custom House Tower. We didn't know it at the time, but it's actually a Marriott Hotel. But we thought it looked historical (the original part of the building was built in 1915) and there was a plaque so we just walked inside. Looking back, I have no idea why we did this, but we followed an elderly couple to the elevator and when the man, with his hand over the buttons, expectantly asked which floor we were going to, Bailey nonchalantly told him, "Not sure." So after a confusing elevator, and six exasperating flights of a spiral staircase (I'm so out of shape), we reached the observatory at the top — it was totally unexpected and completely empty. The views were stunning! Bailey said you normally have to pay like $20 bucks to see a similar view, so it was pretty cool that we found this on the fly and it was completely free.
We left the tower and started following Bailey's direction. Eventually we reached a historic looking building. So Sasha and I took a picture in front of it. And then we looked on the ground and realized, oh hey, this was the site of the Boston Massacre. The three of us felt really ignorant at that point and, after buying some postcards, decided it was time to move on. So, after a quick stop at CVS to pick up miscellaneous items, we walked over to the park!
The park we visited was the Boston Common, of course. It's a pretty famous public green space… you've probably heard of it. If you've been to Boston, you've probably been there. We ended up sitting on a bench in front of a pond which gave me the chance to write a bunch of postcards to family and friends. Receiving a postcard always brightens my day and so I always try to send them to others — plus it's fun to write them and put the stamps on and all that.
This Saturday afternoon in the middle of April was perfect. The cool breeze contrasted perfectly with the vibrant and warm rays of the sun. The skies were completely clear and the air felt fresh. The park was bursting with life — college kids strumming guitars, four-year-olds sprinting after each other, families strolling on sidewalks. People were sitting everywhere and there was a lot to look at. We were there the weekend before the Boston Marathon, so the city was more crowded than usual which added a ton of life and activity to the sidewalks. It just felt like such a beautiful day and a wonderful time to be in Boston!
The Boston Public Garden was just as beautiful as the Common. In fact, it was probably a bit more beautiful because of all the tulips that were beginning to bloom. If we had come just about one week later, I bet they would all have been in full bloom, but even in their beginning stages they were absolutely gorgeous! This picture does a wonderful job capturing the essence of the day:
While we were at the park, we met up with Emma and she and Bailey insisted that we do the most touristy thing possible and go to Acorn Street and so we wandered around the surrounding neighborhood of Beacon Hill. I was very impressed by the pristine curb appeal of those houses, especially the little window boxes that made it feel festive and like spring. Apparently Tom Brady lives in that neighborhood which isn't hard to believe.
After grabbing some coffee at Tatte Bakery, we started wandering around, unsure of where to go next. When we walked past Trinity Church, Sasha suggested we go in; she'd been before and found it to be the prettiest church she'd ever been in. I'd have to agree; it's definitely up there on my list of coziest churches (Pittsburgh's First Presbyterian Church at Christmastime is number one)!
Next, it was time to get dinner. We headed to Little Italy in the North End of course! I don't remember the name of the restaurant we ate at because it was pretty standard. All four of us agreed that we wouldn't really call it "great." But it wasn't bad either.
What was much better than our dinner was the cannoli I ate for dessert from the world-famous Mike's Pastry!!!! It was so good!!!!! The long line was so worth it!! We ate our desserts at North End Park on a bench swing as the sun got lower and lower in the sky and the moon higher and higher.
Dusk in the park was pretty breathtaking. Impressive skyline.
Our adventures in Boston were brought to an end with bellies full of Italian pastries. We headed back to BU's campus slouched on the seats of the T, everyone pretty exhausted from walking around all day. Sasha took a nap as soon as we got back. We left early Sunday morning, the day before Marathon Monday, but ended up having to wait two hours on our delayed train….. Typical Amtrak. We got back to reality eventually, though.
Thanks for having us, Bailey, Emma, and Sonia! Sasha and I had a blast. Can't wait to visit Boston some other time. It's definitely one of my favorite American cities.


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"This video marketing campaign has extended our reach to behind the walls of hundreds of well-guarded gated community homeowners," says Vincent Battaglia, CEO and President of Renova Solar.
La Quinta, CA (PRWEB) March 06, 2013
The nation's first accredited solar energy renewal company, Renova Solar, has launched a Point7West produced strategic video marketing campaign, engaging audiences ranging from the U.S. Congress to high school students. Comprised of five 60-second informational video vignettes, the campaign simplifies complex messaging about the process of renewable energy through dynamic full-motion graphics. The animated marketing videos have been implemented in a multi-platform strategy from broadcast commercials, to digital presentations, and on the web, including social media marketing.
"Utilizing full-motion graphics allows for visuals to concisely convey vital information in a limited amount of time. Viewers are engaged with easy to understand graphics, making the marketing message comprehensibly stronger," affirms Brian Grantham, CEO of Point7West. The animated videos enable Renova Solar to address audiences with different needs, from legislative presentations to homeowners seeking energy self-sufficiency options.
As a branding tool, the videos help assert the company as a recognized leader in the industry, establishing their expertise in the field. "This video marketing campaign has extended our reach to behind the walls of hundreds of well-guarded gated community homeowners," says Vincent Battaglia, CEO and President of Renova Solar. Battaglia further credits the campaign as an efficient marketing mechanism, "What used to take me over an hour to describe how electrons can be created, guided, converted, and used by everyone, is now articulated demonstrably in mere minutes."
Established in 2006, Renova Solar is a Southern California based full-service solar panel installation company, and is the first in its industry to have been accredited by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. The company recently partnered with Wells Fargo Bank, facilitating easier access to home improvement financing for solar panel installation. In addition, the company offers an educational component through its Renova Energy Academy, a hands-on workforce training program for specialized areas of renewable energy.
Point7West is a marketing video production company that has specialized in providing strategic video solutions for over 250 companies nationally and abroad, for more than a decade. Point7West produces award-winning, creative videos for business and other organizations in a wide range of industries.
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Editor's note: Contributor Benjamin Niaulin is a SharePoint Specialist at Sharegate. Follow him @bniaulin
Not long ago, I started a branding series to get closer to how I could change the look and feel of my SharePoint site without dealing with tons of complicated code stuff. So I looked at the basic elements of a SharePoint site, mainly the navigation, and with CSS I discovered a whole world of possibilities. In time, I even pushed on to realize jQuery did not have to be a scary word only developer's use. You can find links to my series here.
I decided to start a series that will show you some cool little tricks you can do with CSS. If you are not sure how to apply CSS, go back to the first articles of my series above where it is described in details. In short, you can use the Content Editor Web Part to a CSS that will apply to a single page. The one with the CEWP on it.
Hide the Quicklaunch
We all love the quicklaunch, navigation menu on the left.
But there are times when you would rather maximize the page content and leave the quicklaunch out of it.
The solution is but a few lines of CSS:
<STYLE> #s4-leftpanel { display: none } .s4-ca { margin-left: 0px } </STYLE>
The code above hides the "left panel" (quicklaunch) and gives the "Content Area" (.s4-ca) full width by starting from 0px on the left.
Hiding the "Recently Modified" of wikis
Probably the most popular demand I get during sessions or at conferences.
This will do the trick:
<STYLE> .s4-recentchanges{ display:none; } </STYLE>
SharePoint uses a class called s4-recentchanges to show it
Hiding "I Like it and Tags and Notes"
I do get this request from time to time. Although I don't always agree as it adds a great value to the end user on SharePoint and My Profile.
<STYLE> .ms-socialNotif-Container { display:none; } </STYLE>
And it's gone
Change the look of hyperlinks with specific words in the link
Let's say you want to add an icon for every link to "My Sites" in your SharePoint. Or simply change the font and color of links to the company web site.
In this example, I want to change the color of the link to the Sharegate site to orange and make it bold. But I don't want to do this only to this hyperlink, that would be easy. I want CSS to always find the links wherever they are and change it automatically
<STYLE> A[href*='share-gate'] { COLOR: #e36c09; FONT-WEIGHT: bold } </STYLE>
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Couples: Don't throw a tantrum %s, you're old enough to know better.
Singles: On days like this it might just be better to stay at home.
It's a good day to sow the seeds of an investment that could prove to be very fruitful.
You need to relax and let go of all that tension. Why not try yoga?


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Batman! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!
(...And a Storm Trooper)
and Batman...!
If you've got boys then these scenes that follow will be all-too-familiar in your own home. How much do boys love their heroes and villains and everything in between?
Silly question!
Never mind those knee-high, size 4 costumes my sons grew out of around 25 years ago - they don't seem to. Not even those broken seams or the inherent wedgies will stop my youngest two from fulfilling their exciting battle fantasies when it comes to fighting crime and enforcing truth and justice on mum and dad's bed!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it I say! (And if it is, why point it out?)
|DC Comics world of Batman Unlimited 12" Batman Action Figure $19.99
Or you can pull out the big-guns and excite them even further...
The next best thing to becoming your favourite super hero, is to play with the toy version (which in turn, will make your boys become super heroes again in both mind and body).
Confused? You must have girl children.
Trust me on this, this is strictly boy-parent stuff and we know how these little guys work. Wink!
Warner Bros. and Mattel are building on their hugely popular DC Comics world of Batman Unlimited. Already super-popular in the range are these 12" Action Figure assortments as well as the 4" Basic Figure assortment. No need to wonder why...
Big Batman is a massive hit in our household as you may have already garnered from these pics!
Bridging the delicate line between costume and toy are these fantastic Batman Cowl and Batarang sets which really get the imagination firing. Dress to enhance the powers of the imagination and take down your opponent with the rubbery-safe fun of the Batman Unlimited Batarang.
No opponent in sight? Then just pose in front of the mirror and pretend you really are Batman!...
|Batman Unlimited, Batman Cowl and Batarang Set $14.99
The illusion of power: Priceless!
|Behold the Batarang battles!


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Phishing refers to imposters who claim to be Gate.io staff scam users with malicious links or applications. When users open a malicious phishing link, they will be asked to give away their username, verification codes, fund password and other sensitive information. Scammers will then use that information to steal assets from the victim's account. Imposters send numerous scam emails that look like they are from Gate.io official email accounts.
How to be prepared:
1.Always stay vigilant when you receive:
●deceptive emails that pretend to be from Gate.io ●deceptive URLs that pretend to be Gate.io official website ●false information in text messages with suspicious links that are claimed to help you withdraw funds, verify orders, lower risk levels, video verification, etc ●false links being spread on social media
Please do not open suspicious links shared by strangers or suspicious WeChat articles shared by strangers in WeChat group chats. In case you visited malicious links and your account information may have been leaked, please visit Gate.io official website immediately and change your login password and fund password.
Official links to Gate.io website: Gate.io China: www.gate.io / www.gate.io Gate.io International: www.gate.io
2.Anti-Phishing Feature:
After logging in, an anti-phishing window (as shown below) will pop up. Please check if the displayed anti-phishing code is the same as the one you set before. If you have not set an anti-phishing code, we recommend that you set one, which can be very easily done by following the instructions(Click "Security verification" - "PasswordManage" to set Anti-Phishing Code). If the displayed anti-phishing code is correct, then click "Confirm".
3.When you receive suspicious emails or messages, you should check if the email or the message is legit as soon as possible. There are 2 ways to verify:
① If you receive any suspicious text messages, phone calls or emails, please check them with our customer service agents online. You can either start a live chat or submit a ticket with a detailed deion of the matter. ② Here you can verify if domains shared with you, email addresses you received emails from, phone numbers that made calls to you, and telegram accounts that contacted you, are actually from Gate.io or not.
Go to Gate.io official website. Go to "Verification Search" under "More" on the top navigation bar. Enter the URL, email address or phone number here to verify them.
Example cases:
1.Scammers create false airdrop links and spread them in WeChat groups. Some users may visit those deceptive links and give away their passwords and verification codes etc. The format of false URLs used by scammers: gate.tv.gateioxxxx.com/gateio.html.
2.Some chatting groups focused on cryptocurrency claim to be managed by Gate.io and spread false announcements. An article is titled "Gate.io is going to list CyberMiles (CMT) and give out CMT airdrop" and has this URL:https://gate.tv.gateio****.com/gateio.html?id=news.Once this phishing link is clicked, the visitor will be lured into giving away their username, passwords and verification codes. Scammers will then use these information to steal the victims assets from their accounts.
In order to ensure the safety of Gate.io users' assets, Gate.io hereby reminds all users to remember the URL of Gate.io offical website. Do not visit suspicious links. Never share your account information, passwords, gatecodes and verification codes with anyone.
Also, Gate.io will never collect assets from users. Gate.io does not provide investment management servcies. Gate.io customer service agents will never ask users for passwords, verification codes, or double verification codes. Do not trust information from unofficial channels. Protect your own information and assets.


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It's a pretty common trope to say that a good finish for someone unexpected is a bigger headline than a win for a dominant force from a dominant team, but when you consider the teams for which Landon Cassill led 20 laps and Matt DiBenedetto scored an incredible sixth-place finish, it's hard not to be impressed.
Up front, Carl Edwards won for Joe Gibbs Racing with a pretty simple strategy: Outlast the three other dominant JGR cars. Unlike teammates Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and 142 lap leader Matt Kenseth, Edwards was able to get to the end of the race without a single incident and win by leading a race-high 276 of 500 laps. He faced late charges from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chase Elliott and Kurt Busch, but ultimately none of the three could compete with the combined advantage of his strong JGR-prepared Toyota and the strength of restarting in the outside lane.
The success of that lane may have sealed the race for Edwards early, but it was also one of the things that made magical days possible for a few surprise drivers.
Front Row Motorsports driver Landon Cassill, who has bounced between back-of-the-field Cup teams since leaving the Hendrick Motorsports development program in 2010, moved up to the program after an impressive year with Hillman Racing in 2015, but came into the race having yet to show the speed that got him two top fifteen finishes in a car that in the hands of many would have failed to qualify for most races. His weekend started poorly, when his #38 Ford was damaged in qualifying after being caught up in a spin with Ty Dillon, but he rebounded with a strong run at Bristol early. Strategy would get him up to the front of the field at around halfway, and while most expected him to be brushed aside quickly by the leaders and drift back into tenth, Cassill would lead 20 laps for a program that, until this season, had no standing ties or alliances with any major Sprint Cup Series teams and even still only partners with Roush on their #34 Ford. He'd run in the top ten for the next 150 laps, but with under 100 to go, would have contact with Ty Dillon that would spoil both of their races. Cassill and Dillon finished 22nd and 25th respectively after their two run-ins, but poor finishes can't take away the fact that the pair spent the majority of the race within sight of the leader.
Matt DiBenedetto's day wasn't so flashy, as he spent the first 400 laps of the race lingering between 20th and 11th. He started to move up as the race came to a close, however, and as the race was nearing its conclusion, he found himself in position for what would be just BK Racing's second-ever top ten. On the final restart, he moved to sixth, tying the best-ever finish for the team and, as that previous top ten came in a jumbled race at Talladega in 2014, putting together the single best performance in the history of the Toyota team built out of the remnants of both of Red Bull Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing.
Though their runs weren't quite as unlikely as those of DiBenedetto and Cassill, it's still worth noting great races for Chase Elliott, Trevor Bayne and the aforementioned Ty Dillon. While Dillon's race run mostly in the top ten ended in 25th, Bayne grabbed his first top five since his 2011 Daytona 500 win and Elliott bettered his career best finish with a fourth, making him the top-finishing rookie in a strong field for yet another week.
Never a series to rest, NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series meets again in less than a week for another short track race, the third and final of the first half of the season, in Richmond.


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The Nigerian economy which recorded negative growth and crept into a recession in the last months has gotten out of doldrums and bounced back from recession.
The declaration was announced by a London-based organisation, World Economics, which said that the recession had saw the death of businesses and caused hardship.
World Economics focused on producing financial analysis on world economy, Nigeria's "Market Growth Index grew to 58.5 in April as the monthly Sales Growth Index ticked up to 56.7, its highest value since 2015 and representative of rapid growth".
It said although Price inflation for April, remained high at 58.7 – indicative of high levels of inflation, it added however that "a slowing trend has developed for the past 9 months".
"The challenges and the recent changes to the Naira's FX rate are aiding salestransactions.
"Overall, conditions in Nigeria have improved further over the past month and managers are expressing renewed optimism that the economy will continue to grow and regain strength after the recession", it added.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast 2.6 per cent growth for sub-Saharan Africa in 2017.
IMF projected Nigeria's economy to grow by 0.8 per cent this year, despite current economic realities.
"Output in Nigeria is projected to grow by 0.8 percent in 2017 as a result of a recovery in oil production," so said IMF chief economist, IMF's Maurice Obstfeld who unveiled the fund's World Economic Outlook in Washington yesterday.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, a modest recovery is foreseen in 2017. Growth is projected to rise to 2.6 percent in 2017 and 3.5 percent in 2018, largely driven by specific factors in the largest economies, which faced challenging macroeconomic conditions in 2016.
"After contracting by 1.5 percent in 2016 because of disruptions in the oil sector coupled with foreign exchange, power, and fuel shortages, output in Nigeria is projected to grow by 0.8 percent in 2017 as a result of a recovery in oil production, continued growth in agriculture, and higher public investment".


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Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Ride and Classic Car Cruise-In
When: 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11
Where: Begins at Lumpkin County courthouse, Dahlonega
Contact: 770-324-1015. email@example.com
The recent tragedy on Lake Lanier will bring together four counties this weekend.
The Dawson County Sheriff's Office, along with the Hall, Lumpkin, and Forsyth sheriff's offices, will host the Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Ride and Classic Car Cruise-In on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Thirteen-year-old Griffin Prince and his 9-year-old brother Jake were killed in a boating accident June 18 on Lake Lanier.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Fund to help the family with funeral costs, according to event organizer Doug Boyle, a lieutenant with the Dawson County Sheriff's Office.
"After reading ( about it) in the news, I just felt so bad for this family and I really wanted to reach out and do something to help them," Boyle said. "So what better way to help them than by taking my passion of riding my Harley and raising some money to help them offset the funeral costs for the boys?"
The ride is a 70-mile police-escorted ride around Lake Lanier, starting at the Lumpkin County Courthouse, located at 325 Riley Road in Dahlonega.
The route will travel into Gainesville over the Buford Dam, into Cumming and end in Dawsonville at the City Hall/Racing Hall of Fame Museum at 415 Ga. 53 East.
"There has been a huge response to this event from many people and with the weather expected to be nice Saturday, I do believe this will be a great event with a huge turnout," Boyle said.
Boyle got the idea after doing a similar fundraiser for the annual Dawson County "Shop with a Cop" event.
"It's really all about giving back to your community," he said.
Registration for the event is 9-11 a.m. and cost $40 per bike. The ride will leave at 11:15 a.m. following a pre-ride safety briefing and prayer.
There will be vendors set up at the end location, along with a kids' jump house, face painting and food from The World Famous Pool Room.
The Brian Jarrett Band will take the stage at 1 p.m. to provide for entertainment during the Classic Car Cruise-In. The cost for the Cruise-In is a $20 minimum donation.
Boyle encourages everyone to come out and show support to the Prince family.
"If you are out and about and the ride passes by you, let us know your support and wave at the procession," he said.
Parking for the end location in Dawsonville will be at the Dawson County Middle School. A rain date is set for Sept. 1.
For more information, contact Boyle at 770-324-1015 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The secret weapon of the HP Touchpad: Linux
The Touchpad has been discontinued by HP when the company has changed its business strategy recently (getting rid of the whole PC business arm).
A lot of people think that this was an absolutely unnecessary and sorely mistaken step, especially in light of the possible revival of the Touchpad after the PC business has been separated. Not that the Touchpad is a very competitive device in its current form. It has many glaring design mistakes by HP like missing ports (HDMI out, USB host), no expandable storage …etc but it also has many good features like its high-quality IPS-screen, Beats audio system and over-clockable processor.
WebOS also has a huge disadvantage compared to iOS and Android: very few applications, and this seems to be quite a show-stopper in the current situation (a chicken-and-egg problem).
How could HP make this product more successful without resorting to souch brutal fire-sales like the one we have recently seen?
I believe, that HP should exploit one of the big strengths of the core of WebOS: Linux.
WebOS is built on the Linux kernel and it already uses a set of Linux desktop technologies on top of it (Gstreamer, PulseAudio…etc). In a particular sense, it is a heavily customized Linux distribution (distro), like Ubuntu, which is purposefully made incompatible with the grand armada of Linux desktop applications in order to allow applications which use strictly WebOS-only APIs.
The development strategy of allowing WebOS-only applications makes sense, since it ensures a consistent level of user experience (e.g.: all applications are properly touch-oriented) and makes it easy to enhance the foundations of WebOS without breaking applications. However, it locks HP into an uphill battle which seems impossible to win from the current situation.
Therefore, I suggest a change of development strategy, which concurrently allows significantly enhancing the number of applications available for WebOS and makes the system appealing for different use-cases.
The main component of the new strategy would be to allow running full-desktop Linux applications on the Touchpad in a so-called Desktop Mode. This Desktop Mode would automatically activate when WebOS senses a keyboard or mouse attached to the system (only Bluetooth in case of the Touchpad).
Desktop Mode would make it possible to use the TouchPad as a Linux netbook while keeping the touch oriented interface for the tablet-mode. Best of both worlds.
Desktop Mode would be a completely standard, lightweight Linux desktop (e.g: XFCE). and would run the traditional Linux desktop applications and also display the WebOS applications in separate windows. This work environment would not be very different from the Webtop interface of the Motorola Atrix but it would not be such a limited environment. It would be a full-blown, configurable Linux desktop with all of its advantages.
Ideally, you should be able to easily switch back and forth between the Desktop Mode and the Card Interface of WebOS (possibly with a dedicated hw button on new models).
Since Desktop Mode would run every imaginable Linux desktop applications (including Java, Python and even Mono ones), it would make the TouchPad an extremely versatile mobile device. It would be more welcome in the enterprise than its competitors.
The hardware of the TouchPad (dual-core processor clocked at 1.7 Ghz and 1GB RAM) should be absolutely able to handle both Desktop Mode and the Card Interface applications concurrently. Obviously, desktop heavyweights like OpenOffice would open and run slower, but I imagine they would be fast enough to be usable. HP could ship Desktop Mode with lightweight applications (Abiword, Gnumeric…etc) while allowing the easy installation of heavy programs (at your own peril).
The best option for the Desktop Mode would be a chrooted Ubuntu instance because that would mean a very powerful application environment with a lot of readily installable aplications in its repositories (appstore). The WebOS Internals team already ship the X-Server for WebOS, so a well-working Linux desktop is absolutely doable on top of WebOS.
HP could also sell a netbook-kit as an accessory to the Touchbook, which would include a case with a built-in stand and a built-in keyboard. When the TouchPad is in the case and oriented for netbook-mode, the Desktop Mode would automatically activate.
Of course, this solution would not fully compensate the inherent weaknesses of the Touchpad but it would make it more appealing for those people who consider netbooks as usable devices and expect their tablet to be as capable as their predecessors in mobility.
The biggest mistake Palm has made with WebOS
Palm's WebOS (a Linux variant) based phones have been out for a while but I haven't had the need to consider them until recently (in the form of my Treo 650 broken down).
My Treo 650 was a real workhorse, containing hundreds of contacts, thousands of calendar entries (I use the calendar actively and like to keep entries for a very long time for reference), lots of todos and memos. As a long time Linux/Ubuntu user, I have synchronized and backed up my Treo with JPilot, which is an excellent Linux application. In the past, I have used several Palm devices and I was always able to migrate my complete PIM database with ease between the old device and the new one.
Now that my Treo seems to be dead, I was considering buying a Palm Pre. Researching the Pre, I soon learned that the old synchronization protocol (Hotsync) doesn't work at all with the Pre and there seems to be no way to correctly synchronize the Pre with my Linux desktop. Since I store relatively sensitive information on the Treo, I would never synchronize my PIM database with a cloud service like Google. Thus, Palm's new Synergy sync methods are practically useless for me.
This problem is not only related to the Linux desktop, Windows users are affected as well but they at least have existing third-party options for synchronizing the Pre with Outlook.
Now, this is a real show-stopper for me and lowers the Pre from a trusted Palm device to the level of the average smartphone in my eyes. Palm seems to have lost an avid user since if my workflow is broken anyway, I might as well switch to Android. Android has a much bigger community than WebOS, so there is a bigger chance that I find a well working syncing solution to the Linux desktop.
It is also ironic that although Palm's new WebOS is a Linux device, Palm has decided to break compatibility with the Linux desktop since the only working way between them was HotSync.
It should have been of paramount importance for Palm to ensure compatibility with its own Palm Desktop software and all of the other desktop software which was communicating with Palm devices over HotSync. Currently, Treo owners don't have an easy way to upgrade to the Pre/Pixi since their PIM databases cannot be easily migrated to the new device the way they are used to. As a fair chunk of Treo users were business people, I am sure, most of them are NOT comfortable with their PIM database stored in the cloud. Palm should understand that cloud storage with Synergy – while a good thing – is NOT a replacement for HotSync in a lot of user scenarios.
I believe that Palm's lower-than-expected sales of the Pre and the Pixi can be amounted to this, incompatibility with the old ways and the well-working syncing solutions and desktop tools. Their established Treo/PDA customer base will simply switch to other phones and leave them. This way they loose all of their inherited advantage with this people.
If they want to save the customer base which is still on PalmOS, they should VERY QUICKLY create the HotSync client for WebOS or create a HotSync Synergy plugin and restore compatibility with the Palm Desktop and all of the other desktop software which are still using Hotsync.


text: Dramatis was Gary Numan's backing band which was formed around the core of Ced Sharpley and Chris Payne. They released a couple of singles and one album before disbanding in 1982. Both, their debut single "Ex Luna Scientia" (From the Moon) and their only album 'For Future Reference' were released in 1981 on 'The Rocket Record Co'. The single was backed bu "Lady D.J." which didn't appear on their album. Gary Numan provided vocals for the song "Love Needs No Disguise" which reached No. 33 in the UK Charts.


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Saxophonist and bandleader Ed Palermo has made a little cottage industry of arranging the music of iconoclastic guitarist and composer Frank Zappa. This is the third album in the series and it shows no signs of fatigue. Palermo's band is quite talented and they have to be to play this complex music. The exhausting thing about this music from the listener's (or at least my) perspective is that the music is so complicated and ever shifting that it is really hard to get a bead on what is going on. I eventually gave up on trying to track the solos and all of the complexities of what was happening and just allowed the music as a whole to carry me, going with a flow as it were, and it was an enjoyable way to appreciate this album. "Echidna's Arf" starts off as a grinding blues before moving into an intricate choppier section incorporating a tenor saxophone solo and some almost symphonic motifs. The music is labyrinthine and complex, constantly shifting and mutating like an evolving organism. "Dupree's Paradise" also has a fast tempo that is ever changing as the music recalibrates itself. The music at times seems to be interconnected cells that can be shifted or rearranged as the arrangement dictates. The only thing that seems a little out of place on this album is the arrangement of "America The Beautiful" which, although no doubt sincere, does not really fit in well with the madcap sensibility of the rest of the album. Far from the history of riff based big band music, this album draws on Zappa's fascination with avant garde classical as well as jazz, making for kaleidoscopic music that is like walking through a funhouse where everything is not as it seems. It can be daunting stuff at times, but still, you have to give credit to Palermo, not only for keeping a big band going during these tough economic times, but for finding a niche in the music of Zappa that inspires him to make creative music.
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collaboration with Anastasia Eggers
"Waschsalon" is part of a Warm Water Blockchain system in which grey water and waste heat are re-used on a scale of one neighbourhood. The intervention makes the physical experience of collective washing in public space possible. It is inspired by the Japanese Sentho, in which one first washes oneself with a bucket of water and soap before going collectively into the hot bath. After the bath, the warm water is used for the surrounding washing machines before fed following the roads of the Warm Water Blockchain system.
The intervention is using existing fountains in urban space as structures to meet and wash bodies and clothes, seeing how water spots in cities could be activated and could again become places of gatherings – not as a decorative element but as a place where the bathing experience is shared and neighbours are brought together.
"Waschsalon" reinterprets various cultural concepts of collective bathing and aims to reinvent the intimacy of a public space, bringing bathing from an isolated environment back into public space and contributing to transition from individual routines in hygiene to public rituals. Waschsalon and other interventions explore the sociocultural aspects of public bathing, seeing how engaging in this collective activity requires for our bodies being in an unprotected state of nakedness, allowing to be seen without all aspects that shape our social body. The phenomenon of the collective intimacy would erase the role of a person in the society, presenting them as their true selves, allowing the participants to engage in a different kind of communication, triggering conversations that are touching upon the social, cultural and historical aspects of cleanliness and collective nakedness and environmental advantages of sharing water as a resource.
the project was developed during the reSITE Residency at ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik in Berlin, as part of Shared Cities: Creative Momentum Project, funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
Photos: Tomas Princ, reSITE


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(06:23) George Bliss, who represents the pedicab industry speaks about legislation affecting his industry and therefore the horse and carriage industry, a direct competitor. Filmed 16 January 2006.
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This article was originally published on Roosh V.
A lot of you are coming to the realization, like myself, that there are not many options for men who want to pursue something deeper besides stacking cash and sleeping with promiscuous women, even if you made all the right moves with your life through focusing on self improvement and making sound decisions with your education and money. That raises the question of what is the next stop on our life journey.
The progression of man was clear a few generations ago:
- school
- work
- marry virgin (or girl with less than 5 previous partners)
- babies
- worship god
- death
There was no confusion about what a man should do because the path was laid out and urged onto him by his tribe, family, and a culture built on traditional or religious ideals. But something happened in the years since where the progression became this:
- school
- work
- consume corporate products
- marry aging slut with 20+ notch count
- babies (if wife wasn't made infertile by repeated gonorrhea infections)
- worship blimposaurus wife
- death
One of the reasons you're reading me right now is because you have realized the folly of this progression.
We have taken a road that is grossly unacceptable to the mainstream hivemind. Instead of blindly consuming and wifing up a former carousel rider, we have decided to keep ourselves free from the financial bondage of excessive consumption and also state bondage of not marrying a woman who could easily destroy us in a her-fault divorce. So we hit the gym, we learn game, we travel, and we start our own side businesses. I've met countless men who have done well for themselves by saying no to what has been pushed upon them. Their behavior has been called creepy, sexist, and rapey, in urgent need of manning up, but they have manned up for themselves by beating the system.
But what comes next? If you are to believe the biological imperative encoded within your DNA, it is to reproduce. Based on who our ancestors were—men who successfully reproduced from the first man without fail—I'd say that it would be atypical for you not to want to create life, especially if you're over 30 and have accumulated sufficient resources. I'm not making an argument to reproduce based on passing your genes on for posterity, since all that will be moot once the sun swallows the earth in a few billion years, but one based on where your genes came from and how they are supposed to code for an intense, illogical, and irrational desire to reproduce that may put your own self-preservation in danger.
If you are to believe that modern culture is headed towards full-blown degeneracy, and that women are affected by the environment they're in, you would naturally come to the conclusion that the women of today make for inferior wives and mothers than the women of yesterday. They are narcissistic, masculine, lacking in homemaking and nurturing skills, holders of outrageous sexual histories, addicted to electronic devices and entertainment, absent in family values, uglier, and less capable of familial loyalty. Western values from America are spreading so rapidly that a 22-year-old Brazilian, Polish, or Thai girl is worse at being a wife than her sister only five years older.
That leaves a Western man who wants to reproduce with three options:
1. Marry a Western woman who has had at least 10 sexual partners and hope that he won't be financially destroyed or imprisoned by the state for not paying child support or being falsely accused of domestic violence or rape.
2. Find a young traditional foreign wife from a little village, bring her back to America, and hope that in 10 years she doesn't learn the way of the land and morph into the Western woman he avoided marrying in the first place.
3. Leave your friends and family to expatriate to a strange land, find a young traditional foreign wife, and live on her home turf while hoping and praying that laws in your new country don't eventually make you a pre-criminal, like has recently happened in Poland when they passed their own version of the Violence Against Women Act.
If you truly want to reproduce, option three has the least amount of risk though it contains the most amount of effort and personal sacrifice, and it's still no guarantee of success, especially if you pick a country that has pretty women who are prone to divorce. Here are divorce rates per 1,000 inhabitants for a selection of countries (lower numbers are better):
Russia: 4.8
Lithuania: 3.0
Czech Republic: 2.9
Ukraine: 2.8
Denmark: 2.6
Hungary: 2.4
Estonia: 2.2
Spain: 2.2
Canada: 2.1
Turkey: 1.6
Poland: 1.6
Saudi Arabia: 1.1
Serbia: 1.1
Mexico: 0.8
Colombia: 0.2
Option three will be wholly off the table for the bulk of men who are average and not capable of the intellect, work ethic, and touch of mental derangement that is required to expatriate, especially if they don't possess adventurer or thrill-seeker personality traits. For the majority of men, it's not even an option that can be considered, which means that we have now entered an age where a Western man can no longer pursue his biological desire to reproduce without exposing his life to severe risk that would likely greatly reduce his quality of life by legally attaching himself to a woman who can hold him hostage in his home.
Marriage and kids were always a marginal deal for men to secure weekly sex and pass on their genes, but now we can advise for the lot of man that he must avoid it at all costs unless he has guaranteed legal protections from his wife and the state or he is beyond certain to have found a "unicorn" who will love him and only him until the end of her life.
There will be a point, after you gain significant resources and become fatigued from banging a variety of sluts, that you will be ready to move on to the next step. That next step was available to you in the past, and while not a necessarily net positive decision, it wasn't automatically one filled with immense risk. But now I'm afraid to say that there is no next step that would involve leaving a legacy without opening yourself up to being ruined unless you manage not only to find a traditional woman in an increasingly nontraditional world but do so in the right country that doesn't flip the switch against its male residents by treating them as undercover wife beaters.
The pinnacle of your father's life was being a reliable provider, but that it not turning out to be the case for us. The pinnacle of our lives is making internet money, scooping up some easy sex, and minimizing our legal exposures. I fear there is not much in the way of deeper meaning to be found. There are no loftier heights to climb than your own independence and individual pursuits. Unless we see drastic world changes in the next 15 years, merely having a pleasant lifestyle and individual freedom is where the trip ends for us, without being able to create our own family.
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