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Fade to Light Fashion Show – Review
Las week's Fade to Light fashion show was a fun time out in the fashion world. The first time event at the Crystal Ballroom was well attended by familiar faces and the energy felt high. Producer Elizabeth Mollo did a great job of organizing the whole event with assigned seating, starting a mere 20 minutes late (a world record in fashion show land) and a full bar. My one and only complaint was the spotlight existed as the main source of runway lighting and from my seat that meant me staring straight into it burning my retinas like I was looking straight into the sun. Ah well, at least that's an easy fix for next year.
The show itself was a perfect length with enough designers to feel ticket worthy, but not so many you felt trapped. Add to that the cool video installations each designer created to accompany their segment and you had some pretty kickin' entertainment. Some of my personal favs included seeing Bryce Black do his first post-Project Runway collection – a line of knit dresses for Studio SKB that were both sexy and wearable. Come fall I will be wearing one. Additionally Ms. Wood continues her reign of cool in my eyes with dangerously lustful accessories and a finale sequin dress so shiny I dreamed of it that night. And once again, Joshua Buck makes clothing so amazingly fresh that I can't see it on many boys in Portland, but get it over to Spain and flourish good sir!
To see the whole fun affair flip through the slide show and check out the designer's sites.
Sharon Blair
Bryce Black for Studio SKB
Ms. Wood
Alyson Clair
Joshua Buck/Chicago Harper for Studio SKB
Solestruck (with clothing by Black Milk)

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June 22nd, 2012
What Aaron Sorkin learned from CNN for 'Newsroom'
When we spotted the phrase "the most trusted name in news" in one of the early trailers for Aaron Sorkin's new series, "The Newsroom," we thought that sounded awfully ... familiar, shall we say.
And it turns out that might not be the only thing about Sorkin's anticipated summer series that will remind us of our home base.
"The Newsroom" is a behind-the-scenes look at a nightly cable news program, with Jeff Daniels' Will McAvoy serving as the show's anchor. Alison Pill, Olivia Munn and Dev Patel all portray members of the newsroom's staff, and Emily Mortimer serves as the show's new executive producer.
While doing research for the show with CNN, Sorkin said "The biggest thing I picked up was that, as cynical as people are about the news and journalism, journalists themselves are honestly, constantly thinking about the ideal," as he told us at the premiere for the series in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
"They want to do the news well and I was really moved by that," he said. "I wanted this show to be a love letter and a valentine to what you do."
And while he did draw some inspiration from those on staff - Munn's character Sloan Sabbith is partially based on CNN anchor and correspondent Christine Romans - Sorkin emphasized that "The Newsroom" is a work of fiction.
"All of the characters on the show are fictional. I don't know Christine Romans at all," he said. "I met her for the very first time on Monday night when we had a screening in New York for newspeople. And I've always been a fan of Christine Romans' broadcasts and I try to understand what she's saying. I'm illiterate when it comes to finance and the economy."
Munn's Sloan is "who I've always imagined Christine Romans is. I'm sure I got it wrong but that's who inspired [Munn's] character."
Romans inspires Sorkin character?
Christine Romans talks about Aaron Sorkin saying a financial analyst character in "The Newsroom" is loosely based on her.
Aaron Sorkin: 'I'm a fiction writer'
Creator and Executive producer of "Newsroom" Aaron Sorkin tells CNN's Piers Morgan why he gets to write idealistically.
Romans also has a fan in Munn: "I think that's wonderful. She's [who] I consider one of the women who I think is so great to have on TV," the actress said. "She's smart, and beautiful, and intelligent, and strong, and doesn't try to shy away from any of that. Because she's appealing on the eye she doesn't try to dumb herself down. She's smart. She doesn't try to cover up more or wear a big bag over her head, which I think is important. It's a good message to put out to women who want to be able to be everything and think that they can."
"The Newsroom" bows on HBO (which shares a parent company with CNN) June 24 at 10 p.m. ET.
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Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815–75, American politician, b. Huntsville, Ala. Moving to Texas in 1846, he served (1849) as attorney general, was a member of the legislature (1851–53), and in 1859 was elected as a Unionist to the U.S. House of Representatives. He returned (1861) to the state legislature, but after the outbreak of the Civil War he fled (1862) to Washington. Abraham Lincoln appointed him a brigadier general of volunteers and military governor of Texas, and in June, 1865, he was made provisional governor by Andrew Johnson. Hamilton pressed for equal civil rights for whites and blacks, but the state constitutional convention (1866) rejected his program. As leader of the conservative Republicans, he ran (1869) unsuccessfully for governor.
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Stephen King's latest novel is a phone book. Up to 50% of iPhone users read e-books on tiny screens, according to new research from e-book rental services Oyster Books and Scribd — a trend that suggests consumers might benefit from a larger iPhone.
"Roughly half of our reading activity happens on phones," says Eric Stromberg, CEO of Oyster Books. And while Scribd says users prefer reading on iPads to iPhones
E-book readers tend to spend the same amount of time on tablets and phones, says Jared Friedman, co-founder and chief technology officer of Scribd.
The average customer on both Scribd and Oyster reads for 45 minutes a day, however they don't necessarily read titles cover to cover. "For every four books they open on Oyster, they only end up finishing one of them," Stromberg says.
Why do people read books on their phones? It's easier and safer for readers to catch up on their latest book using their smartphone when they're stuck in the doctor's waiting room or sitting on the subway, says Mark Coker, founder of e-book distributor Smashwords.com. "More reading is shifting from dedicated e-reading devices to multi-function tablets and smartphones," he says. "My iPhone is by my side 24 hours a day, whereas my Kindle is — well, I forget where it is right now."
Neither Scribd nor Oyster has managed to really become the Netflix of books — mostly because the selection tends not to include newer and popular releases. Scribd offers unlimited books for rent for $8.99, with 300,000 books from more than 900 publishers. Oyster charges $9.95 a month for unlimited reading, and offers more than 500,000 titles from over 1,600 publishers.
But the market in e-book rentals is gradually improving. The number of people who subscribe to Amazon's
E-book readers also tend to be younger and female, according to research by Pew Research Center's "Internet Omnibus Survey" of over 1,000 Americans aged 18 and older. Among all adults surveyed in January 2014 who read a book in the last year, 28% read an e-book (versus 69% who said they read print books and 14% for audiobooks). However, almost half of readers under 30 years of age read an e-book in January 2014 compared with 31% in November 2012 and 25% in December 2011.
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Braeyden Jae – Fog Mirror
Label: Whited Sepulchre Records WS001
White Vinyl LP limited to 260, 30 premium include an ant'lrd split cassette with specialty insert. Time: About 42 minutes
Tracks: Vanishing Procession, More Washed Feeler, Obscured and Waiting, Two Mirrors Looking, Fogged Placer
With respect to music genres, where does ambient end and drone begin? Can music help to offer a refuge, focus the mind or distract it? Fog Mirror flirts with all of these possibilities. I admit to being puzzled at times on why some music needs to be so heavily shrouded with the melodic aspects pushed nearly out of reach, yet unexpected benefits can occur, like vanquishing a worrying thought, eroding it with sound. Admittedly, I don't always understand the approach, but I appreciate the intent, especially if the quality of the recording is full and not bleached-out into an unpleasant monophonic haze.
Remember the moment in the original Star Trek pilot episode The Cage when Captain Pike and Mr. Spock touched a plant on the forbidden planet Talos IV? The layers of sounds emanating from the alien plants and the remaining ambient atmosphere were revealed…Spock even smiled. Never seen it? Here's a reminder…
The point is, there is often an overall gestalt to sounds, music and atmospheres, being greater than the sum of their parts, and there is mystery and intrigue in imagining how those sounds were created if those parts were to be disassembled. The layering creates unexpected harmonies and overtones, and even unrelated memories of events can be activated.
Braeyden Jae's latest album Fog Mirror (Braden McKenna's nom de plume) clears the mind yet it can steer its focus in rather curious ways. Each piece has a perceptible aggregate tone (whether major or minor, deliberate or unintentional), and some tracks stay relatively stable, almost devoid of a perceptible melody, whereas others meander and ruggedly thrash beneath the haze. McKenna carefully disguises the sources of his sound generation, which I'm guessing are varying degrees of fuzz applied to an electric bass, piano (literal in Obscured and Waiting, but veiled elsewhere), along with various effects, treatments, noise and perhaps some field recordings. The illusion of water and wind, which appear to be created synthetically, are prominent throughout, offering the effect of cleansing, even if it suddenly appears as a deluge. Another quality of the recordings is the "Did I just hear that…?" aspect of the layering, like walking in the dark and seeing something move nearby or the flash of something moving beneath the surface of a body of water.
Vanishing Procession is like sitting behind a gentle waterfall with occasional peeks through the cascading water to a scene beyond, or sitting on an open porch with rain falling as time passes slowly by. There are some similarities the works of Nicholas Szczepanik, but McKenna's variations in the layering of the sounds are more subtle. In contrast, More Washed Feeler is practically a deluge with a undercurrent of recirculating ascending and descending notes, a sonic mantra of sorts. Seven minutes into the piece, the torrent is forced open slightly to reveal a swirling undertow.
A steelier resonance is present in Obscured and Waiting, with a slow pulsing piano. This is the most identifiable, melodic and peaceful track on the album with a wooly-fuzz bass occasionally piercing the quietude off in the distance, sounding like shortwave radio sawtooth-wave interference. The piano evolves into sounding like far-off carillon bells. This is a rough-edged version of portions of Budd and Eno's The Plateaux of Mirror.
There's a veiled rhythmic gait working against a counterpoint of concealed peeling bells in Two Mirrors Looking. It's more industrial-sounding with an undercurrent of an old shipyard recorded just below the surface of the water with a sudden harmonic shift at about 6-1/2 minutes as perhaps a ship's screw passes by on its journey out to sea. The last and longest track on the album, Fogged Placer, I actually perceived as being the shortest—a rather odd time-shifting experience. This track allowed a memory of mine to return, back to the days when I commuted periodically to the Adirondack region of New York as a passenger in a twin-engine Piper aircraft—sitting in the back listening to the two engines shift the timing of their revolutions slightly, generating hypnotic vibrations and harmonics that were transmitted into the plane's fuselage. At certain moments, it also sounds like watching a blanketed symphony performance, with my ears isolating the cellos and double-basses.
Finding a semblance of peace in absolute silence these days can be rather difficult (especially when unwanted tinnitus randomly appears), and an album like this can help achieve a frame of mind that allows an imaginary escape to evocative places and memories.
An aside, I wonder if Braden McKenna has ever heard the opening side of the 3 LP set of Consequences, by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, produced in 1977? I could hear some similar background atmospheres, although the resulting piece is quite different.


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June 8th, 2010
The rabbi whose question ended Helen Thomas' career
From CNN Senior National Editor Dave Schechter:
Most Americans have never heard of Rabbi David Nesenoff, but they now know his work behind the camera. Nesenoff is an independent filmmaker who asked columnist Helen Thomas the question that brought an end to her decades-long career.
Nesenoff was at the White House on May 27 with a media credential, representing his website www.rabbilive.com, to cover an event marking Jewish Heritage Month. He was accompanied by his 17-year-old son Adam, who also was credentialed – representing his website www.shmoozepoint.com – and a friend of his son.
They had attended a White House news conference at which Thomas, known as the dean of the White House press corps, was one of the reporters to question President Obama. Afterwards, Nesenoff and his son asked various people at the White House – from a TV reporter to a Jewish boxer to visiting rabbis – to offer thoughts on Israel.
It was in the driveway outside the north entrance to the White House where Nesenoff saw Thomas. "Let's meet her, let's learn something" Nesenoff recalled telling the boys. "I didn't remember that she had pro-Palestinian thoughts, anti-Semitic feelings," he said.
What followed has been viewed online more than one million times on various sites, Nesenoff says.
"Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine," Thomas told them. "Remember, these people are occupied. And it's their land. It's not German, it's not Poland's."
That answer in and of itself might have caused a minor stir. Regular viewers of White House news conferences over the years have heard her ask questions that betrayed sympathy for the Palestinians, perhaps not surprising for a U.S.-born daughter of Christian immigrants from Lebanon. But Nesenoff followed up by asking where the Jews living in Israel should go.
"They could go home. Poland, Germany," Thomas replied, " . . . and America, and everywhere else."
"I was hurt, I was shocked," Nesenoff told me. He was less concerned about Thomas' retirement. "There are bigger issues here," he said, "of anti-Semitism tied into anti-Israel (sentiment)."
After Nesenoff posted the video online, Thomas apologized in a statement. "I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians," she said "They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon."
It was not enough to quiet the uproar. Nesenoff is looking for something more personal. "She owes me an apology," he says. "She owes my son an apology."
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Latest Movie Release – Jack the giant slayer – 22 March 2013
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face-to-face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
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Published in the Portland Phoenix
Painter Stephen Koharian has international relations on his mind when he's in his studio. Four of the works at his upcoming show at Portland's Two Point Gallery are responses to the Armenian slaughter of 1915-23, in which 1.5 million Armenians (and a million more Assyrians and Greeks) were killed by the Ottoman Empire, and which Turkey has never acknowledged as a genocide. (Candidate Obama promised he would during the campaign, but President Obama upset Koharian and many other Armenian-Americans when, during an April visit to Turkey, he refused to use that word in front of his hosts.)
Koharian, a 27-year-old Portland native and Maine College of Art graduate whose great-grandparents escaped the genocide and came to the US, wants "Turkey to admit this," and hopes to provoke more discussion with his art — including two pieces entitled "Turkishness." One of them shows two skeletons, a mother and a child, in a dark environment alone. The other shows three figures in fezzes, one holding a chain leading to the neck of a skeleton lying at their feet.
"To insult Turkishness is illegal in Turkey," Koharian says, by way of explaining the pieces' names.
Some of the works are his own illustrations of survivors' tales he has read in online archives or at the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts. Others are his own responses to what he has seen and heard and read on the subject. And many of the works that will be on display are not related to the Armenian genocide at all, but nevertheless depict what he calls "atrocities" — such as environmental destruction.
But beyond the depth of feeling in his conversation about the topic, and in his art, is his chilling choice of an artist statement. Quoting Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, it reads: "Our strength lies in our intensive attacks and our barbarity . . . After all, who today remembers the genocide of the Armenians?"


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Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India
The following article reports on the latest news of persecution in India, where Christians were beaten when attempting to bury a convert to Christianity.
The articles linked to above are by Compass Direct News and relate to persecution of Christians around the world. Please keep in mind that the definition of 'Christian' used by Compass Direct News is inclusive of some that would not be included in a definition of Christian that I would use or would be used by other Reformed Christians. The articles do however present an indication of persecution being faced by Christians around the world.


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Murray Finalizes Consol Purchase
Wheeling Intelligencer
6 December 2013
By Casey Junkins, Staff Writer
ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Robert E. Murray said he fully intends to operate all five Consol Energy coal mines he officially acquired by closing a $3.5 billion deal Thursday, but also said workers will be reporting to facilities bearing new names.
The founder and CEO of St. Clairsville-based Murray Energy Corp. also said he wants each of the mines to increase productivity at a time when coal faces significant challenges from environmental regulations and the proliferation of natural gas.
"Indeed, the mines need to become more productive, in terms of tons produced per employee hour worked, to ensure their continued operation and the continuity of the thousands of jobs they provide," Murray said. "We will work together with all of Murray American Energy Inc.'s new employees to make this happen."
In October, Consol officials announced they would sell the McElroy and Shoemaker mines in Marshall County, the Robinson Run and Loveridge mines in Marion County and the Blacksville No. 2 Mine that straddles the Monongalia County-Greene County, Pa., line to Murray Energy, which already operates the Century Mine near Beallsville and the Powhatan No. 6 mine near Alledonia. The deal became official Thursday.
Murray American Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp., will operate the former Consol mines. However, Murray is rebranding the Shoemaker facility as the "Ohio County Coal Co.'s Ohio County Mine." The McElroy mine will now be known as the "Marshall County Coal Co.'s Marshall County Mine."
The Loveridge mine will now be the "Marion County Coal Co.'s Marion County Mine;" the Robinson Run mine will be "The Harrison County Coal Co.'s Harrison County Mine;" and the Blacksville mine will be renamed the "Monongalia County Coal Co.'s Monongalia County Mine."
By completing the deal, Murray and its subsidiaries now employ about 7,100 people in 13 active coal mines across the nation. Murray officials believe the acquisition should allow the corporation to produce 60 million tons of coal per year, while increasing total reserves to more than 2.3 billion tons.
Phil Smith, spokesman for the United Mine Workers of America, said Thursday the union had no comment on the completed deal. All five of the former Consol mines feature UMWA representation. Prior to this acquisition, only the Murray workers at Powhatan No. 6 had union representation.
"The focus at Murray Energy is on operating very safe coal mines, with a particular emphasis on fire protection and emergency preparedness. The health and safety of all of our employees is foremost," Murray officials stated in announcing the deal.
Even prior to selling these five Mountain State mines, Consol has been shifting its growth focus from coal to natural gas to comply with environmental regulation trends over the past two years. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to use the proceeds gained from the sale to fund its Marcellus and Utica shale well drilling program.
Under the CNX Gas Corp. subsidiary, Consol has active drilling operations in Marshall and Wetzel counties, while Consol works with Hess Corp. to drill wells in eastern Ohio.
"The completion of this complex transaction this year enables us to enter 2014 with our focus of achieving our gas growth production targets of 210225 billion cubic feet equivalent for 2014," said Consol Chairman and CEO J. Brett Harvey.


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While the major markets cheered the eleventh-hour settlement of the fiscal cliff, it turns out that "Fiscal Cliff: Part 2" lies just ahead.
In spite of all the drama surrounding the fiscal-cliff debate and the powerful relief rally that rang in the New Year, the recent deal to avoid the fiscal cliff is really nothing more than another government exercise of kicking the can down the road.
The big scare about the big cliff was the so-called "sequestration," which imposes drastic spending cuts. With the current settlement, the issue of whether the sequestration will proceed was simply put off to the end of February. At that point, we will experience Fiscal Cliff: Part 2. In the meantime, the problem of the debt ceiling must also be dealt with so that the government can continue to function.
President Obama has insisted that he will not engage in any quid pro quo agreement which would allow a given amount of tax cuts in order to obtain a corresponding increase in the debt ceiling. Without an increase in the debt ceiling, the Treasury will be unable to issue new bonds, and the government's bills will remain unpaid. Republican congressional leaders insist that every dollar in debt-ceiling increase must be offset by a dollar cut in spending and so the two sides are once again at loggerheads.
Various analysts have put the negative impact on GDP of the current deal at between 1%-1.75%. The anticipated spending cuts will impose a further drag on GDP, even if we don't go off the second half of the fiscal cliff, and the net outcome will likely put the U.S. economy at very close to flat line regarding GDP growth for 2013.
More problematic for the short term is the upcoming debate over Fiscal Cliff: Part 2 and the debt-ceiling debate.
Senator Mitch McConnell has already expressed the Republican position that the debt ceiling and the looming sequester will be their leverage to achieve spending cuts and reductions in entitlements. He and Speaker of the House Boehner have drawn a line in the sand that no more revenue increases will be on the table, while Democratic leaders say that more revenue and tax reform must be part of the deal, so it's going to be an exciting first quarter, to say the least.
All of this will take place against the backdrop of the ticking clock of the debt ceiling which most analysts say will need to be raised by March at the latest. Today's drama was put into motion by the stalemate over the debt-ceiling debate which created the fiscal cliff and knocked 16% off the S&P 500 in the summer of 2011.
So the markets and the U.S. economy are now at a significant turning point:
1. Technically, we are at major, multi-year resistance levels.
2. Earnings season is upon us.
3. The recent Federal Reserve minutes suggest the end in sight for quantitative easing.
4. Congress and the White House are about to go to war over the second half of the fiscal cliff and the debt-ceiling debate.
5. Europe slides deeper into recession. Read Eurozone Recession Strikes Germany
All in all, it's "déjà vu all over again" as we kick off the new year, and we'll soon find out if the recent rally is sustainable or not. Failure here would set the stage for a significant correction while a break higher would mark the resumption of the recent powerful new-year rally. Wall Street Sector Selector is in "yellow flag status," expecting sideways action or trend change ahead.


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My name & my parent's name including surname changed in 2023. My passport is issued before 2023. How do I change my name & my pa
From Change or Correct a PassportName ChangesIf your name has legally changed through marriage, divorce, or a court ordered change of name, you will need to apply for a new passport. The process and cost depend on how long it has been since your passport was issued.If less than one year has passed since your passport was issued:You will not have to pay any passport or processing fees, unless you request Expedited Service.Submit Form DS-5504 by mail with your current passport, your original or certified name change document (no photocopies or notarized copies), and a color passport photo. You may:Use our online guide to fill out and print Form DS-5504; orPrint Form DS-5504 and complete by hand.More than one year has passed since your passport was issued, and you are eligible to use Form DS-82*:Submit Form DS-82 by mail with your current passport, your original or certified name change document (no photocopies or notarized copies), a color passport photo, and all applicable fees. You may:Use our online guide to fill out and print Form DS-82; orPrint Form DS-82 and complete by hand.More than one year has passed since your passport was issued, and you are not eligible to use Form DS-82*:You must submit Form DS-11 in person at an Acceptance Facility or a Passport Agency, along with your evidence of U.S. citizenship, your original or certified name change document (no photocopies or notarized copies), a valid ID and photocopy of that ID, a color passport photo, and all applicable fees. You may:Use our online guide to fill out and print Form DS-11; orPrint Form DS-11 and complete by hand.You will not need to provide proof of the name change if your name has changed due to a marriage and you have already been issued an ID in your new name. You must include the details of the marriage in the applicable section on Form DS-11.If you have begun using a different name but cannot legally document the change with a court order, divorce decree, or marriage certificate, then:Submit Form DS-11 in person at an Acceptance Facility or a Passport Agency, along with your evidence of U.S. citizenship, a valid ID and photocopy of that ID, a color passport photo, and all applicable fees. You may:Use our online guide to fill out and print Form DS-11; orPrint Form DS-11 and complete by hand.You must also present a valid ID issued in the name you currently use.You may also need to provide secondary identification evidence that you have been using the name for at least 5 years, if your ID is less than 5 years old.
At what stage of transition does a trans person legally become of the sex he/she identifies with?
A transgender person's legal gender changes when they change their gender marker legally.I know that sounds like a tautology or an unhelpful answer, but it's the truth. Different jurisdictions have different legal standards for what must be done before a change of marker on documents, and sometimes those standards are VERY different.For example, each of the 50 US states has its own set of standards, including "gender cannot be changed", for their documentation ‣ and sometimes it's different for state ID card and birth certificate (the universally accepted proof of citizenship that must be provided to get a passport).The a federal standard to qualify for a gender marker change on your passport or social security records involves filing a standard DS-11 passport application form and including a medical certification. Federally, in the US, a medical certification is a letter written by your doctor stating that:He or she has a doctor/patient relationship with youHe or she has treated you or has reviewed and evaluated your medical historyYou have had, or are in process of having, appropriate clinical treatment for transition to the updated gender (male or female)The statement, "I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the forgoing is true and correct." must also be included. The issuing doctor must be a DO (doctor of osteopathy) or MD, and is usually your primary care physician because of the treatment/evaluation requirement.The definition of "appropriate clinical treatment" in the federal standard (as of Nov 2023. is:Your physician determines what appropriate clinical treatment is according to acceptable medical practices, standards and guidelines, and certifies that you have had appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition to either male or female. Surgery is not a requirement to get a U.S. passport.Other countries or jurisdictions may well have quite different standards, including proof of specific surgeries or the submission of anatomical photographs.
My passport is going to expire next month. What are the steps to renew my passport?
Step 1- Register yourself here- http://www.passportindia.gov.in/...Step 2- Login and fill in the fromStep 3- Pay the fees and you will get your appointment date and time. Go to that place with necessary documents. You can check which documents you require here- http://passportindia.gov.in/AppO...Step 4- Once you complete your process, you might have to go for police verification. If that is not required you will receive your passport in 3-4 working days.
If I obtained a US passport as a minor and it is not expired yet, how much should it cost to get a new one as an adult?
Assuming your passport was issued when you were younger than 16 years old, your first adult passport will cost $145 ($110 for the passport itself, and a $35 execution fee). You must apply in person in this case.If by minor you mean your passport was issued when you were between the ages of 16 and 18, your next adult passport will cost $110. You can renew by mail in this case.A quick way to check if your passport was issued to you as a minor or not: passports issued to individuals under the age of 16 are valid for 5 years. Passports issued to adults (in this context over the age of 16) are issued for 10 years.These fees are for standard service (typically 4–6 weeks). To expedite the application process, there is a $60 fee.https://travel.state.gov/content...
When filing the US passport form for a name change, which boxes contain the old name vs the new name?
The DS 82, is the form to file for a name change if your passport is over 1 year old. The DS 11 is needed if the passport is over 15 years old. If the passport is under 1 year old it is a DS 5504. In all of these cases, the name you put on the passport in the "Name" section on the first page is the new name. At the end of the forms it will ask if you have changed your name since the last passport and you can answer accordingly. Incidentally I never complete the paper form, and the Passport Agencies do not prefer them (these are the ones you find at the post office). I recommend the online form - printed at the end. It is cleaner, easier to complete, and offers less errors. It is created with a barcode the government agent scans, and is the reason why it is preferred at the passport agency. Here is the link to is if that helps: https://pptform.state.gov
How does a transgender woman demonstrate that she is truly a woman for the purpose of college admission?
In general the requirement for this would be for a legal identity document that signifies gender. In the US, Birth Certificate, Driver's License, or a Passport would all likely be accepted. Policies will, of course, vary by institution.What it takes to update each of those documents is also highly varied. If it were me, right now, my target document would be a passport. Passports are powerful, they're federal, and you can use them to not only prove identity but to prove citizenship which is frequently necessary when you're looking for work. Most importantly though, the US passport requirements to update your gender marker are reasonable.RequirementsYou must apply using Form DS-11, unless you are replacing a limited-validity passport in your correct gender (see below). In addition to the regularly-required documents*, submit the following:ID that resembles your current appearancePassport photo that resembles your current appearanceA medical certification that indicates you are in the process of or have had appropriate clinical treatment for gender transitionProof of legal name change (if applicable)*See Apply in Person for all regularly-required passport documents.Medical CertificationA signed, original statement from a licensed physician must be on office letterhead and include:Physician's full name, address, and telephone numberMedical license or certificate numberIssuing state or other jurisdiction of medical license/certificateLanguage stating that:He or she has a doctor/patient relationship with youHe or she has treated you or has reviewed and evaluated your medical historyYou have had, or are in process of having, appropriate clinical treatment for transition to the updated gender (male or female)The statement must include, "I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the forgoing is true and correct."[1]I want to zero in for a second on "appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition." What does that mean? Does it mean hormones? Does it mean surgery? Does it mean any surgery or just genital surgery? Does it mean therapy? Answer: Yes.The WPATH standards of care make it clear that not every available medical intervention is appropriate for every case of gender dysphoria. A person may not experience genital dysphoria or they may find that hormones in combination with a social transition are sufficient to their needs. The decision of what's appropriate for a given individual is made by exactly the right people: the individual and their doctor. The State Department will take the doctor's word on it.For other documents like a drivers license or a birth certificate, in the US, you're looking at individual state laws and each state is free to set their own standards. In some states, it isn't possible for a trans person to gain legal recognition of their gender identity. That's why I point to passports.Updating identity documents is hard. Only 11% of trans people in the US have updated all of their identity documents. Meanwhile the vast majority (68%) haven't been able to update any of their documents. Doctors cost money, hormones cost money, and providers can be thin on the ground. To the uninitiated who's never had to navigate the required government bureaucracy it might seem trivial. If a case study helps to understand, here's my experience:When I started HRT I started by getting a list of endocrinologists who would accept my health insurance. Then I started calling to see if any of them would accept trans patients for HRT. Some of them just said 'no.‣ One clinic (eight doctors) wouldn't talk to me, they wanted to speak to my primary care provider for a referral. I didn't have one but my therapist called in a referral. They told her what they wouldn't tell me: Only one of their doctors would see trans patients, and he only treated trans men. Another hospital had decided that because they didn't have a complete trans health program, they didn't want to be a "hormone mill" and I couldn't get care there either.I wound up seeing a naturopath (N.D. instead of M.D.) My insurance wouldn't cover a naturopath so I paid her out of pocket. She wrote my prescriptions under "general endocrine disorder" so that my insurance would at least cover those (my policy specifically excluded gender affirming care.) When I went to Social Security to update my name and gender marker I had a court order for name change and a letter from my doctor. They wouldn't take the letter because she wasn't an M.D. or D.O. I told my doc, she said that she'd been having that problem with providing letters and that she could refer me to an M.D. who would write me a letter after an intake exam for about $250. For an exam I didn't need, with a doctor I'd never see again to get a letter I already had that was signed by someone with a slightly different credential.I work in tech, I'm white, college educated, middle class, married and I live in a progressive urban area. That puts me ahead of a lot of trans people. So when I say that I had trouble getting through the process, stop for a moment and ask what that would have been like if I'd grown up to work on the family farm in Elk City Oklahoma. I'll let you Google that to find the nearest provider of gender affirming care and how far away that is.Identity documents are a big freaking deal. Not having proper identity documents puts you at all kinds of risk. Imagine being a bearded guy named Jim who has to present ID that shows a woman in makeup named Jane every time you stop at the store for a bottle of wine. Imagine getting pulled over for a busted tail light in the same situation only this time your drivers license doesn't match the registration on your car (yes, I have a mismatch on my registration and my drivers license. Strangely enough the DMV would give me new ID with a letter from my doctor but I can't update the registration without a conference call with the bank that issued my car loan.) Now imagine being a black trans woman with a name that doesn't match the registration on the vehicle when you get pulled over‣ how likely is it for that person to wind up in jail for "stealing" her own car. How likely is she to be placed in a men's jail? How likely is she to be shot?Identity documents are important and the process for trans people to update their documents isn't uniform from state to state, from government agency to government agency or even within the same government agency (seriously DMV?)But for getting into college, more likely than not, it's going to take some form of updated ID and right now, the best shot for many trans people in the US is to update their passport.Footnotes[1] Gender Designation Change
How do I change the name in passport?
For making a change in a name in the passport you will have to give a public notice by getting the change in name printed in two news papers one in circulation where you live at present and second one in circulation in the place of your permanent residence. Send one should be a news paper in circulation and printed in the English language as this language is recognized world wide and the same will help you clarify and justify that a change of name has been effected in case you go abroad for study or job.You should also get the said notice notified by getting it published in the Gazette Notification of your state. This is all the more authentic.You wil have to prepare affidavit in support of the change in name and get the same attested by a notary.Thereafter schedule an appointment with the RPO in respect of issue of passport in view of change in name. The new passport will have the number of your old passport on its ending page which will link old and new passport.Old passport will be cancelled and shall be returned to you .Above is not a legal advise and does not confer a client attorney relationship amongst us.
Where can you renew a U.S. passport?
U.S. passport renewals can now be handled through the government website if you meet certain requirements:You can renew by mail using Form DS-82 if your most recent passport meets all five of these requirements:Is submitted with your applicationIs undamaged (other than normal "wear and tear")Was issued when you were age 16 or olderWas issued within the last 15 yearsWas issued in your current name (or you can document your name change with an original or certified copy of your marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order)If any of the above statements do not apply to you, you must Apply in Person using form DS-11.Simply fill out the information, follow the guidelines, and mail in your packet to the correct service center. I received my new one in about 2 weeks. They will also return the expired passport. This is important if you still have valid visas in your old one as I did. I had to carry both passports on my recent trip to China. You do NOT remove the visa and put it in the new passport. As a friend of mine found out the hard way, China can invalidate your visa and put you back on a plane home.


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America's Would-Be Aristocrats Forget The Most Important Thing About Business
To paraphrase Tolstoy, every successful small business shares the same traits. And they all begin with high quality employees. I'm thinking of three local establishments where I've traded for years: an auto repair garage, a dentist's office, and a one-size-fits-all country store where I buy cattle and horse feed.
Along with just about everything else the aptly-named "Toad Suck One-Stop" might conceivably carry: from crickets and minnows to motor oil, pain remedies, kitty litter and homemade sandwiches. If you get up early enough, they'll even fix you breakfast while somebody else loads feed sacks into your truck. (Toad Suck is a place name designating a long-ago ferryboat stop on the Arkansas River.)
It's much the same at George Jett's auto garage down in Little Rock; also at my dentist's, whose name is Lamar Lane. The first thing you notice is familiar faces. People who work at these places stay for years. And they do so because they're well-paid, earn decent benefits, and are treated respectfully. So they like their jobs, take pride in their work, and are glad to see familiar customers.
Now I'm not going to lie that I love going to the dentist. But I do like feeling among friends, even if it means hearing Dr. Lane carry on about his LSU Tigers. (Because my wife was born in Baton Rouge, where her daddy played ball, I get a double dose.)
Something else: how a business treats employees also tends to be a reliable predictor of how they treat customers. Dr. Lane does high-quality work and stands by it. If a crown breaks, he replaces it free without asking were you shelling pecans with your teeth.
My man George Jett hires good mechanics, values their skills, and guarantees their work. If the rattle's still there, he'll drive the vehicle around the block and then put it back on the lift to figure out why—also at no additional charge.
Jason down at the One-Stop isn't exactly a philanthropist — at least not where Bermuda grass hay and Canadian night-crawlers are concerned. Keeping a business with so many moving parts running requires constant attention to detail. New hires that stand out back smoking when shelves need re-stocking tend not to last. Loyal long-time employees won't cut them much slack.
Gas is cheaper at the Walmart across the river in Faulkner County, but the One-Stop's pumps stay busy. It's the community's unofficial town hall. If you want to know who's looking for a lost blue heeler or how Holly's orphaned baby raccoons are doing, it's got to be the One-Stop.
Ordinarily, such commonplaces would hardly be worth recording. So there are friendly folks at the country store.
Who'd of thunk it?
Unless, that is, you live in the United States of America, a large proportion of whose tycoon class appears determined to drag us back to the Gilded Age.
If they gave a Scrooge McDuck Award for the nation's greediest knucklehead, the 2013 winner would be Home Depot's billionaire founder Kenneth Langone, a Catholic who voiced public alarm at Pope Francis's seeming enthusiasm for the gospel of Matthew 19. That's where Jesus observes that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
The Pope didn't cite that verse, nor discuss politics as such. However, his encyclical Evangelii Gaudium did warn against "crude and naive trust in the… sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system."
What, not worship money? Never mind that this is elementary Christian doctrine. Langone warned that American plutocrats don't want to hear about it even in church.
You may not be surprised this same worthy also regards President Obama as "petulant" and "unpresidential." His hawklike visage appeared prominently in a Forbesphoto lineup of "Anti-Obama Billionaires."
Scrutinizing the list, I noticed that almost everybody on it made his pile either by manipulating money or squeezing minimum wage workers dry: casino operators, real estate speculators, corporate buyout scammers, hedge fund geniuses, fast food franchisers, big box retailers, and Donald Trump.
Not a creator or manufacturer in the lot. This is our would-be new American aristocracy, largely bereft of — indeed actively hostile toward — the retail virtues I've celebrated. (None of whose practitioners necessarily share my partisan views; I'm talking morals here, not politics.)
But the good news is that according to Adam Davidson in the New York Times, old fashioned business ethics may be making a comeback through the unlikely agency of a Turk. According to Davidson, the going thing in corporate circles is The Good Jobs Strategy, a book by Zeynep Ton, an M.I.T. business professor.
Ton argues that what some call the "Costco" strategy of hiring better-trained, better-paid employees "will often yield happier customers, more engaged workers and—surprisingly—larger corporate profits."
As I was saying, who'd of thunk it?


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This here is the Jalou, Sony Ericsson's newest ladyphone. On the surface, it's a boldly-styled, reasonably-specced feature phone. But
it she is so much more than that!
But before we jump into the marketing spiel, the phone: Despite chunky-looking contours, the Jalou is surprisingly compact, at about 2.7 inches long, closed. Specs are healthy for a flip-phone, with 3G, a 3.2-megapixel camera, video recording, Bluetooth 2.0, A-GPS, a monochrome external display, MicroSD expansion and a full Google mobile software suite, including a YouTube app. Feature phones tend to blur together on the technology front, so styling and form factor are bigger factors than RAM or processor speed—on this front, the Jalou is bold, but possibly divisive. I like it, at least.
Now can we talk about the pitch? Because it's pretty great.
Sony Ericsson apparently did mounds of research into "art, architecture and furniture trends" while "delving deep into the couture and fashion world," just to make sure that the Jalou FELT THE PULSE—all this according to a designer named Charles. So what did ole' Chuck discover? Lots of things! Like, women hate being fat! And they love mirrors, and makeup! And pseudoscience!
The two inch screen's clever design means that at the touch of a button the screen becomes a mirror, offering a discreet way to make sure you look as good as your mobile phone. It is also the first Sony Ericsson to feature Walk Mate step counter, to help you stay in shape wherever you go. It also has an exclusive fashion interface which automatically updates with zodiac signs and special events throughout the year.
Where's recipe book, because women love to cook, amirite fellas? At any rate, the Jalou, which, being a machine, doesn't actually harbor specific views about gender politics, is coming sometime in Q4, price TBD. [Sony Ericsson]


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Revenues of top 20 football clubs grew by 3% to exceed $6bn
European clubs benefitting from Middle East sponsorship
Investment from the Middle East has coincided with record levels of revenue in European football, according to the Sports Business Group at Deloitte. The 2012 Deloitte Football Money League reported that during the 2010/11 season, the combined revenues of the world's 20 highest revenue generating football clubs grew by 3% year-on-year to exceed $6 billion, in part due to investment from the region.
Of the 20 clubs featured in the Money League, five benefitted from shirt sponsorship agreements with Middle East based organisations. This included Barcelona, whose agreement with the Qatar Foundation was the first commercial shirt sponsorship deal in the club's history, worth a reported $40m per season. The deal contributed to the club's 13% revenue growth in 2010/11 and saw their revenue exceed $650m for the first time, narrowing the gap to Real Madrid, who maintained their position at the top of the Money League for a seventh consecutive season.
Commenting at the start of the 2012/13 football season in Europe, Dan Jones, Partner in the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, said: "Continued growth in revenues of the top 20 football clubs emphasises the strength of these clubs, especially in these tough economic times. Their large and loyal supporter bases, ability to drive strong broadcast audiences and continuing attraction to corporate partners has made them businesses with a global appeal and made them relatively resilient to the European economic downturn."
Manchester City's recent 10 year naming rights deal with Etihad Airways, estimated to be worth up to c.$600m, will further assist them in moving up the Money League in the years to come.
Jones continued: "It is no surprise that as Middle East based organisations look to further promote themselves on a global stage, we are increasingly seeing them choose football as a medium through which to achieve this. The global popularity of, and passion for, football offers a tremendous opportunity, especially in Europe's top leagues in terms of brand and product exposure for sponsors. As European economies struggle with recessionary pressures, which may make securing sponsorship and investment challenging domestically, so there is an appetite from both European clubs and Middle Eastern companies alike to forge new partnerships."
The 2011/12 season highlighted the influence of Middle East investment in European football clubs, with the league titles in both England and France closely contested, and in the case of the Premier League won, by Middle East-owned clubs. In Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain, owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, narrowly missed out on Le Championnat to Montpellier. Meanwhile in the Premier League, a dramatic final day saw Manchester City, owned by Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour, beat their city rivals Manchester United, on goal difference, to claim the club's first league title since 1968.
Whilst the most high profile area of investment by Middle East owners in recent years has been in the transfer market, with Manchester City spending over $700m on transfer fees since Sheik Mansour's takeover and Paris Saint-Germain being the largest spenders in world football so far this summer, there is also significant ongoing investment in physical infrastructure and facilities in Manchester, and stadium development plans being discussed in Paris.
Interest in European football has not been limited to club owners and sponsors. Broadcaster Al Jazeera has recently increased its broadcast rights portfolio with the acquisition of further European football rights.
Mark Roberts, a senior manager in Deloitte's Sports Business Group, noted: "The appetite for football in the Middle East seems to be ever growing, with the acquisition of Nottingham Forest by the Al Hasawi family, being the most recent example. With the Middle East hosting its first FIFA World Cup in 2022, we expect to see further investment in football from Middle East sources in their domestic clubs, leagues and facilities as well as continued investment in European football."


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Today I started my morning pretty much the same as any day… the wee one wakes me up way to early and we get up and start breakfast. Then when the kiddies are sitting with their breakfast I get tea and toast and go spend some time on the computer. Today I decided to catch up on my blog-hopping! I have discovered many new blogs ( new to me anyway) today and one in particular, Home Sweet Home, is having a great give away!! One is a known gift of the cutest pins for our pin cushions and the other is a mystery prize! How exciting! Needless to say I also visited the Pinks and Needles blog and her Etsy store where Jo found these adorable handmade's! So head on over to both sites and check them out!
I also decided to join my first swap! All Stitched Up was having a pincushion swap (it is full now and underway) and since I have discovered a love of pincushions, I joined in! So exciting as our swaps are international and secret!!! I cannot wait to see the finished products!
On that note I wanted to say….Happy blog-hopping!


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These are the amazing light paintings of Tackyshack, who is really taking this art form to a complete new level. Some of the amazing images in this small collection of his work are crazy psychedelia. Other look like Alice in Wonderland landscapes. And the one above—playing with shadows and subtle abstract shapes—looks like entrances to alternate dimensions.
His own words:
My name's Jeremy and some call me Tacky. I am a light painting fanatic. I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and spend great amounts of time waving lights in front of my camera. It's been more than a hobby since I started in late 2008.
I aspire to share this art form with the public through interactive workshops so that they can create their own light painting photographs. Something as intriguing as this should be enjoyed by all.
You can follow Tackyshack on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
This is part of a new series in which we are featuring futuristic, alien-looking or just plain awesome photos of landscapes and cityscapes. If you are a photographer with such work, please drop me a line here.


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Title: Russian Roulette
Series: Russkaya Mafiya
Author: Sapphire Knight
Release Date: May 3, 2016
I have a secret.
I need a savior; someone who can help me be free.
I never expected to meet the strong, stubborn Russian- Tate Masterson.
After my past, I should avoid him, not crave him.
I'm the dirty side of Mafiya. One thing about being the leader of the Bratva, I always get what I want, her included. I'm corrupted; don't expect me to play fair.
Unwanted Sacrifices-
I never imagined I'd be grateful to be traded to the Bratva. To be awarded a new beginning, once I'm given to Nikoli. I'm already in love with him, but can he look past our friendship and return my love?
Corrupted Counterparts-
One hot encounter with a feisty Italian, leaves this quiet Russian panting for more.
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"Ready beautiful?" Chek inquires like I'm privy to have some sort of choice about it and my skin crawls.
If I never hear that pet name again, it would still be too soon. How can I possibly be beautiful after being trapped here and living like this? No, not living; at this point I'm simply existing.
He cuts away what's left of the back of my thin, cami undershirt and washes an area on my back with a rough dish pad and then pats it dry. I have no idea what he plans to do; it could be a tattoo or he could be stealing my organs. Nothing would really surprise me anymore. I just know that one will hurt remarkably more than the other.
"Yes, Mr. Chek," I respond automatically and feel the tip of something sharp on my back.
"You're getting your mark Sabrina. It means that if you stay on track, once it heals you get to see Kolya. He will be very pleased with how tame you've become."
"Thank you." I gasp out as the sharp blade digs further into my flesh. The ripping sensation of skin and meat making me hold my breath to keep myself from retching what little is left in my stomach.
The tears come and I suck on my bottom lip until it hurts to keep myself from crying out. His deathly grip on my side keeps me from twitching away. Although as much as it hurts, I know he could drive that blade into my back at any time and it keeps me still.
"Ah, the mark of belonging to a Minski." He sounds almost as if he's in a lustful trance as the blood drips down my naked back. I feel something wet wipe one of the long drops off, and I'm trying hard not to believe it was just his tongue.
A tiny whimper escapes as the blade goes in a little too deep, my nose clogs and I wonder if this may be it. If I'll somehow suffocate myself.
I'll never belong to a Minski.
Sapphire Knight is the International Bestselling Author of Secrets, Exposed, Relinquish, Corrupted, Forsaken Control, Unwanted Sacrifices,Friction and Unexpected Forfeit. The series are called Russkaya Mafiya, Oath Keepers MC, Ground and Pound and Dirty Down South.
Her books all reflect on what she loves to read herself.
Sapphire is a Texas girl who is crazy about football. She has always had a knack for writing, whether it is poems or stories. She originally studied psychology and that has only added to her passion for writing. She has two boys and has been married for ten years. When she's not busy in her writing cave, she's busy playing with her three Doberman Pinschers. She loves to donate to help animals and watching a good action movie.


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Greg Shields shares how Powershell's Desired State Configuration continues its evolution in transforming documentation into functioning code.
Documentation is dumb. While not everyone will agree with this, documenting IT systems can seem like the holy grail of configuration management, particularly for the non-technical. A documented system is one that's been "controlled" -- at least, that's how the theory goes. Once controlled, systems can then be managed through formalized change-control processes.
Again, that's the theory. My distaste for documentation is personal. One of my first IT jobs involved finishing a company's documentation package to submit for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 certification. Achieving that certification required creating and controlling documents on everything IT had and did. It was a copy editor's nightmare.
Documentation itself isn't dumb. It's dumb documentation that's dumb. Our CMMI documentation captured a snapshot of IT systems and provided the starting point for all manner of formal change-control legislation.
But that's all it did.
Proper Documentation
I remembered this story as I learned about the Windows PowerShell version 4 Desired State Configuration (DSC) framework. DSC offers to remove the "dumb" by evolving documents into code. What results is documentation that can actually do something rather than merely describe it.
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and Lead Architect Jeffrey Snover provided an early look at DSC during this year's TechEd conference in New Orleans. Snover's presentation is a bit aspirational at this point. But, oh, how aspirational it is.
Windows PowerShell has always been an "imperative" language. Cmdlets are run to do things: New-VM creates a new Hyper-V VM; Set-Mailbox modifies Exchange mailbox settings; Remove-Website disposes of an IIS Web site. I run Windows PowerShell commands and scripts to enact change.
DSC is so radically different -- and so potentially powerful -- because of a subtle shift in what it aims to accomplish. In layman's terms, DSC isn't so interested in telling Windows to do something; it wants Windows to be something. This is often referred to as being "declarative" as opposed to imperative. Its implications could revolutionize Windows configuration management forever.
Consider the example of a simple Web server, which runs the IIS role. On top of that role are additional configurations that define Web site characteristics and content. Other roles, features and even software packages might be installed to facilitate the server's delivery of Web services.
These constitute the configurations on that server. More specifically, they constitute the deviations from that server's initial state, which could be called "the state right after Windowsis installed."
It's here where DSC takes the "dumb" out of documentation. Just like those I authored a decade ago, DSC "documents" are lists of configurations a server must have: IIS is installed; a Web site is created; content is in the right location. What's different is DSC documents is Windows PowerShell code that can be processed by supporting Windows PowerShell modules. Executing the document calls the modules to say, "I need to be this. Do what's necessary to make me that."
A New Approach
Key to this approach is the notion of idempotence, or repeatability. Idempotence lets DSC drive what Windows systems "should be" as opposed to what they "should do." Because a DSC document defines a set of deviations from some initial state, it stands to reason you can execute that document against the server it describes at regular periods. If nothing's changed, there's nothing to do. If any configurations are in violation, you can fix them.
DSC documents can further revolutionize server and desktop deployment. These activities today are serviced through a hodgepodge of tools and approaches. Just imagine a future where a Windows image plus a document is all you need to generate a new desktop or server -- or ten thousand of them.
Get excited about this technology, but perhaps not too excited yet. Microsoft will need time to evolve Snover's thesis into a workable configuration-management solution. Until then, keep dreaming of that day when documentation need no longer be dumb.
About the Author
Greg Shields is Author Evangelist with PluralSight, and is a globally-recognized expert on systems management, virtualization, and cloud technologies. A multiple-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, and Citrix CTP awards, Greg is a contributing editor for Redmond Magazine and Virtualization Review Magazine, and is a frequent speaker at IT conferences worldwide. Reach him on Twitter at @concentratedgreg.
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Microsoft this week announced Semantic Kernel, a new open source framework on GitHub at the early preview stage that aims to help developers tap artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models in their applications.
Often overlooked, it's a powerful tool that can make your life a lot easier. Especially now that Microsoft has updated its functionality.
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A new service dubbed TrapCall allows users to unmask pesky blocked callers—revealing not only their number, but their name and address in some cases.
It's actually a fairly simple procedure. TrapCall reroutes unanswered blocked calls through a 1-800 number then back to your voicemail. Since anonymity is denied to 1-800 numbers, TrapCall simply picks up the number as the data moves through their servers. According to a Wired test, the rerouting process only took about 6 seconds on AT&T—and during that time all the caller hears is standard ringing.
TrapCall's basic unmasking service is free, and includes the option of blacklisting unwanted callers by phone number. It also allows you to listen to your voicemail over the web. It's currently available to AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers, with support for the other major carriers due within weeks, says TelTech president Meir Cohen.
For a $10 upgrade to "Mouse Trap" service, users can receive transcripts of voicemail messages and can, in some cases, send text messages with the phone number of the caller. A $25 "Bear Trap" upgrade allows you to record phone calls and receive text messages with the billing name and street address of your caller. Amusingly enough, the only way to truly protect your phone number from TrapCall is by signing up for their SpoofCard service—it allows you to display a number of your choosing on a Caller ID.
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DOVER — Dover Community Senior Center news:
Current and new players are always welcome to join any of our on-going games: Cribbage, Bridge, Poker, Canasta, Pay Me, and Whist. Also looking for players who enjoy playing Bingo, Chess, Mahjongg & Scrabble. Pick up our newsletter to learn more about the games or our other groups & classes. Book club also meets once a month! We also have a walking group that meets on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30am.There is still room in our fitness classes!We offer a wide range of classes specifically geared towards Seniors including Chair Yoga, Zumba® Gold, Cardio and a Muscle Strength Range of Motion class.Pick up our newsletter or call (603)516-6436 for information on classes, times and cost for these programs.We are located in the McConnell Center at 61 Locust Street – enter Door # 1 to visit the Center!
Travel Update: All trips leave from the Dover Ice Arena "Park and Ride" lot unless noted
February 1 - 16, 2013: Daytona Beach. Get out of the cold and enjoy 16 days in Florida! Flyers available at the Center - $1849/pp double occupancy.
March 15, 2013:Special St. Patrick's Day Show – in the spirit of Riverdance and Celtic Women comes the new hit show Women of Ireland!$81/per person – flyers at the Center!
March 24 – 27, 2013:Atlantic City/Taj Mahal – includes $90 casino slot bonus!$257/pp double occupancy – flyers at the center.
April 4 - 13, 2013: Canyon Country featuring Arizona, Utah & Las Vegas! Join us for this amazing trip with Collette Vacations.
May 31 – June 7, 2013:Cruise from Boston to Bermuda with Best of Times Travel!Flyers with all the details available at the Center.
NEWMARKET — Newmarket Senior Citizens Group News: Meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. at 6 Beech St. Ext.
PORTSMOUTH – The senior luncheons held at the Community Campus each month will expand to bimonthly beginning in January, thanks to new funding from the City of Portsmouth. They will now be held the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday each month, from noon to 1:30.
The luncheons, which are organized and partially funded by Families First Health and Support Center, include soup, sandwiches, salad and dessert, for $4. The Community Campus, home to several social service agencies, is located at 100 Campus Drive in Portsmouth.
The next luncheon will be Thursday, Jan. 24. To reserve a spot call by Jan. 21. Free transportation will be provided for Portsmouth residents who call 431-8677 by noon on the same day that lunch-reservations are due.
ROCHESTER — Area Senior Center news: Our membership luncheon meeting is held on the 4th Wednesday of each month starting at noon. Our next luncheon will take place Jan 23rd.Pork roast, potato, apple sauce, vegetable, rolls, salad, dessert, coffee and tea will be served.The cost is still only $6.00.Reservations must be made by Jan 21st.We have to pay for all ordered meals, so if you need to cancel, please let us know by Jan 21st as well.Please note: If you do not call to cancel your reserved meal, you will still have to pay for it.
Our monthly Wellness Clinic is also on the 4th Wednesday of each month, from 11:00AM to Noon.Nurse Sandy from the Cornerstone VNA, (formerly Rochester District VNA), will be at the center.
Foot Clinic:Nurse Sandy will be at the Senior Center on Feb 7th starting at 11AM.Please bring your own basin, towel and lotion.Cost is only $25.The foot clinic is by appointment only.Call Nurse Sandy at 332-1133, ext. 126 to make an appointment.
On the 4th Thursday of each month, Donna from Wentworth Home Care brings us lunch and information of interest to all seniors.You must sign up ahead of time.There is no charge.
Our quilting group meets every Monday at 11:00AM.Experienced and new quilters are always welcomed.
Bingo for members only is held every Tuesday starting at 1PM.We have lots of fun.
Various crafts take place on Thursdays.We also have a variety of books, movies and puzzles that members can borrow.
Our Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of each month starting at noon.All members are welcome to attend this meeting.
The Tea Party is held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1:00PM.Join us for tea, coffee, goodies, cards and board games.Bring a friend or two.There is no charge or reservation required.
Trips:Our next trip is to the "Oxford Casino" in Oxford, ME.Friday, February 22nd.The bus will leave the Rochester Senior Center at 8AM, and will depart the casino at 4PM arriving back at the Senior Center around 5:30PM.Call Llew at 332-6760, or Louisa at 332-7845 for more information.Only 50 seats available, first come, first serve.
Penny Sale:Our Penny Sale will be held June 8th.We are accepting donated, like new, items for this fund raiser.
The Senior Center office is open Monday through Thursday from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.Call us at (603)332-7845.We are located in the Rochester Community Center building at 150 Wakefield Street, suite 10.(Look for the red rails.)Drop in to pick up a free copy of our news letter, "The Senior Scanner".It includes a calendar listing all our activities.Membership is open to all who are 50 years old plus.You do not have to live in Rochester to be a member.Dues is only $1 per month, $12 for the entire year.
ROCHESTER — Area residents, aged 50 and older, are invited to join the GOOD OLE SPORTS at Spaulding High School cafeteria on Tuesday evenings for dinner. The cost for meals will be $7.00 per person this year.
This is a very active social group. There are no dues to pay, but there will be dinner, cribbage and dancing to both records and a DJ. Also available are door prize raffles and a 50/50 "pot-o-gold" raffle.
For more information and to make a reservation or to cancel a reservation, call (603) 948-1883, answering machine 24/7, and leave a clear message before 7:30 pm on Monday with your name, telephone number and how many will attend dinner.
In case the school is closed on the scheduled Tuesday, there will be no meeting of the Good Ole Sports.
SOUTH BERWICK — South Berwick Senior Center news:
Advanced line dancing classes are held on Fridays from 2:00 -3:00 p.m.Cost is $2per class.
Don't forget Thursday lunch is a lacarte.No reservations are required.
The senior center is located at the South Berwick Community Center on Norton Street. Stop by and pick up a Monthly Newsletter or call (207)384-3310 for more information.
WAKEFIELD — The Greater Wakefield Resource Center offers Bingo on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., doors open at 9 a.m. A hot meal is served immediately following Bingo at noon. Attendees do not have to live in the area to participate. Donation requested of $2.75 for each meal. For a menu, visit http://www.greaterwakefieldresourcecenter.net. A monthly Blood Pressure clinic is held the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. The resource center is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information please call (603)473-8324.


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"If you worship in the temple of learning, do not mock the gods. Because they will take you, fill you with curiosity and desire, and drive you with a passion to change things." – Kevin Bales, Free The Slaves
"Are you willing to live in a world with slavery? I think there is enough intellectual power in this room to end slavery. And if we can't use our collective intelligence power to bring about the end of slavery, are we truly free?" – Kevn Bales
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MONTEREY, Calif. — MotoGP is essentially the Formula 1 racing of the motorcycle world—the pinnacle of technology and talent on two wheels. But for many fans the sport is more like NASCAR, because it's all about the racers: Valentino Rossi and his Yamaha M1 have expanded the sport's appeal with his seven World Championships, while Australian wonderkid Casey Stoner is attempting to steal the show on his Ducati GP7 and reigning champ Nicky Hayden is struggling to stay in the top 10 on his Honda RC212V. We recently spent a weekend here at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca soaking in the whole MotoGP experience and sizing up the sport's long-term viability in North America.
Stop into the local Starbucks on race morning, and you'll see the diverse moto-tribes inside this microcosm of fans. There were Italians on duct-taped MV Agustas, Germans on souped-up Suzuki Gixxers and Americans on towering Suzuki V-Stroms, all converging upon the only MotoGP race in the U.S. this year. Laguna Seca's parking lot is a rich mix of Japanese repli-racers from wildly varying vintages smattered amongst the sea of bikes. But the most consistent feature of the race fans was actually their inconsistency: A group of die-hard BMW enduro riders looked as though this was just one pitstop on its 'round-the-world tour, while hulking Honda Gold Wings and Harley Electra Glides occupied enough real estate to irk countless bikers looking for some parking space. And there was plenty of weird stuff, too (lime-green custom chopper, anyone?).
Though attendance was down from last year, the race grounds were still teeming with enthused crowds—and plenty of parophanalia, from t-shirts ("If Harley Built A Plane, Would You Fly In It?") to aftermarket items (a $2,200 set of carbon brake calipers). Sections of the raceway such as Ducati Island, where parking, food and plenty of overpriced memorabilia were available exclusively for owners of the famed Italian bike, confirmed the inevitable: Despite all our pretensions of rugged individuality, motorcyclists tend to huddle into their own little cliques.
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But when the race started, the crowd fell nearly silent and all eyes focused on the track as the incredible cacophony of 250-hp GP bikes filled the air and mingled with the roar of gawking fans. Thirty-two laps later, Stoner walked away with a victory, Hayden and Rossi disappointed their dedicated fans with non-podium finishes, but Hayden's younger brother, Roger Lee, shocked the crowd by finishing 10th in his first-ever MotoGP race. The weekend ended with plenty to look forward to next year, including the addition of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a race venue. For now, it seems quite sure, MotoGP is now officially a part of American racing culture. —Basem Wasef