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... my sweet young man, you make me, your Mum, so proud. Out of 160 young Year 7 men, you were one of 9 recognised for 'outstanding scholastic achievement' yesterday morning on 'Headmaster's Assembly'. I am so proud of the wonderful effort you are putting in to your school work, your passion for every assignment you are given, your time management skills and the responsibility you are showing in everything you do. I had buckets of tears of love and pride behind my eyelids yesterday morning, but I shed just one as I will save the rest for the many more moments of heart bursting pride you have in store for me. Thank you for openly appreciating all I do for you, your hugs and kindness..... and for giving back so much.
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Son and Headmaster
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The following report is provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Arrests listed here were made by officers from the Franklin County Sherriff�s Office. All defendants are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Mandy A. Langley, 36, Eastpoint, forgery (FCSO)
Byllie L. Murray, 18, Eastpoint, criminal mischief and violation of probation (FCSO)
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Ellis S. Davis, 28, Apalachicola, violation of probation (FCSO)
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Wyatt J. Eveland, 19, Eastpoint, possession of cannabis (FCSO)
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Shelby Hunnings, 21, Eastpoint, possession of cannabis, possession of legend drug without a prescription, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor (FCSO)
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Christina Smith, 31, Apalachicola, battery (FCSO)


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News - 26.10.11
ARGENTINA NEW CINEMA 2011- November 17 - 19, 2011, at the Egyptian Theatre.
WHEN WOFA MET HOLLYWOOD. November 17 - 19, 2011, at the Egyptian Theatre.
Co-presented by the Consulate General and Promotion Center of the Argentine Republic in Los Angeles.
Series compiled by Belén García Alcat and Pablo Maseda, with the assistance of Gwen Deglise. Program notes by Beth Hanna.
The 10th annual Argentina New Cinema returns with another impressive lineup, opening with Argentina box office success and surefire crowdpleaser "My First Wedding", about one couple's hilariously disastrous "big day," starring Daniel Hendler and Natalia Oreiro. This year's series is proud to present Argentina's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign-Language Film, Fernando Spiner's Western throwback to the brutal glories of Peckinpah and Hill, "Aballay!" Many Los Angeles premieres are also in store: Santiago Mitre's "The Student", about a young man (Esteban Lamothe) who gets in over his head with campus politics; Miguel Cohan's critically lauded "No Return", about the unpredictable aftermath of a hit-and-run; "Pots and Pans", starring Federico Luppi as a man forced to scheme a risky plan when he can't get his life savings out of the bank; and Sergio Teubal's "The Finger", starring Gabriel Goity as a wolfish politician running for councilor against his ex-opponent's amputated digit
Thursday, November 17.
7.30 PM Presentation and special guests. 8 PM Film.
::: Los Angeles Premiere! "My First Wedding" (MI PRIMERA BODA), 2011, 102 min. Dir. Ariel Winograd.
Jewish-born but now secular Adrián (Daniel Hendler) and Catholic-born but now quasi-secular Leonora (Natalia Oreiro) have finally reached their wedding day. Instead of gracefully embracing matrimony, Adrián spends the hours leading up to the ceremony trying to postpone it, not because he's got cold feet (or does he?), but because he's clumsily lost both his and his bride-to-be's sacred wedding rings. Disaster ensues in director Ariel Winograd's winning comedy about the politics of the proverbial "Big Day." A box-office success in Argentina! Reception following in the courtyard for ticket holders.
Friday, November 18.
Double Feature!
::: Argentina's Official Oscar Submission! Los Angeles Premiere! "Aballay" (ABALLAY: EL HOMBRE SIN MIEDO), 2011, 100 min. Dir. Fernando Spiner.
Gaucho Aballay (Pablo Cedrón) brutally kills a man during a routine highway hold-up. When he sees the shattered and terrified look on the face of the murdered man's young son, Julián, hidden during the attack, Aballay resolves to change his criminal ways. Ten years later, the once-gaucho has become a mysterious local saint, forever mounted on a horse as penance for his earlier deeds. A grown-up Julián (Nazareno Casero) materializes in town seeking revenge for his father's death, with pictures in hand sketched from memory of the murderous culprits. Yet Julián's relationship with his father's murderer becomes more complex than he bargained for, when predatory psychopath El Muerto (Claudio Rissi) forces him to seek Aballay's protection. "An homage to both Argentina's gaucho culture and the brutal oaters of Sam Peckinpah and Walter Hill, ABALLAY is raw, surreal and memorable… broodingly intense, fierce and visually dazzling… helmer Fernando Spiner brilliantly makes his point about the violence that underpins both Argentinean and American popular culture. " – Variety
Discussion following with director Fernando Spiner.
::: Los Angeles Premiere! "No Return" (SIN RETORNO), 2010, 104 min. Dir. Miguel Cohan.
After narrowly missing being run over by a ventriloquist, Pablo (Agustín Vasquez) is the victim of a hit-and-run by two teenagers, Matías (Martín Slipak) and Chaucha (Felipe Villanueva). The bad situation spirals out of control as Matías concocts a story that his car was stolen, meanwhile nervously hearing reports that Pablo has gone into a coma, and as Matías' father (Federico Luppi) inadvertently stirs up TV interest when he goes looking for witnesses to the falsely-reported crime. In filmmaker Miguel Cohan's debut feature from the producers of THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, the common cinematic trope of a pivotal car accident is given sensitive and intriguingly unpredictable treatment, resulting in a critically lauded low-key thriller. Nominated for 6 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina Awards, and winner of Best First Work and Best Supporting Actor (Slipak).
Discussion between films with Director Fernando Spiner (ABALLAY)
Saturday, November 19.
::: Los Angeles Premiere! "Pots and Pans" (ACORRALADOS), 2011, 79 min. Dir. Juan Carlos Desanzo.
Aging and retired Antonio Funes (Federico Luppi) finds himself in a dire bind when his life savings become trapped in the bank in the wake of Argentina's 2001 financial crisis. As social and political protests rock the country, Antonio feels he has no choice but to act for himself - and devise a sly, risky (read: illegal) plan to acquire his money. With Ana Fernández and Gabriel Corrado. Discussion following with producer Julio Bove.
Saturday, November 19.
Double Feature!
::: Los Angeles Premiere! "The Finger" (EL DEDO), 2011, 93 min. Dir. Sergio Teubal.
Devilish would-be politician Don Hidalgo's (Gabriel Goity) ambitions of being voted in as the local councilor are temporarily thwarted when his town's 501 occupants (the necessary minimum for an election) are reduced to 500 after the murder of Hidalgo's political opponent, Baldomero. Hidalgo persuades Baldomero's brother not to sign the death certificate so that the election may proceed, which the brother begrudgingly agrees to. When Baldomero's amputated finger takes on a life of its own, fantastically pointing at things from inside its formaldehyde jar and ultimately running opposite Hidalgo in the impending race for councilor, filmmaker Sergio Teubal's hilarious satire proves its capacity for both belly laughs and observant political barbs. Official selection of the 2011 Guadalajara International Film Festival
::: Los Angeles Premiere! "The student" (EL ESTUDIANTE), 2011, 124 min. Dir. Santiago Mitre.
Roque (an excellent Esteban Lamothe) has left his provincial hometown for the University of Buenos Aires, a campus he finds overwhelmed with indecipherable slogans and students rallying for different political parties and causes. As he develops a crush on a cute teaching assistant (Romina Paula) trying to instigate reform, and befriends Professor Acevedo (Ricardo Felix), a veteran campus politician, Roque is lured into the school's vibrantly seductive political realm (and away from his homework), and climbs the ranks as Acevedo's campaign and event organizer. But political allegiances are not without a price, and Roque soon realizes the ruthless nature of some of his newfound friends and allies. Official selection of the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and 2011 Locarno Film Festival. "A taut, incisive look at university wheeling and dealing." –Variety .
Discussion between films with director Sergio Teubal (THE FINGER).


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When Encounter Books debuted its Broadsides series of pamphlets in 2009, I saluted it in this post. Three years later, it is time to look back. That is the mission of The New Leviathan: The State Versus the Individual in the 21st Century: A Collection of Encounter Broadsides.
Edited by Roger Kimball, the book compiles Broadsides pamphlets written by a panoply of prominent authors including Daniel DiSalvo ("Government unions and the bankrupting of America"), Richard Epstein ("Why progressive institutions are unsustainable"), Peter Ferrara ("President Obama's tax policy"), John Fund ("How the Obama administration threatens to undermine our elections"), Andrew McCarthy ("How the Obama administration has politicized justice"), Victor Davis Hanson ("How the Obama administration threatens our national security"), Stephen Moore ("How Barack Obama is bankrupting the U.S. economy"), and Michael Mukasey ("How Obama has mishandled the war on terror"). The book concludes with recent Broadsides pamphlets by Glenn Reynolds ("The higher education bubble"), Rich Trzupek ("How the EPA's green tyranny is stifling America") and Kevin Williamson ("The dependency agenda").
I have been working my way through a galley copy of the book; it is terrific. The book kicks off with a foreword by George Will that is something like the big bang. The foreword strikes themes that we have touched on here repeatedly over the past 10 years. I asked our friends at Encounter whether we might preview the book by posting George Will's introduction. After checking with George Will's office, they have graciously agreed. Thanks to Encounter and to George Will.
The book is published officially today. We ran this post last month as a preview with the thought that we would run it again on the book's official publication date. Consider this:
This book is a double-barreled blast–using "blast" in two senses. One meaning of that word is a forceful, indeed explosive discharge. The second meaning, a colloquialism, is a party tending to happy raucousness. What you hold in your hand is a compendium of constructive explosions from men and women intelligently exasperated by current tendencies in American politics and culture–but also exuberantly combative against those tendencies.
Early on in the Obama administration, the clearheaded people at Encounter Books had a splendid idea. They would invite accomplished writers with expertise in particular fields to distill their discontents into 5,000 or so words. These distillations would be called "broadsides." The results, as you will see, are both efficient and exhilarating.
In the Oxford English Dictionary, one definition of the word broadside is "a strongly worded critical attack: broadsides against political correctness." Each of the chapters in this volume is such a broadside. Another definition, however, is "a nearly simultaneous firing of all the guns from one side of a warship." The book itself is a broadside in this sense. In these pages the right side–in two senses–of the ship of American politics is heard from, resoundingly.
Pascal once wrote to a correspondent, "I have made this [letter] longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter." A columnist who must compact his thought on any subject into 750 words knows exactly what Pascal meant: Brevity is a challenge. But not an insuperable one, as every chapter in this book demonstrates. Each of these essays is a bright, gem-like bead. All of these beads are threaded on the sturdy string of a shared understanding of the importance–and danger–of this moment in American history.
The temperature of American politics just now is unusually high–unusually, but not excessively. The temperature of contemporary argument is proportional to the stakes. We are, after all, arguing about fundamentals–the proper relationship of the citizen to the state, the actual competence of government, and the continuing vitality of the Madisonian project of maintaining a government of limited, because enumerated, powers.
The essays in this volume constitute a collective rejoinder to the insufferably high-minded scolds who are forever deploring "partisanship." What they really deplore is determined, principled resistance to the progressive agenda. That agenda depends on erasing from the American consciousness the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. Woodrow Wilson, the first person to carry pure progressivism into the presidency, urged Americans to disregard those paragraphs. He understood that they constitute an impediment to the progressive goal of limitless growth of the regulatory, administrative state. If government really does exist, as the Declaration says, to "secure" our rights–rights that preexist government–and if government therefore is not a fountain of whatever rights government is pleased to confer upon the governed, then the progressive project must be stymied.
At the strong beating heart of this volume is the belief that progressivism is in radical conflict not only with the Declaration, but also with realism. These essays are a summons to realism about the fecundity of freedom. They are a call for government to respect the spontaneous creativity of American society, which needs less, not more, supervision from the state. And they call for an unsentimental assessment of the world, which remains a dangerous place.
Those who have enlisted in the swelling resistance to progressivism have one great advantage. It is that, as Wilson recognized, progressivism is discordant with the American creed, to which most Americans remain committed. The resistance to progressivism has, however, one great problem: It is difficult getting the attention of Americans. We live in a society filled with distractions. George Eliot wrote in Middlemarch: "If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heartbeat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence." Living in contemporary media-drenched America, one wonders where silence can be found. Today Americans live on the receiving end of an incessant communications blitzkrieg. Day in and day out they are bombarded with commercial, journalistic, political and cultural messages. Fortunately, they have developed mental filters to protect them from the cacophony. By now they are, in effect, wired to reduce almost all the noise to barely noticed static. Otherwise they would go mad from the roar.
Hence this volume of crisp, efficient arguments. Readers will find these essays not only informative but entertaining and exhilarating. Political combat should not be a joyless chore; there should be pleasure in its rough-and-tumble. So, enjoy this volume. It is a banquet of intelligent pugnacity and a handbook for the fun of rescuing progress from progressivism.
From The New Leviathan: The State versus the Individual in the 21st Century: A Collection of Encounter Broadsides. Foreword by George Will. Edited, with an introduction by Roger Kimball. Copyright © 2012 Encounter Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted with the kind permission of George Will and Encounter Books.


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Sixers focused on development | Jennings hungry as ever | Lakers wont rush Ingram | Young relishes fresh start with Pacers
No. 1: Sixers focused on development— The "process" is in the next phase for the Philadelphia 76ers. Gone are the days of the tear down. And now comes the focus on development of talented youngsters like Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Dario Saric and the rest of a talented young roster. Keith Pompey of Philly.com details the Sixers' plan and how coach Brett Brown plans to execute it this season:
Midway through his annual preseason media luncheon, Brett Brown was asked his expectations for the season. While the 76ers coach declined to disclose how many wins he expects, he revealed that this season will be sort of like the previous three – minus the tanking.
"The difference is everybody is going to want to win some games," the fourth-year coach said Thursday in the second-floor dining room of Lo Spiedo at the Navy Yard. "Let's call it for what it is. I feel like that we are going to want to see growth on the court as it relates to wins."
But the team that won just 10 games last season and a combined 47 in Brown's first three campaigns is still heavily focused on player development.
Yes, the Sixers will run a purposeful offense and defense.
"And we are going to see the path of these young guys slowly start to look like they belong on an NBA court," Brown said. "And we all say, 'Wow, project Joel Embiid out in two or three years.' "
Embiid was expected to be an elite player since the time the Sixers selected him third overall in the 2014 draft. However, two operations on the navicular bone in the 7-foot-2, 275-pounder's right foot prevented him from playing in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
The Sixers will have him on a minutes restriction. Embiid also isn't expected to play on back-to-back nights. They won't know if he'll start at center against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the season-opener until after consulting with the medical staff.
This year's first overall pick, Ben Simmons, won't have the same restrictions. Look for the 6-10 point forward to play 30-plus minutes a night while initiating the offense. There's a lot of excitement because of his ability to play anywhere from power forward to point guard.
There's also excitement surrounding Dario Saric. Acquired in a 2014 draft-day trade, the 6-10 power forward will make his NBA debut after playing the last two seasons in Turkey.
"I think we are all going to look back [on this season] and see did certain people improve," Brown said. "I think we are all going to look back and see did we start to figure out a rhythm beat, a rhythm to our season of who's actually playing."
Ultimately, Brown's job will be to win games. However, he probably won't win more than 25 even with the free-agent additions of Jerryd Bayless, Gerald Henderson, and Sergio Rodriguez. The team is young and still several seasons away from being a serious NBA title contender.
Brown's goal is to help Embiid, Simmons, Saric, and the other young players reach their potential.
That's why he remains focused on developing a culture and teaching his offensive and defensive philosophies. He and his staff also intend to show the proper way to put in work in the weight room and scout opponents.
"Those things ultimately matter," said Brown, who won four NBA titles during five Finals appearances as a San Antonio Spurs assistant. "Maybe not so much to the outside world, but if you really want to grow a program [it does]. I've seen what championships look like. I've seen five times what it takes to play in June. . . . So the growth sometimes might not be as quantifiable to the outside world. But I know it."


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For the upcoming season of Trauma, Béatrice Martin, also known as Cœur de pirate, will be at the center of the show's musical atmosphere. A new album, which can be pre-ordered now, will hit the stores on January 14, 2014 and a France release will follow on January 27. It will consist of 12 covers, all from anglophone hits.
As she had done with Ariane Moffatt, Pascale Picard, and Martha Wainwright in previous seasons, Fabienne Larouche collaborated with Cœur de pirate to create the musical atmosphere of the show's fifth season, which will air on Radio-Canada in winter 2014. The resulting soundtrack is a multifaceted selection of covers from both the past (Kenny Rogers, The Rolling Stones, Nancy Sinatra) and the present (Amy Winehouse, The Libertines, Bon Iver), even featuring covers of Quebec hits (Patrick Watson, Les sœurs McGarrigle).
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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
To determine the version number of your copy of ACL2, evaluate the form
(@ acl2-version). The value will be a string. For example,
ACL2 !>(@ acl2-version) "ACL2 Version 2.9.4"
The part of the string after
"ACL2 Version " is of the form
x.y or
x.y.z, optionally followed by a succession of values in parentheses,
y, and
z are natural numbers. If
z is omitted then
it is implicitly 0. We refer to
y, and
z as the ``major'',
``minor'', and ``incrl'' fields, respectively. The incrl field is used for
incremental releases. The discussion just below assumes that incremental
releases are not employed at the user's site, i.e., the incrl fields are
always 0. We remove this assumption when we discuss incremental releases at
the end of this documenttation topic.
Books are considered certified only in the same version of ACL2 in which the certification was done. The certificate file records the version number of the certifying ACL2 and include-book considers the book uncertified if that does not match the current version number. Thus, each time we release a new version of ACL2, previously certified books should be recertified.
Note that there are over 150 constants in the system, most having to do with
the fact that ACL2 is coded in ACL2. Many of these, for example
*common-lisp-specials-and-constants* and
*acl2-exports*, may change
from version to version, and this can cause unsoundness. For example, the
'set-difference-eq was added to
*acl2-exports* in Version_2.9,
so we can certify a book in Version_2.8 containing the following theorem,
which is false in Version_2.9.
(null (member 'set-difference-eq *acl2-exports*))Therefore, we need to disallow inclusion of such a book in a Version_2.9 session, which otherwise would allow us to prove
nil. Furthermore, it is
possible that from one version of the system to another we might change, say,
the default values on some system function or otherwise make ``intentional''
changes to the axioms. It is even possible one version of the system is
discovered to be unsound and we release a new version to correct our error.
Therefore we adopted the draconian policy that books are certified
by a given version of ACL2 and ``must'' be recertified to be used
in other versions. We put ``must'' in quotes because in fact, ACL2
allows a book that was certified in one ACL2 version to be included
in a later version, using
include-book. But ACL2 does not allow
certify-book to succeed when such an
include-book is executed on its
behalf. Also, you may experience undesirable behavior if you avoid
recertification when moving to a different version. (We try to
prevent some undesirable behavior by refusing to load the compiled
code for an uncertified book, but this does not guarantee good
behavior.) Hence we recommend that you stick to the draconion
policy of recertifying books when updating to a new ACL2 version.
The string
(@ acl2-version) can contain implementation-specific
information in addition to the version number. For example, in
Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL)
(char-code #Newline) is 13, while as
far as we know, it is 10 in every other Common Lisp. Our concern is
that one could certify a book in an MCL-based ACL2 with the theorem
(equal (char-code #Newline) 13)and then include this book in another Lisp and thereby prove
So, when a book is certified in an MCL-based ACL2, the book's
certificate mentions ``MCL'' in its version string. Moreover,
(@ acl2-version) similarly mentions ``MCL'' when the ACL2 image has
been built on top of MCL. Thus, an attempt to include a book in an
MCL-based ACL2 that was certified in a non-MCL-based ACL2, or
vice-versa, will be treated like an attempt to include an
uncertified book.
Incremental releases.
From time to time, so-called ``incremental releases'' of ACL2 are made available. These releases are thoroughly tested on at least two platforms; ``normal'' releases, on the other hand, are thoroughly tested on many more platforms (perhaps a dozen or so) and are accompanied by updates to the ACL2 home page. We provide incremental releases in order to provide timely updates for ACL2 users who want them, without imposing unnecessary burdens on either on the ACL2 implementors or on ACL2 users who prefer to update less frequently. The implementors expect users to update their copies of ACL2 when normal releases are made available, but not necessarily when incremental releases are made available.
Incremental releases are accompanied by a bump in the incrl field of the version field, while normal releases are accompanied by a bump in the minor or (much less frequently) major field and zeroing out of the incrl field.
Note that LOGICALLY SPEAKING, INCREMENTAL RELEASES ARE FULL-FLEDGE RELEASES.
However, ACL2 users may wish to experiment with incremental releases without
recertifying all of their existing ACL2 books (see certify-book). In
order to learn how to avoid such recertification, see set-tainted-okp. The
basic idea is that if certification may depend on including books from an
ACL2 version with a different incrl field, the book's certificate is
marked with a ``tainted'' version, i.e., a version with
"(tainted" as a
substring. Subsequent inclusion of any such book is restricted to sessions
in which the user explicitly invokes
t), which
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Some time between 1878 and 1881, John Irving and his wife, Nancy Terry, left Nova Scotia and took up farming in Manitoba. They had three small children in tow, and Nancy would have eight more in the next sixteen years. Then when Nancy was fifty, she gave birth to their last child. Her name was Edith Gertrude, for the daughter who died in 1901 when she was fourteen.
In some ways, Nancy had it a bit easier than Agnes. She and John had a two storey house, with eight rooms. They lived closer to town. (The Dunns lived in Oakville, about 25 kilometers outside of Portage La Prairie. Kemnay, where the Irvings lived, is only ten kilometers west of Brandon.)
John died in 1909 in Victoria, BC and Nancy and the younger children returned to the Irving farm in Kemnay. (The farm was likely run by George after John left in 1908.)
Nancy's children were:
George William – (b. 1874 – d. 1966)
Catherine (Cassie/Casey) Jane – (b. 1876 – d. 1962)
Jennie Ann – (b. 1878 – d. ????)
John Robert – (b. 1882 – d. 1962)
Martha Angelina – (b. 1885 – d. 1966)
Edith Gertrude – (b. 1886 – d. 1901)
Mary Agnes – (b. 1888 – d. ????)
Elizabeth Maude – (b. 1890 – d. ????)
Mabel May – (b. 1893 – d. 1984)
James Albert – (b. 1894 – d. 1955)
Frank Sterling – (b. 1897 – d. 1918)
Edith Gertrude – (b. 1904 – d. ????)
(In the 1911 census, there is a phantom son. He is indexed as Earnest on Automated Genealogy, and in the original the name is pretty much a scrawl with the dates too blotchy to read. He does not appear in any other census, or in the Manitoba Vital Statistics Index. Little Edith is not enumerated. There are other mistakes, so it seems likely that the enumerator hastily scribbled something down and later added "son" instead of "daughter.")


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Open Day in Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnology Vojtech Adam | added on Dec 14, 2011 | Czech Republic Laboratory of Metallomics and nanotechnology , Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno in the completion of the International Year of Chemistry organizes open day. They are ready to habitat, where visitors will be able to see the ingoing scientific laboratories and chemical analysis. The speech will be about nanotechnol
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Banff Lake Louise Tourism is Stealing Skiers and Snowboarders
"Be prepared to change your plans." That's the warning from the folks in Banff and Lake Louise for skiers and snowboarders on slopes across North America.
Banff Lake Louise Tourism is targeting skiers and snowboarders across Canada and the United States, 'skijacking' them and stealing them away to experience the ultimate ski and snowboard vacation in Canada's protected playground.
"You might be planning on shredding powder at your local ski resort and we'll haul you out of there and send you to where 'Nature Rules' in Banff and Lake Louise," says Jeff Mitchell from Banff Lake Louise Tourism. "Everyone and anyone with a board or two strapped to their feet is fair game."
Lucky targets will be flown to Calgary to begin a weekend odyssey of skiing and snowboarding courtesy of a free tri-area pass from the park's three resorts, Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise Ski Resort. Accommodations will be provided by The Fairmont Banff Springs, inclusive of access to the world-class Willow Stream Spa. Free access to local nightclubs and climbing on the town of Banff's goliath 40-foot ice wall will also round out the all-inclusive getaway.
It's suspected that the first targets will be identified in the coming weeks and brought to the mountain resort community to partake in the annual SnowDays festivities presently underway. Subsequent targets will be identified throughout the winter by their use of #skijack on social media and approached without warning to be whisked away to Banff National Park.
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Developer Reading List, December 03, 2013 Ruby, Python, ASP.NET, Android development, PDF, and more.
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A Tour of C++
by Bjarne Stroustrup
This is a curious volume: It is an excerpt from the recently published 4th Edition of The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup. The basic idea the publisher had was to gather the chapters from that master work that presented the language overview and reprint them, with a little editing, as a concise introduction to the language. This unusual republication is required primarily because the source book is now a ponderous 1300+ pages, and it has morphed into a reference work, rather than a tutorial. So, this concise presentation (at 150 pages) is good for those new to the language who aren't ready to dive into all the language details. There is an irony that the front cover claims the book is part of the "C++ In-Depth" series, while the rear cover touts its concision.
Java Coding Guidelines
by Fred Long, et al.
This book is an update to "The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard for Java" and is primarily a volume of rules to ensure the security of Java code. Curiously, the book focuses on Java SE rather than Java EE, which is where I would have expected the principal security concerns to be. However, the guidelines are well articulated and the reasoning for them clearly stated. There are scattered guidelines on related topics such as reliability and performance (to wit, don't call the garbage collector explicitly.) This title should be recommended reading for almost all Java developers who write software that is consumed by the public.
Programming Erlang, Second Edition
by Joe Armstrong
Erlang is the functional language designed for parallel programming. Originally written by the author for use in Swedish phone systems, it has come to be embraced for applications that are massively parallel and that can accept fault tolerance based on a running instance being closed down and restarted.
Erlang's biggest problem has always been the language's peculiar syntax. The original edition of this book did not facilitate overcoming the syntax issue. But this edition improves on that shortcoming; plus, it includes new material on some of the leading tools and resources for Erlang programmers. For anyone interested in Erlang or already programming with it, this is book is a must read.


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Anyone with a decent background in (professional) cooking or baking can usually pickup some extra work around the holidays with catering companies. You may even be able to talk your way in if you're just a really experienced home cook, but some professional kitchen service is better. Caterers are super busy from Thanksgiving to New Year's, and often willing to accommodate weird hours or short hours. It may help if you make it clear that you're not looking for a permanent position. They may only want the extra help for that short term rush. I did this several times when I was younger.
Should you take a second job?
Right now is actually the perfect time to take a second job. The holiday season is gearing up in most retail stores, and chains everywhere are hiring seasonal workers. Whether it's stocking shelves, mopping floors, filling displays, or selling goods, the shopping season is ramping up and now is the time to locate and nab that those holiday gigs.
If you, like most Americans, are deep in credit card debt, you might be wondering how exactly you are going to pay it off. Or maybe you're not in debt, but need to make some extra cash to put a down payment on a car or condo, or start your own business. Maybe you just want to buy your sweetheart (or cat) something really special this holiday season.
Basically, you need more money, and you need it soon.
I've manage to get myself into and out of debt a couple of times (I'm talented like that), and the way I always clamor out of crushing credit card totals is by taking an extra job on the evenings and weekends. It takes a little extra planning to make everything go smoothly, but the rewards of quickly making additional income are not to be underestimated.
Some things to consider when taking on a side job:
Don't overdo it
There's no point in working yourself to death. I don't mean that there is anything wrong with being tired for a couple of months, but don't overextend yourself to the point that it effects your health or your current job performance. Also, no one needs your exhaustion-induced erratic highway driving during the holidays.
Can you organize your life around the busy schedule?
It's important, when faced with a tough and busy schedule, to downgrade other areas of your life. You might have to skip holiday parties if you are working nights. Lunch may become Cup O'Noodles until crunch time is over. While there's no need to deprive yourself entirely while working 60+ hours a week, you need to be careful to let yourself work.
Is it worth your time?
I'm unmarried and have no dependents, so childcare isn't an issue for me. If spending time away from your family is an impossibility, then this might not be an option for you. It does help to calculate how much money you expect to make during the time that you plan to hold a second job, but the earnings should always offset the costs. For instance, were I to take on a second job right now, I would likely need to hire someone to walk my dogs once a day. This would cost me approximately $60 a week, and my earnings would need to easily absorb this expenditure and leave me with enough money left over to make the additional job WORTH it.
I've often heard job experts warn that you should never take a lower salary for a side job than you earn at your day job. I disagree, for several reasons. First, many white collar jobs involve collaborating with other team members, and they can't expected to stay up until midnight working on a grant proposal with you because that's when YOU want to work. Given the wacky hours that an additional part-time job might entail, it can be unreasonable to demand the same hourly wage that you make during the day. I'm a tech writer - it would be tough for me to say to a potential hiring manager "Yes, I expect to make as much as I do during the day, but I won't be available for daytime meetings or phone calls." I'll either have to charge less because I'm inconveniencing the employer with my weird hours, or I'll have to find a different type of job.
Moonlighting can also be a risk because of your current employer's rules about who you can and cannot work for on the side.
Will it affect your taxes?
If you already exist on the edge of a tax bracket, earning additional income might bump you into a higher economic stratus, which could result in the government taking a LOT more of your income through taxes than previously, thus eating up the additional money that you made by working a second job. This is definitely something to consider beforehand.
Will you keep at it?
The whole point of starting an extra part-time job is to make money, but it doesn't hurt to make positive network connections, if possible. There's no point in taking on a second job if you are just going to quit a week later. Not only will you not make the money you need/want, but you might alienate new coworkers or bosses who will have to scramble to hire someone to replace you.
Is it interesting, comfortable, or easy enough?
I work at a desk all day. As a result, when I look for a second job, I never seek employment that will have me physically in the same position for an additional 25 hours a week. Instead, I may look into waitressing (hard work, but great exercise), dishwashing (at least I'm standing), housecleaning, yard work, babysitting, or something - ANYTHING other than my current job. The change of pace is nice for me. I don't think I could waitress full time, as I have a decided lack of patience for humanity, but on a short-term basis, it's a great change-up from my normal isolated work environment.
I also don't look for anything that is particularly intellectually challenging. If I'm going to be working late into the night, my brain cannot be trusted to maintain logical or rhetorical abilities. There's no way I could make any extra money tutoring people for the GRE, but there are some people who thrive on constant intellectual stimulation.
If you don't have the luxury of being free to leave your home (say you're a stay-at-home mom), you might consider offering holiday childcare services, either during the day or in the evenings. People with enough disposable income might welcome a break from the kids for a holiday party or for holiday shopping.
Are there any side benefits?
If you can find a temp job in an industry that you are fascinated by, you're lucky. But even if you don't LOVE washing dishes, there can be benefits to working in a restaurant. I worked in one all through college and got free Chinese food every night. Some retailers might give employees (even temp employees) discounts on products or services or even give our free product samples. While this shouldn't be a primary consideration when looking for a side job, it certainly can help sweeten the pot and make the extra effort well worth it.
- Side job ideas
- Tips for working a second job
- Moonlighting tips
- Maximizing your returns with a second job
- Surviging a second job
I'd be interested to hear from Wise Bread readers who have held temp jobs over the holidays - what kind of work did you do? How did you make it work? Did you have to balance work and family? Where did you find the job? (I always find mine as a walk-in or on Craigslist).
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I looked at a home based business as a second job, but decided that frugality would be my second job. I started to do my own home maintenance, I took time to shop more carefully, etc. For me, that was more enjoyable that a job. There's no stress and it can be done on my own schedule.
This is a quick and easy way to make some extra cash that most people often overlook. I have a few different small side gigs, myself. Just remeber to keep it simple.
Taking on a second job is not the answer.
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I agree with Mr Spielman. Why work another job, when you can become a global super-villain! In fact, if your current day job isn't Fraud, quit that one too.
I think taking a second job is a great motivator to make you start thinking about what skills you have that could be marketed from your own home. You do not have to join an MLM company to start a home-based business.
My best friend from college is a PE teacher, but he started a lawn-mowing business 25 years ago. One man, one mower. Now, he has two crews and 210 lawn accounts. He nets $150K each year. He also still teaches.
Prior to starting his lawn business, he delivered pizzas and refereed basketball games on weekends to supplement his teaching salary.
Another friend paints addresses on curbs. He charges about $20 per house. He's now started installing peep-hole hardware in front doors.
I started out as a PE teacher too. Now I run an Internet business.
Nice article. I thought I would clarify a matter that there seems to be some confusion about, though:
While it's true that you should consider the tax consequences of a changing annual income, it's not true that if you make more money and get knocked into a higher tax bracket that you will in any sense "lose" the money you've earned to higher taxes. The key point to understand is that the tax brackets are marginal, that is, up to 25,000 ((or whatever), which is the first tax bracket, you get taxed at 15%, and for the amount you earn beyond that and up to the next bracket ceiling of $35,000, for *that portion only* do you pay a higher tax rate. So, while a portion of your extra earnings could potentially get taxed at a higher rate than your existing earnings, it's not true that *all* of your income is taxed at the higher rate.
Thanks for the clarification, Steve. I got hit with what seemed like ridiculous taxes after taking a part-time job for about six month. While I didn't lose all the money I had made, I ended up owing the government about $3K, which sapped all the savings that I had set aside. My tax accountant didn't explain what I was being taxed on. I just saw the final bill. :) Much appreciated on the clarification.
As someone who is working a retail job, I can tell you that our holiday hiring is pretty much done. Other retailers may still be hiring, so move quickly if you're considering this at all.
Thanks for the mention. I appreciate it. Great post. Nice to see someone point out the childcare and burn out issues.


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With Ubuntu, Canonical has had notable success in convincing people to switch from other platforms, but potential Ubuntu users are still running into trouble in several areas. Having spent some time on Canonical's forums, I've identified 10 points that seem to be common sticking points for new users -- that is, problems that have the potential to prevent a new user from adopting Ubuntu in the long term. These problems span the entire Ubuntu experience, but they all have two things in common: they are all serious enough to evoke the dreaded "I tried Linux but it didn't work" excuse, and they are all solvable.
Screen setup
Ubuntu is still bad at properly detecting and setting up the display. Once it's gone wrong, there isn't much you can do from the GUI setup tool -- it either lies about your screen settings or offers inappropriate screen modes. Anyone for 640x480@52Hz on a 19-inch CRT?
This is probably the most frequently reported complaint on the beginner forum. Other operating systems can set up the screen, so why can't Linux?
From the user perspective, the solution involves some research and the editing of the xorg.conf config file. This is bad, because if the user makes a single mistake -- presuming the typical user is resourceful enough to make it this far -- it's all too easy to render the whole Ubuntu setup unusable.
This problem is so widely acknowledged as a weakness of Ubuntu that I was surprised that Ubuntu 8.04 was still getting it wrong. Ubuntu should use its leadership muscle to create a robust, reliable solution from scratch or champion an existing project.
Boot management
I'm against the idea of making things unnecessarily flashy, but GRUB is both feature-poor and complicated to configure.
Smart Boot Manager is a boot manager that has more run-time configuration features than GRUB without being frivolous. Other boot managers, such as GAG, offer an attractive GUI interface. Both of these GRUB alternatives that I mentioned are GPL projects.
Having the boot manager overwritten by a Windows upgrade is another common complaint. A feature to reinstate the boot manager from the install disk menu would help people who can no longer boot Ubuntu.
It's a shame that Ubuntu doesn't come with a GUI tool to configure the boot-time mounting of new partitions. Most advice on this issue revolves around editing /etc/fstab. A common complaint is that the partition can be seen but the permissions are wrong. There are a few other gotchas that can come up when a user is trying to make the system recognise a new partition.
Such a utility could be added to the live CD, as mounting a partition from the command line is difficult for non-experts.
I have a pet niggle with the Ubuntu installer: it's not very forgiving of network errors, often hanging at about 92%. I suspect that Ubuntu pings a test server, and if it receives a reply, assumes that the machine is connected to the Internet. The snag is that there is a class of networking problems that only affect DNS resolution.
The workaround for this problem is simple: disconnect from the network before beginning the install.
Ideally, the Ubuntu installer would pop up a warning when its attempt to connect to the server has failed, then finish the install. I'd settle for an error box stating that the install couldn't complete, accompanied with advice about how to proceed. Even a note saying, "If the installer stops at 92%, try installing without the network connected" would be better than an installer that stops dead with no explanation.
Sound configuration
Sound under Linux is a bit of a mess. There are a lot of different systems, and a lot of overlapping functionality. This needn't matter if the system sets itself up properly, but sound setup on Linux is hardly what I would call robust. As a result, when things go wrong, users have to hit the forums and the config files.
Some users report that sound is working but that only one program can use it at once. In extreme situations, this may lead to people switching off system alert sounds so that application sound works. Sometimes people can't get sound working in Web videos in Firefox. The common fixes for that problem can leave them with a system in which sound works only in Firefox.
Canonical is trying to solve the Linux sound problem by standardising on ALSA with Pulse Audio. This combination has the potential to be a killer system in the long run, but at the moment a lot of people can't get their sound up and running.
Networking: IPv6 support
Version 4 of the Internet Protocol (the layer that connects software to the Internet) is in the process of being superseded by version 6. By default, Ubuntu supports the new version, but many Internet service providers have not switched over yet. When IPv6 support has not been implemented properly by an ISP or by a broadband router, an Ubuntu user can experience slow access or even a total lack of access to the Internet.
From reading the forums it seems that Ubuntu may have defaulted to IPv6 support too early. IPv4 support can be re-enabled, but it involves editing configuration files. If Canonical has decided to be ahead of the curve, it should make it easier for people to switch back to IPv4.
I wonder how many people have given up on Ubuntu because Web browsing seemed slow? I suspect that some people are left thinking that Ubuntu doesn't support their network hardware, but in fact they were running afoul of incompatibilities with the new IP standard.
A simple check-box configuration for switching between IPv4/6 would save a lot of headaches for users who have run into problems.
Power and hibernation
Power management is vital for laptop users, and hibernating a desktop computer can be a cool approach to startup and shutdown.
Canonical should intensify its efforts in this area, because for most users, a laptop that doesn't sleep properly is a broken laptop. Ubuntu features a hardware testing and reporting application, but it didn't even prompt me for details about my experiences with power management.
Email migration
One of the most common things that new users want to do is migrate their email from their Windows setup. If they were lucky enough to be using a client such as Thunderbird on Windows, they can migrate their email with a combination research and some complicated file copying, all within an unfamiliar interface. Transferring email from the most popular Windows email client, Outlook Express, is even more complicated.
This process could be made more approachable with some prominent documentation, or even an email migration tool. I regard this as a fix rather than an enhancement as it refers to such a common and vital activity.
How about providing some documentation to help get new users started, covering topics such as "Internet and networking problems" and "Getting the screen set up"? The Ubuntu team could produce a list, like this one, describing some of the most common problems that users are likely to encounter and make some simple suggestions.
Building from source
Ubuntu's package management implementation constitutes a significant enticement for the potential switcher in its own right. However, building packages from source is unavoidable when a desired package isn't in the repositories or the version in the repositories is out of date.
The build instructions in most source packages put the package manager out of sync with the actual packages that are installed. Why doesn't Canonical standardise on one of the GUI build tools in tandem with Checkinstall? Checkinstall installs the compiled application but works with the package manager to keep it in sync with the real state of the system.
By addressing these 10 points, Canonical can improve the Ubuntu experience for new users, and retain more of them who might otherwise become frustrated by problems with relatively simple fixes.


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What started out as a tart ended up being just a panna cotta. The tart was yummy, but I didn't care so much that lifting the tart out of the pan it started to crumble apart. Wet crust! The panna cotta itself was made from a base of coconut milk, unlike ones made from cream. This experiment turned out to be surprisingly delicious and very pretty.
The texture and flavor was that of flan and a nice change from the heavier dairy based dessert. I think that serving this just as it reaches room temperature to be great and really shows how creamy the texture can be.
I shied away from adding any coconut flavor; however, you can add some coconut liqueur to the coconut base for a grand dinner party dessert. Would your dinner guests know that it is dairy-free? When they discover that there were no cows milked for this one, they might be surprised.
Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe
1-15 ounce can coconut milk
¼ cup granular sugar
2 inch piece of vanilla bean, scraped
1 ¾ teaspoons powdered gelatin
2 Tablespoons cold water
Vanilla Fig Syrup [see recipe below]
Fresh Ripe Figs [adorable garnish]
1. In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over the water and stir. Set aside to bloom.
2. In a small sauce pan heat the coconut milk, sugar and vanilla bean to a boil.
3. Strain coconut milk into a mixing bowl.
4. Whisk in as much as a quarter cup of the coconut milk into the gelatin to melt.
5. Pour gelatin mixture into the remaining coconut milk.
6. Fill desired jars, compotes or bowls and place in refrigerator for 4 hours.
7. Serve with vanilla-fig syrup spooned over the top and adorn with fresh ripe figs.
Fig Syrup Recipe
¼ cup granular sugar
4 large ripe figs, halved
2 Tablespoons Grand Marnier liqueur [-or- water]
1 Tablespoon water
1 inch piece vanilla bean, chopped
1. Place all ingredients in a small sauce pan and bring to a gentle simmer.
2. Continue to simmer until figs have released their flavor and color.
3. Strain and cool.
*note: If you prefer, you can keep the poached figs and include them as part of the desert.


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A friend wanted to measure the linearity of his CCD camera, and asked for my help. He needed to measure linearity to 0.1% and wanted to do so by exposing the CCD sensor to a constant light source for varying time intervals. To decrease the effect of dark current, the smallest time interval needed to be extremely short, shorter than the shutter of the camera could achieve. Instead he asked if I could design a circuit to accurately turn on and off an LED, allowing the CCD sensor to be exposed for a much shorter interval than the shutter is capable of.
To measure the camera response to 0.1%, a range of 1000:1 is needed. This requires at least a 10 bit counter (2^10 = 1024). A constant current source is required to drive the LED so that its luminosity is constant. With those specifications in mind, I came up with a design.


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I don't really like being a bearer of bad news, and I really am a rather optimistic person, despite co-authoring a recent pronouncement that the 4% rule is in grave jeopardy for new retirees these days with bond yields as low as they are.
But today's report is about another research article which suggests that retirees may need to plan for greater retirement expenses than they may realize. Actually, this research article has implications for everyone. In my own Excel sheet with a lifetime financial plan, I try to smooth lifetime consumption on an inflation-adjusted level with adjustments for the number of people in the household. But now I realize better the importance of assuming real spending increases over time to allow for improvements in the general standard of living that can be expected for the U.S. population.
Let me back up a minute. Last March, I wrote an article called, "How Do Spending Needs Evolve During Retirement?" It was about a 2005 research article which suggested that retirees do not need to save as much as is widely assumed, because most retirement income studies assume spending keeps pace with inflation, while the study argued that retiree spending actually declines quite substantially over time. I questioned the results of that study and concluded that pending further research and as a baseline assumption, it is probably a good idea for retirees to assume spending which keeps pace with inflation.
Regarding the article, I received an email from financial planner James Shambo from Colorado, who questioned my conclusions. I misunderstood his email, as I thought that he seemed to think I was advocating the approach to reduce spending with age, which was not the case. As it turns out, this is not what he was arguing at all. Rather, his point is that many retirees will need to plan for spending that exceeds inflation, and this is without even further considering the complicated issue of health care and long-term care expenses.
He shared an article he wrote with me, "The Hedonic Pleasure Index: An Enhanced Model for Spending Inflation." It was published in the November 2008 Journal of Financial Planning, and it won that year's Financial Frontiers Awards competition. I told him I would read his article, but it has sat on my desk for months.
As I am now in transit to a conference in Las Vegas where I will be a part of panel discussion with Mr. Shambo, it does seem time that I finally read the article, and I apologize for the delay as it is an important article which never seemed to get the more mainstream recognition it deserved.
If you took an introductory economics class at college, his arguments will provide with a flashback to the lessons on how the government constructs the consumer price index (CPI) measure used in retirement income studies. He analyzes the various assumptions used in the CPI calculations and challenges readers to question whether or not those assumptions will apply to their personal situations.
He develops a Hedonic Pleasure Index Build-Up Method as a way for readers to analyze how their own spending may possibly exceed the reported growth of the CPI.
For instance, the CPI assumes lower level consumer product substitution. He provides an example. Suppose the price of filet mignon and T-bone steak both rise by 5% and that T-bone steaks are cheaper than filet mignon. The government tabulators will assume that consumers switch from filet mignon to T-bone, so that their spending will not increase by 5%. Does this product substitution apply to your case?
As another example, the government assumes that people will increasingly shop at outlet stores, which will lower the price they pay for their basket of goods.
As well, the government has an experimental consumer price index for the elderly, which generally rises faster than the CPI since it includes a larger share for health care spending and housing, both of which experience faster price rises than general inflation.
As a final example, the government makes adjustments to eliminate improvements in quality from the price of a good before including it in the CPI. For example, the price of a car may rise by $1,000, but if the government determines that $750 of this represents quality improvements such as improved emissions or side air bags, then they will only count a price increase of $250 when calculating the price index.
A second fundamental point he makes is that people generally experience an increasing lifestyle during their working years as, at least historically, wage growth has exceeded inflation. It seems reasonable that folks may like to continue enjoying improvements in their standard of living after retirement as well, as productivity improves and the wages of working people grow. But assuming inflation-adjusted spending means assuming that lifestyles will be frozen at their retirement date level. It's a powerful critique.
Putting all of this together, the implication is that many retirees may need to plan for their spending to grow faster than inflation in order to maintain the same relative position in society, to enjoy further quality improvements in consumer goods, or even to avoid having to downsize their lifestyle through consumer product substitution.
Understanding how spending evolves over time for real-world individuals continues to be an important and unresolved subject for retirement researchers.


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Microsoft has announced a partnership with Cloud.com to provide integration and support of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V to the OpenStack project, an open source cloud computing platform. The addition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V provides organizations and service providers running a mix of Microsoft and non-Microsoft infrastructure with greater flexibility when using OpenStack.
As part of the collaboration, Microsoft will provide architectural and technical guidance to Cloud.com. Cloud.com in turn will develop the code to support OpenStack on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Once complete, the project code will be checked into the public code repository at http://openstack.org.
OpenStack uses open source software on standard hardware. Simply put, the software can run on an individual server in an existing datacenter or run on hardware configured as a modular datacenter. It uses virtualization technology to create and manage large groups of virtual machines.
The addition of Microsoft's virtualization product puts customers in an excellent position to reach economies of scale to run Windows- and Linux-based infrastructure. Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V can efficiently run multiple different operating systems in parallel.
OpenStack was launched with code contributions from Rackspace US Inc. and the NASA Nebula cloud platform. Today, OpenStack is supported by 35 software and hardware providers from across the IT industry.


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When Arlington thrashers Warbeast flew overseas to co-headline a tour with legendary Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo, the band's pulverizing riffs and grueling lyrics slew metal fans across Europe. A joint album seemed like another one of the devil's pipe dreams until the two entities announced their upcoming split EP release, War of the Gargantuas, an album that not only promises to destroy metal fans but also send Bieberites and buttrockers screaming for another hit off Warbeast guitarist Scott Shelby's strings.
See also: - Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia dead at 47
Warbeast and Anselmo each contributed two songs that encompass their unique styles of metal. Shelby claims Warbeast's contributions are a purer demonstration of Texas thrash metal, while Anselmo is providing fans with a preview of his upcoming "official" solo venture, a project 30 years in the making.
To promote the new split EP, Warbeast and Down are kicking off The Weed & Speed Tour: West Coast Throwdown in the Year of XIII, in Houston, Texas, on January 11 at Warehouse Live. Before the start of the tour, Warbeast will celebrate the release Saturday at the Rail Club in Fort Worth, and perhaps play some songs from their upcoming full-length, Destroy. I had a chance to chat with Warbeast lead singer Bruce Corbitt, guitarist Bobby Tillotson and bassist Dré Karst about -- what else? -- metal.
What is the most influential metal album of all time? Bruce Corbitt: Even though there are so many metal albums that had an impact on me over the years, I'd have to go with The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden. It was released right when I first started trying to sing in bands. It honestly changed my entire direction as far as what type of band I dreamed to be in. I grew up loving the legendary '60s and '70s bands. This was a new breed of metal bands that were really getting into my blood. I already knew of Maiden and I'd already seen them open for Judas Priest with Paul Di'Anno on vocals.
Their first two albums are arguably better to many Iron Maiden fans. But for this new album, they were fronted by a confident, energetic singer with enormous stage presence and charisma. He also happened to have long hair the same color as mine. We also shared the same first name. Of course I'm talking about Bruce "Air-Raid Siren" Dickinson. So I admit, with him having the same first name as me, it made me take more of an interest in this new Maiden album.
Bruce had an undeniably powerful voice with a dynamic and wide vocal range. Because of his showmanship and stage presence, he is my No. 1 influence as a metal singer. It was obvious even from the first listen that this was a special album, an album that flowed together perfectly. It quenched the thirst of all metalheads of that era. It had breakdowns with precision timing and tightness, professionalism to the utmost, every member with a natural talent and gift. Plus, it had incredible album cover artwork featuring their mascot Eddie, an image that is stapled in the minds of every true metalhead.
Their leader, bassist Steve Harris, his songwriting skills, determination to not allow his band to bow down to suggestions and pressures of the higher powers of the music business, that is why I respect him more than any other metal musician.
Oh, and I can't leave out those fingers of his. Pointing his bass like a machine gun, with his fingers firing away on the strings so fast that they became a blur.
Add to all of this some unique-sounding guitar rhythms, dueling harmonic guitar parts and shredding, bone-chilling guitar solos. Top it all off with a powerfully skilled drummer, keeping up with ease like a human machine to bring it all together. The narration intro to "The Number of the Beast" is like the "The Pledge of Allegiance" for the metal world. We all know it by heart and we usually speak right along with it. How evil is that?
Very evil. Yet there is nothing evil or Satanic about the members of Iron Maiden. They are just musicians with creative minds that can write about several different types of subjects.
One of those subjects was the continuing saga of a whore named Charlotte we knew from an earlier album. The song "22 Acacia Avenue" has a lot of meaning to me because it was the first song I ever sang with Rigor Mortis. Of course it was "Run to the Hills" that was the song that took them to another level and seemed to double their fan base over night.
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For me, the true epic masterpiece on the album is "Hallowed Be Thy Name." It has every element that makes Iron Maiden so great all wrapped up into one song. It's simply their masterpiece and it's still my favorite song of all time by any band. Even after listening to it a million times. Yep, I can honestly say this album changed my entire life. Scream for me, Dallas! UP THE IRONS!
OK, what about the most horrifying metal album? Bobby Tillotson: The most horrifying album for me would have to be Carcass' Symphonies of Sickness. When I first saw the album cover, which is a collage of autopsy and morgue gallery photos, I was truly horrified. And the opening track, "Reek of Putrefaction," is an eerie soundtrack of the macabre at its finest. Vocalist/bassist Jeff Walker and guitarist Bill Steer would make some seriously low monster-type voices, mixed with choir synthesis and screeching dive bombs, which makes for an assault on the psyche. By today's standards, it's probably not that shocking, but for a 13-year-old in 1990, it was pretty scary shit and still a favorite to this day.
Now what about the most overrated metal album? Dré Karst: In my opinion, Metallica's [self-titled] "Black Album" is the most overrated metal album. It was praised and embraced by the mainstream, but they had completely betrayed their true core fan base. They wanted to expand their audience, but the album was lackluster and a major disappointment. Songs like "Enter Sandman," "Everywhere I Roam" and "The Unforgiven" were very commercial, weak and turned them into a completely different band. No longer were the songs riff-driven, powerful or full of energy. The band did not progress their sound, but became a cash cow project engineered by Bob Rock. Metallica had completely sold out writing ballads and catchy vocal melodies instead of doing what they did best: thrash metal. All I can say to summarize this is, "SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER!"
Catch Warbeast on Saturday, January 5, at the Rail Club.


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Former Gator Mike Zunino was among the 18 non-roster invitees to spring training recently announced by Seattle.
Former Gator Mike Zunino was among the 18 non-roster invitees to spring training recently announced by the Seattle Mariners. Pitchers and catchers will report to Peoria, Ariz., on Feb. 12. He had been selected with the No. 3 overall pick in last June's Major League Baseball Draft, the highest selection in school history.
The recipient of the 2012 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy and the Johnny Bench Award, Zunino batted .373 (41-for-110) with 35 RBI, 29 runs, 10 homers and 10 doubles in 29 games for the Everett (Wash.) AquaSox, the Class A short-season affiliate of the Mariners, before hitting .333 (17-for-51) with eight RBI, six runs, four doubles and three homers in 15 games for the Jackson (Tenn.) Generals of the Double-A Southern League.
Playing for Peoria of the Arizona Fall League, Zunino was a key cog in the Javelinas' run to the league title and was named to the AFL's Top Prospects Team. In the championship game, he finished 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI as Peoria edged the Salt River Rafters, 4-3.
Baseball America rated him No. 1 on the Mariners' list of top-10 prospects at the beginning of December and said that he was the best power hitter and the best defensive catcher within the organization.


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Teresa Giudice finally gave Donald Trump the sparks he was asking for when she got into it with Debbie Gibson on last Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice. She even decided to insult Debbie's choice of wardrobe for the occasion like there was some kind of dress code. In an interview with Zap2It, Debbie insists she was happy to be done with the show: "Once the potshots started, I was glad [to leave]. I can take constructive and professional criticism."
Wait, so "your tits are hanging out" isn't professional criticism? That explains a lot. What's even more interesting is Debbie's revelation that, post show, she found out she had actually fund-raised more money for the guidebook challenge than chopping block-mate Dayana Mendoza. That makes the inclusion of Aubrey O'Day, who raised less money than both of them, even more suspect. But we all know Dayana's money is worth more to Donald because it came from Dayana's model friends. If there's one thing that man likes, it's to look at, and discuss tall, thin women. It's not hard to do the math here.
But, in Dayana's defense, Debbie has this to say: "I don't think she was the hardest worker or the most creative, but she certainly wasn't a problem. They were calling her distracting, and I thought it was all a bit contrived."
Does Debbie's former ally Lisa Lampanelli know that Debbie was quoted saying something positive about Lisa's Venezuelan nemesis? Is Debbie a new target for Lisa's humor?
In another interview on Debbie's post-firing tour, she tells The Deadbolt that she still doesn't understand why Teresa was so angry with her in the boardroom. "Teresa never delegated anything to do with the visuals for the kiosk for where we were selling the book. She never delegated it. It wasn't my job to wonder who she delegated that to." I felt the same way when watching the episode. When Debbie brought up the kiosk to Teresa in the war room, Teresa looked at Debbie like she had four heads. The kiosk was kinda essential to their task and should have been a priority.
In response, Teresa blames the editing and says, "I'm the one who actually thought about that at some point later in the day and that translated to I was setting her up. If I was setting her up, I wouldn't have brought it up at all and we would've shown up and had an undecorated kiosk." Actually, if they'd had a bad kiosk, Trump would have taken that as poor management, not the under-handed strategy Teresa thinks. She would have been fired.
In the end, Debbie thinks she was let go for the very original reason of "jealousy."I don't really get it. I just think she wanted me gone. Maybe she was threatened at that point because I was a strong player. I don't really know what her deal was."
In other Teresa news, Real Housewives of New Jersey's fourth season is just around the corner! So, it's time for the ladies to do their media blitz. While watching the preview, it's clear that Teresa will continue to be the odd man out, a complete turn around from the beginning of the series. In an interview with Star, Teresa shares how the show has destroyed her relationship with Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo.
"Jacqueline and I had a wonderful relationship for about 10 years. We were great friends, but not anymore. It's so sad. We actually went through a 'friends divorce,' which is so hard. Then, Jacqueline basically attacked me on the show about a magazine article that said I was going to jail. She was upset that she hadn't heard it directly from me, but I wasn't going to jail … the whole thing was so ridiculous."
She says both Jaq and Caroline "take everything that is small, and turn it into something serious." Like an innocent joke in a cookbook. Loosen up Manzo-Lauritas!
Teresa also has choice words for her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga, saying "I felt deceived." It's not hard to see why, when it's clear that Melissa was cast to not only bring the real tension they'd been experiencing for years onto the show, but also to create more drama. That Christening episode last season is still one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen on television. And as you all know, I recap Bad Girls Club! But the issues between the Gorgas and Giudices are so deep and so ugly, and I can understand why Teresa would be upset.
Sadly, she reveals she's estranged from her brother Joe. "I haven't spoken to my brother since before Christmas. We haven't gone this long without talking in my whole life! I'd have to say that reality TV ruined our family, and it's a disgrace."


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Rx for compounding pharmacies
Since the deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis that has resulted in the worst public health disaster in recent history, the public has asked the question: How could this have happened? Most patients who receive a drug in their doctor's office or from their neighborhood pharmacy assume it has received the Food and Drug Administration's stamp of approval for safety and effectiveness. That was not the case for drugs manufactured at the New England Compounding Center, which masqueraded as a pharmacy to avoid more stringent regulation.
Contaminated vials of injectable steroids from NECC have resulted in the loss of 32 innocent lives and illness of more than 438 people in 19 states. This deadly outbreak also has exposed a regulatory black hole in the world of pharmacology — a hole created by years of patchwork federal law and woefully limited state regulation.
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Traditional compounding pharmacies mix or alter ingredients to make custom medications that fit the needs of an individual patient, such as creating grape flavoring for a child's cough medication or a liquid suspension instead of a pill for an elderly patient. These pharmacies are an important tool in our medical arsenal and have historically fallen under the jurisdiction of the states.
However, since the late 1990s, there has been a growing trend of larger compounding pharmacies entering the market, making high-risk drugs that are sold online or shipped to hospitals and clinics throughout the country. These compounding pharmacies are operating more as modern-day drug manufacturers rather than the mortar and pestle compounders of yesteryear. Yet because these companies are licensed as pharmacies, they are not required to alert the FDA of their activities and can bypass the rigorous FDA drug-approval process and manufacturing guidelines for new drugs entering the market.
In 1997, Congress attempted to clarify FDA's role in the oversight of compounding pharmacies as a part of the FDA Modernization Act. But just two days before the law was to take effect, seven compounding pharmacies sued to block its enactment. Since then, the law, as well as FDA's existing authority to regulate compounding pharmacies under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, became mired in litigation and uncertainty. While the FDA issued guidelines in 2002 to try to draw a line between manufacturing and traditional compounding, limitations in the FDA's statutory authority meant that any federal attempt to enforce against bad actors was challenged in courts. The result was that even these large-scale manufacturing activities were largely relegated to the states.


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About P.K.'s first mystery
The Case of the Deadly Desperados
now available in paperback
When desperados kill the preacher and his wife in a small frontier town, their foster child P.K. is forced to go on the run. P.K. must get a valuable letter to the Recorder's Office before anyone else can get their hands on it. It's not easy: Virginia City is full of gamblers, hurdy girls, saloon-keepers and gunmen, all of them on the make. But there are possible allies: Sam Clemens, the new reporter for the paper, a gambler called 'Poker Face Jace' who knows how to tell if someone is bluffing, a derringer-packing Soiled Dove, and a Chinese photographer's apprentice named Ping. Will P.K. survive and go on to solve more mysteries? Hell, yeah! There are sequels.
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Alessandro Savelli necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 527 diseños de 141 diseñadores freelance.
We are creating a new brand in the luxury sector that has the potential to create a new segment within luxury.
We want a beautiful, yet simple and classic logo.
If you like fashion and the luxury sector - let's see what you can do!
Savelli is a start-up luxury brand seeking to create a new a iconic, 1 color logo.Fashionistas, this is your chance to design a logo that will be recognized for the years to come in the fashion and luxury sectors. We are looking for a logo that will work well with any and all marketing and branding efforts.We believe that simplicity and elegance go hand in hand.We want t a logo that is iconic, simple and that can withhold the passing of time.The logos and companies we feel we are closest to what we are looking are the following: Jimmy Choo, Bottega Veneta, Bulgari, Valentino.We want to use it primarily on products, business cards, banner stand graphics, brochures and the like. We happen to be a bootstrapping startup, founded by an entrepreneur that wants to change the luxury goods sector.Our current tagline is "We are beautiful", but this should not be in the logo.
If yuo want you can attempt putting SWISS at the bottom of it (similar to the patek philippe logo that has geneve under it).
I am curious to see if someone comes up with a nice logotype
(the ones we like are the following:
Loewe (The four L's)
Chanel (the two C's)
Patek Philippe (the fleur de lis design)
We will use a Ratings System to guide the designers
1 star -Wrong direction, start over again with something completely different
2 star - some elements I like
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your design
4 star - design is being considered
5 star - made the final cut!
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- Simple, eternal
- One colour
- Multi-color logo
- "techy" looking logo
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