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I recently traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for my mother's 50th birthday. I wanted to take her on a trip where she actually had to use a passport. Mexico came to mind because it was somewhere neither of us had been and it was not hurricane season for that part of the country. Puerto Vallarta came to mind because I have friends and family members who have traveled there before and I have heard how beautiful it is. Not only that, but it is a pretty affordable place to travel.
Puerto Vallarta is a city in the state of Jalisco. Jalisco is located on the west coast of Mexico. Known for its beautiful beaches and sunny weather with minimum rain, it seemed like the perfect place to go.
We flew out on a Friday morning arriving around noon to Puerto Vallarta. Getting through customs was literally a breeze. It was the quickest I have ever gotten through customs in any country. Then immediately we were bombarded by timeshare presentations. Note: Set up transfer service or car service before you arrive into Mexico as that is part of the timeshare pitch along with excursions and tours. Once we got through the hall of timeshare people we were greeted by our driver with the company Vallarta Transfers and Incentives. We were given cold beer and bottle water.
We arrived at the Hard Rock Hotel in the newer area of Puerto Vallarta (Nuevo Vallarta). We were immediately greeted by the bellmen that took our bags and explained the next steps. We walked into the lobby to checked in. During the check in process we were greeted by another person who handed us Mojitos. My mom was super excited about the whole experience. They told us our room was ready, and we headed up.
Once in our room we noticed a very large hot tub inside the room with a mini bar and fruit tray. We opened our windows to the beautiful view of the ocean and pool area. This was our first time at an all-inclusive resort so were both excited. Yes I know… "How am I a travel agent who has never been to an all-inclusive resort?" Simple answer, my family likes to take cruises, LOL. We explored the resort the rest of day and turned it in early because we were exhausted from traveling.
The next day we scheduled a city tour with a local tour company, Estigo Tours. I found them on google by the way. I am always looking for local tours and smaller companies they offer tours because I want an authentic experience. I personally feel large company tours do not get as in depth with the local culture. Local tours are normally always flexible and center around what the client would like to do. Also, local tours tend to take you off the beaten path into the areas where the good food, shopping and culture really are. We were greeted immediately as we stepped out of the taxi. They even greeted me by name, which was exciting lol. I signed in, we took pictures and we took off into the city.
Bryan was our tour guide and he is a native of the Puerto Vallarta. He lived in America for six years and then came back home with his family. He was very accommodating, even tailored our tour to what we wanted to do. We were never pressured to hurry and go to the next place, or to do things we did not want to do.
We stopped in a shop that hand crafted pottery. We learned about and the cartoon illustrator who started the skeleton figures. We learned about La Calavera Catrina and why the illustrator used her as the focal point of his illustrations. We learned about the "Day of the Dead" and how the movie "COCO" was actually accurate. Side note: I LOVE the movie COCO; actually more than my child loves it. Every time I see the illustration for COCO, I say "Mama Coco". Don't judge me. LOL. Disney did an awesome job with COCO and sticking closely to Mexican heritage.
We watched a man make beautiful figures using glass beads and a needle. We drunk tuba water (water made from coconut palm, walnuts, diced apples, and palm sugar) which was really good. We were able to shop in the flea market as well as the street markets. Haggling is the name of the game when shopping in Mexico. And my mom is very good at haggling. I mean she does it every time she goes shopping so I'm not surprised she talked her total down from $100.00 USD to $55.00USD for an authentic leather purse and wallet, LOL. And most vendors accept Pesos as well as USD.
Afterward we took a stroll through the Romance District which is a very cool area. It's also a safe area for the LGBT community. Bryan let us know that no one bothers the LGBT community in Puerto Vallarta; they are free to live as they choose without persecutions.
While walking through the city I never once felt unsafe. Everyone was nice and greeted us, even in the back alleys. All the things I heard about Mexico prior to my trip there were not true or at least during my visit I did not notice any of it. I have been to other countries before where I felt unsafe and I did not have that feeling at all. Bryan did inform us that Puerto Vallarta was one of the safest cities in Mexico and after the tour Bryan got us a taxi back to the hotel.
We return to our hotel and enjoyed the rest of our evening. The next morning we ate breakfast and I tried Mexican coffee, which was pretty interesting. Mexican coffee has cinnamon, orange peel, sugar, anise and clove. It was a little thicker than most coffees I've had, but good. After breakfast we checked out and waited for our driver. I must say the staff at Hard Rock took great care of us from beginning til end.
I will visit Puerto Vallarta again, but next time I will stay in a local hotel and eat the local cuisine so that I can experience more of their culture. Being in an all-inclusive resort made me feel like I was disconnected for the pulse of the city. Not a bad thing, just different than most of my international trips.


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The title of a family owned restaurant comes with a certain connotation. One imagines a wholesome, warm, inviting atmosphere where a bright-eyed young lass invites you inside, ushering you to your table. You hear the patriarch, jovially announcing "Order up!" from the window to the kitchen. The mother of the brood snatches the plate from the window, blowing her man a kiss as she sashays to your table. She drops the plate with a smile and a wink, asking if you'd like to refill your beverage. You think, "why not?", and get the refill. You look around, and feel as if you've been invited into a family's home kitchen, where you are a guest being doted upon. Its the kind of place where you hope to bring your children one day, as sunlight slips through the window and warms your face. You breath deeply, and think that things just can't get any better than this.
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None of these things will happen if you go to Shopsin's in the Essex Street Market, which is kind of the point. In this space, roughly the size of a janitor's closet, you'll find head chef Kenny Shopsin. Prone to expletives, abrasiveness, and cooking some of the most deliriously over the top comfort food you'll likely to find in the LES, Mr. Shopsin has become something of a foodie legend… in the "Soup Nazi" sense of the phrase. Offering Tex Mex, Alternative Brunch, Vegetarian Sandwiches, and everything in between, Shopsin's menu is much larger than the actual seating space. However, this is a family restaurant, and Shopsin has hired his children to hand out his deilicious dishes to anyone brave enough to eat at his restaurant. His portions are nothing to scoff at either, as any one of the entrees is likely to send you into a food coma right at your seat.
In a part of town notorious for its "hipper than thou" dining scene, its pretty refreshing to hear a father and his children argue while you indulge on a massive portion of mac n' cheese pancakes covered with maple syrup and bacon. You might feel the family love in the food more than in the atmosphere, but with a menu this unique (in a deranged scientist/chef sort of way), it may not matter.
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The King County Sheriff's Office is hoping someone can help solve a $2 million heist. From KCSO spokesperson Sgt. Cindi West:
More than 7,000 Wii game consoles were stolen from a distributing warehouse in SeaTac in the last 24 hours and detectives are asking for the public's help in locating the van and trailers they were stolen in.
Employees at Seattle Air Cargo in the 19100 blk of Des Moines Memorial Dr said the theft occurred sometime between 9pm Saturday night and noon on Sunday. The suspects used forklifts on the premises to load up two 53' trailers and a box van with at least 64 pallets of Wii game consoles.
Both Trailers are 53' in length, white in color and have the name "McKinney" on the side:
The box van is a large International van with "Seattle Air Cargo" written on the doors. (Note: Seattle Air Cargo is NOT written on the side of the box, only the doors):
Trailer #1- California license plate 4HB3365 with a trailer number 533457
Trailer #2- California license plate 4EA5521 with trailer number 531841
Box Van- make "International" Washington license plate B40622K
Detectives believe the suspects drove two tractor trucks to the warehouse and used forklifts inside to load up the trailers and box van with the pallets of Wii games. Detectives estimate the value of property stolen including the vehicles is over $2 million.
If you have information about this crime please call the King County Sheriff's Office at (206) 296-3311 or 911 if you see any of the vehicles.
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You probably knew that I had quite a few cats, but did you realize that I had an affinity for positive negative prints & polka dots, & stripes? For what it is worth, most of these are fat quarters & some are even smaller scraps. Several will make it into a give away bag after I cut for the black & white challenge quilt.


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NEW YORK, NY–July 9, 2010 – The stars and producers of AMC's highly-anticipated series "The Walking Dead," based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, will descend on Comic Con 2010 for a panel event and exclusive sneak preview of the original drama. "The Walking Dead" panel, scheduled for Friday, July 23 at 11:30am in room 6BCF, will feature series stars Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific"), Sarah Wayne Callies ("Prison Break"), Laurie Holden (The Mist), and Emma Bell ("Law & Order").
Joining the cast are writer, director, executive producer and three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption,The Green Mile); executive producers Kirkman and Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Aliens,Armageddon), make-up artist Greg Nicotero (George Romero's Land of the Dead, The Mist); and Joel Stillerman, AMC\'s SVP of original programming, production and digital content. "The Walking Dead" will premiere this October during AMC Fearfest, the network\'s annual blockbuster marathon of thriller and horror films.
During the hour-long event, moderator Eric Moro of IGN.com will lead panelists in a discussion about their experience shooting the series in Atlanta, and the process of bringing Kirkman's comic book to life on the small screen, among other topics,followed by an exclusive first look at "The Walking Dead," and a Q&A session with attendees.
"The Walking Dead" panel will be complemented by a number of on-the-ground activities taking place throughout Comic Con: Attendees will have an opportunity to get "zombified" by visiting "The Walking Dead" booth and putting themselves into a zombie scene from the series via a touch screen and AMC will email the photo to them. AMC will distribute limited edition "The Walking Dead" series posters from internationally recognized movie poster artist, Drew Struzan (Star Wars,Indiana Jones, Harry Potter,Blade Runner,Hellboy and more). An autograph session will take place with Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Greg Nicotero and Gale Anne Hurd in the Image Comic Books booth. AMC will distribute limited edition "The Walking Dead" series buttons. AMC will have "The Walking Dead" walkers around the convention center and booth. "The Walking Dead" booth will be a semi-recreation of a scene from the pilot episode.
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The Walking Dead tells the story of the weeks and months that follow a pandemic zombie apocalypse. County Sheriff Rick Grimes travels with his family and a small group of survivors, constantly in search of a safe and secure home. But the constant pressure of fighting off death on a daily basis takes a heavy toll, sending many to the lowest depths of human cruelty. As Rick struggles to keep his family alive, he will discover that the overwhelming fear of the survivors can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth.
AMC and Fox International Channels (FIC) recently announced an unprecedented partnership whereby FIC has picked up all International Television and Home Video rights to "The Walking Dead," the network's first wholly-owned original production series. The deal includes a first-run window on all FIC's outlets in addition to full distribution rights for the life of the series, outside of the U.S. and Canada.
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As of 12 March, 2013, Ancestry.ca has 8,299,563 people in their database of Canadian directories.
TherThere are directories for Kentville, Nova Scotia, and Henry B. Webster is listed there as a barrister in 1867, in the Hutchinson's Nova Scotia Directory, 1866-1867, and in 1869 in the McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1868-1869.
Henry B. Webster was the son of Henry Webster of Kentville, Nova Scotia, and Edwardiana Barclay, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, who was the only daughter of James Barclay and Catherine Bingay, the brother to my g-g-g-g-grandfather George Barclay.
So go to www.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=3789, put in the name of yout ancestor, and see what come up – you may be surprised.


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Ashley Monroe premieres her new song "Weed Instead of Roses."
John Fogerty taps country stars for an album of Creedence Clearwater Revival classics.
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The 24th annual Cahaba Lily Festival will be Saturday at the Cahaba Lily Center on Main Street in West Blocton.
The 24th annual Cahaba Lily Festival will be Saturday at the Cahaba Lily Center on Main Street in West Blocton.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the program will start at 9:10 a.m.
The festival celebrates the rare lily that grows in clusters in the shoals of the Cahaba River.
Larry Davenport of Samford University, an authority on the Cahaba lily, will headline the morning program, which will feature the awarding of the Kae Canon Allen Memorial Award, the crowning of Miss Cahaba Lily, as well as presentations by the Cahaba River Society, Nature Conservancy, Alabama Wildflower Society and the Bibb County Citizens for Wildflowers.
Just outside the Cahaba Lily Center, a variety of native plants and other nature-related items will be available for purchase.
Lunch will be served by the West Blocton Improvement Committee, in exchange for a donation.
Field trips to the river to view the lilies will take place after lunch.
Shuttle buses to the river will be provided. Canoe rentals will be available for $20 from 1-3 p.m. through the Cahaba River Society. Afternoon tours of the nearby historic Blocton Beehive Coke Ovens will also take place between 1:15 and 3 p.m.
Evening events at the Cahaba Lily Center will begin at 3:15 p.m. featuring story telling and dulcimer music by the Cahaba Olde Tyme Music Society.
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I find nothing wrong with the treated wood as a bottom board, bees walk in and up into frames, they spend very little time on the bottom boards anyways.
Pressure treated lumber is a problem when you cut it
treated wood has arsenic in it. i personally know some people that had an above ground pool and built a deck around it with treated lumber. after the wood got wet the chemical bond between the arsenic and wood was broken and they absorbed the arsenic into their bodies through their feet. they all got sick. after a while the arsenic on the outer layer of the wood will wash away. formaldehyde is also used in treated lumber. try searching the net for the material safety data sheet on pressure treated lumber for other harmful components. i know the little yellow tag on treated lumber specifically says not to use it for BEEHIVES, but doesn't say not to use it for bottom boards. :)


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I am certain that the most joy I've ever experienced in one moment was felt at 7:45 p.m. on May 18th, 2007. Six pound, six ounce Lainey Love fit in my arms and stretched across my chest in a way that filled a void I didn't even realize existed. In that moment, she gave me a gift–a title I had dreamed of for a very long time. "How does it feel to be a mom?" Brett asked me in the delivery room.
Five good years have filled the span of time between then and now, and in them–much happiness.
We celebrated that happiness today at our girl's birthday luau, expressed best I think with little words and many photos.
As always, on these occassions I watch her a little more closely, sentimentally aware of all the ways in which she's grown–how she expresses herself, how she speaks to her friends, how she merges both leader and follower traits in a way that makes me so very proud.
Today was a vibrant celebration in many ways. And for that, I am happy.
You know what else makes me happy? Our lawn, our home, our driveway just spilling with little friends whose names are said many times in our home these days because, at five years old, it is quite obvious that there is a deeper recognition and appreciation for friendship. Lainey knows their names, who their brothers are, how old their sisters are, who can't eat peanut butter, and who's turning five next.
I look forward to many more occassions when these friends will once again fill the spaces in our home.
A Birthday Luau in photos:
Easy Hawaiian Punch: A large can of pineapple juice and 2 liters of sparkling water
Can you believe I found these lined beach bags and sunglasses in the front dollar bins at Target?
Tiki Wiki Beach Cupcakes (with buttercream frosting, graham cracker "sand dusting" and fondant shells)
Party Craft: Paint a Hawaiian Parasol-a huge hit with crafty little friends
So maybe I watched Lani Maka teaching the hula on Youtube a few times this week. And maybe I know all the words to "Little Brown Gal" now. The kids were enthralled and picked up the moves after the first two hip sways.
Aloha! (because it means "goodbye" too, you know)
More from the weekend and Friday photo dump on Monday. I will add an addendum to this post with party details and vendors on Monday as well.


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Last week, PC Pro challenged its readers to see whose rig could render a 3D graphics benchmark the quickest. An Intel engineer took the prize using a test rig overclocked to nearly 5GHz and cooled to -40 degrees Celsius.
So, maybe that's cheating a little bit. The rig's phase-cooled, thanks to the huge freezer box on the right side of the above photo. You're not reading that thermometer wrong—it's running at minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Steve, the Intel engineer in question, giddily supplied some specs for the machine, which ran the benchmark in 50 seconds:
The system is built as follows:
Chassis – Dimastech test rig
Processor – Intel Core I7 980x retail CPU
Memory – Corsair Dominator GT memory ( 2250 CAS 8 ) running at 2046 at CAS 7
Motherboard – EVGA Classified X4 E762 motherbaord
Power supply – 2 x Corsair 950w Single Rail Power supply (1 for system, the other for graphics card) automatically switched
Graphics card – 1 x EVGA GTX480
CPU cooling – Asetek Lightspeed refrigerated cooling system with a running temperature range of -40 to -32oC at 18oC ambient temperature
Storage – Seagate 160GB Sata drive (16mb cache)
Construction – Custom built for performance, not for looks!
And if you're not quite impressed, they're planning on getting it both cooler and faster:
I would expect that as we cool the processor further down to extreme cold temperatures (-180C) with Liquid nitrogen cooling, we would see stable runs on this benchmark in the 5.7-6.0ghz range.
We'll be doing some extreme overclocking around the end of august and I'll add this benchmark to the list to see if we can provide an even more impressive result.
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Three minutes into the third quarter of the Super Bowl, a power surge caused an outage at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Play has since resumed, but there was a lengthy delay.
According to the CBS broadcast, about half the lights in the stadium all went out at once after a "surge in the building." It took about 35 minutes for the lights to come back on.
Announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms did not have power, so the delay was mostly narrated by sideline reporters.
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I have added some programs to the panel and I would like to add the appropriate icons eg firefox thunderbird, Also I would like to add some of my own, I know when I select the properties for the launcher the icon I want isn't in there, where are they stored so I can add the 1,s I want. Also want format should they be.
The system icons are stored at /usr/share/icons/<theme> where <theme> is the name of the icon theme (have a look at the icon naming standard at http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-n … atest.html for more information about the structure of the theme).
You can store your own icons in ~/.icons (or really anywhere you want). When you go to select an icon, you can choose "Image Files" from the "Select icon from" dropdown to be able to search for specific files.
I believe most graphic formats are supported. SVG & PNG are the more common ones, but I've successfully used many other formats.
Ok I dont seem to be able to use other images, I have the firefox png saved to a folder and when I go to select it
it,dosn't show up, It dose show as firefox.png when viewed with thunar.
Any thoughts,
XFCE is installed on a lfs/blfs built machine but I dont think this is the problem
When you go to the launcher properties, click on the edit button, click the icon, choose "Image Files" from the "Select Icon From" dropdown, traverse to the location of the png file, do you not see the file listed? By default it lists all image files.
Yes I get that far but when I navigate to the folder the image is in, it,s not shown,
When I installed Gimp and Terminator the icons were found when I select all icons but Firefox and Thunderbird aren't there
Do you have libpng installed/built?
Yes I installed libpng/libjpeg/libtiff, Thunar shows the files there an even a thumbnail next to them
Maybe I didn't understand very well your question but why don't you use the desktop files (the ones that show in the menu)?
If you just want a different icon, then copy the desktop file you want from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications and change the 'Icon=' value.
Ok I have found the icons that change the panel launchers /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ I then saved a file firefox.png size 48x48 to the apps folder where all the icons show, But it still dosn't show when I want to change the icon, all the others are there.
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So the big question is...
What in the new Macbook (http://www.apple.com/macbook/) has changed if anything that would prevent me from upgrading that perfect case with an OS worthy such beauty?
I've seen the upgrade HowTo that makes a Macbook into a working Ubuntu system (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook) but I am concerned hardware changes will limit functionality in this new release. And its just to damn expensive to not have all the bells and whistles working.


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Cecil, Maroth out of rotation race + pregame
More coming on this later today (on bluejays.com), but just to get the news up here for you all: Brett Cecil and Mike Maroth have been returned to Minor League camp. In Maroth's case, he's going to talk to his agent and decide whether to accept a Minors assignment or to ask for his release.
GM J.P. Ricciardi said Cecil isn't ready to make the club and he needs to continue to work on his fastball command. Brad Mills has been the talk of camp all spring and Ricciardi said the young lefty is "pushing the envelope" in terms of making a case for having a job in the rotation.
Matt Clement is behind Casey Janssen, Scott Richmond and Mills for one of the starting jobs, according to Ricciardi. He added that Janssen doesn't necessarily need to open in the Minors because he is slightly behind the rest of the pitchers. He's very much in the running for a spot.
Other moves today: Adam Loewen, Brian Dopirak and Ken Takahashi were also returned to Minors camp.
Don't forget, you can follow my in-game updates at www.twitter.com/mlbastian
Today's lineup:
Norris Hopper, CF
Chris Dickerson, LF
Joey Votto, 1B
Brandon Phillips, 2B
Jay Bruce, RF
Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
Lance Nix, DH
Alex Gonzalez, SS
Ryan Hanigan, C
Johnny Cueto, P
Joe Inglett, SS
Aaron Hill, 2B
Jose Bautista, CF
Kevin Millar, 1B
Scott Rolen, 3B
Jason Lane, DH
Travis Snider, RF
Michael Barrett, C
Russ Adams, LF
Brad Mills, P
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So Takahashi and Maroth are gone, why not Bauer as well? I also think it's wise to send Cecil back down, although I doubt if the decision was because of fastball control. He needs more stretching since last year was his first as a starter. I'd like to see him go 150 to 170 innings this year and then get shut down.
Doesn't sound like Clement has been that impressive, I guess that 86-88 mph fastball might not have anymore upside or limited.
Sounds to me like Mills is coming north-can't wait to see this kid pitch at the Rogers center.
Well done Puerto Rico
Yes well done Puerto Rico, They kicked the Yanks buts.
It looks like Linds bat is starting to heat up.
Wells will soon be back let's hope he brings his bat.
Good to see you back.
Thanks G. just taken it slow I seem to fall asleep a lot.
Reading JB's entry on Bautista, I was struck by the point made about Inglett probably being the odd man out in the last roster spot race between Inglett, Bautista and Millar, because he still has options. One of Inglett, Bautista and Millar isn't coming north.
JP is high on Millar, just like he was high on other old guys in the past who all washed out the moment the bell rang for the regular season. He keeps bring up the point of needing more right hand power in the line-up which is pure bs and its not like we're going to compete this year anyway.
Milllar turns 38 in September and gives us depth at 1st and 3rd. Inglett turns 31 in June and can play 2nd, 3rd, ss, lf and rf. Bautista turns 29 in October and can play 1st, 3rd and all 3 outfield positions. Bautista delivers more power than Millar and brings that rh stick off the bench.
What would be really good is if Batista feels comfortable playing ss, since Cito is going to try him there.
So why would we keep Millar? Bautista and Inglett give us more flexibility and will probably play a role next year and years after, whereas Millar is on his last legs.
Garry-sleep is good and continue to take it slow.
Mills is giving to many BB ,If it keeps up he will not go North.
I've always liked Millar but as gs pointed out,Inglett and Bautista are the best choice.Sure wouldn't seem right not seeing Mighty Joe goin north after all he did last year.Both he and Bautista give the Jays way more options off the bench and are need when the injury bug bites.
Good showing for Cecil.Although he's goin down,I'm sure we'll see him back soon and for years to come.
I think we lose Millar or Bautista if they don't make the club. Or can they go down to AAA? I know Inglett can go down there without risk of losing him. That being the case, I think I'd rather have him go down there, just to have that extra AAAA player in the fold for when someone goes down on injury. Chances are someone will, and he'll be up and down most of the season anyway.
Don't get me wrong though, doesn't seem right for him to go down there after last year's showing. And it'd be nice for him to finally get the stable big league job. But for the Jays, it'd probably be best to keep Millar and Bautista. MacDonald on the other hand, you could convince me otherwise, I think.
That is the most walks Mills has even given up in his professional career. He must have ran out of steam. It will be interesting to see which 2 of Richmond, Janssen and Mills comes north.
Tell you what though, you gotta like having 3 young lefties in Mills, Cecil and Romero all about to break in.
It looks like the Jays will have good pitchen for many years to come.
Yes, particulary if Marcum and McGowan come back by the start of next year. Cito will have some tough decisions to make with Marcum, McGowan, Litsch, Purcey, Mills, Cecil, Richmond, Janssen and Romero all in the mix. But there are bound to be a couple of injuries, there always is.
Rene, we signed Millar on a minor league contract so I assume he can go down, whether he would want to is the issue. With Bautista we would have to release him and pay him a chunk of his salary like we did Reed last year.


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Thankfully, life is much happier in the state of Washington, especially the Leavenworth region, where scores of cherry orchards heavy with fruit line the highways. A fully fruited cherry tree is gorgeous — the clusters of cherries are dramatically suspended from branches, like firework starbursts.
Despite having eaten over three pounds of cherries in three days while we were in Washington, we're still craving them. So last night I made Smashed Cherries, Amaretti and Ricotta, a delightful, no-cook summer dessert from Cheryl Sterman-Rule's new cookbook, Ripe: A Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables. I had tested this recipe for Cheryl last year and have made it numerous times since. No doubt, you will too.
If you'd like to learn more about Cheryl's book, then please see my full review at One For The Table, which also includes a tasty recipe for Radish and Olive Crostini.
Smashed Cherries, Amaretti and Ricotta
A no-cook summer dessert.
Serves 4
Printable recipe.
4 cups (1 to 1 1/4 pounds)
3/4 cup whole milk ricotta
2 teaspoon sugar
4 teaspoons milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
4 amaretti cookies
1 teaspoon cacao nibs or mini chocolate chips
Thwack the cherries with the flat side of a heavy knife so they flatten. Discard the pits. Divide the cherries among 4 pretty, clear glasses.
In a small bowl, stir together the ricotta, sugar, milk, and almond extract. Spoon pillows of ricotta over the cherries in equal proportions. Crumble one amaretti cookie over each serving and sprinkle with the cacao nibs. Serve immediately.
Tip: You'll find amaretti cookies (Italian macaroons) in larger supermarkets or Italian grocery stores, though you may substitute toasted, chopped almonds if you like.
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FoxNews , Post Tribune, & The Courier News published this deansguide article 9-8-09
Google is the most influential force behind the proliferation of social media. Yet many of us think we know everything or close to everything we need to know about Google. In an eye opening article by Search Engine People's Ruud Hein "20 Things You Don't Know About Google" you can learn something new and in most cases be very surprised at what you did not know. Here is Ruud's list and my impressions.
20 Google Facts
1. Adwords accounts for 99% Google's annual revenue; dg: that seems obvious but we are just warming up
2. Google's advertising revenue in 2008 was $21 billion; dg: incredible and more than I imagined!
3. 1.35% of the US' Adwords advertisers make up 80% of Google US ad revenue; dg: this goes beyond the 90-10 rule
4. Adwords as we know it used to be called Adwords Select. The top banner position was sold old school style through a program call Adwords Premium; dg: I did NOT know that fact
5. The first Adwords Select ad was in 2000 for live mail-order lobsters; dg: you have to start somewhere, a precursor to WebVan?
6. Google's pricing mechanism where the winner pays the runner up's price was devised to prevent super-inflated bid prices but the second-price auctions resulted in higher prices for Google right away; dg: brilliant strategy
7. In 2009 Google began showing ads based on their previous online activities. User patterns are segmented in 20 categories and roughly 600 subcategories; dg: this will continue to expand and be refined
8. In 2008, 80% of 80,000 typo-squatting domains in the US alone were funded through Adsense; dg: that is a bit alarming
9. Google's query forecasting models are founded in their efforts to understand and predict Adwords pricing and click patterns; dg: again this will continue to be refined
10. Although it doesn't like to talk about using user data, Google cross references everything. "We have temperature data, weather data, and queries data, so we can do correlation and statistical modeling."; dg: this is part of the power and "secret sauce" that makes Google
11. In the last 10 years Google's latency has gone from 1000ms to 200ms.
12. In the last 10 years Google has made seven major rearchitecture changes.
13. Compared to 1999 Google's index is now 100x larger but they update it 10,000 times faster; dg: growth and speed continue to be a Google staple and it is another building block that keeps them ahead of the other search engines
14. Google cataloged its trillionth web page in 2008; dg: with one trillion cataloged web pages will any company ever challenge Google's supremacy in the search industry?
15. To translate one sentence Google does a million lookups in a multi-terabyte data structure.
16. To punish itself for artificial link inflation (paid links) Google penalized itself in 2009 by lowering the PageRank of it's Japan domain from PR9 to PR5; dg: why not across the board?
17. Since January 2009 Gmail regularly beats YouTube in market share by US visits and is the 2nd most popular Google property; dg: very surprising considering Youtubes viral capabilities
18. The 3 largest traffic drivers for Gmail are Google, Facebook — and Yahoo! Mail…; dg: oh yea Yahoo helping Google is a bit like the Red Sox helping the Yankees–hard to understand
19. To encourage developer teams to move to new servers Google uses auctions where teams bid how many extra computers dedicated to their service it would take for them to move; the lowest bidding team wins.
20. In 2007 Google announced it will award $20 million to the 1st private team which builds a robot — and puts it on the moon; dg: my money is on Mark Cuban who is never shy about a challenge or the type of publicity this challenge would generate


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Seems like the last few times I've visited all the new posts were spam.
Another board I frequent (which also uses phpBB) restricts new posters to reading and posting to a single "Account Confirmations" forum which restricts them from spreading their vileness too far. Once someone has proven they are a real person they get unlocked and can see and participate in the rest of the site.
Obviously that solution might not be completely ideal as you want the forum to be accessible to anyone, but you could consider restricting posting privileges for new accounts in some way.


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I'm posting this not only because the news is important to those of us who read books, but also for the amazing photo.
Hachette Looks Like the Winner as Its War With Amazon Ends
By Felix Gillette
November 13, 2014
An Amazon warehouse in Germany
The publishing gazelle has escaped the e-commerce cheetah—at least for now. Hachette Chief Executive Michael Pietsch announced that the book publisher has reached a new multiyear agreement with Amazon.com (AMZN), ending months of contentious contract negotiations. The deal, which will cover print and e-book distribution, will begin next year. In the meantime, as Pietsch explained in an e-mail to authors and agents, Hachette titles "will be restored as soon as possible to normal availability on Amazon."
Already, Hachette authors are cheering, because what's known about the deal makes it look like a victory for the publisher. Under the new agreement, in Pietsch's telling, Hachette will control e-book pricing and authors won't give up any of their current e-book royalties to Amazon. Throughout the negotiations it was widely believed that Amazon was seeking to lower e-book prices and to collect a larger cut of the resulting royalties.
What, if any, concessions Amazon extracted from the negotiations is not immediately clear. Without revealing those details, Amazon released an upbeat statement of its own: "We are pleased with this new agreement as it includes specific financial incentives for Hachette to deliver lower prices, which we believe will be a great win for readers and authors alike," wrote Amazon's David Naggar in the statement.
From the start, Hachette largely dominated the public relations battle with help from high-profile authors publicly backing the book publisher and bashing Amazon.
The agreement, according to the New York Times, is similar to the multiyear distribution deal that was recently reached between Amazon and Simon & Schuster (CBS). While plenty of future challenges remain for the book publishing industry, on Thursday, Nov. 13, for the first time in ages, some of the more aggrieved members of the industry could be seen letting out a collective sigh of relief.
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Well, it's officially summer in Houston and we are literally buzzing with insect activity. Some species are off to a slow start due to the harsh winter, but they are sure to catch up soon. I love the summer! I can definitely tolerate it being hotter than all get out, a lot better than the cold and I love to see the outdoors come to life. Millions of little creatures scurrying here and there doing their jobs to keep our environment working the way it should. How can you not appreciate that?
One insect you may be lucky enough to run into is the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper. Although I'm not terribly clear on the role these funny little guys play, it may just be to entertain people like me! These grasshoppers are commonly referred to as the clowns of the insect world. They are large, colorful, extremely clumsy, and just plain funny to look at!
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There are several species of Lubber grasshoppers. Most of them are found in South America, but luckily we have a few species here in North America. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in the United States. The term "lubber" refers to stout and clumsy individuals. You may have heard the term landlubber before, which means a clumsy or inexperienced sailor. This name fits them quite well. Most lubber grasshoppers are horrible jumpers, cannot fly, and are pretty slow at walking. You would think that this would put them at a disadvantage, but they have enough chemical and physical defenses to put off a large majority of predators that would threaten them!
|Clowns! Eastern Lubbers
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The Easter Lubber or Romalea guttatta is probably the most well known grasshopper in the Southeastern United States and is definitely the largest! They can be called the clowns of the insect world due to their coloration. They usually have a combination of yellow, red and black and their colors can vary. They have these colors for a reason. They are known as aposematic or warning colors. This coloration can also be seen on animals such as coral snakes, poison dart frogs, bees, wasps, ladybugs, monarch butterflies, etc. This is a way of warning predators to stay away, or get more than they bargained for. This can mean poison, venom, a bad taste or other unpleasant consequences.
The bodies of Eastern Lubbers do contain toxic chemicals that have been known to cause death in certain bird species and cause small mammals like opossums to wretch violently and feel sick for quite some time after. Of course there are some animals that are tolerant of their poison.
If their coloration does not work, they have an arsenal of other defenses. They will lift their wings, displaying their bright red color. This is often followed by a loud hissing noise as they force a bubbly frothy liquid from their spiracles (breathing holes). This substance contains some semi-toxic chemicals which are irritants. They can also regurgitate plant material that has been recently eaten and digested. This liquid is brown in color and also contains some semi-toxic compounds from the insect's crop. It is often referred to as tobacco spit and many grasshoppers are able to do this. Wow, if an insect was doing all that to me, I would probably freak out! I have been working with Eastern Lubbers for years and have never ever seen such a thing. They must not find me very threatening!
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If you're wondering where to find these beauties, well, your guess is as good as mine! They prefer moist, densely wooded areas, but as they mature, they will disperse and can be found in almost any suitable habitat. I have collected them several times out at Bear Creek Park. Sometimes they will disperse into gardens and become a bit of a pest. They will eat a wide variety of wild plants but are fond of amaryllis and related plants in gardens. However, despite their size, they have a very small appetite, so the numbers would have to be great to cause a problem.
The nymphs tend to be gregarious and they look quite different from the adults so they can often be mistaken for a different species all together. They are all black with a narrow yellow, red, or orange stripe running from their head to their abdomen. If you happen to run into these grasshoppers, take some time to observe them. We are so lucky to have such an amazing insect native to our little part of the world.
In the mean time you can stop by our Entomology Hall to see them on display. I'm fortunate enough to be fully stocked up with plenty of adults and nymphs to last me through the summer! Until next time, happy grasshopper watching!


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Avant_MUTEK, 2010
Back for it's second edition, the Avant_MUTEK Tour is visiting even more cities across North America!
This year's tour hits the road with AKUFEN (DJ) and STEPHEN BEAUPRÉ (live).
Tickets available for Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto, Chicago and Seattle through ResidentAdvisor.net
1 April - Winnipeg, MB
Presented by Symptom Technologies, Memetic and MUTEK
with Joe Silva and Nathan Zahn
Venue: The Academy
Time: 9pm - 2:30am
Tickets: $10 in advance at Kustom Kulture, The Urban Bakery, Into the Music, $15 at the door
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Venue: Lotus Sound Lounge, 455 Abbott St
Time: 10pm
Tickets: $15 in advance at Vinyl, Beatstreet, Zulu, or www.clubzone.com/intimate, more at the door
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Presented by the Drake Hotel and MUTEK
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Venue: Drake Underground, 1150 Queen Street West
Time: 10pm
Tickets: $10 in advance at Rotate This, $15 at the door
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Presented by Beyond Booking and MUTEK
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Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
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Venue: Nectar Lounge, 412 N. 36th St
Time: 9pm
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Just days after Brick Squad rapper Waka Flocka Flame informed Rap Fix Live viewers that he would never do business with Gucci Mane "ever in life," the Atlanta rapper has now revealed that he has no issues with Gucci.
During an interview with Montreality, Waka Flocka stated that there is "no beef" or "animosity" between himself and Gucci and instead revealed that the two artists happen to be pursuing different goals at this point in their careers.
Waka further commented on his alleged issues with Gucci, which initially started with a single Tweet, by stating that it's no one's business what the reason behind the pairs split was.
"We in two paths in our lives. Ain't no beef, no animosity. It's just that me and him see two different goals. I guess we both be at the finish line we just going our own routes," Waka explained. "That's all I can say. People they just can't put a finger on it. Like, 'What's the reason?' Sometimes it's none of your fuckin' business what's the reason. You know what I'm saying? Just understand two men went they own ways. It's no problem."
The Flockaveli rapper later spoke on his upcoming album, Flockaveli 2, and his plans on taking the project "back to the essence of music."
"I feel like I'm a fresh artist again. But I know more tricks and trades. Like now I know more shit," said Waka in a video posted on HipHop-n-More.com. "Plus, my second album I went so far left when I was already writing that I wanted to show people I could conquer another genre of people. And I did it. So now it's time to go back to the essence of music. Of how I started and what I created. It's time to claim what the fuck I started."


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Barbara Joan Clark
June 10, 1927 - February 27, 2013
Barbara Joan Clark passed into the Kingdom of Our Lord February 27, 2013. She was born June 10, 1927 to Charles L.
Owens and
Helen Mildred Drawbaugh Owens in Napa, California. She moved to Stockton and spent her childhood there until high school when she moved to San Francisco and graduated from Catholic St. Francis Girls High. She married in 1945 to
Stanley M. Clark and bore 3
children, Stanley Jr. (deceased),
Michael L. Clark (Jeanine) and June V. Clark Crumrine (Gary). She moved back to Stockton in 1950 where she resided until retirement. She worked at Webb's Bakery, Brown-Mahin, Podesto's and Macy's. She and Stanley traveled for many years across the United States. She moved to Elk Grove last year after the death of her husband and died after complications following surgery. She had 3 grandsons, Jason Crumrine (deceased), Stanley Clark III, and Brett Clark, 6 great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and beloved friends. Her siblings are deceased.
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New era in U.S. culture assessed by panel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- While "cultural Christianity is dead" in an increasingly secular America, evangelicals have the "theological resources" to keep the faith, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said during a "Faith and Freedom in the Public Square" discussion at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Mohler, president of Southern Seminary, was joined by nationally syndicated radio show host and conservative pundit Dennis Prager and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat for a wide-ranging and often entertaining two-hour discussion Jan. 28 of secularism, faith, politics and shifting morality in America.
Douthat, a Roman Catholic whose 2013 book about religion in the United States, "Bad Religion," appeared on The New York Times bestseller list, opened the session with a "view from Washington." He offered a "distillation" of the socio-religious environment and the cultural conversation in the nation's capital.
"The view from my city is that we are in this kind of post-culture war era in American politics," Douthat said, describing an era when most consider "religious conservatism" as "mostly gone into retreat."
Douthat, who moved to D.C. in the 1990s, recalled the debates surrounding the "religious right," the Moral Majority and more recent controversies concerning the role of faith in major political debates.
"It's remarkable to me as someone who was there for those debates, and participated in them, to see how quickly -- this was just six or seven years ago -- the conversation has shifted, and how strong the assumption is among American journalists, people in the American media and people who work in politics that the sort of post-1970s religious right versus secular left cultural battles are of yesterday," Douthat said.
The consensus, Douthat suggested, is that "religious conservatism is weakening, that America in general is suddenly secularizing in ways that people didn't expect 10 or 15 years ago -- that what's happening in the debate about gay marriage is kind of a microcosm of these trends as a whole and that, frankly, if there is a sort of future in the debates about religion and politics, it's more likely to be defined by some resurgent religious liberalism, which a lot of people are very eager to identify with the new pope."
Reacting to Douthat's summary of the nation's cultural ethos, Mohler pushed back against the idea that everything has changed since the culture wars of recent decades, saying that "the culture wars are over, except for where they're not." He noted specifically that the issue of abortion is today "more divisive than at any point since Roe v. Wade in 1973."
But, Mohler said, the major difference in today's socio-religious world compared to that of the previous generation is a move away from a wide, almost requisite, acceptance of religion in all facets of public life.
"There was in the center of the country -- and I don't mean that geographically, but culturally -- a cultural religiosity that was, in the main, a cultural Christianity that trended in one direction for the better part of 60 to 70 years, and it had a kind of moral authority that is disappearing before our eyes," said Mohler, an evangelical theologian who is the author of several books about cultural trends as well as the host of a daily podcast in which he analyzes the news from a Christian viewpoint.
Prager, a practicing Jew who, in addition to hosting a radio show, is a syndicated columnist and author, responded by suggesting several ways in which "this country is changing," each of which he tied to the loss of belief in a transcendent God or moral standard. Prager specifically noted a "loss of meaning" and a loss of objective morality.
"We live in the age of feelings," Prager said, citing abortion rights as the greatest example of individual feelings guiding contemporary morality. The unborn child's worth is "entirely dictated by the feelings of the mother. It is an unbelievable statement of narcissism, which is what happens when there is no transcendent morality," he said.
Extending his theological argument, Prager pointed to assumptions about the nature of humanity as the fundamental dividing line between liberals and conservatives today.
"Everything in leftism [both religious and political liberalism] follows from the belief that people are basically good," Prager said. "And everything in conservatism follows from the belief that people are not basically good. Judaism and Christianity were united in teaching that people were not basically good. With the death of traditional Judaism and traditional Christianity, you have the unbelievably dangerous belief that people are basically good, and everything flows from there to big government to believing that your opinion is what makes things moral. And that's where we now stand."
After the trio set forth their assessments of America's contemporary religious landscape, Douthat posed a question about the declining number of "religious persons" in the United States.
Concerning evangelicals, Mohler admitted that "right now there are fewer evangelicals by theological definition than the sociologists tell us there are." But the issue, he said, is not evangelicals departing from their genuine beliefs. Rather, many of those who, in a previous generation, self-identified as "evangelical" no longer do so. He alluded to a mid-20th-century America, particularly in the South, where affiliation with a church or religious group brought a certain amount of social and cultural credibility.
"Cultural Christianity," Mohler said, "is dead." Yet he was not entirely pessimistic.
"I'm pretty convinced, if I can give you good news that there are going to be evangelicals who keep the faith. Evangelicals in the main, though tempted by any number of things, have theological resources, if they will lean into them, that will prevent some of the things that have happened elsewhere," Mohler said, referencing the near disappearance of liberal Protestant denominations like the Presbyterian Church (USA).
While conceding Mohler's point, Douthat questioned whether theologically defined conservative religion could restore conservative values to cultural prominence.
"The resilience of conservative religion may not have been as resilient as a lot of conservative believers hoped it was," Douthat said, adding that though theological grounding may be "enough for survival," it may not be "enough to restore its flourishing."
Mohler, returning to an earlier point about transcendent authority, said the primary difference in religious groups that fade away and those that continue to thrive is "oughtness."
"If there's no binding authority -- if there's no 'ought' -- then no one is going to pay to repair the [church] roof. And no one is going to feel guilty for not going" to church, Mohler said.
He continued, "If you look at conservative Catholics and the conservative Jewish community, the conservative evangelicals, what you find is persons who actually believe there is a huge 'ought,' there is a transcendent reality, which is to say, [there is a] God to whom we are answerable and there is something at stake."
After about two hours of conversation that covered topics from civil rights to party platforms, the three men fielded questions from the audience. Questions and answers ranged from the "loss of God" in public discourse and conservative involvement in pop culture to the so-called cultural "war on men" and same-sex marriage.
The event's emcee, Warren Cole Smith, associate publisher and vice president of WORLD magazine, introduced the panelists and moderated the question-and-answer portion of the evening. WORLD, the largest Christian news magazine in the United States, cosponsored the event with Hashtag Productions.
Aaron Cline Hanbury is manager of news and information at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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General featuresWith camAnywhere Php / jQuery script you can easily :
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An easy-to-follow user documentation is also provided.
Your feedbacks and improvements requests are welcome, want something new in a future release, contact me!


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Greetings, all. New hanger here. Of course, I have questions. I tried hanging in the backyard over the weekend in my Speer, with a section of closed cell foam (also bought from Speer) as insulation (about 25X42). It did not go well. The pad was very clammy and scrunched and folded every time I moved. On the plus side, I got a great workout trying to flatten it down and stretched myself out good, too. On the negative side, I didn't sleep. Before I overreact and go straight to an underquilt, thought I would solicit advice. I have seen the SPE design; is this an effective solution? What type of material should it be made out of? Any other solutions I should think about?
Other questions:
- had some trouble with constriction around the shoulders, too. Is that just a function of sag, or is there more to it?
- I had some discomfort in my knees, too, like they were bending the wrong way a little bit with the shape of the hammock. Lying on my side helped a little, but also felt like different torquing going on. Any suggestions?
All that and it was still more comfortable than sleeping on the ground. Thanks in advance.


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Web application specialist New Relic is claiming an industry first by introducing an "Application Speed Index" to its SaaS application performance management (APM) tool. This new benchmarking tool is intended to compare application performance across a set of "industry peers" in real-time based on real user data from over 25,000 active accounts.
NOTE: There appears to be a somewhat scant definition of who these "industry peers" might in fact be, although the company says that it has listed a public "Application Speed Index Leaderboard" as a living infographic that tracks the fastest applications and industries using New Relic. New Relic does specify that since the company was founded in 2008 over 140,000 developer, operations, and DevOps personnel have opened accounts on the company's APM platform.
50 bn x 500,000 Apps x 200,000 Domains
New Relic says that its SaaS-based solution collects over 50 billion metrics for its users each day from over 500,000 application instances that power 200,000 unique web domains on the Internet. This figure (says the company) makes New Relic the largest big data repository for application performance metrics ever built.
Company CEO Lew Cirne has stated that in his view, most companies measure speed and performance against their own subjective benchmarks, but that this is "operating in a vacuum" because they don't have insight into how other companies in their industry compare.
"With New Relic's massive big data collection and our new app speed index capability, we're giving companies a huge competitive edge by providing a real benchmark that they can measure against day after day," he said.
Gartner's Jonah Kowell agrees that industry benchmarking is critical for helping companies understand how they compare with their peers. "However, benchmarking reports are typically driven by synthetic transactions, which can assume connectivity that is often uncertain in today's mobile workforce. Newer approaches to application performance monitoring delivered as a service (APMaaS) can inject real user data into benchmarks adding valuable data for decision makers," he said.
NOTE: Application performance metrics measured by this tool will include end user response time, application availability, and error rate.
New Relic users who opt-in to the Application Speed Index are reportedly given a percentile rank for each metric as well as daily histograms of their performance compared to that of their industry peers. The index itself is divided into 14 industry categories including ecommerce, mobile, B2B and consumer internet, social networking, and others.


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Work out the right cage size for your bird
Australians love their pets. Among the 24 million pets in Australia, almost 4.2 million of them are pet birds.
While these beautiful animals are often thought of as low maintenance, they have some fundamental requirements to keep them healthy and happy, and the size of their cage is one of the main determinants of their welfare.
While a cage can provide a safe refuge and home environment for pet birds, unfortunately most bird cages are far too small to allow birds to fly freely.
This means that the bird's ability to exercise and to express its normal behaviour are severely restricted – and that's bad news for its welfare.
Many cages sold commercially are simply too small for birds and don't allow them enough space to fly.
Fortunately, working out the minimum size cage for your avian friend is both quick and easy.
To work out the minimum width and height of the cage, use the rule of threes.
The width of the cage should be at least three times the length of its wingspan, and this applies to all the birds in a cage. So if you have a pair of birds, the width of the cage should be three times the length of their combined wingspan.
The minimum height of the cage should be three times the length from the head to the tail of the bird.
As for the length, it should provide at least two wing beats between perches, and birds should be able to turn around on the perches without touching their tail feathers against the cage.
The best way to ensure that your bird has as much space as possible is by giving it regular access to the world outside its cage.
Regular opportunities to spread its wings in a flight aviary or a safe environment outside the cage, such as indoors, will not only make for a happier bird, it will also provide additional opportunity to bond with your feathered friend.
When letting your avian friend out for a fly, make sure that there are no potential dangers around such as moving ceiling fans, and that all doors and windows are closed.
Don't be tempted to tether your bird, as this will restrict its movement and could cause an injury.
A bird's cage can be a sanctuary when it's not confined to it permanently. Making sure that your feathered friend always has access to clean, fresh water, and a nutritious and varied diet is essential.
Suitable perches are another essential part of any bird cage. As birds are both social and clever, they need toys and other enrichment items to keep them entertained. More information can be found here.
So, with a little bit of imagination – and a measuring tape – you can ensure that your pet bird has enough space to move and the best chance at a bird-eautiful life.
- This article was provided by the RSPCA, an independent, non-government community-based charity providing animal care and protection services. The RSPCA relies on donations from the public in order to carry out its work. You can donate online or call 1300 RSPCA1.


text: The Financiapocalypse is threatening to nearly double new car showrooms expected to go out of business in 2008 versus 2007 like Bill Heard Chevrolet. The National Automobile Dealer's Association estimates as many as 700 will go under before the ball drops in Times Square in just over two months. Dealers are being squeezed by reduced sales on one end and a lack of cost-effective financing for floor plans and inventory on the other. The increase in closures presents Detroit automakers with something of a crisitunity: Burdened with excess dealer capacity, Ford, Chrysler and GM could all stand to shed several hundred showrooms apiece. But with each closure, fewer cars get sold, and the Detroit Three can't afford to lose a single sale right now. [WSJ]


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Menlo Park's stance that the results of an investigation into the firing of instructor Michelle Sutton and allegations of a toxic workplace environment within the gymnastics program are not public record is yet another in a series of missteps by the city that have characterized this messy situation from the start.
The moment word of her Feb. 12 termination as a gymnastics instructor leaked out, something did not seem right about how this highly popular teacher despite being an at-will employee could be dismissed without warning. And the consternation only grew when the city deleted a deluge of email posts supporting her from the City Council's website.
Then we learned that six days before Ms. Sutton was fired, she asked how to file a harassment complaint against her supervisor, Karen Mihalek. A coworker who quit in protest over Ms. Sutton's termination told the council that he had witnessed the harassment. Amid this turmoil, Ms. Sutton allowed the Almanac to review her personnel file maintained by the city. The file showed no problems or disciplinary actions, although the city is not legally obligated to record those for at-will employees.
With the exception of a complaint by one parent who took offense at being asked to leave the mat during a child-only class, by all other accounts Ms. Sutton was an exemplary teacher who loved her job.
After a wave of protests about Ms. Sutton's dismissal, the city restored supportive emails on its website and City Manager Alex McIntyre said he had reviewed the circumstances of the firing and concluded that the action was proper. The Almanac confirmed that during this review, Mr. McIntyre did not interview Ms. Sutton or other instructors in the gymnastics progam. Finally, after council members started asking their own questions, the city manager hired an independent investigator attorney Nikki Hall.
But now, instead of using the report to clear the air, the city contends that personnel regulations and attorney-client privilege will prohibit release of the investigator's findings.
Ms. Sutton's supporters and the Almanac strongly object. Why would the results of such an important investigation not be shared with the public, which is paying for the investigation as well as for the salaries of city employees, including those within the gymnastics program? Does the public not have a right to know how Menlo Park manages its community programs?
Erin Glanville, a Menlo Park resident who expressed concern over the instructor's firing, believes there's legal precedent to make the report public. She cited a 2006 District Court of Appeal ruling in a similar case that ruled an investigator's report about allegations of verbal abuse and sexual harassment of a former school superintendent were public record.
Writing for the Court of Appeal, Justice George Nicholson noted that disclosure of public records in prohibited only when it "would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," and that exceptions to the California Public Records Act must be narrowly interpreted. Although the investigator in the Court of Appeal case was not an attorney, enough similarities exist that the city should fully disclose the investigator's report of Michelle Sutton's firing if it has any interest in truly serving the public.
Dozens of parents whose children enjoy the city's gymnastics classes want to know the truth about the program's management and Ms. Sutton's termination, whatever the outcome. The city manager and the council should release these findings instead of burying the report. That is the only way to meet the standards of public accountability and transparency.


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I am looking to have an uncoded template made for an Entertainment / Media / Humor Website. The template will be used as the default design for the Media Dump script.
Here are some designs I like: http://www.jokeroo.com | http://www.youtube.com | http://www.stupidvideos.com
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I am looking to have an uncoded template made for an Entertainment / Media / Humor Website. The template will be used as the default design for the Media Dump script (Link Removed (Too many entrants using this style - Please do not take this layout into consideration, as I am trying to get well away from this feel).
The website template should have a clean look and feel with no dark colors. I do not want a simple three column layout with box after box. Please look at the below designs that I like.
Try and base your design around these concepts. I really like the color scheme of JokeRoo.com, so also try heading in that direction. However, I do not want the template to be too heavy in graphics, as a lot of the template will end up being css.
I will need two pages designed. The first one being the homepage, the second one a content page (One that shows the media file).
Two designs will be chosen. The winner will receive $175 while the runner-up will receive $75. Please note that I have the choice to not choose a design if a suitable entry is not submitted.
Also note that by contributing to this contest, designers who win will be required to hand over all rights to the template. Winners are required to send over the Photoshop psd, the fonts used, and any other resources used to create the template.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
"Weave" Open Rehearsal 7
Presented in Collaboration with The O'Shaughnessy and Rosy Simas Danse
FREE | Open to the public
Refreshments to be provided
For directions, visit https://oshag.stkate.edu/getting-here/
In anticipation of the performance of Weave created by Minnesota choreographer Rosy Simas (Seneca, Heron Clan) at the Ordway, please join us and our collaborators on Wednesday, June 27, from 12:00-1:00pm at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University. This open rehearsal is part of the residency and a series of events June 18–30, 2018 at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University. Learn more about upcoming Weave residency engagement activities.
An open rehearsal is an opportunity for the community to witness and discuss Simas' movement practice based on intention and attention. Over time the practice will become a dance work to be shared with audiences in St. Paul, Maui, Washington D.C., Oahu, Philadelphia, Birmingham and the Seneca Allegany territory. Watch how artists create their work. What do they discuss? How does movement influence an idea? What does collaboration look like? It's an observation experience, letting artists work without interruption, with time at the end for questions and discussion.
Additional Information
Weave is being created in residencies at The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts (Minneapolis), McKnight Fellowships Residency at MANCC (Tallahassee), The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University (St. Paul), and at the Ordway (St. Paul).
This residency allows artists to gather everyday and work on the concept of the work and transform ideas into movement. It provides time and space for artists to collaborate together, share ideas, agree, disagree, and add elements of sound and lights to the work.
Rosy Simas Danse presents Weave as part of Ordway's Music & Movement series on Saturday, January 12, 2019 7:30 PM at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets, call 651.224.4222 | TTY 651.282.3100 or visit Ordway.org
The O'Shaughnessy building is accessible. Learn more about accessibility at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University.
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