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"Nuclear explosion" is probably a better term than review!
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"The Ugly Side of Statins. Systemic Appraisal of the Contemporary Un-Known Unknowns" by Sherif Sultan and Niamh Hynes published in Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2013, 3, 179-185.
The whole text is well worth reading in its entirety! Some quotations:
From the Abstract:
Utmost Medical Tragedy.
A comprehensive review of Pubmed, EM-BASE and Cochrane review databases was undertaken for articles relating to cardiovascular primary prevention and statin side effects with the aim of harmonising their roles within contemporary clinic practice. Particular attention was paid to large-scale randomised controlled trials on contemporary cardiovascular pharmacotherapies and their specific adverse effects on metabolic pathways which feature prominently in cardiovascular primary prevention and regenerative programmes.
There is a categorical lack of clinical evidence to support the use of statin therapy in primary prevention. Not only is there a dearth of evidence for primary cardiovascular protection, there is ample evidence to show that statins actually augment cardiovascular risk in women, patients with Diabetes Mellitus and in the young. Furthermore statins are associated with triple the risk of coronary artery and aortic artery calcification.
We seem to have fallen into the marketing trap and ignored the niggling side effects with regard to the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors [1]. The only statin benefit that has actually been demonstrated is in middle aged men with coronary heart disease. However, statins were not shown to best form of primary prevention. Aspirin, as a form of primary prevention decreases the risk for total cardiovascular events and nonfatal Myocardial Infarction over any other factor [5]. In actual fact, high cholesterol levels have been found to be protective in elderly and heart failure patients and hypo-cholestereamic patients had higher incidence of intra-cerebral bleeds, depression and cancer [1].
The statin industry, with all of its spin-off, is a 20-billion-a-year industry. We are observing the revealing of the utmost medical tragedy of all times. It is unprecedented that the healthcare industry has inadvertently induced life-threatening nutrient deficiency in millions of otherwise healthy people. What is even more disparaging is that not only has there been a failure to report on these negative side-effects of statins, there has actually been active discouragement to publish any negative studies on statins.
Statins induce diabetes.
The US Veterans affair healthcare system study on 15 million veterans in 10 hospitals in Southern USA concluded that statins affect fasting and postprandial glucose level by inducing a state of hyperglycaemia in diabetic as well as non diabetic patients [12]. This relationship between statin use and rise in glucose level is independent of age and use of aspirin, beta blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Furthermore, a sub-analysis of the JUPITER study showed that statin therapy can induce full blown type 2 diabetes in women [13]. This was astonishingly shown in the sub study of PRO-VE-IT TIMI 22, in which there was a significant increased risk of developing HBA1c > 6% in both diabetics and non diabetics [14]. Moreover Huptas et al. have demonstrated that statin therapy can induce a state of insulin resistance [15].
Statins manipulate glucose metabolism as a consequence of inhibitory effects on adipocytes. They induce insulin resistance through reduction in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake with a strong impact on glycaemic control in non obese patients.
Preiss et al. [19] demonstrated, in a pooled analysis of data from the five major statin trials, an increased incidence of new onset diabetes with statin therapy and provided evidence of a dose dependent association.
Statins accelerate arterial calcification.
The Confirm registry had shocked the scientific world with the strongest evidence that statin use is associated with an increased prevalence and extent of coronary plaques calcification [32]. Ironically for a drug which was marketed to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, the confirm registry identified a strong association of statin use to the progression of coronary artery plaque features. Moreover, Statin use was correlated with a greater incidence of severe coronary artery stenosis as well as increase in the numbers of coronary vessels developing obstructive coronary artery disease. Furthermore, statin use was linked to an increase in the prevalence and extent of mixed calcific plaque. Five prospective studies have borne witness to the fact that statin therapy does not induce any coronary calcium regression and evolution of coronary calcium continues regardless of statin treatment[33,34]. The Veteran Affairs Diabetes Trial [35] established that statin consumption was linked to accelerated progression of Coronary Artery Calcification (CAC) in participants with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without previous coronary artery disease, despite the fact that statin users had significantly lower and nearly optimal LDL-cholesterol levels.
Updated 5-Oct-2013, press news by Irish Independent:
"HSE gags surgeon after cholesterol drug claims"
A LEADING vascular surgeon [Sherif Sultan], whose research review concluded cholesterol-lowering medicines may do more harm than good for many otherwise healthy people, has been gagged by the Health Service Executive. ...


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Load carrying capacity
SKF ConCentra roller bearing units are intended for loads acting perpendicularly toward the support surface. If the bearing unit is supported over its entire base and the loads are purely perpendicular, loads are limited only by the bearing. If loads acting in other directions occur, or if the bearing unit is not supported over its entire base, be sure that the magnitude of the load is permissible for the housing and the attachment bolts. If heavy loads, not acting perpendicularly toward the support surface, are expected, additional supports are recommended to relieve the attachment bolts of the load.
Breaking loads and safety factors
Guideline values for the breaking loads of housings in the SYNT series are listed in table 1. Guideline values for the breaking loads of housings in the FYNT series are listed in table 2. To obtain the permissible load for a housing, the appropriate breaking load should be divided by a factor based on the safety requirements. In general engineering, a safety factor of 6 is typical (Load carrying capacity).
Axial holding power
The axial holding power of an SKF ConCentra roller bearing unit depends on the friction between the shaft and stepped sleeve. It is therefore also dependent on the number of grub (set) screws in the mounting collar (table 3).
When mounted correctly, the bearing units can withstand typical shock loads equivalent to the requisite axial holding force. However, the maximum operating axial load is limited by the rated bearing life through the equivalent bearing load P (Relubrication).
Additional housing support for bearing units in the SYNT series
When the housing is subjected to loads acting parallel to the support surface, it may be necessary to pin the housing to the support surface or to provide a stop to counter the load.
In cases where the resultant radial load is between 55° and 120° or when the axial load is greater than 5% of P180° (table 1), the bearing unit should be pinned to its support surface. The dowel pins should be sufficiently strong to accommodate the loads acting parallel to the support surface.
Recommendations for the position and size of the holes to accommodate dowel pins are provided in table 4.

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Christ Is Risen!
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We blew the doors off 'em, and got 'em to show their true colors!
Unbelievable. (sigh) Doing a lot to do away with the negative perception of the Orthodox that I mentioned above. I've said all I have to say on the matter and I stand by it. I will not be returning to this forum.Anyway, Pax Vobiscum, for those of you who actually care.
Unbelievable. (sigh) Doing a lot to do away with the negative perception of the Orthodox that I mentioned above. I've said all I have to say on the matter and I stand by it. I will not be returning to this forum.
Anyway, Pax Vobiscum, for those of you who actually care.
A Reminder:The Administrators and Moderators have come to the consensus that the time has come to close this thread and maintain it as a "sticky" as a permanent record of the events. The thread will be closed on Wednesday 18th June, and this is a reminder to allow those who wish to make final contributions to it to do so (please be aware though that forum rules still apply, and any posts which are irrelevant to the topic will be moved). Remember that our mission here is not to dwell on the wrongs committed to us, but instead to participate in the blessed discussion that we were enriched by before these events took place.Thank you,The Admin/Mod Team
What time on the 18th of June, will the thread close?
You are invited to a neighbor's house. You go in, make yourself at home, kick off your shoes, eat their food, smoke their cigars (if you smoke), drink all their beer and you don't leave. You mock their cooking, their decor, their family and friends. Then, other people who come in, you do your level best to turn them against your hosts. You do this for a good long time. How long do you think they're going to let you stick around?This is the situation with CAF. From what I understand, and I did poke my nose in the forum in question a couple of times and I was horrified, I saw the Church being routinely insulted, mocked and an active tendency to try to convert Catholics from their faith. These were your hosts.
As for the actions of CAF which started this thread, and brought us over here, all I can say is "you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day...(Gen. 50:20).
Highly trained international police force has been brought in to assure smooth operation of celebration
This is what I saw as well. I never posted in that forum because I had the sense that I would be accosted by a bunch of proselytizers.
You mean, all those nasty "proselytizers" who contributed to this thread after CAF secretly banned them and explained in the pages of this thread that they in fact were not prosyletizing but simply providing answers in defense of the Orthodox Faith which the Catholic members of CAF simply had no response for? You mean those "proselytizers". Pathetic attempt at whitewashing.
Let's go by Jerusalem Time.Sunset in Jerusalem today is at 7:47pm. That is exactly 5 hours away. This thread will be closed as the Sun sets in Jerusalem.You can check the current local time in Jerusalem here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=110
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"….a rare opportunity to explore her works on paper, most of which have never been shown before in a public gallery.
These collages and drawings provide a fascinating and intimate insight into the creative process behind Whiteread's work. While her sculptures are often large-scale and involve a team of fabricators, these paper works provide a more personal, mobile counterpoint. Nevertheless, they also share many of the themes familiar from her public commissions: texture and surface; void and presence; and the subtle observation of human traces in everyday life."
There is such tenderness in her craftsmanship, they are thoughtful, sensitive and beautifully painted. I found the postcard series very inspiring and useful to me for research into new works that I am thinking about.
The images above and below are ones I found particularly inspiring and I suggest anyone to go and see this wonderful exhibition.
All works copyright Rachel Whiteread.


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UW-Milwaukee grad Satya Nadella named CEO of Microsoft
Students, staff and alumni at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were excited about Tuesday's news that an alum will now lead one of the largest software companies in the world.
"I thought it was pretty cool that someone from UW-Milwaukee made it big," UW-Milwaukee student Chris Bruzas said.
VIDEO: UWM grad now CEO of Microsoft
Microsoft ended speculation on its new CEO Tuesday morning in an announcement that Satya Nadella was chosen to succeed Steve Ballmer.
Nadella received a master's degree in computer science at UWM in 1990.
Professors who knew Nadella best during his time in Milwaukee, consider him an inspiration to students.
"I want them actually to look at him and say, 'If I do that, I'll be successful.'" UW-Milwaukee computer science Professor Hossein Hosseini said.
Nadella spent a lot of his time at UWM in computer science labs. In fact, his professor said, almost too much time.
"I found a sleeping bag on the floor and wondered what it was doing there, and one of the other students said Satya Nadella had been sleeping there for several nights trying to complete his thesis research," UW-Milwaukee computer science Professor Emeritus K. Vairavan said.
A native of India, Nadella completed his bachelor's degree at Mangalore University in India.
According to UWM's website, Nadella participated in the SEAS Upward Bound program while he was a graduate student at UWM.
Student Mouj Alghambi said she feels a special connection having come to UW-Milwaukee, like Nadella, as an international student.
"I do. I relate to him, aspire to do something like this, you know," Alghambi said.
Following his graduation from UWM, he began working at the Chicago office of Sun Microsystems. In 1992, he received a second master's degree from the University of Chicago and took a job with Microsoft in Seattle.
Nadella was recognized with a Dean's Award from UWM in 2000, and the Chancellor's Innovation Award in 2013.
Nadella has been named CEO amid a major transition at Microsoft. He is replacing Steve Ballmer, who announced in August that he was stepping down as CEO. The company's famed consumer business is struggling, including sales of Windows. Meanwhile, corporate revenue now makes up two-thirds of Microsoft's overall sales and is instrumental in driving Microsoft's growth.
"During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella," said Microsoft founder Bill Gates in a prepared statement. "His vision for how technology will be used and experienced around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next chapter of expanded product innovation and growth."
Microsoft also said that Gates will be working closely with Nadella in a new technology adviser role. Gates will be replaced by current Microsoft board member and former Symantec CEO John Thompson as new chairman of Microsoft. Gates and Ballmer will remain on the company's board.
Nadella was Microsoft's second-highest paid executive last year, earning $7.7 million in salary, bonuses and stock grants. Only chief operating officer Kevin Turner made more. Microsoft has not yet announced Nadella's new compensation package.


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Thoughts on beta Tau
Discuss the Tau fleet. For the Greater Good!
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Thoughts on beta Tau
So i guess they are somewhere between chaos and eldar in terms of gameplay (long range and stealth). But even though eldar are my main faction, it is hard for me to adapt to this engine mechanic, that all (exept eldar) posses. I guess i will eventually get to some more kauyon tactic style sooner or later.
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Re: Thoughts on beta Tau
I actually find the Tau quite interesting in the sense that you can actually convert them to close quarter combats with the right upgrades, in the sense they are slightly more flexible than the eldar, the greatest thing, however, is how useful most of their favours are, I found no real dead weight in that department, which is a great novelty.
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Squirreled away in the Whitney's mezzanine galleries, far from the Biennial's hubbub, is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and watercolors by the American modernist Charles Demuth (1883-1935). "Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster" is devoted predominantly to industrial images of Demuth's Pennsylvania hometown.
On a basic level, the exhibition is a record of a man whose will to paint was tested by health problems. Demuth was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 38. Though benefiting from the discovery of insulin in 1923, he was plagued by sickness for the rest of his life.
Physical stress and the studio blurred into each other. "My living and work," he wrote, "seem … quite beyond control, both smothered by trifles." But Demuth's frailty isn't evident in the paintings. If anything, his pictorial rigor gained in concentration and surety. It was during his last years that he painted My Egypt (1927), a signature work of odd power.
Demuth lived for short periods in New York and Paris, but Lancaster remained home. He described the place, fondly and with irony, as "my province." (One piece at the Whitney is titled In the Province.) Demuth's frail condition necessitated living with his mother. The poet William Carlos Williams described her as a "horse of a woman"; she served as her son's caretaker.
Demuth was passionate about gardening and found inspiration in its bounty, the morning pickings from the family garden prompting jaunts to the studio. The resulting watercolors are shatteringly intimate elaborations on the diasies, lilies and gladioli he found there. The handful of garden pictures at the Whitney highlight Demuth's preternatural rapport with the natural world.
Demuth's watercolors of flowers, acrobats and, in the tender homoerotic farce Distinguished Air (1930), culture mavens are marked by offhand trails of elegant contours and grainy surfaces. But strict geometry defines the oil paintings. On the rare occasions that they include organic forms, they're contained and regulated—the plumes of smoke in Buildings (ca. 1930-31), for instance. Observational fidelity was sacrificed for stylistic abbreviation.
Demuth's paintings are exemplars of Precisionism (or, as it has also been dubbed, "Cubist-Realism," a term that identifies the school's primary influence). The Precisionists were an informal cadre of painters including Charles Sheeler, Elsie Driggs and Niles Spencer that took Cubism's pictorial fracturing and applied it to America's industrial landscape. Meticulously delineated, the paintings tend toward flat colors, straight lines and blocky shapes.
The pictures aren't altogether purist in form. My Egypt is almost Biblical in portent; the bleaching beam of light originating at the upper left corner suggests an otherworldly and harsh presence. A thin strain of alienation permeates the paintings: The bright yellow sign in Buildings, Lancaster (1930) advertises Eshelman's feed, but its combative impact isn't directed at anybody. There are no people to be seen in any of the canvases.
The paintings are orchestrated on perspectival logic, even if it is sometimes shifted for compositional effect. The skewed lines superimposed on Demuth's water towers and anonymous buildings connect the work directly to Cubism. Outlined by razor-sharp black outlines, Demuth's diagrammatic intersections fracture color and, through it, space, if not particularly shape.
The dour Chimney and Water Tower (1931) is relatively free of Cubist overlays. Demuth went crazy in Buildings, Lancaster (1930)—the lower right corner all but relinquishes itself to Cubism's spatial ambiguity. But as much as the dividing lines activate the pictures, they nonetheless falter with self-consciousness. Demuth, mindful of Cubism's radical reconsideration of pictorial space, imposed them on images that already benefited from modernism's liberties. He didn't misunderstand Cubist principles—he misapplied them.
The exhibition includes Alfred Stieglitz's Charles Demuth (1923), a haunting photograph of an emaciated artist. Demuth was one of Stieglitz's circle—it included Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove and Georgia O'Keefe. Demuth established a close friendship with O'Keefe—he bequeathed all of his paintings to her. Demuth scholar Betsy Fahlman attributes their bond to a shared outsider status, O'Keefe being a woman, Demuth a homosexual.
Demuth was an integral component of the American avant-garde and its attendant social circuit. On his trips to New York, he attended Florine Stettheimer's salons, and parties given by important collectors like Walter and Louise Arensberg. Demuth hobnobbed with Marcel Duchamp, Lincoln Kirstein and the art critic Henry McBride. In Provincetown, Demuth frolicked on the beach with Marsden Hartley and Eugene O'Neill. He was something of a player.


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Picnics in Scotland usually require travel rugs, but look at all the equipment Granny (on the right with the lavish bow) and her pals took with them in the late 1920's!
Besides a couple of baskets of food, there are napkins, blankets and even a teapot. I wonder what was in the big rectangular box – hopefully cakes!
I think the girl in the middle wearing the white hat is Alice, the bride from my previous post who married one of the Hardie brothers. Do you think the chap 3rd from the left could be her brother-in-law Frank? What do you think?
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Quick Thoughts on Red Sox Game #1
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The good news is that for the first time since 2010 the Red Sox started 1-0. The better news is that for the first time since 2010 that the Red Sox will not be swept in the first series of the season. The new look Red Sox offense put a ton of pressure on Yankees ace CC Sabathia and Jon Lester got his first opening day victory in three tries for the Red Sox. Here are some quick, very premature thoughts on the first game of the season.
Jon Lester looked sharp in all but 1 inning but that 1 inning is a killer. Last year the guy would just lose himself at times and that is what led to his downfall. It happened again in the 4th inning but luckily he got it back in the 5th to finish out the start and get the win. Lester needs to eliminate that problem inning because the bottom line is he's piling up too many damn pitches early in the game. He can't rely on the bullpen all season long to clean up his messes.
- All that being said above the Red Sox bullpen did a hell of a job cleaning up his mess. It was an interesting strategy by Farrell to use virtually everyone but it worked out today. Andrew Miller showed how maddening he can be by walking the first two and striking out the next two. Bailey and Hanrahan both had some extra juice on their fastballs today, they may have been saving that stuff for the regular season. If the guys in the back end pitch like they did today this team will be tough to beat with a lead late in games.
The Red Sox offense did work without Napoli or Middlebrooks doing anything. Crazy as it sounds I'm not rushing Papi back because Jonny Gomes is a gamer. That was a great hustle play to score on Ellsbury's infield single in the 9th.
- It was nice to see the Red Sox get back to basics overall. There was no half-assing on the base paths. Iglesias did what he had to do to get on base with a bunt single and two infield hits. Bradley walked 3 times, which is as many times as Crawford walked ALL SEASON last year. They worked Sabathia early and drove up the pitch count and he only lasted 5 innings. This is the kind of thing that you saw night in and night out during the Francona years and hopefully it's a sign of things to come this season.
- I can't believe I saw Jarrod Saltalamacchia walk 3 times in the same baseball game. I'll wait and see if it was just an aberration or if he has finally learned how to take pitches.
It was a great start for the Red Sox no doubt but there is one thing that can't be denied – the Yankees lineup sucks. Every time they started a rally they'd have a scrub like Lyle Overbay or Jayson Nix come up (or is it Lance Nix? I'm not even sure which one it was.) Guys like Vernon Wells, Travis Hafner, even Ichiro, these guys haven't been any good in years and they are relying on them in key spots. You could see that Youk strike out against Bailey in the 7th coming from a mile away. Like we haven't had that scouting report on him for a decade. And he's their clean-up hitter right now.
- Joba Chamberlain looks like a jackass with his porn stache.
- The thing that I hate about opening day is they play the first game and you are all pumped up for baseball to be back and then they don't play again for another day and a half. We'll see if the Red Sox can make it 2 for 2 Wednesday night in the Bronx.


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This is neither a WoW post, nor a positive post about the family getting together for a round or two of scrabble or monopoly or snap.
No, this is an outpouring of exasperation at those psychological/sociological games that families play.
So I won't be offended if you tune out now and come back tomorrow in the hope of a more positive WoW oriented post.
First up, thanks to all of you that have wished my Mum well through blog comments, emails or instant messaging… I really appreciate the support!
Now, onto the game playing…
The Game
The characters
Old Mum (87), diabetic and in failing health for several years. Over the last couple of years punctuated with frequent falls due to hypos and hypers, caused primarily by her inability to care for herself properly.
Four children (well, five, but one escaped from the games a long time ago) ranging from 62yo (sister) through to 42yo son (me). Oldest son (60yo) lives locally, middle son (51yo) lives overseas.
The abilities
My mother is a master game player, her most used and taught skill being avoidance.
My sister is a highly experienced and qualified nurse, ready for retirement but hanging on just a little longer to allow her superannuation to recover from the current economic climate.
My oldest brother, father to 4 children (grandfather to 8) from his 1st marriage and 3 step children from his second relationship, is a master (failed) salesman. He can sell ice to the Eskimos even though it has a suspicious yellow tinge.
Me, the peacekeeper in the family, more inclined to let people live their lives and think the best of people until proven wrong.
The playing field
For a couple of years now (ironically since her 1st major collapse when she was preparing for Odin's 1st birthday) we (my sister and I) have been trying to get Mum to live with my sister in her new home, with my niece and her family living next door, and me living 5 minutes away.
For some reason she has been resistant to this. Always saying she just needs to clean up her house a little more, then she will move over.
The closest that we have come to this was a one week "holiday" at my home when she admitted she wasn't coping. She arrived tired sick and drained, left well fed and relatively healthy. She was due to move into my sister's the following week, that was 2 months ago.
Now she lies in a hospital bed, her latest collapse (as she prepared for Odin's 3rd birthday party) and the complications following leaving her at best with temporary brain damage, unable to recognize her family or communicate (4 days ago apart from the occasional vague moment, she was completely aware and articulate, she just struggled physically).
The games played
My sister and I have long suspected she was just playing her primary game of avoidance, but we were aware that she would always consulted my oldest brother after each of our discussions, the end result being nothing would change.
Beyond her game playing I was pretty sure my oldest brother was playing a few games of his own.
Back two years ago, the signal that something wasn't quite right was that my friend who had gone to pick my mum up had spent 1/2 hour banging on the front door with no response (my Mum has a habit of going for a quick trip to the shops, so at 1st we thought she had just gone AWOL).
I contacted my oldest brother and sometime later he informed me that my worst fears were correct and the Ambos had spent a fair while resuscitating her.
Some time later my brother confessed that before he had gone to check on Mum, he finished the bottle of wine he was sharing with his mates and watched the rest of the video they were watching. The kicker was his next comment.
I should of waited another 1/2 hour and all our problems would have been solved.
Now we have given him the benefit of the doubt over the years, as he lives the closest to Mum, and his partner (a carer for the disabled) would drop by moat days and check on Mum.
Still, I have had a nagging doubt in the back of my mind that it isn't my Mum's wish to see out her days in her own home (her suggestions that she will move to my sisters "soon" support this), but rather my brother's desire to control the survivability of my mother.
Conspiracy revealed
Two days ago over my Mum's hospital bed, I said to him that if Mum gets out of the hospital this time, she will go straight to my Sister's place.
His response was basically:
Over my dead body!
So now I knew that she did want to move, but her generational conditioning meant that she would follow the advice of the oldest son over the advice of her oldest daughter (and trained professional).
Other things came out of that discussion.
- He refused to let Mum stay with my pushy aggressive Sister (think nurse dealing with difficult patient and you will know what pushy means. Otherwise she is the most placid selfless person you will ever meet)
- He was expecting his 4th illegitimate grand child via his oldest step son.(I don't have a problem with people having children out of wedlock, especially when they are planned, but this is accident number 4 for his children… just makes me wonder what he is/isn't teaching his kids)
- It was Odin's fault Mum fell because he was having a birthday party which we invited Mum to.
- His oldest son (1st child from 1st marriage) had had his 1st child, a son and this son had neither followed the family tradition of passing down the family name from 1st son to 1st son, nor told my brother of his son's birth, nor visited my brother 3.5 weeks after the birth of the child.
Of course, my brother hadn't made any effort to see his latest grand child either.
New Game plan
Fast forward to yesterday and I have a completely different discussion with my brother.
He now wants Mum to move to my sisters place as a matter of urgency.
He also suggests that his expecting 1st step son and his partner should move into Mum's place and look after it.
Friggin self serving bastard!
- 1st he hopes she will die at home alone unattended, where he and his partner will get 1st shot at raiding the drawers and cupboards before notifying us.
- Now with that looking unlikely, and him not wanting to care for her himself he has already started the mental process of looking after his stepson.
Unfortunately for everyone, particularly him, his game playing has backfired.
The way things stand right now my Mum is too far gone for my sister to care for her. Which means she will need to go to a high care nursing facility.
Which means we will have to sell Mum's house, which means he has lost both his inheritance and a free home for his root rat step son.
The moral of this story is:
If someone you care for is in trouble, make sure you step up and cut through the shitty family game playing and look after them.
It looks like I have failed my mother, make sure you don't do the same!
Gnomer and Out!
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ATV carries out first debris avoidance manoeuvre for the ISS
The Automated Transfer Vehicle, Europe's ISS logistics spacecraft, was used to perform its first debris avoidance manoeuvre for the International Space Station. The manoeuvre was started yesterday at 18:11 CEST (16:11 UT) and finished 5 minutes 2 seconds later.
In the current Station configuration the Automated Transfer Vehicle(ATV), which is docked to the aft end of the Russian Zvezda Service module at the back of the Station, is the only vehicle that can carry out this kind of manoeuvre.
The way to avoid space debris, which in this case comes from an old satellite, is by performing a so-called retrograde manoeuvre of the Space Station, i.e. by slowing it down, which in turn lowers its orbiting altitude.
This is quite a rare occurrence - it is the first time since 2003 that a debris avoidance manoeuvre has been performed and the first time in eight years that such a retrograde manoeuvre has been performed for debris avoidance.
To carry out the manoeuvre the ATV Control Centre first primed ATV, putting it in the correct configuration for such a manoeuvre. Control was then handed over to the Mission Control Centre in Moscow who guided the Station through a 180 degrees turn, so that ATV's aft thrusters were at the front of the Station with respect to the Station's flight profile.
Once turned, Jules Verne ATV used its rear thrusters for the allotted time to produce a speed of 1 m/s to slow the Station down. These are the same thrusters used by ATV to perform Station reboost manoeuvres during its mission at the Station.
With the debris avoidance manoeuvre complete the ISS was turned back to its original orbital attitude, and ATV was handed back to the ATV Control Centre who returned Europe's logistics craft back to its standard docked configuration.


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Intro: Austin has really emerged in the past few weeks as a dynamic playmaker. Many have taken to calling him Tavon Harvin, alluding to his playmaking ability that reminds many (including myself) of the former Florida Gator, or Tavon Awesome, alluding to the obvious- Tavon Austin is awesome. He is obviously undersized, but he compensates for his lack of size with great speed, elite burst, acceleration, change of direction and impressive vision. He doesn't have great hands, but when he has the ball in his hands anything can happen. He has made some truly amazing plays and put together some extremely impressive performances this season, and almost single-handedly jump-started the West Virginia offense by balancing the offense when they gave him touches at running back out of the backfield. He's a dynamic player, and he looks like he has a shot at the 1st round. A creative offensive coordinator could get a lot of mileage out of him, but even in a traditional offense he will make plays on offense and on special teams.
Size: This is one of Austin's biggest drawbacks as a prospect. He is listed at 5'9" 172 pounds but I wouldn't be surprised if he measured in at 5'8." His size is definitely concerning but the way the NFL is changing to protect receivers and essentially eliminate big hits players with Austin's size will have a better shot at avoiding injury. This is going to be a negative grade from pretty much every scout, but with kick returns being less violent than in previous years Austin should be somewhat protected as a dynamic slot/return man at the next level.
Speed: Austin has sub 4.5 speed without a doubt. I don't think he's going to get into the 4.3's even though it might seem like it at times. He's in the 4.45-4.48 range if you ask me, but that's fast enough to outrun angles and rip off big chunks of yardage at the next level. He's shown that he can take a short reception, a run of the mill carry or any return the distance with his speed. I think it's one of his strong suits, but I think a lot of people will see his long runs and assume he's a 4.3 guy. I have to say I'm not convinced of that right now.
Quickness: This is easily the strongest part of Austin's game. His quickness is something straight out of a video game. He stops and starts on a dime, he gets up to top speed almost instantly, he makes anyone, even quality defenders, look absolutely ridiculous in the open field. He is a very fast athlete so I don't want this to be taken as an insult, but as fast as he is he is even quicker than he is fast. I actually think that is a very big compliment, because so many fans and teams get wide-eyed looking at very fast 40 times but you can succeed in the NFL without blazing speed, but if you don't have a certain amount of quickness you will struggle to create separation as a route runner and make people miss in the open field. Austin has quickness in spades and that is clear after you watch one play of him.
Release: I haven't seen Austin jammed at the line of scrimmage when I've watched him, and his lack of size will hurt him when teams attempt to jam him. However, he has more than enough quickness and explosiveness to beat the jam. As I mentioned previously his burst and acceleration is great and that is evident on his release at the snap.
Route Running: Austin can be as good a route runner as he wants thanks to his change of direction ability. I think he runs routes pretty well at this point, but I think there is plenty of room for improvement thanks to his incredible quickness. He ran a lot of quick screens, drag routes and crossing routes at West Virginia and while I think he can run every route in the route tree I think with NFL coaching he can improve this aspect of his game and become a very, very good route runner.
Hands: This is one thing that I think will hold Austin back a little bit. He's got pretty reliable hands, but he doesn't make an abundance of catches outside of his frame and he's not going to snag passes out of the air like receivers with great hands will. He will have concentration lapses every now and again, but his hands are definitely reliable enough to not be considered a negative. He doesn't have great hands, but they are good enough to be a dangerous option at receiver.
Body Control: Austin has amazing body control when he has the ball in his hands and that is demonstrated consistently in all of his highlight reel runs after the catch or in the return game. He's a special athlete and this is one of his strengths.
In Traffic: Austin isn't great in traffic because he doesn't have the size to shield defenders away from the ball and his lack of size means that plenty of defenders he goes up against will have a size and strength advantage. He will drop a pass in traffic every now and again, and I think there are times when he takes his eye off the ball because he anticipates an oncoming hit. I think that's why West Virginia worked so hard to get him the ball underneath, in the flat or deep where he wouldn't be as susceptible to big hits.
YAC: This is one thing that Austin has in absolute spades. I can't think of many players I've ever scouted who are better after the catch than Austin is. He is truly elite after he gets the ball in his hands. I am a big fan of Geno Smith as a prospect, but Austin's YAC ability has really helped make his stats look better than they are at times and he will continue to do that at the next level as well. He won't break a lot of tackles thanks to his size, but his amazing quickness keeps defenders off balance and gives him the chance to avoid defenders all together and it helps him encounter more arm tackles that he has the strength to run through.
Blocking: Because Austin is such a focal point of the offense he doesn't often block so we don't have a ton to evaluate. As everyone will point out he's a smaller kid so he's not going to be able to effectively block some bigger, stronger defenders at the next level. However, when I have seen him block, I saw him give solid effort and sustain fairly well given his size. He's never going to be a dominant blocker, but that has as much to do with his size as it does the fact that he will consistently have the ball in his hands.
Overall: Tavon Austin is a special player and he definitely reminds me of a smaller Percy Harvin. He doesn't have Harvin's insane strength that makes him so rare, but his playmaking ability is comparable and his versatility is certainly similar. Some teams will knock him for his size and wonder if he can hold up at the next level, but as long as he's not relied upon to be an every down back I don't think that will be an issue for him. He's going to be able to get touches out of the backfield as a running back thanks to his vision and burst, he's going to be a playmaker in the slot and as a return man. His limited range that he presents as a target will hold him back a bit, but he is so versatile and such a dynamic playmaker with the ball in his hands that I think he will have a long, successful NFL career as long as he can stay healthy. I personally believe he will.
Projection: Top 40. I think he has a shot at the 1st round, but if he doesn't go to a playoff team late in the 1st I think teams desperate for difference makers on offense will jump all over him early in the 2nd round.


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In San Francisco, you don't have to go to a stuffy night club or a formal classroom to learn how to swing dance. If you want to learn the Lindy Hop, you can learn in the great outdoors.
CAROLINA HIDALGO: It's late on a sunny morning and people have filled the park. John F. Kennedy Drive is closed to car traffic, as it is every Sunday, and people are biking, skating, jogging, and walking. As I walk west to the de Young Museum, the sounds of music mix with the sounds of people. Lively music – '40s style swing music – and as I get closer to the sound, I realize it's coming from a gathering.
At the corner of Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive and JFK, where taxis and tour buses turn toward the de Young and Academy of Sciences, more than a hundred men and women stand together around the source. But they don't stand still. They're dancing … or, at least, they're trying to.
Trish Richman is a regular.
TRISH RICHMAN: I first came to Lindy in the Park, probably almost six years ago.
She's got dancing in her blood.
RICHMAN: My father was a swing dancer back in the '40s, and we used to dance in the house, after dinner, and I've never thought about it, but all this music is my music that I grew up with. A friend of mine mentioned that there was a group of people dancing in the park, and he walked me by here and that was it. I've never stopped.
Richman and I are standing with others in a circle, surrounding all kinds of dancers. All kinds of people. Casual park-goers in shorts and tee-shirts, serious dancers in sporty clothes. One guy has tattoos and piercings all over his body – and he's very, very good. All the old ladies want to dance with him.
KEN WATANABE: We want to keep it friendly and accessible to everyone.
That's Ken Watanabe, the Lindy in the Park co-founder, not the actor.
WATANABE: We started to teach a free lesson about seven years ago. And that helps a lot: People can try and see if they like it, and usually they do.
I'm not so sure. Back home in Chile I love to dance, but in night clubs, or at friends' houses, and probably with a drink in my hand. These people are in a park, in public, in the sunshine. But I decide to give it a try ... I join a big group on the "dancefloor." We try to follow the steps Watanabe and his partner show us.
I feel ridiculous. And I want to get back in the circle of people watching. But then I look at the other students, all trying, some of them failing, all having fun, and I realize: "This is good."
RICHMAN: Swing dance is really particularly good for me, because it's a happy, happy dance.
Partners swing each other around, they throw each other up in the air, they smile and laugh.
RICHMAN: You can't be depressed. Even if you are depressed, when you got there, you are not depressed after one song. It's happy music, and very energetic, so it's good for your spirit and your body.
Still, for self-conscious people like me, and for Richman's partner, it requires a leap of good-natured faith to get on the floor.
RICHMAN: My partner and I have been together for 12 years, and he was very encouraging to me. But he said, "Oh no, no, no, no. I'll never going to do this, I'll stand there and watch you." So, he was nervous to try, but now he is as committed as I am if not more. He loves it.
After dancing Lindy in the Park for a few songs, the draw is clear: It brings people together. There's something freeing about it.
RICHMAN: I think that with this dance, maybe with all dances but with partner dancings, there really are connection with another person. So if you work on a computer all day long and you don't connect, this is how ever long the song is, a minute and a half, you're connected with your partner.
Ah, yes. Connecting with a partner. Some men ask me to dance. In a club I'd usually say no, if they're not my friends or my "type." But somehow, here, it doesn't feel flirtatious or threatening. It feels safe, like I can let myself go. So I take a spin with a short, plump guy with blue hair. And even though I keep mistaking salsa steps for swing, the spontaneous joy of the dance keeps me smiling.
After years dancing Lindy, Trish Richman says the feeling she gets here follows her outside Golden Gate Park.
RICHMAN: It's connecting me to the city. I never was in the park on a regular basis, I'm in the park all the time now. I see the city at play and at rest. I see families. I see people that I wandering by, and they just start to dance and it is an encouraging, a spontaneous thing that happens every week. Some stay, some never dance again, but I feel connected to my community, to my physicality and to my partner.
We all wish to feel that connection, somewhere in our lives. Dozens of people find it, every Sunday, at a corner in Golden Gate Park. I found it, simply by following the music, and taking a simple step out of my comfort zone and onto the dance floor.
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Jim: I think we'll probably see both, though I'm inclined to think that the state has only so much room for production breweries. I may be wrong about that, but we'll see. As for niche breweries, I'm surprised that no one has yet opened a brewery that focuses on German-style beers given Indiana's German heritage, though brewing lagers might be a bit more expensive than brewing ales because of the process involved. Because of that, there might be more incentive to focus on the standard pale/IPA/brown-amber/stout-porter/blonde ale menus that you primarily see.
To take a different tack, I noticed three things yesterday after reading Rita Kohn's recent rundown of new breweries. First, a lot of new breweries are opening in places where there's either no craft brewery footprint or a small craft brewery footprint. I think that's a good thing because it'll allow locals to have a brewery or breweries to call their own. Second, a number of these new breweries are focusing on small batch brewing. I'm not sure what to make of this other than thinking that they're trying to gauge demand before they potentially expand or maybe stay at the same brewing capacity if initial production is sufficient to meet demand. Third, a few of the new breweries are also wineries. I'm guessing that these winemakers are recognizing there's a booming market for craft beer and are seeking to capitalize on that.
It's an exciting time to be a craft beer lover in this state, that's for sure, though I have to say that trying to keep track of all the new breweries is a difficult task these days. There are so many of them.
Jason: I agree with Jim that we will see both production and niche breweries. The battle of production breweries could become bloody as they battle over taps and shelf space. I think that is where we will see breweries come and go. Though, as Jim said, if somebody invested in a brewery that focused on German-style lagers, there is an untapped consumer base in southern Indiana that looks back longingly at the lagers of yore that would probably drink up whatever they produce.
I honestly believe that we will see the greatest amount of success in the small niche breweries. And they don't even have to be breweries with niches or gimmicks. Neighborhoods across Indianapolis and Indiana are looking for a neighborhood brewery to call their own. And the consumer base would more likely forgive mistakes. The learning curve is greater because the consumer feels more connected. They are the front line for the craft beer movement.
Rod: I think we'll be seeing all of the above. It seems like for whatever business strategy you have when opening a craft brewery, you can point to an Indiana brewery that is doing it successfully. For however many people are looking at Tin Man and their unique system of packaging beer, the same number were looking at Sun King and their 16 oz. aluminum cans and plastic kegs in 2009. Union is opening up doing cask only beer, but Broad Ripple Brewpub has featured cask beer as a mainstay of their menu since 1990. If you want to start small with a small system and a tap room, Bier Brewery has been quite successful at blowing through their capacity on a weekly basis. If you want to invest heavily in your brewery with dreams of world domination, that's working out pretty well for Flat12 and Triton so far.
In my opinion, the next generation of craft breweries will be confident. They have to be. If you opened up a craft brewery in 2000 in Indiana, it was risky. The audience wasn't entirely there and you had to do a lot of leg work to convince people that it was worth supporting the local beer business. That's not the case today. Indiana breweries are firing on all cylinders. If you open a craft brewery in 2013, you should know what you're doing. If you're dedicated to the craft and making your concept work, there's no reason it shouldn't. I don't think the next generation of craft breweries will be of any particular variety, but they should be prepared to make a good product, help grow the community and collaborate with their fellow brewers. They're joining a movement. Hoosiers want good beer; they're screaming for it through sold out festivals and increased craft beer sales. As long as we're part of the same movement and not fighting amongst ourselves, there's no reason a good brewery concept should fail.
Jake: I think we are going to see more neighborhood nanobreweries and stylistically-focused production breweries than production breweries seeking domination as we go forward in Indiana. I definitely agree with Jason's assessment that the neighborhood places will likely see more success in the market than an overarching production brewery with a house pale/porter/stout, especially in packaging, because there is a finite amount of shelf space that is already hotly contested. When John Laffler left Goose Island to start his own brewery, he told the Chicago Tribune, "If you go into Binny's, there are 50 well-made beers of the same style. Why the hell would you throw your hat in that ring?"
Well said about confidence, Rodney. With confidence comes responsibility though. The hard work of the existing breweries has gone a long way to lay the groundwork and that needs to be respected. Also, the bar has also been raised from a quality standpoint. The beer drinker is somewhat forgiving early on as the system gets dialed-in for the first few batches, but patience is a fickle beast too. I think the guys from Daredevil are a great example of a successful launch with their Lift Off IPA. The quality has been there right from the start.
Chris: Thinking I have any insight for predicting the future of Indiana Breweries seems like folly. It's hard to imagine, but 5 years ago, Indianapolis had more chain than local brew pubs and not a single production brewery. Even Sun King was just a budding idea in a couple entrepreneur's heads. Who would have imagined the brewery explosion we've seen? Double so: who would have imagined the brewery explosion we've seen in the midst of the greatest economic calamity anyone reading this blog has ever seen?
With a general economic recovery seemingly taking hold (or maybe not) and craft beer still measuring single digit market share in this state, it seems to me that the sky is still the limit. I suspect that anyone producing at least a 'B' product and a decent marketing sense is going to do just fine for the foreseeable future in Indiana.


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Well, at a stroke, Michael Gove has made puppy farms history. In his speech yesterday he gave credit to the forceful campaign led by Marc Abrahams of Pup Aid, and the massive wave of support in the public for this new law - Lucy's Law. Under the new legislation, puppies and kittens can no longer be treated like merchandise. And the terrible suffering of animals condemned to a life of forced breeding, often in squalid conditions will hopefully be eliminated. The story of Lucy herself is heartbreaking - and so many other animals used as 'breeders' suffered the same torture. No more. Well done Britain. Well done those who cared enough to make this happen. Bri
Save Me Trust Announcement Thursday 8th February 2018 Save Me has been working to end third party puppy sales in Britain since 2015. We have been working with the wonderful Marc Abraham and Pup Aid, better known as TV's Marc the Vet to ensure that the government also includes a number of other measures that will stop the suffering of dogs in Britain today.
After many lengthy meetings with Micheal Gove we are delighted to see him launch a 'call for evidence' on banning Third party puppy sales. A ban on third party puppy and kitten sales is to be explored by the government as part of a package of reforms to drive up animal welfare standards, the Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced today. This would mean anyone looking to buy or adopt a dog will either deal directly with the breeder or with one of the nation's many animal rehousing centres.
Save Me Trust has been campaigning to end the cruelty and suffering of puppy farms. But as Animal lovers, we know, that every day, more people are looking to find a canine companion - for the family or just for themselves. So what should you do once you have decided you want a dog in your life?
We think the first thing to do is rescue a pre-loved pet from a local rescue centre or a reputable charity. There are very many options, here are some we believe will find you a wonderful canine companion to share your life and family with.
Puppy Farms is a term used to describe the large scale, commercial breeding of dogs. Puppy farms are present in every county of the UK, but most are concentrated in Wales, Ireland and even, Eastern Europe. The demand for pedigree puppies has grown massively over recent years. Puppy farmers have set up to maximise their profits, with little or no regard to the health and welfare of the parents or puppies.
Puppy Farmers sell through pet shops, garden centres and, often, through, associates - people, using their own homes to sell these intensively bred puppies for a commission.
Puppy farms can be in any type of premises, under the law, even a domestic house, used for commercial breeding is considered a pet shop. Virtually every county in the UK will have a puppy farm within it. The majority of puppies that are sold in England via the internet or pet shops come from puppy farms based in Wales, Ireland, and Eastern Europe. The puppies are often taken from their parents to soon, and certainly, well under the recommended eight weeks, to be transported by van for many hours through a network of breeders until they finally arrive at your local pet shop or at an 'Associate's' home. Associates are people selling the puppies for a commission.
On 22nd December 2017, the Government announced new proposals on Puppy Farming in the UK. The announcement was made by Prime Minister, Theresa May. Save Me Trust are pleased to note that Environment Minister, Michael Gove has addressed many of the areas in which we have concerns and has increased the maximum sentencing for those convicted of animal abuse to a maximum of five years. We are encouraged by the proposals and will work with the Minister and other NGO's to ensure the UK has the highest animal welfare standards in the world.
As animal lovers, we know how hard it is when you have set your heart on a new puppy for the family. You see one, make the call and the breeder says 'No problem, we can meet you half way or even, we will deliver the new puppy to you. You know inside this isn't right, so you ask some more questions, maybe about Mum and the other puppies - you are reassured that Mum is well, but is currently staying with their sister near the sea and that all the other puppies have gone to new homes - they are so popular! DON'T BELIEVE IT - you are probably being conned!
Approximately 1.5 million dogs are sold in pet shops and they are most likely from puppy farms. Almost half the people who buy a puppy never see the mum. Puppies are mostly bred on farms in awful conditions, many from sick and injured mums. Around one in five puppies bought from pet shops or the internet suffer from parvovirus; an often fatal disease which can cost up to £4,000 to treat.
If you don't buy them, they can't do this……………don't complete the cycle. Ask #WheresMum


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Paul Tremblay
posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 5:12 am
I'm designing a weekly diary study to assess alcohol consumption and severity of conflict situations with approx 28 time points. I'm interested in capturing the between as well as within person correlations between these two variables. I want to use LGM but I am not expecting any meaningful trajectory across time point but variation and significant within person correlations. I understand how this would be implemented in HLM (although not using latent variables) using Random Coefficient Regression model with Level 1 showing the within person correlations but would like to use a latent procedure. Can you tell me which model would be appropriate in Mplus. Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 9:09 am
You can do it the way that HLM does it in Mplus. But if you want to use latent variables, you would estimate an intercept only model for each outcome. The variances of the intercept growth factors would capture between variance and individual variance would be captured in the residual variances of the outcomes.
Paul Tremblay
posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 9:53 am
Would I regress one intercept growth factor on the other. I assume this would give me the between individual correlation but I'm not sure where I would get the within individual correlations (would it be by correlating the residuals for the observed variables at each time point?)Thanks.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 10:49 am
You should correlate the two intercept growth factors. This is the default if they are exogenous variables.
Paul Tremblay
posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 1:56 pm
I asked a while back about the possibility of calculating within-individual correlations in MPLUS. I am conducting some LGMs of weekly depression scores and weekly alcohol consumption scores. So far I have 13 consecutive weeks. I also want to look at the relationships between depression and alcohol. I understand that I could do this using LGM for two parallel processes and investigate the correlation between the growth factors for depression and alcohol. Given that I have (weekly) diary data I would like to be able to look not only at the between individual correlation between depression and alcohol but also the within-individual correlations. I have read that these two types of correlations can differ substantially. I understand that this is standard in HLM but I would like to use Mplus if possible. Is there a procedure in MPLUS that would provide the mean (and variance) of the within-individual correlation between depression and alcohol. Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:42 am
I'm not sure exactly what you want. Can you either write out the HLM model for what you want or send an HLM output that shows what you want to
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JNBridge's CTO Wayne Citrin has gone on the record to suggest that the Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java is not fit for the job, and that developers need a more practical approach for integrating Java with .NET code in the cloud.
Microsoft has indeed been promoting the use of Java in the Azure cloud, with the recent launch of the Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java. The intent of the new offering is to provide developers with tools for packaging and uploading Java-based web applications running on Tomcat or Jetty. JNBridge's Citrin says that the use cases for this offering are "not realistic" and, in some instances, "just don't work".
"The problem is that these examples are extremely constrained. While it may be possible to construct Java EE examples that work as demos, it is unlikely that any real Java EE apps, web-enabled or otherwise, can be migrated to the Azure cloud without drastic, impractical, or even impossible, modifications to the underlying application servers in order to accommodate the networking issues," said Citrin.
Beyond the technical issues involved with getting an app server to run on the Azure platform, Citrin says that developers need to ask why they would want to do this on a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering such as Azure. He goes on to ask, "Wouldn't it be far simpler to run such an application on an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering such as Amazon EC2?"
The market appears to bear this out if we believe JNBridge's quote from an unconfirmed Forrester study, which has apparently showed that Eclipse (that is, Java) developers prefer Amazon EC2 or Google App Engine, while Visual Studio developers prefer Windows Azure.
"Users will want to do things with Java on Azure, but not what the creators of the Azure Starter Kit for Java think they want to do. Rather than running a self-contained Java server in an Azure role, they will want to integrate their Java with the .NET code more directly supported by Azure. The industry needs interoperability solutions for IT organizations that need to integrate Java and Microsoft .NET applications running in the cloud — especially as a high-performance alternative to existing web services protocols," said Citrin.


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Andrew Miller's "Pure" was up for this year's Booker Prize but lost out to Julian Barnes's novel "The Sense of an Ending." What were the judges thinking?!
My spotlight book is "Pure" because it is rank, foul, and so beautiful.
In the novel, Jean-Baptiste Barrate has been given the enormous task of clearing out the les Innocents cemetery in Paris. The year is 1785. The breaths of those he lodges with smell of decay, much like the cemetery. Miller is skillful with metaphor. The rankness of the cemetery symbolizes the foulness of the entire country at the time. France needs a good cleaning, and is not long before it gets just that.
There is a wonderful Gothic feel to this novel. It definitely deserves attention here in the US.


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DEEP MAP PILOTS: A Series Of Five Pictures From Words
MARENKA flies the sailplane service that skims the Neptune atmosphere on a loop that brings it back to the thaw station on Triton. All the many photos taped to the walls of Marenka's cockpit flutter like dead leaves in a cold breeze when she bounces out of the atmosphere, and when the harsh thermal exchange beats the boat about on its descent to Triton. Triton is a moon of frozen lakes and a hot core. The sailplane delivers scooped helium-3 to the fusion engines that are re-routing core heat to the surface. Soon, Triton will be a subtropical worldlet on the edge of the solar system. That's when Marenka will leave. She has a cockpit full of photos of all the things she never wants to be near again, and soon Triton won't be a cold enough place for her.
REHANI saw space before she saw the sea. When she finally stood at the edge of an ocean, at night, all she could really see was something black and chilly and sparkling, with the sketched suggestion of islands out in its deeps. Rehani was disappointed. She flies for Big Island, a great floating city that surfs the cloud-tops of Venus at two hundred miles an hour. It's wider than the Central African Republic, and moves across a misty vastness you could lose every ocean on Earth in. And it spins in something that is blacker and colder and more sparkling than anything, anything she's ever seen. It's never disappointed her. It's the only sea she needs.
JINJING makes the jump from Titan to Enceladus the same way, no matter what their relative positions might be on launch day. She'll make her approach trajectory for Enceladus while she's on the other side of Saturn from it. Enceladus is in the E Ring, the one furthest out from the planet. So Jinjing gets to spend a whole half-orbit skipping across the top of the E ring. It's a glittering ghost road three hundred thousand kilometers wide. There's not a children's story, nursery rhyme or fairy tale that ever competed with riding a road of diamond dust to a moon where stations drift across a wide warm underground sea. Sometimes Jinjing laughs out loud, at the thought of having grown up into a life that no childhood dream was ever big enough to capture.
CAMEO is a rock dancer. Not everyone wants to make the run to Ceres. You have to like scientists, for one thing, because there's nothing inside Ceres but hermit physicists and their weird globular microgravity labs. You also have to like dancing with rocks. On a good day, Ceres is riding between Mars and Jupiter with a family of a thousand other objects. On a bad day, it's like being shot at by seven armies. Shot at with asteroids. It takes a lot of craft and more art, and no-one gets through even the first month without picking up some bulletholes and powder burn. They say that, to do the Ceres run, you either have something to prove or you want to die. Cameo says she just likes dancing.
ASCENCION is four billion miles away from home, and that's the way she likes it. She's seen the stained egg of Haumea, and the misty red lump of Makemake, and dozens of other things that no-one had ever laid eyes on before. Ascencion dives the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Neptune and Pluto. It's the graveyard at the end of the solar system. Failed planets, dead comets, lost moons and all the strange dark rubble left over from the formation of the worlds we know. She's out among the spectres, flying through ultimate history to places where, quite literally, there have never been eyes before. The Kuiper Belt is vast. She wants to see it all. She wants it all to herself, in a way that no-one else has ever been able to understand. She never wants to go home again.
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Will Dan Gilbert let LeBron replace Ferry as Cleveland's de facto GM?
Danny Ferry is out as general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, choosing not to re-sign his contract that was set to expire in June. The decision comes as a surprise but was made days ago, and complicates the most important offseason in team history.
Ferry's departure Friday after five seasons occurred two weeks after the club fired coach Mike Brown following the team's second-round loss to the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs. It also comes as the team is making plans to try to re-sign two-time MVP LeBron James, who will be a free agent next month.
HoopsVibe's Quick Call: It's official. The inmate, LeBron James, is running the asylum -even if he has a foot out the free agent door.
Ferry's firing comes as a surprise because days ago reports indicated the retired forward and owner Dan Gilbert had essentially agreed on an extension.
Apparently, the stumbling block was authority. Ferry rightfully thought a GM needed control over basketball operations. He wasn't prepared to deal with Gilbert or James meddling in personnel decisions.
So he left.
Assistant GM Chris Grant will slide into the big chair in the executive suite. However, it remains to be seen how much authority Grant will have as the new GM.
Expect Gilbert to be very involved this summer. If James resigns, Gilbert and Grant will likely let the superstar pick the new coach and have a large say in all basketball related decisions.
This isn't the way to run a winning organization. For instance, Tim Duncan always defers to coach Gregg Popovich and executive R.C. Buford. The Los Angeles Lakers started winning when Kobe Bryant quit commenting to random fans outside of strip malls about swapping Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd and focused on basketball. And even the great Michael Jordan had little say in the happenings of the Chicago Bulls.
So Gilbert, who doesn't have James' name on a new deal, is taking a risk in re-structuring his entire organization to suit his free agent superstar.
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A California appeals court has rejected a bid by Britney Spears' mother to have a defamation claim by the singer's former manager thrown out.
The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles refused to rule that Spears' former confidante, Sam Lutfi, had such a tarnished reputation that he could not sue for defamation.
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Lutfi sued Spears and her mother, Lynne Spears, for libel and defamation in February 2009. The case cited numerous passages from Lynne Spears' book, "Through the Storm," in which she accused Lutfi of drugging and controlling her daughter.
The allegations were also contained in court filings that led a judge to establish a conservatorship involving the Grammy-winning singer.
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If there is one thing that's crystal clear in Infosec its that Infosec lags software innovation. Its a field where we are always playing catch up and the important question tends to be - how fast can we catch up?
Because innovation outpaces security, Infosec has been a passive bystander shuffling debt issuances around like someone processing subprime mortgages and rating it Triple A when the first payment cannot even be made. The industry ships apps everyday with substandard access control that do not reliably authenticate or authorize users, much less deal actively malicious actors.
Technical debt measures the necessary work that does not get shipped in a release. Taking on too much debt is like borrowing too much money, it might work but once things begin to go against you its hard to recover because you are not in a position of strength. As Warren Buffett says, "You don't know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out."
Its important to note that Technical debt for security is not a passive thing, there are people actively looking to find and exploit your Technical debt.
As of now, the Information Security Technical Debt Clock (appropriately implemented in Javascript) shows 17 years (or 6,517 days) since the internet's foundation security architetcure of Network Firewalls and SSL were deployed. Since then we've been waiting for identity, authentication, authorization, and logging standards (de facto or otherwise).
The reason why playing catch up is not good enough in Mobile is one that will be familiar to my clients - the Mobile Use Cases are too important to screw up.
The security industry skated by the whole history of the Web on a security architecture past its sell by date, but at first it did not matter. Go way back to the mid 90s, what kind of apps were being deployed? Mostly brochureware. It took years to get to dynamic, data driven sites, and then years to get to profitable, transactional sites (pets.com anyone?). Point being - early Web was cool as hell, but it was a giant science project followed by a hype bubble. The fact that Infosec did not move quickly enough to deal with the security issues was too bad, but at the same time not a systemic failure because the arly Web Use Cases were low risk brochureware.
Most companies just dipped their toe in the water, and security incrementally figured out how to deal with SQL Injection, XSS, and so on in an iterative process. But there was time to do this in most cases.
Mobile is different
The first generation Mobile Use Cases are most certainly not dipping toes in water, they are diving in head first (and perhaps a lifeguard may not be present)! Doctors with iPads, brokerage applications, and pretty much the whole remote work force pinging your mainframe from who knows where. This has the makings of a bad cycle of events for security. Infosec is used to playing catch up because the technology moves fast but the business will take awhile to roll things out. Not in Mobile, the backend hooks are largely already there, just need to find the right Web services to call and write an iOS and Android front and dive right in the deep end.
Wait and see what happens is not good enough any more, Infosec needs to act now and get in front of the Mobile security issues. Take a hard look at the Use Cases you are deploying on Mobile, this is 1.0 technology running High Risk Use Cases, your Mobile Security architecture and implementation cannot be patch and pray.
Mind the Gap: Compare the risk level of what's being deployed to the robustness and assurance of your mobile security. Its time to invest: learning ways towards building a more resilient security foundation.
Come join two leading experts, Gunnar Peterson and Ken van Wyk, for a Mobile App Security Training - hands on iOS and Android security, in San Jose, California, on November 5-7, 2012.


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City of GlendoraHome Menu
Glendora's Beginning
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The Incorporation of a Town into a City
An excerpt from "Pride of the Foothills: An Illustrated History of Glendora" due to be published in 2011 by Ryan Lee Price
Taken sometime after 1905 from atop the South Hills, this image shows the hotly contested area of incorporation, from the town center of Glendora in the foreground to Judge Silent's 100-acre property just above the center. The rest of the town is either dotted with young citrus trees recently planted or mature California Pepper trees and hundred-year-old California Live Oaks.
Years before it would be known as the "Pride of the Foothills," Glendora Gleaner editor John Atlas Jones described Glendora as "The Crescent City" in the April 1912 issue of Out West magazine. He wrote about Glendora's recent incorporation: "With the organization of a city government, Glendora may fairly be said to have entered upon a period of growth and prosperity seldom witnessed, and it is fair to presume that in the next three years the population will not be less than 5,000 and the wealth increased many fold."
The City of Glendora was incorporated merely six months earlier, officially recorded with the County of Los Angeles on November 13, 1911, as the 25th city to achieve incorporation in the county (the number currently stands at 88). It wasn't an easy road for those wishing to matriculate Glendora's rural government to complete independence, as conflict and divergence quickly divided the town.
The first buzzing of incorporation in 1911 began on Tuesday April 25 during a routine Board of Trade meeting, during which it was discussed that population and wealth of the residents was at a level that justified obtaining the conveniences under an incorporation. Those board members present, under T.H. Miner as president, unanimously voted to call a general meeting for Saturday May 13 for an open discussion concerning the town of Glendora becoming the City of Glendora.
In the August 10, 1911, edition of the Glendora Gleaner, editor Jones published the official boundary lines in a "Notice and Petition for the Incorporation of the Town of Glendora into a City of the Sixth Class." Signed at the bottom of the petition were 184 names, representing many of Glendora's prominent citizens.
On October 2, 1911, after meetings on the two previous Mondays were held where vigorous points were made by individual persons about why they should or not be included within city limits, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors granted the petition for Glendora to vote for incorporation. As well, they settled the boundary dispute for once and for all by revising the proposed city's borders, as reported in the September 6th edition of the Gleaner: "Sierra Madre avenue on the north; Grand avenue on the west; Mauna Loa on the southeast to a point where it reaches the San Jose hills; thence with a deflection for a short distance to the intersection of Loraine avenue; thence on Loraine avenue to Sierra Madre avenue, or the point of beginning."
The approved petition encompassed 1,440 acres of city limits, to the delight of some and the disappointment of others.
The following edition of the Gleaner ran an official description of the city limits as well as the official call to vote, a notice of election which was scheduled to be held on October 31st urging residents to vote "For Incorporation" or "Against Incorporation" as well as to fill the six Board of Trustees positions, a Clerk and a Treasurer required by law for a city with a sixth class incorporation status. The official polling place would be set up at the Glendora Bank Banquet Hall, aka the Opera House.
"Grand Victory For Progress" rang the headline of the Glendora Gleaner on November 3, 1911. What was called the "most hotly contested campaigns known in the history of Glendora," and a "sweeping victory" was really quite a close call. The vote for incorporation slimly won by only 42 votes, 152 for and 109 against. Interestingly enough, 312 votes were cast but only 261 were counted due to voter mistakes; a full 16 percent of the total ballots collected were thrown out, enough to swing the vote in the other direction.
In the same issue, J.A. Jones editorialized about the events of 1911: "We…bid adieu to the pretty…village we have loved so long and well—the apple of our eye for [the] past 16 years—confidently believing that when we returned to our offices and labors, it would be our good fortune to publish to the whole world that Glendora had dropped her swaddling clothes, let down her silken skirts and was now ready to assume her rightful place among the cities of this fairy land."
"We rise to salute thee, City of Glendora, and facilitate with the proud dwellers within your fair domain."
Looking south on Michigan Avenue from Bennett, circa 1910, a prosperous yet still decidedly rural community exists, looking south on Michigan Avenue from Bennett, just prior to incorporation. Glover's Barber shop stands at the left, between the two-story Kamphefner Building (not shown) and the Seimears Building.
Taken from a balloon, this image is from 1912, showing an excellent view of downtown Glendora as it appeared shortly after incorporation. Note the freshly paved sidewalk in front of the Banholt Building.
Chicago Cubs first baseman Frank Chance is famous not only for being part of the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double play but also for being the first player ever to be ejected from a World Series game (in 1910). Two years later, just after Glendora became a city, he found himself in Glendora overseeing the construction of the Chance Building across the street from James Dyer's grocery store.
Looking southeast from the corner of Meda and Michigan avenues around 1915, shows a relatively sparse main street. The open-door panel truck in the center is delivering laundry from the Glendora Cleaners. Matthews took over Wamsley's share and moved the store to Foothill Boulevard, so C.A. Weaver's financial institution took its place.


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Squirrels – The Origin of Online Savings Accounts
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Whenever I'm out and about, it doesn't take long before somebody comes up to me asking about the history of online or internet-operated savings accounts. And truly it is a very interesting subject with a very tragic end…
The origin of the savings account actually has its root in Chiswick, with a squirrel commune at the turn of the nineteenth century. They discovered that storing acorns for the winter saved them having to go out in the cold of that season to forage. As the commune dissolved (amid numerous intrigues and rumours of acorn-laundering), people started to study the squirrels. They soon realised, however, that acorns taste pretty rank, and so applied the principle laterally to other areas, such as money. The Savings Account was born.
Much later, the internet was conceived in the USA and again the foundation lay within the animal kingdom. Shortly before the conclusion of the Second World War, nuclear testing was undertaken in the Nevada desert in an area believed to be devoid of all life. However, a small group of spiders began to develop mutations as a result of exposure to the radiation; they became of a vast size (about the same as a Mastodon). Naturally they approached the government for work, who, at that time, were looking to develop a system whereby NATO allies could remain in contact in the event of nuclear holocaust. The spiders were asked to spin their mutated web across the world. So became the World Wide Web.
More recently, a clever bank clerk (who by no coincidence could also trace squirrel lineage in her genealogy) wondered what it would be like to merge the two concepts. The result was the most powerful financial creation of 1996: Online Savings Accounts.
Since then savings accounts operated on the internet have enjoyed considerable success. Rates tend to be a little higher to reflect the lower cost to the bank; whilst you, the customer, can manage your savings whilst wearing a squirrel costume – something that might be frowned upon if you went into a branch!
It is possible to get carried away with Online Savings Accounts though, I know I do! They have their pitfalls like anything else. But let's be clear: many of the tips you are about to read are not confined to Online Savings Accounts. Indeed most are applicable to branch/postal/acorn shell/telephone operated savings accounts, so don't disregard, or open an account based on the assumption that what you read applies solely to online savings.
When you go to open an account you, naturally, gravitate towards the accounts that pay the best rate. As none of us have a crystal acorn, it is important to keep an eye on the rate. A lot of these banks, building societies and squirrel co-operatives like to entice you to open an account with a high rate, only to dwindle it down to a pittance later. Luckily, you can check your current rate on the provider's website – make sure you do this regularly to make sure you continue to get a good deal.
Unconditional Bonuses. Many of the best rates available for Online Savings Accounts will include a bonus as part of the rate. If you are attracted by the rate, make sure you check what the underlying rate (that is to say, the rate without the bonus). Keep a note of when the bonus ends (how about setting a reminder on your phone or computer) and check the account then, to see if what you are getting is still competitive.
Conditional Bonus. Some bonuses will only be paid if you don't make, or stick within a withdrawal limit. Woe will betide you if you do withdraw some cash though – your bonus could be forfeit for a certain time, or completely!
Rate Guarantee. Sometimes a provider will offer a rate that is guaranteed to be a certain level above or below the Bank of England Base Rate. Sometimes these are for a limited period only so act essentially as a bonus as well! The practise of offering an acorn-linked guarantee is now restricted to those squirrels with accounts opened prior to 5 April 1894.
Types of account. As with other savings accounts, you can find a whole host of different types of account:
No notice accounts. These accounts (surprisingly!) do not need you to give any notice to withdraw your money from them. In contrast to a notice account you wouldn't incur any loss of interest.
Notice accounts. These accounts tend to pay slightly higher rates than No Notice Accounts but require you to give notice to withdraw your money. You might be able to get earlier access to your cash, but this might be at the expense of losing some interest.
Monthly Income. These accounts can be no notice or notice. They are suitable if you are looking to get a regular source of income from your savings.
Bonds. These accounts can be Fixed or Variable rates. Your money is usually committed for a set term, and you will be unable to make withdrawals without penalty, if at all. This said, bonds tend to pay higher rates than other accounts due to the bigger commitment.


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Taking its cue from the languid ambiance of the tropics, the Sunset Beach Collection features a bevy of multi-tasking, sun safe products that both protect and perfect, while lending a simmering sensuality to the seasons hottest look.
* Prep skin with Mineral SPF Primer, applying with Multi-Use Crème Brush #59.
* Follow with the Skin Perfecting Makeup System for sheer, natural and flawless skin.
* For a sexy, glistening sheen on the skin, use Small Polishing Brush #56 to lightly dab
* Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal down the bridge of the nose, onto the bow of the lip, and along the temples. (Tip: You can also mix Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal into your Luminous Skin Colour or other tinted moisturizer or foundation.)
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* Using Half Moon Brush #52, sweep a dusting of Mineral Bronzing Powder in Duende to the areas of the face that the sun naturally hits – the forehead, cheekbones, bridge of nose, and chin. Apply a light dusting to the neck too.
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* Next, line the lower lash line with the shimmering end of the Line + Illuminate Pencil in Fiji, bringing colour all the way in to the inner corners of the eyes.
* Highlight the upper lid's inner corners with the shimmering end of the pencil as well.
* To make eyes pop, wet Fine Liner Brush #6 and line the inner rims of the bottom lashes with Eyeliner Compact in Barbarella.
* If desired, coat top and bottom lashes with The Ultimate Mascara in Black.
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