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Libera el pezón () es un movimiento iniciado por la activista y cineasta Lina Esco que cuestiona la convención de considerar indecente la exposición de los pechos de la mujer, al contrario que la exposición del torso del hombre. La campaña no aboga exclusivamente para que las mujeres puedan desnudarse el torso en cualquier momento, sino que busca eliminar las tendencias de la sociedad de sexualizar la parte superior del cuerpo de las mujeres, llamando la atención a hipocresías e inconsistencias en la cultura norteamericana y su sistema legal que refuerza tabús. Últimamente, la campaña trata de descriminalizar el desnudo del torso femenino en los Estados Unidos y el empoderamiento de mujeres alrededor de los países occidentales, en una mayor lucha en contra de la desigualdad de género alrededor del mundo.

Historia

A pesar de los cambios en estatutos y regularizaciones en cuanto a la legalización del desnudo en la parte superior del cuerpo para una mujer en diferentes estados, las mujeres siguen en riesgo de ser presentadas cargos por indecencia pública, disturbio de la paz o comportamiento obsceno. Por ejemplo, Phoenix Feeley fue arrestada y encarcelada por tener el pecho descubierto en el estado de Nueva York en el año 2005. Como los cargos fueron probados erróneos, considerando que el desnudo superior de una mujer había sido legal por casi 15 años en el estado de Nueva York. Feeley fue liberada y recibió posteriormente $29,000 dólares por daños.

En el 2015, la campaña recibió atención en Islandia y fue apoyado por MP Bjort Ólafsdottir, quien subió una foto con el pecho descubierto de ella misma, en solidaridad con una activista adolescente que fue acosada.

Leyes de exposición indecente
De acuerdo con las leyes de desnudo y decencia pública en América, Estados Unidos, Hawái, Maine, Ohio y Texas, son los seleccionados de entre muchos estados que explícitamente legalizaron el desnudo de la parte superior del cuerpo, tanto como en hombres, como en mujeres en lugares públicos. Aun así, la mayoría de los estados de los Estados Unidos denota, explícita o implícitamente, que cualquier tipo de exposición de la areola femenina es un acto de exposición indecente, por lo que se convierte en una ofensa criminal. Arizona, Florida, Hawái, Illinois, Nueva York, Carolina del Sur, Utah, Virginia y Washington, son los únicos estados cuyas leyes diferencian a madres amamantando de "actos públicos obscenos."

No es inherentemente ilegal estar con el pecho descubierto en el Reino Unido. En el 2009, la Policía Metropolitana de Londres le dijo a la cadena BBC "no es un crimen aparecer desnudo en público"
En el Reino Unido, es técnicamente legal broncearse desnudo en cualquier playa, y cada año en Londres hay una rodada en bicicleta de desnudos. Sin embargo, Stephen Gough ha pasado varios años en la cárcel en Escocia por incumplimiento de una orden por estar desnudo en público. En Eugene, Oregón es completamente legal estar con el pecho descubierto en el centro.

Censura en línea
Como reflexión de la cultura estadounidense, la cultura en línea también perpetúa y refuerza los tabúes sobre el pezón femenino porque en muchas plataformas de redes sociales como Facebook e Instagram prohíben cualquier "contenido gráfico" de la areola de una mujer. Los lineamientos para la comunidad de Instagram piden a sus usuarios que "mantengan su ropa puesta." Sin embargo, esta regla parece solo aplicar a imágenes que contienen pezones femeninos ya que son removidas inmediatamente por Instagram a menos de que la areola esté tapada. En contraste, fotos de hombres sin playera normalmente no son sujetos a esta regulación. Chelsea Handler, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna y Scout Willis han sido censuradas por Instagram por fotos de sus pechos expuestos. Willow Smith también tuvo una publicación que fue removida porque se veía ella usando una playera con un par de pezones de mujer impresos en ella, a pesar de que la playera tenía un corte conservador.

El hashtag #freethenipple (libera el pezón) ha sido jaqueado en Instagram por pornografía, la cual ha sido reportada por usuarios a Instagram.

Película

En el 2014, la directora estadounidense Lina Esco publicó su largometraje Free the Nipple (Libera el pezón). El largometraje se centra alrededor de un grupo de jóvenes mujeres que toman las calles de Nueva York para protestar en contra de los tabúes legales y culturales en cuanto a los pechos femeninos, presentando trucos publicitarios, grafitis, instalaciones y abogados de la Primera Enmienda. Fue originalmente grabado en 2012 pero el largometraje no pudo ser publicado, incitando a Esco a empezar el movimiento en diciembre del 2013.

Véase también
 Toples
 Femen
 Desnudo
 Nudismo
 Topfreedom
 Go Topless Day

Referencias

Feminismo
Nudismo
Mamas en la cultura
Pezón


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Bans on driver texting not easy to enforce
By Sara Coello, Post and Courier
As South Carolina legislators debate whether to strengthen the state's lax textingwhile-driving laws, officers already struggle to hold motorists accountable for an infraction that can be hard to prosecute.
Area drivers are generally honest about when they've been texting, according to Charleston police Sgt. William Gritzuk, but if they don't fess up, officers are responsible for proving they'd clearly seen illegal messaging, usually by providing body camera footage.
"We don't make the law, we just enforce it," Gritzuk said. "But it's not easy."
The Charleston Police Department has ordered and budgeted for two more motorcycles to join their street patrol fleet next year, Gritzuk said. Officers on motorcycles have an easier time getting a clear line of sight to drivers' hands, he said.
None of the 16 fatal crashes Charleston officers have responded to in 2019 were texting-related, Gritzuk said, but about a quarter of crashes nationwide involve a driver who was messaging.
In Charleston, most of those crashes are rear-enders without major injuries. Drivers tend to pull out their phones when traffic jams during rush hour on the U.S. Highway 17 stretch known as the Crosstown, along with S.C. Highway 61 and Interstate 26, Gritzuk said.
A deadly crash could lead them to seek a warrant for phone records that could prove the driver opened a messaging app around the time of the accident, but police can't inspect phones without a judge's approval.
So far this year, city officers have not cited any drivers for "unlawful use of a wireless electronic communication device," according to department records.
North Charleston police don't track the role of texting in the crashes to which they respond, Assistant Police Chief David Cheatle said.
They also don't track what infractions led officers to give verbal warnings, which is what the department expects in most cases where nobody is seriously injured. Only two drivers were cited for illegally texting by North Charleston officers in 2019.
Throughout the state, Highway Patrol officers had issued 2,500 texting tickets between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1, 2019, Lance Cpl. Matthew Southern said. During special enforcement periods they patrol South Carolina highways in pairs, allowing one officer to keep their eyes on the road while the other concentrates on drivers. Even when they've witnessed texting, officers can't force drivers to hand over their devices or show their phone histories to confirm their suspicions that illegal texting took place.
When vigilant officers catch drivers in the act and get proof of their infractions, the Palmetto State's laws aren't a significant deterrent. While drivers can't use their hands to send or read any electronic messages, including texts and emails, when their vehicle is in motion on a public road, they can for phone calls, GPS navigation and dictated texts.
While Alaskans can spend a year in jail and $1,000 in fines for texting behind the wheel, South Carolina's texters won't pay more than $25 for a first offense, or $50 for a single incident involving multiple violations. In the 15 states where drivers are prohibited from even holding a phone, officers don't bear the burden of proving whether they were texting a friend or adjusting their GPS. Only one state, Montana, has refrained from legislation that controls drivers' ability to text.
More than 6,000 people had been convicted since the law took effect in 2014, authorities testified before a South Carolina Senate panel in October. "This is a public safety issue for the state," Sen. Tom Young, R-Aiken, said at the hearing. Young is sponsoring a bill that would increase fines to $100 for any driver caught with a phone in hand. Dictated texts and hands-free calls would still be legal, but even stopped drivers couldn't change a playlist or adjust a navigation app.
Hilton Head Island's Town Council voted unanimously in November to support the bill, and Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan spoke to senators on the panel as one of his deputies recovered from a cellphonerelated crash. The deputy had been directing traffic outside an elementary school when a woman, who allegedly admitted to looking at her phone, slammed into her at 40 mph. In 2017, the most recent year for which complete statewide data is available, the Department of Public Safety identified texting as the primary contributing factor in a collision that killed one person. It caused at least 60 collisions injuring 29 people, but could have contributed to several more in cases where officers couldn't prove that a driver had been using their phone illegally, or that their distraction was what caused the crash.
And according to preliminary data, 380 South Carolina crashes involving cellphone use killed five people and injured 215 in 2018.
Texting drivers were responsible for 401 fatal crashes — about 9 percent of 2017's 34,247 deadly collisions — throughout the U.S. that year, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
And according to a 2018 report from AAA, hands-on cellphone use increased chances of involvement in a crash by 83 percent, and fewer than a quarter of respondents said they approved of handheld cellphone use.
Even as states began outlawing the practice, 87.5 percent of surveyed U.S. residents reported much more concern over distracted driving in 2018 than in 2015, outpacing concern over aggressive and inebriated drivers. But 44.9 percent said they'd read an electronic message while driving over the past month, and 34.6 percent said they'd typed a message in that period.
Southern, who travels the Lowcountry to educate citizens about public safety, said many residents don't understand just how distracting a text conversation can be.
The average text takes a sender's eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds, Southern said, about the time it takes to drive the length of a football field at South Carolina's speed limits. Officials consider it a particularly dangerous distraction since it requires drivers to use their hands, eyes and concentration. "They're receptive," Southern said. "It's mostly about education and enforcement."
By J. Brooks Davis | Published January 8, 2020 | Posted in Traffic Violations	|

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The oldest building in what is now Liverpool is the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, a one room chapel that dates back to 1618. At that time it would have been inside the Royal Park of Toxteth which at that time would have stretched from what is now Parliament Street to Aigburth Vale.
At the time it was built the Puritan style as the anti-Catholic movement was becoming more prominent and the design of the building sees the move away from an altar, The sparse decoration was also a statement against the ornateness and image laden norm in Catholic churches. The preacher would have stood in a pulpit and the congregation sat on the three other sides – a more 'inclusive' approach that became familiar in Quaker Meeting Houses after the English Civil War of 1640-60.
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth Pulpit
Also quite distinctive in this church is the boxed stalls instead of pews. The stalls are on two levels, the top level probably being a development from 1775 when the building was renovated. Everything is painted black or dark brown – so not a place for fun.
Ancient Chapel of Toxteth – boxed stalls
The small cemetery at the back of the building contains a number of gravestones and monuments to a number of wealthy chapel goers.
To get to the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth take the 82 bus from the centre of town and get off at the bottom of Park Road.
11 thoughts on "Ancient Chapel of Toxteth"
Mr patrick cuffe on 2nd January 2018 at 18:50 said:
I visited the chapel last year 2017 with my wife , we picked up a gentleman after telephoning the number on the information board on the church, who showed us around, fasinating church & history, he told us this year ,it will be celebrating its 400 year anniversary. Will you be doing anything to celebrate this event, if so could you contact me on 01704 879396, or by e,mail please. Thank you. Mr p & k Cuffe.
Michael on 3rd January 2018 at 14:25 said:
As I've written before I have absolutely nothing to do with the chapel – I only wrote a blog because I thought it was an interesting building. Any queries about what they might be doing for an anniversary should be directed to the person on the end of the phone number that's on their notice board.
Angela Donnelly on 4th June 2017 at 09:03 said:
Hi, is it possible to arrange a visit preferably round noon on a Tuesday or Thursday for a small group of walkers? Thankyou
The Chapel has nothing to do with me – I just wrote about it. Check one of the other comment for contact details.
Loys Mather on 10th September 2016 at 23:10 said:
Please let me know who I may contact to arrange a visit to The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth in late September early October 2016. Thanks.
Have a look at one of the previous comments from the people at the Chapel. That provides a local telephone number for out of hours access.
Irene O'Brien on 4th August 2015 at 19:12 said:
Can u let me no does it open to the public and when please
Michael on 4th August 2015 at 21:00 said:
The Chapel has been open during the 'Heritage Open Days' in recent years. This year that will take place between 10th and 13th September, 2015. I've looked on the website (http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory) but there's nothing for the Toxteth Chapel this year. That doesn't necessarily mean that it will not be open in September. Some places put their name down late but I slightly surprised that with only just over a month to go the Chapel isn't on the list. All I can suggest is that you keep on checking the website and see if it gets added in the future. The problem is that, in the past, the information is not always as accurate as it really should be. If I come across any information I'll let you know.
Christopher and Annette Butler on 10th September 2015 at 22:36 said:
ANCIENT CHAPEL does not appear in HODS
(Heritage Open Days) List for Liverpool this Year
2015 as REPAIR WORKS ARE ONGOING IN CHAPEL
and will NOT be completed until at least the end of
November 2015. Hence we are NOT Open for this
coming special weekend – Chapel is in potentially
dangerous state (uneven floor, furnishings blocking
entrance etc.) However, we Keyholders (2) are always
willing to open at other times by Appointment. Caretaker's
home no is 728 8028 (resident very close to Chapel).
Please PASS this info. on to enquirer/s. Many thanks:.
Mrs. A. BUTLER
Joan Borrowscale on 1st April 2018 at 16:46 said:
Hello – Lionel ?? was churchwarden ? some years ago when I used to visit
Can you let me know if he is still working ion the chapel.
Michael on 2nd April 2018 at 17:21 said:
I have nothing to do with the chapel but if you want to speak to someone who might be able to answer your question phone 0151 728 8028


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Most Famous Magicians in the World Today
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ALSO: Best Magicians Ever!
ALSO: Best CARD Magicians
These aren't your mama's magicians - oh no - the folks on this list are the BEST OF THE BEST, or at least the most famous anyway. Although these magic dudes are our picks for the most famous illusionists out there, if you haven't heard of one yet, you can go ahead and thank us now because you're in for A REAL TREAT. From living legends to popular up-and-comers, these are the top FAMOUS magicians who have shaped magic history and done it with style. This page highlights the best ALIVE performers.
by Roland Sarlot
Piff (the Magic Dragon)
Piff is instantly recognizable! Who wouldn't be dressed up in a green dragon suit, holding a fluffy white chihuahua (named Mr. Piffles)? The comedy is dry, sardonic, and well... British. Piff made the rounds of the standard shows Penn & Teller's Fool us as well as America's Got Talent and has been working extremely hard touring and headlining his own Vegas show.
SEE PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON AND MR. PIFFLES LIVE HERE!
Michael Carbonaro
Michael is probably best known for his television show The Carbonaro Effect. He is a prankster at heart, and on his show he would pose as a regular Joe who then pulls magic tricks out of his hat (so to speak) to freak out the unsuspecting public. His sometimes ridiculous explanations for what was going on, (never letting on that it was magic), made the situation even funnier. In his live show Michael brings all his wit and quirky humor to the stage, with sleight of hand, performance art and bizarre antics that will surely make for an evening of upbeat fun.
SEE MICHAEL CARBONARO LIVE HERE!
To be one of the most famous magicians in the world, you need to be seen and known by the most people. Well this listing is very different because it's not a person, it's a franchise that hires a rotating cast of magicians. They have been touring non-stop in 450 cities globally for years and were recently purchased by Cirque du Soleil for $40 million. They have resident shows in Las Vegas, a touring show in North America, and a touring show running around the world.
SEE THE ILLUSIONISTS LIVE HERE!
Chris Angel
This show is loud, big, raunchy and full of pyrotechnics. Yes, there is magic, along with dancers, acrobats and live musicians with wailing guitars. The age limit is 5 years old, but you might want to reconsider taking your youngest relatives along. The theater itself is all decked out and the technical wizardry is pumped up. If you are a huge Criss Angel fan, then you'll love this show.
SEE CHRIS ANGEL LIVE HERE!
10 Most Famous Magicians
10. Siegfried & Roy
Even non-magic enthusiasts have heard of this dynamic duo who changed the face of Vegas show biz by turning magic into theatre, with dazzling displays and ornate costumes and, of course, their use of white tigers, lions (and bears, OH MY!) If you haven't heard of them for that, you may have heard about that one horrific time when of their tigers got frisky and almost killed Roy (the brunette.) Major career ending mishap aside, no list of the world's most famous magicians would be complete without this dazzling duo!
9. Doug Henning
Doug Henning is easily THE GROOVIEST magician on this list. His tight fitting rainbow costumes and technicolor entourage come straight out of a 70's dream sequence, complete with tigers. (Are you seeing a trend here?) This hippy from Toronto took the dark and mysterious out of magic and replaced it with light, color, and probably patchouli oil. The clip above is from his Broadway show and taken from an ancient trick, brought it back from obscurity, added a new ending and created a masterpiece. Get past the silly dancing and 40 year old bling because it's phenomenal magic and that's why Doug is still famous so many years after retiring his act.
8. Juan Tamariz
YEAH, Yeah, yeah... Juan Tamariz looks kind of like your weird uncle you only see at family reunions (where he's probably still performing magic) but this "master of manipulation" is one of the best cardicians ON THE PLANET and super famous in Spain and South America. He helped create a whole new school of magic around card tricks that has turned out a bunch of award winning magicians. This video is in Italian (because in addition to being a phenomenal magician, Tamariz is also a remarkable linguist), but you don't need to speak the language to enjoy this famous master magicians.
7. Dynamo
Whether he's performing close up magic for celebrities or making cars (yes, cars!!!) appear out of the air, Dynamo is one of the most popular magicians in England and has made a name for himself around the world. If we had to guess why, it's probably because 1) he seems like a real chill dude, 2) that accent makes us melt, and 3) his magic tricks will blow your mind! YEAH, he made a car appear, but how on earth did he get that ring inside that can?!?!?!
6. Derren Brown
Check out his brilliant TV appearance above and imagine Derren Brown is probably great at parties if by "great at parties" you mean "gets inside people's heads and totally FREAK THEM OUT!!!" His brand of magic is a bit more in the realm of hypnotism and psychological manipulation (and a really really good memory!) than the other magicians on this list, but what else do you expect from someone who collects taxidermied animals? Of course the video doesn't explain how he got that number at the very end (traps within traps), here's a list of his greatest mind tricks.
5. Shin Lim
Shin Lim will BLOW YOUR MIND with his close up magic and card tricks, he's certainly blown our minds and America's (as the winner of America's Got Talent 2018), and even fooled Penn and Teller, a sure hallmark of a clever magician! His sleight of hand is stunning and those smoke effects are real sexy. Jump to the 3:00 mark to dive right into his act and skip the background fluff.
SEE SHIN LIM LIVE HERE!
4. David Blaine
If you're looking for a magician that can dazzle you with street magic (and actually revolutionized the world of television magic by bringing the street to the screen) and make you squirm uncomfortably with his gory techniques, David Blaine is the man for you. His feats of endurance are reminiscent of the great Harry Houdini. Make sure you WATCH THIS VIDEO to the very end for the ultimate WOW factor!
3. David Copperfield
People around the world know David Copperfield's name, some without even knowing why. He is, after all, a living legend (according to the United States Library of Congress). David Copperfield, the magician who made the Statue of Liberty disappear, who walked through the Great Wall of China, he even floated across the Grand Canyon. The man really is a living legend, but then, you'd have to be the richest magician on the planet.
SEE DAVID COPPERFIELD LIVE HERE!
2. Penn and Teller
Although they may not be as rich as David Copperfield, Penn and Teller are also household names and actually make more money PER SHOW than Copperfield. Towering Penn and silent Teller may look like a mismatched pair, but these magicians have the honor of performing in the longest-running headline act IN VEGAS HISTORY and have hosted a series of television shows - including the currently running Fool Us, which you may recognize from Shin Lim's video above - and are masters of creative and edgy magic tricks themselves.
SEE PENN AND TELLER LIVE HERE!
1. Harry Houdini
TOPPING THE LIST... the golden standard whose name recognition all other magicians strive for, the world famous Hungarian escape artist and magician, Harry Houdini. Though you may argue that Houdini was an escape artist, rather than a magician (and that would make you a little pretentious), we're still ready to call him the most famous magician in history, after all, we're still talking about him over 100 years later.
Here they are, the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the most famous (and some are also the richest but who's counting?) magicians in the world today. They've inspired a generation of new magicians to pick up their first deck of cards and pull their first coin out of their dad's ear. They've shaped and reshaped the face of magic. After lifetimes of dazzling viewers worldwide, they've certainly dazzled us too! Who were you thinking would be on this list... Cyril Takayama, Sorcar, Uri Geller, creepy Paul Daniels, the Illusionists, Kreskin, Lance Burton, Mark Wilson, Fu Manchu, Richiardi Jr, Mac King, The Masked Magician (Val Valentino), Hans Klok? We would love to hear who would be on your top ten list of the most famous magicians in the world. WRITE US!
Best Magic Tricks of all Time
There was so much arm wrestling determining this list, we asked a magic historian and theater expert to find the best magic tricks of all time that...
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More blasts from the bubble era past!
You may have seen this one by Capsule (Yasutaka Nakata, a Brian Eno figure, who also does the music of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Perfume). A few camera tricks turns the urban expressway driving into a Blade Runner type electo-rhapsody. I kind of like it. Hypnotic.


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Chris Rock Wants Big-Money Before He Speaks
Yardhype Staff WriterApril 10, 2022
After weeks of not addressing the slap that comedian Chris Rock received from actor, Will Smith at the Oscars, it is finally concluded why he has maintained his silence.
Chris Rock wants to capitalize on the matter and wishes to get paid before he discloses any information.
Recently, TMZ reported that at one of his shows on Friday, April 8, the comedian mentioned that until he gets paid, he will not be speaking on the matter.
"I'm OK, I have a whole show, and I'm not talking about that until I get paid. Life is good. I got my hearing back," said Chris Rock.
Just before this statement, while performing at the Boston's Wilbur Theatre, he briefly addressed the issue by stating to the crowd that "I'm still processing what happened, so at some point, I'll talk about that shit".
Since this controversial topic has been circulating in the media, Chris Rock has managed to benefit drastically as tickets to his shows have been sold at 10 times the amount as well as being completely booked out. This arose from the anticipation of hearing the comedian address the matter.
During the 94th Academy Award ceremony on March 27, actor Will Smith slapped Chris Rock because of a joke he made comparing his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith to a bald movie character named 'G.I. Jane 2'.
Pinkett-Smith is reportedly suffering from a hair condition called alopecia.
As a result of Smith's actions, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors has banned Will Smith from the Oscars for 10 years.
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This week, I'm taking a break from Deacon-structing and instead giving you my best shot at a summary of 2016: As seen from the SLHour radio desk, with many of the artists that we featured on the program this year.
On this special New Years edition of the SLHour, we revisit all the new albums released by Catholic artists in 2016 and featured on our program. Tune in for some of the best songs of 2016 featuring Jonathan Hilsden, Shaun Garrison, PJ Anderson, Kyle Heimann, Lupe Rios, Mags, Mikey Needleman, Rebecca Roubion, Sarah Hart and John Michael Talbot. If you're not familiar with "Catholic" music or artists, this is the best place to start. If you're not familiar with our weekly radio program, the SLHour, this is a very good place to start! Happy new year!
Every week, Deacon Pedro takes a particular topic apart, not so much to explore or explain the subject to its fullness, but rather to provide insights that will deepen our understanding of the subject. And don't worry, at the end of the day he always puts the pieces back together. There are no limits to deaconstructing: Write to him and ask any questions about the faith or Church teaching: pedro@saltandlighttv.org. Every week, he also hosts and produces, the Salt + Light Radio Hour, which airs on various stations across the U.S. and online at saltandlighttv.org/radio. Tune in every week to listen to the best of S+L on the radio!


Planning instruction for twenty or thirty learners in one room, for one hour, on one day, is a challenge. And, when we talk about planning instruction for in-service days or professional development sessions in which schools invest considerable time and money, we might be talking about hundreds of participants, in various venues, from distinctly heterogeneous teaching backgrounds and many hours of instruction. It's a significant challenge. However, as I have written about here, it's a challenge that we must overcome.
Many of my thoughts about school leadership revolve around applying the same practices that make classroom instruction effective. Imagine it as a series of Russian Dolls – the practices at the classroom teacher-learner level a nested microcosm of the interactions at the professional teacher-teacher level. At my school, we have adapted Charlotte Danielson's teacher evaluation rubric as part of our teacher appraisal process. However, what if something similar were created for professional development sessions or in-service days?
As a planning checklist for organising professional development sessions.
As an in-depth reflection tool to rigorously assess the quality of any professional development session and for facilitators to adjust their practices accordingly.
To articulate a shared understanding of the components of high quality professional development sessions.
I'd remove the evaluative aspect of a rubric, replacing it with a series of standards and guiding questions to encourage professional growth. Though there are a variety of schools of thought on the effectiveness of coaching versus supervision models for driving positive change, assuming you have the people in place willing to improve, it's the feedback, not the ranking of progress, that will drive improvement. Now, I'm not saying you couldn't construct an evaluative rubric, it's just that a simpler, more professionally respectful starting point is to use standards as a supportive coaching tool, not an evaluative one.
And, if you followed my thinking, you might be left with something like this.
I wonder what insights are revealed by reflecting on the last professional development you facilitated ,or participated in, by examining it through this new lens?
Questions I've acquired/developed over the last ten years.
I developed essential agreements for our use of this survey in our own high school English department. Here is the Google form version of the survey itself, which you could copy if you wish.
Use teacher-tailored student voice surveys as a raison d'etre for collegial observations.
Have teachers use student input to guide their own professional goal setting.
Have teachers follow a student for a day once every year.
Does anyone already have experience of practices like these?
Having just returned from an inspirational week visiting the work done by Second Chance in Berceni, Romania with a group of ten students, it strikes me how important it is not to shy away from frank discussions about a person's character, conversations which are at best sensitive and, at worst, verging on the taboo. It's more than a need to comment upon and guide behaviour, it's the moral necessity to encourage growth in the fundamental virtues inherent to becoming a 'good' person (not that there is an immutable, definitive list).
How did I do on this service learning trip? Not brilliantly, because I didn't consistently apply the same thinking as I would regarding academic learning in the classroom.
Insufficient pre-assessment. Like any group of people, some students are self-evidently more 'virtuous' than others. I had not intentionally considered where the students were in terms of the virtues necessary for the environment we were visiting, such as, the ability to be humble or to act with grace. Nor, importantly, had the students honestly pre-assessed their strengths and weaknesses prior to the visit.
Insufficient differentiation. I did not have a plan in place for what personal growth would mean for each student due to the lack of pre-assessment. What are the student's weaknesses? Their strengths? What growth is necessary? What might encourage that growth?
Insufficient feedback. The overlap between teacher, counsellor and psychologist is never more apparent than in the realm of character education. So, a student acts gracelessly, or with wonderful grace, how should you provide appropriate feedback in an authentic manner? For each student, where is the line between an expectation met and one exceeded? How do you communicate that in a way that will be heard? Being able to navigate these decisions is as much an art as a science, but it cannot be done without some degree of intentionality.
Looking ahead, above all, I will seek to talk, talk and talk some more with the students about the idea of character. These coaching conversations should help them unpack their personal successes and shortcomings, with a view to educating more than the mind: to nourish their soul.
Habits can be a help and a hindrance. In the context of teaching, the 'good' and the 'bad' can be summarised as follows: Good habits make effective teaching and learning practice more effortless; bad habits are those effortless actions that are a drain on effective teaching and learning practice.
However, what are we doing to form good habits, and break bad ones, both in ourselves and the communities we build in our classrooms? This Forbes' piece here and James Clear's thoughts here and here neatly summarise popular theories on habit formation. But, I'm interested in the types of habits we should seek to form. Inspired by Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, here's my slightly more mundane, anecdotal Three and a Half Habits of Highly Effective Teachers.
#1) Eat Lunch with Colleagues, Everyday. You need to eat. You also need to press pause, even if it's only for ten minutes. More importantly, eating with your colleagues is a fundamental social ritual that unites and builds community. Read this Atlantic article for some more family-centric thoughts.
#2) Be Flexibly Inflexible. Rules are rules. Except when they're a) not and b) they have nothing to do with student learning. A highly effective teacher knows that the most flexible part of the system controls that system (think "steering wheel" and "car"); you know when to bend and when to pushback.
#3) Think Lose-Win(ish). You will always lose. Always. You cannot win and the sooner you unburden yourself of the ceaseless pressure of striving to, then you can start winning-ish. As Dylan Wiliams said, "This job you are doing is so hard that one lifetime isn't enough to master it." What does he mean? Your job satisfaction derives from embracing continuous improvement, so, let imperfection be your catalyst for future success.
#3 ½ ): Never Stop (exception, see rule #1). This is the meta-rule, the one rule to rule them all. Highly effective teachers are much like (most) sharks: if you stop swimming, you'll drown. You must always be updating your practice otherwise the knowledge, understanding and skills that you are uncovering for your students will become swiftly irrelevant before you even know it.
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Blast (стилизованное название — Bl'ast!) — американская панк-рок-группа, образованная в 1983 году в Санта-Крус, Калифорния. В 1991 году группа распалась, но в 2001 ненадолго воссоединилась, а в 2013 году вернулась в полноценном составе. Blast выпустили три студийных альбома, последним из которых стал Take the Manic Ride (1989), а также претерпели несколько изменений в составе, сохранив лишь вокалиста Клиффорда Динсмора и гитариста Майка Найдера в качестве постоянных участников.

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Blast выпустили свой первый альбом The Power of Expression в 1986 году. Сначала музыкантов подписал лейбл Green World Records. Позже Blast привлекли внимание SST Records, которые подписали с ними контракт на выпуск следующего альбома It's in My Blood (1987). В том же году вышла 7-дюймовая пластинка, включающая кавер-версию песни Элиса Купера «School's Out». Музыканты также были заядлыми скейтбордистами и писали музыку для видеороликов компании Santa Cruz Skateboard, выпускавшей роликовые доски. SST и Santa Cruz Skateboards выпускали общие видеоработы и продукты с символикой компании, так как Найдер много лет работал в Santa Cruz Skateboard. Третьим релизом группы на лейбле SST стала пластинка Take the Manic Ride, выпущенная в 1989 году.

Blast распались в 1991 году во время работы над своим очередным альбомом. Найдер и Торгерсон основали группу Blackout, выпустив одноимённый диск. Позже они создали проект LAB, выпустили компакт-диск и мини-альбом с четырьмя песнями, активно выступая вместе с со стоунер-рок-группой Fu Manchu. В составе LAB некоторое время также играл бывший барабанщик Kyuss и Fu Manchu Брант Бьорк. В 2001 году Blast воссоединились для нескольких реюнион-концертов на Западном побережье США .

3 сентября 2013 года совместными усилиями лейбла Southern Lord и Дэйва Грол была выпущена сведённая заново версия альбома It's in My Blood, получившая название Blood! После релиза оригинальный вокалист Клиффорд Динсмор и гитарист Майк Найдер пригласили басиста Чака Дуковски и барабанщика Дэйва Грола принять участие в записи мини-альбома Blast For The Who've Graced The Fire, который вышел на лейбле Rise Records. Кроме того, Майк Найдер и Клиффорд Динсмор пригласили басиста Ника Оливери и барабанщика Джои Кастильо в новый состав Blast. В 2015 году группа выпустила сингл «For Those Who Graced the Fire» и начала работать над полноценным альбомом.

Дискография

Студийные альбомы
 The Power of Expression (1986)
 It's in My Blood (1987)
 Take The Manic Ride (1989)
 Blood! (2013)
 Expression of Power (2014)

Мини-альбомы и синглы
 For Those Who've Graced the Fire (2015)
 BL'AST! / eyehategod split (2016)

Демо-записи
 Whirlwind (1991)

Примечания

Исполнители SST Records
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 2013 году
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 2001 году
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 1983 году
Музыкальные коллективы, распавшиеся в 2001 году
Музыкальные коллективы, распавшиеся в 1991 году

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Analysis: Now the president will make his case for another term without fear that the special counsel will take him down.
WASHINGTON — The Mueller report, long thought by Democrats to be the key to ousting President Donald Trump, may instead become a powerful tool for his re-election campaign.
A defiant Trump described the investigation Sunday as "an illegal takedown that failed" and called for an inquiry into "the other side" — the government officials and Democrats who pursued the line that his campaign might have coordinated with Moscow.
Trump will continue to make the case to the American voting public — with the Mueller investigation as Exhibit A — that he was target of a partisan "witch hunt" designed to hamstring his administration and reverse the results of the 2016 election.
"Democrats took us on a frantic, chaotic, conspiracy-laden roller coaster for two years, alleging wrongdoing where there was none," Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement. "So distraught and blindsided by the results of the 2016 elections, Democrats lied to the American people continually, hoping to undo the legitimate election of President Trump."
Trump and his team may be vastly oversimplifying Mueller's full conclusions, which have not been revealed and could include damaging information about the president's behavior. But even if there are land mines in that report — and if it even sees the light of day — many voters may skip the nuance and determine that Trump did nothing wrong if he wasn't prosecuted.
The summary findings Barr sent to Congress on Sunday make it easier for Trump to sell the report as a full exoneration (which it explicitly was not) and himself as a casualty of partisan warfare. That's true even though he and his allies argued Hillary Clinton was still guilty of crimes after the Justice Department decision not to prosecute her over three years ago her use of private email.
"The Democrats have done something that I never thought was possible: They've actually turned Donald Trump into a victim," said Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and a frequent defender of the president on cable television, in a telephone interview.
"Any other Republican would have withered under this pressure, and under this media coverage, and the president is genetically predetermined to know how to fight and he fought hard," Schlapp said. "It endears him to the people who voted for him in 2016" not knowing whether they were more in favor of him or against rival Hillary Clinton.
But even absent a foil in Democrats, the findings unburden Trump from a probe that has cast a dark shadow over virtually his entire presidency. That's a major boon as he turns the corner to his re-election effort.
"This was a distraction for two years and the president was able to accomplish an ambitious agenda," Republican National Committee co-chair Tommy Hicks Jr. said in a text exchange with NBC. "The American people will have an opportunity to vote on his track record, which speaks for itself."
Of course, the public fight over Trump's conduct isn't over.
Barr's letter to lawmakers Sunday revealed that Mueller himself had not made a determination on the question of whether the president had obstructed justice.
"While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," Mueller wrote, according to Barr. It was Barr, in consultation with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who determined that there was not sufficient evidence to establish that Trump had obstructed justice.
Without seeing what Mueller found — the facts and arguments for and against obstruction in an underlying report that remains in Barr's hands — it's impossible to know what the veteran prosecutor thought.
If the report is made public, the tricky part for Trump's Democratic rivals will become taking whatever Mueller found in his review of possible obstruction of justice and making the argument that it is enough for voters to conclude he is not fit for re-election. Or, they may decide they would rather fight him on other fronts entirely.
Congressional Democrats, who are pursuing several other lines of inquiry into various Trump activities, immediately renewed their calls for the full Mueller report to be released publicly. In addition, federal and New York state prosecutors are conducting inquiries that could touch on the president.
In a joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., challenged Barr's findings and, because he had criticized the investigation before being appointed to his job, his impartiality.
"The fact that Special Counsel Mueller's report does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how urgent it is that the full report and underlying documentation be made public without any further delay," they said. "Given Mr. Barr's public record of bias against the Special Counsel's inquiry, he is not a neutral observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the report."
But for the most part, Democrats were very quiet publicly in the wake of Barr's letter while Republicans took victory laps.
The Trump re-election campaign released a video called "COLLUSION HOAX!" and immediately began asking donors to give in response to the news.
James Comey, the FBI director whose firing by Trump precipitated Mueller's appointment, appeared confused by the conclusions. He tweeted a picture of himself standing among very tall trees with the cryptic message: "So many questions."
For Team Trump, there was just one answer: victory.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, who served as campaign manager on Trump's 2016 campaign, tweeted a congratulatory note to her boss.
"Today you won the 2016 election all over again," she wrote. "And got a gift for the 2020 election. They'll never get you because they'll never 'get' you."


For fans of the game Balderdash, a board game that combines fibbing and the formation of new words, creating a new word of your own may seem like a breeze. For others, making your mark on the English language, probably feels a bit daunting or downright challicult (challenging + difficult). However, you will be surprised to learn that with a bit of inspiration and a lot of fun, you will be on your way to creating a brifect (brilliant + perfect) word in no time!
Start with a portmanteau. If you've tried your hand at creating a word from scratch but haven't had much luck, you may want to consider a portmanteau. A portmanteau is a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog) .
Write down some of your favorite words on a piece of paper. Spend some time mixing and matching the words together. You'll be surprised by all of the fabonderful (fabulous + wonderful) words you come up with.
Buy or borrow a Spanish, French, German or Italian dictionary. Highlight some of your favorite words and then write them down on a sheet of paper. You'll want to modify the words slightly, as the intention isn't to use the same word, but to create your own.
Rent a movie in a different language. Don't use the captions and listen as the actors speak. Have a pen and paper on hand and write down what you think the words are that are being spoken.
Turn an object into a verb. "Google (it)" has quite literally been transformed from a company name, into a verb. There are no shortage of objects or nouns that can also be repurposed with a bit of imagination.
To start, try spotting objects around your house and use them in a sentence as a verb. Don't expect everything to catch on, but over time, you may find one that will be a hit.
Take suggestions from a small child. Inspiration for new words can be found in surprising places. One such place is in your own family. Young children, who are learning how to speak, often don't get it right on the first try. They create their own language as they navigate the English language.
Ask your young child what their favorite word is. If they are able to write, have them write it down. Otherwise, do your best to spell out what they are saying.
Listen to the babbling of your baby. You'll be surprised how many words you come up with in a short amount of time.
Next time you don't understand someone correctly, turn a potentially embarrassing situation, into a learning opportunity by creating a new word.
Find inspiration at home. Listen to sounds naturally found around your home. You may be surprised by how many words you can come up with just by turning off the TV and listening to the environment. Open up your window and let in the sounds from outside.
Hyphenate two word phrases (think of "see you," which became, "cya!"). You may need to do a bit of tweaking to the spelling, as was done with "cya," but try to think of phrases you can combine in to one word.
Write down some of your favorite two or even three word phrases. See if you can create one word.
Have fun brainstorming! More than anything, creating a made up word is supposed to be fun. Don't worry about taking yourself too seriously. If you discover a great new word, share it with your friends and family and have fun using the word together.
To spread the word (pun intended), try using the word in a sentence, but be consistent.
Your new word will also need a definition, so have one on hand in case others ask you about it. This will help them understand how to use the word as it was intended.
Is it easy to make a new word?
It's easy to make up a word if you want, but it's not going to be easy to get it into the dictionary.
As many as your heart desires.
Where can you submit it?
You could send it to Oxford Dictionary or another dictionary. They will tell you if it's suitable.
Can money be made by creating new words and their meanings?
Probably not. Would you pay someone to make up a word and tell you what it means?
Is it hard to remember new words?
Only if you don't use them often. To remember new words, you have to include them in your daily vocabulary for a period of time, until you've grafted them into memory.
How do I know if the word sounds right?
It doesn't have to sound "right," it's your word, so if it sounds okay to you, that's all that matters.
Who creates and updates dictionaries?
Two of the most used English dictionaries are the Oxford English Dictionary, published in England by the Oxford University Press, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, published by Merriam-Webster, Inc. of Springfield, Massachusetts.
How would I go about making it official that I invented a word and it's meaning? Like, I know that it's not likely to end up in the dictionary, but what can I do if I want credit for the word?
Use the word often, and when you hear other people using it, let them know you invented it.
How do I make a new word using root words?
First you want to know what your word is supposed to mean and its part of speech. Then, use the meaning to find a root with a close definition. Use the part of speech to figure out what the suffix should be.
Once your word has been created, don't use it too much. Use it when it makes sense, and explain it if someone asks what it means. The more you use it in the right scenario, the more you will notice your friends using it!
If you are going to create many monikers, then make up your own dictionary of made-up words. You never know, one of your words may appear in a real one one day!
Try posting it on online dictionary websites, like [urbandictionary.com]. It just might catch on!
Read [Jabberwocky] for inspiration. It has lots of made-up words that somehow manage to sound just like what they mean.
Another technique you can use is mixing and matching basic syllabic sounds. For example: sh+na+thee could then be spelled "Sh'nathe" and--voilà!--you now have the name of an Elven town.
If you like, put your made-up words on the discussion page for everyone to see.
Make sure your word sounds English (ex. Ring+Toe can be Rine or Tong).
Don't worry about skipping steps; the point is just to have fun.
Most scholarly dictionaries consider words to be neologisms or protologisms unless they are in widespread use over some period of time. Don't submit made-up words where they're not wanted.
To create your own made-up word, try combining 2 words which already exist to create a word with a new meaning. Use words in your native language or combine words from different languages. You can even get inspiration from young children, who often make up their own words. If you're still having trouble, try coming up with the meaning of the word first, then make up a sound that seems to fit that definition. Read on to learn how to turn an object into a verb!
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Apple Blossom Dreams: What makes your rose significant?
is what makes your rose significant.
One of them is "The Little Prince"
This one is my favorite, we purchased it in Norway.
The rose has a very special place in this book.
Just click here and it will take you to the clock.
I love your rose clock!!!!
Very clever! I love it in red and white and it looks so pretty in the bedroom.
What a great clock Astri. I love it.
Beautiful! I also have a copy of the book!!!!
I mean, your work is beautiful!!!
Your rose clock is gorgeous!!
What a beautiful idea! I also love the special "Little Prince" display. Just charming.


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Tickets may be purchased at the front desk of Morrill Hall or in advance by calling: 402-472-2637
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We strongly recommend children be at least 4 years old to attend a show due to the nature of the theater and the content of presentation(s).
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There is no re-entry if you leave the theater during a show.
Doors open 10 minutes prior to show time.
The planetarium is a dark environment with overhead motion and occasional loud sounds during a show. It is not recommended for guests who are sensitive to such conditions. Some show scenes have a strobing effect that may affect photosensitive viewers.
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Think you can't have skin that measures up to a model's? Think again.
Jackie herself is issuing a challenge for others to follow her personal skincare routine. The name of this challenge is Jackie Lee's TeMana Secret: 14 Days to Beautiful Skin, and it runs from the start of September through November 30. Complete the challenge once, and you'll receive a special tote selected by Jackie herself. Complete it twice, and you'll receive a makeup bag with two TeMana Lips products. Finally, complete it three times, and you'll receive a floral bag complete with a Noni Brightening Facial Refiner and Body Refiner!
Of course, the transformation your skin will go through will be quite the gift itself.
The challenge itself is simple: just follow Jackie's skincare routine for two weeks and share your results. As someone routinely in front of cameras, Jackie can't afford to have dull skin. This TeMana routine has worked for her, and it can work for you too, making your skin appear radiant, smooth and young thanks to the fantastic power of authentic noni from Tahiti.
Jackie's skincare regimen consists of five potent TeMana products: Noni Brightening Serum, Cleanser, Toner, Night Cream and Facial Mask. For this challenge, we are offering the Noni Brightening Foundation Pack (Serum, Cleanser, Toner and Night Cream) at a discount. In addition, you'll receive the Facial Mask for free! So, altogether each retail customer will receive a $350 value for $250, and each premier member will receive a $276 value for $200.
Everyone wanting to participate in the 14-day challenge should purchase the Jackie Lee set here. Afterward, you can register and post before-and-after photos on morinda.com/jackielee14. Meanwhile, participants are encouraged to join the Facebook group for the challenge and interact with others, all while receiving support and advice. Finally, make sure when posting your progress on social media to use the hashtag #jackielee14.
So, what do you have to lose? Well, you'll lose having to pay full price for these products. You'll lose some of the visible signs of aging, including dark spots, wrinkles and dry, fatigued skin. And, you'll lose insecurities as you see your skin come alive, and as you receive compliments that are as glowing as your skin will be. There aren't many better ways to utilize 14 days.


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The Israeli navy has intercepted a Norwegian-flagged ship, with activists on board, as it was approaching the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian relief to the inhabitants of the impoverished enclave.
"The activity ended without exceptional events. At this time, the ship is being transferred to the port of Ashdod" along the coast of central Israel, said a statement released by the Israeli military, on Sunday.
The intercepted vessel was one of the four ships that made up the Freedom Flotilla, which intended to break Israel's nearly 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to Press TV/Al Ray.
Adham Abu Salima, a spokesperson for Gaza's National Committee for Breaking the Siege, confirmed the attack by Israeli forces on the Freedom Flotilla ship. He said that the committee had lost contact with the flotilla members. He added that 36 solidarity activists from 15 various countries were on board the vessel, which left the Italian city of Palermo on July 21.
Back in late May of 2010, an Israeli raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, comprising six civilian ships, killed 10 Turkish activists in high seas and sent the Ankara-Tel Aviv ties into a tailspin.
Turkey and Israel, however, normalized relations in June 2016, after a series of not-very-public negotiations. An agreement to normalize the ties entailed the payment of $20 million, in compensation for the families of the victims.
Additionally, numerous attempts have been made, throughout the years, to draw the public attention to the ongoing siege of Gaza. From 2008 through 2016, international activists have sailed 31 ships and boats, to challenge the Israeli naval blockade.
Gaza, a coastal sliver on the Mediterranean, is where Palestinian resistance movements enjoy massive public support. The territory has seen brutal wars by Israel over the past years, the last one having been in the summer of 2014, when more than 2,200 Palestinians — mostly civilians, and approximately one quarter children — were killed in Israeli raids.


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Q: vCenter Converter Standalone cannot copy virtual machines from one ESXi server to another I have two ESXi servers, both updated with the latest patches through the Host Update Utility. One of the ESXi servers is a new install, other was around for about 8 months without any problems arising. All VMs are ESXi native, created on the old server (I have serveral Windows 2003 and Arch Linux VMs).
After installing ESXi on the new server and updating both servers, I tried moving VMs from the old one. However, the job fails every time with the status:
FAILED: The operation is not supported on the object.
However, I am still able to convert ESXi VM to the VMware Server VM (it's installed on my own workstation).
I have necessary sysprep files in the Converter directory, both hypervisors and the Converter are the latest versions available... What's wrong? What should I do to be able to move VMs between ESXi servers?
UPD: Converter also worked in the past (about 4 months ago), while I templorarily installed ESXi on a whitebox to test whether conversion works at all.

A: Why not export the VM's as virtual appliances on the source host and import them on the destination host? That's the way I move VM's around and it works like a charm. (Of course I'm a complete VMware neophyte).

A: This error is a bit misleading, it (usually) refers to a problem with the virtual devices you've assigned to the machine.
When you run through the converter wizard, how far are you getting before it fails? I suspect you've got all the way through the wizard, can inspect the source, can browse the target, and are back at the job screen when it tanks?
Try disabling any kind of customization of the VM, in the wizard, on the last page.
Check the devices you have assigned to the virtual machine, and remove everything but the bare min. Check that your defined VLAN networks are available on both ESXi machines and are labelled the same.
Are you using the latest version of Converter? (4.0.1)

A: Are you just trying to move the VM from one server to the other to have them run on a different server? I would look at just copying the VM's configuration and drive files over with the storage managing utility (maybe using a shared storage directory as an in-between). It'll take awhile, especially if the files are large, but then you can just tell the new server to create VM's based on those drive files (pre-existing). As long as the versions are matched, this should work just fine.

A: Are you trying to do some kind of hot copy, or are you shutting down the VMs before taking the image?
I think the converter may work best on machines that are shutdown, so it isn't having to snapshot memroy etc.  Also, check any snapshots you might have of those VMs.  That may make the process more complex.  It is possible that converting to VMWare Server is working as it isn't trying to convert any ESXi specific features.

A: When I have VMs that I can not move across ESX servers, I am using netcat to transfer the VM content over network.
Here are the steps I am using for this:

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*Create a new VM on the destination with the same configuration as the source (especially the disk size and layout)

*Boot the source and destination VMs from a rescue Linux (a CD/DVD, or from a PXE server)

*on the destination I run: nc -l 10000 > /dev/sda where 10000 is the port

*on the source I run: nc destination_ip 10000 < /dev/sda where destination_ip is the IP address of the destination inside the rescue Linux

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SCJ 014 Pedro's Garage - Pedro Bonilla - Serving the Porsche Boxster Niche
Pedro Bonillo is the founder and CEO of Technolab, an independent Porsche service and maintenance shop in South Florida. But maintenance and service are just the tip of the Technolab iceberg. Inside Pedro'sGarage.com you will find tutorials for do-it-yourself upgrades, technical articles, and some innovative performance upgrade products that carry the technolab name. If you are a Boxster owner you probably already know Pedro. If not then, this is your chance to meet a guy who really understands what it takes to earn the respect and trust of a community of hands-on sports car owners. In this interview we get a little carried away with technical fixes specific to the Porsche Boxster. While we blow past the 35 minute interview time target, this is a great example of how the passion for a specific vehicle model can drive an entrepreneur deep into a niche area of expertise.
SCJ 013 Lime Rock Park - Rick Roso - New Media Marketing
Rick Roso directs a new media marketing campaign for historic Lime Rock Park, a legendary road racing course that is enjoying a booming resurgence thanks in part to an innovative marketing approach that keeps the brand in front of its loyal fans with fresh, fun, engaging content. Rick explains the origins of Lime Rock Park and how he and his team are taking their racing brand to the next level.
SCJ 012 Tire Rack Street Survival - Bill Wade - Advanced Driving Skills for New Drivers
Bill Wade operates an advanced driving safety program for teens that gives them a first hand look at challenging driving situations and the opportunity to react to them under controlled conditions. Operated with assistance from members of the Porsche Club of America and the BMW Car Club of America, Tire Rack Street Survival will train teen drivers at 100 events this year.
SCJ 011 Race Werks - John Kopp - Race Prep Business and High Performance Driver Education
John Kopp took his passion for racing to the next level when he opened Race Werks in Virginia Beach, VA. The shop specializes in race preparation of BMW, Porsche, and other high performance vehicles. John introduces listeners to High Performance Driver Education and explores options for entry level racing. in this episode, Steve Vigus and John Kopp discuss the good, the bad and, well, the really good aspects of owning and operating a race prep and general automotive business. Whether prepping Porshces and BMWs for race day at Virginia International Raceway or working to keep mercedes, ferraris, lamborghinis, and lotuses in top shape for urban driving, the crew at Race Werks manages to keep a pulse on the latest tips for eeking extra performance out of already exceptional vehicles. John walks listeners through a day at the track for a Driver Education participant and explains the pros and cons of making your daily driver a full-on track car. He also suggests a couple of best-value race cars for the new racer.
SCJ 010 Detroit Electric - Don Graunstadt - SP:01 All Electric Roadster and the Future of Electric Cars
As CEO for North American Operations at Detroit Electric, Don Graunstadt is leading the introduction of a US Branded line of all-electric cars. He shares his thoughts on the business outlook in this new market and on the performance and utility of their flagship vehicle the SP:01. Based on the Lotus Elise, the SP:01 promises lightning fast acceleration to 60 MPH in 3.7 seconds, a top speed of 155 MPH and an equivalent MPG rating of 100+ MPG. Depite the obvious similarities to the Tesla Roadster's appearance and performance, the SP:01 has its own unique design features that will soon take the market by storm. In this interveiw, Don Graunstadt also discusses the company's affiliation with the city of Detroit, complete with a North American Headquarters address in the historic Fisher Building downtown. He also considers where the next business opportunities will lie as electric vehicles gain market share.
SCJ 009 Specialty Auto Tool Rentals - Steve Bernasek - Spin off a Niche Business
Passion for driving. Passion for business. Interviews with passionate entrepreneurs. In this episode you will meet Steve Bernasek from specialtyautotoolrentals.com Steve identified an un-satisfied need in his market and spun off a business to fill the void. Now he operates an online business that rents automotive specialty tools to professionals and hobbyists who otherwise would not be able to take on complicated maintenance on import autos. Listen to this one if you are looking for inspiration to take the first step toward your own online business.
SCJ 008 The Lost Spyder - Sean Michael - Writing and Marketing the Great American Sports Car Novel
Passion for driving. Passion for business. Interviews with passionate entrepreneurs. This episode features Sean Michael, author of The Lost Spyder, an adventure mystery novel about the quest to find a unique and extremely rare Porsche 550 Spyder. Sean talks about the writing process and about what it takes to publish a novel as both a bound edition and as an e book. This interview gives you candid advice on how to turn your book idea into reality and possibly even turn a profit in the process.
SCJ 007 Concours Studios - Chuck Jennings - Passion for Automotive Photography
Passion for driving. Passion for business. Interviews with passionate entrepreneurs. Chuck Jennings from Coucours Studios explains how he built a business around his passion for photographing classic cars, airplanes, and the successful people who own them. This is great stuff if you have ever dreamed of growing your lifelong hobby into a thriving business.
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SCJ 006 XKs Unlimited - Jason Len Interview
Jason Len from XKs Unlimited shares stories about building the business from part time auto garage to become a dominant supplier of parts and accessories for classic Jaguar automobiles. He introduces the latest technology in virtual product catalogs and discusses online marketing in a close-knit communtity of car lovers.
SCJ 004 Memo Gidley - Passion for Racing
Interview with Memo Gidley, professional race car driver. Memo shares his perspective on what it takes to become a successful professional race car driver and extreme athlete.
SCJ 003 West By Sea - Edward Beale - Crowd Source Your Adventure
Podcast Episode 3. Ed Beale from West by Sea used a Kickstarter campaign to fund and generate buzz for his yet-to-be-written adventure book based on an upcoming trip around the world. In this interview, Ed shares his experience with crowd sourcing and offers advice for newcomers to this unique source of project startup capital.
SCJ 002 Mazda3Carpet.Com - David Freitas - Build a Part Time eCommerce Business
Podcast Episode 2. How David Freitas from Madza3Carpet.Com Built a Successful Part Time eCommerce Business When David Freitas searched online for an exact-fit replacement carpet kit for his Mazda 3 he found, instead, an idea for a new business. Now Mazda3Carpet.com supplies high quality carpet for do-it-yourselfers around the world. David's story of how he took his idea from concept to product to online business without quitting his day job illustrates how the Internet has obliterated many of the traditional barriers to market entry. Check out this interview and decide if it's time for you to take your new automotive product from concept to market.
SCJ 001 MiniMania, Inc. - Don Racine - Dominate Your Niche
Podcast Episode 1. Don Racine of MiniMania, Inc. on How to Dominate Your Niche (and Still Find Time to Race) In 1974 when Don Racine began supplying performance parts for the Classic Mini Cooper he used a typewritten newsletter and snail mail to educate and advertise to his community of fellow racers. Since then MiniMania, Inc. has grown to become the largest supplier of parts and accessories for the Classic Mini Cooper in the United States. In this interview Don reflects on how the Internet has changed the automotive parts business and offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. He explains why you must define your market niche and how he keeps his team focused on the things that matter to their customers.


Driving down the road in Greely, one might spot a black tank-like vehicle the size of a small car cruising around the parking lot of an office building at 15 kilometres per hour – with no one in the driver's seat.
X4i Corp. and Provectus Robotics Solutions Inc. both develop robotic technology in the south Ottawa village. Their customers include the RCMP, which purchased a large vehicle developed by X4i and Provectus. The machine uses the platform of a Polaris Ranger ATV that is meant to safely disrupt improvised explosive devices.
"Instead of a man wearing a full hazmat suit and carrying his sensors downrange into who knows what, you have the ability to send a robot," says Paul Rocco, president of Provectus.
Another locally developed robot, this one stationed at the Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City, loads suspicious packages into a secure compartment within the robot and transports them to a safe location.
That means an airport terminal shutdown lasts only minutes instead of the hours it could take for a bomb squad to arrive and clear the area, saving the airport hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenues.
It also means that airport customers, paying approximately $300,000 per robot, will likely see a return on investment after only one incident, says Mr. Rocco. The company is actively marketing that product, called the Remote Package Handling System, to airports around the world.
Provectus develops the software and overall systems for the robots, and X4i Corp. contributes subsystems including lithium ion battery packs that power the machine, electronics trays and electromechanical testing.
Lubo Morhac, who founded X4i in 2011, has been working with Mr. Rocco in various capacities for more than a decade.
Provectus and X4i aren't the only local companies gaining traction in the unmanned vehicle industry.
ICOR Technology Inc.'s robots are the national standard for bomb squad training at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa.
ICOR's flagship robot, the MK3-Caliber, was used earlier this month when a suspicious package was discovered in front of the Department of National Defence. The remotely operated vehicle, armed with six cameras, can approach the bomb threat and fire a disrupter – essentially a blast of water acting as a bullet to safely separate the components from the initiator. An arm on the robot then collects the pieces and moves them to a safe spot.
The 185-pound, 22-inch robot was launched in 2007 and marked the beginning of a line of three ICOR robots, each smaller than the next. The most recent iteration, the Mini-Caliber, allows SWAT teams to easily lift the 60-pound machine and stash it in a trunk until needed.
Each robot is outfitted with two-way communication devices, which are useful for hostage situations, Mr. Kavalersky says.
The RCMP is ICOR's biggest customer in Canada, and the U.S. Department of State is its largest client overall. The department's Antiterrorism Assistance Program ships ICOR robots to bomb squads around the world in an effort to quell international violence.
ICOR resides in a custom-built, 27,500-square-foot facility where its robots are designed and manufactured. Its 35 employees include executives, assembly line workers and machinists that manufacture individual components on-site.
Since the company's inception in 2005, ICOR has grown its revenues by more than 433 per cent, according to Mr. Kavalersky.
Shipping internationally to countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Greece and India means an increased risk of being unable to track down payment for a product, but that hasn't stopped ICOR from selling approximately 500 robots globally thus far, with prices ranging from $35,000 to $130,000.
ING Robotic Aviation – a local company that has provided all aerial robots for the Canadian Forces since the firm was founded in 2008 – has witnessed the evolution of unmanned vehicles in the defence and security industry.
"It's gone from being a science fiction project to where, in every operational environment, unmanned systems are considered a core piece of the solution," says Wilson Pearce, ING's chief operating officer.
The company's 50 employees include a dozen staff members at its head office in Orleans.
ICOR's Mr. Kavalersky says that public perception is also becoming more favourable towards unmanned vehicles.
Mr. Kavalersky says Ottawa's rich robotics industry likely began because of Med-Eng Systems Inc., a local defence and security firm that was acquired for $650 million in 2007 by Allen-Vanguard Corp. – another homegrown company that resides just up the street from ICOR.