I recently read "10 Tips for Coping with Scanxiety" by Tori Tomalia, a two-time cancer survivor currently living with stage 4 NSCLC. She contributes regularly to Cure, where the tips were posted online in February this year. (I found her through Facebook friends, where she is cleverly known as A Little Lytnin' Strikes Lung Cancer.) I am the caregiver and not the patient, but her descriptions of anxiety related to scans are spot on for me. I don't feel like I can actually be held responsible for anything I might say or do the 2 weeks leading up this scans. It is a very strange situation of heightened irritability, emotions, and crabbiness that Tomalia likens to PMS (she calls it "PSS: Pre-Scan Syndrome.)"
I escape into myself. I basically just shut down and cannot work or complete projects or think straight. I do everything on Tomalia's list--including binge watching TV, cranking music, planning for a worse-case scenario, and medicating. I also frantically rearrange furniture and empty closets, as if Oprah is going to walk into our home and bring her TV show back from quietly resting in peace JUST to assess my decorating and organizational skills. I mix up extra strong cocktails, search for any excuse to shop, and eat all the vegan cupcakes I can get my hands on.
I believe Dan suffers a supremely mild version of PSS, and just focuses on work to alleviate it. However the anxiety this time was creeping into Dan's mind more than usual. We both felt as if the time on our litte good luck clock was winding down. It has been three months of stability on Alimta, and we felt overly blessed by this. Was its time up? Sure, when Dan started, we focused on 12 month success stories, but when you get into the thick of it, 12 months feels impossible. We were afraid.
Of course, we were able to end June in celebration together when the news came back that the cancer remains unchanged. He will have scans again in 6 weeks and he will continue with Alimta every 3 weeks. His bloodwork also remains good; he continues to take his trial medication. So, he proceeded with chemo but still had energy (thanks to his further stabilizing anemia) to enjoy parts of our hometown festival, Carlton Fun Days, with Raine and me. I relished the family time back in Carlton, full of relief and gratitude.


This is my first attempt to podcast. I did this recording while driving the car. After riding a bus for several years, I 'll have to drive the car to my current client for a while. To minimize waste of time I 've been listening to other people 's podcasts for a while, and now I decided to record my own. If you hear a clicking sound somewhere on the background, this means that I 'm either changing lanes or making turns.
If this podcast will be well received, I 'll continue recordings and will consider recording my conversations with other people who have/want something to say on enterprise software related subjects.
Here 's the MP3 file of the podcast (it 's about 30Mb and 30 min long). Any feedback is greatly appreciated, especially if it made your commute a little better.


Isn't it funny how you switch between gnome,kde,xfce every other day. Right now i'm in a gnome "phase" but that can change pretty fast. What's even more funny (or tragic) is how i feel disguisted by how kde handles now, but in a week/month i probably feel the other way around.
What i wonder is if you at some point were one of these "lost souls", but have now have found your perfect setup?
I'm the opposite, I tried to use Xfce and KDE but I always came back to Gnome.
After trying every DE in the repositories, I decided I prefer Gnome, so I use that on my dekstop. For my 7 years old laptop, I use IceWM.
Isn't it funny how you switch between gnome,kde,xfce every other day.
No, I use GNOME and almost always have.
i have gnome, kde, xfce, xgl, and fluxbox installed.
i've been using KDE (straight Kubuntu) for the past month. I never really like KDE before until I installed Kubuntu by itself and forced myself to use it. I've been getting an itch to install ubuntu-desktop and maybe xubuntu-desktop lately. I am downloading the new Dreamlinux ISO as well to give that a try.
With Linux, I can never settle, but with Windows XP I never really get sick of the interface. It's not because I like it so much (because I don't), but the lack of choice really makes me indifferent to it.
I move between KDE, GNOME, XFCE, and fluxbox. But 90 percent of my linux time is GNOME.
what measures do you guys use to manage several DMs? i hate it when i install Gnome/KDE/XFCE/OpenBox/etc, and menus get cluttered, GDM (or KDM) gets cluttered (and in the case of my last install with all of the aforementioned DMs, causes weird things to happen like weird colors on the login screen after logout).
that is why i am more inclined just to stick with Kubuntu for the time being, i can use GTK/Gnome apps easily if i want (and i do).
Separate installations. I really hate having a full gnome desktop in my KDE menu.
Openbox is for losers. Real men use wmiiWhat about evilwm?
I'm not a lost soul, I am sticking with KDE, even though I am constantly tempted to try other stuff.
I already understand I don't like KDE and XFCE, but I can never decide between Gnome and IceWM. They both look equally good when properly themed, but IceWM is easier to use without a mouse and is faster, whereas gnome has a more customizable panel.
I know I can use Gnome's panel with IceWM, but it just doesn't feel right.
I used to switch quite often, mostly from gnome to xfce - until I found openbox. I have a minimal xfce also installed to try out AIGLX at the moment though.. I could live with it but it's no openbox.
I have gnome, kde, compiz and fluxbox installed and I spent 99.9% of my time in fluxbox.
In fact I never started kde yet and I only have it because of some kde apps I really like (amarok, kmix, k3b, k9copy, kcontrol (to configure them) ...).
Gnome is my second choice and compiz is pretty broken for the moment.
I use GNOME on my desktop PC and sometimes Window Maker. I've got GNOME and Openbox on my old machine I have at my parents house. I have an old and busted laptop I seldom use that I run with Openbox. I tried the Enlightenment live-CD and that was pretty cool.
So I switch around a bit but most of the time it's ye old GNOME for me. Especially now that I finally got XGL/Compiz to work! Going to play around with that in the next few weeks.
People say KDE is very Windows like - yeah, buggy and bloated :D Gnome is much cleaner and slimline. For day to day use, I use Fluxbox, and gdesklets.
Once you get used to tabbed windows and shade, its hard to go back to something like KDE and Gnome. Having said that, I do switch between gnome and flux, but 90% of time is spent in flux.
Nope, because I don't change. I've always used GNOME and am perfectly happy doing so.
As for perfect setup, yes I have that (for today!). I might tinker with this, but have never felt the desire to try another desktop.
I started with gnome,found it cold. Switched to KDE. Liked it. Flirted with XFCE, didn't play long. Installed Fluxbox. got confused. Removed it. Went back to KDE. Set it up JUST how I liked it. Borked my HDD. Installed ubuntu with Gnome, and stuck with it. it works. I've got it pretty. I like it. I'll probably have KDE installed within the hour now.
Today, when I opened up KDE, it hurt my eyes! I tried changeing the color scheme to something less _blinding_ than default. Then it got ugly instead. So i booted gnome instead.
It's strange that you can get oversensetive just like that. But on the other hand, i haven't been feeling 100% today either.


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Террористический акт в Каире 11 декабря 2016 года — взрыв в столице Египта, Каире, произошедший внутри коптского собора, в результате которого 28 человек погибли, 70 человек получили ранения.

Ход событий
Взрыв произошёл в коптском соборе Святого Марка в Каире. По одним данным, бомба была заложена внутри часовни, примыкающей к наружной стене собора. По другим данным, неизвестный бросил бомбу в одно из помещений храма во время службы.

Реакция
В связи с терактом в Египте был объявлен трёхдневный национальный траур.

12 декабря 2016 года президент Египта Абдул-Фаттах ас-Сиси объявил о том, что осуществившим взрыв террористом-смертником был некий Махмуд Шафик, а также об аресте ещё 4 причастных к теракту лиц и о розыске двух других подозреваемых.

Примечания

Террористические акты 2016 года
Декабрь 2016 года
2016 год в Египте
События 10 декабря
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LET ME GET THERE Main Menu Introduction Scope Leaving home Immigrants' photographic legacy Sherman and Hine at Ellis Island Deanonymizing Sherman and Hine's photographs Another view: passport photos Photo collections Ordinary people, extraordinary lives Terms of Use & Copyright Louis Takács 7841be6ee4f860ae11fdabc342ec4865ab90e4c0 © 2019–2023 Louis Takács
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LET ME GET THERE is a project of my own initiative that I started in 2017. I studied Anthropology and Philosophy as an undergraduate and Information Science and Learning Technologies in graduate school. I currently work in the communications field for an NGO based in the Netherlands.
This is a work in progress and I welcome your feedback and thoughts!
Louis Takács
takacslouis[at]gmail.com
The title of this work comes from a series of oral interviews with U.S. immigrants from Fuzhou, China conducted by Kenneth Guest. In one of Guest's interviews, his subject had some poignant things to say about his journey to the U.S. in the 1980s as an illegal immigrant:
"I just wanted to make money. My family was poor. I knew I could make money in America. But I said to the god, "If you let me get there safely, I will build a temple for you back in China." I worked in a restaurant for a while, but the god said, "No, the smell of meat is too powerful. I can't come to you when you smell like that. Stop and open a temple in New York first." So I did. He does his work. I do mine. Now we have a temple for him back home, too." (Master Lu)
The more I studied the passport application collections, the more my intrigue grew. I wondered what some of the portraits themselves might look like on their own—strung together in more or less one breath or as a mosaic. After some experimentation, I wound up spending about two years extracting the photos from the original documents. Essentially, this meant selecting and downloading original application files one by one, making notes on their provenance, editing each one in Photoshop (mindful of original authenticity), organizing and uploading to Flickr and adding metadata. I've also periodically included fragments of supplementary documents that give further context to the photos and occasionally reveal some surprising and sometimes sad insights. Thus far I have added full details on the travelers (name, year of birth, birth location, occupation, destination) to the Hungarian albums, plus to a small portion of images in the other collections.
I've been fascinated with immigration to the U.S for some time and ironically, I think, this has intensified since I myself emigrated from the U.S. to the EU. My family is mostly Hungarian (my father came to the U.S. in 1957) so as an experiment I thought I'd collect photos just from that area...then to all former Austro-Hungarian lands...then eastern & central Europe; then I stopped setting limits. In the last year I slowly tried to cover as much of the rest of world as possible, though there are limitations because of the U.S. immigration policies prevailing circa 1914-1925. For this reason, Latin America, Africa, Asia, etc. are therefore poorly represented in the photo collections. Still, the material I assembled comprise one of the largest and most diverse collections of immigrant photos anywhere.
I also happen to have a somewhat extended connection to the subject of U.S. immigration: my great-grandfather was a return-migrant, my grandfather an immigrant, my father a refugee, and I myself am an immigrant. Coupling this with today's non-stop headlines on the ongoing refugee crisis, "Muslim ban", crisis at the border, deportations, xenophobia, the normalization of anti-immigrant sentiments, and the criminalization of immigration, I felt that now more than ever was a time to have better visual tools to understand how deeply interwoven immigrant/migrant lives are to the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The early 20th century era of mass migration, and mass restriction, is perhaps more relevant than ever.
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Publication - Progress report
Progressing the human rights of children in Scotland: 2018 report
Children and Families Directorate
Communities and third sector
The report sets out the progress made in relation to children's rights since June 2015.
Key Achievements – 2015-2018
1. General Measures of Implementation
2. General Principles
3. Civil Rights and Freedoms
4. Violence Against Children
5 Family Environment and Alternative Care
6. Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
7. Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
8. Special Protections
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Citrus Pests – Transcript
Asian Citrus Psyllid Treatment and Control – Pesticides
Question: What synthetic or organic pesticides can be used to control Asian citrus psyllids?
Answer: For the homeowner this is a really complex question, in the sense that, first, you need to figure out if you have psyllids. So, your treatment plan is really going to be dictated by your specific context in your yard. So if you have a psyllid population that just can't quit, using organic tools is not going to be effective. Even the synthetic tools that are available to homeowners are not ideal. However, if you want to input your time and effort into controlling the psyllids, I think ideally if you have a high population you would go with the synthetic formulas. And that's because you can apply them and then you have approximately three months of control. Either way, you should be tracking your population. So, now having a citrus tree is not just some casual thing where you can have the tree, pick the fruit off of it; it's managing it so that you don't become the so-called Typhoid Mary. You don't want to be the person that has HLB. One, because you're encouraging the spread of it by having that source of it, and then secondarily because that tree, if you're in California, is going to legally be removed by the CDFA. So, in terms of actual recommendations, though, for the synthetic we've been recommending the Bayer Advanced Fruit and Citrus, that's a soil drench product, that's a systemic, that's going to give you that three months of control. If you choose to do organic, what that takes is a level of vigilance that I don't think people are really prepared to undertake. So, it's going to mean a constant vigilance of your ACP population and at peak population times you might be applying the insecticidal soap or oil two to three times a week.
Question: So then would it be better if people spent their energy controlling the ants?
Answer: Depends on what your psyllid population looks like. So, if you have a significant and persistent psyllid population and you're near an HLB area, basically if you're in Southern California, no, you should really focus on controlling the psyllid itself. In any case, you know, if you have an established population there I don't think that controlling the ants is going to give you that much benefit. It's just going to allow your natural enemies and parasitoids access to the population. The focus should always be primarily on the psyllids.
Repelling Asian Citrus Psyllids
Question: Is there some way to repel Asian citrus psyllids?
Answer: So, in terms of a chemical repellent, no, but you can have a physical repellent. It's a barrier but it's also a repellent. So, kaolin clay or the product called Surround. This can be applied to the tree and it makes it visually unappealing to the psyllids and it also makes it not palatable, they're not going to want to use that leaf material.
Physical Barrier for Asian Citrus Psyllids
Question: Can I use a physical barrier to keep psyllids away from the citrus trees?
Answer: So, it really depends on where you're trying to get your psyllids away from and what it is. So, it's context dependent. If you have one tree in your yard, something like the Surround Kaolin Clay is going to be the best physical barrier to repel them. But if you have, say a small orchard, putting up a treeline or a fence that's tall can help prevent psyllids from migrating into your area. The real goal should be to not have them establish there. Sometimes that's dependent on your neighbors, so in every instance a physical barrier isn't going to work. So, for each different situation, you're going to have to curate your response plan.
Attracting Predators to Kill Asian Citrus Psyllids
Question: Are there any plants that I could put in my garden to attract predators that will kill Asian citrus psyllids?
Answer: Anything that's flowering will provide an additional resource for predators to also operate on. So, basically predators, like humans, want a variety. They're not going to move in just for psyllids; they want a high population of insects that they can use as food. Usually flower resources are going to attract more insects in general because there are insects that will go in there and consume the pollen as an extra food source. If you Google insectory plants it should come up with, potentially different species of plants that could be used in different areas.
Question: So, you don't have anything specific?
Answer: No. Because that's going to vary greatly by what region you're in. I would suggest always going with native plants because native plants are going to have a more close relationship with the insect population where you live.
Question: So native flowering plants?
Answer: Yeah, that would be perfect. Perfect way to say that.
What to do if Asian Citrus Psyllids and Huanglongbing are Discovered
Question: Where can homeowners find information on what to do if Asian citrus psyllids or Huanglongbing are found in their yards?
Answer: UCANR provides all this information online and there's actually two things that can be accessed. So, one is this online web app where you can type in your address and find out how close you are to the nearest HLB find, that kind of provides some context for how urgent you need to be about controlling your psyllids in order to keep your tree. Secondarily there are homeowner options and recommendations that are provided there on that website.
Controlling Argentine Ants on Citrus Trees
Question: Why is it important to control Argentine ants on citrus trees?
Answer: It's important to control Argentine ants on citrus trees because they're mutualists with honeydew producing insects and Asian citrus psyllid does produce honeydew, so what happens is that the ant will come in and collect the honeydew and it will lay a trail down, so that all of the colony will follow that trail and know that this is a resource for them, this is a food source. So what happens is that while tending them and removing this honeydew, which is food for them, they'll also protect the psyllids. So, that protection means defending off biological control agents like Tamarixia wasps or discouraging predators from feeding on Asian citrus psyllids.
How to Get Rid of Ants on Citrus Trees
Question: How can I get rid of ants on my citrus tree?
Answer: Ants are pretty hard to get rid of. I know you have some experience with this. And anybody who's ever tried, it's hard. Especially with the Argentine ant because they're basically a super colony. So, what happens is that they're not going to be aggressive with nearby colonies, they all almost work together as one. So, the best thing to do to control ants is to try to control ants in your entire yard, because if you have ants at all, they're going to work together and find that citrus tree right? I don't think there's really a lot of effective tools on the market but you can try some cool stuff in your back yard. Tanglefoot is really the thing everybody recommends, but like any treatment that's not a chemical control it takes a lot of maintenance. So, you apply it and you have to make sure that, you know, say the ants didn't build a bridge over the sticky Tanglefoot, and now they're walking over some stick and defeating the whole purpose of it. So, it's going to take a lot of back yard experimentation until we have actually a good bait that will truly work.
Question: So you think Tanglefoot is the best for homeowners?
Answer: For protecting the tree specifically? Yeah.
It takes care of it right away.
Yeah, and I think it prevents them from trailing onto the tree. Where the bait station, I mean, that's good if they're going there and actually dying. But you have to make sure that bait is the most attractive thing in the yard. So, if there's anything else that's more attractive, they're going to still be streaming to the aphids on your roses. And if that's more attractive than the bait station then.
Question: So that's why they say to do it in March, right?
Answer: Yeah, so you want to get ahead of the seasonal things that are happening that are their food sources.
Organic Ant Baits
Question: I want to be strictly organic, can I use ant bait?
Answer: I think so. I think if you're using a boric acid based ant bait and it's not near what you're producing, which it doesn't necessarily have to be. Yeah. I don't understand why that would fall outside of organic.
Question: What are some good ant baits?
Answer: I really think boric acid based ant baits are probably the best option.
Approach for Large vs. Small Ant Infestation
Question: What would be the different approach for if you have just a few ants or if you have a huge infestation?
Answer: If you have a few ants, you could use one of those small bait stations that you would use in your house just to see how many you're capturing. If you have a ton of ants then you're going to want to start stacking techniques. So, you want your Tanglefoot and your bait station in that case.
How Many Bait Stations Needed to Control Ants
Question: Should I place a bait station next to every citrus tree, which could become expensive, or can I just put them in intervals in the yard?
Answer: I would definitely go with intervals. I don't think that you need bait stations next to every tree. However, I would look to see where the ants are trailing. So, if you have drip in your back yard, the ants love to walk along that drip, it gives them a structure, Argentine ants, anyway, it gives them a structure to follow. Putting your bait station next to where the ants are actually walking and accessing the trees is going to be ideal. Interval-wise you're just going to have to play around with that. I would start at whatever the edge is, and do maybe two or three depending on how many trees, maybe every third or fourth tree. But just play around and see what gives you the best control when it comes to placing bait stations.
How to Get Ants to Go to a Bait Station
Question: Someone deployed bait stations in the fall of 2017 and couldn't get the ants to go to the bait station. How can they get the ants to go to the bait station?
Answer: Like I said, the bait station is really context dependent. It's really about knowing what's going on. So, if you put out bait stations and you are not finding ants going to it, well, first of all, did you have ants in the first place? And how many of them did you have? Because they might be in your yard doing something completely different, or they may not be attracted to that particular bait station. So, that's why I think it's best to stack your techniques. So if you're putting the bait station out in order to control ants on citrus, well, combine that with a back-up where you can also have Tanglefoot. So, that will specifically protect the citrus tree. But, unless you really know your yard, and you know, oh, this rose bush over here always has aphids and I have scale on this bush over here. You never know what the ants are truly capitalizing on. So you would need to do some pretty intensive investigative research in your back yard to figure out what it is they are going to. But, the main takeaway is that if they're not going to the bait station, there's something else more attractive in your yard.
Question: So then let's say you're struggling to, like this person was trying to bait them in the fall, so then if they baited in the springtime before there are other attractive sources, would that be a more effective way?
Answer: Yeah, I think that's one way to address it. The thing is is, like I said, it's always gonna be context dependent and one of the most fun things that you can do is these little mini experiments in your back yard and say "Okay, didn't work in the fall, "well, we'll try again in the spring. "This time we'll combine it with Tanglefoot." Maybe send a sample of your ants off to be identified. So, you want to know if it's the Argentine ant. That's going to be the most intensive of any ant species because they have huge numbers and no inter-colony aggression.
Scientific Research on Reducing the Spread of HLB
Question: There's been so much research into ways to stop or slow the spread of Huanglongbing, for example dogs that can smell the bacteria and detect it early, ways to modify this psyllid by traditional breeding or other techniques so that it doesn't spread the disease. Is the solution close at hand?
Answer: I would say no, the solution is not close at hand, and the reason I say no is because despite the massive amount of research going on, any product or tool that's developed, I think most of them would need to go through a regulatory component. Even with the dogs, we still don't have the data generated to fully certify that that process is something that can be depended on. That's in the pipeline, like we know that the research for that is going to come through. But on the other hand, let's say, a grower could hire the dogs and have them smell out their fields, right? But from a regulatory side of that, just as an example, you know, the state might not use those dogs in order to retrieve, to pull infected trees out of people's yards. So, that's an example for that tool. But let's say you have a genetically modified psyllid or a genetically modified tree, that, you know, while that may become available, the regulatory hurdles to get that to market, whether that's the commercial market or the home-owner market is going to be an uphill battle. So, I think to call any of that close at hand would be giving you a false positive hope.
This article was funded by a grant from California's Citrus Research Board.
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Over the weekend the New York Times revealed that that seemingly harmless joke roused the suspicions of the FBI. So apparently did a retired British spy's idiotic "dossier," which claimed Trump was involved in some kind of gynecological exuberance in a Russian "honey trap." Such claims led the Bureau to open a secret investigation into the Trump campaign and his early presidency. The FBI has quietly been investigating him for a couple of years now and will, I have no doubt, insist that he has been colluding with the Russians on some dark and clearly illegal dealings. Though the Times was careful to add that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III has, as yet, found no collusion by President Trump.
Thus Donald Trump is the first presidential candidate ever to be suspected of treason in American history. He may be the first to be indicted. Possibly he will be hanged.
Among his high crimes and misdemeanors is an amusing joke and a completely fictional account of his deportment in a Moscow hotel with Russian ladies of delight years ago. Dreamed up, I should add, by a man who sounds like a pathological liar. Evidence? He was hired by the Clintons. It might sound laughable at this stage, but I believe it is the course that will be followed by the Democrats in running down a president who has brought so many jobs and so much renewed vigor to the American economy. Forget the old saw of the Clinton era that "it's the economy, stupid." Critics such as Newt Gingrich say the reckless pursuit of Donald Trump sounds like America is heading down the path of a banana republic, but who is to stop the President's opponents?
Meanwhile the whereabouts of Hillary's 30,000 emails remain a mystery. The misdeeds of the Clinton Foundation are forgotten. And, by the way, what about the hundreds of thousands of dollars hauled in from Russia by ex-President Bill Clinton, he of the Churchillian oratory.
Democrats colluding with Russians is an old story, though the Russians have usually been communists and I guess you would have expected Democrats to collude with communists in years gone by. But Republicans colluding with Russians, even only rumors of Republicans colluding with Russians — with Specials Counsels finding no evidence of it — is a serious matter. Watch the new Democratic Congress take last week's New York Times story as their blueprint for investigating President Trump. I cannot wait to see what they make of the Moscow Hotel episode. And will the Moscow ladies be supported by America's #MeToo movement?
Yet, as I say, Democrats have colluded with Russian communists for years. There was the Democrats' love affair with the communist agent Alger Hiss beginning with Dean Acheson's boast, "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss." More recently there was Senator Edward Kennedy sending his emissary former Senator John Tunney to Moscow to — I guess the word is "collude" — with the head of the KGB about how they might cooperate with each other to beat President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It has all been documented by the historian Paul Kengor in his stupendous book, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. He even reports on where you might find the Soviets documents. He got them in Moscow.
More recently, a Democratic president was caught on a live mike telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that "I'll have more flexibility after the election" to handle contentious issues such as missile defense. Is this not collusion? But President Obama was not telling a joke. He was serious. In America today jokes and ribaldry are what attract the suspicions of the FBI. We live in frivolous times.


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Wickman was born on November 11, 1940, in Seattle, Washington, and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, and Glendale, California. During the Vietnam war, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry of the US Army. He was a platoon leader and was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Valorous Unit Award, and the Combat Infantryman Badge. On a second tour of duty he was a military advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Prior to the war, Wickman had earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. After Vietnam, he graduated from Stanford Law School and practiced law in Los Angeles and San Diego.
Wickman married Patricia Farr soon after returning from his full-time mission to the Central British Mission. They are the parents of five children. He has also served as a priesthood group leader in southeast Asia, a bishop, stake president, and regional representative. He has been active in Scouting and was awarded the Silver Beaver and the Silver Buffalo for his service.
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Kansas City based contemporary, abstract artist, Michele Renee Sherlock, (b. 1964, Ohio, USA) has lived in three of the largest cities in the U.S., New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Her artistic influences began in her 20's when she moved to New York City and developed a love of art museums, art galleries and international travel. Sherlock's travels have taken her to Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and almost every state in the U.S. During these travels, Sherlock would plan visits to the local art museums and significant architectural sites.
"I travel to absorb the culture and study significant local artists."
Sherlock has studied color theory, composition, collage, and intuitive theory in the U.S. Michele has work in private collections throughout the U.S.
Currently, Michele enjoys working in her studio in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Q: How do you publish an ASP.net MVC application from Visual Studio 2013 to your local network? I made a simple ASP.net MVC web application in Visual Studio 2013, and I want to deploy it so it can be accessed from the browser on other computers on my local network. I have tried right-clicking my project > Publish (not sure what settings to use, Web Deploy, Web deploy package, File system,
I published the website to my inetpub/wwwroot folder.
I managed to get IIS up an running, I've tried adding an application in the manager and editing the permissions to Everyone. I tried navigating to localhost/application_name but I was getting errors about not being configured to list the directory. I enabled directory browsing, but that just means it now shows a list of the files. How do I get it to actually run the app when I navigate to it in the browser?
Am I close?
Edit: currently trying this http://johan.driessen.se/posts/Accessing-an-IIS-Express-site-from-a-remote-computer  (although this I think is a step or two ahead of where I am)
Also tried this: http://www.programmerfish.com/how-to-deploy-asp-net-web-application-on-the-network-in-windows-7/#.VGTLCvnF81L no luck so far

A: You can use IIS Express which comes with visual studio 2013. I've used this method to allow other members of the staff to access the website that is in my computer. Scott Hanselman has done a great post which I use every time when I want to expose a website hosted in local iis express to others in the same network.
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WorkingWithSSLAtDevelopmentTimeIsEasierWithIISExpress.aspx
If you have any queries, let me know. Hope this helps

A: When I want to use IIS Express within Visual Studio for development, but allow local network users to see a version of my site, I tend to create a publish profile in VS that publishes to the local file system (e.g. C:\Publish\<yourwebsite>). Then from IIS Manager create a new website pointed to that same folder and it should be accessible to you via http://localhost and to network users via http://<your-pc-name> or http://<your-local-ip>.
You will need to add an exception to Windows Firewall to permit HTTP requests (i.e. port 80) through to your local machine, but if you have configured IIS correctly they should see the website.
It is possible to make IIS Express available to remote clients but that's not what it's designed for so really you're better off going down the IIS route since this will allow you to test the configuration as it would be on a live/production setting at the same time.

A: Check this, and old version of the same question. I'd bet you need to install IIS locally
Use Visual Studio web server in local network

A: You need to enable IIS on the host as IIS Express is not built with that in mind. Its for debugging purposes.
You've also not mentioned your binding configurations or your app pool settings.
Here is a comprehensive tutorial on how to publish your application using IIS IIS Video tutorial
You will need to ensure the binding that you specify is available across the network and that the connecting clients have permissions.

A: The issue was that ASP.net was not registered with IIS

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*Opened command prompt as administrator

*Navigated to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319

*Ran aspnet_regiis -iru
Now web app runs in IIS http://www.asp.net/web-forms/overview/deployment/configuring-server-environments-for-web-deployment/configuring-a-web-server-for-web-deploy-publishing-%28remote-agent%29

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Bernd Radtke (* 1960 in Aachen) ist ein deutscher Fotograf und Künstler.

Leben und Wirken
Nach der Schule absolvierte Radtke zunächst eine Lehre bei der Deutschen Bundesbahn (DB) zum Maschinenschlosser. Danach erlangte er auf dem 2. Bildungsweg die Fachhochschulreife, mit der er sich an der Fachhochschule Köln zum Studium für Fotoingenieurwesen einschrieb. Nach sechs Semestern beendete er das Studium und absolvierte bis 1992 eine Ausbildung zum Fotografenmeister.

Seit 1985 lebt und arbeitet Radtke als freischaffender, künstlerischer Fotograf in Aachen. 1992 gründete er gemeinsam mit Rüdiger Franke das Studio 9 in Aachen, das bis 2012 als Studio für Werbung und fotografische Projekte existierte. Im Jahr 1998 gewann er mit Studio 9 den Multimedia Award der IHK Aachen.

Seit 2012 hat Radtke die künstlerische Fotografie zum Hauptschwerpunkt seiner Tätigkeit gemacht. Bereits seit 1986 befasste er sich mit den Möglichkeiten der digitalen Bildaufzeichnung, Bildbearbeitung und -wiedergabe. Im Laufe der Jahre hat er für ILFORD und EPSON beratend gearbeitet und für PHASE ONE Prototypen wie das Achromatic Back und diverse Objektive getestet.

Darüber hinaus befasste er sich mit historischen Techniken wie zum Beispiel dem Nass-Kollodium-Verfahren, ein 1850/1851 von Frederick Scott Archer und Gustave Le Gray entwickeltes fotografisches Verfahren, das er für seine künstlerische Arbeit verwendet. Das Zusammenwirken von langer Belichtungszeit, Komplexität und Unberechenbarkeit des Verfahrens erzeugt dabei besondere Unikate.

Seit 1997 beschäftigte sich Radtke mit dem digitalen Kunstdruck über großformatige Tintenstrahldrucker. Radtke ist seit 2009 zertifizierter Digigraphie by Epson Artist und Labor. Hier werden digitale Werke wie zum Beispiel Fotografien unter einheitlichen Produktionsstandards in limitierter Auflage gedruckt und durch den Künstler legitimiert.

Aufgrund seiner Verdienste um die Fotografie war Radtke im Jahr 2012 in die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e. V. (DGPh) aufgenommen worden.

Von 2009 bis 2010 widmete er sich gemeinsam mit Martin Blume dem Buchprojekt "Der Mainzer Dom – Bilder einer Kathedrale".

Im Jahr 2017 gewann er den Digigraphie-Fotowettbewerb von Epson Letztes Licht.

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)

Publikationen
 mit Blume, Martin: Der Dom zu Mainz. Bilder einer Kathedrale Verlag: Stiftung Hoher Dom zu Mainz, 2009, ISBN 978-3-935647-46-5
 Früher war mehr Wald, Donderedition zur Kunstroute, 2020, ISBN 978-1-71-549420-9

Literatur
 Virginia K. Adams: Summer 19, Katalog zur Ausstellung, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019
 Josef Gülpers: Bernd Radtke – Gelebtes Leben, Kunstausstellungskatalog zum XX. IFOTES KONGRESS 2016, Aachen
 Wolfgang Becker: The Theatre Memmory System – Über eine Werkgruppe von Bernd Radtke mit dem Titel "Der Raum spielt für sich selbst Theater", Katalog zur Ausstellung Der Raum spielt für sich selbst Theater, Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, 2014
 Karl Allgeier: lebensspuren – eine künstlerische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Alter(n), Katalog zur Ausstellung, Bischöflichen Akademie des Bistums Aachen, Einhard Verlag Aachen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-936342-98-7

Weblinks
 Homepage Bernd Radtke
 UKA Aachen, Photoart, Fotografen: Hinweis auf Bernd Radtke
 Bernd Radtke gestaltet zusammen mit dem Klangkünstler Lasse Lemmer eine Multivisionspräsentation der Ausstellung GIER

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Fotograf (21. Jahrhundert)
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(director: Jean Negulesco; screenwriter: From the book I Wasn't Born Yesterday by W.R. Burnett; cinematographer: Arthur Edeson; editor: Rudi Fehr; music: Adolph Deutsch; cast: John Garfield (Nick Blake), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Gladys Halvorsen), Walter Brennan (Pop Gruber), Fave Emerson (Toni), George Coulouris (Doc Ganson), George Tobias (Al Doyle), Robert Shayne (Chet King), Richard Gaines (Charles Manning), James Flavin (Shake Thomas), Dick Erdman (Bellboy), Ralph Peters (Windy Mathers), Ralph Dunn (Ben); Runtime: 105; Warner Brothers; 1946)
"A melodrama directed by Jean Negulesco with film noir style."
A melodrama directed by Jean Negulesco with film noir style. It raises the question of how the returning servicemen from the war copes with the postwar back home. It also indicates how disillusioned a big-time scam operator becomes when he sees how far from the top his mentor has fallen.
The 34-year-old Nick Blake (Garfield, he was 32 at the time) returns to New York from wartime service and is met by his underling Al Doyle (Tobias). They are both scam artists and gamblers. Before he left for the army Nick gave his attractive singer girlfriend, Toni (Emerson), the keys to his lush apartment and $50,000 to hold for him. But he finds she opened up a successful nightclub with her new boyfriend, Chet King (Shayne), and has swindled him out of the dough. Nick responds by working King over and getting the money back with interest.
Fed up with New York, Nick takes Al to L.A. to see his mentor, an old con-man named Pop Gruber (Brennan). He was once a big-time operator but now a small-time hustler. Nick is weary and seeks to grab a needed vacation from the war and schemes and dames. Through Pop he learns of a swindle setup by an old nemesis of his, someone he detests who is now down on his luck, the crooked gambler and scam artist Doc Ganson (Coulouris) — also included are his two henchmen Windy and Shake. They spotted a wealthy widow, Gladys Halvorsen (Fitzgerald), living alone in a luxury hotel and plan to get close to the lonesome widow to steal her inheritance money.
Warning: spoiler to follow.
Blake initiated the ruse with his own money and begins dating her while making a good impression on her honest business adviser Manning (Gaines). When he sees how sweet and attractive his mark is, he falls in love and can't go through with the scheme — he even pays off the gang's share with his own money. In the conclusion, Blake's conversion to do the right thing came about when he visited a church in Capistrano with the innocent Gladys. But complications arise when Toni pays a surprise visit to California and tells the psychotic Doc that Nick is double-crossing the gang and planning to marry the widow and keep all the loot for himself. This results in Doc's gang kidnapping Alice and taking her to a desolate cabin at the end of a foggy pier; but Nick, Al and Pop go after them and rescue the nice widow.
REVIEWED ON 4/29/2002 GRADE: B-
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Christmas Confetti is the result of a class taken at the first retreat I ever attended. That retreat was a blast and a great way to know other Chaska guild members. This quilt is small and hand quilting seemed like a good option.
My name is Chris Barnard and I have been quilting for 20 years and teaching quilt classes for 10 years. My goal, besides sharing my passion for quilting, is to inspire people to begin quilting or finish quilts already started.


A recent post on the PlayStation Blog has confirmed that sometime soon (definitely today) Sony will begin maintenance on the PlayStation Network, this will result in the PSN being down, however it is essential for full PSN restoration including the PlayStation Store coming back online. This confirms that what we was telling you about earlier was pretty much spot on.
The maintenance will result in the PlayStation Network going down and this will means the PSN will be inaccessible for several hours, however if you are already logged in you should remain online. This is an essential step which will allow Sony to fully restore all PSN services and the PlayStation Store.
If you do not want to be affected by the downtime you may want to sign in to the PSN on your PS3 asap, if not it could be quite a while until you will be able to get online. You can find out a little more about the scheduled maintenance on the PlayStation Blog, no exact timeframe has been given, however the maintenance will last "several hours" and full PlayStation Network services will resume in most regions this week. The news could also potentially mean that the PlayStation Store could be accessible at some point tonight.
Hopefully this will be the last time we have to mention PSN downtime this year, it has been a bumpy ride since April 19th, however it finally looks like the end is near.
Is the PSN down for you yet?
Finally got a PS3…and the PSN is down…fml.
Just signed in to stay connected and went through just fine. Knock on wood that the store is put back up. It's summer break and I've been waiting the entire semester to get some heavy duty gaming in. I heard that the store was already up in Europe but not too sure if that's true or not.
 psn. still up n working! PSN users were told that the end of may will see full restoration of all services! this obviously wasnt the case. unfortunately i wouldnt get my hopes up about the ps store being functional today. Theres alot i want to do with the store wit Guitar hero and COD. I dont mind waiting but for all you loyal ps3 players it must be hard.
I WANT THE BLACK OPS DLC. WHAT THE HECK IS SONY DOING TO TAKE SO LONG. IT'S BEEN DOWN FOR A MONTH. I WANT TO PLAY ZOMBIES NOW. I'm on summer and am SUPER bored. I'm going crazy here!
Not yet, Just tried here in Central PA and got signed in fine.


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Meet the Artist……Rosie Whiting, pianist
By The Cross-Eyed Pianist | July 17, 2014 July 10, 2014
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano, and make it your career?
Initially it was my older sister. She started taking piano lessons and we were very competitive so anything she did I did too! Then it was really my mother who encouraged me to continue. She took me all over the country for lessons and competitions and really invested a lot of time in my early musical career.
Who or what were the most important influences on your musical life and career?
I have been really lucky to study with the most incredible teachers and they have definitely influenced the direction of my career. My teacher at the Purcell School, Carole Presland, had a fabulous career and ever since we met, I have always strived to have a career like hers. And then my current teacher Douglas Finch really nurtured my love of contemporary music. We have been working together now for 5 years and he has really been an invaluable source of encouragement and inspiration.
All the knock backs I have had. There were many people who told me that I wasn't good enough so I will always be grateful to those who have had faith in me!
Which performance/recordings are you most proud of?
I am very proud of my latest performance at the 1901 Arts Club. It really took a lot of pain and suffering to get there and I feel I really gave the audience something new and special. Shortly after that I recorded some Chopin Preludes which have turned out really well so I am very proud of them!
Which particular works do you think you play best?
Contemporary works are definitely my thing. I love compositions by my teacher, Douglas Finch. I have performed his work Preludes and Afterthoughts quite a lot recently and it is just the most fun! The more obscure the better!
How do you make your repertoire choices from season to season?
It depends on what I have got going on further down the line. I listen a lot. I do, to some extent, go out of my way to find the weird and wonderful pieces that people don't hear so much. I like to bring something new to the performance platform with every concert I do. I also get asked by composers to perform their works also, which is always a privilege.
The 1901 Arts Club is just phenomenal. It is the most intimate and friendly venue in London. It's a different kind of concert there. Audience members talk to each other and as a performer you really feel like you are performing to a room full of friends, even though you maybe don't know a soul!
That's a very difficult question. I like to perform all pieces. Performing is just too much fun to not enjoy performing everything! Chamber music is particularly enjoyable. I work with a violinist and we have had particular fun performing Schnittke – Violin Sonata No. 3. To listen to, always Argerich playing Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 1.
So many it is difficult to pick! I love Pierre-Laurent Aimard, he is an inspiration. Argerich as well. I cannot live without her Prokofiev
When Charles Rosen came to perform and give a master class at the Purcell School. I will never forget that day!
To enjoy what you are doing. I think a lot of musicians forget we are not only doing this for a job but out of choice. We made that choice because we love music. You can hear when people have forgotten to love their art.
What are you working on at the moment?
Takemitsu – Litany, Scriabin Fantasy in B Minor, Schnittke – Little Piano Pieces and Prokofiev Sarcasms.
In 10 years' time I would like to be doing something that makes me as happy as I am now.
Days off where I can practice, sit in the sun, read a good book and do everything at my leisure. Generally do all the things I never have time to do.
My rabbit, Sausages. And my sanity (sometimes wavers!)
What do you enjoy doing most?
Practicing… sometimes… only when it goes well! I am a keen powerlifter so I really enjoy working out. Drinking copious amounts of tea with Mili Leitner, the violinist who I work with.
What is your present state of mind?
Stressed but excited about studying with Corey Hamm at the University of British Columbia in September!
British born pianist Rosie Whiting is a musician who likes to get under the skin of contemporary performance and bring something new to the performance platform. In every concert she performs the audience can be guaranteed of hearing something new and unexpected.
Rosie started playing the piano at the age of 7 after hearing her sister practice. In 2007 she won a place to study at the prestigious Purcell School of Music, with a full scholarship. Under the tutelage of Carole Presland she explored music from all the epochs and soon realised that her passion was with the contemporary repertoire.
In 2009 Rosie began to study with Douglas Finch at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and under his guidance immersed herself in modern music. During her time at Trinity, Rosie was able to work with many composers including Tansy Davies, Errollyn Wallen, John White and Mark Grey to name a few. Rosie graduated in 2013.
In 2013 Rosie was awarded first prize in the John Halford Competition for contemporary piano music for her performance of Boulez Piano Sonata No. 1 and Messiaen L'Alouette Lulu. She also made her concerto debut with a performance of Mozart Piano Concerto K. 449.
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