Five hours – it seemed almost ironic that there were now two deadlines, two problems that would ultimately end in death if they weren't solved.
But MacGyver had no words to explain to Pete. How could he? His choices were simple, and yet agonizing.
Mac could walk away from the shuttle for Sam, leaving the astronauts to die or he could stay here, almost certainly causing Sam's untimely demise.
Could there be another option, a way to save both Sam and the men orbiting the earth with very little air left?
This time, MacGyver wasn't sure there was. He stood in silence.
MacGyver broke, every last detail of his encounter with Mariotte spilled out like water from a fountain, and when he was done he simply sagged down onto a chair next to his friend, feeling empty and so very alone, even though he was surrounded by people.
MacGyver bit his lip. Pete was right. Heck, Pete was always right.
"Right," Pete agreed almost too soberly.
MacGyver took a moment. He was panicking purely because Sam was involved. Would this happen in any other scenario?
He sat up straight, sudden determination pushing him back into the game. Whatever he could do to help the shuttle would have to ultimately be long distance, and it was the same with Zito. Somehow, he had to release the doctor without physically being there.
Mac realized his heart didn't like the answer his head was giving. He was here in Houston, and despite his mind being on Sam it made sense to try and help the shuttle first – besides, he had an idea that might work about the thrusters, but no idea for Zito – yet.
Pete waved a hand. "Why you guys talk, I'm going to pull Seeley Atkins from the Phoenix jet at the airport over to here, he may be of some help." Without asking for assistance, he stood up and made his way to a nearby desk.
Newman bristled, seemingly un-amused, and he moved to turn away. Bennett stopped him. "How?" The engineer asked, his face as determined as MacGyver's.
Mac raised a brow. He was a have a go kind of person, and he was sure given the situation the astronauts would be too. "Why don't you ask them?" He suggested as Bennett scurried off to check shuttle schematics for the required parts.
Newman paused, and for a moment MacGyver thought he was going to argue or give some sarcastic retort. The man was still annoyed at Phoenix's failings, but could he let that go to save lives?
Newman took down a long, apparently calming breath and picked up a headset. After a brief explanation, Steve Lockridge, the shuttle's co-pilot appeared on a huge screen that everyone was now glued to.
The Texan waved playfully, even though the situation was dire. He was a man Mac could work with.
Mac adjusted his headset, concentrating as he worked everything out in his head before replying. "It's nice and easy, I can talk through it blindfold," he reassured.
MacGyver stopped him explaining. "I know what it is, and we can improvise," he assured.
It took Lockridge and the rest of the crew a further seventeen minutes to remove all the boards without damaging them. Seventeen long minutes in which all Mac could think about was Sam. He took a foam cup of coffee from a N.A.S.A. employee and drank heavily, even though he normally hated the stuff. Maybe the caffeine would keep him awake and alert the next few agonizing hours.
"Mr. MacGyver?" It was Bennett. "You're turn to take the reins." The engineer's expression said he didn't envy Mac one bit.
Lockridge silently tried out the procedure, his brows furrowing as he tried to hold his hand steady. Eventually, he grinned as the relay was released from the board and began to float up in front of his face, little globules of dried solder following in its wake. "Easy as taking candy from a baby!" He smiled, and then quickly bobbed his head back down, working on the other components in the same way.
Next to Lockridge, Ames, the shuttle commander was quietly collecting all the parts as they floated up from the work station. An hour passed before the pilot and his superior had finished the task. By this time, Lockridge's jovial façade was waning, and his head was almost covered with as much sweat as MacGyver's.
Lockridge's brow furrowed, as if he couldn't see the point, but he held up the PCB anyway. Mac squinted at the green rectangular shape on the screen, trying to make out the tiny areas where the astronaut had removed components. He let out a small puff of exasperated air at what he saw.
Lockridge had removed the components, but in some places, at the expense of "lifting the land" where it had been seated. If that happened on the thruster PCB's, there was no going back, and no "MacGyvering" them to work.
Lockridge took a look at his handiwork and swallowed hard – any joviality was now gone. One slip up now, and his life, and everyone else's on the shuttle was over. Considering the stakes, he took it pretty well. "Guess I better not strike out on this one, huh, or Commander Ames will be taking more than my wings…" The pilot settled back down, and once again began removing parts, this time much more slowly.
Everyone around MacGyver became suddenly silent. It was make or break time. Mac looked at the clock, more minutes passing agonizingly slowly – minutes he couldn't get back to save Sam. What had taken an hour to remove on the cargo bay boards, this time took an hour and a half. Lockridge needed to be faster putting the good parts back in, or it wasn't just going to be Sam that was in trouble.
No one spoke. Everyone knew they were out of other options, but admitting it wasn't coming easy.
Lockridge instantly seemed to see where the troubleshooter was going. "And it's the right thickness…just needs cutting down a little!" He crudely pulled the Hula from her spring and grabbed something off camera. When he came back, he was cutting down the spring and trying to roll it over the nose of a pair of pliers to match the pigtail shape of the missing component.
While Ames held the board one last time, Lockridge soldered it in, his hands shaking violently. It looked messy, but it just might work.
Bennett wasted no time in taking back control. "Alright, let's get those boards back where they belong!" he rubbed his hands together as the astronauts started to slide the PCB's back home.
Ten seconds later, they hit another snag. This time it was Ames who addressed the screen. "My board won't reconnect." He spun it over in his hand, scrutinizing it. His sigh and expression said they had another issue before he even spoke. "One of the connector pins is damaged. It must have happened when we removed them. She won't slot back in, it's too bent." Without asking for permission, he took up the pliers and tried to twist the pin back into shape. It protested at his rough handling by snapping clean off in the connector.
Silence once again returned to the room. Every step forward they made, they then took two back, and they were getting dangerously close to their deadline – and Sam's.
Lockridge followed the instructions, and there was no joking, no speaking at all. When he'd finished, he looked up his eyes asking the question his mouth dare not. What next?
"Anyone got a safety pin or a paper clip?" Mac responded.
Ames appeared onscreen with a note board and pulled a clip from the bundle of paperwork on it. He looked somewhat guilty as he offered it to Lockridge. The pilot took the clip and just stared at it, mystified.
"You need to bend it out straight and then cut it down to the size of the other pins in the connector," Mac prompted.
Lockridge did as he was told, and when the board was complete, he pushed it home himself then closed the panel. He looked to Commander Ames, who nodded. It was time to do or die. "We're ready to get in position for re-entry," the pilot confirmed to mission control.
MacGyver watched as the room turned into a bristling mayhem similar to how it had been when the thrusters had failed. The engineers had purpose again, and they were making the most of it.
Someone stepped up beside him, and for a moment Mac expected it to be Mariotte back to gloat that there was no time for Sam. Instead of the megalomaniac, though, he was greeted by the stoic gaze of Seeley Atkins, Phoenix's second best man. At his side, Pete had also returned to the fray.
"Are they gonna make it?" Atkins asked in a low voice.
MacGyver didn't reply, he watched as the men orbiting the earth slid into their positions on the flight deck and then requested what might be the last order of their lives.
Ames reached forwards and began pressing controls that lit up at his touch. There was a pause, and everyone held their breath. Nothing was happening. Had the P.A.S.S. system blown one last time?
MacGyver felt his heart rate go up a notch.
And then slowly and gently, the shuttle began to change trajectory as its elegant white airframe turned ready to push through the earth's atmosphere. The room turned into one huge cheering crowd, but Mac couldn't be happy, not yet. There was less than an hour now to save Sam, and two thousand miles between MacGyver and Zito.
"There's nothing…" Mac shook his head.
MacGyver didn't normally condone doing anything that was illegal, and he knew Seeley was the same, but this was different, it was Sam, and, it wasn't exactly going to hurt anyone. "We don't have security clearance for the main frames, but I might be able to wing it," he replied, already working a way around N.A.S.A.'s security in his head.
Mac took the card gratefully, and headed for the door. Pete's voice stopped him.
MacGyver ran a hand through his hair and nodded. Everything suddenly felt like they were wasting precious time, but this had to be done. Newman led Pete to the nearest phone and dialed for him. Two minutes later both were men were back.
Mac felt the same. Having his kid in danger was enough, without adding Nikki into the fray, but what choice did they have?
"Are you any good with computers? We're going to need to both work together to pull this off in time." MacGyver held his breath as he waited for an answer.
MacGyver slid the access card into the reader on the wall and held his breath. There was no reason to think it wouldn't work, but he couldn't help but hesitate. There was a pause, and the unit bleeped, the ominous red indicator light turning green after a second.
Seeley pushed in first, his right hand hovering over his jacket where MacGyver knew he wore a shoulder holster.
Inside, there was a pair of N.A.S.A. engineers working at a console – they looked up as Mac and Atkins entered, but didn't speak. Mac nodded to them and smiled, hoping his calm attitude and manner convinced them he should be here. After a moment, the taller of the two nodded back and they both left.
"Do you think they suspected anything?" Seeley asked, fidgeting with his tie.
Atkins bounced down into a red plastic seat across from Mac. "I'm on it," he reassured. "I'll have a hard copy sent to the Phoenix regional office for Nikki." His fingers tapped at the console keys faster than even MacGyver's, and occasionally his eyes left the screen to check on Mac.
Mac didn't look up. He was concentrating so hard his knuckles were white as sheets like he was gripping a steering wheel too hard. The keyboard groaned at the excess pressure he was exerting without even knowing it, and all the while his mind screamed one thing.
MacGyver was about to say he'd finally finished too, but before he could open his mouth, the door burst open, bouncing into the wall behind so hard one of the hinges popped and it swung aimlessly.
Before it could settle, two armed security men stormed into the room, weapons drawn.
The lead guard's hand was shaking, like he'd never been put into an actual situation before, and it made Mac wonder what kind of people the space agency were hiring. It also made him wonder if the man was likely to fire his weapon without just cause.
Seeley, just don't provoke these guys, his mind yelled.


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Progradar Best Of 2016 – Shawn Dudley's Top 10
Let's face it, 2016 has not been the best year in human history, but it has been an exceptionally good year for music. Seemingly every week something new would capture my imagination and become indispensible. Due to the magnitude of choices putting together a year-end list became a daunting exercise.
What follows is not necessarily a traditional "top 10", it's a condensed selection of albums that made the most impact on me throughout the year.
Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts
The Fall of Hearts was the easiest selection for this list; its place has been secure for months. Nobody was more surprised than me as I had previously been ambivalent about Katatonia but this gorgeous, immaculately crafted album completely won me over. It's a subtle, layered album that bears repeated listening, something I did almost daily for several months. The Fall of Hearts is their most mature and fully realized work to date, a rare instance of a band in their second decade who continue to evolve and improve their already unique sound.
Favorite tracks: Takeover, Last Song Before The Fade, Shifts
Opeth -Sorceress
While the various factions of Opeth fans of different eras clash online, fruitlessly fighting for supremacy…Mikael Akerfeldt continues to laugh and do whatever the hell he wants. Sorceress continues Opeth's exploration of vintage instrumentation that began with the controversial Heritage in 2011 and the more straight-forward and polished Pale Communion in 2014. Sorceress goes against expectations by going for a rawer, heavier and more experimental approach. It's a stylistically diverse collection of songs with gorgeous folk rockers, heavy Prog epics and 70s inspired jams co-existing harmoniously.
Favorite tracks: A Fleeting Glance, The Wilde Flowers, The Ward (bonus track)
Messenger – Threnodies
This sadly under-appreciated gem was easily one of the most enjoyable albums I heard all year. Messenger had the ability to work within the sonic framework of classic Prog, the instrumentation and vibe, yet not become a slave to it. Threnodies may offer up flashes of the past via inspiration; Wishbone Ash, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, CSN&Y; yet it sounds simultaneously modern and wholly relevant in 2016. Sadly the band has prematurely called it a day, but despite that I wouldn't want you to miss out on hearing what they've left behind.
Favorite tracks: Oracles Of War, Balearic Blue, Celestial Spheres
Seven Impale – Contrapasso
This thoroughly and wonderfully insane sextet from Norway was my favorite discovery of the year. Contrapasso is the type of album it's best to just experience because describing it accurately is an exercise in futility. You'll find elements of King Crimson, jazz-fusion, early 70s heavy metal and a love of the absurd, but that still just gives you a vague impression. The mixture of wonderfully heavy guitar and bass riffs, improvisational saxophone excursions and entertainingly theatrical vocals I find completely addictive.
Favorite tracks: Languor, Heresy, Inertia
Gong – Rejoice! I'm Dead!
Guitarist/Vocalist Kavus Torabi makes the first of two appearances on my year-end list. On Rejoice! I'm Dead! he effortlessly carries on the eclectic and joyful Gong; simultaneously a love letter to the recently departed founder Daevid Allen and a thoroughly rewarding work on its own merits. It's a wonderful collection of brief, quirky rockers and stretched-out fusion jam bliss. I love the sound of this album so much; I can't help smiling whenever I play it. Who says Prog can't be fun?
Favorite tracks: Rejoice!, The Unspeakable Stands Revealed, Kapital
Knifeworld – Bottled Out Of Eden
Our second Kavus Torabi appearance is another blast of experimentally playful fun. Knifeworld sets the tone immediately with the thoroughly addictive High Aflame, an artfully arranged pop confection that is the perfect album opener. The horn section allows them to employ voicings that you don't often here in progressive rock circles, not that this album really fits into the general guidelines of that term. In fact I'm not sure Knifeworld exists within the guidelines of anything but their own imagination. I applaud them.
Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä
And now for something truly and beautifully frightening. This Finnish quintet has crafted an avant-garde treasure, a mixture of Space Rock, Jazz and caustic Black Metal that is supremely thrilling. The arrangements are incredibly dense, building layer upon layer of guitars, synths and scorched earth vocals that threaten to become atonal cacophony, but deftly remain right on the edge. It's challenging, intense music, but also contains much beauty. If you're feeling brave, I highly recommend it.
Favorite tracks: Lahja, Havuluu, Vasemann Kaden Hierarkla
Haken – Affinity
I will admit that the technical end of Prog Metal is not my preferred style. I've never been inspired by the Dream Theater end of the spectrum, I can admire the craft, but it doesn't generally speak to me. Haken is one of the few exceptions, a band whose audacious personality and jaw dropping musicianship manage to always remain entertaining. This is assisted by a welcome amount of dry humor that has a tendency to display itself on occasion. Affinity is their most complex and intricately constructed album yet, maybe not quite as accessible as The Mountain but just as artistically successful. The playfulness shows itself on the epic '1985', a song built entirely on the instrumental sounds of the 80s that never devolves into parody and instead becomes poignant. Haken also continue to outgrow the limitations of Prog Metal, methodically expanding their musical vocabulary into new, unexpected areas. Affinity continues their winning streak of rewarding albums; I look forward to hearing where they go next.
Favorite tracks: The Architect, Red Giant, 1985
Purson – Desire's Magic Theatre
D.M.T. is Rosalie Cunningham's love letter to the late 60s psychedelic and early progressive rock scene and the substances that often inspired them. What keeps it from becoming just a curio is the conviction she brings to her songs and how skillfully she applies the vintage instrumental sounds to create the required effect. The influences are plentiful; Hendrix, The Doors, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, King Crimson, Curved Air; but Rosalie has taken that inspiration and applied it to her own organic and highly enjoyable compositions. It's a fun album that is worth investigating, with or without the accompanying substances.
Favorite tracks: Electric Landlady, Pedigree Chums, The Bitter Suite
Khemmis – Hunted
In addition to Progressive Rock and Jazz I've also been a Heavy Metal fan for over 30 years. I don't listen to straight-ahead metal very often these days but occasionally I'll hear something that reawakens that old love of chugging, galloping riffs and thunderous drums. Khemmis is a young band from Denver whose latest album Hunted kicked my ass right and proper. Their sound is a tasty mix of doomy Candlemass/Trouble riffs, dual harmony lead guitars and NWOBHM inspired attitude. Satisfyingly crushing yet consistently melodic and inspired, these guys nail all the metallic requirements with their muscular performances and above-average songwriting. My neck hurts…
Favorite songs: Above The Water, Candlelight, Hunted
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The BEST Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and it is so easy to throw together!
So a few years ago . . . somewhat on a whim, I posted this Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
It came after my sister in law casually asked me if I had a vanilla frosting recipe I liked, and lo and behold I had just come up with one that I really liked. I shared it with her and she raved about it.
Can I tell you something? Sometimes it *really* helps to have someone you respect tell you a recipe is good . . . my family is really picky and can't always be trusted.
Anyway! She loved it. I posted it. And it has been the MOST popular recipe on my blog since.
Since I posted that recipe, I have had several people ask for a chocolate counterpart. Basically the same recipe in chocolate.
Folks! I think we have it!
This recipe is chocolate (obviously), it tastes **amazing** (if I do say so myself), and it behaves just like it's vanilla counterpart. It pipes beautifully, and then it firms up.
Frosting is my absolute weakness.
I remember as a kid how my mom would let me put frosting between graham crackers for a treat. A little frosting sandwich. And I was HOOKED.
Since I stared the blog I have made a few frostings, and every time I do I have to stop myself from eating it by the spoonful. Ooooor . . . sometimes I don't stop myself. Anyway. A total weakness.
And this frosting doesn't disappoint. I kept taking licks and spoonfuls . . . and worrying there wouldn't be enough left for the photo shoot, lol! Yup. I like frosting that much.
Beat the butter in a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand held mixer.
The butter **must** be room temperature for this recipe to work. Do not microwave it. You should be able to easily dent the butter with your finger but NOT push all the way through. If your butter is too stiff or too soft, the recipe will not turn out.
I hope you like it Becky!
I Know I will change the amount of Chocolate [ I like a darker frosting ] This sounds very easy. Thank you for sharing.
I hope you like it Vicki!
I haven't measured out the recipe in cups, but I would say it would lightly frost 24 cupcakes, heavily frost 12 cupcakes and will need to be doubled for a layered cake.
What brands of cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and powder sugar do you use? I always have a hard time figuring out what brands of chocolate I should buy. 🙂 Thank you!
Hi Jill! I tend to use Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder, and Nestle's chocolate chips.
Do you use milk choc. chips or semi-sweet?
I always use milk chocolate, but either would work with this recipe.
First — this frosting is completely delicious! All of my family commented on it's goodness and my adult daughter licked every last drop. It really is yummy!!
Second — I had a severe consistency issue and maybe you can help. I whipped the butter (which wasn't melted, but I could definitely push my finger all the way through), added the melted chips, vanilla and cocoa powder — but could only add 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar before it was too thick to pipe. Then I added the heavy cream, but could only add another 1/2 cup sugar before it was again too thick to pipe. I even put it in a frosting bag and TRIED to pipe it.
So to salvage it — I doubled everything (but the powdered sugar), but could only get in an additional 3/4 cup of sugar. My total sugar was maybe 4 1/2 cups, but I had to double everything else.
It worked (yay!) and was still delicious (yay!) I piped it onto the cupcakes (yay!) and the world was saved (yay!) — but where did I go wrong in the beginning with the consistency issue?
So, I guess the good news is, hooray it still worked! You really do have to have the butter just at room temperature, but I wouldn't think that would make it too thick, I would think if anything runny butter would mean you need to add MORE powdered sugar than is called for. Is there any chance that you packed the powdered sugar? That can add a TON more powdered sugar without intending to. I just loosely poured mine into a measuring cup and tossed it in.
If you are using a spatula to frost the cupcake or cake…etc. try using two different metal spats. One in hot water and the other in cold water. The hot spatula will allow the frost to soften whereas the cold one will help it set. if you're having issues with a piping bag try taking some of the frost out. Hen knead the frosting that remains in the bag. A warm towel can help soften it as well. Sometimes the biggest challenge isn't just the ingredients but rather the surroundings of The person working with the pastry. Imagine frosting ten triple layered cakes with this frosting in a proofing station meant for baking breads. The air would be way too hot. On the other side of things imagine the same but trying to frost the items while in a very cold kitchen. The frosting would be too hard to work with and may cause your cake to start crumbling where you put the frosting.
Another idea is to try not to allow the butter to over soften, leading to a almost melted texture. Especially as it requires to be whipped in a mixer. Over whipping that with the other ingredients can lead to a very grainy texture and continuing to mix it may even lead churning a very messy butter. I hope these tidbits help. Enjoy baking!
I had the same problem! 2 cups of sugar in and the icing was as like a ball of play-doh! I added the cream then had a ligh butterscotch colored icing, very fluffy, decent taste but not very chocolate. I noticed once it was on the cake it looked like it was breaking down.
I dipped the powdered sugar out of the bag. So, I may have had some packing, inadvertently. The color was so off too. I used semisweet chips and Hershey's cocoa, brown vanilla too!
How was your butter? I find that the biggest variable in frosting making is the butter. It can't be rock hard, it can't be melty. It needs to be perfectly room temperature.
Should this be unsalted butter?
Yes! Thank you for asking this Theresa!
Hello!!!* How much time could stay out of fridge?One day?
I would say one to two days.
Can I use this frosting immediately on cooled cupcakes or should it be refrigerated for some time first?
I would use it right after making it. Refrigerating it first will make it hard to pipe.
Hi can you please tell me how much time do you take tge butter out for it to be right for this recipe.
Louise, I don't think I can give you at time frame because it totally depends on the temperature of your house. Generally, in my house if I cut up butter into one inch pieces it takes about a half hour. You want to be able to dent it, but you don't want your finger to go all the way through.
I don't have one, but two of my friends do! You can find one here and one here.
I used Carnation evaporated milk instead of cream. It was delicious and should improve stability of not being refrigerated. More choco chips could be used for a darker chocolate icing, but I like the lighter flavor. I piped it on small thick butter cookies.
What brand of heavy cream? Or can i use evap milk?
Hi Erlyn, don't replace with evaporated milk, and the brand of heavy cream shouldn't matter.
will coconut milk work instead of heavy cream? The coconut milk from the can is very thick.
Sofia, I see that you used the coconut milk and it worked. I'm so sorry I didn't respond sooner! I'm glad it worked though and I appreciate you coming back and letting me know!
I used canned coconut milk and cacao vs cocoa powder and it turned out well. It was a little thick so next time I would use more milk. I did beat it a lot in my Kitchen Aid mixer.
Just made this and it's amazing! I didn't have any issues but I did add a little bit of cream as I was adding the sugar to help it along. Two thumbs high!
So glad to hear that Cayla!


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Asia Pacific / Social Issues
Same-sex couple fights for right to marry in India
A participant at the Queer Azadi Pride event in Mumbai in February 2020 | REUTERS
by Annie Banerji
Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW DELHI – Swept up in a whirlwind romance after meeting at a Bollywood party in Mumbai, Saattvic and Gaurav Bhatti dreamed of celebrating their love with a typical big, fat Indian wedding.
Seven years on, it remains a dream.
Same-sex marriages are illegal in India despite the Supreme Court scrapping a colonial-era ban on gay sex in 2018 — a decision that LGBTQ Indians say they had hoped would pave the way for more equal rights, including marriage and adoption.
That is why Saattvic, who goes by one name, asked the Delhi high court to allow him to marry his boyfriend — one of six petitions made by LGBTQ couples in September 2020 to legalize same-sex marriage, with a final hearing due Tuesday.
"There is a fundamental right to marry and we should be afforded that right to marry just like any other heterosexual couple," Saattvic said in a video call from Vancouver in Canada.
"Gaurav and I want to get married. We want to have a family. We want to go out for work and come back home and have our spouse there, have our kids there and sit around and have a family dinner and watch TV together."
If the couple win their case, India would become the second place in Asia after Taiwan in 2019 to recognize gay marriage.
LGBTQ Indians have made significant strides since the 2018 gay sex ruling, from their portrayal on television to more representation in politics and inclusive corporate policies.
Yet many say they still fear coming out in largely conservative India where discrimination and abuse prevent LGBTQ people from accessing jobs, healthcare, education and housing.
Supporters of the LGBTQ community celebrate a Supreme Court verdict that decriminalized gay sex during a march in New Delhi in 2018. | REUTERS
Saattvic and Bhatti — who now live in Canada — recalled harrowing times of being turned down by landlords when trying to rent apartments and not being able to make medical decisions for each other in emergencies because they are not married.
"You can't live the basic life that everyone takes for granted. That realization is debilitating," said Saattvic.
Homophobia remains rife in India, said Bhatti, a classical Indian dancer who joined the call from London where he had traveled for a performance.
"I'm more effeminate than Saattvic and it's a bit more obvious (that I am gay). Hearing all sorts of comments was always an issue because of what it does to you mentally. … You try to ignore it, you (say) don't care but you do deep down," he said.
"People are just so not okay with the idea that someone can be different in any way. … Anything that does not fit in their norm is just crazy and they'll do anything to change and suppress that."
Saattvic packed his bags in August 2020 and moved from New Delhi to Vancouver to join Bhatti, a Canadian citizen.
It was a tough decision, said Saattvic. He had to leave behind his family and a good job as an economist at a law firm, and scrap plans to set up his own consulting practice to start from scratch in Canada.
"Over here I can walk down the street holding Gaurav's hand and maybe kiss him in public and no one is going to throw shoes at me," he said. "Had we been afforded the right to marry, we probably wouldn't have moved."
Final arguments between petitioners and the federal government will begin on Tuesday, a step before the judgment.
The case began when LGBTQ activists challenged the government over the right to marry under the Hindu Marriage Act, which legalizes marriage between "any two Hindus," without specifying their genders.
Other petitioners joined in with similar arguments about other Indian laws, including the Special Marriage Act that provides for civil marriage regardless of religion.
India's government has been largely silent on gay rights.
Representing the federal government, solicitor general Tushar Mehta has opposed the pleas so far. "Living together as partners and having sexual relationship by same-sex individuals (which is decriminalised now) is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, a wife and children," a government affidavit said.
"(This) necessarily presuppose(s) a biological man as 'husband', a biological woman as 'wife' and children born out of the union between the two," the government said.
It is unclear when a verdict will be delivered. India's justice system takes an average of six years to reach a final ruling, according to Bangalore-based Daksh, a civil society group which monitors governance.
But that does not deter Saattvic and Bhatti, who say the petition is not only for them but for next generation of LGBTQ couples and those living in rural areas where stigma, violence and brutality are more widespread.
"We're at a privileged place. If we're not going to do it, who else is?" said Bhatti, moments before he left for a dance performance.
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Stuff a long tubular insulating cushion with the leftover foam bits, and place it along the bottom of a door for added winter warmth. You can also make small accent cushions, such as neck pillows, with the remaining foam. If you want to make a wedge backrest cushion or a firm tubular bolster for your bed, buy the foam in a precut shape to ensure you get the desired dimensions.
Sew the cushion covers together according to the pattern instructions, and insert a zipper along one edge, or make an envelope flap and fasten it with hook and loop tape, so you can remove the cushion covers for cleaning.
Refresh your room's appearance easily by making 2 sets of cushion covers. For the spring and summer months, make them from lightweight fabrics, such as white or light blue denim, or a cotton-linen blend. Bamboo fabrics are also gaining in popularity. For fall and winter, make your cushion covers from corduroy, dark denim, canvas, heavy silk or velvet.


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Q: Latex doesn't recognize cntformats.sty I downloaded manually cntformats.sty and put it in the directory exsheets. But Latex still doesn't recognize it and asks if I want to download it.
I tried several times to download it by changing the location of links through latex, but the message "not found" is always returned.
I greatly appreciate your help. Thank you

A: To put cntformats.sty manually, follow these steps:
-Go to program files-->MikTex2.9-->tex-->latex
-Inside latex create a folder and rename it cntformats, and inside it put cntformats.sty
-after that go to program files-->MikTex2.9-->bin ,
and double click mo.exe, click "Refresh FNDB", when this is finished, click Update Formats.
Hope that helps. Good luck.

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Ponerorchis gracilis (synonym Amitostigma gracile) is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is commonly known as delicate amitostigma. It is widespread across much of eastern Asia. It has been reported from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, and Zhejiang).

Taxonomy
The species was first described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1856, as Mitostigma gracile. It has been placed in various genera, including Gymnadenia, Orchis and Amitostigma. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2014, in which it was included as Amitostigma gracile, found that species of Amitostigma, Neottianthe and Ponerorchis were mixed together in a single clade, making none of the three genera monophyletic as then circumscribed. Amitostigma and Neottianthe were subsumed into Ponerorchis, with this species becoming Ponerorchis gracilis.

References

External links
 IOSOPE Orchid Species photos
 Biglobe, ヒナラン, 雛蘭 tiny orchid Amitostigma gracile
 Garden Talking, Amitostigma gracile
 Nature Library,  无柱兰 (Amitostigma gracile)

gracilis
Orchids of Japan
Orchids of Korea
Orchids of China
Orchids of Taiwan
Plants described in 1836

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Q: how to get "appendices" horizontally centered? I am using the article class, and when using \begin{appendices} \end{appendices}, the "Appendices" header is automatically aligned to the left.
Here is a MWE:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage[toc,page,header]{appendix}

\begin{document}

\begin{appendices}

\end{appendices}

\end{document}

Is there a way to make it horizontally centered? Thanks.

A: Do you mean this?
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{showframe}   %% just for demo
\usepackage[toc,page,header]{appendix}

\renewcommand{\appendixpagename}{\centering Appendices}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\begin{appendices}
 \section{Appendix here}
\end{appendices}

\end{document}


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Q: How to be safe while on terminal with root privilege? Unix & Linux shell/CLI is very flexible which gives lots of powers and privileges to its root user but it also comes with a great responsibility of executing commands correctly.
I have seen lots of people went in trouble by executing wrong commands accidentally and lost data and configured servers as it doesn't show any warning while executing the commands, the internet is full of with such cases.
So my question here is how we can be on root privilege and also very safe while using CLI?

A: One popular way to remind yourself you're running in privileged mode is to set up your shell prompt to show your username as red. Most prompts will change to a # when running as root, but it's helpful to also see a "dangerous" color to know you should use caution.
Another idea is to use the principal of least privilege as much as possible. Use a tool like sudo to restrict your user's ability to run only a subset of commands (in a normal mode). This is also a cornerstone of the selinux patch which implements mandatory access control (MAC) on system resources. Some find selinux to be prohibitively difficult to work with, but if you learn it well, it's a very useful tool.
As others have said, there's really no way to be perfectly safe while running as root, so it's best to have regular backups and some procedure in place should the worst happen. We all make mistakes, but if you're able to recover from them, the mistakes don't cost you that much.
It may be a little too broad for your application, but check out GitLab's postmortem of their database corruption incident last year. Specifically, here are some steps they took to set up their PS1 to indicate the "safety" of their environment.


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Q: Sequence contains no elements when trying to grab xml node value from xml string Please read the code bellow. There I am trying to grab all elements under the <GetSellerListResponse> node, then my goal is to grab TotalNumberOfPages value (currently it's 9 as you can see in the XML).
But my problem is I am getting an error:

System.InvalidOperationException: 'Sequence contains no elements'

Error screenshot is attached for better understanding. Can you tell me what's wrong the way I am trying to grab all elements? Also if possible can you tell how I can grab that 9 from TotalNumberOfPage?
Thanks in advance
C#:
var parsedXML = XElement.Parse(xml);
var AllElements = parsedXML.Descendants("GetSellerListResponse")
                           .Where(x => x.Attribute("xmlns").Value.Equals("urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"))
                           .First();

XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GetSellerListResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
    <Timestamp>2018-06-20T17:26:29.518Z</Timestamp>
    <Ack>Success</Ack>
    <Version>1059</Version>
    <Build>E1059_CORE_APISELLING_18694654_R1</Build>
    <PaginationResult>
    <TotalNumberOfPages>9</TotalNumberOfPages>
    </PaginationResult>
</GetSellerListResponse>

A: EDIT: your mistake is the usage of XElement: it is searching for matching elements in the children of <GetSellerListResponse>; that's why you are not getting any result. Change XElement.Parse(xml); to XDocument.Parse(xml);, then the following snippets will work.
You could simply check for the local name:
var AllElements = parsedXML.Descendants().First(x => x.Name.LocalName == "GetSellerListResponse");

I would suggest to use XDocument instead of XElement for parsedXML, because you could shorten the above query to var AllElements = parsedXML.Root;
Another thing you could try is prepending the namespace:
XNamespace ns = "urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents";
var AllElements = parsedXML.Descendants(ns + "GetSellerListResponse").First();

To answer the question "how to get the number of pages":
var pages = AllElements.Element(ns + "PaginationResult").Element(ns + "TotalNumberOfPages").Value;

A: I would suggest using the XmlDocument class from System.Xml.
Try the code below:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<GetSellerListResponse xmlns=\"urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents\"><Timestamp>2018-06-20T17: 26:29.518Z</Timestamp><Ack>Success</Ack><Version>1059</Version><Build>E1059_CORE_APISELLING_18694654_R1</Build><PaginationResult><TotalNumberOfPages>9</TotalNumberOfPages></PaginationResult></GetSellerListResponse>");
XmlNodeList nodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("TotalNumberOfPages");

In this case, your nodeList will have just the one element for TotalNumberOfPages and you can access the value by checking
nodeList.FirstOrDefault().InnerText


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BEST BETS | April 20-26, 2017
Apr. 19, 2017 - by Kathy Janich
This week we're pretty happy that Sutton Foster is singing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Also recommended: The romantic thriller "Strait of Gibraltar" closing Sunday at Synchronicity (world premiere). Among Foster's 11 Broadway shows are (from left) "Shrek," "Les Miserables," "Anything Goes," "Violet" and "Throughly Modern Millie."
** Indicates an Encore Atlanta winter season recommendation.
Kathleen Wattis and Maggie Birgel as mother and daughter. Photo: Jerry Siegel Photography
** Strait of Gibraltar. CLOSES SUNDAY. A world premiere at Synchronicity Theatre. In this sexy romantic thriller, a Jewish New Yorker (Maggie Birgel) and a Moroccan man (Benjamin DeWitt Sims) meet at a party and fall in love, hard and fast. When she learns he's undocumented, she offers her help. What they encounter is anything but happily-ever-after. This smart drama by Andrea Lepcio (Synchro's Looking for the Pony, 2009) looks at love, truth, prejudice and civil rights in the age of the Patriot Act. Also in the cast: Suehyla El-Attar, Brian Ashton Smith and Kathleen Wattis. Rachel May directs. $15-$50. 8 tonight-Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday. Synchronicity Theatre at One Peachtree Pointe, 1545 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.484.8636.
Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster. FRIDAY-SATURDAY ONLY. The two-time Tony Award winner (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes) joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with songs from Broadway, her two albums (Wish and An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle) and a collection of personal favorites. The award-winning actor-singer-dancer was born in Georgia and spent part of her growing-up years here. Simply put, she's one of the best on Broadway today. We're hoping to hear "Gimme Gimme" (Thoroughly Modern Millie), "Astonishing" (Little Women), "On My Way" (Violet), "Air Conditioner" and "More to the Story," among many others. We could listen for days. $21-$109. Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets HERE or at 800.840.9227 (Ticketmaster). Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
This week only
Dan Chameroy as Miss Trunchbull. Photo: Joan Marcus
Matilda the Musical. CLOSES SUNDAY. Based on Roald Dahl's 1988 children's novel about an extraordinary girl — armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind — who dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. The setting: a small English village in which sits the Crunchem Hall Primary School. The enemy: Miss Agatha Trunchbull, the headmistress. The Broadway version ran almost four years and won four Tony awards. This national tour has been on the road since May 2015. New York Times drama critic Ben Brantley called Matilda "the most satisfying and subversive musical ever to come out of Britain." $33.50-$128.50 plus fees. 7:30 tonight; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 + 8 p.m. Saturday; and 1 + 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Presented by Broadway in Atlanta at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets HERE or at 855.285.8499.
[MORE: MEET DAN CHAMEROY, THE ACTOR INSIDE MISS TRUNCHBULL]
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Little Five Arts Alive. SATURDAY-SUNDAY. This free weekly series of outdoor arts events returns for a second season to Findley and Davis plazas (at Euclid and Moreland avenues) with a spotlight on Record Store Day and the Atlanta music scene. Saturday on Findley Plaza: Meredith Kooi and her live radio show "Enter the Bucky Dome Zone," 5-8 p.m. (listen live at mixlr.com/buckydomezone). Saturday on Davis Plaza: R&B/soul/gospel artist Mandi Strachota (5-7 p.m.), the neo-funk soul of Nubian Sounds (7-8 p.m.) and button-making with Chelsea Steverson. Sunday on Findley Plaza: Americana music with Blackfoot Daisy (5-7 p.m.) and freestyle rap in the round with Soul Food Cypher (7-8 p.m.). Sunday on Davis Plaza: Latin dance demo & instruction (5-7 p.m.) and street-style dance with King Quic (7-8 p.m.). New this year: Tables on Findley Plaza with food-and-drink service from the Porter Beer Bar (4-9 p.m. both days). The series, which features a mix of music, dance, theater, visual arts, crafts, circus and performance art, runs through Nov. 5.
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. CLOSES SUNDAY. The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse presents a medieval romp through boisterous and bawdy olde England. This comic adaptation reintroduces six tales in forms ranging from classical to spaghetti western. The cast: Kirstin Calvert, Laura Cole, Nicholas Faircloth, Adam King, Enoch King, Rivka Levin, Amanda Lindsey and Drew Reeves. Pub menu and festive spirits available. $15-$36. 7:30 tonight-Saturday; 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 499 Peachtree St. NE. Paid parking in the Emory University Hospital Midtown lot. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.874.5299.
Still running
Leslie Bellair
Nobody Loves You. THROUGH APRIL 30. At Horizon Theatre. The game of love is on in this musical about modern relationships and cluelessly self-obsessed contestants who compete for romance and adoring fans on a reality-TV show. Heidi Cline McKerley directs a cast that includes Leslie Bellair, Jeanette Illidge, Wendy Melkonian and Brad Raymond, among others. With music direction by Alli Lingenfelter. The pop-flavored score comes from Itamar Moses and Gaby Alter. The musical had its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in May 2012. $25-$40. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 3 + 8:30 p.m. Saturday; and 5 p.m. Sunday. 1083 Euclid Ave. NE (at Austin Avenue). Details, tickets HERE or at 404.584.7450.
Juan Carlos Unzueta (left), Limara Meneses Jimenez and Anthony Rodriguez. Photo: Chris Bartelski
** Pais de Bicicleta (Bicycle Country). THROUGH APRIL 30. At Aurora Theatre's Harvel Lab. The company's Teatro Aurora program continues with this Spanish-language production for all audiences. Three refugees with a lust for freedom try to make it across the sea from Havana to Miami, in this drama from playwright Nilo Cruz (last season's Sotto Voce, a Pulitzer Prize winner for Anna in the Tropics). It mixes magic realism, whip-fast dialogue and Latin music and dance. With English supertitles. $20-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Free, covered, attached parking in city deck at 153 E. Crogan St. Details, tickets HERE or at 678.226.6222.
Pete the Cat. THROUGH MAY 21. Premiere. The Center for Puppetry Arts stages an all-new production based on the book series by Georgia artist James Dean. Welcome to the imagined adventures of the scrawny black kitten that Dean adopted in 1999. With marionette, rod and shadow puppets. Artistic director Jon Ludwig wrote the adaptation and directs. The cast: Luis Hernandez, Amy Sweeney, Tim Sweeney, Anna Claire Walker and puppeteer/composer Dolph Amick, who wrote the original music. $20.50 nonmembers; $10.25 members. 10 + 11:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon + 2 p.m. Saturday; and 1 + 3 p.m. Sunday. 1404 Spring St. NW. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.873.3391.
Ingrid Fliter. Photo: Anton Dressler
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. APRIL 27 + 29. Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko and Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter join the ASO for Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1. Also planned: Richard Strauss' tone poem Don Juan and Dvořák's Symphony No. 8. $20-$89. 8 nightly. Note: Thursday's event includes a 6:45 p.m. chamber music recital that's free for both nights' ticket holders. Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.733.5000.
Ty Autry and Brian Jordan. Photo: Brian Wallenberg
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. OPENS APRIL 27. Out Front Theatre Company ends its inaugural season with this 1998 Paul Rudnick comedy inspired by the fundamentalist remark, "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." In Rudnick's revisionist version of the Bible, God makes Adam and Steve, along with Jane and Mabel, the first lesbians. The foursome navigates the centuries together, encountering the gay animals on Noah's Ark, a lesbian rabbi and a flamboyant pharaoh. The historical pageant eventually lands in present-day NYC. Founder/artistic director Paul Conroy directs. His cast: Ty Autry, Brian Jordan, Jenni McCarthy and Nicole Smith. $15-$25. Through May 14. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 999 Brady Ave. in West Midtown. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.448.2755. Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
Turandot. APRIL 29-MAY 5. Puccini's epic opera centers around the Princess Turandot, who decapitates each suitor who fails to answer her riddles. When the character Calaf falls in love with her, he heroically wins her ghastly game and proposes a riddle of his own. Italian tenor Gianluca Terranova, who made his Atlanta Opera debut as Rodolfo in La bohème, sings the role of Calaf for the first time. In Italian with English supertitles. $45-$151. Performances at 8 p.m. April 29 and May 5; 7:30 p.m. May 2; and 3 p.m. May 7. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. Details, tickets HERE or at 404.881.8885. Discount tickets at PoshDealz.com.
[MORE: LEARN THE RIDDLE OF 'TURANDOT']
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Kathy Janich is a longtime arts journalist who has been seeing, working in or writing about the performing arts for most of her life. She's a member of the Theatre Communications Group, the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, Americans for the Arts and the National Arts Marketing Project. Full disclosure: She's also an artistic associate at Synchronicity Theatre.
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Jack White month comes to an end with a few clips from Norah's most excellent School of Rock "Many Shades of Jack White" show. She was asked to do a lot in this show. Of the 19 songs in the set, she sang lead on 9 (including Hotel Yorba, in which sang and played guitar), guitar on another, and background vocals on 3 more. That's a .684 batting percentage, which is a whole bunch for a 10 year old to carry on her shoulders. And she totally killed it (not that I'm biased).
Two things stand out for me. First, I love when Norah gets to sing and play guitar simultaneously, which she did on one of my all time favorites, Hotel Yorba. Secondly, I love how Norah is no longer just on stage singing or playing some songs, but is transitioning into an entertainer, cognizant of the fact she is, in fact, putting on a show for an audience.
Judge for yourself. Here's the best 14:03 from the shows.


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Write on Music » album review , Chris Isaak , live album , rock 'n' roll » Album Review: Chris Isaak - Live at the Fillmore
Album Review: Chris Isaak - Live at the Fillmore
When an artist reaches the point where he doesn't have to work so darn hard just to get the job done (or if he's good enough to make it all seem easy), he's then free to tend to more immediate concerns—like having a good time. That's what Chris Isaak does on his latest release, Live at the Fillmore.
Backed by his longtime band, Silvertone, Isaak is sensational throughout this 2008 performance in his hometown of San Francisco, giving what sounds like a raucous crowd considerable bang for its showbiz buck.
At turns a lovelorn balladeer ("Western Stars," "Blue Spanish Sky") and a bona fide rock 'n' roller ("Speak of the Devil," "Want Your Love"), Isaak proves himself here as a consummate showman, engaging the audience with off-the-cuff humor when he's not riffing on the Fillmore's psychedelic past. His charisma goes a long way, but so do superb performances of "Somebody's Crying" and "Wicked Game," his voice on the latter soaring to devastating, chill-inducing heights.
Songs from his most recent studio LP, last year's Mr. Lucky (which had yet to be released at the time of this recording), come off without a hitch, the rambunctious "Best I Ever Had" faring especially well.
Other highlights include the Polynesian-styled "Two Hearts" and a six-minute, slow-roasted version of "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" that finds Isaak channeling his inner Elvis to a raunchy, honky-tonk groove.
Worth seeking out are bonus tracks like "American Boy," "Nowhere"—Is there a cooler line than "you're the kind of girl that looks better naked," by the way?—which are available online as digital exclusives.
For Chris Isaak a concert is something more than just playing some songs and taking a bow when it's time to go home; it's entertainment. And with over 25 years under his belt, it'd be an understatement to say he's pretty much gotten the hang of this gig. Live at the Fillmore is proof.


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Der Menhir von Barrocal (, auch Menir da Herdade de São Lourenço do Barrocal oder Estela-Menir do Barrocal genannt) ist ein Menhir im Distrikt Évora in Portugal.

Der Stein wurde im frühen Neolithikum (5. Jahrtausend v. Chr.) aufgerichtet und 1993 in Herdade de São Lourenço do Barrocal, bei Monsaraz einem Stadtteil von Évora wiederentdeckt. Das Monument ist seit 2006 als Teil des "Monte do Barrocal" als geschütztes Denkmal klassifiziert.

Der etwa 3 m hohe Menhir ist einer der höchsten im Westen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Er befindet sich im Zentrum einer künstlich abgeflachten Plattform, die von Resten einer ovalen Einfriedung begrenzt wird, die eine Nordwest-Südost-Ausrichtung aufweist. Archäologische Grabungen in der Nähe der Basis führten zur Entdeckung der stützenden Struktur.

Gravuren
In der Schaufläche wurden 78 gravierte Figuren identifiziert. Die stratigraphischen Analysen, die angewendeten Gravurtechniken, die beobachteten Erosionsgrade und einige Parallelen erlaubten es, die Bilder fünf Hauptperioden zuzuordnen. Die Oberfläche bildet ein Palimpsest, in dem ikonographische Garnituren vom 5. Jahrtausend v. Chr., als der Monolith aufgestellt wurde, bis zum 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. (Bronzezeit) als er bereits auf dem Boden lag, eingeritzt wurden. Das Vorhandensein von Wellenlinien, der frühesten Dekoration, die mittelneolithische Darstellung eines Báculo und zweier idolförmiger Figuren, die spätneolithischen oder chalkolithischen Zickzack-Muster und die einfachen konzentrischen Kreise und die Cup-and-Ring-Markierungen der Bronzezeit sind vertreten.

In der Nähe liegen die Antas do Barrocal.

Siehe auch
 Menhire in Portugal
 Megalithen im Distrikt Évora

Literatur
 J. Oliveira, P. Sarantopoulos, C. Balesteros: In: A Cidade de Évora. Boletim da Comissão Muncipal de Turismo 2 Serie 1 1995
 A. P. Santos: Monumentos megalíticos do Alto Alentejo. 1994.

Weblinks
 Beschreibung engl. und Bilder
 Beschreibung port. Skizzen und Bilder

Archäologischer Fundplatz in Portugal
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Europa
Menhir in Portugal
Reguengos de Monsaraz


Opposition members set up a barricade during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Venezuelan protests against government leave two students dead https://t.co/YAXPucWp0V pic. Three security officials confirmed he died later in a clinic after undergoing surgery. "We call for an investigation into the deaths and acts of violence that occurred during the demonstrations, and for those responsible to be held accountable".
Barghouti, who has been named as a possible successor to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called the strike "the most peaceful form of resistance available". An essay by Barghouti was smuggled out of his Israeli prison and printed as an op-ed in The New York Times . Palestinian Prisoners' Club is an organisation that advocates on behalf of the inmates.
Blair, who won three general elections as the former leader of Labour Party, said in statement on Wednesday that May wanted to force the final European Union deal upon the people regardless of how good or bad it might be and that she would seek to suppress any opposition through a landslide victory in the upcoming vote.
The Rodong Sinmun , the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said: "In the case of our super-mighty preemptive strike being launched, it will completely and immediately wipe out not only US imperialists' invasion forces in South Korea and its surrounding areas but the USA mainland and reduce them to ashes".
Stephens killed himself in Pennsylvania on Tuesday as he was being chased by state troopers. "The search for Steve Stephens has ended", the police chief said at a news conference, adding that the suspect's suicide has left many unanswered questions, including what prompted Stephens to turn to violence.
A senior Iranian official has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's contradictory words, saying he "does not have a clear understanding of worldwide relations". Three months into the most right-wing government in modern U.S. history, the meaning of the "America First" doctrine proclaimed by Donald Trump in his inaugural address has been spelled out by Washington's deeds: USA war everywhere.


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Antalya, one of Turkey's most populated cities, is crowned with many resorts and big hotels, making it one of the tourist attraction cities in Turkey. Antalya is renowned for its Turkish Riviera, commonly known as the Turquoise Coast. The area is famous for its beautiful beaches, turquoise blue waters, favorable climate, and stunning surroundings of mountains. Antalya's old harbor is always filled with yachts and tourist boats, with visitors who come to partake of the city's remaining attractions. Some of those attractions include the historic Hidirlik Tower, built during the second century to enable tourists to view the harbor clearly, and Hadrian's gate which was constructed in honor of the visit of the Roman Emperor to Antalya in the 130 A.D.
One of the old towns of Antalya, Kaleici, is another attractive spot, which features a stunning placement on the cliff top, with a magnificent sight of the Yivli Minare, an ancient minaret built of high bricks of up to thirty-eight meters. From the spot, there can be seen the neat, tiny, winding streets of the Ottoman homes constructed during the anci9ent times.
Antalya museum is another attraction spot that is home to a vast collection of antiques dating back into the old centuries, and exhibitions of the culture and life of Antalya.
Antalya has beautiful beaches, one of them being the long, stretchy, and colorful pebbled beach of Konyaalti. It features turquoise blue waters, warm and pleasant climate, and attractive mountain surroundings. The Lara beach features proximity to the wondrous Duden falls and welcoming hotels for tourists. Perge is an old set of stadium ruins that has been preserved in its ruined state and is a significant attraction spot, as well as the nearby Aspendos' theatre ruins.
The peak of tourism in Antalya is from May to September when the weather is quite warm and dry to allow for numerous beach activities. Celebrations go on into the evenings as well as activities like biking, hiking, diving, and even golfing. The Antalya Film Festival that is featured between November and December is another attractive activity to be engaged in.
Antalya Museum - large Anatolian history museum, from Roman and Phrygian archaeological finds to Byzantine mosaics.
Yivliminare Mosque - 6-domed mosque known for its 129-ft high, minaret tower dating from the 13th century.
Kurşunlu Waterfall - this 587-hectare nature park features picnic areas and a waterfall along an Aksu River tributary.
Karaalioglu Park - urban green space with a panoramic balcony offering sea views and the ruins of a Roman stone tower.
Antalya Aquarium - large, contemporary aquarium with themed exhibits, a long tunnel tank, tropical reptiles, and eateries.
Karain Cave - inaccessible cave system inhabited by humans for thousands of years.
Aqualand Antalya Dolphinland - seasonal water park with many pools, slides and dolphin/seal demonstrations, plus a food court and bars.


It is possible to install Exchange Server 2007 into an existing Exchange Server 2003 organization that is operating in Exchange native mode. The existing Exchange organization can contain Exchange 2003 servers, and Exchange 2000 servers.
There are many differences between Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2003. To explain these differences and how the different features can coexist is the main focus of this article.
Depending on the size of the Exchange Organization in which you are performing a migration to Exchange Server 2007, the migration can consume a lot of time so both versions have to coexist for a time. Second, it is not possible to directly migrate Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007. You have to install an additional Exchange Server 2007 into the existing Exchange Server 2003 organization.
Exchange 2003 Server depends on the correct configuration of routing group connectors between Exchange 2007 Hub Transport servers and Exchange Server 2003 Bridgehead servers. When you install Exchange 2007 in a Windows Server 2003 forest with an existing Exchange 2003 organization, you select to join Exchange 2007 to that Exchange 2003 organization.
During Exchange Server 2007 installation, you must specify an Exchange 2003 Bridgehead server in the routing group to which you want to create the initial Routing Group connector.
Because Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 use different Server to Server communication, you must configure routing group connectors to enable message transfer between these two Exchange versions. Exchange Server 2003 uses SMTP as the primary communication protocol between Exchange 2003 servers. Exchange Server 2007 uses RPC for Server to Server communication (like Exchange Server 5.5) and depends on the Hub Transport server role to perform SMTP to send and receive messages. It is no longer possible to use an Exchange Server 2007 organization without a Hub Transport Server because this Exchange Server role is responsible for message conversion and much more.
Exchange Server 2003 uses administrative groups to delegate permissions to manage parts of the Exchange organization. Exchange 2007 does not use administrative groups as a logical management unit for administrative delegation (there is only one administrative group that all Exchange Server 2007 are members of, and the administrative group exists only for compatibility reasons with Exchange Server 2003).
To allow coexistence between Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2007, all Exchange 2007 servers are automatically installed in a single administrative group when Exchange 2007 is installed.
The Exchange Server 2007 administrative group is recognized in the Exchange System Manager of Exchange Server 2003 as Exchange administrative group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT). The Microsoft Exchange Team had a wonderful idea when they created this name. Do you think the name sounds illogical? It is logical, decoded the administrative Group has the name EXCHANGE12ROCKS. The Exchange team used the well known Caesar cipher. Now you have to research how the name FYDIBOHF23SPDLT corresponds to EXCHANGE12ROCKS!
Administrative groups are not displayed in the Exchange 2007 Exchange Management Console but you can see the default administrative group with ADSIEDIT.
You can use the Exchange tasks in Active Directory Users and Computers to manage Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes. In Exchange 2007, you must manage servers and mailboxes by using the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell. The related management tasks to configure Exchange 2003 recipients have been moved to the EMS or EMC.
Exchange Server 2003 uses routing groups and routing group connectors to route messages between Exchange Servers in different routing groups. A routing group is defined as a boundary of physical sites and to establish a SMTP connection between these sites. Typically a routing group is used to group Exchange Servers which are connected through a high speed network link. Exchange Servers in the same routing group can communicate directly with each other without the use of routing group connectors and possible limitations on connector sites. Typically, there is a 1:1 relationship with Exchange routing groups and Active Directory sites. Exchange 2003 and Windows Administrators always had to configure and maintain two site concepts – Exchange Routing Groups and Active Directory sites.
Exchange Server 2007 uses the existing Active Directory site topology to define the Routing topology. Exchange 2007 Servers that exist in the same Active Directory site can communicate with each other without the use of connectors. E-Mail that must be delivered to Exchange Servers in other Active Directory sites will be transmitted to Hub Transport Servers. The Hub Transport Server is then responsible for transmitting the message to the destination Hub Transport server in the other Active Directory site. Exchange Server 2007 automatically creates these connectors between the Active Directory sites but it is possible to manually configure the routing topology. You can't see these connectors in the Exchange Management Console.
In the case of coexistence, all of Exchange Server 2007 will be installed in a single Routing Group that is used for coexistence with Exchange Server 2003.
The default Exchange 2007 routing group is displayed in Exchange 2003 System Manager as Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR) within the Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT) – think again that the Caesar cipher is used here to create the name of the Routing Group.
When the first Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server is installed into an existing Exchange 2003 organization, you must select an Exchange 2003 bridgehead server to which the routing group connector should establish a connection.
The Hub Transport Server from Exchange Server 2007 and the remote Bridgehead server from Exchange Server 2003 are automatically configured with a routing group connector that connects both routing groups. The Exchange Server 2003 Bridgehead Server is automatically added as a member of the Legacy Interop Universal Security Group. This group has the permission to send and receive e-mail through Exchange Server 2007.
hat Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2003 cannot exist in the same routing group.
If you install Exchange 2007 to build a new Exchange organization and not to install into an existing Exchange 2003 Organization you cannot install Exchange 2003 in the Exchange 2007 organization.
Exchange 2003 servers use Link State Routing to exchange routing table entries for the path that messages will take through the exchange organization. A routing group master collects information about the status of other Exchange Servers and creates a small table in memory, the Link State Table (LST). The LST is then distributed to other Exchange Servers and will be updated at fixed intervals. Based on the Information about the status of other Exchange servers, a lost connection to another Exchange Server will be saved in the LST and Exchange tries to route the message over another Exchange server to the destination.
Link state routing is not used by Exchange 2007 Hub Transport servers and Exchange 2007 can't propagate link state updates. When a Hub Transport server sends an e-mail to another Active Directory site where a Hub Transport server cannot be contacted, the Hub Transport server does not recalculate the route. Hub Transport servers always try to communicate directly with other Hub Transport servers.
If there is more than one Hub Transport Server in a site, messaging traffic is automatically load balanced and the sending Hub Transport Server tries to reach each Hub Transport Server in the destination site before the connection fails.
When the connection to the destination site is unavailable, Exchange Server 2007 uses the associated site link costs to an Active Directory site to deternmine the closest site to send the mail to. This behavior is known as queue at point of failure.
If multiple routing paths exist between the default Exchange 2007 Routing Group and any Exchange Server 2003 routing group, Link State updates must be suppressed to ensure that no message loops occur when a route is recalculated. Microsoft recommends suppressing Link State updates if multiple connections exist between Exchange Server 2007 and 2003. It is possible to disable Link State updates through a registry patch. Configuration changes such adding a connector in the Exchange organization is still propagated by using the Link State information.
Exchange Server 2003 uses Virtual SMTP Servers to send and receive messages. An SMTP connector is logically bound to an SMTP Virtual Server.
Exchange Server 2007 doesn't use SMTP Virtual Servers. Instead Exchange Server 2007 uses the new Hub Transport Server role.
The Exchange 2007 Hub Transport servers provide SMTP transport for the organization. Hub Transport servers use an automatically created connector to route messages between Active Directory sites. You cannot see these connectors in the Exchange Management Console. The connector is called an intra-organization Send connector.
The Exchange Server 2007 setup creates an SMTP receive connector to receive SMTP messages from any sender on Port 25. The Exchange Server 2007 setup process also creates a second connector to receive SMTP traffic from non MAPI clients. This connector listens on Port 587.
If you want to enable your Exchange organization to send e-mail through the Internet you must create an SMTP Send connector to route e-mail to the Internet. If your organization is large, you should implement an Edge Transport Server in the perimeter network. An Exchange Edge Transport Server is a secured, hardened and reduced functionality version of Exchange Server 2007. The SMTP Send connector on the Hub Transport Server should point to the Edge Transport Server.
Message Tracking is the process of archiving the path messages have taken when they reached or left the Exchange organization. With the help of message tracking you will easily find which routes the message passed.
The message tracking feature in Exchange 2007 is different from the message tracking feature in Exchange Server 2003. The events that are logged by Exchange 2007 message tracking do not correspond directly to the message tracking events that are logged by Exchange Server 2003.
Messages that are sent and received by Exchange 2007 can only be tracked by Exchange 2007 servers. You cannot use the message tracking feature of Exchange Server 2003, because Exchange Server 2007 doesn't support WMI for this function.
If your Exchange organization is in mixed mode with Exchange Server 2003 and 2007, you have to use the message tracking feature of Exchange Server 2007 to track messages in Exchange Server 2007. If this message is transmitted to Exchange Server 2003, you have to use the message tracking feature in Exchange Server 2003.
The Mailbox server role can coexist with Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007. Exchange 2007 uses the Hub Transport server to send and receive mail. A Hub Transport server must be installed in every Active Directory site that contains an Exchange 2007 Mailbox server. It is possible to move mailboxes between Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007.
The Client Access server (CAS) role in Exchange Server 2007 has the same (and more) functionality as a front-end server in Exchange 2003. You must deploy the Client Access Server role if you have e-mail clients that access Exchange by using Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), POP3, IMAP4, or mobile devices with Exchange Active Sync (EAS). The Client Access Server role from Exchange Server 2007 can coexist with Exchange Server 2003 but the right combination of Exchange Server 2003 / 2007 and Exchange 2003 Front End Server and Exchange Server 2007 Client Access Server role is important for which version of Outlook Web Access clients will see. If the user's mailbox is located on an Exchange Server 2003 Backend server and the Client Access Server is running Exchange 2007, the user will have access to the Exchange Server 2003 version of Outlook Web Access. Only if you use the Exchange Server 2007 version on both Backend Server (Mailbox Server role) and Client Access Server role, users will participate from the new Outlook Web Access version of Exchange Server 2007.
The Outlook Web Access URL that users have to use also depends on the location of the user's mailbox. If the mailbox is located on an Exchange 2003 back-end server you must use the URL http://<servername>/Exchange.
If the mailbox is located on an Exchange 2007 Mailbox server, you can use http://<servername>/owa or http://<servername>/Exchange.
The Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport Server role is new in Exchange Server 2007 but this role is not exclusive to Exchange Server 2007. You can use a server with the Edge Transport server role as a smarthost in an Exchange Server 2003 environment with some limitations. One of the most important limitations is that you cannot use the Exchange Server 2007 Edge Subscription to synchronize recipient lists, or safelist senders from Outlook.
plained the key differences between the both and how to establish a coexistence between them.
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Users will be prompted a question whether to keep Vista SP2 permanently in the system.


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Beyond Psy: Miky Lee wants to bring Korean culture to the world
By Madhumita Venkataramanan
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When Miky Lee was a little girl, she spent her time after school at the TV studios of the Tongyang Broadcasting Company in Seoul, with her grandfather, Lee Byung-chull. "He ran the company, so I was allowed to watch how shows were made on the ground," says Lee.
Now 55, she runs CJ Entertainment and Media (CJ E&M), a spinoff from her grandfather's 60-year-old conglomerate CheilJedang (CJ). The company operates 18 cable channels, including pop-music channel Mnet; produces South Korean and international films; distributes digital music; stages concerts, musicals and music festivals; and runs the country's biggest online video-game portal,
Netmarble. Lee's dream is "to see people around the world enjoying Korean culture".
Her strategy has been to acquire competitors such as On Media and become a hub for creation and production of entertainment content, by bringing film, music, television, live theatre and digital under one roof. "This helps us package Korean culture as a whole and take it beyond Asia," she says. Her next project, the Ice Age film Snowpiercer, will be released in more than 100 countries and has a cast including Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans and Ed Harris. Lee says, "I think we can have a cross-cultural 'Korea' brand that even eclipses Korea's actual economic influence."
This article was first published in the August 2013 issue of WIRED magazine
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Mahoutsukai no Yome Anime Prequel Announced From Wit Studio
2016, Anime, Images, Japanese News, Manga, News, Other
The latest volume of Kore Yamazaki's Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride) manga has revealed that the series will be receiving a prequel anime: Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito (The Ancient Magus' Bride – The Man Who Waits for Stars). It will be receiving a three episode OVA adaptation from Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, Owari no Seraph).
There will be three episodes of the anime prequel that will be bundled with the upcoming volumes of the parent manga. Limited editions of volumes 6, 7 and 8 will be bundled with an episode each. The first OVA will also be shown in 8 theatres throughout Japan for two weeks from August 13th.
The first members of the main cast includes:
Atsumi Tanezaki (Lisa Mishima from Zankyou no Terror) will voice Chise Hatori
Ryouta Takeuchi (Albion in High School DxD) as Elias Ainsworth
Kouki Uchiyama (Seiya Kanie from Amagi Brilliant Park) will voice Ruth
Aya Endou (Miyuki Takara from Lucky☆Star) voicing as Silky
The leading members of the anime's production staff were revealed and consists of:
Director: Norihiro Naganuma (Yowamushi Pedal Movie, Hiyokoi)
Series Composer: Aya Takaha (Psycho-Pass Script Writer)
Anime Character Designer: Hirotaka Katou (Hozuki no Reitetsu, Eyeshield 21)
Animation Studio: Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, Owari no Seraph)
The first promotional video of the Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito anime was also revealed:
Mahoutsukai no Yome is a fantasy slice of life manga written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. The series began in late 2013 being serialized under Mag Garden's Comic Blade magazine before being moved to their Comic Garden magazine in 2014. A total of 5 volumes have been released to date.
Here is the series synopsis from MAL:
Chise Hatori has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again.
The man is a "magus," a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice—and his bride!
A prequel anime to the Mahoutsukai no Yome series is currently in production from Wit Studio. The three episode OVA will be bundled in the upcoming volumes of the manga.
You can visit the series' website here: http://magus-bride.jp/
And follow them on Twitter: @magus_bride
Source Article and Images - Mahoutsukai no Yome Website
Source Article - Anime News Network
"Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito, "Mahoutsukai no Yome", "The Ancient Magus' Bride", images, video and all associated brands and titles © 2016 Kore Yamazaki, Wit Studio and Mag Garden
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Appliances: Two air conditioners, washing machine, refrigerator, gas stove; Furniture: Mattress, table; Has a space to put a sofa in the living room; Kitchen size: Above average;	Kitchen cleanliness: Above average;	South facing apartment; Natural light: Above average;	Lighting: Above average;	Cozy: Above average;	Small hill; Entrance accessible/close for furniture, groceries etc.: Below average; Pet: Can ask if needed.
Outdoor space: Balcony;	View: Above average;	Quiet: Above average; No storage; Parking space: Negotiable;	Does landlord live in this building:Yes;	Does any foreign tenant live in this building:Yes;	Security: Above average;	Windproof condition: Above average;	Ventilation: Above average;	More clean	rather than big.	Talking point: Separate kitchen.


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The College of Natural & Health Sciences will host the next installment of Science Night, Physics and the Human Body, on Campus at 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in the Student Center Cinema.
Dr. Bryan Lewis, Director of the Center for Health Sciences and Pre-Health Programs, as well as Dr. Paul Mohazzabi, Professor of Physics, will present on the practical application of physics as it relates to the body.
All Science Night events are open to the public and free parking is available after 6:30 p.m. Light Refreshments will be provided.
For more information please call (262) 595-2326.


Today we will be welcoming Seminarian Nicolas Petrillo to Holy Cross Parish and School. Seminarian Petrillo is studying for the priesthood for our Diocese and is attending my alma mater St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore (woo hoo!).
He will visit several classes in our school to explain just what exactly a seminarian does (I'm waiting to hear that too!) and answer any questions they may have about priesthood.
I can predict two of them: 1) Can priests be married or why not? 2) Can women be priests and why not? I am sure there will be many others...I encouraged the second graders to ask hard questions!
Pray for Nicholas and all our seminarians that they be fortified by the Holy Spirit and encouraged by family, friends and the faithful of the Diocese of Trenton to follow the path to priesthood if God calls them there with courage, persistence and prayer.


Before heading over to Sepang, start your day off with a wholegrain sandwich (or any other complex carbs). Skip the overprocessed white bread, white rice and other simple carbs (or simple sugars: this means things like sugar-coated cereal). Simple carbs and sugars cause your blood sugar to spike, while whole grains keep your blood sugar balanced so you have more energy throughout the day.
Instead of binging on one big meal which will direct all your blood flow to your stomach instead of your brain (thus making you feel tired), munch on small (but healthy) snacks throughout the race. Doctors recommend eating a small meal every 3 to 4 hours for optimal blood sugar levels. Try purchasing food which are high in fibre and protein and low in simple carbs. (Forget the candy bars, potato chips and go for the fruits and whole grain crackers instead).
Top tip: Get your food from the foodstands as early as possible as the lines will get unbearable later on.
If you're feeling a bit worn down from all that sitting around and screaming words of encouragement (or annoyance) at your favourite racer, stretching will help. Stretching will up your energy levels by decreasing muscle discomfort. Try standing up and touching your toes with your legs as straight as possible, flinging your arms about, and stretching your fingers up into the sky. If you're shy about doing the stretches, just pretend you're doing an early victory dance.
Water we mean, not alcohol. Staying hydrated is crucial since you're going to be outdoors most of the days and you'll probably sweat buckets. Water is the key component in your blood. If there's not enough water in your blood, the red stuff will thicken and move slower to your cells and organs. And that's why you'll start feeling tired. Drink lots of water to keep your blood flowing. If you want to sip on a beer, make sure you load up on the H20 to counter the dehydrating effects of the alcohol.
Being in the sun and heat the whole day can speed up dehydration, so stay in the shade when you can. If you've bought a hillstand ticket, there aren't going to be any shades so bring along an umbrella, slather on the sunscreen, and repeat tip #4. Oh, and wearing some breathable cotton clothing will probably help as well.
You're no doubt heading over to the F1 After Race Concert to watch Calvin Harris do his magic. While waiting for the concert to kick off, why not grab a quick 10-minute power shut-eye in your car or somewhere quiet? Power naps give you an instant energy boost while keeping you alert and ready to party.
What other survival tips do you have for the F1 race? Share them in the comments below or on our Facebook page!


Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by! Here are a few fun facts about me!
I love all things scary! Thrillers, horror, zombies, vampires….books and movies….anything supernatural (including the amazing show with the same name) is so so fun to me. Stephen King, Dean Koontz and The Walking Dead are my favorites!
When I was 18, I wanted to be an actress and was a featured extra in two movies. "Fools Rush In" and "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation" were filmed in my hometown of Las Vegas and it was an interesting experience working on a movie set.
If I start laughing really hard, I may or may not start snorting!
I've been to THREE New Kids on the Block concerts, only one of which was in my teen years.
I'm like a little kid when it comes to anything Disney, but especially Disneyland! I seriously would live there if I could. Favorite place ever!
I'm also a little kid with any and ALL things Christmas and Santa. Bring on the cheesy Hallmark movies.
My favorite go to music will always and forever be anything 80s, but especially Michael Jackson.
I secretly wish I was Carrie Underwood in another life.
I am a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have been baptized three times in my life into three different churches.
And of course, last but not least….I wanted to be a wife and mom since I was basically born. From the time I turned 12, I prayed every night for my "future husband" and am totally obsessed with my children. I have NO idea what I will do when they are no longer in my house.


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Q: howto access esx filesystem need to copy VM files (vmdk etc) to usb disk for backup purposes. tried booting with partedmagic 4.9..but cannot access the vm files on disk. any thoughts?

A: My junior admin found a great utility today called FastSCP from Veeam ( http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxi-fastscp.html ). It's free, and it allows you to browse ESX(i) datastores. I played with the software for a few hours, and I was really impressed.

A: Just use the VIClient/VSClient app, browse to the datastore and copy directly to the USB stick.

A: I mostly used the datastore browser to do this when I wanted to clone a VM, but here's a quick walkthrough to enable SSH access.

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*Use Alt-F1 to access console (you will need physical access to the machine)

*Type the word "unsupported" (that's right, console access is not supported by VM for ESXi)

*Login as root

*vi /etc/inetd.conf and find the rule starting with #ssh and uncomment it. Save and quit

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MP LAUNCHES ARTS SCHEME FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED
10:30 - 07 September 2004
Government minister Patricia Hewitt MP launched an innovative awards scheme which will help talented artists with a visual impairment to develop their skills.
Ms Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, launched the Vista Art Awards at the charity's Leicester resource centre on Friday 10th September 2004.
Vista, formerly known as The Royal Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind, has been serving the interests of blind and partially sighted people in Leicestershire and Rutland since 1858.
The Vista award project will identify talented visually impaired artists from the region and offer financial aid to help take their work to a wider audience.
Ms Hewitt spent time looking at paintings, sculptures and craftwork completed by visually impaired artists and speak to their creators at an exhibition at the centre before formally announcing the awards scheme open.
Vista is set to run the scheme in partnership with Art-Travels.co.uk, a travel website which combines tourist information with details of UK-based art, artists and galleries.
The website will encourage advertisers to donate a total of £4,000 to the Vista Awards scheme and will add a further £1,000 when the target is reached. The fund will be used to grant Vista Awards for anything ranging from basic materials to art college tuition fees.
There are now nearly 6,000 people registered as blind or partially sighted in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The Vista Resources Centre is in Gedding Road. For more information, call 0116 249 0909, or e-mail: info@vistablind.org.uk