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To maximise potential, mainframers must reach out and engage
The team here has always had immense respect for the mainframe community[...]
Does application modernisation mean what you think it means?
Most people in IT probably think they know what application modernisation is[...]
Kubernetes and the open-source maintainer question
While much of October's KubeCon-CloudNativeCon North America[...]
VMware's breadth and depth impresses, but is it still a safe bet?
At the recent VMware Explore conference in Barcelona[...]
Digital identity and opening up the smartwallet
When an 80 year-old relative asks you how she can use her phone to both[...]
Has the cloud caught up with the mainframe?
Yes, you read that right[...]
What's up with Google's plan to supplant SMS and drive mobile e-commerce?
Ask most people what RCS stands for, and you'll probably get a blank look.[...]
Like a teenager, Kubernetes looks almost grown-up, yet still a bit awkward and confused
Platform: that's the key word that sprung to mind after attending Kubecon[...]
Frustrated with your company's cloud obsession?
What goes around, comes around[...]
HP Inc's Poly opportunity: look beyond devices and software to a real collaboration strategy
Could its takeover of workspace collaboration specialist Poly[...]
'Traditional' is not a dirty word
Sometimes 'new' and 'disruptive' really doesn't make sense[...]
Singing the key management blues
We need cryptographic keys, but who is going to manage them?[...]
Hybrid working isn't turning out as expected
Last year, as companies recognised both the value of face-to-face interaction[...]
Citrix and Microsoft: who's really leading the transformation agenda?
Citrix loves Microsoft and Microsoft loves Citrix[...]
Do you feel trapped by Microsoft?
Thoughts on loosening Redmond's grip on your business[...]
Striking a balance between risk and innovation: Lessons from an autonomous ship
Back story to a different kind of voyage[...]
Is the commodity server bandwagon running out of steam?
The term "paradigm shift" gets flung about far too much in IT, but we may[...]
One SSD to ruler them all
Why the new EDSFF storage format is hot stuff – and what else you need[...]
Why does ransomware still work?
As someone who first encountered ransomware during the last millennium[...]
Ransomware teaches the importance of data protection
Several years ago, around the time that ransomware attacks started making the front pages[...]
Having trouble overcoming the S/4HANA confidence gap?
As John Lennon and Yoko Ono didn't quite sing[...]
Got a strong story to tell? Don't settle for a place in the chorus
Have you lost your voice? Or is the market just not hearing you?[...]
Has Windows 11 strengthened the case for Chromebooks?
Analyst Opinion: I was left with two overriding thoughts[...]
Forget the 'free' software, the real value of open-source is the collaboration
Analyst Opinion: It's a cliché, but why are we still reinventing wheels?[...]
Which is worse: noise, or the sound of silence?
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Google Calendar auto-adds shared meeting notes
Analyst Opinion: If, like me, you often find yourself hunting for notes[...]
Is it a Suite, Package, Bundle or Platform?
People have been selling collections of products and tools for centuries, and with the advent[...]
Is 'suite' becoming a dirty word?
How much attention do you pay to the pros and cons of software and service[...]
Windows 11: could this 'feel good' update actually help IT pros?
Much has been written about Windows 11, and many YouTube videos have been published. If[...]
Where vendors too often go wrong: SMBs need enterprise-grade IT too
For far too long now, many vendors seem to have assumed that the IT requirements[...]
Remember when Agile was treated with suspicion?
Throwback Thursday: When we researched the topic of Agile development back in 2008[...]
Is IT investment handled better now than a decade ago?
Throwback Thursday: People like to think that the way IT works with business has changed[...]
From virtual desktops to Chromebooks and the work-anywhere web
Throwback Thursday: If there's one thing our report from eight years ago reminds us[...]
The allure of the log-in-anywhere desktop
How can organisations simplify desktop management if we all still want our own devices?[...]
Of cats and clouds
A lifetime TCO question[...]
So many ways to pay for IT
Which best suits your needs?[...]
The SMB solution selection challenge
It's all too easy for smaller businesses to get caught out[...]
The business change agenda
Throwback Thursday: Research carried out in 2011[...]
How to boost supplier commitment without spending more money
Time to tune into those non-revenue goals[...]
Even data fragmentation has gone virtual
Data governance in software testing
Throwback Thursday: this week we're going back to 2008[...]
Private cloud in contexts old and new
Throwback Thursday: What a difference a decade can make[...]
Mobile moments and the past left far behind
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Remember when cloud was going to kill the IT channel?
Throwback Thursday: taking a regular stroll in the Freeform Dynamics archives. [...]
Has the data centre of the future already arrived?
Throwback Thursday: Predicting the future back in 2012[...]
Effective IT recovery in small/midsize businesses, 10 years on? Maybe tomorrow…
The #WFH 'New Normal' is nothing of the sort
Analyst Opinion At least, not yet. The world is still in the very abnormal grip[...]
10 years on, and HPC is taken for granted
Throwback Thursday: Heading back to 2010[...]
Business performance management still chasing the real-time dream
Throwback Thursday: This week we are going back to 2007[...]
How have attitudes to risk and resilience changed?
Throwback Thursday: Looking back to June 2008[...]
A prophetic look back at Green IT
Throwback Thursday: Back in the summer of 2008[...]
x86 Server virtualisation check point
Throwback Thursday: This week we are heading back to 2010[...]
Why I'm uneasy about the Salesforce Slack acquisition
Analyst Opinion: Most coverage on the Salesforce acquisition of Slack has focused on the industry[...]
Linux on the Desktop
Throwback Thursday: The first thing that struck me when I re-read our 'Linux on the[...]
We need to start prioritizing workforce health and wellbeing
Analyst Opinion: "This has been a shot in the arm for those who have long[...]
The authentication arms race continues
Social interaction in the digital workplace
Analyst opinion: As workplaces increasingly pivot to virtual presence, how can we stay connected?[...]
IT Support, now and then
Throwback Thursday: Comparing IT support in 2020 with IT support in 2006[...]
The #WFH extended talent opportunity
Analyst Opinion: The rise of the virtual "workplace" – implications for inclusivity and Generation Z[...]
Make the camera work for you, not against you
Analyst Opinion: Hands up anyone who expected not just to spend 2020 at home, but[...]
The pandemic and productivity: a Covid-19 conundrum
Analyst Opinion "I've never been more productive!" With so many people getting their first experience[...]
Are you ready to pay the 'mental debts' of Covid-19?
Analyst Opinion It's easy to predict many of the pains that are going to hit[...]
AI without tears: the drive for automation and self-service
Analyst Opinion In the post-pandemic, post-Brexit world, businesses of all sorts face a range of[...]
How Covid-19 can sicken your AI apps too
Analyst Opinion AI might not be the first thing you think of when you start[...]
Outsourcing: a clear look at a cloudy subject
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Data protection is too complex for RTO and RPO to be singular
Analyst Opinion I think we can all agree that protecting data is important – perhaps[...]
Consent and GDPR: get the basics right!
Analyst Opinion Why do companies find it so hard to get their heads around even[...]
For business AI, focus on psychology, not technology
Analyst Opinion There's no doubt now that AI works, and it can work very well[...]
DevOps needs more perspective and humility
Analyst Opinion DevOps started as a grass-roots movement led by practitioners. The motives were pure,[...]
Today's hybrid clouds look more closed than open
Analyst Opinion We've had convergence towards hybrid clouds and 'universal' applications, but now we are[...]
Kubernetes catches up with operational reality
Analyst Opinion With Kubernetes now established in many organisations as the container orchestration platform of the future,[...]
Mea culpa: Trendy isn't the same as important
Analyst Opinion I hate it when you realise that your point of reference has been[...]
New financing models target IT's acquisition challenges
Analyst opinion The availability of funding – or rather, the lack of it – is[...]
Threat vs trust: the overlooked power of words
Analyst Opinion Words have power – in particular, your choice of words modifies how your[...]
Growing fast, OpenStack shakes off old misconceptions
Analyst opinion One of the most interesting things about the recent Open Infrastructure Summit – the new[...]
Hard drives that do their own data processing
Analyst opinion It's getting hard these days to find places where container technology doesn't feature,[...]
Cybersecurity needs both psychologists and generals
Analyst opinion Many cybersecurity professionals like military analogies. Indeed, some security pros are ex-military. But[...]
Beware the application complexity monster
Analyst opinion How many new applications, tools, devices, and cloud services have you introduced into[...]
How Brexit-friendly are your SaaS contracts?
Analyst opinion If you think Brexit will be advantageous for the UK economy and the[...]
Six months on, GDPR is a qualified success
Analyst opinion Anyone hoping that we would by now have greater clarity on GDPR will[...]
How long will your New Year stay Happy?
The Freeform Dynamics fortune-telling kit has been dusted off for 2019. Here some of the[...]
Google Chrome: It's more than a browser
Chrome has come a long way, but the journey might only just be starting I[...]
Don't ignore the complexity of hybrid multi-cloud
Analyst opinion Many vendors will argue that moving to cloud brings consistency and simplicity, thanks[...]
Open source is growing up – and here's how
Analyst opinion If you're among those who still think that open source is just for[...]
The mainframe returns – as a platform for large-scale Linux
Analyst opinion There are several ways to build large scale Linux server environments, with x86[...]
Last call for a European public cloud?
Analyst opinion Europe's self-described No.1 'hyper-scale cloud provider', OVH, held its 6th annual customer conference[...]
Industrial IoT makes your people more important, not less
Analyst opinion The recent Industry of Things World conference in Berlin offered insights into the[...]
Google has got serious about Enterprise IT
Analyst opinion Google has made a complete about-face on the enterprise. It took so long[...]
Cloud Foundry's growth highlights open source success and the cracks in commercial licensing
Analyst opinion Open source has crested the hill of enterprise acceptance. There's no longer the[...]
When modern meetings don't work
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Is IBM relevant to today's mainstream?
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DevOps is wasted unless the business goes Agile too
Analyst opinion When analysts and journalists write about Agile and DevOps, the focus is typically[...]
What can Chromebooks offer the enterprise desktop market?
Analyst opinion If you're an IT professional managing a large desktop estate or an end[...]
A conference room for the future
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Workplace software as an occupational hazard
Analyst opinion The US Department of Labor has updated its Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.[...]
Millennial versus Mature – who's the real IT security risk?
Analyst opinion Passwords have been the mainstay for securing applications, devices and the data they[...]
Your PC is rooted and jailbroken: deal with it!
Analyst opinion One of the defining characteristics of the modern digital workplace is a PC[...]
Cloud storage is hot
Analyst opinion But do people know what they mean when they talk about it –[...]
Xero highlights the role of the modern software ecosystem
Looking beyond the technology I recently caught up with Gary Turner, co-founder and managing of[...]
Growth mindset lets Microsoft love Linux
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Routes to AI goodness
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Time to dump the all-flash scepticism
Analyst opinion When we surveyed several hundred IT professionals on the topic of All-Flash Arrays,[...]
Microsoft's challenge for 2018: mindshare & market relevance
Analyst opinion Microsoft's revenues are up, but compared to its biggest competitors — Amazon, Apple,[...]
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HomeCar NewsChrysler Group comeback story: Net Income more than quadraples in Q1 2012
Chrysler Group comeback story: Net Income more than quadraples in Q1 2012
Just three years ago,Chrysler Group was down and bankrupt. Their financial condition was at a stage where they were begging for a bailout. But now, Chrysler Group first quarter profits have increase fourfold from $116 million Q1 2011 to $473 million during Q1 2012. A major reason for this is the fact that Chrysler Group revamped models and increased their market share from 9.2% to 11.2% in the US.
International sales of Chrysler Group was up 80% while net industrial debt was down to $1.3 billion as compared to $3.4 billion that it was last year. Net revenue for the first three months of the year was at $16.4 billion a rise of 25% over what they stood during the same period in the previous year. Shipments during Jan-March 2012 were at 607,000 and this figure was 485,000 during the same three months of 2011.
Now what could be the reason for these spectacular results, is it the strong volume, competitive pricing, inclusion of new vehicle content, state of the art engineering capabilities, enhanced R&D for new models or a concerted effort being put in to market their products? We think it was a mix of all the above that has made the company see such astounding success.
Chrysler Group First-Quarter 2012 Net Income More Than Quadrupled to $473 Million
Chrysler Group First-Quarter Modified Operating Profit Increased 55 Percent to $740 Million with Free Cash Flow of $1.7 Billion
• Chrysler Group net income in the first quarter of 2012 more than quadrupled to $473 million
• Net revenue for the quarter was $16.4 billion, up 25 percent from $13.1 billion a year ago
• Modified Operating Profit(a) grew to $740 million for the first quarter, 55 percent higher than a year earlier
• Free Cash Flow(d) for the first quarter totaled $1.7 billion; Cash(c) ended the quarter at $11.3 billion compared with $9.9 billion a year ago and $9.6 billion at Dec. 31, 2011
• Net Industrial Debt(e) was reduced to $1.3 billion at March 31, 2012, from $3.4 billion a year ago and $2.9 billion at Dec. 31, 2011
• Worldwide vehicle shipments were 607,000 in the quarter, up 25 percent from 485,000 a year ago
• Worldwide vehicle sales for the first quarter totaled 523,000, up 33 percent from a year ago
• U.S. market share increased to 11.2 percent for the first quarter, up from 9.2 percent a year ago, driven primarily by a 40 percent increase in U.S. retail sales. For the first time in its history, Chrysler was the quarterly market leader in Canada with a share of 15.0 percent
• Chrysler Group achieved its third and final Class B performance event in January 2012 by committing to produce the fuel-efficient Dodge Dart, increasing Fiat S.p.A.'s ownership interest to 58.5 percent
April 26, 2012 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Chrysler Group LLC today reported preliminary net income of $473 million for the first quarter of 2012, up more than 300 percent from $116 million a year ago, driven primarily by its 40 percent increase in U.S. retail sales.
"Another positive quarter – built on sales gains that have surpassed the industry average – is affirmation that the Chrysler team is maintaining its focus," said Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler Group LLC. "We continue to deliver on the targets in our five-year plan and are now focused on successfully launching the Dodge Dart, a car that is a true melding of Chrysler's and Fiat's engineering and styling strengths."
Revenue for the quarter was $16.4 billion, up 25 percent from $13.1 billion in the first quarter of 2011, driven by a 25 percent period-over-period increase in shipments and positive pricing.
The Company reported a Modified Operating Profit of $740 million, or 4.5 percent of revenue, in the first quarter, up 55 percent from the $477 million reported in the prior year. The increase was attributable to strong volume and pricing, partially offset by unfavorable mix, higher industrial costs, including new vehicle content enhancements and engineering, research and development for new models, and continued marketing efforts.

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Damascus truce extended in Syria as fighting rages in Aleppo - Daily News Egypt
Region Damascus truce extended in Syria as fighting rages in Aleppo
Damascus truce extended in Syria as fighting rages in Aleppo
The Syrian military has extended its ceasefire around the capital although fighting is still going on in the country's north. Meanwhile,US Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to revive peace talks.
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The Syrian military has extended its ceasefire around the capital although fighting is still going on in the country's north. Meanwhile,US Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to revive peace talks.
Syria's state news agency said on Monday that the military had extended the truce around the capital and opposition strongholds in the eastern suburbs for 48 hours.
The ceasefire had been brokered by Russia and the US "in agreement with the Syrian leadership and the moderate opposition," Sergei Kuralenko, head of the Russian coordination center in Syria, told the Tass news agency.
However, the northern city of Aleppo was excluded from the ceasefire and fighting has continued between government forces and rebel groups. Kuralenko said efforts were on to halt fighting in the area, where nearly 250 people have died in more than a week of fighting.
Airstrikes took place on Monday morning as well, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Kerry in Geneva
Meanwhile, talks to enforce peace in Syria were ongoing in Geneva, where US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Arab foreign ministers and the UN's Syria Envoy, Staffan de Mistura.
"We're getting closer to a place of understanding, but we have some work to do, and that's why we're here," Kerry said at the beginning of a meeting with Saudi Arabian representatives.
Saudi Arabia is an important supporter of the Syrian opposition, including armed groups that are fighting President Assad. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir warned that the world would not stand and watch Assad's activities.
"There is only one side that is flying airplanes, and that is Bashar Assad and his allies, so they are responsible for the massacre of women, children and the elderly… The world is not going to allow them to get away with this," al-Jubeir said in Geneva on Monday.
"He can leave through a political process, which we hope he will do, or he will be removed by force," the minister said. He added that al-Assad's days were "numbered."
mg/jm (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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Interiors with neutral color schemes are my favorite. They are peaceful, calm and soothing. Perhaps the first lengthy discussion I remember having about interior design was at Bon Secour Bay outside of a restaurant named Meme's. The driveway into this delicious dive was of whole and crushed oyster shells. I think I might have been 14 years old. My best friend and I got into a hilarious conversation of how we could use oyster shells as décor in the home. We thought perhaps as salt dishes, beside a dinner plate to hold a few pats of butter, lemon wedges or even as powder room soap dishes; maybe a container by the kitchen sink to hold our rings. Of course it was all silly- but oysters hold a sweet spot in our hearts- where else do you think our love for pearls comes from? And just look at the beauty of the neutral colors found in oysters!
I am a native of Alabama, these are the neutral colors that I love. A whole color scheme can be found in an humble oyster. Our families had met at Meme's to watch the shrimp and oyster boats come in at sunset and to partake of some of the most memorable seafood I ever recall. And believe me, if you live in the Deep South- with all of its bayous and rivers, bays, streams and the magnificent Gulf of Mexico-you know your seafood! Alabama Seafood is some of the world's finest!
Meme's started out as an oyster bar. Oysters have romantic notions ascribed to them- probably because Casanova was said to have eaten dozens and dozens of the oysters daily. I knew a big ol' logger named Bud– from South Alabama who had huge burlap bags of oysters brought up to his camp every Friday to feed his men- Bud said 'Oysters keep their pencils sharp'…I was never sure what he meant by that. I can tell you this- Bud the logger wouldn't take any prizes for dancing! He would hoist the women up off their feet and haul them around the dance floor like a stick of pulpwood! Oysters have a more genteel word that describes them best- Peacemakers.
Bon Secour Bay is in part a state refuge area, it is a small peaceful town of less than 1000 people, Meme's of Bon Secour- was destroyed by Hurricane Fredrick in 1979 and was never rebuilt- Alabama Wild Shrimp is a point of pride for the bay area. Bon Secour was originally a French fishing village and it's name means safe harbor. And isn't that what we want for our homes? To be a refuge from the storms of life and the one safe place we can count on? Blessed are the peacemakers, the backdrop for all of the colors life brings.
Alabama's white sugar sand beaches and more shades of white- pearl and oyster.
All serene, peaceful-Native Neutral colors. Camellia's Cottage is not grand, renovated and peaceful – she cannot compare with the beautiful Hotel St. Francis in Santa Fe…yet neutrals have a found a home here just as they have in the oyster's shell.
Visit: www.eatalabamaseafood.com www.mobilemag.com for more information!
But why not?? After all, the oysters are neutral!! you said it yourself! And I think you 2 14 yo s were onto something there!
Thank you Taylor! so sweet!
Thank you! that picture is from last fall! but most important!! hello Mobile! love you!! my neice lives there!
I love natural colors too. That looks so homey and comfortable.
Thank you ! Yes very peaceful…you are so kind !
Wow! Thanks for sharing your personal images. I LOVE color! Yet the older I get, the more I appreciate soothing, peaceful colors – in my surroundings and the company I keep. Not quite "native neutrals." Just a little less loud.
thank you! I have been amazed that when I use pillows for a pop of color- red for instance at the holidays…neutrals accept them very well! Thanks for stopping by- there's inspiration everywhere isn't there?


EMERGENCY services around the world are now rushing to choreograph increasingly complex and impressive dance numbers as a trend started by the New Zealand authorities continues to bounce across the globe.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service raised temperatures after their dance moves hit the internet on Friday.
Australian Federal Police released their effort on Friday, featuring some classic dance moves by an officer in a bomb detection suit.
Scotland Police have gotten in on the action, as have the NYPD.
Scotland Police accept Dance Challenge: Australian Federal Police say watch this space but NT Police feel ignored.
The AFP called out their counterparts in North America -- the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Canada's Mounted Police.
The AFP also threw down the gauntlet to its colleagues here, inviting police forces from Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory to the party.
The QPS are known for their social media skills, but will that bring them glory in a global dance battle?
They have some stiff competition, especially now that London's Metro Police have stepped on to the floor.
The Aussies have taken a swipe at New Zealand while accepting the running man challenge.
Forces in New York and Edinburgh have taken up the gauntlet, while police in Australia's Northern Territory posted a morose video lamenting the fact they were left out of the Kiwi challenge to Aussie cops.
Yesterday, Australian Capital Territory police accepted the challenge -- and they said they'd "requested back-up" from Australian Federal Police.
"Check back with us tomorrow, we're just polishing our dancing shoes," ACT police wrote.
While we are waiting, the New York Police Department have joined the fun.
NYPD join dance challenge: New York's finest accept Kiwi dance challenge.
The video was shared on Facebook by the Australian Federal Police, who took a swipe at Kiwi slang.
"Hey NZ Police Recruitment that dance was sweet as bro. However, Australia is a proud nation and we won't be outdone by you Kiwis. So we're teaming up with our ACT Policing colleagues to show you how it's really done. Check back with us tomorrow, it's gonna be choice!"
Meanwhile, NSW Police have released their own version of the dance.
NSW Police join Dance Challenge: Manly Wharf is the backdrop to NSW Police running-man dance entry.


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Chuck Close-Mosaic
Exhibition at the Museum of the Arts of Ravenna (MAR)
October 5, 2019 – January 12, 2020
The exhibition at the Ravenna Museum of Art presents a new series of mosaic works, surrounded by related works such as prints, tapestries and photographs, and documents the work done by Mosaika Art and Design and Magnolia Edition to implement work at Second Avenue-86th Street Station in New York.
Chuck Close is an American artist known for his large-scale photorealistic portraits. He builds paintings using a grid in which each square on the canvas corresponds to a square cell in the reference photograph. The focus is on self-portraits or portraits of his family and friends, including artists Richard Serra, Alex Katz, Cindy Sherman, and Cecily Brown. Close's compositions come in to focus the further an observer stands from them.
"I realized that to deal with your nature is also to construct a series of limitations which just don't allow you to behave the way you most naturally want to behave," he said of his technique. "So, I found it incredibly liberating to work for a long time on something even though I'm impatient."
Over the years, Chuck has studied a wide range of mosaic techniques, processes, and materials in connection with his participation in a public art project for the New York Subway. The Subway Portraits series consists of twelve works made of mosaics and ceramics, and was commissioned as part of the Art and Design program of the Metropolitan Transport Authority in 2017.
Born July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington, the artist struggled his whole life with dyslexia and facial agnosia throughout his life. He went on to receive his MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1962, while at Yale he worked in an Abstract Expressionist style.
It was after seeing Sol LeWitt's process-based work that Close began experimenting with the grid system he is now known for. In 1988, Close suffered damage to his anterior spinal artery leaving him paralyzed and wheelchair bound. Undeterred, the artist adapted his method of painting to compensate and now works with a brush strapped to his wrist.
His works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and others. Close currently lives and works between New York and Long Island.
[:en]World mosaics with Dante's Themes[:ru]Мозаики мира с темами Данте[:]
[:en]"Mosaic Exhibition-2019" in Tajimi (Japan)[:ru]"Mosaic Exhibition-2019" в Таджими (Япония)[:]


The Half-Marathon is an out-and-back course along the Snake River, from Granite Lake Park to Asotin, all of it on the beautiful Greenbelt Trail. This paved trail is mostly flat. There are three water stations. The 5K runners will do an out-and-back course to Beachview Park and back. Stroller, dog, & walker friendly--just be mindful of other participants, please.
Also, please ensure you return your assigned timing chip at the end of the race.
Trophies to top 3 male & female half-marathon finishers, medals for the 5K finishers, ribbons for all age-group winners.
All half-marathon participants receive a medal if they finish. Their will be random drawings for door prizes & prizes for kids.


It is commonly believed that the birthplace of tobacco, a plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, especially Nicotiana Tabacum and Nicotiana Rustica, cultivated for their leaves to make cigarettes, cigars, cigars, snuff etc, was somewhere in the American continent. How and when it was first discovered is unknown.
What is certain is that tobacco smoking was practised among the early Mayas, probably in the district of Tabasco, Mexico, as part of their religious ceremonies. While the Antonine Wall was being built between the Forth and Clyde rivers, the cultivated inhabitants of southern Mexico were smoking crude cigarettes.
In South America, the Aztecs smoked and took snuff. Elsewhere on the American continent, tobacco was chewed, eaten, drunk as an infusion, or rubbed into the body. Certainly the use of tobacco was widespread long before the Europeans arrived to claim their `New World'. Montezuma II, the last Aztec Emperor of Mexico, is said to have smoked a ceremonial pipe after dinner. Some historians claim that the Chinese invented the pipe and that Asians were smoking long before the Christian era, but they smoked grass and not tobacco which had never been grown anywhere but in the Americas before Columbus.
When Christopher Columbus landed on an island called Guanahani by its inhabitants and which he named San Salvador. The natives told Columbus of another much larger island nearby and he immediately set sail, arriving off the Cuban coast on 28 October 1492.
Romano Pane, the monk who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage at the command of the Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, wrote the first account of smoking, 'De insularium ribitus', in Europe.
Portugal was the first European country to cultivate tobacco outside of the Americas.
Snuff was on sale at the markets of Lisbon.
In 1638 returned one of the boats to Stockholm after a voyage to the Swedish colony at the mouth of the Delaware Bay. The ship carried tobacco, which would soon become a large-scale commodity on the Swedish market.
France's Louis XIV and his physician, Fagon, opposed smoking. Oral snuff-taking spread, probably because it was comparatively discreet and no one would know unless they hear you sneeze. The Portuguese introduced smoking into India, Eastern Asia and Japan.
Pope Benedict XIII issued an edict allowing oral snuff-taking, even in St Peter's.
Napoleon I had no use for smoking but this did not stop him from consuming seven pounds of oral snuff a month. He owned countless oral snuff-boxes including one with a portrait of his beloved Josephine on the lid. Mortified when it broke he begged her to send him another box containing a lock of her hair.
Jacob Fredrik Ljunglöf started manufacturing snuff. Ljunglöf was obsessed by the thought of improving the quality of snuff. A key factor to success was to find a way to vastly shorten the production time. A few years later, he acquired the widely used quality standard, Number One, as his trademark. His product became known as Ettan (Number One). He did not use any flavourisers and thus gave Ettan the taste of pure tobacco, salt and water.
The Swedish Parliament was in need of money to the national defence and to the first pension reform, and that was why a state monopoly on the entire production of tobacco goods was made. This monopoly took over more than 103 brands of snuff.
The Swedish tobacco monopoly was dissolved and Svenska Tobaks AB overtook the snuff and snuff production. Today it is known as Swedish Match. Because of the monopoly Swedish Match have today 95% market share of a market worth 500 million Euro.
The first portion-packed snuff was launched and it was an important step for the snuff to reach a wider clientele.


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Q: Create Datetime index after groupby I would like to revert index after groupby function.
Question is how to create a DateTime index having year, month, day in separate columns in Multindex.
Given a DataFrame as an example:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

index=pd.date_range('2011-1-1 00:00:00', '2011-1-31 23:50:00', freq='10min')
df=pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(len(index),2).cumsum(axis=0),columns=['A','B'],index=index)

Then, get the sum over each hour using grupby:
day_h = df.groupby([lambda x: x.year, lambda x: x.month, lambda x: x.day,lambda x: x.hour]).mean()

This creates an Index, where year, month, day and hour are in separate columns.
                      A         B
2011    1   1   0    0.209908  1.196164
2011    1   1   1    0.692531  0.518185
2011    1   1   2    1.674748  0.013136
2011    1   1   3    1.674748  0.013136
2011    1   1   4    1.674748  0.013136
2011    1   1   5    1.674748  0.013136

The desired output would be to have DateTime index:
                 A         B
2011-1-1 00:00  0.209908  1.196164
2011-1-1 01:00  0.692531  0.518185
2011-1-1 03:00  1.674748  0.013136
2011-1-1 04:00  1.674748  0.013136
2011-1-1 05:00  1.674748  0.013136

In my files there are some missing rows, so I can't create a new index with 1h timestep.
My data after groupby Example data

A: Someone else on SO had a similar question, but their solution was to use resample.  You can avoid resampling by mapping the tuples in the multi-index to create a new index.  This will handle missing rows just fine.
day_h['new_index'] = day_h.index.map(lambda x: datetime.datetime(x[0], x[1], x[2], x[3]))
day_h.set_index('new_index')

Output:
                        A          B
new_index
2011-01-01 00:00:00  -1.095114   1.995776
2011-01-01 01:00:00  -2.411459   4.508794
2011-01-01 02:00:00  -1.261747   4.953709
2011-01-01 03:00:00  -0.311934   5.454112
2011-01-01 04:00:00   2.095718   6.854375
2011-01-01 05:00:00   1.696756   3.518919
2011-01-01 06:00:00   0.623589   1.740478
2011-01-01 07:00:00   0.544426   0.916016
2011-01-01 08:00:00   2.331326   0.891177

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ACHLIS Meaning
The ACHLIS meaning is "Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science". The ACHLIS abbreviation has 1 different full form.
ACHLIS Full Forms
Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science
What does ACHLIS stand for?
ACHLIS stands for Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science.
What is the shortened form of Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science?
The short form of "Australian Clearing House for Library and Information Science" is ACHLIS.
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Cats are finicky. It's one of the rules of being a cat.
If your cat has never tried catnip or any of our catnip blends - get our samplers! You'll get your choice of three or four of the smaller containers to try out before you buy a larger version. Smaller sizes means you'll have no regrets. After all, we all know that feeling of bringing home an adorable cat toy just to have your cat walk away from it, nose held high, as if to say "Why would you think I would play with such a thing, human!"
The 1/4 oz containers are actually 2 oz amber jars with silver lids. Each container contains roughly a 1/4 cup of catnip - a generous amount to try - but not too much in case your cat isn't impressed by any one of the varieties.
How should I use the catnip?
For best results, pinch some catnip between your fingers and crush the leaves to help release the potent oils. Sprinkle the catnip and silver vine blend where your cat likes to play! If you cat doesn't react to catnip and silver vine, try one of our other catnip blends!
Catnip and valerian root is grown in the USA. The silver vine is from Asia.
Each variety is available in two sizes - 1/4 oz. and 1 oz.


The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is working towards providing support to cocoa producers in the continent in order to turn around their fortunes.
A statement by Mr Emeka Anuforo, AfDB's Communication Officer on Wednesday said the bank was also considering support to Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire to reduce the volatility of the international prices of cocoa.
Côte d'Ivoire leads the world in the production and export of cocoa.
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), also known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has resuscitated 11 fertilizer blending plants across the country, which substantially brought down the price of fertilizer, ended fertilizer subsidy and ensured the availability of the commodity, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Fund's Managing Director Uche Orji disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, while receiving the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who paid a courtesy visit to the Authority.
Resilient and vibrant Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative system will enhance food and nutritional security in the country.
Dr Olugbenga Adeoluwa, the Country Director of the initiative said this at the on-going three-day Organic Agriculture Business Summit on Thursday in Awka.
The summit was organised by the Initiative in support of the Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners in Nigeria to maintain and sustain organic agriculture farming and development in Nigeria and Africa in general.
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria says it has secured approval for the release of three new high-yielding nutrient maize varieties for planting in Nigeria.
The Institute made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos.
The Federal Government says it is targeting about eight billion dollars as annual foreign exchange from the exportation of yams to other countries if its yam export programme succeeds.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said this when he received the Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme in Abuja on Thursday.
The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) has released the conditions for yam exports to the U.S and UK to enable them meet international standards.
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria says the revival of the cassava bread initiative is capable of injecting about N255 billion into the country's economy every year.
Mr Joseph Ubah, the Publicity Secretary of the association, said this on Thursday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
He said that initiative, which involved the use of composite flour containing 10 per cent cassava flour, for baking bread, would discourage exportation of wheat and promote cassava production in the country.
Nigeria may officially export its first consignment of certified yams to the UK and U.S. by the end of June, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said.
A statement by Mr. Olukayode Oyeleye, Special Assistant (Media and Communication) to the minister, said in Abuja on Friday that the Federal Government was committed to restoring Nigeria's place in agro-commodities export market.
The market had been lost for decades as a result of poor quality control.


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Christophe de Mytilène (en grec, , Christophoros Mytilenaios) fut un poète de langue grecque qui vécut durant la première partie du . Ses œuvres comprennent des poèmes sur des sujets variés et quatre calendriers chrétiens.

Biographie
Christophe naquit à Constantinople et passa la plus grande partie de sa vie dans le quartier de Sphorakiou. Il fut un dignitaire important, ayant détenu notamment les titres de patrice, de protospathaire et de kritès (juge) des thèmes des Arméniaques et de Paphlagonie.

Les événements décrits dans ses poèmes suggèrent qu'il commença à écrire sous le règne de Romain III Argyre (1028-1034), mais la plupart de ses poèmes peuvent être datés du règne de Constantin IX Monomaque (1042-1055), empereur qui favorisa la culture et la littérature.

Œuvres
Divers couplets (en grec στίχοι διάφοροι) est le titre de son recueil de 145 poèmes, qui couvrent une large gamme de genres et de sujets. Le recueil semble avoir été ordonné chronologiquement, et le texte de nombreux poèmes a été sévèrement endommagé.

La plupart des poèmes sont composés en dodécasyllabe, mais certains utilisent l'hexamètre dactylique ; on trouve également quelques élégies et poésies anacréontiques. Le style imite artificiellement la langue homérique.

Le contenu de ces poèmes est très hétérogène. Les plus remarquables d'entre eux sont satiriques, et Christophe s'y moque des conducteurs de chariots malchanceux, des maris cocus, des moines hypocrites, des pseudo-intellectuels etc. D'autres poèmes s'en prennent aux souris dévorant ses livres et à un hibou qui l'empêche de dormir.

Beaucoup de ses poèmes sont des épigrammes à contenu religieux, traitant de figures bibliques ou de fêtes chrétiennes. Quelques plus longs poèmes sont des oraisons funèbres pour sa mère et sa sœur. D'autres décrivent des événements historiques, comme la mort de Romain III Argyre et les émeutes de 1042. Le plus long de ses poèmes est un encomium (plaidoyer) sur les araignées. Le reste du recueil contient des épitaphes, des devinettes et des épigrammes dédicatoires.

Christophe de Mytilène composa également quatre calendriers en quatre mètres différents (hexamètre, alexandrin, stichera et hymne canonique). Ils commémorent tous les saints et fêtes de l'année liturgique de l'Église orthodoxe

La poésie de Christophe de Mytilène se caractérise par un ton spirituel assez rare dans la poésie grecque de cette période. Le mélange d'éléments chrétiens et classiques, et l'élitisme intellectuel qu'il revendique le relient à d'autres poètes de cette époque, comme Jean Mauropous et Michel Psellos et à l'atmosphère culturelle régnant sous Constantin IX Monomaque.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
E. Kurtz, Die Gedichte des Christophoros Mitylenaios (Leipzig, 1903).
E. Follieri, I calendari in metro innografico di Cristoforo Mitileneo, I. Introduzione, testo e traduzione, II. Commentario e indici (Bruxelles, 1980).
 .
 Livanos, Christopher, "Justice, Equality, and Dirt in the Poems of Christopher of Mytilene," Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, 57 (2007),
 De Stefani, Claudio, "Notes on Christophoros of Mitylene and Konstantinos Stilbes," Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, 58 (2008)
 M. De Groote, "Christophori Mitylenaii Versuum uariorum Collectio Cryptensis", CCSG 74, (Turnhout, 2012), .

Poète byzantin du XIe siècle
Poète grec du XIe siècle

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Review: All Soul's Night (A Midnight Doms Anthology) by Renee Rose and 9 other authors
This Halloween, the vampires come out to play.
Nine brand new romances starring the dark ones and the innocents they claim.
Come, if you dare. Join the ones succumbing to temptation.
It's All Souls' Night.
Time to play.
All Souls' Night is an anthology of nine BRAND NEW vampire romance novellas by Renee Rose, Lee Savino, Alexis Alvarez, Arial Burnz, RJ Gray, Ines Johnson, Vivian Murdoch, Lesli Richardson, Brenda Trim and Zara Zenia. Each story standsalone. Happily ever after guaranteed!
There are 9 novellas in this anthology so I thought I would do a mini review for each one. If you've been reading my blog for the past couple of months you already know that I have been loving this series so I figured I should read this as well since I might get to see a few familiar faces.
The Virgin and the Vampire by Lee Savino and Renee Rose
Gwen goes to Club Toxic to have some fun after her ex fiance dumps her. But who is the first person she spots in the club? Yep, her ex and he's with a guy. She covers her surprise fairly well, wishes them well and walks away only to have Dimitri walk up to her. He's spotted her and wants to take her down to the dungeon, have some fun and feed from her. Dimitri is a vampire and his charm is off the charts. Gwen is so taken with his good looks that when she spots her ex and his boyfriend disappear to the dungeon she tells Dimitri she wants to know where they went. That's all the consent he needs and takes her downstairs so she can see what's down there. She's more than a little shocked to see a BDSM club under the club she was just at but when Dimitri asks her if she's seen enough, she wants to stay and Dimitri is happy enough to stay and show her more. They end up alone in a booth, she's more than willing to try new things and Dimitri is all too willing to show her. After their first and second time together Dimitri tries to wipe her mind of him and their time together but it doesn't take and she comes looking for him again. By that time he's fallen hard for her and the ending was like a fairy tale it was so sweet.
Vampire's Tasty Treat by RJ Gray
Bentley takes his submissive, Keri on vacation. They have been together for a year but she has no idea that he's a vampire so when they get to his house and she realizes that he's a billionaire, she has more questions. Once he tells her he's a vampire and she doesn't completely fall apart, he brings her to Club Toxic so she can witness how erotic it is when a vampire feeds from his willing submissive. Since Bentley has never fed from her, she's scared but she loves him so she's also curious. He wants to give her a collar so that she knows that he wants her for the rest of her life. He also wants her to turn into a vampire but if she isn't ready he's willing to wait until she is. They have such a sweet relationship but I really thought he should have told her about being a vampire way before being together for a whole year.
His Vampire Princess by Ines Johnson
Arneis hates that his sisters Cari and Marechal are both mated to vampires because he remembers what one did to him and he hates them. He wants to let humans know that vampires exist but the vampires are never going to let that happen. He goes to Club Toxic to try and get proof that vampires exist only to meet a female vampire, only he doesn't know she's a vampire at first and he's so taken with her that they end up together right away. She's never been with a man and wants to experience some fun before she goes back to her duty and life. Sanai is from an ancient hidden city and the only men who live there are eunuchs. So while she's at the club she plans on finding a man and having some fun but she mistakes Arneis for a vampire but has sex with him anyway. After a bit of a misunderstanding, they realize that neither of them can live without the other.
The Lady and The Vamp by Zara Zenia
Clarabelle is Aaron's driver and when she picks him up this time he asks her if she's like to go to the masquerade ball at Club Toxic with him. Aaron's ex is not willing to let him go and confronts him about Clarabelle after she spots him with her at the ball but King Lucius has said that if she kills or harms another human she will be killed. She's a crazy vampire and can't take no for an answer so I knew what was coming. Clarabelle took being attacked several times by the crazy female vampire much better than I would have. I think I would have opted to have my memories erased and gone on about my life at that point. But She and Aaron love each other and want to have a life together so I guess it was good that she decided to become his submissive instead.
His Vampire Morsel by Lesli Richardson
Tiberius is one of the managers of Club Toxic and usually manages the door or the dungeon making sure things go smoothly. He's lonely but doesn't put much thought to it because he's gay and hasn't come across the right guy to make a relationship with. But as soon as he spots John (Baker) and when he does, he knows he has to find a way to get to know him better. After introductions they go to the dungeon to be alone together and end up back and Tiberius's house that night. But when Baker's family finds him after work the next day he finds himself in danger because his family isn't great and is really mad that he left in the first place. Thankfully Tiberius is there to make sure that they can't take him back to the hell that was his life. I was happy to see Tiberius finally get his mate since I really liked him from the other books.
Bite Me Baby One More Time by Alexis Alvarez
Artemis (Temi) is a college student who likes art but works two jobs so she's tired a lot of time. Antonio (Locke) is a college professor and is intrigued when Artemis falls asleep in his class and he looks into her memories and realizes that some of her more erotic dreams are about him. They spend some time together and then go out when he takes her to Club Toxic. Temi's half brother is mixed up with a bad crowd and gets into trouble which brings trouble home to Temi and her grandma. I really liked her grandmother because she seems to have visions and knows what might happen in the future which was interesting. I really liked the ending and thought that it was fun to watch Temi and Locke fall for each other.
One Night With A Vampire by Vivian Murdoch
Dahlia goes to a cemetery to do a spell on Halloween but she doesn't realize that the guy she brought with her is a vampire and isn't a nice one. When he attacks her she grabs a rotting piece of wood and shoves it in his chest, just missing his heart, it paralyzes him but he's still alive. That's when Damiano finds them and helps her to safety. He's really taken with her and takes her to club toxic for a scene but he told her it would only be for one night. When they get there Damiano enlists the help of another Dom and they both have some fun with her. So later that night she's heartbroken when he again tells her that they can't see each other again. But something happens and he realizes that he can't live without her. These two both liked the cane and the pain, giving and receiving a little too much for my taste though.
One Bite To Live by Brenda Trim
Zoe works the bar at Club Toxic and finally finds the nerve to ask Armando out to dinner. She's happy until she spots her stalker ex, Phil at the bar. He's been stalking her for 6 years and even broke her jaw once but never got in trouble for it even though she pressed charges because he's rich and knows people in high places. But Armando knows that something is wrong right away and with the vampires super hearing, one of the other vampires at the club fills him in on the exchange between Zoe and Phil before he left. When someone carries Zoe's best friend, Karina into the club and she's bloody because she's been attacked in the parking lot, Zoe suspects that it was Phil because he's done it before. Zoe is sure she's gonna have to run again but Armando is there to keep her safe. At the same time Theo and Alex are keeping Karina safe and want her as their own which was fun to see. But now Armando and the others know that Phil is a problem and even though Zoe goes back to Armando's house with him, she freaks out when she spots Phil from the window and Armando is nowhere around since he sleeps during the day and she doesn't know he's a vampire yet. I knew what would happen but it was fun to watch it unfold.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Arial Burnz
Theo is shocked when Alex brings a bloody Karina to him but he soon takes over and starts telling those around him what he needs. After Theo knows that Karina is going to be ok, he stops to look at Alex, the man who broke his heart more than 100 years ago. Alex is a doctor and helps heal Karina so she's resting when Alex and Theo start making out. When she opens her eyes, she spots Theo and Alex making out and she thinks it's the hottest thing she's ever seen. Theo and Karina have seen each other a few times but they aren't in a relationship as of yet. Karina has been giving the owner of The Crimson Dungeon, in New Orleans info about Club Toxic and she's worried that when Theo finds out he'll be mad at her or never want to see her again. But just like the last story, this is the flip side of Zoe's story where we see what happened to Karina. Zoe and Karina find themselves in danger with Phil and Theo and Alex have to find where she's run off to after Zoe spots Phil through the window. Just as with Zoe's story I knew where this was heading but it was fun to watch it unfold.
I've really been enjoying the Midnight Doms series so when I saw this anthology I knew I would probably enjoy this too and I did.
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