It's not often you hear the two phrases 'perimeter security' and 'rock n roll' in the same sentence. Let's face it, the world of security is a serious business whilst rock n roll is a symbol of fun. So why should we, as a perimeter security system manufacturer, even think of bringing such diverse subjects together? Well, the credit for the idea goes to our Technical Director Andy Moon for taking such great photos on his travels to see our security clients.
Over the years Andy has visited some fascinating places around the world and brought back with him a richly diverse range of photographs, many of which we have shared on our perimeter security blog. The other day we were doing a little photo archiving and marvelling at the diversity of the landscapes that Andy has been able to capture. As we sorted through the images we saw skyscrapers and statues (from George Washington to Joan of Arc), giant Coca Cola trucks in the streets of South Carolina, Persian rugs in a Middle East street bazaar, wild monkeys and beautiful turtles in Malaysia and camel mounted police in Egypt. We also found some amazing background settings in shots of our security technology including snow-capped mountains just after sunrise plus one of our all-time favourites the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Just as we were becoming convinced that no two shots were alike we were stopped in our tracks – and that's where the rock n roll comes in. We found two photographs of the same subject but taken several years apart and in locations many thousands of miles apart. The subject? The Hard Rock Café.


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ECA Canada Company Promotes Ray Kemppainen to New Vice President
Thu May 09, 2019 - Northeast Edition #10
ECA Canada
Ray Kemppainen has been promoted to vice president of ECA Canada.
Ray Kemppainen has been promoted to vice president at ECA Canada Company, a distributor of specialty foundation equipment in eastern Canada. He had previously served as branch manager since September 2009.
Kemppainen's history predates ECA Canada, which was formed on Dec. 31, 1999, when Equipment Corporation of America acquired Specialty Construction Machines. Kemppainen found work as an apprentice mechanic at SCM in August 1990. He was promoted to service and parts manager after demonstrating competency working on diesel pile hammers, vibratory hammers and compaction equipment.
ECA Canada diversified SCM's product line to include large and small diameter drilling equipment. Kemppainen returned and took on the role of drilling product support manager after a brief departure from ECA Canada from 2007 to 2009. He was promoted to branch manager of ECA Canada in September 2009.
"Ray has been an asset to ECA Canada and this promotion will position him to provide even greater value to our Canadian customers," said Jeff Harmston, ECA's vice president — sales and marketing. "We have the utmost confidence that he will strengthen and expand our foundation in this critical market."
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Q: Proxying S3 bucket with nginx, running on ec2 instance I've been looking through different posts, but no luck so far. Let me describe the overal flow I want to achieve. As an input there is an ec2 instance and two s3 buckets. I need to configure nginx proxy on this ec2 instance to make it possible for users to communicate with s3 storages where angularjs clients reside. For example, having request below:
GET: http://my-ec2-instance.compute.amazonaws.com/first-app/index.html

I want nginx to pass it to the application hosted in first bucket, and retrieve response as if I'd made request directly to
http://first-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com

My bucket policy is as follow:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
    {
        "Sid": "AddPerm",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Principal": "*",
        "Action": "s3:GetObject",
        "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::first-bucket/*"
    }
]
}

and static web hosting enabled. I can even access my index page directly, like:
http://first-bucket.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/

In addition I made index.html and client side folders containing html, js and css public. Folder hierarchy in s3 storage is:
 first-app\
          |- index.html
          |- app\
                |- app.js
                |- css
                |- partials
                |- vendor

Here is server configuration section from my nginx.conf:
server {
    location /first-app/ {
        try_files $uri @s3-first-bucket;
    }

    location /second-app/ {
        try_files $uri @s3-second-bucket;
    }

    location @s3-first-bucket {

        set $s3_bucket        'first-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com';
        set $url_full         '$1';

        proxy_http_version     1.1;
        proxy_set_header       Host $s3_bucket;
        proxy_set_header       Authorization '';
        proxy_hide_header      x-amz-id-2;
        proxy_hide_header      x-amz-request-id;
        proxy_hide_header      Set-Cookie;
        proxy_ignore_headers   "Set-Cookie";
        proxy_buffering        off;
        proxy_intercept_errors on;

        resolver               8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8 valid=300s;
        resolver_timeout       10s;
        proxy_pass             http://$s3_bucket/$url_full;
    }

    location @s3-second-bucket {

        set $s3_bucket        'second-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com';
        set $url_full         '$1';

        proxy_http_version     1.1;
        proxy_set_header       Host $s3_bucket;
        proxy_set_header       Authorization '';
        proxy_hide_header      x-amz-id-2;
        proxy_hide_header      x-amz-request-id;
        proxy_hide_header      Set-Cookie;
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Three Songs I Love// Family edition: Brother.
A day late is okay, right? I always get into a slump with this Tuesday blog feature so I thought I'd try something new. For the next few weeks I'll pick a family member and feature 3 songs that remind me of them every time I hear them. Most of them will be blasts from the past. This week's makes me think of ripped jeans and flannel shirts.
My mom decided to throw a party for all of the kids since she usually is not around for their actual birthdays. She talked all week about "the party." She had goody bags for everyone and there were cupcakes! I could totally eat several cupcakes right now…hmph. And now…the photos!
A couple days after we got to Maine, my stepfather took us for a super long drive through Acadia and all the way to the top of Cadillac Mountain, through Bar Harbor, and back again. He is retired but is a bus driver in that area and he knows a lot about the history of different places and what's going on there. He's a pretty good tour guide! Maybe a little too in depth sometimes, but still, we got a lot of information! We stopped at Sand Beach to get some photos and check out the scenery. Unfortunately the weather wasn't so great for sightseeing. Driving up the mountain, everything to either side of the road was in a pure white fog, so we didn't get a chance to see anything. Maybe next time we visit it'll be nice out so we can see the views!
My mom has always been a collector of things and a repurposer ever since I can remember. She's really awesome at seeing what can be made out of something that seemingly looks like junk and she puts together really beautiful displays of the things she collects. Looking through my photos from the trip I realized I didn't take pictures of all of these collections like I planned to do. But I can mention them at least!
Oil lamps! Walking down to the basement area there is a big shelf filled with them! They are scattered all over the house but there is a nice big grouping of them above the stairs.
Lemon reamers! Otherwise known as juicers. My mom has them hung with ribbon bordering the windows above the kitchen sink. All are glass and most of them are pretty big. My favorites are the milk glass ones.
Buttermint tins! She always had these in the living room when I was growing up. They are now in her new living room above the windows.
Trivets! Bordering the kitchen is the edge of a wall where she has them hung vertically. Pretty cast iron trivets.
Snail shells! This is another collection moved from her old house. They were in the bathroom then and still are. I love how they are set up.
So many pretty things! I wish I had photos of them. I'll get 'em next time! She always had a really great book about collecting (can't seem to find it on Amazon). My favorite section was the one about collecting by color. I've started collected vintage globes for Max's bedroom. I am also on the hunt (when I remember to be) for skulls- not real skulls and not plastic. Preferably stone, metal, paper-mache, etc. I also would like to collect little houses. Not the kind your grandma or great-aunt might have with the electric lights inside, just miniature hand made (and I mean, reaaaaallly small), houses, pendants, drawings, etc. So far I have….1…somewhere…and it is a teeeeeny tiny plastic red pendant I got out of a bag of stuff my high school ceramic teacher had from the recycle center. I want to go there so bad. Tons of art stuff and supposedly its really cheap or bought by the pound (can't remember) but I think you have to be an art teacher to go there. If this is not true, someone please tell me! And then, ya know, pick me up and take me there.
My sister, Cadi had the awesome idea to bring all of the kids to the park after dinner one night to expel some energy. Since most of the little ones (including Max) passed out immediately after getting back to the camp, I'd say it was successful!
When stayed asleep until the next morning, so when I changed his diaper i found it was full of wood chips. His onesie was, too. He had fun!


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Rocky Gao, Staff Writer
Engulfed by different cuisines, performances and games coming from a plethora of cultures, Northwood students appreciated the unique roots of Irvine residents during the Irvine Global Village Festival on Oct. 12-13 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Orange County Great Park.
The festival turned Great Park into a center of cultural exchange to celebrate its 18th anniversary, as students came both to volunteer and to get a taste of Irvine's diversity through the various booths that represented over 50 different cultures And unlike previous years, there was an extra day of festivities for people to enjoy.
"My favorite thing about this was the people because they're very welcoming," senior Sarah Khan said, referring to her fellow volunteers at the bubble zone station.
Appearing a few feet down from the bubble zone was the petting zoo, which featured an alpaca alongside several goats, rabbits and sheep.
When passing the entertainment booths, students were greeted by a collection of canopies and trucks presenting foreign dishes. Delicacies included a smokey tray of South Korean B.B.Q. squid and crispy Indian street food samosas, served with creamy green chutney.
"It's pretty interesting seeing all the cultural differences that exist within Irvine," senior Christian Shin said. "I got Pocky from a Japanese club."
A variety of different languages were tangled with the music from the Irvine Auto Center Stage, as The Caribbean Jems performed their Caribbean and African dance
Below the stage, children and parents tottered beneath a limbo bar as dancers cheered them on.
The goal of the festival has always been to close gaps between the intercultural atmosphere of Irvine. In 1988, a multicultural gathering was introduced to the residents of Irvine. It was officially named the Irvine Global Village Festival in 2002, and has been encouraging Irvine residents to appreciate the different traditions and customs that make up their city ever since. Backed by sponsors such as the Irvine Auto Center, the festival has been making a name for itself, helping Irvine earn the Cultural Diversity Award from the National League of Cities in 2012.
A survey is currently gathering public praise and criticism on the festival. On the City of Irvine website, participants can help improve the next Irvine Global Village Festival.
Northwood has its own plethora of cultural clubs to participate for those who want to continue celebrating and sharing their culture.
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UNIONI-KIERTUE – The Circus, Helsinki, 25.04.2015
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Finntroll recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of their well-loved Nattfödd album and Live Nation saw fit to send them on a local tour with a couple fellow Finnish bands, The Man-Eating Tree and Wolfheart, to celebrate! The last stop of Unioni-kiertue was at Tavastia in Helsinki on April 25th, 2015, and Musicalypse was there to check out the celebration!
This was a rare moment for me when I decided to take the full opportunity to check out some music I wasn't familiar with. I've seen The Man-Eating Tree as an opener for other bands or playing festivals I've been at a few times, so it seemed like a good time to give them a try. I had always just presumed that they were Swedish, since that's where most doom metal bands seem to come from, so I was interested to find out that they were local.
They had a very nice instrumental opening track before coming on stage. My immediate thought was that they were like a heavier version of Katatonia, or a softer version of Swallow the Sun. Musically, they sounded quite good, though I felt like some of the songs had dynamics that were practically begging for growling. While most of those songs remained clean vocal-wise, "Of Birth for Passing" did exactly what I had hoped. There was a great growling part a few times throughout, coupled with a really cool "red-strobe" effect in the lighting. This doubly pleased me because up until that song, I had been thinking that the lighting was kind of lackluster and it got really dramatic in this song. Of note, whenever the lights turned red, it meant that someone was growling. It was a neat little detail.
I also noted that the singer seemed rather passionate about what he was doing. He seemed very in touch with the songs lyrically, putting some feeling into his performance, and there was some great harmonizing with some of the other band members throughout. Overall, I'd say that I enjoyed their performance, though it's a shame they don't have a live keyboardist, because some of the music in their backing track was unbelievable.
Next up was Wolfheart, which I have recently learned is the newest and only project of Tuomas Saukkonen (Before the Dawn, Black Sun Aeon, RoutaSielu). I haven't seen him live (at least while aware) since a Before the Dawn show in 2009 and I was surprised to see him looking almost unrecognizable (the word beefy comes to mind – in a good way). I've missed out on most of his projects, even though I really enjoyed Before the Dawn, and I'm glad to see that he's still going.
Wolfheart teetered on the edge of too-thrashy and just right for me throughout the whole show. I am not really into the mashing of double-kick and melody-less drumming, but man, some of the songs they played were really fucking cool. This is exactly the kind of thing I might like to listen to when I just want something heavy. It sounds like they have a new album coming out soon too, as I thought I caught some mention of new songs in their set. And like with The Man-Eating Tree, they had some really phenomenal backing music in some of their songs. Overall, I'm pretty glad I came to see both these bands.
And lastly… Finntroll. As you may know, Finntroll is one of those bands that I try not to miss if I can help it. They're just so consistently great; every show is a new and memorable experience, and especially if you're in Helsinki, it's nice to see Henri Sorvali, who adds a little something special with the banjo or extra set of keys. That guy is so talented. Every time I review a Finntroll show, I get nervous that I won't have anything to say that I haven't already said a hundred times, and every time it's never an issue.
There was some weird, ambient, Visor om slutet -style music playing during the stage change, complete with unsettling laughter every 30 seconds or so. They got started a bit late, potentially because of some sound issues (the sound check took a long while), but the opening track off Nattfödd, "Vindfärd," got things going, and they proceeded to play through Nattfödd in its entirety.
Visually, the band was a blend of old and new. Vreth had his current pants (without the former leather parts) and the unusual mic, but the old face paint and was shirtless. Skrymer was shirtless with the old makeup, but had suspenders and a trucker hat. Trollhorn, who as I said, I was very happy to see, wore the old outfit for the Nattfödd half, but switched to the new style once that album was over. You get the picture. It was a cool little detail, blending the old and new.
I also was apparently quite behind in the times, because I didn't know that Beast Dominator had left the band last year. In his place was Heikki Saari, aka Mörkö, whom you might remember from Norther. I've always really liked him, so he was a fantastic choice for a replacement. He's got a lot of talent and he's got style to boot. He was very natural with them – he looked like he belonged.
The stage performance was, as a whole, really awesome. I love them live, and the shows are always somehow really (possibly strangely) memorable. This one had a lot of fun things going on, like the occasional mad circus lighting in songs like "Trollhammaren," and some special guests. I'm not gonna lie, I almost needed to change my pants when they started up "Grottans barn" and Tapio Wilska stepped out on stage to sing with Vreth. I had never seen him live because he had left the band a couple years before I learned of Finntroll's existence, so I never expected to see him in a live gig. He was sounding really great, and it made me wonder what he's up to these days.
Vreth was either in a great mood or pretty drunk, because he was dancing around stage in a rather non-characteristic manner. Everything was lively and fun though. Tavastia was packed and the mosh-pit was full of frolicking joyous people. The air was boiling with body heat and good vibes all night. Oh, and for the (totally awesome choice of) encore, there were a couple of troll ladies dancing on stage with them. Good times, as always!
To tell you the truth, I don't really know what "Unioni" is – it's been a tour and a festival now. It sort of seems to be a name that Live Nation tacks onto mini-festivals and nothing more. Last year's gig was a 2-day Helsinki mini-festival focusing mostly on doom metal bands, while this year was a 10th anniversary tour for one band with openers. I can't tell you why this happened, and who knows what'll happen in the future, but it was a great night regardless. The three bands present were completely different in style, from Gothic doom to somewhat thrashy and melodic, over to the pagan folk stuff. It was a worthwhile experience and like I always say, if you haven't seen Finntroll live yet, you're missing out.
1. Vindfärd (intro)
2. Manniskopesten
3. Eliytres
4. Fiskarens fiende
5. Trollhammaren
6. Nattfödd
7. Ursvamp
8. Marknadsvisan
9. Det iskalla trollblodet
10. Grottans barn (ft. Tapio Wilska)
11. Blodsvept
12. Mordminnen
13. Solsagan
14. Midnattens widunder (intro)
15. Svartberg
16. När jättar marschera
17. Nedgång
18. Jaktens tid
19. Under bergets rot
20. Rök (outro)
beast dominator
nattfödd
skrymer
the man-eating tree
vreth
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Tragedy as 'icon' Irish businesswoman dies after 'tragic accident' in California aged just 55
BY: Aidan Lonergan
TRIBUTES have been paid to an Irish Silicon Valley businesswoman who has died in a "tragic accident" in California.
Geraldine Barry, a 55-year-old mother-of-two who was originally from Cashel in Co. Tipperary, passed away in San Jose on Wednesday May 15.
The former real estate investor founded the San Jose Real Estate Investors Association (SJREI) in Silicon Valley and previously served as its president.
Following a recent hiatus from professional life, she had begun working with a Catholic organisation which helps people grieving the deaths of loved-ones.
Ms Barry's online obituary describes her as an "outgoing" and "ebullient" entrepreneur, whose death has left her children Colin and Claire "devastated" along with her partner and siblings "who all loved her dearly".
It reads: "Geraldine was an outgoing, ebullient person with excellent communication skills who came to the United States from Ireland with a single suitcase and $500 dollars in her pocket.
"She went on to graduate from USC, earning a business degree in entrepreneurship, and leading her own successful real estate business.
"After a hiatus from work, she was enthusiastically beginning a new job that seemed perfect for her, ironically, working with a Catholic organization helping people who were dealing with grief because of the death of a loved one. She was active both in her church and community."
Ms Barry, 55, was a top Silicon Valley real estate investor in San Jose, California
The Irish woman's website says she was "widely regarded as an Icon in the Silicon Valley real estate investing world" and attributed her success to "a willingness to learn along with others, a steady supply of green tea, and the habit she learned from her father of being productive and beginning each day in the early hours of the morning."
Friends of Ms Barry have set up an online fundraiser, inviting "the large number of people who were touched by Geraldine" to donate to the Rotary in her honour.
A message on the GoFundMe page reads: "Our dear friend Geraldine Barry was taken from us on May 15th. A life that was cut too short. Her amazing legacy will live on through her two children Colin and Claire.
"Geraldine touched many lives around the country. She was known for her many acts of charity and for trying to help so many other build a financial future for themselves.
"For over a decade she ran SJREI where so worked very hard to educated people on how to grow their financial futures. Many people reading this have been touched and had their lives significantly improved by Geraldine's generosity."
Realty411 Magazine said they would be dedicating their future events to Ms Barry's "memory and legacy", paying tribute to her as "one of the most dynamic, intelligent and gifted women in the Real Estate Investment Industry".
Ms Barry's funeral mass took take place St Christopher's Church in San Jose on Tuesday, May 21.
A memorial mass will be held in her native Cashel, Co. Tipperary "in due course", according to her death notice.
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YPI Purchases Sepulveda Center from Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP)
LOS ANGELES January 13, 2004 Younan Properties (YPI), one of the fastest growing privately held commercial real estate investment firms in the U.S., has acquired the Sepulveda Center a 172,000 SF, Class A office building for $28 million from Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) one of the largest publicly held REITs in the country. The 12-story, all glass building is located at 3415 Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles, Calif. Strategically located at the Olympic Corridor, the Sepulveda Center was 80% occupied at the time of purchase. The building's key tenants include: Network Associates, Countrywide Financial, Verizon, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley and the City of Los Angeles.
The Sepulveda Center is a strategic acquisition for us. Due to its location, size and institutional quality of the asset, this transaction is a major turning point for YPI, said Zaya Younan, chairman and CEO of Younan Properties. We already have several tenants interested in expansion, which will bring the Sepulveda Center from 80% to 95% occupancy within the first three months.
The buyer, Younan Properties, represented itself. The seller, Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP), was represented by David Doupe of CB Richard Ellis.
Younan Properties intends on upgrading the building exterior landscaping and most of the common areas to reflect a more modern Class A building. The Sepulveda Center
offers a variety of amenities such as a large parking structure, a restaurant inside the building, concierge services, a conference & business center, a helipad and close proximity to the 405 freeway.
Working with Zaya and his team was a pleasure due to YPI's hands-on, entrepreneur spirit and ability to get things done in a timely matter, said Doupe. There is no red tape at YPI this firm does not waste time in finalizing a deal.
Younan's Building Portfolio in Dallas Has Increased to More Than One Million Square Feet
Dallas, TX/Woodland Hills, Calif. January 16, 2004 Younan Properties, LLC, one of the fastest growing commercial real estate investment firms in the U.S., has purchased The Meridian Center a 220,000 SF, class A office building from AEGON (NYSE: AEG) USA Realty Advisors, Inc. for approximately $12.6 million. Built in 1985, the 10-story office building is located at 2711 LBJ Freeway in Dallas, Texas. At the time of sale, the property was 45% leased with the following major tenants: Morgan Stanley, KB Home and Detroit Diesel Corporation.
This is another major acquisition in the Dallas market for us and a key milestone in establishing a critical mass in a fast changing Dallas market, said Zaya Younan, chairman and CEO of Younan Properties. We are continuing to work hard to not only stabilize our Dallas properties but also to locate prime assets in this under-discovered market. Our strength is adding value to our existing properties that may, at the time of the acquisition, be under performing in their markets, which is our goal for The Meridian Center.
According to YPI's current analysis of the Dallas office market, a significant turnaround is expected as early as the first or second quarter of 2004. The buyer, Younan Properties, was represented by Darrell Betts and Scot Farber of Grubb & Ellis' Southwest region. The seller, AEGON USA Realty one of the top five commercial real estate lenders in the United States represented itself.
Working with YPI is a privilege due to the fact that the firm's unique hands-on approach to managing real estate and in-depth market knowledge has made the transaction process extremely smooth for all parties involved, said Farber. Younan Properties continues to be one of the most active buyers in the Dallas Metroplex.
YPI Acquires Key South Bay Office Building for $35 Million: Younan's Largest Purchase to Date
Torrance, Calif./Woodland Hills, Calif. February 18, 2004 Younan Properties (YPI), one of the fastest growing privately held commercial real estate investment firms in the U.S., has purchased Pacific Pointe a 260,000 SF, Class A office building for $35 million in a joint venture partnership with URDANG Capital Management, an institutional investment management firm based in Philadelphia.
Entering into a joint venture with a highly regarded institutional investor such as URDANG will reinforce our commitment and future goals in building a solid portfolio of quality assets in one of the fastest recovering office markets in the United States, said Zaya S Younan, chairman & CEO of YPI.
One of our goals for 2004 is to acquire trophy assets throughout the South Bay a strong sub-market that has been stable over the past few years even during the recent commercial office recession. Our partnership with URDANG will strengthen our ability to quickly close deals in a shorter time frame without sacrificing the quality of our due diligence process.
Built in 1988, the 12-story Pacific Pointe office building is located at 879 190th Street in Torrance, Calif. At the time of purchase, the building was 65% leased with key tenants such as Northrop Grumman, IBM, Hyundai Corporation, KForce, Bowman & Brooke and Allison-Fisher International.
Younan Properties is the type of joint venture partner URDANG has been seeking for a long time due to the firm's ability to successfully identify, acquire and reposition not only unstable but stable assets, said David Rabin, senior vice president of acquisitions for URDANG. This partnership will help us achieve our goal -- to increase our investment portfolio in California and other Western markets.
The buyer, Younan Properties, was represented by Westridge Realty. The seller, Andrex Pointe Office Building, LLC, was represented by Kevin Shannon, senior vice president in the South Bay office of Grubb & Ellis.
Zaya Younan and his entire acquisition team are deal makers not deal breakers, said Shannon. Due to Zaya's strategic thinking and creative solutions, this complex deal was completed seamlessly. YPI brings to the table a very fresh, innovative perspective to commercial real estate and it was a pleasure working with them.
About URDANG Capital Management:
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Aggressive Plan Targets Eight Hotel Properties By End of 2004;10,000 Rooms By End of 2005
Woodland Hills, Calif. March 23, 2004 Younan Properties, Inc. (YPI), one of the nation's most successful commercial real estate investment firms, has launched the Younan Hospitality Division, which will be based in Woodland Hills, Calif. Under this newly created division, a strategic plan has already been implemented to target at least eight hotel properties by the end of 2004 and a total of 20 hotel properties by the end of 2005.
Currently in escrow is YPI's first hotel acquisition -- a 377-room, full-service Holiday Inn Select located at 2645 LBJ Freeway in Dallas, which is owned by Wyndham International (AMEX: WBR). In addition, the firm is in negotiations on four additional hotels located throughout the United States.
Zaya Younan, Chairman & CEO of Younan Properties, is already known for his aggressive track record and excellent returns in the commercial office market. Since the company's founding just two years ago, the firm has acquired more than 28 office buildings, totaling 3.5 million square feet, bringing investors returns as high as 300%.
We are economists by nature; we understand the world economy and pride ourselves in correlating its impact on different segments of the business and real estate market, said Mr. Younan. We've been monitoring the hospitality market for the past two years and all the factors in the economic cycle have fallen into place, making this the right time to move into hospitality. We strongly believe that the hospitality industry has bottomed and we intend to take advantage of this opportunity.
Younan Properties has built a reputation in just two years for the unique ability to select prime under market value assets, acquiring the properties, embarking on an aggressive repositioning campaign, then returning the assets to the market bringing high yields back to the investors.
While we intend to maintain our edge in the office market, our diversification into the hospitality industry is a natural outgrowth, said Mr. Younan. By selecting prime under-utilized hospitality properties, we intend to duplicate the success we've enjoyed in the office market, and the positive impact we had in surrounding communities throughout the country.
Younan noted that while the company will focus on the hospitality division in major metropolitan areas of the US and overseas, growth for the firm's office portfolio is targeted to double in size, expanding from its current three million square feet to six million square feet by the end of 2004.
YPI's acquisition plan targets hotels located in major metropolitan areas such as Texas, Northern California, Florida, Chicago and New York. According to Mr. Younan, many franchised hotels have properties that are no longer a part of their core asset or they have been negatively impacted by the recession. Yet economically, these properties have the potential to offer us an excellent rate of return when they are repositioned and managed properly in their perspective market.
Real Estate Veteran Responsible for Managing YPI's Large Commercial Portfolio
Woodland Hills, Calif. April 5, 2004 Jerry Bruno has joined Younan Properties, Inc. (YPI), one of the fastest growing commercial real estate investment firms in the United States, as Director of Asset Management. In his new position, Mr. Bruno will be an essential member of the senior management team and will be responsible for managing the firm's assets throughout California.
Jerry's more than 20 years of experience and accomplishment in the commercial real estate industry will be instrumental to support our growth and aggressive expansion in other markets, said Zaya S. Younan, chairman and CEO of Younan Properties.
Prior to joining Younan Properties, Mr. Bruno worked for BH Properties as Director of Property Management, where he was responsible for a large, multi-use portfolio with assets located in California, Washington, Arizona, Texas and Florida.In addition, Mr. Bruno was Senior Property Manager for AH Warner Center Properties, LLC owned by Transwestern Commercial (from 2000-2002) and The Voit Companies (from 1997-1999). Both companies managed the Woodland Hills AH Warner Center portfolio consisting of 1.8 million feet of class A high-rise office space and 450,000 feet of low-rise office assets.
He began his career at Trizec Properties, Inc., where he held the titles of Leasing Manager, Director of Leasing and Property Manager. For 12 years, he leased and managed class A office space in various Los Angeles sub-markets.
I have been following YPI's performance over the past two years. I am amazed how quickly Zaya Younan has guided his firm's growth and prosperity during a time of depressed office market conditions, said Mr. Bruno. Unlike other real estate investment firms, Zaya views real estate ownership as a process to be improved and innovated on a daily basis and he is not afraid to apply new techniques and ideas to the industry. I am excited to be part of the YPI team and I look forward to being a contributing team member as YPI pursues new ventures.
Mr. Bruno will be graduating this May from California Lutheran University with an MBA degree. He received a bachelor's degree in real estate finance from California State University, Northridge. Mr. Bruno holds a real estate brokers license and the CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and he is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM).
The 400,000 SF Building Will Undergo a $5 Million Renovation Effort
Phoenix, AZ/Woodland Hills, Calif. April 13, 2004 Younan Properties (YPI), one of the fastest growing privately held commercial real estate and hospitality investment firms in the U.S., has acquired Central Plaza a 400,000 SF, Class A office building from MetLife for $21 million. The 20-story office building is located at 4041 N. Central St. in the central business district of downtown Phoenix, AZ and was 60% occupied at the time of sale. Built in 1982, the building's key tenants include: Mutual of Omaha, Qwest, Citibank, Ashton Tiffany and Federal Express.
Phoenix is one of the few markets that is oversold but is now well positioned for a major recovery, which is expected to start towards the end of 2004, early 2005, said Zaya Younan, chairman and CEO of Younan Properties. Our goal was to own the largest building in this market with a high vacancy rate in order to take advantage of the recovery when it occurs. We anticipate to stabilize this asset by mid-2006 when we reach 90% occupancy. The buyer, Younan Properties, represented itself. The seller, MetLife, was represented by Glenn Smigiel, of CB Richard Ellis.
Younan Properties' $5 million renovation plan includes upgrading the entire building - both interior and exterior. According to Mr. Younan, there are only a few assets in the Phoenix market that can offer tenants with such a prime location Central Plaza is strategically located north of the CBD, only a few miles from Scottsdale, AZ.
I definitely would work with Zaya and his team againtheir responsiveness and ability to get things done in a timely matter are valuable assets, said Smigiel. From a brokers standpoint, it is extremely valuable to work with an investment firm that understands all the details of the transactional process and does not waste time in finalizing a deal. Because of YPI's expertise, this transaction moved through the process with no hinges.
Based in Woodland Hills, Calif., Younan Properties is an entrepreneurial commercial real estate and hospitality investment firm that specializes in acquiring, repositioning and managing office and hotel properties throughout the country.
Since the firm's founding in January 2002, Younan Properties has excelled in delivering exceptional returns to its investors by identifying under-performing assets and re-positioning the properties. In the last two years months, the firm has acquired more than 25 office buildings throughout the U.S. totaling more than 3.2 million square feet, and sold 12 buildings with more than one million square feet. In 2004, YPI launched the Younan Hotels Division and plans on acquiring at least eight hotel properties by the end of 2004 and a total of 20 hotel properties by the end of 2005.
Woodland Hills, Calif. May 5, 2004 Ruben Dua has joined Younan Properties, Inc., one of the fastest growing privately held commercial real estate and hospitality investment firms in the U.S., as director of business development and investor relations.
Ruben's strong management and marketing experience, coupled with his capability for developing and executing sound, strategic business plans, will be a significant asset in growing Younan Properties into the leading commercial and hospitality investment group, said Zaya S. Younan, chairman and CEO of Younan Properties.
Mr. Dua began his career at Sony Corporation in the business affairs department, where he served as a key component of the enhancement of the company's distribution efforts. Mr. Dua's more recent accomplishments include serving as a manager for one of the leading real estate lenders in the country -- Lending Tree, Inc. At Lending Tree, he was responsible for business development with companies such as Costco, American Airlines, Yahoo and Sears. Additionally, Ruben served as a lead manager for Genex, Inc., where he served as a business consultant for private and Fortune 500 companies such as Honda, Honda Finance, Acura and Warner Bros.
Mr. Dua graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California in business administration and communications.
Veteran Hotelier Named to Oversee Younan's Aggressive Hotel Acquisition Plan
Dallas, TX/Woodland Hills, CA May 26, 2004 Younan Properties, Inc. (YPI), one of the nation's fastest growing commercial real estate and hospitality investment firms, has announced the acquisition of Dallas, TX-based hotel management company, Platinum Portfolio, Ltd. As part of the acquisition, Platinum's Founder & Chairman, Peter Bheda, was named President & COO of Younan Hotels Group.
YPI has implemented a strategic business plan to enter into the hospitality market and, with the acquisition of Platinum Portfolio, we have acquired the resources and management expertise to execute our business plan and strengthen our position in the hospitality industry, said Zaya Younan, Chairman & CEO of Younan Properties.
Mr. Bheda's management organization not only brings the proven leadership to oversee Younan Hotels Group, but also possesses the in-depth knowledge in hotel operation and hands-on management skills needed to succeed in this competitive business. We are confident that his company and vast experience will be an integral part of our growth and success in the hospitality industry.
Younan Properties recently launched a new division of its firm, Younan Hotels Group, with the purchase of Holiday Day Inn Select -- a 377-room, full-service hotel located at 2645 LBJ Freeway in Dallas, which had been managed by Platinum Portfolio, Ltd.
According to Mr. Younan, We selected Mr. Bheda to be part of our executive management team due to his significant hospitality experience and his superior operational management skills. He has already demonstrated excellent turn-around abilities and, under his direct leadership, has had an immediate positive impact on the profitability of our first hotel, Holiday Inn Select in Dallas.
Mr. Bheda has more than 30 years experience as a senior executive in the hospitality industry with a track record of producing high yield profits through a disciplined process of revenue and operational management. As the Founder and CEO of Platinum Portfolio, Ltd., he managed individual and multiple hotels both as General Manager and Vice President of Operations. Prior to starting his own company, he was Vice President of Operations and Development for Patriot American Hospitality and Wyndham International. Mr. Bheda's hotel management experience includes managing a portfolio of brands including Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, Omni Hotels, Radisson Hotels, Embassy Suites, Double Tree Suites, & Inter Continental Hotels abroad.
I decided to merge with YPI due to the company's strong reputation in the market and for their unique ability to turnaround under-performing assets resulting in high yields for their investors, said Mr. Bheda.
The goal of Younan Hotels Group is to acquire a minimum of eight hotel properties by the end of 2004 and a total of 20 hotel properties by the end of 2005. The Hotels Group's business plan targets hotels located in major metropolitan areas in Texas, California, Florida, Chicago, and New York, with international hotels and resorts acquisition to follow shortly thereafter.
Woodland Hills, Calif. July 26, 2004 Quentin Thompson has joined Younan Properties Inc. (YPI), one of the top commercial and hospitality real estate investment firms in the United States, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his new position, Thompson will be an essential member of the senior management team and will be responsible for all financial reporting, capital market transactions and investor relations for the growth of YPI's commercial and hospitality divisions.
Quentin offers YPI more than 20 years of real estate/finance experience leading well-known, publicly traded REITs in the country. At this stage in our growth, we decided to hire a seasoned executive with accomplished skills not only in the finance and accounting industries but also experience running publicly traded real estate companies, said Zaya S. Younan, chairman & CEO of Younan Properties Inc. His proven strength in building a firm's infrastructure to support an evolving company is invaluable to us since our goal is to continue to grow our asset portfolio.
Prior to joining Younan Properties, Thompson served as CFO for Colliers Seeley International one of the oldest and largest commercial real estate brokerage firms in Southern California, operating 13 offices located in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. For more than four years, Thompson was responsible for accounting, financial engineering, information systems management, merger and acquisition structuring and due diligence.
In addition, Thompson served as vice president of finance for Westfield Corporation Inc., a subsidiary of Westfield Holdings Limited, which advises, manages and develops properties for Westfield America, Inc. a shopping center REIT with a portfolio totaling approximately 36 million SF of mall stores in eight states.
Prior to joining Westfield, Thompson was the CFO at G& L Realty Corporation a REIT that specializes in the ownership and management of healthcare properties nationwide.
Over the years, Thompson has also worked for Sovereign/Ring Property Management as CFO for five years and served as vice president and controller for more than six years. In addition, he was an audit manager from Coldwell Banker and was the CFO at Paragon Partnership Services.
My decision to join YPI is very simple. I have never seen such growth and profitability from any other real estate investment firm to date, and I have spent my whole career working in this market, said Thompson. During market downturns, firms that stay focused on economic fundamentals will survive. Due to YPI's discipline and vast market knowledge, this firm will not only surviveit will flourish.
Thompson received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in business economics from University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a certified public accountant and began his career as an accountant for Deloitte & Touche. Currently, he is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the California Society of CPAs (CSCPA) and Financial Executives International (FEI). His past memberships include president of the Apartment Association serving San Fernando Valley and Ventura County in 1994 and chairman of the Accounting and Reporting for the California Apartment Association also in 1994.


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Rose is determined to escape Wrath and its proud master – the man she calls McGlum.
Will she be reunited with Cameron McRae, the dazzlingly handsome aristocrat she married after a whirlwind romance in Algiers, or will she risk her heart and her honour to help Bruce discover the truth about his past and solve the brutal murders committed on his land?
How I fit writing in around family life and work.
I am by no mean the only writer who has to fit their writing around family and work, and I really don't pretend that I know how to achieve the perfect balance – far from it! With three children (OK, two and one at university), and a full-time teaching job, it can be tricky, frustrating and stressful to find time to write. Some things have to go, like watching television or relaxing on the sofa with a cup of tea chatting about nothing in particular, or again going out with friends at the weekend. I know that most of my friends actually find my life incredibly boring, since the only travelling I do these days is on the internet or in my head!
And then there's the guilt – the horrible mother's guilt – because I don't spend enough time with my children. Because I don't always listen when they're telling me about what happened at school or what's going on in 'The Next Step' or 'Wolf Blood' – my daughter's favourite programmes – or I don't take them on enough adventures. As a teacher, however, I know that I am incredibly lucky to have the school holidays to catch up with friends and plan days out with children.
So what do I do, or not, to fit my writing in my life?
I write, or to work on my novel every single day, even if it's just for half an hour at 10pm and I fall asleep at the keyboard.
I hardly watch any television, and rarely for pure enjoyment (that's how sad I am!). Having said that I recently watched the wonderful series about Prunella Scales' and her husband Timothy West' canal boat trips, and that was lovely!
I take a notebook with me everywhere. It's incredible how productive a few minutes sitting in the car waiting for the children to get out of school, or their gym, dance, football, rugby etc. training, can be.
I get up very, very early, at weekends and during the holidays, before the children are up and demand to be fed. It's usually a great time to edit what I wrote the night before.
I have adopted a very relaxed approach to housework, one which I know my mother would totally disapprove of. I used to be obsessive with cleaning and tidying the house. It's taken me several years and three children to admit defeat. Ironing? If I must, I only iron the front of the clothes. I do most of my shopping online too.
I try and find some quiet time to think and dream. Since I do not have my own writing shed at the bottom of the garden – one of my dreams, but for that I will need a bigger garden! – I find that going for a walk on my own early in the morning works well. There is also listening to music when I have the house to myself, which is so rare it's a lovely treat.
Everybody's family and work commitments are different, so what works for me may not work at all for anybody else. And to be honest, it doesn't really work all that well anyway. There are days when I am very, very, stressed and grumpy. Ask the man in my life!


2011 Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest Finalists!
The finalists have been selected – and they're crazier than ever! The 14th annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, which reaches tens of millions of Americans each year, entertains and alarms the nation about the lawsuit-happy culture and the lengths to which companies must go to avoid lawsuits.
The three national winners will be chosen in mid-June and the people who nominated the winning labels will receive cash prizes.
One hot tub cover had the following label statement – "Avoid drowning. Remove safety cover from spa when in use" on a hot tub cover.
Pens – warning against chewing.
Bikes – stating the riders are professionals despite the image showing kids with training wheels.
Gas Masks – stating they do not supply oxygen.
If you want to vote you can by going to https://www.centerforamerica.org/.
I voted for the hot tub cover because I couldn't resist.


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Unified Koreas bag first gold since war in Asian Games
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Members of combined Koreas team celebrate their victory during the ceremony for women's 500-meter dragon boat at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP)
There was no dividing them. The folk song Arirang played and the "unification" flag was raised to celebrate the first gold medal by a combined Koreas team at a major multi-sport event.
The crew comprising South Koreans and North Koreans won the 500-meter dragon boat final on Sunday at the Asian Games co-host city of Palembang, a day after the paddlers delivered the historic first medal for a combined Koreas team by taking bronze in the women's 200-meter dragon boat competition.
The gold was awarded to Korea — the name given to the combined teams that are entered in rowing, canoeing and women's basketball at the Asian Games — rather than being added to the tally of either North or South Korea.
The celebrations started as soon as the dragon-headed boat with its 10 paddlers, its drummer and its sweep crossed the line.
Koreans hugged on the boat and on the banks along the course.
South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Kim Kwang Chol, a North Korean coach of the traditional canoe team, as saying he "felt the strength of a unified nation when we came together, dedicated our minds to a single purpose, and paddled the boat forward."
The Koreas, still technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, have fielded 60 athletes in combined teams in the three sports along with larger contingents for their respective national squads.
Athletes from both countries paraded into the opening ceremony together last weekend behind the "unification" flag, which features the outline of the peninsula in blue on a white background. It took a week to reap the medals, a big achievement considering the joint canoe crews only had three weeks to prepare for the games.
Kim, the North Korean coach, said he wasn't sure when he took his paddlers to South Korea for practice that they'd have enough time to prepare.
"But I noticed that the North and South Korean athletes' fighting spirit was so high after watching them train in hot weather," Kim was quoted as saying by Yonhap. "As I saw our boat going forward with the athletes' combined effort and strength, I felt the united power of Korea."
In the 500, the Koreans finished the six-team final in 2 minutes, 24.788 seconds to hold off China and Thailand.
There could be more gold for the Koreas, too, with the combined women's basketball team reaching the semifinals with a 106-63 win over Thailand.
South and North Korea have entered joint teams in previous international events, starting with the 1991 table tennis world championships, and more recently at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
The women's ice hockey team at the Olympics gained huge support despite losing all of its games, and inspired more cooperation.
The women's basketball team, featuring nine South Koreans and three from the North, will play Taiwan in the semifinals, with the winner advancing to the gold-medal game. Taiwan beat the Koreas by two points in the group stage last week.
North Korea produced a sister act when Olympic champion Rim Jong Sim won the gold medal in the 75-kilogram weightlifting division a day after her younger sibling Rim Un Sim won the 69-kilogram class.
Track and field competition entered a second day with world champion Rose Chelimo winning the women's marathon for Bahrain in a hot and humid race.
The Kenya-born Chelimo had a big lead by the 30-kilometer mark and won in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 51 seconds.
Chelimo represented Kenya internationally before switching to represent Bahrain ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She won the world championships title in London last year.
Keiko Nogami held off North Korea's Kim Hye Song for silver, finishing more than 1 ½ minutes behind Chelimo.
The final of the men's 100 meters is among the finals in track on Sunday night.
While China is dominating the medals standings at the games, there won't be any gold, silver or bronze added in men's singles in badminton, a sport the nation loves.
Chen Long lost to Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-19, 21-11 in the quarterfinals, meaning China is set to miss a medal in the men's singles for the first time since 2002, and only the second time since 1970.
Jonatan Christie, another local hope, upset top-seeded Shi Yuqi in the second round.
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Can My Younger Child Wear Contact Lenses?
We get asked this question over and over and over, so we thought it was finally time to give you a straight answer! When deciding on the best type of vision correction for your child, you have options to consider. In most cases, glasses would be the first choice, but who says it's the only choice?


A lawyer for a Boston University graduate student accused of illegally distributing music online says his client was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs.
Attorneys in U.S. District Court in Boston gave opening statements Tuesday in the recording industry's lawsuit against 25-year-old Joel Tenenbaum of Providence, R.I.
Tenenbaum, represented by Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, is accused of downloading and distributing thousands of songs, though the case focuses on 30.
Recording industry lawyer Tim Reynolds says song swappers such as Tenenbaum seriously damage music labels.
Tenenbaum is only the second music-downloading defendant to go to trial. Last month, a federal jury ruled a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for copyright infringement.


1: Number of National Park Service sites dedicated to the commemoration and interpretation of the Homestead Act of 1862 and the many changes it initiated in the United States and the world.
10: Percentage of U.S. land given away under the Homestead Act.
24: Presidential administrations during which the Homestead Act was in effect (Lincoln to Reagan).
45: Percentage of Nebraska's acres distributed under the Homestead Act [Largest percentage of any state].
123: Years the Homestead Act was in effect (1863-1986).
160: Number of acres in a typical homestead claim.
4,000,000: Approximate number of claims made under the Homestead Act.
11,000,000: Acres claimed in 1913, the peak year of homestead claims.
93,000,000: Estimated number of homesteader descendants alive today.
270,000,000: Total number of acres distributed by the Homestead Act.


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Adata SX8000 NVMe SSD Review
By Chris Ramseyer 2017-05-17T13:00:00Z
The Adata XPG SX8000 outperforms the Intel 600p, but it sells at the same price as the Samsung 960 EVO. The drive doesn't do much to overcome the MyDigitalSSD BPX that currently leads the low-cost NVMe market. The SX8000 features advanced cache technology but it's more of a Band-aid to correct issues with the Micron MLC.
Advanced cache technologies
Better performance than the Intel 600p
Better endurance than the 600p
Mainstream pricing
Entry-level performance
Low MLC performance
Low endurance
Page 1: Features & Specifications
Page 2: 512GB SSD Performance
Page 3: Final Analysis
For more information visit their website
The NVMe secret is out, and every company with a little influence is in the game. Reaching the highest performance tier is difficult without a Samsung-sized engineering team, but controller designers are closing the gap with in-house firmware that offers second-tier manufacturers a fighting chance in the entry-level and mainstream markets.
Adata is one of the few companies that still works with every third-party SSD controller manufacturer. The company uses that insight to cross-pollinate features that increase performance, endurance, and just about every other notable attribute. The new Adata XPG SX8000 uses the Silicon Motion, Inc. (SMI) SM2260 controller (the same found in the Intel 600p) in tandem with a large DRAM package that works as both a data buffer and cache for the flash translation layer. The drive also uses Micron's 3D MLC NAND, so it should improve the lazy, and often inconsistent, write performance we found with the Intel 600p.
To help reduce manufacturing costs, Adata often purchases NAND by the wafer from Micron. Few companies purchase enough volume to buy directly from the NAND fab. Even fewer have the technology and knowledge to sort and bin the parts properly. The Adata XPG SX8000 is the first part we've tested with Micron NAND packaged by a third-party. This is excellent news for end users because it means Micron finally has enough production to sell at the wafer level. It also means the yields are high enough for companies like Adata to buy wafers without experiencing massive losses due to the amount of poor quality die. If a company knows a significant percentage of the parts will be bad, they wouldn't buy the wafer and expel resources to test the parts. It appears that we've reached a tipping point where in-house NAND testing is more favorable than buying known good components.
We haven't been kind to IMFT (Intel Micron Flash Technology) 3D flash since its release in consumer products. The technology is impressive on paper, but in practice, we've found high latency that hurts performance. The TLC's 384Gbit die promised to bring us ultra-high capacity products in 2017, but that hasn't materialized because SSD manufacturers need the extra space for massive SLC-programmed buffers just to equalize performance. Vendors have delegated one-third of the density to single-level cell operation in a gambit to increase performance. IMFT's new 256Gbit 3D MLC took longer to materialize in retail products but it, too, has been a disappointment thus far.
ADATA XPG SX8000 (128GB)
The XPG SX8000 comes to market in four capacities that range from 128GB to 1TB. The 1TB model is not available at the time of writing. The flash shortage has placed a heavy strain on the supply of high die count NAND packages. Adata isn't the only company with an announced, but missing, 1TB model.
The XPG series is Adata's prosumer/high-end desktop product line, so we expect excellent performance with the SX8000. High performance is relative in a world where Samsung has such a large technology lead compared to the rest of the market. On paper, the series provides up to 1,900/1,100 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput. Random performance reaches as high as 160,000 read IOPS, but only on the large 1TB model. The 512GB drive drops to 140,000 and the smaller drives achieve just 45,000 (128GB) and 85,000 IOPS (256 GB). The SX8000 512GB has the highest random write performance in the series at 150,000 IOPS. The 1TB and 256GB both share the same 140,000 random write IOPS specification, but that drops to 100,000 IOPS for the 128GB.
The SX8000 is one of the first consumer SSDs to utilize Micron's 3D MLC flash. Micron announced the MLC NAND with CMOS under the array technology quite a long time ago, but the SX8000 is the first mainstream SSD with wide availability. We first saw the flash on the Tigo G5, but that's more of a regional release rather than a global launch.
Pricing And Accessories
As mentioned, the SX8000 1TB is currently missing in action, but there are three products available. The SX8000 128GB currently sells for $89.99, the 256GB sells for $129.99 and the 512GB for $249.99. The prices are a little higher than quoted during the announcement a few months back, but NAND supply has tightened in the interim.
The XPG SX8000 doesn't ship with any accessories in the retail package, but the drive works with the company's SSD Toolbox software as well as a custom version of Acronis True Image HD. You can download both utilities from Adata's website.
Warranty And Endurance
The XPG SX8000 products ship with a limited five-year warranty and a higher endurance rating than the Intel 600p. The SX8000 512GB we are testing delivers 320 TB of endurance, as opposed to just 288TB for the Intel 600p. The SX8000 offers similar endurance gains over the Intel 600p at each capacity point.
The Adata XPG SX8000 uses the chrome motif that debuted with the Ultimate SU800. The theme seems to follow Adata's 3D flash enabled products. It was also a visible feature on the SD700 External SSD package.
The company listed some of the features, but the package lacks many of the useful specifications we use to compare products in a retail brick and mortar environment.
Several of the tier-one SSD manufacturers went to extremes to build single-sided M.2 SSDs, but only a few notebooks require the thin design. It's cheaper to build M.2 2280 SSDs with components on both sides, so that's the design Adata used for the SX8000.
The SMI SM2260 is easily recognizable since it's the only controller shipping with a thin copper cover to wick heat away from the center of the controller. We peeled it off of our Intel 600p after testing, but didn't find any laser-etched text under the copper.
The SX8000 512GB uses two 256MB DRAM packages, one on each side, for a total of 512MB. We're not sure if Adata uses one for the data path buffer and the other for the flash translation layer map data. Adata placed a pair of solid-state capacitors next to each DRAM package. The capacitors provide enough power to flush the data from the DRAM to the NAND in the event of a host power failure.
The big story here is that Adata packaged Micron 256Gbit MLC NAND. This could have widespread meaning, or it could just be that Adata picked up the wafers at a deep discount. I like to think positively, so I'm more inclined to think with a year of meaningful manufacturing IMFT was able to increase 3D yields rather than dumping low-yield wafers to third parties.
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dstarr3 17 May 2017 13:59
This is not a valid form
adgjlsfhk 17 May 2017 16:48
85,000 (128GB) and 45,000 IOPS (256 GB)
"85,000 (128GB) and 45,000 IOPS (256 GB)" Is this right?
geoffw_1 17 May 2017 17:19
Thanks for all the behind-the-scenes development issues and insights. Why no mention of the TLC competition emerging though?
logainofhades 17 May 2017 19:07
NVME may be faster, but with their horrible price/GB ratio, there is no way I would consider one for myself.
Brian_227 17 May 2017 19:19
So it costs the same as a 960 EVO but performs a lot worse. THANKS A BUNCH, ADATA!!
bit_user 18 May 2017 00:17
At least it (mostly) out-performs Intel's lousy 600p. That should be the minimum standard for all NVMe SSDs.
hannibal 18 May 2017 04:39
Soon 960 evo cost much more ;)
HERETIC-1 18 May 2017 06:29
Can be a crummy job at times-struggling to find something nice/positive to say.
Adata should be getting them wafers at a reasonable price-No one else wants it.
Do you know what nm IMFT are using here?????????????
Sure I read somewhere 20nm.
Know Sammy went back to 30/40nm.
Could that be part of the problem?? Trying to be too greedy???
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All pledges will be used to fund a 250-person membership drive to an international Jewish libertarian movement. See below.
I am Rafi Farber, I'm a libertarian, and I'm running for Israel's parliament, the Knesset. Read all about me here. You may remember me from my 2012 LewRockwell article Vote Ron Paul and Let My People Go!
Believe it or not, I only need about 250 votes in order to win a seat in Knesset, and yes, any Jew in the world CAN vote for me by becoming a member of the international wing of the Zehut Party, Israel's leading libertarian party.
You can become a voting member by pledging at least $130, even, and especially if you are NOT an Israeli citizen or resident.
Here's how, and exactly why I only need 250 votes.
The Zehut (זהות) party is a new minarchist libertarian party, meaning "Identity" in Hebrew. It is a minimum government party where the State is limited to army, police, and courts. It is currently polling at 12-15 seats for the next Israeli general elections.
The key is, who the people are that will occupy these 12-15 seats in Knesset will be determined in Zehut Party primaries on September 12, before general Israeli elections, which can happen at any time. Most of these slots will be determined by Israeli citizen members of the Zehut Party. But one slot – slot #10 – will be determined by Zehut International members only. Zehut International members need not be Israeli citizens, or even live in Israel.
There are currently less than 250 Zehut International members in the world who will determine who wins slot #10 on the Zehut Party Knesset list. I have been a member of this movement in its various incarnations for nearly 10 years and I do have a good level of support in the party domestically. However, my opponent, someone akin to a conservative Republican in American terms, is a skilled politician and well-known in the diaspora Jewish world.
My goal is to sign up 250 Jewish libertarians all at once to Zehut International in order to ensure that I win this slot over my opponent who is not a principled libertarian. All money raised after fees will be sent to Zehut International to pay for membership along with your name, birthday, physical address, and email. I will follow up with all pledges who wish to vote in order to collect all needed information, and provide instruction as primary day (September 12) approaches.
If I win slot #10 and Zehut wins at least 10 seats in the next elections (a very strong possibility) a pure libertarian will win a seat in the Knesset for the first time in history.
1) I will not accept a single shekel from the State of Israel in salary or direct benefits. I will defend the liberty of all human beings in Israel for free. Half of any salary I receive as a Knesset member will go to the Mises Institute, and the other half to the Zehut Movement.
2. As a Knesset Member I will vote against any law that increases the power of the State of Israel over its citizens or those under its occupation. That means I will vote against any net tax or spending increase of any kind without exception.
3. I will vote for any law that decreases that power, meaning I will vote for any tax or spending cut without exception.
1) To end all foreign government aid to Israel so that foreign taxpayers like you are no longer involved in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict against your will.
2) To legalize gold, silver, and bitcoin as legal tender in payment of Israeli taxes. This will eliminate inflation as it will strip the Bank of Israel of its monopoly over the money supply.
3. To end all Israeli military occupation of any territory currently under the control of the State of Israel, and leave all Jewish and Arab settlements alone. No civilian transfers of any kind, Jew or Arab, but pull the army out.
4. To end the 3-year mandatory draft into the Israel Defense Forces so no one is forced into the IDF against their will, whether they are a conscientious objector from the Left, an ultra Orthodox Haredi from the Right, a Druze or Arab who doesn't want to enlist, or just a guy that really doesn't feel like being a slave for 3 years in the IDF and would rather do something else with his time on Earth.
5. To ensure that every person has the explicit right to bear arms privately and defend his family as he sees fit.
6. To end the State monopoly over all utilities, especially the dwindling water supply, and to legalize private collection of rainwater and the private production of electricity.
7. To separate Synagogue and State absolutely by eliminating the Chief Rabbinate entirely so that no tax-funded Rabbi can reach into any of our pockets against our will ever again, or tell us who we can or cannot marry or divorce, or what we can and cannot eat, or what is kosher and what is not. We can all decide these things for ourselves without being patronized and humiliated.
Do I expect to accomplish these specific legislative goals? With luck and God's help, perhaps the first and fourth, but the rest no. Like Ron Paul, my expectations are extremely low in terms of practical legislation. But I do expect to be an uncompromising voice for true liberty, and galvanize the Austro-libertarian movement in Israel into something that, eventually, can shrink the Israeli State down to minarchist size (police, army, and courts) for starters.
So if you want me to be the voice for Austro-libertarianism in Israel's knesset, pledge $130 now to become a Zehut International member and vote for Rafi Farber on September 12th.
All funds raised after StartSomeGood fees are paid will be sent to Zehut International to register all pledges as Zehut International members. I will then follow up with all pledges by email as primary day approaches regarding when and how to vote online.
$39,000 will represent roughly 50 more voters at $130 each, for a total of 300 votes. Any money above the initial goal will also be sent to Zehut International to pay for all additional memberships.
$130 will get you a single membership and 1 vote in the Zehut International primaries this June. Be sure to vote Rafi Farber, libertarian for Knesset!
$235 will get you and your family including spouse and children over 18 who live in your house, all 1 vote in the Zehut International primaries this June. Up to 5 people can become voting members under this package.
Any pledge above $235 will get you and your family voting membership as above, plus a thank you card from me for your support.


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Wired Love: a novel from 1880 that could have been written last week
Cory Doctorow 5:44 am Thu Jul 25, 2013
On the subject of book-scanning bringing the 19th century to life, Clive Thompson reviews "Wired Love," a novel from 1880 about telegraphic romance that features some amazingly contemporary themes. As Clive says, "This book is 130 years old, but it could have been written last week."
I don't want to give too much of the plot away — I save my spoilers for below the jump. But the story, in brief, is that Nattie is at work one day when a telegraph operator in another city, who calls himself "C", begins chatting her up. They engage in a virtual courtship, things get funny and romantic, until suddenly things take a most puzzling and mysterious turn.
It's all quite nuttily modern. Wired Love anticipates everything we live with in today's online, Iphoned courtship: Assessing whether someone you've met online is what they say they are; the misunderstandings of tone and substance that come from communicating in rapid-fire, conversational bursts of text; or even the fact that you might not really be sure of the gender/nationality/species of the person you're flirting with.
As it turns out, Nattie quickly figures out that "C" is, indeed, a man. But the conversations she and her friends have about her online courtship are utterly wild to read: They have the arch elocutions of Victorian-era America, mixed with concepts that are so thoroughly modern that book feels like it was written this year, by someone merely emulating the language of 1880.
"Wired Love": A tale of catfishing, OK Cupid, and sexting … from 1880
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The cloud is definitely growing up. A decade ago, you'd have been hard-pressed to find many comfortable with saving all of their documents, media, and other important files with a cloud service provider. Today, everyone is on board the cloud storage train. But, with growth comes maturity too. For many users, it's not enough to… READ THE REST
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It's likely that there's never been a New Year's resolution focused on vacuuming more. However, plenty of people want to clean up the clutter and tidy up their lives to start a new year. The investment in a quality vacuum and other cleaners can be a good way of ensuring that much-needed cleaning work gets… READ THE REST


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Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life.
This would be the first book to offer examples of over 1000 journal pages in one eye-catching, visual format, and would attract a wide swathe of artists who fully embrace or experiment with this medium.
Journaling has seeped into popular culture in a big way and this collection provides a wide array of ideas, techniques and themes to inspire and inform mixed media and journaling enthusiasts.


Allen Electric has established itself a respectable brand among University Place homes and businesses. As a multi-service electrical provider, Allen Electric solves the installation, service, and repair needs of hundreds of home and business customers throughout the Washington.
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Allen Electric has made itself a respectable name among University Place households and businesses. As a multi-service electrical company, Allen Electric handles the installation, service, and repair needs of countless home and business customers across the Washington.
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I'm in love with my new soap.
Oh, yes, completely in love.
It started with an overabundance of milk, and my need to use it up before leaving for a week. I decided to bust out a quick batch of soap while waiting for some of the milk to heat to an appropriate temperature for yogurt.
After that, I threw in a dollop of raw honey from Cypress Grove Farms, also in Swan.
And I added a touch of honey fragrance for a bit of boost to the honey scent.
There is a LOT of milk in this soap, making it really a lot like taking a milk bath. It's very soothing and gentle, not drying at all. I fell in love with it while suffering from some sort of rash from an unidentified weed of some sort that itched like crazy. It was so nice feeling on my irritated skin. And the scent is pleasant but not overwhelming.
Yeah, I love it. Want to try it? Available at Etsy!


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Q: Sum up with R base Sorry, that I didn't wrote the sum function in latex. I tried $$ but that didn't work...
I am a beginner in R and I want to sum up:
Sum from i=0 to n by 1.054^i

I reserached the sum() function in R. However, it seems to me that is only can just add elements and not include an index or something.
So my question is: Can I solve that with a simple sum function or do I have to use a for loop for example?
I really appreciate your answer!
UPDATE
Here is a link to my sum(sorry that I cannot post it, but I need more reputation :(link )

A: In R most operations are vectorized, it requires changing the mindset a bit from other languages and for this question the answer is rather than looping, you simply do the entire operation on your sequence of numbers "at once":
sum(1.054^(0:n))


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 Éléments biographiques

 Prêtre
Michel Mondésert a été ordonné diacre le  et prêtre le  pour le diocèse de Belley.

 Évêque
Nommé évêque auxiliaire de Grenoble par le pape Paul VI le  avec le titre d'évêque in partibus'' d'Apollonis, il a été consacré le 25 septembre suivant par le cardinal Alexandre Renard.

Il a assumé cette charge pendant plus de 20 ans, se retirant pour raison d'âge le .

Il est décédé le .

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Évêque
 Circonscriptions catholiques françaises depuis 2002
 Liste des évêques de Grenoble

Liens externes

  Fiche sur catholic-hierarchy.org
  Biographie de Michel Mondésert sur le site du diocèse de Grenoble

Évêque auxiliaire en France
Naissance en décembre 1916
Naissance à Villefranche-sur-Saône
Décès en avril 2009
Décès à 92 ans
Décès à Morestel

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The Republic in Long-Term Perspective
Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming
U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 609
21 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2018 Last revised: 1 Aug 2018
See all articles by Richard Primus
Richard Primus
Date Written: June 1, 2018
This essay explores the threat that the Trump Administration poses to the Republic from a long-term constitutional-regime perspective. It offers a relevant conception of "the Republic," differentiates between different types of threats that the Republic could face, and addresses the possibility that government under the U.S. Constitution has already proceeded through multiple Republics. It then describes the long-term relationship between partisan politics and constitutional conflict. In the Constitution's first century, political parties often understood each other as threats to the constitutional order itself, rather than as legitimate alternatives within a common constitutional framework. In the Constitution's second century, a legitimate-alternatives model prevailed. In the third century, for reasons here described, something like the first model has reasserted itself. That reassertion has made the Trump Administration possible, and under the conditions of the first model the Trump Administration can do enormous damage to the Republic. But it is also the case that the present predicament could lead to a substantial improvement in the constitutional order: it depends on what happens after Trump. And whatever does follow Trump will be different from the particular arrangements that existed during the Constitution's second century. People who regard the Trump Administration as a grave danger must accordingly be thinking not about how to restore the conditions that went before but how to adapt the Republic's characteristics for a world of new conditions.
Keywords: Constitutional law, constitutional politics, constitutional history, political parties
Primus, Richard, The Republic in Long-Term Perspective (June 1, 2018). Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 609, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3189033 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3189033
Richard Primus (Contact Author)
University of Michigan Law School ( email )