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Young Hollywood by Cole Sprouse for WSJ. Magazine Talents & Legends Issue
Actor Cole Sprouse photographed Young Hollywood story featuring rising stars Laura Harrier, Noah Centineo, Lana Condor, Kaitlyn Dever, Elsie Fisher, Alexa Demie, Lachlan Watson, Stephan James, Joel Kim Booster, and Alisha Boe for WSJ. Magazine's Talents & Legends 2019 edition.
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LAURA HARRIER (Spider-Man: Homecoming and BlacKkKlansman and the upcoming Balance, Not Symmetry)
"It's so easy to compare and want to change yourself. To look at other people and feel like, 'If only I had more of this or more of that, or if I was prettier
or skinnier.' I spent a long time feeling like that," "When
I was like, 'Oh, being comfortable with yourself and knowing who you are as a human being is enough,' it just made me feel a lot better in life."
NOAH CENTINEO (To All the Boys I've Loved Before and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser and the upcoming 2019 Charlie's Angels reboot)
On the best career advice he ever received: "If you're running a marathon, you don't take the advice of the people who are spectating, only those running with you. You could be on the last half mile and everyone outside is screaming that you're so close, but they didn't run the marathon. They don't know that that half mile is the f–ing worst part,"
LANA CONDOR (To All the Boys I've Loved Before andthe upcoming Syfy series Deadly Class)
"Where we are
in Hollywood is exciting because people have a higher standard of the
way they should be treated. Someone told me, 'Don't demand respect, command respect'." says Condor, the star of Netflix's
"I got so lucky that I started working right now. The Asian-American actors that worked before me had it a lot harder than I
do. We're in a time where people are a little bit more woke. We're not a dumb generation."
KAITLYN DEVER (Detroit, The Front Runner, Beautiful Boy, Olivia Wilde's upcoming full-length directorial debut, Booksmart, and the Netflix series Unbelievable.
"Women are using their voices more than ever and in different ways— through music, art, acting. But it's cool to see my peers speaking out aside from their work and getting involved in causes. I think that will grow," says Dever. "I've also noticed such a difference on sets. They are so much more inclusive than they used to be and safer. It's going to continue to get better."
ELSIE FISHER (Golden Globe–nominated star of Bo Burnham's film Eighth Grade and the upcoming animated film The Addams Family)
"I'm really happy Hollywood's becoming more diverse, but I also think it should be diverse not just for diversity's sake," says Fisher. "I have acne, and I'm not conventionally attractive to a lot of people—or at least I wasn't when I was in eighth grade. Diversity in weight would be great. Diversity in age. Just allowing more people to enjoy this industry."
ALEXA DEMIE (Mid90s, the upcoming film Waves and the HBO series Euphoria)
"I wish growing up that I had more people telling me that I could do more than one thing, rather than telling me I couldn't. More people are realizing: You can be an actress and you can be a singer," says Demie. "I want to help kids. I didn't grow up with money, and I didn't go to the best schools. I want to give them opportunities that they don't normally have, whether it's art supplies if they want to do art or music equipment if they want to make music."
LACHLAN WATSON (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
"I've ended up with a lot of personal responsibility, because feeling like one of the only nonbinary people
in the entertainment industry right now comes with a lot of weight," says Watson. "As hard as it is, and as much pressure as it can be sometimes, I feel like everything I've gone through in my life to find my own identity has been preparing me to speak for so many people, in a big kind of way.
I feel prepared for it."
STEPHAN JAMES (Golden-Globe nominated star of Homecoming, If Beale Street Could Talk and the upcoming17 Bridges)
"The people [I admire most] are bigger than filmmakers, bigger than directors and have their fingerprints on every aspect of the film," says James. "Barry Jenkins, to me, is a master and a genius. Ava DuVernay is changing the land- scape of how this whole game operates. Sam Esmail is a visionary. I really love Don Cheadle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel [Washington], Idris [Elba]—I guess the bar is pretty high for me."
JOEL KIM BOOSTER (writer and comedian on Conan, Netflix and Comedy Central)
"I am just being unapologetically myself in a way that straight white guys have been doing onstage for years," says Booster. "I'm not making my sexuality or my race the centerpiece of
my jokes. I'm just
not apologizing for it either. This part of my career has really been about not
being afraid."
ALISHA BOE (Jessica Davis in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why)
"I think the first step was the #MeToo movement. I really think that sped things up. I'm hoping equal pay isn't an issue," says Boe, about progress in Hollywood. "My main concern is making sure that what's reflected in Hollywood goes beyond Hollywood. And I think people get confused by what being a feminist means— that you believe men and women should be equal. It's a very simple statement that should be common sense."
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The Compliment Thread - ONE CARD!
Not sure whether there's already a game like this, or similar to this, going on, but I just had this idea that we could help each other see our best traits, our character strengths, the beauty of us etc. by starting this game.
We all pull one card, for the reader above us, and tell him what we see in the card that points out to something they can be complimented for. Whether you wanna disclose which card you drew from which deck is up to you. Please no discussion in between, or we're gonna get confused who's next in line! If you wanna give feedback to the person who gave you the compliment, please use PM.
You have a big heart and are very generous regarding the people you love and it doesnt come as a suprise that many people see you as their reason to remain positive as you make others feel alive.
You're a heartbreaker you unintentionally make men swoon over you and feel sad not being to attain you with your attractiveness.
You are very compassionate and you make a way out of a no way, and you make people feel like they can all seek some sort fo refuge with you because they will only you wilč understand them.
You have a natural way of making people notice you. Your spiritual and physical characteristics really turn heads where ever you go.
On the card it states the following, " A great deal of activity. Sudden and immediate results. Important communication.
Uhmm...okay. I think this one fits me much better becuz I'm horrible at waiting for results!
You have a way of punishing people.... but in a good way where they come back for more and more and more.
You are creative, passionate and youthful in spirit.


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What the $1 Million AT&T Contribution to the National Museum of African American History Means to Me
By Casharee Smith
So much is happening in the news lately.
Some things are good, some not so good. Some are downright awful.
People across the country have called policing methods into question. Calls for parity in education, criminal justice and economic opportunity are as loud as ever. Shifting demographics are changing the face of America. On top of it all, it is quite a unique election year.
It might make sense for companies to rest on the sidelines in such an emotionally charged climate.
But when the opportunity came for AT&T to contribute $1 million to the new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C., my company jumped at the chance.
As a young African American employee of the organization, I couldn't be more proud.
Why is the museum and the AT&T contribution to it so important? It's because so many black families don't know their own histories, much less that of the broader community.
I can't easily trace my roots to a country of origin. Centuries of my family history are either lost to time or hidden away. I stand on the shoulders of giants relegated to the footnotes of history, but I don't know their individual stories. Their grit in the face of smothering oppression is why I'm a successful, college-educated black woman today.
But for all my ancestors have given me, I can't even name where they came from or celebrate their achievements.
Our school systems try to fill in some of these gaps but often fall short. The Civil Rights movement was so much more than Martin and Malcolm. Theirs are the only names students learn about in some schools during the same 28 days each year. The internet makes it much easier to discover all kinds of information, including black history. But no search engine can give you the answers you need if you don't even know what to look for.
The museum changes that for so many.
People fortunate enough to visit the museum can gain a deeper understanding of the black experience. The history behind the decimation of Black Wall Street underscores the importance of black-owned businesses today. Understanding the civil rights protests of yesteryear provides context on the movements sweeping the nation today. Discovering how 3 black women helped put a man on the moon proves that STEM careers aren't just a single race or gender. The NMAAHC brings so much of our history in one place and takes visitors on an American journey unlike any other.
That is why the NMAAHC is important. That is why it matters. And that is why I am proud to work for a company willing to make such a substantial gift for the museum's success.
At AT&T we say that "Every Voice Matters." Our contribution to the National Museum of African American History and Culture is yet another manifestation of that important slogan.
This is the view point of one employee from the Millennial generation. You can also read what an employee who lived through the Civil Rights era has to say about the AT&T contribution here.
To learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion across all communities, visit www.about.att.com/sites/diversity or download our 2015 D&I report.
Casharee Smith Client Support Specialist
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The IPO will raise about RM17.182 million in proceeds. Out of this, RM6 million will used for business expansion, RM3.5 million for Rearch and Development, RM4.482 million for working capital & the remaining RM3.2 million is for listing expenses.
Kronologi Asia was established in 2002. The company provides electronic data management services (EDM) to enterprises, including large corporations and multinationals or small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDec) awarded the company a MSC status in May 2014.
EDM services can bed divided into two areas namely infrastructure technology and managed services. Managed services involve managing the backup, storage, recovery and restoration of enterprise data on a subscription model.
Infrastructure technology, on the other hand, refers to the provision of physical hardware, software and/or equipment components of EDM.
Some of the company existing clients include Public Bank Bhd ( Financial Dashboard), Bank of Singapore, StarHub Ltd (Financial Dashboard) and PTT Pcl. Kronologi Asia is also the strategic marketing partner of US-based Quantum Corp Ltd in the Southeast Asian region.
Kronologi Asia already has a presence in the Southeast Asian region and hopes to expand into markets such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Myanmar by offering its infrastructure technology services.
More information regarding the company can be found in Kronologi Asia webpage.
For the time being, Kronologi Asia does not have any fixed dividend policy.
The table below is the financial summary for Kronologi Asia Bhd.
Bank Islam is the Principle Adviser, Sponsor, Sole Underwriter and Placement Agent of the IPO.
For those who are interested in Kronologi Asia IPO, you may subscribe at ATM machines or via Internet Banking. The subscription period is opened until 4th December 2014 at 5pm. Tentative balloting date is on 8th December while the allotment date is on 10th December 2014.
Kronologi Asia stock name in Bursa Malaysia is "KRONO".
View Kronologi Asia prospectus in Bursa Malaysia webpage.
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Bayhealth's Cancer Programs Reaccredited
Thursday, December 5, 2019 | Cancer Care
Bayhealth's cancer programs recently received a three-year reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeons (ACoS), Commission on Cancer (CoC), which is recognized as the leading accrediting body for cancer programs in the United States.
To earn CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated through a survey process and maintain levels of excellence in delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. The cancer programs at both Bayhealth Cancer Center, Kent Campus and Bayhealth Cancer Center, Milford Memorial (now Bayhealth Cancer Center, Sussex Campus underwent their survey in 2018. The survey reviewed three years of clinical and program performance at both Bayhealth Cancer Centers.
"Achieving reaccreditation requires a total team effort for success," said Iftekhar A. Khan, MD, chief of Bayhealth's oncology services. "We are grateful for the entire multidisciplinary team and their commitment of excellence in the field of cancer care."
Bayhealth's reaccreditation reflects an outstanding level of cancer care provided to the local community through comprehensive services. It also demonstrates how Bayhealth takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer that includes consultation among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary approach results in improved patient care.
"Our reaccreditation is a significant achievement," said John D. Shevock, FACHE, FACMPE, senior director of operations, oncology service line and executive director, Bayhealth Cancer Institute. "It shows Bayhealth's commitment to a higher level of cancer care for our communities in central and southern Delaware."
When patients receive care at a CoC-accredited facility, they have access to various cancer-related programs, clinical trials and new treatments, genetic counseling, and patient-centered services including psycho-social support, nurse navigation and a formalized survivorship program. Like all CoC-accredited facilities, Bayhealth also maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint program of the CoC and the American Cancer Society. Data on all types of cancer are tracked and analyzed through the NCDB and used to explore trends in cancer care.
Established in 1922 by the ACoS, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive, quality care. Its membership includes Fellows of the ACoS. Visit Facs.org for more information. Go to Bayhealth.org/Cancer to learn more about Bayhealth's cancer programs.
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MDT Overview What is a Multidisciplinary Team? What we do at HCG?
While cancer may be complex, its treatment requires a planned and integrated approach for the best possible outcomes.
A multidisciplinary team is a panel of specialists, with expertise in specific fields, who are brought together for each case. This panel of experts works in synergy, to ensure that comprehensive opinion is available, to guide each patient through diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and make sure that the patients who need several different therapies for treatment, receive advice on the ideal combination. This synergistic approach means that the patients benefit from the combined expertise of multiple cancer specialists.
What we do at HCG CCK?
A team of experts at HCGCCK meets to discuss and contribute years of individual experience & expertise to addressing the most critical and complex cases across the HCG Network. This gives the patient not just one specialist's opinion, but that of a team of specialists, carrying out in depth study of all documents and medical history, and then provide the patient a comprehensive holistic report on the best possible treatment plans and outcomes that suit the case.


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  NAME,
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  USER_LITERAL,
  STRING_LIST,
  USER_LIST,
  ID_FIELD,
  ID_SINGULAR,
  ID_PLURAL
} from '../../constants';
import { isRoleField } from './isRoleField';
import { getFieldType } from './getFieldType';

/**
 * decide, if the given role is whether
 * a 'userRole' or a 'docRole'
 *
 * Procedure:
 * 1. Determine, if this field is used as a roleField
 * 2. Check, if this roleField...
 *    a) is of type: String or [String] ==> userRole
 *    b) is of type: User or [User]     ==> docRole
 *    c) roleName = 'this'              ==> docRole
 * 3. If there is no roleField in this type
 *    it must be a userRole
 *
 * For 1. is a roleField:
 *   read the type's abstract syntax tree
 *   loop over all provided fields,
 *   check, if the field has a directive '@authRole'
 *   and if this authRole is 'for' the provided 'roleName'
 *   or the roleName is the special case 'this'
 *   ==> then it is a roleField
 *
 * For 2. get it's fieldType:
 *   read the type's abstract syntax tree
 *   for the roleField and read it's type
 *
 *   a) if it is a String or List of Strings,
 *   then the roleType = 'userRole'
 *
 *   b) if it is a User or List of Users (userIds),
 *   then the roleType = 'docType'
 *
 *   c) special case: roleName = 'this'
 *   (it doesn't look for an authRole for 'this')
 *   it means the document's id field is used for this
 *   meaning the role defines the authorizations,
 *   a User has upon his own User document
 *
 * For 3. none of the above applies
 *   so the role must be a userRole
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 * @private
 * @param {string} name - name of the role
 * @param {object} inputSchema - the schema of the type
 * @return {Object} role - role definitions
 * @property {string} roleType - type of the role 'userRole', 'docRole'
 * @property {string} roleName - name of the role
 * @property {string} roleFieldName - field name for the userRole
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        // userRoles: 'admin', 'user',...
        // docRoles: 'authorId', 'coAuthorsIds',...
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            break;

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            roleFieldName = field.name.value;
            break;
        }
      }
    }
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      roleName,
      roleFieldName
    };
  } else if (name !== '') {
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Звягино — деревня в Плюсском районе Псковской области. Входит в сельское поселение Плюсская волость.

География
Деревня расположена в 18 км к северу от районного центра — посёлка Плюсса и в 2 км к северу от деревни Нежадово.

Население
Численность населения деревни по оценке на конец 2000 года составляла 8 человек, по переписи 2002 года — 7 человек.

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До 1 января 2006 года деревня входила в состав ныне упразднённой Нежадовской волости.

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The Internet Exchange and Peering Points Packet Pushers Podcast is as good as the rest of them (listen to it first and then continue reading), but also strangely relevant to the data center engineers. When you look beyond the peering policies, route servers and BGP tidbits, an internet exchange is a high-performance large-scale layer-2 network that some data center switching vendors are dreaming about ... the only difference being that the internet exchanges have to perform extremely well using existing products and technologies, not the shortest-path-bridging futures promised by the vendors.
It was therefore extremely interesting to hear Stephen Wilcox mention VPLS as one of the technology options (more so as it relies on MPLS transport ;). The four-letter word predictably triggered Greg's service-providers-are-idiots rant (and I agree with him to a point – it's hard to trust your data to someone who can't produce a readable bill at the end of the month), so unfortunately the more important message was lost: VPLS is a technology that you can use to build large-scale data center layer-2 domains.
As I explained in "The big picture with a VPLS example" post (and in the Choose the Optimal VPN Service webinar – register here), VPLS is the technology the service providers use to build any-to-any layer-2 domain across an MPLS backbone (even more, you can have partially-meshed pseudo-LAN networks, but let's not get there at the moment).
It uses IP routing, so it's stable, offers optimal equal-cost load balancing and responds to outages in seconds (or however well you tune your routing protocol).
If you deploy MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) on top of the IP core (preferably with automatic fully-meshed tunnels and auto-bandwidth), your point-to-point loads will be shifted around the core as needed. With proper design, you'll get way better results than with equal-cost load balancing.
MPLS TE fast reroute (FRR) gives you the ability to temporarily shift traffic around failure points in milliseconds (two orders of magnitude faster than non-optimized IP routing protocols).
When you have a stable MPLS backbone, you can deploy VPLS over it. Point-to-point pseudowires are established automatically (you should use BGP-based autodiscovery) and the MPLS core takes care of traffic engineering and failure rerouting.
Last but definitely not least, the venerable (and lovingly hated) Spanning Tree Protocol stops at the VPLS edge. You might want to use it in the access network, or you could build an STP-free network and connect your hosts directly to the VPLS cloud.
VPLS is perceived to be a service provider technology, so it must be complex and unreliable (see above).
VPLS designer/implementer must have thorough knowledge of numerous technologies, including MPLS, IGP and BGP (preferably also MPLS-TE and FRR).
Good VPLS design is a serious piece of engineering. It's easier to believe someone will sprinkle a future wonder-technology (TRILL, for example) like a fairy dust across your data center core to make it work better with zero design/configuration effort (my kids are Winx Club fans, so I'm very familiar with the Believix charms ;).
Some vendors have gaps in their data center portfolio, so they are not keen to talk about VPLS. For example, the only data center switch from Cisco supporting VPLS is the venerable Catalyst 6500 (which is no longer listed as a data center switch).
As you know, I usually suffer from a particularly bad case of vendor-blindness. Tell us which vendors you would use to build a VPLS network like I've described above in the comments ... and don't forget, we're looking for high-end switches with decent number of GE/10GE ports.
Data Center 3.0 for Networking Engineers webinar (buy a recording) covers emerging data center technologies, including TRILL, 802.1aq and DCB. VPLS is mentioned in the data center interconnect (DCI) section of the webinar.
Enterprise MPLS/VPN deployment webinar (register here or buy a recording) describes how your enterprise network can benefit from MPLS/VPN, another technology perceived to be a service-provider-only topic.
You'll get access to both webinars as part of the yearly subscription.
I feel this statement is too broad. SPs typically have large teams of people working there, and ones you get to talk to as an outsider are almost always less-technical-but-with-good-people-skills pre-sales and marketing types.
I think it may turn out to be quite an expensive proposition. You typically need a fair lot of bw in a data centre, and those 40G router line cards are not cheap. I won't even mention the 100G.
Doesn't have to. You could either transparently pass STP BPDUs, block them, or even participate in an attached STP instance. Sometimes it can prove very useful (one case is when you take RX and TX fibres on an access port connected to a VPLS and plug them together "to check port and cable integrity"). Depending on your vendor implementation, port may come up and create an instant line-rate L2 forwarding loop. This has happened - plugging RX and TX together is apparently a common practice for telco field staff, who are used to install and commission "old school" transmission gear (think ATM/SONET/SDH). Switching on STP inside VPLS helped to stop it from happening (yes, there are better methods now, but it was "then", not "now").
Anyway, back to the point - my opinion is that you may be pressed hard to find equipment which supports VPLS well and has port configurations suitable for DC deployment, at a decent price. Would be glad to be proven wrong.
"Packet Pushers" podcast should have been renamed into "Cisco datacenter with an optional F5 load balancer for dummies" podcast. Actually this is what they have proudly committed to in their Q&A section.
Excellent feedback, Dmitri ... as always. Thank you!
I completely agree with your explanation. To extend it a bit, there are always good and bad examples (and as I wrote, I was qouting Greg, I've met a few really good service providers), but the generic truth is that even the best engineers cannot prove their value to the customer in a wrong environment ... and if an organization cannot get the basics right (their accounting and revenue-collecting machinery), you have to wonder about the quality of all the other internal processes.
It's not the skills or commitment of individual engineer that matters here (although they are prerequisites), it's also the capability of an organization to deliver constant high-quality experience to the customers.
Some of the startups have reasonably-priced L3 ports. Even the lowly Cat 6500 could provide you with IP+MPLS backbone (although not exactly at the price/performance point some people are looking for).
I'm positive You need IP addressing and IP routing for BGP/LDP, MPLS TE and PW endpoints. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
I don't care what protocol you use (as I wrote, I'm vendor-blind and the religion I'm familiar with is based on BGP) as long as endpoint autodiscovery works.
Thanks for the tip about TX/RX craziness. BPDU guard should solve that, I guess.
As I wrote, we would both like to be proven wrong. I know you can do what I propose with Cat 6500, but that's too liitle these days.
How exactly is your comment contributing to the "can we build it with VPLS" discussion?
I'm positive the Packet Pushers team will appreciate your questions or your offer to appear as a guest on their podcast to bring us closer to another aspect of networking ... you just need to get in touch with them.
Indeed AMS-IX use the MLX-32 etc and have been pushing more than 1 Tb/s through their VPLS.
So, man up pretty boy and come on the show and tell us how it's done. Use the contact form at http://packetpushers.net to send me your details and you can tell the world what your point of view is.
You should also note that the Foundry gear is quite cheap. But that wouldn't have anything to with it.
It does work though and has the necessary throughput. But they are a PITA to configure.
From an MPLS point of view I found them just as easy to configure as a Cisco (easier in some respects).
BGP is identical. Vlans were handled differently, but certainly not difficult.
The only thing that annoyed me was certain configuration directives couldn't be entered until a preceding directive which required a reboot to take affect was enacted. So we had to go through about 3 reboots to get it to our SOE config. Once the SOE config was fully installed we didn't have to repeat that process thankfully.
And yes they were quite cheap and that did have a lot to do with my company going with them. I saw the initial quotes from Cisco and Foundry, 90% off comes to mind. Especially with what Cisco was trying to get away with price wise for 10 gig long range optics.
Aren't those the limitations of every L2 solution?
Just to set the record straight: I'm a quite vocal opposer to the "bridge everywhere" craze that's spreading like wildfire, but if you want to build a large L2 domain (for whatever reason), is VPLS a viable solution or not?
won't you agree that VPLS scales much better than any L2-switch network?
- # of Vlans - you can create number of VPLS instances, and you have the flexibility of not having to drag the vlan tag into the VPLS.
Agree with this. Sadly, too many companies are too concerned with cramming whatever warez they peddle down customers' throats, instead of working out what those customers *really* want and would be happy to pay for.
I think you're right. My bad.
Things may have developed a fair bit since I had a close look last time (which was longer ago than I would like to admit), but LDP-based VPLS didn't use to support endpoint autodiscovery, leaving the BGP-based VPLS the only option if you wanted to have it.
Yes, I thought of mentioning Foundry (Brocade) / Extreme, but I haven't looked at them for a long while and not sure of how well they fare. Most of the places I know of well seem to favour Alcatel-Lucent ESS/SR, and these tend be on a bit of an expensive side. They are very nice and both speed and port density is there, but they could be a bit of a capability overkill for a fairly simple DC scenario (what with being purpose-made for service edge and whatnot).
@Anon: can you help me figure out how to configure standby (backup) PW for a VPLS neighbor with Cisco IOS. Doing it for standalone PW is easy, I can't make it work within VPLS definition.
but they lack features with PW/VPLS - i think this is one of them.
I operate a large Brocade NetIron XMR network and I find them significantly easier to configure than our old Cisco 7600s. We offer all services on a single platform with predictable results. At this point, I'd select Brocade over Cisco boxes even if the price was higher.
when someone says "Bridge it using VPLS", you don't really consider duplicate MAC addresses. with H-VPLS using QinQ encapsulation (IEEE802.1ad), what used to be in different vlans gets placed into one vlan, which means you have a duplicate MAC in the same vlan now when this MAC is a HSRP/VRRP MAC, or perhaps and potentially a randomly chosen Virtual machine MAC address.
What's the behavior of VPLS when there's 2 or more things at different locations with the same MAC, which are in the same Vlan because you used 802.1ad/QinQ to give you H-VPLS to be able to scale? Your devices with the conflicting MACs have their communication broken... So H-VPLS with QinQ/802.1ad is *more* failure prone, with respect to a duplicate MAC issue, than just building a full/partial mesh of portchannels.
Faced with this, and duplicate MACs you cannot control, do you implement 7600 PE pairs are $400k/pair and use H-VPLS with PBB, or do you sit down and drill into "do you really need any-any connectivity which can support duplicate MACs?"
Do you rip out VPLS and put in EoMPLS port-mode pseudowires instead (because maybe you really need bridging between 2, not X>2 locations?
Having been on the sharp end of having to fix someone else's hosed H-VPLS with QinQ implementation, implemented BEFORE MACinMAC was available (circa 2008), in environment where the service had to be able to deal with duplicate MACs used on things which should not be geographically split over a bridge WAN connection , but were (ie HSRP router pairs, VRRP firewall pairs), given the requirement really for only 2 locations, and given the futility of controlling the choosing of MAC addresses by the server admins, standby group numbering of external customers, etc... and given the cost of retrofitting H-VPLS with PBB on expensive new cards on the latest SRE train IOS, I ripped out a complicated H-VPLS with QinQ implementation and replaced it with EoMPLS port-mode pesudowires on routed ports. And I even had the full stamp of approval of the TMEs at Cisco that Advanced Services consulted on it.
given other constraints (money is not unlimited, really only 2 locations, engineering team are not service provider engineers well versed in MPLS/VPLS, but enterprise engineers who say, VFI-what?), then maybe I look for a tried and true, simpler solution for bridging that I need, or my personal favorite, go attack the IMHO specious need for bridging in the first place. In one instance, it was EoMPLS instead, and it's been solid as a rock with no issues, simple to understand for the enterprise engineers which support it, and ultimately only connects 2 locations, so the any-any VPLS benefit is not needed.
Thanks for the extensive feedback. Now I understand where you got burnt ... so did I and I didn't even need VPLS to hit the Q-in-Q problem, plain bridging between a few switches was more than enough.
So it seems you've been faced with stretched L2 domains AND duplicate MAC addresses. Stretched L2 domains are (in my book) the utmost stupidity someone could do, running FHRP on them is going one step further and throwing VPLS in the mix is obviously the grand finale.
as a customer, do you really want to contact the Service Provider everytime you want to bridge one more Vlan over your VPLS service?
Obviously not. Do you want to have the VPLS service break your network because of duplicate MACs?
When you have had dumb design in the past that split FHRP's or worse, split HA clusters of firewalls, load balancers, servers, etc... duplicate MACs are a fact of life. No these things should not be split over a WAN... but people ignore good advice all the time. If you need to BRIDGE between data centers, the technology needs to be able to deal with whatever bad behavior has been implemented in the past.
MACinMAC is a fairly recent development (2008) and just now being implemented in products and deployed... still buggy.
for a large L2 domain, yes VPLS is probably your best choice IF you really need multipoint any-any connectivity. If you need point-to-point connectivity, VPLS is probably overkill complexity-wise and cost-wise, and only recently has VPLS in the form of H-VPLS with MACinMAC been able to fully isolate the customer network from the service provider network in terms of vlans used, mac addresses carried etc.
I think that in most instances where you have data center interconnect for bridging being the driver for VPLS services, the # of datacenters == 2, so how valid is the argument for any-any connectivity for all datacenter interconnect designs.
If you are doing data center consolidation, do you attack consolidation of multiple datacenters into fewer all at once? Not in any of the efforts I have been involved in. You typically *divide* a problem to conquer it, which means while you may need temporary bridging of data centers for consolidation, it is limited, and you typically deal with consolidating one DC to another at a time, so you typically need point-to-point temporary bridging, not permanent.
the issues of VPLS and H-VPLS scalability and dealing with duplicate MACs and full encapsulation of MACs to fully isolate customer and SP networks is a technology issue, not a vendor centric issue.


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Tags: G-7 | South China Sea | China | Territorial Disputes
G-7 Raises South China Sea Territorial Disputes in Statement
Taiwan-controlled Taiping island as viewed from the air. (Johnson Lai/AP)
Andy Sharp Monday, 11 April 2016 06:25 PM
Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies expressed concern over territorial disputes in Asian waters where China has been more aggressively asserting its claims in recent years.
"We are concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and emphasize the fundamental importance of peaceful management and settlement of disputes," the ministers said in a joint statement at the end of a two-day meeting in Hiroshima.
"We express our strong opposition to any intimidating, coercive or provocative unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tensions, and urge all states to refrain from such actions as land reclamations, including large scale ones, building out outposts, as well as their use for military purposes and to act in accordance with international law including the principles of freedoms of navigation and overflight."
While the communique didn't explicitly name China, it contained a clear message critical of Beijing's ambitions in the waters -- a key maritime artery for trade and energy shipments. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday said the G-7 meeting shouldn't "hype" the issue.
'Stronger Base'
"The G-7 is going through the motions of making it clear to China that if they do something more there will be a cost to bear," said Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra. "The G-7 statement gives the Americans a much stronger base to go to their key allies, including Australia, to get them to act in concert with them."
The U.S. is keen to rally international political support before an international tribunal in The Hague makes a ruling later this year on a case brought by the Philippines against China's claims in the South China Sea, Davis said. Any attempt to get a similar statement from the United Nations would be blocked by China, which is a member of the Security Council. "The G-7 statement is probably the best the Americans can get at this stage," Davis said.
China claims more than 80 percent of the South China Sea and has constructed artificial islands there, some with airstrips capable of landing military aircraft. In recent months, Japan has stepped up its criticism of China's activities in the waters, while the U.S. last year sailed a warship near Chinese "islands," showing it doesn't recognize them as having the same rights as Chinese territory. China's claims to one of the world's busiest shipping lanes overlap with those of five other nations.
Japan is also engaged in its own dispute with China in the East China Sea over a chain of uninhabited islands administered by Japan. Ships from the two countries regularly tail each other near the islets known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese.
A commentary Sunday in China's official Xinhua News service blasted Japan for trying to "hijack" the G-7 meeting, calling the Tokyo government a "regional wave-maker keen on rocking the boat."
"Long uncomfortable with China's rising influence in the region, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his administration have never passed up an opportunity to trip up and contain China," columnist Zhu Dongyang said. "Behind their unwonted interests in accusing China of militarizing the South China Sea is Tokyo's real scheme to provoke the West into lashing out at China."
Other Claimants
Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also have claims in the South China Sea that fall within China's nine-dash line, the delineation of China's claims that first appeared on a 1947 map. China's trading influence is increasingly matched by an expanded military presence in the region. China has deployed missiles, radars and fighter jets in territory it controls in the area and has stepped up its naval patrols in the waters.
China and the other claimant states are not part of the meeting in Hiroshima. The G-7 meeting also included foreign ministers from the U.K., Germany, Canada, France, and Italy, as well as representatives of the European Union.
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G-7, South China Sea, China, Territorial Disputes


Chinchon is an Spanish card game played with 40 or 48 cards, and optionally with jokers.
The Spanish pack has 40 or 48 cards distributed in four suits: oros (golden coins), copas (glasses), espadas (swords) and bastos (sticks); the picture cards are sota (jack,10), caballo (horse,11), and rey (king,12). Most games are played with the 40 cards pack (pictures and cards from ace to seven), but some of them need also eights and nines.
Two or more players may take part individually at chinchon.
Before the start of the game players decide the score they must exceed to be eliminated of the game. Several dealings are played, as much as it is needed until one of the players eliminates all the opponents.
The goal in every dealing is to sum the possible minimum amount of points. Players must join groups of cards with the same picture or runs of cards of the same suit.
The first dealer is randomly selected.
The first of the remaining cards is left face up on the table, next to the pack.
Each turn starts by taking one card; the player may choose between two options: take the last card left face up (the first card left in the dealing, or the last card discarded by previous player), or take the top card of the pack (face down).
The second part of the turn entails in discarding from one of the 8 cards in the hand, that must be left face up on the top of the pile of discarded cards.
If the pack is emptied before the dealing is closed, thrown cards are shuffled and placed to continue.
Cards with the same index.
Run (cards of the same suit with consecutive indexes).
Jokers (if used, 2) may replace any card; it is forbidden to join a group with two jokers and another single card.
The player who has linked his cards can close the dealing. At least six cards mus be joined (one group of six cards at least, or two groups of 3 or 4 cards); if all the seven cards are not used, the remaining card must have an index below 5.
The player who closes the dealing must leave the discarded card face down on the pile before showing the joined cards.
If you want to close, you have to click on the padlock before clicking on the card to throw.
It is not possible to close during the first turn.
If players are waiting for cards that remain in hands of opponents, the game could be very long; if so, the hand is closed automatically when the pack has been run out of cards four times.
The player who has closed starts laying off; the other players will lay off their groups of cards according to the same order used to play the cards.
After laying off own cards, each player may place any remaining card in some other group layed off by other player. This can only be made if the player who closed the dealing used 6 cards, not if 7 cards were used.
If you use the option to perform automatically forced moves ( ), the program will place the cards choosing the option that gives you the best possible score, according to your own cards and the cards already placed on the table. This process is quick and efficient in most cases.
Cards must be selected in the same order of the runs, one by one.
In order to skip to the next group, or finish with the groups and start placing cards out of your own groups, sometimes you will need to click on the icon placed in the right corner ( ).
Whenever you select one card that can be put in different places, it remains selected, and you have to click on the card that will be next to it.
Two groups of cards (4 and 3): -10 points.
Run of seven cards, with two jokers: -25 points.
Run of seven cards, with one joker: -50 points.
Run of seven cards, without any joker (chinchon): wins the game.
When all the possible cards are placed, players sum the total amount of points of the cards left in thier hands, and the amount is added in the overall score.
Players are eliminated when they exceed the score agreed before the start of the game, but there is also the option to return if it is allowed (if so, there is a maximum number of returns for each player). The player who returns takes the highest score between players who still remain below the elimination limit score.
If only one player remain below this limit after the dealing, the game finishes even if some of the other players have not used all their returns.
It is not possible to close the dealing keeping one card that leaves the player exceeding the limit score of the game.
There is not return option when only tow players take part in the game.
The winner is the player who eliminates all the opponents.


As faithful members of #TeamBlackBerry, we know that one of the most difficult things to deal with lately is loosing a friend to another platform. We've all gone though it, and lately it seems to be getting worse. With the most recent BlackBerry Bold being a year old now and new phones like the iPhone5 and Samsung Galaxy III offering some pretty enticing screens/features its almost to be expected to see your BBM contacts dropping like flies.
But what about the people who NEED a physical keyboard? Surely they still exist right? There must be people who have left #TeamBlackBerry for a full touch device and don't like it? Right? The big problem is carrier contracts. If you want a good deal on your new phone you have to sign a 2-3 year contract. So basically you're stuck with what ever device you choose for a long time.
This brings me to today's post. What if you could switch back to #TeamBlackBerry for free for a 3 month trial? Would you try? Would you like it or hate it?
Last Christmas one of my dear friends who had been #TeamBlackBerry for years, bought matching iPhone 4s for her husband and herself. I'm not sure who was more upset, me hearing those words, or her having to say them to my face. Since leaving she has somewhat struggled with the virtual keyboard (me making fun of it along the way). While she likes the iOS platform, she misses things about her old BlackBerry 9700. Especially the keyboard, and BBM. She also pointed out that she found she was less "social" on iOS. Enter the number one #TeamBlackBerry fanboy with a mischievous plan. I have setup a new BlackBerry Bold 9900 for her to use for 3 months. Her iPhone will be set aside for now. Being a full-time sales manager and running a small business in the evenings will she find that the BlackBerry helps her get things done? Does action really have a symbol? Do I really want to know the answer?
Will she stay? Will she go running back to her iPhone in a heartbeat? Stay tuned to see!
"I first want to thank you for the opportunity to go back and try the blackberry Bold 9900. My old Blackberry did not have a touch screen so I was excited to have the opportunity to try out the phone. The best way I can tell you about my experience is to let you know the positives an negatives I found with each phone and then what ultimately made me decide.
The ultimate decision came from carrying two phones. I often would forget to charge my iphone and go to teach and have no music and scramble to get the phone charged. I would be in the middle of teaching and need a song only to find no way to download it. I also use the iphone at times to entertain my 5 year old son when I was in a sto e. The BlackBerry games were not as user friendly for him. I am sad to leave BlackBerry as I do believe in the brand. I hear good things for the future of the product through Mark. I will always keep an open mind but for to day I need to return to the product that works for my current lifestyle."
The good thing? All that she complained about a BlackBerry is fixed with BB10! I will get her back again!
I feel that blackberry phones are classy and with qwerty keypads. The features of a blackberry phone are phenomenal. Here is assignment help also providing the BlackBerry phone deals are cheap and one can enjoy the benefits given by the network providers.


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Neocons ADMIT They Will Lie Us Into War
If a new "catastrsophic and catalyzing event" happened tomorrow... would the public blindly support the government in a headlong rush to war or would they question what they were being told?
Geopolitics Neocons Usa
James Corbett | May 18, 2019
Now that mustachioed super villain John Bolton is in the driver's seat of America's foreign policy, an old video of the arch-neocon admitting he would lie to the public to achieve his goals is making the rounds once again. Go ahead and watch it for yourself.
Here's the money quote for those who missed it: "If I had to say something I knew was false to protect American national security, I would do it."
The example he gives to flesh out his point is relatively uncontroversial. "I don't think we're often faced with that difficulty, but would I lie about where the D-Day invasion was going to take place to deceive the Germans, you'd better believe it."
But is that where the principle of knowingly lying to the public in the name of "national security" begins and ends? Not revealing the dates and locations of planned military operations? Or do you think that someone like John Bolton and his neocon friends just might use this idea of lying to achieve his goals a bit more liberally?
In fact, we don't even have to wonder about this point, and nor should we be shocked in the least that a neocon like Bolton—who is now openly lusting after regime change in Iran and Venezuela—would profess his allegiance to the "noble lie." All it takes is a little examination of the historical roots of the neocons to see that this has always been there openly admitted policy.
To understand who the neocons are and what they really believe, we have to look at the godfather of the neocon movement, Leo Strauss. Born into an orthodox Jewish family in Prussia in 1899, Strauss received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Hamburg in 1921, also taking classes at the Universities of Freiburg and Marburg where he joined a Jewish fraternity and worked for the German Zionist movement. He headed to Paris on a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1932, and then headed to England before finally settling down in the United States. After becoming an American citizen, Strauss became a professor of political philosophy at the University of Chicago in 1949, where he remained until 1969.
Strauss' iconoclastic teachings on philosophy, politics and religion earned him a reputation as "somebody who wanted to go back to a previous, pre-liberal, pre-bourgeois era of blood and guts, of imperial domination, of authoritarian rule, of pure fascism." Among his many students who went on to be influential in their own fields were Allan Bloom, Susan Sontag, Abram Shulsky and Paul Wolfowitz. You might recognize the latter two names as two key members of the neocon movement that went on to infest the administration of George W. Bush and ultimately lie America into the Iraq war. This is not a trivial connection.
There was something of a journalistic industry in the early 2000s noting Leo Strauss' connection to the Bush administration's neocon cabal. Seymour Hersh got the ball rolling with a landmark New Yorker article which made the connection between the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans (OSP) and the Straussian Neocons.
The Office of Special Plans was a Pentagon unit created by arch-neocons Paul Wolfowitz and David Feith in 2002 for the express purpose of cherry-picking data to create a case against Iraq in the run-up to the Second Gulf War. The director of the OSP was none other than aforementioned Strauss acolyte Abram Shulsky.
As Hersh pointed out in his article, Shulsky's adherence to Strauss was not a trivial matter. As Shulsky himself wrote in a scholarly article he co-wrote on Strauss and intelligence gathering, Strauss' philosophy "suggests that deception is the norm in political life, and the hope to say nothing of the expectation, of establishing a politics that can dispense with it is the exception." Strauss modeled his defense of political deception on the "noble lie," or the idea propounded by Plato in The Republic that, in order to advance their agenda, a ruling elite must sometimes knowingly propagate myths. It was clearly a lesson that Shulsky and the other neocons took to heart.
After the publication of Hersh's New Yorker article, the floodgates were open and numerous articles appeared connecting Strauss' idea of the "noble lie"—expounded on in an informative interview with political philosopher Shadia Drury—to the run up to the war in Iraq, including pieces in Alternet, Counterpunch, the International Herald Tribune, and even The Straight Dope. The article also inspired a defense of Strauss and the neocons from the neocons' own mouthpiece, The Weekly Standard.
Most of these articles echoed Hersh in connecting the neocons' propensity to lie about intelligence with Strauss' idea that the elite must obscure reality behind noble lies and pious frauds in order to inflict their will on the unwashed masses. Some even connected Strauss to the rhetoric employed by the Bush administration in their execution of the war on terror—"regime" being Strauss' preferred term for the Aristotelian category corresponding to the essence of a state. From this we get the now ubiquitous term "regime change."
The examples of (ig)noble lies propagated by the neocons in the Bush administration to advance their agenda of regime change in the Middle East are too numerous to mention. Such a list would have to encompass Bush's (s)election, Iraq's non-existent WMDs, the likely result of overthrowing Saddam, the real nature of Abu Ghraib, and, of course, the foundational lie of our political era: 9/11.
It is not difficult to see how the 9/11 lie would have benefited this group of power-hungry schemers. The events of that day served as an enabler for the group, the perfect opportunity to implement their agenda. This point is not even controversial. It was openly admitted by Vincent Cannistraro—a former CIA counter-terrorism chief who once worked with Abram Shultz—in Hersh's article:
"Abe is very gentle and slow to anger, with a sense of irony. But his politics were typical for his group—the Straussian view." The group's members, Cannistraro said, "reinforce each other because they're the only friends they have, and they all work together. This has been going on since the nineteen-eighties, but they've never been able to coalesce as they have now. September 11th gave them the opportunity, and now they're in heaven."
We all know by now about the neocon cabal and their motivation for creating a 9/11-style event. It was put in black and white in the neocons' own document from September 2000, Rebuilding America's Defenses, which became a blueprint for their work in the Bush administration. The paper—put out by the neocon cabal's Project for a New American Century, which included Shultz, William Kristol, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and "Scooter" Libby—lays out the neocons' plans for "shaping the international security order in line with American principles and interests." Infamously, page 51 of the document contains the following passage: "Further, the process of transformation [of the American military], even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor."
And, conveniently, that "new Pearl Harbor" arrived on September 11, 2001, just nine months into "W"'s tenure as Dissembler-in-Chief. Also conveniently, the man in charge of the 9/11 Commission that ultimately wrote the official government history of that day, Philip Zelikow, just happened to be a neocon whose own self-described expertise is in the creation and management of "public myth."
But if 9/11 was a Straussian "noble lie" used by the neocons to win public support for their plan to redraw the map of the Middle East and implement a turnkey tyranny at home, the obvious question is what sort of "catastrophic and catalyzing event" would they be willing to engineer in order to realize their dream of regime change in Iran or Venezuela?
Sadly, given that John Bolton—a neocon who has never heard of a foreign intervention he didn't like—is currently serving as National Security Advisor to Trump and is openly lusting after regime change in both Iran and Venezuela (and even ordering reviews of plans to send 120,000 American troops to the Middle East), this is a question that may be answered before the next presidential (s)election in 2020.
But perhaps there is a silver lining to this tragic tale of terror and tyranny. The elite are only required to propagate "noble lies" like 9/11 because the public's perceptions and opinions matter. The corollary of this observation is that if people do not fall for the noble lie, then the would-be elite won't be able to implement their agenda.
So now we have another question to ask ourselves: If a new "catastrsophic and catalyzing event" happened tomorrow, and if it was immediately blamed on Iran or Venezuela or Russia or China or any of the neocons' other bogeymen, would the public blindly support the government in a headlong rush to war or would they question what they were being told?


Forgot to write a post on our Orienteering Experience on April 26th.
We did a course out at John Forrest National Park. We were rather unsure of where we were supposed to go and what we were supposed to do. However, the registration area was well signposted and there were lots of people there to explain the process and advise.
Based on the advice received we decided to do the "VE - Very Easy" course. Apparently this level of course is designed for 7y.o. to navigate on their own. The course follows tracks or other obvious features the whole way and each turn is marked with a checkpoint.
The VE course was approximately 2.3km and it was a "walk in the park" (apart from a 5y.o. who complained ALL the time - my youngest doesn't like walking - ever!). Still she is very good at navigating and loved using the E-tag at the checkpoints.
Today we went and did another course out at Kalamunda National Park (Jorgensen Park). This time we decided to the "E - Easy" course.
This was more of a challenge. Although you can use tracks to get to each checkpoint there are options for cross-country work as well. We did a mixture of the tracks and cross-country, particularly as most of the cross-country work was through areas of Parrot Bush (not fun!). There were also less checkpoints, and the ones that were there were further apart.
We found that this was a good challenge for all of us. My youngest still complained the whole way though ... so I'm trying to decide if it is worth dragging her along with us each time or if we should find an alternative activity for her on Sunday mornings. I like the idea of the family doing an activity together and she is quite a strong willed child so learning to compromise isn't the worst thing she could learn. However, I don't want to turn her off orienteering forever.
We are looking forward to the next event at Gooseberry Hill National Park on Sunday May 10th.
One of the best views of Perth from up there on Gooseberry Hill. I used to get up there a lot when living in Helena Valley.


Accepting Jesus Christ into our lives as our Lord and Savior creates within us a new heart. Spiritually we have received a heart transplant. Our issue seems to be in coming to believe that truth. Our mind seems to function out of old habits. We need a Revelation of the fact that we have indeed received a new heart. Over time, the process of that heart pumping into our blood system the blood of Jesus Christ, those old habits will begin to give way to a whole new way of life, a life of change, a life of Freedom. And whom Jesus Christ sets free is free indeed.


As a young child (at around age 5 or 6), I distinctly remember crying myself to sleep at night a few times due to the fear of losing my parents. Unlike most little kids I knew, my parents were very different… It wasn't that they were brown and all the rest of the parents were white, or that they didn't drive the nicest cars. It was that they were old(er).
Since I am the youngest of 9 children with my closest sibling being 6 years older than me, my parents (by default) were older in age when they had me. Add to that the fact that I was an accident and it makes my folks even older. (it's true, my siblings told me so, and I did the math – who waits 6 years after their 8th child to have #9?) So, as a kindergarten student, it was easy for me to tell the difference between my mom (age 48 at the time) and my dad (age 58 at the time) and the other children's parents (all age 25 – 30).
That said, from a very early age I carried with me a fear in the back of my mind of loosing my parents sooner than I ought to. I distinctly remember praying to God that he at least let me keep them until I graduated high school… Apparently, I was perfectly in line with my mom's prayers. When I actually graduated high school she gave me a card where she detailed the her prayers when she first found out she was pregnant with me. Knowing she was already a little bit old to be having more kids (age 43 at the time), she prayed to God to at least let her see me graduate.
Of course, God Always Provides.
After my high school graduation, I always felt as though I was living on borrowed time with my parents. When I was 18, my mom was 61 and my dad was 71. As such, I always made my best effort to take advantage of every moment I had with them, especially since I was moving 13 hours away to go to college. And as grateful as I was to the Lord for answering both mine and my mother's prayers, I went ahead and updated my prayer: "God, maybe you can keep them around until I graduate college"… Give a mouse a cookie and he'll ask you for a glass of milk!
Needless to say, God is the great provider. Not only did He allow my parents to see me graduate college, but they also saw me get married, get divorced, and get married again.
And then today, far beyond all realistic expectations, God allowed my mom (age 75) and dad (age 85) to meet my first daughter Alexis. The picture speaks for itself.
I don't write this as a final fulfillment of God's provision, but more so as a testament to our tiny little prayers and His desire to give us an absolutely abundant life overflowing with blessings, and then some. God has a plan for us, far bigger and greater than we could possibly imagine. If only we can surrender to His will for our lives and trust Him in His sovereignty.


Over the course of the winter, umpires throughout Hampshire and across the country have been receiving extensive training to help them deal with the many changes that have been made to the Laws of Cricket and which will apply from the scheduled start of the new Southern Premier League season next Saturday.
Many of the changes are minor or cosmetic but some are not. The MCC has particularly sought to address poor player conduct and penalties for offences have generally become more severe with the number of 'warnings' issued under the Laws being minimised. Other changes bring established practice into the Laws rather than playing regulations.
• 'Obstructing the Field' now incorporates 'Handled the Ball'. This will have no effect on whether a batsman is dismissed; rather, it is just the method of dismissal that might be changed.
• The words 'deceive' and 'deception' have been added to the Laws to cover both mock fielding and any other act which deliberately aims to deceive the batting side. Penalty runs and other sanctions will be incurred for such actions.
• For non-pitching deliveries, all deliveries, irrespective of their speed, which pass above waist height of the upright striker are to trigger sanctions which consist of a first and final warning. Any subsequent such delivery will result in the bowler being suspended from bowling for the rest of the innings.
• For short pitched deliveries, once an umpire decides that a short pitched delivery is dangerous or unfair, a first and final warning will be issued. Any subsequent such delivery will result in the bowler being suspended from bowling for the rest of the innings.
• A new Clause has been added to stop a striker taking guard within the protected area or very close to it.
• The Law that enables the bowler to run out the non-striker before delivery has been changed extending the point at which the run out of the non-striker can be attempted to the instant at which the bowler would be expected to deliver the ball.
• A new Law that deals specifically with players' misconduct is introduced requiring Umpires to take action depending upon the nature of an offence. Sanctions range from the issue of a team warning through the award of penalty runs, to the removal of a player from the field of play for either a prescribed length of time or for the whole of the match.


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CHARLES D. RYAN is managing director and portfolio manager in the Growth Equity Group Division of U.S. Trust Company of New York. He is a member of the division's Investment Policy Committee as well as U.S. Trust's Portfolio Policy Committee and Research Council Committee. His responsibilities include primary research for healthcare-related companies and consumer stocks. Prior to joining Growth Equity Group, Mr. Ryan was with BNY Asset Management, the investment arm of The Bank of New York, where he was head of the Institutional Equity Division. Mr. Ryan's responsibilities included product management for BNY Asset Management Sector's Institutional Equity Division, and he served on the bank's Investment Policy Committee. He was also a manager on the BNY Hamilton Equity Income Fund. His clients included ERISA-qualified corporate, Taft-Hartley pension funds, endowments and foundations. Mr. Ryan is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research as well as the New York Society of Security Analysts. He holds a BA from Villanova University. Profile
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No Tickets to Texas-LSU? No Problem. There's a Free Watch Party on Campus.
By Brett R. | September 5, 2019
For the die-hard fans looking to score a ticket to the massive college football showdown between the Texas Longhorns and LSU Tigers, you might be out of luck. The game is officially solid out. Of course, you can go pay an absurd amount to get in on the secondary market, but that's a tough price to pay for a seat way upstairs at Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium.
So, the University of Texas has come up with an amazing solution and you can be part of a cool experience. There's now an official Texas-LSU Watch Party at Longhorn City Limits presented by ATX Design.
The LCL is on the LBJ Lawn by the stadium on campus -- where ESPN's College GameDay will be on Saturday morning -- and fans can watch the primetime game on a big screen.
The best part? It's free to get in.
Y'all asked, we're gonna deliver.
Official watch party at LCL on Saturday for @TexasFootball vs. LSU. #HookEm?
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— Texas Longhorns (@TexasLonghorns) September 4, 2019
RELATED: Texas vs. LSU is College Football's Most In-Demand Ticket of 2019
Basically, this is going to be one massive tailgate that extends well beyond the 6:30 p.m. kickoff on ABC.
Texas-LSU Watch Party Schedule
Not only are fans allowed to bring folding chairs and blankets to sit on the lawn, but Stubb's BBQ, the Deep Eddy Lounge, and more drink stations will be available. Alcoholic beverages will be sold until the end of the third quarter, according to TexasSports.com.
As if the Texas Football and LSU Football game wasn't big enough, the party in Austin just got even bigger.
Here's the LBJ lawn schedule for September 7 for fans:
5:30 a.m.: Pit access opens for ESPN College GameDay
8-11 a.m.: ESPN College GameDay LIVE broadcast
11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: LBJ Lawn closed for set changes
2:30 p.m.: Deep Eddy Lounge at Longhorn City Limits opens
3:30 p.m.: Rob Baird at Longhorn City Limits
5 p.m.: Midland at Longhorn City Limits
6:30 p.m.: Texas vs. LSU Watch Party
Postgame: Silent Disco
Needless to say, if you can't go to the game, this seems like the next best thing.
READ MORE: Texas History Comes to Life at Massive, New UT Athletics Hall of Fame


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Second blasting tunnel found in Nobbys headland
Posted on June 3, 2009 August 28, 2019 by uoncc
Tunnel vision of civic leaders by Matthew Kelly
Link to online Newcastle Herald story 3 June 2009 – Second blasting tunnel found in Nobbys headland
The Search for the Nobbys Gunpowder Tunnels
The University of Newcastle's Coal River Working Party is currently preparing a scoping document for the New South Wales Heritage Branch which sets out our goals for archaeological investigations within the Coal River Precinct (NSW State Heritage Register No1674).
A team consisting of Roslyn Kerr (Geologist), Russell Rigby (Geologist), Peter Sherlock (Director, Monteath & Powys), Arthur Love (Coffey Geosciences) and Cynthia Hunter (Historian) are currently working on this Project.
The discovery of the second Nobbys tunnel entrance was made late last month by Roslyn Kerr, whilst investigating a series of maps and photographs and plans with Russell Rigby and Cynthia Hunter.
To bring you up to date with our researches we have prepared the following account.
At the entrance to Newcastle's Hunter River (originally named Coal River) was a small, but prominently tall, island. It was originally 203 feet high. It was sighted by Captain Cook on May 10th 1770 as a 'small clump of an island' and became known as Nobbys.
Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1828 recorded its Aboriginal name as 'Whibayganba'. The missionary Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld in 1855 recorded the Aboriginal dreaming story associated with the land mark that believed it was the abode of an enormous kangaroo that shook itself from time to time.
Nobbys' position, directly at the mouth of the fast flowing Hunter River, meant sailing ships had great difficulty entering the harbour. On one side of Nobbys lay rocky shoals and its height could take away the prevailing winds from their sails, causing them to lose steerage and flounder.
With the development of a prison colony at Newcastle in 1801 and 1804 and the frequent passage of sailing ships between Sydney and the Hunter River, the problems, which Nobbys caused to shipping, persisted, with many vessels wrecked on the rocky shoals surrounding the island.
Governor Macquarie conceived a plan to join Nobbys to the mainland with a 650 metres long breakwater, known as Macquarie Pier, working from both the island and mainland.
Convict labour was employed and rock was quarried from the top of Nobbys to assist with this breakwater and thereby assist entrance to the river.
In 1816, just prior to construction of the breakwater, Nobbys was used as an island prison for 'refractory' female convicts (seen by the authorities as obstinate prostitutes).
The breakwater was begun in 1818, but its construction was interrupted for a time after Governor Macquarie's term of office expired in 1823. It was re-commenced in 1836 after a public outcry forced authorities to act in repairing and completing the link from the island to the mainland.
A gang of convicts known as the 'Nobbys Gang' was marooned on the island, steadily hacking into it to construct the Pier, while another convict gang, known as the 'Chain Gang' worked from the opposite side on the mainland. Some questions surround where the convicts stayed on the island – did they commence the tunnels to live in? How far did they extend? This is just a part of Nobbys mysterious and hidden past.
The colonial government authorities in 1853 eventually cut off the top layers of Nobbys, leading to one of our mysteries.
Today Nobbys stands less than half its height at 29 meters (96 feet) with the one of the oldest continuously operating lighthouses on its summit.
In 1853 whilst leveling off the top of the island to prepare it for a lighthouse, Lieutenant Colonel Barney, who was the soldier and engineer in charge of the operation, enthusiastically supported the suggestion of the Colonial Secretary to use gunpowder to 'demolish' the island to speed up the work. By this time Nobbys had been quarried for breakwall material, giving the island an ugly shape, and Barney ordered the two tunnels to be constructed, each 150 ft long, with chambers for explosives, to be driven into the landmark. Barney and his engineer T. Gother Mann had planned three tunnels, and thought they may have needed a fourth. However, it seems that only 2 tunnels were actually dug, both to a distance of 24 metres into the island. Tunnel excavation was stopped after Newcastle residents protested to the Government.
One newspaper report from 2 May 1918 states that the name of 'Lieutenant Sutherland' is carved at the ends where the two tunnels meet. We do not believe that the two tunnels meet. Another report says the name is that of 'Lieutenant Shortland', the white colonial discoverer of the Coal River (Hunter River)'.
One of the University of Newcastle Coal River Working Party's goals is to find those mysterious tunnels and that carved inscription which lies deep within Nobbys.
Ralph Snowball Glass Negative showing north eastern tunnel entrance
In the recently donated Ralph Snowball Glass negatives an early 1900s photograph which possibly shows the north eastern entrance to one tunnel. Thank you to the family of Norm Barney who donated this important photographic treasure to the University's Cultural Collections (Archives).
Of this entrance Mr D. Williams (of Bondi) who entered it in 1945 reported:
I had little difficulty in entering the tunnel driven from the eastern face of Nobbys. After I "got my eyesight" I proceeded to the face, sounding the roof as I proceeded. On the face of the tunnel there had been inscribed "Lieut. Shortland," the name of the discoverer of the Coal (Hunter) River. Each side of the tunnel face chamber was constructed. The end of the drive resembled the capital letter T. Ample space was provided to pack explosives and other materials.
Glass negative from Government Geologist showing south eastern tunnel entrance
A second glass negative was provided by David Barnes photographer with the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to Russell Rigby. It was from this early image that Roslyn Kerr noticed that the second entrance was photographed at the extreme left hand side.
Of this southern entrance Mr D. Williams (of Bondi) who entered it in 1945 reported:
I had to dig myself into the drive, going into Nobbys from the south. It was almost blocked up at the entrance, but inside it was constructed and finished off just the same as was the other drive from the east.
Of both drives Mr Williams said:
I found that the drives were driven in the same bed of rock, above high-water mark – about 4 ½ ft. high and 5 ft. wide. The drives were damp, but there was no water on the floor of either. I saw no coal.
Mr Maurice (Maurie) Lynch (Photographed by Noel Davies 1994)
This evidence is corroborated with research carried out in the 1990s by Mr Noel Davies, historian and author of the book Convict Nobbys. In 1994 he interviewed Mr Maurice (Maurie) Lynch, an 85 year old former resident of the 'Sandhills' (Newcastle East) that played in the tunnels under Nobbys as a child. Mr Lynch, along with Mr Hec Scott had also been interviewed by Norm Barney for a story on the tunnels. Both explorers differed in their opinions as to what the tunnels were originally for, Scott believed they were constructed to house convicts during the construction of Macquarie Pier, while Lynch believed they were for the purposes of filling them with explosives. See the article here: The Secrets of Nobbys [Newcastle Herald, n.d. circa 1981?] We estimate that they visited the tunnels as young boys in 1921.
Mr Davies recorded in his 1994 meeting with Mr Lynch on the site details of the tunnels, and photographed him outside the former tunnel entrance. A scan of his report is below dated 16 February 1994:
Noel Davies' manuscript notes relating to Mr Lynch's reminiscences of the Nobbys Tunnels
Mr Maurice Lynch photographed by Mr Noel Davies outside one of the tunnel entrances
Both entrances are just above high water level. From the detail in the photographs, especially the layers of rock strata, and the testimony of past visitors to the tunnels, it should not be too difficult to re-locate these tunnel entrances which nowadays are covered by rock fall debris vegetated with grass and bitou bush.
Roslyn Kerr's Photographic Superimposition showing the approximate entrance location
[Photographs above] Roslyn Kerr's Tunnel 2 superimposed location
Chair – University of Newcastle's Coal River Working Party
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The river flow from the Hunter River has always flowed towards Stockton bight you can see that by the brown water after heavy rain and that's why becalmed sailing ships were pushed to the sand bank ( oyster bank there were no oysters on the bank )the oysters grew on the wrecked ships


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Ajay Devgn's Diwali plans with wife Kajol and their kids are super cute
Home Bollywood News Ajay Devgn's Diwali plans with wife Kajol and their kids are super cute
Kadambari Srivastavaon October 26, 2016
'Shivaay' is just two days away and finally, it's time for Ajay Devgn to sit back and relax, after the hectic shoot and promotional events. The best part is that he can celebrate Diwali with his family, in peace. Recently, in an interview with an Entertainment portal, the 'Golmaal' actor revealed his Diwali plans with Kajol and their kids, Nysa and Yug.
When asked as to what are his Diwali plans, the actor said, "As always, Diwali plans are with the whole family. You have a pooja in the evening and after that, what you look forward is to having the whole family together, spending time together."
Not many know, but Ajay is not fond of crackers and all the noise pollution that comes with it. Thankfully for the actor, even his kids are the same. He said, "I'm happy that my children are also not into crackers, so there are no crackers or anything, but ya, we just want to be together, be happy."
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We�re Shocked By Our Executive�s Defection � Ashanti NDC
A senior member of the Ashanti Regional communication team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abass Nurudeen says he is shocked by the decision of one of the party's communicators to defect to the opposition New Patriotic Party.
Nurudeen in a statement on Thursday said, "I certainly did not know what his [Awal Mohammed] real motives were but considering how spirited he defended the party on radio, nobody, in his wildest imagination, would believe he would pitch camp with our bitterest political opponents at this crucial moment."
He said the occurrence was unfortunate for the party in the Ashanti Region but exposed the plight of NDC communicators in the region.
Abass Nurudeen lamented that the former NDC communicator "was doing 10 radio stations a week on the average at his own expense but has been unemployed for four years."
"So how did anyone expect a married man with two kids like Awal to survive if the ruling party cannot take proper care of its working foot soldiers. What on earth will be the motivation to keep dying for it? But then All this is as a result of leadership paralysis on the communication from in the Ashanti region."
Awal Mohammed, who was the Deputy National Communications Officer for Zongo Caucus, the official wing of National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Zongo communities on Wednesday announced his defection to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). He his defection was based on his "principles and convictions".
He said he was disappointed the NDC did not state any policy to address concerns of the Zongo community in its recently launched manifesto. Awal Mohammed added that he believed the as a party had failed to tackle the high unemployment situation in the country resulting in untold hardship on many people.
But Abass Nurudeen in his statement said "I do appreciate the fact that different people play different roles to keep the party going but choosing to be a communicator exposes one to a whole lot of hazards and if there is nothing to show at the end of the day then it gives real cause for concern."
"As a party, I think it is past time that we instituted welfare schemes to incentivize our rank and file lest we run the risk of losing some of our finest.
This is a wakeup call to the powers that be," his statement concluded.
Source: citifmonline.com
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I have had to move away from my old house, I have children of my own to protect from the unfriendly dogs and the foxes.
I do sneak back from time to time — and thought I would update you on some of the changes in the growing family of Alentejo cats .
I had heard rumours about new kittens and thought I would go and investigate. My first couple of return visits I saw nothing but the usual crowd I knew all growing up well. Little Squeak is no longer frail and tiny. He is growing up into a fine specimen of a cat and his sister Bubbles is blossoming too as is the aloof Nimbus.
Here is Mr B. One of the naughtiest cat I have ever met!
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