Kate and I enjoy a relatively calm existence at home, but when it comes to potato salad, there's nothing calm about it. Kate really loves traditional German-style potato salad – I like the stuff well enough, but in my book, it just isn't salad. It is potato casserole, no doubt about it. And I can say that because I am pretty close to half German. Whoever heard of a salad that was served hot? It will wilt all the fresh greenery if you give it half a chance. Oh, wait, that sauerkraut is already pretty well wilted, isn't it? Don't get me wrong, I love so-called German Potato Salad; it just isn't salad.
The way I see it, when it comes to potato salad, there is only one approach. The recipe calls for potatoes, preferably new, red, thin-skinned potatoes; hardboiled eggs, preferably sliced or diced whole; garden fresh yellow- or white-skinned onion; fresh dill weed; celery; and any other interesting looking green garden herbs. Finally, you need some sort of dressing. I prefer Newman's Own Italian (Caesar will do if your wife has thrown the Italian out). Oh, did I mention that Kate doesn't like Italian dressing? What?
OK, so you boil the spuds whole (with the skins on) until they are firm … not soft and not crunchy. You can tell when they are done by periodically testing pieces with a little butter and pepper on them. Once the potatoes are just right, run cold water into the boiling pot and let them sit until cool. This is a good time to go pull an onion or two and some fresh celery.
Once the potatoes are cool, cut them into the right-sized pieces. I leave the skin on. I usually shoot for cubes roughly ½ inch across. Place them in a bowl and gently toss them with Italian dressing. Newman's Own is a little too red for my ideal potato salad vision, but I like the stuff and what it stands for. When you have enough dressing … you will know (trust me) … cover the bowl and let it sit while you consume a frosty beverage under the hackberry tree.
On the way back into the house, cut some chive if you want a little more onion flavor. Chop the onion, celery and any other greenery into appropriately sized pieces and toss them into the bowl of marinating potatoes. Add as much mayonnaise as you like and mix the whole works gently. I like freshly ground black pepper, so that's what I top this salad off with.
I can't give you exact quantities for my favorite potato salad, because I never know exactly how many potatoes I will have the energy to dig. And if I am short a tablespoonful of mayo or Italian dressing, there's no harm – you can't tell Kate though, because if you don't follow the recipe exactly, it just isn't right.
One thing about me that I know Kate and I both agree on is that wherever we wind up eating, if there is potato salad on the menu, I have to try it. I tried some the other day at a friend's house, and it was yummy. Yummy enough that I asked for the recipe – it wasn't German or French potato salad – it was lovely and delicious, the way potato salad is meant to be.
What do you think? Is German potato salad really salad? Does mustard belong in potato salad? How about sour cream? What's your favorite recipe for this ultimate summertime comfort food?
Hey Erin and Alaina - A dad couldn't ask for sweeter children. Thanks Erin, for posting your pickle recipe. I will have to try it, if we ever get enough cukes from the vines. Alaina, your potato salad sounds yummy. I still don't know about the bacon bits. But as you know, there isn't much that I won't try in the way of good food. And, I agree, you are kind of picky.
Hey Dad, Pickles are pretty simple. I scrub off the cucumbers, cut the ends and either cut them long or into coins. I heat four cups of water, 1/3 cup of coarse sea salt, and I think half a cup of white vinegar. Bring it to a boil, and make sure the salt dissolves. Meanwhile, place the cucumbers in mason jars with generous sprigs of fresh dill and either sliced or whole garlic cloves. Pour the salt water mixture in the jars, close them up and let them cool on the counter, and then put them in the fridge. They might seal by themselves, but we go through them so quickly that not having a seal hasn't been a problem. Pickles will be ready in two to three days. This should net you about two quarts. The refrigeration is key. I do the exact same recipe for pickled peppers.
Alaina, I'm all for the german potato salads, but if you must do the creamy variety that Dad loves, then you have to have chopped pickles. I just made a fresh batch using my home grown cukes!
Alaina -- clearly, potato salad preferences AREN'T genetic. So ... what's your favorite German potato hot-dish recipe?
I don't know Erin. You better send me some to try ... or better yet, bring it when you come for Thanksgiving.
Dad, No pickles in potato salad? Are you serious? Of course you put pickles in the potato salad! It's even better when you use your own home made pickles. Mmmm tastiness.
I sense that you pickle people are ganging up on me. Pickles on the side yes, but in the salad? No, No. And then there's that mustard thing. What is that about? I love mustard, but there is a proper time and place. Now that sour cream ... good stuff for sure ... but it is for making baked potatoes palatable and tacos positively wonderful. Can it possibly belong in potato salad? Actually, this is all making me very hungry. I plan to try your ideas to see just how set my ways are on this topic.
A good potato salad reminds me of my mom's (when I was growing up). I do believe I've found a very similar recipe. A good potato salad is room temperature...or freshly made.....it seems to bring out the flavor more for me. It's made with white potatoes (never red), sour cream, mayonnaise, yellow mustard, green onions or chives, salt and pepper, hard boiled eggs (my mouth is watering), and PICKLES! Chop up those babies and it really adds good, good flavor. I always add them last. Serve it with hamburgers from the grill, and mmmmmmmmmmm!!!
I suddenly realized that no pickles were mentioned in your recipe, Hank. How can that be? I mean, I completely agree with you that potato salad cannot be hot or even slightly warm to be considered potato salad. There are many delicious potato-salad-like casseroles that are warm, but these may not be considered true potato salad. But, man, NO PICKLES? Are you NUTS???? Here's that tarragon-containin' potato delicious thing that isn't really potato salad that I mentioned in my previous comment: http://www.herbcompanion.com/Cooking/Picnic-Time.aspx That story also has one of the best recipes for fried chicken that I've ever tasted -- except, can it really be called "fried chicken" if it's fairly healthy for you and involves a crust made from oats and herbs? Still, in for a penny, in for a pound. If you're going to have pickle-less, tarragon-bearing potato salad, you might as well go whole hog and have oats on your fried chicken. Neither of these is MY recipe, mind you. I'm embarrassed to share mine because it is so laden with fat -- in the form of mayo and sour cream -- no one will ever want to eat it again.
Hey Todd -- I am really keen on horseradish in general. I like it shredded, salted and with a bit of vinegar in it. I haven't tried it in potato salad, but I have to believe I would like it for sure. I am also quite fond of horseradish mustard. But in my book mustard just isn't supposed to be in potato salad. Mind you, I have eaten lots of potato salad with mustard in it, and I totally enjoyed it.
Hey Lacy -- I agree on adding just about anything fresh to potato salad. I admit to adding jalapenos from the garden and additional herbs too. KC -- I can't really imagine potato salad made with whipped potatoes. I think we need a potato salad food-day at work before summer is gone.
Hank, I would think horseradish (or horseradish sauce) and /or mustard would make great addittions to potato salad. Maybe even horseradish mustard. I have to admit though, that horseradish sauce and mustard are my 2 favorite condiments and I would probably try them in just about anything LOL!
Hank, I agree that potato salad is COLD! For my own personal taste you can leave out the hard boiled egg and celery please! I like lots of other greens though. Parsley, chives, even oregano. Extra onions and some bacon too! Occasionally a beautiful red or yellow sweet pepper is a nice addition. No mustard! I also prefer new potatoes with red skin, skin left on! makes for a beautiful looking salad!
Hey Ilene -- So what is your recipe? I am curious about how to use mustard, and what kind might be especially good. I also like horse radish, but I haven't tried that in potato salad yet either.
Hey Jessica -- I am the same way when it comes to trying potato salad. I will try it wherever I happen to be. I shy away from the deli-counter stuff at most grocery stores because I have seen them dump it out of big cartons. I always hope that some commercial variety will come close to my favorites, but that doesn't often happen.
I like all sorts of potato salad, even, embarrassingly enough, the somewhat gross yellow concoction served at inexpensive barbecue buffets. But I like the red-skin version the best...the kind you describe. I have to say, like you, I've never gone in for the hot potato salad thing...it's good, but yeah, more of a casserole than a salad!


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Britain's Finest is as close to the real deal as you may ever find in this lifetime.
Britain's Finest is an experience unlike any other. You may have seen Beatles tribute acts before, but this time you'll be in awe of the enthusiasm and energy for which they are recognized and remembered. After every performance, audience members are struck at first by the incredible
Britain's Finest is an experience unlike any other. You may have seen Beatles tribute acts before, but this time you'll be in awe of the enthusiasm and energy for which they are recognized and remembered. After every performance, audience members are struck at first by the incredible recreation of those oh-so-familiar songs the world has come to love, but then become mesmerized by the off-the-cuff humor and the cheeky banter that takes place between songs.
Britain's Finest was featured twice on AXS TV's "The World's Greatest Tribute Bands" and they held the top four spots in the Volume 5 compilation song chart of the same name available on iTunes. On Chris Carter's Sunday morning's "Breakfast with the Beatles" show on KLOS 95.5, Chris Carter said, "Interviewing Britain's Finest must have been what it would've been like interviewing the Beatle," which was a huge compliment. Britain's Finest was also featured in an article by Niki Payne on CBS Los Angeles, Best Tribute bands in LA. She wrote, "Britain's Finest is as close to the real deal as you may ever find in this lifetime." Lee DeCarlo, recording engineer for John Lennon's "Double Fantasy" album said after a performance at a private event, "You guys are really great, you remind me so much of the lads."
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Cloghnagaune is the 985th highest place in Ireland.
This is a rather painful hill to summit from the obvious parking spot at the forest entrance to the south east. Following where others have gone I found myself wading through head high gorse to attain the top. There must be an easier way up, perhaps from the graveyard to the west.
Apparently Sam MacAlastair, sidekick to Michael Dwyer is buried in the graveyard.
It seems that this top may be locally known as Kilranelagh Hill.
To the east there is a stone circle at S935 892 A which offers more interest than there is to be found at the summit area. There is also a rath near S932 891 B, but I was unable to locate the ogham stone marked on the OS.


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A Scream in Soho (British Library Crime Classics) (Paperback)
By John G. Brandon
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
" T]his period piece illuminates what it was like to try to investigate crimes during blackouts, when cops literally had to feel their way along their beats." --Booklist
'For a scream in the early hours of the morning in Soho, even from a female throat, to stop dead in his tracks a hard-boiled constable, it had to be something entirely out of the ordinary.'
In Soho during the blackouts of the Second World War, a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodied knife is found. Detective Inspector McCarthy is soon on the scene. He must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld--peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies, and glamorous Austrian aristocrats--as he attempts to unravel the connection between the mysterious Madame Rohner and the theft of secret anti-aircraft defence plans.
This evocative and suspenseful London novel from the golden age of British detective fiction is now republished for the first time since the 1950s, with an introduction by award-winning crime novelist Martin Edwards.
JOHN G. BRANDON (1879-1941) was an Australian-born crime writer who lived in England. He was the author of more than 100 detective novels, many of which feature richly described London locations.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: August 2nd, 2016
Series: British Library Crime Classics
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HomeLatest NewsNigeria Joins Leagues With Binance To Create Digital Economic Zones
Nigeria Joins Leagues With Binance To Create Digital Economic Zones
Nigeria joins leagues with Binance to create special crypto-friendly economic zones. The remarkable feats achieved in blockchain and digital assets have now encouraged the government to build a robust infrastructure for this emerging technology to bloom securely. This initiative is indicative of future innovations in the arena of digital assets in the country.
Per reports of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, a discussion was held between Binance and Talent City, a technology infrastructure. Their primary objective is to benefit from the virtual economy, which is currently generating a lot of revenue. According to the managing director of NEPZA, the economic zone will first be established in West Africa, which will be the same as Dubai virtual zones. The initiative is expected to help the country in making crypto-friendly laws.
NEPZA in discussions on partnership with Binance and Talent City for the first Virtual Free Zone in West Africa similar to the Dubai Virtual Free Zone. At Preliminary meetings in Dubai this week are Nadeem Ladki (Binance Executive Director-Regional Strategic Partnerships).
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If we go as per data, Nigeria ranks top amongst countries with greater cryptocurrency adoption. The country is actively participating in this disruptive sector. In 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari released eNaira, a CBDC, to empower the payment system in the country. When Nigeria's currency launched, the central bank was hopeful of initiating further steps to explore the possibilities of digital assets.
As far as Binance, the exchange platform, is concerned, it has always been a part of crucial and productive projects. Recently, the exchange platform opened an educational institute in Africa to help people learn more about blockchain and crypto. Binanace seems excited about this new partnership with Nigeria; they are focused on building a robust digital economy for the country.
Meanwhile, if we try studying Nigeria's viewpoint on digital assets, we can notice love and hate relationships. At a time, the government notified commercial banks to prevent crypto transactions; the decision was a response to growing scams in digital assets. Despite regulatory practice, the government understands the significance of digital assets in the overall development of the economy.
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The reserved alternative investment fund (RAIF) in Luxembourg is a new type of investment vehicle available for both local and foreign investors, which provides a flexible and attractive legal framework. The RAIF has as the main advantage the fact that it comprises the main characteristics of an alternative investment fund with the ones of a SICAR in Luxembourg. Our team of financial representatives can offer more details on the benefits of the RAIF structure and can provide assistance on the taxation policies available in this case.
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However, the RAIF will provide security to the local investors through the legislation available under the AIFMD. The legislation is also applicable to the foreign investors.
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Alternative fund managers directive (AIFMD) in Luxembourg
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Today we have a very cool Zenza bag for you all. Ralph knows his kit well and explains to us some of the problems that you might find with the classic Bronica setup. Check it out.
I am a historian & nurse living in Hamburg, Germany shooting for my pleasure primarily, documenting the life around me. That means my family and kids, their friends in daycare and school. I do shoot the occasional "landscapy scene" if I stumble upon it in this big city. I do not shoot street or candid, most of the time I do engage my subjects to some extend. For me my mainstay is available light, but I have dabbled a bit with flash (see below).
This is my medium format bag (There is a 135 bag too based on a Nikon F2 Photomic but that's for another day).
If I do not keep things as light as possible (Zenza Bronica ETRSi (645) one lens with hood, Lightmeter) I take this.
Zenza Bronica ETRSi (645) with Speed Grip; clear matte screen and unmetered prism. The strap is from Calumet.
which is my usual film stock I shoot with.
I keep 'em in pouches which I can clip to my belt, so I might leave my bag somewhere else.
Spare dark slide in a plastic contraption I got somewhere.
Gossen Profisix Lightmeter (currently being replaced by a beaten up Sekonic 508 I acquired recently).
Some labels for my different film stocks to note iso and date.
but occasionally I take a Sunpak 30DX speedlight with dedicated adapter to be able to use TTL-flash (actually off the film metering OTF). I am still getting used to flash, especially near-to-camera flash… I am no strobist (yet). I want to explore TTL-fill-flash… Need to get some stuff to soften it up and then try it out more. (Only) here I'd like the instant feedback of digital.
All packed into an old Lowepro EX 180. It is compact and sturdy and I just about manage to carry it loaded. I'd like it to have little feet but I can manage.
On my shopping list are some color filters (yellow, red, orange, ND).
The Bronica is a truly lovely piece of equipment and excellent value! With the Speed Grip and prism it handles like a 35mm camera (It is not that much heavier than my Nikon F2 Photomic). I love the huge screen where focus jumps quickly in place. Available shutter speeds (up to 1/500) are the occasional problem but then I just switch film stock.
I shoot wide open, most of the time (or keep to 3.5 or 4 – the PE lenses have Aperture in half stops!) and chose film stop accordingly. I develop my own Black & White keeping a hybrid workflow (no time and place for a darkroom). My color negative film I send to FINDLab, USA (www.findlab.com) for processing and scanning.
For those interested in trying out a Zenza Bronica ETRSi (645) a note of caution: The later film magazines (E-II type) come with an insert which quite often is broken: the inserts have two little doors to fix the film rolls in place, these doors are locked when inside the magazine itself. Unfortunately the locks consist of very flimsy thin plastic discs which are easily broken when interacting with the metal lever which keeps it shut (or when the photographer is not careful). So when advancing film the doors might be pushed out, causing a light leak fogging part of the roll, this malfunction ruined some exposure on a otherwise perfectly alright Agfapan 25… and took some time to diagnose. I then found that two out of five of my inserts I got via ebay had broken locking disks.
The older inserts have sturdy metal disks in place which just keep working (see attached image). I was able to salvage doors from 220 inserts which are cheaper because of the lack of available 220 film and repair some of my 120 inserts, but I now keep to the older inserts.
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Thanks for sharing your bag and thanks for the really useful information about the Bronica inserts. That was something I didn't know.


Owning 100 items … TOTAL?
Living in a tiny house?
Having a "capsule wardrobe" with only 33 items?
Minimalism CAN be based on those guidelines above, but it doesn't only have to be about those. Rules like that are somewhat extreme examples, and are fun games on the road to living with less for some, but are not requirements for choosing a simpler life. Minimalism is customizable to the individual, yet some basic principles remain consistent: getting simple, decluttering, and living a life where less is more.
Minimalism is a lens you can look at your life through to be clear about what is important to you and to focus on that.
Minimalism is about removing your distractions, your clutter, and your busy life that has left you stressed, tired, and unfulfilled.
Minimalism is about living simply, stepping out of the trap of unconscious consumerism, and living life in alignment with your values and desires.
How is living with less better? Less is not only the new MORE, but it's also about living with less of what you don't want, to be able to have more of what you do. Less stress, and more serenity. Less clutter, and more organization. Less chaos, and more peace. Some people experiment living with less by traveling, moving to a tiny home, or just paring down the items they own to see what is actually essential.
We live in a culture of decision overload. Giving ourselves less choice provides us with more peace of mind. Decision fatigue leads to feeling stuck and stifled.
As you declutter and assess what's important, you don't have to get rid of everything you own. Some possessions bring you value, are essential to what you do in life, or simply bring you joy to have around. Celebrate those items, and let go of anything that doesn't fulfill a need in your life any longer. This concept can be applied not only to physical items in your home, but to work, relationships, and anxiety. If you're not into it, get rid of it.
Too often, we get mired in the busy-ness of life, with details like errands, paying the bills, and household chores. The less you have, the less there is to clean.
Minimalism is an evolving process of being aware of what you actually "need" versus what you think you need. It is taking a look at your possessions and assessing whether they are bringing you bliss, or stress. It is not about having only 100 (or 33, or however many objects are the saying du jour), it is about having what you need — and what you love.
Our stuff gets in our way. We spend way too much time thinking about it, storing it, protecting it, and making money to acquire more of it.
By continually looking at and doing away with what is unnecessary, we are more at ease. Having less physical clutter means less mental clutter. No more looking for your keys, when your keys always go in the same place. No more wasting money buying new stuff, when you know exactly what you already have.
You may have heard of the term "white space" which refers to the concept of having enough room around a paragraph or an image, on a website so that each item stands out and doesn't look cluttered or confusing. This white space is what minimalism is. It does not have to be dull, or undesigned, but by clearing out the excess, you can actually celebrate the items in your life that you love. If it's in your home, you can cherish that one piece of carefully curated artwork that you have. In your day, it can be having enough breathing time between appointments or changing gears so that you can breathe and not feel rushed or stressed out. On your desk — or computer desktop — it can be removing those piles of paper, unused files, or junk that impede your ability to focus.
For minimalists, the way forward may seem backward to some. Going back to a simpler, more free time in life with less responsibility, less burden, and less stuff seems contrary to the American ideal of amassing a bigger house, car, and more stuff as a measure of wealth and accomplishment. Minimalism is a deconstructing of one's life, to get back to what's important, to simplify what's true, and to live authentically, unburdened by stuff and convention. Like taking a cookie cutter to carefully rolled out dough, think about what shape you want your life to take, make the cut, and let go of everything that doesn't fit into that shape. You can begin to live consciously, in alignment with what you really want. Focus first on what you want to create, and then boldly move forward by letting go of what you don't love to make room for more of what you do.
What comes to mind when YOU hear the term "minimalism?" Positive? Negative? Inspiring? Insane?
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Faith Ringgold, began her artistic career more than 35 years ago as a painter. Today, she is best known for her painted story quilts — art that combines painting, quilted fabric and storytelling. She has exhibited in major museums in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She is in the permanent collection of many museums including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Her first book, Tar Beach was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, among numerous other honors. She has written and illustrated eleven children's books. She has received more than 75 awards, fellowships, citations and honors.
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We easily get caught up in pursuit of an easy life and give up on living a full life. Fear speaks easy. Fear says don't even give it a shot. Fear dictates preservation because when you risk you create space to fail.
So we easily clam up. We hide in shells of safety. We vote for powerful leaders who will preserve us. Eventually we end up in a hole so deep and dark we loose sight of the light.
Embracing pain is the opposite of what we desire in an easy life. No one is comfortable with the reality that pain is part of life. We live our lives preventing pain and avoiding anything that could possibly lead to pain, which leads us down a lonely road of isolation.
The greatest way to embrace pain is to trust. In every relationship where we trust, we become vulnerable and invite the possibility of pain. Rejection. Betrayal. Denial. All of these are possible when we open ourselves up. Yet, the other side of the coin is a full life. Love. Acceptance. Joy.
A spiritual grandfather of mine taught me the idea of living in stereo; living in peace and pain at the same time. It's a paradox. When we embrace pain in a state of peace, knowing pain becomes an intimate part of life.
Living in stereo allows us to live a full life without being dictated by fear.
Is it possible that death is the path to a full life?
Jesus taught and demonstrated that life is found through death. Consider the fact that you are already dead. If you embrace and realize your death you can find life.
Amidst the pain and death, which are unavoidable in a full life, there is joy. I am awestruck by the stories of the early Christian community. I bet when they were persecuted to the point of death the memories of Jesus would flash in their imaginations.
The only way to live a full life is to find joy.
"The one enthroned in heaven laughs. The LORD makes fun of them" (Psalms 2:4 GW). The poetic words of David remind us God is not worried about the enemy.
It's only when we can laugh at the enemies of our life that we can truly regain our authority. Laughter and joy reveal the heart that is secure in something greater than present circumstances.
I challenge you to LOL!
Don't settle for easy, live full.
Be blessed, be abundant, and most of all love!
This is a guest post by Sergei Kutrovski, who is a partner in ministry and did most of the work on setting up this blog site. Thanks Sergei!


It was an early morning in a stunning Brooklyn townhouse, bustling with stylists, set directors, and assistants each on their own mission before the start of the first scene. Clear blue skies, rustling leaves in the cool breeze - you would have never guessed it poured a storm the night before, in which Kyle and I got caught and absolutely soaked on our 2-block run back to our hotel. The morning light flooded the living room, casting its ethereal air onto the scene and calling for fun, laidback day ahead.
I sat down with Estée Lauder and Director of Global Makeup Artistry Blair Patterson to talk about my experience with Estée Lauder's innovative new iMatch tool, that matches your true skin tone to the perfect Double Wear foundation shade (and subsequently ideal blush and lip colors too). iMatch found my shade in Estée Lauder's Double Wear Stay-In-Place foundation and it was such a flawless match that blended effortlessly into my skin. I loved the foundation because, true to its name, it stayed on throughout our entire day of filming (and then some when we finished with a night out in New York City), yet it looked so natural and light even with full coverage, like my own skin but better. Check out the video above and go to find your own perfect shade with Estée Lauder's iMatch at the Estée Lauder counter in any Nordstrom. You'll be amazed!


rupa2nya, siyes sgt besh citer ni!! sarat dgn mesej berkenaan appresiasi alam sekitar..
Dr. Seuss's classic story about the power of hope is brought to life on the big screen. A 12-year-old boy yearns for the affection of the girl of his dreams but in order to get what it takes, he'll first have to discover the story of the Lorax, a grumpy but charming forest creature who fights to protect his little world.
At the end of the story, the Once-ler reveals that he has one last Truffula seed left, and instructs the boy to start a new forest so that "the Lorax and all of his friends may come back."
I x tgk lagi citer ni.....mcm best je.
memang best kak. sangat2 seronok. mcam tgk musical theater kan... ada mesej tersendiri dan animation yang awesome. malam minggu lepas tgk kat capsquare, cuma 4 orang je satu hall. so rasa macam hall tu kite punya!
betol2.. kartun dia sgt comel! hehehehe..


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The Prototype trailer becomes machine
A team of independent filmmakers known as The Bandito Brothers recently made a name for themselves in Hollywood and beyond with the production of Act of Valor.
Now the duo has released the first full-length trailer for a new genre project dubbed The Prototype. This sci-fi adventure film follows the escape and fight to freedom of an experimental artificial being originally designed for the military. While the machine runs from the armed forces, the creator of the 'drone' struggles with his own demons, including the imminent death of his wife.
The effects look fantastic, especially considering that it doesn't come from a major studio, and really, who doesn't love a good Pinocchio story?
Frankly, I think it's encouraging to see this kind of independent filmmaking. The Bandito Brothers are one of the studios working to prove that good films, even genre films, do not have to cost millions and millions of dollars to produce, and they definitely help give heart to indie producers everywhere.
Although the film is complete, it is still shopping for a distribution partner. I have a feeling it will not take long to find one. Until then, however, a release date has yet to be set.
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Department information for the 2018 Interstate Fair will become available as soon as the information is approved by the Department's Superintendent. This typically occurs around July 1 each year.
This year exhibitors will be able to access general rules, department rules, and an entry form by clicking on the department they are interested below (once the links are active). Once open in Adobe, the entry form may be filled out by typing in the highlighted fields. Save the PDF file to your computer after you have completed your entry form. Access the saved file on your computer. Print your completed entry form and return to the Fair Office on or before August 7 (Adult Amateur Photography deadline is July 15).


Organizations that embrace continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) reap enormous benefits when rolling out their products — if you're new to the subject, you can read more about CI/CD here. The reason that CI/CD works is that code is built, tests are run and code is deployed as soon as the code is checked in. As CI/CD catches problems as soon as the source code is checked in, this puts the onus on developers to write code that is efficient and bug-free, thus making them accountable for their code. The idea that code is deployed continuously even before it is QA'ed, seems like a significant risk to some. But if we fortify the code with tests to ensure every piece of code is covered by these tests, then we can be reasonably confident that the code the developer checks in does not break the larger code. Of course for this strategy to work, test driven development (TDD) has to be practiced and automated tests have to be written religiously for every piece of code.
However, the effectiveness of CI/CD will largely depend on how well tests are written, how extensive they are, and how subjective they are. As the ultimate value of CI/CD will depend on code quality, and having continuously good code quality. If you have tests that don't cover critical pieces of code, then you may end up with many false positives leading to compromised code quality. To avoid this, code reviews should be conducted, but be aware that reviews are also subjective and bugs can slip through the cracks. When conducting a code review, a big part of what you're doing is identifying smells.
Code smells are common knowledge these days and there are many resources available to identify code smells. Though, it can be daunting to manually find code smells in every code review. Imagine a tool that can help you define custom rules, in addition to the common code smell patterns, externalize these rules and have the flexibility to apply them to the code at the project level, department level, or at the enterprise level…Meet: SonarQube.
SonarQube is a service that can scan code in 25+ languages and identify smells, vulnerabilities, and bugs. SonarQube is a big step toward automating development operations (DevOps) as it enables continuous code inspection that will improve code quality and ensures clean code.
Since SonarQube is open source, it can easily be integrated right into your CI/CD process, which will enable continuous inspection of code for bugs, vulnerabilities, and smells, and can be extended. SonarQube can also be extended by using plugins. For example, you can use the CodeAnalyzer plugin to measure cyclomatic complexity.
With so many CI/CD tools available, like Jenkins, Cruise Control, etc., this blog will focus on externalizing SonarQube integration into a shell script. Since shell script is generic and cross-platform, it can be called from any CI/CD tool of your choice.
Given the core capabilities of SonarQube, it can be used to smooth out the rollout process to production. Imagine the hurdles that a development team faces before going to production at the eleventh hour. They have to go through a long checklist of processes; one among them is the mandatory approval by the enterprise security team, which is often responsible to go through the code, analyze it, and block deployment if they see any issues or vulnerabilities. Development teams have to go through each of the concerns, address them, refactor the code, and submit it for deployment again. This can happen multiple times depending on the quality of the code and can lead to crucial time lost, increasing time to market, and can lead to burnout and stress on the team. Imagine if we could detect and fix all these potential bugs and vulnerabilities early on, right when the code is checked in. This would take little effort to fix them early while still in dev., leaving the teams happy and assured. SonarQube will help you in this endeavor.
SonarQube feeds on the coverage reports and analyzes .NET assemblies and generates reports of its own that include vulnerabilities, bugs, and code smells. It also reports the asymptotic complexity of the code. Apart from these obvious benefits, SonarQube can automate gating of deployments on the server. Should the coverage fail beyond a threshold, or if a bug has been detected, SonarQube can report them to the team and block the deployment.
In the next part of this blog series, we will go over how to scan the C# code on .NET Core platform via SonarQube and in the third, how to enable quality gates. Stay tuned!
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The next time you walk through airport TSA security, you might want to think twice about just what you happen to be touching, as there's something else also passing through security with you. Recent evidence from a report by BMC Infectious Diseases show that the plastic trays are a common asylum for harboring respiratory viruses.
Using samples taken from the Helsinki Airport where Virologists scanned a total of 90 surfaces for viruses. As only eight of the samples were from the security trays, half of those samples revealed proof of at least one respiratory virus such as Coronavirus or Influenza A. Among the samples taken from the restroom toilets, none of them showed traces of any viruses whatsoever.
As most of the viruses were located in the security trays, Helsinki Study also revealed respiratory viruses on stairway handrails, and on the glass of the passport control desk. Previous studies have shown that respiratory viruses have the ability to survive on some surfaces from several hours to even days. So what's the best thing to do? carrying hand sanitizer, habitually washing your hands with soap and water, and just being plain mindful of what you touch the next time you catch a flight.


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The Christian Heritage Party is a minor political party in Canada.  It fielded forty-five candidates in the 2006 federal election.  Information about some of these candidates may be found here. The leader of the party at the time of the election was Ron Gray.

Alberta

Larry R. Heather (Calgary Southwest)

Heather received 279 votes (0.49%), placing fifth against Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper.

Manitoba

Colin George Atkins (Brandon—Souris)

See here for a complete profile. He has been a candidate for the CHP in four elections, including the 2006 election.

Robert Scott (Elmwood—Transcona)

See here for more information.  Robert Scott has been candidate for the CHP in six elections.

David J. Reimer (Portage—Lisgar)

See here for more information. In 1988, Reimer received 3,087 votes for a fifth-place finish.  This result remains one of the best in CHP history.

Reimer has been the interim deputy leader of the CHP.  He spent over $10,000 in the 2004 campaign, a large sum for a minor-party candidate.  His wife, Katharine Reimer, has also campaigned for the party.

Anthony Barendregt (Selkirk—Interlake)
Anthony Barendregt (born 1961 in British Columbia) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada.  He has campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada on two occasions—once as an independent, and once for the Christian Heritage Party.

Barendregt moved to Manitoba in 1984, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Manitoba.  He now works in the construction industry, and has been a supervisor, foreman and contractor on a number of projects.  He has also been involved in youth outreach programs with aboriginal children, and spent many of his past summers working with the disabled in New Westminster, British Columbia.

He first ran for the House of Commons in the Canadian federal election of 2000, at a time when the CHP had been officially de-registered.  Campaigning as an independent, he received 178 votes in Selkirk-Interlake.

The CHP were re-established by the 2004 election, and Barendregt again ran in the Selkirk—Interlake riding.  He received 353 votes, or less than 1% of the total.  On one occasion in this campaign, he claimed that the CHP would not increase funding to Canadian universities because they only consider postmodern views to be relevant.

Jane MacDiarmid (St. Boniface)

MacDiarmid was raised in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and holds Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of Manitoba.  She began working professionally as an educator since 1984, and has trained English as a Second Language employees in both the private and the public sector.  At the time of the 2004 election, she was working towards the completion of a Master's Degree in ESL Training at Providence College.  Her oldest child works as a church minister.

MacDiarmid was a Winnipeg-area school trustee for sixteen years, serving on the Charleswood/Tuxedo board for the division of Assiniboine South.  She has also served as table officer on the Manitoba Association of School Trustees executive.

Eric Truijen (Winnipeg North)

See here for full details on the candidate.

Heidi Loewen-Steffano (Winnipeg South)

Loewen-Steffano (born April 20, 1975 in Winnipeg) is a homemaker, and is active as a foster mother.  Her biography indicates that she has several years of university experience, working toward a degree in "Gang and Cult-related issues".  She is a member of Soul Sanctuary in Winnipeg.  She received 259 votes (0.62%), finishing fifth against Conservative candidate Rod Bruinooge.

Ontario

Peter J. Ellis (Guelph)

See here for full information. Ellis has been a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party five times.

Stephen Downey (Hamilton Mountain)

Downey was born in Hamilton in 1965, and holds an honours certificate in Business Computer Applications from Mohawk College in the city.  He has been a member of the Christian Heritage Party since 1988, and describes it as the "only party that expresses the views I hold as a Christian" (Hamilton Spectator, 16 November 2000).  He was assistant manager of the Scottish Rite Club during the 2000 election (Spectator, 16 December 2000), and has worked as a bookkeeper and manager for two other clubs in the city. Since June 2003, Downey has been the CHP's executive director at the national office in Ottawa. He is a member of Bethel Gospel Tabernacle and stressed his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage in the 2006 campaign (Spectator, 16 January 2006).

David W. Bylsma (Niagara West—Glanbrook)

See here for full details. He has been a candidate for the Christian Heritage Party in six elections.

Bill Bylsma (St. Catharines)

Bylsma moved to Canada in 1951, as an immigrant from the Netherlands.  He is a retired welder and marine steel fitter. He joined the CHP in 1988, has chaired the CHP St. Catharines Electoral District Association for several years, and is active with the CHP's Right To Life organization. He received 481 votes (0.83%), finishing fifth against Conservative candidate Rick Dykstra.  His wife Tilly and son David have also campaigned for the CHP.

Peter Vander Zaag (Simcoe—Grey)

Dr. Vander Zaag was born as raised in Alliston, Ontario.  He is a farmer and scientist, and has worked extensively in international development programs on food production and related issues.  Since the 1970s, he has been involved with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in places such as Bangladesh, Rwanda and Vietnam.  From 1982 to 1990, he was director of the International Potato Center in Southeast Asia (Tulsa Tribune, 26 December 1991).

In the 2006 campaign, Vander Zaag has criticized the Canadian government for cutting back on aid to developing nations as well as for promoting liberal social values. Notwithstanding their divergent views on social issues, Vander Zaag has praised Stephen Lewis as the only "bright light for Canada's image in Africa".

Locally, he was chair of the Alliston Community Christian School for six years and served on the executive of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario for five years. He lives in Essa Township, and is a member of the Alliston Christian Reform Church. Vander Zaag developed a successful potato breeding operation in the 1990s and 2000s, creating chip potato varieties that can be stored for longer periods than standard potatoes.

He first contested Simcoe—Grey for the CHP in the 2004 federal election, and received one of the best results for the party anywhere in the country.

Carol Ann Krusky (Wellington—Halton Hills)

Krusky (born in Guelph) holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and has taken courses at Guelph Business College. She operates a health and safety consultancy business with her husband, and has worked for the organization Women in Crisis. She has also provided assistance to pregnant youth and developmentally disabled children. She received 606 votes (1.10%), finishing fifth against Conservative incumbent Michael Chong.

Saskatchewan

Dale Sanders (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin)

Sanders (born 1969 in Saskatoon) holds a diploma in chemical technology from Kelsey SIAST.  He began working at Weyerhaeuser in the mid-1990s, was a Laboratory Technologist at the time of the 2006 election.  He received 307 votes (0.85%), finishing fifth against Conservative incumbent Maurice Vellacott.

Vellacott is a staunch social conservative, and holds many policy views similar to those of the CHP.  He held a telephone conversation with Sanders during the election and, according to Sanders, indicated that vote-splitting with the Conservatives would be "on the conscience" of the CHP candidate if it led to a Liberal victory.  Sanders described this as subtle intimidation, although Vellacott denied this was his intent.  Sanders also argued that he could not support the Conservative Party as he had in the past, as it was not presenting a coherent policy on social issues (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 9 January 2006).

Other Candidates (detailed entry not prepared)

Marcel Bourassa (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar, Sask.)

Carson Chisholm (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, Ontario)

Gary De Boer (Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

Irma DeVries (Perth-Wellington, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

Ken De Vries (Elgin-Middlesex-London, Ontario) (also ran 2004, 2000, 1997, 1993)

Steven Elgersma (Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

Ron Gray, leader (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon, B.C.) (also ran 2004, 2000, 1997, 1988, and in byelections May 2003, May 2002, Nov 1999, Mar 1996)

Vicki Gunn (York-Simcoe, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

James "Jim" Hnatiuk (South Shore-St. Margaret's, Nova Scotia) (also ran 2004)

Mike Janssens (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, Ontario)

Stefan Jetchick (Louis-Hebert, Quebec)

Dave Joslin (Huron-Bruce, Ontario) (also ran 2004, 2000, 1997)

W. Baird Judson (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) (also ran 2004, 2000, 1997, 1993, 1988)

Christopher S. M. Kempling (Cariboo—Prince George, B.C.)

Adrian Peter Kooger (Simcoe North, Ontario) (also ran 2004, 2000)

John Markus (Oxford, Ontario)

Kevin Norng (Ajax-Pickering, Ontario)

Joe Pal (Vancouver Centre, B.C.) (also ran 2004, 1997)

Kevin Pielak (Surrey North, B.C.)

Irma Ruiter (Welland, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

Marc Slingerland (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Blaine William Stephan (Vegreville-Wainwright, Alberta)

Harold Stephan (Battlefords-Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) (also ran 2004)

Rod Taylor (Skeena-Bulkley Valley, B.C.) (also ran 2004)

Frank Wagner (Nanaimo-Alberni, B.C.) (also ran 2004, 2000)

John Wierenga (Yellowhead, Alberta)

Sally Wong (Mississauga East-Cooksville, Ontario) (also ran 2004)

John H. Wubs (Brant, Ontario) (also ran in 2004)

Iris Yawney (Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, Manitoba)

Henry Zekveld (Durham, Ontario)Previous runs for a candidate were not necessarily in a riding of the same name.''

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skiplist index: skiplists keep the indexed values in an order, so they can be used for equality lookups, range queries and for sorting. For high selectivity attributes, skiplist indexes will have a higher overhead than hash indexes. For low selectivity attributes, skiplist indexes will be more efficient than non-unique hash indexes.
Additionally, skiplist indexes allow more use cases (e.g. range queries, sorting) than hash indexes. Furthermore, they can be used for lookups based on a leftmost prefix of the index attributes.
persistent index: a persistent index behaves much like the sorted skiplist index, except that all index values are persisted on disk and do not need to be rebuilt in memory when the server is restarted or the indexed collection is reloaded. The operations in a persistent index have logarithmic complexity, but operations have may have a higher constant factor than the operations in a skiplist index, because the persistent index may need to make extra roundtrips to the primary index to fetch the actual documents.
A persistent index can be used for equality lookups, range queries and for sorting. For high selectivity attributes, persistent indexes will have a higher overhead than skiplist or hash indexes.
Persistent indexes allow more use cases (e.g. range queries, sorting) than hash indexes. Furthermore, they can be used for lookups based on a leftmost prefix of the index attributes. In contrast to the in-memory skiplist indexes, persistent indexes do not need to be rebuilt in-memory so they don't influence the loading time of collections as other in-memory indexes do.
geo index: the geo index provided by ArangoDB allows searching for documents within a radius around a two-dimensional earth coordinate (point), or to find documents with are closest to a point. Document coordinates can either be specified in two different document attributes or in a single attribute, e.g.
Geo indexes will be invoked via special functions or AQL optimization. The optimization can be triggered when a collection with geo index is enumerated and a SORT or FILTER statement is used in conjunction with the distance function.
fulltext index: a fulltext index can be used to index all words contained in a specific attribute of all documents in a collection. Only words with a (specifiable) minimum length are indexed. Word tokenization is done using the word boundary analysis provided by libicu, which is taking into account the selected language provided at server start.
The index supports complete match queries (full words) and prefix queries. Fulltext indexes will only be invoked via special functions.
Hash indexes and skiplist indexes can optionally be created sparse. A sparse index does not contain documents for which at least one of the index attribute is not set or contains a value of null.
As such documents are excluded from sparse indexes, they may contain fewer documents than their non-sparse counterparts. This enables faster indexing and can lead to reduced memory usage in case the indexed attribute does occur only in some, but not all documents of the collection. Sparse indexes will also reduce the number of collisions in non-unique hash indexes in case non-existing or optional attributes are indexed.
When not explicitly set, the sparse attribute defaults to false for new indexes. Other indexes than hash and skiplist do not support sparsity.
If the lookup value is non-constant, a sparse index may or may not be used, depending on the other types of conditions in the query. If the optimizer can safely determine that the lookup value cannot be null, a sparse index may be used. When uncertain, the optimizer will not make use of a sparse index in a query in order to produce correct results.
Sparse skiplist indexes can be used for sorting if the optimizer can safely detect that the index range does not include null for any of the index attributes.
Note that if you intend to use joins it may be clever to use non-sparsity and maybe even uniqueness for that attribute, else all items containing the null value will match against each other and thus produce large results.


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Q: Choosing an autocorrelation structure with negative correlation at last lag I have a linear model for an experiment using repeated measures.  Thus far I've used lme in R to test the model.  For this model the the latest lag is 6.  The ACFs are:
Lag: 1           2           3            4           5            6
ACF: 0.01076084, 0.04204100, -0.11440165, 0.01422727, -0.06761294, -0.64110161

Based on the design there is not any intuitive reason for the significant correlation at lag 6, rather I would have expected something like an AR1.  I'm not at all experienced in dealing with autocorrelation.  I'm trying to do two things: 1) choose an appropriate autocorrelation structure for the model. 2) understand what this correlation means interpretively.  Thank you.

A: The sample ACVF (autocovariance function) at lag $ h $ is defined as
$$
\hat{\gamma}(h) = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{t=1}^{n-h} (x_t - \bar{x}_n)(x_{t+h} - \bar{x}_n)
$$
where $ \bar{x}_n $ is the mean of the time series.
Thus, given that your time series has a total of 7 datapoints, the ACVF at lag 6 is highly sensitive to the first and last values of your time series,
and thus the reported autocorrelation should not be regarded as significant.

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James TW is a British 20-year-old soulful singer-songwriter with a big voice and even bigger aspirations.
"I want people to hear my music and think 'how did that guy describe the way I feel'," James says, and he succeeds. Signed to iconic label Island Records as one of the youngest artists on their roster, James has managed to develop a wholly unique sound and lyrics that capture real, relatable emotion.
James' discipline has clearly paid off, resulting in a distinct blues and jazz-infused singer-songwriter sound that recalls John Mayer and Jamie Cullum, two of James' influences. He is equally capable of delivering ballads reminiscent of Ed Sheeran's work, another artist who has had an impact on his music. James' songs demonstrate critical elements of experienced songwriting and resonate with ease.
James has a maturity well beyond his years. He speaks with authority and a sense of worldliness that is rare for someone of his age. He cites Bill Withers and B.B. King as inspirations and aims to emulate the vocal nuances of soul music and guitar riffs of modern blues. Despite his youth, James' lyrics offer a distinct point of view, convincing any listener of an incomparable wisdom about love, heartbreak and the world around them. He is undeniably romantic as highlighted by the subject matter of many of his songs.


The winter's first ice floes have reached the coast of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.
Officials at the observatory in Abashiri City say they spotted the floating ice on the seashore on Tuesday.
An NHK camera also captured white drift ice covering the waterfront.
The arrival was four days earlier than average and also than last year. The recent northerly winds have brought ice down from the Sea of Okhotsk to the coast.
Tourists viewed the spectacle from a sightseeing boat, taking photos and watching eagles resting on the ice.
The officials say more ice floes are expected to reach the shore in the coming week, with continued northerly winds forecast.


In the July 2003 issue of Learning Circuits features a superb and lively interview with e-learning guru Michael Allen: Down with Boring E-Learning!
I've been a fan of Michael Allen's practical, playful approach to e-learning ever since I became interested in this fast-growing field. This interview sums up many of the reasons I admire his work.
Meaningful. What's more boring than content you don't understand? Not much, except content you've already mastered. If you're set on the content you're going to present, regardless of who you're training and the differences among your learners, then you're set on boring at least some of them—quite possibly all of them. Learning experiences need to be tailored with focus on the learner: Does the learner see the value in learning this? Are learners fearful, impatient, confused? What are their goals and how do they relate to the goals you have for them?
Memorable. What value is learning material you won't remember even a day or two past the posttest? Good posttest scores aren't the reason for learning. It's the ability, confidence, and readiness to perform valued tasks. We need to create learning experiences that stick with our learners so that they are able to perform at the right times.
Motivational. You can't learn for your learners. They have to do the learning themselves. That means they have to be paying attention, thinking, and doing those things that create knowledge and skills within them. It's as important to inspire (read energize) learners as it is to present content to them, because, with insufficient motivation, all that content is going to evaporate, leaving scant residue.
While these principles are important for all forms of instruction, they are perhaps critical to the success of e-learning where working alone on a computer can become boring so very quickly when there's nothing interesting going on. My biggest pet peeve is e-learning that is focused on presenting a boatload of content (the worst is pages and pages of text) and not on the learning experience. Isn't a little effective learning better than a lot of wasted time? Trim that content down so you can create some high-impact experiences. Please.
Allen also speaks at length about common mistaken perceptions of what e-learning is supposed to do and how it is supposed to work, what really constitutes e-learning return on investment (ROI), and many other high-priority topics for this field.
If you're interested in e-learning, definitely do not miss this article. Send it to your bosses, your colleagues, your training managers. Send it to the course provider every time you're subjected to a boring, unrewarding e-learning experience. We must stop this plague!


Clara Smith was one of the first of the Blues Divas, who dominated the market for 'race music' in the early 20s, when recording opportunities first opened up for African American artists. Known as the 'Queen of the Moaners', Clara's voice was actually light and sweet, but she first used it to express her inner pain with hard-done-by love songs like, 'Every Woman's Blues' and 'Moaning the Blues'. Although Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith are much better known than Clara, she was a big star in her day, and she always had a record in the stores.
Clara was born in Spartanburg NC in 1894 (or maybe '95) and from the age of about 16 had worked as a cabaret singer on the TOBA circuit across the Southern States, starting in the chorus line and eventually headlining vaudeville revues. She moved to New York in 1923 to get into recording, and was immediately signed by the Columbia label, who were desperate to get into a market that had been dominated by the Okeh and Paramount companies. That year, Columbia also signed Clara's (unrelated) namesake Bessie Smith, and the women recorded several duets together in the next few years and shared the services of pianist and arranger Fletcher Henderson. Clara was also joined on record by sidemen of the quality of Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green and Coleman Hawkins and she also recorded four vocal duets with guitar maestro Lonnie Johnson. Clara's material in the first couple of years concentrated on rather gloomy accounts of lost love, getting her that 'Queen of the Moaners' tag, but she soon moved to more risqué songs like 'Whip It to a Jelly' and 'You Can't Get It Now'. In a ten year career Clara recorded more than 120 tracks, and her sales for Columbia were only bettered by Bessie Smith herself.
Clara had cheered up a little when these tracks were cut, and the quality of sound recording had improved too, doing some justice to her great voice.
Clara was a popular live act all over the country and even appeared on the West coast, a rare event for a Blues singer. Recording contracts did not allow for royalty payments, and the best way to make money for a singer, even one who sold ship-loads of records, was to sell concert tickets. Her touring show included vaudeville tunes, popular songs and even some comedy numbers later in her career, again giving a lie to that 'moaner' tag. In 1935, Clara was on the road in Detroit when she died from a heart attack while still just 40 years old.


I will discuss contemporary issues in searches for New Physics with flavor-changing neutral current transitions in beauty and charm systems. I will also discuss a novel method to study flavor-changing neutral currents in the e+ e- ? D*0 and e+ e-???B*s transitions, tuning the energy of e+ e-- collisions to the mass of the narrow vector resonance D*0 or B*s . I will present a thorough study of both short-distance and long-distance contributions to those processes in the Standard Model and investigate possible contributions of New Physics.


Heartwood Work Study Program is a work exchange program designed for the person who loves yoga oriented programs, but perhaps cannot afford tuition and is interested in trading karma hours for classes, workshops, Reiki or yoga teacher training. There is always work to be done and we can always use help. If you are willing to weed the garden, paint a deck, or help our decorator set up weddings, we have projects just waiting for helping hands. Other duties include evening receptionist hours at the front desk at Heartwood Studios in Sarasota or cleaning the studio on a regular timetable,We also have periodic work projects, such as helping to set up and man a booth at a festival or passing out flyers in neighborhoods. If you are interested in a Karma exchange, your time helping at Heartwood can earn credit for classes, training or workshops at the Retreat Center or Yoga studio on University. Become a part of a creative, positive community of yogis & artists building a place of healing and learning for others. For more information or to explore what type of karma activity might be a good fit for you, please give us a call or contact us through the website to let us know your educational goals and what talents you have to share.


Eric Darois of RSCS received the prestigious Jason Jang Award at the recent 2017 Radiological Effluents & Environmental Workshop (REEW) conference. An industry expert who serves in advisory roles for both the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), Mr. Darois was honored with this lifetime achievement award in recognition of his contribution towards the development and promotion of best practices in the environmental assessment of effluents released from nuclear power plants. The award also commended him on his role as an educator to the next generation of nuclear professionals on complex calculations and assessment methods used for determining release pathways and resulting dose profiles.
The award is named in honor of Jason Jang, an NRC inspector who set the standards for RETS-REMP programming at nuclear utilities. This award is made annually at the REEW conference to individuals who demonstrate a commitment to sound scientific approaches to environmental sampling and analysis in support of radiological effluent monitoring at nuclear utilities.
Noteworthy is that this award is typically reserved for industry professionals who work at nuclear utilities. As a private consultant to the nuclear industry for over 25 years, Mr. Darois was honored to be selected for this award and appreciated the recognition of his support for operating and decommissioning sites.


This image was made with a modified Canon 40D and a 20-cm (8") f/2.75 ASA Astrograph. Compare this image with the image I made at home!
The darker sky in Puimichel makes a big difference in the noise of the sky background, even though te temperature was much higher!
12 x 5 minute exposure at ISO 800 with a standard Canon 40D on April 6, 2008 from Beilen. This planetary is extremely faint and perfectly round.
This image was made with a 20cm (8") f/2.75 ASA Astrograph. Sky background was 20.5 mag/ sq. arcsec. measured with the SQM, so not bad at all.


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Q: Return error with OUTPUT from CATCH block I have a stored procedure that executes a simple insert transaction with a try/catch block.
If the transaction is successful, OUTPUT will return the inserted record ID. If an error happens, I would like to return content from the try/catch block. My current code will return a blank RecID in the situation where an error occurs. Here is my code example:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[InsertRecord]
    @Status BIT = NULL,
    @Name VARCHAR(50) = NULL,
    @Code CHAR(2) = NULL,
    @ActionID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = NULL
AS
    SET NOCOUNT ON
    SET XACT_ABORT ON
    BEGIN TRY
        BEGIN
            INSERT INTO dbo.Dictionary(
                Status,Name,Code,ActionDt,ActionID
            )
            OUTPUT INSERTED.RecID
            VALUES(
                @Status,@Name,@Code,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,@ActionID
            );
        END
    END TRY
    BEGIN CATCH
        SELECT
            ERROR_PROCEDURE() AS ErrorProcedure,
            ERROR_LINE() AS ErrorLine,
            ERROR_NUMBER() AS ErrorNumber,
            ERROR_MESSAGE() AS ErrorMessage,
            CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS DateTime
    END CATCH

Here is what code above will return if I try to insert a record that already exists:
ErrorProcedure
InsertRecord
ErrorLine
16
ErrorNumber
2627
ErrorMessage
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Code'.
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Dictionary'.
The duplicate key value is (44).
DateTime
2018-08-23 10:46:02.920

This is what I expect and this is showing in Management Studio 2008. When I call this procedure with ColdFusion I just get RecID = ''. Here is example how I call this procedure:
<cftry>
    <cfstoredproc procedure="InsertRecord" datasource="#dsn#">
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Status" value="#trim(arguments.frm_status)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_bit" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Code" value="#trim(arguments.frm_code)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_char" maxlength="2" null="#!len(trim(arguments.frm_code))#" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Name" value="#trim(arguments.frm_name)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" maxlength="50" null="#!len(trim(arguments.frm_name))#" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@ActionID" value="#trim(SESSION.UserID)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_idstamp" maxlength="50" null="#!len(trim(SESSION.UserID))#" />
        <cfprocresult name="Result"/>
    </cfstoredproc>

    <cfset local.fnResults = {status : "200", RecID : Result.RecID}>

    <cfcatch type="any">
        <cfset local.fnResults = {error:cfcatch,status : "400", class : "alert-danger", message : "Error! Please contact your administrator."}>
    </cfcatch>
</cftry>

Is there a way to return the error from a stored procedure to ColdFusion after execution?

A: Try cfcatch.detail for those Error Results:
My apologies in advance. I did hack this together without testing/compiling (but I think you get the idea) and CF documentation on how to handle errors. See what cfcatch.detail brings to the table:
cftry>
  <cfstoredproc procedure="InsertRecord" datasource="#dsn#">
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Status" value="#trim(arguments.frm_status)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_bit" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Code" value="#trim(arguments.frm_code)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_char" maxlength="2" null="#!len(trim(arguments.frm_code))#" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@Name" value="#trim(arguments.frm_name)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" maxlength="50" null="#!len(trim(arguments.frm_name))#" />
        <cfprocparam dbvarname="@ActionID" value="#trim(SESSION.UserID)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_idstamp" maxlength="50" null="#!len(trim(SESSION.UserID))#" />
        <cfprocresult name="Result"/>
    </cfstoredproc>

    <cfset local.fnResults = {status : "200", RecID : Result.RecID}>

<cfcatch type="database">
   <cfoutput>

database error

message: #cfcatch.message#

native error code: #cfcatch.nativeerrorcode#

sqlstate: #cfcatch.sqlstate#

detail: #cfcatch.detail#

   </cfoutput>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>


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Ruben Brandt, Collector
Iván Kamarás as Ruben Brandt (voice)
Gabriella Hámori as Mimi (voice)
Zalán Makranczi as Mike Kowalsky (voice)
Milorad Krstić
Radmila Roczkov
Marcell Laszlo
Danijel Milosevic
Laszlo Wimmer
Action, Animation, Thriller
Rated R for nude images and some violence.
| Sheila O'Malley
Underneath his 1929 painting of a curved pipe, René Magritte announced in swoopy cursive: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"). His point was that you could not pack this particular pipe with tobacco, you could not smoke said pipe. It was a representation only. The painting is known mostly as "This Is Not a Pipe," but Magritte's title for it was far more interesting: "The Treachery of Images." "The Treachery of Images" could be the subtitle for Slovenian-born Milorad Krstić's animated film, the zippy-glamorous art-heist caper "Ruben Brandt, Collector," in which an "art therapist" is - quite literally - attacked by the paintings he loves.
One of the intense pleasures of "Ruben Brandt, Collector" (astonishingly, it is Krstić's first feature) is how it suggests that theft (i.e. "collecting") is the only way to manage obsession. By hanging these paintings on his wall, Ruben Brandt hopes that their "treachery" will be neutralized. Any art-lover, or collector, will probably relate. Ruben engages a merry band to steal some of the world's most famous paintings. With a fast-paced story spanning the globe, and images like a fluidly-undulating art-literate acid flashback, "Ruben Brandt, Collector" is like "To Catch a Thief" as filtered through the multi-eyeballed gaze of Joan Miró, or "The Pink Panther" as imagined by Pablo Picasso. The film is lighthearted but not frivolous, and the animation -- a mix of computer-generated and hand-drawn -- is so innovative and fun it's always a pleasure to look at the screen. It's an art history survey course, with linear timelines abolished. Eras and styles merge, Warhol alongside Diego Velázquez, Gauguin side by side with Roy Lichtenstein.
Featuring pit-stops in Paris, Tokyo, Venice, Rome, "Ruben Brandt, Collector" has the effervescence of a 1960s comedy-mystery-thriller, a hybrid difficult to pull off and not really in vogue now in our oh-so-solemn age where James Bond has to be gloomy and scowling in order to be taken seriously. But James Bond isn't serious and "Ruben Brandt, Collector" is like an early James Bond, complete with a cheeky sense of humor: glamorous people driving gleaming sports cars, chasing each other around hairpin curves, all converging on the same spot, all after the same big prize.
Ruben Brandt (voiced by Iván Kamarás) runs an art therapy institute, known for his gift in treating those with "artistic souls." But this physician is sick as well. Every night he is bombarded by violent dreams. The black cat in Édouard Manet's "Olympia" sinks its teeth into Ruben's face and won't let go. Frank Duveneck's whistling boy torments him. Botticelli's Venus strangles him with her blowing hair, and plunges him beneath the surface of the water (where he is then attacked by a murderous version of the sea-witch in "The Little Mermaid"). Velázquez's "Infanta Margarita" transforms into a toothy monster. One of the figures in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" smashes his face against the plate-glass window of the all-night diner. Ruben is haunted and distracted and his patients set about to help heal their physician. Mimi (Gabriella Hámori), an acrobatic burglar with green lipstick and eyeshadow, is the ringleader. Her thefts have already dazzled the world, as well as caught the attention of movie-mad Mike Kowalski (Csaba "Kor" Márton), determined to track her down.
Every frame is overwhelming. The characters all look like they have strolled out of Picasso's dreamworld (one of the thieves wear two pairs of sunglasses for his four sets of eyeballs). Kowalski's partner has two faces, one on the front of her head, one on the back. One character is literally two-dimensional, making art theft a cinch for him since he can slide underneath doors. The landscapes they zip through are a constantly-changing pop-art emanation, as though the history of art was tossed up into the air, and the movie cavorts among the randomly falling pieces. Every wall is covered with posters, Soviet propaganda, movies, cheap art prints. Hitchcock makes a cameo. In one chase scene, the characters suddenly find themselves running through the urban-fascist landscape of a De Chirico, before passing out of it. There's a nightmare sequence - so loopy and inventive I laughed out loud -- where Ruben is in a standoff from out of an old Western with Andy Warhol's gun-holstered "double Elvis," while an entire Coliseum chants for blood. Tibor Cári's score is a constant, urgent and energetic, moving us from dream to reality into fractured reality back into the dream.
If you're literate in art, or literature, or films, or any art form ... reality comes filtered through these works of art. For example, it's hard to look at water lilies in a pond and not think of Claude Monet. If you've ever gone out for coffee in New York at 2 in the morning, you'll think of Hopper's "Nighthawks." If you know the painting, it's gotten inside of you, it's taken hold of your imagination, it becomes a reference point. Even if you wanted to get rid of it, you would not be able to. It's there. Krstić pushes this common experience to its most hallucinatory and entertaining limit.


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9 Planets of the Solar System – (19 Images, Infographics)
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If you look up and see a wandering star it may actually be a planet.
There are 9 planets in our solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
The Sun is at the center with 99.85% of the mass and is very bright. It is not as big as other stars like Betelgeuse. All the planets combined are about 0.14% of the mass of the solar system. Comets are about .02%.
The night sky is full of stars, nebula, and galaxies.
These pictures of solar system show relative size of sun and planets:
Planets: Diameter and distance from Sun:
Mercury 4,879 km 57,909,227 km
Venus 12,104 km 108,209,475 km
Earth 12,742 km 149,598,262 km
Mars 6,779 km 227,943,824 km
Jupiter 139,822 km 778,340,821 km
Saturn 116,464 km 1,426,666,422 km
Uranus 50,724 km 2,870,658,186 km
Neptune 49,244 km 4,498,396,441 km
Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Sedna are dwarf planets.
Here is an infographic that I made showing size of planets compared to the Sun and the composition:
Celestial bodies resemble a planet but have failed to achieve the certain physical and technical characteristics. There are 5 dwarf planets currently known:
Pluto – the former 9th planet but due to its physical characteristics that differ from the other planets it had become and re-classify as a dwarf planet.
Eris – it is located around the orbit of Neptune, it's much smaller than Pluto and can finish one trip around the Sun every 557 years. Due to its distance there has not been enough data and information on the inner structures of the Eris.
Ceres – located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, its physical structure resembles the moon with icy rock formations and researchers suggest that it might have a body of ocean hidden within the ice layers.
Makemake – located beyond the orbit of Neptune specifically the Kuiper Belt which is a ring of ice debris and it takes 300 years to complete a trip around the Sun.
Haumea – is discovered also in Kuiper Belt and has 2 moons and it is an egg shape planet.
Regular Planets:
Here is a photo of Mercury:
In transit:
Average orbital speed 47.36 km/s
Mean diameter 4880 km
Moons 0
The planet Mercury is on the inner planet along with the planet Venus and Earth, its physical characteristics resemble the Moon because its surface is cratered and bombarded continuously by asteroids for billions of years, while its outer core is comprised of iron sulfide, with outer liquid core layer and the solid inner core. Despite being closest to the Sun the planet Mercury cannot retain heat due to the lacking of atmosphere, it also has a longer rotation consisting of 59 days and a huge magnetic field similar to Earth but on a more powerful scale.
Venus is made of hot gas and look like this:
Surface temp 900 degrees F
Diameter 12,100 km
It is named as the hottest surface planet in the solar system, due to its dense atmosphere made up 96% carbon dioxide. The clouds inside the planet are made up of sulfuric acid.
The Earth is the 3rd rock in orbit around the Sun:
Sunrise image:
Orbital speed 28.78 km/s
Moons 1, on a 33 year cycle, not visible all the time.
Earth's atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and oxygen. The surface is 70% covered by water.
Mars, aka the red planet:
Orbital speed 24 km/s
Radius 3389 km
The Iron Oxide that can be found on the planet's surface makes the entire physical appearance a distinct red color, recent explorations show that there is evidence that their bodies of water in the past. Compared to the planet Earth it is approximately half of the diameter with the gravitational pull.
Image of Jupiter:
Callisto moon:
Radius 69,811 km
Moons 80
The overall structure of the planet Jupiter is primarily comprised of hydrogen and helium making the planet a gas giant due to the fact that it is lacking a well-defined surface area. It is considered to be the oldest planet in the solar system due to this it has amassed a magnetic field 14x stronger than the Earth has and is usually the brightest planet in the sky.
Saturn:
Orbital speed 9.58 km/s
The planet is composed of iron-nickel and rock silicon compounds, but its best known for its ring system which is made from ice particles that orbit around the planet.
Uranus is the 7th:
Orbital speed 6.8 km/s
It is the coldest planet in the solar system with a temperature of -224 and much heavier cloud impossible for sunlight to penetrate.
Neptune is the 8th:
It has an atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium along with hydrocarbons and nitrogen.
Pluto was the 9th, because now is considered a dwarf planet.
Smaller Objects:
Asteroids – are small rocky objects that float and orbit around the Sun. The majority of them are located in the asteroid belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, they are considered to be leftover materials that did dissolve in the Sun and from the formation of the Solar system.
Some of these asteroids will pass Earth, others go inside the atmosphere and are dissolved due to the heat, and other asteroids have directly impacted the planet such as what happened in the Cretaceous period where the impact of an asteroid had completely annihilated the entire species of dinosaurs.
Comets – are made of cosmic snowballs of frozen gases such as rock, and dust that had orbited around the Sun, usually they are frozen can be the size of a small village. When we see a comet passing through the Sun it begins to get warm and releases amounts of gases, it is called outgassing this is the visible atmosphere being produced which sometimes human call a shooting star.
Oort Cloud – is the concept by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, according to his study, the Oort cloud is located far beyond the current location of the Dwarf planet Pluto and the Kuiper belt. It is believed that it is a giant spherical shell that covers the entire Sun, planets, and the entire solar system in place making it like a thick bubble that is made from icy comet objects.
Kuiper Belt – is a disc-shaped region located outside the solar system, it extends from the orbit of Jupiter and Neptune, like the asteroid belt, but on a larger size. It comprises smaller bodies that were considered to be leftovers when the solar system was formed, basically, it consists of asteroids, frozen debris, and it is considered to be the home of the dwarf planets.
The Interplanetary Medium consists of thinly mass-energy that is scattered across the entire solar system such as the magnetic and electric forces inside the planets. It is usually made from hydrogen, plasma gas, and electrically charged particles from the Sun such as cosmic rays, ultraviolet light, and dust particles.