Accepting responsibility for our creative acts.
Remain in awe of the unfolding of existence.
How do our actions impact ourselves, others and the earth.
those difference impacts our thoughts and actions.
What do we most trust?
This is a multi-faceted question. The first thing I have to do is to step back and check myself, and remember it is not what I trust, but what UU has to offer in response the question. And yet, I do not think we can help but interject our own context into this (these) questions. Having said that, I think we as Unitarian Universalists trust our experiences. The struggle with this concept is that individuals experiences can be limited. Therefore part of what we have to offer (and I am already thinking how this will weave into the last unit question) is the ability to expand individuals and our community's intellectual, spiritual, and justice seeking experiences.
This is a tougher one. Who we want to be may not necessarily be who we are. And I think that is part of our strength and weakness. We are willing to look consciously at ourselves in our current context and are willing to change who we are. Yet constant change makes it difficult to define who we to those unfamiliar with our religion. Often people look towards religion to be a stable guiding force in their lives. We should realize and accept that our willingness to challenge our own and society's status quo is an inhibitor to many people. We have to accept that we cannot be all things to all people, but we can and must be respectful and realize that different people in our congregations are at different places on their religious journey. I am proud that we are a religion which is willing to engage the wonders, ambiguities, and horrors that comprise life. We are a religion which is willing to examine with reason and creativity all that is existence. We are a religion that is willing to confront life with an open heart and an open mind. We are a religion who care for and nurtures all creation. We are a religion which seeks justice for all and not just for some and we see this as part of our spiritual and religious life. (OK, I see a good sermon forming here).
What will get us through the night?
My friend used to tell me there are no atheists in foxholes and hospital beds. In truth, most people don't deal with the ultimate questions of life until they are faced with such stark life and death situations. UUs constantly engage life and how we live our lives. We engage those ultimate questions about the meaning of life, not with easy platitudes of some otherworldly paradise, but with a serious examination in the present moment. Easy platitudes fall by the wayside in times of crises, because deep down I think people know there is more, and then it is too late, and they know there is no magical redemption for a life poorly lived. A life well lived with principle and integrity gets us through the day. Yet "in the dark night of the soul" the only hope we have is relationships. Relationships we have built over time, through shared experiences, shared joys and tragedies. Knowing that there are people who care, and specifically care about you. Recently I was rushed to the emergency room (it ended up being vertigo, but I didn't know that at the time), and I have to admit my first thought went to some foreign otherworldly being to help me, and then I saw my wife, and I just asked her to hold me. My personal experience, and my experience in CPE is that in our moment of need, we just need somebody to hold us, to be with us so we know we are not alone.
What holds us together in religious community?
This to me is the easiest of the questions. It is something that Dr. Parker's article spoke of quite eloquently. What holds us together is our covenant with each other including how we act with each other. Acceptance of and inclusion of others does not always mean we will agree with everyone else. So it is important to live our first principle which is "the inherent worth and dignity of each person". I think it is important for missions and covenants to be constantly reviewed and renewed. As our community grows, each new person changes it and is changed by it. Therefore we must always keep that in the forefront and current. Yet this is not enough. Words are just words, and by themselves cannot hold things together. Taking actions together is critical to hold us together and to build relationships. Such actions include fellowship, worship and justice work.
We are building the beloved community. That is our work, that is our vision. As Martin Luther King said "Although man's moral pilgrimage may never reach a destination point on earth, his never-ceasing strivings may bring him ever closer to the city of righteousness. And though the Kingdom of God may remain not yet as universal reality in history, in the present it may exist in such isolated forms as in judgment, in personal devotion, and in some group life" [Struggle to Love (Harper & Row, 1961). p. 64]. Thinking about this in light of Rasor's article, it is interesting to see the foreshadowing of post-modern theology of local actions but still with the hope of in the future as if a beacon from a far away lighthouse, the modernist thought of universal reality. I think humanity has this innate need for the modernist thought of a universal ideal. We define post modernity in terms of people shifting away from a universal. I wonder if our ongoing fragmenting and slide as a society towards consumer and personal narcissism is accelerated by such a post modern theology of life.
But we know we will.
Thoughts on 50. Its interesting….i didn't really think about it being that much different from 49 or 51, but everyone else seems to think so. If anything it focuses me more on the importance of the amount of time I have on this earth and how I choose to spend that time. How I choose to act as a human being and how choose to interact with others humans. My former boss took me out to lunch today and as he has for every year for my birthday, bought me the scotch of my choice, price not withstanding….so tonight I dwell on Macallan 18 yr old scotch….
My plant – I have not written about vertigo in awhile. I have learned many things from vertigo. First, if you care for something and focus on it and what it needs, it grows, and if you don't it will become sick. At one point its petals all died, and I thought I had done something wrong….but within another day they sprouted again…..so it brought up the concept of death and rebirth…..and resilience……but the most moving awareness I gained was one night….I was debating in my mind whether to go out and water the plant….i was tired, and had gotten home late…..but I was thinking of this just as I was pouring water for my dog….and I thought…well how I can I give water to the dog and not the plant….and then the connection was made….my plant is just as much a living thing as my dog and deserves my attention. I intentionally purchased it with the goal to care for it…..how could I consider not taking care of it any more or less than I would my dog.
One of the many down sides of my sons leaving the house is the redistribution of Household chores. The one I received the pleasure of doing today was mowing the lawn. This is one I happily gave up many years ago to my industrious son Kyle. It had been a month since it was mowed…The grass was very tall. Now I tried for a while to rationalize that even grass is a living thing (it grows) and part of God's creation, and thus what right do I have to destroy it. In fact shouldn't I nurture it to its fullness…Then I saw the neighborhood association watchdog driving around and realized that the freedom of a couple of weeds and grass don't amount to a hill of beans in the grand scheme of the homeowners association. So I got out the mower…..
Finally figuring out that I needed to prime it…This is just not intuitive without instructions. And since I had delegated this chore many years ago, I have happily not revisited it until today. Finally figuring that out….I come to realize there is no gas in the mower…..duh….ok so the weeds get a reprieve….for 15 minutes. I am undaunted. I go to the gas station (my car happened to be low on gas as well – I love the synchronicity of it all.) and fill up. Back to the house, I fill up the mower without spilling too much gas on myself…(note to self, do not grill food tonight with these clothes before washing).
Anyway, I finally figured out all the particulars of how the machine worked….and away we went. My god the power in my hands….mowing down, destroying grass that came in my wake. Then I say one little sunflower among the weeds, but it was too late, it had fallen victim to the killing machine known as lawn mower. I am living with the circle of life concept now.
I made my away around the back yard heading to the front yard. The gate door could not open because the dirt had built up around it so high that it could not swing open more than an inch. Good to thwart fat burglars, and keep the dogs in, but bad for use as a fire exit or to get the mower through….This meant I had two choices…..walk the machine around the back to the other fence door, or get a shovel and shovel out the dirt….I decided, since I was communing with nature today, ,I would shovel….so I shoveled the dirt to a point I could open the door…..I worked up a good sweat…in fact I was sweating so much I kept sweating even after I showered off later…..(of course maybe I just didn't dry myself well).
Anyway, right now..I am thinking that instead of a game Farmville on Facebook, there should be a game called cityville, where you vie for tickets to the US Open, theatre, and Opera. One really good thing about this event is that I don't feel the need to go the gym today. This was a healthy workout!!
Plant – Vertigo is growing and yet appears to be dying at the same time. Some of its purple petals are falling off, yet the plant itself seems to growing, even outgrowing the plastic pot it came in. Perhaps it is time to give it room to grow. I had thought about planting it in the ground. However I would have to plant it out front, for out back the dogs would likely destroy it as they race around the yard. If it were out front, I would have less time to contemplate with it. So I will have to get a larger plant to keep it on the back porch. Interesting analogy. I have to let it grow, yet still want to protect it. Sort of like my children.
Animals – I am helping a neighbor out watching their dog while they are away….it is an old dog who is not well. It is sad to see it in so much pain, yet he still responds positively to human compassion. Cats get into the funniest places. One of our cats got into a dresser today, slipped into just a slight opening and had trouble getting itself out. I heard it crying. Of course I am assuming she got herself into the dresser by herself. Maybe it was open, she went in and somebody closed it not realizing she was there. Interesting analogy how we sometimes unwittingly get ourselves into predicaments that we don't even intend or plan and need the help of others to get us out of…..I must remember that as a reminder to help others out of their dressers so to speak.
Very entertaining and funny movie. I was never a Julia Child fan, but really Meryl Streep is just a great great actress of our time. Upon rejection of her book, she asks her husband, Have I spent the last eight years just keeping myself occupied" (paraphrase here)…then answering her own question she says "Oh Well" and moves on. Maybe it was that simple in real life…..but even so, it is a good message to take our "failures" in stride. This is a lesson the Julie in the story had to learn as well. The inter-splicing of the two stories into the movie of Julie following Julia Child's recipes and Julia Child learning how to cook French. This was not necessarily a deep movie (although it did have some deep moments) but it was fun. One thing I noticed though….I was one of the youngest people in the movie. Probably the avg age of attendees was age 60.
My plant. I wonder if I should name my plant. I thought about it today. I thought about how much do I need to water it..i hadn't watered it yet. I wondered whether I should plant it in the ground or plant it in a pot….now it is in a plastic bowl it came in from the store. I wonder what (if) the plant feels about being in a plastic bowl versus a ceramic pot, versus in the ground. Would one help it grow more. I wonder if it can sense that sort of thing….anyway when I came home…it was raining….i decided to just put the plant out in the rain….what more natural water could it get….i wonder if plants like rain water more than tap water…..
Animals in the wild…..other than squirrels….I usually try to avoid them. I usually avoid squirrels to, but they are fun to watch running around and around the tree…..I listen for the birds chirping or the frogs croaking (cant miss those at night). Animals in the wild have always been a curiosity to me, not having grown up with them…..they were things you went to see at the zoo. So of course wild animals being behind cages and barriers of course leads one to fear them….and of course there is good reason to fear some of them….although I imagine they have a lot more to fear of humans than humans from them….
Thoughts – I was eerily mellow and at peace all day….I don't know why I would say eerily….but it was…almost surreally peaceful…..still trying to balance time with commitments and desires….have to make sure I have time to do the things I need to do….but what do I really need. I worked mostly today….that really doesn't take too much thought….had to deal with someone who made a veiled racist remark….I didn't find myself getting angry….just contemplative…almost looking at it the situation from a detached point of view..i said to myself…these are not my people…but I realized everyone is my people, even this person with all their fears…and how do I reach them…not in this current position I am in……..even this morning when I went to Duncan Donuts and I asked them for a toasted bagel with butter and I specifically said not too much butter. When it came of course it was slopped with butter….I say of course, because even though I always ask this rarely do people listen….I think that is a lesson….listen to what people are asking you…but even more remarkably….going with the eerily peaceful thing….anger did not rise up in me at the bagel buttering person. I do not think it is resignation that it will not change…I just came to the realization that I was not going to allow anything to upset my mood…I didn't not consciously think this…I was just in the moment….I find myself just going through the motions at work….although my going through the motions is still better than most….and I find not being so intense about things….allows things to go more smoothly….how and why do I feel this way some days…It is not a conscious thing….but I will not worry about it today….
One of the readings from my class suggested journaling as a spiritual practice and gave a framework within which to write and think about it. I will attempt this for a time and see how it goes. I will try to set aside at least 30 minutes each day for this and 30 minutes each day for meditation as a way to be intentional about a spiritual discipline.
Plants – think about your plant…so I bought a plant for this project. I went in and asked the store person for a plant that would be very hard to kill. That is a sad statement….but true…I just have not worked with plants a lot. I wanted something that would be outside. So I know plants need water. So I guess this points to the issue of paying attention to the plant and becoming aware of what it will need. Plants are such good metaphors for life. If you care for it it will grow. Water it, as you would water your soul. Pay attention to it and care for it, as you should pay attention and care for your soul. I think my plant needs water….I think I need some water…..
Animals – I have 2 dogs and four cats. Technically some of the pets are the children's but I end up taking care of them. They are apart of my family. The cats name in order of age oldest to youngest are Cloud, Sally, Zelda, and Cory. The dogs are Linus and Fox. Really technically only Linus is mine. He is an Australian Shepard. He is about 9 ½ years old. He is starting to slow down. He is my protector, sitting by my feet, getting between me and others whenever he senses anything wrong. I am glad to see that he has taken up doing the same for my granddaughter Scarlett. He is a noble dog with a deep soul. He is quite gentle, and prefers to love others versus receiveing love. Yet he does love a good stomach rub. I have always been a dog person.
Thoughts – I have been quite mellow today, oddly enough…..I really cant explain it, although I have been meditating longer and longer each morning (when I do meditate in the morning). I meditated for 30 minutes this morning. It puts me in such a good frame of mind and I would say makes me more productive and aware….so of course I wonder why I don't do it more often. I have been really missing Will more than I expected. I really have to finalize my plans for class in the fall.
I went to pick up kyle from his friends and we went out to lunch together. We had a good time and as always shared about everything and nothing….and on the ride home we shared listening to each others music, although we have veto power over particular songs if they are too raunchy for me or too mellow for him….he says I have a lot of weird music I listen to (Little Feat)….its so interesting to hear others perspectives….
This is the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community.
If this wasn't a political movie by Elia Kazan to support his testifying in front of the house anti american committee, this might have been a 10 - The classic Brando - "I could have been somebody, I could have been a contender"
Again, just a wonderful feel good movie, that still puts a tear in my eye each time I watch it.
OK, who didn't get choked up when you realized ET was still alive…Go on admit it.
Again, on my top 5 - It doesn't get much better than this.
OK, so gangs who dance go a little too far, but a great update of Romeo and Juliet for the modern person without having to learn olde English. And great great music.
Ok, I guess it was special for its time, but maybe I am just getting old.
Brutal, moving, bizarre, weird, enough to make you think about what the point of it all was.
Deniro was great, Jodie Foster before she was great, and a solid movie.
That Redford/Newman pairing was special….
Groudbreaking, very serene, love the music.
A tough one. I really enjoyed this movie, Dreyfuss was great, it was a thinking persons ET, but it just didn't move me. Cant forget that music sequence though.
Clever, Quirky, good acting, but really - top 100 - we are sinking pretty low here.
How can you not roll over laughing while watching this.
Just a great drama about life and the tradegy of poor choices.
I know everyone loves this, and John Wayne, but seems so plastic to me.
A great movie with great acting with the ultimate quesiton, of what is good and what is evil.
A Bill Murray, serious movie, so therefore it received poor reviews, but I think one of the greatest movies of all time, that asks the quesiton why are we here.
Not for everyone, a 9 hour documentry of the Holocaust - you will never be the same after seeing it though.
Some of the greatest acting in moviedom - Kate Hepburn (yet again) a young Anthony Hopkins, Peter Otoole, (and much more) with a great story.
A moving story of life in the inner city and the struggle to overcome one's environment. This stuff is made for me.
Again another story about a drunk - is there a pattern to movies I like?
Classic Good vs Evil, helping the oppressed overcome tyranny.
Truly Newman at his best, with and great job by Jackie Gleason, a superb character study of drive and passion and self destruction.
Edward Norton's last day before going to prison. Refleciton on life and how he got to where he was. Picture of how as a society, we have turned to greed and lust. There is a five minute rant about the things he hates about NYC…this rant in and of itself makes this a great great movie.
Forever Young – no not the Bob Dylan song…or the way I am feeling right now….I shouldn't be so exhausted after just one day…finally catching up with the time change….but this was a workshop on youth. They gave us a copy of the Youth Ministry working Group – Recommendations for youth ministry…..
I will call the session "So what happened with YRUU" Seriously there was discussions about did they change the name or not…..I haven't read the entire report….but the consensus is, on a national level they are not using that name, but what is used on a local or district level is up to the participants. There seemed to be a very strong feeling about maintaining the connection of the name. YRUU clearly had a very positive strong impact on many participants….
Of course the workshop had much more depth to it…..most of it was brainstorming….here are some notes from that brainstorming…..
Having bridging ceremony each year….
I give it a 7 out of 10 on the JWo scale. I freely admit I like historical stuff particularly about this time period for it was when I came of age politically. If you dont like historical docudramas this would be a snore. Great acting by all parties. A little slow moving at times. It reinforced my original feelings about the interviews which were that in general they were favorable to Nixon (with the one major exception. This is historical stuff, so I am not giving anything away here). It reinforced an image of Nixon as a brilliant but paranoid, lonely, bitter, petty man. It really showed David Frost though to be a bit of a glory hound and a buffoon. I was surprised by that. Whenever there are historical movies, I always try to remember that it is not real history, just someones depiction of history. I felt the movie created caricatures of the individuals and didn't really show the depth of who they were. Of course it was focusing one set of events but I was left wondering if this was what they were really like.


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Q: Timezone difference of browser and server I have been using momentjs for detecting timezone of user (client side). I have PHP timezone_identifiers_list() function for server timezone list.
Issue I am facing right now is, momentjs is returning timezone as 'Asia/Calcutta' and PHP is returning it as 'Asia/Kolkata'. Both are same but giving me a reverse effect.
Is there any way to match both these? Any help will be much appreciated.

A: Try using UTC and then adding or subtracting time on/off based on location.

A: I have not used moment.js, but looking at the documentation http://momentjs.com/timezone/ it seems as you can get the time in zulu time.
dec.tz('Asia/Calcutta').format('ha z');
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In php you can do the same-ish
echo gmdate('H', strtotime(time()));
// this should return the + or - hours your server time is from UTC/zulu

With those two values you can calcluate  what time it is at the user.

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O'Dell Harmon Jr.
O'Dell is a Texas native who began his love of gaming in 1994 with a Sega Genesis and a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. As the years went on his love turned into a deep passion causing him to do crazy things like travel the world just to play video games. When he isn't gaming he loves to eat, dance, and travel the globe. O'Dell is no super hero though. He is simply a Pokemon master who has conquered all video game genres except for horror because he will lose it.
PewDiePie, Racial Slurs, And Video Games
O'Dell Harmon Jr. September 13, 2017
People have always promoted hate, bigotry, and ignorance in video game communities, and quite frankly I'm fed up.
Sonic Mania Review | The Blue Blur is Back
O'Dell Harmon Jr. September 1, 2017
Sonic Mania delivers gameplay that doesn't rely on nostalgia but uses it to accelerate the series to great speeds.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Hands-On Impressions, a Winning Combination
O'Dell Harmon Jr. July 24, 2017
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle may appear to be a crazy combination of two popular franchises, and it is! But it is one that works.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Review | A Bittersweet Memory
Crash Bandicoot is back and for better or worse he is N. Sane in the brain.
5 Games We Want From the PlayStation Media Showcase | E3 2017
O'Dell Harmon Jr. June 10, 2017
PlayStation's 2017 E3 Media Showcase will soon be upon us and here is what games we are hoping will make the cut.
Everything We Know About Sonic Forces
O'Dell Harmon Jr. May 23, 2017
The Blue Blur is back in Sonic Forces. The next main entry in 3D Sonic titles, and it is capitalizing on the main themes of its predecessor while forgoing ahead in unexpected ways.
Our Five Favorite 3D Platformers | Fanatical Five
O'Dell Harmon Jr. May 1, 2017
With its whimsical music and colorful characters, Yooka-Laylee brings back memories of a classic genre. Check out our 5 favorite 3D platformers.
Snake Pass: A Slithering Success Story | Hands On Preview
O'Dell Harmon Jr. March 17, 2017
Snake Pass is a clever physics-based platformer that features colorful worlds and sharp mechanics, so we had a chat with the game's creator.
Gravity Rush 2 Review | Head in the Clouds
O'Dell Harmon Jr. February 22, 2017
Here's our Gravity Rush 2 review – it's overall a solid game. You'd clock in over 40 hours playing Gravity Rush 2, but the flight is worth it.
Hands-On With the Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games
Compared to the Wii and Wii U launch, the Nintendo Switch will be coming out the gate with some obvious choices, and surprise contenders. Here is a quick look at some upcoming games that will be hitting shelves soon.
The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition drops January 17 on PS4
O'Dell Harmon Jr. January 7, 2017
Gear up and get ready to set sail as a girl and her hound going down the bayou when The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition for PS4 is available for download later this month.
O'Dell's Top 5 Games of 2016
For better or worse, 2016 will go down in the history books as a year where the improbable happened. Although I haven't played everything, I was able to power through some good games during the ups and downs of the year.
Join the Bash, Reserve Crash Bandicoot Today
O'Dell Harmon Jr. December 6, 2016
Crash Bandicoot is back in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and you can pre-order now at the PlayStation Store… Assuming you're still reading this, and not frantically searching for the link to reserve your copy, here are some things to get you ready for some marsupial madness before his 2017 launch.

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"Amerikkka" tells the story of a young African American girl's plot for revenge against the men who murdered her father during a time of segregation and racism. When protesting and secret meetings aren't enough, our main character resorts to violent tactics. Completely enraged by the cycle of violence, our main character risks her life to get justice how she sees fit. In the end, she must decide if she is going to go through with her plan or put an end to the cycle of violence that has consumed her people.


Ottawa is lucky to have at least four authentic BBQ restaurants in the area: D&S Southern BBQ on Russell Road in Carlsbad Springs, Fatboys Southern Smokehouse on Murray Street and The Smoque Shack on York Street. There is also a new place on Bank Street in the Glebe, Annie and Clyde's Southern BBQ.
As my fiance was spending Saturday with her bridesmaids getting their dresses sorted out, I decided to grab a few buddies and see if I could visit D&S, Fatboys and Smoque in the same day. It turned out to be quite the adventure. Each BBQ place is different and if you know BBQ, then you know there are many different preparation methods, sauces and rubs that go into BBQ, making it a very personal thing. If you're not sure which one you'd like to visit, do what I did - visit them all.
D&S is about 20 minutes East of Ottawa but it's not that hard to find. Get off the 417 by making a left on Boundary road and follow it until you get to the junction with Russell Road and you'll see it. They have ample parking for cars and snowmobiles.
The restaurant is large with lots of comfortable seating for families and so I'd say that D&S is really the best option for people with family because the combination of parking and seating make it perfect for people with children who can't afford to spend the time it takes to get the minivan parked downtown. If you are bringing kids, be sure to have something to occupy them as our food did a bit of time to arrive. But hey, if you want fast food, go to McDonald's.
The food at D&S is really good. Everything is big. They even have a 5.5 pound "burger" called "The Determinator". If you eat it in 1 hour, you'll get yourself on the D&S Wall of Fame. We had brisket, pulled pork, ribs and wings with sides of coleslaw and cornbread.
The brisket was really good. The sauce you can see on it in the picture was really tasty. They slice their brisket thinly and there is a nice layer of fat (flavor) on it. The pulled pork was sweet and juicy and the ribs were tasty and tender. Now, some people will say that D&S' ribs aren't fall of the bone and that's the way they designed them but that doesn't mean they aren't tender. The cornbread was amazing. It's not as "mealy" as other places, more like a muffin but still, it was really good and worth ordering for sure.
Located on Murray Street near Sussex you'll find Fatboys Southern Smokehouse. I should start by saying that I went to Fatboys on the day that it opened wasn't overly impressed. The brisket was dry, the ribs were small and the sides were dry and unimpressive. Here's Ottawa Citizen restaurant reviewer Ron Eade's thoughts on Fatboys at opening.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out upon my most recent visit that they fixed all of these issues, and then some. The brisket was nice and thick with a huge layer of fat on the top, the ribs were juicy and tender and the sides were really good. They also have amazing little cornbread bites that are addictive. One my buddies said the ribs were the best he'd had since The Salt Lick in Austin Texas. That's high praise for sure. Fatboys also has amazing sauces and if our server wasn't 6'5'' and over 300 pounds, I would have stolen some as the store won't be up and running until the Spring.
Fatboys is a large open space with plenty of TV's, tables and beer paraphernalia. The decor and the details are really impressive and you can see that they spared no expense renovating the space that used to be a flower shop. Fatboys is the place you go with a group of friends to drink beers and have fun watching some sports or, if you're there on Friday or Saturday nights, the live music.
The final stop on our tour was The Smoque Shack. It's on York Street, East of Dalhousie. I have been to Smoque a few times before and I knew it was good so it served as my "safe bet" for a place I knew we'd love. If D&S is a place for families and Fatboys is a place to party, Smoque is a place for those of you who are serious about food.
Warren Sutherland who used to be at Sweetgrass knows his way around a kitchen and despite being a super nice guy (he had seen that we were touring BBQ places on Twitter before we arrived) he cooks up some mean BBQ in his smoker.
The first thing you need to know is that anything jerk at Smoque is off-the-charts good. We had jerk wings and jerk pork, both of which were simply amazing. Of course, I had brisket and it was also really good. Smoque does brisket a little different than everyone else. First, they chop it up and then they finish it off with a coffee BBQ sauce. The best part is the small bits of burnt crust (called bark in BBQ circles) are to die for.
Smoque has an atmosphere that is a mix of traditional and modern and the bar is stocked with amazing local microbrews. Many thanks for the bartender for pointing us towards Mill Street's seasonal 9% Belgian hopfest that is called Beetlegeuse.
Eating BBQ is fun and we had a great time visiting each of these establishments. Ottawa is in a great place right now. There's an epic battle going on for our BBQ hearts and minds and we are ultimate winners. Even mediocre authentic BBQ is better than what you'll get at the large franchises so I would encourage you to get out and try these places.
Just do me one favour - don't complain about the lack of place ware to your server. BBQ is a contact sport and so it's not about forks or plates. In fact, I prefer mine without either of those things.
It's been a busy 2012 so far for me and I'm really happy to announce that the first episode of IABC Ottawa's podcast "The Voice" that I am hosting has been posted on the IABC website.
I have always been a fan of podcasts and listen to upwards of 5 to 10 of them a week, so it was a no-brainer when IABC Ottawa asked me to take over co-hosting duties from Jud Rasmussen who didn't have time to give it the attention it deserved. Jud is a close family friend of mine and I wanted to make sure that I tried to keep up the amazing quality he established over the past year.
For my first episode, I decided to talk about Peer to Peer Marketing with my buddy Jackson Wightman.


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#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include <boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace iostreams { namespace detail {

template<typename Mode, typename Ch, typename OutIt>
class output_iterator_adapter {
public:
    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT((is_convertible<Mode, output>::value));
    typedef Ch        char_type;
    typedef sink_tag  category;
    explicit output_iterator_adapter(OutIt out) : out_(out) { }
    std::streamsize write(const char_type* s, std::streamsize n)
    {
        std::copy(s, s + n, out_);
        return n;
    }
private:
    OutIt out_;
};

} } } // End namespaces detail, iostreams, boost.

#endif // #ifndef BOOST_IOSTREAMS_DETAIL_OUTPUT_ITERATOR_ADAPTER_HPP_INCLUDED //-----//

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#00A35D Hex Color, Includes conversions, schemes, html color codes and much more.
This page lists many detailed information about the hex color #00A35D. Its Hexadecimal code is 00A35D. In a RGB color space, which is consist of 0% red, 63.92% green and 36.47% blue, and that corresponding RGB values are 0, 163, 93. In a CMYK color space, it is consist of 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 42.9% yellow and 36.1% black, whereas that corresponding CMYK values are 1, 0, 0.43, 0.36. Other more information such as degree, lightness, saturation, please browses the following content.


>> QGIS 3.0 will use Qt5 and Python3.
>> development for Android easier than ever before.
> Is there any guidance regarding this?
> QGIS more easily on mobile device.
> If QGIS 3 is brought as the "mobile" release, it might sweeten the pill.
QGIS would eventually be able to use the new features from Qt5.


JAX CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif. -- June 21, 2011 — CloudBees, the Java PaaS innovation leader, today announced a partner ecosystem that extends its platform to seamlessly support additional high quality cloud services. Developers now have access to multiple hosted services and can manage application build, deployment, management, monitoring, and data services from a single location in the cloud. The new ecosystem launches with five initial partners – Cloudant, JFrog, New Relic, SonarSource and Sauce Labs – with more coming soon.
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is the software infrastructure needed to run applications in the cloud. In the simplest terms, it is middleware for the cloud. In order for PaaS's to optimize their usefulness, they need to enable services of all kinds, not just a vendor's own services. The new CloudBees ecosystem is the first for-pay, generally available platform that offers easy access to multiple services to build, deploy, test, manage and monitor Java web apps in the cloud. It also allows service providers to transparently extend their services to customers on one powerful, proven platform.
Developers can browse partner services from the CloudBees platform and activate them with one click. CloudBees handles the details of setting up the account with the partner, ensuring provisioning, and handling billing, so developers enjoy a one-stop shop for their cloud development and deployment/management needs. After activating services, developers can manage and monitor them directly from within the CloudBees management console.
Partners benefit because users of the CloudBees platform are exposed to their services and can turn them on instantly from the CloudBees main management console, lowering the 'barrier to entry'. They enjoy expanded market reach, visibility with new customers, and the extended functionality of an offering that is unified with other services. CloudBees keeps things simple for partners by integrating directly with their systems, handling subscription management and billing for them, and fielding level one-support issues.
Generally available since January 2011, the CloudBees platform consists of RUN@cloud and DEV@cloud. RUN@cloud has deployed thousands of applications and offers developers everything they need to easily deploy applications to the cloud – without having to purchase, configure and maintain hardware, and without having to program applications for a specific underlying infrastructure service (IaaS). DEV@cloud features the popular open source continuous integration server, Jenkins, and is a fully integrated development infrastructure that makes it easier for developers to quickly write, build and test applications in the cloud – and then instantly deploy them to RUN@cloud. Each service has its own set of partners, within the new ecosystem, as they solve different parts of the application development and deployment lifecycle.
CloudBees will continue to build its partner ecosystem by bringing in additional third-party providers. Companies interested in partnering should send us an email at ecosystem@cloudbees.com. Anyone can try out the CloudBees platform – and many of the partner services – for free.
CloudBees (http://cloudbees.com) is the only cloud company focused on servicing the complete lifecycle of cloud application development and deployment — without any servers, any virtual machines or any IT staff. The CloudBees platform today includes DEV@cloud, a service that lets developers take their build and test environments to the cloud, and RUN@cloud, which lets teams seamlessly deploy these applications to production on the cloud.
CloudBees is also the world's premier experts on Jenkins, the most widely used continuous integration server. The company offers a Jenkins service as part of DEV@cloud, as well as an enhanced on-premise solution, Nectar, which is available as a subscription. Backed by Matrix Partners, CloudBees was founded in 2010 by former JBoss CTO Sacha Labourey and an elite technology team.


Elkemo, along with Innoventi and Meyer Norschau Design will hold a breakfast talk this coming Tuesday 26 April about how 'Good Design = Good Business'. Elke Tunold will focus on wayfinding and the importance of moving people from A to B with the use of considered and integrated signage solutions. This informative event is organised by Arendal Næringsforening and Markedsforum Aust-Agder.