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Holy smokes.........Sounds like a goot one! might have to check it out this summer.
Be there and spread the word!!
Is there a flyer for this Awesome sounding powwow? Who do I need to hit up for one? Website? This sounds pretty good(er)!
i'LL GIVE YOU ONE @ dENVER mARCH OR U CAN pm ME YOUR MAILING ADDRESS AND i'LL GET IT 2 YUZ!
There's also a PDF link to print out the flyer.
The drum money for the contest has been increased to $25,000. Additional specials are not posted on the tribal website, but will be on the posters that will be disbursed @ Denver March and Gathering. There will be a $1000 minimum special for each of the adult categories.
Alright, that sounds good. Sorry for the late reply....If it's cool i'll pm you my mailing address....i can post some down this way in AZ.
Sounds like da p/w is going to be good this year. Might have 2 check it out (hoping I'll be able to go). Better reserve my room now. R da host drums picked yet for N & S?
We have a mistake on our poster.....we will definitely have Southern straight for men 18-54.......some how we left it off the poster.....slight overlook.
Help out a cheyene camped in KANSAS!
Drum Contest is $25,000 w/ 6 places...... also left off Southern Categories and all the specials----there will be a special for all adult categories and 2 for Chicken Dancers and 2 for jingle!
U better be here....it's gonna be better than ever! We got our prize money over $100,000!! We're working on the grounds every day now. We only have about 3 vendor spots available....all the others have been reserved. We'll have pow-wow t-shirts, sweatshirts and programstoo(something we haven't had in recent years). We just met with our head drum judge on Sunday. He has judges from all regions of the US coming in. Our Arena director will have judges for the dance contest from all regions too. At the same time tho'.....the committee has selected ten elders from the Eastern Shoshone tribe to help judge the dance contests. I was supposed to go to Red Earth to hand out flyers,but it's not in the cards this time.
And I'm going to have an awesome stand as well. Had some requests for real stew and frybread. Hmm...thought I sold that last year too??
Anyhoo, NDN tacos - with beans or without, green chili, Chinese combo plate, even a Mexican combo plate.
Might offer the MONSTER NDN taco - feeds a family of 4. HHUUAAAAHHHAAA!!!
I hope to appear with multiple indian taco inspection agents... so consider this fair warning.


"One of the questions we've gotten is will MCC PC support Xbox Play Anywhere, and first off I want to say we so appreciate all of the support we've had from the Xbox One community with MCC and we're obviously bringing Reach to MCC," Ross said during a quick panel discussion before the tournament's grand finals.
Microsoft originally announced the Play Anywhere program back at E3 2016. It would give specific Xbox One games cross-buy and cross-play capabilities on PC, making the transition between the two platforms more seamless.
The program currently includes 73 games. Many are from third-party publishers, but the library also includes every Xbox One game released by Xbox Game Studios' since the program was announced, the most recent of which is Crackdown 3. In practice, the only games which have been left out are ones that were already released prior to program's existence, like Forza Motorsport 6 and Minecraft.
Microsoft originally tried to push cross-buy on Xbox One by giving players who bought Quantum Break at launch a free code for the PC version of the game, but they haven't done anything similar for older games.
If ever there was a previously released game ripe for getting the Play Anywhere treatment, though, it would be MCC. The game's original release was a bust, with bugs, lag, and matchmaking issues that persisted for months.
Giving the existing player base the option to play on PC with new players would be a nice reward, especially since there won't be cross-play, at least for now.
Later on in the panel, 343 Industries community director Brian Jarrard said that while cross-play is a possibility in the future, right now the team working on the port is just focused on getting the game up and running on par with the current console version.
As MCC consists of six different games and eight different engines, porting it will likely be a unique challenge, which is one possible reason that features like cross-buy and cross-play aren't currently in the cards.
MCC on PC is planned as a staggered release with Halo: Reach being the first available game in the collection. Jarrard announced a new beta initiative called Halo Insider that players can sign up for in order to get early access and start testing the game out in the near future. "That's going to be happening I think sooner than people realise," Jarrard said.
There it is... So now what? i can see this being a full priced AAA release.
So yay... $90 on Steam.
I've bought all of the Halo titles available on the original Xbox, on Windows, on the Mac, on the 360, and with my brief foray into the XB1 on that as well.
Removing split screen play and LAN play was a clear money grab to force people onto XBL, now this?
I really wanted to play this on the PC, but I'll wait another year until it is in the bargain bin.
Each port, and edition requires dev time.
All your old copies are still there, and working. If you want the new editions, pay for the labour they put in. Your attitude is why Premium is losing ground to fremium.
Want halo 6 to be like Apex\Fortnite?
I'm surprised, as this would have sent more people into using the Windows store and associated infrastructure than Steam.
This begs the question, is Steam now the lead platform for this?
So I can kind of see why they can't offer the whole "Play Anywhere" service up front: the whole concept is that it is the same game on both platforms. In addition to being a single purchase, it covers platform independent cloud saves and the different platforms offering feature parity so that switching mid game actually makes sense.
If they're going to release the parts of the collection piecemeal starting with a game not currently in the Xbox version, then that doesn't really fit the bill. Perhaps the game will meet those "Play Anywhere" criteria at some indeterminate point in the future but it certainly won't on release.
With that said, they certainly have the info to unlock the PC version for existing customers. I guess they aren't doing so because (a) it would weaken the "Play Anywhere" brand, and (b) the extra sales will be useful in covering the porting costs.


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New Media is the future to mass communication?
The new media communications revolution is changing every facet of our lives. Unlike traditional mediums such as newspapers, TV and the radio, new media allows a two-way flow of communication whereby users can comment, judge, discuss and share contents uploaded on the Internet effortlessly and instantaneously, using both named and anonymous identities.
Media practitioner Moussly (2011) has also pointed out that readers of the present news generation are not just purely active producers of the repurposed contents, they are also "capable of physically capturing events the corporate media might or choose to miss, in times of crisis" (¶ 8).
Furthermore, given the features of anonymity, timeliness, and high interactivity, new media is able to grant us greater freedom of speech and power to influence, which will allow it play a crucial role in the dissemination of contents in future.
A prime example to illustrate how new media was used as a vital communication tool, would be the recent Tunisia incident.
It was reported by Al Jazeera, the most influential Arabic news network, that the Tunisians were making use of social media networks like Youtube and blogs to hold protests over the dramatic death of a university student, whose actions were believed to be driven by the chaotic political situation in Tunisia.
Not only that, live coverage of protests and speeches, were made possible with the aid of such social media platforms. Facebook and Twitter groups were also created to keep the thousands of participants updated about the developments and mobility for subsequent actions (Miladi, 2011).
Such efforts then attracted international media attention, and followed by strong international public opinions, which propelled the local government to swiftly kick-start development projects to improve the country's devastating situation.
Hence, from the case of Tunisia, we can see that new media has been an effective tool in raising global awareness of a dire situation, which ultimately led to a solution.
Similarly, in the context of Singapore, new media can be used as a communication tool between the government and its people, especially for the implementation of new regulations and policies. The set-up of the Facebook group "Reach Singapore" represents the government's significant efforts to gather public opinions.
Some examples are the discussions on the recent property cooling measures and the Bill on re-employment of Older Workers. People are able to comment or provide constructive feedback about these issues through web texts and video discussions with the Parliament members in the mentioned social media sites.
In addition, the government is also allowing political videos and campaign materials for the coming General Elections to be published online. The Facebook group "Vote for change, Vote the PAP out" which attracted near to 7,000 members within a short time, has once again proved the strong influential powers new media has on the general public (Tan, 2010).
The effectiveness of New Media is better enhanced through a recent research by Nielsen (2011) that more than half of the Singapore population is actively participating in at least one social media platform in their daily lives (Shafawi, 2011).
Thus, with such high penetration rates, it is believed that the new media could create a "network effect", fostering bonding and trust among the authorities and the people through intensive web interactions (Lievrouw & Livingstone, 2002).
However, sociologists argued that the abundance of digital data might cause the problem of information overload. A study conducted over Yahoo have presented that 70% of the respondents admit to spending valuable hours sifting through less-credible or irrelevant contents (Miller, 2009).
As a frequent web user, I do encounter such situations. However, such problems can be resolved by questioning ourselves whether the sources we use have any underlying motives, or if the organization has any affiliations with the government or the opposing party.
More importantly, as responsible new media users, we should selectively draw out information from these websites to counter-check with other available sources to ensure the reliability of the news.
With these steps in place, it will further strengthen the credibility of the Internet, allowing it to become a better source of information and research.
In sum, the prospects of new media are clear. As we enter an era that places great emphasis on freedom of speech, I do believe that new media, given its unique characteristics, will overpower the traditional media, and eventually become the biggest factor of communication in time to come.
Written as part of the assignment for Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Global Issues: Singapore Perspectives module.
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Ms. Helm is currently employed as a Senior Court Reporter in Rensselaer County Supreme Court, Third Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System.
TROY, NY, August 20, 2018 — Betsy Helm, Official Senior Court Reporter and Certified Shorthand Reporter, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Helm began her court reporting career in 1981 with a free-lance agency, following which, she advanced to a hearing reporter position with the New York State Division of parole. In 1986, she was appointed Deputy Official Reporter of the New York State Assembly.
In 1996, she was appointed by the State Education Department to the State Board for Certified Shorthand Reporters which develops and administers State Certification examinations in her field, as well as passing on disciplinary matters across the court reporting field.
After serving in that capacity for the maximum term of 10 years, she was honored to be selected to serve on the Court Reporter Advisory Committee with the New York State Office of Court Administration, an appointment that continues to the present time. In this capacity, she collaborates with seven court reporters statewide, as well as Office of Court Administration officials, to create and assist in administering State Civil Service examinations for Official Court Reporters and Official Senior Court Reporters.
Ms. Helm is currently employed as a Senior Court Reporter in Rensselaer County Supreme Court, Third Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System. Upon her eventual retirement from State service, she looks forward to fostering the court reporting profession, as well as mentoring fledgling court reporters.


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As a Punta Gorda entrepreneur for XO, I use the power of direct marketing to reach Florida chocolate buyers.
I believe SW Florida direct marketing is not an MLM secret, but the most straightforward and effective way to sell XO antioxidant chocolate to Port Charlotte chocolate lovers and health conscious Punta Gorda folks.
One of the key advantages of North Port XO direct marketing (sometimes called niche marketing) is that it allows for flexible targeting. This is an efficient and inexpensive method of selling healthy chocolate to smaller well-defined submarkets in the booming Florida, national and global chocolate market.
For example, you may be surprised to learn that one of the most lucrative Florida healthy chocolate submarkets for the XO Xe Energy Drink is SW Florida males in their twenties and thirties who drink energy drinks daily.
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Swindon Poetry Festival – blissful, amazing, supportive, friendly, fun, abundant opportunities, fabulous workshops, performances and readings, fantastic venue and lovely vegetarian food, what more could a poet wish for… well, the whole weekend for starters. I thought I was being very clever organising an action packed day and a bit of writing time, next year I plan on making the whole festival a 5 day stretch – Thursday to Monday morning.
I didn't want to leave and if plans hadn't already been made for the weekend I would have booked extra tickets for almost all of the events on offer in the programme.
The programmes themselves were works of Art, striking covers and clear festival listings sandwiched between poems from the performers booked for the weekend. Most of us will keep festival programmes so to have one as worthwhile as Swindon's is a blessing. There were also Battered Moon pamphlets handed out over the weekend with winning poetry inside and the winner of the Buzzwords competition was announced too. The whole weekend was one massive celebration of words, poetry and poets and the whole community/ retreat feeling just added to the excitement of spending time together.
Everyone was friendly, I was trying to catch up with people I knew and get to meet new people too but my anxieties ran high and I wasn't the best of company some of the time, watching others approaching strangers and not feeling confident enough to do the same. I did spend some of my free time writing as well, which makes talking to people a bit hard.
I first met Hilda Sheehan in January 2014 at Buzzwords, Cheltenham, an excellent evening organised by Angela France. Hilda is an amazing, generous person and an immensely talented poet. This year she had Jo Bell there as resident poet and she certainly worked hard in her role. Both these poets are a pleasure to be around. Their positivity is contagious and smiles have to be shared.
I met a lot of people who had never been to a Poetry Festival before and some who had only recently picked up the genre. The mix of residents and day trippers made for great conversational dynamics and as with everything in the world of poetry many of us knew each other.
I had hoped to make this festival in 2014 but work prevented it. I booked my tickets in the last few weeks of September believing it to be miles away and then realising Swindon Poetry Festival was just a week away!
It came at the end of a busy work week (unfortunately) I promise myself now I will plan better for 2016! I need FULL energy to appreciate this world fully!
Many of the events and the residential accommodation is at Lower Shaw Farm, an amazing place. Tickets are sold through Eventbrite and it couldn't be easier book.
We welcome you to Poetry Swindon Festival 2015. Our aim to offer up poetry on a pleasurable plate mixed with music, film, food, walking, boat trips, and some Dorothy Parker to ensure you have a good time during this one big creative programme over five days.
This year, we are very fortunate to have the Canal Laureate Jo Bell with us all weekend. She brings with her great poetry fresh from her new collection Kith, published earlier in the year by Nine Arches Press. Jo offers us readings, chats, workshops, a canal trip and one-one poetry surgeries. You can book for the entire weekend at Lower Shaw Farm and enjoy the whole caboodle.
We have an exciting programme from 1st October to 5th October this year with wonderful visiting poets and masterclasses. Don't miss: Jo Bell, Kei Miller, Robert vas Dias, Angela France, Ellie Woollard, Tania Hershman, Myra Schneider, Andy Jackson, Richard Skinner, Pascale Petit, Ross Cogan, David Clarke, Anna Saunders, Jacqui Saphra, Lynette Thomas, Robert Stredder, Jackie Bardwell and Cherry Potts.
I booked Friday and had the pleasure of the X-ray Spex Workshop with Jo Bell, which has given me at least 3 or 4 poems to work on.
I was one of ten 52 Poets who performed our work and promoted the anthology over lunch.
I thoroughly enjoyed Andy Jackson and the Double Bill event, followed by Kei Miller and then an evening back at the ranch with all the resident poets.
The following day after a comfortable night's sleep, I shared time with people and wrote away the morning on the farm before I had to return home to normality and a world where words are sometimes harder to find.
There will be more photographs shared – a taster of the weekend coming soon.


Friday nights just got a whole lot better.
A new anthology series based on some of the biggest musicians in history is coming to Much. ICONS is a weekly documentary series that will air Fridays, and feature comprehensive and candid looks into the lives of some of the most important voices in music.
The new series will debut on Friday, November 17 at 10 p.m. ET with Long Time Running, the critically acclaimed documentary that opened at TIFF 2017. The documentary follows iconic Canadian band The Tragically Hip as they set out for their final cross-country tour of Canada following the devastating news that lead singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
The following week on November 24, music fans will want to tune into Much at 10 p.m. ET for the special premiere of MURDER RAP: INSIDE THE BIGGIE & TUPAC MURDER. Featuring interviews with friends of the late rap pioneers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, as well as footage from police investigations into both men's still unsolved murders, MURDER RAP: INSIDE THE BIGGIE & TUPAC MURDER takes an unprecedented look at the truth behind the murders of two of the biggest rappers of all time.
For all the music and history buffs out there, Much will be the best place to see stunning documentaries about musicians like Harry Styles, Whitney Houston, Sam Smith, Bruce Springsteen and more. ICONS debuts Friday, November 17 at 10 p.m. ET on Much.


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End the tyranny of cable!
Revealed: Google's master plan to give cord cutters reasons to give a hoot about Android TV
The Android TV team talks to Cord-cutter Confidential about what needs fixing, and what comes next.
If you've ever used an Android TV device, such as the Nexus Player or the Nvidia Shield Android TV, you might get the impression that Google couldn't care less about its other streaming-video platform.
And for good reason: The company already has a wildly successful streaming-video device in the Chromecast, which has sold more than 20 million units to date. Meanwhile, Android TV devices remain also-rans behind other players, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku.
After venting some of my Android TV frustrations and worries in a previous column, Google was gracious enough to set up an interview with a couple of its product leads. Here's what I learned about how Google aims to make things better:
On improving recommendations
One of Android TV's defining features is the Recommendations bar, which teases content from apps directly on top of the home screen. It's a fantastic idea, but it's underutilized by app developers; and too often, the recommendations don't seem useful.
Allen Chang, Android TV's lead product manager, said Google is trying to improve how it ranks recommendations, so content at the front of the queue comes from apps you're most likely to use. The first of these improvements should come in an update in the next couple of weeks. "The way we determine what 'most relevant' means is something we're working quite a lot on," he said.
Android TV's Recommendations bar surfaces content from across different apps.
Of course, it's still up to app developers to offer useful recommendations in the first place. But part of the problem was that Google wasn't giving those developers enough feedback on how users were reacting, said Sascha Prueter, Android TV's engineering program manager. "One thing we have been working a lot on is also improving the feedback cycle for app developers, so they can actually—if they're motivated—also improve ways they are launching recommendations" he said.
On building up Live Channels
The Live Channels app is another area of untapped potential for Android TV. As I've explained before, the app combines linear television and live streaming sources into one cable-like channel guide. It's even compatible with some networked TV tuners, such as HDHomeRun, so you can watch free over-the-air channels in real time.
As with Recommendations, the Live Channels app suffers from limited app support. Previously promised streaming sources such as Vevo, Blomberg TV, and Huffington Post Live have yet to arrive, and there's no word on support from Sling TV, whose live-streaming cable channels seem like a perfect fit.
Prueter acknowledged that Live Channels has been slow to progress, partly because app makers have shifted attention to other new APIs that Google launched in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. But both he and Chang believe strongly in the Live Channels concept, and think it could be a secret weapon against other streaming platforms.
"Channel surfing is something that none of these streaming devices really do today, and we think it's a missed opportunity," Chang said.
The Live Channels app offers a single guide for regular channels and and live streaming sources.
Prueter suggested that getting linear and on-demand video to work well in tandem will be a big part of Android TV in the future. "You will see more and more features actually benefit both," he said. "It's definitely a big part of the platform."
On Netflix's limited participation
While Netflix has offered an Android TV app since the platform debuted a year ago, Netflix content doesn't feed into the Recommendations bar or appear in cross-app search results. Meanwhile, both Roku and the new Apple TV feature Netflix content in their searches. What gives?
"Without going into any more details, it's something we're working with them really, really closely on, both for search and for recommendations, and so it's something to keep an eye on," Chang said.
Even without search and recommendations support, Prueter described Netflix as a good partner. He pointed out that Netflix was one of the first to support Google's APIs for 5.1-channel audio pass-through, and he said the company generally isn't unreasonable when it holds off on certain features. "I think whenever it comes to the user experience, they are obviously a little bit more careful leveraging specific platform capabilities if they can't scale it across multiple platforms," he said.
On delayed features in Google Play Music
In my earlier column, I pointed to Google Play Music as an example of the company's own limp interest in Android TV. In terms of features, Google Play Music's Android TV app is far behind its mobile counterparts, lacking the free Internet radio stations that debuted last June.
It turns out there's a specific reason: The music and Android TV teams have yet to come up with an ad format that's optimized for the big screen. "We don't just want to throw features on the TV when they don't look good and don't feel good and just feel like a ported mobile experience, because that's pretty bad," Prueter said.
Still, Chang acknowledged that Android TV isn't as high a priority for the music team compared to phones and tablets. "Given sort of the early days of where we are with Android TV, obviously their biggest thing—this is not a secret—but their biggest bang for the buck is making sure the experience is there for phones," Chang said. "So you will see some things roll out on a different timeline for TV than they do for phone and tablet."
As for when those radio stations will arrive, Chang said it's "just a matter of time."
On the odds of seeing sub-$50 Android TV boxes
Of the three Android TV set-top boxes that have launched so far, none have debuted at less than $99. As a young platform trying to gain market share, that puts Android TV at a disadvantage compared to Amazon and Roku, both of which offer lower-end models of their media streamers for $50 or less.
Granted, Google's Nexus Player from 2014 now sells for under $50 from various retailers—a 50 percent discount—but this could just be an attempt to clear inventory. As for new devices at the lower end of the price spectrum, it doesn't seem like Google's in any rush.
Google's Nexus Player debuted at $99 last year, but is now deeply discounted.
"We don't want to sacrifice the user experience just to cut the price down to a very low point," Prueter said. While he noted that Android TV's base hardware requirements are higher than some low-end streaming devices, these requirements allow for smooth animations, gaming capabilities, and a decent remote control with voice search. He pointed to Google's $35 Chromecast dongle as an option for users who want a streaming solution on the cheap.
That doesn't mean things won't change over time. "I think three years down the line, two years down the line, hardware costs will be coming down," Chang said.
On the overall vision for Android TV
The fundamental issue for Android TV right now is that it doesn't have a lot to offer compared to other streaming platforms. The hardware is more expensive, key features like Recommendations haven't reached their potential, and other devices like Roku and Apple TV are doing better on voice search (an area where Google should really dominate). How are things going to change?
Today, Google's pitch is that Android TV can do everything Chromecast can, while adding a proper TV interface, a remote control, and games. Google also hopes to nail the combination of Live Channels and on-demand, which is "not something other people are tackling today," Chang said.
Down the road, Android TV could also play a bigger role in smart homes. It's unclear exactly how this will work, but Prueter pointed to Google's Brillo and Weave projects as something to watch. "We are not completely working in isolation," he said. "We are working with these teams to see where they are going and where we can actually collaborate. And if you own the underlying platform and APIs, you can build out experiences that are very, very advanced and very hard to replicate."
It all sounds quite promising, but then again Android TV has always sounded promising. The question, still, is whether it can deliver.
Jared Newman covers personal technology from his remote Cincinnati outpost. He also publishes two newsletters, Advisorator for tech advice and Cord Cutter Weekly for help with ditching cable or satellite TV.


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Data analytics continue to play an integral function in cybersecurity—from SIEM to advanced network-based intrusion detection (NID), today's leading solutions are heavily reliant on data science-backed, actionable threat intelligence to detect and mitigate cyber attacks. Varonis is one such vendor whose platform revolves around cybersecurity data analytics; let's see how it holds up against leading security vendor Tripwire.
2 out of 5 key Experian data breach predictions for 2017 elude to a future of sophisticated adversaries and cyber intrusions. The firm predicted the continued escalation of state-sponsored attacks from espionage to war and continued international data breaches significantly affecting multinational companies. In this grim digital landscape, what can organizations do to better protect their most critical IT assets against attackers?
Enterprises are better positioned to prevent or minimize security incidents if a layered cybersecurity framework is in place, usually combining several different technologies such as resilience monitoring, vulnerability detection/management, endpoint protection, SIEM/log analysis, and more. To this end, Tripwire focuses on FIM as the basis for its security configuration management platform, while Varonis employs user behavior analytics to power its threat protection suite.
Tripwire was founded in 1997 as an IT security software developer specializing in file monitoring and host-based intrusion detection. Today, the company offers both an Enterprise offering and a free Tripwire Open Source tool for monitoring file and configuration changes. The platform is rounded out with premium add-ons such as Tripwire IP360's for vulnerability management and Tripwire Log Center for SIEM/log intelligence.
The Tripwire UI. Source: softwareasia.com.
Tripwire Enterprise supports both Windows and *NIX and ships with out-of-the-box policies for compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and NIST, and more. More recently, the company introduced Apps for extending the platform's capabilities to support third party offerings like Splunk, Remedy, ServiceNow, Jira, and ArcSight, to name a few.
Varonis
New York City-based Varonis bills itself as a security platform for protecting data against insider threats and cyberattacks. Like Tripwire, the solution looks to file state for signs of compromise, using machine learning and user behavior analytics (UBA) to detect suspicious activity and malware. Its suite of products include its Datadvantage solution for data audit and protection and Datalert for UBA.
The Varonis DatAlert interface. Source: varonis.com.
One of Varonis' specializations is insider threat detection and protection for unstructured data residing on file and email servers. Because most security incidents involve threats on the inside (e.g., the theft of documents, spreadsheets, images, videos), the software suite focuses on detecting users or computers accessing unauthorized data and/or using it inappropriately.
Side-by-Side Scoring: Tripwire vs. Varonis
Both offerings feature an array of capabilities for protecting enterprise IT assets, but each takes a different approach to security. For example, Varonis specializes in unstructured data analytics and user behavior analysis while Tripwire Enterprise relies on file and configuration monitoring for intrusion detection and threat protection. Products and add-ons are available to broaden the capabilities of each vendors' offerings (e.g., Varonis Dataprivilege and Tripwire Configuration Compliance Manager for compliance and data access governance).
Varonis offers an intelligently-designed management console that makes the platform easy to grasp off the cuff. Tripwire Enterprise's enterprise GUI can be a challenge to work with, especially when navigating through various rule, task and report interfaces. The solution can also become unwieldy in expansive environments with a large number of nodes.
Tripwire doesn't provide any forums or community portals to its users, but its open source offering has a fair amount of third-party generated tutorials and guides available on the web. In contrast, Varonis Connect is a vendor-managed platform for its online community of customers, partners, and experts. The resource features open Q&A forums, an extensive knowledgebase, channels for information exchange, and more.
Currently, Varonis Datadvantage is at version 6—a release history of Varonis products is available via its Varonis Connect community portal (secured access). Tripwire Enterprise is currently on version 8.5, and its open source version hasn't been updated since 2013.
Public pricing is unavailable for both products, though Varonis Datadvantage reportedly will run around $17,000, with its Data Classification Framework costing about $8,000 for 100 users. Support costs 20 percent of the purchase price, annually and is available 9-5 p.m., five days/week by email or phone. Tripwire also offers its customers paid-for support and professional services.
Both solutions are prohibitively expensive for smaller scale IT operations, and opting for components and add-ons (e.g., cloud-based monitoring, compliance management) will certainly make the solution an even costlier endeavor.
Varonis offers limited API access across its suite of products, but only provides a full-realized REST interface for its DatAnywhere offering. Tripwire Enterprise doesn't offer a REST API, but offers a SOAP API for access to platform capabilities such as integrity checks, change reconciliation, version promotion, and report generation.
Varonis has several prominent technology partnerships/integrations, but its efforts here pale in comparison to Tripwire's 3rd party integrations, from change and incident management systems to SIEM solutions: ServiceNow, Splunk, and Lastline, and more. In addition, Tripwire Apps allow for connectivity with popular IT service management solutions (e.g., CMDB connectivity, service ticket automation).
Varonis' customers include some of the world's leading enterprises: AXA Wealth, Miramax, Grant Thornton, and Rabobank, among others. Not to be outdone, Tripwire also has an impressive list of customers—AAA, Allstate, Capital One, Chevron, PayPal, Walmart, and Sony, to name a few.
9. Learning Curve
Tripwire Enterprise is a powerful solution for monitoring files and provides a wealth of data in this capacity that can be overwhelming for learners. Set up/configuration, tuning, and policy refinement can also pose difficulties for users new to the platform. Varonis is easier to learn and get up to speed with, especially for Windows administrators and professionals.
Tripwire scored an average CSTAR Score of 684 due to website perimeter security flaws that make it prone to exploitation: server header information leakage, lack of DNSSEC/DMARC, and more. Varonis' 798 CSTAR score also reflects a series of security gaps in its website perimeter security—namely, lack of HTTP strict transport security, HttpOnly/Secure cookies, and DNSSEC.
Tripwire Varonis
In short, both platforms offer competent (albeit expensive) platforms with a penchant for a specific cybersecurity function, namely, Tripwire's file monitoring and Varonis' data/file protection analytics. A comprehensive enterprise framework for cyber resilience will include these and other layers of protection, such as UpGuard's resilience platform to validate that all IT assets in your environment are configured optimally and free from vulnerabilities.
Concerned about data breaches?
AlienVault vs. Tenable for Continuous Security
As perimeter-based cyber protection falls to the wayside, a new breed of continuous security solutions are emerging that combine traditional endpoint protection with newer technologies like security information and event management (SIEM) and crowdsourced threat intelligence.


If you are planning to go on a regular basis production of your t-shirts, definitely, you will need to invest in a manual screen printing press. Manual screen printing presses are ideal for multi-colors printing production. It will ensure you to print all your artwork in the same place on the garments. We can differentiate a screen printing press from other screen printing press by its colors and station quantity. If you employ a higher number of stations, you can produce t-shirts at a faster rate. For instance, 6 colors 4 stations screen printing machines can prints maximum 6 colors with 6 screens. Accordingly, 4 t-shirts can be loaded on it at a time.
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The MACH SERIES screen printing press is good for the professionals and the business shops. The shops generate growing and high volume of production using very sophisticated designs. The printing press has a diameter and a full-length central pole with the combination of print station supporting rod to ensure the highest rigidity. Its good-quality engineered cast aluminum with its central wheel ensures the solid and maximum reliable registration.
The MACH screen printing press comes with a good number of accessories. The accessories include the additional cap, jacket, sign, coozie, sticker etc. All the attachments make the item a solution for any shop and professionals. As the machine is tool free of any micro registration, it is the best manual screen printing press in the world. They are the best fit to your printing requirements as they arrive in various sizes.
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The Odyssey series comes with a compact and durable design. With a model of Odyssey series, you can start your business. It is reliable. It will help you grow and flourish your business in course of your business operation.
The print head and micro registration- the combined micro registration system permits to adjust the smallest heads.
Honeycomb turret Design to provide a carousel that is easy to use with advanced structural assistance.
Capture fork and bearing registration method. In the past, there was a use of nylon bolt style. This is different from that. The newly capture fork and bearing registration method is originated from the same time teste registration that is employed in automatic procedures. It also gives the least or even no wear and no required adjustments.
The extended central pole that can provide 5X strength. The shaft is twice in its length and held up at the bottom. It creates necessary supports to every part of the machine.
Coated spring cartridge to ensure durability and a safer setting for the spring.
Rubber coated aluminum pallets for quick release. The floor model machine comes with an improved pallet and bracket method. Every press includes a rubber encrusted aluminum pallet.
This is the most popular screen printing press model. This unique item provides you 4 color capabilities at a reasonable cost. Comparing with the other manual models available in the market, the customers have chosen this item many more times as the model is powerful and durable. This is specifically outstanding for screen printing for competitions, sporting events, trade shows, concerts, and any other public gatherings.
This is a two color one station manual press machine. This is great for entry level screen printing business start-up. It is optimal for multiple colors printing. You can add any additional color you need. The model is popular as this is the cheapest model to launch and grow your screen printing demands.
If you want to prints single color design on your garments, no doubt, this model is perfect to meet the necessity. With this press device, you can print on your t-shirts, bags, sleeves, tagless labels, namedrops etc. At the same time, it will not interrupt your heavy and high volume of production. You will also have an option to convert your machine to a dedicated purpose printer. Just add a cap or vacuum accessories.
This is a good option for you to diversify your business depending on the manual screen printing press. The model features with a coroplast yard sign, bumper sticker, heat transfer, aperture decal, and so on. Just you need to desolate the bottom switch. Then, the sturdy vacuum pump holds the flat stock with safety but there is still no need to use spraying adhesive.


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use cursive::theme::BaseColor;
use cursive::theme::Color;
use cursive::theme::Effect;
use cursive::theme::Style;
use cursive::utils::markup::StyledString;
use cursive::views::{Dialog, TextView};

fn main() {
    let mut siv = cursive::default();

    let mut styled = StyledString::plain("Isn't ");
    styled.append(StyledString::styled("that ", Color::Dark(BaseColor::Red)));
    styled.append(StyledString::styled(
        "cool?",
        Style::from(Color::Light(BaseColor::Blue)).combine(Effect::Bold),
    ));

    // TextView can natively accept StyledString.
    siv.add_layer(
        Dialog::around(TextView::new(styled))
            .button("Hell yeah!", |s| s.quit()),
    );

    siv.run();
}

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import random
from matplotlib.collections import RegularPolyCollection
import matplotlib.cm as cm
from matplotlib.pyplot import figure, show
from numpy.random import rand

fig = figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, xlim=(0,1), ylim=(0,1), autoscale_on=False)
ax.set_title("Press 'a' to add a point, 'd' to delete one")
# a single point
offsets = [(0.5,0.5)]
facecolors = [cm.jet(0.5)]

collection = RegularPolyCollection(
    #fig.dpi,
    5, # a pentagon
    rotation=0,
    sizes=(50,),
    facecolors = facecolors,
    edgecolors = 'black',
    linewidths = (1,),
    offsets = offsets,
    transOffset = ax.transData,
    )

ax.add_collection(collection)

def onpress(event):
    """
    press 'a' to add a random point from the collection, 'd' to delete one
    """
    if event.key=='a':
        x,y = rand(2)
        color = cm.jet(rand())
        offsets.append((x,y))
        facecolors.append(color)
        collection.set_offsets(offsets)
        collection.set_facecolors(facecolors)
        fig.canvas.draw()
    elif event.key=='d':
        N = len(offsets)
        if N>0:
            ind = random.randint(0,N-1)
            offsets.pop(ind)
            facecolors.pop(ind)
            collection.set_offsets(offsets)
            collection.set_facecolors(facecolors)
            fig.canvas.draw()

fig.canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event', onpress)

show()

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The goal of these one-of-a-kind Tasting Society events is to showcase our state's fine breweries and beers by bringing something truly special and unique to each event. These events are intimate–it isn't a "festival." Attendees will have a one-on-one opportunity to talk to the brewers and owners to really get to know them (and their beers) better.
Unlike our previous Tasting Society events that have included a ticket/sample allotment, all attendees to the August event will be allowed UNLIMITED samples of all beer throughout the evening! (And there will be a lot to enjoy).
The event will be held on Friday, August 24th and is going to be one of our best ones ever. For this event, we'll be featuring SEVERAL great Indiana breweries.
The first is newly-opened Pax Verum Brewing Co. of Lapel, IN. After years of planning and almost 2 years of construction, this brewery (and its incredibly unique tap room) are now open for business in Lapel. Their beer is already receiving quite the critical acclaim.
We'll also be featuring Tin Man Brewing Kokomo! Tin Man Kokomo is a production brewery with a BEAUTIFUL family and pet friendly tap room residing in the old historic train depot in downtown Kokomo. They are different in so many ways compared to their Evansville counterpart…all the way down to the different, unique beers that the Kokomo location exclusively makes.
We're equally excited to be featuring Fountain Square Brewing of Indianapolis. Are you familiar with the NEW Fountain Square Brewing? After a recent ownership change and re-brand, they're mixing things up and adding several new and seasonal beers to their lineup! In fact, they're planning to bring only new, seasonal beers to this event (potentially including some barrel-aged beers). Come get to know and taste the 'new' and exciting FSBC!
Last, but certainly not least, we're excited to introduce Monon Beverage Brokers. Monon Beverage provides sales, events, and distribution management for breweries, wineries, and distilleries who are ethically producing quality and consistent products all over Indiana and beyond. Their business is a first-of-its-kind in Indiana and we're exctited that they'll be serving samples from many of their favorite brewery brands they represent–including Burn 'Em Brewing, Evil Czech Brewery, Flat 12 Bierwerks, and other Monon represented brands!


Multi-hyphenate Sage Machado is probably best known for her dazzling, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, which have been coveted by celebs like Julia Roberts, Madonna, and Kate Hudson for their colorful stone arrangements in delicate, organic shapes. But for the boutique owner/clothing designer/perfumer/lifestyle coach, it's not about the pop stars and wealthy clients who once frequented her now-defunct Beverly Boulevard studio, but rather showing appreciation for nature's design aesthetic, which has led to her line of artfully blended perfume oils.
There's something undeniably romantic about her scents (named after rarified gems), which I discovered about a year ago while trolling L.A.'s perfume mecca, Scent Bar, and had a eureka moment: Not everything I spritz has to contain alcohol. "People are becoming more and more educated about the toxins that are in their everyday cosmetics and perfumes so it's wonderful to be able to offer a more natural alternative," Machado says. Oils can last just as long and unearth some of the same complex notes as their perfume counterparts, and the wonderful thing about Sage's fragrance oils is that they either bewitch or bewilder right away.
This month, Sage launches the very bewitching Diamond ($45), a unisex scent that complements both masculine and feminine sides. Free of alcohol, water, or chemicals, the eco-friendly fragrance oil is delicious and surprising with the discreet touch of Indian sandalwood and amber elements atop a crisp oceanic musk. Fresh and gentle, the scent is universally appealing and perfect for spring and summer. It lasts a surprising eight-plus hours on the pulse points, and dare I say it smells expensive? Consider this a nod to Sage's high-quality ingredients, which rival those triple-dollar-sign fragrances that last half the day at best.


Begin your journey in one of the famous laneways and marvel at the street art at Hosier Lane, or grab a bite to eat at Hardware Lane. Browse the outlets at Queen Victoria Market and cheer on your favourite horse at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse. Take a tour of Old Melbourne Gaol, surf a wave at Bells Beach or watch a 20/20 match at the MCG.


Happy St Patricks Day! | Life, Sport and Diabetes - An everyday look at my life with type 1 diabetes.
Happy St Patricks Day to our friends accross the sea in Ireland! And what better way to celebrate than to take a look at inspirational Paralympic Irish athlete Jason Smyth.
I first was inspired by Jason when I went to watch the London Paralympic Games last year. As a whole the Olympic Paralympic Games were the most amazing and inspirational experience! There were so many astounding/ emotional/ epic moments that will stay with me forever. But Jason's performance in the Paralympics in the 100m and 200m were nothing short of fantastic!
Considered the Usain Bolt of the Paralympic world, Jason competes in the T13 classification as his central vision is affected by Stargadt's disease. Which is an inherited juvenile macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss.
But Jason hasn't let that stop him! With the aim of becoming the first visually impaired athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He came really close to this dream when he made it to the semi-finals of the European championships! He then achieved the B standard for the London 2012 Olympic Games, but missed out on the A standard by .04 seconds.
Jason is inspirational and easy to relate to, especially for diabetics because he hasn't let his challenges prevent him from achieving. This Irishman will definately be one to watch out for in Rio 2016, hopefully in both Games!


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И́горь Тимофе́евич Горюно́в (род. 1937) — советский и российский промышленный деятель, энергетик, кандидат технических наук.

Биография
Родился 8 июня 1937 году в Грозном Чечено-Ингушской АССР.

Образование
В 1954 году поступил в Московский энергетический институт, который окончил в 1960 году по специальности "инженер-промтеплоэнергетик".

В 1998 году защитил кандидатскую диссертацию на тему "Анализ, разработка и выбор оптимальных мероприятий по повышению экономической эффективности эксплуатации крупной энергосистемы".

Деятельность
По окончании вуза, с 1960 по 1963 год, работал  инженером и старшим инженером Государственного проектного института «Гипрожир» (Москва). В 1963—1969 годах работал старшим инженером, затем заместителем начальника ПТО Главцентрэнерго Минэнерго СССР.

С 1969 года Игорь Тимофеевич работал в системе «Мосэнерго»:
 1969—1971 годы – начальник филиала ТЭЦ-9 и ТЭЦ-8;
 1971—1972 годы – главный инженер ТЭЦ-9, в 1972—1985 годах – директор ТЭЦ-9;
 1985—1990 годы – заместитель управляющего Мосэнерго по капитальному строительству;
 С 30 октября 1990 года – главный инженер Мосэнерго;
 С 25 апреля 1994 года – первый вице-президент по управлению производством, с 31 мая 1995 года – первый вице-президент - главный инженер;
 С 26 июня 1996 года – главный инженер - первый заместитель генерального директора;
 С 20 ноября 2000 по 8 июля 2005 года – первый заместитель генерального директора – главный инженер.

Именно благодаря И. Т. Горюнову Московская энергосистема в минимальные сроки справилась с последствиями системной аварии 2005 года.

Членом КПСС был с мая 1967 года. Избирался в совет директоров АО «Мосэнерго».

Награды
 Награждён орденом "Знак Почета" (1976) и медалями, в числе которых "За доблестный труд в ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения В.И. Ленина" (1970), а также нагрудным знаком "Отличник энергетики и электрификации СССР", серебряной медалью ВДНХ СССР, почетными знаками "Ударник 9-й и 10-й пятилеток".
 Заслуженный ветеран труда Мосэнерго II степени, Заслуженный энергетик РФ (1996), Почетный энергетик Мосэнерго (2002).

Примечания

Ссылки
 Горюнов Игорь Тимофеевич
 Горюнову Игорю Тимофеевичу исполняется 80 лет
 У главного инженера "Мосэнерго" украли документы и крупную сумму денег

Выпускники МЭИ
Кандидаты технических наук
Энергетики СССР
Члены КПСС

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title: "Another eye and half face"
excerpt: "PaperFaces portrait of @KasperStenbom drawn with Paper by 53 on an iPad."
image:
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  thumb: paperfaces-kasperstenbom-twitter-150.jpg
tags: [portrait, illustration, Paper by 53]
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PaperFaces portrait of [@KasperStenbom](http://twitter.com/KasperStenbom).

{% include boilerplate/paperfaces-2.html %}

Using white to lighten and gradually render cheeks and eye sockets.

Zooming in to color the eye and pencil in eyebrow hairs.


The Chinese New Year will be celebrated on February 16 to welcome 2018 as the Year of the Dog. The dog is the symbol of loyalty and honesty and we have made sure to include our furry, loyal residents as part of the Starkey Ranch Community.
In Starkey Ranch you'll find not one, but four dog parks. In Whitfield Park, there's Woof-field Park for the big guys and Barker Park for lap dogs and better. In Homestead Park you'll find Houndstead Park. And in Cunningham Park you'll find Dog Paddle Park, with access to Cannon Lake for dogs that love to get wet. These are places for off-leash fun and socialization for pups and their people. Residents of Esplanade have a private dog park, too.
At any point neighbors can hit the trails with their four-legged friend on a leash. Today you'll find more than 12 miles of wide paved trails, part of the planned 20-mile trail system within the community. Soon our trails will connect with the amazing nature trails in the Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Preserve as well as its 6.7-mile paved trail that connects to the 42-mile Suncoast Trail.
Teddy B. Dood here. I am a nine month old Goldendoodle and I love the dog park at Homestead!
Say hi to Cooper! He is an 8 year old Cockapoo and posing for a pick at his favorite spot in Woof-field Park.
Meet Kimi, a 14 year old Shibu Inu. Kimi also loves Woof-field Park!
They call me Enzo, the Puggle. I LOVE Barker Park and rolling down the hills head first!


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Imaginary Voyage (al español Vuelo Imaginario, carátula) es un álbum del violinista de jazz fusion Jean-Luc Ponty. Lanzado en 1976, incluye el primer suite track de Ponty (Imaginary Voyage) y contiene su segundo hit radial, New Country.

Lista de canciones

Lado uno
"New Country" – 3:07
"The Gardens of Babylon" – 5:06
"Wandering on the Milky Way" – 1:50
"Once upon a Dream" – 4:08
"Tarantula" – 4:04

Lado dos
"Imaginary Voyage" – 19:55
"Parte I" – 2:22
"Parte II" – 4:05
"Parte III" – 5:28
"Parte IV" – 8:00

Personal
Jean-Luc Ponty – violín eléctrico y acústico, órgano, sintetizadores de fondo
Daryl Stuermer – guitarra eléctrica y acústica
Allan Zavod – teclado eléctrico y piano acústico
Tom Fowler – bajo eléctrico
Mark Craney – percusión

Referencias

Álbumes de 1976
Álbumes de jazz rock
Álbumes de Jean-Luc Ponty
Álbumes en inglés


Natural family planning (NFP) is a general name for the methods of family planning that are based on a woman's menstrual cycle. A man is fertile throughout his life, while a woman is fertile for only a few days each cycle during child-bearing years. Modern methods of NFP are based on extensive medical research and are able to account for variable length cycles. A woman experiences clear, observable signs indicating when she is fertile and when she is infertile. Learning to observe and understand these signs is at the heart of education in natural family planning.
When a couple decides to postpone pregnancy, NFP can be very effective. NFP can also be very helpful for couples who desire to have a child because it identifies the time of ovulation. It is used by many fertility specialists for this purpose. Thus a couple can have marital relations at a time when they know that conception is most likely to occur.
The Belleville Diocese does not require engaged couples to attend a course in Natural Family Planning, but some parishes do require couples to attend an introductory class or full class series. We strongly encourage engaged couples to learn about NFP as part of their marriage preparation even if it is not required as part of their marriage preparation. Couples who practice NFP typically experience increased communication, a deeper respect for one another and a lower divorce rate compared to couples who don't practice NFP. The Diocesan Office of Worship publishes a schedule of Pre-Cana and Engaged Encounter weekends. Some Pre-Cana and Engaged Encounters in the diocese include a talk on NFP. If you are attending one of these and are interested in learning about NFP, please contact us and we can let you know if NFP will be discussed. Alternatively, FertilityCare Services of Belleville offers 1-hour long introductory sessions that provide a brief overview of one method of NFP and it's medical basis.


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The half-term has arrived and the site is busy with visitors and staff, who are also preparing for the sell-out Halloween evenings, a couple of bonfire nights and the looming Christmas festival which starts in a couple of weeks. The lighting plan on site is constantly evolving and changing, whilst the ice is now beginning to freeze on the new rink. Alongside the rink new side show stalls are being constructed and across the site work continues on the numerous projects in-hand (see the buildings blog for more on these!).
Below: The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) acts as a sort of trade body for the heritage railway and tramway sector, with various sub-committees for specialist areas, including tramways – the Heritage Tramway Committee (HTC). The most recent meeting was hosted by the Birkenhead Tramway last Saturday, and after the proceedings were completed there was a chance to look around. These meetings deal with heritage matters, regulatory themes and lessons-learned with notes shared and compared across this part of the sector. Very useful stuff. The ride was aboard No.69, one of two trams purchased for the Wirral tramway from Hong Kong.
Below: Recent star of the fleet is Liverpool 245, the newly restored 'Baby Grand', indigenous to Merseyside and looking stunning in the green and cream livery applied in the system's latter years. No.762 on the left reflects the earlier livery and pre-streamlined era of the same system.
Below: This is the Merseyside Tramway Preservation Societies current restoration project, Warrington No.2, whose lower deck is well advanced and enjoying the shelter of a new upper deck, seen here under construction.
Below: The Wallasey livery (seen here on No.78, currently separated from its truck) must be one of the brightest and freshest of all liveries carried on a tramcar! It is also unique in being fitted with a Bellamy top cover – an optional extra applied to open-toppers by some operators to increase patronage (and comfort!).
Below: I am rather fond of tower wagons, for reasons I don't know. It is always a regret that Beamish didn't retain its former Stockport Corporation Thorneycroft example – it was used extensively on the construction of the Beamish system, but latterly could not be insured as a high-lift working platform (i.e. operational plant) and was disposed of some years ago, being converted to a flatbed lorry. The tramway at Birkenhead connects Woodside Ferry Terminal with Taylor Street depot, the latter home to a museum collection of local vehicles as seen in the photographs below.
Below: This week the KG3 was finally collected from its long slumber in Northamptonshire – not giving up without something of a struggle! Fortunately a JCB and farm tractor were available to assist, the lorry being fairly well seized and requiring some encouragement to exit its shed.
Below: After extraction, a lengthy driveway was negotiated, then a section of (fortunately quiet!) road, to align it with Websters' BRIMEC lorry. It is seen here awaiting the final tug aboard.
Below: Once loaded, the Cub and I were off to Byfleet, to Historic Vehicle Restoration. I had a van well-loaded with spares, largely from the dismantled KP2 that came from the same source. The plan was to take everything to Byfleet in order for Seb Marshall to identify what he wanted removing for use on the restoration of Crosville 716, then re-package the rest plus some other spares recently acquired to move northwards to Beamish.
Below: Attempts were made to strip the front axle components from the KP2 bus, Alan the Websters driver finding a role here!
Below: Meanwhile, as the KG3 had an exhaust system to copy, this was removed, followed by numerous other parts that Seb felt would be handy – this is the brake master cylinder, the piston of which is in the process of being removed – working under a lorry parked on top of a lorry is an interesting and quite confined experience and absolutely filthy work!
Below: Back at Beamish, the very full van was unloaded into the stores, whilst the KG3 was unloaded outside the workshop for Alan and Brian to free up the rear axle and inflate the tyres – both accomplished rather more easily than was feared. Therefore they set about, urged on by Dave Young, seeing if the lorry would start!
Below: Darren has been busy tidying up the bunds of earth from the recent barn site preparation, some of which have been used to create the base of a screen for the railway behind the Town. This will be planted, the actual undergrowth creating the screen and also giving us a working area for such things as construction work on the 1950s town area and trolleybus route. The excavator has now been tracked around to the rear of the Colliery where similar work is being carried out before the 360 is off-hired and the winter programme of maintenance and development for this part of the team begins.


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Could the UK be about to ban real fur completely?
BBC News: A report by MPs is urging the government to consider it.
A government statement said: "The government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare, and fur farming was banned in the UK in 2000.
For the Full BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44913186
Brian May (from Queen) Catherine Reda, Diane Smith with other amazing Activists asking for banning fur in UK !
Special Thanks from IAFC to those two wonderful women: Catherine Reda & Diane Smith for being the fire-Starters by creating The UK Parliament petition: "Ban the sale of animal fur in the UK". (Which had reached 109,553 signatures!) & Which had led the issue to be debated by the Parliament on 4th June 2018.
& There are more good news about UK Markets going fur-Free:
2018: London had 3 of their famous markets banning the sale of fur :
Old Spitalfields, Camden, Saffron Walden Town markets
& 2019: Aylesbury Vale District Council has banned the sale of real fur from all the markets that it runs in the district.
To read more about this, please read on the "Respect For Animals "website:
First UK markets join with top fashion designers and high street retailers and pledge to go 'Fur Free'. http://www.respectforanimals.org/lsd-markets-fur-free/
And here is the email to contact for getting involved:
info@respectforanimals.org
PO Box 6500 Nottingham,
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Home / Gardening /
Go Out On A Limb To Care For Young Trees
The most important steps in caring for a young tree start before you buy the tree, according to a community forestry expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
"The crucial part of choosing a tree is matching a tree to the spot you've selected," says Bill Elmendorf, instructor and urban and community forest program coordinator in the School of Forest Resources.
Elmendorf suggests consumers think carefully about the color, size and branching shape of a tree before choosing a planting site. Then, once a site is chosen, the homeowner should carefully examine the site conditions for:
Presence of sun or shade
"Then you can pick a tree that is tolerant of the conditions and can adapt easily to the site," Elmendorf says. "The idea is to prevent as much care and maintenance as you can before you buy the tree."
When buying the tree, spend as much time as possible checking for damage, disease or quality problems. "Don't buy a tree just because it's on sale. Buy the tree that you want from a quality nursery or home center," Elmendorf says.
After the purchase, Elmendorf suggests some do's and don'ts for tree buyers.
Don't transport the tree unprotected. Cover or wrap the tree in a tarp or plastic sheeting. "If you throw the tree in the back of a pickup and race home at 65 miles per hour, the tree will be damaged by leaf loss, and the wind will dry out the plant," Elmendorf warns.
Do handle the tree carefully. Trees never should be lifted by the trunk or lifted using chains or ropes around the trunk. Elmendorf recommends lifting the tree by the root ball.
Don't hesitate to plant the tree. Elmendorf suggests storing a tree no longer than a week. If the tree must be stored, cover the root ball in mulch and keep it moist.
Do prune before planting, but not too much. Limited pruning, such as eliminating crossed branches or damaged limbs, is acceptable. "Don't prune away leaves unless absolutely necessary," Elmendorf explains. "Leaves give trees the energy for growing roots."
Digging a hole for the tree may seem the simplest part of the job, but Elmendorf warns that attention must be paid to the dirty work. "What consumers have to understand is you can't plant a $100 tree in a $1 hole," Elmendorf says.
In general, foresters recommend that trees be planted in wide holes, at least three times the width of the root ball. The top of the root ball should be level with the existing terrain. The root ball should rest on firm soil and in most cases original soils can be used to fill in the hole.
"If the soil is really poor or full of rubble, you can fill the hole with high quality top soil," Elmendorf says. "In most cases you shouldn't use peat moss or soil amendments because they act as a sponge and retain water, especially in clay soils."
Elmendorf recommends watering the tree as soon as it is planted, using a slow soaking watering that gets to the bottom of the root ball. To retain moisture, he suggests spreading 2 to 3 inches of mulch at the base of the tree. "Keep the mulch 2 to 3 inches away from the trunk because it can rot the bark, and don't make a mountain of mulch," he says.
After the first year, the tree should be watered beyond the root ball, preferably out to where the foliage ends. Elmendorf says fertilizers shouldn't be used in the first year. "The roots aren't developed enough to take advantage of the fertilizer," he warns. "In many cases, soils in Pennsylvania do not need fertilizer. Too much fertilizer can cause too much growth, which invites storm damage or insect damage."
Elmendorf says trees usually do not require stake supports, unless the planting site is extremely windy or in an area where trees might be vandalized. If homeowners do use stakes, he recommends using rubber or plastic ties rather than wire.
Homeowners should prune to refine and protect the shape of the tree between the third and fifth year. He also recommends keeping the tree mulched throughout its lifetime to help it better absorb nutrients, stop competition from turfgrass and prevent damage from lawn equipment.


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I made daisy crowns and dandelion necklaces.
or down the hill, or off in the distance on a sea of treetops.
I drank water from the dog bowl to see if it tasted different.
I tried cat food to see if they liked things the same as me.
then performed them to blank-faced audiences of dolls.
I became a mosquito scratching relative legs until they sprayed me away.
I watched from my window, every day through winter to see the first robin of Spring.
I dashed wildly, madly through the scented Autumn leaves.
when I didn't have on rain boots and when I did.
Mine was green, my brother's blue.
skinning the ends from my toes for riding barefoot.
right down to being walked in a baby buggy, pampered and cuddled.
foregoing the envied bunny tail.
but my hair was wild, unruly, and never behaved appropriately.
learning just how many people I could scare at one time.
I saw my world as beautiful, wondrous, and awe-inspiring.
reversed into a parking spot reserved for each one.
disapproved of as childish rubbish.
My childhood held many terrifying horrors.
I don't think these wonders I hold in my memories are comical or rubbish.
proclaiming my liberty from my aggressive oppressors.
They were a time of exploration, learning, and comprehension.
that so many struggle toward, but I hold dear to my heart.


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Le pont Blagovechtchensk-Heihe ou pont transfrontalier sur l'Amour () est un pont routier sur le fleuve Amour, qui relie la Fédération de Russie et la République populaire de Chine. Il est situé entre le village de Kanikourgan, à proximité de Blagovechtchensk du côté russe et le village de Tchanfa (长发村), comté de Sinfou (幸福乡), district d'Aihui, secteur de Heihe, du côté chinois.

La longueur du tablier du pont est de , dont chaque moitié de  se trouve l'une en Chine l'autre en Russie. La longueur totale avec les voies d'accès est de , dont  sur le territoire de la Fédération de Russie. Le coût des travaux s'est élevé à  pour le côté russe, et à  du côté chinois. Soit un coût total de .

Caractéristiques du projet

La construction s'est réalisée en deux étapes. La première d'une longueur de  comprenant le pont sur une longueur de  qui enjambe le fleuve Amour, et aussi le pont sur la canal de Kanikourgan d'une longueur de  et la route d'approche d'une longueur de .
La seconde étape a développé une longueur de  de route de catégorie 2 avec 3 échangeurs.

Histoire de la réalisation
Ce projet de liaison des deux rives de l'Amour datait d'il y a 25 ans. Les décisions concrètes ont été prises par le gouverneur . En 2014, avec son collègue chinois, chef de la province de Heilongjiang, a été signée une déclaration d'intention lors de l'Exposition russo-chinoise qui se tenait à l'époque. Cette déclaration prévoyait un début des travaux en . En 2015, a été signé un accord intergouvernemental donnant le mois de , comme point de départ du chantier.

En , le ministre du développement de l'Extrême-Orient russe  déclare : — Nous sommes les premiers dans la pays à mettre en œuvre un projet de création d'un pont transfrontalier aux termes d'un accord de concession. Maintenant, c'est la phase active de la construction et toutes les ressources sont mobilisées. Selon les calculs réalisés, la construction du pont permettra de doubler le flux de marchandises et de passagers jusqu'à l'Océan Pacifique.

À la fin de l'année 2018, a commencé la construction du pont par le pilier . L'amarrage des parties russes et chinoises a eu lieu le . Le , a été annoncé l'achèvement de l'ouvrage.

Le pont a été inauguré le 10 juin 2022.

Perspectives d'avenir
Un point de contrôle permanent sera mis en place à la frontière. Selon le gouverneur général de l'oblast de l'Amour , il sera tenu compte de l'expérience acquise par les Russes en cette matière lors de la réalisation d'un point de passage en République de Crimée.

Article connexe
Téléphérique de l'agglomération transfrontalière de Blagovechtchensk-Heihe

Références

Liens externes
  Pont Blagovechtchensk-Heihe, autoroute, Chine
  Contexte et histoire du projet Предыстория проекта.
  Dossier technique du projet, plans  Проект 2017 года

Pont transfrontalier
Oblast de l'Amour


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Tyrese Has Social Media Meltdown Over Daughter and the Rock
Angela Helm
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The last 24 hours of social media have seen a lot of singer and actor Tyrese Gibson—and it ain't pretty.
The obviously distraught entertainer started the day by posting an emotional breakdown of sorts about the legal battle over his daughter, then put up two more rambling posts addressing Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
This morning, Tyrese posted a three-plus-minute video hours before a court hearing over the custody of his 10-year-old daughter, Shayla, whom the 38-year-old said he hasn't seen in at least two months since his ex-wife, Norma Gibson, accused him of physically abusing the little girl and got a restraining order against him.
Tyrese, who says that he's been hospitalized for anxiety, was visibly upset, crying at times and wearing a sweatshirt saying, "Shayla Rocks." Tyrese says in the video that his daughter is "all I got" and pleads, "Don't take my baby." Talking directly to his ex, he also says, "I'm not doing anything illegal" and "I'm at $13,000 a month. What more do you want from me?" And on. And on.
Tyrese Says Anxiety Caused Him to Check Into Hospital After Day in Court
On Thursday, singer Tyrese (full name Tyrese Gibson) appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on…
TMZ reports that Shayla's nanny is expected to testify Wednesday as the closed-court proceedings continue.
Later that day, your boy put up an incoherent Instagram post talking about Martin Luther King Jr. and how he once walked the streets of Watts, complete with a photo with Lee Daniels, telling him, "ps Lee Daniels dude you're a fellow Capricorn please listen to me don't you EVER wear your facial hairs like that ever again Ok?"
He then addressed the long-standing beef with Johnson, saying that he was never mad at the Rock but was upset that he took a role that would affect the Fast and the Furious franchise. Part of the new post reads:
And FYI I was never mad at The Rock - I was just mad that he was "pitched" an idea privately and said yes to it without thinking of what I'm dealing with personally I'm almost broke paying legal fees and is doing what we committed to doing for the #FastFans and #FastFamily cause the fast is tradition it's not just another Movie Fast was created to COUNTER images of racism to counter that WE ARE NOT ONE RACE...... So the rock how does it feel bro?.... going home to your daughter every night.... it's was 60 days before I seen my baby..... and all I asked you to do "privately" was NOT accept a role that would deeply effect us all....... You are simply NOT the people's champ..... you are a selfish champ..... I'm almost broke swimming in legal fees CAA tried but couldn't book me anything cause my ex wife killed my reputation so no one wants to hire me.. It's not about I know I know I know right?? Says the man on the Forbes list.. Make sure you kiss your 2 daughters when you get home I wish I could but I can't afford to fight for my baby anymore so they're likely going to take her away....... Thanks Dewayne see you guys in 2020 and I will not delete this post cause the TRUTH of selfish people in Hollywood needs to be mentioned.................. to this day Dewayne has NOT called me back as u see me crying every 3 hours over my baby know #ShaylaRocks
Before that, Tyrese said he would quit the Fast and the Furious franchise (this would be the ninth one) if the Rock appeared in it. More rambling:
Hello world………. hello loyal fans and loved ones from OUR fast universe…….. I'm sorry to announce that if Dewayne is in Fast9 there will no more Roman Peirce – You mess with family and my daughters survival I mess with yours……… close your eyes dude you're a "Clown"…… #CandyAssBitchMade All my real one…. Men on integrity… my real ones out here stand UP…… folks that GP to the gym and get big naturally #NoJuice#NoOJ spin off huh? Spin off these nuts selfish champ…… pause notice who's got his arms around my shoulder and who's standing alone – #OurChildrenMatter
Somebody tell that man to stay off social media for five minutes, please.
Judge of Characters: Tyrese ... Lord Have Mercy, We're Praying for You
Tyrese Embarrasses Daughter by Flying Banner Over Her School
Tyrese Being Investigated by Los Angeles Child Protective Services: Report
Ms. Bronner Helm is a Contributing Editor at The Root. Mouthy Black Girl. Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow. Shea Butter Feminist. Virgo Sun, Aries Moon.
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Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935) became internationally famous because of his investigations into psychic phenomena.1 But his more mundane activities probably had a greater impact on the lives of his patients, friends and colleagues than his psychic research did.
TGH, or T. Glen Hamilton, as he was known, grew up in a farming family, first in Ontario and then in Saskatchewan. He graduated from Manitoba Medical College in 1903, at age 30. After interning for a year, he set up a practice in medicine, surgery and obstetrics in Elmwood, a suburb of Winnipeg. Several years later, he and his wife, Lillian, moved into a large house in the neighbourhood. They raised their family there, and he had an office on the ground floor.
He plunged into community involvement and was elected to the Winnipeg Public School Board in 1907. Perhaps his experience as a teacher before he went to medical school inspired his interest in education. He remained on the school board for nine years, serving as chairman in 1912-13 and helping to guide the board as it built several new schools in the fast-growing city. He helped to establish fire drills and implement free medical examinations for public school students, and he believed in the benefits of playground activities.
In 1915, TGH resigned from the school board after he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature as the Liberal member for Elmwood. At that time, his riding stretched all the way to the Ontario border.
These were times of social change. Manitoba's Liberals brought in several landmark bills, including the right to vote for women, the mother's allowance act and workmen's compensation. Nevertheless, a strong Labour vote swept the Liberals from power in the 1920 provincial election and TGH lost his seat.
All these volunteer activities in addition to his medical practice must have made him a very busy man. Nevertheless, after the death of his three-year old son Arthur from influenza in 1919, he found time for a new passion: psychic phenomena. His ultimate question was whether some part of the human mind, consciousness, or personality survives bodily death.
For more than a decade, he and Lillian organized weekly séances at their home, watching tables that moved on their own and communicating with spirits. He tried to take a scientific approach to his observations and to prevent fraud, so he took hundreds of photos of these events.
2 Although TG was my paternal grandfather, I never met him. He died many years before I was born.
3 "Elmwood's First Doctor," The Elmwood Herald, June 10, 1954.
4 Margaret Hamilton Bach. "Life and Interests of Dr. T. Glendenning Hamilton." Proceedings of the First Annual Archives Symposium. University of Manitoba Department of Archives and Special Collections, 1979, p 89-90.
5 For more information about the church, see "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Elmwood Presbyterian Church / King Memorial Presbyterian Church / King Memorial United Church / Gordon-King Memorial United Church," Manitoba Historical Society, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/gordonkingmemorialunited.shtml, accessed Feb. 22, 2019.
6 Ross Mitchell, M.D. "Dr. T. Glen Hamilton, the Founder of the Manitoba Medical Review," The Manitoba Medical Review, vol. 40, no. 3, p 219.
7 Margaret Hamilton Bach, Ibid, p. 92.
8 Dr. Charles G. Roland, "Glenn – the Mystical Medic from Manitoba," Ontario Medicine, May 18, 1987, p. 29.
9 "Death of Dr. T. Glen Hamilton Ends Life of Marked Achievements," The Elmwood Herald, April 11, 1935.


The authors present results of determination of sound velocities in explosion products (EP) of HMX-based explosive overcompressed up to the pressures of 50–85 GPa by overtaking unloading method. The radiowave and optical methods are used to record the time when a front of overcompressed detonation wave in investigated sample of high explosive (HE) is overtaken by expansion wave, which propagates from the back surface of impactor with sound velocity. The data on sound velocities, which were independently obtained by two different methods, were in agreement. The methods with use of radiointerferometer and indicator liquid are rather effective for determination of sound velocities in overcompresed EP and for investigation of parameters at the Jouget point of various HEs, which are required for calibration of their equations of state (EOS).


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Music / Katrina and the Waves
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh),
And don't it feel good (HEY!) Alright now,
All right now yeah! (HEY!).
"Walking on Sunshine"
Katrina and the Waves were an English New Wave/Rock band active between 1981-1999, known for writing the song "Walking on Sunshine" and winning the 1997 Eurovision song contest. Its members were: vocalist and guitarist Katrina Leskanich, guitarist Kimberley Rew, bassist Vince de la Cruz and drummer Alex Cooper. In a similar story to The Pretenders, the band was British but with an American lead singer.
They recorded a bunch of albums, but the only song that everybody knows is their upbeat 1985 hit single "Walking on Sunshine". They had a few more singles chart, technically saving them from being a One-Hit Wonder, but nobody remembers them. They suddenly became big again when their song "Love Shine a Light" won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest and became their biggest hit in the UK, but dissolved a few years later.
Apart from the fact that "Walking on Sunshine" is Philip J. Fry's favourite song, and also the theme of The Stephanie Miller Show, there really isn't anything else to say about them. The lead singer, Katrina Leskanich, has a solo career and performs a mix of Waves and her own material in concert though for legal reasons she can't be billed as the band.
Artist and the Band: The band's name comes from the lead singer.
Bad to the Bone: Wanna underscore your scene with a song about feeling good, but James Brown is too obvious? Cue up "Walking on Sunshine"! The song earns over $200,000 annually in royalties for this exact reason.
Gender-Blender Name: who names a guy Kimberley?
Lyrical Dissonance: "Walking on Sunshine" is actually a plea to a lover to return, and even reads as a borderline Obsession Song, though the chorus covers it up a bit.
Male Band, Female Singer: Katrina, the lead singer, is the only female member.
Ode to Intoxication: "Red Wine and Whiskey."
Re-release the Song: Despite being a British band with an American lead singer, the only place they could initially get a recording contract was in Canada, on a small label that had released music by Rew's previous band, the Soft Boys. After their first two albums gained notice there, Capitol Records signed the band, and their first major-label album was made up of re-recorded or remixed versions of songs off the two Canadian releases.
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