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The other steveb – Steve Banks on SBS, EBS, WMS, and other Small Business Technology Topics Windows Server MVP since 2004 Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:22:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 PSSBS Monthly Meeting, November 17, 2016 Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:22:59 +0000 Continue reading ]]> Join us at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square Offices in Bellevue Washington for an evening of “non-NDA” reports from Microsoft’s 2016 MVP Summit, and a discussion and demo of the Azure Portal and Marketplace. See how our new group Webpage was setup in Azure.
Pizza is on the menu for the evening, so if you have a few bucks to contribute to the pizza fund, great, if not, you’re still welcome to join us and have a slice! The meeting space and beverages graciously provided by Microsoft.
We will meet at our usual location, at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE – Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).
Park in the Lincoln Square garage and meet at the elevators on the first floor by 6 PM to head up to the meeting (take a ticket when you enter the garage, but parking will be free for the evening).
Meeting will be from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

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Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Launched today at Ignite! Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:21:03 +0000 Continue reading ]]> Here’s a great list that was shared with some of us earlier today by Rob Hindman with Microsoft. A BIG thank you Rob for getting all these links together in one document!

We are delighted to announce that today we launched Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 as announced at the Ignite conference in Atlanta !!!!

Evaluation bits, which are valid for 180 days, are available for download now…

Windows Server 2016:

System Center 2016:

  • Note that we recommend installing zero-day patches, specifically KB3192366 for S2D clusters, from Windows Update using Settings | Update & security | Check online for updates from Microsoft Update as soon as practical.
  • Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 are on the October 2016 Price List.
  • Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 will be Generally Available in mid-October, meaning that VL versions will be available at that time.

Announcing the launch of Windows Server 2016, Erin Chapple:

Microsoft Web site for Server 2016:

Here are some great Windows Server 2016 videos that have already been posted to YouTube. More are coming:

  • Software Defined Networking is a huge step forward in how you configure, manage and secure your network. Check out Greg Cusanza talking about the build in load balancer:
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Office 365 2010 Professional Plus and Terminal Servers (RDS Servers) Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:07:33 +0000 Continue reading ]]> JeremyChapmanPassing on clarification from Microsoft’s Jeremy Chapman (pictured left) regarding Office 365’s Click-to-Run Office 2010 Professional Plus (available through “normal” subscriptions, such as the E3 plan as of this writing, April, 2015) and why it will not install on a RDS/TS Server:

“The Office 2010 subscription (365) install has activation based on retail activation, which is incompatible with RDS. RDS requires a Volume Activation package of Office 2010 – there is no way to make it work using the Office 2010 subscription package.

“The updated Office 365 ProPlus package has a new form of subscription retail activation (Shared Computer Activation), which works when installed on a server with the RDS role enabled. In that case, Office doesn’t activate in the traditional machine-level sense, but provides the logged in user-based temporary activation within that user’s profile. If the user has been provisioned for Office 365 ProPlus, they can log in with those credentials to unlock Office. In a VDI or hosted/remote app architecture, each user logging into the RDS host would need to be provisioned in Office 365 ProPlus to unlock Office for their session.”

A big thank you to Jeremy for clarifying the underlying reasons why 2010 does not work and 2013 does! Be sure to catch his great work over on the Office Blogs at too!

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Tired of dealing with password resets Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:11:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2013/10/24/tired-of-dealing-with-password-resets.aspx Continue reading ]]> Issue Description

Password Expiration Policy

Issue Resolution

  1. Click Start > Search for Windows PowerShell > Right click ‘Run as administrator’.
  2. To establish connection, Open Windows Powershell (Run as administrator) then enter the Global Admin credential (Email address format) after running below script

$cred = Get-Credential

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $Session

  1. Then we need to make sure we have Microsoft Online Module for Powershell already installed, in case if we don’t please download it from below source :

64 bit module version –

                It may ask us to install the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant from below link :

Then run the below commands and when asked enter the Global Administrator credentials again

Import-Module MSOnline

  1. To set the password policy to never expire, we may run the below commands
    1. For Individual user :-

Set-MsolUser –UserPrincipalName -PasswordNeverExpires $True

    1. For All Users in the Organisation :-

Get-MsolUser | Set-MsolUser –PasswordNeverExpires $True

  1. To verify if password is set to never expire run the following command.

Get-MsolUser –UserPrincipalName | fl

See the below variable in the command shell ( PasswordNeverExpires :True )

  1. To set the password expiration to some number of days at domain level :
    Set-MsolPasswordPolicy -DomainName -NotificationDays 15 -ValidityPeriod 180

Note : Once we create a new user, we will have to set the password policy for that user again, as it is not possible to inherit that policy to the new user, so we will need to run the above commands again.

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What does a fake voicemail virus email get you? Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:05:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2013/10/24/what-does-a-fake-voicemail-virus-email-get-you.aspx Continue reading ]]> Well, for one example, here’s what Windows Defender Offline ( found from a scan of an infected machine. Fortunately the user powered down the computer immediately after realizing he had been had.

file:d:\users\–username-removed–\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Security Pro\Antivirus Security Pro support.url
file:d:\users\–username-removed–\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Security Pro\Antivirus Security Pro.url
folders:d:\users\–username-removed–\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Security Pro\

A tip for you. After running the cleanup removal in Windows Defender Offline, reboot the machine with network disconnected to a Microsoft ERD Commander disc and use the registry editor and Windows Explorer to check the work of the cleanup tool and ensure everything is out of there. Then reboot and run Norton Power Eraser ( for a final cleanup (has to be online for the Norton tool to work).

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Need to pull data from your Exchange 2007 – 2013 logs? Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:34:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2013/10/23/need-to-pull-data-from-your-exchange-2007-2013-logs.aspx Continue reading ]]> Here’s how using PowerShell in the Exchange Management Shell:

get-messagetrackinglog -EventID “RECEIVE” -Start “10/22/2013 10:30:00 AM” -End “10/22/2013 4:00:00 PM” -ResultSize Unlimited |fl >c:\trackinglog.txt

By the way, the “-ResultSize Unlimited” will get you the full results to your text file and not truncate it.

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Poor performance when you enable RemoteFX in Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2012-based computer that uses AMD processors Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:37:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2013/01/11/poor-performance-when-you-enable-remotefx-in-hyper-v-on-a-windows-server-2012-based-computer-that-uses-amd-processors.aspx Working with Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012? Check out this KB article if you have AMD proc’s in your server(s) for a hotfix:

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Windows 8 Mail requires 3rd party SSL certificate for Exchange Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:11:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2012/11/16/windows-8-mail-requires-3rd-party-ssl-certificate-for-exchange.aspx Continue reading ]]> If you have a Windows 8 Mail client that won’t connect to an Exchange account, check to see if you have a self-assigned SSL certificate installed on your Exchange Server. A “3rd party” certificate (GeoTrust, Thawte, VeriSign, Go Daddy for example) will take care of your problem. You can confirm if this is in fact the case by running the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer, testing Exchange ActiveSync (

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No PSSBS Meeting for November, 2012 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:58:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2012/11/15/no-pssbs-meeting-for-november-2012.aspx Continue reading ]]> For those who are not members of the PSSBS Yahoo Group, or in case you haven’t seen the announcement in our PSSBS Yahoo Group, there is NO NOVEMBER MEETING. I am in Las Colinas, Texas at an MVP “Deep Dive” in Server 2012 Essentials and Multipoint. We will be meeting in December, with a presentation by CRU-DataPort.

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Install Exchange 2010 in two (2) steps Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:40:00 +0000 /blogs/steveb/archive/2012/10/14/install-exchange-2010-in-two-2-steps.aspx Continue reading ]]> At SMB Nation 2012 in Las Vegas, I have been asked multiple times for the URL to the TechNet Article that has the simple steps to install Exchange Server 2010 on a member server in a Windows Server 2012 Essentials network. You can find it at

Steps below from the comments at the bottom of the TechNet page:

How to install Exchange 2010 in two steps!
The following comments are from Michael Smith, Exchange MVP, and posted here with his permission. – Steve

In general, I ignore the wizards when installing Exchange. It’s literally easier (IMHO) to install from the command line. And it takes only two steps.

1. In an elevated cmd prompt, install the Exchange prerequisites and reboot:
sc.exe config NetTcpPortSharing start= auto
REM cd into the ‘Scripts’ directory in the Exchange installation folder/media
cd /d c:\Ex2010SP2\Scripts
ServerManagerCmd.exe -ip Exchange-Typical.xml -Restart

(You’ll get a warning about ServerManagerCmd being old-fashioned. Ignore it.)

2. After the reboot, in an elevated cmd prompt, install Exchange:
setup /r:mb,ca,ht /on:”First Organization”

That’s it.

How do you use this with Windows Server Essentials 2012?

1. Purchase Windows Server 2012 Standard (Volume Licensing is your best bet in order to get the required Essentials keys for installation).
2. Install as parent Hyper-V OS. Windows Server 2012 provides 1+2 licensing. (
3. Install Windows Server 2012 Essentials (Download the trial available at to get the bits) as your first child virtual machine. You will need an Essentials key for this at install. You are exercising your downgrade rights of Windows Server 2012 Standard in this process.

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The Real Opportunity in China: Higher Prices

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Over the last decade China’s manufacturing industry has undergone a huge shift in popular perception, from the home of sweatshops and wages measured in cents per day to the only high-tech powerhouse capable of producing iPads by the million.

And if you watch closely, there’s a similar shift well underway in perceptions of Chinese consumers.

While food safety issues and the prevalence of knock-off products have made plenty of headlines, the fact that the country is now the world’s most important market for expensive luxury goods is also now well known. And even more affordable consumer offerings can draw a premium price in China, well above what they would attract in the U.S.

As the WSJ’s Laurie Burkitt reports today:

China Central Television, in a 20-minute broadcast called “Starbucks: Expensive in China,” said the company charges as much as 50% more for some of its products in China than in the U.S., the U.K. and India.

The report said the company’s profit margin in China was excessive, as high as 32% in China and the Pacific region, compared with 21.1% in the U.S. and 1.9% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Starbucksid the figures didn’t accurately represent of the company’s Chinese operations because they included financial results from other Asian-Pacific countries in addition to China. The Seattle-based company doesn’t break out its financial information by country. The company “understands the concerns raised by recent Chinese media,” Starbucks said.

As the WSJ previously reported — in a post that was cited by the CCTV story — a Starbucks grande latte in China costs almost $1 more than it does in the U.S., despite average income in China of around $7,500.

Starbucks says its prices vary according to a number of factors, including the cost of real estate, ingredients and labor. But as the WSJ has previously shown, the cost of a grande latte around the world seems tough to predict based purely on cost of living factors– it’s more expensive in Athens than Tokyo, for example, and more expensive in Buenos Aires than London.

Targeting the wealthiest consumers in a given market can also help support a higher price, and in China, Starbucks isn’t alone in appealing to a richer segment of the population than it might do at home. While many predicted Apple’s new plastic-shelled iPhone 5C would be a cheaper model designed to compete with lower-cost handsets in China, the phone is actually being sold in China at a higher price than it is in America.

– Tom Gara

See also:
Starbucks Is Criticized by Chinese State Media for Higher Prices – WSJ
Chart: The Extra-Caffeinated Cost of a Starbucks Latte in China – China Realtime

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Mount Gibson Iron Flirts with Coking Coal Buy

Steelmaking commodities may be more cold than hot right now with investors, but Mount Gibson Iron is seeking to double its bets via a possible move into coking coal.

Mount Gibson is screening coal acquisitions despite launching an austerity drive to save up to 150 million Australian dollars (US$156 million) annually that includes laying off 270 people–nearly a quarter of its workforce.

“We’re looking for new business opportunities,” Mount Gibson Chief Executive Jim Beyer told Deal Journal Australia. “We certainly believe the China steel story has a way to run yet – it may not be as explosive in its growth as it has been – but there is still a lot of urbanization and infrastructure going into China.”

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I just wanted to wish you all a happy Halloween! And let me know what your costume was - if you had one -, because I love seeing those!

Speaking of costumes... did you see this video yet? The Tim Gunn-part is genius!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Owl Things Considered

As I said yesterday, I found some owl things that turned my frown upside down. And this is also a chance to fill you in on some exciting news!

I am moving before the end of the year. Yes, I'm getting my own place. And I'm very excited about decorating it! However I have yet to get the appartment, measure it all and pick the colors. So I'm keeping myself from buying too much stuff for it just yet. However when I popped in to H&M yesterday, I figured I could always make room for this bathroom mat and these guest towels.
Aren't they adorable?

The kitchen is all natural wood, so this apron will look amazing there! They have bedroom items in the same fabric, so I might have to get some of those later on. If it fits my color scheme of course.
I just browsed the Home-department online and it looks great! When the time comes I am definitely going back for more awesome things!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Circle Songs #19

"All through the night, until the light of day, and we are doomed to play..."
Werewolf - Cat Power
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There was supposed to be a Halloween party just now. I showed up in full costume, in the pouring rain, for nothing. Thankfully I found the cutest owl things that made my mood do a complete 180! I'll show you soon.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

My friend Olga from wassupbrothers is currently Etsy's Featured Seller! If you haven't read the interview yet, you should head on over there and check it out. Anyway, it inspired me to do a spotted all about one of the creatures she makes: the wingless bird, the Kiwi!

Starting with her Fidjii of course.

I've also always loved the illustration on this shirt.

This ring is cute on both sides! I really love the idea of a hidden heart in the palm of your hand.

This pillow is a great way to add a cute animal to a very grown up home.

I love those simple animal necklaces. The ones with bunnies or owls, but this unconventional one is very cool as well.

If you're good with knitting needles you can get a free pattern to make one of these.

As usual, a stamp! I bet this would look great as a hidden surprise on the corner of an envelope.

And this cartoon always makes me feel a little sad, but never fails to make me laugh.
{Don't know the source! If you have it, let me know!}

And last, but not least. Here's a lovely animation:

Saturday, October 27, 2012

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Leaves of Green ::: a finished project

Over the summer I picked up lace knitting and this was the first lace scarf I finished. It was a while ago, of course, but I was in the mood for some green leaves now the trees in my street are completely bare again.

Since then I've done a bunch of lace projects, so you can expect more pictures!

Friday, October 26, 2012

Lovely Movies: Restless

This was one of those movies I desperately wanted to see on the big screen, but miraculously missed. Thankfully that seemed like a good excuse to pick up the dvd.

As mesmerized as I was by the trailer and as much as I was looking forward to this film, part of me was afraid that it would be a bit of a downer after a certain point. I feared that what started out as an upbeat, quirky story, would abruptly end in a sad and inevitable cliché. Thankfully that wasn't the case. The whole thing was perfect.

You can bend my one minute rule a little bit. Maybe watch a minute and a half. Or just watch it a few weeks before actually seeing the movie...

Anyway, this is an instant favorite of mine. It has great humor. It's sweet, but not too sweet. It has characters you haven't seen before. Mia Wasikowska is magnificent as always. Oh, and it makes you want to dust of your old game of battleship too.

Go see it!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

If you know Kate from Scathingly Brilliant, you might also know she has a bunch of adorable shops. I recently spotted some items in her "Sweet and Lovely" shop, that really are sweet and lovely.

These rainbow sweater clips for instance. I absolutely love this idea!

And this is one of the best collars I've ever seen. It might not be for every day, but I suppose special things should be saved for special occasions, right?

And up last is this lovely simple cat brooch. Don't you love that color? I just finished knitting a dress -pictures coming soon- in that exact shade. So I think they'd be a perfect match!

Amazing accessories, right? Click here to see more.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Drumroll, Please...!

It's not everyday that I get tp make three people happy with a prize. But today I am pleased to announce three winners for the CuteMemories giveaway!

Don't be sad if you didn't win, because Beate has designed some really adorable and very affordable items. And you even have one week left to take advantage of the October Sale: Buy 2 Get 1 on all products! Below's a glimpse of what you could get.
 So if you're into baking, website making or have a party to prepare for, I suggest you take a look. And you'll also find loads of goodies for Halloween. Enjoy!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Owl Things Considered

There are so many things on Etsy that I love, but every once in a while I still find something that somehow really stands out. Pannikin's threadholders for example.

Unfortunately they're too expensive to get enough of them for all your threads, but they're so unique, and most of all, so cute! And having just one or two for a current project would be pretty amazing too.

But that's not all. This shop is filled to brim with amazing items. Ranging from craft handmade craft supplies to ready-to-use items.

Just look at these buttons for example. Aren't they the cutest? Those pink flowers might just be my favorite. Though I'm really loving everything in the picture below as well.

You'll also find a nice selection of earrings and brooches. They're a bit pricey, but very cute as well.

And I love this tea towel as well. I'll get my own place soon and I bet this would look great in my future kitchen!

Great items, aren't they? If you want to see more, and I have a feeling you do, visit Pannikin.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Circle Songs #18

"And we all seem to need the help of someone else. To mend that shelf, of too many books..."

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Big changes are on their way. I might need to wait until the new year before I can take action, but plans are definitely being made.  And that "Autumn vacuum" I felt before, that quiet, is suddenly very helpful.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Don't Forget...!

There are still a couple of days to enter the Cute Memories giveaway to win one of the 3 lovely digital prizes for infinite DIY possibilities. Read more about it on the giveaway page or enter the rafflecopter below!

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Perhaps it's all the honey I've been eating, but I've really been enjoying bears lately. Like owls they can be very dangerous in real life, but very cute on items. Enjoy!

Here's a beautiful faux taxidermy! I love that color too.

I've seen some cute watches, but this one is, hands down, the absolute cutest.

If you somehow don't know Pony Chops, you are in for a fantastic surprise. Check out Chantal's blog as well!

And I happened to find the perfect socks for those shoes too.

I'm really liked this shirt as well. I think I might have a bit of a weakness for charcoal shirts, though I can't say I own a whole lot of them.

This illustration is adorable, isn't it? It makes me smile each time I come across it.

And I think this little creature would brighten up any work day if you had it at your desk!

This brooch is very high on my wishlist. Might have to spoil myself and get it. First I need to find an excuse though.

Beautiful print! I love the shapes, the colors and also the antropoformic look of the bear.
I don't think I've ever seen a planter as amazing as this one. And I love how cool it looks with succulents.

The collection isn't really done without a stamp, now is it?

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The first message in 2000 by Larry Miller suggests that the Tanis family arrived in the 1860s. A family (5 people) n on 18 January 1861,
3 youngsters on 30 May 1866,
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About that time of Year...

I usually rely on TurboTax and/or Tax Pubs to point me to answers, but decided to look for guidance from Board followers:

I know fees for preparation of tax returns or Tax software are an allowable deductions on Schedule A,line 22, and the 2% rule.

Is it acceptable to claim fees for preparation of Estate Planning documents, such as Revocable Living Trusts under this same 2% rule?
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I don't know if this was a stupid question but it sure didn't get a response. It seems to me that Estate Planning costs are a form of investment planning in that I am trying to provide for future care of a Special Needs Beneficiary in a Trust.

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Another area that I imagine will become cheaper is travel. Now I have to deal with booking vacations when it's convenient for my work schedule and minimize the use of vacation days. (like traveling during a holiday week to use less vacation days) I often see spur of the moment travel deals, deals that require flying from Tuesday to Tuesday or requires a 3 week stay that are cheap but I can't use because they are vacation-day-inefficient.

As yet, I've only had occasion to take advantage of a couple cheap flights this way, but am looking forward to more such travel and, like intercst, do a bunch by car. There's a certain tranquility that's part of a leisurely driving trip - taking in the scenery and people along the way - that's missing when you're one of the herd at the airport.

What FIRE means is the whole frenetic lifestyle you've become accustomed to for decades falls away as you begin to live again at a pace that's enjoyable at all levels. I don't remember such total, guilt-free control over my time since my teen years before I got a job. I can schedule routine chores when the roads and stores aren't crowded; take that daytime woodworking class I always wanted that would never before fit in with my work; do those little home / yard / car projects that I could never afford the time for while working.

Gonna do a consulting job in the big city? Now I pick the day and time, take a relaxing train ride up and back, plan for breakfast / lunch with friends. I no longer need to accomplish more than that in one day. Or, if it interferes with something else I want to do, pass on the whole deal.

And if I'm feeling overwhelmed with all my planned projects, I can lay down and take a nap 'til the feeling goes away.
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<<I will be taking a distribution from my company's 401k later this year. Can I roll part of it into a
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<< As the law is currently written you cannot roll directly from a 401k to a Roth IRA -- but you can
roll from a 401k to a regular IRA and then, if you qualify to do so, roll some or all of the regular
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What do you mean by "if you qualify"? Is that the one
year between rollovers rule?

I too would like to rollover my former company's 401(k) into a (self-directed) Roth IRA but am not sure I can make the special 1998 deadlines for the Roth IRA. How long must I wait?

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    Exclamation Pat Traina with her thoughts after studying cap situation - she knows her stuff

    Patricia just like Garafolo did covers this team extremely well.

    I guess I'll post everything.

    I do not think Ahmad Bradshaw is going to be cut. Might they restructure him? Possibly, though I don’t see it being a huge restructuring even if David Wilson moves ahead of him on the depth chart. There's simply no way to where they can drop AB's base salary below that of DW's, even if DW starts.
    I think Michael Boley could become a cap casualty. I could see Jacquian Williams taking over at WLB next year.

    I don’t think Corey Webster will be cut. While I would think his base salary would be in line for restructuring, this is the final year of his contract, and they might leave it as is just until they know for sure if Jayron Hosley is their future starter at that spot.

    I don’t know if David Diehl will be cut at least right away because right now, they don’t have any experienced depth at tackle on that roster. If James Brewer moves into the starting lineup, Diehl could be a reserve, though obviously not at such a high base salary. If, however, Diehl is cut before the start of the new league year, that is a sure sign that a veteran OL is high on their FA list.

    I have a strong suspicion that Will Beatty will be franchised, unless of course they reach a long-term deal with him. I could also see Victor Cruz getting the highest possible RFA tender if his contract isn’t resolved before the start of FA on March 12.
    I think Stevie Brown will get at least a second-round tender, though if the team gives him an original round tender, that is likely an indication about how they feel about Will Hill and his chances of starting sooner than later. I do not think Kenny Phillips returns .

    I have a strong hunch that Lawrence Tynes might not be back. Tynes is coming off a banner year, despite his little hiccups later in the season, and he’s certainly going to be an attractive free agent when he hits the market. Remember, this could be his final NFL contract, so I'm sure he'll want to make it really count.

    I wouldn’t be shocked if they re-sign Keith Rivers and maybe look at him as their middle linebacker next year. Yes, Rivers has been injury-prone, but when he’s been on the field, he’s often looked very, very good and they might give him another shot.
    If we're talking candidates for contract restructurings, I wonder if perhaps Chris Canty + Chris Snee might be asked to re-structure to lower their base salaries. I know Eli + Antrel Rolle are two guys most would like to see restructured, but Eli restructured last year while Rolle has played very well. While Canty and Snee both dealt with injury issues this year, and Snee is coming off a Pro Bowl season, I think those will be two contracts to keep an eye on.

    If I have to guess right now on the highest area of needs, I’d say in no particular order: cornerback, offensive tackle, and defensive tackle are right up there. I know some of you think linebacker should be in there as well, and that area will probably get some new depth, but I think the three positions I listed earlier in this post are probably of a higher priority given the current depth situation.
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    I hope to God she's wrong about Diehl....... if he comes back for anything more than the vet min that's ridiculous. We have SO MANY other pressing needs & FA's that money needs to go towards.

    Also Bradshaw..... If they pay him that much money that's also absurd.

    I really hope Tynes is back.... guy is so reliable just not from 50+
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    Wow nice find there. Beatty does make sense for franchise tag, since they went the route with Weatherford last year. Cruz will be resigned.

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    Beatty better be on the team next season. He's our only OL worth a damn... If I were forced to pick at gunpoint between taking Cruz and Beatty, i'd take Beatty. Of course I want them both back, but Beatty is the higher priority IMO than Cruz.

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    I can't imagine the Giants paying Corey $8 million after last season when his cap hit would be under a million. He has to structure or he's gone IMO.

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    I'd almost say cut Webster outright, eat the 3.whatever mill guaranteed on our cap, and then offer him a 1 year vet min contract. Overall it would cost us 4 out of the 7 mill coming his way if he stays as he is, and it's not like another team is gonna pick up Corey Toaster...

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    Great find.. Traina knows her stuff!!
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    I agree Beatty could be franchised but the tag this year for tackles is close to 15 million. I doubt the Giants would even consider paying that for him.

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    I think letting Phillips walk would be a huge mistake. The defense plays completely differently with him on the field.

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    I think letting Phillips walk would be a huge mistake. The defense plays completely differently with him on the field.
    Right, but how often is that? We can't keep throwing money at guys like KP and TT who can not stay healthy. I don't think its a good idea to give KP a huge contract.

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The Muppets/YouTube partnership is bearing sweet, musical fruit. Here are two fantastic musical clips to help familiarize your kids with the cultural significance of the great works of classical music: first, Beeker and his many clones perform Ode to Joy (viddy it, oh my brothers, just viddy it), then Gonzo the Great and his chicken orchestra cluck out The Blue Danube Waltz (by Strauss, the louse, he lives in a house, with Mick-ey Mouse).

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  1. Another gem in this series is this version of Bizet’s Habanera:

    My daughter, nearly two, sings along to the Meeps Meeps quite well.

  2. Thanks for the smile first thing this morning. Beaker and Gonzo are two of my favorite Muppets. The Statler and Waldorf bit at the end of each vid is the perfect finishing touch.

  3. You forgot… oh, wait. #5 beat me to it.

    Bork-bork BORK BORK!

    I have to admit that unfortunately I was only really exposed to the awesomeness of Cesame Street and the Muppets when I first moved to the US, at 11 years old, by which point I was a little over the target age. Oh well. Then again, most American kids miss out on Asterix (which is a real shame) and I did have plenty of fun kids’ shows in Brazil.

    I did develop a taste for classical music as a little kid, though, not just from many relatives who also love it, but from cartoons:

  4. Love these new Muppet videos, particularly Beaker’s “Ode To Joy” . . . everything old seems new again . . . also, love their new “Skateboarding Dog” videos starring ROWLF . . . if you’re a Muppet nerd like me, it’s pretty awesome to see these guys back in action.

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For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport.

He wrote an outstanding essay about his experience -- and the effect of architecture and interior design on one's mental well-being -- at Herman Miller's Lifework site.

For most passengers, I was simply a terminal employee and therefore a useful source of information on finding the customs desk or the cash machine. Those who realised my role found it more appropriate to consider the desk as an opportunity for confessions. I was approached by a man embarking on what he wryly termed the holiday of a lifetime to Bali with his wife, who was months away from succumbing to incurable brain cancer. She rested nearby, in a specially constructed wheel chair laden with complicated breathing apparatus. She was 49 and had been entirely healthy until April, when she had gone to work on a Monday morning complaining of a slight headache. Another man explained that he had been visiting his family in London, but that he had another one in Los Angeles who were ignorant of the first. He had five children and two mothers-in-law but his face bore none of the strains of his itinerary.
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  1. This is the part of the article that fascinated me:

    “I was invited to the airport to be a Writer in Residence (and later wrote a book about the experience, A Week at the Airport).”

    Writer in Residence? At Heathrow? I was wondering how the heck he got permission for this, and/or how he enjoyed the daily detainment, cavity searches, and taserings from airport security.

    1. I admire Alain de Botton. How he dealt with these challenges puzzles me. He must have applied his ability to take his time and enjoy 29 line sentences that he discusses in How Proust Can Change Your Life.

  2. I’ve just read a couple of books by Alain de Botton and he’s a really fantastic writer. In particular, his book “The Art of Travel” is really phenomenal. I would highly recommend picking up that book. He has a way of writing out his thoughts that are at once insightful, interesting, non-pretentious, and eloquent. I can’t wait to pick up this book.

  3. I’m really tired of gimmick books. I think de Botton is a good writer, and enjoyed what I’ve read from him, but it seems that every other nonfiction book now has to be about some stunt that the writer did and What It Means About Modern Life.

  4. The part about the airport was mildly interesting, but his project where he’s trying to make contemporary residential architecture more accessible by renting them out for vacations is an excellent idea.

  5. I enjoyed a couple of Alain de Botton’s other books, and would like to check this out, though there is a moderate risk of it turning out to be fluff.

  6. This looks cool. Status Anxiety is one of my all time favorite books. (At least the first half, I found the second half about art and philosophy to be kind of boring.)

  7. I’m surprised Alain is allowed in airports and isn’t featured highly on no-fly lists. He did after all, confess to murdering his wife (with a rare silver salt cellar if I recall) whereupon he packed her into his luggage and flew to Switzerland to dispose of the body. He then returned to Italy with a carton of non-duty paid cigarettes.

    If this doesn’t define the kind of person the TSA should be preventing from travelling I can’t imagine who does?

  8. An interesting premise. I haven’t read the book but am going to. Writers are, after all, people watchers and what better place to observe all manner of folks? I have always been fascinated by the people watching opportunities in places like Las Vegas. Where else can you see portly tourists from the midwest (complete with black socks and shorts) followed by a bride in full regalia trailed by a centurion in full armor? In addition to people watching, the author tells some of their stories.

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Uninsured Aurora shooting victims face financial devastation

Caleb Medley, an aspiring standup comic, YouTuber, total nerd, and enthusiastic fan of Batman, was shot in the eye at the Aurora movie theater mass shooting.

He is currently in intensive care in an induced coma. He lost his right eye and suffered brain damage. His wife Katie "is about to give birth to their first child," one floor away, according to this CBS News report.

Update: Katie, 21, just gave birth to their first child. Snip from Reuters update:

Katie Medley and her husband, Caleb, both wearing Batman apparel, were at a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in the Denver suburb of Aurora when a gunman clad in tactical body armor, helmet and gas mask opened fire during a midnight showing early on Friday. Twelve people, including a 6-year-old girl, were killed and 58 wounded.

Caleb is currently listed in critical condition at the University of Colorado Denver Hospital. He is showing some signs of progress. Like a number of people injured in the Aurora shooting, he is uninsured. His family has been told that the cost of his medical treatment may exceed $2 million.

There's a fundraising site here, where friends and family are gathering donations to help with his health care costs. America would be an even greater country if people didn't have to do stuff like this to get life-saving medical treatment.

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Whining Bat-fans cause Rotten Tomatoes to shut down comments on The Dark Knight Rises review page

Hey, have you heard that there's a Batman movie coming out this Friday? That Christopher Nolan made? And it's the last one he's going to make, and everyone is all psyched about it? Well, some people have seen it and have written reviews for The Internet, and some "members" of The Internet are not happy about some of these reviews being less than 100 percent stellar. A barrage of angry, angry comments (which would be a really interesting spin-off game for Hungry, Hungry Hippos) has caused the review site Rotten Tomatoes to shut down its comments section completely. Outage due to outrage. By a bunch of bratty, bratty babies. (Yet another excellent spin-off idea.)

Come inside, hear more about the insanity that took place at Rotten Tomatoes and see why its editor-in-chief Matt Atchity made the call to shut it all down. Read the rest

Pee-Wee Herman dubs the Dark Knight Rises trailer, should dub the whole movie

Pee-Wee Herman took part in a bit on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in which he narrated the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. Great, now this movie is going to be hilarious when it's definitely not supposed to be, and I'm just going to have to see it twice so I don't hear Pee-Wee Herman the second time. Also: John Cleese should also dub this trailer. (via Gawker) Read the rest


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Old Gatsby continues to take heat over his health care alliance with Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan. At least today it's from NBC, which is headquartered near the senator's wife and young children, who live in New York City.

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Senator Ron is beginning to remind me of Mike Burton. He is arrogant and out-of-touch with his constituents, and he thinks people won't remember some of the policy positions he's taken. He's becoming a poster boy for term limits.

Wyden's the same way -- sometimes he thinks no one is watching what he's doing, or that he can talk his way out of it. There's something not right there.

Wow! And you are all the people who scream about a lack of bi-partisan politics. But when it happens, you are angry because it isn't partisan enough to match your politics. Wow!

I'm more offended by Ronnie's continue attempt to lie about what was proposed...

It's not bipartisan if Wyden is a Republican.

Wyden is despicable. Perfect example showing the corrupting immorality of gaining power. Yeah, what everyone else says (above) ... but
Fascist copyFOX media -- this means NBC -- makes false and lying reports of this item. It's such a stupid waste of themselves and our enveloping airwaves. Of course, FOXliars dogs pant and lick boots for more and swear all of it is true. So stupid.

Fox Ignores Wyden's Rejection To Invent Bipartisan Support For Ryan Plan, Media Matters Blog, by CHELSEA RUDMAN

Fox News host Jon Scott suggested today that Democrats shouldn't criticize Medicare provisions in Paul Ryan's budget because "one of their own," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), was a "cosponsor" of Ryan's plan. But while Wyden did write a Medicare policy paper with Ryan, he ultimately voted against Ryan's budget and has criticized the idea that it has bipartisan support. . . .
Plain and direct and simply said like that, the truth sounds so unsenSAtional! Yeah, well, reality is like that. Very not scary. All fear is fascist scare-U-fear-them-&-bow-wow-down. Watch the curs bark back copyFOX bullsh!t. No question that Wyden is a trogolodyte - he is. Reject! Snotsuck Ron, U R gone. And it has nothing to do with (or without) Ryan, his 'secret plan' or the Rush Limbotomized.

It has to do with betrayal of Oregonians, from the Grey Panthers, 1970, onward.
It is about what you don't say or do, Sucketeer Ron, in the venerable Wayne Morse seat. You do NOT say: War is crime. War is wrong. STOP it NOW! The Pentagon is stealing taxpayer money so much -- over 2 BILLION bucks DAILY -- there is none left for our medical care, our elders' care, our business improvements, our general Welfare ... nor the children's food and schools.
They are still coming home in coffins, btw, to grief-screaming families not seen on TV.

For selling out Oregon, immorally keeping your mouth shut, looks like in your upscale digs, uptown marriage, and done up kids, that the zionist payola pays lotsa silver. Senator Sellout.
wicked Zionists ... believe in lust, power, hate and greed. Many well intentioned people, Jews and non-Jews, are deceived by this ploy.
Deceit-making copyFOX media hides news; silences by bribe, blackmail or brute murder.

you are all the people who scream about a lack of bi-partisan politics

If I wanted someone smart to broker a deal, one of the last people I'd pick would be Ron Wyden.

After eight years of Bush, we elected a President who promised change. He didn't deliver, because unlike Bush, he and his party have no guts. Guys like Wyden, who killed the public option on health care, can't ever seem to get progressive changes made to the tax code, and provides constant political cover for guys like Ryan, are to blame.

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A Review of Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell

I know this writer best for her moving, literary contemporary and historical fiction, e.g., Dovey Coe and Shooting the Moon. (Here's my review of the latter from last year.) So of course, I was intrigued to see how she would handle fantasy. It didn't surprise me to find that Falling In felt as much like magical realism as fantasy in spots, despite the whole portal-to-another-world trope with its nod to Alice in Wonderland.

Because Falling In isn't really about magic, it's about people and prejudice. It's about being a loner and an outsider, whether you're a grown woman or a young girl. It's about the power of the imagination, the way it comforts and protects the outsider, and the ways it can fail her. Also the way imagination can change the world. No small themes here.

First we meet Isabelle Bean and find out that she's not like the others. She's quirky, imaginative, a dreamer. She is also thoroughly ostracized by the kids at school. Even her mother, an orphan and a widow herself, isn't certain how to interact with a girl who isn't interested in shopping at the mall.

There's a barely visible edge of otherworldliness to Isabelle, a silver thread that runs from the top of her head to the bottom bump of her spine. It frightens other children away. They're afraid that if they sit too close, the thread will weave itself into their hair and pull them into dark places they can't find their way out of. A girl named Jenna claimed it reached out to grab her one day as she walked up the aisle on her way to recess, but she had her scissors in her pocket (don't ask why) and nipped it before it could entangle her.

Isabelle is surprisingly stoic about all of this, as much puzzled as troubled by the situation. A great reader, especially of fantasy, she decides she must be a changeling. For one thing, what is that buzzing noise she's been hearing all morning at school? Sent to the principal's office for not paying attention in class, Isabelle steps into the nurse's office and, imagining the possibilities, opens a mysterious door. Her final remark to a classmate waiting for the nurse is, "Yes, I believe I'd like to visit the country of Mice. I'll try to be back by lunchtime, but if I'm not, save one perfect french fry for me, would you?" Then Isabelle "falls in," emerging in another world, another school.

There the children take one look at her clothes and accuse her of being a witch. After semi-convincing them she's not, Isabelle sets out to explore her new domain. It turns out the local villages send their children away to camp in the forest for fear of a horrible witch. (This witch, like a medieval queen, embarks on a grand progress each summer. Only instead of simply visiting her subjects, she travels from village to village in search of children to catch and devour.)

Isabelle being Isabelle, she heads straight for the witch. Along the way, she meets a village girl named Hen who agrees to accompany her, although Isabelle hides her true purpose. They eventually come to the cottage of an old herbwoman named Grete who feeds them and teaches them her craft—but Isabelle begins to suspect that Grete is the witch.

Other than Isabelle's initial journey to another world and some mild psychic powers, there's not a whole lot of magic in this book. Instead, Dowell is interested in the idea of how someone might come to be labeled a witch, and how awful stories might be born from communal fears. Fortunately, she is also interested in laying such fears to rest.

Isabelle's own connection to this strange land and its witch add further dimension to the tale.

The author occasionally comments during the story, interposing short chapters in which she addresses the reader. Because she's a very good writer, the interludes are well written and often funny, but they do pull the reader out of the story. This is done deliberately, so you'll have to see for yourself whether you like the effect. For example, just as Isabelle is about to turn the knob of that mysterious door, the writer interrupts to say, "I'd like to stop for a moment, if I could. I want you to think about how many times you've opened a door. What happened?"

Dowell asks readers if they've ever imagined opening a door and finding something unusual on the other side. Then she suggests:

If you have a little time to waste, go put your hand on the knob of the door to your room. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. What's that noise you hear? Could it be your books reading themselves to one another? Is that your goldfish whistling Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik? That thump, thud, crash!—your pillows having a pillow fight? Do you smell the earthy, froggy smell of trolls? What exactly goes on in your room when you're not around?
But I digress. Back to the story.

In the end, Isabelle's adventure in the world she visits is more character than plot driven, and a bit didactic to boot. Still, Dowell is talented enough to make this work. She spices her tale with humor, too: when the witch finally runs into trouble, the situation is both scary and amusing. Then things get darker and Isabelle has to do some quick thinking to turn the tide.

Falling In is a quirky book, but a likable one. I think my biggest disappointment might be expressed as a dream of my own. I can't see Dowell writing a traditional fantasy—I know she needed to do her own thing here, and her roots as a writer of tender real-life stories sort of seeped into the genre she chose. Pragmatic Dowell seems to pull back from the magic in her tale. For example, having given us the "silver thread" passage quoted above, which is lovely and unearthly, Dowell tells us a few pages later that a strange light the other students see hovering around Isabelle turns out to have a realistic explanation. Dowell then goes on to tell the story of a witch who isn't one, or at least not very much. I realize one of the themes of this book is how small communities can transform a slightly unusual person into a monster, but I feel that something else might be going on, as well: this author seems torn between her habitual reality hat and the new fantasy one she's trying on.

What Dowell does beautifully here is write magical realism. The places where she uses that approach in this book, primarily in the early chapters, make me long to see a story from her that is neither contemporary realism nor fantasy, but entirely magical realism. Because anyone who imagined Isabelle Bean could create something truly wonderful in that genre.

Finally, I want to point out that I was an Isabelle once, and I suspect that some of Dowell's readers will be, too. While Falling In doesn't make everything right for the dreamers of this world, it does offer them comfort, laughter, and a kind of secret hope.

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China’s economic activities in near neighbors such as Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Thailand, and Iran are also strategically important due to the impact on domestic and international politics of these countries. This chapter interprets the linkages between domestic events and international strategies on the network of global security relations in terms of neo-geopolitics rather than mainstream United States (US) scholarship. It deals with Chinese perception of and strategies toward countries in the Greater Middle East (GME), keeping in mind that the GME does not exist as a regional concept in Chinese policy-making. The creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 1996 was the beginning of Chinese attempts to limit US influence in the heart of Eurasia, followed in particular by initiatives in numerous other countries of the GME since 2004.

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We're holding a donation drop-off day Saturday Oct. 15th from 9am-12pm, in Five Points next to Local Jam (across from the pub); 1658 South Lumpkin Street. Volunteers will be on hand to help you unload your books and provide tax receipts.

Bring us everything you've got: kids books, cookbooks, novels, biographies, dictionaries... everything. We'll sort it on the spot, pull out what we can use for our K-12 program, and sell what we can't use at our book sale Oct 21-23.

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Is Riding a Bicycle Like Riding a Bicycle?

Are there things you just don’t forget how to do, if once you’ve learned them? David thinks playing the violin is “like riding a bicycle,” in that anyone who ever played the violin can pick it right up again after years of not practicing. Oh, no! I told him that playing the violin is not like that at all! Even singing isn’t like that. The voice is an instrument, too, and not practicing has consequences. Really.

For most of my life, I only dreamed of being able to draw, but then I read Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards, and became convinced that even I could learn to draw with a teacher using these methods. At last Elizabeth Abeel offered a drawing class in Traverse City in the evening, when I could get there to take it, and so, three years ago, my lessons and practice began.

Three years ago. I kept at it through July 2014 but subsequently lost my discipline, only picking up a pencil or pen a few times during our following Arizona winter.

I’ve missed those sessions with paper and pen or pencil. Photography, another blessedly wordless activity, offers moments of relief from mental chatter, but drawing is more like yoga than it is like (amateur) photography in that regard, centering one’s focus and slowing subjective time. Really, taking time out of consciousness altogether.

It will take time, however, for me to work back into the wonderful discipline of losing myself in drawing. That’s okay. I fully intend to get back to doing it again on a regular basis – and making that decision, simply anticipating drawing, brought joy to my heart. Waking up Saturday morning, before opening my eyes, I was already seeing lines on paper – branches, leaves, facial features – simple lines growing organically into living forms. What a simply luscious way to wake up! A little later, then, driving along familiar country roads, I began seeing again as I had when morning drawing meditation was a regular part of my life. Seeing more, seeing with joy!

My hand is rusty, though. My mind still wants to jump around, and so do my eyes. What I need to do is go back to those first lessons with Betsy, drawing vase-faces and copying drawings upside-down. The purpose of those exercises is to turn off the part of the brain that has names for objects and wants to take a short-cut by producing a prototype. Oh, no you don't! We want that naming brain to shut up and let the eye and hand follow contours wordlessly.

This is going to be good medicine. I feel it already. Don't you feel the need for a break from talk-talk-talk this season, too?

...I venture to say that learning to draw always seems to help and never to harm. My students’ most frequent comment after learning to draw is “Life seems much richer now that I am seeing more.” That may be reason enough to learn to draw.
 - Betty Edwards, Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence

Barbara Stark-Nemon said...

I've been so word-centric these last few years, I had a similar epiphany that it was time to return to the right side of my brain! Brava!

P. J. Grath said...

Let me hear how you're doing with it, Barbara!

Dawn said...

I am happy you are going back to drawing. I didn't know there was a part of our brain that derails the drawing process by assuming it knows what shapes you want to draw. Interesting.

P. J. Grath said...

Dawn, the Edwards book assumes the right/left brain distinction now fallen into disfavor in the scientific community, but from a practical perspective -- If someone says, "Draw a face" or "Draw a tree," what do you do? -- her techniques and results make sense. I went back to basics this morning, first the "vase-faces," then turning someone else's drawing upside-down and trying to copy it upside-down, then finally copying rightside-up, focusing on proportions and lines. As stress-free a way to start the day, it's terrific!


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Real estate tycoon Luke McCall has a plan to take down the underhanded competitor messing with his livelihood. He intends to romance the man’s daughter, gain her trust, and get the information he needs to put his rival out of business once and for all. He just didn’t plan for the way she makes him feel.

Grace Wilson is tired of men using her smarts, social position, or her father’s status for their personal gain. It’s time for a new philosophy: Test. Screw. Dump. But after she meets Luke, she’s not sure she’ll be able to walk away. Not only is he sexy and charming, but he survives every test she puts him through. But can she trust a guy who seems too good to be true?

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    The hero in this story is a self-made millionaire, Luke McCall, who has pulled himself up from a poor childhood to becoming a real estate tycoon. When he suspects someone is using nefarious schemes to...

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    Took me forever to read a 127 page novel - I think that says a lot about the novel.Grace Wilson is the daughter of ruthless property magnate Cyrus Whitaker. She acts as his business adviser and is his...

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    Review Posted at HarlequinJunkie.comLuke McCall will stop at nothing to see his business rival, the manipulative Cyrus Wilson go down for crimes he commits to secure projects as a real estate magnate....

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    Grace Wilson has been used by men for her wealth and connections and she's tired of it. She's decided it's her turn. She's going to be the one using men. She meets Luke McCall and decides to see if he...

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    This is the first book I have read by this author and I thought it was a good read. While the story line is not unique the characters were likable. Grace, who was a pushover at the beginning was able ...

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    The Millionaire's Revenge is funny, a little sweet and a little predictable. Luke is a real estate developer who is constantly being undercut and outbid by his rival, Cyrus, and he vows to take Cyrus ...

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Sal DiMasi Loses Bid To Remain Free On Bail During Appeal

By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has lost a bid to remain free on bail while appealing his federal corruption conviction.

A three-judge appeals court panel, in a ruling dated Monday, said it did not find a substantial likelihood that DiMasi’s appeal would be successful.

The panel also denied a similar request for bail from DiMasi’s co-defendant, Richard McDonough.

DiMasi was sentenced to eight years in prison and McDonough to seven years behind bars. They are scheduled to begin their sentences on Nov. 30.

DiMasi and McDonough were convicted in June on conspiracy and other charges. Prosecutors said they schemed to use DiMasi’s clout as speaker to steer two lucrative contracts to a software firm in exchange for payments.

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  1. Willow says:

    Why November 30th? I wonder if I would get to “report” to prison when it was convenient, or would I go directly to jail after my conviction and sentencing? I guess we all know the answer to that.

  2. msw says:

    What a shock. I thought for sure this hack would stay out pending appeal.

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Prom 69: Beethoven and Brahms (Chailly), 5 September 2007

Beethoven - Overture: Coriolan, Op. 62
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Brahms - Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98

Viviane Hagner (violin)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

This was a true concert of two halves. The lack of tension at the beginning of the Coriolan Overture was sustained throughout the entirety of the first half, which made it seem even longer than it actually was. Chailly's account was not ponderous; indeed, it was almost certainly too fast. However, it was slack rhythmically - and, more importantly still, lacked any real sense of harmonic impetus. The last Beethoven performance I had heard had been that of the third Leonore Overture from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim, and the contrast could hardly have been greater. Whereas the huge youth orchestra's members had played as if their lives depended upon it, and Barenboim had brought an almost Furtwänglerian drama to the proceedings, this performance, which suffered from a mystifyingly inadequate number of strings, was anonymous, tame and underwhelming, words which should never be attached to Beethoven, let alone to Beethoven in C minor.

The Violin Concerto seemed to begin rather faster than would be 'traditional', not that there is necessarily anything wrong with that. Yet, somehow, the first movement soon began to drag, suffering from many of the same faults as the Overture. The development section appeared to go on for ever, ending at the point of utter exhaustion (which is not meant in a musico-dramatic sense). Incidental points of interest were sometimes made by Viviane Hagner, not least in terms of her sometimes extreme rubato, but with such a lifeless 'accompaniment' they ultimately counted for little. Chailly was not an 'accompanist' in the positive, Boultian mould; instead, he seemed content merely to offer a backing to an over-extended series of rêveries. The second movement was better, flowing nicely, at times even presaging the Pastoral Symphony's 'Scene by the Brook'. Here, the previously rather nondescript woodwind were given a chance to shine. The final movement was hardly inspiring, with the first movement's torpor soon returning. Chailly seemed oddly reluctant to grant the orchestra a chance to sing, let alone to thrill. It sounded best when it sounded closest to somewhat soft-centred Mendelssohn, but that hardly makes for great, or even good Beethoven performance. It would be interesting to hear Hagner under a different conductor; given the circumstances, it was difficult to make anything much of her performance. Beethoven, however, is clearly not Chailly's thing.

Brahms, however, was a different matter. The performance of his Fourth Symphony was surer in every sense. This may not have been the last word in Sophoclean tragedy, but Furtwängler est mort, and this was a noble reading, full of insights, not least into where musical history was heading. For if one is here only a stone's throw from Schoenberg, one is perhaps closer still to Webern. That all-important interval of the third - and in its inversion as a sixth - was beautifully and incisively brought out during the recapitualtion by Chailly and his woodwind, so as to determine much of the background and the foreground of Brahms's Schoenbergian 'developing variation'.

The Gewandhaus Orchestra's strings sounded much more at home than they ever had during the first half, exhibiting some gorgeous vibrato, yet never for its own sake, but to expressive musical ends. The violins' pizzicato was sometimes quite breathtaking, not simply in terms of precision but also with regard to its sonorous beauty. The first horn imparted a due sense of Phrygian poignancy and mystery to the opening of the second movement. Truly dramatic punctuation was provided in the Scherzo by the excellent timpanist. When it came to the great passacaglia, Chailly showed a firm hand upon the structural tiller, allowing for a well-judged increase in tension throughout the final movement. After this, we were treated to a sparkling yet tender account of the Academic Festival Overture as an encore.

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Servicenter Integral Transformer and Distribution Panel [BR]

GE’s Servicenter mini-unit substation brings together three quality GE products in one convenient, compact solution: transformer, distribution panel and circuit breakers. It can be used for temporary or permanent installations. Available single-phase 5-25kVA and three-phase 15-30kVA.

Features and Benefits

  • Keyhole mounting flange facilitates easy mounting
  • Indoor and outdoor use
  • Front-accessible, hinged or removable panel door
  • Heat barrier under core and coil provides added electrical and thermal isolation for wiring compartment
  • High-efficiency core construction
  • Factory installed and wired GE main and secondary main circuit breakers
  • Transformer, distribution panel and breakers are all designed, built and assembled by GE

  • Vending or concession areas
  • Office buildings
  • Assembly lines
  • Mining applications
  • Parking lots
  • Light industrial areas
  • Warehouses
  • Construction sites

Product Scope

  • Transformer Section:
    Single Phase
    • Used wherever 480V power is available and 120 or 240V branch circuits are required
    • GE QMS transformer
    • Encapsulated transformer design protects core and coil from adverse atmospheric conditions
    • 115°C rise, 180°C UL recognized insulation system
    • IS-12 insulation systems

    Three Phase

    • Used wherever 240V delta, 480V delta or 600V delta is available and 208Y/120V circuits are required
    • GE QL transformer
    • 150°C rise, 220°C UL recognized insulation system
    • IS-19C insulation system
  • Distribution Panel Section
    • Rugged PowerMark Plus load center interior
    • E-frame primary circuit breaker (included and factory installed)
    • E-frame or Q-Line secondary breaker (included and factory installed)
    • Branch breakers (ordered separately): one-, two- or three-pole (three-phase) common trip
    • GE circuit breakers and ground-fault breakers