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NASA Makes New Shuttle Program Artifacts Available

A little more than a month ago, the final landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis marked the end of the Space Shuttle program. We followed the story pretty closely here on the OWC Blog, mostly in relation to our friends over at The Last Shuttle Project. Well, now we have a nice little postscript to the saga.

On Monday, Aug. 15, the eighth batch of artifacts from NASA’s various programs were made available on a website that the agency and the General Services Administration (GSA) developed.

This batch of artifacts not only included items from the Space Shuttle program, but the Apollo, Mercury, and Hubble Space Telescope programs as well.

To date, approximately 29,000 items of historic significance have been offered, mainly from the shuttle, with contributions from the Hubble, Apollo, Mercury, Gemini, and International Space Station programs. Approximately 3,000 artifacts have been requested. The remainder will be considered for federal and state reuse and then offered to the general public for sale.

For more information about these artifacts and how they’re distributed, you may want to check out the NASA Artifact site; there’s a lot more information there.


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Community India meetup 2014 at GNUnify | 14-16 February | Pune

Hello all, here is some exciting news!

Community India Meetup 2014 is scheduled for 16 February at Pune during GNUnify (14-16 February). We invite all the active and core contributors of Mozilla in India to join the meetup to participate in discussions, share experiences, practices and help build the road-map for 2014.

Mozilla India Community @ GNUnify'13

Mozilla India Community @ GNUnify’13

About Community India Meetup :  Mozilla India regional community participates at GNUnify every year to help, learn & teach the Open Web ideologies, Mozilla mission.
Along with participating at the conference we, the regional community have been hosting our pan-India meetup during the same time.
Community India Meetup at GNUnify’14 would be a gathering of community members from India who will share their ideas to build a road-map of activities which would play a key role in making 2014 a highly successful year for Mozilla India Community.

Read about Community India Meetup 2013 during Gnunify’13

About GNUnify’14 : GNUnify is an annual gathering consisting of Free and Open Source software workshops, talks, seminars and BOFs (Birds of a feather), hosted by the Pune Linux User Group(PLUG) and the Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research(SICSR) in Pune, India.
It is an amazing opportunity for people from foss communities all over the India to meet each other and a good chance for newbees to find out how to get involved in foss projects and learn more about the free and open source culture. Mozilla has been actively participating at GNUnify since 2008!
More about Gnunify:
Twitter: @gnunify

If you are a active and core contributor for Mozilla and live outside of Pune, you may request for travel and accommodation sponsorship below.

 Apply now! :
 Deadline     :  Wednesday, January 22nd.(11:59 pm)
The community India meetup will empower and enable to become better Mozillians and grow together as a community.

The details
When          :  February 14-16 2014
Where         : Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research,
                     Atur Centre, Gokhale Cross Road,
                     Model Colony, Pune-16, India
Deadline     :  Wednesday, January 22nd.(11:59 pm)
Hashtag      : #MozMeetupIN #gnunify14
More info    :

**This event will be well documented. If you can’t attend in person, there still will be many ways to participate and shape the program — don’t worry! **

If you have any questions, please email us at events at mozillaindia dot org

UPDATE: Community India Meetup has been postponed, stay tuned for more updates.

See you there!
Ankit Gadgil
Mozilla India Team

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SMS Short Codes are Popular in SMS Voting

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The media has emerged as a super power in the recent years and that is the reason it has become one of the biggest money spinners around. Many programs are aired that allow the viewer to participate in the program passively. If it is a dance competition, then as a viewer you can make your opinion felt by voting for the contestant you like the most. There are many shows where the viewers’ votes matter the most and based on these votes the winner is declared. Not only competitions and commercial shows, news items are also being created in this way.

This increased commercialization has made voting a top draw for many. These shows encourage voting SMS and also make sure that people cast their votes. Say you are watching the news and in an exciting break through, it is revealed that a sportsman was tested positive on drugs. The news channel will immediately ask the viewers to vote to express their thoughts whether they feel the player is guilty or not. These are nothing but money minting methods. The more the number of SMS sent for voting, more the revenue the organizers get. The people voting for these programs need to pay a certain amount to be able to send these SMS. Most often the senders get an auto-generated reply where a thanks giving message is sent to the voter. This is a personal note that is added and these messages that are sent as replies are part of the bulk SMS program that many organizations adopt.

These SMS voting system runs on the SMS short codes. Hardly will you ever see that the number at which the SMS was supposed to be sent was a 10 digit number. It is always a 4 or 5 digit number. The main reason for using this number is that commercially it works as most people find it easy to remember the same. The voting details are flashed on the screens for a very short time and in that time remembering what to vote, how to vote and which number to send these votes to is a huge task. So the short codes are easier to use and handle. Also, these numbers can be configured easily and used in most of the mobile networks making it easy to use. When people send votes in the form of messages, these are received in a computer where they are tabulated and the tally helps to determine the winning side.

Just as SMS can be received on a computer, there is also the provision to send online SMS to mobiles. It is the bulk SMS system that allows any person to install a software on his/her computer so that the SMS that are composed on the computer can be sent out to mobile phones. This helps to keep note of the SMS sent and the people they are sent to. It also helps to receive replies from the people to whom SMS have been sent. This method is employed to create a graph as to how the product is faring.

SMS has ceased to become a method to talk to friends silently and has emerged as a way to reach out to people in the form of advertisements. It has also become a tool to make sure that your opinion is heard.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of the great detective Sherlock Holmes. However, Conan Doyle also used his fame to campaign on behalf of British soldiers during the First World War.

Conan Doyle’s conversations with the War Office, in which he suggests equipping the troops with better shields, helmets and body armour, form the subject of this blog series.

In this final post of the series – written by Philip Abbot, Archives and Records Manager at Royal Armouries – we learn more about the response from the British Army and the trials of shields and body armour commisioned by David Lloyd-George.

Part four: The Official Response

When Conan Doyle sent his ideas on body armour and shields to the Inventions Branch at the War Office, the responsibility for the production and supply of munitions was passing from the War Office to the Ministry of Munitions. Papers in the Parliamentary Archives show that the new Minister, David Lloyd-George, took an interest in Conan Doyle’s campaign from the outset.

The Right Hon David Lloyd-George. Image source: ‘Fighting Starvation in Belgium, 1918’ available on

The Ministry of Munitions reports on the use and effect of shields and body armour

Between August and November 1916, Lloyd-George asked Ernest Moir at the Munitions Inventions Department to report on the potential use and effectiveness of shields and body armour.

Moir concluded that it was doubtful if shields could be made within a practicable weight and that there would be difficulties manoeuvring them over uneven ground, through barbed wire, or over other obstructions [1, 2]. Similarly, the armours being sold by the Army and Navy Stores not only failed to provide protection, but also posed further risk of injuries being caused by the deformation of the bullet and by pieces of the armour being driven into the body [3].

In January 1916, Lloyd-George instructed Moir’s successor, Colonel Henry Edward Fane Goold Adams, to set up a sub-committee to look into the problem, stating that he was:

“very anxious in the prospects of securing an adequate body-shield which would at any rate reduce by a material percentage the casualties from rifles, machine guns and shells.” [4]

Sir Douglas Haig intervenes and testing begins

However, perhaps the most significant intervention came from Sir Douglas Haig, who had become Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in the Field on 10 December 1915. Haig was doubtful that a bullet-proof body armour could be developed, but asked the War Office to supply a portable shield that would resist enemy bullets at close range, and a light body shield that would provide men taking part in trench warfare protection against shell splinters and grenade fragments. [5].

Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief of the British Army in the Field from 1915–1918

The personal intervention of the Minister of Munitions, combined with the Commander-in-Chief’s request, produced a flurry of activity. The Munitions Inventions Department conducted tests on the various materials to see which ones offered the best protection. These concluded that 18-gauge Firth, Whitworth, Hadfield or high quality steel should be used to make up a light body shield, that it should be covered in khaki cloth, and that it should be made in plates jointed on the same principle as the Dayfield Body Shield. Further tests were then made, which indicated that Hadfield’s water-cooled (H.W.C.) manganese steel provided the best protection

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Four shrapnel proof body shields were then produced for extended grenade-throwing tests on 23 February, which concluded that the extra protection offered by the two heaviest outweighed the slight drawback caused by their extra weight. Several changes were suggested which reduced the weight by about 2 pounds, and an order was placed for 5,000 of each type on 25 February 1916 for field trials in France along with 1,000 Dayfield Body Shields (Heavy Model).

Shields and body armour are issued to troops

By the time that Conan Doyle wrote to Lloyd George, now Secretary of State for War, in July 1916 the field trials had been completed. The Dayfields were rejected as being too heavy and cumbersome, but Haig asked for 400 modified sets of the MID body shields to be issued to every Division in France and Flanders.

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The MID body shields were used with some success by bombers, patrols and sentries, but in the event they proved too heavy and awkward to be used in major assaults, and in May 1917 Haig asked for 200 sets of a lighter design of body armour to be issued to every Division. This was the Experimental Ordnance Board (EOB) body armour, and appears to have been a development of the Type C armour previously tested. It consisted of front, back and abdomen plates, was made of 18-gauge manganese steel, padded and covered in tan coloured canvas. It weighed 9 ½ pounds, was secured with leather straps and buckles, and offered the wearer protection against pistol bullets, shrapnel and grenade fragments.

Almost 20,000 sets of body armour had been delivered by August 1918 when the deadlock on the Western Front was finally broken. Research continued right up to the end of the war, as did the evaluation of both commercially available body armour and ideas received from members of the public and serving officers.

Progress on the development of a portable or mobile shield was less spectacular. Various designs for mobile shields were examined to protect between 5 and 15 men, but these were invariably too heavy and too difficult to manoeuvre, even with a large crew. A mobile shield was tested in 1917, which was fitted with rifle slits to enable the crew of five to engage enemy targets, and the following year both the British and French used a large mobile shield akin to a three-sided metal box on wheels with a platform on which a soldier could lie with only his legs exposed. However, no satisfactory design was ever produced, and the development of the tank made such shields irrelevant.

Read more on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s First World War campaign in the following earlier posts:

1: Parliamentary archives, LG/D/10/4/1 Preliminary report on steel bullet-proof shields for use at the front to protect infantry and bombing parties, August 13, 1915;
2: Parliamentary archives, LG/D/10/4/2 Further report on steel bullet-proof shields for use at the front to protect infantry and bombing parties, August 19, 1915
3: Parliamentary archives, LG/D/10/3/25/1, Report on armour, November 16, 1915;
ditto, Report on armour, appended note, November 19, 1915
4: Parliamentary archives, LG/D/3/2/35, Memo, January 12, 1916
5: National Archives, MUN 4/2749, Letter to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, December 26, 1915


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What can IT departments do to minimise security risks?

Microsoft released the 16th edition of its Security Intelligence Report last month and the results are sobering. The report offers a snapshot of trends in software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, and malicious software during the second half of 2013.

The report found that vulnerability disclosures across the industry increased 6.5% between the first half of 2013 and the second half. At the same time, about 21.2% of all reporting computers worldwide encountered malware each quarter in 2013 and the United Kingdom had the 5th most computers reporting malware encounters. Deception-based attacks, such as phishing e-mails, fake security software and ransomware that extorts money by pretending to represent law-enforcement agencies, remain prevalent concerns.

But the news isn’t all bad. Generally speaking, older versions of Windows face higher encounter and infection rates than modern models. Windows 8.1 had by far the lowest rate of infections and encounters. Using modern software and keeping it up to date with patches is the single easiest thing you can do to minimize risks for your machine.

But of course, computer security isn’t just an individual concern. Offices all over the world need to be protected too. So what can IT departments do to minimise exposure to malware, exploits and vulnerabilities?

  • Evaluate commercially available management tools, develop a plan, and implement a third-party update mechanism to disseminate non-Microsoft updates.
  •  Ensure that all software deployed on computers in the environment is updated regularly. If the software provider offers an automatic update utility similar to Microsoft Update, ensure that it is enabled by default.
  • Ensure that SmartScreen Filter is enabled in Internet Explorer.
  • Use Group Policy to enforce configurations for Windows Update and SmartScreen Filter.
  • Set the default configuration for antimalware to enable real-time protection across all drives, including removable devices.
  • Move to a 64-bit hardware architecture.
  • Identify business dependencies on Java and develop a plan to minimize its use where it is not needed.
  • Use AppLocker to block the installation and use of potentially unwanted software such as Java or peer-to-peer applications.
  • Implement the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit to minimize exploitation of vulnerabilities in all manufactured software.
  • Strengthen authentication by using smart cards.
  • Use Network Access Protection and DirectAccess to enforce compliance policies for firewall, antimalware, and patch management on remote systems that connect to a corporate network.

To learn more about Microsoft’s dedication to online safety, visit Trustworthy Computing.

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Archives for September, 2010

Can No-Fault Divorce Actually Help Marriages?

On August 15, 2010 Governor Patterson signed the no-fault divorce bill making New York the 50th and final state to adopt no-fault divorce. What that means is that on October 15, 2010 a spouse who wants to be divorced will no longer be required to make allegations and prove marital fault by the other spouse.

For divorce actions commenced on or after that date, a person will only be required to swear that the relationship between them and their partner has broken down...
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Welcome to the Microsoft Operations Management Suite Blog

Summary: Ed Wilson introduces the new Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) blog.

Good morning everyone. Ed Wilson here, and today I want to talk about the new Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) Team blog. As many of you know, I am the Microsoft Scripting Guy and I write about Windows PowerShell every day on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. I intend to continue that blog, but I am also starting this new blog.

Groovy dude

This is because I have fallen in love with a new awesome product: Microsoft Operations Management Suite. It may sound a bit strange to some people that I would defect to a GUI type of tool. I got into scripting because I wanted to manage complex network installations. I went down the journey of .bat files, Active Directory, Group Policy, VBScript, and Windows PowerShell.

OMS uses Windows PowerShell in a big way, so it is not like I am starting from scratch. In fact, for some things, OMS does Windows PowerShell better than Windows PowerShell does. This is especially true when it comes to Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Anyway, OMS is cool—like way cool. It makes using the power of PowerShell as easy as gliding along on a skateboard (as witnessed by the Groovy IT Dude).

We will have articles from the OMS team, from various MVPs, and from other community leaders. It is my hope that the OMS blog will become a focal point for all things related to Microsoft Operations Management Suite.

That is all I have for you today. Join me tomorrow when I’ll talk about some of my favorite OMS resources.

I invite you to follow me on Twitter and the Microsoft OMS Facebook site. If you want to learn more about Windows PowerShell, visit the Hey, Scripting Guy Blog. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com. I wish you a wonderful day.

Ed Wilson
Microsoft Operations Management Team

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  1. Jaap Brasser says:

    Nice to see a blog dedicated to OMS, good luck Ed!

    1. IamMred says:

      Thanks @Jaap … I appreciate the well wishes.

  2. Chen V says:

    Thanks Ed! Awesome to see OMS Blog!

    1. IamMred says:

      Thank you @Chen V. It has been in the works for a while, and I am really glad to see it come to life.

  3. Justin King says:

    “This is especially true when it comes to Desired State Configuration (DSC)”

    Such a bitter-sweet fact. Wonderful framework and complete reliance on 3rd parties to code even the simplest management stack.

    Definitely following the blog if only to see when things like partial configurations get deployed 🙂

    1. IamMred says:

      @Justin DSC is indeed a wonderful framework. But it is also fundamental technology, and like most fundamental technology, we make the framework and expose the hooks for third parties to extend the features for the enterprise.

  4. Finally the most wanted blog is there 🙂 Thanks for the effort team 🙂

    1. IamMred says:

      @Riaz Awesome … I am glad you have been seeking a blog about #MSOMS and I am even happier you have found us.

  5. Jim DeVries says:

    Will there be an RSS feed for this blog? I tried https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/rss.aspx like other Technet blogs, but that comes back with a 404.

    1. IamMred says:

      Yes, there is an RSS Feed, and it is working. It is https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msoms/feed/ and is linked to the Orange button under “follow us” on the home page.

  6. Thank you Ed and the OMS Team! Awesome #MSOMS Blog Started 🙂 Now I can help you share the Microsoft Operations Management Suite information
    Cheers James

    1. IamMred says:

      Thank you James. I am really loving #MSOMS — it is awesome, and I appreciate your helping to share MS OMS.

  7. Roy Gill says:

    nice to see here oms good work

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Why I do not like e-Voting (Part 2)

As you might know, I blogged on e-Voting recently (Why I do not like e-Voting) and got quite some reactions. A few here but most of them privately. Most of you seem to like e-Voting. Now, think again! Look at this article here Evaluating the Security of Electronic Voting Systems. There is a video in there showing what they did and how they hacked the system in order to fake the votes. If you are (like me) not to go to install QuickTime, the video is on YouTube (Part 1, Part 2).

Have fun and re-think your view on e-Voting. The reason why I am so pushy on that is, that I think that voting is in the heart on every modern democracy

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Gillian Welch talks Bluegrass, Bootlegs

In the perfect vision of hindsight, it’s hard to imagine Gillian Welch struggling to get a foothold in the music business.

It’s also difficult to imagine her performing any kind of music other than the bluegrass-inflected Americana that has made her a household name.

But ponder this: If not for overhearing her college roommate playing a Stanley Brothers recording, Welch might have remained where she was near the beginning of her musical journey – as a drummer in a psychedelic surf band. That accidental discovery a few decades back pushed her to bluegrass, which remains a touchstone.

“The Stanley Brothers records still completely send me,” Welch told me during a meandering chat about songwriting, bluegrass and her newest recording project, Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg. More specifically, she traces her musical roots to two volumes of live recordings by Ralph and Carter Stanley. “Those recordings are now in me on a genetic level,” she said.

Boots is a two-disc collection of outtakes, alternate versions, and demos of songs that were on or considered for Revival, the Grammy-nominated debut album that she and Rawlings released in April 1996. Eight of the 21 songs are being released for the first time.

Anyone familiar with Welch’s work will find something to like here, including versions of Orphan Girl and Tear My Stillhouse Down that differ from the versions that are part of the roots music soundtrack of the last 20 years. But musicians generally and songwriters specifically are in for a treat. Listen carefully and you can hear Rawlings getting comfortable with the Epiphone archtop guitar that became part of the duo’s signature sound, and you can hear Welch dig in vocally. You can hear songs progress and morph, especially when you add the actual Revival cuts to the listening experiment.

“When we went in to make Revival, I’d barely been in the studio,” Welch recalled. “I had no idea that you picked up a razor blade and sliced tape.” Clearly, she and Rawlings learned a lot in a hurry. After 20 years rushed by – “It’s hard to believe. It’s crazy” – the bootleg collection gives them time to take a breath and reflect.

There’s a music lesson in each cut featured here. But two of my favorites are songs that wound up not making Revival. The first is Red Clay Halo, which later appeared on Time (The Revelator). I found it surprising that such a stellar song didn’t make the cut. The liner notes for Boots suggests that record label Almo Sounds worried that the record “not have too many duets or be ‘too bluegrass.’”

The backstory to my other favorite underscores the patience that comes with being a songwriter. The wait between hearing that your song is being recorded and the recording being released can seem interminable under the best of circumstances.

For Robert Earl Keen and his song Go On Downtown, the wait was more than 21 years. The song, a staple of Welch’s open mic repertoire, was recorded in June 1995, and would have been the only song not written by Welch or Welch and Rawlings on the record. It was the last song omitted from consideration when the artists decided to do all originals. A later attempt to use it as the B side of the British single Pass You By, was aborted when the master tape went missing for a while. Now, finally, Keen gets his cut!

Just as Welch’s love for bluegrass developed from an accidental hearing of the Stanley Brothers, so, too, did the chance to make a record involve a bit of serendipity.

“I didn’t have a record deal, I had a writing deal,” Welch remembered. “When I started these songs, they weren’t really for me. I was trying to write new songs for the bluegrass artists I admired – the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Tim and Molly O’Brien, Del (McCoury). I don’t even think I had Emmylou Harris in mind. That was too lofty.”

Like countless others in Nashville, Welch worked a day job to make ends meet and dreamed of making it big. One day, working as a house cleaner, she wrote Orphan Girl, one her best known songs, in her head. She couldn’t wait to get home and play it for Rawlings and was “pretty upset” when he didn’t say a word after she finished. Later, when she confronted him, he saved the day – and maybe the musical partnership – by noting, “I didn’t say anything because it was perfect.” She laughs about it now, but it’s somewhat comforting for the rest of us to know that she, too, has some vulnerabilities.

She gained some attention by winning the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest. Then, proof that Hollywood endings sometimes happen in real life, Welch and Rawlings did an opening set before Peter Rowan took the stage at the Station Inn. Legendary producer T Bone Burnett happened to be in the audience that night and made a pitch to record them. The rest, as they say, is history.

And, yes, history will repeat. “There will be a Boots No. 2,” Welch said. “It seems like people are interested enough in hearing things from the vault, seeing behind the curtain.”

Boots No. 1 is available from Welch’s own Acony Records and from the usual retail sites.

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David Morris is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist, songwriter and upright bass player. He has spent much of his career as a wire service political reporter, including nearly 14 years with The Associated Press and a stint as chief White House correspondent for Bloomberg News, and has recently retired as senior editor for Kiplinger Washington Editors.

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Archive for the ‘The Fits (2016)’ Category

Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures

Release Date: September 13, 2016

Region: Region A

Length: 73 min

Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC)

Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit)

Alternate Audio: 2.0 English LPCM (48kHz, 24-bit)

Subtitles: English SDH

Ratio: 2.35:1

Bitrate: 29.88 Mbps

Notes: This title has also been given a DVD release.

“I knew about historical cases of hysterics and had always been interested in the broader phenomenon of contagions. The ‘Dancing Plague of 1518’ and ‘Lisztomania’ were some of the most fascinating cases to me, big cultural moments. I read long-form nonfiction articles on a daily basis and came across some more recent accounts about these episodes with groups of teenage girls in the United States. I obsessively researched these mysterious cases and started looking for narrative patterns. The majority of the episodes I learned about took place in tightknit groups of girls with a strong hierarchical structure. I was also surprised that none of the cases ever seemed to be formally resolved or cell phone videos online that girls had recorded of each other’s ticks, fits, and fainting. Re-imagining these subconscious movements as choreographies provided the foundation of the film.” -Anna Rose Holmer (Topics of Interest, Press Book)

Holmer’s debut film heralds an exciting new voice in filmmaking that is as disciplined as it is audacious. Her decidedly spare aesthetic is appropriate for the film’s relatively spare story, which relies more on character and behavior than it does on plot. Toni (Royalty Hightower) is an eleven year old tomboy who trains as a boxer with her brother at a community center in Cincinnati’s West End, but she becomes fascinated by the dance team that also practices there. Enamored by their strength and confidence, Toni eventually joins the group, eagerly absorbing routines, mastering drills, and even piercing her own ears to fit into the group. As she discovers the joys of dance and of female camaraderie, she grapples with her individual identity amid her newly defined social sphere.

Shortly after Toni joins the team, the captain faints during practice. By the end of the week, most of the girls on the team suffer from episodes of fainting, swooning, moaning, and shaking in a seemingly uncontrollable catharsis. Soon, however, the girls on the team embrace these mysterious spasms, transforming them into a rite of passage. Toni fears ‘the fits’ but is equally afraid of losing her place just as she’s found her footing. Caught between her need for control and her desire for acceptance, Toni must decide how far she will go to embody her new ideals.

The film’s themes are examined in a decidedly original manner, as one has the feeling that they are eavesdropping on real people and events. This is largely the result of Holmer’s documentary approach and interesting casting decisions.

“I fell in love with drill and the Q-Kidz simultaneously. We never considered any other team.  From the film’s conception, I wanted to cast a real community of girls for the film. Casting all of the girls from the same real life drill team meant that we could emphasize the authentic sisterhood that young women experience when they bond on a team. There is this texture or underlying current that I knew we couldn’t pull off otherwise. So we knew when we approached the Q-Kidz that we were looking to cast not only a few of the leads, but really cast the entire team in our project. The founder of the Q-Kidz, Marquicia Jones-Woods, immediately understood the film and supported the vision. She was on board before the first draft of the script and worked closely with us as an Associate Producer. Ms. Quicy (as she is known) played an integral role in the filmmaking process. We cast about 45 of the girls from her team of over 200 to be part of the film. The only role we considered casting outside of the team was Toni; however, we fortuitously found Royalty on day one of the Q-Kidz casting.” -Anna Rose Holmer (Topics of Interest, Press Book)

Some cinematic experiences are nearly impossible to encapsulate in even the most succinct review. This sort of film must be experienced and absorbed to truly be understood, and each viewer will process it quite differently. The Fits, for example, will seem a different film to each individual who watches it (mass hysteria be damned). Viewers will either love it or absolutely loathe it.

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The Presentation:

4 of 5 Stars

The Fits is given a somewhat special release in that the Blu-ray disc is housed in an unusual digipak. Unfortunately, Oscilloscope Pictures doesn’t utilize the standard plastic tray for this release. Instead, the disc rests in a sort of folder or sleeve. This isn’t the best choice, because it doesn’t really protect the disc very well. Disc protection should always be priority one. However, it is a rather attractive package that showcases the film’s one sheet artwork.

The disc’s menu utilizes one of the film’s many silent scenes and the result is an attractive and easy to navigate disc experience.

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Picture Quality:

4 of 5 Stars

The excellent video transfer is rich in both detail and clarity with natural colors throughout. Contrast is also well handled as the black levels are appropriately deep without crushing. The disc’s bitrate is relatively high, but it seems as if it could be much higher considering the extremely short length of the film. However, it is still difficult to imagine the image looking much better.

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Sound Quality:

5 of 5 Stars

Both tracks included here are quite wonderful with the 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio being the most immersive and the obvious choice for anyone with a proper sound system. Both tracks are free from anomalies and mixed well. These are surprisingly dynamic sound options for what is essentially a small and intimate film.

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Special Features:

2.5 of 5 Stars

Feature Length Audio Commentary with Anna Rose Holmer (Director/Writer), Lisa Kjerulff (Producer/Writer), and Saela Davis (Editor/Writer)

It is evident from listening to this commentary that all three participants are proud of the film, but there is little in the way of actual production information, character insight, or analysis. Everyone has been with friends that insist on recounting memories that aren’t shared by them personally. This track feels like a walk down memory lane, but with the viewer somehow stuck in the middle without any context for the conversation.

Dreams Come True – (HD) – (11:41)

“Behind the scenes” and audition footage illustrates a number of exclusive interviews with the Q-Kidz Dance Team founder, choreographers, and cast members “Beezy” “Legs” and “Karisma.” This is only slightly more substantial than the typical EPK fluff that one suspects to find on more recent Blu-ray releases, but viewers are given some interesting information and an authentic glimpse behind the scenes of production.

Presenting Royalty Hightower – (HD) – (04:44)

This exclusive on-set interview with Royalty Hightower feels as if it could have been woven into the “Dreams Come True” featurette, and this interesting (but less than comprehensive) footage would be all the better for it. The “behind the scenes” and audition footage make this a worthwhile five minutes.

Outtakes – (HD) – (04:34)

This “behind the scenes” footage should be a fun glimpse behind the proverbial curtain for the film’s fans, but there isn’t a great deal of revelatory substance here. One wishes for a more in-depth glimpse at the production methods utilized by the filmmakers.

Theatrical Trailer – (HD) – (01:22)

It is nice to find that the theatrical trailer is also featured as a supplement here. It seems like fewer and fewer home video releases include the original trailer, and this is unfortunate.

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Final Words:

The Fits is singular film experience and this Blu-ray from Oscilloscope Pictures offers viewers the best viewing option.

Review by: Devon Powell


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O.B.I.T., the Outer Band Individuated Teletracer, is hidden in the U.S. Defense Department’s Cypress Hills Research Center. It can track and monitor anyone, anywhere. When one of its operators turns up dead, slumped over the control panel with the bones in his neck crushed, the machine and the military base come under the scrutiny of congress. Why does no one seem to know who built O.B.I.T. and what is its ultimate purpose?

The Outer Limits is more science fiction than thriller, but several of its episodes — especially this one — feature ample visual and thematic noir elements. In an atmosphere of distrust and likely corruption, we have a murder and a dark secret that must be uncovered. The episode’s director is German emigre Gerd Oswald, whose first two films were 1950s noirs (A Kiss Before Dying, 1956, and Crime of Passion, 1957). Even more strikingly, the cinematographer is three-time Academy Award-winner Conrad Hill, who uses heavy shadows, chiaroscuro effects, and dutch angle and other mood-evoking shots to create a dark, claustrophobic effect. Paranoia is a centerpiece of The Outer Limits, never more so than in this episode that resonates from its Cold War origins to today’s N.S.A. concerns and the case of Edward Snowden.

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Deutsche Telekom to get $6bn if AT&T bid flops

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AT&T will pay Deutsche Telekom (DT) $6bn in cash, spectrum and roaming deals if regulators reject its $39bn bid for DT’s US-based T-Mobile subsidiary.

A Reuters report said the deal was worth $3bn in cash, $2bn in spectrum licences, and $1bn for the roaming deal.

DT CEO Rene Obermann is due to testify about the deal to US lawmakers later this month.

DT last year merged its underperforming UK operation with that of France Telecom’s UK subsidiary to form Everything Everywhere (EE), but retained the T-Mobile and Orange brand names for marketing reasons.

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I need a better understanding of these two problems.

Dollar-value LIFO.
Day Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method on 12/31/06. On this date, its inventory consisted of the following items.
Item Number of Units Cost Per Unit Total Cost
X 200 $2.00 $ 400
Y 600 4.50 2,700

Additional information: December 31
2007 2008
1. Units of X in inventory 300 400
2. Cost of each X unit $3.00 $3.25
3. Units of Y in inventory 800 1,200
4. Cost of each Y unit $5.50 $6.00

(a) Compute the price index for 2007. Round to 2 decimal places.
(b) Calculate the 12/31/07 inventory. Label all numbers.
(c) Compute the price index for 2008. Round to 2 decimal places.
(d) Calculate the 12/31/08 inventory. Label all numbers.

Capitalizing acquisition costs.

Myers Manufacturing Co. was incorporated on 1/2/07 but was unable to begin manufacturing activities until 8/1/07 because new factory facilities were not completed until that date. The Land and Building account at 12/31/07 per the books was as follows:
Date Item Amount
1/31/07 Land and dilapidated building $200,000
2/28/07 Cost of removing building 4,000
4/1/07 Legal fees 6,000
5/1/07 Fire insurance premium payment 5,400
5/1/07 Special tax assessment for streets 4,500
5/1/07 Partial payment of new building construction 150,000
8/1/07 Final payment on building construction 150,000
8/1/07 General expenses 30,000
12/31/07 Asset write-up 75,000
Additional information:
1. To acquire the land and building on 1/31/07, the company paid $100,000 cash and 1,000 shares of its common stock (par value = $100/share) which is very actively traded and had a market value per share of $170.
2. When the old building was removed, Myers paid Kwik Demolition Co. $4,000, but also received $1,500 from the sale of salvaged material.
3. Legal fees covered the following:
Cost of organization $2,500
Examination of title covering purchase of land 2,000
Legal work in connection with the building construction 1,500
4. The fire insurance premium covered premiums for a three-year term beginning May 1, 2007.
5. General expenses covered the following for the period 1/2/07 to 8/1/07.
President's salary $20,000
Plant superintendent covering supervision of new building 10,000
6. Because of the rising land costs, the president was sure that the land was worth at least $75,000 more than what it cost the company.
Determine the proper balances as of 12/31/07 for a separate land account and a separate building account. Use separate T-accounts (one for land and one for building) labeling all the relevant amounts and disclosing all computations.

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This is my homework question and I'm stuck!!!

This company manufactures values. When they get rejected, they have to be returned to the initial production stage to be melted and recasted. The rework doesn't require new materials in casting, but does require new materials in finishing.

The following cost data is available:

Costs {Casting}{Finishing}{Inspection}{Packing}{Total}
Direct Materials $225, 12, 0, 8, 245
Direct Labor 84, 121, 24, 16, 245
Flexible Support 122, 164, 30, 20, 336
Capacity-related 63, 89, 16, 10, 178

totals 494, 386, 70, 54, 1004

As a result of the quality improvement programs, the reject rate has decreased from 6.4% to 5.1% and the number of rejects has decreased by (6.4%-5.1%) * 10,000 units.

Improvements in reject rates have also led to a decrease in work-in-progress inventory from $386,000 to $270,000. Inventory carrying costs are estimated to be 15% a year.

What is the annual cost savings as a result of the quality improvement?

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Life of a Blogger [2]: Favourite Outings

Life of a Blogger is a weekly feature hosted by Jessi @ Novel Heartbeat. It’s a chance to talk about different things we do when we’re not blogging!

So, if I’m being completely honest, I don’t really go out and do a lot of things. I’m more of a stay home with my books, my tea and maybe a movie/TV shows type of girl. That being said, there are a few things I do enjoy going out and doing.

Sporting events:

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Now, it’s no secret that I absolutely LOVE football. I have for years and, at this point, I barely remember a time when I didn’t love it. I’ve only started to enjoy CFL games more now that some of my friends from university are playing in the league! These pictures are from a game I went to at the beginning of July. A friend of mine from Laurier was playing for Saskatchewan and it ended up drawing quite the large crowd of Golden Hawks! (Thankfully, my Argos managed to pull out the win in that one!)

I also love going to Blue Jays and TFC games as well as heading back to Laurier to watch the boys play!

I love shopping. Mostly because I usually end up strolling into a bookstore and those always make me feel great. I’m also partial to buying bath bombs from LUSH, which I really need to keep in check because I haven’t even been through the ones I bought myself in March for my birthday. LUSH_bath_bomb Chapters_Indigo_Haul

Other than that, I just really like going for walks and exploring. I’ll usually pick up an iced tea or coffee along the way and just wander. That’s the beauty of smartphones, I have Google Maps at my fingertips so I don’t worry about getting lost!

What outings do you like best? Do you usually go by yourself or with someone else?

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  1. I want to go to a football game so bad…especially an Ohio State one! I’d really like to go to an NFL game someday, but they cost so much it’s not likely to happen anytime soon. *sighs* Most of the time I’d rather stay home and read too!

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A professional forager, earth based herbalist, facilitator, nature connection guide and therapist. I take people on a journey of reconnecting to their own nature and innate wisdom, inviting them into deeper relationship with life through immersion in and with the natural world.

Following my MA in Art psychotherapy I trained in wilderness therapy and mentoring. This journey then led me to being apprenticed to renowned elders in herbalism, the ancient art of foraging and women’s wisdom.

I love to guide others in nature to see it as they have never seen it before; as the missing community they have always craved.

My connection to the land around me and my wider community of plants happened at a young age. Crawling around inhaling the wet sent of rain drenched oak leaves on musty earth, sitting against the giant yew tree absorbing its strength through my spine, watching Buzzards take flight, crying into the wind. I was always beautifully happy and at peace amongst the leaves and earth. I was an awkward child always too aware of my own being and presence and too aware of the oddness of this society. Yet in nature I felt an otherness, a place to just be nothing and yet everything. This was my medicine. A place where all became one and I melted into a far more real world away from the pressures of school, home, social politeness and clean faces.

School was a place where I would sit and feel the green spaces outside the windows, calling to me deep in my bones, my very blood pumping to the beat of the earth. When life was tough I would run away and find myself tucked up in a tree, surrounded by the green green world, birdsong and the crackle of fire. I made a promise to myself then, a promise to the rich earth. I promised to always come back as an adult, never to forget and to work for the earth alone.

Eventually though society and pressures of life caught me and I found myself searching dark places and the deliciousness of self destruction. I became a city girl amongst a fashionable crowd with drink in hand ready to party. I loved clothes, modelling and being adored. It’s safe to say I was lost, lost in a world I didn’t understand, I was stuck within the cracks of the concrete, consumerism and the coldness of steel, searching for what I had lost.

I moved away from the city and to the west country to re find my connection to life. Slowly I was once again re united with my heart and my calling- the calling of the wild that felt like a howl in my veins. I remembered the promise I had spoken to the plants, trees and wild beings as a child.  I decided to embark on learning the language older than words- the language and wisdom of the plants. I was lucky enough to end up training with renowned elders in wild medicine and the ancient art of foraging.

Plant wisdom and foraging has been to me a heart opening experience. It has brought me to my centre and has re connected me to the natural world like nothing else. It has taken me on a path of wholeness and health.


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“Love literally made people healthier”

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Last fall I took a fabulous free Coursera class, Positive Psychology, taught by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I liked it so much, that I’ve started to read her book Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection.

Fredrickson believes that positive emotions are like “nutrients,” and that small doses, or “micro-moments” of positive connection with others over time “broaden and build” us. While negative emotions help us narrow, focus, and solve problems (we need negative emotions too!), positive emotions help us think creatively and become more resourceful and resilient.

She talks a lot about the vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve, which connects your brain to lots of parts of your body, including your heart. If something scary happens and your heart starts to race, Frederickson says in Love 2.0:

“[I]t’s your vagus nerve that eventually soothes your racing heart, by orchestrating (together with oxytocin) the equally ancestral calm-and-connect response. . . your vagus nerve is a biological asset that supports and coordinates your experiences of love.”

Vagal tone can be measured by, “tracking your heart rate in conjunction with your breathing rate.” The higher your vagal tone is, the better it is for your heart’s health. According to Fredrickson, your vagal tone is also an indicator of the health of your parasympathetic nervous system and your immune system.

To measure the impact of love, Fredrickson chose study participants at random to learn lovingkindness meditation, a practice where you wish lovingkindness for yourself, people you love, people you feel neutral about, people who challenge you, and the world at large.

Even though the participants only practiced lovingkindness meditation for about an hour each week, over the months their vagal tone increased.

How cool is that?

“Love literally made people healthier.”

You can read a full explanation in this excerpt from Chapter 3 (Love’s Biology) from Love 2.0 on Aeon and the study on PubMed Central at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine.

If you want to check out Fredrickson’s free Positive Psychology course on Coursera, the next session starts July 4th.

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The letter M.

Me: I decided my next blog post is about John “Motherfucker” Burton.

This post is dedicated to Scott’s grandma.

M is an easy letter – motherhood, monarch butterflies, makeup, monkeys jumping on the bed, mud, middle child, marriage, motherfucker.

Motherfucker. It was my first thought this morning. I hate mornings. But there it was – motherfucker – hanging like a piece of forbidden fruit. You know, I wasn’t going to go there. Like I said, I had plenty of other M words to write about today. But a quick google search changed my mind.

The letter M.

Crawl through the depths of my google search history. Do it.

I’ll tell you where it came from – from a Burton. Burton. Hi, I’m Julie Burton. I’m married to Scott Burton. Scott is the son of his dad, a Burton. And Scott’s dad is the son of another Burton – Scott’s grandmother.

I wouldn’t dedicate this post out of disrespect to Scott’s grandmother. I mean, if you’re offended by the word motherfucker, then don’t read it. Hopefully she’s still reading because this is a family history lesson.

Fuck is of Germanic origin. Fuck comes from the German, Dutch, and Swedish words for “to strike” or “to move back and forth.”

You need to go back to 1528 to find the first fuck written. An anonymous monk was reading a book on moral conduct. This book of conduct pissed him off in some way. He wrote, “O d fuckin Abbot” on the page as a side note. Historians don’t know if he meant “fuckin” meaning “the Abbot was having sex even though he’s a monk” sort of way or if he meant “fuckin” in the “intensifier word” sort of way. Fuckin’ Abbot.

The Abbot the anonymous monk was referring to – a man named John Burton. He was shady as fuck. Apparently he had questionable morals. It must run in the family.

My source: Huffington Post. A F*cking Short History of the F-Word. By Melissa Mohr

And there you go. A family history lesson on the name Burton. A name I married into – Julie “Motherfucker” Burton.

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Bug 1942 - Debian - Windows-2000. File transfer not working, while directory tree browsing fine.
Debian - Windows-2000. File transfer not working, while directory tree browsi...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1643
Product: Samba 3.0
Classification: Unclassified
Component: File Services
x86 Windows 2000
: P3 critical
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Assigned To: Samba Bugzilla Account
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Reported: 2004-10-15 15:34 UTC by Marcus
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Sorry to bother you, but I just came across this annoying problem. I've just
upgraded samba on Debian and the result is that whenever I try to access a file
using explorer on my Windows-2000 box it freezes. I can browse the directory
tree without problem, but if I try to select a file it freezes.

I've noticed the following errors on my Debian box:

[2004/10/15 23:00:11, 0] lib/util_sock.c:read_socket_data(384)
  read_socket_data: recv failure for 4. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2004/10/15 23:00:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(837)
  arthur ( closed connection to service monica

my configuration file is as follows:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from (
# Date: 2004/10/15 23:23:07

# Global parameters
	workgroup = AT_HOME
	server string = %h server (Samba %v)
	obey pam restrictions = Yes
	passdb backend = tdbsam, guest
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
	passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:*
%n\n .
	syslog = 0
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	max log size = 1000
	dns proxy = No
	ldap ssl = no
	panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
	invalid users = root

	comment = Home Directories
	path = /home/%u
	read only = No
	create mask = 0755
	browseable = No

	comment = All Printers
	path = /tmp
	create mask = 0700
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No
Comment 1 Volker Lendecke 2004-10-16 02:22:18 UTC
Try 'use sendfile = no'

Comment 2 Björn Jacke 2004-10-16 15:55:18 UTC
he already got the answer on the mailing list, so closing this bug

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Comment 3 Björn Jacke 2004-10-16 15:59:44 UTC
oh, sorry, was not the same one on the mailing list but looked quite similar. If
use sendfile=no does not help, please reopen :)


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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

May 8, 2015

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you.

We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below.

This week, Christina Desmarais's article argues in favor of the growing sentiment that companies should hire people based on their attitude, not their skillset. One of the points she makes is that, because technical requirements are constantly changing, you can't anticipate the hard skills you will need in a few years. Hiring based on skills that may be irrelvant in the near future doesn't make sense and a good attitude and ability to learn quickly are far more important. You can read more here.

Here are the top posts for this week:

1.  Why You Should Hire for Attitude, Not Skill -- by Christina Desmarais

2. How a Company Cut Turnover By Having 22-Hour Interviews -- by Jenny Jedeikin

3. My #1 Disappointment as a Career Coach -- J.T. O'Donnell

4. Six Questions You Can Ask to Keep Your Employees Loyal and Happy

5. Interview Insider: How to Get Hired at L'Oreal -- by Heather Wood Rudulph

6. Three Ways to Improve Your Resume Keywording -- by Amanda Clark

7. Workplace Environment: Does a Cool Office Really Matter? -- Lucy Sharp

8. How to "Fix" Career Fairs -- by Greg Lachs

9. How a Real Company Benefited from an HBO Show’s Fake Job Ad -- by Paul Petrone

10. How to Launch Your Job Search: Choose Your Career Direction -- by Michael Wilcox

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Did a little presentation in-class.

I’ll let it speak for it’s self…

Over the last couple of weeks several studies came out that for marketers should really shake the foundation of social media advertising.

However, a week later and I don’t see a “twitter” really talking about this. Why? Social media sells targeted ad space (ala Google) and they are making a killing. So if something comes out to the contrary, it could become a huge problem for social media sites to continue revenue generation, the biggest right now being Facebook.

Here is a snap shot of 3 studies:

First comes from Oxford University, by Robin Dunbar, a recognized professor of evolutionary anthropology. He has pointed out to what some of you may already know – people cannot efficiently interact with more than 150 people at any time. Our brains just don’t handle anything larger; this is also known as Dunbar’s number.

The next study, a much smaller one, is about the psychology of people using Facebook, especially targeted to the amount of friends they have as an indicator of self-esteem. The results show that the more friend’s one has, the lower their self-esteem.

Lastly a critical study tying this all up is brought to us by Richard Edelman, SEO of Edelman in a respected ad site Adage.  The main point here is that the larger your group of friends on Facebook, the less worth each individual’s opinion has.

The more friends one has on Facebook or other online media items (twitter, youtube, etc.) the less interaction goes on between individuals (Dunbar’s number) and possibly the lower your self-esteem (easier to jump on bandwagons of information without really a need or desire to buy, or do much about it). On top of the added “benefit” that with more friends the less each individual’s opinion really matters.

Consumers still require a professional opinion for product purchasing decisions, large groups of friends with random status updates don’t deliver the results. If you are marketing through social media, the bearers of opinion may not be those with 2000 friends, but instead much smaller groups with 100 or 200 friends. Changing the opinion of these people can cause a much more significant effect.

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FBI Clears Hillary Clinton Over Private Emails Investigation

Following the probing attempts of the private emails of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate has gotten a second clearance from U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The agency has announced that it will stick to its July decision, that Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails, Director, James Comey, told lawmakers on Sunday.

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“I write to supplement my October 28, 2016 letter that notified you the FBI would be taking additional investigative steps with respect to former Secretary of State Clinton’s use of a personal email server.

“Since my letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation.

“During that process, we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State.

“Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton.’

“I am very grateful to the professionals at the FBI for doing an extraordinary amount of high-quality work in a short period of time,” Comey said in a letter to the Congress personally signed by him.

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On Oct. 27, Comey informed the Congress that the FBI had discovered emails in its separate investigation of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin.

At that time, the FBI said the emails could be connected to its investigation of whether Clinton mishandled classified information by using a private email server.

Unknown to Hilary’s opponent, Donald Trump, that she has been cleared, Donald went to Minneapolis for a rally, addressing the crowd without knowing Clinton had been cleared again.

However, this issue has increased the campaign points of the Republican nominee, and inversely affected Clinton’s polls rating.

Meanwhile, most African-Americans prefer to be led by the lady as they came out in large numbers to vote for Hillary Clinton.

Similarly, a 101-year-old African-American, Thelma Feastra, said she would pack her bags and leave the U.S. if Hilary does not win the election.


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The Martyrs Walk

A very atmospheric and moving evening

By 6:30pm the square is buzzing with crowds of people with banners and song. There are over 4,000 people expected to take part.

The procession is not only in memory of in memory of murdered Jesuit priest João Bosco Burnier who was murdered here for contesting the detainment and torture of two indigenous women,  but for thousands of others who have died in the struggle for justice across Latin America and the world.

Across the square there are banners representing João Bosco Burnier, Sister Dorothy Sang , João Bosco Burnier and members of CAFOD Partner organisation CPT who were all murdered for standing up for Justice.

There is now a large Easter Vigil type fire burning in the square. There are dancing, hymns and prayer as we take light from the fire for our torches. It reminds me of my previous pilgrimages to Lourdes with the HCPT and miles of candles in the air.

Pilgrims sing “Oscar Romero Presente”  Oscar Romero is present, “Chico Mendes Presente, João Bosco Presente”

We walk for over an hour with our candles and CAFOD Banner to the chapel on the site where João Bosco was murdered.

We visit the Martyrs Chapel which has photos of some of the more famous martyrs of recent years in Latin America.

It is a very atmospheric and moving evening.

There is then a concert and festival on a big stage with many songs about freedom and the struggle. We then head for bed which is on the floor of a local school. It is much more comfortable than the bus!!!

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In the Art Room: Calendar of Kindness

Hey, friends! Today is the last day of July which means, for me, it's the last day of summer vacay (insert slow tear trickle down cheek here). I am excited tho because a new school year means new beginnings. It's like what the rest of the non-teaching world calls New Years Resolution except ours begins the first days of school, not the new year.

As y'all know from my previous posts, I'm focusing with laser beam eyeballs on peace, love and kindness in my art room this year. I've shared with y'all my Calendar of Kindness that I chicken scratched onto a piece of notebook paper. To save your eyeballs, I recreated this one above for y'all to share on your preferred social media sites. I also made a pdf for you to printout, hang up, pass around, wallpaper your bath, you get the idea, here

REMEMBER: When you post on your preferred social media outlet, use the hashtags #calendarofkindness and peacefulheART. You can follow along with me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
I'll be kicking off the first days back with my students with my version of an Escape Game (where the kids will work in teams to solve riddles that will reveal our art room rules! I'll share the lesson with you soon, I'm so excited!). We'll also be doing a collaborative project that will promote peace, love and kindness. To inspire such, I wrote a poem to the tune of Queen's We are the Champions. I created a pdf for y'all here if you are interested.

And THANK YOU so much for the positive feedback about this! I appreciate your enthusiasm and spreading the word...together, we can make our shape our students into caring individuals and make their future a bright one!

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Art Teacherin' 101: Episode 12

In last week's Art Teacherin' 101 blog post, I shared with y'all my concerns about teaching peace, love and kindness this coming school year. I feel there is a great need to bring this teaching into our art rooms (and all classrooms, for that matter!) and build it into our curriculum. But how? It's not a "standard". We don't have an "I Can" for that. It's not required of us...and I don't recall learning how to teach kindness (like, whut?!) in college. We cannot expect children to just KNOW how to be kind. We don't expect them to KNOW how to hold a pencil, cut a piece of paper and not spread glue all over their hand and lick it off (ahem). We teach them these things. So, in that respect, we can't expect them to know how to treat each other with peace, love and kindness. We DEFINITELY can't expect that of them when our collective actions, displayed on every news outlet, shows we don't know how to treat each other either!

So, for that reason, I'm on a mini-campaign to bring peace, love and kindness into my art room this year. I do hope you'll join me...and share your thoughts, books and lessons in the comments below. United is how we are going to accomplish this goal. And we are doing it for the best reason possible: our students and their future.
My apologies for getting a little long winded here. And emotional. I was trying to keep it together!
I've been scratching my head and wracking my brain to come up with ideas. One way I thought we could kick off this campaign for kindness is with a little something I'm calling the #calendarofkindness and #peacefulheART. I do hope you (and your students) will feel free to join on your preferred social media. I know even my school district is already on board! I'll be posting in Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and using those hashtags. I can't wait to see what you share!

I've also created a long list of books that I cherish and share in my art room below along with projects that I've found to be successful. Please feel free to add your two cents in the comments so that we have a growing list of books, resources and projects for peace.
 Many of my art teacherin' buddies shared their fave books with me so I'll make sure to add them here. However, I only felt comfortable speaking about the books I've actually read and used in my art room. Love the What Do You Do with an Idea...what a great book to start the art year with! Also, The Hundred Dresses is a short chapter book. I like to read it aloud to my 3rd and 4th grade students while they work. It's a book that teaches about kindness...and makes me cry every time. As does The Giving Tree. Anything Shel Silverstein has written speaks to my students, they love him!
 I love these books that celebrate our differences while explaining how we are also the same. The Colors of Us is read to my students every year before we learn to mix our flesh color for self-portraits.
My copy of The Big Orange Splot is so worn out, I've read it to my students to much. It's another book that points out our differences and explains how that is what makes us unique. It also does an excellent job of teaching how we should celebrate the differences of others. Remember: when we teach children to first love themselves, they will be able to love one another.
So anything Todd Parr writes is awesome. And happy. And colorful.

Have y'all read this? It's fan-freakin'-tastic. Get it in your library stat.
Also check out Linda Kranz's other book You Be's excellent as well.
 Now, let's talk projects. Here are a handful that I've done with my students to cultivate a culture of kindness. The Gallery of Gratitude was a huge hit.
 Each employee of our school was drawn and written about. They cherished these images and words and have them on display in their offices and classrooms!
This hangs proudly right outside the art room door. From floor to ceiling. It really is OKAY! Different is grand.
The Village of Kindness was a successful collaborative project that used recycled materials. I loved how happy, colorful and sweet this display was for our art show last year.
 Each house had a door that, when opened, shared a kind message.
 This school-wide collaborative now hangs proudly in our school office. It was created by all students to show that we have heart!
This love-based mural was so easy that it was my sub plan! I've created a video to teach this lesson. Feel free to use it in your art room!
Here's an oldie but goodie that we created a couple of years ago, a We Are the World mural! It was a fun and impactful way to kick off the school year.
Of course, The Dot is a great way to start the year as well. It also promotes self-love and how that love can transmit to others. Here is a list of fun Dot Day art projects
Art can also help those right in your own backyard. We did just that with out Houses to Help project!
Here's a list of some other projects that promote kindness:

Please feel free to add your ideas below...and I look forward to seeing your #calendarofkindness images starting August 1st!

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Deep Space Sparkle Workshop, 2016

This summer has been the summer of Doin' Stuff: finishing a book, creating two Art Scout Camps with my fellow Troop Leaders, working on a coupla top secret projects (I'm not trying to hide things from y'all, I promise. More details when I'm free to share 'em!) and, last but certainly not least: co-presenting with my buddy Laura Lohmann at Patty Palmer's Deep Space Sparkle Workshop!
In BEAUTIFUL Santa Barbara, y'all. I've already picked out my Barbie Dream House on the beach.
The theme of the Deep Space Sparkle Workshop was Latin Art and I loved that folks got dolled up for the part. I mean, how cute are these ladies in their handmade Frida crowns?
The Workshop started at a comfortable California pace at midday on Friday. Everyone was greeted with a smile and a swag bag full of goodies.
To jump start the Workshop, Patty opened by chatting about establishing a mindset of making in the art room. Many of the ladies in the audience traveled from all over the country (and one from South Korea!) and are all walks of teacherin' life: some where art teachers, classroom teachers, special needs educators and a yoga instructor who brings art into her studio! So many lovely ladies who have one thing main thing in common: the desire to teach creativity to children. Can you ask for a better bunch?
 I was up right after Patty (tough act to follow much?!) and, I'll admit, I was a wee bit nervous. I've presented on a much smaller scale before but nothing like this. I was mic'ed up, there was a film crew and close to 200 folks in the audience. However, being with such a wonderful group of ladies who quickly became friends really put my mind at ease. I shared with them something I do so love: fiber arts!
On our first day together, we prepped and painted our plates for circle loom and tree weaving. And look how pretty!
Oh my! I loved each and every one ever before the addition of the weaving!
Next up was the always-awesome Laura! I love her painted apron and Frida crown, don't you?
Laura shared with everyone her super spectacular technique of teaching painting to children...without the mess of water. I'm so ready to give this a go in my art room this year.
She also shared her love of Crayola's Model Magic clay. The ladies had a fabulous time exploring and creating with this medium.
 Each creation was so much fun and completely unique.
Someone was loving the beach as much as I was!
The patterns was what struck me with this piece.
To wrap up the first day, Patty hosted a lovely fiesta. Complete with delicious food, drinks and a chance for everyone to mingle and make new friends. It was such a pleasant way to end the first day.
The following day, we started bright and early with a fun Mexican tile printmaking project taught by Patty.
I've never tried printmaking with water-soluble oil pastels but now I am itching to give it a go!
Now that our plates were dry, we were ready to dive into tree and circle loom weaving.
Weaving can be tricky to teach to a room 200 folks. To do so, I'm simply explained the process as I do to my students: slowly and simply. The weavings turned out so beautifully.
What I love about teaching is that folks come up with their own unique ways to problem solve. We had fun sharing our different ideas and thoughts about approaching weaving with children.
From there, Patty did a wonderful portrait lesson featuring Frida Kahol.
And Laura shared two fun projects that were both colorful and bright: large marigold paintings and a still life collage.
 The room literally blossomed!
 This is a project I so want to bring back to my art room.
 So much happy!
Patty wrapped the Workshop with a final project (not shown) and a good ole Q & A session. Then, sadly, we had to say goodbye to our new friends. I managed to get a couple of photos...but many were pulled from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for sharing those photos, new besties!
 Masters of the Art Teacherin' Universe (and weaving!).
 My Facebook buddies and I finally had the chance to meet in person. Loved meeting you, Cheri...
 and Charlene!
And the super sweet and adorable Leann. Making new friends is always my favorite part of workshops!
It was such a fun weekend of connecting, creating and, well let's be honest, being in sunny So Cal.

BIG THANK YOU to Patty for having me join her wonderful Workshop. Until next time, y'all!

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    I have a way to ::iterate the dimensions for a vector as in the first code.
    Now I am using a List as in the second code and looking for
    how this list will iterate in the same way as for the vector but have problem to find examples of this.
    I have begun some code for the list but something might be missing.

    typedef std::vector<string> One;
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    You can do the same for lists as you do with vectors, using iterators

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    Note, though, that's List, not std::list (as was stipulated in the vector example). Is this a CLI List? I don't know about iterators with that, but I'm sure there's an easy way to iterate through it, but having never used it I don't know.

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Night of the Living Dead

Directed By: George A. Romero

Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Russell Streiner, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Kyra Schon, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley

Subgenre: Zombies

Synopsis: A rag tag group of people attempt to survive the night in a farmhouse when the dead have come back to life and hunger for human flesh.

Thoughts: It can be said that George A Romero’s classic vision of a world turned upside down by the living dead is the starting point of modern horror. Not only was it the starting point of Romero’s series, but it has been remade, re-imagined, and blatantly copied throughout the years. While Romero didn’t introduce the zombie, he sure cast one hell of a mold for one. The lumbering, flesh-craving undead have been a mainstay for decades, even though recent trends have the zombies limbering up and running 100 yard dashes.

The cast is spectacular, especially for having mostly unknown actors at the time.  Judith O’Dea does a phenomenal job playing Barbra, who is a complete mess throughout the movie. Karl Hardman plays Harry, the universally hated husband who just wants to stay in the cellar.  While those roles were very well played, it’s not a stretch to say that the best role was that of Ben, played by Duane Jones.  The role was not only spectacular, but groundbreaking as well.  Not only was it rare to have a black man in a leading role, it was even less common to have that role be as strong as Ben’s was.

Romero’s films are often known for their social commentary and Night was no exception. Casting Duane Jones as Ben was quite a statement in 1968, as racial tensions were high. Some also say it is a statement on racism that Ben survived the shambling hordes of undead, only to be killed by the posse filled with rednecks.  George Romero has said on many occasions that he had no intention for this to be a social statement and that Ben could have just as easily been a white person.  Even if it was unintentional, it’s still talked about to this day.

It’s hard to believe that this was one of Romero’s first movies, because it is so damn good.  It ranks as not only my favorite Romero movie, but also one of my favorite movies overall.  There is something about the way he shoots a scene that just works for me.  In most of his movies, I feel immersed in the storyline and really get into the characters.

One very interesting note on Night of the Living Dead is its copyright status. The original distributor failed to copyright the original print, causing it to lapse into the public domain. This is why you can find it several places online, and there are so many versions on DVD.  There are varying levels of quality out there, so be careful what you buy when you add this must own movie to your collection.

  1. Yes you should. I’m sure you could canibalise (no pun intended) them and update them for BD updates. I thought the point you raised about Duane Jones being the best actor for the job as interesting, and in a way, more accepting then specifically wanting a black actor for the role. If Romero had designed the character as an African American, it would have been ground breaking and a leap forward at a time when racial politics in the U.S. sorely needed it. But that would have been making a huge statement about race. A more subtle (and conversely a bigger) statement was to not care about the man’s skin colour and to hire the best man for the job. That is truly the essence of acceptance and one which escapes us even today because of the mess we’re in over diversity in the workplace. I’m an actor, and a few years ago a friend of mine was the first black actor to play a king of England at the RSC. There was a big deal made about it at the time, but I always felt that it made perfect sense to me for 2 reasons: 1) Dave is a very fine actor and he was most probably the best actor for the role 2) His grandfather was king of Nigeria and therefore he is waaaaaay closer to royalty than someone like me who is just some pleb from Newcastle. Best man for the job. If only it went like that all the time. Anyway, you two are clearly the best men for the job, so please keep those reviews coming in.

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Trends of the Knitting Industry 2013

Trends of the Knitting Industry 2013

Some of the best information shared at the show was shared by panels on the 5th and 6th floor. Here is where you could interact with your favorite designers, yarn companies and publishers. One of my favorite panels included the panel lead by the hysterically funny Debbie Stoller, author of the Stitch and Bitch Book Series. She facilitated a conversation on the culture of knitting/stitching and where it is going next. Other members of the panel included Nora Gaughan from Berroco Yarns (, Iris Schrier ( from Art Yarns and Laura Zander from Go Stitch Red and Jimmy Beans Wool (

Here are their thoughts on where the industry is going:

1)      Crochet is Hot!

Yup you heard it! Crochet is hotter than ever. It’s portability, influx of new talent and accessibility to gorgeous yarn has revolutionized crochet. Crochet has moved out of the ‘70’s and into the 21st century. Crochet is not only easy to do, it is highly portable, fashionable and has drape as well. Companies of all of sizes are recognizing the demand from a new generation of crocheters!

My thoughts:

As I have been to many industry shows in the recent months, I always sport one of my designs whether it be knit or crochet. This show I obviously sported more crochet as that is what I have been designing and the response was overwhelming. People literally stopped me in my tracks to ask me what design and who designed the garments. I proudly said mine and told them to check out my ravelry shop as the week progressed to find the designs.

One of those designs is my Garden City Vest:

This great design uses a bulky weight single yarn that shows off the beautiful crocheted cables. It works up super-fast and the a-line silhouette looks great on all figures. I listed this pattern yesterday and it is already in the top 20 line up on the Hot Right Now Page on Ravelry.

2)      Younger Stitchers every where!

That is right! There is no greater way to show the growth and strength of an industry than the fact that it is flooded with young talent. People as young as 11 are not only knitting but designing. Have you seen that amazing mitten pattern in the Fall issue of Vogue by a child in France.

One of my favorite memories of this weekend was hanging out on the Today Show plaza with @GoStitchRed , @JimmyBeansWool, @ hookedforlife, @Jacquline _Sava from Soak wash and @Koigu. Koigu’s founder and her daughter Kiersti came to show to support for the great cause Stitch Red (making women and others aware of the dangers of heart disease!). Kiersti had great enthusiasm and poise. She willingly sported a hat that she had knit herself as well as helped her mother knit with extreme knitting needles. She also is a model for Koigu and has graced the cover of their magazine numerous times.

3)      Stitching in Public

Trademarked in my mind by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, knitting and crocheting is en Vogue. People love their stitching so much they do not want to be separated. Accessories are now available by Yarn Pop ( and Namaste to make your stitching extra portable. Laura Zander of Jimmy Beans Wool, commented that she brings her stitching everywhere because she loves to keep busy. She recalled after being reintroduced to knitting by a coworker bringing it on long car trips to ski weekends. She also shared that she sees many people involved in this phenomenon. One of her greatest joys is watching the men’s snowboarding and ski team sitting on the sidelines of a competition with yarn and hook in hand. Seize the moment and start stitching. For more information check out Stitch Mountain. (

Many people have often stopped me while stitching in public. I have stitched everywhere from book stores to the gym to my church and even have been known to on occasions stitch during parties.  When you are inspired it is hard to put down your projects. A panelist from Ireland was flabbergasted when she came to America from Ireland for the first time to share her knitting talents with us that we were so enamored by our craft. Go forth and tell all about stitching!

4)      Collaboration

Lastly a call to work together was a great theme to hear. In an ever changing industry due to social media and availability of information, it is time to work together. From professional publishers, to full time industry designers, to indie dyers, local yarn shops, internet retailers, hobbyists and enthusiastic freelance designers. We can all get along and work to further our common passion. With the advent of Ravelry, Pattern Fish and Craftsy the ability to collaborate has grown to epic proportions. So lets get together at our local guild, in forums, on Facebook, twitter, pinterest and Kollabra! Laura stated that 1 in 4 American Women knit. If we could make that 2 out of 4 or even 4 out of 4 what would that do for our industry? There is a place for all. All are welcome…. Come one come all I can’t wait to meet you!

Year of the Emerald at Vogue Knitting Live

The Year of the Emerald at Vogue Knitting Live

Year of the Emerald Mittens on Ravelry

Year of the Emerald Mittens on Ravelry

As many of you know, Pantone has heralded Emerald as the color of the year. Every year, no matter how much I think I know what the color is going to be I am delightfully surprised at the announcement. This year I was even more excited as it elevates my birthstone of emerald to its rightful place!

Emerald is known to us in the fiber and fashion industry to be part of the jewel stone family. In nature it is a variety of the mineral, beryl and gets the green hues from trace amounts of chromium and vanadium.

“Emeralds occur in hues ranging from yellow-green to blue-green, with the primary hue necessarily being green. Yellow and blue are the normal secondary hues found in emeralds. Only gems that are medium to dark in tone are considered emerald; light-toned gems are known instead by the species name green beryl.” – Wikipedia ( )

From Local Yarn producers and indie dyers, to our favorite local yarn shops and yarn companies, Emerald was showcased in a whole new light. The natural shades of Emerald were seen throughout.

Local Yarn and Indie dyer herself, Jill Draper from Jill Makes Stuff (, highlighted the yellow-green end of the hue range with Lichen, which is a gorgeous NYS wool that would look great in any garment. Take a look at her Etsy Shop to see her many wonderful colors.

The folks at the Neighborhood Fiber Company displayed breath taking colors and Emerald took center stage. For a closer look at their yarn check out their facebook page: (

Green Mountain Spinnery, another great locally based company using solely American wool showcased emerald in their classic line as well as their new yarn (so excited!!!)

The amazing standard in a great line of yarns is Mountain Mohair in the colorway of Wintergreen. It showcases the blue undertones inherent in Emerald.

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Need a great pattern for this color, try my Putney Cowl which is perfect for the extreme winter weather we have been experiencing.

Weekend Wool, which debuted at VK live, highlights the deep green hues in the Emerald family in its  Spruce color way. This great new yarn has the same gauge as their discontinued Wonderfully Wooly but has an even greater loft and softer feel!  A great choice for ski hats, sweaters and mittens.

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Knitting Fever and Noro Yarns showcased the very beautiful Karuta in the Noro Line.  A gorgeous hand knit top, using Karuta in the 04 colorway seemed perfect for summer. This yarn is a great representation of the color spectrum that is Emerald. Looking for a great pattern using Karuta, may I suggest my Year of the Emerald Mittens on Ravelry?

Eventhough, my friends at The Fiberists were not in attendance at VK live, this post would be incomplete without mentioning their amazing Emerald colors as they are continually inspired by the natural world. ( . If you would love to see their yarns in person, they are sold at Fiber Space in Virginia as well as online in their Etsy shop.( They will also be in person at their trunk show at Fibre Space President’s Day Weekend and I will be there as well showcasing my designs.

While this post included many of the emerald yarns available at VK Live and shops across the country we would love to hear what your favorite emerald yarn is !ChainTwo_Fall_2012-3


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Basic was Microsoft's first product.

So, when we met with Amanda Silver, program manager on the Visual Basic team, we thought we'd ask her about that lineage and how it affects her thinking about VB.

You'll hear more from Amanda over the next week.

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      Amanda is an amazing woman; she is super smart and completely gorgeous. I first saw her at a BayNet UG meeting and recently she came to NY to speak at our NYCDOTNET UG. She has a tough job, the transition from VB6 to VB.Net has impacted thousands of Developers around the world and you can never keep everybody happy.  Hope to see more of her on channel9!

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