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RONNIE WILLIAM HIGHLAND has an office in Corinth, Mississippi and provides counseling and/or therapy for their clientele. RONNIE WILLIAM HIGHLAND is listed as a MSW, but may provide additional support.

For detailed questions about RONNIE WILLIAM HIGHLAND’s therapy practice, you should contact their Corinth offices at 6622874055.

RONNIE WILLIAM HIGHLAND is local to the 38834-6723 area.

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Panera Bread Overland Park - King Street

11401 College Blvd Overland Park, KS 66210 US
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The Gospel & My People

The following is the result of an assignment from my Theology As Living Conversation course at the American Baptist Seminary of the West. Thanks to Dr. Davidson for assigning this as I found it most useful in articulating my own understandings of who I am and where I am from. Location is not just a physical concept but a theological one as well.

Maybe this will help you understand better the Paul Schneider from Oakland, CA that is writing this blog. The theological assertions may be bold, or not – perhaps this will help you see better why.

The Gospel and My People

I’m a fourth generation Californian,

Californian first, a citizen of my country second.

My Grandmother who raised me was a Georgia Peach,

Which makes me a gentleman from Georgia, once removed.

My Grandfather’s family is German and more German.

My Grandmother and Mother taught me family,

Some is given, some is chosen.

Baptist tradition: Feed first, ask questions later,

Everything in the world is easier to handle after a meal.

There are Georgian sayings that still make me smile:

“It’ll do you good and help ya too.”

“Patience is a virtue, catch it if you can.

Seldom in a woman and never in a man.”

“The English language works perfectly well already,

There’s no need to reinvent the wheel.”

We celebrated birthdays with family dinners,

Family Given and Chosen, adults talking,

Because children do not speak unless spoken to.

We gathered at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter,

And at least once a month, filling the large dining room.

When someone new joined us, their words were as if dipped in gold.

At Christmas my Grandmother took us shopping,

An ornament for my mother, my brother and me, each year.

Our hope was in God, in Christ Jesus,

And in regular attendance at Church.

Church was family too – chosen by us, but given by God.

We prayed to be compassionate and aware,

Lest we ignore the suffering of others.

We feared not trying our hardest,

Lest we become used to taking the easy way.

We cremate, not bury. Ashes are scattered, not interred.

We remember our ancestors in their words

Coming from our mouths, in their features

Seen in our mirrors.

Line of brow, shade of eye, triggering laughter or tears.

Good hard work, good music, good food and good God,

Love is only as rare as you choose to make it.

We value these things,

and try our best to shower out love liberally.

It feels like there has always been Jesus for us,

Not as the warrior God the Germans first knew him,

But Christ our savior, archetype and hope incarnate.

To live out the good news of God’s love,

for ALL people. To help people become,

Become the people God CREATED them to be.

The Church I grew up in affirmed

the humanity of all people, and the divinity therein.

Here I learned there are things worth fighting for,

Not in defiance, but from love.

Call me a heretic for love, and I’ll count it victory.

Even those who repudiated us we called

Our brothers and sisters in Christ,

acting from their convictions –

just as we acted from ours.

The gap widens between churches,

Those open to acceptance and liberation,

Are farther than ever from those who are not.

And still God’s people are becoming,

Becoming who they were created to be.

I come from people who need to know,

God love all people.

Because it means God loves us too!

Jesus, I pray for Californians,

For my American Baptist brethren,

That by your grace they may continue becoming,

Becoming who they were created to be.

May we reflect your acceptance, your understanding,

Your LOVE to all people at all times. Amen.

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Posted in Uncategorized by loisemma on September 16, 08
 About 4 years ago, I met Sprout (no need for an initial here, the boy has a nickname). We’ve met once since then. After speaking Christmas Day 2004, we chatted for years and years and became best friends. I havent seen him for nearly 2 years but Skype sessions with him always make me smile and I can’t wait for him to come and visit (with his hat collection and ukelele, of course!)
Today, I have been packing my life away (and waving goodbye to my nerves, finally!) for university, talking to old friends, watching war film clips and listening to The Doors. Perfect.
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What Does Your Tube Station Sound Like?

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What Does Your Tube Station Sound Like?
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Whether its a regular busker, the sound system of the phone shop next door, or the endless shout of the Standar' seller, most London tube stations have very familiar sounds.

You can listen to these individual soundscapes thanks to a collaborative sound project called The Next Station.

The first sound map of the London Tube network can be seen and heard here or you can click around the map below.

A fascinating project, The Next Station is far more than simple recordings of traffic noise, 'Mind The Gap' announcements and the murmur of bored commuters.

Cities and Memory worked with The London Sound Survey to collect field recording from 55 different tube stations, from across the London Underground network, over a period of three months.

These recordings have then been reimagined, remixed and reworked by a team of around 95 musicians, artists and sound designers.

Photo: Nigel Bewley

For instance, there's a three-minute audio clip containing the phrase 'The next station is Covent Garden' in 12 different languages.

The ambient beeps, murmurs, drips and musical hum woven around this everyday announcement has the quality of a film score: listen with your eyes shut and let your imagination provide the drama to accompany the growing cacophony.

Photo: Robert

The resulting interactive map is a delight: you can waste hours enjoy listening to either the original field recordings, or the reimagined ambient music, full-on house, or banging techno tracks created by the artists in response.

About Cities And Memory

The Next Station is part of a wider, global project by Cities And Memory, which aims to present and remix the sounds of the whole world.

The Global Sound Map has two sounds for every location: a documentary field recording, documenting the current reality of a place, and a reimagining of that sound, providing an alternative counterpoint.

There are currently more than 1,300 sounds featured on the sound map at Cities And Memory, spread over 55 countries.

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After 22yrs in US prison, Yakubu Gowon’s son, Musa granted clemency by Obama

Former Nigerian President, General Yakabu Gowon and late Edith Ike Okongwu are the parents of Musa Jack Ngonadi Gowon, who was recently released from a prison in California after serving 22 years there. Young Musa had relocated to the US with his mum where he lived until his arrest in 1992.

Left photo: This was the month he was arrested. ..he was 23 and right photo: This is in prison. ..he actually graduated with a degree in law while in prison..that’s his half brother Richard.  Read the full story of his travail and released after the cut..

This was written by Barrister Chukwudi Iwuchukwu,

On November 18, 1992, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Customs Service arrested Musa, Jack Spencer, for conspiring to import in excess of one kilogram of heroin. Jack Musa Gowon, who was 23 years old at that time was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the allegation of smuggling  heroin from source countries.

Jack Musa Gowon protested vehemently through his legal team  that he was innocent and was framed up and his protest were ignored by the Jury and was harshly  sentenced to 324 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.

Musa timely appealed, challenging the admission into evidence of the Hotel Guide, the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction, and the district court’s upward adjustment of his base offense level on the basis that he was an organizer or leader in the conspiracy

When the appeal to quash his conviction failed, Musa took that decision  in his stride believing set back like this is not end of his life
As an inmate of Taft Correctional Facility, Musa Jack Gowon was a role model and a legal adviser to all the inmates
He was well behaved and a source of inspiration  to co- inmates  who have  given up on life
The prison warden  loved and worshiped the ground he tread on

Permit me to mention that Musa  enrolled in one of the universities around and successfully graduated with a degree in Law as a prison inmate

This commendable act of Leadership did not go unnoticed and he was rewarded severally by prison authorities
While all these were going on, Musa’s  family has never stopped fighting to get him out of prison and calls for his release began to grow louder
Happy to report that President Obama heard the calls for Musa’s release and acted in that regard by granting him a parole

Musa walked out of Taft Correctional Facility Bakersfield California as a free man on November 2nd  and he is currently at  ICE Detention Center Bakersfield CA where he will be deported back to Nigeria any moment from now

Musa Jack Ngonaadi is grateful to his Dad, General Yakubu Gowon, his friends and his relatives from his maternal side who  stood by him and supported him also all through the period of his unjust  incarceration that he did not commit the crime he was wrongly accused of
Musa will narrate his own side of the story very soon and he is grateful to God who kept him alive and well to see this day

This article was written by Barrister Chukwudi Iwuchukwu, Principal founder of Visage Media . A PR company based in In Lagos

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Richard Howells Adresses World Leaders Programme

Posted by lostincci on January 18, 2016

CMCI cultural sociologist Dr Richard Howells was invited by the British Government Foreign and Commonwealth Office to address their International Leaders Programme, held in central London.

Dr Howells spoke to delegates from around the world on “Creativity and Culture: The Role of the Arts”.

Sadly, event protocol does not permit us to report the content of Dr Howells’ presentation, nor the identities of the other speakers and participants. We do know, however, the speakers were encouraged to be frank and direct, and believe that Dr Howells did not shy from this invitation.

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Google Search for ‘completely wrong’ Yields Page of Romney Photos

Try it!

Search Google with the term “completely wrong”….

I just tried it and it still comes up Romney!  I’m sure they will make them fix it soon….

From CNN.Com:

To the amusement of Mitt Romney’s critics, a Google Image search for the phrase “completely wrong” on Wednesday returned a page nearly full of images of the Republican presidential candidate.

A Google spokesman said the gallery of photos is the unintentional result of normal Google analytics, which produce images associated with popular phrases in news headlines and search terms, and not the result of any effort to skew the results.

In this case, Google’s algorithms picked up on news coverage of Romney saying last week he was “completely wrong” when he made controversial statements last spring that 47% of Americans were “victims” and dependent on government. Romney took some political heat for the original comments, which were captured by a hidden camera at a private fundraiser in May and made public last month.

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New blogging kit!

But where’s the damn SD card slot!?

When I opened up my present on Christmas Day and unveiled my first ever MacBook Pro I think the screams could’ve been heard some 100 miles away.

After hugging the box for hours, I finally plucked up the courage to open the cellophane and get it set up.

Once it was out the box I think one of the very first things I said to Mr LouBou was, “There’s no SD card reader”. On my old Sony Vaio I had a few different media slots and ports. On this MacBook, nada. Just a few identical small slots and a headphone hole.

I am a blogger and a mother. All I do most days is take photos. Kid pics, family pics, food pics. I use my iPhone but I also use a DSLR which I just throw to one side in favour of taking the SD card out and just shoving it in my laptop*.

I was ok with needing an external SD card reader in exchange for the fancy MacBook, but after visiting the Apple Store I was told there wasn’t an official external SD card reader available that would fit the new MacBook without buying different bits n bobs. There was one third party card reader from SanDisk and it was £45. Ouch.

*I know you can hook up your camera directly to your MacBook but half the time I am working on the sofa, in bed, lying on the floor. I much prefer having just to to contend with an SD card rather than dragging my camera around connected to my laptop.

So, what does anyone do when you can’t find a product at the price you want it? Yeah, search for it on There I found one by a company I hadn’t heard of before called Ugreen. It was only a tenner. SO much cheaper than the one available through the Apple Store. I messaged them to ask if this was definitely the right product to connect me and before I knew it they had offered to send me one to test it out. Extremely friendly company!

It’s a USB-C card reader and it just plugs in and goes. It is slightly irritating having to have something sticking out the side of the MacBook but that is Apple’s fault, not Ugreens. The MacBook is still a dream to use and I would have to be taken kicking and screaming back to my old Vaio.

Lesson for me here is, I was a bit apprehensive about the cheaper product, the brand name I had no experience with. I could’ve taken the hit with the £45 product available from Apple but this product from Ugreen does exactly what I need it and for less than £10.

After the horror stories of cheap or unofficial Apple accessories being dangerous, maybe it’s time to rethink that not all cheap peripherals are bad?

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    Admissions Fair January 20
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    Admissions Fair

    Date: Sat., Jan. 20, 2018, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

    Location: Asa Mercer International Middle School cafeteria
    1600 S Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108

    Mercer Middle School school profile webpage

    The third annual Admissions Fair will be held on Sat., Jan. 20, 2018, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Mercer International Middle School cafeteria.

    School staff from option, alternative and service schools as well as district departments will be available to Open Enrollment and School Choice questions.

    At the admissions fair you can:

    • Register your new student
    • Meet our school and program staff
    • Talk with district leaders
    • Pick up a free backpack, scarf and pair of gloves (limited supply; first come first serve)

    To register your child for the 2018-19 school year, please bring:

    • Two (2) documents with proof of address (dated within the past eight (8) weeks)
    • Parent/guardian photo ID
    • Student birth certificate or passport (for students enrolling in kindergarten and first grade only)
    • Student vaccination records

    Students experiencing homelessness do not need to provide required documents to enroll.

    Read more about the required documents necessary and the process for enrollment on our Enroll My Student webpage.

    If you have questions, please call us at 206-252-0760 or email

    Registration and Open Enrollment for School Choice

    Online registration for the 2018-19 school year (new registrations) opens on Jan. 8, 2018.

    The 2018-19 Open Enrollment for School Choice period is Feb. 5 until 16. School choice forms will be available beginning Feb. 5.

    Choice forms received after Feb. 16 will not be eligible for tiebreaker consideration but will be placed in the order it was received and by lottery number. School choice applications will be accepted through May 31 for current students.

    Key Dates

    • Online Registration (new registrations) for next fall (2018-19 school year) begins Jan. 8, 2018
    • Admission Fair: Sat., Jan. 20, 2018
    • Open Enrollment for School Choice: Feb. 5 - 16, 2018
    • School Choice Last Day for (late) Applications: May 31, 2018
    • Non-resident Registration Period: June 1 until Aug. 31
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The Smooth Festival of Chocolate, Sep 2016

Sydney brought out the sunny weather again for this year’s Smooth Festival of Chocolate.

Zumbo’s was a favourite, with the Gaytime Macaron already sold out on the first day.

The queue for the Lindt Tent got longer as the day wore on, with customisable chocolate bars, a host of Lindt chocolate products, and fresh coffee and desserts on the menu. Price-wise, the chocolates were a bit steep, especially considering you could purchase them in the supermarket for almost half the price.

If you were a little sweeted-out, there was more than enough savoury, including a night noodle market favourite Hoy Pinoy, with its towering column of smoke and trademark queue.

Ilias the Greek was also selling Salt and Feta balls, and had a mean chocolate and macadamia Halva.

The Chocolatier’s Quarters had the most interesting stalls with gluten free, lactose free and organic chocolates on offer.

I couldn’t resist Chocolab’s Tiny Teddy chocolate bar, and was rewarded with a block of smooth Belgian chocolate, milk crispearls, brownie bites that were deliciously moist and (of course) chocolate tiny teddies.

There was also an amazing artwork display, composed out of Lindt wrappers.

And last but not least, a beautiful spread of cakelettes and a huge 4 tier cake from Baked by Joanne.

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Why not Hillary?

Anna Quindlen argues in Newsweek that liberal Democrats who oppose Hillary Clinton's likely presidential bid are only hurting themselves.

Because liberals are idealists ... they don't even compare their most promising leaders with the opposition. Instead they compare them with the ideal, the perfect candidate, the standard-bearer without flaw. Right now that means a candidate who did not vote for the Iraq war .... It also means someone who has never moderated a position for the sake of legislative consensus or personal gain: neither LBJ nor FDR need apply. The chatter about presidential possibilities for superstar newbie Barack Obama offers liberals a classic opportunity: this time around they could argue the black man versus the white woman and then watch, wounded, as another white guy takes all. ...

Let's see: brilliant, well informed, high profile, enormous war chest, works hard, speaks eloquently, campaigns well. No wonder the party leaders are worried. Will she run? I hope so. Can she win? She has to take only the states that John Kerry took, and then one more. (Or the states that Al Gore took, and the Supreme Court.) And the Democratic Party has to decide only that it wants to get behind its front runner, to win and therefore actually get things done instead of having the satisfaction of whining "we told you so" all the way to oblivion.

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Emily Post

Emily Post was a fierce egalitarian who believed that behavior – not income – defined class.

Emily Post died almost 50 years ago and the name that survived her conjures an image of a fussy, obsessively prim lady sipping tea with her pinky held aloft. Which is a shame, because Emily Post would’ve hated that raised pinky.

“She was the enemy of the little finger that extended elegantly from the teacup,” wrote the New York Times upon her death in 1960.

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Like Sigmund Freud or Albert Einstein, Post is remembered as a singular authority on one subject. In her case, that subject is manners.

Not much else remains of the woman whose “little blue book” is still the second-most stolen book from public libraries. (Only the Bible is swiped more often.)

But Post was far more than just a maven of manners. She was also the author of six novels, a cookbook, a cross-country travelogue, an architectural guide, and a child-rearing manual.

She wrote stacks of articles for magazines such as Collier’s and Ladies’ Home Journal. She hosted a radio program, wrote a syndicated newspaper column, and endorsed everything from cigarettes to soap.

She survived a scandalous divorce, designed her own house, hung out with the likes of Mark Twain, and – unbeknown even to her own family until now – after World War II, she worked anonymously to bring orphaned Jewish children to America.

Now, the woman lauded as one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century is finally getting her due. Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners by Laura Claridge, is the first full-length biography of Post. Sweeping from the Gilded Age through World War I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, and World War II, Claridge chronicles Post’s transformation from feisty, banjo-playing debutante to high-society wife to America’s premier etiquette ambassador.

Writing with the skillful pacing and lively narration of a novelist, Claridge (whose previous works range from feminist theory to a biography of Norman Rockwell), makes insightful observations about her subject and the times in which she lived.

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Most important of these is the role of etiquette in society, as Post saw it. For her, etiquette was more than a stuffy set of rules as to which fork to use or how to greet someone’s boss. Rather, Post saw etiquette as the backbone of civility itself.

In a constantly changing world, she sought to teach Americans how to treat one another well. In fact, for Post, ethics and etiquette were one and the same.

Though she lived her entire life as a member of the privileged caste, Post was a social egalitarian who believed that class is defined solely by one’s behavior. Indeed, much of her work was aimed squarely at America’s burgeoning immigrant population.

“Emily Post’s life and work would have been inconceivable without … the millions of immigrants who sought to become what they considered real Americans during Emily’s lifetime,” notes Claridge.

In addition, she had a deeply personal connection to the immigrant community. Claridge writes that, “As a little girl, she was granted a singular privilege: while a family friend constructed its base, the Statue of Liberty functioned as her personal dollhouse, allowing the child to play inside its hollow core for weeks. When the statue was completely finished, her beloved father shared the dais with a select group, helping to dedicate Miss Liberty to the American people, especially to those future citizens streaming through the immigration corrals.”

Post’s approach to life was not without its contradictions.

Despite her fervent belief in behavior, not income, as the defining element of “Best Society,” she was staunchly opposed to the New Deal and campaigned for FDR’s political opponents.
Her model of the modern woman predated Rosie the Riveter, but she held herself aloof from the women’s suffrage movement. She considered herself to be an expert on marriage, yet her own dissolved in a humiliating divorce, after which she never had another romantic relationship.

But these contradictions only serve to create a more vivid and complete picture of Post as a human being rather than an idea. Like many modern celebrities, the person who was Emily Post has been replaced in the popular consciousness with a one-dimensional caricature.

Claridge’s biography goes a long way toward introducing readers to a woman who changed the mind-set of millions of Americans … and did it politely.

Kathryn Perry is an intern at the Monitor.


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US returns $100 million in stolen artifacts to India

Hundreds of priceless artifacts were imported by a New York art dealer who is now awaiting trial in India.

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi look at three statues during a ceremony marking the repatriation of more than 200 artifacts to the Indian government, in Washington, Monday.

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Nine years ago, federal investigators received a tip about an unusual shipment of nine crates bound for the United States, described as "marble garden table sets."

But instead of furniture, they found the crates held hundreds of valuable artifacts looted from religious sites in India, some over 2,000 years old. US authorities estimate the artifacts are collectively worth more than $100 million.

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On Monday, the US returned religious statues, bronzes, and terra cotta pieces to the Indian government, with Attorney General Loretta Lynch formally presenting them at a joint ceremony with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The United States is committed to ensuring that no nation is robbed of the objects that inform its identity, shape its traditions, and inspire its citizens," Ms. Lynch said Monday.

"Today, as part of that ongoing commitment, more than 200 antiquities and cultural artifacts that speak to India’s astounding history and beautiful culture are beginning their journey home. It is my hope – and the hope of the American people – that this repatriation will serve as a sign of our great respect for India’s culture; our deep admiration for its people; and our sincere appreciation for the ties between our nations."

The items were discovered in a joint investigation appropriately nicknamed "Hidden Idol" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, US Attorneys in the Eastern and Southern District of New York, and the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs.

Many of the pieces were discovered in crates imported by Subhash Kapoor, an art dealer who is now awaiting trial in India, ICE said on Monday.

The pieces include a statue of Saint Manikkavichavakar, a Hindu mystic and poet from the Chola period (around 850 to 1250 AD), stolen from the Sivan Temple in Chennai, India. It’s estimated to be valued at $1.5 million.

A bronze sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesh about 1,000 years old, according to ICE.

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Mr. Kapoor, who was previously based in New York, has pleaded not guilty, while five other people were also arrested in connection with the ancient artifacts. Some of the items were found in the Honolulu Museum and the Peabody Essex in Massachusetts, which surrendered the items and began working with investigators.

In March, ICE agents recovered Indian statues, from the 8th and 10th centuries AD, on the auction block at Christie’s in New York.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance noted that art collectors had spent an estimated $360 million on Asian antiquities and art.

"With high demand from all corners of the globe, collectors must be certain of provenance before purchasing," he said in a statement. "I urge dealers and auction houses to take every necessary precaution to avoid facilitating the sale of cultural heritage stolen from other civilizations. If a provenance is in doubt, report it to law enforcement authorities."

Since 2007, federal agents have returned more than 7,500 artifacts to 30 countries, ICE said on Monday.

"Protecting the cultural heritage of our global community is important work and we are committed to identifying and returning these priceless items to their countries of origin and rightful owners," said Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.


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Oh, The Places You’ll Go With A Book

Based on the brilliant Dr Seuss title Oh, The Place You’ll Go, this display hopes to capture some of its whimsy and charm.

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The original idea for this hanging display came from the large number of 3D balloon, raindrop, clouds and umbrella mobiles available on the net. The balloons look fantastic on-mass, especially when they blow in the wind.

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The display makes use of the large amount of hanging space available over the circulation desk and the four windows behind the desk. It is easily adaptable for any display space.

This display was also going to incorporate a window painting of the coloured, ringed landmass found on the front cover of Oh, The Places You’ll Go. However, as this display will soon have to make way for Book Week displays, it was decided it wasn’t worth the extra work.

Oh The Places You'll Go 5THE BALLOONS

The balloons were created using a balloon shape outline found on the web. Each outline was printed onto A4 cardboard. One large balloon and two small balloon shapes were fitted onto each page. To make the balloons, each shape is cut out and folded down the middle. Glue is applied to the back of one balloon, to which two balloon shapes (folded in half) are attached. These two are then glued together to complete the shape. Complete instructions for this process can be found on Mrs Peabod. You can create a balloon shape with as many colours as you want. I used three. The balloons for the window are made using the same process, minus the final step of gluing the last two shapes together to complete the circle. This way the flat back of the balloon can be stuck to the window or display board.

Oh The Places You'll Go 3THE CLOUDS

Over the returns slot hangs the clouds, rain and umbrellas section of this display. This doesn’t really tie into the Dr Seuss theme, but I just couldn’t help making these incredibly cute shapes. The clouds, umbrellas and raindrops are made using the same process as the balloons. I was able to make the raindrops from scraps of blue card leftover from the balloons. The clouds were made from A3 cardboard. Again, complete instructions can be found from Mrs Peabod.

Oh The Places You'll Go 4THE FONT

The font that was used for the wording is Grinched. This was printed on A3 cardboard, cutout and laminated.

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Why “just leave” is absurd advice for a workplace bullying target

On Facebook, we’ve seen some people who’ve never been bullied at work (or more likely who are bullies themselves or aren’t vulnerable and emotionally tough enough to admit they’ve been bullied) tell workplace bullying targets to “just leave” their jobs if they don’t like them.

I ask those people: if you were to “just leave” your job today, what would be the consequences? In a 2013 poll, the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) found the biggest barrier to a workplace bullying target “just quitting” was loss of income and the affordable, employer-provided, crucial-while-being-bullied health insurance that went along with it (40 percent of respondents).

The second most popular response, however, is the one I find most striking. In a close second, 36 percent of respondents said personal pride, the injustice of it all, and loving their actual jobs were the reasons they weren’t just going to up and leave. In other words, targets weren’t going to “just quit” simply because they weren’t in the wrong and shouldn’t have had to. That awareness, level of integrity, and self-defense are motivated by strength, not weakness, and a building block for a social movement to end workplace bullying.

The third most popular response: 24 percent of respondents said they were waiting for an investigation that never came. Workplace bullying targets expected employers to do the right thing.

“Just quitting” versus find another job
You might think this idea of sticking around is in direct opposition to our usual advice to workplace bullying targets: leave since your health comes first and your employers won’t change. The difference is the hastiness of the decision to maintain your health. Consider:

  • Your safety net. Do you have savings? Can you collect unemployment? Do you have multiple family incomes you can fall back on until you find another job? Do you have dependents who rely on your income for basic needs?
  • How quickly you could find another job. What’s the job market like in your industry? How strong is your network? Have you updated your resume and your online resume?
  • Your health. How strongly is your workplace abuse affecting your health? How quickly is your health deteriorating? Can you leave on disability until you’re able to find another job?

The reality check
Employees “just quitting” (without speaking up) won’t do anything to challenge the status quo and hold employers accountable. What’s important is when you are ready to leave (and you do owe it to yourself to find a job where your employer values you), speak up to your employer in a way you feel comfortable. Don’t let your employer off the hook and perpetuate “the soft bigotry of low expectations.”

In The New York Times article “What Women Really Think of Men,” a piece about not letting men off the hook for not recognizing women’s equal humanity, writer Irin Carmon uses the phrase “the soft bigotry of low expectations” to describe “just dealing” with the status quo. “Men taking responsibility, even retrospectively, is what it’s going to take for us to believe another world is possible, one in which we don’t romanticize female superiority to let men off the hook,” she says.

While we’re not exactly talking about misogyny with workplace bullying (though 80 percent of workplace bullying targets are women, according to WBI), the same rule applies. If we simply replace Carmon’s bottom line with the different players in the power abuse struggle, we get “employers taking responsibility, even retrospectively, is what it’s going to take for us to believe another world is possible.”

What I learned from my own workplace abuse experience

Many people look to us for advice on their personal workplace bullying experiences or those of their family members. While we’re not qualified to give legal or mental health advice, I wanted to pass along what I learned from my own bullying experience and my experience with the Massachusetts Healthy Workplace Advocates:

  1. Justice may not be achieved in the way that you think. When I went through my experience, I knew that the abuse was unfair and should be illegal. The truth is that most workplace bullying cases are currently not illegal. When you’re up against leaders who won’t take responsibility for workplace abuse, you likely won’t see change. I’ve heard of legal battles full of more bullying. For me, justice isn’t directly going up against those who violated me. I’ll never get anywhere. Justice will be achieved when this bill becomes law and my former bullies can be held accountable in the future for their toxic behaviors.
  2. Doing nothing may be more effective than doing something. This idea goes against our sense of integrity, but a 2012 Workplace Bullying Institute study shows that those who spoke up at work generally had the same results as those who said nothing. While involving the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), your union, an attorney, or a lawsuit were more effective (16.4% effective tops), studies showed that doing nothing (3.25% effective) was almost as effective as speaking up to the boss (3.57% effective), the bully’s boss (3.26% effective), or senior management/the owners (3.69% effective). My bully retaliated when I spoke up to higher-ups and Human Resources. Nothing improved and in fact got worse. Speaking up is tempting and can be empowering. And a lawsuit can be warranted. But more often than not, workplace bullying situations apply to the big gap in the law that doesn’t protect you as an employee from a bullying boss or the retaliation that may come after you speak up.
  3. Just leave. While I blogged earlier about how frustrating it is when people tell you to “just leave,” unfortunately the clock usually starts ticking once you’ve become a bullying target. Once targeted for bullying, an individual faced a 78% probability of losing the job he or she once loved through quitting, firing, or being forced out according to a 2012 Workplace Bullying Institute study. While employees shouldn’t have to “just leave,” it may be the wisest decision to start the ball rolling to find a way out if you’re up against a toxic corporate culture and no end in sight to the bullying.

While each case is different and I’m in no position to give professional advice, I wish that I’d been told these ideas years ago when I went through my bullying experience. I sense that until we pass this bill, we’ll most likely experience uphill battles resulting in nothing but frustration when we directly stand up to our bullying bosses. We just aren’t protected against workplace bullying.

What advice do you have for people going through workplace bullying right now?


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[LinuxBIOS] epia

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sun Dec 10 12:58:41 CET 2006

> Booting using a current version, I get the following when enumerating
> the PCI devices (reading resources)
> PCI: 00:11.1 20 *  [0x00000c00 - 0x00000c0f] io
> PCI: 00:11.1 10 *  [0x00000c10 - 0x00000c17] io
> PCI: 00:11.1 18 *  [0x00000c20 - 0x00000c27] io
> PCI: 00:11.1 14 *  [0x00000c30 - 0x00000c33] io
> PCI: 00:11.1 1c *  [0x00000c40 - 0x00000c43] io

That looks just fine.

> 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])

It's in legacy mode, the first four BARs are disabled (it uses
legacy I/O 0x1f0 etc. instead, and the legacy IRQs too).

> One thing I am curious about is that according
> to the PCI spec (I only have version 2.1) the base address registers
> start at 10h, so why, in the above , does the IDE controller, and in
> fact most of the devices on the board use the higher base address
> registers ?

Look at <http://www.bswd.com/pciide.pdf>, it'll take away
your confusion hopefully.  A device can use any BAR it wants,
it is fine to skip 0x10.

> Another question I have is the fact that 20h contians d001h. The PCI
> spec does mention that a device  may have don't care bits in the base
> address. So can I assume that, that is the case here ?

The low few bits are read-only; bits 01 mean it's an I/O BAR.
The base address is 0xd000.

> What confuses me is that on an earlier version (head version 2401)
> this
> worked. Comparing the two versions I can see there have been
> changes to
> the PCI parts of the code, but nothing to dramatic, and as I have said
> no one else seems to be having problems.

Since the code assigned all five BARs, the controller is in
non-legacy mode; this means that LinuxBIOS set it up that way,
since legacy mode is the boot-up default.  Some controllers
use legacy IRQs even in non-legacy mode, maybe that's your
problem.  What exactly isn't working?

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[Evolution] Evo splitting messages in odd ways

I know all the traffic has been on the 2.0 release, but I and some of my
users are seeing a strange problem in the 1.4.5 release of Evolution
that comes with RHEL 3, and I'm hoping someone here can shed some light.

Every so often Evo seems to split an incoming message in two.  The
symptoms are usually a message with the bottom half missing, sometimes
right after the headers, sometimes further into the body, and a second
message in my inbox with no subject, no sender, and no date in the
message listing pane, and when I display it it invariably looks like the
tail end of some other message.

Evo is apparently splitting a single incoming e-mail at some
inappropriate point and turning it into two separate messages in the
message list.  In my case, most of these messages seem to be mailing
list messages which I have filtered into separate folders, with the top
part of a message going to a folder and the remainder ending up as a "no
subject" message in my inbox, so I don't always know if they would show
up sequentially in an inbox otherwise.

Mail here is delivered locally to a mailhub machine whose
/var/spool/mail directory is NFS mounted to clients like mine.  I have
my evo mail account set up with a server type set as "Local Delivery",
meaning evo periodically checks the NFS mounted spool directory and
moves any messages found there to my inbox under ~/evolution/local.  I
mention this since it seems the likely place for where the process might
be broken.

I understand that 1.4.5 has just recently been eclipsed, but maybe
someone could confirm my observations or suggest a workaround, or maybe
someone has found that this is still an issue in 2.0.

Thanks for any input or advice,

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[NTG-context] deviant bodyfont size query

Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl
Mon Jun 27 12:54:16 CEST 2005

Alan Bowen wrote:
> Until the last three updates to ConTeXt, I was getting output without
> error messages inspite of the fact that I was calling for bodyfont
> sizes of 10.5 pt and 9.5 pt.  Now, when I process the same documents  I
> get error messages and the output has 10pt and 9pt text where I had
> originally asked for the deviant sizes.
> Unfortunately, this output is smaller than I was getting before.
> Moreover, when I call for bodyfont sizes of 11pt and 10pt now, the
> output is larger.
> The problem is that i ned to maintain the appearance of the documents
> that I have been typesetting. So what was I getting before—how were
> these deviant bodysizes rendered—and, more important, does anyone  know
> how can I get the same result now?

Can you try the latest (todays) current?

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[NTG-context] wrong German hyphenation for Nietzsche?

Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jun 12 18:43:29 CEST 2012

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> Well, I have realized that this was ConTeXt from TexLive 2011 (LaTeX,
> XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX hyphenate it right).
> And ConTeXt standalone hyphenates it right.

Patterns in ConTeXt have been updated at the end of May, so they
should be synchronized with those from other engines now.

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L 07 – Reflection

So far, I have been faithful in uploading a post to my blog daily (darksundrawing.com). The writing in each post has been getting shorter, but the writing was never the point of the blog.

This week, we worked on our Google AdWord campaigns and focused on keywords. I felt that I pretty good grasp on this week’s content from the start. It took a bit of tweaking to word my ads correctly, but I feel that I’ve done it correctly.

Regarding keywords for my website, I felt that I had a slightly different focus than the rest of my group. My website is already for a very small niche group, so if I developed specific keywords for an already specific subject, I would attract a very small number of people. I developed relatively broader keywords for my small niche. ‘Daily drawing’, ‘pencil sketch’, ‘art online’, ‘make a drawing’, and ‘cartoon drawing’ were some keywords I used. Since I draw a large spectrum of things, I couldn’t put one specific subject in my keywords, such as ‘cartoon cats’. If that would prove more effective, I may have to change my drawing focus.

On every post, I state that I want this blog to be for and help visitors. To do that, I need feedback and comments. I hope that once I get my ads up, I’ll get that feedback and I can start helping people draw.

What I found on my Facebook

According to YouTube, this Clinton campaign ad was published in Sept. I only saw it on my Facebook feed a few hours ago.

There are many MANY messages being sent from this political ad. It obviously supports Hillary. We see her side-hugging a young woman. We’ve always known that Hillary is an advocate in the modern womens’ rights movement. The women in this video are young, making the ad relatable to young women themselves and the mothers of young daughters. The young women are of different ethnicities and bodyshapes.

This ad can really hit home for some people and create powerful, personal feelings against Trump. Other people couldn’t care less and this ad could make Hillary seem soft and too personal or emotional to be president.

The other point of view is how Trump is being represented. It’s hard to argue that what he’s saying isn’t cruel, rude, and unprofessional. But all the sound bites of Trump are very short and clearly taken out of context. You could argue that isn’t a fair representation of Trump. In addition, the short footage of Trump at the end is not only taken out of context, but is clearly older footage. You could argue that taking an example of bad character from someone’s past is low and unfair, since that interview is not directly related to the campaigns of this current presidential election.

In short, the intended message of the ad is clear, but that’s not the only message being conveyed.

L 06 – Reflection

This week, I researched the legalities and tax laws for starting a business. I also built the website and launched it.

Researching business laws drained me. I was so overwhelmed. The whole time, I felt a compulsion to quit. As soon as the class was over, I would shut my business down. I didn’t want to deal with so many entities. With schooling at BYU-Idaho, I spend most of the year away from home. I was confused as to which state I should register my business in: Idaho or California. Ultimately, I decided that I still claim residency in CA. I’m still included on my parent’s taxes, my drivers licenses in registered in CA, and I registered to vote in CA. Still, as a sole proprietor, I don’t think I need to pay fees for registering. Just more paperwork to register and extra paperwork on my taxes.

I also launched my site. I was deciding between Bluehost or iPage for my hosting company. Bluehost was a bit more expensive, but I could request a refund whenever I wanted. iPage did not after 30 days. Both companies required you sign-up for no less than a year. I was very annoyed with this, so I was going to take Bluehost because of it’s refund. However, I would have needed to pay $12 for my domain name if I quit early. Because of this, I would pay about the same if I took a refund from Bluehost or stayed a whole year with iPage. Because of this, I chose iPage. If I’m paying the same for both situations, I might as well have the site for the whole year. In addition, Bluehost required an advanced package to have Google AdWord credit. iPage included $100 of AdWord credit as a standard. The chat feature hooked me up with someone who made sure I got set up correctly.

Once I started to create the site, I started to feel better. It began to look like a blog business that I would be a part of. I’m almost excited to see if I can make this work for a whole year. Not just to make money, but to see if I can do it. And put something on my resume. As I intended the site is very simple. I originally thought to have different pages of information, but it would be too complicated for such a simple blog. Especially on mobile devices; it would be too crammed. So I put all the information I would put on separate pages onto the sides and bottom of the main page. The domain name was going to be dailydrawings.com, but it was already taken. So I changed it to darksundrawing.com. Not only does it create a name that can be branded, but it connects to my DeviantArt account, which is a plus to connect to other artists.

The Deep Web is No Secret

With cell phones and computers, it feels like you have the library of the world at your command. You would be grossly wrong.

A person using an average browser (Chrome, FireFox) can only access .03 percent of the Internet’s content .** Perhaps many people are blind to the “deep web”. This is not referring to sites that are morally offensive. This is not referring to “dark social”, which is sharing information that cannot be tracked by standard web analytic programs*. Simply sharing a link to someone via email instead of via social media is considered dark social. So what is the deep web?

Despite being the operating grounds for major illegal activity, the deep web’s main function is to serve users with complete anonymity. As people are becoming more concerned about their privacy, they are resorting to download the deep web browser Tor.** However, if you want your information to be protected, you should think twice about using the deep web to do so.

headerWelcome to the Game welcomes you to the deep web. Image from Steam.

Welcome to the Game is a (perfectly legal) indie game developed by Reflect Studios. This puzzle/horror game simulates what it’s like to explore the deep web. The point of the game is to find codes within the sites of the deep web to unlock a Red Room, a live stream, interactive torture room.*** To quote tvtropes.org, Welcome to the Game “… uses a combination of exaggeration, urban legends, and actual twisted Deep Web content…” to create the atmosphere of the creepy deep web.**** Within the deep web are sites featuring sick personal confessions, family drug businesses, hit-men, human butchers, and satanic cults just to name a few.

This information about the deep web is obviously no secret, seeing as you can search for it on an ordinary browser. The question to be asked is how Reflection Studios came up with such a detailed game about the deep web.

* https://www.techopedia.com/definition/29027/dark-social
** http://www.sickchirpse.com/deep-web-guide/
*** http://store.steampowered.com/app/485380/
**** http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/WelcomeToTheGame

L 05 – Reflection

This week was more up my ally. Thinking about our site design and how it functions is what is most important for my business. Since my business is a blog, I’m not trying to sell a product. I’m trying to sell the blog. Thus, aesthetics is more important than it might be for others. I decided to go with many bloggers do and have soft colors and simplicity. Since the images are the focal point, it’s very important that nothing distracts from them.

Then we talked about the option of using PayPal for our transactions. I thought it was a simple matter; PayPal is reliable, right? It’s very secure for me because I would only use PayPal for donations. I’m not selling any products. I get my money from advertisements and from the PayPal button option to donation. Since my blog is an artist blog, it’s particularly appropriate or expected to have a donation option. I also know that many artists have a PayPal account. But as always, the DB brought up things I never thought about, particularly legal or security issues. Using a donation button is the safest thing to do, but others had concerns about using it for typical shopping cart transactions.

I’m noticing that these assignments are starting to get a little more personalized to our business, products, and business method.

FNAF – Sister Location

While many indie games require digging to discover, some become popular to the masses. Five Nights at Freddy’s is one of those indie games. Since the first game’s release, many sequels have been released over the past 2 years, both official and unofficial.

A survival horror game developed by Scott Cawthon. Image.

One of the diving forces behind the game’s popularity, as well as other indie games, is the publicity and advertisement  generated by gaming YouTubers. The latest game developed by Scott Cawthon in the FNAF franchise is Sister Location. The game released Oct. 7 and YouTube star Markiplier released the first episode of his playthrough of it that same day. Not even a week has gone by and that first video has reached over 8.4 million views.

Had the right people not played the FNAF games, the franchise would not be as popular as it is. Regardless of the games’ consistent high quality and interesting stories, no indie game gets mainstream popularity without big names backing it up and endorsing it. Big names also have to include their support quickly to get attention and/or views. Jacksepticeye, another famous gaming YouTuber, was gone the week Sister Location released. Having just released his first playthrough episode Oct. 10, Jack said in his video that, “…everyone probably knows what’s going on already…”.

3 days after a game’s release, an indie game no less, and gamers already know the entire game’s playthrough. That is only possible because of YouTube playthoughs and celebrity endorsements.

L 04 – Reflection

The more this class goes on, the more I realize that I am way out of my element. Even if a class is difficult, at least I have an inkling of what’s going on. Not with business. I haven’t the slightest clue of what I’m doing, what terms mean, what I  should be looking for, what I should consider for the future etc. To top it off, I don’t have the personality type to have talent in business. I don’t like risks or making financial investments. This week, I think I learned more about the value of other’s inputs and group discussions than about website builders or hosts.

Needless to say, I’ve never benefited more from the discussion boards than in any other class. In choosing a site builder, my group pointed out many factors that I overlooked or misunderstood. In choosing a host, they encouraged me to consider making a bit more of an investment in who I chose. I was going to go with Doteasy, which was cheap and covered the bare basics. Now, after reading the whole board, I think I’ll go with iPage. My group helped me understand what iPage offered for its price.


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Poor ROI for Employee Recognition

In Make Their Day I estimated that 18 billion is spent each year on recognition. I have heard other estimates that are far higher: $27 billion for non-cash recognition and incentives, $117 billion when you include cash.

 And what do employees get out of it? You tell me. I want to hear your stories of the awards you have received. Was it meaningful or horrific? Or did you already forget what you received?

I don’t know your personal recognition story, but I do know that overall only about 40 percent of employees are satisfied with the recognition they receive.

I don’t think that is a very good return on a $18+ billion dollar investment.

 Yet I have clients with individual managers who have greater than 90 percent satisfaction, so the problem isn’t unreasonable, spoiled, and coddled employees. The problem is with program design and implementation.

Managers need:

  • Training on what works.
  • Training on use of programs.
  • To know senior management cares about recognition.
  • To be rewarded and recognized for offering effective recognition.
  • To be held accountable when they don’t.
  • Regular reminders to keep them focused.

In many companies those regular reminders come from my weekly tips. In others it is regular communication, both formal and informal talking up successes, asking for feedback, and offering suggestions for improvement.

Nothing earth-shattering here; just common sense that produces ROI.

Copyright 2008 Cindy Ventrice

2 Responses to “Poor ROI for Employee Recognition”

  1. 1 goldberry00 March 5, 2008 at 9:16 am

    I can tell you this: no matter how much recognition you get, if it’s not from someone you respect, it amounts to zilch. I had one manager who was constantly storming into my shared office and announcing to the world how great of an employee I was! Even after I repeatedly told her it made me uncomfortable. This same manager never once gave me an official company thank-you card or certificate during our monthly reward meetings like all the other normal people.

    She drove me crazy. I quit.

  2. 2 Cindy Ventrice March 5, 2008 at 10:10 am

    You are right on target! Without respect, recognition means nothing. I have seen hard work viewed as recognition when I well-respected manager gives it, and $1000 bonuses viewed with suspicion and disdain when provided by a disrespectful manager.

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Friday, September 21, 2012

Read To Self

We did it! We made it to 12 minutes of reading stamina today! Check out these intense readers in their favorite spots.

Where is your favorite spot to read? How long is your reading stamina?

  1. Nice work first graders!! My favorite reading spot is on my couch curled up by the fire place when it's cold outside! Keep up the good work :)

    -Miss Sulentic

  2. I love to read on my patio in the summer and on my big comfy chair in my house. I could read for a long time if it's a great book! You guys are doing great!


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Love is a Fairy Tale

Love is Blind. Yet sometimes we still can see

Words From The Underground

true love

Once upon a time

I had a thing called Love

and it was beautiful

I felt alive & happy

Special & beautiful

Every day was fresh & new

We talked about the future

Dreams we had

Shared our desires & emotions

I gave you my heart

It had been broken

several times before

 and was still scarred

 but you fixed it

Put all the pieces back together

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It felt so real

I still believe it was

in the beginning

but something changed

there were small signs

& love was blind

I did not see what was happening

until it was too late

Now, hurt & angry

I cry myself to sleep

not knowing what lies ahead

What I believed to be my destiny

Has been left far behind

along with my heart

the pieces smaller than before

dark path 1

I stumble through the day

traveling my path

hanging at the edge of the abyss

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Azure News 2017 – Week 10

Some important Azure milestones with both Azure CLI 2.0 & Azure Stack TP3 that has been released also Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner, Azure SQL Data Sync, 5 new Azure services to Canada, AWS outage, Auto-Shutdown for ARM based VMs.

Lots of Azure News this time around again – as heard on the latest Need to Know podcast episode 143.

Azure CLI 2.0 now generally available

Azure CLI is a command line utility which runs on Mac, Linux and Windows. The Azure CLI 2.0 is open source and on GitHub.

More Info.

Azure Stack TP3 has been released

New features in Azure Stack TP3:

  • Deploy with ADFS for disconnected scenarios
  • Start using Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets for scale out workloads
  • Syndicate content from the Azure Marketplace to make available in Azure Stack
  • Use Azure D-Series VM sizes
  • Deploy and create templates with Temp Disks that are consistent with Azure
  • Take comfort in the enhanced security of an isolated administrator portal
  • Take advantage of improvements to IaaS and PaaS functionality
  • Use enhanced infrastructure management functionality, such as improved alerting

More Info.

Announcing the Public Preview of the Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner

With ASR, it’s critical you need proper deployment planning before a production rollout. Microsoft have announced the Public Preview of the Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner. This tool that helps people understand on-premises networking requirements, Microsoft Azure compute and storage requirements for successful ASR replication and test failover or failover of applications.

Deployment Planner is completely stand-alone, you don’t need to install any ASR components and it does not impact the performance of production servers.

The ASR Deployment Planner has three main modes of operation:

  • Profiling – over the course of about 30 days, the tool stores various performance counters, R/W IOPS, Write IOPS, data churn and the hardware specification of the virtual machine
  • Report generation – the tool uses the profiled data to generate a deployment planning report in Microsoft Excel format
  • Throughput calculation – helps to determine what additional bandwidth is needed to provision ASR replication

The current public preview the tool only supports a VMware to Azure scenario.

More Info.

Azure SQL Data Sync update

With Azure SQL Data Sync users can easily synchronise data bi-directionally between multiple Azure SQL Databases and/or on-premises SQL Databases. This service is currently in public preview and available only in the old Azure portal.

Azure Data Sync will be available in new Azure portal within the next few months with several improvements to the service, including PowerShell and REST API support, improvements to security and privacy and enhanced monitoring and troubleshooting

The service will now be available in most regions.

More Info.

Microsoft brings 5 new Azure services to Canada

New Azure services that are now available in Canada.

  • HDInsight
  • Azure Functions
  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.

HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud Hadoop offering that provides optimised open source analytic clusters for Spark, Hive, MapReduce, HBase, Storm, Kafka and R Server which is all backed by a 99.9% SLA.

Azure Functions is an event-based serverless compute.

With Managed Disks, you don’t need to mess around with Storage Accounts, just add the number and size of disks

Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup are the leading recovery features of Azure.

More Info.

AWS Outage

An authorised S3 team member using an established playbook executed a command which was intended to remove a small number of servers for one of the S3 subsystems that is used by the S3 billing process. Unfortunately, one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than intended.

The servers that were inadvertently removed supported two other S3 subsystems. One of these subsystems, the index subsystem manages the metadata and location information of all S3 objects in the region. This subsystem is necessary to serve all GET, LIST, PUT, and DELETE requests. The second subsystem, the placement subsystem, manages allocation of new storage and requires the index subsystem to be functioning properly to correctly operate. The placement subsystem is used during PUT requests to allocate storage for new objects

AWS have not completely restarted the index subsystem or the placement subsystem in our larger regions for many years

More Info.

Auto-Shutdown for VMs using Azure Resource Manager

This feature was previously only available in DevTest Labs. However, now VM Auto-Shutdown is available to all the ARM-based Azure VMs in the Azure portal.

Go to your VM blade in Azure portal, then click Auto-shutdown in the resource menu on the left-side.

You will see an auto-shutdown settings page expanded, where you can specify an auto-shutdown time and time zone. You can also configure to send a notification to a webhook URL 15 minutes before auto-shutdown.

More Info.

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Next Beauty A/W 2012: a tale of four cities

Next Milan Reed Diffuser

Next invited me to a fabulous blogging event at The Hempel (‘darling’) last week. The Hempel’s fantastically minimalist and clean style was very much in keeping with the new beauty launch from Next which has a similar look and feel to it. On display were a number of new collections, including this one: The ‘City […]

Our easter break at The Grove

Located just outside Watford, in the middle of the Hertfordshire countryside, the Grove is a five star hotel,  which describes itself as ‘London’s country estate’. Having experienced the slightly rough and ready delights of Centre Parcs over the Autumn half term, I was more than ready for something slightly more upmarket which would still cater […]


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Intellectual Property Protection: How to Protect Your Firm from Trolls

21 Jan

intellectual infringement protectionRecently we published an article on patent and copyright trolls and the recent legislative changes and legal decisions which have had a favorable impact on advertisers and their agency partners.

We received a tremendous amount of feedback from our readers on the topic, along with the question; “What specifically can we do to protect ourselves from copy and or patent infringement trolls?”  Given the level of interest regarding this subject, we wanted to share our thoughts on measures which advertisers can take to assist in mitigating the risks emanating from law suits brought by non-practicing entities.

By way of background, Advertising Audit & Risk Management (AARM) works exclusively with advertisers in the area of advertising agency contract compliance and performance auditing.  As part of the contract review portion of the audit, we provide counsel on opportunities for advertisers to enhance contract language to incorporate the latest in terms of legal and financial safeguards to protect their interests.  Needless to say, intellectual property infringement protection has been a growing area of concern for our clientele and one of the items on which we provide guidance.

The challenge as it relates to copyright and patent trolls or non-producing, patent enforcing entities is multi-faceted.  On the surface, the answer to this dilemma is pretty straightforward:

  1. Carry Intellectual Property Infringement Insurance.
  2. Ask your agency to conduct “Clearance Searches” to identify where digital work could pose infringement risks.
  3. Require your agencies (particularly digital/ mobile agencies) to carry the same or similar insurance (i.e. patent defense insurance policy)… be sure to provide guidance on terms:
    1. Is the vendor required to indemnify? Indemnify and defend?
    2. What is being indemnified? (damages, attorney fees, injunctions, lost business)
    3. Specify your desired role, exposure limits in a defense should action be brought.
  4. Require your agencies to indemnify you.

In reality however, the aforementioned actions can be expensive (i.e. a “clearance search” can cost $25,000 to $50,000), are not necessarily foolproof and represent serious client-agency contract/ relationship challenges when it comes to the issue of indemnification.

As an example, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) recommends that; “Agencies make clear in their client agreements that clients assume all risks associated with patent infringement.”  On the flip side of the ledger, some advertisers, particularly larger organizations, force their agencies to contractually indemnify them… whether the agency has the financial means to do so or not.

This raises the question; “How can we break the logjam when it comes to indemnification protection?”  Clearly the answer to this question includes open, constructive dialog between both parties and their legal counsel.  After all, both advertiser and agency have a shared interest in minimizing the risks associated with frivolous, expensive lawsuits brought by trolls.

For client-side procurement professionals, the most logical approach to resolving this issue with the organization’s agency partners lies in negotiating a middle-ground based upon the notion of “mutuality” or a “proportional and equitable” sharing of risks and costs.  Experience would suggest that negotiations over this matter are more protracted and time consuming than other aspects of a client-agency agreement.  This is understandable given the risks to both parties and the cost and complexity of the potential remedies.

As long as advertisers negotiate from a position of strength and fairness, they can bridge the gap with their agency partners and reach agreement on this important legal construct.

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Day 51 Slow recovery

Still not at full strength today.  Tooth still giving me a bit of gip!

Another small ride is all I managed, but still, I was cycling.  I am so please that when I took on this challenge that I had not set myself a number of miles to do each day or month etc.  It means that I can work around the unforeseen such as being incapacitated by tooth ache!

Anyway, going to post some exciting news in the next few days, so watch this blog!

About Martin's Bicycle Musings.

Husband, Dad, follower of The Way, Keeper of the peace and taking mid-life by the throat
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Thankfully, Scary Turned into Everything’s Fine

I found out some new things by having this happen. I learned that 80 percent of women get called back after a mammogram. This was my first time getting called back. I didn’t know that 80 percent of women get called back until after, when I told my friend who recently went through a call back.  My friend was the one who heard about the 80 percent at her clinic when she got an “everything’s fine” after her call back. I wish I would have known about that statistic before they called me back. When they call you, they don’t say, “Hello, we scare 80 percent of the women who get mammograms every year, so don’t worry.” Instead the very-concerned sounding voice on the other end said, “We need you to come back right away. We need to do an ultrasound.” Oh, my hands got numb and my boob that needed the ultrasound hurt. Sweat started to pucker off the back of my neck.

“Okay,” I used my most confident voice. I acted like I could handle it. I made the appointment for the next morning and wondered how I would sleep that night. As I hung up the phone, my mind raced. What if it’s bad news? Would I be able to handle it? How did this happen? Haven’t I been taking good care of myself? I reminded myself that people can’t help getting sick, even the ones who take care of themselves.

I was at work at the time of my call back, and I texted my husband to call me when he got a chance. It took a while to hear back from him, and as I tried to calm my fears, I did a little research on the Internet. I learned that 80 percent of lumps are not cancerous. That almost made me feel a little better about my call back. I also read that 80 percent of women who get breast cancer do not have a family history of the disease. As far as I know, no one in my family ever had breast cancer, so learning that family history doesn’t matter really didn’t make me feel better.

As I went through the day, I mentally tried to be nice to the people around me. I noticed that sometimes my voice was at a higher pitch than normal, and it was annoying to me and made others take notice. I could tell by the funny tilt of the head of the person I was talking to that they noticed my voice had gone squeaky. I remembered how just earlier that morning I thought about people who have bad things happen to them. I wondered if they should automatically have the right to be mean to other people? I decided they do not.

My husband called me, and I knew that he would stay by me no matter what. He told me it would all be okay, and I knew I could count on him. When I finally got home from work, I acted as cheerful as I could, and I tried not to think about the call back even though that was impossible. I didn’t want to tell my kids because I didn’t want them to worry. I went into the garden and noticed that the flower that I had been waiting to blossom finally did. Since I am one who looks for some sort of sign, I took that blossom as being a good sign that all would be fine.  I surprised myself that night by giving up and realizing that I had no control over the situation. I would just have to go in, have the ultrasound and see what would have to happen after that, if anything. Letting go helped me have a pretty restful sleep that night, and I was sort of ready to meet the day the next morning.

My husband went with me, and we were the first to arrive. Many more women came shuffling in.  Practically every person’s name that got called before me was named Mary. Every time a Mary was called, I jumped out of my chair a bit. Finally, they called me.  The woman who brought me to the changing room asked me how I was, and I wanted to tell her that I was scared. Instead I told her I was okay, and asked, “How are you?” I put on the lovely green robe with the huge snaps in front. I locked my precious belongings in the locker, and picked up a magazine with an article about a woman who had just gone through surviving breast cancer. Gee whiz, I thought and hoped that wasn’t a bad sign.  A technician arrived to take me away from the daunting magazine and lead me to a dark room.

“Why did I need to come in?” I asked her.

“There’s been a change,” she said.

After I laid down, she glopped some warm gel on the spot, and I heard myself silently pray “Hail Mary, full of grace,” and then she took the ultrasound. It lasted about five minutes.

“I am going to show these to the radiologist, and then we will let you know if you need to come back or not.”

When she left the room, I got up, cleaned the gel off of me, and washed my hands.

The door opened, and another young woman, the radiologist, walked in with the technician.

“I’d like to see this live,” said the radiologist. “There’s asymmetrical blah, blah,” she started to sound muffled, like how the adults sound on the Peanuts Gang cartoon shows. I had no idea what she was talking about.

The gel went to the same spot, and I closed my eyes. When I opened them, I saw the very serious and concerned face of the technician. She didn’t know it, but her look scared me. Then, thankfully, the radiologist told me that they couldn’t find anything, and sometimes tissue gets folded over on the mammogram.

“We’ll keep an eye on it. You just need to come back in a year for another mammogram.”

“How scary,” I said with great relief.

Later that afternoon, I told Katie that I had to go in for an ultrasound.

“Was it okay? Are you okay?” she asked in a concerned voice.

“Yes, everything’s fine.”

“Mom, you should always start off by saying everything’s fine,” she said in a shrill voice.

Ok, I will. Every time everything is fine, I will.

11 thoughts on “Thankfully, Scary Turned into Everything’s Fine

  1. I am so glad everything is fine – what a scare! I had my first ever mammogram last year (a bit earlier than they usually start them due to my mom having breast cancer twice.) I can not imagine how that day of waiting and thinking must have felt to you and your husband. It is good to know about the 80% call back for future reference.

    • The 80% call back rate was at my friend’s clinic, and it seems that a lot of women around here get called back. I did check (where I did my other research) and found out that the American Cancer Society estimates that only 10% of women get called back after a mammogram. No matter what the percentage, I am glad to hear that you are getting checked. I am so sorry to hear that your Mom had breast cancer twice. That is a lot to go through. I hope she is doing fine now. Thanks for commenting.

  2. I’m so glad that everything is fine. I had that call a few years back. We think it’s a shadow but we want to be sure. Can you come in for another or you can have it done someplace else. I opted for another place because in my head I thought, ‘you already effed it up once, why am I taking another chance?’ LOL The other test came back ok. I asked my Dr for an ultrasound and he wanted to know WHY? Because I want a conclusion. He seemed to think the 2nd mammogram was conclusive. It wasn’t for me. One with suspect, one without. Give me an ultrasound please.

    I remember how scared I was despite the fact that I had no control over the situation. I’m glad they got you in right away too, nothing worse than mulling over something for days on end. 🙂

    • I’m glad you asked for the ultrasound because it is a better test. I suppose the ultrasound costs more, but we are worth it! I am glad your test turned out okay too.

  3. So glad to hear all is okay! I had a nearly identical experience just a few weeks ago. I didn’t know either that 80% of women get called back.The woman on the phone tried to be reassuring, but I cried to myself a little bit after I hung up. I was at work too. I sucked it up and moved on with my day as best I could.

    The technician who performed my tests needed a better bedside manner. Everything she said and did seemed worrisome to me. And when she finally explained my results, I had to actually ask, “So you’re saying it’s NOT cancerous?” She should have said that FIRST!

    I’m so sorry you had such a scare and I’m so glad you’re okay. (((HUGS)))

    • I remember reading about your experience on your blog, and I am glad to hear that it all turned out okay for you too. I also had to suck it up after I got the call at work. It would have been better to let it all out, but that wasn’t possible. I hate when I have to suck it up!

      I know lots of women go through this, and even though parts of this are awkward to share, I hoped it might help someone else know what to expect if they get into a similar situation.

      I know what you mean about bedside manner. The technician who performed my ultrasound could have been a little more warm and fuzzy. Some of them must not realize what we’re going through. It would be a difficult job to have though.

      Thanks for the hugs!

  4. I am glad you are ok. I also went through the same thing, but mine even went so far as to include a biopsy. NOTHING! All that worry and fear, not a lot of empathy either. They wanted to evaluate me every 6 months for a while.

  5. What a scare. It’s hard to think rationally in a situation like that. Glad yours had a happy ending!

  6. Oh, Mary Ann, I know your fear well. I’ll leave it at that. How do you stay positive when you get that call? Been there, done that, freaked out. Prayed, begged, bargained. I’m so glad they told you to come back in a year. Now, really, take a deep breath. If they were still worried you’d be going back sooner. We’ll all be with you in a year too.

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Stylehive Gets Funding

California-based Stylehive has secured $2.62 million of a $3.32 million deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, it was reported today. The social-bookmarking site for fashion was founded by Michael Carrier and the site design is by Emily Chang and Max Kiesler of Ideacodes.

Stylehive is similar to Wists and Kaboodle - when you're on a shopping site, you hit the browser bookmarklet to grab relevant text and images. You can then select which image to use, choose from some automatically generated tags and post the item to your account. You can also add items from by hitting the "quick copy" button next to any bookmark. The design is large, bold and colorful - you'll either love it or hate it.

It goes without saying that Stylehive has profile pages at clean URLs (, RSS feeds, tagging and a list of the most popular items. And like every good social site, it comes complete with a Flash widget for Friendster, hi5, Piczo, Multiply et al.

One thing it lacks is the ability to add other users as friends - you could for instance, see your friend's latest picks displayed on your homepage when you log in. Alternatively, you might want to skip from one profile to the next using the friends feature (as you would on MySpace). This combination of friend networks and social bookmarking is actually quite potent - see Digg and BlueDot for examples.

Little has been heard from Stylehive since its launch, but I do know they've set up an outpost in the virtual world of Second Life and sometimes appear at the bottom of blog posts as one of the social bookmarking buttons. However, neither of those facts scream "mainstream adoption!".

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Tweet Defense - Fight Zombies With the Power of Twitter

We've seen many, many iterations of the popular tower defense games over the years, but this one has a special meaning for all you Twitter fans out there.

Based on a tried and true concept, Tweet Defense is an iPhone game that lets you fight zombies with various tower defense units, but with a social twist: it grabs your various Twitter stats - number of followers, friends and tweets - and calculates bonuses to your defense based on them. It's like an infinite time sink which connects two enormous time wasters - Twitter and tower defense. In other words, it's beautiful.

Get Tweet Defense for $0.99 from the App Store.