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2012 My Year In Review

2012 Year in Review

I think we all do this every year, don’t we?  We look back on our accomplishments, our failures, and measure them to our goals going forward so I thought is was time to reflect on my Year in Review.  I posted another article about New Years resolutions and I will be talking about it on our fitness podcast this week, but for me this is about looking back first.  At the end of the day though, we all need to sit back and take in what we have seen both in our work life, personal, life, and generally what went on around us as we stroll through this thing called life.

2012 Year In Review – Work Life

This year was another step out year for me with VMware, although the last couple months have been fairly quiet.  We had the madness of Partner Exchange, where I talked a lot about DR of the Cloud with the solution Duncan Epping and I rolled out with the help of a huge team of people.  That project actually started in late 2011, but was not fully baked until early this year.  From there I moved to working on vCAT with another large team of folks while spending a lot of time doing VMUG sessions in various cities including kicking off the year with my personal favorite at Gillette Stadium.  I worked a lot in remote labs and the home lab refining some ideas and working on some smaller projects in between.

The year quickly moved to VMworld session writing and ultimately presenting again at both the US and EMEA conferences.  The final change as we know was the move to learn Nicira and Network Virtualization.  That has slowed my blogging fodder, but I hope as 2013 starts up I will be able to ramp up again on some ideas I am playing with in the home lab.  It is funny in some ways 2012 from a work perspective was almost the same as 2011 with a few large projects, multiple smaller ones, and a year-end job role shift.  I know 2013 may be completely different already since I am not sure I will be at PEX and we will see how the Nicira and Network Virtualization role plays out.  As always my year will kick off in Gillette Stadium for the VMUG.

2012 Year In Review – Personal Life

It’s no surprise to most people who in the wake of some new technology learning with Nicira and generally less travel while working on IP projects instead of delivery projects I was able to spend more of my spare time doing something I also enjoy.  Most people by now know I am a big advocate of health and fitness and it’s really one of my personal passions in life.  I stepped out of my box and got P90X Certified, completed P90X2 twice, Body Beast once, Insanity once, and even made it through The Ultimate Reset once.  All this while helping others in both the community as well as perfect strangers finding their fitness while still doing my day job.  As a Team Beachbody Coach it has truly been my pleasure and honor to help others that want to help themselves out of the fitness and financial funk they were in.  I can only hope that 2013 will continue to be a great year for this part of my life helping more people find fitness.  I even learned through the year that many people out there do not like the fact I am multi-dimensional as a person, but I will continue to be nothing more than myself.

I also have become a very good bookkeeper.  I had to learn Quickbooks and basic accounting not only for my Coaching role, but also for Julie’s quilting business.  I learned a lot this year about small business setup, advertising, marketing, and loads more about WordPress after re-building my sites yet again on new Linux Virtual Machines in a vCloud Provider.  Julie and I took a lot of great vacations which we will do again in 2013, and we even spent some time with my Mom and Dad whom we don’t see as much.  We saw my Challenger get an upgrade and Julie finally get her SRT8 Jeep she has wanted for so long.  I do hope 2013 has less spending, but just as much promise as 2012 showed us.

2012 Year In Review – Things Around Me

Of course there was some things we simply cannot forget from this year.  I saw the horrific shootings in CT just before Christmas.  This also drove us to so something special in honor of those victims during the holidays.  We had the Olympics, we’ve got the fiscal cliff just over the horizon.  We saw December 21st come and go with no end of the world.  Personally I’ve since renewed my Concealed weapons permit for good measure and going out next week to pick up something new from a friend of mine before anyone messes with my 2nd Amendment rights.  No matter what we will always have these things around us that affect our lives in 2013 and beyond.

2012 Year In Review – Summary

What I think I have here is that for me my 2012 personal life took many new directions for sure.  My work life took some normal turns as it always does, with a couple new forks in the road, but nothing extreme.  I hope maybe both lives will see new exciting paths in 2013.  I’ve got passion in both technology and fitness and I want to continue to find ways to bring that together more.  I’ve even started chatting with another fellow much like myself who is interested in doing the same thing.  Together maybe we can merge more Health/Fitness with people in the technology space and both my passions can continue to grow.  Here’s to a great 2012 year in review, and an unwritten 2013.

About Chris Colotti

Chris is currently a Principal Architect and VCDX Evangelist at VMware. Chris is amongst the first VMware Certified Design Experts (VCDX#37), and author of multiple white papers. He now spends his time conducting VCDX Workshops as well as moderating VCDX Defenses. He is also heavily involved in setting the direction of the program itself with the Program Office. Chris also believes in both a healthy body and healthy mind, and has become heavily involved with fitness as a Diamond Team Beachbody Coach using P90X and other Beachbody Programs. Although Technology is his day job, Chris is passionate about fitness after losing 60 pounds himself in the last few years. Now he spreads both the word of technology and fitness along with the Team Beachbody Business through both his blogs.

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Some see Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika as harbingers of a "global spring" in international relations. Yet, in today's world we see a continuing deterioration of basic human rights. Tiananmen Square was a brutal reminder that tyranny is still a reality in our world. Is there Biblical justification for American Christian involvement in international politics and foreign affairs? In A World Without Tyranny, Dean Curry offers a carefully articulated theology of international politics based on a sound undestanding of Christianity, international politics, and the relationship between the two.

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A crisis of faith in our world has led to the rise of often brutal secularist ideologies. Curry examines world tyranny and offers an antidote: democratic capitalism enlightened by biblical truth. Part of the Turning Point series.

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    Kay Warren, executive director of HIV/AIDS Initiative at Saddleback Church in Southern California, speaks during a special webcast for World AIDS Day.
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The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS pandemic weighs heavily on her daily and threatens to take her down, said Kay Warren in a special World AIDS Day webcast Wednesday.

She has not been the same since that fateful day seven years ago when she read that 12 million children were orphaned in Africa due to AIDS. At first she was paralyzed by the figure, but became mobilized when she realized that one day she will have to face God and give an answer as to what she did after learning about the pandemic.

“I just knew that Kay Warren, Christian, had to say yes to God,” said Warren, executive director of the HIV/AIDS Initiative at Saddleback Church in Southern California, during the church’s special webcast. “From there I began to learn and study. God just broke my heart. He just wiped me out. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t cry over what I’ve learned and what I’ve seen.”

There are an estimated 15 million children worldwide orphaned by AIDS. The UNAIDS 2010 global report estimates 33.3 million people, including some 2.3 million children, were living with HIV at the end of 2009. Most of the people living with HIV are located in Africa.

Warren – whose husband is Rick Warren, the author of the bestseller Purpose Driven Life – said she became even more disturbed by the disease when she visited Africa and saw that churches were not responding even though people with HIV were all around them. But God convicted her about hypocrisy and reminded her that Saddleback Church was not doing anything to address HIV either.

Since 2005, Saddleback has held an annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church that has drawn presidential candidates, medical and scientific experts, AIDS activists, and pastors from around the world. The 2005 summit was the first time a church had hosted a global AIDS conference where attendees were pastors and church leaders.

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Warren said she now lives in three worlds. The first world is one of a normal American wife and mom that goes grocery shopping, takes care of the family, and does ministry work. The second world she lives in is one where “she hears the cries, the sounds of babies abandoned in fields,” sees the faces of orphans whose parents will not come home, and the bodies of people with AIDS wasting away.

“That’s the world that threatens to take me down. But it’s the third world that I live in that makes it all possible,” said Warren, referring to the world with God, whom she experiences through the Holy Spirit. “It is being in communion with Him every day, being in His presence, drawing strength and love and sustenance to fight the evil that is in this world, to be His hands and feet.”

Warren called on churches, which can reach people in the most rural places, to address HIV/AIDS using an acronym she and her husband came up with: CHURCH. The acronym stands for: care for and support those infected and affected; handle testing and counseling; unleash a volunteer labor force; reduce stigma; champion healthy behavior; and help with medication and nutrition.

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Her husband, George Gronefeld, and sister and brothers, died previously.

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Julie - posted on 02/18/2011 ( 12 moms have responded )

Let me start with my situation. I'm a single mum because my exhusband was a violent, crossdressing, serial cheat having multiple long term affairs with women and casual sex with men and women both. I have a wonderful christian man now who I intend to marry.

I'm starting to get really frustrated by constantly being asked (basically told) why am I not living with this man/not having sex with this man.

I do understand that most non-christians think not living together and not having sex before marriage is silly. I've even had some so called "friends" come right out and call me stupid for not having sex before marriage and not living together before we get married.

I don't constantly criticize their decisions I'm morally opposed to (particularly having sex guys/girls they hardly know, moving in together after hardly knowing someone).

The final straw tonight was a friend who I've known 15 years now (half my life), when I was talking about my boyfriend, instead of asking "so when's the wedding", it was "so when are you guys moving in together". It wasn't just the one comment, it was everything after that. After 15 years, this guy still refuses to accept my beliefs - and worse still, he made it pretty clear that he thinks I'd compromise my values to be with a man, that I'd just toss in what I believe for the first guy who comes along.

This guy has known me a lot longer than most people, and it hurts that he'd think I was that shallow - and that my boyfriend must just be some loser, first guy that came along.

My boyfriend is as good as they come - he has all the things the world values - good career, money, house, car, and very handsome. He also has all the things that a christian should value too - lives by the bible, kind, caring, loyal, has the right values. And on top of that, he has all the bonus things I love in a guy - like being a genuine genius.

He's as good as they come - and I honestly don't know how I was so lucky to meet him, and how he hasn't been snapped up by some other woman already.

I can handle the comments (basically criticisms) from strangers and acquaintances about why we don't live together and not having sex, but I am really starting to get annoyed by "friends" who do it.

If it was just disagreeing with my values, I could half understand - but it's getting personal the constant implications that I only believe my values in theory and would ditch them when it comes time to live by them (or not live by them).

It's not easy either - having been married before, I miss marital intimacy, and because my boyfriend and I choose not to live together before we get married and he can't move because of work, and I can't afford to get my own place nearer him, choosing not to live together, means we don't get to see each other often during the school/university term.

I think what's worse though, isn't just the comments from non christian friends- some of my so called "christian" friends have also been trying to push us to living together (and some even trying to push us to have sex). They supposedly know it's wrong, so why constantly put me in the position where I have to defend my choice to do the moral thing?

I know when we get married, it will all be irrelevant, but right now, when I miss him so much and don't get to see him much (although we do talk nearly every day, usually for hours) purely because of our choice to do the right thing, it's hard dealing with people constantly attacking our choice.

It's a struggle not to snap at some people with the not nice comments being made.

Carla - posted on 02/18/2011

I Peter 4:4--'wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you....verse 16 'Yet if any man suffer as Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.'

My friends thought it strange, when I quit drinking and running around, and, indeed, I lost 98% of them. NO ONE wants someone sitting beside them that testifies to their sins. Even if you say nothing, they KNOW how you feel, but want you to participate with them, so THEY feel better about their decisions.

We are a peculiar people, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and the world can't understand Spirit, because they are carnal. I don't think you have to explain to them why you aren't sleeping together. That is your business, not theirs. 'We follow Biblical guidelines for our dating, and will sleep together on our wedding night.' If they don't get it after that, they will never get it!

God bless, honey, for your stand, as it is obviously not an easy one!

Kim - posted on 02/20/2011

You have certainly recieved some terrific advise. Every decision we make, every word we utter....we simply need to ask ourselves....Would this be pleasing to the Lord? If we can answer yes, regardless of pressure from others, then we are making the right choices. It is also our duty as Christians to live our lives by example. I spent many years walking down the wrong path, folding to pressure and "social acceptance". I finally figured out why I was so miserable, having only fleeting moments of fun and passion, only to be followed by non-stop guilt and self-loathing. I knew my life was not pleasing to the Lord. I committed myself to walk with Lord in January of 2010. I lost many "friends" and some family members just tolerate me at the holidays. But, I am at peace (or at least finding it) and forever grateful God sacrificed his son Jesus to save me and all of us from eternal damnation. He has cleansed my soul and gave me a sense of calm and hope like I have never known in my life. Maybe some of your friends will follow your example and put their lives in the Lord's hands as well. A true and lasting marriage is built on the foundation the Lord and sustained by your commitment to eachother and God. You have been blessed by God, he has sent you a partner that wants to walk with the Lord. Do not compromise your beliefs and God's grace because of some friends misguided remarks. Also, do not let them anger or upset you. Just pray for them. I will be praying for them and your new found love. Blessings, Kim

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Cyndel - posted on 03/02/2011

Simply let them know that you don't agree with how they live but you don't preach and lecture about it, that you know their opinion and your choosing not to live with your boyfriend is a discussion that your not willing to have anymore unless they have real questions and not just opinions on how you should be conducting your sex life...or lack there of.
It doesn't have to be rude or snappish, just firm.
I'm so glad that you've chosen to obey Jesus! I pray you have strength til the day of your marriage.

Julie - posted on 03/01/2011

Thanks for all the comments so far. Just a few thoughts...

@Tania... despite being a normal human being with desires (more so than someone who is a virgin as I've been married and know what I'm "missing"), I don't feel tempted to give into desire - it's like other things in my life - I'm poor but I don't feel tempted to steal to get things that other people would consider necessities that I can't afford.

I've made it clear that I'm ready to get married anytime T (boyfriend) is, but he wants to wait for a few things to happen before we get married. It takes two people to get married, if one doesn't want to yet, pushing the issue only makes more trouble - I know of many couples where one forced or manipulated the other into getting married before they wanted to, and what could have been a great relationship has crashed and burned because of rushing into it.

I'm a patient person, my only worry is my age effecting fertility rather than worry about temptation.

@Melissa... actually I love music. I was a muso at church for a decade, only giving it up because my (now ex) husband wouldn't watch our daughter so I could do it, and no one else was willing. Despite seeing many people come and go while I was in the music ministry, sadly the church's music ministry was full of people who were there for their own glory, not for God's, and I'll be honest - while I love music, I'm only an average musician at best. I wasn't considered "good" enough. And now RSI/carpal tunnel/breaking my wrist last year means I can no longer play. The RSI was actually the other reason I gave up when I couldn't get a babysitter.

Other than that, I'm not really sure what else to do. I played christian soccer for many years, but in my first club everyone else was much older than me (closer to my mum's age - it was the team she played in that I joined) and then the next team I joined, I was older than everybody else. I tried to make friends, but to all the people in the first team I was "the kid" and to everyone in the second team I was "the oldie" even though I was only 25. Now my knee specialist has banned me from playing after four failed knee ops and multiple knee injuries playing soccer.

I joined a taekwondo club run by a christian, where 95% of the class are from the christian school where it is held or their dads, but I'm the only girl over the age of 12 and while the dads are nice guys, they are all much older than me. I'd happily make friends with them, but it gets kind of weird being a not-currently-married woman making friends with an older married man, so I don't get too close.

I'm not sure what else to try. It's hard whenever I make a good christian female friend, they move away. I used to do aqua aerobics and swimming with a lovely christian lady roughly my age, but she moved half a state away, another I used to just hang out with moved over an hour away and we only get to catch up a few times a year because of mismatching life timetables.

What I'd really love is to make some friends who are mums, so we could do things like playdates, have the kids play together while the grown ups hang out, but my daughter's autistic behaviours have scared off every mum I've tried.

I plan to move next year to a new area which will make going to either my old church or the new one i've just started at, a little too far away to get to. Part of me says "oh I'll just wait til I move and then set up a whole new network with the people I meet around my new neighbourhood" but that is roughly 18 months away and it feels like an eternity.

I'd settle for even just one or two good christian girl friends who live locally to do stuff with. Just not sure how to meet them.

Tania - posted on 02/21/2011

Good on you for staying true to what you believe, Julie!! I had a lot of people who couldn't understand my decision to wait til I was married. Now, those who didn't wait are telling me they wish they had.
Christians putting the pressure on is a bit of a worry. I have noticed that an increasing number of Christians are becoming more accepting and even encouraging of sex before marriage.
Stand strong in what you believe. Smile when others have a go at you for it - they don't know what they are criticizing. You will reap the rewards. They will look on with jealousy. I know it sounds bitchy but it's true.
At the same time, remember what the bible says about it being better to get married than to burn with passion (1 Corinthians). Be wise and prayerful in how long you wait to be married so you don't leave yourself open to temptation.
I don't know if I've offered much help but hopefully some encouragement and a sense of support from a sister in Christ.

Melissa - posted on 02/20/2011

God deff wants us to have relationships. My pastor is actually going over that this month. God made us to be in relation with Him and others. "We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make your joy complete." 1 John 1:3-4 I use to live a wild life, I was a meth cook 5 years ago. I can't relate to any of those people anymore. I assume by your post it's not that extreme but I can understand the need for friends. I am actually starting a new Music ministry at my church where I will broadcast about once a month when a Christian concert is around and we will go all as a group. We have about 1500 attendies at my church so this is a way for me to meet the people that dont do typical "churchies" events. I have been attending this church for 5 years and I have been having problems finding friends myself so Im excited for this to start. So music might not be your thing, but what is? I bet you can find other Christians that enjoy it and maybe find a good Christian friend or two. Just a suggestion that Im trying out ;) Im praying that God will surround you with strong, faithful, Christian women that will support you and you can support as you walk through this fallen world with! Maybe then those "other" friends can see how TRUE friendship works and that will open there eyes to us CrAzY Christians ;)

Carla - posted on 02/19/2011

Okay, Julie, you have said it with your own words--your 'friends' are attacking you personally. So I guess my question to you is--are they REALLY your friends? If they have known you decades, if they have seen you live your life before them, they should be able to figure out that this is the way you are, and you are not likely to change.

When I 'got serious' with God, my life changed. I changed. Hanging around with people who only talked about who they slept with, and how much they drank, and how hung over they were didn't have much of an appeal to me. It was kind of a mutual drifting away of our relationships.

When we are 'friends', we accept each other for our values, whether we personally agree or not. We do NOT attack each other, and we do not continue to put each other down. Over the years, and I am quite a bit older than you, I have figured out most people who call me friend, aren't. I have a lot of acquaintances, but no one that I call friend. My values are my life, and those don't mesh with 99.9% of the world, whether Christian or not. I just got a fb from a 'Christian' acquaintance that she is putting together a girls' night out at the local bar for line dancing. That is not my life anymore, and I was, quite frankly, a little surprised at the post.

I hear a lot of women posting here that they are looking for friends. I understand that women are social creatures, and friends are very important to them. They WERE to me, too. But God has made me realize that having friends is nowhere near as important as my relationship with Him (the last girlfriend I had drugged me senseless and seduced my husband) That is NOT the kind of person, Christian or not, that I need in my life!

I know you are thinking that I am putting you down because of your desire for friends, but truly, Julie, I am not. You have a wonderful boyfriend now, one that sounds like he shares your values. I would put my time and energy into cultivating that relationship. 'Friends' come and go, but a man who can be your husband AND friend is someone you treasure.

God bless, honey. I hope you understand what it is I am trying to say to you, and pray on it. Good luck with your new life.

Julie - posted on 02/19/2011

Thanks Carla. I understand them not understanding my decisions... I guess the part I struggle with though is "friends" thinking I'd ignore all my values.

It doesn't matter that they've seen me live these values my whole life. The particular friend who made comments last night has known me before I started dating my now-ex husband. He's seen me not sleep around and not live together with guys in all my previous dating relationships, he's seen me repeatedly turn down guys for dating because they didn't believe in waiting til marriage.

I could understand it if it were attack on my choice of values - that is "normal' in our current society.

But it's not really an attack on my choice of values - it's an attack on me as an individual - implying I don't take my values seriously. Simply ignoring everything I've said I believe in.

It wouldn't matter what I believe in specifically, these people who keep making inappropriate comments, is more that in decades of friendship, they haven't paid a single bit of attention to me telling them the things that matter to me - and a little bit of self-projection - they would abandon their values to get with a man/woman, so they think everyone else would too.

If they were attacking me for being a Christian, I would be fine with it. It's not really though, it's just being attacked because they think I don't take my values seriously despite decades of showing that I do.

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Wanda Jackson and Justin Townes Earle August 6, 2011 Minnesota Zoo Weesner Amphitheater

After an upbeat opening set by Justin Townes Earle, local rockabilly band Hillbilly Voodoo Dolls provided backup duties for an hour-plus performance by Wanda Jackson Saturday night at the Zoo. Hooking the audience and beguiling the country, rock, rockabilly and gospel legend to the stage, the band opened with a fitting number, the pulsating vamp of the instrumental classic "Rumble," building up for what would be a dynamic set from the 73 year old.

Though rain briefly scared part of the crowd to seek dry shelter during her set, and as mosquitoes swarmed her and the band onstage, Jackson, whose first recording dates back to over 57 years ago, forged ahead with aplomb, joking as bugs got stuck in her lip gloss that she hadn't eaten dinner, and pretending to bite at the air in front of her.

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And holy moly, what a powerhouse. This tiny woman in red fringe and jet black hair can still sing with the same power and pizazz of the girl a quarter her age. Her voice still shifts effortlessly from warbly to scratchy to clear as a bell, and still has that girly then sultry then girly then again sultry quality about it. She's still a helluva yodeler, as heard on "I Betcha My Heart I Love You." And as she let out a hell of a howl on "Riot on Cell Block #9," well, she can obviously still do that, too. Wow. On backup, the Hillbilly Voodoo Dolls were on fire, providing the perfect accompaniment to Wanda's energy.

Wanda Jackson and Justin Townes Earle at the Zoo, 8/6/11

Justin Townes Earle, wearing a Black-eyed Susan in his lapel and a red bow tie, opened the night with a fun, hour-long set. His performance, as has been the case with other outdoor shows I've seen him do, was right on point. His typical quips of self-deprecation were well-tempered with a fine, fine performance - a high point was a blues number "My Starter Won't Start (Bad Gasoline)," a song featuring adept guitar work more involved than his typically sparse playing, and intensely soulful vocals. His bassist and new fiddle player provided a laid-back accompaniment to Earle's musical timing. And his punchy one-liners carried the narrative of his songwriting and fit well with his joyful performance rather than the alternative - serving to tell little more than that "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm kinda a mess." It was nice.

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Setlist: Jackson: Rumble/Riot in Cell Block #9/Rock Your Baby/I Gotta Know/Funnel of Love/I Betcha My Heart I Love You/Heartbreak Hotel/Shakin' All Over/You Know I'm No Good/Rip It Up/Like a Baby/Nervous Breakdown/Fujiyama Mama/Right or Wrong (I'll Be With You)/Mean Mean Man/I Saw the Light/Let's Have a Party Encore: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On/Let's Have a Party (Reprise) Earle: I Ain't Waitin'/They Killed John Henry/Ain't Glad I'm Leaving/Mama's Eyes/One More Night in Brooklyn/Christchurch Woman/My Starter Won't Start (Bad Gasoline)/Slippin' and Slidin'/Am I That Lonely Tonight (?)/Move Over Mama/I Won't Cry When You Walk Out on Me/Midnight at the Movies/Harlem River Blues/Wanderin'/Whom Am I to Say (almost)/Racing in the Street/Halfway to Jackson

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A Vermont State Senate resolution honoring Civil War author and preservationist Howard Coffin was presented at the State House on May 16. He was cited "for his decade of literary and advocacy efforts to record and preserve Vermont's Civil War history."

U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords and former Governor Thomas P. Salmon were among those paying tribute to Coffin at a reception held in the State House's Cedar Creek Room. It is named for the large Julian Scott painting of the Battle of Cedar Creek that is the state's official Civil War memorial.

Coffin, who had two great-grandfathers in the Civil War, is the author of three Vermont Civil War books - Full Duty, Vermont in the Civil War; Nine Months to Gettysburg; and The Battered Stars. Full Duty was the first history of Vermont in the Civil War published since 1886.

Coffin has long been active in battlefield preservation, and served on the national Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and the board of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites.

"I know of no single individual who has brought forth a single state's Civil War history and worked so effectively to preserve its Civil War heritage," said Senator William Doyle, dean of the State Senate.

Jeffords said, "Howard Coffin's pressure on me to save the battlefields has been unrelenting. I have been so pleased to help."

State Sen. Vincent Illuzzi, chair of the Senate Institutions Committee, related how Coffin, time and again, had come before his committee with requests for funding Civil War projects and with resolutions which, after passage, were presented to Jeffords for action.

Governor Salmon recalled Coffin's years as a political reporter and talked about his career transition to author and preservationist. "Vermont Civil War history and the name Howard Coffin are synonymous," he said.

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More than 125 guests heard the reading of the resolution, which cited Coffin for his books, the more than 200 talks he has given throughout Vermont, in addition to radio and television and his work in saving 500 acres of the Wilderness Battlefield.

The citation mentioned Coffin's important role in bringing two Civil War paintings to the State House, his efforts for the preservation of Vermont's Civil War military records, and work with the National Park Service to bring the Civil War history of

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Computer Laboratory > Teaching > Course material 2008–09 > Complexity Theory

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Lakewood police can pursue fleeing driver for any violation (video)

Lakewood Police Chase Lakewood Police chase a car down Detroit Ave. at speeds up to 83 mph

LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Lakewood police participated in two high-speed car chases last week, the first was late Thursday night, the second in the early morning hours Saturday.

Under the department's policy, Lakewood police officers are at liberty to pursue a fleeing driver for any traffic violation. Officers are required to call off the pursuit if continuing the chase poses a danger to themselves, civilians or the driver.

"Officers are trained to take into consideration the risks of a pursuit to themselves, to citizens and the violator, compared to letting the violator go," said Capt. Ed Hassing of the Lakewood Police Department.

The first chase began after 11 p.m. Thursday when an officer ran the license plates of a Volkswagon and found they should have been on a Saab, a police report said. The driver sped off during a traffic stop as a police officer stepped out of his cruiser.

A second chase that began around 3:30 a.m. Saturday reached speeds of 75 mph on residential roads. A Lakewood police shift commander told the pursuing officer to stop the chase if the speed became too extreme, a police report said.

In both instances, there was little or no traffic on the road, according to police report.

The pursuing officer is required to remain in constant contact with the shift commander during the chase, Hassing said.

A variety of factors determines whether an officer will continue a pursuit including traffic conditions and the weather.

A pursuit that began around the time school is dismissed would likely be called off because so students would be on the road, Capt. Gary Sprague of the Lakewood Police Department said.

"We look at traffic congestion, weather and road conditions, the speed they've gotten up to and what the violation was," he said.

The vast majority of motorists stop immediately when they see a police cruiser activating its emergency lights, Sprague said.

"But if (the driver) starts taking off, we immediately start thinking something else is going on," he said. "Why is he so determined not to be stopped?"

If a chase is called off, Sprague said, police begin to track down the driver by running the license plates on his car.

In March, the Cleveland Police Department changed its pursuit policy to bar officers from chasing a fleeing car unless they believe the driver committed a violent felony or is driving while intoxicated.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said the changes were not in response to public scrutiny of a Nov. 29, 2012 chase in which officers pursued driver Timothy Russell and passenger Malissa Williams, cornered them in East Cleveland, and unleashed a volley of 137 gunshots, killing Russell and Williams.


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Cleveland Indians keep slip-sliding away as New York Yankees roll again, 9-1

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NEW YORK -- The Indians are still clinging to first place in the AL Central by the width of one thin fingernail over Detroit. Manny Acta is furiously going down his managerial check list to find ways to keep them there.

Lineup changes, check. The lineup changes daily. Roster changes, check. Cord Phelps was promoted last week from Class AAA Columbus. Team meeting to tell everyone to relax, check. It happened Thursday before the opening game of this four-game series in the Bronx.

But the Indians continue to lose. Just like they did Sunday, 9-1, at Yankee Stadium. They've lost four straight, nine of their last 10 and 14 of their last 18 games. That they are still in first place, no matter how tenuous their hold, show how hard it is to choke away a seven-game lead and how reluctant the rest of the AL Central is to take it from them.

So what's next? Magic potions? Incantations at midnight under a full moon?

"I've got a few more ideas up my sleeve," said Acta.

It was suggested that Acta will need a pair of long sleeves to reverse the Tribe's fortunes.

"Watch tomorrow [Monday], you'll have a good article to write," said Acta.

What happened Sunday was a rerun of what's been going on for the last three weeks. Josh Tomlin (7-4, 4.14) struggled for the third straight start. The defense disappeared in at a critical time. The offense never even bothered to show.

In the last 18 games, the Indians have been outscored, 113-52. They've been held to two or fewer runs in 12 of those 18 games, including five shutouts.

"Our struggles offensively continue. We were 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position," Acta said of a team that is hitting .088 (6-for-68) in that situation over the last 10 games. "You can't expect to win a ballgame doing that."

The Indians trailed, 1-0, entering the fifth when the Yankees scored five runs off Tomlin. Outfielders Shin-Soo Choo and Austin Kearns contributed to the rally.

Brett Gardner opened with a double to right. Choo drew a bead on the ball, then broke off his route as it fell safely. Derek Jeter followed with a soft single to right to score Gardner for a 2-0 lead. Jeter had two hits to leave him seven shy of 3,000.

"I lost the ball for a second in the sun," said Choo. "If I didn't lose it, I think I would have caught it."

Curtis Granderson singled as Jeter took second. Tomlin retired Mark Teixeira, but Alex Rodriguez doubled over Kearns' head in left field. Kearns, playing shallow, broke in and watched the ball sail past. He then made a poor relay throw as both runs scored.

"It looked like Kearns got turned around on the play," said Acta. "But the ball was hit right at him and those are tough plays."

Robinson Cano singled home Rodriguez for a 5-0 lead. Nick Swisher followed with a single through the right side of the infield, sending Cano to third. Jorge Posada's sacrifice fly to left made it 6-0. Kearns could have made the play closer with a decent throw, but it was up the first-base line.

Tomlin allowed six runs on 12 hits in five innings. In his last three starts, he's allowed 18 earned runs (six per start) on 29 hits. His ERA has jumped from 2.74 to 4.14.

"I'm getting ahead of guys and not putting them away," said Tomlin.

Rodriguez's two-run double came on an 0-2 pitch.

"He doesn't have to throw him a strike there," said Acta.

The Indians' lone run came in the seventh. Kearns hit a leadoff double off Freddy Garcia (5-5, 3.74). He came around to score on groundouts by Jack Hannahan and Michael Brantley. Garcia allowed one run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings after not making it out of the second inning in his previous start.

New York added three more runs in the eighth against Chad Durbin. Durbin has allowed 10 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings in June.

The Indians left runners on third base in the third, fourth and seventh innings.

The only positive offensive news the Indians made Sunday was Orlando Cabrera recording his 2,000th hit. He sent a hard bouncer to short that Jeter couldn't handle. It could have easily been ruled an error, but it did take a bad hop.

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Knight leads Pistons to 108-101 win over Portland

Brandon Knight helps Pistons beat Trail Blazers at home

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Brandon Knight scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half, outplaying Damian Lillard in a matchup of young guards and leading the Detroit Pistons to a 108-101 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Lillard entered the day as the NBA's top rookie scorer, averaging 19.6 points per game. He missed his first 12 shots from the field against the Pistons.

Detroit is 4-3 since dropping its first eight games. The Pistons won for the first time when allowing more than 90 points.

LaMarcus Aldridge was back in the lineup for Portland after missing a game with back spasms. He scored 32 points but didn't have enough help with Lillard struggling.


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The anti-fraud stickers are red with black lettering and read: “Security seal. 7-11 Cares about your ID. Please Report Immediately if 'VOID OPEN' appears.”

If the tape is cut, torn, removed, or tampered with in any way, it begins to change color and eventually reveals the words “VOID OPEN.”

At 7-Eleven gas station pumps across Central Florida, the lock box that contains the credit card reader is sealed with the sticker to alert customers if it has been opened illegally.

Con artists often break into the boxes to install a skimmer -- an electronic device that stores credit card numbers when credit cards are inserted into the card reader.

A 7-Eleven spokesperson told Local 6 that every store is instructed to keep the stickers on hand and check the integrity of the sticker daily.

“Store personnel need to break seals each time they have to change the customer-receipt tape and then replace with a new seal,” said Margaret Chabris, director of corporate communications at 7-Eleven.

Over the past few years local law enforcement has confiscated skimmers at bank ATMs, grocery stores and gas stations.

"I used to work at the fraud department for a bank and the number one cause would be gas stations,” said Kevin Figueroa. “Yes, that was a very popular call."

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Pictures of skimming devices from law enforcement show that some skimmers are small enough to be placed on top of the card reader, so a customer inserts his or her card into the con artist's skimming device and not into the actual gas pump card reader.

But Local 6 discovered that many drivers do not inspect the stickers and some don't even realize they're there.

“I probably would've filled this with gas and not even known about it at all,” said Sean Cassidy, who fills up at the 7-Eleven at the corner of Lee Vista Boulevard and Narcoosee Road twice a week.

Figueroa said the sticker is effective only if a customer knows to look for it.

A 7-Eleven employee told Local 6 the stickers are working.

“We have not had any incidents so far this year in the Orlando area,” said Chabris. “We at 7-Eleven take the matter of gasoline-pump skimmer devices very seriously. That is why we have procedures in place to guard against fraudulent activity. Also, we are working on other solutions that are confidential at this time.”


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[LOCAL 6 THEME WORLD: Stars hit red carpet at Diagon Alley | 6 things may not know about Diagon Alley | Diagon details | READ:  Ride revealed ]

Even if the new park doesn't lead to the surge in visitors that accompanied the original Harry Potter park, Universal's cash registers will surely be ringing.

The new Wizarding World of Harry Potter-Diagon Alley has a 3-D thriller called Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts.

At the media event, the ride was going through technical rehearsals three weeks before the ride opened to the public.

"The ride is being tested, so we keep doing things so the timing of the show is perfect," said Universal Studios Creative Thierry Coup.

The new Diagon Alley park has seven shops, and they're all so visually stimulating that you almost don't notice you're shopping.

At Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour, there are 21 different flavors to try, including chocolate chili and butterbeer soft serve.

The Leaky Cauldron serves typical British pub fare, including a Green Fish Ale with fish eggs in it.

The original Harry Potter park has three rides.

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Swing State Site Traffic: How Obama and Romney Did in July

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People in six swing states were more likely to visit Romney's site in July; Obama had strength in five.

President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are battling for votes in Virginia and several other swing states in play this election. In July, the candidates were at a near tie in Virginia - when it comes to campaign site visitors, that is.

According to data from Hitwise provided exclusively to ClickZ, online users from Virginia were around 1.65 times as likely compared to the average American online user to visit either the official Obama or Romney campaign sites in July.

Despite that near-dead heat in Virginia, each candidate did show strengths in specific swing states last month. People in Nevada, for instance, were more than two times as likely to visit Romney's site in July while they were 1.5 times as likely to check out the Obama site. Of the two campaign sites, Romney's site representation in Nevada was highest among 12 swing states analyzed. Representation measures the concentration of site traffic vs. the online population.

Overall, people in six swing states - Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and Ohio - were more likely to visit the Romney site in July than Obama's. People in five swing states were more likely to be on Obama's site: Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Indiana.

The six states where people are more likely to visit Romney's site have a total of 72 electoral votes. Obama's five have 61.

The numbers could be telling in that site traffic indicates that people are visiting a site to learn more about a candidate, and possibly sign up to receive emails or volunteer, or donate money. Generating a strong voter base that can be activated to volunteer to get out the vote on election day is key in these must-win states.

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I’m off on a whirl-wind speaking tour this October.  Would be great to meet more cloud folks and I would definitely appreciate your support at these venues.  If you want to connect, please reach out via Twitter, LinkedIn, or TripIt.

Here’s my list of upcoming speaking engagements this month:

For those who missed VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, you can listen to the panel I was on at the VMware website.  You may have to register and login.  Also be sure to check out my VMworld Video Panel, which I received a lot of positive feedback for.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 06:02 AM

Mesu 200
I must start by saying that I have no connexion whatsoever with the Mesu company ant that my comments on this mount are entirely my own.
I ordered a Mesu 200 along with the pedestal early part of July and the mount was delivered early October. I was informed by the manufacturer that the lead time was a little bit longer due to the holiday period.
I then got an email from Mesu asking me for my latitude and longitude so that the Argo Navis could be programmed for me. This I thought was excellent. And when the mount arrived all I had to do was plug it in.
The mount arrived on a bright and sunny morning. A purpose made box containing the mount and one pallet with the pedestal strapped on it.
I mount box was fasten with 4 screws and inside the mount embedded in a polystyrene base with the Argo Navis and Servocat all well protected. No apparent damage on the box either.
The pedestal is enormous and well justifies the asking price. Unfortunately the transporter damaged one of the adjustable feet on the pedestal. The problem was remedied immediately by Lucas Mesu who sent me a new foot by return of post.
On opening the box and getting the mount out it immediately gave a feeling of being extremely well constructed and robust. The mount smelled of quality. The welding is clean and precise, the paint work very smooth, the chrome coloured bits spotless. Once all unpacked I assembled everything which was very easy as a small manual is supplied to show where all cables should connect and a small washer has been added to the RA cables to ensure a correct connection. In fact it was so simple that I doubted myself. I am used to a G11 with a Gemini goto and the Argos Navis / servocat had me in a bit of a panic as it was all new to me.
The mount is a joy to hold and look at. The mount looks smaller than I anticipated but it is still a hefty bit of kit bearing in mind that it can carry up to 100 kg .The finish is superb and the movement is so smooth! I think I am in love. Everything is precise without being extra bulky.
Mesu supplies also a bracket for a polar finder used on the G11. This works great and it is very easily attached to the mount.
Then came the question of powering up the setup. Every document I read pointed to the use of a 12 volt battery but as the mount was going to be housed in an observatory (or as my nephew calls it “the lavatory”) I wanted to use a power supply of 13.6 volt. Both Argo Navis and Servotcat responded very quickly and confirmed that it was acceptable to use this power supply. The manuals did in fact mention it but in my rush I didn’t read the manuals correctly.
I powered the mount and everything worked. Oh Deep joy I didn’t mess anything up. Getting to grips with Argo Navis and Servocat took a little bit of time but Lucas Mesu was always there to answer any questions I had and didn’t even query the stupid ones.
I was panicking a little bit with the auto guiding as I had to use an ST4 cable instead of the serial guiding I was used to. I worried for nothing as it is as simple as before if not easier. Help on setting the hardware and the software was available from all the manufacturers and from the Yahoo groups.
In all, everything was very easy to setup and I and so far totally happy with my purchase and now I can get a 2 minutes exposure without star trail at 1.8m focal length. I need to refine the polar alignment as at present it is only aligned with the polar scope.
The start-up alignment is also very straight forward but a little bit more complicated than with other goto system. Point the scope manually on a known star situated in the East and confirm on Argo Navis, centre the star on the chip and confirm once more. You are ready to use the goto. I think a laser pointer will be better than a straight finder as sometime it is difficult to identify the correct star in the field of view. After this procedure was carried out the next object was slap bang in the middle of the chip. I was very impressed by the accuracy of the goto. Going as far west as possible the object was not on the chip but was on a 25mm eye piece. By using the a star close in the west, centring it and pressing sync button on the Servocat the object was again bang in the middle of the chip. I must stress that I have not yet done a drift align with the mount so the small error is probably due to a poor polar alignment.
Argo Navis and Servocat work together seamlessly and connection the planetarium and the camera were very simple. I didn’t get it right the first time but the suppliers were always there to answer my queries. I must stress that from the whole process I never experience such a super after sale support from all 3 suppliers. The user manuals are supplied with the mount on 3 DVD’s but I must say that it was daunting trying to read as much as possible before firing up the mount. My only wish would be for a very small manual for people like me.
In conclusion the mount surpasses my expectation and when I compare it to my G11 fitted with the Ovision worm I would say that the Mesu mount is 100% better at tracking. This is my first experience of the mount so I cannot predict what it will be like in the future but if the manufacturing is anything to go by it will be good for many years to come.
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Posted 04 November 2012 - 06:13 AM

Congrats on the new mount. Kudos for the nice write up of your experiences. Its always an extra pleasure when a vendor steps in to support their product so willingly. Hope you have fun with your new system.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 08:54 PM

A slick looking piece of hardware, Vince. Your new mount exudes quality. Enjoy it!

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Greetings from the mind of Captain Rockhopper! I've learned a great deal about the pirate patient.

Did you know that pink flamingos haunt the deepest part of his mind? I imagine he has an exciting tale about that.

Joy told me all of us have emotions running around in our heads, but that we all have different islands of personality. Captain Rockhopper has a Tasty Island and a Loot Island, plus others that we can't reach right now.

It makes me wonder about what islands I have. Certainly there's one for science. What about Night of the Living Sled? I'd love to explore my own mind, but I shouldn't use the Minderizer 3000 just for fun...

Oh, I almost forgot! Rockhopper is beginning to recover, so I expect he'll be swashbuckling again by next week.

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G’Day Penguins,
I’ve just finished helping return Rockhopper’s core memories -- was that an emotional roller coaster, or what?!
The good news is, he’s back to his usual stinky cheese loving self. The even better news is…drum roll please… I’ve got a new outfit for every emotion AND some epic pirate loot. I just hope that sword isn't made out of the cursed stinky cheese he found!
I LOVED exploring Rockhopper's mind with Gary's Minderizer 3000. I walked through all the treasure in Loot Island and even sneakily performed a play of my own in Dream Productions -- it was all amazing! I’m so happy, I’m practically orange (pink + Joy’s yellow = orange). In fact, us penguin pals need to party to celebrate.
Dress in the color of your favorite emotion and meet me at my iggy on the Down Under server, Thursday 30th July. Here are the times:
 * 4:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
 * 6:00pm New Zealand Standard Time
 * 11:00pm Penguin Standard Time on Wednesday 29th July for everyone over in the US and Canada
 * 7:00am on Thursday 30th July for my pals in the UK
Waddle on!
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Hi Penguins,

Snow P123 was nominated by their friend, Jo34512!

Here is their comment:

"Hey Megg!! I would LOVE to nominate Snow P123!! She is SOO nice to every penguin she meets! She always throws the best parties in her igloo and has an amazing taste in style. She truly understands the meaning of club penguin and is the perfect penguin for penguin of the week"

Congrats Snow P123, and great igloo!

Want to nominate a friend for Penguin of the Week? Leave a comment telling us why! Winners receive 10,000 coins and the POTW Background.

Waddle on!

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Hi Penguins!
Ready to help save Rockhopper’s mind and collect rewards while you do it? I hope so, because the Inside Out Party is on now!

Remember to come back and let us know what you’re enjoying most at the party!
Waddle on,
-Club Penguin Team
P.S. Just a heads up, the next Penguin of the Week will be posted on Monday, July 27! Have a great weekend everyone :D
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Greetings! The Minderizer 3000 is at the Docks and Captain Rockhopper needs our help! We'll have to go inside his mind to save it.
This will be one of the strangest landscapes we've ever explored, but at least the captain's emotions will be guiding us. That's right, inside his mind you can meet Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness! Joy was a positively exuberant guide in Rockhopper's mind. She told me our piratical pal lost his core memories and won't be back to normal until they're returned.
These core memories are extremely important to everyone's personality. I would love to study what memories made an impression on Rockhopper. For instance, why does he have such a peculiar diet? But, we'll need to collect them first, and that means venturing into Imagination Land, Loot Island, and other parts of Captain Rockhopper's mind.
Onward for science! Or is that inward...?
--Gary the Gadget Guy