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Well these were some of the gloriously happy scenes that greeted England’s victory over Sweden on Saturday, repeated up and down the country. We watched the match at my brother’s place and what a super day. And  it happened the day after my lovely sis H got married to J which was also a great day. So a fantastic few days eh, especially for us. But the great thing is the effect England’s progress is having generally. Everyone seems to be up for it and excited at the prospect of tonight semi-final against Croatia. Shop assistants, waiters, check out girls. Everyone wants to know where are you watching it. I guess it’s that history in the making thing. Well at least potentially because a loss tonight will be gutting. Well except for maybe a few people in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia etc etc.

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England lose, shock

So just when you thought your country was having a bad day, we went and topped it with a bloody display against Iceland in the Euro Championships which was abject. No that’s not strong enough. Over the years, watching England at major Championships since 1966 (with the exception of 1970 and 1996) has been utterly disappointing and depressing. But Monday’s performance was just the worst ever. It was shameful. And the Welsh football team were filmed laughing at us in celebration. Yes mocking from Wales, who last graced a major tournament when Perry Como had a hit with Magic Moments ie back in the Middle Ages.

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A boorish, bungling freeloader…

Oh dear it’s not a very flattering description is it, but there’s more. The comments on this particular person were released this week by members of the diplomatic service via WikiLeaks and the Daily Mail. We learn that the person was described as ‘cocky’ and ‘rude’ by a U.S. ambassador as he carried out his duties as Britain’s special trade representative to the Middle East. Colleagues put this behaviour down to an inferiority complex about being mentally challenged – something of a family trait. This may be a slight exaggeration, but his attitude certainly drew attention to the fact that he was invariably out of his depth at meetings.

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last word on the 2018 fiasco

As strap lines go, it’s a doozie. But can you name me one person in the whole world who believes it? Nah. If you crossed out the last word and substituted the words “the guys’ bank accounts” it might be a little closer to the actual truth.

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clueless in cape town

That’s it Wayne, have a rant at the England fans. How shameful of them to boo the England team following the abject performance against Algeria last night after some 30,000 of them had spent £1000’s to come out to support you and the rest of the England team. I tell you what son, after your hopeless performance I would have been seriously minded to keep my mouth shut other than to apologise for playing possibly your worst match in an England shirt. And with that outburst I think we can see why you’ll never be fit  to fill the captain’s boots worn by the likes of Moore, Charlton, Adams etc. Continue reading

john terry’s secret’s out

So the captain of the England team has been banging his team mate and great friend Wayne Bridge’s partner. What a class act eh. I wrote back on 26 March 2008 (Cap’n Rio posting) that I thought John Terry would make a lousy choice for the captaincy because of his boorish personality. Since being appointed the dutiful husband and proud father of two youngsters has been witnessed drunkenly urinating on a nightclub floor, been accused of accepting cash incentives to take fans around Chelsea’s private training facilities, been embarrassed to ‘discover’ that his agent was hawking his England captaincy credentials around the internet in the search for more personal sponsors, seen his mother accused of shoplifting and father accused of cocaine dealing. Now it seems that he’s lost the respect of his club team mates and all the key England squad members for breaking the last of the moral codes of the professional footballer; and let’s face it its not exactly the world’s longest book is it? It saddens me to think that a near-neanderthal is ‘gracing’ the post once held with such pride and class by the inimitable Booby Moore. Surely the time has come for the FA and manager Capello to remove Terry from the captaincy if not the team. Let me know what you think.

beckham gets his 100th cap

This is just a short posting about last night’s England game v France. I didn’t see the match over here in Italy, unsurprisingly they were focused on the international against Spain. So I can’t comment as an eye-witness. But I have read a lot of online reports and been listening to UK radio all day so I can get a picture of how it went.

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More Than Death Insurance

More Than Death Insurance “When one asked the salesman what he was selling, he said, “Life insurance.” “That’s not life, but death insurance.” “What do you mean?” “You have to die to win.” “Not always. You get your money back with big interest in 10 or 20 years if you live, but if you dieContinue reading “More Than Death Insurance”

I Missed the Conference

I Missed The Conference Red face. Swollen brow. My left eye was nearly swollen shut.  It was somewhat difficult to breath. The headache was paralyzing.  “You look terrible.” My doctor said to me Monday morning.  I appreciate it when my medical doctors are straight up with me.  “Take this medicine and you will be betterContinue reading “I Missed the Conference”

God’s Desire for Missions

With our annual missions conference starting Saturday, I thought I would search out several Scriptures that indicate God’s Desire for Missions.  God’s heartbeat should be the heart beat of His church.  The most important indicator of any churches vital signs (indicating good or poor health) is it’s pulse for missions and Gospel witness. Psalm 67:2Continue reading “God’s Desire for Missions”

Think You Have A Headache Today?

Think You Have A Headache Today? I read an article this week about a surgery performed on the wrong patient! Melanie Dadourian writes: “Doctors in Nairobi have been suspended for performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. A case of mistaken identification tags caused a mix-up between two patients — one needed surgery for a bloodContinue reading “Think You Have A Headache Today?”

Let Jesus into Your Life

Let Jesus into Your Life Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 At the cusp of every human heart is a door.  Through that door we allowContinue reading “Let Jesus into Your Life”

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Archive for September, 2008

So this is our last day…kind of sad to see the trip end, but I really am excited to go home and see my wife, sleep in my own bed and most importantly, get out of this Florida heat!

Since John had never been to Florida or Walt Disney World, we decided to check out Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It’s a theme park that’s kind of part zoo and part Disney. In other words there are animals, as well as rides. It’s a pretty unique place. I enjoyed it quite immensely.

But before we could enjoy the park, we had to get there. Scott was nice enough to let us use his van so we left at like 8:00am to try to get to the park early. The Walt Disney World resort was about 80 miles or so away so we Googled the directions and off we went. Because the van had driven from Palm Bay (where the Whipples live) to Gainesville and back, we knew at some point we’d need to fill in gas. What we didn’t know was how to manage all the toll booths along the Florida turnpike.

Actually, how had could toll booths be? You give them money and they let you drive on their roads. We actually it turned out to be a lot harder than we anticipated.

We got to the first toll booth and gave the lady like $1.25. No problem she let us pass. Then we started to run low on gas and we were looking for some area where we could fill up. We drove for miles and miles and nothing looked promising so we kept on driving. Finally we saw a sign that said, “Orlando International Airport”. Bingo! They must have gas stations near there since people have to fill their rental cars before they return them back to the rental car companies.

So we take the airport cutoff and head toward the toll booth. Here’s where the fun began.

Unbeknownst to John and I, not every toll booth has someone in them. This one didn’t. It was completely unmanned. Then to make matters worse it asked for exact change (the toll was a dollar). It would only take loose change and $1’s and $5’s. Now, I had given my last $1 to the lady at the last toll booth so the smallest bill I had was a $20. John had lost his wallet at the football game (he found it later completely intact except for all his cash) so the smallest bill he had was $100.

Great, we thought, what are we going to do? We thought about reversing and trying to find another exit, but by then another car was behind us and we couldn’t back up. So the only thing we could do was go forward and take our chances. Of course we go through and the alarm sounds. So we pull over and check for cameras. Yup, there they are, pointing right at us. So we walk back to the machine to see if there’s number we can call to explain the situation. Negative, no number.

By then we don’t know what to do. We don’t want Scott to get a fine or a ticket so we start scrounging around the van looking for loose change. We manage to find a few quarters and some dimes and tons of pennies. So we count them up and we still are a few cents short. We scrounge around some more and John looks in cups and other containers and he manages to find a few more dimes. JACKPOT!

Now we’re feeling good. All we need to do is reverse and pay the toll. So we back up to the machine and throw in the dollar comprised of loose change. Nothing happens. We wait some more. Nothing happens. Now we don’t know what to do. We tried to rectify the situation, but we still don’t want to Scott to get a ticket.

John goes, “Maybe we need to reverse some more so that the machine can detect a car.” Sounds like a good idea so I back up and re-enter the toll booth. It works! Well, it worked, but now it’s asking me for another dollar. Augh! Stupid machine! I throw in a few pennies just to make sure that the machine is working. The pennies disappear and now the machine reads: Toll 0.97. It definitely works. At this point, we had exhausted our change in the car except for a few pennies so we decide to just screw it and drive away. Of course, the alarm goes off again and we speed away as fast as we can. Yeah, we’re law breakers, but we left the state of Florida so I think we’ll be okay.

Finally, we get gas and head back to Disney.

After an interesting adventure we arrive

The Animal Kingdom is divided into different lands (like the other Disney parks) with the Tree of Life right in the middle. Overall, it’s a fun place. We were told to do the safari first so we headed off to Africa to see what kind of animals we could see.

The tree of life

A rhino

Some hippos cruising under water

A croc trying to cool off

Some beast with big horns (I can’t remember what it’s called)

This giraffe was literally right outside of the tram

Some elephants doing their thing

A lion stretching on a tree

Of course Disney has to make it exciting and we can’t just ride a ride with out some kind of plot point, so on this ride we go after poachers.

Poacher central

After the ride we went on a jungle walk. This part is most like a zoo. Here you just follow the trail and you can see different animal exhibits. There were one of these in Africa and another in Asia. Both have animals specific to the continent.

It’s a meerkat, like Timon

Ahh, what a life!

I think he knows we’re watching him

Yup, he knows

After that we went to Rafiki’s place. This is mostly for kid’s as it has some characters like Jiminy Cricket and Pocahantas and a petting zoo. They also had some cool behind the scene looks at things and other neat animals in big tanks.

Here’s a snake of some sort

A not-so-hidden Mickey

These ant looking bugs are really wasps

Not all the bugs are in glass tanks

Then we walked over to Asia to check out Expedition Everest, one of Disney’s newest roller coasters. But along the way we saw a crowd gathered around with their cameras out. It took us a while to see what was attracting the crowd. Can you see it?

She has the best holloween costume

By this time we were hungry so I had to have a turkey leg. What else would we eat at the Animal Kingdom?

Mmm, turkey legs…

These guys kept begging us for food, apparently they can’t read the signs

On to Asia!

There’s Expedition Everest

Like the jungle walk in Africa, Asia’s one had its fair share of cool animals.

That’s a Komodo Dragon

A giant hanging bat

I can totally see why these guys cause nightmares

When I asked what kind of tiger this was, the lady just said, “Asian”

After the walk we did go on a few rides in Asia. Of course we tried Expedition Everest. As far as roller coasters go, it was pretty good. There were some neat surprises and other tricks. But I must say, I was most disappointed at the length of the ride. It seemed really short. Luckily the lines were short (we went as single riders and we the longest we waited was only 15 minutes) so we rode a few times.

We also did the rapids. It’s one of those “you will get wet, you may get soaked” rides. One particularly funny moment happened when we were getting in our seats. There’s a covered bowl in the middle of the raft where you can put the things you want to keep dry. Well this Asian fellow puts in his camera and phone like most other people. But then he doesn’t stop there. Much to the chagrin of the other riders on his side, he took off his socks and put them in the bowl as well. Then he put his shoes in there too! This girl made a funny face (actually it was more a face of disgust) but he didn’t seem to care. Good thing he put it on his side of the bowl.

Then we went to Dinoland USA. I think it’s a play off of a roadside attraction. As usual it’s very well done. There were some really cool rides here as well. There’s s ride called Dinosaur in which you go back in time to bring back a dinosaur. It’s very similar to the Indiana Jones ride except you go back in time.

It’s sponsored by McDonald’s so they had some fun with it.

We also went to the Finding Nemo show which was excellent. It was probably one of the coolest shows I’ve ever seen Disney do. We also saw “It’s Tough to Be a Bug” which is like “Honey, I Shrunk the Audience” and “Captain Eo”

There’s John with his “bug eyes”

Lastly, did you ever wonder how they determine what the wait time for a ride is? I found out when we went on a ride and the lady handed me this:

So that’s the secret!

And that concludes Scott and John’s East Coast trip. In addition to Florida and New York, we also passed through New Jersey, Arizona and Washington. That makes five states, five boroughs, four stadiums and one theme park. Whew, it’s no wonder we’ll need a vacation from our vacation. But all in all, it was totally worth it.

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Once we got to Florida it was immediately clear that we were in Gator Country. For one thing the weather in New York was absolutely fabulous. It wasn’t too hot, it wasn’t too cold. It didn’t rain. We could wear shorts and t-shirts and everything was fine. Not so much in Florida. It was hot and humid. Literally, it felt like we were in a swamp. Even at night it was still hot and humid. There was seemingly no relief from the heat.

But everything got better once Scott Whipple picked us up (his van and his house had air conditioning). It was very nice to reunite with Scott and his family. They used to come to Hope Chapel but moved to Florida about six years ago.

Luckily for us, I saw him at the Sugar Bowl in January and told him we were thinking about going to Florida. He immediately opened up his home to us and even let us use hi s car! So it was a very good deal for us.

The reason we came to Florida was to watch the University of Hawaii Warriors play the University of Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field aka the Swamp! Unfortunately for us the University of Florida was in Gainesville which was about 3 hours away from where we were staying. Then there was the problem of the crowds. Florida has had 117 consecutive sellouts and this one was different. In comparison to Aloha Stadium which holds 50,000 the Swamp holds 90,000 (announced attendance at the game was 90,575!). Then to make matters worse, the stadium is on the UF campus (which is a learning institution first and a sports arena second) so it’s not like there’s a dedicated parking lot just for the game.

We were told to get there by 6:30am, 7:00am at the latest if we wanted to find on campus parking. So if you’re doing the math at home that meant we had to leave at 3:30am! Oh well that was the experience we wanted to have. SEC football at it’s finest. It was the first SEC game that all of us (including Scott and his boys) had ever attended so we were all kind of awestruck. Tickets for these games are very hard to come by (remember the consecutive sellout streak?) so it was a real treat to even be able to go.

Luckily Scott agreed to drive so me, John and his three boys, Ellis, Zach and Shea all got to sleep on the way to the game. We made good time and got there a little early. We were in the parking lot before 6:00am and had our choice of parking stalls. The problem is that Scott’s wife (the only one who had actually attended a game at the Swamp) graduated from Florida’s arch-rival Florida State University and their van had a FSU license plate on the back and a Hawaii plate in the front. Either way it didn’t look good. When Scott asked a man in the parking lot what he should do, the man casually responded that he “should take it off and get it off the campus”. It’s a good thing he was joking (or at least we thought he was).

But the first thing is that the campus is huge. It’s way bigger than Manoa. Second, even at 7:00am in the morning, it’s already hot and humid. Third, the atmosphere on game day is electric. Everyone was wearing Gator colors and logos. We checked out the bookstore to see what they had available and you’d be shocked to see what they put a Gator logo on. There’s the usual suspects like t-shirts, polos, sweatshirts and whatnot, but then there were also other articles of clothing that I don’t think UH ever thought about putting a logo on.

I know a guy back home that would be in heaven with this rack

I bet you feel warm and safe with Gators on your robes and pajamas

Gator flip-flops or as they call them here, thongs

And of course, Gator Crocs…does anyone else see the irony in this?

After we looked at the Gatorwear we decided to find the stadium. I mean how hard can it be right? It was probably the largest structure on campus. I gotta say, the place is huge! It’s very impressive. If you’re ever in doubt where you are, there are reminders every where.

Scott’s wrestling the Gator

The Gator Gate!

I don’t know if you noticed, but Florida managed to win two National Championships in 1996 and 2006. There are very proud of their football there (there’s a huge book called 100 Years of Florida Football) and with good reason. They have the national championships, the SEC championships, the Heisman trophies and the other national awards. John’s friend Tamar’s dad is a coach for the Gators so she arranged for us to check out the trophy room. This room is normally closed on gameday, but she totally hooked us up.

The National Championship Trophy

Tebow’s Heisman

Wuerffel’s Heisman

Spurrier’s Heisman

The poster above the interactive display

Us and the Whipple’s between the National Championship Trophys

Then once we got into the stadium I could understand why it’s rated the 3rd toughest place to play in the nation. Steve Spurrier nicknamed the stadium the swamp because he said that swamps are hot, humid and intimidating. They should not be welcoming to outsiders but Gators should be very comfortable there. There are reminders everywhere of where you are.

Is there any doubt that you’re in the Swamp?

The Ring of Honor that runs over the player’s tunnel

The newly added luxury boxes

This was the 117th consecutive sellout (announced crowd of 90,575)

Unfortunately for Hawaii we were a little outmatched. Actually we held them close in the first quarter. It’s too bad the first quarter had to end because that’s when they turned it up. They scored on offense, defense and special teams. After a scoreless first quarter, the Gators hung 28 points on us in the second and third quarters. They took a 56-0 game into the fourth quarter. We actually held them scoreless again in the fourth while we put up 10, but it was a little too late and we lost the game 56-10.
But for us just the experience of being in a big-time college football program was an experience I’ll never forget. They have so many traditions that make the experience for the fan an incredible one.

This year’s Whipple Christmas card

Me and John after the game

Oh well, let’s put that game behind us and get ready for our home opener next Saturday.

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So after four days in New York it’s time to say goodbye. I must say, as a whole, I’m quite impressed with New York City. There is so much to see and do here. Even though it felt like we were going and going and going, we still didn’t get to see and do everything we wanted to. Oh well, I guess we’ll just have to come back again.

So on our last day, we had some last minute things we wanted to see. My friend Chuco asked me to bring him back a hat from Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately for Chuco, he asked me on the day after we went to the stadium. And since Yankee Stadium is all the way in the Bronx, the odds of us going back there again were pretty slim. But not to worry! There’s a Modell’s right in Times Square and Yong suggested that we “gotta go to Mo’s” and find a hat there.

Of course, Yong is right. There are indeed many Yankee hats there. But they didn’t really have any good ones. The ones with the Yankee logo are basically hats you can get any where, nothing unique about them. Then I saw it…the most unique Yankee hat I had ever laid my eyes on. I thought, “there’s the hat for Chuco.” So I bought it. I gave him a call to tell him that the mission had been accomplished. He asked me what it looked like and I told him it was nice. He then said something along the lines of “as long as it’s not too gaudy” he’d like it. Ummm, gaudy? Do you think this hat is gaudy?

In retrospect, maybe I should have given this to Chuco

As we were walking back to our hotel one night we spotted a 24-hour White Castle. Now I had never tried a White Castle burger but I’ve heard the Beastie Boys rap about it and more recently there was that movie Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (although I didn’t see it). So we figured we needed to give it a try.

Can you believe this was right next to our hotel?

It doesn’t look like much, but let me tell you, those are good burgers. Not only are they small and cute, but they’re quite tasty as well. John and I quite enjoyed our great breakfast.

I ate the four small burgers, onion rings and a drink

Since we had a few hours before we had to get to the airport, John wanted to go back to Times Square (me too, to return Chuco’s hat) and check out Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s Odditorium. They have these Odditoriums all over the United States. I’ve been to the one in Orlando and the one in San Francisco, but they are cool so what the heck, let’s go.

The Odditorium is filled with bizarre things from around the world. Many of them were collected by Robert Ripley, but even after his death, they continued to collect them and show them in these exhibits. Some things are abnormalities and other deformities while other things are just unusual to us but commonplace in other parts of the world. Some are strange coincidences and still others can only be defined as unique.

Does this count as two head of cattle?

In one section they have an area dedicated to different forms of punishment and other weird ways to inflict pain on others.

Everything you need to kill the undead all in one kit!

Look how sad this fellow looks…

If only these were in use today…

One of these heads is not like the other

Then another section is dedicated various aspects of sex (both the enhancements and the rituals)

It doesn’t look sharp enough does it?

Umm, yeah, no comment

And after that we caught a train to Newark and bid a fond farewell to New York City. Off to our next adventure to Florida!

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Andy’s Adventures Continue–in Southeast Virginia

I heard a light tap-tap-tapping at my door this morning. Wondering who would be stopping by so early, I fluffed my bedhead and tentatively opened the door to find a weary traveler. Andy the armadillo had arrived from his globe-trotting trip to New Zealand! Judith thoughtfully packed his favorite jelly beans to sustain him for the long journey.

It’s a stormy day here in Virginia Beach, the kind of day best spent snuggled under the covers. Since Andy has a good case of jet lag, I tucked him into bed to sleep it off, and tomorrow our adventures will begin. Oh, the places we’ll go! I’m hoping he can meet some of the famous bloggers that hail from our area. Please let me know if you’d like to make a date!

His family lives in Georgia; so far, he has visited Florida, Texas and New Zealand. Here’s a link to Andy’s travel journal:

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    1. Oh, I’m sure he did, Susan. He complained of being frisked at the security checkpoint. Oh, yes, def lunch at Panera–and frozen yogurt would be nice, too!

  1. He really does photograph well, doesn’t he Patti? I am glad he made it safely. Thank you for snuggling him in comfortably during the rain. It is the perfect way to spend rainy days.
    I’ll get in touch with Beth Ann. He may be headed to Heaven – er Iowa – next.

    1. He’s picture perfect, Lenore…a regular ham–or whatever an armadillo would be…I didn’t know Heaven was in Iowa! So close, all this time! lol Thanks for letting us share Andy. 🙂

    1. He seems agreeable to that, Carol Ann. 🙂 If you were visiting, we’d definitely go to Panera! I had planned to take him today, but Linn was short on time at lunch so we ate a quick lunch elsewhere. Blessings to you.

  2. Somehow your blog has dropped off and I am catching up on reading blogs after a couple of weeks and realised yours wasn’t among them. I have re subscribed now.
    Thanks for looking after Andy. I am glad he arrived safely. One doesn’t know with the way parcels and bags are thrown around by airport /baggage handlers. Enjoy your time with him. Off to read his other advertures. 🙂

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Is your dog the fastest dog in Austin? Come and test him out at Schlotzky’s Bun Run! Special rewards will be available to dogs that run. Runners may also sign up as a team and enter to win as Austin’s Fastest Buns, Fittest Buns, Best Lookin’ Buns or Most Generous Buns.

The 1K race starts at 8:00am followed by the 5K at 8:30am.

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Activities: Running, 5K, 1K, Fun Run, Walking, Social

Admission: 5K $35-$40, 1K $15, Dog $10 each

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Dramatic improvements in reservoir modeling

SKUA 3D fault displacement with hanging/foot wall display of horizons
The UVT Transform algorithm removes the constraints of traditional pillar-based technology. It delivers a consistent representation without “dumbing down” the data, which means that users no longer need to simplify their interpretations.

SKUA models can be directly applied to a number of structural analysis puzzles, including:

  • Fault displacement maps
  • Fault displacement versus length/area analysis

Reservoir juxtaposition or fault trap information can be extracted from the SKUA stratigraphic faulted model. The UVT Transform algorithm that powers SKUA contains the information needed for computations, such as strain/stress information, smear gouge ratio or weighted smear gouge ratio. UVT Transform also computes fracture probability volumes, given the rock parameters.

3D structural restoration can be done directly on a SKUA structural model without the need to create a tessellated mesh.

The SKUA model can be used directly. No "re-tooling" is needed, nor are there fault geometry simplifications. Geoscientists can use SKUA UVT information to correctly compute the displacement of particles against fault surfaces, as well as the stress/strain/fracture probability directly from the UVT transform. Validation of UVT transformation is provided by interpretation in the 3D UVT flattened space with seismic.

Other features include:

  • Juxtaposition maps in any structural setting, honoring all interpreted faults.
  • Weighted shale gouge ratio, computed using an additional parameter - the maximum smearing distance of the shale from its "origin" inside the fault plane. A typical shale-gouge ratio assumes that the shale layer is smeared equally along the fault plane. The clay smear potential is sometimes used as well, but the weighted shale gouge ratio combines both types of information.
  • Ability to compute the probability of fracturing and the direction of fractures at any location in a reservoir, from the deformation and mechanical attributes of the rock type inside the layer.
  • 3D flattening of seismic volumes to perform interpretation QC and UVT model QC.

System Requirements

Interoperability Options
All Epos®-based applications enable interoperability with third-party data stores, including:
  • RESQML 2.0.1
  • OpenWorks® R5000.10
  • GeoFrame® 2012
  • Petrel* 2017 & 2016
  • Recall™ 5.4.2
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Back Road Exploring

Red Barn Somewhere in Georgia

I love the simple things in Life.

Taking long drives with no destination in mind, is one of those things. With music blaring, and my camera within reach, I am happy as hell.
My husband and I will take an “Us” weekend and instead of nice hotels with spa treatments and shopping sprees, i choose parks and random spots on the map. My daughters use to love it too, until they realized what being bored is.
I love finding random stuff, especially old structures, rusty old cars, and vintage Coca-Cola signs on abandoned stores. Barns are one of my favs too. This is one I found while on one of our back road exploration trips, somewhere in Georgia. I will have to share more of my collection of what i call “Delicious Decay”, eventually. Hope yall dig it!


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The Cleary House…ABA Halloween Blog Hop

halloween-hop1-680x863-1For this lovely Halloween Blog Hop, I wanted to give you a little view of how I envision the Cleary house from FIRST IMPRESSIONS. The book takes place in the Fall. Since the East Coast is so lovely this time of year, I simply had to set the plot in what many consider the most beautiful place to be in the autumn, namely, New England.

Seamus Cleary bought the rundown, abandoned farmhouse when he first came to Carvan, thirty years ago, and spared no expense restoring it. He found out from Serena  MacQuire that the farm was originally owned by the Johannsen family. When Mrs. Johannsen died, her husband was so grief stricken he wouldn’t let anyone take her body from the home. Serena’s mother, Alaina, was the one to convince him to do so. Ever since then, the house has stood vacant. The villagers in Carvan believe Mr Johannsen haunts the house – something Seamus wasn’t told when he purchased it! A native of Scotland, Seamus isn’t one to be bothered by the thoughts of ghosts and hauntings, though. This is the house he brought Serena to as a bride, and the one in which their 4 children grew up in.  In fact, twins Padric (FIRST IMPRESSIONS) and Moira (THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME) were born in the guest room because their parents couldn’t get to the hospital fast enough!

All my MacQuire Women stories take place in the fictional town of Carvan, Connecticut. Since FIRST IMPRESSIONS is an autumn story, I pictured the Cleary house as decorated for the season much like this:

I can picture the 4 Cleary kids running around this farm in Halloween costumes, helping their mom give out the candy to the Trick-or-Treaters who come by, and generally just enjoying a childhood steeped in love and laughter.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS tells Padric  Cleary and Clarissa Rogers’ story.

Family Practice Doctor Clarissa Rogers’ first impression of Padric Cleary is biased and based on gossip. The handsome, charming veterinarian is considered a serial dater and commitment-phobic by his family and most of the town. Relationship shy, Clarissa refuses to lose her heart to a man who can’t pledge himself to her forever.

Pat Cleary, despite his reputation, is actually looking for “The One.” When he does give his heart away, he wants it to be for life. With his parent’s marriage as his guidebook, he wants a woman who will be his equal and soul mate in every way.

Can Pat convince everyone – including Clarissa – she’s the only woman for him?

I’ll be giving away 1 free e-copy ( from AMAZON) of FIRST IMPRESSIONS to a lucky winner who tells me this:

What Halloween candy was your favorite one to receive when you trick-or-treated as a kid?

Leave me your answer in the comments section of my blog post.

Have a wonderful, candy-filled Halloween, and don’t forget to visit the plethora of wonderful authors participating in this blog hop!

1. Casi McLean ~ A Haunting Halloween 2. Anna Durand ~ Spunk & Hunks
3. Claire Gem 4. Tena Stetler ~ Colorado Hauntings
5. Sorchia DuBois 6. Tricia Schneider
7. J. Rose Allister 8. Nell Castle
9. Jana Richards 10. Linda Nightingale ~ Wordsmith
11. Kayden Claremont ~ Tartan Temptation 12. Holland Rae
13. K.K. Weil 14. Peggy Jaeger
15. Maureen Bonatch 16. Jeannie Hall
17. Beth Caudill 18. Mary Morgan
19. Karen Michelle Nutt 20. Hywela Lyn ~ Romance That’s ‘Out Of This World’
21. Whitney Cannavina 22. Devon McKay
23. Starr Gardinier 24. Erin Bevan
25. Nancy S Reece 26. Kathryn Knight ~The Haunted Jail Haunting Halloween
27. Judy Davis ~ A Writer’s Revelations 28. Katie O’Sullivan
29. Darlene Fredette 30. Alicia Dean
31. Lisa DeVore

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28 responses to “The Cleary House…ABA Halloween Blog Hop

  1. Love your blog posts almost as much as I have loved M&M’s for most of my life!

    Liked by 1 person

  2. Casi McLean

    Reese’s peanut butter cups….perfection in a bite! Great post, Peg!

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  3. DarleneLF

    Love your vision of the Cleary house. Love the cover of First Impressions! I’ll take a Kit Kat bar please 🙂

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  4. Karen Michelle Nutt

    Enjoyed the post. Snickers are my favorite!

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    • Peggy Jaeger

      Karen – those are my hubby favs, too! He likes me to put them in the freezer first. I’m always worried he’s gonna break a tooth when he bites into them, frozen!!! hahaha.

  5. Krystal Amaral

    Peanut butter cups!

    Liked by 1 person

  6. Candy corn flavored M&Ms and Kit Kats. I have to hide the bags from myself!

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  7. I always liked getting those bags of M&Ms, because it seemed like they held “so many” instead of just one candy bar… and now i have kids who DON”T LIKE M&Ms… can you imagine?

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    • Peggy Jaeger

      Katie- I loved them for that same reason!! it seemed like you got more candy than everyone else!!! Have you seen the advertisements for the new CARAMEL M&s coming out next year!!! I’m drooling already!

  8. Frozen resee’s cups. I have a secret stash hidden in my freezer.

  9. Jana Leah

    Skittles. Thanks for the chance.

    Liked by 1 person

  10. I love your picture of the Cleary house! And my favourite treat at any time of year is chocolate – any variety, filled or solid, just can’t get enough!

    Liked by 1 person

  11. Peggy Jaeger

    You can never go wrong with chocolate!

  12. Bonnie

    It has always been M&M’s!

    Liked by 1 person

    • Peggy Jaeger

      You know what’s so very great about M7M’s aside from the flavor?? You get SO MANY OF THE THEM in a packet. I always feel like I’ve gotten a great, long lasting treat, esp. if I eat them one by one – which I do just to make them last.!

  13. I loved to get almond joys.

    Nancy Burgess

  14. Nancy Burgess

    I always loved to get Almond Joys.

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Greatest Predictor of Success: Science and the Bible Agree

Ever wonder just what might be the greatest predictor of success? And when I say success, I mean the whole enchilada – happiness, financial security, relationships – everything. Well, Science has found the answer.

Go ahead and guess.

prosperityRich parents?

Hard work?

Good Looks?

None of the above. It turns out the greatest predictor of success in this life is….

The Ability to Delay Gratification.

That’s right. And it’s been tested. Several times.

In a recent Stossel in the Classroom segment, John Stossel talked about a study done with marshmallows that demonstrated the value of self-denial. There’s a TED talk about it too.

Apparently, for the study, originally done in the 60s, social scientists took four-year-old children and placed them each in a room. The moderator would say, “I have a marshmallow for you. You may eat it right now. OR, if you can wait until I return in 15 minutes, I will give you a SECOND marshmallow. In the original study and in every reproduction to date, only one third of the kids were able to avoid eating their marshmallow. (Videos on the TED Talk of kids trying to wait are priceless).

Researchers followed up on the kids. 15 years later, 100% of those children that had not eaten the marshmallow were successful. According to Stossel, the kids who did not eat their marshmallow within the 15 minute time period scored an average of 213 points higher on their SATs. They were happier and healthier. Years later, “they make more money, they are happier, they have better relationships, and they are less likely to get into trouble” than those kids who had not been able to resist the treat.

Research showed that kids who did eat the marshmallow were more likely to struggle in life. On average, they had more relationship troubles, didn’t do as well financially and tended to be more unhappy.

The truth is, as much as the ME-culture of instant gratification and self-indulgence would like us to believe that it is guiding us to the greener pastures of personal fulfillment and joy, no one is brought to greater happiness through self-indulgence. Like sin, the ME-culture sucks us into a cavern of darkness which leads us deeper and deeper into the blackness until we are so lost we cannot find the light.

For those of you who were doubtful, it turns out – according to the omnipotent and all-knowing halls of science –

Self-Denial is Good for Us.

Self-denial is not  – contrary to popular belief – about shackling ourselves to an earthly life of misery and unhappiness. It doesn’t mean torturing ourselves to lead lives of drudgery and self-imposed sacrifice.

Maybe self-denial – even in this world – is about opening doors and widening our options. Because apparently, self-denial begets success. Self-denial begets happiness.

Which brings us to our Faith.

What is the great command of discipleship – as symbolized by the very Cross upon which our Salvation hung?

From the mouth of Christ,

If any man would come after me, let him DENY HIMSELF and take up his cross and follow me.” (emphasis mine) (Matthew 16:24) (Mark 8:34) (Luke 9:23)

In the words of Saint Paul,

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. (Romans 12:1)

We are called to deny ourselves in this world, that we might enjoy eternal happiness in the next. What is that denial but the ultimate in delayed gratification?

Most interesting about this scientific finding is that in virtually all circles, we hear that this world and the next do not value the same things. Either you can live for this world, or you can live for heaven. But you cannot do both. In Scripture, we are warned about the temptations of this world. But while there is a culture out there promoting the opposite of self-denial — self-indulgence, instant gratification, gluttony — that culture is contrary to the truth that is engraved on the heart of every one of us. How could the laws of this world ever truly contradict the laws of Him Who made this world?

They couldn’t. Happiness in this world and happiness in the next must be consistent. Because happiness can only be found in Good.

So the next time you hear the above verses, don’t moan and complain as you drag that cross along behind you or slump sulkily up onto that altar. Remember that when you wail about self-denial you are as amusing to God as a small child at nap time who denies with his whole being that sleep is good for his peace and contentment.

Your happiness in the next world is contingent upon your denying yourself in love. For God. But here’s the amazing thing. Your goal is not merely greater financial gain. But research shows that you’ll probably have it. Your goal is not merely better relationships. But research demonstrates that you’ll probably have them. Your goal is not ultimately happiness in this world. But the science shows that you’ll probably have it.

I know what you are thinking. As Christians, we know there is no guarantee that if we deny ourselves we will reap worldly rewards. True. But could it be that we have been so frustrated by the wrong-spiritedness of the “Prosperity” Gospel (Just have faith and you can have whatever you want) that we make following Christ out to be just the opposite? A joyless duty? Could it be that in effort to avoid the silliness of the that false teaching, we’ve pushed back too far?

Apparently, it just isn’t true that you must be miserable here in order to be happy in eternal life. Apparently, if you live for God in this life, you need not wait for eternity. You will most likely enjoy greater success and happiness here on earth as well.

Bottom line, on this subject Science and God are preaching the same message:

Self-Denial will reap great rewards.

Pick up your cross. You’ll be glad you did – maybe sooner than you think.


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What if Your Dream Home Means a Long Commute?

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Congratulations! You’ve found your new dream home. It has all the amenities you and your family want to make the most of life. However, you might be hesitating. What if it’s a long way from your job? Should the specter of a long commute stop you from buying the home you really want?

A long commute is rarely a bonus for a homeowner. It causes stress, takes a bit out of your precious time, and contributes to pollution. In 2016 the Washington Post reported that between 1980 and 2014, the average commute increased by 20 percent! Not only that, but nearly 17 percent of Americans have a commute 45 minutes or longer.

In 2014, Time Magazine reported that commuting raises blood sugar and cholesterol after just 10 minutes. You also risk weight gain because of the stress and inactivity. Devoting a big chunk of your day to driving may affect your personal relationships, too. A 2013 report called “Til Work Do Us Part: The Social Fallacy of Long-Distance Commuting” examined the effects of commuting on Swedish couples between 1995 and 2005. It showed higher divorce rates for couples who endured extended commute times.

So if you find yourself with a long commute, you’re not alone. But that doesn’t mean you just have to just accept it. Here are some ways to cope with the distance between work and home-sweet-home.

4 Tips to Avoid a Long Commute

One of the best ways to handle with long drive times is to avoid them altogether. With a flexible employer, you may be able to switch things up. Consider these ideas:

  1. Try Working From Home. Over the past five to ten years, telecommuting has become very popular. In fact, in a 2017 study of telecommuting workers, Flexjobs and Global Workplace Analytics found that nearly 4 million workers in the United States (approximately 2.9 percent of the workforce) work from home at least part-time. Many employees find that they get more done without coworker interruptions. Also, sometimes working outside of an office can boost productivity and enjoyment of the work.
  2. Adjust Your Working Hours. If you run a company or manage a team, you might reconsider work hours for everyone. Offer everyone the chance to work four 10-hour days instead of five 8-hour days. Or, adjust hours earlier or later to avoid the peak of rush hour. Employees with kids in school may appreciate a schedule more in synch with their kids’.
  3. Find a Spot Closer to Home for Meetings. If you usually meet clients or partners at the office, reconsider. Perhaps they work or hold meetings in locations closer to your home than work. If so, find a location that’s convenient for everyone. A coffee shop can work, or try a shared office space.
  4. Consider Public Transit or Carpooling. This won’t shorten a long commute, but it will allow you to do other things. Catch up on email, prep for meetings, or take some time for yourself and catch up on reading. If you’re part of a carpool, take the opportunity to indulge in a little bit of social time before and after work.

4 Tips For a More Enjoyable and Productive Commute

If you can’t avoid the drive altogether, there are a few things that you can do to make the task more enjoyable and productive:

  1. Unplug from Technology. Many of today’s smartphones are equipped with a do-not-disturb function that kicks on when a car is in motion. Take advantage of that and allow yourself to enjoy the travel.
  2. Change your Route. The freeway might offer the most direct route, but it could take longer in traffic. Look for alternate routes where you move more freely and even see some more attractive sights than endless tail lights. Experiment with alternating routes on different days. The change will keep you alert and interested.
  3. Prepare for Meetings or Presentations. Giving a presentation when you get to work? Have a big meeting? When you’re stuck in the car, go over your speech or talking points. Or simply review your to-do list for the day and prioritize so you get a head start on the day.
  4. Play Some Tunes. No matter how long your commute, music can lessen the stress of that person cutting you off. Load up a playlist with your favorite music and don’t be afraid to belt out a few bars if you get the urge.  Singing helps to counteract the increases in blood pressure that obnoxious drivers might inspire.

Work-life balance is crucial. So when you make a big lifestyle change like moving to a new house, make sure you maintain that balance. Keep your commute from “driving” you crazy.

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20+ Sexiest Ariana Grande Bikini Pics

Ariana Grande Bikini pictures. Just check this article and see best Ariana Grande photos.

Hot Singer Ariana Grande was born in Boca Raton, Florida and loved music from an early age. Ariana is very hot and sexy.

After she appeared on Broadway at the age of 15, Grande grabbed the interest of the Nickelodeon producers. Then she was cast as crazy Cat Valentine from the series”Victorious”, meaning “Victoria means success“.

As a result of this, she gained many fans in social networking.

Read more and check sexy and hot Ariana Grande pictures in bikini, almost nude.

Shortly after she started to deal with music, releasing three albums in four years. A couple of months ago, her new album Sweetener was released, and Ariana is gaining more and more popularity not only among young folks.

The celebrity has conquered many obstacles in her life.

After she was a star, she broke up with Mac Miller to disbelieve her lovers. However, only her relationship with comedian Pete Davidson a month later caused even more controversy. When Mac Miller left because of an overdose, Ariana was flooded with an unbelievable wave of hate. Many even claimed that she was the cause of his death. Ariana bravely refutes the allegations and criticisms of her relationship with Davidson.

Getting AS AN Ariana?

The star knows the ideal ways to make a magical stylization that any petitka could imitate. Such an oversize style can be quite comfy, especially in the winter of 2019. And yet, when it’s not covered with a giant sweatshirt, Ariana loves to wear stylized matching tops and open tops. These tattered pants accentuate her figure – and in the event that you have shapely hips, they can accentuate your own strength.

Ariana’s long hair usually ties in a ponytail that make she bery cute and sexy.

It’s not hard to replicate this styling, all you will need to do is find a fantastic pair of jeans with holes appropriate to our structure.
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The design of Ariana can surely be modeled on women’s petite and hot.

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This color is ideal for Arianna, especially if combined with her hair and skin colour. As mentioned before, Ariana combines big, baggy sweaters with well-fitting knee boots – you could also try to imitate her style by wearing metallic leggings and ankle boots. This look isn’t the easiest to stylize, particularly in case you’ve got a different arrangement than a petite one, but we could all learn a bit from self-confident Ariana.

And you can’t forget about accessories – Ariana always has a brief necklace. That make she hot cute girl.

The star always adds some colour to the monochrome outfits. And he’s right – there is nothing like a little colour to split the vision of a”place” of a single colour. It might be a yellow skirt, vibrant knee-highs or sports shoes.

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50 facts about Ariana Grande

  1. She was born in Boca Raton, Florida.
  2. Ariany’s zodiac sign is Cancer.
  3. Ari’s eye color is brown, as is her natural hair color.
  4. She has older (half) brother Frank, but Ari calls him Frankie and that’s how he was adopted.
  5. Favorite colors: pale pink, red, white and green.
  6. Her favorite petals are “Choco Puffs”.
  7. Ariana loves to read Harry Potter.
  8. Ari is approximately 156 cm long.
  9. Has hypoglycaemia (not enough sugar in the blood)
  10. Has allergy to bananas, crustaceans, cats and cough medicines.
  11. She loves strawberries, he eats five a day.
  12. Ari set up her Twitter on April 22, 2009.
  13. Your fans are called – Loves, Arianators, Tiny Elephants and The Ariana Army.
  14. Has three dogs – Coco, Toulouse and Ophelie.
  15. The Ariana channel on YouTube is “Osnapitzari”
  16. “Toast” is her favorite restaurant.
  17. Ari meditates every day.
  18. Has three tattoos – the heart on the right foot (pointing finger) the inscription “Mille tendresse” (on the neck, in French) and “bellissima”.
  19. Ariana’s name in Spanish means “great.”
  20. Ari uses lipsticks from Maybelline.
  21. Miss Grande’s favorite candies are Razzles and Smarties.
  22. Ariana belongs to the Justin Bieber and Harry Potter fandoms.
  23. He loves coconut water.
  24. Our idol wrote an article about harassment.
  25. She went to the headmaster at school all the time because she often kissed the boys on school breaks.
  26. Ariana’s favorite word is “bubble” because it was her first word.
  27. Collects Halloween masks, hockey pucks and stuffed animals.
  28. Our princess has a mark on her left shoulder.
  29. Ari loves his grandfather’s jokes.
  30. She loves bows.
  31. She went to a ballet lesson, but she gave up on it.
  32. He loves the voice of Demi Lovato.
  33. When she was little, she called Nickelodeon that she wanted to get a role in the show.
  34. Ariana’s first home was about 100 years old and Ari says he was haunted, luckily there were good ghosts there.
  35. Is a vegan and a vegetarian.
  36. Right after watching the movie “Ted” she loved him very much.
  37. Ari loves to speak “ossom”.
  38. Afraid of the dark.
  39. Loves to watch horror movies.
  40. One of her favorite places is Paris.
  41. Has a B + blood group.
  42. Ari loves Nicki Minaj.
  43. Focuses on love.
  44. At the beginning she was supposed to be called “Sophia” but my parents chose the present name “.
  45. She has a dimple in his left cheek.
  46. Ariana loves physics.
  47. She loves pastel colors.
  48.  Ari is rated as “girly girl”
  49. Ari’s half-brother is 11 years older than her.
  50. She loves SpongeBob


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Building a penetration testing lab cluster at low-cost with virtualization support, further to be used for research and analysis.If you don’t have access to a pentest environment you should build up your own penetration testing lab.If you need a wide range of hosts you should also use virtualization.So today we show you how to build a virtualization cluster to be further used as a penetration testing lab.

Recently I was testing some different virtual solutions like VMware(ESXi), VirtualBox and KVM.Then I found Proxmox and sincerely the reason I like this software is because it is Open Source , it’s Debian based and it’s easy to set up a Cluster.However I found that this software it also support KVM and OpenVZ.Another feature is the live migration (one virtual host can be switched to another physical member of the cluster without shutting down).Ok , so basically the installation of Proxmox is very simple but there are some system requirements.

It requires an 64bit AMD or Intel CPU and a minimum 1 GB of RAM, if you want to use KVM the CPU must have Full virtualization support otherwise you can still use OpenVZ to create the virtual containers.The installation itself can be made by using a cd image of proxmox or you can also put it on a USB stick.I have used a stick to install it and I must say that I have faced some errors but yes I succeeded to finish the installation process.

Installation from USB stick

(Skip this section if you’re going to use the CD instead of USB)

To perform the installation from USB stick you will need to download first the latest ISO from here then you will need a tool like Unetbootin (if you are using Linux) or USB universal installer if you are using Windows.These will help you to write the files needed to boot on your stick.You will also need to check if your computer is set up to boot from a USB drive, otherwise browse your BIOS setting.I hope everyone it’s familiar with Unetbootin and Universal USB Installer cause I’m going to skip this section.Create the usb image and wait until the process is complete.In theory you can delete all the files on your stick except the boot folder because since we will install it from an Iso image we do not need them.After this step you should copy the image of Proxmox on your root USB directory.Now the usb should boot but we must specify what to boot and where to install it.Boot USB and type “debug” for debug mode.At the end of the boot process there will be an error “no cdrom found – unable to continue (type exit or Ctrl-D to reboot)”.At this point you must identify your usb and mount it.Fdisk will help you.”fdisk -l”. Mount the found device on some folder, my device was /dev/sdb1 so I made

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

At this point we will need to mount the ISO that we have put before on the root directory of our stick.

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /mnt/proxmox.iso /mnt

With a little bit of googling i figure out that the command to start-up the installer was chroot /mnt sbin/unconfigured.shIf everything was as we expected you will see the proxmox GUI installer with the wizard installation.

Installation from CD

This process is very simple , however they have already made some tutorials so here is the official video installation guide Proxmox VE installation (Video)

Building The Cluster

So basically to create a cluster we need first install, at least two Proxmox servers.Each proxmox server must have a unique hostname.By default all server has the same host name (you can change the hostname during the installation process). I have used 3 physical servers.I have made a fresh proxmox installation on these 3 systems:

Echelon (

After the installation we must define a Master node.First however i recommend to check that Date/time are in sync in all nodes, all modes must use the same date and time values.Login via ssh to the first Proxmox VE server (this node will become Master), so I choose Echelon.We need to create and name the cluster.

pvecm create Morpheus

In this laboratory i created a cluster called Morpheus.To see the cluster status you can use

pvecm status

There also exist a manual page for pvecm (Proxmox VE cluster manager toolkit).So now suppose we want to add an additional node into the cluster (we must add Nexus and Phoenix)Login via ssh to the node you wish to add into the cluster and drop the following command to have this node joining the custer.

pvecm add cluster_ip_address

Let’s suppose we need to join nexus , we will login via ssh to the nexus host and will issue the following command:

pvecm add

This will join Nexus to Echelon ( same procedure we will take to join phoenix into the cluster.At the end we could see the cluster nodes with the following command:

root@phoenix:~# clustat
Cluster Status for Morpheus @ Sat Dec  8 13:44:55 2012
Member Status: Inquorate

Member Name                   ID   Status
—— —-                             —- ——
echelon                             1 Online, Local
nexus                                2 Online
phoenix                             3 Online

The cluster can be managed from the centralized web interface.If everything went fine,you should be able to connect to one of the node , any of them by using the following address https://nodename:8006 .To login you will need to use your system credentials.You should see a user-friendly web interface to manage your virtual hosts by using OpenVZ or KVM.

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Good writing advice

This is clearly good advice, which I ignore (obviously), written by Margaret H. Bonham.

Following up on loads of questions asked by folks here, one question lt260 asked was: Do you have a 12-step program for gaining good writing habits?

You know, with the amount of writing I do, you’d figure that I wouldn’t need this so-called 12 step program, but the reality is sometimes even the best authors don’t write as much as they should. But, of course, I don’t follow many rules, so these are my 15 step program for gaining good writing habits. So, here are my recommendations for gaining good writing habits.

1. Apply butt to chair; fingers to keyboard (or pen to paper). Seriously, most writers don’t write because they fail to just sit down and write. Sitting down and putting yourself if the position to write will at least get you to the medium you intend to write on. After that, the rest is up to you.

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The Journey of Life through Quran, Hadith and More

Archive for December, 2011

A place either in Paradise or in Hell …

Narrated `Ali:
” We were accompanying a funeral procession in Baqi−I−Gharqad. The Prophet came to us and sat and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent his head and started scraping the ground with it. He then said,

“There is none among you, and not a created soul, but has place either in Paradise or in Hell assigned for him and it is also determined for him whether he will be among the blessed or wretched.”

A man said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Should we not depend on what has been written for us and leave the deeds as whoever amongst us is blessed will do the deeds of a blessed person and whoever amongst us will be wretched, will do the deeds of a wretched person?”

The Prophet said, “The good deeds are made easy for the blessed, and bad deeds are made easy for the wretched.” Then he recited the Verses:−−

“As for him who gives (in charity) and is Allah−fearing And believes in the Best reward from Allah. “

If any one of you see a funeral procession…

Narrated ‘Amir bin Rabi`a: The Prophet said,

“If any one of you see a funeral procession and he is not going along with it, then he should stand and remain standing till he gets behind it, or it leaves him behind, or the coffin is put down before it goes ahead of him.

Two Qirats…

Narrated Abu Huraira: that Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) said,
“Whoever attends the funeral procession till he offers the funeral prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one Qirat, and whoever accompanies it till burial, will get a reward equal to two Qirats.” It was asked, “What are two Qirats?” He replied, “Like two huge mountains.”

(Let it be) now…

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The angel of death was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling one
of his eyes. The angel went back to his Lord, and said, “You sent me to a slave who does not want to die.” Allah restored his eye and said, “Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place his hand over the back of an ox, for he will be allowed to live for a number of years equal to the number of hairs coming under his hand.” (So the angel came to him and told him the same). Then Moses asked,

“O my Lord! What will be then?” He said, “Death will be then.” He said, “(Let it be) now.”

He asked Allah that He bring him near the Sacred Land at a distance of a stone’s throw. Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, “Were I there I would show you the grave of Moses by the way near the red sand hill.”

Prayer at the time of a solar eclipse (SALATUL KUSOOF)…

To offer 2 rak’ats of prayer at the time of a solar eclipse is Sunnah. It will be performed just like 2 rak’ats of Nafl Salaah. The solar eclipse prayer should be offered in congregation provided the Imaam of the congregation is the Imaam of Jumma prayer. Azaan and iqamat should not be given for such a prayer, but to call the people to such a prayer, an announcement should be made in this manner; ‘Gather for Prayer’. It is Sunnah to recite lengthy surahs in such prayers and stay longer in Ruku and Sajdah. It is optional to recite aloud or quietly. Immediately after concluding the prayer, the Imaam should devote himself to Dua and the Dua should continue up to the end of the eclipse. But if in this condition the sun sets or the time of any prescribed prayer comes, the Dua should be concluded and the prayer of the time should be offered.
Note:  If for some reason, the Imaam is not available, then people should perform Salaah individually.

Patience is at the first stroke of a calamity…

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

The Prophet passed by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be
patient. She said to him, “Go away, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine.” And she did not recognize him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet . so she went to the house of the Prophet and there she did not find any guard. Then she said to him, “I did not recognize you.” He said,

“Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.”

Do not mourn for more than three days…

Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:

When the news of the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um Habiba on the third day, asked for a yellow perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and said, “No doubt, I would not have been in need of this, had I not heard the Prophet saying: “It is not legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her husband, for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days.”

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Who is to blame if you are out of shape?

If you go by what advertisement companies say it is not your fault.

The diets companies don’t want to put the blame on the individual.  They want to blame your cortisal level, busy lifestyle, stress instead of making you responsible for your choice.

Ok there are things that will get in your way but it will always be down to you.

what is behind ‘Before and After’ Pictures

Let me tell you something that the diet industry doesn’t want you to know. You’ve seen many before and after pictures showing weight loss as a result of a diet pill.

Well there is more to it then that.

The individual is not happy with there before picture but decided to make the change.

in the after picture – they are much more happy? They now own the body that they once never had. And what a great feeling that is.

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Whether you know it or not, you have the skills to transform your body.  but you need to take responsibility for the body you have today.

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Step One: Negative

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Step Two: visualise
Know and feel your goal already accomplished. You must see the end in mind.

Step Three: Get Moving

Its time to take action, there is no time then know to move forward.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Safety of Public Drinking Water

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

What Is Depression

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Thirty Six Zorra Condos will be 36 storey tower rising on a u-shaped 7 storey podium with 460 mixed units. Units will be a mix of 28 studios, 190 one bedroom, 198 two bedroom and 44 three bedrooms. The estimated completion date for Thirty Six Zorra Condos is still unknown.

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Charred trout with Pata Negra lardo

Charred trout with pata negra lardo

Charred trout with Pata Negra Lardo and asparagus

Salsa baked feta cheese with poached egg

Baked feta cheese with poached egg

Heritage tomato salsa baked feta cheese with poached egg #bakedfetacheese #poachedegg

Noodle Soup in the last of winter

Enoki mushroom and rice Noodle Soup

This year has been colder than in a very long time. Winter arrived late and it doesn’t quite seem to want to let go. Snow is still lingering and Spring like days are mixed with winter. It was cold when I woke up and I hadn’t warmed up at all so I decided to make … Continue reading

Eggs Peperonata

Eggs Pepperonata

On Sundays brunch is my favorite meal. I usually make eggs and bacon but I wanted to make something vegetarian. I had just read a recipe for peperonata from chef Theo Randall, you can see the original here. The more I read the recipe the more I liked the idea. I also liked the idea … Continue reading

Egg benedict with herbed hot sauce Hollandaise

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There are a few dishes that I a absolutely love but almost never make. If I go out for brunch I love Eggs Benedict. Hollandaise sauce is so delicious but I have to admit I find it hard to make at home, seeing how much butter actually goes in to it. If someone else is … Continue reading

Halumi stuffed pepper with black pudding crumble

Stuffed pepper on black pudding crumble

The weather is absolutely April at the moment. One moment it is sunny and warm and next the winds are freezing cold and I am missing my woolly hat! The weekend was beautiful and the garden is looking so summery already!     The warmer weather makes me want greener and lighter food. I stocked … Continue reading

Chilli Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits

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One of my favorite brunch dishes is buttermilk biscuits. There is something about the whole process. Sleeping in just a little bit, getting the ingredients out, measuring them up, baking them, the smell and to eat one when they are still warm and the butter is melting. This morning the only thing better would be to … Continue reading

Italian flavors, mozzarella and vegetable bake

Cheesy Italian vegetable bake

We had a bit of a warm spell lately. It has given us a taste of spring and I can’t wait. Each season has it’s charm when it comes to food. This week some warm weather arrived and it felt like spring in the air. Spring brings new seasons vegetables, asparagus, broad beans, wild garlic … Continue reading

Perfect pizza on the pizza steel

pepperoni and mushroom pizza

Sometimes the most simple combinations make delicious food. Pasta is amazing, egg, flour and semolina and you have a wonderful product. Pizza is the same, you combine bread, tomato sauce and cheese and you have an instantly delicious meal. You can make it your own by adding your favorites toppings in unique and endless combinations … Continue reading

Chorizo and cauliflower hash

Chorizo and cauliflower hash

It was time to raid the larder. I had food in my fridge that needed eating and that included one egg. How I was left with one egg is a mystery to me and it isn’t quite enough for anything. Well, the egg came out, as did some cooking chorizo and about a quarter of … Continue reading


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Oh la Pomze!

I spent the weekend enjoying spring time in Paris. It was so lovely, full of sunshine, about 23C when we arrived, a bit cooler after that but sunny and lovely most of the time. Paris has a lot to offer but one thing you have to do as a foodie is to eat! I wanted … Continue reading


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Huh? What Did You Say?

A Victorian lady opens her fan and holds it aloft.  A gentleman bows graciously, cane in hand.   Across the dance floor a handsome man watches, his eyes hidden by the brim of his hat. A matronly chaperone hugs a vase full of flowers. All are hiding something.  Ah, but what could it be?

Would you believe hearing aids?

During the 19th century hearing aids came in all shapes and forms—yes even flower vases.  Parasols, umbrellas, muffs, reticules, opera glasses and hats also were designed to hide a person’s hearing problems.

One plantation owner ordered a water canteen hearing device that he could wear on horseback while supervising workers.

Speak Up, You Hear?

Martha’s Vineyard had one of the earliest deaf communities in the United States.  It is estimated that in the late 19th century 1 in 155 were born deaf on the island and the problem traced back to a single British ancestor.

A group of friends sitting around a hearing vase.

An article in the Texas Daily Herald written in 1892 describes how one man was able to converse with deaf-mute children in sign language learned from Indians.  It’s interesting to note that some similarities exist between Indian sign language and the current system used today by the deaf community.

Not everyone believed in sign language. Some people like Alexander Graham Bell, whose mother and wife were deaf, believed that deafness was something that should be eradicated.  Fearing that social clubs and deaf people marrying one another would contribute to a deaf society, he tried to suppress the teaching of sign language.

Measles, smallpox and malaria often caused deafness, but so did certain occupations; Boiler makers and blacksmiths suffered hearing lost as did many military personnel. Artillery fire and wartime wounds sent many soldiers home deaf.

Some hearing aids were designed to be hidden in beards or hairpieces.

Deafness and the Civil War

William Martin Chamberlain had been deaf since five from measles, but he faked hearing and talked his way into the Union army.  His deafness was discovered during combat and he was discharged.

The Confederate Army seemed to be more tolerant of its hearing challenged soldiers and used them to good advantage.  Benedict Oppenheimer (don’t you just love that name?) claimed that his company always picked him to fire the cannons because he was already deaf.

Following the Civil War Capt. Allen G.P. Brown founded the “Silent Army of Deaf Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.”   It was through the efforts of this organization that deaf soldiers and sailors were able to secure an increase in pensions.  (Unfortunately, war time hearing loss is just as prevalent today).

Reading about all these deaf soldiers one has to wonder about gunslingers of the old west.  How many of our early western heroes were deaf (or would have been had they lived long enough)?  Those ten gallon hats could have been hiding more than we know.

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  1. Great post, Margaret! This was really fascinating. I had no idea about all the interesting methods used to hide 19th Century hearing aids, but they were very inventive.

  2. Kirsten, it is interesting, isn’t it? I came across this quite by accident while researching hearing horns for a book.

  3. I loved this post, Margaret. So facinating. I wonder how effective those decorative listening devices were and how they worked. Did anyone sitting around that listening vase hear amplified sound, or only those with a special earpiece?

    Maybe I could get one of those vases for my parents’ living room so we don’t have to turn the TV up so loud. 🙂

  4. Karen, from what I read a tube would extend from the vase to the ear of an afflicted guest.

    I don’t know how effective these devices were. I’m sure they were nothing compared to the electronic hearing devices available today.

  5. fascinating post. As someone with a bit of job related hearing loss (who would think a kitchen could be so dangerous to hearing?) and family history of poor hearing, it makes me wonder if that one British ancestor is one of mine. 🙂

  6. Oh, this is intriguing, Margaret. Moreso because I’ve got the first chapter written in a story about a partially deaf heroine. Thank you. 🙂

  7. I had no idea! This post really struck home. My current hero has tinnitus from an injury he suffered as a child. There were some French doctors at the time working on a cure, but tinnitus was just as prevalent – and frustrating – back then as it is now.

  8. Lizzie, I never thought of a kitchen as a danger to hearing. Thank you for giving me another reason not to cook!

  9. Fascinating post, Margaret. As one who’s slightly hard of hearing and may need a hearing aid in a few years, I’m thankful for the modern technology that makes them almost invisible.
    About those gunlingers–all that shooting with no ear protection would have damaged their hearing. The ones who survived probably became deaf old men. My father was a gunnery officer in WWII–the navy gave them no ear protection. He always had a hard time hearing afterward.
    Protect those precious ears!

  10. Anita, how interesing. I had a deaf heroine in one of my early books.

    While researching the book I attended a conference for hearing challenged people. What fascinated me was that before I so much as opened my mouth people knew I could hear. It was all in the body language.

  11. Protecting one’s ears is good advice, Elizabeth!
    It’s a noisy world!

  12. My Dad’s hearing problems later in life were due to is time in bombers during WW2. He was in the RAF..
    Fasinating subject Margaret.. Thanks for sharing..

  13. Great post, Margaret. I always learn such interesting things here.

  14. Sherri, I had a recent bout of tinnitus following an ear infection. Pretty much drove me crazy.

  15. Love this post Margaret. I’ve toyed of and on with an idea for a book with a deaf heroine – I’m tucking this away in my resesrch folder

  16. Kathleen, your father wasn’t alone. What’s surprising is that the number of military personnel suffering hearing loss or ear related disabilities hasn’t changed since WW2.

    Hearing loss and Tinnitus is currently the number one service connected disability of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 760,000 vets received service-connected disability for tinnitus at the end of 2009.

  17. Hope you write that book, Winnie!

  18. Well Margaret I love this post…My son wears hearing aides has since he was 5….They are remarkable…Thanks for posting

  19. I am really surprised about not knowing anything about this… I only knew about those horns that some used way back when… thanks for this piece of history I did not know about!

  20. Great post, Margaret. You can add musicians and their amplifliers to this list. My brother was also a gunnery officer on a destroyer in WWII. His hearing wasn’t as bad as it could have been. But anyone who shoots a hand gun or rifle should wear ear plugs. I’m sure the cowboys of the 1800’s weren’t thinking about their ears, though. Those hearing devices you describe were pretty ingenious, for their time. My only thought, reading this, is of the comedian seeing an old man with one of those giant size hearing tubes, saying, “One toot, and out you go!”

  21. Lori, thank you! I learn a lot, too.

  22. Melinda, thank you! How fortunate for your son that he wasn’t born in the 1800s!

  23. Colleen, I didn’t know about this, either. The nineteeth century never fails to amaze me. I guess that’s why I love writing about it.

  24. This article is especially timely for me, Margaret! I just had my hearing checked yesterday, LOL. (Some hearing loss, but not significant…now if I can just get my daughter to believe that. :P)

  25. Hi Mary, thanks for the laugh of the day. Yes, everyone shooting a gun should wear ear protection; it’s mandatory in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, not all soldiers comply for fear of compromising battlefield awareness. A soft sound could signal the presence of an enemy. By the time shooting begins it’s too late to don ear plugs.

    Thanks for writing.

  26. Ann,

    I guess it was timely. For years people have accused me of being deaf. My problem is not my ears but my head. When I’m plotting or thinking of my book I don’t hear anything.

  27. Margaret,
    There’s also ‘selective hearing’.
    Mary J

  28. This is a fascinating subject, Margaret. Thanks!

  29. Mary, that’s so true. I think I perfected “selective hearing” in high school.

  30. My sister is an ear, nose and throat doctor and she says mowing your lawn without ear plugs is terrible for hearing.
    She says two hours spent mowing the lawn has the equivilant damage to two hours spent at a rock concert.
    And we all know Mick Jaggar is wearing hearing aids.

  31. I have a lot of deafness in my family. And I have some hearing loss, though not bad enough to get a hearing aid, yet, but I can tell I read lips.
    I can ‘hear’ so much better with my glasses on because I’m reading lips.
    Also huge crowds like in big gymnasiums or crowded restaurants, I can’t hear a THING.

  32. Mary, that’s interesting about lawn mowers. I’m thinking I should stop with the vacuum.

  33. Mary, reading lips can give people the wrong idea. I once dated a man who spent the entire evening staring at my mouth. I thought he wanted to kiss me but it turns out he was half-deaf and was only reading my lips!

  34. Awesome post, Margaret. I love that Native American hand signals inspired American sign. After our visit to Gettysburg and watching the movie, I’ve been wondering how many cannoneers remained unscathed…and it appears, not many. Two years ago about this time, I had a dreadful virus that hit my ears, and I lost hearing in my left ear for a week. was I ever terrified.

  35. Tanya, thank you. I loved that part about American Indians inspiring sign. Take care of those ears!

  36. I “lost” my hearing for a few weeks last winter following a horrible ear infection. Made me appriciate what those with permanent loss go through. I have slight loss yet.

    Went one time into a the bar in a hotel we were staying at and though it was filled with people, it was very quiet. There was a conference for the deaf in the same hotel and we were the only group making noise!

  37. Connie, that’s awful. Thank God it was only temporary. Yes, those conferences for the deaf can very quiet.

    Thanks for writing.

  38. Thanks for an interesting and informative post. Unfortunately, hearing damage is still a problem in the military. It is hard to be around military equiptment (guns and planes) and not suffer hearing damage. Blacksmiths and those who work around power tools have the same problem. It is too bad that many of these people start these careers when they are young and feel themselves invincable. They tend not to take preventive measures seriously.

    These devices are amazing. People are so creative in their attempts to compensate for their problems.

    DAWN COMES EARLY looks good. I look forward to reading it. I hope the release does well.

  39. Patricia, thank you! Take care…

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