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For many Americans, Easter ranks right up there with Christmas as a popular holiday to head home to spend time with family and enjoy good food. Yesterday's holiday marked the end of Lent, the period in which seafood-related businesses typically make a significant portion of their annual sales. But with the economy leaning toward a recession, did consumers actually turn to fish on Fridays and include seafood in their holiday meal this year?
Now is the time to take stock of your sales compared to last year: If your sales were down, do you attribute it to a slowing economy, poor product assortment, or is there another reason? Companies whose sales are off may have to revaluate the rest of 2008 and consider adjusting their sales plan.
A few years ago I wrote about seafood businesses being on the "bleeding edge of technology" vs. the "cutting edge." Some companies continue to operate on the "bleeding edge" because they don't take the time to break down their product costs by using the latest technology available on the market. Many seafood operations continue to be bogged down by hidden costs (increased drip loss or packaging costs, to name a few) that, once added up, can be the death knell in a recession. Sure, investing in the latest technology costs money, but if in the long run it winds up saving your business, it's a worthy expense.
As you reflect on sales from the past month, drop me an e-mail briefly describing your company's Lent sales: Are you up, down or even compared to 2007? We'll share your feedback with other readers, who are eager to hear how the seafood business fared.

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industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Aculeusi are renowned for the sweet golden honey they produce. Unlike that of other aculeusi, this honey is imbued with healing properities, and those who consume it heal faster and rarely become ill. One of the castle's many aculeusi caretakers likes to tell a tale of an ancient queen who used to eat this honey with every meal, and even bath in it. The woman was terrified of growing old, and tried desperately to remain young. She used vast quantities of the honey in a veign attempt to become immortal. Although the beautiful woman commanded many warlocks to create a potion for her to escape death, she could not halt the march of time. No death defying potion has ever been brewed, but this honey does help heal broken bones, and cure many illnesses. Naturally, this makes it rather valuable and expensive. The Keep often sells it to far away customers, and uses the money to pay for what food is needed from nearby villages. Wax is also collected from the hives, as the aculeusi produce superior wax that weatherproofs wood and lasts for many years. The aculeusi seem not to mind any of this; indeed, they are very content with their lives in The Keep. There are quite a few magi who find these companions fascinating, and it is these scholars who care for them. Though a magi can have only one of these insects as their companion, aculeusi live in groups, and become despondent without the company of others. There can be anywhere from ten to fifty thousand aculeusi living in a single hive, centered around their queen. These aculeusi leave every day to collect the pollen from hundreds of flowers, then return to the hive. The most affection their human companions will ever experience is when their aculeus buzzes around their head for a while, before resuming its work.
A honeycomb that contains an unborn aculeus must be placed inside one of the many hives on the last day of October, to be cared for by other aculeusi. It is then that these insects come to life; before this night, they are nothing more than candy. Once in a hive, these hatchlings require no attention from their magi, as their hive will care for their every need. A magi may not see their aculeus companion again until it is an adult, by which time the insect will be very busy. Aculeusi are almost constantly at work, with the exception of the hatchlings. When they first hatch, these little insects are called larvae, and spend all their time sleeping and growing. They will not have wings for a few more weeks, and during this time are cared for by the adult aculeusi. Once these hatchlings are old enough, they begin caring for eggs, and start collecting pollen. Unlike normal wild aculeusi, these hatchlings will grow roughly to the size of a finger, and only a foolish creature would attempt to attack them. Even a young aculeus can sting.
Aculeusi are industrious little insects, as soon as they are born to the day that they die. Once one of these insects has grown into adulthood, its task is mainly to find pollen. When pollen has been located, the insect then communicates the information through an elaborate dance. While The Keep's aculeusi caretakers know these signs well, and know how to care for these companions, the rest of the castle is generally pretty clueless. Those interested can learn easily enough, as the aculeusi caretakers are more than happy to teach those who wish to know. It is also interesting that even once full grown, no female aculeus will bear young. The only female in the hive that reproduces is the queen. The queen is hidden away from sight, and is no human's companion. Even the aculeus caretakers may never see the queen. It is important to realize that while a aculeus may be a companion, its first priority is its hive. Though adult aculeus rarely spend time with their magi, they are well loved and respected throughout the castle. The magi take care of these interesting insects very carefully, and make sure that they survive the colder seasons well. A aculeus, if it does not encounter any dangers, will live up to five years, much longer than wild aculeusi. These companions are also three times the size of regular aculeusi, making them easy to spot. Male aculeusi are colored in brilliant orange and black stripes, warning all other creatures to stay away. The females are very pale, and make an enchanting sight.


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"The Baby Food Sector in Indonesia, 2018", is an analytical report by GlobalData which provides extensive and highly detailed current and future market trends in the Indonesian market.
Dietary habits have inhibited sales of commercially prepared baby foods in Indonesia. With the exception of Jakarta, many Indonesians have a traditional diet, based on rice, fresh fruit, and vegetables, supplemented with meat, although, 80% of the population is Muslim, and do not eat pork or non-halal meat. Babies are often fed on a mixture of brown rice and water, which is regarded as highly nutritious, while industrially prepared alternatives are usually unavailable to mothers living in rural areas, which account for 45% of Indonesia's population. In 2017, the government announced that it would require all categories of food to complete halal certification before October 2019. In late 2017 a one-stop online system was introduced to facilitate the process.
• Consumption data based upon a unique combination of industry research, fieldwork, market sizing work and our in-house expertise to offer extensive data about the trends and dynamics affecting the industry.
• Detailed profile of the companies operating and new companies considering entry in the industry along with their key focus product sectors.
• Market profile of the various product sectors with the key features & developments, segmentation, per capita trends and the various manufacturers & brands.
• Overview of baby food retailing with a mention of the major retailers in the country along with the distribution channel.
• Future projections considering various trends which are likely to affect the industry.
• By 2017 growing-up milks accounted for over three-quarters of volume sales and over two-thirds of value sales.
• Baby milks are almost exclusively sold in powdered format. A number of manufacturers do, however, offer liquid milks for toddlers from two years old, generally in plain, strawberry and chocolate flavours, 70% of all powdered milks are sold in boxes and the remaining 30% in cans.
• The retail value of cereals & dry meals increased by 59% at current prices over the 2011-2017 period. In real terms, the category has shown only 17.8% growth.
• The predominant pack size for Cereals & Dry meals is 120g, followed by 100g packs.
• The category comprises wet meals in jars and pouches. Wet meals are very low sellers on the Indonesian market.
• Most wet meals are sold in 100g, 170g and 200g jars. A very limited number of pouches are also available.
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• Investigates which categories are performing the best and how this is changing market dynamics.


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After I published my last post, I was anxious that I would offend you. Or make you mad at me. And then I felt guilty. About being so judgy. And calling you out on your judgment issues too.
Which is silly, because if we are honest, we all judge. Even though we shouldn’t. We are HUMAN after all. But let’s get this straight. I am super human because I judge people. Alot.
I tell myself, okay, grace grace, God’s grace and then wham, there I go judging again.
I am a superficial judger. I take immediate note on what is going on visually and make snap judgments. Shame on me, I know. I’m horrible. The reality is, I don’t do it all the time. But I seem to be doing it a lot lately.
Life is always crazy, right? Topping off the normal life stress of the week, our kitchen had a little mini flood. It could have been worse. Thanks to a dear friend with mad handyman skills, we avoided a flooded basement. Praise the Lord for people God puts in our lives to care for us, even about plumbing issues! I have also been grieving the loss of our beloved fur baby, Squeaky. She was with us one month shy of 12 years, and who knew the house would be so empty? Stupid animal cancer. Her purrs and snuggles have been embedded straight into the recesses of my heart. And missing that hurts sometimes.
So my grace meter is running on empty lately. But we are all overwhelmed and stressed out to some degree. That doesn’t give us an excuse or the right to let the judgment monster rule our lives! And based on the overwhelming amount of emails and notes from blog readers last week, I’d say y’all agree.
When we are tired, overwhelmed and just plain over the little things of life, all we can do is hold onto the big things and try to get through the day. In those moments, it seems like our grace tank is empty and the meter has flown right out the window.
Until I’m reminded that HIS grace is sufficient for me. That I am made strong thru HIM in my weakness.
Sometimes I feel like my ability to extend grace is directly tied to the amount of sleep I get at night, or the milligrams of caffeine coursing through my veins, or the amount of crazy that might be running through my head.
I’m hoping if your grace meter is running on low, or you have let that judgment monster have free reign in your life lately, that maybe we could take some time today and pray for each other?
It is only thru the Giver of Grace that our tank can be filled to overflowing, even in our most caffeine and sleep deprived moments.
Let’s remember WHO fills up our grace tank. Let’s look to Him for an abundance in our weakest moments, to show His great and mighty strength. We can do it. All we need is a little caffeine and a whole lot of prayer!

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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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industry_corpus2: Programming


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With federal investigators continuing to probe the attempted Times Square car bombing under a shroud of secrecy, friends and acquaintances of the three New England men arrested in the case provided a fuller picture of them yesterday.
A roommate of two Pakistani men detained in Greater Boston Thursday said he was stunned by their arrests and unaware of any links between them and the suspect in this month’s attempted attack.
Khan, a 43-year-old taxi driver who has lived with Jehan in Watertown for eight years, and Aftab Khan, a gas station employee in his 20s who moved in about six months ago, were taken into custody by federal authorities Thursday during a series of early morning raids across the Northeast.
Investigators are probing whether Pir and Aftab Khan — along with a third Pakistani man arrested in Maine, Mohammad Shafiq Rahman — had provided money to Faisal Shahzad, the man accused in the car bombing attempt. The three men have not been charged with any crime, but are being held on what authorities said were immigration violations.
Rahman, a 33-year-old computer programmer known as Shafiq to friends, worked for Artist & Craftsman Supply, a company with 15 stores from Portland, Maine, to Los Angeles, owner Larry Adlerstein said in a telephone interview. Only a few days ago, Adlerstein said, Rahman surprised him by volunteering that he knew Shahzad, a Pakistani-born former financial analyst from Bridgeport, Conn., through the Pakistani community in that state.
Rahman told his boss he had not seen Shahzad in eight or nine years but was surprised by Shahzad’s arrest in the attempted May 1 bombing, because the suspect was “very meek’’ when he knew him, Adlerstein said.
A handful of federal agents showed up at Adlerstein’s business in Portland around 9 a.m. Thursday and informed him that Rahman had been arrested. Adlerstein said he was upset because he likes Rahman and considers him a friend.
US Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters in Washington Thursday that authorities believe there is evidence that the three men taken into custody had provided money to Shahzad. But he said they were trying to determine whether the men knew they were supplying funds for what the Obama administration describes as an act of terrorism aided and directed by the Pakistani Taliban.
On Thursday, federal agents searched 39 Waverley Ave. in Watertown, where the Khans lived with Jehan in a first-floor apartment. They also searched for evidence and questioned witnesses at two Mobil stations in Brookline where Aftab Khan worked as an attendant. The Khans are distant relatives, according to an employee at one of the gas stations.
Yesterday, federal officials declined to release any additional information about Thursday’s raids, characterizing the investigation as ongoing.
It is unclear when the three men taken into the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement will appear in federal Immigration Court in Boston. Unlike criminal defendants, people detained for alleged immigration violations face administrative charges, and a veil of secrecy surrounds proceedings.
Another way immigration cases differ from criminal cases concerns the right to legal representation. In criminal cases, defendants have a constitutional right to a lawyer, and the government will appoint one if they cannot afford an attorney. In immigration cases, individuals taken into custody have no constitutional right to a lawyer if they cannot afford one, although some lawyers provide services free. It could not be determined whether the three men detained Thursday have hired lawyers.
Boston lawyer Norman S. Zalkind, who recently represented a Pakistani imam in Sharon who was convicted in federal court of lying to immigration authorities in a bid to obtain a green card, said the government uses immigration charges to wrest information in terrorism investigations.
Jehan said he has lived with Pir Khan in different apartments in Watertown, most recently the one on Waverley Avenue. He said Khan was a hard-working cab driver who fixed automobiles to make extra money, loved to cook, and avidly followed the Red Sox and the Patriots.
Jehan said Khan used to send money to a brother, Zabor, in Pakistan, but had no details.
“I didn’t know his private business,’’ Jehan said.
The other roommate who was arrested, Aftab Khan, had moved into the Waverley Avenue apartment about six months ago, Jehan said. Aftab Khan worked at gas stations in Brookline, and Jehan said he did not know him well.
Several people attending Friday prayer services at the Allston-Brighton Islamic Center said they knew Pir by his nickname, Babu. They said he is a quiet man who often kept to himself.
“I just don’t believe the charges against him, but we’ll just have to wait,’’ said Rafek Yosafzai, president of the center.
In Maine, Adlerstein said he was very concerned that Rahman was taken into custody. In the eight months Rahman has worked for him, he did excellent work developing a program that hooked up the business’s computers with those of vendors. He also socialized with co-workers and impressed Adlerstein with how many fish he caught at a retreat for managers on the Maryland shore in October.
“He fit right in,’’ Adlerstein said.
A few days ago, Adlerstein happened to mention all the news about the alleged bombing attempt by Shahzad in Times Square and concerns of terrorism.
Rahman told Adlerstein that when he saw him nearly a decade ago, Shahzad was a mild man who held no strong opinions. And then Rahman added, “Maybe that’s the personality type terrorists want to mold,’ ’’ according to Adlerstein.
The federal agents did not tell Adlerstein where Rahman was arrested and simply said they were investigating the computer programmer for allegedly being in the United States illegally, said Adlerstein. They seized at least one computer at the business that Rahman had used, he said.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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New York, NY, October 28, 2014 — The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s selections for the New American Filmmakers (NAF) program. Curated and presented in partnership with the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) in Honolulu, NAF spotlights immigrant contributions to American cinema.
French-born producer Antoine de Cazotte will join the program as the NAF Featured Filmmaker. Mr. de Cazotte has produced award-winning films such as The Artist andcurrently serves as the French representative to the Producers Guild of America. Mr. de Cazotte will host a discussion on his career and the role of a producer as a part of HIFF’s Creative Lab courses. NAF will also present a free screening of The Artist, followed by an extended discussion with Mr. de Cazotte.
NAF is also pleased to announce an extended selection of films. Now in its eighth year, NAF will sponsor seven films at the festival, including a free community screening as a part of HIFF’s outdoor series.
The Artist, produced by French-born Antoine de Cazotte. Set in the age of silent cinema, this Academy Award–winning film portrays a romance between an aging star and a rising young actress as the “talkies” gain popularity. It is an homage to the genre as well as a brilliant demonstration of its power.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, born in the U.K. to parents of Iranian descent. This visually striking film has been dubbed as the first “Middle-Eastern feminist vampire romance” in history. Drawing strongly from both American pop culture and Iranian New Wave, this directorial debut set in the fictitious Bad Town is unforgettable.
Man from Reno, starring Japanese-born actress and writer Ayako Fujitani. A famous Japanese mystery author runs away to San Francisco in the middle of a publicity tour and has an affair with a stranger who vanishes. Enmeshed in a stranger-than-fiction plot, she teams up with a small-town sheriff in this suspenseful neo-noir thriller.
Difret, directed by Ethiopian-born Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. Fourteen-year-old Hirut is abducted on the way home from school, in the rural Ethiopian tradition of bride kidnapping. When she accidentally kills her captor while trying to escape, a young lawyer risks her career by defying customary law and volunteering to defend the girl.
Nước 2030, directed by Vietnamese-born Minh Nguyễn-Võ. In the not-too-distant future, rising water levels have turned arable lands into premium property in this sci-fi romance. Set in a Vietnam controlled by multinational conglomerates, a woman searching for the truth behind her husband’s murder finds more than she expected.
Uzumasa Limelight, directed by Japanese-born Ken Ochiai. This moving drama provides a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of kirare-yaku, extras from the golden age of Japanese samurai epics who specialize in portraying spectacular deaths on screen. One elderly extra fears that the art form is dying, until he takes on a young disciple.
Mudbloods, directed by Iranian-born Farzad Sangari. Although Quidditch originated from the fictional world of Harry Potter, it is now an intercollegiate sport with high stakes. This sports documentary follows the UCLA Quidditch team as they set their sights on the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York.
Several of the NAF delegates will be present at selected screenings for a discussion and Q&A with the audience. HIFF will run from October 30–November 9 in Honolulu and from November 13–16 on the Big Island and Kauai.
For tickets, screening times, and more information about the New American Filmmakers program, please visit www.hiff.org. For information about the Vilcek Foundation, please visit www.vilcek.org.

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text: Dansville: On August 27, 2017. Survived by her husband Larry Link, children and grandchildren; sister-in-law Sue Link and nieces; her canine companion Bailey; and extended family at Macaulay Manor. Per her wishes, services and interment will be private.


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The gifts of the Lady are given with generosity of spirit, yet her words are stern and foreboding. Still, where will the Fellowship go? Minas Tirith and Gondor? Mordor itself? The group is faced with an insoluble dilemma until Celeborn offers a solution that offers a temporary repreive.
As the Fellowship sets off down the Anduin, our suspicions linger, what is exactly going on inside the head of Boromir?
Farewell to Lórien, by Ted Nasmith.

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What do we mean by Chai?
The hardest thing to do is to pen down thoughts and to start writing a blog.Since this is my first blog experience I thought that the best thing to start upon would be to talk about Chai Tea.Why do people call it Chai Tea? Somehow thanks to the marketing of Chai Lattes, drinking Chai Tea has become so trendy.
Expert sociologists have many answers to that, however, my understanding is that I can only claim to know what has been passed down from our household. The term "Chai" literally means tea in so many languages and continents, not just the Indian Sub Continent, so when I hear a Caucasian ask for Chai Tea, it sounds comical.-Can I have Tea tea!
Forgive me for that, but a cling clang of miss mashing the English language which has now incorporated Chai into its dictionary, means simply - spicy, authentic Indian Tea. As an Indian, I have often chided myself to ask what is a Chai Tea? I have asked my amma, my grand aunts and others but invariably get the same rhetoric answer, "Child you are asking for tea and stop asking nonsense ". (Although I am close to the 50 mark, in their eyes, I have yet to turbo pass the age of 5years old). I tell them that is what the Europeans call Masala Tea! and we all have a good laugh at difference in the language.
In India, our traditional masala teas can be made in so many ways, with buffalo milk, with full cream milk, without milk and allspice etc. Each region of India has their own palate and version. Some parts of India churn out some amazing tasty Chai's; others of course can be ghastly. It depends where you are, which Chaiwallah has made it etc.That of course has no reflection on their palate, just that, random tea sellers sometimes use poor quality hard water to brew the teas by the roadside.Sometimes of course since these tea sellers overuse the old tealeaves (of course they would invariably be tea dusts or sweepings), therefore the tastes get altered.To each region, we salute the different types of Masala Tea and we hope that the European community (which comprises basically all the Caucasians from all spans of the world) thank you very much for loving our teas and giving it the eloquence of a well deserved royal brew.SO if you are a Chai Tea fan, then you must of course try our very own pure custom blended versions.I am sure you will find the difference and appreciate our Signature Chai's!

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The voters of Dallas have spoken and settled the matter. After assessing the risks, a majority of voters decided that the potential benefits of a city-owned hotel outweigh the risk to taxpayers. The City of Dallas will now finance, construct, and own a convention center hotel.
As we move forward with the construction of this hotel, we must make sure that its financial success is our number one goal, and that taxpayers are not required to make up any cost overruns or revenue shortfalls. We must also be diligent to ensure that the ancillary economic development promised along with the hotel materializes and enhances our tax base. And finally, we must make sure that the hotel has sufficient connectivity to the rest of downtown so that all areas of our city center may benefit from its construction.

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One great aspect of my retirement and recent freelancing is getting to know more about my local community. I have finally had the chance to see what is going on locally and meet those who shake things up. I’ve become amazed with the level of things that happen at the local level in a small, rural community.
One person here in Descanso who makes a difference is Duncan McFetridge. He has a long history of getting some things done for the better in our community. I had the pleasure to sit down with him at his cabin, in his massive library, on Dec. 17. We then met again for an adventure after Christmas to view one of his impressive carvings, revel in many of his stories, and then share tea at the Descanso Junction. He’s a brilliant, fascinating man with a deep passion of what is right, true and noble. He is not a typical “2014 man.” He is a classical, Renaissance man who eschews the material life.
I wish the world had more Duncans, and just a few less Jamie Dimons and Donald Trumps. I’m happy that he is now my friend.
I went to the cinema to see a movie with my sister, Lisa, today. We saw “August: Osage County” with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.
I rarely go to the theater to see movies anymore; and I say this as a true movie lover.
My thoughts on this movie: the acting was phenomenal. The story line was interesting, but they blew it with the ending. It was a depressing portrait of a very dysfunctional family of very bitter and mean-spirited women. It made me appreciate my own dysfunctional family, which was never as mean. I thought the ending just left everything hanging, with no closure. I think Lisa was expecting a “Steel Magnolias” sort of story, but it wasn’t that. These were clearly, really fucked up women.
So, on a scale of 1 to 10, I’d probably give this movie a 5. Again, great acting. I loved the Chris Cooper uncle character; he had the most heart. Julia and Meryl were great in their characters. And I loved the sister, Ivy.
What about our own little miss Sunshine? Abigail Breslan was great at the 14-year-old daughter of Julia’s character. I think she has a bright future of acting ahead of her.
I wanted more from this movie, but it just left us all hanging.
But it made me glad I didn’t live in Oklahoma. And glad that even though our own mother was not perfect (we all had our issues with her), she was not a mean-spirited, horrible human being, as portrayed in this movie. My momma had a good heart and soul, underneath it all. I have come to appreciate my mother as each day goes by. She did her best, and it wasn’t so bad.
I’m a lifelong resident of East County and, for the past 25 years, I’ve lived four miles from Green Valley Falls. Until last week, I had never heard of the Airplane Monument hiking trail just north of Green Valley – literally 4.5 miles from my house.
On New Year’s Eve, I joined two companions for a day hike up this historic trail in the Cuyamaca Mountains. At only 2.6 miles one way, with some inclines, it’s not a difficult hike, but gives a lot of aerobic exercise due to the hills. As a 58-year-old woman with some extra weight to carry, I found it do-able but a great workout. My companions, seven and eight years younger than me, were great troopers in waiting for me bringing up the rear.
We followed various directions that we found online. Most stated to park at the area just north of Green Valley Falls campground (federal parking permit required, which you can buy at many places, including Perkins Market in Descanso).
From the parking area on Hwy. 79, you will need to head a little east to pass the Sweetwater River Bridge, then cross the road heading north.
Looking back on our guide tools, most said to turn left to the southwest; we, however, turned right to the northeast. That was okay, because it still took us in the right direction, as the trail is a loop. You can’t go wrong either way. Unless, like us, you PASS the sign for the Airplane Monument and go a mile or two out of your way (downhill, which requires returning uphill — I hate inclines).
We heard voices and ran into a very nice UCSD student with this mom and younger sister (I didn’t mention my SDSU affiliation). Unlike us, he actually had a real map and the bible of all bibles: Jerry Schad’s Afoot and Afield in San Diego County. He let us know the error of our ways; we had passed it our destination a mile or two back.
We made our way to a fork in the road then noticed the sign with very small print stating “Airplane Monument.” Again, we’re middle-aged women – we often miss small print. The other thing we missed was the arrow the UCSD student made for us: he went out of his way to construct sticks into an arrow shape just for us. How sweet of him. How blind of us to miss that.
It was only 1.1 miles from the point, and it was a pleasant hike. After what seemed like two miles (or more, at least to me), we finally were getting close to this historic site. Within just a few yards, we ran into the UCSD student and his mom and sister coming down. “How much farther,” one of my companions asked? “You’re there,” he said. “Did you see our arrow we left for you?” No, but what a sweetie pie he is. And he wasn’t even an Aztec.
We made it! Breathe. Drink water.
The Airplane Monument affords some great views of the East Mesa and north in the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. Having hiked in these areas for many decades, the sad thing for me is seeing the devastation that the park endured from the 2003 Cedar Fire. There are what I would call carcasses of very old oaks and pines; things that will never return in my lifetime, nor the generation after me. Yet, I did find a strange beauty in what survived and the remains of those that did not.
New life springs up. It is the oldest lesson of life, isn’t it?
· Bring water. Lots of water. Even a small hike requires at least 2 liters per person.
· Other things that can come in handy: Kleenex or toilet paper; wipes; a bag for trash (to take out – a must); cell phone (service can be spotty but might be available). A camera (or iPhone). Photos are priceless.
· Easily accessible pepper spray (not like the situations in Law and Order, but the Cuyamacas are mountain lion territory, in addition to coyotes). Have pepper spray ready for an emergency.
· Dress appropriately: good, sturdy shoes; a hat; sunscreen; long pants to ward off ticks; but appropriate for the weather.
· Let people know where you are going and when.
· Savor the beauty and the moments.
I’m a few days late, and it’s been at least three weeks since I last posted, but I am hoping for a peaceful, happy and loving 2014 for my family and friends.
I’ve written enough about the losses we experienced in 2013; I can only hope the new year brings all of us peace. Still, those losses are lessons about life. We don’t get out alive and we need to make the most of the life we have. Time is limited, folks. Let’s live it up while we can. Are you doing what you want to be doing with the little time you have? If not, think about what it is you want. Of course, be practical, but don’t waste those precious moments. They go faster than you can even imagine.
Rather than reflect on the past, I want to express my hopes for the coming year. First, we have a new baby girl coming into the family in late February. I can’t begin to tell you how exciting and life affirming that is for us. I cannot wait to meet this child. I already love her, and will love her even more when I get to know her spirit and personality.
We have several great-nieces and great-nephews growing up so fast. They all give our life meaning.
I hoping for special times with all of them and other loved ones; my sister (maybe a cool trip with you and many hikes in our mountains); my cousins (I love you all and we need to get together); my mother-in-law (how lucky I’ve been to not only love, but like mine!); my SIL (who, over the past year I’ve grown to admire even more and nominate as my hero); my true friends; my BIL, Whitey, who has struggled but shown great strength and grace in adversity – again, a hero of mine. Let’s not let 2014 get past us without a few special moments together. Know that you are all loved and admired.


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Bordered on three sides by tropical beaches and islands, Sihanoukville is Cambodia’s most recognised seaside town. It’s located approximately halfway between Thailand and Vietnam on the Bay of Thailand and surrounded by clear water and stretches of golden beach. A Sihanoukville holiday is the perfect way to unwind after touring the other highlights of Cambodia, like the vast temples at Angkor Wat.
With their pristine beaches and azure waters, the islands close to the town are becoming increasingly popular. There’s been a spate of international hotel brands opening here, some of which are located on private islands offering sumptuous accommodation and complete privacy.
There’s something for all tastes on a Sihanoukville holiday, with restaurants here offering a variety of cuisines. We especially recommend the locally caught seafood available at a superb choice of cafes. Other attractions include the bustling casinos and the colourful Buddhist temples dotted around the city.

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You guys have been waiting so patiently for these, and I really appreciate that! But I finally get to share these decadent delights with you and I couldn’t be more excited! And seriously, it’s been a little while since the last time I made some Pecan Carmelitas, and just looking at these photos again makes me want to whip up a batch right meow. They are just so super easy.
Look at those gooey layers of chocolate and caramel sandwiched between sweet and crunchy oats, studded with pecans and M&M’s® Pecan Pie. How could anyone possibly resist that?
It’s not possible, I promise.
These pecan carmelitas have two stages of baking, kind of like some pies, to pre-bake the bottom layer of oats before adding the rest of the ingredients. I sprinkled a hearty helping of chocolate chunks, pecans, and M&M’s® Pecan Pie before covering it with the delicious caramel and the rest of the oats. If you don’t feel like whipping up caramel with squares and heavy cream, you can always purchase a jar of caramel sauce and use that instead. I prefer melting the squares with the heavy cream because I can control how thick or thin I want my sauce, and I feel like store bought sauces are a little too thin for my liking. But if you enjoy the runny mess, totally go for it. It’s super fun.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8Ã?8-inch pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray, then set aside.
In a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat melt the butter. Once melted, remove from heat and add the brown sugar and vanilla, stirring until combined and smooth.
Add the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt, then stir until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon half of the mixture to the prepared pan and press down with the back of the spoon to form a uniform layer. Bake for 10 minutes.
While the bottom cookie layer bakes, add the heavy whipping cream and caramels to a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until the caramel is completely melted and mixed with the heavy cream, around 6 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate, Pecan M&Mâ??sÂ®, and chopped pecans over the top. Take the caramel sauce and pour it over the candies and nuts to create a uniform layer.
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Hi, I could only find Pumpkin Spice Latte M&M's at Target and none at our local Fry's store here in AZ-I've never heard of the Pecan M&M's either! Ha. Well; I will give it a shot tomorrow to see how it goes with those!
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QUESTION: You’ve written at various times about the influence of Masonry within the Watchtower organization over the years, so I would like to have your thoughts on a recent adjustment in the New World Translation. In the 1984 edition, at Hosea 12:14, the NWT translators chose to use “Grand Master,” and likewise at Malachi 1:6 we see the same usage. This has since been adjusted in the 2013 edition, where the Watchtower organization reverts to the more common “lord” seen across Bible translations. Is this change to hide the Masonic influence at work, an attempt to correct it’s influence, or a “nothing-burger”?
Those are interesting questions, for which I have no definitive answer. Not being a Watchtower insider I cannot speak with any authority on such matters. Although, as one viewing matters from afar, given the masonic influence over the Watch Tower from the beginning and the fact that the coven of Masons within the organization now seem to be more emboldened then they have been since the days of Russell, it does not seem to me that the Masons are making any attempt to hide their presence. Quite the contrary. That being the case, I think we can rule out that the revision was an effort to conceal masonic influence. Perhaps some few remaining righteous brothers ditched the masonic jargon.
Freemasonry, in all its branches, is a religion. However, it is not a Christian religion, but traces its origins to the darkest mysteries of Babylon and Egypt. In modern times Freemasonry is run by the British Crown, especially since the American Civil War and the prominent satanist, Scottish Rite Mason, Albert Pike —of three world wars fame.
Freemasonry appears to be the mechanism by which the beast infiltrates and subverts important and influential institutions —including religions. Freemasonry is the means by which the harlot seduces the kings of the earth. That would certainly explain the recently-deceased Billy Graham’s friendship with every American president since Harry Truman. Given the masonic influence emanating from Bethel it is no wonder the Watchtower was involved in a secret partnership with the United Nations for 10 years.
Numerous modern religious movements were started by high-ranking Masons. That includes the Latter Day Saints, otherwise known as Mormons. The Church of Scientology uses masonic symbols as its logo. Adventist sects, which heavily influenced Russell, have their masonic rumors. It would certainly be an extraordinary thing if the Watchtower were not infiltrated by London’s masonic agents.
Like an iceberg, the masonic presence in the heart of the organization is far more extensive than the mere visible symbols with which they choose to reveal themselves –subliminals included. Given the fact that the harlot of Babylon also commits sexual immorality with the kings of the earth, it should not be supposed that the modern “Balaam” within Christ’s congregation promotes literal sexual immorality; but rather, spiritual. Although, the policy of shielding pedophiles from exposure and prosecution is certainly a form of promoting perverse sexual immorality, Balaam’s influence is also discernible by his teaching the “learners” how to worship the organization. And undoubtedly Balaam’s influence is exerted among his peers, teaching them to seek friendship with the men of influence in the world.


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In the present contribution I have arbitrarily, but purposely, chosen to focus on two of the many issues that the author explores in order to analyze the act triggering an international armed conflict, namely the capture as an act that may trigger an international armed conflict and the necessity, or not, of identifying an animus belligerendi in order to classify a situation as international armed conflict. Within the structure of the book, the first is a sub-question of Question II regarding the nature of the triggering act and the second is a Question in such, namely Question VI regarding the necessity of an animus belligerendi. This choice has been made on purpose, since these two topics are among those with which I have dealt in my own research, but through a different prism, that is the temporal scope of applicability of international humanitarian law.
In her book Djemila Carron argues that the mere capture of soldiers from a foreign State does not automatically trigger an international armed conflict. Despite the fact that the literature, whilst not very numerous, has constantly reaffirmed that any soldier captured by a foreign force must benefit from the Third Geneva Convention (even if there are no other hostilities between his State of origin and the detaining State), Ms. Carron demonstrates quite successfully that an analysis under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties might lead to another conclusion. Among her strongest arguments, she shows that the whole regime attached to the prisoner of war status does not make sense without any other hostilities. Indeed, the rule according to which prisoners of war cannot be prosecuted solely for having participated in the hostilities, or the rule that prescribes that they have to be released at the end of active hostilities, would have no justification in the absence of hostilities accompanying the act of capture. Even more, to its logical extreme, considering that the mere capture of foreign combatants does trigger an international armed conflict could result in an absurd reasoning. Whilst convincing, the argument made here raises at least two questions. The first is directly linked with the capture of foreign soldiers: what if this act of capture triggers an international armed conflict in that sense that the State from which these combatants come from decides to engage in hostilities with the detaining State? Would the soldiers be covered by the Third Geneva Convention only from the moment in time at which these hostilities amount to an international armed conflict according to Djemila Carron’s conclusions? Or would they benefit from the protective provisions of Geneva Convention III, a posteriori, from the moment of their capture? Moreover, if one can follow Ms. Carron’s rationale regarding the capture of foreign soldiers, what about the capture and the internment of foreign civilians? This is the second question. When there has been no previous hostilities, how can a distinction be drawn in this case between ordinary detention and detention governed by international humanitarian law? Even if, according to the author, in that case the target of the act would fall under an exception that prevents a conclusion that an international armed conflict has been triggered by this sole capture, is there really no situation in which civilians must not be protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention? Since, in these circumstances, internment or assigned residence would be ordered in the interests of the security of the State carrying out that measure, in our view international humanitarian law should apply to these situations, which in themselves are signs of inimical relations between the two States in question. On the contrary, should it not therefore be the purpose of detention, namely security, and the status of the persons concerned, as nationals of a given third State, that is decisive in this case?
The work of Djemila Carron however goes far beyond and confirms – maybe definitively – the reasoning. While so doing, she prevents any attempt to revive the animus belligerendi as an element contributing to interpreting an act as triggering international armed conflicts, which should be recognized and very welcome. After having examined, as she does with a constant meticulousness in all her work, the ordinary meaning of the words “armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties” (Article 2 common to the Geneva Conventions), the context, the object and purpose, the subsequent practice, the travaux préparatoires and the circumstances of the conclusion of the Geneva Conventions, her conclusion is relentless: “no criterion of an animus to be in an international armed conflict or in a state of war does exist.” And if any doubt might have remained, the precaution that Djemila Carron takes to contemplate all forms of animus puts an end to any debate even before it could have arisen. Without an animus to be in an international armed conflict in its factual sense, or an animus to be engaged in a state of war in a legal sense, there is absolutely no subjective element that might blur the determination of the existence of an international armed conflict. The only animus that exists is an animus to use force against another State, but this element is an objective one, that is the intention of a State to use force against another which is deduced from the identity of the organ that provokes the triggering act of an international armed conflict, within the scope of its functions and in accordance with instructions; objective criteria that are dealt with in the answer of Question IV of the book relating to the origin (provenance) of the triggering act.


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I normally am not a huge fan of monster movies. To me, they're a lot like slasher films--you can't relate to the killer, and nothing seems to motivate them outside of "KILL THE BLONDE GIRL!" There are a few exceptions to this rule, one being The Ring (though the monster in that movie was a creepy little girl who moved like she had Parkinsons).
The Monster (2016) is a decent film, especially for the genre its title so aptly places it in. It's a monster movie, but there's more to it as well.
Perhaps I like this movie because of my own home life growing up. I remember watching my parents fight. I remember being screamed at.
This movie, at its core, is about the dysfunctional relationship between a mother and a daughter. Whenever I see something like this, as long as it's done well, I fall into the movie. And this one is done well. The acting performances by the two leads are great--especially from the young girl. She shows the anger and hurt that comes when those who are supposed to love you, don't.
Is the monster in the movie scary? Sometimes. But that's not the point. I believe that each parent loves their children (with few and frightening exceptions), and that's partly what this is about. A mother's love and her inability to show it. Except when it counts.
The Monster is also about a child's love, and how abuse that happens over years can harden it. In the end, though, all children just want to be loved by their parents--and I believe that regardless of their age.
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Natasha Dalal Age is 30 Years (as 2019) Old. She has completed a degree in Fashion Designing from Fashion Institute Of Technology, New York. Natasha Dalal Father name is and her mother name is not Known.
Natasha Dalal is currently unmarried. Natasha Dalal had affairs with Varun Dhawan Who is the popular Bollywood actor. She is Hindu by religion. Her Zodiac sign is PISCES.
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Some nouns in English are uncount nouns.
We do not use uncount nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite article, a/an.
He gave me some useful advice.
They gave us a lot of information.
How much luggage have you got?
Let me give you a piece of advice.
That’s a useful piece of equipment.
We bought a few bits of furniture for the new apartment.
She had six separate items of luggage.
but we do not use accommodation, money and traffic in this way.
I have a small doubt that which one is correct, 'One and a half an hour' or 'one and a half hours'?
'one and a half hours' is the correct form here.
why Arts always been written in plural contrary to Science and Commerce.
The 'arts' refers to the various kinds of arts - music, sculpture, dance - but in any case I'd just recommend you accept this as how the word is used.
I'd like to appreciate your work, which helped me a lot. My question is " What is the difference between "help" and "help out"? I looked up that in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, but I did not completely figure out. Could you please give me a hand?
'Help out' is only used with people, whereas an object (a tool, a dictionary etc) many 'help' you. 'Help out' is often used when one person takes part of another's responsibility to make things easier. For example, if my friend is cleaning their house then I may 'help out' by doing the bathroom for him. 'Help' is the more general word and can be used in any context; 'help out' is more limited.
I'd suggest you look up 'inconvenience' in several online dictionaries so that you can read the example sentences to see how it's used. You can also search the internet for 'inconvenience' to see how it's used on different websites. I haven't searched myself, but I think you'll find that 'a little inconvenience' is not very common at all – you're much more likely to see this idea expressed with an adjective (e.g. 'It was a bit inconvenient that ...'), I suspect.
What is the difference between " detail information" and "detailed information"?
'detail information' does not sound correct to me. Perhaps in some very specific context, it might be OK, but in general you should use 'detailed information'.


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Radio X's Scroobius Pip and his partner in music dan le sac are releasing new album Repent Replenish Repeat on October 7.
"This is the lead single and the beat is hard as hell," Pip said. "When Dan sent it to me I listened to it on loop and couldn't come up with any writing worthy of it for about a month. It was the most excited I had ever been to receive a new beat."
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the very multitude and enormity of ills overpowering society. Think of a wrong, any wrong, and we have it. To name a few, just to drive home the point – extremism, terrorism, intolerance, bigotry, polarization, parochialism, hatred, corruption, nepotism, fraud, dishonesty, exploitation, harassment, misogyny, poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, crime …. The list is endless.
To compound the reality, each of these (and other) ills has acquired a huge quantum, while also becoming highly organized and ubiquitous. It is almost impossible to have universal agreement on which ill is the greatest. Optimism and nationalism aside, can anyone with any sense of reality deny that our society today is like a Stage 4 cancer patient? Are we becoming a failed state? Are we one already?
When did it all start? Why did it become endemic? Is there a cure for this cancer?
The genesis of our predicament dates back to the earliest days after independence. It is too complex and lengthy a subject to delve into here, but a thorough study of our history and of the forces at play throughout, will be deeply insightful for understanding when and how the disarray commenced and enlarged. If one single reason (or cause) has to be given for its burgeoning, then it has to be the sadly remarkable absence of visionary leadership throughout our history.
A society is made up of different building blocks – individual communities, institutions, corporations, CSOs, associations, families. Each building block has its own dynamics, challenges and opportunities. What is common to all, from the basic unit of the family up to the nation as a whole, is that at every level, strong and impeccable leadership is required for the unit to be progressive and harmonious. Leadership provides vision and direction, inculcates values, establishes order, sets the example, gives strength in adversity, guards against evil and brings to book errant and discordant forces.
At the basic family level, the head of the family sets the values and defines right and wrong. In a corporation, this responsibility falls on the CEO. If the leader in either of these cases is personally corrupt, inept or of evil thought, then more often than not, those being led will over time acquire the same beliefs and behavioural repertoire. Yes, there will be individuals even within a morally degenerated unit who will resist, but over time such individuals will become fewer and fewer and more marginalized within the unit.
Society must develop to an extremely high level of discipline and routine adherence to values before the role of leadership becomes almost secondary; for in such a society each individual is in a sense a leader, in terms of believing in and following the established ethical and moral standards. We are not even remotely near to this exalted state of societal development. Unfortunately every ‘leader’ who came along and was resolutely idolized, only led us up the garden path, which ended invariably at a foul and murky swamp.
Are the societal ills enumerated at the start, all effects of some other cause or causes? Or is one of these the actual cause, while the rest are effects? Ills like extremism, intolerance and hatred have to do with the mind; the result of thought-process gone wrong. So these must be effects. Other ills like exploitation, harassment and crime are actions carried out, or physical manifestations, again resulting from a flawed thought-process. So these too are effects. So what then is the cause of all these effects?
Surely it is corrupted thinking, which itself is the outcome of a mindset that has not been guided, nurtured, groomed. A mind, which in simple terms, has not been educated. So the conclusion one reaches is that the single most important cause of societal ills is the extremely abysmal level of literacy. Not literacy just in terms of basic reading and writing ability. But literacy in far more encompassing terms of being able to distinguish between right and wrong, understanding and taking on one’s responsibilities and obligations to the larger society, having a developed mind that rejects indoctrination and propaganda of exploiters, and having a yearning to do good.
you are reading this, you are included) to take up this cause on a massive scale. It will take time and a lot of effort, but if we really want change, if not for this generation than for the next, this is the single cause that must be pursued.
Too many good people have been killed in this country by illiteracy fed hatred. If we really want to pay tribute to them, educate the people. Candlelight vigils, protests outside the press club and expression of outrage on social media may give a ‘feel-good’ glow of having done ‘something’. But these activities have never brought the killers to justice, nor have they ever engendered change.
Morality is the child of literacy, whereas evil is the illegitimate progeny of illiteracy.
Take a decision, make a difference and support education. Organizations like The Citizens Foundation, CARE Foundation, Alif Ailaan, Teach for Pakistan are doing humongous work for education in Pakistan. You can learn about them easily through their websites. Support them with donations, volunteer time, materials, whatever. And most important, spread the word – share this post and encourage as many people as you can, friends, family, colleagues, to join the effort. A huge momentum needs to be built. But first a start has to be made, however small.
In a dusty, dirt-poor village near the town of Kunri in interior Sindh, Aansoo Kohli, a lower caste Hindu young woman, crippled in one leg, is running a one-room school for about 400 kids from her village and neighbouring villages. Read about her at http://bobbhai.com/ladies-gentlemen-meet-aansoo-kohli/ and http://bobbhai.com/kunri-report/. Now if this is not inspiring, what else is?


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Hi everyone. My name is Antonio Goncalves. Welcome to my course Java EE 7 Fundamentals. I am an independent developer, a book author, a recognized Java Champion, and I like to talk at international conferences about Java EE. So you've heard of Java EE, you might have already used it a bit, but you want to dig into it. This course is for you. In this course, you will learn most of the Java EE 7 specifications, what they are, what they do, and why you might need them. Some of the major topics that I will cover include understanding Java EE, what is a container, what is a component, a service, metadata, how do we package applications. Then you'll learn about common specifications: how to inject components, how to intersect a call, and how to validate data. Then the business tier specifications: what is persistence, what is mapping, how to query data, and, of course, how to handle transactions or batch processing. On top of that, you will see the web tier specifications: servlets, web pages, and web sockets. To communicate with external services, Java EE has a few interoperability specifications, XML and JSON processing for a start, but also REST and messaging. Finally, you will put all these pieces together and learn how to build a web application. By the end of this course, you'll have a very good understanding about all the pieces that make Java EE 7. Before beginning the course, you should be familiar with the Java programming language and have some notions on how web applications are built. Injection, validation, persistence, REST, messaging. Sounds like this course covers lots of technologies. But don't be scared. This course addresses complex topics in a very friendly way. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn Java EE with the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course at Pluralsight.
Hi. Welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this second module I will be showing you what Java EE really is. In the previous module, we've had a demo of the CD-BookStore web application that we will be using throughout this course. This web application is quite complex because it uses several different technologies. Through the example of database access, we've seen that Java EE simplifies development compared with Java SE thanks to the Java EE programming model based on metadata and convention over configuration. In this module, I will explain what an enterprise application is, and how Java EE can help us in developing such applications. I'll describe the internal architecture of Java EE, the role of the container, and the components it manages. I will also describe all the Java EE services and what they are used for. I'll then explain why Java EE is said to be standard, the role of the JCP, and I will give you a list of software that actually implement Java EE. I'll wrap up by presenting all the specifications Java EE is made of.
Hi, welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this third module, I'll concentrate on the common tier specifications of Java EE. In the previous module, I've concentrated in presenting Java Enterprise Edition. You now know that Java EE is all about components with metadata that are managed by a container. This container gives a set of services, each one specified in a JSR, or specification. This module will focus on specifications that can be used in any of the tiers of our enterprise application. These specifications give services to components found in the web, enterprise, or interoperability tier. These services are injection, interception, and validation. I will leave security and concurrency in this course, and we'll concentrate on CDI, interceptor, and bean validation.
Hi. Welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this fourth module I'll focus on the business tier specifications of Java EE. In the previous module, we've seen the three main common specifications, context & dependency injection, for injecting components, resources, and managing state; interceptors, for all the low-level method invocation interception; and Bean Validation for validating data. We started with these common specifications because we will see them in most of the application's layers. Now, in this module, I will focus on the business tier specifications. The business tier orchestrates API calls, service invocations, return values, any of the central points in an enterprise application. In Java EE, it's where we find the specifications that deal with transactions, persistence, and batch processing, respectively called JTA, JPA, and JBatch.
Hi. Welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this fifth module I'll be showing the Java EE specification around the web tier. In the previous module, we've seen what the business tier was all about. It's mainly the place where services orchestrate the business interaction with other services, persist and map data in a transactional manner, and process a huge amount of data using batch processing. We live in a world where internet is our daily tool, so we need to develop a web tier which interacts with this business tier. In this module, I'll start by explaining what Servlets are, and why they are the most commonly used Java EE component in web development. Then, for the user interface we will see how to develop web pages using graphical components and expression language. In terms of specification, we'll use JSf or JavaServer Faces. When a dual communication channel is needed, we can use Web Sockets. Java EE was created in the late 90s with the web in mind, so all of these specifications are very mature, and heavily used in the industry. Let's start with Servlets.
Hi. Welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this sixth module I'll focus on the Java EE specification that makes interoperability possible. In the previous module, we've seen the Java EE specification that made the web tier, Servlets for HTTP requests and HTTP response process, JavaServer Faces for creating rich web applications, and WebSockets for bidirectional communication between web clients and web servers. This module will focus on the interoperability tier of our enterprise application. The role of this layer is to interact with external and heterogeneous systems. These interactions often use JSON or XML as data format. Notice that JSON is defined in Java EE, and XML in Java SE. As for the components able to exchange data with external systems, we have REST web services, asynchronous messaging, SOAP web services, being able to send and receive emails, and connectors which allow any Java component to connect with legacy systems. I will leave SOAP, email, and connectors, and we'll concentrate on JSON-P, or JSON processing, JAX-RS, JMS, and for XML we'll cover JAX-B for binding and JAX-P for processing XML.
Hi. Welcome back to the Java EE 7 Fundamentals course. My name is Antonio Goncalves, and in this last module I'll be demonstrating the flexibility of Java EE when it comes to build an enterprise application. The previous module focused on the interoperability tier and presented the related specifications, XML and JSON processing and binding for data format exchange, JAX-RS for implementing RESTful web services, and JMS for sending and receiving asynchronous messages. I'll wrap up this course with this last module by giving a quick recap of the Java EE services. I'll put these services back into the tier where they belong, and at the same time show you the modularity and flexibility of Java EE. I'll end up this module by giving you a few external references so you can learn more about Java EE.


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Multicast has been around for a long time (source). If you don’t do any special configurations to Configuration Manager, all packages will be sent as Unicast. This is fine, if you are installing a few computers at a time. But for every computer you add, the network and disk burden will also be higher. If you for example work at a school and need to reinstall 50 computers at a time, it might not be a good idea to use unicast, but instead multicast.
Addresses in the range of 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0.0/24) are reserved for local subnet multicast traffic. Datagrams sent to addresses in this range are not forwarded by IP routers.
Addresses in the range of 224.0.1.0 to 238.255.255.255 are known as globally scoped addresses, which means they can be used for multicasting across an intranet or the Internet. Some addresses within this range are reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for special purposes.
Addresses in the range of 239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 (239.0.0.0/8) are reserved for administratively scoped addresses. Administratively scoped addresses as defined by RFC 2365 are used to prevent the forwarding of multicast traffic across boundaries configured for the address. Multicast boundaries are described in more detail later in this document.
Multicast will start a “wave” which clients connect to, which means that it doesn’t matter if you are installing 1 or 50 computers, the network and disk usage will be the same.
2. How important is timeliness?
3. Would your network support multicast?
One cool thing with multicast is that you can monitor the WDS server on the Distribution Point.
The speed of the transfer will depend on your slowest client. It will become the “Master Client”.
When turning on multicast, make sure that the packages are actually transferred in multicast. I have seen this several times at customers, where they think everything is being transferred in multicast, but when it in fact is distributed in Unicast.
1.1 Routers must support the Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP), multicast forwarding, and multicast routing protocols.
3. Allow multicast on the packages you want to be transferred in multicast. A recomendation is to have it on your OS image. Remember that if you enable multicast on your DP or on your packages, you will need to Update the Distribution Points.
4. Update Distribution Points for the OS image after you have enabled mutlicast for the Distribution Point. If not, you will most likely run in to a hash mismatch error.
Multicast doesn’t speed up the OSD process, but it can minimize bandwidth and disk load when deploying a lot of machines at the same time.
You can further conserve bandwidth by configuring when the operating system image is deployed from the distribution point. This consolidates the client requests into a specific time frame, which optimizes the benefits of multicast but might require clients to wait before the operating system package is available. The multicast session starts when it replies to a service location request from a client computer. The distribution point can be configured to require a specified number of requests before it begins to multicast, or it can wait a specified number of minutes after the first request before it begins to multicast. The multicast session ends when the maximum number of client requests is reached. Clients can join a multicast session already in progress. When the multicast is complete, the client will then download missing portions of the package.
When you deploy the task sequence that multicasts the operating system, the content referenced by the task sequence must be downloaded locally from the distribution point to the destination computers. When you deploy your task sequence you can specify that the content is downloaded locally when it is needed by the task sequence or that all the content is downloaded before the task sequence is run.


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According to what was whispered, ' Bold Faces' presenter, Tricia Esiegbe, was a year older on this day but she decided to spend the day alone in her room.
It was around 12 noon on this day and as Tricia came out of the bedroom into her living room, she saw Elkanah Mowarin garbed in a coat, sorry suit. As soon as Tricia saw him she screamed and ran back into her room because she was still in her sleeping dress.
As soon as Tricia got into her room, before she could take a breather, her bedroom door was pushed open and the following Nollywood people stormed in: Aki and Pawpaw, Emeka Ike, Oga Okoye, Uche Jombo, Mercy Johnson, Adaora Ukoh, singer Muma Gee, Alex Lopez and some other unnamed people. They all screamed happy birthday and it was an embarrassed Tricia who replied while the guest filed into her living room. She quickly changed into something presentable and on enquiry, found out that the surprise birthday party was put together by actresses Mercy Johnson and Uche Jombo.
Oops, how could I have forgotten that Adaora Ukoh, Uche Jombo and singer, Muma Gee almost had an altercation ( fight) in Tricia bedroom. They were overheard arguing heatedly, while Adaora who was drunk was screaming at the top of her voice! Here's wishing Tricia a belated happy birthday.
May God grant her all her desires and may she grow from strength to strength and never stop showing how far ' Bold Faces' can go!


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NeeNee's Blog: A much better Friday...Praise the Lord!
A much better Friday...Praise the Lord!
Well, today started off a little rocky when I went into Fletcher's unit and they told me he had pneumonia. My first thought was 'great this is just what he needs!' UGH! So, I walked over to Fletcher's bed and he was on his tummy (to help his lungs and not a normal position for him) and he was having bloody nasal secretions. Double UGH! They were also giving him breathing treatments every 30 minutes for a few hours and then they changed the treatments to every two hours. They also had given him IV Lasix to help with the fluid in his lungs. They told me I could hold him so I picked him up immediately and he was so HAPPY to see me. I totally enjoyed my morning time with him. We sang songs and he did all the motions and he smiled and laughed, it was a perfect morning. I did not have a babysitter today so Maddie and I stayed home this afternoon. But once Kayleigh was home from school I went back to see Fletcher. Again, he was happy and had the biggest, sweetest smile on his face when he saw me. Not long after I got there one of the nurse practitioners came and told me that Fletcher was responding well to the breathing treatments and Lasix and that his lungs sounded a lot better. She also told me that the cultures came back and there was NO yeast or mold! Meaning it's not a fungal infection! The rash is probably impetigo, which I'm guessing isn't a fungus, they will continue the IV antibiotics. So, now about that central line. I am choosing to believe that the Lord was the one who made that happen. That line was TUNNELED into a vein and SUTURED into Fletcher's skin. How would it just fall out? He never messed with it so I really don't think he pulled it out. The line will have to be replaced. It's very important especially in times like we're going through right now that he have a line accessible for IV meds. They'll try for a more permanent thing like a port, but we've tried that twice before and we were told that Fletcher has too much scar tissue from his heart surgery and all of the previous central lines he's had in the past. I, personally would love for Fletcher to have a port because it would be under his skin, meaning that would be one less thing 'hanging' out of his little body. So, the surgery is set tentatively for Monday, November 12th. We won't know until Monday morning the time of the surgery. I will keep you posted about the surgery. I am posting two pictures I took today. I wanted you all to see the rash and the place where his central line used to be (under the white bandage) the second picture says it all. He's happy and the little t-shirt he's wearing says, big trouble comes in small packages! Yep, that pretty much sums it up! But it's 'trouble' I'm willing to go through if it makes his life better! Thank you all so much for the encouraging emails and comments. They really make a difference. Thanks for spending time in prayer for my Fletcher and the rest of us. I KNOW the Lord is hearing your prayers!
Yes, Fletcher, big trouble does come in small packages!
Okay, I am blown away at all that has happened this week. I haven't been blogging much and have missed all your prayer requests, and praises. I am joining you in prayer this morning for Fletcher and his surgery on Monday. I have no idea what you are going through, but I can remember the days before a surgery well in thinking about my husband's two hip surgeries and my son Seth's surgeries. I remember when he had a central line put in after all his veins were unable to work for mediations needed. I was so afraid. I cannot believe your difficult journey has now just become part of your life. You are such an inspiration, and I mean that. Not only you, but every one of your family members who are forever changed by your son's precious life. Hold dear to God's promises.
Oh, that picture of his chest broke my heart. The thought of my kids going through all Fletcher (and you) have to go through daily is so hard. Bless you, Denise. I am praying.
Also, I nominated you for a discipleship award. Come over and pick it up!
As our eyes look to the Lord, and our hearts hurt for you all, and as we wipe away the tears, we know you all are in the best of Hands both in the Center and in your Lives. We will always be praying for Fletcher and the entire family as usual. The Lord IS with you always. Love, Uncle Randy and Family.
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If you already have children and you want to have that white picket fence dream, and have a dog involved, you really want to look at what life you have. Is somebody a triathlon athlete? Is everybody behind a desk when they get home from work? We really want to look at our lifestyle. Do we want the dog just to enhance our child's life? We want to see exactly what we want, so that we can look at the specific dog. And I'm not talking breed. It doesn't matter what breed you have.
energy. Not necessarily breed. If you have a breed in mind, sure. But then look for the energy of that specific breed. Because if you do not provide an outlet for the energy that is required for that specific dog, it will find an outlet on its own, and then the human can not complain about how he relieves his energy at that point. Give the dog something to do, or it will find something to do.
There is no pairing more dynamic than kids and their pets. Try and remember the fascination you felt towards animals as a child.
When I told colleagues, friends and family that we were getting a puppy, they all said I was crazy.