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Autumn is definitely in the air but it’s not quite boot weather yet. For these in between times, I love a pair of canvas shoes that are easy to slip on and off. They look chic with anything – jeans, skirts, dresses – and are so comfy to wear. They are my trusty early autumn shoes that I wear all the time.
Recently, I bought a new pair of canvas shoes that I spotted for £3 – could not resist at this price! When Anya saw mine, she wanted a pair so I splurged on a second mini pair for her. Both our shoes were plain white and a bit boring so we decided to bring them to life by painting them.
This 10 minute DIY to paint your canvas shoes is so simple so there are no step by step instructions.
I used fabric paint pens and not fabric paint as it’s easier to paint with pens especially for kids. It allows you to be more precise and make small patterns like the dots we painted.
I chose to paint a classic black polka dot design on mine – black is my signature colour (do you have a signature colour?) but Anya opted for bright pink and orange. Of course you and your kids can paint any design you like.
In case you’re wondering which fabric paint pens I used, my UK readers can find them here and my US readers here .
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Signed and Sealed - "Why port 389?"
"Why does the Centrify Unix agent (adclient) communicate with Active Directory over port 389?
How is this communucation secured?
What are the implications to Active Directory? Specifically, how do we protect Active Directory against unsigned/unencrypted LDAP requests?"
Typically, this question tends to come from Security/Compliance and Unix teams. From their vantage, interacting with LDAP over 389 raises a flag, where traditionally communications over this port tend to be unencrypted. If the question comes from the Active Directory team, they are usually looking for confirmation and assurance that our interactions with Active Directory align with best practices and their secrity expecations.
2) Secure Active Directory communication: The Centrify Unix agent authenticates and encrypts all communications with Active Directory using Kerberos (GSSAPI). This is referred to as a "signed and sealed" connection. The agent encrypts its payload using a kerberos session-key before sending over the wire to Active Directory. We do not use LDAP over SSL/TLS. This approach depends on certificates (along with the certificate management headaches that come with).
3) Rejecting unsigned/unencrypted LDAP requests: Microsoft advises we configure servers to reject Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) binds that do not request signing or reject LDAP simple binds that are performed in the clear. This AD group policy configuration ensures that “non-kerberized” LDAP client requests communicate with AD over SSL/TLS (e.g. Port 636). The following Microsoft article explains further.

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At last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Pathe revealed their new 4K restoration of Marcel Carné’s Children Of Paradise.
In the coming weeks you’ll have the opportunity to see the newly restored film, digitally projected around the country. So far we have dates at the Film Forum in New York (March 9th through the 27th), the Film Society of Lincoln Center (March 7th as a part of their Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series) and the Castro Theater in San Francisco (March 10th).
Janus Films doesn’t seem to have launched their page for the tour at this point, but I’m sure we’ll have dates soon for the rest of the country.
It seems like only a matter of time before Criterion releases a Blu-ray with this new 4K restoration. Perhaps a November release, to time with the anniversary of the US theatrical debut in 1946? We’ll see.
Janus has provided this following interview, which was also available in the press materials at last year’s Cannes film festival.
This is the first time that Marcel Carné’s masterpiece has been given such a complete restoration from the original negative. The work lasted many months and included the use of state of the art technology, especially the use of 4K scanning, the first time this has been done in Europe. Christian Lurin, manufacturing manager at Ã‰clair Laboratories, and Léon Rousseau, specialist of sound restoration at LE Diapason, were project managers of the undertaking, one for the images, and the other for the sound.
Where was the original negative of CHILDREN OF PARADISE, which served as the starting point for this restoration?
CHRISTIAN LURIN ‘“ First of all, we must remember that CHILDREN OF PARADISE was made during the War on nitrate film stock, like all films of the time. And we all know that nitrate is a fragile compound that decomposes over the years. In France during the early 1980s, on an initiative taken by Jack Lang, all nitrate negatives were stored under optimal conditions at the Bois-d’Arcy archive. The original negative was stored there with the others.
Does nitrate render the restoration work special?
LURIN ‘“ Nitrate in itself does not have any specific worries. The big problem we encountered was that the original negative had not always been handled with the greatest of care. It was very damaged in certain places, particularly by the presence of mold, which causes blurred images that are very difficult to treat. Even by making frame-by-frame manual corrections, it is still complicated. And every single reel of film had traces of mold.
Before starting the restoration work, this negative had to be digitized?
LURIN ‘“ To start with, the negative had to be sent to a specialized laboratory in Bologna to be scanned in very high definition. Here at Ã‰clair, we had no physical contact with the negative, only with digitized files. However, we did have to ‘complete’ this digitized version of the original negative with the help of what we call a ‘master positive,’ a print struck from the original negative. In total we used three such ‘master positives’ from which we recuperated certain frames, either because they were missing from the original negative, they had already been replaced by copies of inferior quality, or because they were too damaged to be restored. So for us the restoration started with a reconstruction game in order to have the best possible elements at our disposal. In the end, I would say that the original negative ‘“ that is to say the film that really went through the camera ‘“ represents about 90% of the frames we had to restore.
Did you proceed in the same way for the sound?
LÃ‰ON ROUSSEAU ‘“ The major characteristic of the sound of CHILDREN OF PARADISE is variable density, a process used in France until the early 1950s before being replaced by fixed density. Variable density is a much inferior process with a poorer signal to noise ratio. Indeed, background noise is almost always the main problem encountered in restoration, and CHILDREN OF PARADISE did not escape that rule. I received two digitized elements from Bologna. The first was made from the original negative and the second was from a ‘master positive.’ Therefore, I had the soundtrack of the whole film in two different formats. Theoretically, the positive print should have been used as my basic model, but the audible background noise was unstable. It fluctuated all the time, which was extremely uncomfortable to listen to. So I used the master positive, which had a little more background noise, but at least it was stable.
Up until now, the negatives of a film to be restored were digitized in 2K [in Europe]. CHILDREN OF PARADISE is the first to have benefited from digitization in 4K. How can the difference be measured?
LURIN ‘“ It can be seen in the resolution, because the image is better defined. In 2K, there are 2048 pixels per line; in 4K there are 4096. Before choosing 4K, Pathé undertook comparative tests with 2K, and the quality of the image on screen was clearly superior in 4K. Partly because of definition, but mostly in the fineness and tonality in contrast levels. Pathé’s decision to work with 4K is courageous and should be congratulated, because it means a heavier and more expensive job. Just to give you an idea, importing or exporting a 4K file that corresponds to a reel of film lasting 20 minutes takes the machine 32 hours of calculation!
Do you meet with the same problem for the sound?
ROUSSEAU ‘“ No, because digital sound reached its maturity during the 1990s. For this reason sound is easier to work with than images.
CHILDREN OF PARADISE consists of how many 35mm reels?
LURIN ‘“ Eleven reels, each 600 meters in length. It’s a very long film in two parts, each lasting about one and a half hours. Part one is a little longer, with a total of six reels.
When did you receive the first digitized reels?
LURIN ‘“ We received the first reel from Bologna at the end of the summer of 2010. But since the digitization had been rather complex ‘“ taking into account that each reel has to undergo a preparation process that consisted of mending damaged sprocket holes or splicing any tears ‘“ we only received the final files at the end of the winter. That enabled us to undertake a number of tests before starting out the real restoration work.
LURIN ‘“ As I told you, the problem with 4K is the size of the files. We therefore tried to divide the film into the parts most in need of restoration so as to lighten the weight. Nevertheless, the first stage consists of running each reel through a machine in semi-automatic mode. This first pass enables us to undertake what are known as the basic corrections. We get rid of the classic instability that can be found in a negative print. We correct any variations in luminosity, either because the film has aged, or because the lighting effects used at the time were not always quite stable. At this stage we also undertake a few tasks of pure restoration, but this is restricted to correcting simple faults like dust or small abrasions. Once this first pass has been done, we then run the damaged parts (tears, scratches, mold, even a customs’ stamp placed directly on the negative print in one case!) through other machines, each with its own operator. When the damage is complicated, an operator can spend hours, even days, of work on only 8 or 10 frames. So we separate the data, and this requires an enormous amount of follow-through. Not only must the images be moved from one machine to another, which requires hours of transfer, but we also need to know, at every instant, precisely where they are and at what stage of restoration. Finally all these frames must be reintegrated in order to reconstitute the reel, and we then screen it for verification purposes.
What was the duration of this restoration?
ROUSSEAU ‘“ That’s where we can appreciate that sound is a lighter element to treat. I invested in one hard disc of 500Gb, it cost me 80 euros, and I worked on my own.
Does sound suffer the same type of deterioration as images?
ROUSSEAU ‘“ Yes, it’s the same thing. There are scratches, mold, etc. Optical sound is a photographic image, so it suffers in the same way as the image.
LURIN ‘“ Except for the fact that the sound is placed on the left margin of the film, and is slightly adjusted in relation to the frame. Indeed, when you watch a film being projected, you can see that the right hand side of the picture, which goes right to the edge of the film, is more damaged than the left side because the soundtrack is on the left side and hence takes the knocks.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ Image and sound suffer the same types of deterioration, but the way of approaching the problems is totally different. When there is a ‘small piece of damage’ in a frame, the same zone in the preceding frame is duplicated to replace it. Sound is continuous and needs to be treated differently.
What are the various stages in sound restoration?
At which moment are sound and image reunited in the course of the restoration?
LURIN ‘“ ‘¦and it is obviously an essential stage. Things are not perceived in the same way when both images and sound are present at the same time. Flaws that are in the images can ‘disappear’ by magic, thanks to the voice of an actor that captures all the attention. Inversely, very mediocre sound can seem impeccable when the accompanying images are very strong. It is only at this stage that we can really judge the quality of the work that has been accomplished. That is why for the past two months we went every Thursday morning to the big screening theatre of the Gaumont Marignan cinema on the Champs-Elysées so as to see any eventual flaws under real conditions.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ One of the hard things in restoration is to maintain a spectator’s eye, a kind of innocence, and freshness.
Exactly how do you judge a restored film?
LURIN ‘“ With regard to the image, we try to get to a point where the viewer will not be disturbed by the remaining defects while remaining true to how the film looked on first release. To restore does not mean to modernize. At the level of texture, for example, we retained a certain grain, because that was how images looked at that time. Care must be taken not to misrepresent the film.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ In a way it’s like not rewriting history. We saw that the major problem with sound on CHILDREN OF PARADISE was background noise. We can reduce this sound grain and we did, but the question is to know just how far to go. Someone with no experience with old movies could say: ‘Ah, we can still hear the background noise.’ And he would be right. But even so, should we have gone further? I think not, because then we would have changed the inherent style of the film. When the sound grain is lowered beyond a certain level, the voices of the actors are also modified and become metallic. We would have attacked the actor’s way of playing the role. We would have lost subtlety and emotion. The film dates from 1945; it is what it is, the actors were allowed to breathe.
Which scenes presented you with the biggest problems?
LURIN ‘“ There were at least two. The first is at the beginning of reel 2 of the second part, when Lacenaire (Marcel Herrand) is waiting in the dressing room for Frédérick LemaÃ®tre (Pierre Brasseur). At this spot the original negative was very damaged, particularly because of mold. We therefore chose to use a nitrate ‘master positive’ which was in a better state. But after having restored the scene, which represented 2 or 3 minutes of film, we realized that it was not possible to make it match the rest of the reel. So we decided to go backwards, despite everything, and use the original negative. It was a huge task, but at least we found the same texture, grain and definition.
The other difficult scene is a shot of young Baptiste when he goes to see Garance (Arletty) in the theatre. It was full of vertical abrasions across the whole width of the image. In all his years of experience, the technician who restored this shot had never seen such damage. Here again it took days of work.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ On the sound level, the most delicate scene was undoubtedly that at the start of the film in which Lacenaire (Marcel Herrand) is in the shop of the writer. Not only was there an awful lot of background noise, but the original soundtrack was really not very good. It had directional microphones and actors who kept moving away from them. On top of that, there were mediocre loops added in the post synchronization process. In short, a very difficult passage indeed, which was as much the fault of the stock used as the original sound mix. So a lot of work had to be done to reduce these defects while at the same time not going too far.
Did the work of restoration follow the chronology of the film?
ROUSSEAU ‘“ Not really. Usually we isolate each type of problem and deal with them one after the other across the whole film.
LURIN ‘“ Defects are graded from 1 to 3. We start on the defects at level 3, the highest, and then gradually work down to level 1. And we stop when we decide that there are no more disturbances for the viewer who will watch the film in normal screening conditions.
Did you ever have to reconstitute entire images?
LURIN ‘“ Yes, that did happen. In some shots, images were missing from the original negative, probably because they were cut by mistake in the editing. In this case, these missing frames were recreated out of nothing. Sometimes only one or two frames were missing, sometimes five or six. And in some sections, it was really visible. But reconstituting frames is obviously complicated, because we are no longer talking about restoration, but recreation. It is very complex, closer to animation or special effects.
CHILDREN OF PARADISE is classic film elected a few years ago as being the greatest French film of all time. Were you aware of a special responsibility when it came to restoring such a masterpiece?
LURIN ‘“ Yes of course, but above all we started appreciating it more and more. Having to work on it over a number of months, almost frame by frame, one develops a sort of affectionate sentiment for the film. It seems like we know all its secrets. Now it’s as if it belongs to us too. I think that all the people who worked on this restoration will never forget the experience.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ I think that all films should be treated equally. If we start thinking about our responsibility we’ll become paralyzed. After all, people who make great films don’t know they will become great while they are shooting them. That can only be appreciated afterwards. You have to put yourself in that mindset. You just have to do the best possible job.
LURIN ‘“ It’s true that the work was not done any differently on this particular film. But having lived with it for over four months we obviously see it with a different eye.
What did you discover in the film that you had not noticed previously?
LURIN ‘“ Personally, I never tire of watching the pantomime scenes of Jean-Louis Barrault. And I love the dialogue too.
ROUSSEAU ‘“ It is exceptionally good. That is the strongest part of the film.
LURIN ‘“ Prévert gave it incredible resonance. Just one example: there is a scene in which Garance, played by Arletty, is arrested by a police sergeant. At the end of the scene he says to her: ‘You’re free.’ Like a shot she replies: ‘Fine, because I adore freedom.’ It was 1943, half of France was under German occupation, and she says that almost at the start of the film!
ROUSSEAU ‘“ And the sets are absolutely sublime. Knowing that they were created during the war, the Paris we see in the film is amazing.
LURIN ‘“ Visually the film is infinitely rich. The shots of the crowds on the Boulevard du Temple can be watched ten times, and each time you can discover new elements: ‘Oh, I hadn’t noticed those two dancers doing the French cancan before.’ It’s a film that fills both the eyes and the ears.
If you had to chose a single image or a single sound?
LURIN ‘“ Without thinking about it, I would choose Garance’s face in the second part of the film when she is at the theatre wearing a little veil, and she shines like a star. It’s the scene in which Frédérick LemaÃ®tre meets her again after a number of years.

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Innovate products and not business models?
Business model innovation is often self-defeating and self-destructive. The real problem with business model innovation is that it dilutes the incentives to make good stuff in the first place. It lets boardrooms hide from the profound challenge of making insanely great stuff in the first place.
Business model innovation creates a kind of adverse selection. It offers a kind of insurance: if we can find more efficient ways to sell stuff, we don’t have to make better stuff. When we invest in selling stuff better – instead of making better stuff – unsurprisingly, the stuff we make often turns into lemons.
Another hint to focus on building great products instead of relying on business-side trickery.
Commenters note that there are cases where business model innovation also leads to virtuous loop that enables great products. I think Google and search ads business model could be one such example (although Google not exactly invented this business model).
On a side note, I’m amazed that this sort of writing came from Umair; I used to read his Bubblegeneration blog, where his articles seemed to consist in a large part of words he created himself. Must be “innovate ideas and not vocabulary” principle at work.
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I think some bloggers call it “strategy tax.” You know, when you grow, your strategy becomes more and more important, and it taxes sort of everything you do a little bit… because everything you do, it strays from that strategy. You know, there’s a huge cost to that. Whereas I think for smaller companies, the strategy is less well-defined, or certainly the impact of straying from it is much lower.
Startups are adaptive, as friend told me last weekend, when worthy people come together to realize something, even if the first idea doesn’t work, they are always going to figure out a promising alternative (but first you have to make a jump in any case).
Strange, but sometimes things that are expected to happen, actually do happen. Microsoft announced a hostile bid for Yahoo.
I so like the bid to succeed. That’s because I feel strongly about the result of this take-over and I would love to verify my hypothesis.
My hypothesis is that the market shares of the two do not sum up. MSFT will lose focus and instead get entangled in restructuring of Yahoo!. Users will get the combination of the two worst, in my personal view, experiences – Google will be able to differentiate even more strongly through simplicity and focus, playing contrast to the new behemoth with combined dna of committee-driven software factory and a portal.
Or maybe the above will be proven wrong and Google will at last get a worthy competitor.
In any case, this merger going ahead will be decisive, this way or another, for both Google and Microsoft.
Article by David Hornik (VC) on his impressions from trip to China.
One line summary (I’m in a hurry:): Chinese market is great, but there are few real entrepreneurs. And there is no effective legal protection for investors, so you have to count on the culture not to get screwed by Chinese entrepreneurs. But unfortunately the culture makes it ok to screw foreign investors.

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Nicole’s for Children opened in 2007 in charming, historic downtown Powell, Ohio. We carry the latest in children’s fashions from around the world and have a large selection of toys and gifts for all ages. We are always searching for the best lines available and gain inspiration from our own children, our friends and from customers like you.
Nicole’s provides children’s clothing from newborn to size 12 in both boys and girls. Our clothes have been carefully chosen by Nicole months in advance of production and are available only to children’s boutiques. Our goal is to provide stylish, high quality selections for those who care about fashion. At Nicole’s you will find personalized service in a child-friendly atmosphere. We believe that shopping for your children should be a joy. Come visit us at Nicole’s for Children.

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R. Clay Carson, MAI, MRICS, is CBRE's Valuation & Advisory Services group’s Managing Director for the Central Texas area. Mr. Carson has over 30 years of experience in the real estate valuation and consulting business.
Mr. Carson’s professional experience has been in the preparation and review of commercial real estate appraisals, litigation support, feasibility studies, rent analyses and market studies of commercial and multifamily residential properties. Primary experience encompasses a wide variety of property types including office, medical office, retail, industrial, multifamily, hotel/motel, restaurant, daily fee and country club golf course properties, low-income housing, branch banks, and special purpose properties.
Experience includes assignments in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Idaho.

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We are asked to keep track of so many things in our lives that sometimes it literally all becomes too much for us to handle. It starts innocently enough – we feel tired and more irritable and we slowly lose track of our lives. And then, all of a sudden, panic kicks in and literally grips you tight and leaves you quite literally gasping for air. At that point, we will have been walking on eggshells for far too long.
processes a little easier. Our mind is not the only thing that has gone into lockdown – so has our body. We have mainly lost our sense of space. By allowing our mind to catch up through conversation and allowing our body to catch up through touch, it will become clear to us what has gone wrong. This will provide us with insights both on a mental and physical level. We will be able to see things clearly and relax our bodies once again. This will then allow us to recover the peace and space we need.

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All 22 goals from Week 5 of Major League Soccer action.
During his trip to Italy Jimmy Conrad had a chance to learn more about the history and philosophy of Inter Milan and talked with club captain Javier Zanetti.
The Three Lions were not powerful enough to muster up a win over Montenegro in World Cup qualifying this week.
AS Roma legend Francesco Totti gets a lesson in how to speak American in the first episode of KICKTV's new series FORZA ROMA.
Rio Ferdinand hangs out with the members of One Direction.
KICKTV's The Whip takes a look at the best football videos on YouTube.

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The path to becoming a lawyer is a long one. You'll have to get a four-year bachelor's degree, complete three years of law school, then sit for the bar and apply to become a lawyer in your state. The right college can prepare you for the demanding practice of law.
No specific degree is required to get into law school, but one important consideration is whether your undergraduate major will prepare you to take the Law School Admission Test. According to 2009 figures published by the State University of New York, the majors that receive the highest scores on the LSAT, in descending order, are economics, philosophy, engineering, history and English. It's wise to choose a school that offers a rigorous program that will prepare you for the LSAT. Schools with first-rate pre-law majors can also give you a head start. According to the Institute for Developmental Anthropology, the top five pre-law programs are at Victory University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, the City College of New York, Hardin-Simmons University and the University of South Carolina.
Although a strong pre-law program and a challenging major can help you do well on the LSAT, law schools consider more than just your major. The law school you choose will look at the quality of the overall curriculum offered by your school, and a school with a strong national reputation can boost your chances of admission. The best overall colleges and universities as of 2013, according to "U.S. News & World Report," are Princeton University, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and Stanford University.
High-ranking law schools offer a demanding curriculum, highly qualified professors, resources such as outstanding law libraries and excellent career centers, and a strong reputation in the legal community. "U.S. News & World Report" publishes an annual list of the best colleges of law. The top five for 2013 were Yale University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago.
The highest-ranked law schools are also among the most expensive, and these schools accept only a small percentage of applicants. You'll need to consider whether you can gain admission and afford tuition. The National Jurist publishes an alternative ranking system based on the best value for the money you'll spend in law school. Its top five schools are the University of Alabama, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Louisiana State University, University of Nebraska and University of South Dakota.

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A lightweight bag with lots of versatility and affordable? Yes. Take a look at this 40L backpack that makes sure you keep walking. Made of breathable waterproof nylon and ergonomically designed to allow the back to breathe throughout the day. With a very large main compartment, a good sized secondary main, an easy access large front zippered pocket, dual mesh water bottle pouches, dual walking stick holsters, waist and chest straps and an array of colors, this bag is ready for any trip and won't hurt your pocketbook.
Waist and chest straps guarantee good posture and and keep you from a painful night after an awesome day!
Back panel is designed to allow air to flow between you and the bag so that your back can breathe freely throughout your hike.
Able to hold two walking sticks and two water bottles simultaneously.
Equipped with straps and loops for clipping and attaching your go to essentials.

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This cozy villa features ample private balconies and plenty of natural sunlight.
The elegant open kitchen features White Quartz countertops and an elegant splash back. Warm matte taupe lacquered, and wood laminate cabinets are accented by stainless steel hardware and integrated appliances.
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What is the best method to extract a file extension in PHP?
I am looking for a good efficient method to extract the file extension in PHP. I have read of various methods using substrings, or splits etc but I want to find the best way to accomplish this.
How can I extract a MySQL query result in CSV format?
I am running a MySQL query from the linux command line and I need to output the results in CSV format. I need an efficient way to extract that information with the from MySQL that is properly escapes any quotes that exist in the data.


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The code that protects these data (including encryption and checksums, access auditing, and data integrity and operational security controls).
Since this is an OWASP cheat sheet, the term is defined in the context of an application, but the principle can be applied to workstations, services, network devices, and even entire organizations. The attack surface is all the points that can be attacked. The more of these attack points, the larger the attack surface.
How is this helpful? The attack surface concept brings an additional dimension to the need for turning off unnecessary services, reducing extraneous features, enforcing least privilege, segmenting your network, and, generally, reducing your exposure to attack. Instead of trying to exhaustively know what vulnerabilities exist in a system, the attack surface should first be reduced as much as possible and then the remaining attack surfaces analyzed for vulnerabilities.
Network – Internet-facing systems should be reduced to the absolute minimum number of accessible network ports needed to accomplish their purpose. To even further reduce the attack surface of these highly-exposed systems, their open ports should be restricted to known IP addresses (if possible). A common attack surface blunder we see during cybersecurity assessments is Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) exposed to the Internet with no restriction on source IP address. This lack of attack surface reduction allows hackers from around the world to attempt to login for days, weeks, and months or (even worse) attempt to bypass authentication by exploiting a flaw in the underlying RDP application (RDP has had a far-from-perfect security record judging by the number of CVE issues assigned to it).
Software—there is a tendency (and this is a gross generalization, but absolutely true) for software developers to deliver software that accomplishes the job without considering the most secure way of getting it done. Integrating secure software development requirements into the software development lifecycle (and checking to ensure these requirements are being met along the way) is an important step to reducing the attack surface of custom-developed software packages. For commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, turning off all but the minimum set of essential features is a way to reduce attack surface as well as requiring authentication before accepting user input.
Physical—who knew hackers can easily exploit systems to which they have access? Publicly exposed USB ports, network connections, and other exposed infrastructure are like free passes to system exploitation on your network. To reduce these attack surfaces, guard computers and network infrastructure with protective enclosures whenever they’re put in public spaces.
There are many other ways systems can be analyzed for improved security by reducing their attack surface. Future articles may share innovative ways we’ve seen client organizations reduce their attack surface for reduced risk and improved cybersecurity. To begin to understand your own attack surface, some security scanning or pen testing (whether performed by internal staff or a 3rd party) can help. Until you test, your understanding of your attack surface is only based on what you think is there.


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I am always a little jealous of one of my Facebook friends- she started an amazing non-profit and travels the world making a difference. There’s a lot of talk these days about living your passions and finding your purpose. Quite frankly, it’s a little intimidating. I’m not entirely sure what or if I have one single thing that’s supposed to consume me and change the world.
As a take a step back and reflect, I suppose I am in the business of making a difference. One could argue that teaching skiing or running a snow sports school doesn’t change the world, but it certainly changes the world in a small way (and sometimes a big way!) for our students. It gives them a new sense of accomplishment and self that inevitably spills out into the rest of their lives. Maybe teaching someone to ski or snowboard will inspire a new found confidence that will lead to a cure for cancer.
My other job, because no one in Vermont has just one, is an educator with Beautycounter. I truly believe that our efforts will make the world a better place for the next generation. Not only does Beautycounter make a difference in the short term for my family’s health and finances, I’m leading by example- showing Alice that every small choice you make can have a ripple effect, positively or negatively, on your life. Maybe it doesn’t make sense to think that the mascara you wear or the shampoo you use will matter, but that little difference over a lifetime becomes a big difference.
I’d love to share more- shoot me a quick message using the form below and I’ll fill you in on the three ways you can make a difference.

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For all European deliveries we use Royal Mail International Signed For or First Class Airsure services. All deliveries are insured and require a signature upon receipt. You will be provided with the tracking number by email.
We try our best to deliver your item(s) within 9 days for European countries and within 3 weeks for international deliveries, but as our pieces are made to order, it sometimes may take a bit longer. If you need your items by a specific date please email us at info@dorethjones.com.
Items cannot be replaced before they are classified as lost items by the Royal Mail services. That is 20 working days for UK and 30 working days for international deliveries after the dispatch date.
On international deliveries, your parcel is usually handled by more than one courier service. Hence when parcels are sent abroad, the actual delivery of your parcel will be their responsibility. Often delays of up to 10 days are caused by customs checks.
Parcels that are tracked as being delivered but not received by the customer (This may happen if you have provided us with your work address, where a colleague within your company or someone else has signed for). In these cases you will need to obtain a proof of delivery certificate from the Royal Mail by filling their signature request form. Please note that Doreth Jones does not refund nor replace items that are tracked as being delivered. For such reasons we recommend that you provide us with your home address for all deliveries.
You will receive your jewellery in a embossed box for all orders over £65.

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with cured ham, smoked paprika and Colston Basset Stilton. Serves 6 Take these simple, easily sourced, local ingredients to create a good, honest meal to share with friends and family.
Cook the macaroni until slightly under-cooked, then run under cold water in a colander to stop the cooking process. Drain and set aside to cool.
Next, grate the cheeses and mix together, saving 20g of Parmesan for the topping.
Now get your best blades ready for slicing and dicing! Finely slice the chillies and the red onion and cut the red pepper into thin strips. Roughly dice the dry cured ham.
Take the red wine and measure out 60ml and set aside... the rest of the bottle is for you, so pour a large glass and indulge!
Sauté the chillies and red onion in a large thick-bottomed pan over a medium heat for about 5 minutes, or until just starting to colour.
Add the paprika, ham and garlic and cook gently for another minute.
To this add the red wine and tomatoes and simmer gently for 20-30 minutes until the mixture has reduced and appears thick and glossy.
Add the Maldon sea salt and a good twist of black pepper.
Pour the cream into a thick-bottomed pan and heat until just simmering then whisk in the cheeses.
Place the pasta into a large bowl, add the cured ham mixture and the warm cream sauce. Adjust the seasoning to your liking.
Mix the breadcrumbs with the remaining Parmesan. If you like add a few fresh herbs such as basil or chives.
Grab your gratin dish and pour the macaroni mixture in. Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture on top and place under a preheated grill for 5-10 minutes until bubbling and golden.
Serve immediately with a big bowl of dressed salad and the rest of your wine.

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Kenya safari is an unforgettable experience. Wherever you go in Kenya, you will find the spectacle of wild nature. Kenya’s treasures are the relevant part of National Parks, National Reserves, and Private Reserves. Kenya is a country with 43 tribes. This is at the same time an added value and an issue. It is an added value because great cultural differences create a society, where many opportunities are available. It is a problem because the rivalry sometimes creates some issues.
Are you ready to discover Kenya with us? Kenya safari is waiting for you.
Neighboring countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia.
Kenya territory is divided in counties for the administration but for to understand better the geography we need to considerate the provinces. In total the provinces are eight: Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi 5. North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western.
I will illustrate the major attractions imagining a safari, so will start now from the top of Rift Valley we will go down in the south direction up to meet Tanzania border. Then we will do another imaginary itinerary up to cover all the Parks and reserves.
One of most important is the Rift Valley, at the top, there is the Lake Turkana, fascinating place in the desert. Famous because of his blue waters, and for to a site where was discovered some important hominin fossils. Like the famous Turkana boy, the oldest is the Australopithecus Anamensis, discovered by Meave Leakey and has been dated 4 million years ago.
In the lake, there are many Nile crocodile and quantity of fishes. Fauna includes zebras, gazelles, topis and reticulated giraffe. It is the biggest salted water lake in the world, and the world biggest desert permanent lake.
If you desire to visit Lake Turkana, we suggest using a flight service. So you don’t need to stay days in travel in the desert.
However, if you like the adventure, it is a good idea to go by road, but using a trustable agency.
In case, if you want to go alone or with a car driving you, take information about the security of the road.
Up to Lake Baringo usually, there is no problem. Beyond, up to Turkana sometimes can be tribal troubles. So is better to ask at the authority, KWS is good for this.
Your Kenya safari can now move in the south direction looking for places more civilized. The first place you will find is Lake Baringo. Beautifull place, the lake as Lake Turkana don’t have any emissary, so the level is floating between decades.
It is inhabited by the tribes of Pokots, Tugens, Endorois, and Ilchamus but there are even more other tribes in the urban centers. Presents in the lake are the crocodiles and hippopotamus. More than four hundreds birds species are recognized and in the lake, there is fish abundance.
The watercolor is depended on the season but never is transparent. activity suggested is the visit of Pokot traditional village, one of the smallest tribes in Kenya. Another activity is to explore the lake by boat, it is a very nice experience. Finally is one of the only two lakes of fresh water in Rift Valley.
A good reason for to visit Lake Baringo is the low numbers of tourists presents.
Can follow your Kenya safari with a short journey, in around 40 km by road you will meet Lake Bogoria.
Lake Bogoria is a traditional tourist destination, it is saline and alkaline water and is alimented by two rivers and quantities of hot springs. Characteristics of the lake are the Geiser presence, to see the Bogoria Gaisers is related to the water level. But the main attraction is the seasonal arriving of millions of flamingoes, creating a spectacular landscape.
In Lake Nakuru National Park there are white and Black rhinoceros.
We arrive now in the highlands of Kenya. The Lake Nakuru National Park is the more important lake of Kenya.
The alkaline lake guesses pelicans and the flamingoes, and around the lake, there is the National Park. Here you can meet, for the first time on your safari, some of the important wild animal species present in Kenya.
There are the white rhinoceros, followed by the black rhinoceros, Hyppoes, buffaloes, Giraffes, hyenas, waterback, leopards, cheetahs, baboons and so on.
This is one of the two premium parks in Kenya, the other is Amboseli. It is even like a sanctuary, it has fenced for to prevent poaching.
After just around 20 kilometers on the Nakuru-Nairobi road, we meet the Lake Elmenteita. It is a beautiful place but it pay the nearly with Lake Nakuru so tourism is small here. Fauna is limited to the zebra, gazelles, warthogs, and elan. It is very nice to stay and rest in the peaceful lodges around the lake, in a serenity atmosphere looking the Lake landscape.
Lake Naivasha, on Crescent Island, is possible to do a safe walking safari.
Other some kilometers and your Kenya safari will meet the last lake on the road, the Lake Naivasha. It is the second Lake of the two with fresh water. This is the reason because the farmers have started to produce here cut flowers, one of the major resources of the country.
The Lake guess 400 species of birds and the relative distance from Nairobi make Naivasha a bird watching sanctuary. It is present even a great population of Hyppoes.
From July to October in Masai Mara, there is the great migration of wildebeests.
Now your Kenya safari requires a long and uncomfortable trip up to Masai Mara. Especially the last part of the trip is in real African offroad.
So if you don’t like this be patient and look outside the beautiful landscape of the African nature. Or, if you prefer, from Naivasha you can take a flight for Masai Mara.
Masai Mara is not a park, Is National Reserve. It is a very nice reserve and is famous because of the great migration of the wildebeests. It is part of the Serengeti transnational ecosystem.
Characteristic are the lions which the males with has a large mane. Present in the park all the big five, elephant, rhinoceros, buffaloes, lions and leopards.
So now we go back to Nairobi, from where we can start for another imaginary itinerary.
Provinces of Nairobi, Central, North Eastern.
This new itinerary, start discovering the beauty of Samburu. For a long time this reserve it was considered secondary from the tourism. Now in the area, there are a lot of conservancy and reserves. Many of these were been instituted in recent years, for to protect flora and fauna from poachers and uncontrolled grazing.
The reserve is very nice and is seated at around 1000 mt of altitude. The reserve guesses elephants, buffaloes, hippos, gazelles, impalas, waterbuck, giraffes, lions, leopards, cheetahs and many more.
Your Kenya safari maybe can pass now to visit the Mount Kenya National Park. It is a nice park and is visited by thousands of tourists any year. The main attraction is the mountain.
Mount Kenya has 3 main peaks, the Batian 5199 mt, the Nelion, 5189 mt, the Lenana Point 4985. Batian and Nelion can be summited by climbers whit experience. The point Lenana is the more visited because don’t require specific climbing attitude, but just energy in the legs and good acclimatization.
Undervalued acclimatization is a common mistake, and probably you can’t arrive at the summit.
Now we want to introduce you another park visited by a smaller number of tourists. The reason probably is in the nature of the park.
The park is set in the Aberdare Mountain Range in an altitude variable between 2.100 and 4.300 mt. It is a mountain park and so it is different from the open savannah.
Looking for wildlife is not very easy but any encounter is a joy and surprise. To see the elephants in the forest on the slopes of the mountain is a unique emotion. In the Aberdare National Park, there are elephants, leopards, wild dogs, rhinoceros, elan, bongos, African golden cats.
Your Kenya safari starts now for a new itinerary, and it starts from Nairobi, the capital city, which offers many opportunities for to approach wildlife.
The main attraction is the Nairobi City Park. The only park in the world where is possible to see the lions from the city. Another opportunity if have free time is the giraffe center. If you can please visit the David Sheldrick Orphanage, you can see and meet the baby elephants who lost the mother to the poachers or shepherds.
An elephant takes soil shower in Amboseli National Park.
Amboseli is the symbol of Kenya safari, it is the second of two premium parks in Kenya. Is an iconic park, is seated at the foot of the Kilimanjaro. To be honest is not possible to see the Kilimanjaro every day or for the whole day. Anyway, when you can see it the landscape is wonderful. In Amboseli, you can sight elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, cheetahs, impala, gazelles, giraffes, hyenas, wildebeests and many more.
Tsavo ecosystem is the largest park in Kenya. It is split into two parts called Tsavo West and Tsavo East and they are separated by the Mombasa Nairobi Highway.
Tsavo West is beautiful especially for the scenery absolutely amazing. It suffers a little bit the same problem of Aberdare, to watch the wildlife is not easy like in Tsavo East, because of the vegetation. But we remarked the absolute beauty of the Park. is possible to sight elephants, hippos, hyenas, buffaloes, cheetah, lions, leopards and so on.
An elephant in Tsavo East whit the typical red skin because of the red soil of Tsavo.
Your Kenya safari arrives the last spectacular park in Kenya. Is the largest and the oldest of the Kenya parks. it is a semi-arid area and is extended up to 100 km from the ocean. Characteristics are the elephants red colored because they use the red soil of Tsavo for to take shower.
In the park over the large elephant’s population the are buffalos, caracal, African wildcat, cheetah, dik-dik, eland, gazelle, genet, giraffe, spotted hyena, striped hyena, rock hyrax, impala, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal, kudu, leopard, lion, banded mongoose, oryx, black rhinoceros, serval, warthog, waterbuck, zebra.
When you finish your Kenya safari is possible and suggested to have some days in the Indian Ocean banks. Spectaculars white sands beaches waiting for you for relaxing under Africa’s sun.
The main Attraction on the cost bank is Diani Beach, Mombasa, Watamu, Malindi, Lamu. In the recent years, Diani and Watamu have increased their popularity. The offer is various, from the simple room in villa to the five stars boutique resorts. All the requests can be satisfied.
Requests are increasing for Lamu, the oldest Swahili town in Kenya. Lamu every year present two festivals, in March between 14 to 18 there is the Lamu Yoga Festival. Dedicated to the yoga lovers in a unique scenery. In November the Lamu Cultural Festival.
Five are the Marine Parks: Kisite-Mpunguti Kiunga Malindi Mombasa Watamu where you can do your Kenya safari blue. Safari blue is an excursion organized with the boats in the marine parks. You can do snorkeling and depend on the season, to watch the dolphins. Usually, the organization will serve the dinner sea fish based and you can have a very nice experience.
An indo-pacific sailfish caught in Watamu Kenya.
Another activity popular in the Kenya coast is the deep sea fishing. There are available more agencies that organize this with different level of boats. The main fishes caught are the tuna and the Indo-Pacific sailfish.
Two the events in Kenya about the fishing game: 27 -28 January Delamere fishing competition Kilifi, 3 – 4 March Marlin Championship Watamu.
Do you need help to organize your Kenya safari? send an email and our experts will help you, is free of charge.
Like for Tanzania, we suggest you three itineraries that cover a large percentage of the requests.
Breakfast early in the morning and start from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park. Entry in the park and start game drive. Lake Nakuru is Premium Park in Kenya, is possible to see flamingos and even many other of the 400 species studied.
You can sight buffalo, rhinoceros white and black, lions, cheetah, leopards, giraffes and many other not listed here. During the game drive, at lunchtime, you will take lunch box in a picnic area.
After lunch, last game drives up late afternoon. We’ll exit from the Park and go to Lake Elmenteita for dinner and overnight.
Breakfast very early in the morning, and start for Masai Mara National Reserve. We’ll arrive in around 5 hours at your Lodge. Check in, lunch and small rest. Around 15.30 starting for afternoon game drive.
Masai Mara is one of the more important natural reserves in the world. It is possible to sight the famous big five: Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion, and Leopard. But many other are the species of mammal presents, you can see Cheetah, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, impala, Caracal, Genet, Zebra, Masai Giraffe, Serval, Hippo and so on.
The quantity of species is great but the characteristic, present only in Masai Mara, is the concentration of this animals in a relatively small area. It is not enough, from July up to October Masai Mara is a theater of the Great Migration of the wildebeests. A large heard of Wildebeests, Zebras and Gazelles migrate from Serengeti to Masai Mara every year. At the end, they will go back to Serengeti.
In this migration, they need to cross the Mara River inside Masai Mara. It is the dramatic moment of their trip, crocodile, lions, and cheetah waiting for their lunch.
In the evening you will go back to the Lodge where you will stay for dinner and overnight.
In the morning, breakfast at 7 and then, start the morning game drive. The game drive can be up to lunch time when you go back to the Lodge. After Lunch, small resting and then afternoon game drive up the evening. At the exit time, you’ll go back to the lodge, for dinner and overnight.
Early in the morning breakfast and start for the last game drive. You’ll go back to the lodge at 12. After lunch start for Nairobi where you’ll arrive in around 5 hours.
The safari will finish at your hotel or at the airport according to your program. In case of your flight is starting early the program can be changed according to the organizer.
Starting in the morning from Mombasa airport or from your hotel. Drive to Tsavo East National Park where you’ll arrive at lunchtime. Check in at the Camp you chose. Lunch and small rest in the afternoon.
Around 15.30 you will start the afternoon game drive, up to the evening. According to the exit time, you’ll go back to the camp.
Tsavo East is the biggest National Park in Kenya. It is even, one of the more important natural reserves of the African continent. Is possible to see the majestic elephant of Tsavo with his red skin. The skin is red because the soil of Tsavo is red. The elephants use the soil, for to protect they self from parasites, and African sun.
After breakfast start for Amboseli National Park, where you’ll arrive lunch time. Check in at the Camp chosen, and lunch at the camp. After lunch afternoon resting.
Around 16 starts for the afternoon game drive. At the exit time will go back to the camp, for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast starts the full day game drive. Amboseli is famous in the world because is the park of Kilimanjaro mountain. It is the highest peak of Africa, so is even one fo the seven summits, the highest mountains of the seven continents.
Amboseli is premium Park like Nakuru. It is possible to see all the big five and many other mammals. There is even a seasonal lake, so in some moments of the year, is possible to see the elephant bathing.
During the game drive at lunchtime, lunch box will be in a special area. It is for to permit safe picnic with a spectacular view.
In the evening you’ll go back to the camp, for dinner and overnight.
Breakfast very early and start for Tsavo West National Park. You will cross the majestic lava flow of Shetani.
In Tsavo West is possible to sight mostly of the wild African wild animals: elephants, buffalos, zebras, impala, gazelles, hyena, rhino, leopard, cheetah, and lions.
One important attraction in Tsavo East is Mzima Springs. A spring very big, with very clean transparent water. It is very nice to watch the hippos swimming in this water. At the Mzima Springs, you’ll take the lunch box.
In the afternoon second game drive in the park. According to the exit time will go to the Lodge where you will stay for dinner and overnight.
In conclusion, early in the morning, after breakfast starts for the last game drive in Tsavo East National Park. At lunchtime, you’ll go to take lunch in Voi.
After lunch start for your final destination, Diani Malindi, Watamu or Mombasa if you need to take flight for your country.

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Choosing an appropriate tow vehicle depends on several varying factors, some of which include the type of terrain, the number of passengers you intend to carry, the inclines/declines that you must navigate, and the length of time you plan to drive on any given day. In the past, this job was left solely to the large, expensive, and otherwise unattractive tug type vehicles.
With the age of "green" now fully upon us and the seemingly daily technological advancements in the electric motor industry there is luckily a new kid in town. With the industrial electric vehicle line from Motrec you can easily haul up to 50,000 lbs without relying on a single drop of gasoline. What's even better is Motrec vehicles cost about half as much as their gas-guzzling counterparts and depending on conditions can easily give you a full shift's worth of hauling.
Contact us for specification and pricing information as the appropriate vehicle can vary depending on conditions.

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Present: Peter ZL2LF, Mike ZL2VM, Lee ZL2AL, Dave ZL2DW, Rob ZL2US, Stan ZL2ST, Jan ZL2CZE, Mike ZL2MY, Willy ZL2AGD, Sue ZL2DC, Wally ZL2MO, Bert ZL2OC, Shane ZL2PG and Karl ZL1TJ.
Arising: Correction to QSL card listings.
Emailed report from Lee regarding the installation and initial setting up of the club’s latest acquisition, an IBM SFF desktop computer, to be used for logging and digital modes etc.
Finance: A switch to Powershop should result in a significant saving on our power account as we now pay (much) more per Kwh but pay zero line charges. Doing contests on cold winter nights may actually prove to be expensive.
Wally referred to Break-In magazine’s OTC ( the real old timers club) section publicising Lee’s 60 years licenced operator certificate.
A brief report by Mike ZL2MY on the recent 160m phone / 80m Trans Tasman VK-ZL contest, run from the clubrooms by ZL2AL and himself under the ZM4T callsign. Dave ZL2DW reported on ZL2GT working the contest from the Haumoana site with a more substantial crew and a huge crane to hold up the antennas. Write-up and photos may be found on the club’s website. Mike suggested that a future 160m antenna may need to be mounted differently and experimented with some more.
Laurie mentioned the recent effort by himself, Lee, Mike ZL2MY and the undersigned to dismantle the antenna mast etc at SK Phil Moore’s (ZL2BLO) property and store this away at the club rooms for future re-erection. The job was done in about two hours with a constant drizzle keeping the workers cool. Again, some further info and picture was posted on the web notice board by web master Lee.
The meeting closed at 7:45 pm and was followed by a presentation on how to be a competent and winning Contest Operator by Lee and Peter.
The modern contest operator now has available a number of tools which do things like speeding up the exchange of data, reducing paperwork during and after the contest, giving operators instant indication how well things are going and reducing the possibility of errors.
Logging software (some free) is available of the internet. Of all the programmes available N1MM is a favourite with most contesters as it is versatile and easy to operate.
Contests range from world wide to Trans Taman to just local and the guys doing it get a regular adrenaline kick out of it and I am sure some form of addiction is involved.
Of course to be a winner one has to be a good operator. A good OP is methodical, boring and has great listening skills says Lee. Various tactics and methods were explained and the talk was rounded off with five Pro Tips and seven ‘Never Do This’ items.
Two complete contest stations had been set up within the clubrooms, in separate rooms, transmitting into dummy loads. Those present were invited to have a go at exchanging codes and logging the resulting data into the computer. The talk and practical demo were well prepared by Lee and Peter and fun was had by all present.
A few years ago local amateur Phil Moore became a silent key. His son-in-law, Barry Wilson asked if the Napier Amateur Radio Club would like the mast. Yes was the answer and Sunday morning August 4th saw Laurie ZL2TC, Karl ZL1TJ, Michael ZL2MY, Lee ZL2AL and Barry assemble at Phil’s old home to remove the mast. It was a tiltover design about 11 metres in height and fastened to the side of the garage. The lower section 8m was 100mm diameter and the upper 3m section slightly less. The beam at the top of the mast looked like a G4ZU Mini-beam design but due to corrosion and it being a very old design with questionable gain, we decided to scrap it. It is hoped that the new Tri-bander which will desider on top of the mast at the club rooms will be a Hygain TH3 Mk Mk1. The team got to work with spanners and a small grinder with a cutoff wheel. A few hours later the mast was lowered and loaded on to Lee’s van and trundled off to the club rooms.
Karl ZL1TJ, Barry Wilson, Laurie ZL2TC, Michael ZL2MY ready to roll with mast on the roof racks. Lee ZL2AL is behind the camera!
The plan is to re-assemble the mast and erect it at the clubrooms with a Triband Yagi on top to add a new dimension to our club station. A great job guys. Thanks to all who braved the Sunday morning Hawke’s Bay drizzle.


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O’Dea High School is a Catholic college-preparatory high school. As such, we have designed a curriculum that is rigorous and lays the groundwork for success in a four year college. Our curriculum is designed to allow our students to meet the minimum high school course requirements at the state universities in Washington. Individual institutions may have expectations that students go beyond their minimum standards and so we always advise students to take the most rigorous curriculum in which they can be successful.
Courses at O’Dea are grouped into two departments, Humanities and STEM, with eight different focus areas. Additionally, O’Dea offers many options in AP courses, honors courses and College in the High School in which students are challenged to pursue their coursework in depth.
O’Dea High School is accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association.
O’Dea High School has some of the most caring, funny and supportive teachers. The teachers here are amazing and do their job excellently. They know how to push us to do our best and to help us succeed. I will never forget their impact on my life.


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Anybody can learn how to start a travel blog, but you should learn How to Start a Professional Travel Blog at the very start because there is a big difference and this will set you apart from the masses. There are millions of travel blogs out there, so starting a professional travel blog from the start is our best advice if you are serious about doing this; and you should be.
Having a professional travel blog will open more opportunities for you to work with tourism boards, PR companies, brands, and businesses, and let’s face it, to make money from your blog.
There are many blog posts that tell you that you can build a blog in less than an hour, and many that say that you can build a website for less than $200, and I guess you could but why would you want a cheap looking and unprofessional blog. If you are serious about being a travel blogger, do it right the first time. It WILL take you more than an hour, and it will cost you more than $200, but not a lot more. Do it right the first time and you are streets ahead of your competition.
1 What is a Professional Travel Blog?
1.0.3 Have I scared you yet?
2.1 1. How to Choose a Domain name.
2.1.1 What is Your Travel Blog About?
2.2 Step by Step details on Choosing a domain name here.
2.3.2 What is a hosting service?
2.4 Read exactly how to set up you Hosting Service in this step by step guide.
2.10 Read about best practices on social media to drive traffic to your website.
What is a Professional Travel Blog?
• have a business plan for their professional travel blog.
Don’t be. In this article, we are going to walk you through everything you need to do to set up a professional travel blog.
1. How to Choose a Domain name.
That is what your professional travel blog will be called.
Your domain name should reflect that you are a travel blogger. E.g., we are Contented Traveller, except there are two of us, so we should have been using Contented Traveller(s), which we now own. Paula Morgan, write at Sydney Expert because she is an expert on Sydney.
Step by Step details on Choosing a domain name here.
Learn how to Select a Hosting Service for your Travel Blog. Let me explain in Paula language.
A hosting service is like leasing a house from a real estate agent.
They take care of everything, but you need to pay the rent.
Your domain name and your soon to be beautiful website is the tenant.
Pay your rent, and you will not get evicted.
The real estate agent, who we will now call the web hosting company,will give you your keys.
Your keys are your exclusive URL, that is yourhttp://www.domainname.com that tells everyone where you live.
You will get your own mailbox – called an email account.
Read exactly how to set up you Hosting Service in this step by step guide.
WordPress is intuitively friendly to use, it just takes some time and practice to understand the dashboard that you will be using.
This is what makes it look good.
When choosing a theme for your new WordPress travel blog, choose a responsive (can be used on all devices), professional and modern theme. We 100% recommend Elegant Themes, and 100% advice you to use their Divi Theme. It meets all the criteria of a professional blog site, and the support that they offer in the way of video modules makes using the theme very very easy. It is worth taking the time to watch these module videos as you prep your site for launch.
It is well worth while purchasing the Lifetime Access at $249. You will be surprised but many professional travel bloggers end up with more than one site, and so will you if you become a travel blogger. This makes it a very worthwhile expense.
So what are plugins? To be more specific What are WordPress Plugins in why you need them.
There are some plugins you must have.
Whether you like it or not, the most effective way to reach and expand your audience and readership is to have a social media presence.
Read about best practices on social media to drive traffic to your website.
We hope these step by step guides on How to Start a Professional Travel Blog get you off on the right foot for a professional career. Now that you are all set up, start producing the best content that you possibly can, and we will be writing more about this in the future. Congratulations, you professional travel blogger, you.


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Bowling prices are listed per person, per hour.
Bowling shoes are required and are charged per person. Includes complimentary Pinstripes socks!
Bocce prices are listed per person, per hour.
Bowling lanes accommodate up to 8 people per lane and bocce courts accommodate up to 10 people per court.
Private event pricing and accommodations vary. Contact our events team to start planning your next bowling or bocce party today!
Holiday gaming prices apply all day on Easter, Mother’s Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day. Bowling: $12/hour, Bowling Shoes:$5, and Bocce $10/hour.


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It's my second day trying to keep a (late) resolution and I'm already tired haha. Well I'm sure it just needs getting used to..
It's our decisions that make our life, it's our choices that make us.
It all seems so simple, just pick a path every time you reach a fork in the road. But it's not. There's always that creeping thought of "what if I'm wrong? what if the other path was better?". A lot of us linger at the fork in the road... but I think the secret to not lingering is knowing that there is no better path.
Because there are no right and wrong decisions...(this is life after all, not some obscure Calculus test- this wasn't even meant to be a joke...NEVER guess on a Calculus test). Every decision you make is going to be the one for you, it's going to be the one that makes your life.
That's why decision making shouldn't take that long at all, just trust yourself and pick a path and just know that this one is the one for you, know that this one's going to make your life, your life.