This testing may be done without the use of eye drops to determine how the eyes respond under normal seeing conditions. In some cases, such as when some of the eyes' focusing power may be hidden, eye drops may be used. They temporarily keep the eyes from changing focus while testing is done.
Some computer users experience problems with eye focusing or eye coordination that can't be adequately corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. A program of vision therapy may be needed to treat these specific problems. Vision therapy, also called visual training, is a structured program of visual activities prescribed to improve visual abilities. It trains the eyes and brain to work together more effectively. These eye exercises help remediate deficiencies in eye movement, eye focusing and eye teaming and reinforce the eye-brain connection. Treatment may include office-based as well as home training procedures.
Location of computer screen - Most people find it more comfortable to view a computer when the eyes are looking downward. Optimally, the computer screen should be 15 to 20 degrees below eye level (about 4 or 5 inches) as measured from the center of the screen and 20 to 28 inches from the eyes.
Reference materials - These materials should be located above the keyboard and below the monitor. If this is not possible, a document holder can be used beside the monitor. The goal is to position the documents so you do not need to move your head to look from the document to the screen.
Lighting - Position the computer screen to avoid glare, particularly from overhead lighting or windows. Use blinds or drapes on windows and replace the light bulbs in desk lamps with bulbs of lower wattage.
Anti-glare screens - If there is no way to minimize glare from light sources, consider using a screen glare filter. These filters decrease the amount of light reflected from the screen.
Seating position - Chairs should be comfortably padded and conform to the body. Chair height should be adjusted so your feet rest flat on the floor. If your chair has arms, they should be adjusted to provide arm support while you are typing. Your wrists shouldn't rest on the keyboard when typing.
Rest breaks - To prevent eyestrain, try to rest your eyes when using the computer for long periods. Rest your eyes for 15 minutes after two hours of continuous computer use. Also, for every 20 minutes of computer viewing, look into the distance for 20 seconds to allow your eyes a chance to refocus.
Blinking - To minimize your chances of developing dry eye when using a computer, make an effort to blink frequently. Blinking keeps the front surface of your eye moist.


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fou un jugador de bàsquet brasiler que va competir durant les dècades de 1940 i 1950. Jugava en la posició d'aler.

El 1948 va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics de Londres, on guanyà la medalla de bronze en la competició de bàsquet. El 1951 guanyà la medalla de bronze en els Jocs Panamericans.

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Larry Thomas Lichtenwalter, 71, of Lincoln, passed away March 29, 2019 at home surrounded by his loving family.
Visitation will be Tuesday, April 2, 2019 from 5-7 PM at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home with a Rosary service at 5 pm. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 10 AM at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial to follow in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Larry was born March 16, 1948 in Lincoln, IL., the son of Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Clevenger) Lichtenwalter. He married Deborah Winter in 1974. He retired from the State of Illinois, working maintenance at the Attorney General's Office. Larry was also formerly employed at Logan Correctional. He was precinct committeeman for Logan County Democrats, East Lincoln 9. He enjoyed scratch off lottery tickets and coin collecting.
Surviving are his wife Deborah Lichtenwalter; daughter Laura (Michael) Groh, son Todd (Jennifer) Lichtenwalter, son Phillip (Scott) Lichtenwalter; 8 grandchildren; brother Ronald (Myrna) Lichtenwalter and sister Joyce Lichtenwalter.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant brother Richard and sister Ellen Moore.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society and will be accepted at the funeral home.


Irish at Heart - monemades Webseite!
The centrepiece of the collection I talked about yesterday are naturally the socks I shown on the title: the pattern everything started with. However, I came to realize rather quickly, that it might be not the best idea to ask people to use a self-striping yarn and then just try whether the pattern works or not. So I came up with this version, which is easy to make and can be customized to your liking.
On a solid background, the heart motifs in slipped stitches are worked using small amounts of contrast coloured yarn. In my sample with three colours, approximately 10 g of each colour are needed. But the choice is all yours: Use as many different colours as you like (and maybe use up those odds and ends we all have from previous projects), work the heart stripes at different intervals, the possibilities to make this pattern your own are endless. By the way, the pattern is done in mosaic knitting with slipped stitches, so you only work with one colour at the time.
Irish at Heart is available as an individual pattern, here, or as part of the Irish at Heart collection, here.


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'If I die, I die,' said Meat Loaf, who reportedly died after becoming 'seriously ill with COVID'
N.Y.'s disingenuous bail debate
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Donnie Walsh, honored by Fordham Prep, 'surprised' Knicks dumped GM Glen Grunwald
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Donnie Walsh opens up about some of the issues facing his former team during trip back to NYC. (Sipkin, Corey/New York Daily News)
Former Knicks president and current Pacers consultant Donnie Walsh said he was "surprised" Glen Grunwald was removed as the Knicks GM right before the season.
"I worked with Glen. He's a good man, and I'm just surprised," Walsh said Tuesday at the unveiling of the new wood court at Fordham Prep, where he played high school ball, which was named in his honor. "I thought he did a great job getting (Tyson) Chandler and some of the players he got."
Walsh didn't want to delve too much into the Knicks, but pointed directly at Chandler's fractured leg as to why the Knicks have gotten off to a slow start. "When you lose Chandler, you take that kind of big man off any team and they're gonna have a problem. That's the problem."
Walsh said he didn't know anything about the trade rumors surrounding Iman Shumpert, but said "I think Iman's a good player. I thought he did well last year and he'll do well this year."
On Nets coach Jason Kidd's struggles in his first year coaching, Walsh noted the team's injuries and said "I think he'll be a great coach, but you can't judge him on the first 10 games."
Walsh also ripped into the anonymous scout quoted in a Bleacher Report story in which the scout said Kidd "doesn't do anything."
"Are those the anonymous scouts? Tell them to put their names on it," Walsh said. "I think he's gonna be a good coach. You've got my name. Too many gutless guys in this league."
Former Nets assistant and executive Rod Thorn, the current NBA President of Basketball Operations who was also on hand at Fordham Prep, said he expects Kidd to be a successful head coach. "He knows basketball, he gets instant respect from players because of who he is and what he's done, and I think he'll do very well," Thorn said.
Asked about the pressure he'd feel if his owner guaranteed a win in the seventh game of the regular season, as James Dolan did recently, Thorn said he'd probably feel it that night. "They did win that night," he quipped.
The Knicks' decision to dump GM Glen Grunwald comes as a surprise to Donnie Walsh. (Andrew Theodorakis/New York Daily News)
Thorn said he expects both the Knicks and Nets to turn their seasons around and "be in the playoffs."
Walsh praised Pacers guard and former Lincoln HS star Lance Stephenson for his progress on the court.
"He's gotten so much better in the last two years, and it's due to the hard work he's put in. I think he sees the game the right way. He's an unselfish player, he's a good teammate, he's a good guy to have on your team and a tremendous talent, which bodes well for him because he's gonna get better and better."
The christening of Donnie Walsh Court took place a night before the Pacers will play the Knicks at the Garden Wednesday. Walsh, who graduated from Prep in 1958 and is the program's second-leading scorer, spoke to a packed gym before Fordham Prep's scrimmage with Stepinac that included NBA VP of Basketball Operations Kiki Vandeweghe, whom Walsh coached with the Nuggets, and current Pacers coach Frank Vogel.
"To have a court named after you, it blows your mind," Walsh said. "It's probably the best honor I'll ever get, and I think a lot has to do with who gave it to me. I owe this school a lot."
Vandeweghe was happy to be a part of the ceremony.
"Donnie was my first coach in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets," he said. "He's always been someone that I've looked up to, always a little bit of a mentor. He's one of the great, iconic figures in the NBA and basketball itself."

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Royal Holloway University Rebranding by The Team
Editor September 19, 2013 Categories: Education
Borough Market based brand and communications agency The Team has unveiled Royal Holloway University's new visual identity.
Royal Holloway is one of the UK's leading universities, with 19 academic departments spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management and economics. Working with The Team since May this year, the identity refresh was a collaborative branding exercise – engaging at every stage with the University's multiple stakeholders, including current staff, students and alumni.
The Team's creative lead on the project, Aidan Brennan said:
"What emerged from our research was a desire to present Royal Holloway as a memorable place to study. We wanted to create an identity that is an honest representation of the institution that also challenges some popular misconceptions. The new brand provides a revived sense of place, balancing the reality of its inspirational close community and the University's rich heritage."
The Team was inspired by the Victorian architecture of Royal Holloway's campus, in particular the grandeur of the Gothic Revival Founder's Building that was designed by 19th century architect William Henry Crossland. The building is highly regarded by staff and fondly remembered by former students alike.
The result of the brand redesign is a new colour scheme combining the brick red of the Founder's building with a solid slate grey. The University's coat of arms is the main motif of the logo, representing the heritage and legacy of the institution. The Team also took inspiration from some of the traditional patterns discovered around the campus, and through the design have aimed to give them a contemporary look and feel.
Helen Coleman, Director of External Relations and Communications at Royal Holloway said:
"The purpose of this project was to clarify and strengthen our position as one of the world's best universities. We are delighted with the new design. Our new brand will help us to clearly communicate the key strengths that make us stand out, including our outstanding campus, a first-class, personalised education and an unbeatable student experience."
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State Duma deputy and ex-head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko told why the Russian vaccine against coronavirus was created so quickly.
It is reported by "Evening Moscow".
He noted that Russian scientists had already developed a drug when the spread of the Middle East MERS coronavirus was recorded several years ago.
"And if a new type of virus appears, we will also adapt our drug for it so that it provides immunity against another disease," Onishchenko added.
According to him, new mutations of the coronavirus do not affect its genetic code, which preserves the effectiveness of the vaccine against all existing strains.
Earlier, WHO allowed the appearance of mutations in the coronavirus, requiring adaptation of vaccines.
The Russian Federation was the first country in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19. The drug was developed by NITsEM named after Gamaleya in cooperation with the Russian Direct Investment Fund. It was named Sputnik V. On October 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the registration of the second vaccine against COVID-19, which was named "EpiVacCorona". It was developed by the Novosibirsk center "Vector".
China calls NATO's new strategy "Cold War mentality"
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Special Election Called for Arkansas Senate District 8
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled a special election on August 14, 2018, to fill the state Senate District 8 seat vacated by Jake Files. The primary will be May 22 and a primary runoff, if necessary, on June 19. Files […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled a special election on August 14, 2018, to fill the state Senate District 8 seat vacated by Jake Files.
The primary will be May 22 and a primary runoff, if necessary, on June 19.
Files resigned after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
November 28, 2017 • Written by Jonathan Spontarelli
Special Election Called for Arkansas Senate District 16
Gov. Asa Hutchinson called a special election on May 22, 2018, for Senate District 16. The special election has been called to fill the vacancy left by the passing of State Sen. Greg Standridge. Standridge lost his battle with cancer […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson called a special election on May 22, 2018, for Senate District 16.
The special election has been called to fill the vacancy left by the passing of State Sen. Greg Standridge. Standridge lost his battle with cancer on November 16, 2017.
The primary will be February 13 and a primary runoff, if necessary, on March 13.
Special Election Called for Arkansas State Senate District 29
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled a special election on May 22, 2018, to fill the state Senate District 29 seat vacated by Eddie Joe Williams. The primary will be February 13 and a primary runoff, if necessary, on March 13. […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled a special election on May 22, 2018, to fill the state Senate District 29 seat vacated by Eddie Joe Williams.
Williams vacated the seat to become a representative to the Southern States Energy Board.
New Arkansas Lobbyist Registration and Reporting System
Beginning October 1, 2017, all lobbyists must register and file reports through the new lobbyist registration and reporting system. The new system requires all lobbyists, regardless of whether they are new lobbyists or currently registered, to re-register and submit a […]
Beginning October 1, 2017, all lobbyists must register and file reports through the new lobbyist registration and reporting system.
The new system requires all lobbyists, regardless of whether they are new lobbyists or currently registered, to re-register and submit a new signature card.
Lobbyists must re-register and submit a new signature card to file third quarter reports. The new system may be accessed at the Secretary of State's website.
Arkansas Special Session Adjourns Sine Die
The First Extraordinary Session of the 91st General Assembly adjourned sine die on May 3, 2017. One ethics bill was passed to cleanup legislation passed during the regular session. Four other bills were passed, including a bill regarding the Arkansas […]
The First Extraordinary Session of the 91st General Assembly adjourned sine die on May 3, 2017.
One ethics bill was passed to cleanup legislation passed during the regular session.
Four other bills were passed, including a bill regarding the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expected to sign all five special session bills.
Arkansas Legislature Adjourns Only to Call Special Session
The 91st General Assembly adjourned sine die on May 1, 2017. A half hour after adjourning, the Legislature convened a special session. The special session was called to address approving authorization for Arkansas Works waivers, restructuring the Arkansas Health Insurance […]
The 91st General Assembly adjourned sine die on May 1, 2017. A half hour after adjourning, the Legislature convened a special session.
The special session was called to address approving authorization for Arkansas Works waivers, restructuring the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace, cleaning up medical marijuana laws, and boosting long-term reserve funding for Arkansas.
The special session is likely to adjourn by the end of the week.
Arkansas Lobbyists Prohibited from Giving Loans to Constitutional Officers
Effective July 30, 2017, Arkansas constitutional officers are prohibited from soliciting or accepting loans from lobbyists. Senate Bill 7, now known as Act 1108, amends the definition of gift to include any advance or loan. The bill excludes an advance […]
Effective July 30, 2017, Arkansas constitutional officers are prohibited from soliciting or accepting loans from lobbyists.
Senate Bill 7, now known as Act 1108, amends the definition of gift to include any advance or loan. The bill excludes an advance or loan made in the ordinary course of business by a financial institution or business regularly extending credit.
Bills signed during the regular session are effective 90 days after the final, official day of session, unless otherwise specified. The 91st General Assembly is set to adjourn sine die on May 1, 2017.
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Two Ethics Bills Signed by Arkansas Governor
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed House Bill 1401 and Senate Bill 169 into law. Both bills provide exceptions to the definition of gift. For example, House Bill 1401 excludes nonalcoholic beverages provided to attendees at a meeting of a civic, social, […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed House Bill 1401 and Senate Bill 169 into law. Both bills provide exceptions to the definition of gift.
For example, House Bill 1401 excludes nonalcoholic beverages provided to attendees at a meeting of a civic, social, or cultural organization or group from the definition of gift, as well as food and nonalcoholic beverages provided to participants at a bona fide panel, seminar, or speaking engagement at which the audience is a civic, social, or cultural organization or group.
Senate Bill 169 provides the use of one or more rooms or facilities owned, operated, or otherwise utilized by a state agency or political subdivision of the state for the purpose of conducting a meeting of a specific governmental body is not a gift.
House Bill 1401 is effective immediately and Senate Bill 169 will become effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns sine die, or June 9, 2017.
Transparency Bills Filed for Arkansas 2017 Session
Since pre-filing began for the 2017 Arkansas legislative session, multiple measures have been introduced regarding lobbying, ethics and campaign finance. If passed, measures introduced in the House would require reporting and disclosure of electioneering communications and covered transfers (House Bill […]
Since pre-filing began for the 2017 Arkansas legislative session, multiple measures have been introduced regarding lobbying, ethics and campaign finance.
If passed, measures introduced in the House would require reporting and disclosure of electioneering communications and covered transfers (House Bill 1005), prevent a member of the General Assembly from forming more than one political action committee (PAC) as either a registered agent or an officer (House Bill 1009), require the Secretary of State to make independent expenditures and PAC reports public (House Bill 1010), prohibit PAC-to-PAC transfers (House Bill 1011) and ban direct contributions to candidates from PACs (House Bill 1012). Several measures introduced in the Senate mirror the House bills.
Additionally, bills introduced in the Senate would bar soliciting or accepting campaign contributions before the expiration of the immediately preceding general election (Senate Bill 2), prohibit elected officials from registering as a lobbyist while serving as an elected state official (Senate Bill 3) and ban constitutional officers, like the governor, from soliciting or accepting loans from lobbyists (Senate Bill 7).
November 22, 2016 • Written by Jim Sedor
Tuesday Lobbying and Campaign Finance News Update
Lobbying "White Nationalists Dress Up and Come to Washington in Hopes of Influencing Trump" by Lisa Mascaro for Los Angeles Times "Groups Ease Off Events for Lawmakers Under New Lobbying Law" by James Nord (Associated Press) for The Washington Times […]
"White Nationalists Dress Up and Come to Washington in Hopes of Influencing Trump" by Lisa Mascaro for Los Angeles Times
"Groups Ease Off Events for Lawmakers Under New Lobbying Law" by James Nord (Associated Press) for The Washington Times
"FEC Deadlocks, Won't Investigate Dark Money Group That Spent All Its Funds On an Election" by Robert Maguire for Center for Responsive Politics
California: "Did Money Buy California Ballot Measure Contests?" by Taryn Luna for The Sacramento Bee
Kentucky: "State Agencies Investigate Political Donations Raised by Tim Longmeyer, Others" by John Cheves for Lexington Herald-Leader
"Ethics Watchdog Updates Gift Rules for Federal Workers" by Megan Wilson for The Hill
"A Scramble to Assess the Dangers of President-elect Donald Trump's Global Business Empire" by Drew Harwell and Anu Narayanswamy for The Washington Post
Arkansas: "Lawmakers File Bills on Ethics, Taxes, Sessions" by John Lyon (Arkansas News Bureau) for The Times Record
Florida: "Convicted Opa-locka City Manager Gets 3 Years in Prison for Taking Bribes" by Jay Weaver and Michael Sallah for Miami Herald
Pennsylvania: "Mastery Charter Schools to Pay $2,000 to Settle City Ethics Complaint" by Martha Woodall for Philadelphia Inquirer
"Underestimating the Unconventional" by Susan Milligan for U.S. News and World Report
September 1, 2016 • Written by Jonathan Spontarelli
Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Selects Rep. Gossage as Deputy Chief of Staff for External Operations
On August 30, 2016, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced state Rep. Bill Gossage as his deputy chief of staff for external operations. As a result, Gossage is resigning as the House District 82 representative. Hutchinson will not call a special election […]
On August 30, 2016, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced state Rep. Bill Gossage as his deputy chief of staff for external operations. As a result, Gossage is resigning as the House District 82 representative.
Hutchinson will not call a special election to fill the remainder of Gossage's term because the vacancy will be filled within 150 days, as required by law. The state Republican party will be responsible for selecting a nominee to run in Gossage's place.
Gossage was running unopposed in the November 8 general election, and other political parties will be unable to run a candidate in this race as the filing deadline has already passed.
Photo of Bill Gossage courtesy of the Arkansas House of Representatives website.
May 23, 2016 • Written by Jonathan Spontarelli
Arkansas Special Session Adjourned Sine Die
On May 23, the Third Extraordinary Session of the 90th General Assembly adjourned sine die. The primary focus of the special session was Gov. Asa Hutchinson's $50 million highway funding plan. After three days, the plan was given final approval […]
On May 23, the Third Extraordinary Session of the 90th General Assembly adjourned sine die.
The primary focus of the special session was Gov. Asa Hutchinson's $50 million highway funding plan. After three days, the plan was given final approval by the Legislature.


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The shape of leaves are dynamic, changing over evolutionary time between species, within a single plant producing different shaped leaves at successive nodes, during the development of a single leaf as it allometrically expands, and in response to the environment. Notably, strong correlations between the dissection and size of leaves with temperature and precipitation exist in both the paleorecord and extant populations. Yet, a morphometric model integrating evolutionary, developmental, and environmental effects on leaf shape is lacking. Here, we continue a morphometric analysis of >5,500 leaves representing 270 grapevines of multiple Vitis species between two growing seasons. Leaves are paired one-to-one, vine-to-vine accounting for developmental context, between growing seasons. Linear Discriminant Analysis reveals shape features that specifically define growing season, regardless of species or developmental context. The shape feature, a more pronounced distal sinus, is associated with the colder, drier growing season, consistent with patterns observed in the paleorecord. We discuss the implications of such plasticity in a long-lived woody perennial, such as grapevine, with respect to the evolution and functionality of plant morphology and changes in climate.


High winds can break branches and strip foliage.
3 How Much Coldness Can Avocado Trees Take?
4 What Plants & Flowers Need Frost Protection in the Spring?
Young trees that have not had time to harden against cold temperatures are susceptible to frost damage even if the species is cold hardy. Trees with new spring growth or fruit trees with early blooms or fruit can be damaged by a late spring freeze. Winds are especially damaging to trees with large or heavy branches. You can't stop destructive weather, but there are ways to keep it from harming the trees in your landscape, or to minimize the damage to new growth.
A frost cloth placed over a small tree when a frost is expected will protect the tree from damage. The cloth should be placed over the top of the tree like a bonnet, covering the top half of the tree. The cloth edges can be taped around the trunk of the tree, or tied to the lower branches. Covers can also be used to keep high winds from blowing blooms from fruit trees. Remove the cloth when the dangerous weather has passed.
Protect trees from seasonal high winds using windbreaks already in the landscape. Plant trees near buildings, high walls or other trees that will block wind from reaching the tree. Planting on a sunny, sheltered side of a building can also keep the tree warmer during freezes. If there are no windbreaks available, make a screen using burlap. Attach the burlap to poles that you can stick into the ground near the tree when winds are expected. Remove the screen and store it when it is not needed.
Proper pruning of trees will provide protections from wind damage. Branches that begin to droop under their own weight should be cut back to a length that the tree can carry. Branches that have less than a 45-degree crotch angle or cross over other branches should also be removed as these branches are weaker and more likely to break in high winds. Dead or damaged branches should also be removed for the same reason. Prune most trees during the dormant period before new spring growth begins. Spring-flowering trees should be pruned immediately after the flowers fall.
Keep trees well-watered in the fall, not just in the spring and summer. Trees with water stress are more likely to be injured by a frost. Water the tree the day before a frost is expected, thoroughly wetting the soil. Do not fertilize trees with nitrogen after July to keep them from putting out new growth that is more likely to be damaged by a frost. A string of lights hung in the tree canopy will provide some heat to protect the tree if a light frost is expected.
Dave Wilson Nursery: Fruit Trees -- Problems and Solutions!
Kokemuller, Jill. "Ways to Protect Trees From Frost & High Winds." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/ways-protect-trees-frost-high-winds-68941.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
Will Grapefruit Freeze on the Tree?
The Bark Is Breaking on the Apple Tree: What Do I Do About This Problem?


Some people might consider spray and stick sunscreens to be the greatest thing to happen to sunblock - especially families trying to frantically slather sunscreen over their kids all summer. But some people may not share the same opinion, and it's had to filter down into practices like mine where we're frequently asked about which sunscreens are the most effective.
It's a hard question to answer because we need better data in order to provide the most accurate answer. However, a recently published study was the first of its kind to measure the effectiveness of the concentration applied to the skin of study participants.
The result? The initial concentration of spray and stick sunscreen actually seemed to better or as good as using regular sun lotion. Even better, allergy sensitizers weren't detected in the spray or stick sunscreens either. Given that participant preferences were geared towards spray formulations, these findings were comforting.
However, there have been health concerns with regards to inhalation of spray sunscreens, but there haven't been any restrictions on using them. Instead, the FDA recommends against spraying directly on your face and minimizing your inhalation while you're spraying. More research needs to go into this, but for now I'm in full agreement.
On a personal note, given how little data we have on the safety and protective effectiveness of spray sunscreen at the moment, I would suggest two applications: put sunscreen cream on before you leave the house, and use spray sunscreen while outside to reapply. At the moment, that feels like the safest option to me to ensure your skin is protected. Hopefully, we'll be able to advise on this much more in the near future!


Experts and the Old Farmer's Almanac disagree on winter's wrath.
So we're in for a cold one on B.C.'s south 'wet' coast, according to the usual experts – including Environment Canada, which says a moderate La Nina weather pattern will bring frigid temperatures and snow this winter.
But what does the Old Farmer's Almanac say?
The annual compendium of weather forecasts, tide, astronomical and planting tables, holidays, eclipses, zodiac secrets etc., includes weather forecasts for five regions in Canada – including southern B.C.
Turns out it may not be great news for Lower Mainland commuters who have purchased snow tires, according to the almanac, which claims to be 80 per cent accurate.
The latest edition is predicting another mild, wet winter on the southwest coast, but cold and snowy throughout much of northern and interior B.C., with a mild, snowy winter of 2011-2012 in the southern Okanagan and Kootenays.
Temperatures in the south will be slightly above normal, with more precipitation – but less snow – than in most years.
April and May will be cooler and drier than normal, while summer will be warmer and drier than normal.
Meanwhile, Environment Canada is calling for a 90-day average temperature over the winter to run one to two degrees colder than normal, increasing odds of big dumps of snow in Metro Vancouver.
The U.S. National Weather Service is also calling for another La Nina winter, with a strong chance of above-average precipitation across the Pacific Northwest.
It's the 30th anniversary of the Canadian edition of the almanac, founded in 1782 by Robert B. Thomas.
The annual compendium contains a large number of astronomical calculations and a farmer's calendar for every month of the year, plus a variety of new, useful and entertaining matter, it says, along with recipes, gardening tips, trivia and feature items.
Doomsday watchers, take note: this year's edition says the end of the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, 2012 will not mark the end of the world.


A general education should not give students a roadmap to a specific end goal; rather, it should provide them with the tools to navigate in the direction of their choosing, said Gardner Campbell to Georgetown faculty in April as a part of the Designing the Future(s) initiative's Red House Speakers Series.
Dr. Campbell, Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Student Success at Virginia Commonwealth University, told faculty that an effective general education curriculum provides a framework to foster a mindset where students "see connectedness" in the world around them. In his remarks, he discussed that creativity emerges when we teach students to discover and investigate this connectedness.
He also stressed that, while this understanding can come about in many contexts, universities are best equipped to support this type of formational growth in students. He reiterated that this deep, "whole-person" learning cannot emerge just from direct instruction, nor is it fully supported in co-curricular activities. At a university, he argued, students can take calculated risks and learn from them in the support of mentors and peers.
As Vice Provost at VCU, Dr. Campbell is responsible for efforts at VCU to enhance the quality of teaching and learning throughout the university, the first-year student experience, and advancing learning innovation and the strategic use of digital technologies. He also leads the university's strategic vision for learning innovation, including the Alt Lab and Online@VCU initiatives as well as the highly successful VCU University College.


there, but I intend to do the other tomorrow.
Surprise! Dante's a bitter old Charles Bukowski drunk! Who smokes a lot!
So: Are the human lands like the wild-west?
I don't like them. Mainly because I don't smoke and second hand smoke makes me sick. Oh! You mean Pucho! He's pretty neat. I like him.
Pucho now is kind, sweet, very conciderate, and an awesome cook. What's not to like.
I certainly wouldn't mind being his friend. He is nice and caring.
and there it is. artist promises two pages as a reward for waiting a week or two without an update. what do we get? one small page. i like this comment but going back on a promise crosses the line for me. im outta here, NEVER coming back.
have and didn't perform up to standard.
back by trying my hardest once more.
I had to view the comic 3 times, over the space of 2 days, before it became clear to me that Dante didn't throw the bottle (there isn't one anywhere near him in the first panel) but that LUNA threw it. Breaking a bottle against the face of a guy who makes a rather tame pass at you seems extreme behavior for a succubus, even one "bound" to a single host.
You might want to make that bit clearer (and I admit, I am not sure how); otherwise, the impression of Dante throwing the bottle, coupled with Luna's expression in the last panel, implies a certain fear of Dante by Luna, as if she has suffered abuse from him.
Other than that - a good comic.
checked back on November 18th, saw the revised panel #5: yes - that clarifies the action nicely. Elegant fix!
Save for the Cigarettes, I like this Pucho so far.
Yay, more backstory! Pucho as in smokes, can't stand them. Pucho as in Dante, love him.


In my previous blog post I presented the various different meanings that an App can have in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement. Now that we're aware of this jungle, let's grab a machete and start making our way deeper into the heart of it, to understand how a system customizer can survive in there.
Before there was Microsoft AppSource for Dynamics 365, the methods available for distributing apps in a generic sense were pretty basic: you downloaded a zip file (or several) from a location provided by some party, then navigated to the solutions menu in your XRM environment and started importing them. When there were updates to those apps, you needed to repeat the procedure. If there were some other configuration steps needed in getting the application properly set up, you had to read the friendly manual and complete those. In a more tech savvy environment the Package Deployer might have been used here, but that was hardly a task for the accidental CRM administrator.
What AppSource aims to change in the Dynamics 365 app distribution process is similar to what the smartphone app stores did a decade ago, i.e. simplify the steps for the customer and also provide a better channel for app developers to deliver their updates. When you go to AppSource and choose to either install a free App or start a trial on a paid one, the next screen will provide an instance selector to determine where in your Office 365 tenant you want to put this App in. Also presented are the checkboxes for agreeing on both Microsoft's as well as the ISV's legal terms.
From here you'll be taken into Dynamics 365 Administration Center. This part of the process nor the UI of the admin center isn't very intuitive, so let's pause here for a moment. While you'll land on the Solutions view of an Instance after clicking on "Agree", on the logical level we should be paying attention to the Applications tab instead. The chosen ISV (or MS) App will have been added as a row in the applications list, which applies to the whole tenant. In this example we see that North52 Business Process Activities is now available in our tenant. It doesn't have any configuration options in this UI, but the Microsoft apps like Portal Add-on or Voice of the Customer both have an additional "Configure" button that is accessed via this Manage Applications screen.
If we click back to the Instances tab in the admin center, select one of our instances and click the Solutions icon on the right side, we're now presented with the list of solutions available to this instance via the AppSource delivery channel. It is not the same as going to your XRM instance and clicking Settings – Solutions, as there can be more solutions within that instance. For example, the organization specific solutions that you've created as a container for your own customizations. Not even the managed/unmanaged status of those solution has anything to do with what's shown in the admin center, because whatever zip files you imported directly into your XRM instance as a solution is only visible from within the XRM UI.
The solutions list in the admin center is also different in the way that it shows also the solutions you haven't installed in the instance. These are applications that someone, either MS or your D365 admin, has made available in your tenant and possibly installed them into some other instance (a test sandbox, for example). To get them installed you don't have to go to AppSource, rather you can start the process from here.
What makes this view so relevant for the Dynamics 365 instance administrator is that here's where you'll see what solutions have upgrades available. In the above example, Microsoft has released a new version of the Relationship Insights solution. Since they don't want to accidentally break your dev/test/production orgs by changing the solutions on their own, they are rather giving you the controls to click on the "Update" icon for the particular instance when you're ready for it. This same process is applied also for third party ISV solutions to deliver updated versions of their apps.
Now when we have deployed the app from AppSource and the Solutions view in the Dynamics 365 Administration Center for our chosen instance shows the status as "installed", let's use the Office 365 app launched to navigate to our Dynamics 365 start page, meaning home.dynamics.com. And… there's nothing new here. Even if we click the "Sync" button to refresh the My Apps view, our AppSource app doesn't appear. What gives?
This brings us back to the App Module concept that was briefly mentioned in my earlier blog post. Before V9 and the Unified Interface there wasn't so much benefit in building separate Apps for different functional areas of the XRM platform, as we had the one master UI for the instance available anyway. When the features are migrated over to the new Unified Interface, basically everything must be an App. In v9.0 we've yet to see how the more complex admin features will be implemented as Unified Interface versions, so currently it's a somewhat jarring experience of 2011 meets 2018 for the system customizers.
Even when all the actual business application functionality has moved over to Unified Interface, there will still be many scenarios in which presenting an AppSource app as a Dynamics 365 App Module App doesn't necessarily make any sense. UI extensions like Checklists will not have much use outside the actual business entity in which they are used. Any app that connects to an external web service to enrich the contents of Dynamics 365 records mainly needs a configuration admin UI somewhere. Sure, there's nothing stopping developers from using the App Designer to define an App for their solutions, since all you technically need is a single HTML web resource to publish an App with a single menu item. However, separating the tool from the XRM instance in which it lives isn't going to make the UX of configuring features any easier, so I'm not really hoping for the app clutter to increase this way.
Both the AppSource marketplace and the App Module in Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement provide significant improvement on how the business application features can be presented to business users and decision makers. What they don't do is completely remove the need for Dynamics 365 system administrators to understand how the various layers and parts of the application platform are wired. XRM will likely remain an environment that's just inherently more complex than an iPhone screen with its pretty app icons lined up just the way the single device user likes to see them.


Help compiling a new UPNP server?
Been playing with Mediatomb a little while now but I have never been able to get 12.1 to compile (heck neither could the creator!).
Platinum is the favourite UPnP of my player (foobar2000), anything think we could get a compilation of it to work on our Thecus NAS?


It wasn't that hard to detect her. He could easily find her amongst the bush of roses. Her grey hair and pale skin stood out from the green of leaves and red of roses.
She had always been the mysterious one out of the four of them who were stuck in the world of dead... And better yet the most knowledgable. That made her the most suspicious by default. Yet there was something about her that made him feel as though he needed to protect.
Marijie was cute too but she didn't seem to be a type of his and she was flirtatious for one. And another thing about Miyu was her hair and eyes. They were natural but he could tell she wasn't born that way.
She bowed her head in despair. Usually Jinya would resolve to ignoring it but ever since the time she started to smile at him, he felt a small bud blossom in his heart.
He ran to her and caught her in his arms. He knew he shouldn't ask. She sobbed in his arms. She had always posed to him as the serious and independent woman... Where did that persona go?
'I'm sorry, Jinya...' she shook as her hands clutched at his sleeves. He was puzzled. For what? 'I... I'm a spy.' Jinya's eyes widened at her confession.
'But Na'iff isn't right! He's just a kid...' he protested. Miyu was in confusion. So was Jinya.
How would that kid named Na'iff, who appeared out of nowhere, know of a spy being in that group? Who could trust him? Of course, he was just a kid. But in this world, everyone and everything could be a threat to them. The four of them are the only people they could trust.
But thanks to the appearance of Na'iff, they could hardly trust one another. And because of that child, Miyu decided to stray away from the group. Only Jinya resolved to finding her. Alex was too busy trying to look for Marijie. Na'iff would be on his own, and Jinya couldn't care less about the kid.
A blue rose, to be exact.
It hypnotized him. Sending him to feel the need to touch it. But it was a trap. Beauty deceives. If anyone in the world of Thorneapus touches a rose, they'll turn into a zombie, and in a permanent coma in their real life. Miyu jumped onto him to push him down to the ground, to make sure he did not touch the rose.
After reminiscing, he then realized that his fingers were running through her gray hair. Her matching gray eyes looked at him with it's gazing sharpness. It left him speechless. "Jinya?" she was questioning. Why were his fingers running through her hair? It was not a normal gesture.
A hint of red was on Miyu's pale cheeks. Jinya was flustered. "I'm s-s-sorry!" and he gently pushed her away and turned around. "Let's… Get you back to Alex and Marijie…" he said, face still flushed in red. Miyu shuffled uncomfortably behind him, and nodded to herself.
Jinya is 100% kouno_utau's. And I tried to keep him in character.
Main storyline is 100% owned by me, kouno_utau (look, get yourself a fine nickname I can call on the net. Unless if you want to stick with Faith), Dfeard and Ami.


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Former Snot frontman Tommy Vext, whose departure from Dino Cazares' Divine Heresy outfit in 2008 resulted in a bit of a sensation for the metal tabloids, has overcome considerable adversity to form a new project called simply Vext. Besides the Divine Heresy incident, Tommy Vext was brutally attacked during a 2010 robbery and left with severe injuries and monumental medical bills. A benefit concert was arranged, at which talk of a new project began with Mutiny Within's Andrew Jacobs. Joined later by drummer Bill Fore (Mutiny Within) and guitarist Angel Vivaldi, the group set about recording their debut EP Impermanence. Fans of the groups mentioned so far will find Impermanence to be quite a different album than they'd expect, given the musicians' backgrounds. The four songs presented on this EP instead explore the sound that has become the mainstay of modern rock radio.
Whatever your thoughts about the sound that Vext has chosen to embrace with his new project, his vocal talent is to be respected. Compellingly passionate, Vext's voice soars and swoops with emotion that is unquestionably genuine. Three of the four songs on Impermanence are designed to play to Vext's strengths behind the microphone, being contemporary equivalents of the '80s power ballad. The first, "Exit Wounds", is a slow burner that builds tension over its runtime without significantly increasing the tempo. Instead, Vivaldi drops plenty of pinched riffs that have a bit of a Tool swirl to them while Jacobs adds a number of weighty bass lines. "Crush" is the song most poised for Clear Channel success, with strong doses of pop-rock structure and vocal melodies. The post-rock guitar tones are nice, as is Vivaldi's screeching solo, so don't be surprised to soon hear this number on the FM airwaves (for those who still listen, that is). Impermanence wraps up with "Hourglass", where Jacobs' grinding bass is the strongest element next to Vext's prominently processed vocals. Jacobs has since left Vext, so the impact of the bass on future releases is in question.
"In The End" is by far the band's best work. In opposition to the three other tracks, the pace here is aggressive with pounding double-kick and gritty riffs. Vext ups the ante as well, his performance often bordering on screamcore though the refrains remain clean and highly melodic. Being as ill-disposed to what passes for rock these days, it should come as no surprise that I would be eager to hear more of this sort of output from Vext.
To be perfectly honest, most metal fans won't find much on Impermanence that will get their blood flowing. But if there's a place in your heart for modern rock, then by all means track down a copy of Vext's EP and keep an eye out for more from this New York outfit. There's no denying that the guys are talented.


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Iraq: Investigate Abuses in Hawija Operation
Armed Units Linked to Abuse, Disappearances of Villagers
(Beirut) – Iraqi villagers have accused units within the Iraqi government's armed forces of abuses in the ongoing battle to take the city of Hawija, Human Rights Watch said today. Units of the Popular Mobilization Forces (known as the PMF or Hashd al-Sha'abi) affiliated with the Badr Organization detained and beat male villagers in a nearby village and took away four men without telling the men's families where they were being taken or why, villagers told Human Rights Watch.
Because of the PMF history of gross abuses, including war crimes, in previous operations, before the battle for the northern city of Mosul began in October 2016, United Nations senior officials and diplomats said that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had made a commitment to the international community to keep PMF units out of Mosul, and away from the screening process. However, he has permitted the PMF to play a more prominent role not only in the fighting but also in screening and detaining people during military operations. The Iraqi government should uphold its commitment not to allow PMF or any other units with an abusive track record, including forces affiliated with the Badr Organization, to participate in screening or detaining anyone, Human Rights Watch said.
Two elderly men from Sayhat Othman village show researchers the blisters on their wrists caused by handcuffs.
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"Iraqi military forces are taking the law into their own hands, playing judge, jury, and executioner with captive ISIS suspects," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "If Iraq wants to distinguish itself as a government run by the rule of law, it needs to rein in these abusive units."
On September 21, various Iraqi forces began an operation to retake Hawija, 130 kilometers southeast of Mosul, and neighboring villages. Human Rights Watch visited a camp for displaced people south of Mosul on September 23, and separately interviewed five residents – three men and two women – from Sayhat Othman, a village 85 kilometers south of Mosul and 42 kilometers northwest of Hawija. The residents said that a mix of uniformed Badr Organization PMF forces and Federal Police officers, under the Interior Ministry, arrived in their village in about 20 military vehicles on September 21 at about 9 a.m.
The villagers emerged from their houses waving white flags, and an officer called on those affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) to come forward, villagers said. They said that four men surrendered, and the fighters took them out of the village. The father of one of the four told Human Rights Watch he then heard gunshots, while the other four people interviewed said they heard rumors that the men were shot and killed. The families have had no information about the men.
The Iraqi forces then separated the women from the remaining 25 men, they said. The women were confined in one of the houses. The Iraqi forces handcuffed and blindfolded the men, including the interviewees, put them in the military vehicles, and drove them a short distance to a building where they held them in a room for a day. The men interviewed said the fighters used their gun butts to beat the men when they arrived, and during their time there, they brought them food once and a small amount of water but did not let them use a bathroom.
They said the officers questioned the men as a group, asking who was affiliated with ISIS. The men interviewed remained handcuffed and blindfolded throughout so did not see where they were being held, they said. They showed researchers blisters and wounds around their wrists caused by the handcuffs, but were afraid to show the marks they said were on their backs because of nearby security forces in the camp. On the evening of September 22, the fighters put all the men on Transport Ministry buses used to transport displaced people and took them to the camp.
The women interviewed said the fighters took them and their children from the house they were being confined in to the local schoolhouse. The fighters held and questioned the women there for two hours about the identity of ISIS-affiliated villagers, and then loaded them on buses and took them to the same camp.
At about 9:30 a.m. on September 23, Iraqi Security Forces came to the camp and took 15 of the men from their village away again, without telling them or their families where they were taking them, the villagers said. The men had not returned by the time researchers left the camp. The families of the four men who had surrendered said they were afraid to ask or to notify any staff at the camp about their fate, fearing that the PMF would come back and "kill us," one said. They said that one of the men who surrendered is an amputee in a wheelchair, with weak eyesight, who worked in the local mosque under ISIS and cooperated with the group while they were in control of the area.
The PMF have no legal authority to detain anyone in Iraq and the units deny screening or detaining anyone. Representatives have told Human Rights Watch that they hand over captured ISIS suspects to state security forces whose job it is to screen possible suspects. However, Human Rights Watch has documented that PMF groups, including units affiliated with the Badr Organization, have screened, detained, and tortured people during the military operations.
Al-Abadi should rein in units carrying out such activities. Coalition partners supporting Iraqi forces in the battle against ISIS should report any PMF screenings or detention that their forces witness and urge Baghdad to end the practice.
Iraqi authorities should investigate all suspected crimes, including torture, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and other abuses committed by members of any side in the conflict, in a speedy, transparent, and effective manner, up to the highest levels of responsibility. When evidence of criminal responsibility emerges, prosecutions should follow. Those conducting such criminal investigations and making decisions about prosecutions should be independent of those being investigated, outside any military chain of command, and free from political interference in their decisions. The authorities should ensure the safety of all witnesses.
"Right now, the Iraqi government's attitude seems to be 'all hands on deck' for these last battles against ISIS," Whitson said. "While Iraqi forces do need all the help they can get, the government should not allow abusive forces to use this opportunity for even more abuse."
August 10, 2017 News Release
Iraq: Lawyers Arrested for Work in ISIS Courts
July 27, 2017 News Release
Iraq: US-Trained Forces Linked to Mosul War Crimes


Life is STILL crazy busy; add in internet issues (thanks Rogers) and a week and a half (and counting) cold, and you will understand why my blogging-including a proper Cuba recap- has been lackluster recently.
Ocean...can you believe how clear the water is???
The big hut is where the entertainment crew hung out. There were tons of huts/umbrellas and lounge chairs on the beach.
This was the 'relaxing pool'. Music was played from the bar, but there were no kids, games, etc. It was really quiet, few people and right beside our bungalow. And the bartender was awesome.
Patio that we had drink on. The building behind it was an Italian a la carte and the building on the right was the buffet.
Path to the 'relaxing pool'. The building at the end of the path was the pool bar.
Ocean from the causeway leading to the mainland.
Apartments where the resort workers lived.
Downtown in one of the cities.
I promise that a recap of the trip is coming soon. More Cuba pictures can be found here and the BEST night of our trip can be found here.
Oh my gosh, it looks so gorgeous there! I wanna go!


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Q: Proxmox Ceph OSD Partition Created With Only 10GB How do you define the Ceph OSD Disk Partition Size?
It always creates with only 10 GB usable space.

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*Disk size = 3.9 TB

*Partition size = 3.7 TB

*Using ceph-disk prepare and ceph-disk activate (See below)

*OSD created but only with 10 GB, not 3.7 TB

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Commands Used
root@proxmox:~# ceph-disk prepare --cluster ceph --cluster-uuid fea02667-f17d-44fd-a4c2-a8e19d05ed51 --fs-type xfs /dev/sda4

meta-data=/dev/sda4              isize=2048   agcount=4, agsize=249036799 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=0, rmapbt=0, reflink=0
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=996147194, imaxpct=5
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=486399, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

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root@proxmox:~# ceph-disk activate /dev/sda4

creating /var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM/keyring
added entity osd.0 auth auth(auid = 18446744073709551615 key=AQAohgpdjwb3NRAAIrINUiXDWQ5iMWp4Ueah3Q== with 0 caps)
got monmap epoch 3
2019-06-19 19:59:54.006226 7f966e628e00 -1 bluestore(/var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM/block) _read_bdev_label failed to open /var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM/block: (2) No such file or directory
2019-06-19 19:59:54.006285 7f966e628e00 -1 bluestore(/var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM/block) _read_bdev_label failed to open /var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM/block: (2) No such file or directory
2019-06-19 19:59:55.668619 7f966e628e00 -1 created object store /var/lib/ceph/tmp/mnt.jyqJTM for osd.0 fsid fea02667-f17d-44fd-a4c2-a8e19d05ed51
Created symlink /run/systemd/system/ceph-osd.target.wants/ceph-osd@0.service → /lib/systemd/system/ceph-osd@.service.

# Don't worry about my keys/IDs, its just a dev environment.

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Disk Layout
root@proxmox:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 3.9 TiB, 4294967296000 bytes, 8388608000 sectors
OMITTIED

Device         Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1         34       2047       2014  1007K BIOS boot
/dev/sda2       2048    1050623    1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda3    1050624  419430400  418379777 199.5G Linux LVM
/dev/sda4  419430408 8388607966 7969177559   3.7T Ceph OSD

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Ceph OSD Disk Size Incorrect (10 GB not 1.7 TB)
root@proxmox:~# ceph status
  data:
    pools:   0 pools, 0 pgs
    objects: 0 objects, 0B
    usage:   1.00GiB used, 9.00GiB / 10GiB avail
    pgs:

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Full Install Details
If you want details on Proxmox install and creating Ceph OSD with partitions, read on...
Setup

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*Disk Size: 2TB NVMe (/dev/sda)

*Operating system (Proxmox) installed with 200 GB and rest of disk is empty (1800 GB).

*Once booted and in the web interface, create a cluster and join two hosts to ensure a green quorum status

*Now do script below

Config Script
# Install Ceph
pveceph install

# Configure Network (Just run on Primary Proxmox Server, your LAN network)
pveceph init --network 192.168.6.0/24

# Create Monitor
pveceph createmon

# View Disks Before
sgdisk --print /dev/sda

sgdisk --largest-new=4 --change-name="4:CephOSD" \
--partition-guid=4:4fbd7e29-9d25-41b8-afd0-062c0ceff05d \
--typecode=4:4fbd7e29-9d25-41b8-afd0-062c0ceff05d -- /dev/sda

# View Disks After (Compare)
sgdisk --print /dev/sda

# Reboot for changes to be in affect
reboot

# Note your cluster ID (fsid) at this point from the web interface
Datacenter > Server > Ceph

# Prepare the Ceph OSD Disk, replace cluster-uuid with above fsid
ceph-disk prepare --cluster ceph --cluster-uuid fea02667-f17d-44fd-a4c2-a8e19d05ed51 --fs-type xfs /dev/sda4

# Activate the Ceph OSD Disk
ceph-disk activate /dev/sda4

# Check Ceph OSD Disk Size
ceph status

Notes
I have read posts highly recommending to use disks instead of partitions because of performance issues, I understand the warnings, but In my case I'm using NVMe SSD storage and accept any risks.

A: We ran into a similar issue recently where our OSD was limited to only 10GB despite a much larger actual disk space and found that it's related to the bluestore backend in Ceph. When bluestore is backed by a file, if that file does not already exist, it will create it:
bluestore(/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0/block) _read_bdev_label failed to open /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0/block: (2) No such file or directory
bluestore(/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0) mkfs generated fsid db688b70-0f63-4086-ba4a-ef36dc4a3147

and then resize it based on the bluestore_block_size configuration:
bluestore(/var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-0) _setup_block_symlink_or_file resized block file to 10 GiB

The default value for bluestore_block_size in ceph version 14.2.2, for example, is 10GB [1]:
    Option("bluestore_block_size", Option::TYPE_SIZE, Option::LEVEL_DEV)
    .set_default(10_G)
    .set_flag(Option::FLAG_CREATE)
    .set_description("Size of file to create for backing bluestore"),

This can be adjusted by setting the following in your ceph.conf:
[global]
bluestore_block_size = <block file size in bytes>

[1] https://github.com/ceph/ceph/blob/v14.2.2/src/common/options.cc#L4338-L4341


Last weekend, something very exciting happened!
Miles was awarded the AAC ADC title, making him the second ever Welsh Terrier in the 26-year history of the AAC to achieve perfect scores in all Starter's level classes! Miles is now officially an Advanced-level agility dog!
Above is a picture of Miles with his Q and title ribbons from this first year of trialing. It feels amazing that all of our hard work over the past year has paid off. The blue ribbon below is for the title we received last Sunday!
It was very special that our last Starter's run was with judge Tracey Mallinson (who judged us at our first agility funmatch! click here to see cute pic of Tracey and Miles right after he got his title), and that our friend and top cheerleader Suzanne Fryer, and our instructor Nicole LeBlanc were there to share the moment.
I feel very excited to share this with all of you reading this. You are the people who have been "with us through it all." Thank you for all of your support. It means everything to us.
WOW – WOW – WOW!!!
Now, I would have typically used the word "amazing" in my comment … however, I got the wonderful opportunity to witness you and Miles doing what you do (very) well the weekend before at an agility fun match. THAT was amazing to me to watch you both perform, not only in the ring, but outside of the ring also. So, since I had some idea as to what you were capable of, the above is wonderful news, but what I could easily see as a possibility from what I had witnessed the weekend before. You have obviously worked so hard, and you continue to work hard. I am proud of you and I am so happy that we are friends. I hope one day you decide to take on a one-on-one teaching role. You are very kind and supportive with both the animals and people, and most importantly, you understand ….. you just seem to understand what the animals need and want.
I hope I can be at your agility trial when you get some advanced ribbons. You truly make the impossible seem possible and really help break the mental barriers. Keep it up! I am thrilled, always, that you chose the breed that I love, to have in your life.
You go Miles! So proud of him!
Amazing Emma and Miles….truly amazing!
Such a lovely run I saw. You've worked hard to get here and deserve all the praise you get. I saw a team run a few trials ago and could not believe the difference in such a short time. Way to go! Big big congratulations.
Thank you Larisa, for your incredibly thoughtful comment.
Tracey you've been with us since we ventured to our first funmatch. You've always been so encouraging and positive. Thank you for everything.
Thank you Christine! He does seem very proud to represent "team terrier" doesn't he??
Thank you Peggy. We are honored to follow in your and Dylan's footsteps!
Thank you so much Laurel! How cool that you were there watching! You will have to find me at the next trial so we can have a good chat. I'd love to talk more. How amazing what you have accomplished with Maggie!
WHOO HOO!!!!!!!! That is fantastic!!!! An incredible accomplishment for both you and Miles. Since I own a Welsh Terrier, I know first hand how much hard work, love and enthusiasm this took. Please take time to bask in the glory of it before moving on to your next goal. Who am I kidding? Miles is already asking," what's next?". Congratulations.
Lisa — Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Only another Welsh terrier owner can truly understand!!!!! Please keep in touch — I love talking to fellow Welsh terrier people.
Miles and Emma, you absolutely rock! Congratulations– we knew you could do it!
You have such a terrific bond, it was only a matter of time before it all began to work for you on course. Every dog has challenges on course, and terriers think up lots of new ones, ones that don't get a lot of love, as a rule! But when these little dogs get it working, they are just the Most Fun Ever!
And every handler is startlingly human. Evidently some people can wait until they're on course to be flawed. Some of us like to get started in the car on the drive out, or in bed the night before, or just on the day the entry goes in! As a fellow performance anxiety sufferer I say ( this is Peggy speaking, not Dylan, because he has none in agility!) huge Huzzahs on working through that!
So proud of you– proud to have you on Team Welsh!
Miles and Emma, such a memorable team. I love watching you run together. Miles is a character, and Emma is full of smiles. I was very excited to see you 'qualify' that final starters run. Well done!


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Stranger Seasons: The Minds Behind 'Stranger Things' Have More Planned For Next Season Than We Thought
Posted January 23rd, 2018 by Nicholas Graff
The cast of 'Stranger Things' may only have time for a short reprieve before they are forced to return to the world of Hawkins, Indiana to start shooting Season 3 of the hit series. It appears the writers and producers have been hard at work getting the story together for the next season and would like to get things moving as fast as possible. In the words of executive producer Shawn Levy:
"If we could make it [return] faster, then we would. But we're going to make it well. We're going to do it right..We're there. It'll be an eight- or nine-episode season. The number of episodes will be dictated by the amount of story that excites us. We now know what is going to happen in season three to every character."
Levy also revealed that they decided to give Will an easier storyline this season after the traumatic events he went through during seasons 1 and 2:
"We're going to give Will a break. We're not going to put Will through hell for a third season in a row. He'll be dealing with stuff, but he won't be at rock bottom the way we forced the amazing Noah Schnapp to play."
When asked if Dustin or Hopper would be the new targets for the Shadow Monster after their close experiences with it in Season 2, Levy replied with:
"You might assume that, but you would probably end up being wrong. We're [going to be] dealing with forces of evil that are new."
Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) commented on the Steve/ Dustin friendship in the upcoming season, claiming it will have more depth after a year:
"In Season Two, it was all very cute and there was a funny factor to it because it was unexpected, but now that it is expected, I want to see them connect more and be more familiar with each other. I want them to have a connection like they've really had a connection for a year—like they're brothers. He's never had that, so I feel like Steve is definitely someone in that sense who could be that person to him."
Levy also reminded us about Mrs. Wheeler's odd connection with rebel bad-boy Billy in Season 2:
"There was clearly a connection there. Karen has some unhappiness that is brewing. I think that makes her vulnerable to all kinds of things in Season Three."
And when asked about the return of Paul Reiser, whose character miraculously survived season 2, Levy claimed he could not comment, stating:
"I don't have a clear-cut answer for you yet."
Are you excited to see what they have in store for us and the characters in Season 3? Are you disappointed to hear the Shadow Monster might not be the primary antagonist of Season 3? Do you have any theories as to what this "new evil" may be that they will be facing? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below!
Shawn Levy. Galen Matarazzo
Nicholas Graff
A Southern California native (which seems to be a rarity as everyone seems to migrate here from outside the state, and everyone else born here ends up leaving for less crowded spaces), but for Nick, he loves it here. Nick has been writing since he was a teenager, self-published his first book trilogy, 'The Legacy of the Roras' back in 2011, and in 2014 published the inaugural issue of his first comic book, 'The Shadow of Aquaterra.' While not working on my own projects, he is working as a technical film editor at a major television network in their digital media division and recently began writing news and recap articles for ScienceFiction.com, a position which he has found extremely rewarding.
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India began the second day at 303 for four and proceeded to twist the knife against a demoralised home team that toiled in hot conditions with little joy.
At stumps on day one, they were 303 for four with the rock-like number three not out 130 and Hanuma Vihari on 39.
India go into the final Test 2-1 up and with a first series win in Australia in their sights.
India are now zeroing in on a first-ever series win Down Under in Sydney later this week, where they need only a draw to smash the long-time jinx.
After early morning drizzle, India started an overcast fourth day in Melbourne with a 346-run lead and with five wickets in hand on a wearing pitch becoming increasingly difficult to bat on.
At stumps, the visitors had a formidable 346 cushion with five wickets left and two days to play as they inch closer to a first ever series win Down Under.
On a docile, batsman-friendly Melbourne Cricket Ground wicket, India ground their way to 215 for two at stumps on day one with the rock-like Pujara not out 68 and superstar Kohli unbeaten on 47 as the bowlers toiled in hot conditions for little reward.
The banned Australian player was seen using sandpaper to try to rough up the ball in the Cape Town Test in March.
With the four-Test series tied 1-1, much is riding on the Boxing Day showdown at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where up to 90,000 fans are expected, and India can't afford another top order flop.
The pair had some testy exchanges in the second Test at Perth, which at one point needed the umpire to intervene.
Indian coach Ravi Shastri revealed Ashwin is racing the clock to be ready for the crunch Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, where the stakes are high in the four-Test series.
Former Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson called Kohli "disrespectful" and "silly" over his heated exchanges with fellow skipper Tim Paine during the Perth Test.
The hosts led by 43 after both teams' first innings despite a superb Virat Kohli century, but found batting incredibly tough in their second innings.
Australia have only three days to correct a litany of problems before the second Test starts at Perth Stadium.
The visitors won a tightly-contested opening Test in Adelaide by 31 runs on the fifth day after setting Australia a target of 323, which would have been a record run chase at the ground.
India beat Australia to win first Test by 31 runs.


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Every experience lives inside us, like rooms in a castle. What also lives in us is our genetic makeup or Nature. We are not born clean slates to be molded. We are born with hard-wiring that is electrified by experience.
The debate whether we are more Nature than Nurture is a subject each generation of parents wrestles with when getting to know their child.
With Nature, we can take credit and dismiss responsibility in one fell swoop, when it comes to our child's successes and struggles. In doing so, we skirt around the emotional complexity that Nurture demands of us.
Nature is every parent's fail-safe Go-to-Jail card.
It's easier to manage Nature than it is to understand Nurture. Instead of figuring out emotions, we can hire a tutor, change schools, get on medication.
Fear of inadequacy makes Nature appealing. The thought we can "ruin" our child because we're "not good-enough" at the Nurture part of parenting is an impossible burden, and swings many parents into the Nature camp.
Nurture is how a parent cares for their child.
But what if you had a horrendous relationship with your parents and have no idea how to Nurture because you were not nurtured?
Nurture is relationship. Nature is genetics.
How often do you hear a parent reflect aloud about how well the Nurturing part of parenting is going.
The quality of well-being: self-esteem, self-worth, self-love, is how you measure Nurture. There is a feeling of Connection parents must trust. You know because you feel it. Whereas, with Nature, you know because you can see it.
Sidenote – Socrates says, as he did in Phaedrus, that people make themselves appear ridiculous when they are trying to know obscure things before they know themselves. Plato also alluded to the fact that understanding 'thyself,' would have a greater yielded factor of understanding the nature of a human being.
The nature/nurture debate is really about wanting to know who we are and who our children are.
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When I was a kid, I waited until my parents fell asleep to sneak downstairs to reorganize the presents under the Christmas tree.
I care about the feel of things and it's more than furniture and pillows, it's the feel of family together.
My nature is to lead, but as a child, my parents were pre-occupied, so I stepped into that job.
My Nature (to lead) was influenced by Nurture (absence of leadership), which ultimately shaped my destiny. It's why I'm a Therapeutic Parent Coach. It's also why I leaned toward an authoritarian parenting style when I was a new parent.
We cannot make children who we want them to be. But with an abundance of Nurture, we can welcome and enhance their truest Nature.
This YouTube video of a 53-year-old man returning home to his father is a symphony of Nature and Nurture working together.
"I love you," the son responds.


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'Ice and the Sky' ('La Glace et le Ciel'): Cannes Review
The Oscar-winning director of 'March of the Penguins' returns to Antarctica for his latest feature, which looks at the life of French glaciologist Claude Lorius
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Luc Jacquet, the Oscar-winning director of international smash hit March of the Penguins, goes back to Antarctica for his latest documentary, Ice and the Sky (La Glace et le Ciel). But instead of focusing on cute critters in the snow, the film looks at the life and many accomplishments of one man: French polar explorer and glaciologist Claude Lorius. Since he was the first one, using dating of ice cores extracted in Antarctica, to prove that climate change can be attributed to humans all the way back in a 1985 Nature cover story –oddly never mentioned in the film – it's not a surprise that Jacquet's feature has something of an activist, call-to-arms edge.
But in terms of its form, the film is rather classically assembled, combining a voice-over narration with archive material (some of it never previously seen) and spectacularly filmed and staged shots of the now 83-year-old Lorius as he witnesses the havoc caused by the climate change he saw coming some 30 years ago in various locales around the world. Released in France Oct. 21, this rather serious-minded Cannes closer will be of interest abroad as well, though the film is much likelier to appeal to discerning viewers who ate up films such as An Inconvenient Truth than to the family audiences that made Penguins such a phenomenon.
The Bottom Line The granddad of climate-change science gets his moment in the spotlight
Like in Jacquet's last film, Once Upon a Forest, the gravitas-filled tones of Michel Papineschi again provide a voice-over that holds the entire enterprise together, with Papineschi speaking in the first person, as if he were Lorius, to recount his memories of his exploits and discoveries. The text is occasionally poetic and never too technical – indeed, the film might have benefited from a smidgen more on the science behind glaciology – and overall very accessible, even for adult audiences with no scientific background whatsoever, though those who don't believe in climate change will find nothing here that speaks to their (according to Lorius, intentionally ill-informed) points of view.
After a brief introduction, the film recounts Lorius' exploits as a polar explorer, mostly in chronological order starting in October 1956, when the then 23-year-old left for his first research trip to Antarctica. As in the rest of the film, the voice-over is combined with archive footage from a multitude of sources, including newsreel material and footage shot by the expedition's own crew, including some rolls from the Lorius family's archives that were never even developed. The optimism of the 1950s and 1960s is quickly sketched, as "machines that were invented for war were now used by science," and scientific progress seemed to have only benefits and no apparent cost.
Roughly the first half hour is dedicated to Claude's first polar experience at the French Charcot Base, which would prove to be the beginning of a lifelong love affair with Antarctica ("I shall forever be 23," he says about the formative power of that first expedition). Lorius and two others spent a year in a single 250-square-foot underground space, heated to just 45 degrees Fahrenheit, which was a 28-day trek from the Antarctic coast. It's here that Lorius laid the groundwork for his later discoveries, initially mapping the mountains and valleys of the continent that lay hidden under 6500 feet of snow and ice. Beautifully described in a voice-over passage that hints at the reason why someone would put up with these inhuman conditions for months on end, Lorius explains that science "offers the possibility to unearth and see what is normally invisible," such as the landmasses under the ice, and that "the thirst for knowledge keeps us from going insane."
A brief animated segment explains his study of snow crystals, which would prove vital for his ideas on ice cores and drilling that would feed into subsequent polar expeditions. These include one in 1959 he was able to do in lieu of military service, about which Lorius states that the weather was so brutal that "windless days with a temperature of minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit started to feel like a heat wave," and a harrowing experience in the 1970s when a U.S. plane meant to get them out of Antarctica caught fire as it took off and a second plane, brought in to replace the first, then suffered a similar fate.
The scientist's biggest breakthrough was the fortunate discovery that the chemical composition of snow allowed him to calculate the exact temperature on the day it fell, which means that samples from thousands of years ago could be surveyed to get an idea of the rise and fall of temperatures over extended periods of time (the documentary shows samples up to 400,000 years old). He thus found proof for climatologists' hypothesis that our planet went through hot and cold periods of about 100,000 years each, which in turn allowed him to prove that the rate of climate change over the last 100 years is not a normal variation in temperature, and must thus be caused by man.
Though a scientist first, Lorius is clearly a man who believes in peace between the nations, having led a Franco-U.S.-Soviet South Pole expedition at the height of the Cold War. With the help of Jacquet, the protagonist clearly hopes that this documentary will generate debate and, hopefully, change. Gorgeously choreographed shots, many of them filmed with the help of drones by outstanding cinematographer Stéphane Martin, show Lorius surveying the melting water of glaciers or the burning forests that are the result of climate change. Entirely wordless, they convey the idea that the beauty-filled natural world indeed seems to be slipping away from the old man who first suggested this would happen and who now worries about what kind of world his grandchildren will be living in. However, some shots of the protagonist standing knee-deep in expanses of water are borderline on-the-nose, clearly suggesting what awaits people living in coastal areas, but at the same time making the scientist look much less dignified than in all the other material; not a very wise decision in a documentary that needs all the authority it can muster to tell this particular story.
Otherwise, editor Stephane Mazalaigue impressively maintains the delicate balance between narration and new and pre-existing footage of Lorius, while the latter, who was often silent, is greatly enhanced by expert, very atmospheric soundwork. Composer Cyrille Aufort's score helps ensure that the rhythm doesn't lag or things become too dry and scientific, with the frequent use of percussion foregrounding the adventurous elements of Lorius' amazing life story.
Production companies: Eskwad, Wild-Touch Productions, Pathe, Kering, CNRS Images
Writer-Director: Luc Jacquet
Producer: Richard Grandpierre
Co-producers: Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian
Director of photography: Stephane Martin
Editor: Stephane Mazalaigue
Music: Cyrille Aufort
Sales: Wild Bunch
No rating, 89 minutes
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