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From the project that didn't materialize. At least not yet. Though there may well be something excellent in a large trove of images shot down streets in this exact style from a couple different cities.
My month, photographically, was incredibly scattershot. Immersed in an abundance of incredible visuals, the constant challenge was to find something within it that could be distilled and explored. The distillation here being a structure of shooting, a viewpoint to apply down every street in the city.
The initial fear was largely that it'd come off as painfully cliché. This is the tourist photo that many a wanderer comes away with. But after getting over that, the real stopper of this was simply disinterest in editing it. In not wanting to see what I'd shot.
Not only do the blues come together, but the red of the one car is picked up by the red t-shirts on the pedestrians. Even the yellow pedestrians fit the color scheme of some of the houses. It may look like a tourist photo, but is much more.


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Employees sing the praises of Direct Primary Care! (by Nextera Healthcare).
Direct Primary Care, an Alternative to Conventional Health Insurance (The Heritage Foundation). From the perspective of public policy.
Health is Membership, an essay by Wendell Berry. This is a longer read, best suited for 30 minutes or so of quiet with some hot coffee. Berry very eloquently gets to the "WHY" of patient-centered medicine, and therefore of Direct Primary Care.
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FIR filed against 'The Kapil Sharma Show' for showing actors drinking in a courtroom scene
The FIR has been filed in a district court of Madhya Pradesh against the makers over an episode in which the show's cast was allegedly shown to be drinking alcohol while performing a courtroom scene.
Published: Friday,Sep 24, 2021 18:07 PM GMT-06:00
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Comedy is serious business - a saying that is usually used in a different context but often here in India, it turns out to be rather literal and ends up meaning trouble for some. We have seen ample instances of how actors, comedians and others have been embroiled in controversies owing to comments, skits and comic comments among other things.
That has what has happened yet again and this time it is for Kapil Sharma and the team of The Kapil Sharma Show. A case has been registered against The Kapil Sharma Show and channel Director MP Singh under the IT Act and Excise Act, according to advocate Suresh Dhakad.
The FIR has been filed in a district court of Madhya Pradesh against the makers over an episode in which the show's cast was allegedly shown to be drinking alcohol while performing a courtroom scene. The complainant has accused the comedy show's producers of disrespecting the court.
The matter is set to be heard on October 1.
According to reports, the lawyers told reporters that in the courtroom scene, the co-star comes onstage with a bottle of liquor and urges other people to taste it and the scene outrages the dignity of the court. The lawyer mentioned that the scene should have also featured a statutory warning, which it did not.
The said scene in the episode aired on January 19, 2020 and re-aired on April 24, 2021.
Sharma himself or anyone else is yet to make a comment or statement on the same. Keep reading this space for further updates.
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1 years ago Lol. People need to grow up. Some cry babies have too much time on their hands. Who cares? It's just comedy.
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1 years ago That is really shameful if they tried to malign the image of court in exchange for some trps coz that is a place every person puts their trust on..
They should not make fun of such important institution of justice.

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Even before the Heresy the World Eaters Legion was renowned for its heavy focus on hand to hand combat. Their reputation was the herald of fear to their enemies in a similar way to the Night Lords, though for very different reasons – where the Night Lord use Terror Tactics, the World Eaters are just plain terrifying! There was no room for mercy or quarter in the World Eater's war ethos, and it was not uncommon for Angron's warriors to fall into a red rage when their choler was up. This is how they earned the Berserker moniker. As their preference leant more towards close combat, their reliance upon ranged fire support was minimal. This is not to say that they did not use it, or that tactics went out the window as soon as the enemy was sighted. But their brutality and occasional loss of control did earn them a reputation for mindless violence that was rendered stereotypical of the Legion. On the tabletop, Khorne Berserkers are a force to be reckoned with when they are able to get to grips with the enemy, which makes them the greatest proponents for a mechanised army in the Codex. While fire support is available to them, it is not necessarily required in volume provided the right tactics are employed. This article will try and explain how this works.
Any Khorne player will tell you that using the old Chaos Space Marines Codex to play a World Eaters army was a tricky proposal. Fun, yes, but it was never easy! So yes, you had access to some nifty wargear, Axes of Khorne, Berserker Glaives and Chainaxes, not to mention the ability to give them Feel no Pain and other rather tasty abilities. But there were downsides to this approach and they were twofold. First of all there was the cost issue. If you allowed yourself to be too dazzled by the shiny gubbinz your force would be too small to remain effective on the battlefield for longer than a turn or two. Secondly there were the more rulesy detriments, namely Blood Frenzy and, for your Berserker Glaive wielding fanatic, the fact that he couldn't join a unit. To me Blood Frenzy was more bane than boon as a clever opponent could use it to lead your troops around by the nose. There was nothing worse than seeing your squad of 16 Berserkers leaping around trying in vain to swat a 70 point skimmer out of the air, and that's not to mention the Daemon Prince, who was also subject to this rule. The fact that it effectively allowed them to Fleet was usually useless because of this tactic and you could forget about taking transports because if they frenzied they had to dismount before the transport could move.
At last my beloved Khorne Berserkers have regained their wits in the new Codex. They don't get the extra movement that Blood Frenzy gave them, but nor are they forced to dismount from their transports. So, not only can they pick and choose who to fight, they can also retain a more consistently speedy approach. And the trade-off is, in my humble opinion, immense! Furious Charge was always a good upgrade before and now they have it as standard, but this is enhanced massively by the fact that they have a boost in weapon skill. Not only is this incredibly fluffy, after all many of them have been fighting hand-to-hand for ten millennia, it also gives them an edge against their loyalist equivalents. The other squad options allowed to a Khorne player are perhaps not as shiny as these, but they do give you more flexibility in terms of squad upgrades.
This tactica is my attempt to fully explore Codex: Chaos Space Marines from a predominantly Khornate viewpoint. I will look at presenting and explaining a selection of optimised army builds suitable for representing a Khornate warband on the tabletop. I will also try and explore the tactical use of each build.
In this section I will look at the staple Khorne units and their options to try and justify the most economical build for each one. We'll start by filling out our compulsory choices.
Daemon Prince: A Khornate Daemon Prince has only two customisable options, making him the easiest to design. Both the upgrades are pretty much compulsory if you intend to take one as a flying Daemon Prince is faster than a foot-slogging one. Needless to say he's going to draw fire wherever possible, and sheer volume will take this power armoured beasty down. Wings allow him to use the NINJA technique much more efficiently, allowing him to get in close, hopefully in tact. The only other upgrade he can take is his mark, and as we're building a Khornate army, it's a very cheap and fluffy option that will enhance his combat abilities. The resulting unit is a relatively cheap, fairly tough Monstrous Creature and a scoring unit. I like this option, any many will tell you they are a compulsory choice in their armies, but he tends to shine more against smaller, elitist armies than against ravening hordes of power-klawed orks, who will simply soak up the damage before whittling him down with four strength eight, armour-denying attacks. A Daemon Prince working alone will struggle to break these boyz in one round, as they are most likely going to remain fearless. Supported by other units it can be done, but with Orks, the second wave is going to punch home and more than likely bring him down. Use this bad boy with caution!
~Terminator Lord w/ Mark of Khorne, Terminator Armour, Twin Claws (140 pts), plenty of attacks, greater chance of wounding, fairly tough!
Kharn the Betrayer: This dude is, quite simply, awesome. He will, with relative ease, kill just about anything that isn't a T7+ Monstrous Creatures or a Monolith. On the charge he puts out an obscene amount of attacks at high weapon skill and strength and with 2D6+Strength for armour penetration. A run-of-the-mill Carnifex has a roughly 50/50 chance of surviving an assault from this guy. He may also kill some of your guys, but that's a small price to pay and it can be avoided if you are careful. Again he is better used against small elite armies as those power-klaws will ruin his day.
Greater Daemons: If you're going to take one of these, make sure you have a couple of naked champions dotted around to enable you to summon him without losing any special wargear. These guys are great for soaking up fire, and can give your opponent plenty to worry about, but their main role in the Chaos Space Marines Codex is for the psychological edge they will give you. Any opponent other than an Ork or Tyranid player will be inordinately scared of this dude and will do anything they can to take him down. When compared to the Daemon Prince he is tougher, but less well armoured, so on balance not much different. The only real difference is that if you are careful, he can make combat on the turn he arrives, while the Prince has to slog it up the table.
Others: I'm not going to discuss sorcerors as they have no place in a Khornate army for obvious reasons.
~Daemon Prince w/ Mark of Khorne, Wings (140 pts) – Fire magnet, shines against MEQ, less useful against hordes, psychological edge.
~Lord w/ Mark of Khorne, Bloodfeeder, Juggernaught (140 pts) – Can shelter in units, shines against hordes, strong against MEQ, risk of forehead slapping moment when he rolls a 1 for the Bloodfeeder.
~Kharn the Betrayer – vulnerable to buried power fists etc, this guy is just wrong!
~Greater Daemon – Fire magnet though protected from shooting by summoning, must be summoned via removal of champion, no armour.
You have a couple of options here. You can go with Marked Chaos Marines or Khorne Berserkers. The second option is, as far as I'm concerned, far more points efficient. Comparing a ten man Marked Squad with Berserkers you're only paying 3 points more per model and getting +1 Weapon Skill, Furious Charge and Fearless into the bargain. The difference is the equivalent of one extra marine plus change (you can't quite get two for the points difference) so it's not massive. The more Marked Marines you have, the more you save on buying the Icon, but really the comparitive difference is still negligible. The one advantage of Marked Marines is that they come with Bolters (plus the usual paraphernalia) so against horde armies like orks you can use them to put a dent in the aremy before it arrives. The application of your shooting phase in a World Eaters army is very important, and will be addressed in the tactics section.
~Skull Champion: Every Berserker Squad should include one of these bad boys. Firstly, he is the only member of the squad with the option to field a power weapon of any kind, so when it comes to the killy-killy he will be worth his weight in gold. This is especially true when facing power-armoured foes, where your rank and file will have to chew through ceramite to do the job.
~Power Weapon: When charging, this weapon will chew through just about anything with the enhanced strength bonus. It's also much cheaper than the Fist.
~Power Fist: My personal favourite. This weapon is an effective anti-tank weapon as well as being able to instakill most multi-wound characters. Heck, a charging Skull champion can hurt a Land Raider with a little luck, though he will still struggle with a Monolith.
~Meltabombs: Skull Champions equipped with a power weapons may want to consider these. He's still slightly cheaper than his 'Fist counterpart and has a respectable chance against vehicles that aren't skimmers. Personally I think that with the new codex there are better ways to get anti-tank capabilities into your army, so this would not be the most efficient use of points. These are really only for those who are more interested in fielding lots of foot-slogging infantry.
~Personal Icon: A very useful upgrade if you're interested in fielding Lesser Daemons. It gets them where the action is. If you're not fielding aetheric units, leave this at home.
~Plasma Pistol: You can have up to three plasma Pistols in your squad of Berserkers, although it is commonly reckoned to be a waste of points. It is certainly a very risk proposition to give one to your Skull Champion, as he could end up removing himself and his power attacks with an unlucky roll of the dice, 60+ points gone in a puff of red mist. If you learn only one thing from this tactica, let it be to avoid this potential forehead-slapping moment at all costs! Berserkers are primarily meant to kill stuff in close combat, so these weapons are only really going to prove their worth against foes with a preponderance toward 2-up saves and even then you're likely to outnumber your opponent quite heavily, so perhaps an extra berserker is more useful.
~Transport: In my previous World Eaters army, Rhinos were too expensive to buy for my small unit's of head-strong 'Zerkers. Now, not only are they a more reliable prospect due to the nerfing of Blood Frenzy, but they are much cheaper to boot! A squad of 8-10 'Zerkers in a Rhino has the ability to close the distance fast, as long as you are careful in your deployment and you employ the NINJA approach. I'm still learning to put this technique into practise myself, but the premise is clear: Berserkers in Rhinos go faster. As to what equipment to put on the Rhino, it really boils down to how secure you are in your own abilities.
~Extra Armour: Although this upgrade is now more expensive, the combined cost of this plus the Rhino still costs less than in the old codex. So, where before it was an elementary decision and a fairly low cost commitment, now it is much more optional, especially considering the saving you make in not taking it. Let's look at the facts. Your Rhino is AV11 to the front. Anything from S5 up can at least cause a glancing hit, and S7 penetrates on a 5+. When you consider that many armies these days can run a multitude of autocannon equivalents, there is a reasonable chance that your Rhino will take glancing and penetrating hits whenever the enemy can draw line of sight. Even with your Extra Armour, your chances of coming out unscathed at the other side are fairly low when you've got such a volume of incoming fire. Extra Armour will keep your squad moving IF your opponent rolls a stunned result. To me the chances of it being destroyed or immobilised are still too high to justify the extra points here. So your best option against this kind of opponent is the multiple redundency technique, i.e., take LOTS of rhinos!
~Daemonic Possession: The principle here is the same as with Extra Armour in that your tank can continue to move (and fire). However, the rules state that the crew/passengers are affected normally, so a stunned result is still going to stop them disembarking. Considering I usually dismount in turn 1 or at the latest during turn 2, this is an expensive and needless upgrade.
~Combi-weapon: I like my transports cheap and disposable. They are mobile cover for my units or sacrificial tank-shock gambits when I want to break up an opponent's formation or force his heavy weapons teams out of coherency. Making them a platform for a one-shot special weapon is not going to win any battles.
~Optimum Squad Size: Khorne's magic number is 8. This was handy in the old codex because it meant your champion upgrade came for free. These days it's not so big a concern (although, handily, two boxes of 12 berserkers equals three squads of eight). If mounting your troops in Rhinos, 10 is a good size as you are utilising all the transport capacity you paid for. 8, on the other hand, allows you to spread your bodies out a little more when dismounting (think Vindicators – not a good prospect for those bunched up Berserkers). If you opt not to take a transport you have the option of taking a 20 man squad. I've never seen this tactic employed in the new codex, probably because you're talking 400+ points in one unit and it severely limits your tactical flexibility. In the old codex I took a squad of 16 (for that free champion) and this proved useful, but these days mtultiple redundency is much more useful in the long view.
~Aspiring Champion: As with the Skull Champion this dude gives you a few close-range options such as power weapons, power fists etc. Personally the only thing I'd consider giving him is a power weapon and maybe a personal icon, but that's is because I see their role as one of close range support, rather than as a dedicated close combat unit. He also provides a relatiuvly painless vessel for any Greater Daemons you might want to summon. This makes a case for keeping him naked, but for a minimal points trade-off you can reach a suitable compromise. If you want this squad more for fire support, a combi-weapon may be more appropriate.
~Special weapons: Flamers and Meltaguns will be handy if you're using them in close support of your Berserkers as they are assault weapons and can be fired on the move. Plasma weaponry, though it has it's uses, doesn't really suit the Khornate way of life as it's a more static weapon. I'd only consider it if I was taking this squad for ranged fire support, pairing it with a heavy weapon like the autocannon or a second plasmagun.
~Heavy weapons: Personally I don't think these have much place in a Khornate list, but that's coming from a fluff perspective. It also makes your squad more static. However, these options can give you some much needed anti-tank support.
~Icon: For a Khorne force this makes for a fluffy choice, but it is also very useful. You now have ranged fire and close combat punch, making for a very flexible unit.
~Transport: The same goes for these as with Berserkers, though I would tend to move them up on foot if I moved them at all as they can then opt to stand still and use their ranged weaponry if needed.
~Optimum Squad Size: This rather depends on the role you want them to play. 10 is required for heavy weapons or the extra special weapon, while combat oriented squads can get away with lesser or larger numbers.
Summoned Daemon: techically these don't count as compulsory choices, but can be taken as supplementary troops. This is useful if you've filled up your Troops slots and want more infantry. The fact that they have to be summoned makes it essential to take Icons and Personal Icons. They are also combat orientated as they have no ranged attacks. These can be handy against static-firing-line armies provided you can get an icon-bearer close enough and survive the resulting fusillade in order to dump these aetheric monstrosities into combat.
Defiler: This comes with a battlecannon for starters, but it can also be upgraded to make it a combat monster as well, which fits our general theme and gives you flexibility. Against assault focused hordes it can soften them up as they advance, then join in when things get to close quarters. Against static armies it can draw fire away from more vulnerable units, target juicy targets or just scuttle forwards at full pelt using its Fleet ability to get into melee. However, the daemonic engine is sometimes a little too easy to kill for most armies, making them somewhat of a liability.
Vindicator: Designed for close support, these babies can effectively guard the flanks of your advancing infantry from potential counter charges and enfillading fire. Just be sure to leave a few spods for your infantry to mop up. The short range of these self-propelled guns can make them vulnerable to side shots so be sure to use the terrain to your advantage.
Predator: This is probably one of your best anti-tank options, able to field three lascannons on one stable platform for a relative bargain. Not as fluffy, but effective.
Obliterators: Personally I hate the models, but they are a cheap way to introduce a few lascannons or whatever else you fancy to your force. Their ability to deep strike can also help with those elusive tail-pipe shots!
Land Raider I love the Land Raider. Mine was a loyalist one that never got used because of a preference for the Crusader, so it was an obvious choice when I started my World Easters. Nowadays it's less of an asset, but it still comes in handy for it's resilience and the fact that it's a platofrm for two twin-linked lascannons. If anything the assault-ramp capabilities play second fiddle to this as it does tend to draw a lot of fire very early on. As such, I often employ it in a shielding role, using it to cover the approach of my more vulnerable Rhinos. It can also run behind a wall of rhinos, which, should they be wrecked or immobilised, may be crushed under the treads or be rammed out of the way in order to use the assault ramp to good effect. Its employment is always a risky business, but it can reap some rewards.
Bikers: These are a fairly tough choice and very useful if you intend to use a lot of summoned daemons because of their ability to deliver them into combat. However, their cost generally means they can only be fielded in small numbers, meaning they are vulnerable to concentrated enemy fire. As a result I'd be less inclined to take lots of upgrades on these units and to use them purely in a delivery-boy role. Alternative uses may include tank-hunting as they can have meltaguns, or as dedicated close combat units, but the fact that they can only get 3 attacks when charging makes them an expensive gamble when used like this.
Raptors: These guys, on the other hand, are cheaper and easier to keep out of sight. They get more attacks on the charge and can field the same anti-tanks options that the bikers can have. Add to this the champion's ability to take Lightning Claws and you have a pretty good assault unit to compliment your Berserkers. They can get stuck in quickly, eliminating or tieing up any unit that's giving you worries. My advice would be to take a small unit and give the champion Lightning Claws and the Icon of Khorne (it doesn't say he can't carry it, my Raptor Champion has it attached to his jump pack). Add in a couple of meltaguns for those opportunistic armour-busting moments and you have a relatively cheap, versatile support unit. It should not be used too aggressively as it is vulnerable to weight of fire. As to using Raptors in greater numbers, this should be done with caution. It's easy to think that a squad of 10 can hold their own in combat until the cavalry arrives, but they can quickly become isolated or bogged down. In my opinion, even when used in numbers, Raptors are always a support unit. If you are using a Greater Daemon you can keep your Champion cheap and cheerful for possession purposes. This can be handy because of their speed, but remember that they must be in a useful position at the start of the turn in which your reserves arrive, so a medium to large squad may be required in order to whether the return fire.
Great work there Extartius, thanks for the advice. +1 karma for your efforts.
Excellent write up! I'll be adding this to the Important Topics Sticky.
I disagree with your advice to put the Icon on the Raptor champion. That just means that a torrent of fire will gut your unit in one unlucky save. In addition, if you've got a Greater Daemon it means you'll lose the Icon if you summon it from the raptors, which is likely as they are frequently the closest unit to the foe.
... and I had just scratched World Eaters off of my Chaos wish list.
I'll add this in as a proviso. I don't use him for this purpose as I've given mine Lightning Claws thereby spending too much on him to lose him in this way.
Thanks for the compliments, guys. I hope to have the next section written up this week!
I have to admit that's an impressive article, well done! .
No commentary on the elites? Is there a reason for it? or still in the works?
Lord w/ Mark of Khorne, Jump Pack, Power weapon, Melta Bombs (140pts) - Quick, not a large target, OK anti-tank and anti-troop.
Lord w/ Mark of Khorne, Bike, Bloodfeeder (170pts) Very quick, High point cost, Improved Toughness, Daemon Weapon risk.


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Q: OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed - rake task to external API I am trying to build a rake task that accesses the API of viglink, a url affiliating service.
However, when my rake task runs open(url), where url is an https uri, the error I get is:
rake aborted!
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

I tried to fix this using this answer, but I get the same error
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError on Heroku
Is anyone having a similar issue that isn't solved with the above ? I'm running this on a Digital Ocean droplet on Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64)
relevant part of my rake task:
  url = "https://www.viglink.com/service/v1/cuidRevenue?lastDate=2014%2F12%2F23&period=week&secret=0d0dfillerb57acb4"
  response = open(url)

The error happens on the 2nd line.
Happy holidays!

A: Ran into the same problem when everyone started removing SSLv3 support.  Your target site has done the same:
nmap --script ssl-enum-ciphers -p 443 www.viglink.com

Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-12-25 08:16 EST
Nmap scan report for www.viglink.com (192.155.80.114)
Host is up (0.083s latency).
rDNS record for 192.155.80.114: li566-114.members.linode.com
PORT    STATE SERVICE
443/tcp open  https
| ssl-enum-ciphers:
|   SSLv3: No supported ciphers found
|   TLSv1.0:
|     ciphers:
|       TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA - strong
|       TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA - strong
|       TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA - strong
|       TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA - strong
|       TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA - strong
|       TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA - strong
|     compressors:
|       NULL
|_  least strength: strong

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 4.47 seconds

Solution is to update openssl on your machine.
openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014

My response without error:
require 'open-uri'
url = 'https://www.viglink.com/'
response = open(url)
# => #<Tempfile:/tmp/open-uri20141225-19253-qhcgcg>
puts response.base_uri
# => https://www.viglink.com/

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Discuss these 4 things with your partner before you get married
You've got butterflies in your stomach, you're high on euphoria and you feel on top of the world — yes, you're in love. But before you hop onto the marriage bandwagon, there are a few things you should consider.
According to relationship expert Dr Karen Phillip, author of OMG We're Getting Married – 7 Essential things to know before we say I Do, relationships usually tend to beak apart because couples don't discuss vital issues before taking the plunge, reports HuffPo.
She says, "There is this assumption, because a couple is so in love and know each other so well, that they are on the same page, but it is incredibly important to talk about your finances, career goals and whether you want kids, plus a whole range of other things before getting married."
1. Discuss whether you want to have children or not:
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Crucial information like choosing not to have children or vice versa, can lead to serious relationship problems and conflicts if not talked through before marriage.
Many times in societies like ours couples are expected to have children, and soon, if there wasn't enough pressure already. To keep such problems from wrecking you marriage, discuss these details with your partner and see their point of view.
2. What happens once you have your first child:
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"It's not simply about how many you want, and how many years apart they will be, but you should also be discussing parenting style, and who will be the main parent," says Karen.
In our society, inter-sect marriages have become common, but expectations about how the children will be raised and which sect they will follow soon create many problems for the couple. To avoid conflict, it's best to talk such things through.
Plus, nowadays many women are career-oriented and having a child will mean putting their career on hold. Whether you plan on hiring a nanny or sending your child to daycare, this is not one topic you can leave for later or when you cross the bridge.
Understand what the other wants and see if you can reach a compromise.
3. Talk about your earnings and expenditure:
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The same goes for finances. Most couples tend to keep silent when it comes to their earnings.
"I see couples who have been married for over 10 years, that still don't know what the other earns," says the relationship expert.
It's important to know how much your spouse is bringing home because the expenses of the household affect both the people involved.
"Not only should you disclose what you're earning but also what you've spent — even debts — because once you're married, whatever financial problems your partner gets into, well, you own half of them," says Karen.
You can have a joint account to pay your bills and groceries, and keep a private account to deposit small amounts for your personal savings.
4. Keeping the spark going even after having children:
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More often than not, couples tend to become distant after having children. They communicate a lot less and after marriage, many think their spouse is a mind reader.
"Couples need to have date nights pre and post children. It's usually only during these times, when you're sitting alone with your partner over dinner, without any distractions like social media or the television, that you're able to talk," she said.
It helps improve the relationship and you pay close attention to your partner.
Make a list of things you would like to talk to your future spouse about, it's best to be on the same page than to deal with issues after marriage.
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On August 27, 2017, the celebration of the 161st anniversary of the birth of a writer, poet, scientist-encyclopedic, thinker, public figure Ivan Franko and the awarding of the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2017 took place.
Celebrations began in the writer's native village of Naguevichi. Flowers were put at the foot of the monument by the management of the Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University in Drohobych, the authorities of the city of Drohobych, representatives of the Lviv Regional Administration, the chairman of the Ivan Franko International Fund, the poet's grandson Roland Franko, Ivan Franko International Fund Director Igor Kurus, public figures and prominent scholars.
The celebration continued in Drohobych in the People's House with the ceremony of awarding the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2017. The ceremony was opened by the head of the Lviv Regional Administration Oleh Synyutka. The greeting addresses were read by the Mayor of Drohobych Taras Kuchma, Rector of the Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University Prof. Nadiya Skotna, director of the Ivan Franko International Foundation Ihor Kurus, chairman of the Ivan Franko International Fund, the writer's grandson Roland Franko, who emphasized the greatness of the poet and the importance of the award, which, according to speakers, has the opportunity to take an honorary place in the scientific world and be placed next to the Nobel Prize.
The award ceremony was attended by members of the international jury, academicians from Austria, Poland, Slovakia, scholars, the authorities, the public and the family of Ivan Franko.
This year's prize was awarded to two laureates. a golden sign, a diploma and a monetary award was awarded to Michael Moser, professor of linguistics at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the University of Vienna, the Ukrainian Free University in Munich and the Peter Pasmany Catholic University in Budapest and Piliscsaba, president of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies, in the nomination "For significant achievements in the field of Ukrainian studies", for the monograph "New findings in the history of the Ukrainian language". In the nomination "For significant achievements in the field of social and human sciences", the award was given to Oleg Shabliy, an academician, doctor of geographical sciences, professor of the I. Franko National University in Lviv, for the monograph "Social geography".
After the awarding ceremony, the management of the university and the city authorities, the directorate of the Ivan Franko International Fund, scientists, scholars, foreign guests, as well as the laureates of the International Prize laid flowers at the foot of the monument to Ivan Franko in Drohobych.
Subsequently, the participants of the event had the opportunity to attend the presentation of monographs of the laureates, which took place at the University. Professors Michael Moser and Oleg Shabliy presented interesting reports and also submitted a number of their works to the university library.
The moderator of the event was Rector Prof. Nadia Skotna.
In conclusion, the participants and guests of the celebration attended a festive concert in the village of Nahuyevychi, dedicated to the 161st anniversary of Ivan Franko's birth.
The Ivan Franko International Prize was established by the Ivan Franko International Foundation in 2015. It was founded by the grandson of the Ukrainian writer, Roland Franko. The International Prize is awarded in two nominations: "For Significant Achievements in the Field of Ukrainian Studies" and "For Significant Achievements in the Field of Social and Human Sciences".
In 2016 Lubomyr Husar, the Supreme Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Cardinal of the Catholic Church, became the first winner of the International Prize for his monograph "Andrey Sheptytsky Metropolitan of Halych (1901-1944), the forerunner of ecumenism." (in the nomination "For a Significant Personal Contribution to the Development of Social and Humanitarian Sciences").
Representatives of the University, authorities of Drohobych and the organizing committee of the Ivan Franko International Prize visit the homeland of ivan Franko, the village of Nahuyevychi.
Rector Prof. Nadia Skotna and vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical activities Assoc. Prof. Volodymyr Sharan lay flowers at the foot of Ivan Franko's monument (village of Nahuyevychi).
Rector Prof. Nadia Skotna with the descendants of Ivan Franko.
Opening ceremony of awarding the 2017 Ivan Franko International Prize.
Rector Prof. N. Skotna speaks about Ivan Franko.
Academician, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor of I. Franko National University in Lviv Oleh Shabliy delivers his report.


Five Samford School of the Arts music ensembles are preparing their final performances of the 2011-2012 season.
The Jazz Ensemble will perform May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Brock Recital Hall.
The A Cappella Choir Spring Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 4 in Reid Chapel.
Samford University Orchestra's final performance of the season, sponsored by Patty McDonald, will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 8 in Brock Recital Hall.
Finally, the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform May 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Brock Recital Hall.
All the performances are free-of-charge and open to the public.


I'm a dog kind of guy, not that I hide that very well.
Thing is that allergies don't let that change much.
Right now. My boy Rack is being quiet but he is finding his voice.
Of course, after seeing all the viral videos of the Shiba Inu in Japan that knows how to bark softly, I have to try to train him to do that.
A Warning Bark in a "small house" does not have to rattle the china. A simple "woof." will suffice.
Yeah good luck with that, right? After all, how would you know what he's barking at if you can't hear him?
The dog "Woof!" Walks to the typewriter and commences to typing perfectly, 60 wpm with no errors. The man is impressed and says "There is no way you can operate a computer though."
The dog "Woof! Woof!" Walks to the computer and operates it perfectly. The man then says "There is no way you are bilingual"
The dog immediately jumps up on the chair, sits on his haunches and goes "MEOW!"


My love for film is strong, but it wasn't my first photography love. When I first started out as a landscape photographer my focus was on digital infrared. I was drawn to the unique view that it captures. Last month my two photography loves came together when I was given some SFX200 Extended Red film by ILFORD.
When I shoot film I use a different set of skills to when I shoot infrared. One of the most important elements of shooting infrared digital is the quality of the light - the distribution and opacity of the clouds and the way that the light bounces off the landscape.
Through October, I was watching the weather forecast; waiting for the best day to test this film - you have to be patient, grasshopper. I like to use, what I call zen photo in my photography - both digital and film. This means that I don't get shutter happy. I don't take as many shots as I can, I take my time. I let myself be in the landscape. I watch and I wait. And when the conditions are right I release the shutter.
As well as the light quality there also has to be something else, a certain je ne sais quoi that I can't put into words but I know it when I see it, when I feel it.
Upon waking up one fresh morning in October and opening the curtains I realised that this was the day I had been waiting for. The sky was perfect, the breaking sun, the cotton top clouds.
I rushed downstairs and had some breakfast, porridge - it's October folks and I was about to spend most of the day patiently waiting.
"Take some snacks" my other half said.
Snacks! I don't have room in my photography bag for snacks!
I could stick an extra Lee filter or roll of film in the space that a Kendal Mint Cake takes up!
"Yes, dear.' I replied as I hastened to the darkroom - loaded the infrared film then split.
I'm sure I said good bye to her and the kids!
Like all good zen photo practitioners I had already decided where I was going to shoot. This particular location was known to me - although I hadn't visited it for a few months.
I find it is very important to revisit locations. Even though I spend a lot of time in the field - watching and waiting, I am always astounded by how much a landscape changes with the fast passing of the seasons. It morphs and grows, if falls and slows. And as the landscape changes so does your attention, your focus in the shot shift to things that weren't there half a season ago; areas you may have missed or overlooked the last time you visited.
I knew I'd picked the right day when I started walking the land. I like to walk it first. To pay attention, to have a first look. To notice. The tilt of a tree, the camber of the land, the curl of the bank, the flow of the light and where it lands.
Being patient with the light is a major part of my practice. It's no use trying to tame or pause it; all I can do it trap it in film.
I'd grabbed my Leica M for this shoot, because it didn't block my viewfinder when using an infrared filter but it also gave me the freedom to take images handheld. Being connected and the tactile nature of shooting is another aspect of my zen photo process - maybe we'll look at this in another blog?
Work out the best exposure for the scene.
There are various kinds of infrared wavelength filters on the market which will give different results to your end image.My advice is to do some research to see which suits you best as a photographer and correlates with your style and ambitions for the shoot.
As for the exposure, don't forget to allow so many stops on your shutter speed because of the infrared filter.
I had a great day - walking through thick mud, being hit by reeds, almost slipping over more than once or twice. I love this aspect of the shoot, it's like being a kid again - exploring and connecting. I guess this is one of the things I love about working with mother nature.
This time I had come armed with the SFX film.So I walked around the building and decided on the best angles for the light.
As you know, us analogue photographers don't have a screen to see our image, we see it in our mind first and then on the negative. That is one of the many reasons why I love working with film.
I found the perfect aspect. Unfortunately it required navigating some very tall reeds, a quick dip off the footpath and almost a splash in the river. It was a slow tiring process!
The whole day was about being patient, having fun and enjoying being outside, while not thinking about the snack that I should have brought with me!
The following day it was time to develop the SFX200 film and see if the visions in my mind were going to translate to the film.
The shot I was most keen to see was that of my nemesis - the disused windmill!
As ever, I felt the that thrill of magic - seeing the negatives for the first time, I will never get tired of this special connection you get with film, and this film felt doubly special thanks to its infrared properties!
But, did the disused windmill image work?
Yes it did, it's almost there, it's the closest I've got so far to the image that I'm after.
So, let's talk about the results from the SFX200 film.
With the right exposure and filter this film creates graphite like images that I have never seen in a film before.
It really has a charm of its own.
Yes you should, I love this film; it's going be regular in my collection - but I might take one less film and a snack with me next time.


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"Serving the International Forest Industry "
The beginning of the official millennium, January 1, 2001, brought a major management change for FOREST ENGINEERING INC. Stephen Aulerich took over as the new President and will direct the company's future activities. Stephen is a forest engineering graduate and a Registered Professional Engineer in Washington and Oregon.
Stephen started working as a field engineer for FEI after graduating from Oregon State University in 1982. He has had many assignments, both domestic and international, and has worked on projects in Australia, Austria, Italy, Germany, Canada, Indonesia, Columbia, Switzerland, and Ecuador. He is the major designer of FEI's strategic engineering design methodology used extensively by FEI's clients.
Ed Aulerich, who founded the company in 1980, will continue with his present activities and does not foresee retiring in the near future.
FEI was very busy during 2000 working in the United States and abroad.
Engineering design projects were completed or are in progress for the following organizations:
Forestry Tasmania
Makah Tribal Forestry
Neah Bay, Washington, USA
Ministry of Forests
Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia, Canada
Weyerhaeuser Canada
Vavenby, British Columbia, Canada
Engineering consulting projects were also completed for the following companies:
Australian Paper Plantations
Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Ft. Saint James, British Columbia, Canada
Fletcher Challenge Forests Ltd.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Skeena Cellulose Inc.
Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
Slocan Forest Products Ltd.
Slocan, British Columbia, Canada
Makah Project
In our last Newsletter we noted that several potential projects were in the works, including possible strategic engineering design for the Makah Reservation on the north end of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. A contract to provide a harvest and transportation design on approximately 3000 acres that encompassed the Neah Bay watershed was signed the latter part of 1999. Due to the early success of this engineering design, the project area was expanded to encompass the entire south half of the reservation for a total of 17,600 acres. Other ongoing projects include investigation and evaluation of several road problems and possible solutions.
Cable Logging, Unit Planning & Layout, and Basic Road Design Workshops
Workshops continue to be held, both in North America and abroad. In the training year of 1999-2000, nine 4-day workshops were held with a total of 125 people attending. So far in the 2000-2001 season, seven 4-day workshops have been held with a total of 89 persons attending.
In addition to the workshops held in Canada and the United States, workshops were conducted in Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, 80 percent of the participants came from large timber companies, 15 percent were loggers, and the remainder came from government agencies. In Australia, 53 percent were from government agencies, and the remainder came from private companies.
Forest Engineering Technical Institute
Craig Hahnal, NS KOMATSU PTY. LTD. - AUSTRALIA, attended a special session of our FOREST ENGINEERING TECHNICAL INSTITUTE during 2000. Craig, a graduate civil engineer and heavy equipment salesman, was being groomed to head up the cable systems sales program for his company in Australia and the South Pacific region. NS KOMATSU represents Madill (Thunderbird) products in that region.
Professional Logger Workshops
In the fall of 2000, FEI began offering 1-day workshops on the topics covered in the 4-day workshops with an expanded information base so that loggers could gain Professional Logger credits for Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification programs. Loggers are able to get credit for the 1-day workshops and the 4-day workshops. Topics that have gained the most interest are COST CONTROL and MULTI-SPANS. Since the inception of our Professional Logger Workshops, 50 loggers have attended one or more (76) workshops. Each 1-day workshop earns 8 Professional Logger Credits.
STEPHEN AULERICH
Steve has given four presentations at technical meetings around the world in the last two years:
June 1999-Strategic harvest and transportation planning - the foundation of forest activities. FEG International Forestry Engineering Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.
March 2000-Harvest systems and logging techniques for working around reparian management zones. Private Forest Forum, Summit 2000, Olympia, Washington.
September 2000-Commercial thinning with cable yarding systems. Council of Forest Engineering 23rd Annual Meeting, Kelowna, British Columbia.
September 2000-Raising a spar tree - technique of the past solves challenge of today. Council of Forest Engineering 23rd Annual Meeting, Kelowna, British Columbia.
ED AULERICH
Ed attended several meetings where he presented papers:
November 1999-Can forest engineers operate without GPS? Council on Forest Engineering 22nd Annual Meeting, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
August 2000-Engineering: a necessity for meeting economic and environmental goals in harvesting topical forests. XXI IUFRO World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 2000-Forest operations should be silviculturally acceptable and physically possible. Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
February 2001-Forest harvest training - the Sumalindo project. International Conference on the Application of Reduced Impact Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest Management, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Advent International in €1.5 billion senior term and revolving multicurrency facilities to finance the take-private acquisition of Nuplex Industries Limited, a manufacturer of chemicals specializing in resins for architectural, industrial and protective coatings, by Allnex Belgium SA/NV (a portfolio company of Advent International), a global producer of coating resins.
AMC Entertainment Inc. (a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group Co.) in $860 million incremental and bridge facilities to finance in part its $1.1 billion acquisition of Carmike Cinemas, Inc. which created the largest chain of movie theatres in the United States and the world.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group Co.) in $1.3 billion incremental and bridge facilities to finance in part its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group Limited, the owner and operator of multiplex cinemas in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Portugal and Spain.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group Co.) in an amendment and restatement of its senior secured term facility to incrementally increase commitments by $500 million to finance in part its approximately £921 million acquisition of Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group Limited, and its $1.2 billion acquisition of Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group Co.) in $675 million incremental term loan and $325 million bridge facility commitments to provide financing related to its $964 million acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group Holding AB.
Black Knight InfoServ, LLC (an indirect, partially-owned subsidiary of Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (formerly known as Lender Processing Services Inc.)), a provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to lenders and mortgage servicers, in its $1.6 billion secured credit facilities.
Barclays, as administrative and collateral agent, and Barclays and Credit Suisse, as joint lead arrangers, in $1 billion multicurrency, senior secured credit facilities to finance the merger of equals of Chesapeake (a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group), a manufacturer of packaging products for pharmaceutical and consumer goods, and Multi Packaging Solutions (a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners).
Centerbridge Partners in secured term and asset-backed revolving facilities to finance in part its acquisition of KIK Custom Products, Inc., a provider of pool and spa treatment products and a manufacturer of household and personal care products.
Centerbridge Partners in a €1.1 billion senior credit facility for Rapid Holding GmbH to provide working capital and guarantee facilities in connection with its acquisition of Senvion SE (formerly REpower Systems SE), a manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines.
CVC Capital Partners in a €1.5 billion first and second lien covenant-lite term facility to finance its acquisition of Linxens France SA, a designer and manufacturer of smart card connectors. This was the second largest acquisition on the French LBO market in 2015.
Focus Financial Partners, LLC (at the time a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, Summit Partners and Polaris Partners), a partnership of independent wealth management firms and advisors, in $1.2 billion senior secured facilities to finance its approximately $2 billion acquisition by an investor group led by Stone Point Capital and KKR.
Goldman Sachs, as agent, in a $9 billion bridge financing commitment to support the $10.9 billion acquisition by Conagra Brands, Inc. of Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners in a $4.2 billion committed bridge facility to finance the proposed cash and stock acquisition by Lam Research Corporation, a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry, of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a provider of process control and yield management solutions.
Goldman Sachs in an $8 billion committed bridge facility to finance the approximately $15 billion cash and stock acquisition by Great Plains Energy Incorporated, a provider of electricity in the Midwest United States, of Westar Energy Inc., at the time the largest electric utility in Kansas.
H&R Block, Inc., a provider of tax preparation and other services, in a $2 billion investment grade working capital facility for its wholly owned subsidiary, Block Financial LLC.
HNA Group Co. Ltd., a conglomerate focused on airport and travel services, transportation and logistics, in a senior secured term facility to finance in part its $6.5 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in Hilton Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (collectively, f/k/a Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.) from affiliates of The Blackstone Group.
J.P. Morgan, as sole lead arranger and administrative agent, in a $5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility for Microsoft.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, as financial advisors and providers of £1.6 billion bridge facilities to XL Group plc, a global provider of property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance, to finance in part its proposed £2.79 billion acquisition of Catlin Group Limited, a provider of specialty property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products.
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding in a $3.4 billion committed bridge facility and a $1.3 billion term facility for Harris Corporation, a maker of communications equipment for defense, government, broadcast and wireless applications, to finance its $4.75 billion acquisition of Exelis, Inc., a developer of information systems for aerospace, defense, surveillance, air traffic and cyber security applications.
Morgan Stanley in $4.5 billion committed bridge and $1.8 billion term acquisition-related facilities and a $1.5 billion revolving facility for Tyson Foods, Inc., a producer and distributor of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related products, to finance, respectively, its $4.2 billion merger with AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc., a producer and distributor of ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components and other entrées and snacks, and its general corporate purposes.
OMERS Private Equity in $1.05 billion secured, multicurrency credit facilities to finance in part its acquisition of The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. and Kenan Canada GP, providers of tank truck transporter and logistics services.
RBC Capital Markets and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and agents, in a $2.7 billion bridge facility and a $1.2 billion term facility for Dominion Resources, Inc., a diversified utility holding company that supplies electricity and natural gas to markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, to finance its approximately $4.4 billion acquisition of Questar Corporation, an gas and oil exploration and production company and provider of midstream field, gas transportation, and retail gas distribution services.
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, in its $1.5 billion senior revolving facility.
WPX Energy, Inc., a domestic energy producer with operations in the western United States, in its $2.0 billion bridge and $250 million incremental facilities to finance in part its acquisition of RKI Exploration & Production, LLC, an oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
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So, 2015 has gone by so very quickly.
I picked my very own Top 10 Favorite Cards ( that I made) for year 2015.
If you like more info about each card, simply click on the photo and it will take you to my Flickr photo with my blog post link.
I love the textures (cork and burlap) in this card. They give the design warmth and add a homespun feel.
I love how the stamped flower and pattern paper were in a good balance. The embellishments (doily and sequin ribbon) were fun to add.
I adore the mix of alcohol inks on vellum. This CAS packs a punch.
This seems to be a complicated design, but it really was easy to create.
Gold embossing and vellum? Yes, please!
I love color-layering. This card has depth and dimensions. ...yet it is rather flat!
2015 is the year that I found cool new ways to use MISTI for my stamping. GAME CHANGER.
I love how MISTI allows me to add colors and alter stamped images. This one is the perfect example.
I love mixing ink colors! This vibrant and colorful card was super fun to create!
Inspired by my summer trip to Bergen, Norway....this tag is a keeper!
Cool, clean, colorful and trendy....that's the way I like it.
This one has the most favorites over Flickr.
Thank you for your amazing support and feedback this past year. I wish I can give everyone a prize for commenting....LOL.
today also marks my farewell over Virginia's View Challenge (see here). I plan to focus more on my personal blog and keep my family, followers and myself happy.
Keep calm and stamp on.
We are free to use any products this week. Yay!
I used a celebratory set "Happiest Birthday" from Neat and Tangles. I also turn to Letter Tile for making 2016 sentiment.
You can create ANY sentiment with this stamp and die! So versatile!
First, I created a colorful background with Color Shine from Heidi Swapp. By spraying 1-2 spritz of color shine on watercolor paper ( I used Canson), let it dry for a few minutes and you then got yourself a DIY paper.
I did the white embossing of the confetti image from "Happiest Birthday". The "2016" was stamped on kraft card stock. I then made the die cut and assembled them with sequins and gold strings.
This is the LAST challenge for 2015...boy, did I have FUN!!
I am just popping in to share a quick and colorful card.
In this card, I positioned the stamp with MISTI and inked up all the solid stamps with various colors. I then worked on the yellow rose with the Distress Ink (Fossilized Amber). I even stamped the text in the small white space. In the end, I added a ribbon to give the card a proper presence.
In the midst of winter, we all crave for colors and warmth. I think this card is perfect on a day like today. Hope you are enjoying the last few days of 2015! Thew New Year is just around the corner!
Can you believe that 2015 is coming to the end? I know...right? But I guess that just how it is...no one can turn back the clock! We have just returned from a little road trip from visiting my in-laws. I must admit that I really miss touching the inks and stamps! It's great to be home!
You see I was trying my hands with Gesso and pattern paper.
I started out with embossing the heart ( Heartfelt Thanks from Technique Tuesday). I then colored the small areas with color pencils. The bright pink dotty details were from Liquid Pearl. This card is almost flat!
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Cloud Computing: Timely Tips
Important Privacy and Security Issues to Consider Howard Anderson (ismg_editor) • August 29, 2011
Before entering a contract with a cloud computing vendor, it pays to do your homework on key privacy and security issues.
Chris Witt, president of Wake Technology Services, sums it up this way: "If you're not comfortable with how the cloud vendor runs their operation and you're not 100 percent confident that they can provide similar or even better protections than you are already providing, then you probably should not be moving forward with that vendor regardless of how good of a contract you can negotiate."
Following are some timely cloud computing tips from Witt; Feisal Nanji, executive director at Techumen; and Gerard Nussbaum, director of technology services at Kurt Salmon.
Demand Transparency
"Transparency into cloud operations is vital," Nussbaum stresses. Potential users should ask cloud vendors a series of questions, he says, including: Who is handling administrative rights? Who is managing the virtual machine environment? Who has database and network access?
Cloud computing customers should demand access logs, he adds. "If the hosting provider is not going to provide you with good logs on who is handling your information ... then you have to be circumspect about the overall quality of the vendor."
Organizations also should demand the right to audit "pretty much anything within the cloud environment," Nanji adds. "If the vendor is doing a good job, then they really have nothing to hide."
Ask for Documentation
To help ensure that a cloud vendor has all appropriate security measures are in place, organizations should demand a copy of their security risk analysis, as well as any independent reviews, such as a SAS 70 Audit, Nussbaum says. Also ask for evidence that the vendor has taken the corrective actions necessary to address any deficiencies identified in these reviews, he advises.
Address Physical Security
Be sure to understand how the vendor provides physical security for servers, Witt advises. "You should be confident that the vendor employs a strong operational framework that sets the rules for access to the devices, how they handle removable media and, of course, the eventual destruction of that media ... Then, once you're satisfied that the vendor is doing all the right things, you can negotiate a contract that legally binds them to doing those things correctly."
Size Up Use of Encryption
Before signing a cloud computing contract, organizations should get precise answers on how the vendor uses encryption, Witt says.
"In a perfect world, end-to-end encryption provides the best protection; however, this is not always feasible," he says. "Any tape or other removable media should be encrypted. That's a no-brainer. All network communication should be encrypted. Again that's straightforward."
But Witt urges cloud computing users to also ask vendors about encryption of data in storage area networks, or SANs. "There is technology available today to encrypt all data on the drives, and it is able to do it without a significant performance penalty. Encrypting those drives protects the organization from someone pulling a drive out of a SAN and walking away with it. That's really what you want to do."
Ask About Breach History
One of the most important questions to ask a cloud vendor, Nussbaum says, is "Have you had a breach yet?"
If the vendor has had an incident, organizations should demand details about "the root cause analysis process [the vendor] went through to establish what needed to be corrected and the corrective action it took."
Demand Prompt Reporting of Breaches
Business associate agreements, which spell out details of HIPAA and HITECH Act compliance for vendors serving healthcare organizations, must carefully address breach notification issues, Nussbaum says.
Because hospitals, clinics and other covered entities must report major breaches to federal authorities within 60 days, a business associate agreement should require a cloud vendor to report incidents immediately, Nussbaum says. That way, the healthcare organization will have enough time to investigate the incident and notify those affected, as well as regulators, in compliance with federal healthcare breach notification requirements.
What Happens When Contract Ends?
"You need to know how you'll get your data returned upon termination of the contract," Witt says. "This is not always an easy area, only because we're dealing with large volumes of data, especially in healthcare ... that you just can't copy onto a thumb drive and go down the street and move to another vendor. The challenge is to make sure that all those ground rules are set in stone upfront so you know how to proceed in the event that you would terminate the contract."
The contract also should define the customer's rights in the event that the vendor is acquired, Witt says. "The cloud market is still relatively young, and we'll probably see some more mergers and acquisitions. In most cases, this shouldn't present any problem, but if the acquiring organization is one that you do not care to do business with, then you definitely need an out."
Check Your Liability Insurance
Because many cloud computing contracts assign certain liabilities to the customer, Nussbaum stresses that, in certain cases, the healthcare organization may need additional insurance coverage.
"A hospital may find that standard business [liability insurance] coverage does not cover cyber-liabilities ... including things like breaches, security violations and the like," he notes.
If this is the case, the organization may need to buy a "rider" to the insurance policy to cover these events. Unfortunately, Nussbaum says, "Many insurance companies are still exploring ... how they would measure the potential liability if they were to issue such riders." As a result, he says, the riders "may either be unavailable or extremely expensive."
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On these frosty cold days I always think about the birds in the garden. I actually have fairy lights around the bird table as it has a little roof on!! I know I know I am mad as a box of frogs!!
Still I have hung out lots of china teacups with the lard and seed in them and I have other bird feeders about. Not to forget making sure they have water too, in this frosty weather even puddles are frozen and they get thirsty just like us. Every morning I go out and chip out the ice in the bird bath and add some fresh warm water for them.
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Old Analog Dog With New Digital Tricks in Black Hawk
With Black Hawks on the market for civilian use, we evaluate the cockpit configuration currently in development with Genesys Aerosystems.
In 2014, after nearly 40 years since it had entered service, the Black Hawk was released for sale to the civilian market. With its 8,000-lb external load capacity, it has quickly become a customer favorite in the medium- to heavy-lift sector of flight operations. Having had a purchase price of around $5 million new, most of these surplus UH-60s can now be bought for between $400,000 to $800,000, depending on their condition.
As these surplus Black Hawks have continued to enter the market, Rodney Allison, president of XP Services, saw an opportunity to make a good thing even better. Allison, a retired U.S. Army master aviator and experimental test pilot, felt that the popularity and capability of the older surplus Black Hawks with analog cockpits could be improved if they could be offered with a modern digital alternative. XP then invested in the IDU-680 display offered by Genesys Aerosystems.
I was given the opportunity to qualitatively evaluate the Genesys cockpit upgrade to the UH-60 as Allison ferried the technology demonstrator from Heli-Expo in Las Vegas early March back to XP's headquarters at Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tennessee. Chad Howard, field engineer and pilot for Genesys, was present for a few legs of the trip to give an in-flight demo and quick lesson on the system's operation.
IDU-680 Black Hawk cockpit integration. Photo courtesy of Genesys Aerosystems
The IDU-680 electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) incorporates 3-D synthetic vision, helicopter terrain awareness (HTAWS), engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS), traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), geo-referenced hover vector, datalink weather display, WAAS/GPS/LPV and integrated NAV/COM radios and transponder, just to name some of its primary functions. All this and more is contained in a 6-inch-by-8-inch portrait display weighing only 9.5 lb. Two of these units live side by side on both the pilot and co-pilot sides of the aircraft. As each unit is self-contained and reconfigurable, many system functions are quadruple-redundant.
Once underway, Howard described the basic operation of the two half-screen "function areas." When taught the logic, the menu system was easy to navigate, no primary function being more than two menus deep.
As part of the analog to digital conversion, the Genesys air data/attitude and heading reference system (ADAHRS) interfaces with the aircraft's existing automatic flight control system (AFACS) and other attitude instruments by generating signals that mimic those of the more failure-prone, expensive-to-replace legacy fiber optic gyros and spinning mass gyros.
Besides the typical airspeed, altitude and heading tapes, the primary flight display (PFD) employs a "highway-in-the-sky" (HITS) predictive flight director in which the pilot only has to keep the flight path indicator in the green rectangles to maintain the desired course and altitude. When asked if the HITS could be changed to standard wings-style flight director symbology, Howard accessed a back door to the administrator settings that allowed this change. Within a few keystrokes, I was looking at command bar flight director wings on the pilot-side display while the co-pilot side still displayed the HITS rectangles, demonstrating the advantages of Open Architecture System Integration Symbology (OASIS).
XP invested in Genesys Aerosystems' IDU-680 display. Photo courtesy of Genesys
Display real estate is smartly utilized, and screens are packed with information at a glance, usually with an option to declutter non-essential data. For most of the flight, I elected to keep an eye on ADS-B enhanced traffic on one half-screen display and weather at a glance along my route of flight on another. Panning a cursor over a nearby airport with the display's side buttons allowed more weather and airport info to be accessed. The moving map on my NAV display depicted airspace along my route as an easy-to-understand solid line if I were low enough to run into it and a dotted line if I were at an altitude that would clear it. Radios and transponder were tuned by entering a virtual NAV/COM panel that pops up over the lower-half display when accessed.
Getting down to pattern altitude from our cruise altitude of 11,500 ft was made simple by setting a geographically based descent to a user- or database-defined waypoint, or VNAV profile. We chose a T/D, or top-of-descent altitude, and a preferred VNAV CDA, or climb/descend angle. The IDU-680 then adjusted the HITS rectangles accordingly, so we could precisely fly the proper descent, arriving at our termination altitude in time to enter the pattern at our destination.
Howard was quick to point out that this vertical profile could be flown by an autopilot if installed. This brings up another important factor in XP Services' choice to develop the Genesys digital cockpit: Genesys' three-axis HeliSAS autopilot in development for the Black Hawk.
The last leg of the trip was spent at low level, evaluating the HTAWS and 3-D synthetic vision. The database of obstacles was extensive and accurate, and the system gave ample warning of a collision when I challenged it. The hills and valleys were accurately depicted, and their changing color code intuitively increased situational awareness at a glance.
XP Services' experimental test pilots Jim Wright and Rucie Moore, and XP President Rodney Allison.Photo courtesy of Frank Lombardi
Near the end of the flight, Allison smartly pointed out that while any evaluation can include a wish list of additions such as remote keyboards, care must be taken to not undermine the simplicity of this system.
"It will do a great job as is," said Allison.
After two days of flying across the country as a civilian at the controls of this modern-day version of a historically capable aircraft, I must agree. And with the latest UH-60M variant costing $18 million to 25 million in contrast, it wouldn't be surprising to see a major contractor take interest and agree in the near future as well. RWI
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