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<title><![CDATA[Photos: Tiger Woods Drops Out of Golf Tournament After Accident]]></title>
<link>http://pacificeyewitness.org/2009/12/02/photos-tiger-woods-drops-out-of-golf-tournament-after-accident/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mantis Palo.]]></title>
<link>http://juanrobertomora.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/mantis-palo-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mantoidea: Empusidae. Empusa pennata. Esta foto la hizo mi compañero y amigo con la Empusa en mi man]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Mantoidea: Empusidae. </strong>Empusa pennata.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993300;">Esta foto la hizo mi compañero y amigo con la Empusa en mi mano.</span></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mantis Palo.]]></title>
<link>http://juanrobertomora.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/mantis-palo/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>robertomora</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mantodea: Empusidae. Empusa pennata. La Empusa o Mantis Palo, es una especie de insecto mantodeo que]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Mantodea: Empusidae.</strong> Empusa pennata. <strong>La Empusa o Mantis Palo, es una especie de insecto mantodeo que vive en la Península Ibérica (España y Portugal) y Francia. Viven en zonas cercanas al litoral y en zonas de matorral seco, acechando a      los insectos en el suelo.</strong></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Esta mantis es una especie estilizada, incluso en el contexto de su familia. Presenta una cabeza pequeña con una protuberancia entre las dos antenas, un tórax largo y delgado y un abdomen pequeño y curvo. El primer par de patas se localiza en la parte anterior del tórax, mientras que las otras cuatro se localizan  mas abajo: Los adultos poseen alas, pero las ninfas no. Ambos se caracterizan por las rugosidades en la piel, asi como su color ocre, que la camufla con la hierba seca en la que habitan. Los machos adultos tienen antenas semejantes a las de la polillas, como si fueran plumas.</strong></span></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Los arcanos menores en la tirada del tarot]]></title>
<link>http://jesuscorrea.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/los-arcanos-menores-en-la-tirada-del-tarot/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jesuscorrea</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jesuscorrea.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/los-arcanos-menores-en-la-tirada-del-tarot/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Los arcanos menores en la tirada del tarot Los arcanos menores también juegan un rol importante en l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Los arcanos menores en la tirada del tarot</p>
<p>Los arcanos menores también juegan un rol importante en lo que hace a la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>. Por lo general, los tarotistas profesionales no recomiendan realizar la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong> con los arcanos mayores exclusivamente, sino con ambos juegos de arcanos, los mayores y los menores. Los arcanos menores se componen de cuatro palos, similares a la baraja española, pero en vez de tener doce cartas cada palo, cada palo tiene catorce cartas, del uno al diez van con número, la número once es la princesa o sota, la número doce es el príncipe o caballero, el número trece es la reina y el catorce, el rey de cada palo.</p>
<p>En la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>, los bastos representan el cetro, la varita mágica del mago, como lo podemos ver en la ilustración de este arcano mayor. Representa la fuerza, el poder, la capacidad de obrar sobre los elementos de la naturaleza. Se refiere eminentemente al trabajo físico, y a la posibilidad de cambiar por medio de la voluntad el mundo que nos rodea.</p>
<p>En cambio, de salir espadas en la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>, las mismas por lo general reflejan a la fuerza, reforzada esta imagen por la semejanza entre la espada y la cruz cristiana. Cuando pensamos en este palo, debemos tener como imagen al Caballero luchando por su fe en las interminables Cruzadas en Tierra Santa. Hablamos de actividad, de progreso, de personajes que son jefes o guerreros.</p>
<p>Las Copas son otro de los palos que pueden resultar revelados en la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>. Remiten al Cáliz sagrado del cristianismo, es decir, la última copa de la cual bebió Jesús en la Última Cena. En la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong> hablan del amor, de la capacidad de proveer, ya sea afecto o bienes materiales. Cuando las copas se pronuncian, por lo general es con relación a los bienes, a recibir o no la protección eminentemente material por parte de un protector.</p>
<p>Por su parte, los oros nos remiten al resultado de nuestro esfuerzo, a lo material, a las riquezas logradas por medio de nuestro accionar. Al salir revelados en la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>, nos dicen si lo que hemos hecho en el pasado, o en vidas pasadas, rendirá los frutos, si cosecharemos finalmente el fruto de nuestro trabajo. Nuestra riqueza material se ve reflejada por los oros.</p>
<p>Los arcanos menores tienen gran importancia a la hora de realizar las predicciones de la <strong>tirada del tarot</strong>, cualquiera sea la causa de consulta. Sería un grave error prescindir de ellos, y sólo concentrarse en los arcanos menores, pues de esta manera la <strong>tirada del </strong><a href="http://www.tarotamigo.com/tarot-gratis.html">tarot gratis</a> quedaría incompleta.</p>
<p>Jesus Correa<br />
www.TarotAmigo.com<br />
jesuscorrea2009@gmail.com</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PALO! Lengua Larga!]]></title>
<link>http://rafaelmartel.com/2009/11/26/palo-lengua-larga/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rafael Martel</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[EL ASESINATO DE SANDRA PALO]]></title>
<link>http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/la-muerte-de-sandra-palo/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>monolocus</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ATENCIÓN: VIOLENCIA EXTREMA EXPLÍCITA La noche del 17 de Mayo, Rafael García Fernández, alias Pumuki]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>ATENCIÓN: VIOLENCIA EXTREMA EXPLÍCITA</p>
<p>La noche del 17 de Mayo, Rafael García Fernández, alias <em>Pumuki</em>, el Rafita, iba en el asiento de atrás de un coche robado. Conducía su primo, Malaguita. También iban en el coche Ramón y Ramoncín, otros dos compinches habituales.</p>
<p>Eran las fiestas de San Isidro, y habían planeado acercarse por la pradera, a ver si podían dar uno de sus <em>palos</em>. Sin embargo, de camino, vieron, caminando en el arcén, a una pareja joven.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/susandrapalo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1404" title="susandrapalo" src="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/susandrapalo.jpg" alt="" width="191" height="197" /></a></p>
<p>Ella era Sandra Palo, una joven deficiente psíquica. Estaba con un amigo, también deficiente. Ambos venían de la pradera de San Isidro, tras haber acompañado a casa al novio de ella. Habiendo perdido el último autobús, volvían a casa caminando.</p>
<p>Su madre la había llamado al móvil. Era muy tarde ya, y a Sandra le cayó la peta. Al día siguiente era la comunión de su hermano pequeño. Malaguita detuvo el coche junto a ellos. Dijo: <strong>&#8220;Quiero enrollarme con esa&#8221;</strong>.</p>
<p>Los metieron a ámbos, Sandra y su novio, en el coche, a punta de navaja. La dijeron que la iban a violar. Sandra suplicó y lloró. El chico estaba paralizado de terror. Después de pasearlos en coche un rato, a él le dejaron salir en un punto de la carretera de Toledo, y el pobre muchacho salió despavorido, a avisar a alguien. El chico sólo acertó a poner un mensaje equívoco a la madre de Sandra.</p>
<p>Se llevaron a Sandra a un descampado cercano a la Plaza Elíptica, junto a la nave de los rótulos Fraile.</p>
<p>Allí, la violaron <em>Malaguita</em>, <em>Ramoncín</em> y <em>Ramón</em>. <em>Rafita</em> no tenía ganas. Pero sí sujetó a Sandra mientras los otros consumaban la violación.</p>
<p>Después, subieron al coche. Declaran que el plan era dejarla allí, vistiéndose entre sollozos. Pero Malaguita apretó el acelerador y la estampó contra una tapia, llegando a arrastrar a la chica por el muro. Declararon varios, después, que les impresionaba el ruido de las embestidas. Malaguita la embistió con el coche, contra una tapia de ladrillo, no menos de diez veces, tal vez quince. Sandra se levantaba cada vez, y Malaguita volvía a embestir, dice uno. Otro de ellos declara que la sujetaron entre dos, y Malaguita la embistió las piernas para evitar que escapara. Otro, que la pasaron por encima varias veces.</p>
<p>Cuando Sandra ya no se levantó, se fueron en el coche a una gasolinera cercana, y compraron gasolina. El gasolinero les preguntó, y ellos contestaron que era para un amigo que se había quedado sin gasolina. El gasolinero hizo caso omiso y no llamó a la policía.</p>
<p>Sandra aún movía los brazos, intentando levantarse, cuando volvieron al descampado. La empaparon de gasolina, la pegaron fuego y se largaron de allí. <strong>&#8220;No queríamos desgracia&#8221;</strong>, declaró Rafael.</p>
<p>Quemaron el coche con el resto de la gasolina y volvieron al barrio a pie. Nunca se encontró el vehículo.</p>
<p>Rafael y el Malaguita se quedaron juntos un rato, después de que los <em>ramones </em>se fueran a sus casas. Malaguita se fue al poco. Le estaba entrando <em>mono de caballo.</em> Hasta mañana, hasta mañana.</p>
<p>Rafael García no tardó en jactarse delante de todo el mundo sobre lo que había hecho, estaba loco por contarlo a los cuatro vientos. <em>Cuidao que matamos</em>, decía. <em>Cuidao que quemamos</em>. Cuando apareció el cadáver de Sandra, muchos testigos supieron al instante que Rafael y sus compinches habían sido los autores del horrible crimen. <em>Le hemos dao la muerte del Torete</em>, decía.</p>
<p>Durante el juicio, uno de ellos amenazó a la familia de Sandra pasándose un dedo por el cuello, mientras les miraba fijamente.</p>
<p>Ofrecemos el <a href="http://www.uned.es/dpto_pen/delincuencia-juv/jurisprudencia/caso_sandra_palo.pdf">DOCUMENTO DE LA SENTENCIA POR EL JUICIO DEL ASESINATO DE SANDRA PALO</a>. Un documento durísimo.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/el_rafita-wwwelmarginadocom1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1405" title="raf" src="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/el_rafita-wwwelmarginadocom1.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="257" /></a>Retrato de un parásito, pernicioso y prescindible</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Como saber que es un gato chino?]]></title>
<link>http://mamadas.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/como-saber-que-es-un-gato-chino/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bLaCkHeArT®</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mamadas.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/como-saber-que-es-un-gato-chino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Poq come con palillos :p jajaa]]></description>
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<p>Poq come con palillos :p jajaa</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rafael García Fernández, RAFITA (III) DE NUEVO EN MADRID]]></title>
<link>http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/rafael-garcia-fernandez-el-rafita-ha-vuelto-a-madrid/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>monolocus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/rafael-garcia-fernandez-el-rafita-ha-vuelto-a-madrid/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quédense con ésta cara. Rafita ha vuelto. Ya lo imaginábamos ayer, al escribir la entrada &#8220;Raf]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 430px"><a href="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/el_rafita-wwwelmarginadocom.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1371" title="el_rafita-wwwelmarginadocom" src="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/el_rafita-wwwelmarginadocom.jpg" alt="" width="420" height="257" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Quédense con ésta cara. Rafita ha vuelto.</p></div>
<p style="text-align:left;">Ya lo imaginábamos ayer, al escribir la entrada &#8220;Rafita II&#8221;. Y es que, si éste asesino impune está en paradero desconocido, lo más lógico es pensar que ha vuelto a su entorno. Si ésto es así, <strong>Rafael García Fernández, &#8220;EL RAFITA&#8221;, ha vuelto a Madrid</strong>. Si éstas suposiciones son ciertas, María del Mar Bermúdez, mamá de Sandra Palo, y principal ariete por la reforma de la ley del menor, corre peligro.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Se presume que está en la Cañada Real Galiana, pues muchos de los integrantes de su clan han ido emigrando allí. Sin embargo, la policía no ha ofrecido protección a la familia Palo, que ha tenido que pedirla por iniciativa propia. Ni siquiera nos sorprende la indolencia institucional.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Para colmo, la ley protege el rostro de Rafael García, de manera que la familia Palo ni siquiera conoce su rostro, porque El tal García puede conocer perfectamente el domicilio de María del Mar Bermúdez y su marido Fernando Palo, y éstos están incapacitados para conocer siquiera el rostro de una amenaza potencial clarísima.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Y ahora, nos enteramos de que la policía lo tiene en busca y captura desde hace meses, y que éste dato <strong>no se había comunicado a la familia</strong>. Ni a los medios, cuando indagaron. ¿Pero aquí alguien hace su trabajo? ¿Está la justicia esperando que éste tipo mate a alguien? ¿Dónde está la bondad de un sistema que protege a Rafael García Fernández, para que no sepamos su cara?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">La familia Palo está expuesta, y Rafita está oculto. La imagen que ofrecemos levantó gran<strong> indignación entre la izquierda por semejante vulneración de los derechos del menor</strong>. Sin embargo, la madre de Sandra Palo es un personaje público, y la conoce todo el barrio, y la policía no había tenido ni siquiera la deferencia de comunicar la noticia a ésta pobre gente, no ya protegerles de oficio, como creía yo que es su obligación.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Ya denunciaba Maria del Mar que la libertad vigilada de Rafael García no era tal, y que estaba en libertad de facto. Después, robó, y se escapó. Y ahora, lo que venga. Pero que lo sepa todo Madrid, y en especial el eje Getafe-San Martín de la Vega. La justicia ha soltado a Rafita García, que ha vuelto a casa.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/070301-zapaterobrindaconchaos051.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1375" title="070301-ZapateroBrindaConChaos05" src="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/070301-zapaterobrindaconchaos051.jpg" alt="" width="227" height="214" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Era lógico, por otro lado, pensar que éste <strong>cazurro sanguinario, que está orgulloso de su crimen</strong>, estuviera harto del anonimato que la justicia extiende a su alrededor para protegerle, quisiera volver a su entorno, donde sí le conocen. <strong>A ser un héroe.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Nos vienen a la cabeza las líneas que escribimos en la entrada sobre la corrupción social generalizada en el caso Marta del Castillo. Aquí ocurre lo mismo. Una familia de bien, una familia normal, modélica, sobre la que se ceba la miseria moral desde todos los ángulos.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Nuestro apoyo siempre por ésta mujer admirable, que está sufriendo por proteger las vidas de todos nosotros.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/resize-php.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1372" title="resize.php" src="http://laciudadenllamas.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/resize-php.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="293" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">El márketing del estado no los cubre, ¿eh, Zapatero?¿Dónde estás, Aído? Éste tipo se jacta de haber violado, atropellado, quemado y abandonado, aún con vida, a una chica indefensa.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Pero claro, Sandrita Palo era deficiente. Y ya sabemos que para Zapatero y Aído, matar a un feto deficiente es un DERECHO. Para Zapatero, Rafita ha cumplido una función social tardía. No, vuestro márketing de estado no cubre a Sandra Palo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>¿Qué, Aído?</strong> ¿No hay machismo ahí? ¿No hay un tipo que presume de haber intimidado, violado y dado muerte a una chica indefensa? Pues te voy a contar qué pasó. Pues resulta que cuatro delincuentes comunes que acumulaban más de 700 denuncias por diferentes delitos, andaban de juerga con el coche, volviendo, como cubas, de las fiestas de San Isidro. Malaguita, el conductor, pasó por delante del taller ocupacional y se acordó de Sandra. La vió en la parada y dijo que quería <em>&#8220;enrollarse con ella&#8221;</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Poco importa, a efectos de violencia de género, Aído, que Rafita y sus amigos secuestraran en coche a Sandra y a un amigo, cuando ambos esperaban el autobús tras salir de su taller ocupacional. Soltaron al chico, aterrado. A ella se la llevaron a un descampado, cerca de la Plaza Elíptica.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">La violaron repetidas veces. Mientras unos sujetaban, otro consumaba la violación. Cuando se cansaron, subieron al coche y el conductor la atropelló, estampándola contra una pared, y embistiendola repetidas veces. &#8220;Nos quedamos flipaos&#8221;, declararon después Rafita y Ramón, los dos más jóvenes. Era la noche más divertida de sus vidas. La gran juerga.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Pocos días después, Rafael es detenido. Varios testigos informan que se está jactando en público, con la noticia en la calle, de lo que le hicieron a la niña.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Para él, y el resto, &#8220;<em>enrollarse con ella</em>&#8221; significaba secuestrarla, violarla, matarla después, no vaya a molestar luego denunciándoles. La matamos y ya está. <em>Nos quedamos flipaos</em>, dice Rafita. Como si estuvieran viendo una película en 3d. Pero, para Aído y Zapatero, no hay violencia de género ahí, ni alejamiento, ni nada.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">El márketing de Zetapé no cubre a Sandra Palo. Qué lástima que Rafael García no se encontrara aquel día a vuestras hijas, señores del gobierno, flacas o gordas, románicas o góticas, minusválidas o no, qué lástima que aquel día Rafita y sus amigos no se encontraran con ellas, en lugar de con Sandra Palo, y decidieran <em>&#8220;enrollarse con ellas&#8221;</em>. Qué puta lástima.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jedox erweitert das Entwicklerteam]]></title>
<link>http://excelinside.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/jedox-erweitert-das-entwicklerteam/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alois Eckl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://excelinside.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/jedox-erweitert-das-entwicklerteam/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jedox erweitert das Entwicklerteam. Den Beitrag von Computerwoche finden Sie hier. Palo ist die einz]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Jedox erweitert das Entwicklerteam. <a title="Jedox erweitert Team" href="http://www.computerwoche.de/software/bi-ecm/1910908/" target="_blank"><strong>Den Beitrag von Computerwoche finden Sie hier.</strong></a></p>
<p>Palo ist die einzige Open-Source-BI-Lösung, die wirklich zu hundert Prozent als SaSS läuft und via Cloud Computing genutzt werden kann.</p>
<p>Ich bin mir sicher, dass wir von Jedox und dem Prodoukt PALO noch mehr hören werden.</p>
<p>Wenn Sie auf der Suche nach einer professionellen Lösung auf Basis von PALO sind, dann besuchen Sie uns auf <strong><a title="Palo auf Excel-Inside.de" href="http://www.excel-inside.de/joomla/PALO-Uebersicht/palo-uebersicht.html" target="_blank">hier auf Excel-Inside.de</a></strong>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Focu alla Vasca!]]></title>
<link>http://anarkodarkpunk.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/focu-alla-vasca/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anarkodarkpunk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anarkodarkpunk.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/focu-alla-vasca/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[TDWI - Day 1 - Open Source BI and Data Warehousing Tools]]></title>
<link>http://buildingbi.com/2009/11/03/tdwi-day-1-open-source-bi-and-data-warehousing-tools/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>skunkworkscmj</dc:creator>
<guid>http://buildingbi.com/2009/11/03/tdwi-day-1-open-source-bi-and-data-warehousing-tools/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Course taught by Krish Krishnan and Mark Madsen I spent Monday afternoon attending the Open Source B]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cat Haiku 2 at Kepler's Books]]></title>
<link>http://acuriouscat.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/cat-haiku-2-at-keplers-books/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Wertz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://acuriouscat.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/cat-haiku-2-at-keplers-books/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Andy and Michael (with Betsy!) performing Cat Haiku 2 at Kepler&#8217;s Books in Palo A]]></description>
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<p>The deep rhythmic retch<br />
of the tabby&#8217;s gags and coughs:<br />
A nasty hairball</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Seria A, il commento sulla 10° giornata]]></title>
<link>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/seria-a-il-commento-sulla-10%c2%b0-giornata/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hulk89</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/seria-a-il-commento-sulla-10%c2%b0-giornata/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si è svolto tra mercoledì e giovedì il turno infrasettimanale del campionato, relativo alla 10° gior]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-186" title="ITALY SOCCER SERIE A" src="http://ondazone.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/amauri_juventus_303303gm-a1.jpg?w=300" alt="ITALY SOCCER SERIE A" width="300" height="200" />Si è svolto tra mercoledì e giovedì il turno infrasettimanale del campionato, relativo alla 10° giornata del campionato. Tanti i risultati interessanti come tanti quelli a sorpresa. Importantissima vittoria del Bologna in chiave salvezza sul Siena, sempre più ultimo in classifica:i marcatori per i felsinei sono uno strepitoso Adailton e Osvaldo mentre per il Siena è andato a segno Calaiò. I toscani hanno annunciato l’esonero di Giampaolo, al suo posto Marco Baroni, tecnico della Primavera. Brutta sconfitta invece per il Catania in casa fermato da un Chievo sempre più formato trasferta. I gialloblù vanno in vantaggio con Mantovani su mischia da calcio d’angolo; pareggio etneo con Mascara su rigore e gol vittoria per i clivensi di Marcolini che con uno splendido tiro di sinistro batte Andujar per il definitivo 1-2. Si rialza il Genoa che vince in casa contro una sfortunata Fiorentina, che ha sbattuto per due volte sul palo e su alcune decisioni rivedibili dell’arbitro. Genoa in vantaggio con uno strepitoso colpo di tacco di Palladino, pareggio dei viola con Marchionni e gol vittoria per i grifoni di Mesto che con un piattone destro batte Frey in uscita. Ancora in caduta libera le romane. La Lazio incappa nell’ennesima sconfitta in casa contro il Cagliari: punizione non certo irresistibile di Conti, Muslera si fa passare la palle sotto le braccia e in agguato c’è Matri che solo soletto deve spingere il pallone in rete. Grandi contestazioni all’uscita dallo stadio. Non va di certo meglio alla Roma, che conferma i limiti di una squadra che senza Totti combina ben poco. Al Friuli, l’Udinese vince con una doppietta di testa di Floro Flores; per i giallorossi gol del momentaneo pareggio del solito DeRossi; Vucinic sempre più irriconoscibile. Funziona la cura Cosmi per il Livorno: altri tre punti contro l’Atalanta con un gol di Miglionico (complice la papera di Consigli).  Parma sempre più sorprendente, che sale ora al quarto posto in classifica. Grande prestazione e bellissimi gol contro il Bari. In vantaggio con uno splendido pallonetto di Paloschi, i parmensi continuano a spingere fino a trovare il 2-0 definitivo con una magia di Bojinov, gran tiro da fuori area all’incrocio dei pali alla destra di Gillet. Napoli-Milan si decide nei primi 5 minuti della partita e negli ultimi cinque della gara. I rossoneri partono fortissimo e vanno sul 2-0 con il solito opportunista Indaghi su splendido assist di Seedorf, il raddoppio firmato Pato che si fa 50 metri di campo palla al piede inseguito dai difensori napoletani e batte DeSanctis in uscita. Ma quando ormai la gara sembrava chiusa, al 90’ Cigarini riapre la gara con un bellissimo gol al volo di sinistro da furoi area che batte un incolpevole Dida (autore di alcuni interventi prodigiosi); tre minuti più tardi Denis firma il definitivo 2-2.  Passiamo ora a quelle che sicuramente sono le partite che hanno suscitato più scalpore in questa giornata. Goleada della Juventus, a tratti devastante sulla Sampdoria di Cassano. Partita senza storia: primi minuti di studio, poi al 26’ Amauri sblocca la gara con un sinistro ravvicinato, lo stesso Amauri che poco più tardi fornisce a Chiellini un pallone da spingere solo in rete. Il secondo tempo si apre sulla falsa riga del primo. Diego apre per Giovinco che entra in area e passa all’indietro per Camoranesi che insacca di piatto. Ma i bianconeri continuano a spingere e trovano il quarto gol con il solito Amauri che con un gran colpo di testa su cross di Camoranesi segna la sua personale doppietta. A questo punto i bianconeri si rilassano e la Samp segna con Pazzini, ma sul finale di gara Trezeguet si ricorda dei bei tempi e di testa segna il definitivo 5-1. Nel posticipo di giovedì l’Inter batte il Palermo e mantiene il +4 sulla Juventus in classifica. Partenza devastante dei nerazzurri che vanno avanti con Eto’o su rigore, poi lo show di Balotelli: prima di testa su calcio d’angolo e poi con un facile tap-in su assist di Cambiasso; ma c’è ancora tempo per il quarto gol del primo tempo ancora con Eto’o che calcia sul palo di Sirigu che non trattiene il pallone. Il Secondo tempo sembrerebbe pura accademia ma non è cosi: il Palermo si rifa vivo con Miccoli che con un tocco sotto supera Julio Cesar, poi dopo qualche minuto gol di Hernandez appena entrato su assist di Cassani; poi ancora Miccoli con un altro tocco sotto supera ancora il portiere nerazzurro. Ma l’Inter chiude la gara con Milito che segna il suo sesto gol in campionato. Di seguito la calssifica:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">INTER                   25                   UDINESE          14</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">JUVENTUS            21                   NAPOLI             14</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">SAMPDORIA         20                   CAGLIARI          13</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PARMA                 17                    ROMA               11</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">MILAN                  16                    LAZIO              10</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">GENOA                 16                     ATALANTA         9</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PALERMO             15                     BOLOGNA          9</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">FIORENTINA         15                     LIVORNO           9</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">BARI                     14                     CATANIA            7</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">CHIEVO                14                     SIENA                5</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco's New Virtualized Adapter (aka "Palo")]]></title>
<link>http://kevinbladeguy.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ciscos-new-virtualized-adapter-aka-palo/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kevinbladeguy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kevinbladeguy.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ciscos-new-virtualized-adapter-aka-palo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Previously known as &#8220;Palo&#8221;, Cisco&#8217;s virtualized adapter allows for a server to spl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Previously known as &#8220;Palo&#8221;, Cisco&#8217;s <strong>virtualized adapter</strong> allows for a server to split up the 10Gb pipes into numerous virtual pipes (see below<a rel="attachment wp-att-121" href="http://kevinbladeguy.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ciscos-new-virtualized-adapter-aka-palo/palo-adapter/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-121" title="palo adapter" src="http://kevinbladeguy.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/palo-adapter.jpg" alt="palo adapter" width="272" height="351" /></a>) like multiple NICs or multiple Fibre Channel HBAs.  Although the card shown in the image to the left is a normal PCIe card, the initial launch of the card will be in the Cisco UCS blade server. </p>
<p><strong>So, What&#8217;s the Big Deal?</strong></p>
<p>When you look at server workloads, their needs vary &#8211; web servers need a pair of NICs, whereas database servers may need 4+ NICs and 2+HBAs.  By having the ability to split the 10Gb pipe into virtual devices, you can set up profiles inside of Cisco&#8217;s UCS Manager to apply the profiles for a specific servers&#8217; needs.  An example of this would be a server being used for VMware VDI (6 NICs and 2 HBAs) during the day, and at night, it&#8217;s repurposed for a computational server needing only 4 NICs.</p>
<p>Another thing to note is although the image shows 128 virtual devices, that is only the <strong>theoretical</strong> limitation.  The reality is that the # of virtual devices <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>depends on the # of connections to the Fabric </strong></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Interconnects</strong><span style="color:#000000;">.  As I previously posted, the servers&#8217; chassis has a pair of  4 port <strong>Fabric Extenders (aka FEX</strong>) that uplink to the UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect.  If only 1 of the 4 ports is uplinked to the UCS 6100, then <span style="text-decoration:underline;">only</span> <strong>13</strong> virtual devices will be available.  If 2 FEX ports are uplinked, then <strong>28</strong> virtual devices will be available.  If 4 FEX uplink ports are used, then <strong>58</strong> virtual devices will be available.  </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Will the ability to carve up your 10Gb pipes into smaller ones make a difference?  It&#8217;s hard to tell.  I guess we&#8217;ll see when this card starts to ship in December of 2009.</span></span></p>
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<link>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/serie-a-il-commento-sulla-9%c2%b0-giornata/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hulk89</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/serie-a-il-commento-sulla-9%c2%b0-giornata/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Giornata molto vivace e interessante quella che si è svolta tra sabato e domenica. Ben 4 le vittorie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-142" title="grande serie A" src="http://ondazone.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/grande-serie-a.jpg?w=264" alt="grande serie A" width="264" height="300" />Giornata molto vivace e interessante quella che si è svolta tra sabato e domenica. Ben 4 le vittorie esterne. Partiamo con Fiorentina-Napoli, che ha visto i partenopei vincere in trasferta dopo un anno dall’ultima vittoria. Gli uomini di Mazzarri si sono imposti per 1-0 con gol di Maggio su assist di Denis nel finale. Il Napoli ha anche sbagliato un rigore con Quagliarella (ma bravo Frey a parare). La Fiorentina può recriminare su qualche episodio dubbio e su un paio di salvataggi sulla linea di porta. Altra vittoria esterna è quella della Juventus sul campo del Siena: decide Amauri, che devia di testa una punizione di Diego( schema ripetuto più volte quest’anno con esiti positivi); Siena quasi inesistente per tutta la gara. Colpaccio del Livorno del neo allenatore Cosmi. Battuta la Roma 1-0 con un gol (il primo) di Tavano con un bell’esterno che supera Doni. Nel posticipo il Milan supera con una doppietta di testa di Nesta un ottimo Chievo che era andato in vantaggio con Pinzi. Passiamo ora alle vittorie interne. Spettacolo e gol nella vittoria del Cagliari sul Genoa: grifoni in vantaggio con Mesto (punizione deviata da Dessena). Pari dei sardi a inizio ripresa con Biondini, poi Genoa ancora avanti con Floccari prima del nuovo pareggio del Cagliari su rigore con Nenè, ma nei minuti finali arriva la zampata di Lazzari per il definitivo 3-2. Vittoria di misura del Palermo contro l’Udinese: decide Bovo nel finale con un tiro al volo deviato da Zapata alle spalle di  Handanovic. Grande protagonista del match però è stato il portiere dei rosanero Sirigu che ha dato spettacolo con interventi da grande portiere. Per il capocannoniere Di Natale solo un palo. Continua il momento no della Lazio, sconfitta anche dal Bari per 2-0. Biancorossi in vantaggio con Barreto su ottimo lancio di Almiron, raddoppio con Meggiorini che su assist di Kutuzov brucia Muslera di sinistro. Vittoria importante invece per l’Atalanta che va a segno con Valdes su rigore, Tiribocchi e Peluso, Parma in gol con Paloschi. Per quanto riguarda gli anticipi di sabato non sbagliano né l’Inter nè la Sampdoria. I nerazzurri vincono contro il Catania grazie ai gol di Muntuari(cross sbagliato da centrocampo che finisce direttamente in rete) e di Wesley Sneider con una splendida punizione che passa sopra alla barriera e si insacca alle spalle di Campagnolo. Il Catania segna su un rigore non molto solare di Mascara. Nell’anticipo del pomeriggio di sabato, goleada della Samp sul malcapitato Bologna: in gol Pazzini (assist perfetto di Cassano), Mannini al volo di destro, Ziegler con un bel tiro da fuori di sinistro e ancora Mannini su altro splendido assist di Cassano. Per il Bologna gol della bandiera di Osvaldo rapido ad approfittare di un errore di Zauri. Di seguito la classifica:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">INTER                 22             CHIEVO           11</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">SAMPDORIA        20             ROMA              11</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">JUVENTUS           18             UDINESE         11</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PALERMO            15             CAGLIARI         10</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">FIORENTINA        15             LAZIO              10</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">MILAN                 15              ATALANTA         9</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">BARI                    14             CATANIA            7</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">PARMA                 14             BOLOGNA          6</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">NAPOLI                13             LIVORNO           6</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">GENOA                 13             SIENA                5</p>
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<link>http://enterpriseinformationmanagement.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/nigel-pendse-sharply-criticises-traditional-bi-providers-at-the-2009-palo-open/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andy Painter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://enterpriseinformationmanagement.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/nigel-pendse-sharply-criticises-traditional-bi-providers-at-the-2009-palo-open/</guid>
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<p>In his speech, keynote speaker Nigel Pendse, software analyst and publisher of BI Survey, sharply criticised large producers of Business Intelligence software. The annual meeting of users and partners of the open source software <a title="Open-Source BI solution for Corporate Performance Management and OLAP-based planning, analysis and reporting" href="http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html" target="_blank">Palo</a> was held last Tuesday in Frankfurt, where applications and solutions that use Palo were introduced, and the 2009 Palo Award was conferred.</p>
<p>Based on the feedback from Business Intelligence users, Pendse demonstrated that BI products and services of large providers performed well below average. Pendse explained that Business Intelligence is simply not the core service of large software companies. Large providers&#8217; ongoing acquisition politics reflects the poor quality of their product portfolio. According to Pendse, nothing positive can currently be expected from the large providers in terms of BI, since they are overly concerned with integrating their many new acquisitions. Pendse advised corporate BI users to choose the best products on the market, which generally are offered by smaller providers such as <a title="Jedox" href="http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html" target="_blank">Jedox</a>.</p>
<p>Finance applications were the focus of the presented Palo applications. The auditing and consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers AG introduced its new Palo-based applications in this area under the slogan &#8216;Treasury Intelligence&#8217;. These include solutions for monitoring the currency risks, credit risks and counterparty risks, liquidity planning and creation of IFRS 7-conformant appendix information. Thomas Hampel, a senior consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, identified speed and user-friendliness as the advantages of the Jedox technology, qualities that also make it possible to easily adapt the product to the needs of individual clients. The main advantage identified by Hampel was that Palo &#8216;brings Excel applications to the Web at the push of a button, so to speak.&#8217;</p>
<p>The software company <a href="http://www.elkomsolutions.de/" target="_blank">elkomSolutions</a> introduced a Palo application for consolidated financial reporting that provides consolidated financial statements in accordance with HGB, IFRS or US GAAP standards. Insurer Standard Life presented its in-house budget planning and reporting system, which is based on the Palo suite. Ingo Weishaupt, Head of Management Information at Standard Life Group Germany had this to say about the Jedox solution: &#8220;A successful software project, implemented on time, it paid for itself in the first year and has been running reliably for three years.&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/under-21-non-ci-voleva/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hulk89</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ondazone.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/under-21-non-ci-voleva/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Passo falso dell’Italia Under 21 del c.t. Casiraghi nella terza partita di qualificazione agli Europ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-51" title="C_3_Media_904532_immagine_l" src="http://ondazone.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/c_3_media_904532_immagine_l5.jpg?w=300" alt="C_3_Media_904532_immagine_l" width="300" height="184" />Passo falso dell’Italia Under 21 del c.t. Casiraghi nella terza partita di qualificazione agli Europei di categoria. Italia che non va oltre l’1-1 contro la Bosnia ultima in classifica. Gli azzurrini vanno in vantaggio con Marilungo,bravo a concludere un’azione partita da Balotelli, rifinita da Poli e conclusa proprio dal leccese. Alla mezz’ora però il pareggio bosniaco con Coric che con una bella azione personale, conclude con un tiro a giro sul palo lungo alla sinistra di Seculin, dopo aver messo a sedere Bocchetti. Nella seconda frazione di gara, gli azzurri ci provano soprattutto con i calci piazzati di Supermario e con azioni da calcio d’angolo con Ogbonna che impegna il portiere Sehic. Sehic che si ripete parando una velenosa punizione di Balotelli nei minuti di recupero. Ora il cammino si fa veramente difficile, con un ruolino di marcia tutt’altro che invidiabile: 4 punti in 3 partite. Si allontana cosi il Galles che è saldamente prima in classifica nel girone con 10 punti, ma con 3 partite in più rispetto agli azzurrini.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sendero Sulayr - Tramo 5 - "Capileira -Puente Palo"]]></title>
<link>http://trekkis.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/sendero-sulayr-tramo-5-capileira-puente-palo/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>merrytrek</dc:creator>
<guid>http://trekkis.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/sendero-sulayr-tramo-5-capileira-puente-palo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[24 de Julio de 2009 – De Capileira a Puente Palo Descripción de la Ruta Al igual que los tramos 4 y ]]></description>
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<p><em>Descripción de la Ruta</em></p>
<p>Al igual que los tramos 4 y 6, este tramo lo realizamos en sentido inverso ya que iniciamos nuestro camino en Trevélez y terminaremos en Lanjarón, donde tomaremos un bus a Trevélez para recoger el coche.</p>
<p>Partimos pues de Capileira con la intención de hacer una jornada bastante completa, en la que enlazaremos los tramos 4 y 5, primero hasta Puente Palo y a continuación hasta Tello, desde donde finalmente bajaremos a Lanjarón.</p>
<p>Hasta Puente Palo nos esperan 10,5 kms y unos desniveles acumulados de 500 metros de subida y 300 metros de bajada aproximadamente.</p>
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<p><strong>7:00h &#8211; Inicio de la ruta</strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Llenamos al máximo nuestras provisiones de agua en una fuente en la calle principal de Capileira, cerca del Ayuntamiento.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3935102634_c1c0cd5a5c.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p>Nos dirigimos hacia el inicio del sendero que baja hacia el Puente Chiscar, donde encontraremos el cartel indicativo de inicio/fin de ruta Sulayr.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3934292175_2872ba7fdc.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>Nada más comenzar la bajada podemos contemplar a lo lejos, en el fondo del valle, el río Poqueira hacia donde nos dirigimos bajando con precaución.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3934297553_a9b3b0a573.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>Tras unos 20 minutos de acusado descenso (se salvan unos 150 metros de desnivel) alcanzamos el puente por el que podremos cruzar el río Poqueira, que pasa con estruendo bajo nosotros.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3934323691_a49140dd5b.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Justo tras cruzar el puente iniciamos una fuerte subida por la ladera al otro lado del valle, con permanentes vistas a Capileira y, más adelante, a Bubión y Pampaneira.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Enseguida nos encontramos un panel indicativo que nos informa sobre la distancia que llevamos recorrida (1.5 kms desde el panel de inicio de ruta) y la que nos queda hasta Puente Palo (9 kms).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3935110132_7638ff9f7a.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Mientras subimos poco a poco vamos recuperando altura respecto al pueblo, que se ve cercano pero aún más elevado que nuestra posición.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3934301371_571a2cf9d2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">La subida no es para tomarsela a risa, de vez en cuando necesitamos parar para recuperar el aliento y aprovechamos para  contemplar  unas impresionantes vistas de la Loma del Mulhacén y de todo el valle del Poqueira.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/3934347717_3c1d16f1f5.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Llevamos casi una hora subiendo y de repente encontramos  una desagradable sorpresa cerca de un viejo cortijo abandonado&#8230;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/3935123424_9e41c3ee32.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Ya quedó atrás lo mas duro, aunque seguiremos subiendo casi hasta el final de la ruta lo haremos casi sin darnos cuenta, pues el camino es mucho menos empinado a partir de aquí. Seguiremos caminando en dirección Sur, siguiendo el valle, mientras nos alejamos poco a poco de Capileira&#8230; ¡las vistas de Capileira y Bubión son preciosas desde donde estamos!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3935132870_da9989fe45.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>Un poco más adelante encontramos otro panel informativo que indica que hemos recorrido 4.1 kms desde Capileira y que nos quedan 6.4 kms hasta Puente Palo (llevamos unas 2 horas desde el cartel del inicio de ruta).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/3935128628_9b3b53d07b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /><br />
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Tras otros 40 minutos de suave subida encontramos otro cartel indicador del sendero (Capileira a 6.2 kms y Puente Palo a 4.4 kms).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2589/3934353109_cfc9c980ee.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Nos encontramos muy cerca de la Loma de la Matanza, a la que llegaremos en breve. En esta zona las vistas del mar Mediterráneo, de la costa granadina y del valle del Guadalfeo son incomparables.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3935139092_642287f23d.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">En unos 10 minutos, tras subir unos 300 metros por una pista cortafuegos en la Loma de la Matanza, nos encontraremos caminando por un robledal junto a la acequia del Almiar, camino de la Balsa del mismo nombre.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3935119860_d04e4366b2.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="500" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Tras unos 15 minutos de agradable paseo junto a la acequia llegamos a la Balsa del Almiar. En esta zona las vistas del Mediterráneo siguen siendo fantásticas.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3935113100_0c62e49283.jpg" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Continuamos nuestro camino y, tras otros 15 minutos de marcha, encontramos el último panel informativo que hallaremos antes de nuestro destino en Puente Palo (9.1 kms de Capileira, 1.4 kms de Puente Palo). ¡Ya casi llegamos a nuestro destino intermedio!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3935142312_f35cbc58d9.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">20 minutos después cruzamos el Río Chico por Puente Palo, nos encontramos en el límite entre los municipios de Cáñar y Soportújar y a un par de minutos de nuestro destino&#8230;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2510/3934310829_c9817dff6d.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Ya estamos aquí, fin del tramo 5 en  Puente Palo, han sido unas 3h y 45 minutos de recorrido total desde Capileira&#8230;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;" align="justify"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3935098854_f7ebcf1bdc.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;" align="justify">Ahora toca ajustar cuentas con el  bocadillo,  descansar un rato y enseguida tendremos que ponernos  en camino en dirección a Tello&#8230;. hoy aún quedan  muchos kilómetros por recorrer!!!</p>
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<link>http://pericotepico.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/perico-cinco-tenedores/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fritz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[El dinero fácil, como viene se va. No se le da la importancia del sudor, puesto que no se ha trabaja]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>El dinero fácil, como viene se va. No se le da la importancia del sudor, puesto que no se ha trabajado a pico y pala en ello. A pala no, pero a pico, sí. Y entre pico y pico abres los ojos en un restaurante de cinco tenedores. Después de 40 botellas del mejor vino, hurgas en tus bolsillos y, con suerte, encuentras una chapa de coca cola o un pin pasado de moda. Es momento de dar otro palo. ¿Cuál es la línea entre la picaresca y el latrocinio?</p>
<p><a href="http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3808/pericopalo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-139" title="PERICO PALO" src="http://pericotepico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/perico-palo.jpg?w=300" alt="PERICO PALO" width="300" height="286" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[TAG Cubes - SQLite Star Query Part III]]></title>
<link>http://blog.gobansaor.com/2009/09/29/tag-cubes-sqlite-star-query-part-iii/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tom Gleeson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.gobansaor.com/2009/09/29/tag-cubes-sqlite-star-query-part-iii/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It&#8217;s no secret that <a href="http://blog.gobansaor.com/2009/03/14/sqlite-as-the-mp3-of-data/">I&#8217;m a huge fan of SQLite</a> and Excel, particularly when used in combination. I also greatly admire the open source BI engines, <a href="www.jedox.com">Palo</a> and <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mondrian/">Mondrian</a>. Mondrian appeals because of its &#8220;ROLAP with a cache&#8221; architecture and its implementation of MS&#8217;s excellent<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional_Expressions"> </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional_Expressions">MDX</a> language. When I say MDX is excellent I&#8217;m talking with my professional programmer&#8217;s hat on, as an end-user tool it&#8217;s a non-runner. This is where Palo comes in, building on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercube">hypercube</a> concepts pioneered by the likes of  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applix">TM1</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essbase">ESSbase</a>, it presents a designview that&#8217;s approachable by a vastly greater percentage of &#8220;civilians&#8221; than is the case with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROLAP"> </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROLAP">ROLAP-based</a> solutions.</p>
<p>The trick behind TM1, Essbase, Palo etc. is the extension of the spreadsheet metaphor from two to multiple dimensions, while still binding the interface closely to the familiar spreadsheet (which for most of the business world is still Excel).</p>
<p>So where does <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> come in all this?</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gobansaor.com/2007/08/30/sqlite-star-query/">At first glance</a>, SQLite lacks the s<a href="http://www.sqlite.org/optoverview.html">ophisticated join functionality</a> to support star-queries, but of course, if the dataset is small then a full-table scan of a fact table, or better still, loading the fact table into memory negates any such short-comings.</p>
<p>In fact, all traditional ROLAP engines have problems with dimensional models, particularly when you reach the point of using summary tables or query re-writes, that&#8217;s why the emerging SQL-speaking <a href="http://www.information-management.com/blogs/columnar_databases_column_major_data_warehouse_startup_analytics-10015473-1.html">columnar-databases</a> are such a godsend for ROLAP data warehouses.</p>
<p>It was SQLite combined with Excel acting as a data prep platform that was originally my main interest, so for pivoting, Excel&#8217;s own pivot table would have to do.  Nevertheless, I felt the tool was incomplete without the ability to directly pivot the underlying SQLite database.</p>
<p>Why not use Palo or Mondrian as a pivot tool? Well yes, where a fixed permanent &#8220;solution&#8221; is required then the extra moving parts of either approach would be justified and indeed necessary but that is to miss the essence of what I call datasmithing.</p>
<p>Datasmithing is not data warehousing nor is it the provision of solutions (which, for example, Palo superbly enables in multi-user budgeting situations). Datasmithing, as a skill, is of course part of the process of both, but it&#8217;s on the edges, at perhaps the planning or consumption stages.</p>
<p>Datasmiths deal in the unknown, in change, in disaster recovery, in systems&#8217; commissioning, in the never-ending barely-repeatable processes thrown up by daily business life.  For that, the toolset required must be as simple as possible (but no simpler), self-contained, document-oriented, secureable (is that a word?) and easily archived and retrieved. Excel and file-based DBMSs such as MSAccess or SQLite fit the bill nicely, server-based technologies such as DBA controlled database servers or IT installed &#8220;solutions&#8221;, less so.</p>
<p>Jedox has made Palo relatively easy to install (and likewise, Canada&#8217;s SQLPower has made Mondrian setup a painless exercise via their excellent <a href="http://www.sqlpower.ca/page/wabit">Wabit reporting too</a>l), but, the zero-install, email friendly document approach that spreadsheets are famous (and infamous) for, is preferable in many situations. This is something that Microsoft have recognised in their <a href="http://blog.gobansaor.com/2009/04/01/project-gemini-xxl-excel-on-steroids/">Gemini add-in for Excel 2010</a>, but Excel 2010 is a not here yet and it&#8217;s likely to be five years or more before it&#8217;s as common as Excel 2003 is today.</p>
<p>The inclusion of <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=FullTextIndex">FTS full-text searching</a> with SQLite triggered an ah-ah moment with regards to pivot-enabling SQLite.</p>
<p>The usual method that hypercube-like excel-friendly OLAP tools use to return data is via a UDF like so&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>=DATA(&#8220;CubeName&#8221;,&#8221;value1&#8243;,value2&#8243;,&#8230;)</em></p>
<p>&#8230;where valueN represents dimensional elements, so&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>=DATA(&#8220;SalesCube&#8221;,&#8221;Beer&#8221;,&#8221;Profit&#8221;,&#8221;Jan 09&#8243;,&#8221;Actual&#8221;)</em></p>
<p>&#8230;is the Actual Profit for Beer sales in Jan 09. The dimensional elements act as &#8220;tags&#8221; to locate a particular value, there is of course much more to tools like Palo; hierarchies, intra-cube rules etc. but in essence most OLAP tools are like <a href="http://delicious.com/">www.delicious.com</a> for number crunchers. This method of retrieving data fits well with how people use Excel and not just for pivots, but for embedding OLAP aggregated cells in <em>lists</em>.  For example, a CRM scenario; a Sales Rep makes a list of her &#8216;best&#8217; (subjective) customers, but needs hard (objective) stats, to be placed alongside the list to convince the boss or to track actuals against expectation.</p>
<p>Dimensional elements as tags; FTS3 virtual tables as fact table indexes; the concept of a TAG Cube was born.</p>
<p>In the above example &#8220;Profit&#8221; would most likely be described as a <em>measure</em> (Palo, a near pure hypercube does not distinguish between Measure and other Dimensional coordinates). Dimensions, measures and attributes are in reality interchangeable (a Customer ID can act as a dimension or an attribute, but by applying a  Count Distinct to it, it&#8217;s a measure) but most OLAP solutions treat &#8220;Measure Dimensions&#8221; as different, and so do TAG Cubes.</p>
<p>By using the default fact table structure (a single-columned table) and querying using the default measure (which translates to the SUM() of that single value) a &#8216;pure&#8217; approach can be used. But, ROLAP is tightly bound to the concept of a fact table, and since SQLite is relational, TAG Cubes offer the ability to use a wide fact table approach and I think gains considerably in flexibility by so going.</p>
<p>The above example of using Count Distinct, or the simple creation of calculated measures are examples of this flexibility. Another, is a measure based on SQLite&#8217;s concat_group aggregate function to provide a drill-down facility, e.g.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>=DATA(&#8220;SalesCUBE&#8221;,&#8221;ROWIDList,&#8221;Beer&#8221;,&#8221;Jan 09&#8243;,&#8221;Actual&#8221;)</em></p>
<p>&#8230;where &#8220;ROWIDList&#8221; would be setup as <em>concat_group(rowid,&#8217;,') </em>and will return a comma separated list of the underlying fact table ROWIDs.</p>
<p>A major reason for rolling my own pivot engine was to add a concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namespace_(computer_science)">&#8220;namespaces&#8221; </a>and to separate the implementation of these namespaces from the actual pivot.  When a tag (or a predefined hierarchy of tags) is assigned to a cube, it&#8217;s also assigned to a namespace, in many cases namespace and cube would be synonymous, but in some cases a more sophisticated approach is required:</p>
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<li>Multiple cubes sharing the same set of conformed dimensions would be best served by such cubes sharing a common namespace, and so they can.</li>
<li>Different consumers of the pivot may require the use of a different language, be that a spoken language or a different &#8216;business language&#8217; e.g. Manufacturing Product Codes V Consumer Product Names. Again, easily done.</li>
<li>Sometimes identifying data can&#8217;t be shared with the datasmith or the numerical analyst working on a problem; in such cases being able to replace  the actual namespace with an obfuscated one can be very useful. Or, for added security, the namespace might only be issued to approved  PCs while the tag index and fact table are stored on a shared drive.  Needs some more work to make managing such scenarios secure and easy to use but the structure is there.</li>
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<p>As hinted on above, the three elements of a Tag Cube, the namespace, tag index and fact table can be assigned to different databases (i.e. files). Due to the wonders of SQLite&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/lang_attach.html">ATTACH statement</a> and the <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/backup.html">backup API&#8217;s</a> ability to quickly load/unload databases in/out of memory, it&#8217;s possible, for example, to load namespace and tag index (i.e. the &#8216;dimensions&#8217;) into a memory database, while a very large (i.e. too big to fit to memory) fact table remains on disk. Fast and cheap <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive">SSDs</a> will add further configuration options.</p>
<p>Although most of the TAG Cube functionality is available only within Excel, I&#8217;ve built a C based SQLite Virtual Table (cFact) to allow the tag index to used outside xLite. This means that SQLite drivers for ODBC (for use as a Pivot Table source, for example) or JDBC (for use in  SQLPower Wabit perhaps) can efficiently access data models built using xLite.</p>
<p><em>I had to revert to using C rather than my preferred Python (did I mention that xLite now embeds Python in Excel, no, well it does, <a href="http://blog.gobansaor.com/2008/04/11/python-the-new-vba/">Python the newVBA ?</a>), having failed to get around multi-threading issues with callbacks to Python in both the </em><a href="http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/"><em>ODBC</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/"><em>JDBC</em></a><em> drivers. I&#8217;d make a career promise to myself many years ago, not to having anything to do with printers or threads, and I think I&#8217;ll stick with it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p>TAG Cubes are the latest addition (still WIP actually) to be added to xLite, adding to:</p>
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<li>VBA coded SQLite SQL functions.</li>
<li>Worksheet Functions; call out to a &#8216;function&#8217; built using Excel formula, passing a parameter list and returning a value.</li>
<li>Workbook Functions; like Worksheet Functions, but loading a new Workbook, passing in parameters, passing back a value (or tables) and closing the Workbook when finished.</li>
<li>XLiteScript; xLite exposes its functionality via VBA coded UDFs, which can be called like any other formula, but data prep activities often require sequential procedural logic, xLiteScript is a <a href="http://blog.gobansaor.com/2007/03/03/tables-vs-xml-the-data-lingua-franca-debate/">table-oriented</a> scripting mechanism offering basic flow-control logic.</li>
<li>pyScript; I embedded Python into xLite to take advantage of Python&#8217;s speed in developing Virtual Tables, SQL Functions and extensions to SQLite and to tap in the wonderful world of Python code. I&#8217;ve also added the ability to use Python from scripts defined within Excel (to indent, tab to the next cell!).</li>
<li>Fast load/unload to/from CSV.</li>
<li>Load from any ADO source.</li>
<li>Remove xLite formulae and rename and save Workbook, very handy when used via Workbook Functions to mass produce Excel &#8220;reports&#8221;.</li>
<li>Other WIP items are; load from SAP, load/unload to/from Amazon S3, use Palo cubes as TAG Cube &#8220;facts&#8221;, slot in/out Palo for TAG Cubes, auto-generate Mondrian XML based on TAG Cubes, write-back and splash, Python &#38; VBA TAG Cube &#8220;rules&#8221;.</li>
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<p>And what&#8217;s more, I intend to open-source the lot &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Why not join me on Twitter at </em><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#265e15;border-bottom-color:#996633;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;margin:0;padding:0;" href="http://www.twitter.com/gobansaor"><em>gobansaor</em></a><em>?</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Viviany Aguilera]]></title>
<link>http://travestidos.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/viviany-aguilera-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Esta bonita travesti tiene algunas de las piernas más largas que he visto nunca. Sus piernas recorre]]></description>
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<div id="result_box" dir="ltr">Esta bonita travesti tiene algunas de las piernas más largas que he visto nunca. Sus piernas recorrer todo el camino hasta su corazón en forma de ropa interior que gozan de una sorpresa en su interior. Ella se agacha para agarrar el palo y se frota, sacudidas y golpes hasta que se señala y estalla una carga pesada. <strong><strong><strong><strong><a href="http://flash.freetrannygals.com/tsdolls/93b-viviany_aguilera_1/?nats=NDY2LjUuMy4zLjEuNTkwLjAuMA" target="_blank"><strong><strong><strong><strong>seguir viendo aquí</strong></strong></strong></strong></a></strong></strong></strong></strong></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Christina &amp; Brenton ~ Wedding]]></title>
<link>http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/christina-brenton-wedding/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One thought went through my head during Saturday&#8217;s wedding with Christina and Brenton: They ju]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>One thought went through my head during Saturday&#8217;s wedding with <a title="Christina and Brenton" href="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/christina-brenton-engaged/" target="_blank">Christina and Brenton</a>: <em>They just <strong>look</strong></em><em> like they&#8217;re meant for each other&#8230;</em></p>
<p>This was one of the most heartfelt wedding days I&#8217;ve photographed &#8211; laughter, tears, smiles and pure joy on the most perfect of days.</p>
<p>Christina and Brenton&#8217;s day started at the <a title="Unity Center of Cedar Rapids" href="http://www.unitycr.org/" target="_blank">Unity Center of Cedar Rapids</a>, where the couple and their bridal party met. The two managed to get ready without either seeing each other. I stayed with girls while my second shooter hung out with the guys.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2082" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog2.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="433" /></a><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2085" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog1.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="350" /></a> </p>
<p>Christina and Brenton met up a few miles away for First Look photos at <a title="Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area" href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/parks/state_park_list/pleasant_creek.html" target="_blank">Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area</a> outside <strong>Palo, Iowa </strong>- also where they had their <a title="engagement session" href="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/christina-brenton-engaged/" target="_blank">engagement session</a> in late July. Christina looked stunning, and the photo here on the far right is one of my favorites from Saturday. But she looked more stunning with Brenton at her side. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2090" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog5.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="377" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2091" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog4.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="350" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2092" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog3.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="377" /></a></p>
<p>After family and bridal party photos, it was time to head to the ceremony across Pleasant Creek Lake. But first, a glimpse of the venue:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2096" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog6.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="433" /></a></p>
<p>The ceremony&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2097" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog7.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="433" /></a></p>
<p>Then, the bridal party took a breather and got a drink (or two) at <a title="Brogan's Pub and Grub" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&#38;rls=en-us&#38;oe=UTF-8&#38;um=1&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;cid=0,0,826318918770437161&#38;fb=1&#38;hq=brogan's+pub+and+grub&#38;hnear=palo+iowa&#38;gl=us&#38;daddr=806+1st+St,+Palo,+IA+52324&#38;geocode=4983907340809784986,42.066163,-91.795795&#38;ei=zsi4SsnuHoz-MOrWiNsP&#38;sa=X&#38;oi=local_result&#38;ct=directions-to&#38;resnum=1" target="_blank">Brogan&#8217;s Pub and Grub</a> in <strong>Palo</strong> &#8211; (aka &#8211; the dance party before the dancing). Christina shared an &#8220;unofficial&#8221; first dance with Brenton and another with her father.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2099" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog8.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="433" /></a>Brenton briefly kept an eye on the <a title="Iowa Hawkeyes game" href="http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092009aac.html" target="_blank">Iowa Hawkeyes game</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2100" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog9.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="377" /></a></p>
<p>Their reception was in <strong>Cedar Rapids</strong>, at the IBEW Miller Hall. Christina &#8211; also a wedding planner &#8211; chose all the decorations and centerpieces, which transformed the hall into an elegant room. But some of the most beautiful moments of the reception came during the toasts, starting with Christina&#8217;s father who choked back tears during his speech. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2105" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog10.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="433" /></a></p>
<p>After a few more toasts, Brenton recognized his parents, Christina&#8217;s parents, told the audience of how they met (at <a title="Home Depot" href="http://www.homedepot.com" target="_blank">Home Depot</a>), their proposal, Christina&#8217;s sisters, and his love for his new wife. Christina also recognized both sets of parents, as well as her new husband &#8211; whom she described as her best friend. Between just the two of them, they were the most heartfelt speeches I have ever heard at a wedding, and I was privileged to be a part of it.</p>
<p>Thank you, Christina and Brenton! Congratulations, and best wishes for a long, happy life together!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2106" title="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" src="http://accentphoto.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/cb-blog11.jpg" alt="Images by www.accentphotographics.com" width="500" height="266" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Wedding Key Notes</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">First Look:</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a title="Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area" href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/parks/state_park_list/pleasant_creek.html" target="_blank">Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area</a></span>, <strong>Palo</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ceremony: </strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal;"><a title="Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area" href="Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area, Palo" target="_blank">Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area</a></span></strong><strong>, Palo &#8211; </strong>officiated by Rev. Brenda S. Ehret of the <a title="Unity Center of Cedar Rapids" href="http://www.unitycr.org" target="_blank">Unity Center of Cedar Rapids</a></p>
<p><strong><strong>Reception: <a title="IBEW Miller Hall" href="http://www.nexport.com/company.cfm?company=1282494_IBEW_MILLER_HALL_BANQUET_FACILITIES_CEDAR_RAPIDS_IA" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal;">IBEW Miller Hall</span></a></strong><strong>, Cedar Rapids</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Catering: </strong><a title="Dostal Catering" href="www.cedarrapidscatering.com" target="_blank">Dostal Catering</a><strong>, Cedar Rapids</strong></p>
<p><strong>Photography: <a href="http://www.accentphotographics.com"><span style="font-weight:normal;">Accent Photographics</span></a> </strong>(me)</p>
<p><strong>Cake:</strong> Cakes by June</p>
<p><strong>Florist: </strong><a title="Hy-Vee (Edgewood)" href="http://www.hy-vee.com/stores/detail.aspx?s=234" target="_blank">Hy-Vee (Edgewood)</a><strong>, Cedar Rapids </strong>(Bridal Bouquet/ Groom&#8217;s boutonniere)</p>
<p><strong>Wedding Coordinator: <span style="font-weight:normal;">Crystal Event Coordination &#38; Design</span>, </strong>(done by Christina), <strong>Cedar Rapids</strong></p>
<p><strong>DJ: <a title="A Fine Affair DJ" href="http://www.afineaffairdj.com/Home.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal;">A Fine Affair DJ</span></a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jo Garcia en Mega Cock Tranny]]></title>
<link>http://travestidos.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/jo-garcia-en-mega-cock-tranny/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Travestido</dc:creator>
<guid>http://travestidos.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/jo-garcia-en-mega-cock-tranny/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jo García, está trabajando arduamente para sacar con pala fuera de la suciedad, el barro, y el traba]]></description>
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<p>Jo García, está trabajando arduamente para sacar con pala fuera de la suciedad, el barro, y el trabajo en las paredes. Cuando ella se hace más caliente, se toma un breve descanso y luego decide tira fuera de su ropa de trabajo y seguir adelante, pero parece que su pene gigante mantiene en el camino de la pala. <a href="http://flash.freetrannygals.com/megacocktranny/89a-jo_garcia_1/?nats=NDY2LjUuNS41LjEuMzE2LjAuMA" target="_blank"><strong><strong><strong><strong>seguir viendo aquí</strong></strong></strong></strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Late Night Notes]]></title>
<link>http://barbjaarsma.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-late-night-show/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>barbjaarsma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://barbjaarsma.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-late-night-show/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I keep a notebook under my pillow (or on the floor – wherever it lands) and use it to write down tho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>I keep a notebook under my pillow (or on the floor – wherever it lands) and use it to write down those odd thoughts that are rattling about in my head whenever I wake up (which I do fairly often).</p>
<p>This morning, I had written:</p>
<p><em>“Why do Cubans have curly hair?”</em></p>
<p><em>“How old is Ethan?” [Ethan is my grandson]</em></p>
<p><em>“Were Gaspar de Portola &#38; best buddy Fr. Junipero Serra gay?”</em></p>
<p>And</p>
<p><em>“Firing Squads in Palo Alto?”</em></p>
<p>(laughing)  It’s a sad thing when I cannot remember where this stuff comes from, but my early morning reading is always more entertaining than the local newspapers…</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Thoughts]]></title>
<link>http://barbjaarsma.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/sunday-morning-thoughts/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>barbjaarsma</dc:creator>
<guid>http://barbjaarsma.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/sunday-morning-thoughts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I am a writer. I&#8217;m clearly not the world&#8217;s greatest writer, but it’s all I’ve ever wante]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>I am a writer.  I&#8217;m clearly not the world&#8217;s greatest writer, but it’s all I’ve ever wanted to be, and while I spent years working at being a daughter, then a wife, then a mother, then an engineer/systems analyst, and now a freelance logistics analyst, I have always been aware every moment that said roles involve relationships with others.</p>
<p>Relationships have never been my forte, as evidenced by my banner photo.  I don&#8217;t care that your grandson &#8220;graduated&#8221; from Kindergarten(!?) with the &#8220;Mr. Clean Desk!&#8221; award.  I don&#8217;t care that your dog vomited on your bedroom slippers last night at 3 am and you had to clean it up.  I don&#8217;t care that your gardener&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s boyfriend&#8217;s mother got married and didn&#8217;t invite you to the wedding.  I don&#8217;t care that your garbage disposal stinks or your roses have whiteflies or that you drove 40 miles and saved three whole dollars on canned soup yesterday.  And I especially don&#8217;t care that you had diarrhea this morning and had to change your pants.  Good Grief!  Life is short, my attention span is shorter, and I have difficulty hiding my impatience.</p>
<p>Unless the story makes me laugh.</p>
<p>What I do care about is what makes you you.  What experiences changed your life?  How?  Were they positive or negative?  Did you somehow know in advance that this event &#8211; this instant &#8211; was a pivotal moment with far-reaching consequences?  If you had it to do over, would you make the same choice?  And I do care if you&#8217;re sick or sad or need help with something, because I&#8217;ll help if I can.</p>
<p>I was an only child with parents who wanted six children and had me.  Such children serve as the repositories of every unachieved dream of both parents.  This can be a heavy burden, energy and native intelligence notwithstanding, but the psychological tracks were laid early and reinforced regularly, often with physical violence and vitriolic drunken screaming.</p>
<p>As a consequence, I occasionally struggle with anxiety and depression because I cannot be all things to all people.  Generally, it&#8217;s easier to spend my time alone.  I have learned, however, that, with diligence, I can be honest with myself.</p>
<p>My father used to tell me that it was a good thing for me that he’d bought the cheap prophylactics, or I would never have been born.  My mother reassured me daily that it was a good thing that I was smart, because I was never going to be pretty.  By the time I was five, I could expound with authority on the decline of the Roman Empire, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Civil War, and an entire host of esoteric topics in which no one I knew with the exception of my parents had any interest.</p>
<p>I was a strange kid – dumpy, geeky, with coke-bottle glasses and the inability to carry on conversations with adults and peers alike.  As a younger woman in an intense multi-application, multi-protocol, multi-vendor military-contractor data-aquisition environment, I was euphoric.  One does not need to carry on conversations with numbers.  Numbers speak, but require no smiles, no pretense of avid interest, no reflective feedback.  Numbers are predictable.  There were others there with similar experiences and personalities.  As a wife, I was essentially useless, because my only role models were my mother and Donna Reed, neither of whom were worthy of emulation.  As a mother – well – I did my best with the emotional resources I had available.  I loved my children fiercely and would have died to protect them, but I was an unskilled and untrained mother.  Each of my children is brilliant, gorgeous, and charismatic, but their successes in life are due entirely to their own genetic abilities, perseverance, and personal strengths.</p>
<p>I wish I could bask in the reflected glory of their accomplishments, but all I really ever did was love them unconditionally.  If any of them ever needs a heart transplant, I would offer mine.</p>
<p>As a grandmother – who knows?  I have no feedback – yet.</p>
<p>Still &#8211; while my childhood was unusual &#8211; I was not unhappy.  I learned to enjoy my own company, to treasure relationships that do persist as time passes, and to revel in the quiet of the early mornings.</p>
<p>The friends of my childhood are my friends today.  John Steinbeck.  Robert Heinlein.  Mark Twain.  Will Durant.  Walt Whitman.  The heroes and heroines of my childhood are my heroes now.  Ben &#38; Adam Cartwright.  Charles Ingalls.  Calamity Jane.  And dozens more.</p>
<p>When I grow up, I want to be just like them.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Posts in Progress:  City of Palo Alto Clearcuts 50 Healthy Holly-Oak Trees &#8211; A Study of Graft and Corruption in City Hall.</em></strong></p>
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