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The cabinet's "top secret" and bomb-proof bunker in Amsteg in canton Uri was built during the Second World War in case the Nazis came. It was officially called Project 1102 at first. In his new book "Switzerland unter Tag" (Switzerland below ground), journalist Jost Auf der Maur presents the Swiss government's bolt-hole in pictures, with fascinating descriptions of how it came about.
There were real concerns for the mental condition of the seven cabinet ministers if the worst came to the worst and they had to take refuge in the 3,000-square-metre bunker. The cabinet's bunker thus featured appropriate levels of comfort. There were three classes of bedroom, for example: singles with sponsored mouthwash for ministers, doubles for civil servants and bunk beds for the service staff. The rooms had pine panelling. The Sulzer company, which provided the emergency power facility, even had to undertake to be able to supply spare parts for 100 years.
The worst never did come to the worst. The cabinet's former bunker in Amsteg now belongs to Swiss Gold Safe AG. As this private company's name suggests, it is used to store valuables, works of art and cash, according to the book. The subterranean strong room is not open to visitors.
(Source: Jost Auf der Maur: Switzerland unter Tagexternal link. 144 pages with illustrations. The book is published by Echtzeit-Verlag)


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From the San Francisco Chronicle:
(Note: Image above is not the actual truck)
A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected.
Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive over a Honda Accord.
On the first attempt Friday, the monster truck blew a hydraulic hose and leaked vital fluid while the Honda remained intact and ready for more.
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Stocks closed higher as optimism prevailed, even in the face of $122-a-barrel oil. Techs got a boost from speculation that a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is still possible.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4 percent, closing above 13000 for the second time in a week.
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes each gained 0.8 percent, finishing at their highest respective levels in four months.
The CBOE Volatility Index, considered the best gauge of fear in the market, is now at its lowest level since October.
Crude oiljumped over the $122 mark-- before settling at a record $121.84 a barrel. Traders say the next benchmark is $150 and Goldman Sachs -- oh yes they did -- went there, saying oil could reach $200 a barrel.
Among 10 key S&P sector indexes, energy was the big winner, climbing 2.1 percent, followed by materials and IT, which gained 1 percent each, and financials, which rose 0.9 percent.
Traders said some of the day's gains could be attributed to optimism about the second half.
"The consensus ... out there is that the worst is over, when it comes to what was driving market down in the first place (credit crisis, subprime, etc.)," said Nadav Baum, managing director at BPU Investment Group in Pittsburgh. "The market isn't looking in the rear-view mirror, the market is looking ahead," he said.
Still, not everyone was convinced that the worst is over.
"On the floor, there's a feeling that the consumer may have hit a wall about three weeks ago," Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS, told CNBC. "How much it costs to fill up the tank ... how they're seeing signs of cutbacks ... that's all anecdotal to what starts to show up in the numbers."
"If oil stays where it is, it's got to damp consumer spending," Baum said. "But markets don't make mistakes. ... So, if the market is digesting all of this and saying 'the worst is over' then, obviously, the market thinks oil's got to come back down," he added.
Alcoa rose 3 percent, making it the top gainer on the Dow. Microsoft . and AIG tied for second, with gains of 2.1 percent each.
Anadarko shares shot up 9.4 percent, helped by crude prices and after the independent exploration and production company late Monday posted better-than-expected earnings and issued a healthy forecast.
Yahoo shares rebounded more than 5.5 percent -- after Monday's 15-percent drop -- as shareholders latched on to the possibility that a deal with Microsoft could still happen.
"It seems like the shareholders are going to try to make something happen, but the stock is acting like that's real," Bobby Harrington, head of block trading at UBS, told Reuters.
In an interview, Yahoo President Sue Decker said part of the problem with the breakdown in negotiations was that Microsoft never put its $33 a share offer in writing.
Meanwhile, MicrosoftChairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the software gianthasn't ruled out partnerships with other companiessince the Yahoo deal went bust but nothing is imminent.
Shares of Fannie Maefinished up 8.9 percent, helped by short covering, after the housing lender assuaged investor concerns in a conference call, saying it plans to raise $6 billion in capital and is improving shareholder value.
"Right now, we are in the belly of this cycle," Daniel Mudd, Fannie Mae's chief executive, said on the conference call. "The initial period of [disruption] in the marketplace appears to be dissipating. The capital markets are recovering balance."
Earlier, Fannie Mae reported its third straight quarterly loss and lowered its common stock dividend, projecting that credit losses will stretch into 2009.
Swiss bank UBS said it plans to cut 5,500 jobs in one of the biggest purges so far in this financial-market crisis. The company also announced a preliminary deal with U.S. asset manager BlackRock to sell $15 billion in subprime mortgages.
A day earlier, U.S. brokerage firm Morgan Stanley announced its planning another round of layoffs, finalizing a plan to reduce its workforce by another 5 percent. It's part of the next wave of layoffs headed for Wall Street, with cuts in the works at both JPMorgan Chase and Lehman Brothers , CNBC has learned.
Also Monday, Merck said it was paring its sales force by 1,200 jobsfollowing the FDA rejection of Merck's new cholesterol drug, Cordaptive.
Target announced plans to sell a 47-percent stake in its credit-card businessto JPMorgan Chase for $3.6 billion. The discount retailer said this was a dream deal with a dream partner. According to terms of the deal, Target will still run the unit and get a cash infusion, while JPMorgan has the rights to future profits.
"We expect to get hundreds of millions of dollars from profit from this venture unless we really screw it up," Target CFO Doug Scovanner said of the JPMorgan deal during a conference call with analysts. "Personally, I think this is what Dire Straits had in mind in the 1980s anthem, 'Money for Nothing.' I think this is wonderful."
Legg Mason shares skidded more than 10 percent after the money manager posted its first-ever lossamid a hefty charge related to a bailout of money-market funds exposed to risky securities.
Yum Brands , which operates fast-food chains including Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, said it will raise its quarterly dividend to 19 cents from 15 cents.
On the earnings front, Disney and Cisco Systems reported after the closing bell. Cisco's profit fell 5.4 percent but beat expectations, as revenue climbed 10 percent. Disney also surpassed forecasts, reporting its net rose 22 percent. Both stocks gained more than 2 percent in after-hours trading.
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Intrepid W+K explorers Paulo Salomao, Matt Owen, Scott Dungate & Kevin Chesters ventured boldly to Northern Lapland last week for the XVth Finlandia Vodka World Cup.
After a full day of meetings on Monday the team was whisked up to Kittila above the Artic Circle for the annual vodka contest that began on Tuesday evening. The team was wrapped up rather warm but the temperatures had luckily risen to a balmy -12c by the time we arrived.
The contest, created and hosted by Finlandia, brings together the top barmen of the world to compete in finding the best aperitif and long drink made with Finlandia vodka.
The contest was fast and furious, and for those who spoke no English possibly a little confusing too! But everyone seemed pretty happy and the contest itself was pretty awesome.
I'll post more soon about what happened during the day before the contest began but as this was Finland it inevitably involved taking your clothes off. Here is a little teaser featuring the team, and our much-loved client Alex:
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In the next instalment.....Ice Hotels....snowshoe racing.....and Kev Chesters gets appointed as a judge at the vodka cup.


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This simple Dice game is fun for the whole family. It comes in a "Good vs. Evil" dice cup with Darth Vadar face sculpted on one side and Luke Skywalker on the other giving you a preview of the good vs evil game play. Five custom dice are included and each die has four heroes and 2 villans on it. The goal of the game is to gain 250 pts before your opponets do. You can do this by either going hero or going villain and that can change turn for turn. The Characters on the dice lead to different point variations, so if you are going hero, you can re roll up to three times until you get the combination of hero's that you are satisfied with. Now, with this comes a serious draw back- during one of your rolls if you roll all villians, you lose that turn and gain no points.
Going villian offers similar gameplay, however you only get to reroll once and you keep the outcome to yourself, you tell your fellow players what combo you got and now you wait to see if anyone is going to call you out on it or not. If they do call you out and you are telling the truth (like when Darth told Luke he WAS his father- sorry for the spoiler alert) you get double the points, if you lie and get caught then the player who confronted you gets the points. If no one calls you out then you get the points you claimed. Its a slippery slode of deception. All I know is that is I play with my friends, one in particular (JUSTIN) I will always call out- that guy is a cheater.
I love dice games, especially one that is themed with a franchise that I love. Wonder Forge is great at creating franchise based games with unique and fun game play. This is available at Target and will be a great gift for kids and adults a like this holiday season!


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Association Update: GPI Supports the Glass Packaging Industry
The GPI board of trustees, the association's key decision-making body, consists of one representative from each member company and one representative from the associate members and closure manufacturers. At semi-annual trustee meetings, the board develops an agenda for GPI activities, approves budgets and sets the association's course for the future. In addition to the board, several committees and task forces are involved in the issues that affect the industry.
The GPI monitors legislation that could have an effect on the industry and promotes glass packaging through a variety of environmental and marketing initiatives, including:
- Lobbying efforts to oppose legislative and regulatory threats to packaging on the federal, state and local levels.
- A public relations program that promotes the sales and recyclability of glass containers through its website (www.gpi.org), trade shows and awards programs.
- A range of technical, environmental and academic programs.
Awards and RecognitionIn every industry there are those who achieve excellence and deserve recognition. The glass packaging industry honors its "stars" with Clear Choice Awards. Since 1989, GPI's Clear Choice Awards have celebrated the best in glass packaging. Each Clear Choice Award winner receives a Steuben glass star, a cash award to be donated to a charity selected by the company and industry-wide recognition. The competition is held approximately every 18 months and features award categories such as Package Design (awarded to a product whose packaging commands shelf presence and attracts attention), Success Story (judged on sales success over the past year as well as packaging that enhances product appeal), Wine, Beer, Distilled Spirits, Carbonated Beverage, Non-Carbonated Beverage and Packaged Foods. Judges include representatives from package design, academia and trade media. The next Clear Choice Awards competition will be held in the spring of 2002, and a call for entries is expected to be announced soon.
The GPI also highlights "Featured Products in Glass"—an online showcase for what's new and hot in the glass packaging industry. The showcase, located at www.gpi.org, is open to glass manufacturers who would like to submit information on their new product lines and is frequently updated to keep users informed of new developments in glass on a regular basis.
Recycling EffortsThe GPI is at the forefront of glass container recycling efforts. Because using recycled glass reduces energy consumption, raw materials use, and wear and tear on machinery, ensuring a steady supply of recycled glass, or cullet, has become crucial to the industry's success. The GPI's educational efforts include recycling outreach to consumers, municipalities, recyclers, elected officials and waste haulers.
Educational ToolsLaunched in 1995, the GPI Academic Program, launched in 1995, aims to assist faculty and students at institutions that offer package design, packaging science or other related curriculum. By offering educational tools, such as videos and printed materials, and guest speakers from the North American glass container manufacturing industry, the GPI strives to keep glass packaging top-of-mind with young people interested in packaging.
Renewed CommitmentIn February 2001, GPI's board elected Joseph J. Cattaneo president of the association. For the past eight years, Cattaneo has served as GPI's executive vice president, overseeing marketing and public affairs activities, office management and regional programs. In addition to the programs and services that are already in place, Cattaneo is spearheading a reorganization effort that will provide even more new programs and initiatives for the glass packaging industry in 2002.
For More InformationFor more information about the GPI, contact Joseph Cattaneo at the Glass Packaging Institute, 515 King St., Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22314; (703) 684-6359; fax (703) 684-6048; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com; or visit http://www.gpi.org.
SIDEBAR: GPI Member CompaniesAnchor Glass Container Corp.
Consumers Glass
Gallo Glass
Glenshaw Glass Co., Inc.
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I spent the day working out and running. I have a half marathon coming up. It will be my third. Anyway, I ended the day with perhaps just a touch too much spiced rum. This is not in character, and I was just about to go to bed when "Blood Simple" came on television (after Svengoolie's showing of "The Creature Walks among Us" [1956]). I realize that it's time for a Coen Brothers retrospective. It's going to be a long night. Damn you, film club!!!
In other news...I'm going to the Ai Weiwei exhibit tomorrow at the IMA (actually, later today) with some friends. I can't wait to go and to discuss it over dinner afterwards. I've seen and heard so much about this guy; I'm eager to see the art for myself. We're going on a docent led tour, so I should be able to share all of the skinny soon.
Okay, "Blood Simple"...wow me like you did at Baxter Avenue Theater a bunch of years ago...


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Whenever I consult with friends and colleagues, who are blessed enough to have a private practice waiting room, I always suggest they at least beta-test the "Living Room Comfort" strategy.
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this event will be one of the biggest but can it top last year? Or 2012's festival where Dr Dre and Snoop doggy dog bring out Tupac? I guess we will just have to wait and find out!
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What it looks like
Myrtle rust generally attacks soft new growth including leaf surfaces, shoots, buds, flowers and fruit.
Symptoms to look out for are:
- bright yellow/orange powdery patches on leaves
- brown/grey rust pustules (older spores) on older lesions
- leaves that are buckled or twisted and dying off.
How the disease begins and forms - new yellow pustules and small brown spots
The lesions get bigger and produce masses of bright yellow spores
Why myrtle rust is a threat
Shoots on pōhutukawa on Raoul Island affected by myrtle rust
Image: DOC
Myrtle rust could affect iconic New Zealand plants including pōhutukawa, mānuka, rātā, kānuka, swamp maire and ramarama, as well as commercially-grown species such as eucalyptus.
Myrtle rust attacks young, soft, actively growing leaves, shoot tips and young stems. Initial symptoms are powdery, bright yellow or orange-yellow pustules on leaves, tips and stems.
The developing lesions may cause a deformation of the leaves and shoots, and twig dieback if the infection is severe. It can also affect flowers and fruit. Infection may result in plant death.
Myrtle rust is notoriously difficult to control. However, it was caught early on Lord Howe Island and may have been controlled there. Unfortunately by the time that the rust pustules are visible on plants, spores are already spreading.
It will be extremely difficult to eradicate in New Zealand.
Where it's found:
- in many parts of the world – the rust has rapidly spread on Australia's east coast
- on pōhutukawa trees on Raoul Island – found in March 2017
- on mainland New Zealand – first found in May 2017.
Myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) is also known as guava rust and eucalyptus rust.
Images of some species that host myrtle rust.
How it can spread
Myrtle rust spores are microscopic and can easily spread across large distances by wind. Myrtle rust is likely to be carried by wind to New Zealand from Australia, New Caledonia or Raoul Island.
We do not know where the rust has come from, and if it is the same type as that from Australia or New Caledonia. We need to still treat the rust in those countries as potentially different from that on Raoul Island or on mainland New Zealand.
Spores can also be transported on contaminated clothing, insects, rain splashes and equipment.
In January 2019, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) found myrtle rust produced a teliospore stage in New Zealand. This spore stage is different from the asexual urediniopsore stage and indicates that the fungus is capable of reproducing sexually. Sexual reproduction introduces genetic variability, increasing the risk to New Zealand, as it allows fungi to adapt to new environments and possibly affect new hosts.
The asexual stage forms yellow to orange pustules whereas the presence of light to dark brown pustules might indicate the formation of the sexual stage.
Sexual and asexual pustules on M. communis
Image: Ministry for Primary Industries
See the MR website for more information.
Managing the threat
DOC is working closely with MPI to manage myrtle rust in New Zealand. Early detection of any outbreak in New Zealand will be vital to any attempt to manage it.
New Zealand already has stringent biosecurity measures to protect against myrtle rust introduction, including a complete ban on imports of cut flowers and foliage from myrtle species in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
There are strict biosecurity procedures for DOC staff travelling between Raoul Island and the New Zealand mainland to prevent any people-assisted spread. Entry to the island is by permit only.
The Raoul outbreak will be used to learn more about myrtle rust – how it affects different species, trialling treatments and banking seed from local iconic species for future planting.
Beehive restrictions on public conservation land
DOC has put immediate restrictions on beehive movements on specific areas of conservation land in a bid to contain the spread of myrtle rust. The decision comes after research from Plant and Food indicates bees may be a vector for the spread of myrtle rust.
Research on beehives and myrtle rust
More about honeybees on conservation land
Where DOC is looking for myrtle rust
DOC is surveying for myrtle rust on public conservation land. Surveillance will be undertaken progressively across the country. The status of public conservation land surveillance as of July 2018 can be viewed on the map below:


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I've read about half of what I put on my most anticipated spring TBR, but here I am again with ten books I have good intentions of reading soon.
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Top Ten: Autumn TBR
I've read about half of what I put on my most anticipated spring TBR, but here I am again with ten books I have good intentions of reading soon.
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
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Saga sure looks interesting.ReplyDelete
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
I love your first sentence, haha! It's SO RECOGNIZABLE. I'm not posting my Summer wrap-up yet, but I just know I'll not have tackled all the books I mentioned in my Summer TBR.ReplyDelete
Kigndom of Ash is definitely THE book I want to read. I didn't even put it on my TBR because it's so.. expected I'll read it as soon as it arrives, haha.
Happy reading!
Here's my TTT should you be interested: https://booksandmunches.com/2018/09/18/ttt-18092018/Replies
Great list! I'm so curious about Washington Black, and I'm getting a copy of The Loosening Skin through Kjckstarter. Can't wait!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh I was tempted by that Kickstarter but I still haven't read the last Unsung anthology I supported...and I have two copies!Delete
I can't wait for the new Saga and The Lossening Skin looks interesting. I must check it out!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hurrah for Saga! I'm sad they're taking a break but hopefully they'll come up with something amazing when they come back.Delete
I have Strange the Dreamer on my list as I really need to read that soon! I also need to get up to date on the Saga volumes. I think the last one I read was volume 5.ReplyDelete
I love Laini Taylor's writing.Delete
Muse of Nightmares and Kingdom of Ash are both on my list this week. I can't wait to dive into them. Though I am a little sad that Throne of Glass is coming to an end. Hope you enjoy the books on your list!ReplyDelete
Here's my TTT.Replies
I am actually pretty excited to read the conclusion. I think some series can go on too long and lose their shine.Delete
Monstress is my favorite graphic novel series. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!ReplyDelete
I have read zero of these 😱 but some of those covers ❤ brilliant xxxReplyDelete
Lainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
Ah I'm super excited for Kingdom of Ash!ReplyDelete
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/top-ten-tuesday-177/
I don't think I've heard of ANY of these, but I do hear good things about Julie Kagawa and her books. Hope you enjoy all of these - and happy fall TBR-ing. :)ReplyDelete
I wish the Saga Deluxe Editions weren't so expensive. I have a feeling I'll really like that series, and I want to own it. I hope you enjoy all these!ReplyDelete
Aj @ Read All The Things!Replies
Wordery (free international delivery) usually have pretty good discounts on the hardback editions. I tried out the first few volumes as part of a Humble Bundle. They usually crop up every time they do an Image Comics bundle and then you can pay what you want to try them out digitally.Delete
Everyone loves comments, right? I read them all and do my best to visit your blog if you leave a link (and you're not a spambot).


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I love to play Worldoo.com. It is a fun kids game. Today my father showed me how to use Milaap credits. The two things are slightly similar, because both of them can be used to help people.
In Worldoo we have to give stars to children (we can choose) and the people will give the money. We can give stars in the Gift A Tara.
In Milaap, we have credits and we can choose who we want to lend. Then we have to enter the amount we want to pay, and give a loan. Interestingly, after an year or two, we get the credits back!
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Now that the volume models of the new Sentra sedan are on sale, Nissan can take care of the boy racers in the audience with the addition of the Sentra SE-R and SE-R Spec V. Aimed at two similar but distinct sets of performance buyers, the models replace the base Sentra's MR20DE twin cam four cylinder engine with the larger and more powerful QR25DE from the Altima. The 2.5-liter inline four comes in two variants: a 177-hp/172 lb-ft version for the SE-R and a 200-hp/180 lb-ft version for the Spec V. The former is mated to Nissan's Jatco-supplied CVT, though paddle shifters are fitted behind the steering wheel to allow the driver to toggle through six distinct ratios in manual mode. The latter comes attached to a six-speed manual gearbox, and is modified to reach the higher output levels.
According to Tony Pearson, manager, Technologies and Motor Sports at Nissan North America, the high-output Spec V engine is a bit different than its less powerful sibling. "The high-output version features a unique block casting to make room for the strengthened crankshaft, reinforced connecting rods, and revised water jacket." In addition, this engine has a higher compression ratio (10.5:1 vs. 9.6:1), revised cam profiles with 4? greater lift, stronger valve springs, short-branch resin intake manifold, low inertia dual-mass flywheel, low backpressure exhaust system, and a 4-2-1 exhaust manifold with dual catalytic converters.
One thing missing from under the hood is the near-ubiquitous strut brace found in every tuner magazine on the planet. Says Pearson: "A traditional strut tower brace was initially considered for the Spec V. However, while it would have offered solid improvements in one axis of motion, it would not have had any effect in others. Reinforcing the cowl area with thicker, stronger sheetmetal was found to be a superior solution in this application." According to Nissan product planning specialist Matt Cragin, customers told Nissan they wanted the factory to take care of those areas that are difficult for buyers to modify correctly. "That's why we upgraded the structure, brakes, suspension, and engine," he says, "and left the customization to the buyer." Nevertheless both the SE-R and Spec V get unique wheels, front fascias, rocker covers, badging, and a rear spoiler.
The SE-R is fitted 11.7-in. front and 11.5-in. rear disc brakes, while the more powerful Spec V has 12.6-in front discs (the rears remain the same) and unique "SE-R" front calipers. Both cars are equipped with digressive variable-flow dampers, but they are tuned for a sportier feel than the standard Sentra units in the Spec V. Similarly, the SE-R shares the standard Sentra's ride height while the Spec V sits 10-mm lower, has internal rebound springs on the rear dampers to keep the tail from "hiking up" during cornering, and sports a larger 25-mm front anti-roll bar, and has a V-brace in the trunk. "It gets in the way of using the fold down rear seat to increase luggage space," says Cragin, "but the Spec V buyer won't mind given his preference for performance." The 2007 Sentra SE-R goes from a base of $19,400 to a high of $21,450, while the Spec V starts at $19,900 and tops out at $22,100.


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St. Peter's Fair, Shrewsbury, August 1148
On the day that Brunin FitzWarin encountered the men who were to change and shape his life, he was ten years old and wandering...
St. Peter's Fair, Shrewsbury, August 1148
On the day that Brunin FitzWarin encountered the men who were to change and shape his life, he was ten years old and wandering the booths of St. Peter's Fair unchaperoned.
Mark, his father's serjeant, who should have been keeping an eye on him, had allowed his attention to be diverted by a brimming pitcher and an alewife's buxom daughter at one of the refreshment stalls. Growing bored with the adult dalliance, Brunin had meandered off to explore the booths on his own. He was a lanky child with an olive complexion and eyes of so deep a brown that they were almost black, hence his nickname, his true appellation being Fulke, the same as his father. His five brothers were fair like their parents. Brunin, it was said by the charitable, was a throwback to his grandsire, a Lorraine mercenary of doubtful origins. Those less generous muttered that he was a changeling child, a cuckoo laid in the nest by the faery folk of the Welsh hills.
He passed a cookstall where soft oatcakes were being smartly turned on a griddle and sold to passersby. A woman had bought several and was dividing them among her swarming offspring. She reprimanded one child with exasperation, but a moment later ruffled his hair. Catching Brunin's wistful gaze, she smiled, tore a side from a remaining oatcake, and offered it to him as if coaxing a wild thing. Brunin shook his head and moved quickly away. It was not the oatcake that had caused his yearning look.
"Jugs and pitchers!" a trader shouted in his ear. "Pottles and pots! Finest wares of Stamford and Nottingham!" The man waved aloft a green-glazed jug with the design of a grinning face carved in the spout. A pugnacious housewife was haggling vigorously with his assistant over the price of a cooking jar.
For three days every summer, traders came to Shrewsbury and arrayed their wares in the shadow of the great Benedictine abbey of Saints Peter and Paul. Even the unrest of the civil war between the supporters of King Stephen and the Empress Matilda could not dampen people's enthusiasm for bargains and rarities. Brunin's father said that, if anything, the unrest made the fair even more popular because men could meet allies and discuss common ground while seen to be engaged in legitimate pursuits.
That's where his father was now, talking to old friends, and that was why Brunin had been put in Mark's charge. They were supposed to meet FitzWarin at the horse market when the abbey bell rang the hour of sext. Brunin was to have a new pony since he was rapidly outgrowing the small Welsh bay that had served him since he was six years old. Spider legs his grandmother had called him last week, as if his sudden growth spurt was a sin.
The language of trade assaulted his ears from all quarters. The Latin and French of wealthier stall-holders were familiar to him. Here and there, a Welsh voice soared above a babbling undercurrent of English. Brunin spoke a smattering of the two latter tongues—but never in his grandmother's hearing unless he deliberately wanted to annoy her.
The cloth stalls were heaving with women who eyed and fingered, discussed, longed for, and occasionally bought. Brunin's mother had a silk dress of the same shimmering red-gold as one of the bolts draped over a booth counter. He had seen it in her clothing coffer, but she rarely wore it. She had told him once with blank eyes that it was her wedding gown.
Brunin paused at a trader's cart to fondle a litter of brindle hound pups. The trader also had a pair of tiny dogs with long, silky fur and colorful ribbons tied around their necks. The sound of their yapping hurt Brunin's ears. He tried to imagine his father entertaining such lap rats in his household and grinned at the image. FitzWarin was strictly a hound man, the larger the better.
Ambling toward the horse market, Brunin wondered if he could steer his father's eye in the direction of a pied or jet-black pony this time—something that would stand out from common chestnut and brown. Of course, unusual colors cost more and if the price was not reasonable, his father would refuse to buy.
To reach the horse fair, Brunin had to cut down the thoroughfare where the weapon smiths had set out their stalls. The sight of the shining sword blades, the axes, daggers, hauberks, helms, and sundry accoutrements of the warrior's craft seized both his sight and his imagination. Here was a knife in a tooled leather sheath just like the one Mark wore at his hip, here a sword with a grip of red braid and an inscription scrolled in Latin down the blade. Brunin's mouth watered. Sometimes he would draw his father's sword from its scabbard and pretend that he was the great warrior Roland, defending the pass at Roncesvalles against the Infidel. His grandmother had caught him once and thrashed him for leaving sticky fingerprints on the polished iron. He had been more circumspect since—and, mindful of her words, he always cleaned the sword on his tunic before putting it away.
A nobleman and his entourage arrived at the booth where Brunin was eyeing up the weaponry and began inspecting the swords. Brunin watched the lord heft the blade that the craftsman handed to him.
"Good balance," the lord nodded. "Grip's a little short. I don't want to lose my finger ends in battle." He swiped the sword through the air, testing the feel, following through with a deft backswing before handing the weapon around for an opinion.
"That can be changed if you like the blade, my lord," said the trader. "Or there's this one." He presented another sword, this one scabbarded in tactile, rose-colored leather.
Captivated, Brunin moved closer and was immediately pushed aside by a fair-haired squire attending the noble. "Out of the way, brat," he sneered. "Get back to your nursemaid."
Brunin flushed. The youth was wearing a tunic of blood-red wool and had a knife at his belt not much smaller than Mark's. One hand hovered close to the hilt as if he were thinking of drawing it. Eyeing the implied threat, Brunin began to feel queasy.
"He's lost his tongue," grinned a younger, stocky youth in blue. "Unless he's Welsh and doesn't understand us. He looks Welsh, doesn't he?"
Brunin lifted his chin. Every muscle was stiff with the effort of holding his ground. "I'm not W-Welsh," he said.
The lord ceased examining his second sword and glanced around. "Ernalt, Gerald, leave the boy alone. Let him look if he desires." His tone was tolerant. "What's your name, boy?"
Brunin delved for his manners. "Fulke, sir," he said, using his formal birth name. "Fulke F-FitzWarin…"
The humor faded from the man's eyes. "Of Whittington?"
"Yes, sir."
"And what might you be doing strolling the booths on your own?"
"Waiting for my father," Brunin answered.
The noble raised his head and gazed around as if expecting to see Brunin's father among the crowd. "Then perhaps you would do better not to wait in my vicinity," he said. His voice had lost its warmth. "If your sire is as careless with his lands as he is with his son, he may well end up losing both." Turning his back on Brunin with a deliberate air of dismissal, he handed the sword to the craftsman and set about discussing terms.
Brunin was bewildered. He did not understand the sudden change, but knew enough to realize that his presence was unwelcome and that it must have something to do with his father. He started to walk away and received a hefty shove in the middle of his back. Stumbling, surprised, he turned to find himself facing the blond squire and his companion.
"Know what happens to a cub when it wanders too far from the den?" the blond one asked in a voice straining in the space between boy and man. He drew his knife.
Brunin swallowed and his queasiness increased.
"You think he's afraid?" The stocky boy gave Brunin another shove, a predatory glint in his eyes.
"Of course he is."
"I'm n-not!" Brunin contradicted. Something strange was happening to his bladder, as if the blond squire's blade was sawing through his ability to control it.
The youth thumbed the tip of the weapon and then ran his finger lightly across the edge. "You should be, whelp," he said. "Perhaps I'll cut off your little tail and send you home to your pack with a stump, eh?" He sliced the steel descriptively under Brunin's nose.
Brunin flinched. He knew it wasn't manly but couldn't help himself. He wished he were back at the guest house with his mother and brothers and even his grandmother. He wished he were still with Mark and bored stiff.
The squire in blue grabbed Brunin's arm. "Shall I hold him down?"
"If you like."
Terror shot through Brunin like a molten wire. Drawing back his foot he kicked his captor in the shin and, twisting, bit the hand that was gripping his elbow. The youth yelled and let go. Brunin took to his heels. Winding among the booths, he was as swift and pliable as an eel between rocks, but his pursuers were fast too and there were two of them. Brunin darted toward the stall where he had left Mark supping ale and cozening the girl but, to his horror, the young serjeant was no longer there.
The girl scowled over the counter at the wild-eyed, panting boy. "He's gone looking for you." Her tone indicated that she was furious at having her flirtation curtailed. "You're in trouble, you are."
He didn't need to be told. "Please…" he croaked, but it was too late. The squires grabbed him one either side and held him fast. When the girl looked askance, the fair-haired one winked at her. "Young rascal," he said. Reassured, she turned away, abandoning Brunin to his fate.
He fought the youths with every shred of strength in his narrow body, but he was no match for their adolescent brawn. Their fingers bruised his flesh as they dragged him across the fairground. A hard hand cupped his mouth to stifle his yells, and when he tried again to bite, he felt the cold burn of the knife at his throat. A sudden, shameful heat flooded his braies and stained his hose.
"God's bones, the weakling's pissed himself!" the stocky youth jeered.
His blond companion snorted. "What do you expect of blood like his? The wonder is it's red, not yellow." He showed Brunin his smeared fingers then dragged them down the boy's cheek.
"If you cut out his liver, I'll warrant you half a mark that it would be the color of buttercups."
"Half a mark? Done."
"Boys!" The voice was peremptory and stern. Through a stinging blur of tears, Brunin saw the dark figure of a Benedictine monk blocking their path, arms folded high on his chest, and expression stern. "What are you doing?"
"None of your business," sneered the older youth.
The monk raised one thin silver eyebrow. "I can make it so very quickly indeed," he said coldly. "Let him go and be on your way."
The stand-off was short. Bravado the squires possessed in bucketloads, but they were lads, not grown men. Faced by the charisma and authority of the Church, they grudgingly capitulated and, pushing Brunin to his knees, swaggered off. At a distance, the blond one turned.
"Your liver's mine, piss-hose!" he shouted. "And I'll come back for it!"
Brunin stared at the dusty grass inches from his eyes. A dark drop of blood plopped from the knife wound and ran down the stems to soak into the soil. He could hear his breath sawing in his chest and breaking over his larynx in hoarse sobs. He wondered if he was dying and wished that he were already dead.
"How now, child." The monk stooped and raised Brunin to his feet. "What had you done to them to make them set on you?"
"Nothing," Brunin gulped in a quavering voice and sleeved his eyes. He felt sick and his legs wobbled like a foal's.
The monk gently tilted Brunin's head to one side so that he could see the cut on his throat. "No more than a nick," he said, "but it could have been nasty indeed." He clucked his tongue and spoke more to himself than Brunin. "Every year, with the revenues, this fair brings us these squalid troubles, the more so since men quarrel over who rules the kingdom." He drew Brunin gently toward the abbey precincts. "Come, child, let us find some salve for that scratch and a place for you to sit a moment." His gaze was shrewd. "If you are not a foundling, which I judge not by the cut of your tunic, someone will be looking for you."
Fulke FitzWarin, lord of the castles of Whittington and Alberbury and more than fifteen estates in the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Devonshire, and Cambridgeshire, took a drink of wine, rolled it experimentally around his mouth, and swallowed. He handed the cup to his companion. "What do you think?"
Joscelin de Dinan sniffed the brew and, under the anxious eyes of the hovering vintner, set the rim to his lips. "Not bad," he said, wiping his mouth. The creases at his eye corners deepened as he smiled. "Certainly I wouldn't be insulted if you served it to me."
FitzWarin grunted with amusement. "Useful to know I don't have to broach my best wine to satisfy you then." He raised his forefinger to the vintner. "I'll take thirty barrels. You can haggle the price with my steward." He set the cup under the spigot of the sample barrel and refilled it. Around them the crowds ebbed and flowed in rapid tidal surges. The vintners' booths were always busy and it was best to visit them early while there was plenty of choice.
It was good to be out in the sun-soaked morning with no more pressing business than the pleasure of talking to old friends, restocking the wine supplies, and the later prospect of exploring the horse market and weapon booths.
"Your steward?" Joscelin raised his brows. "Not your mother?"
FitzWarin laughed and pushed his heavy hazel-brown hair off his forehead. "Doubtless she'll have her say but for the moment her mind is fixed on buying cloth and thread for sewing. Sometimes there are just more pies than she has fingers." His mother's reputation was legendary among the baronial community of the Welsh Marches. It was said by many, sometimes to his face, that the lady Mellette was a match for any dragon that happened out of Wales. She was five years past three score but had more stamina than FitzWarin's wife who was less than half her age.
The men enjoyed a few more samples. Joscelin wanted some Rhenish and FitzWarin bought a firkin of sweet, potent mead.
"There is something I have been meaning to ask you," FitzWarin said as they sauntered companionably away from the wine booths. His feet were steady, his balance good, but he could feel his tongue wanting to run away with him. Joscelin's cheekbones bore a red flush that made his smoke-gray eyes gleam like polished flints.
"As long as it is not about my daughters," Joscelin said, only half in jest. With two stepdaughters, two girls of his own blood, and no son, Joscelin de Dinan was constantly being petitioned by men who desired a future stake in the strategic castle and prosperous town of Ludlow.
"No." FitzWarin shook his head. "It is about my son…my eldest," he qualified, for he had six. "It is past time that he began his training. The lad's ten years old now. I was wondering if you…"
Joscelin raised his brows, for usually a man kept his heir at his side and fostered the sons of other men as his companions. It was the younger sons who went to other households in the hopes that they would find a niche through marriage or as household knights. "You are not keeping him at Whittington?"
They paused to let a string of pack ponies through, bells jingling on their harness, wicker panniers piled with belts of gilded leather like a tangle of flattened snakes.
FitzWarin sighed and gave the telltale hair-push. "No," he said. "If it was Ralf, or Richard, or Warin, I would do so, but Brunin needs to spread his wings. I can think of no better place for him to receive his training than at Ludlow…if you will have him."
Joscelin looked thoughtful and sought for the meaning in FitzWarin's words. He had no doubt that Ralf, Richard, and Warin would prove engaging lads, easy to train into manhood. However, a boy who needed to "spread his wings" suggested one who was going to be more of a challenge. "It is no small responsibility to raise your friend's heir," he said.
"I trust you."
"And you don't trust yourself?"
FitzWarin glowered. "I was sent away for training because I was a younger son, but it was the making of me…and provident too, since my older brother died and left me to inherit. Brunin is like me. He will have more opportunity to flourish in a different household, and I would like it to be yours."
Joscelin frowned. "Have you discussed the matter with your wife?"
"Eve will do as I say, and I will deal with my mother," FitzWarin said brusquely.
Joscelin thought of his own comfortable domestic situation and knew that, despite Eve FitzWarin's astonishing beauty, he would not change places with his friend for one minute of one day.
"I'm buying Brunin a new pony," FitzWarin added on a lighter note. "Mark's taking him around the fair just now, but we're meeting at the horse market at the sext bell. If you want to see the boy, you are welcome to join us."
"So that I can look in his mouth too as if he were a colt for sale?"
Joscelin's sarcasm was lost on FitzWarin. "Well, yes, if you put it like that…After all, you wouldn't buy a horse without looking it over."
Joscelin was spared from making an answer as a worried-looking young man came hastening toward them from the thicket of cookstall booths. He was wearing the quilted tunic of a man-at-arms and his left hand rested on the hilt of a long hunting knife.
"Mark?" FitzWarin's expression sharpened. "Where's Brunin?"
The young man bowed his head in deference and chagrin. "I do not know, my lord."
FitzWarin's glare could have cut steel. "You do not know?"
The serjeant licked his lips. "We became separated by the crowds, my lord. I was on my way to the horse market to see if he was there. He knew it was our meeting place and I thought…"
"How in God's sweet name did you become separated?" FitzWarin's raised voice boded ill for his serjeant.
"I…One minute he was there, the next he was gone."
"He was where?" Joscelin asked. "Where precisely did you lose him? At which booth?"
The serjeant blenched. "At one of the cookstalls, my lord."
FitzWarin's eyes flashed. "I suppose you were drinking and filling your belly when you should have been watching the boy."
"I only looked away for a moment, I swear it."
"A moment is all it takes." FitzWarin made a terse gesture with his clenched fist. "I have no time for this now; I'll deal with you later. For the nonce, we had better find my son."
Joscelin cleared his throat. "Doubtless your serjeant is right and the lad will make for the horse market. I suppose he has the sense?"
FitzWarin glowered at Mark. "Yes," he muttered. "He has the sense if he chooses to use it…more than this muttonwit here."
The men began making their way among the booths. FitzWarin sent Mark to fetch the other household knights and serjeants and set them to searching. "But don't alert the women," he commanded. "The last thing I need is panic in the hen house."
FitzWarin and Joscelin went straight to the horse fair, but although there were plenty of lads standing at bridles and helping the grooms, there was no sign of the one they sought. Small hand clasped in the protection of a toil-reddened fist, a boy walked past the men with his father. The pair paused side by side to inspect a well-fed dappled pony. FitzWarin looked at the child's earnest, upturned face, then at the father's indulgent smile and knew that God was punishing him. "If anything has happened to Brunin, I will have my serjeant's guts for hose bindings," he muttered through clenched teeth.
Joscelin's initial instinct was to murmur the platitude that the boy would turn up unharmed, but he bit his tongue. Doubtless, if one of his daughters were lost in this vast tide of humanity, he would feel less sanguine. Prudently he said nothing and applied himself to the hunt.
Mark and the other soldiers searched along the banks of the Severn where the traders' barges bobbed at their moorings, but there was no sign of Brunin and no one had seen him. The river, although it looked innocent, was treacherous and deep and would quickly swallow a child if he fell in. Millrace, brook, and pond were investigated too, but without result. FitzWarin had walked the circuit of the fair with Joscelin to no avail and his agitation had increased from simmer to boil when a young monk approached them.
"My lords, I hear you are searching for a lost child?"
FitzWarin's eyes lit up. "Praise God, you have found him?"
"Yes, sire. Brother Anselm has him at the porter's lodge." The monk pointed behind him, indicating a low stone building near the Foregate.
FitzWarin set off at a rapid walk, clapping his hand to his scabbard to keep it still. Joscelin strode beside him. "If he went to the monks for help, that too shows sense," he said.
FitzWarin grunted. "Sense would have been staying with my serjeant," he said. "I'll have both their hides in recompense."
Seated on a bench outside the porter's lodge, a thickset monk of middle years was comforting a woebegone child. Tear tracks snailed the boy's smooth olive skin and his dark eyes were glazed and heavy. Marks resembling bloody fingerprints painted one cheek and a yellow salve had been smeared over a cut on his neck. There was a telltale stain at the crotch of his hose.
FitzWarin slewed to a halt and his eyes widened. "God's sweet bones, Brunin?"
The monk removed his arm from around the boy's shoulders and rose to his feet. If he was disturbed by the use of blasphemy in God's own precincts, he kept it to himself. "The boy is yours, my lord?"
"He's my son," FitzWarin snapped. "What has happened to him?" Striding to the bench he stooped to Brunin and turned his jaw to the light. "Who did this?"
The boy's expression was blank. FitzWarin knew the look of old. Whatever pain Brunin had suffered had been drawn within where he would feed upon it in silence, and it would feed on him.
"Some older youths were making sport with him and it was becoming ugly," the monk said. "I intervened and brought him to the lodge. When I heard from one of my brethren that there was a search going on, I sent Brother Simon to direct it here." He gestured. "He's badly shaken but no lasting harm seems to have been done."
FitzWarin turned to Brunin. "Would you know the youths again?" he demanded and clamped his jaw as he saw terror fill his son's eyes. "Would you?"
"Yes, sir." Brunin's throat rippled.
FitzWarin jerked him to his feet. "Then let us go and find them, and let us see what they have to say when they taste my sword."
"My lord, violence only begets more violence," the monk intervened. "Surely we have all seen enough in this lifetime not to seek out more."
"Save your homilies for church," FitzWarin snarled. "I've swallowed enough of them in the past to last me a lifetime too!" Turning his back on the monk, he scowled down at his son who was quivering in his clutch. "What did they look like?"
Brunin stammered out a description, his complexion paling until he was ashen.
"It might be best to leave him behind," Joscelin said neutrally. "Look at him. He is in no state to be walking around the fair."
"I can see the state he is in," FitzWarin snapped. "And when I find those who did this, they will pay. Come on, boy, you've the blood of kings in your veins. Show your worth."
Brunin had been clenching his teeth and swallowing convulsively while the men were in discussion, but his body reached a point where his will could no longer control it and, bending his head, he vomited, the spasms heaving through his narrow body until his knees buckled.
"For the love of God, send him back to your lodging," Joscelin said, his expression filled with appalled pity. "He is beyond his endurance. He could be descended from King Arthur himself and it would make no difference just now."
Grimly, FitzWarin swept Brunin into his arms, his strength making nothing of the boy's weight. He felt beneath his fingers the dampness where Brunin had pissed himself and was filled with a deep and tender rage, not least because he was ashamed that his son had been frightened enough to lose control of his bladder. Did such a trait show a predisposition to cowardice? The thought was like a pebble in his shoe. What if Brunin lacked the qualities he needed to guide his family's interests when the time came? It would not have mattered if he were one of the younger boys, but he was the heir. And because he was ashamed, FitzWarin was angry with himself too. He should be thanking God that Brunin was safe, not agitating over the child's lack of backbone. Torn both ways, he hugged his son before handing him abruptly into the custody of two of his knights.
"Guy, Johan, take him straight to my lodging and give him to the women. Tell them as little as you can get away with. I'll deal with it myself when I return."
"Yes, sire." Guy hoisted Brunin across his shoulder like a deer.
Frowning, FitzWarin watched them leave. Then, shrugging his shoulders as if to level and settle a heavy burden, he sent another man to call off the search and turned back toward the fair.
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|November 25, 2010 10:15 AM EST
The Whitehouse Office of Management and Budget has announced that, from now on, cloud computing would be the "default approach to IT" for US government agencies. The move comes as an element of a sweeping set of government IT reforms begun last summer intended to "close the IT gap" between the public and private sectors. The cloud-first policy is expected to reduce a 2000+ data center infrastructure by as much as 40%, lowering costs, improving security and performance, and speeding up the deployment of new applications.
Closing the "IT Gap"
Last June, writing on the OMB web site, then-Director Peter Orszag made this observation:
"When many of my colleagues went from the cutting-edge, social media-focused Obama presidential campaign into the federal government, they remarked that it was like going from an X-box to an Atari.
"Indeed, a significant IT gap has developed over the past decade and a half between the public and private sectors - and that is a big part of the productivity divide between the two. Closing this IT gap is key to boost efficiency and make government more open and responsive to the wants and needs of the public."
It was the Obama administration's opening salvo in a war on manifold cost overruns, schedule delays, and outright failures in IT projects across dozens of federal agencies. Since then, the OMB has formulated and started executing on a tripartite IT reform strategy, in which cloud computing plays an important role.
The first part of the strategy was the execution of an in-depth review of the highest priority IT modernization projects that were not yet delivered, "resulting in faster deliverables, terminations of projects that didn't work, and most importantly turned around projects that were in trouble," according to the OMB. The second was a review of 30 financial systems projects across 20 different agencies with an aggregate budget of $20b, resulting in fully half of them being altered, reduced, or eliminated entirely.
"All In" on the Cloud
The third part of the IT reform strategy aims to substantially alter the way the US government spends its $80b annual IT budget going forward by adopting the "light technologies and shared solutions" of cloud computing, starting with the 2012 budget cycle.
In a speech last week before the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the OMB's deputy management director and chief performance officer, Jeff Zients laid out some of the particulars of the cloud-first strategy.
"What this means is that going forward, when evaluating options for new IT deployments, OMB will require that agencies default to cloud-based solutions whenever a secure, reliable, cost-effective cloud option exists," Zients said, adding, "These platforms will allow agencies to easily adopt cloud solutions for systems, such as infrastructure, email, and productivity suites."
He also said that the OMB will help this initiative along by setting up secure, government-wide cloud computing infrastructure that will serve the needs of multiple agencies and result in the closing of as many as 800 data centers in the next five years.
This is great news for cloud computing for a number of reasons.
Cloud Validation
When an ultra-conservative customer like the US federal government embraces a new technology so whole-heartedly, it goes a long way to dispelling the enterprise CIOs' concerns about security and other issues that have been retarding cloud computing adoption in the high end of the commercial market.
Democratized Procurement
Furthermore, the cloud-first announcement included a declaration that the government would be "increasing budget flexibility and speeding up [technology] acquisitions." This will almost certainly translate into smaller, pure-play cloud startups being considered for inclusion in new project procurements in a way that companies of their size never were before.
Increased Vendor Profit Margins
Finally and most notably, although the federal government aims to reduce its IT cost through its use of cloud computing, which means a corresponding reduction in the IT vendors' collective top line, the cloud-first initiative could actually improve their bottom line on federal sales.
In general, today, doing business with the federal government is not a high margin endeavor. Where the average profit of S&P 500 companies overall is about 8.5%, most government contractors make only about five percent. And, although highly specialized IT systems can individually earn above-average margins, the overall average for software systems sold to the federal government is about 8%, versus 12-16% for similar systems sold to commercial clients.
There are two main reasons why federal IT sales are less profitable than their commercial counterparts, and both of them stand to be potentially mitigated by the cloud-first initiative.
The first reason hardware and, to a lesser extent, software vendors make less profit on federal contracts is the typical government agency's enormous buying power. Whether it is servers, switches or seats, huge agencies buy huge amounts of everything, and are so able to negotiate the lowest possible unit price on each thing they buy.
The economics and technology of cloud computing say that where an agency might have bought, say, ten separate server boxes to run dedicated application instances before, they will now buy a single box to run ten virtual servers now. So, while the overall revenue might go down, the margin per megabyte or MIPS will go up.
The second reason for lower federal profit margins made by software and, to a lesser extent, hardware vendors is the attenuating effect on project schedules and budgets of excessive bureaucracy, shifting priorities, and even less wholesome factors like fraud and incompetence, coupled with a procurement process that makes it nearly impossible for vendors to be properly compensated for the time and money they lose because of those things.
There are multiple provisions accompanying the cloud-first initiative that should a long way to reducing and eliminating the various kinds of government waste that currently diminish vendor profits. One is that the OMB is creating a new formal, government-wide career track for professional program management and will only approve IT projects with effective program management teams "hardwired into the agency's organizational structure." Another is that they plan to streamline governance and increase accountability by "bringing senior executives to the table armed with the right information and expertise to provide meaningful oversight and drive interventions and decision making on specific projects."
In short, government cloud computing could be a much more profitable line of business than its predecessor.
Catch-Up or Leap-Frog?
Mr. Zients summed up the OMB's IT reform drive, of which the cloud-first initiative is such a large part, like this:
"Tackling the information technology gap between the public and private sectors is one of most effective ways we can make government work more effectively and efficiently for the American people. IT has been at the center of the private sector's productivity gains, but for too long Federal IT projects have run over budget, behind schedule, or failed to deliver what [sic] on their promise. That's why fixing IT is a cornerstone of the President's Accountable Government initiative."
That statement makes it sound like the government thinks it is trying to catch up to the enterprise, but, with regard to cloud computing in particular, one has to wonder if they really understand the magnitude of their goal.
While the OMB intends to use cloud computing to enable shutting down 800 data centers in a few years, most large commercial enterprises are still just taking baby steps, dragging their feet, or digging in their heels with regards to the cloud, and very few are attempting anything nearly as ambitious as the OMB plan.
The US government takes a lot of heat and engenders a lot of cynicism from its citizenry, and much of it is certainly deserved. But, regardless of our individual politics, we each can probably think of at least a few things the government has done that to us represent startling achievements that we can't help but admire and hope will be further pursued in the wider commercial world, like space exploration or disease prevention.
Two weeks ago, I never would have guessed that cloud computing might be one such thing.
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- Cloud Expo 2011 New York Expands Technical Program
- Yahoo! to Present at 4th International Cloud Computing Expo
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- Enterprise-Level Cloud Computing: Far-Off Dream or Present Reality?


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Friday, August 28, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
How many did I need?
I found my patterns, pinned them to the fabrics, cut it all out and left it in my sewing room for a couple of days.
This morning I wanted to have a look at the parts again, and wondered why I cut out 4 pieces. You see, the apron dress only have 1 pattern piece, so I needed 2 pieces which were going to form the finished apron!! I had 4.....
Clever me...I had cut out parts for 2 apron dresses!!!
Where did my mind wander off to when I cut it out??
Friday, August 21, 2009
The final pair of Espadrillos
All the pairs have now been stitched. I simply had to have a dotty pair as well.
I'm thinking of using the embroidery on a bag, but still haven't decided yet. Maybe I should cut the whole thing up and use the espadrillos pairs one by one?
Have a great weekend.....
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Done and ready to wear...well, almost
Andrea's skirt is done. The zipper was added with only one unravelling, didn't become invisble as planned (#%!%#) the seams were sewn and pressed with an iron...and the skirt fitted Andrea just fine. All she has to do now, is to wash the skirt due to a spot right in front of the skirt. I don't know whether it was on the fabric from the beginning, but it's oh so annoying.
Ironing the skirt while it's a little bit damp, makes it easier to iron those creases away, so that's an advantage from the not-supposed-to-be-right-away-washing!....
I just have to show you some of the marvellous buttons I got lately.
These amazing ones are from a sweet and lovely friend I got from blogging.
Such a lovely surprise they were....
The buttons covered with flax I bought myself along with the brown bias tape.
I enjoy looking at all of the fabric covered buttons and have to wait a while before I use them...but I guess that doesn't come as a surprise to you.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
My niece's fantastic photos
Once again, my niece has taken some gorgeous pictures!
I'm so impressed by the way she captures life, light and all the little details which make such a difference.
To have a better look at her photos, you should go visit her flickr.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I have....
Friday, August 14, 2009
Andrea's skirt
Of course I wanted to make her a skirt...I have known her for ever, and she's the sweet daughter of my dear friend Liselotte.
All Andrea had to do, was to get herself some fabric that she liked.
She bought a light denim fabric in a beautiful baby blue color.
Yesterday I cut out the different parts, and today I have been making all the pleats which the skirt must have.
It meant a lot of measuring and folding, but now the pleats have been pinned to the skirt and in order to make them stay, I sewed a seam over the pins (and the pleats!).
Later today, or maybe tomorrow I will sew the linning to the skirt, and have Andrea try out the skirt, so I can make it fit her perfectly. Then it will be time to add the zipper - not my favourite part, as you might remember.....
Hopefully it will turn out fine - and make Andrea satisfied.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pink and green
One of my favourite color combinations in a bunch of flowers.
The fact that I picked them in our garden, makes it even more delightful. My eyes tend to look their way, when I enter the kitchen.
What a luxury it is to pick them out one by one in the garden, without having to think about how much it will cost!
And when these flowers have dropped their heads, I can have the pleasure of picking a new and wonderful bunch....
For girls only
Don't you think it's time for a new book - a sewing book??
It's not often that sewing books with children's clothes are available - or at least not as often as I would like them to be - so I'm always thrilled whenever I find an interesting one.
Sew Cute Couture by Gail Doane might be one of those. It's a book about making jackets, dresses, skirts and bags. A really girly book.
Actually one of the jackets in the frontpage reminds me so much of a little quilted jacket I made for Anne-Sophie when she was a toddler. Maybe that's what brought my attention to the book....
Well, I have pre-ordered yet another sewing book - for girls too.
Carefree Clothes for Girls by Junko Okawa is going to be published in October, and I'm really looking forward to see what's in the book.
Having seen a few pages from the book, makes me rather expectant. It's just the kind of ideas that I adore....things which I would never think of myself.
Now we only need a very special sewing book - with patterns for boys only. They are out there as single patterns to buy, I know that, but we rarely see them in a book.
However, I must say that Ottobre and Oliver+s make patterns for some really fine boys' stuff....
But still....
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Blue legs
Now the trousers are done, which I cut out a while ago. It was a wonderful fabric to sew in - a mix of cotton and flax...
And the print was just sweet and made me think of all the small children, which are starting school these days. The very 1st day in school is such a special day...and a bit scary too. Not only for the children.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Waiting for...
It's the Figgy Pudding from Moda and if you ask me, then I think that it can be used before and after Christmas as well. It's not that Christmassy...
I'm so thrilled about the colors and shapes on the print, and I'm exited to see the fabric for real.
At the same time I ordered a new pattern for myself designed by Amy Butler.
It's a mini dress, but I'm going to use it more as a tunic. I love long tunics.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Did you eat "æggesnaps" as a child?
I haven't had that for years, but today I all of a sudden just had to make it. Uhmmm!! In my mind I turned 7 years old again, sitting on our kitchen table looking out the window...
Eating æggesnaps is a short pleasure, though - it very fast gets a bit too sweet....
Oh! Did I mention that I was home alone?
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Do you know where to BLAFRE??
But "blafre" can have a whole other meaning too.....especially in Norway - just have a look below!
Some months ago I found a wonderful blog called Blafrebloggen. I enjoy reading the posts on this blog, as it is so alive and full of beautiful designs and things from everyday life.
The blog is made by the Norwegian woman Ingrid Erøy and besides having a wonderful blog, she also runs the family business BLAFRE, who designs lunchboxes, drinking bottles, metal boxes, cards and other fabulous things.
If you love graphic designs and gorgeous motifs as much as I, then you have to go have a look at the Blafrebutik.....but I warn you: be aware of the fact, that you might fall in love with numerous items.
And pop by the blog to read all about the August competiton...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Oh, Klippan!!
...and the "Flower Power" fabric and I will ask for no more.
(For a while).
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
A sunny and happy birthday boy
He - of course - got a brandnew skateboard, which he got to put together bit by bit (oh, no a skateboard isn't just a piece of wood on wheels - decks, trucks, wheels and ball bearings are very important factors in order to get the very right and personal skateboard.)
Luckily he loves it ....
We are so proud of Emil for the person he is, and the fact that he is doing great in his 12 year old life.
A very nice day to you sweet Emil and happy, happy, happy birthday. :)))


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Foods and diet have long been associated with the causes and triggers of migraine headaches. Food sensitivity has been shown to be a major cause of migraine headaches. The most common being chocolate, cheese, red wine, caffeine and citrus fruits. Some research has shown that wheat can also be a trigger. A food exclusion diet can help in identifying and avoiding your migraine triggers.
Studies have shown that many people with migraines have lower than normal levels of magnesium. Preliminary studies have shown that magnesium supplements (usually 200mg per day) may help reduce the frequency of migraine headaches.
Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B12 have both shown to be helpful in reducing the frequency and severity of migraine attacks.
Studies have shown that fish oils have been helpful with recurrent migraines. People who suffer from recurring or frequent migraines may be benefit from increasing intake of oily fish or by taking flaxseed oil or a fish oil supplement.
As regards herbal treatments, the most frequently used herb for the long-term prevention of migraines is feverfew. A number of trials have demonstrated its effectiveness. Feverfew is available in tablets or tincture.
Acupuncture has been used to treat migraines and headaches and several studies show that it can be very effective. Acupuncture for migraine can be based on traditional Chinese acupuncture or the Western approach. Usually at least 6 to 8 treatments are required to show ongoing relief.
Migraines may be helped by manipulation and massage of neck muscles and joints. This may involve manipulation or mobilisation of the neck joints, release of tension in muscles and or the deactivation of trigger points. Some studies have shown that manipulation can be as effective as medical treatments without some of the side effects.


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It's a Highrock Family Reunion! On June 9th, we will head to the Thoreau Club in Concord (275 Forest Ridge Rd, Concord, MA, 01742) for a morning of worship followed by fellowship, picnicking, and outdoor activities.
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