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We met online in August 2006 and after having what we both consider the best phone conversation we've ever had, at just over 3 hours, we made a date.
Our first date ended with each of us telling our friends we had just gone on the best first date ever (Tristan) and the worst first date ever (Raleigh). After Raleigh decided she just wanted to be friends, we stayed in touch and reconnected in May 2007 hanging out in the cloud room at The Camlin in downtown Seattle with Tristan's buddy Darin talking about the highlights of the internet. It was at this point that we realized we liked hanging out with each other.
With Tristan commuting from Bainbridge to Seattle everyday, Raleigh would stay with him ever weekend dubbing her a "part-time Kitsap resident". Raleigh grew up in Ballard thinking that across the water consisted of cabins and bears, not realizing there was life including Tristan. We moved in together in 2008 into our beloved first apartment in Greenwood.
After all these years, countless vacations, jokes, triumphs and loss, we both realized we didn't want to face the future without each other in it. Tristan proposed while on a bike ride in Vancouver BC in May 2014.
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I love wedding albums, I dont think a wedding is complete until an album is produced, so it always makes me happy when my brides and grooms decide to have an album made of their images. Here are a few images of Travis & Michelle's album as well as a few of the spreads. Check out the full wedding post here.


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Just returned from a week-long trip to northern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado with my family. The intellectual highlight of the trip was certainly the detour through Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.
For those unfamiliar with the canyon it is the largest of the Anasazi (a Navajo term translated "ancient ones" or "ancient enemies") sites that dot the four corners region and include the more famous Mesa Verde area which we also visited along with some 200 other sites. The term Anasazi although still found in the literature has been superseded by "Ancestral Puebloans" as the result of the connection modern Pueblo tribes (the 19 tribes that now occupy the Rio Grande valley in the region of Albuquerque) feel for the Anasazi and the fact that most now believe that the Anasazi migrated to the Rio Grande basin.
Of course, what most folks find interesting about the Anasazi and Chaco Canyon in particular is that they largely abandoned these settlements in the 1100s in what has become somewhat of a mystery for archaeologists.
This topic was even more interesting to me since the ruins at Chaco Canyon were the subject of a chapter of the 2004 book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeedby Jared Diamond that I'm currently reading. Diamond is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Guns, Germs, and Steel and while that book tracked the rise of civilization since the last ice age, this one discusses societal collapses throughout history and posits the reasons for their decline using a five-point framework. In addition to the Anasazi, Diamond profiles other ancient societies including the Easter Islanders, the islanders of Henderson and Pitcarin, the Mayans, and the Greenland Norse settlements. Diamond then hopes to tease out some lessens from these previous collapses for modern society.
To get to Chaco Canyon you take a 21-mile trip on a dirt road off of state highway 550 several hours northwest of Albuquerque. My wife was not amused as we rumbled along through the desert to what is now a National Park and a World Heritage Site that sees 75,000 visitors per year. After having a little lunch at a picnic site near the Visitor's Center we registered at the center and were ready to take a look around.
The visitor's center is located in the southeast corner of the canyon and we took the loop road northwest towards Pueblo Bonito (PB), the largest of the Chacoan "Great Houses" in the canyon. PB was occupied from the 800s to the mid 1100s and consists of 600 rooms and 40 kivas (the below ground cylindrical structures the use of which is still debated). During its heydey PB was the largest man made structure in pre-Columbian North America and contained structures four or five stories high.
Following Diamond's five point framework he views the contributing causes of the collapse of the Anasazi civilization like so:
The second environmental impact was related to farming techniques used by the Anasazi. When they first populated the canyon they likely relied on flood plain agriculture by allowing their crops (corn primarily) to be watered by the periodic summer rains that washed through the canyon. The canyon itself was well situated to catch rain from a variety of locations on the mesa above. However, as the population grew the Anasazi began diverting water into channels for irrigation, clearing vegetation, and building dams. The unanticipated result was that by 900AD rushing water cut deep channels (arroyos) in the canyon. Once water ran down these arroyos (a couple of which we passed on the loop road and which were cut more than 10 feet below the level of the bottom of the canyon) it was actually below the level of the fields and without pumps it became useless. The Anasazi dealt with the problem by using other schemes allowing them to stay in the canyon but it certainly decreased the efficiency of their food production in an already somewhat difficult environment.
One can imagine that after several years of crop failures the peasants may have become disenchanted with the ruling elite (like those living in PB) and revolted. The result was that the canyon was almost completely abandoned between 1150 and 1200 (the last dated construction at PB was from just after 1110, again using tree ring analysis, and the last construction anywhere in the canyon is dated at 1170). Interestingly, there are several places within PB where you can see the cores cut out of logs used to build various rooms that have been used to date the room. Evidence suggests that the people simply moved on because of the lack of pottery and other things of value that would have been taken.
It's not hard to imagine that once support from outlying areas ceased, perhaps due to their own problems dealing with drought or a lack of confidence in the rulers at Chaco, the society might collapse in a hurry.
In addition, there is evidence of warfare and cannibalism (a notion completely absent from the standard tourist fare at Chaco and Mesa Verde as you can imagine) from other Anasazi sites suggestive of increased competition for decreasing resources. One of the sites we visited at Mesa Verde was "Balcony House" which because of its accessibility only through ladders and toe hold cuts into the limestone, was almost certainly a defensive settlement and one of the last occupied at Mesa Verde. Our kids, of course, loved the climbing making their parents somewhat nervous.
While at the visitor's center I picked up a copy of The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh Century Pueblo Regional Center, which is a collection of essays on a variety of topics related to the research at the canyon under the auspices of the "Chaco Project" which began in the mid 1960s and continued through the mid 1980s. The book is a kind of final report on the findings of the project. It is written in a fashion that even non-experts can enjoy and I found it very entertaining.
Many times the authors disagree but what I found most interesting was the ongoing debate regarding the interpretation of Great Houses like PB. Was their significance primarily political or was it ritual? In other words, was the Anasazi society a hierarchical one with centralized authority centered in places like PB or was it a more egalitarian society and PB served as a pilgrimage site?
Diamond assumes the former interpretation, that Stephen Lekson articulates in his introductory chapter "Chaco Matters" published in the book I referenced above. One of the most interesting aspects of that essay is how Lekson ties changing modern intellectual models to the interpretation of the Anasazi in vogue at any particular time. The current trend seems to favor the interpretation of Chaco as a ritual center in the midst of an essentially egalitarian society. It seems to this non-expert, however, that the idea of Chaco as the center of a hierarchical society with a ruling elite makes more sense. Some of the points that Lekson makes in its favor include:
Interestingly, there is evidence of road systems throughout the four corners region and roads that lead out of Chaco Canyon to the north and southwest. From my cursory review of the book mentioned above, it doesn't appear significant work has been done on identifying the uses and paths for these roads. Some may been used for commerce, and other had a ritual or spiritual significance. Either way, the presence of such structures indicate central organization. In addition, it is now known that there was potentially a line of site system in place that could have been used for communication among at least some of the Great Houses. For example, from Farview House at Mesa Verde one can see all the way to Chaco.
In any case, one of the things I took away from both books and our recent trip is that although Chaco Canyon is one of the most intensely studied sites in the world, there is still plenty of research to be done and plenty of interpretation that is controversial.


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Alice Glass Awarded Almost $21,000 USD In Crystal Castles Lawsuit
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"He forced me to have sex with him or, he said, I wouldn't be allowed to be in the band anymore."
Crystal Castles are already working on a new album, with profits once again going to Amnesty International.
Their first Aussie tour since Alice Glass left the band.
Heavy Crystal Castles.
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A new song, an album title and a release date.
Glass said that former bandmate Kath was "not an appropriate artist" to be playing at a feminist event.
Some crystal ballin' thoughts on who might (and might not) play Splendour this year.
The first song that Crystal Castles released following the departure of frontwoman Alice Glass was embroiled in controversy, so here's hoping this new one gets a little more attention for the song rather than the circumstances surrounding it. Deicide is said to be taken from Crystal Castle's forthcoming album, helmed by remaining producer Ethan Kath.
Ex Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass has responded to her former bandmate Ethan Kath's since-deleted comments about her involvement in the band, labelling them false and "manipulative". Yesterday, Kath shared the track Frail to Soundcloud, the first new song from the outfit since Alice Glass quit the band last year. Along with the track, he
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Crystal Castles aren't dead, guys! Just when we thought the prophecy of more new music might never come true, the experimental Canadian group have returned with an impressive new track called Frail. That said, the group's longtime frontwoman Alice Glass is still no longer part of the project (cue sadface), so Crystal Castles' Ethan Kath
Comments from Crystal Castles' manager and social media activity from principal member Ethan Kath suggests the band may not be over following the departure of vocalist Alice Glass. Glass announced her egress from the electronic duo earlier this week, writing that it would mean "the end of the band". However, despite Glass' exit over what
"I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist…"
The newest video clip from Crystal Castles has seen the creative duo explore the 'live' aspect of the medium. But don't worry, rather than just release the stock standard live performance clip for their latest single Affection, they made sure the track is soaked in plenty of that customary Alice & Ethan weirdness. Compiled using
If the first Crystal Castles record epitomised anxiety, then the second record was an insight into paranoia. The third Crystal Castles record is definitely about stress and loneliness, as a disturbing air of unsettlement lingers from track to track. Crystal Castles, as a band, are a group associated with frantic and glitchy electronic dance music,
Crystal Castles have released a new track named Affection ahead of their forthcoming third studio album III, expected for release on November 12. Having already put out Plague and Wrath of God, Affection is the third song taken from III and is a smooth mix of danceable synths and moving vocals. Guaranteed to make you


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The Torridon Inn Ale Festival is usually held in October.
The Torridon Inn, By Achnasheen, Wester Ross, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland IV22 2EY.
The festival organiser is the Torridon Inn. For their website click HERE. For their Facebook page click HERE.
A three day beer festival offering some 20 ales.
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We received the extension for the gate and I used one on the right. The gate was fairly easy for me to put together given there are no written instructions (only diagrams). No tools are needed and the gate simply adheres to the wall with the four pressure mounts. I love the modern look of the aluminum and black and it fits in perfectly with our space. The gate is pretty sturdy as I pushed and pulled to make sure. It's simple to use: push on the tabs, lift up on the bar, pull up on the gate and voila open! To close you just push the date down until level with sides and close bar. It does take some time in getting used to a gate being there after 3 weeks without one.
We also received one universal outlet cover, stove knob stop and foam edge and corner protector. I love the outlet cover as it does a better job than the caps we have. Plus Kenzie can't yank this out (& Mason once he is mobile) and we don't have to remove to plug something in. I love that it automatically closes once you take your plug out - very handy for the vaccum. We are going to have to get these for all the outlets in the house! The stove knob stop is fantastic as well because Kenzie is so inquisitive as to the what is cooking on the stove. Just the other day she moved around a spatula in a pan: danger! The foam protector is fantastic will be perfect for once we purchase a new coffee table (I got rid of it when Kenzie started walking because I didn't want her to get hurt).
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Detect, Inventory and report about the encryption method used by Bitlocker thru ConfigMgr
October 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm in bitlocker, ConfigMgr 2007, ConfigMgr 2007 R2, ConfigMgr 2012, configmgr 2012 R2, ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1, ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, ConfigMgr Dashboards, ConfigMgr SP2, Encryption, Inventory, sccm, SCCM 2007, SCCM 2007 R2, SCCM 2007 R3, SCCM 2007 SP2, SCCM 2012, sccm 2012 R2, SCCM 2012 R2, SCCM 2012 R2 SP1, SCCM 2012 SP1, SCCM Dashboards, sccm RTM, SCCM v.Next, sccm2007 by Kenny Buntinx [MVP]
Recently at a client, we needed to provide a report that was listing what Bitlocker Encryption strength method was used. That information had to be fed into the CMDB to make sure we had '256AES with Diffuser' enabled.
Unfortunately, Configmgr 2012 does deliver out-of-the-box a way to determine what Bitlocker Encryption strength method, and that means the information is not in the registry or WMI.
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Well I tried to find an easy way , and the customer required a solution that was :
– Flexible and dynamic as they where constantly migrating from Mcafee Disk Encryption to Bitlocker and the CMDB had to be dynamically updated.
– Centrally managed code , meaning that if we needed to change anything to the code , it had to be intelligent enough to update it auto magically to all clients.
– Had to be reliable .
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– was to use a kind of detection powershell script for the Bitlocker Encryption strength using the standard powershell commandlet 'Manage-bde' .
– The script was to be used with a "compliance Item" and deployed thru a "Baseline" as one of my colleagues Henrik Hoe explains here : http://blog.coretech.dk/heh/configuration-items-and-baselines-using-scripts-powershell-example/ . By using a CI , you will meet the centrally managed code part , but also the automatically way of updating the detection logic to all clients.
Forget about the old package/program way and then a way to execute the script on regular basis ( That can all be done thru the Baseline deployment)
– The script will be executed and will write a registry value BitlockerEncryptionStrenght = "TheActualValue" and the baseline will report complaint when it has the '256AES with Diffuser' detected. When the machine is not bitlockered at all , we will write a value BitlockerEncryptionStrenght = "None"
$ErrorActionPreference="silentlycontinue" $StrBEncryption = "" $objBEncryption = "" $objBEncryption=manage-bde.exe -status |Where-Object{$_ -like "*encryption method*"} $arrBEncryption=$objBEncryption.Split(":") $StrBEncryption=$arrBEncryption[1].Trim() If ($StrBEncryption.Contains("AES")) { New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\ABPosdInstall -Name BitlockerEncryptionStrenght -Value $StrBEncryption -Property String -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null if ($StrBEncryption -eq "AES 256 with Diffuser") { return 1 } } Else { New-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SYSTEM\ABPosdInstall -Name BitlockerEncryptionStrenght -Value "None" -Property String -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null Return 0 }
– We will pick the value up later with a custom registry key hardware inventory extension and use that in our reporting later on. For more details on how to do it : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712290.aspx
Hope it Helps ,
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The Porlandia scene creeps further and further east every year. Fantastic or deplorable, depending on whether you like to put birds on things or prefer, well, whatever it is they prefer out that way. Queen of Hearts is the latest beneficiary/victim of this cool kids migration, and you know what? We're glad.
The Queen has shifted (with minimal aesthetic disruption) from a true biker bar (and we love those, we do) that you wouldn't let your little sister go to without some sort of vagina dentata apparatus, to a joint where her boyfriend's band might be playing. Not that the crowd's soft--the shows are hardcore and rockabilly, and we prefer to pick fights with folk singers and emo types--but what's that over there? Goodness me, it's a group of Sumerian Poetry majors from Reed! My, how times have changed. The beleathered hogheads show up every so often, order a beer and look around a bit confusedly, but it seems that they've mostly moved to Knucklehead's. (We'll have a full report on the diaspora soon--we need to be called "faggot" in a couple more places before we'll really have the full picture.)
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The Queen of Hearts is the PERFECT homey dive bar. Beer prices start at just $2 and the bar food is affordable. Live music almost every night of the week and quaranteed Thursday - Saturday nights with no cover charge. Biker friendly but definitely a good mix of folks here, all coming together to relax and have a great time. The owner Joe is one of the greatest guys you'll ever meet and the bar staff have never disapointed. I gotta admit, I love this place!
Gotta go see Danny Hay Davis every Thursday night! Awesome bar, the bikers are chill, the bar tender is the best, and the owner is very friendly!
Going on all day (and night?) Sat. 4/11/09. S.O. is going on tour with Pink Martini. They need cash to cover tour expenses. Heading over there sometime to check it out. Will review later. I am not a bar or band shill, just a fan.
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TSG recently posted an article with Document Strategy on the Vision for Content Services Platform /ECM 2.0 for 2020 and beyond. As part of our year-end wrap-up for 2019 and prepping for 2020, we conducted a deeper dive interview with Dave Giordano, our founder, on his thoughts on the market and his predictions for 2020. This post will provide the transcript of the interview. ... [Continue Reading]
AWS with DynamoDB for Content Management – Reference Architecture & Cost Estimate
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Google Cloud with BigTable for Content Management – Reference Architecture & Cost Estimate
TSG has recently been working on validating its HBase implementation of OpenContent Management Suite against the Google Cloud BigTable NoSQL database. This post is going to provide some details on how the architecture of BigTable works with OpenContent, as well as help with the sizing of the Google Cloud infrastructure for a typical instance. ... [Continue Reading]
Reference Architecture for Content Management on Azure HDInsight with HBase
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ECM 2.0 – Cloud for Metadata and On Premise Document/Object Storage
We have recently had some interesting discussions with clients in regards to storage of documents and objects on premise with cloud options for the meta-data. One of the advantages of the TSG solutions is that we can support a variety of alternatives for both on premise as well as cloud based document and object storage. This post will discuss the various alternatives. ... [Continue Reading]
Documentum SAAS – Look Before you Leap
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DynamoDB Benchmark – Building an 11 Billion Document DR Process
In June, 2019, Technology Services Group completed an unprecedented 11 billion document benchmark leveraging Amazon Web Services and specifically DynamoDB and Elasticsearch. As with any of our enterprise class solutions, we didn't view the benchmark as complete without a disaster recovery process in place. This post will share our architecture approach and lessons learned from implementing DR for the benchmark. ... [Continue Reading]
DynamoDB 11 Billion Benchmark 11 Thousand Concurrent Users Success!!! – Lessons Learned
TSG initiated our 11 Billion benchmark on Friday, May 10th. As of today we have completed the fourth and final phase, testing our repository with 11,000 concurrent users. This post will share the results. ... [Continue Reading]
FileNet Migration to Amazon Web Services – Why now more than ever?
TSG is currently finalizing a case study on a client that has successfully moved from an legacy on-premise FileNet system to Amazon Web Services. In preparation for that piece coming out in the next two weeks, we thought we would write some of our thoughts on why so many clients, after years of delaying migration efforts, are finally moving off of FileNet to Amazon Web Services. ... [Continue Reading]
Redaction for AWS, Alfresco, Documentum and Hadoop – Bulk Redaction upon Ingestion or Migration
As we presented in our Redaction Roadmap earlier this year, one of our product development additions to OpenMigrate this quarter is the ability to bulk redact incoming documents as part of an ingestion or migration into Alfresco, Documentum, AWS, or Hadoop. As detailed earlier in our Redacting Roadmap, both OpenMigrate and the OpenContent Management Suite will have capabilities surrounding the redaction of specific values. This post will focus on demonstrating how OpenMigrate can be used to ... [Continue Reading]
DocFinity – Migrating to Amazon S3
TSG is currently working with an insurance client migrating from DocFinity to the Amazon cloud. This post will describe how TSG is assisting the client move to a more modern solution with Amazon Web Services and specifically Amazon S3 leveraging our OpenMigrate migration framework. ... [Continue Reading]
Redacting Roadmap – User Scenarios
As part of the TSG Product Roadmap and based on clients requests, we are currently in the midst of adding additional redaction capabilities across our product set. This post will discuss the different user redaction scenarios and how our products (OpenAnnotate, OpenMigrate and the OpenContent Search and Case) are being updated to satisfy these requests. These capabilities are being added for Alfresco, Documentum, Hadoop and potentially Amazon DynamoDB as supported repositories. Other ... [Continue Reading]
Content Services and the Cloud: On-Premises vs. Cloud vs. Hybrid Approach – Document Strategy Guest Contributor
When posed with the question "Are you considering on-premise, cloud or a hybrid approach for your content services?", most practical decision makers who are looking to gradually and safely move away from the high costs of a on-premise data center and legacy ECM solution will respond with a hybrid approach. But is a hybrid approach the same thing as hybrid software that the ECM vendors are offering? In this article for Document Strategies, TSG discusses the differences between on-premise, cloud ... [Continue Reading]
Doculabs Upgrades Alfresco – Recent Review
Lane Severson, a leading content management analyst for Doculabs, a Chicago based content management analyst firm, recently posted an updated review on Alfresco. TSG has worked with Doculabs since our founding 22 years ago and more recently with Lane as a keynote at our client briefing as well as on multiple client engagements. This post will present our thoughts on the Alfresco review. ... [Continue Reading]
Alfresco and AWS – 20 Security Tips
Securing Alfresco in the cloud has always been a major concern of clients moving from on premise to the cloud. The majority of our newer Alfresco clients are implementing with a solution for the cloud either on Amazon or Azure. This whitepaper will present 20 tips for securing Alfresco on Amazon Web Services (AWS). ... [Continue Reading]
Alfresco Solutions of the Year 2017 – TSG wins Alfresco award for sixth year in a row
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Alan Pelz-Sharpe – Deep Analysis Review of Technology Services Group
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Alfresco on AWS – Achieving High Availability
Several of our clients have moved from running on-premise systems to the Amazon Web Services cloud. One of the most significant benefits with AWS in regards to high availability can be found by leveraging database high availability with AWS' Relational Database Service (RDS) and file system high availability with AWS S3 or EFS (Elastic File System). This post will describe how to achieve a high availability architecture for Alfresco solutions. ... [Continue Reading]
2018 Thoughts and Predictions as well as recap of 2017 postings
2017 was the busiest year ever for the TSG blog. Whether it was the finalization of the purchase of Documentum by OpenText or Gartner's 180 on IBM, we had our most active year with over 60,000 views of our different articles. This post will highlight some of the most popular articles as well as our predictions for 2018. ... [Continue Reading]
OpenAnnotate – Beta Availability as a service on Amazon Web Services
We often receive requests from integrators or ECM customers that are looking for a way to add OpenAnnotate to their existing ECM infrastructure. For many Documentum or Alfresco deployments, OpenAnnotate can easily be added into their current infrastructures. To address clients that are not on Documentum or Alfresco, or are looking to augment their existing ECM with annotation in the cloud, we have developed OpenAnnotate as a service with Amazon Web Services. This post will detail the ... [Continue Reading]
Alfresco & AWS – Modernizing Records Management – Case Study from the Department of the Navy
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ECM Roadmap – Thoughts on Planning for the Future
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Modern Insurance Platforms For Claims Documentation
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Claims Documentation – Modernizing Insurance Platforms
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Box and ECM – What is Box missing?
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Hey everyone! I need some making an embroidery design! This is kind of a cry for technical support with photo editing, so I hope it's in the right place!
I'm planning to make a few wall hangings for a pal for Xmas.
The plan was to get a few images of her favorite celeb's and render a likeness on some plain fabric. Has anyone else done a project like this?
I am having trouble editing the images to make a good, simple outline to transfer (currently using Picasa)
Can anyone offer me some photo editing tips?
Thanks so much!
PS. I did peek in the Image Reproduction Technique Forum, but didn't find much, hoping to get help to an embroidery problem from fellow embroider-ers!!!


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Teach People to Beat a Polygraph? Go to Jail.
Polygraphs are notoriously unreliable, useful in practice mainly because the mere idea of a lie detector test can scare people into telling the truth. This is underscored by the wide variety and seeming effectiveness of anti-polygraph "countermeasures," which can help anyone pass regardless of truthfulness. Now Feds are going after instructors of polygraph-beating technologies, as part of a crackdown on "insider threats."
McClatchy revealed the extent of the polygraph-beating crackdown in an article on Friday. It was spawned in part from a Customs and Border Protection investigation into corrupt employees who had tried to use polygraph countermeasures—some successfully—to infiltrate agencies on behalf of drug smugglers and others. The crackdown is part of the Obama Administration's massive "Insider Threat Program," which uses McCarthy-esque tactics to try to prevent future Edward Snowdens.
Two instructors have been subjected to sting operations, in which federal agents posed as criminals trying to beat a polygraph: well-known polygraph countermeasure instructor Doug Williams, and a small-time instructor named Chad Dixon. Dixon has pleaded guilty to federal charges of "obstructing an agency proceeding" and wire fraud, and authorities are asking for him to be sent to prison for two years, according to McClatchy.
More troubling is the apparent sting operation on George Maschke, an American living in the Netherlands who runs antipolygraph.org, a repository of polygraph criticisms and countermeasures. From McClatchy:
George Maschke, a former Army Reserve intelligence officer who's a translator and runs a website that's critical of polygraph testing, said he also suspected he'd been targeted although he'd done nothing illegal.
In May, the translator received an unsolicited email in Persian from someone purporting to be "a member of an Islamic group that seeks to restore freedom to Iraq."
"Because the federal police are suspicious of me, they want to do a lie detector test on me," the email read.
The emailer asked for a copy of Maschke's book, which describes countermeasures, and for Maschke to help "in any other way."
Maschke said he suspected the email was a ruse by federal agents. He advised the person "to comply with applicable laws," according to an email he showed McClatchy.
You would hope that if the government discovered employees and investigation subjects have been beating polygraph tests with a simple manual or class, they'd reevaluate the wisdom of using the tests, not go after the instructors or critics. But that'd be so hard.
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The CSU International Program (IP) offers eligible students the opportunity to study at one of the following countries for an academic year: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan or the UK. For detailed information about IP eligibility requirements, visit the Student Development and International Programs office.
To qualify for financial aid as an IP student, you must do the following:
- Apply to be an IP participant and receive approval. Contact Student Development and International Programs at (818) 677-3053 for procedural information.
- Your name must appear on the final approved IP participant list sent to the Cal State Northridge Financial Aid & Scholarship Department from the CSU Chancellor's Office. If you have a financial aid application on file and your name is on the list, you will receive a notification from our Financial Aid & Scholarship Department.
- Apply for financial aid and list Cal State Northridge on your application using the federal school code, 001153. The priority FAFSA funding date for the following academic year is March 2.
- Submit all documents requested by the Financial Aid & Scholarship Department in order to have a complete financial aid file.
- Meet satisfactory academic progress requirements.
If you are not studying abroad through the CSU International Program but would like to know of other study abroad options, please contact Student Development & International Programs for more information. You will only be considered for financial aid abroad if you participate in an approved program.
Please keep in mind the following information:
- As an IP student, you do not pay tuition and other fees directly to Northridge. You pay the International Program, and if your financial aid is not enough to pay all of the program charges, you are responsible for the balance owed. Contact Student Development & International Programs for information on tuition and other fees at (818) 677-3053, or contact Virginia Soto of the Chancellor's Office at (562) 951-4789 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Cal State Northridge will pay any outstanding IP charges out of your financial aid and will send this payment to the Chancellor's Office. If there is a remaining balance, a check will be sent to your home address or through e-Refund. The disbursement schedule is the same for IP students as it is for other Northridge students, so plan accordingly if you expect to incur expenses prior to this period.
- The eligibility terms for financial aid are the same for an IP student as they are for a regular Northridge student except the cost of education is the IP cost for your selected country as determined by the Chancellor's Office. You must also complete loan entrance counseling before you leave the country (if you are awarded any Stafford loans), and you are not eligible for work-study while participating in the program.
- For further information, contact the Financial Aid & Scholarship Department at 1-818-677-4085, Student Development & International Programs at (818) 677-3053, or CSU Chancellor's Office at (562) 951-4789.


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My answer to that is, of course, an emphatic yes.
a) Because women make up 51% of the population so we should see a corresponding proportion in most areas of work
b) Because it's good for everyone. Which shouldn't be surprising; if you keep groups full of the same type of people they will come up with the same type of ideas. Here's yet another research project which supports the argument that more women in the workplace is good for everyone.
A study carried out by the University of Castilla la Mancha shows that gender diversity within research teams fosters novel solutions leading to radical innovation, in the company and in the market. According to the study, forming mixed teams of men and women in a technological context is also a critical element in increasing competitiveness.
Cristina Díaz García points out that the study has several implications: "In the business environment, the results point to the need to recognise and value gender diversity, which could, in turn, make an organisation more able to attract and retain key staff."
In her opinion, "gender diversity not only has implications in the fields of equity and equality but also make teamwork more effective."
The study recommends that if innovation is to be radical, managers should consider the potential offered by forming teams with more balance between men and women in technology sectors, since "innovation is a critical element within a context of increasing global competition," concludes Díaz.
We need a fundamental change of systems and traditional behaviour so that not only women's lives, but all our lives improves.
The Amazing Dr Black in her own words.
RenewYou is my one day course, written for women, and available across the UK and in Pakistan, USA, Australia, Thailand, Canada, Belgium, South Africa…
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The 2018 competition addresses the issue of data privacy in an Open API environment, and specifically how to keep personal information safe.
The SWIFT Institute Challenge is open to any recognised university or further educational establishment based in Australia.
With the Australian Government's plans to foster competition and support a growing FinTech community by introducing secure data-sharing, SWIFT says major lenders will have to provide more detailed information about their customers to credit agencies and, in this context, APIs have been deemed as the most trustworthy and tested technology to facilitate secure and reliable access to customers' account and payment information.
Peter Ware, director of the SWIFT Institute, said the issue of how to keep personal information safe in an open environment is "increasingly a question that banks are trying to tackle as open banking becomes more prevalent".
"This competition will challenge students to provide innovative solutions to this global industry issue. We look forward to seeing the practical concepts that are offered."
Dr Leila Fourie, chief executive of Australian Payments Network, said. "The use of open APIs in payments must be accompanied by a robust governance framework as well as appropriately strong authentication to ensure that only approved parties have access to data.
"As an industry, it is crucially important that we maintain the right balance between security, privacy and commercial incentives to ensure that customers continue to benefit from the burgeoning data economy. We encourage entrants in the Challenge to think about enabling the benefits of open data while at the same time helping consumers maintain privacy."
The top eight applicants will be announced in July this year with the final presentations taking place on 24 October at Sibos in Sydney.
Applicants will be judged on the innovative attributes of their solutions, and their practical application to the banking sector and its customers.
The SWIFT Institute will support each of the eight finalists with presentation coaching ahead of the showcase, and the winning concept will receive a cheque for $30,000.


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A date and venue for Rovers' Lancashire Senior Cup match with Manchester United has now been confirmed.
The quarter-final tie will take place at Leigh Sports Village on Tuesday 25th November, with a 7.00pm kick-off.
Rovers reached this stage of the competition courtesy of a 1-0 win over Preston North End back in September. Darragh Lenihan with the only goal of the game at Brockhall.
United had to overcome Accrington Stanley in their opening round match. Coming from two goals down to clinch a 4-2 victory at the Store First Stadium.
Admission is free for all supporters, including Rovers season ticket holders, only by registering details in advance at www.leighsportsvillage.co.uk/rovers/


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It's Spring time, the blossoms are on the trees and everything is beautifully green from all the Winter rains. It's the perfect time to get out of the city and discover the charm and warm hospitality of the Robertson Wine Valley!
The 10th annual Robertson Wine on the River festival takes place 16-18 October on the banks of the Breede River and this popular outdoor festival is a wonderful way to experience over 300 wines from the wine route all at one venue. The festival caters for children and adults alike and a variety of food stalls and activities are available at the venue. Early bird tickets are available until 30th September via Webtickets. As part of the Robertson Wine Valley's Drink Responsibly campaign, there is a FREE shuttle service between the venue and the towns of Robertson, Bonnievale and Montagu. See Shuttle Schedules & Times
This year there will be a Duck Derby on Sunday 18th October with proceeds going towards the 'Bonnie People Project', whose vision it is to assist the children of the settlement in Bonnievale, with basics that include food, daily care, schooling and clothing as well as social skills development, building self-esteem and providing love and care. Tickets are R100 per entry and there is a R5000 cash prize for the winning duck in the individual entry and R5000 charity donation for the corporate race.
For more information on the festival, where to buy tickets, catch a shuttle or download program details, visit WineontheRiver.com


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2015: Founded in Marin City, California
In the 1940s Black working families came from all over the U.S. for shipyard jobs. In the next decades, unemployment and drugs plagued this community. Few residents under 40 have any memory of an intact, healthy family. While most youth programs focus on tutoring and mentoring, Marin City Health & Wellness Center sees this as a mental health issue. In 2015 our CEO recruited Zared Lloyd to be Program Facilitator of The Defenders, to realize a vision of building a social enterprise to change Black boys' behavior.
The Defenders currently works with African American teens in three southern Marin County (CA) schools: MLK/Bayside Academy and Willow Creek Academy (6-8 graders) and Tamalpais High School. Expansion plans include San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point, where Marin City Health & Wellness Center opened a clinic in March 2016.
Defenders' Stories
Jordan,* like 95% of Defenders, has no father figure at home. When Zared met him he was shy & isolated: he didn't look adults in the eye, never smiled, barely spoke. In March he set up a sales meeting with a popular, local restaurant where he "pitched" the benefits of purchasing products from The Defenders Paper Company, which sources from a Black-owned paper manufacturer that uses no toxic chemicals. Jordan closed the deal and got the business. His confidence soared.
Mark* lives with aunt and uncle. He was a "crack baby" at birth, and both parents were addicts. His father is trying to get his life together; his mom is still using. One of Mark's friends was in The Defenders. Zared Lloyd, as Defenders Program Facilitator, has a question that he asks every young man he meets: "Do you know what you were born to do?" Mark could not give an answer, but his face lit up as he thought about it. Zared told Mark what he tells all young men: "You were born to change the world. How are you going to do that?" When Mark chose to join The Defenders, he had to commit to getting along with all other members: each Defender defends every other Defender. Mark had fights with boys before becoming a Defender, but now they work together as "brothers."
*Real boys and their real stories, but not their real names.
Unique Challenges face African American boys
African Americans have a shared heritage in U.S. cities, one that is unique from Latinos or other ethnic groups. Over 50 years, Black communities have changed from working families to dysfunction: plagued by lack of jobs, housing restrictions, influence of drugs and incarceration. Our community health clinic sees that poor Black boys who lack role models get in trouble.
Of the 50 boys in The Defenders program, 98% lack a father figure, and most live in poverty and public housing. In this voluntary program, middle and high school boys attend weekly after-school trainings to learn entrepreneurism, sales, public speaking & financial management. We believe:
Healthcare + Health Education + Enterprise Zones
= Regenerative Families + Communities
The Defenders Paper Company is a scalable model of youth health & well-being that can create generational change. Everyone needs to buy bathroom tissue. Anyone who learns sales will always be able to find a job.


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Media Release 10.5.18
Cluster Arts make a strong show of Queensland talent at Showcase Victoria
Cluster Arts has received an overwhelming response to their presentation of four tour-ready shows at Showcase Victoria.
As the sole production house to pitch Queensland companies at the showcase, Executive Producer Kate Malone and Executive Director Debra Wilks were very pleased with their experience.
'We attended with four incredible Queensland companies, our flagship company Casus and their show Driftwood, along with their newest production Chasing Smoke, Australia's only Indigenous contemporary circus production; the popular Hoopla Clique children's show Chores; and new comedy Two Guys in a Box from DogSpoon,' says Malone. 'We were very satisfied with the response, with all four companies to tour regional Victorian in the next 24 months.'
'Conferences such as Showcase Victoria are so important to the industry, allowing presenters and producers to connect with each other, and we felt that this year's event was really well run, very engaging with great presentations and guestlist. We'd love to see more presenters from Queensland join us in future years.'
Cluster Arts has been quick to demonstrate their wherewithal and acuity in comprehending and responding to the national and international arts markets. In the past year, they have attended numerous touring markets and industry conferences including Performing Arts Network New Zealand (PANNZ), Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Showcase Victoria, Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM Japan), Edinburgh Showcase, CINARS (Montreal), Shanghai China International Arts Festival (China SPAF), and Performing Art Market Seoul (PAMS).
'Being in touch with diverse presenters from around the world gives us an in-depth understanding of different cultural markets, as well as allowing us to showcase amazing Australian shows to new audiences,' says Malone.
In just three years Cluster Arts have cemented their reputation as a powerhouse in the Australian circus community, with a dynamic range of skills. The companies they work with are all independent and rely 100% on touring opportunities, which is why securing these tours is so vital to the livelihoods of these artists.
Image – Kate Malone and Debra Wilks at PAMS Seoul, 2017.


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The career of Sir James Dowling, second Chief Justice of NSW (1837-1844), supplies a model of the working of patronage in the appointment of judges to British colonial service. Dowling's advancement as puisne judge in Sydney, as acting Chief Justice during the absence on leave of Chief Justice Forbes, and a Chief Justice in succession to Forbes, depended on patrons. The principal was Lord Brougham, supported in England by Dowling's influential journalist brother Vincent.
While he was not an outstanding judicial lawyer, Dowling was painstaking and industrious. His meticulous manuscript recording of court proceedings was an astonishing undertaking. This book reviews his contribution as judge and as ex officio Legislative Councillor. It traces prolonged litigation, disposed of before Dowling, concerning the proprietor of the Sydney Monitor, Edward Smith Hall. And it examines the bruising relations between Dowling and fellow judges W W Burton and J W Willis.
In this title, Sir James Dowling, the material "Dramatis Personae" contains an error. The entry "HOWICK" should be omitted and the entry "GREY" should read: GREY, Sir George, Under Secretary (Political) for the Colonies, 1834-1835, 1835-1839.
Bennett's skilful and elegantly woven narrative shows how Dowling's career owed as much to chance and patronage as it did to design. ... It was not only Dowling's desire but his natural inclination to stand above the hurly burly of politics and personality in New South Wales. But, like Forbes before him, he found this impossible. Applying the rule of law to the detriment of one of the young colony's powerful individuals automatically condemned Dowling to being that person's enemy. Bennett details some of the painful lessons Dowling learned in that regard ... The impression left is that Dowling lacked the energy for these encounters. ...
A stabiliser rather than innovator is perhaps the best assessment of Dowling's career. .. In that climate [1830s Sydney], stability cannot have been a bad thing. They were tumultuous times amd Bennett's account of Dowling's role in such events as the Myall Creek massacre trials will fascinate many readers. - NSW Bar News, Winter 2002
Modest performance notwithstanding, [Dowling's] story as told by Bennett provides several fascinating glimpses into the lives of Australian colonial judges, their sometimes rocky relations with each other, the criticism to which they were subject by politicians and the press, and the general stresses of administering justice in fragile, fractious societies. ... The most engaging part of the Dowling biography is the description of the tensions between Sir James and two of his colleagues, William Burton and John Walpole Willis. ... - John McLaren, Australian Historical Studies, Vol 34 (122), October 2003
Table of Contents
Foreword by Emeritus Professor Bruce Mansfield
List of Illustrations
"Dramatis Personae"
Part I - As Puisne Judge
1. "Success Under Every Possible Disadvantage"
2. "The Intention of the Legislature
3. "The Life of Man is Above All Price"
4. Edward Smith Hall - "The Cobbett of New South Wales"
Part II - As Chief Justice
5. "This Simple and Natural Course of Proceeding"
6. "To My Dear Brother Vincent I am Deeply Indebted"
7. "Neither of My Colleagues Particularly Love Me"
8. "A Victim to Scrupulous Anxiety"
9. "Nolens Volens a Politician"


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JIT…A Failure Story
During the past weekend, I end up reflecting on how I have spent some summers of the past. I don't know why. I just did for some reason. There was one summer 17 years ago that ended sticking in my mind that I thought I would share.
I was working for a consumer electronics company that had manufacturing in the U.S. and in Mexico. One fall, I was asked to help design a new manufacturing facility to be built in Mexico and they wanted it to be a Just-In-Time facility. This was my first time hearing about JIT, so I read up on the concept. Of course, 17 years ago almost all the material was about what it was and not how it worked.
The goal was to only have 2 hours of production materials at the production lines. I made a super fancy spreadsheet that showed how much square footage was needed in each area based on line speed, shelving, component size, packaging, etc…
In July, I was approached again and asked if I would spend the month in Mexico straightening out what was going on. The JIT system wasn't working. There wasn't enough room for everything.
My boss and I went over the spreadsheet three times before we went on our visit and verified all the calculations and formulas. It was all fine.
When we arrived the first day, we toured the plant. We where horrified. Televisions that were designed to stack 3 high were stacked 6 or 7 high. Boxes were being crushed and leaning. They looked like they could fall at any minute. Areas that were not designed for storage were stuffed and there were approximately 100 trailers in the parking lot with materials in them.
This was a brand new facility. It had only been open about 1 or 2 months. It was a disaster.
The first thing I learned was there was no ramp up period. On a Friday, one facility was closed. The following Monday this facility was opened and expected to run at full capacity. I had never seen any company do that before or since. There is always a ramp up period.
The second thing we learned and more importantly was there had been no training on JIT, what it was or how it worked. The facility was operating under old batch-n-queue mentality causing space to quickly fill up.
My manager and I were able to get the inventory under control through some strict inventory management processes and even get a more consistent delivery of materials to the assembly lines.
In the end, the company was not ready to run any differently. It was a shame. They ended up expanding the building and continued to run in a batch-n-queue manner. I believe the facility has been closed in the last 3 or 4 years.
It was my first exposure to JIT and all that it takes to run a JIT system successfully. I call it a system because it isn't just about space and delivering parts. It is the management mentality to reduce changeovers, run in much smaller batches and solve problems. It really showed me how everything must work together.
Does anyone else have any horror stories from trying to implement a just-in-time system?
Follow Up to Japan Crisis and Lean Philosophy
Last week I wrote a post about how the earthquake was the cause for the supply chain interruption at Toyota, not lean (post here). It was centered around an article I had found on Bnet. Since then two other articles have been written regarding the Japanese crisis and lean.
The first was written by Margaret Hefferman (article here). She starts out by saying:
Beyond the tragedy of the Japanese tragedy, the industrialized world is experiencing a profound philosophical aftershock. Much of our business theology about lean, mean just-in time manufacturing, about re-engineering, outsourcing and globalization is wrong.
Again, this quote makes you wonder about the understanding of lean. This is the only mention of lean in the article.
But one of the reasons why the business impact of the natural disaster is so widely felt is because our supply chains are now so immense.
The rest of her article talks about how a supply chain spread across the world creates great complexity. It also makes a company more vulnerable to natural disasters, political uprisings, and harder communication between people.
I think Margaret makes some great points that actually support the lean philosophy on complexity in supply chains and supplier relationships.
The second article was written by Jeff Haden (article here).
You absolutely should learn from what is happening in Japan — just don't overreact.
Jeff is right. We should use this as a learning experience but don't overreact to this crisis. Jeff gives some good advice on what companies should NOT do during this time.
- Increase inventory. Running out of supplies, materials, and finished goods could cripple your business. So can the carrying costs involved with maintaining excess inventory "just in case." Maintain inventory levels based on more likely risks: Spikes in demand, late deliveries, or production/quality problems.
- Add suppliers. Some Japanese firms are unlikely to resume production for months, so some businesses are scrambling to find other sources. Still, don't create multiple redundancies in your supply chain. You will only add administrative costs, additional complexity to your purchasing systems, and pay incrementally higher supply costs since smaller order quantities typically mean higher prices. (If you are largely dependent on one supplier for a key supply, definitely establish other sources.)
- Fatten manufacturing. Lean manufacturing practices are under fire in some circles, sometimes due to a lack of understanding of lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing isn't complex; it's simple. Simple is good. Adding buffers and additional WIP and redundant capacity and crewing typically decreases productivity and increases cost.
- Stop outsourcing. Working with freelancers or outsource partners in other countries exposes your risk to service interruptions. Bringing those functions in-house exposes your business to higher costs. Treat outsourcing like you do your supply chain: Don't rely on a sole source. Have backups in place. Know who to call in an emergency. While it may be tempting, bringing every function in house could result in a financial disaster for your firm. (Bottom line: If it made business sense to outsource before the earthquake, it makes business sense to outsource now.)
- Change because you think you have to. Your ability to adapt is what makes you a successful business owner. Make changes to your business model based on logic and foresight, not because you feel you have to do something in response to a crisis that may never impact your business. Sometimes the best response is no response, especially if you're already doing most things right.
This all sounds like it is right in line with the lean philosophy and not in contradiction to it.
Jeff ends with what companies should do.
What should you do in response to the Japanese crisis? Take a close look at inventory levels, at the strength of your supply chain, at potential weaknesses in your manufacturing/shipping/sales processes, and at how you manage any outsourced functions. Look for glaring weaknesses. Just don't work to create plans and systems that will mitigate every possible risk.
Pause, reflect, make smart changes where necessary, and stay focused on what made your business successful in the first place.
Sounds like good advice to me. Companies shouldn't overreact and add inventory and suppliers because a giant "What If", but we shouldn't ignore what happened either. We should learn from it and apply changes that make sense to mitigate risk without the company getting away from what made it successful to begin with.
Be smart…don't react without understanding.
Technology Supporting a Process
Have you ever bought technology because it's cool, whether it be for home or work? You look at it and think, "Wow! Cool! Look at all the features it has and the things it can do. This will be great!" Six weeks, six months, six years later you look back and realize you didn't even use half of it's capabilities. I would be a rich man right now if I just paid for the part of the technology that I did use. Maybe sitting on a beach somewhere warm.
Truth is we get enamored with the neat stuff. Myself included. What we end up doing is trying to fit our life (or process) into the technology. We go out of way to use it and then over time we realize it is more hassle than it is worth and we stop using it. Instead we should be looking at our life and seeing how the technology can support or enhance it. The technology is something that fits right into our life so well that it almost seems seamless.
This happens a lot at work too. The most common example is software. The IT department buys a software package with 100 different functions that could possibly help with work that is getting done. The found the software package because 10 of the functions fill a need that was asked by someone to go and fill. Then they find this wonderful product and the other 90 functions will save the rest of your world too. The department likes it too and so the software is bought. One year later, an audit is done. It shows only the 10 functions that were originally needed are being used, while the other 90 just sit. The company has wasted the money they spent on all these added features. Eight years later, someone needs to have a new feature. Everyone has forgotten about the extra 90 features the current software has, so IT goes out and finds another software package to add the new feature but it also, comes with all kinds of wonderful add-ons and so the cycle starts again. While all along, the original software had the feature and the company just needed to use it.
This is all waste. Waste of time, money, resources, and on and on. The technology we use should be Just-In-Time just like our material. Get what we need, when we need and at the time we need it. No more, no less. When the technology is bought, we need to ask how this technology will help support and enhance what we are doing AND make it easier for us to do. In other words, the technology needs to support our process and work. Don't buy technology and then build the process or work to fit it's capabilities. If the technology does not support what you are doing, then it probably isn't something you want for your process.
ERP systems can be a great example of buying technology and then fitting your process to support the buying of the ERP system. Most companies doing lean well are taking the decisions an ERP system is making and make it visual out on the floor so anyone on the floor can make the same decision. Why? Because the ERP system does not support the process the lean company is trying to implement. (Side note: Who is going to be the first ERP system to go away from ERP and build a great lean software tool to replace ERP? Or does a software tool even need to be built?).
I'm not against technology. That is a bad rap that lean can get. I am against buying technology that does not support the process or the future state of the process. It must be proven and it must enhance and make easier what we are already doing.
Why do you think people still technology for the sake of buying technology? Have you seen this where you work?


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Lake Lure, North Carolina, March 2013
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I just got back from a vacation at Lake Lure, North Carolina. It is a beautiful lake nestled in the Carolina mountains. March weather is still unpredictable. One day it is warm and sunny and the next day the clouds cover the mountains and the gray bare trees blend into the landscape creating quite a monochromatic mood. This particular morning the sun was out, but looks can be deceiving! The windy beach was void of life. The only sounds I could hear were the lapping waves and the call of the birds high above.
As I looked at this lonely pier, I thought about how life can be like this image. Sometimes we are presented with challenges or opportunities and we don't know what the outcome will be. No matter how many times we think it through or how many scenarios we create, the only way to know the outcome is to make a move. Take a step off the pier of life! It can be scary to leave a safe place, but life is meant to be an adventure! Stop waiting for "if" and "when". After all, you don't know what tomorrow will bring.


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Glenn had a rough go of it last season on The Walking Dead. Bob died. Beth died. Noah was eaten right in front of him when Nicholas left them to be zombie chow in the revolving door of doom. And as if all that wasn't enough, Nicholas then totally shot the poor guy. Like I said, rough stuff.
According to the man who plays Glenn, Steven Yeun, we'll see the toll all of that has taken when things pick back up in season 6 on Oct. 11. Yeun sat down with EW cameras recently to share his thoughts on what's to come in season 6, and he painted a somewhat bleak portrait.
"It's easy to use the buzzwords — to say 'roller coaster' or 'intense,'" says Yeun. "I think last year was a very good indicator of where we're headed. We're seeing everybody as who they are now. You've found them grizzled. You've found them completely broken and shattered and they've all witnessed and experienced terrible things. And so you get to see them there. We wear it on our face. We wear it on our body. To see where we've evolved to is awesome. So [season] 6 is that, is showing how much has been taken away from us. The end goal is to find some semblance of life that we lost before. I think you're going to see some deeply emotional character story and you're also going to see, as we always do, some crazy-ass s—."
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Facebook could become the largest virtual cemetery in the world
As we invest more and more of ourselves in social media, Facebook profiles could eventually become the digital gravestones of the future.
According to Hachem Sadikki, a PhD candidate in statistics at the University of Massachusetts, Facebook will turn into the world's biggest virtual graveyard by 2098, provided the social network sticks around for the next century.
Facebook's refusal to automatically delete dead users automatically and the plateauing membership of the site mean that the living will be outnumbered sooner than you might think.
Sadikki said that he worked out the figure by making the assumption that Facebook's growth will soon begin to slow and Facebook will retain its existing policy on how to handle dead users.
Currently when a user dies, Facebook does not delete the account and instead turns it into a 'memorialised' version of the page. The only way to delete the account of a dead person is if somebody has their password and can login and close it down. But given that few people give anyone their Facebook login, the page is likely to stay up long after they have died.
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Members of the local Into Film Club had the opportunity to attend a film review-writing workshop and private screening of the new animation 'Coco' at the IMC Ballymena.
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Gary Bowyer has called on Josh King to back up his man-of-the-match performance on Saturday with further impressive displays.
The Norwegian international stole the show at the weekend with a first career hat-trick as Rovers defeated Stoke City 4-1 in the FA Cup.
Now as attentions return to the league campaign with a match against Cardiff City this evening, Bowyer wants to see King maintain those levels.
"You are always waiting for somebody to catch fire and Kingy caught fire on Saturday," said the Rovers boss.
"He's now got to go and maintain that and show the same levels of consistency that you want in your strikers.
"It wasn't just his goals, you look at the chances he created as well, and he got the penalty for us as well.
"You all saw what his main asset is - his pace. Like anybody with that asset, the thing you want from him is an end product, whether that is a cross, a pass or obviously the goals that he managed to get on Saturday.
"He works hard in training on his finishing and fortunately for us on Saturday it paid off.
"He's got to keep doing that now, he can't rest on his laurels and we won't allow him to."
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