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The intention of this article is to explore one of the commonly held conventions about wine enjoyment and the notion of "sophisticated" wine consumers. The exploratory aspect of this piece includes looking at the meaning of the term "sophisticated" and then asking the question, "Is this the direction the wine industry really wants to go?" There seems to be a line drawn in the sand as to what is "good" wine versus "bad" wine and that this demarcation also carries over to defining what we consider "sophisticated" consumers versus "unsophisticated" consumers.
I love to look up words and drill down into their origins and deeper meaning. One word that I find particularly fascinating is the word "sophisticate." In common usage, and especially when used in relation with wine, the word sophisticated is associated with a worldly understanding or attainment of a superior status of knowledge.
A number of years ago I decided to look up the word and turned to my trusty American Heritage Dictionary and here is what I found:
Sophisticated - adj.
1. Having acquired worldly knowledge or refinement; lacking natural simplicity.
The first part of this definition seemed to align with my understanding of the word. But it was the second part that caught my attention, "lacking in natural simplicity." It occurred to me that in the wine community there is an inherent discord between the promotion of wine as a simplistic, communal beverage and the expectation that people should become more sophisticated and drink "better" wine. The definition gave me cause to wonder if you can have natural simplicity and sophistication simultaneously?
Of course one can argue there is the option that being naturally simplistic or sophisticated is a matter of choice. Some occasions call for natural simplicity while other occasions call for a greater degree of sophistication. I would not necessarily disagree with this argument but I do wonder if a person becomes truly sophisticated, can they revert back to a natural simplicity, or is the worldly knowledge or refinement become neurologically hard-wired making it impossible to revert back to the naturally simplistic way of being?
This loss of natural simplicity also make me wonder if one of the reasons many people feel uncomfortable around formal wine events or in the presence of wine sophisticates. Is it due to this lack of natural simplicity and dare I say pretense? I can see how the worldly, knowing air of sophistication might be construed as self-righteousness and this in turn becomes an intimidating factor for the uninitiated. I can also see how much I contribute to this air of worldly knowing and faux refinement whenever I am around wine people. And pity the poor "unsophisticated" individuals that happen to stumble into this milieu.
Which brings me to the second definition in the dictionary, which I found even more interesting than the first:
Sophisticate - v.
1. To cause to become less natural, esp. to make less naïve and cause to be worldly-wise. 2. To corrupt or pervert; adulterate.
Less natural? Corrupt, perverted; adulterated? Apparently when sophistry was being bandied about as a pre-Socratic school of philosophy in ancient Greece someone who set out to become worldly-wise long ago they came back with new ideas on religion, societal mores and sexual alternatives, thus becoming perverted and corrupted to the values and practices of their own culture. Sophists then used subtle, misleading and fallacious arguments to prove their points of view. The word "adulterate" means "to make impure, spurious or inferior by adding extraneous or improper ingredients" and I guess this applies to learning new values and ideas as filling our heads with extraneous or improper ingredients as well.
It finally struck me how this applies to the subject of expanding wine enjoyment and improving the dynamics of the wine community as a whole. Along with sophistication there is a loss of naturalness and simplicity, combined with an inherent self-righteousness and the use of misleading arguments to prove an opinion or point of view. This progression, gained by learning and exploring, is completely natural, nearly unavoidable and may provide insights into the loss of simplicity and understanding about wine and for other people's points of view. The sophist is inclined to convince everyone else that their new-found knowledge and opinions is something that everyone should behold and adopt. Learning that this is how we learn can give us the ability to accept and understand the points of view of others rather than feeling the need to impose our will and values on others.
That gets us to the next two definitions:
Sophist - n.
2. A scholar or thinker, esp. one skillful in devious argumentation.
Sophistry - n.
1. A plausible but misleading or fallacious argument.
These definitions see to imply that being a sophisticated wine drinker being devious, misleading and fallacious. How the heck does that fit in? My take on this is that it is not necessarily by intention but rather the completely human capacity to believe that what we know and things we experience are more real for ourselves than for others. It provides us with a sense of superiority and being in the know, wanting to share our experiences with others and a genuine feeling that others will benefit from seeing things our way. People also tend to gravitate to others who seem to share a common perspective and points of view. The point of view might be inclusive and people are bound by shared agreement or the connection may be made by an exclusive agreement such as the anything-but-chardonnay crowd and the feeling of strength in numbers that comes from collective agreement that this is the way it is and should be.
In my mind the devious, misleading or fallacious arguments are intentional. They are points of view that come from an individual rationale for value and preferences held to be inherently better than another's, either as an individual or collective. Then arguments ensue that one way is right, or better in some way, than another's is where the fallacy lies. This behavior can be seen in how people connect and congregate around wine, food, politics, religion, fashion, cars -- you name it. It is completely human. Whether it is the 100-point rating system, groups formed around an agreement for the superiority of wines from certain locales or the antithesis of inclusive agreement; the shared opinion for the exclusion of wine types or styles. It is misleading to think that one way is superior to another. Self-righteousness is part of being human, can take many forms and is widely practiced -- even in the devious guise of the anti-geek.
Consider the possibility that sophistication is inevitable and it is a natural human progression as we seek to learn about and understanding our universe. The new discoveries we make can excite us and bring more enjoyment to our lives and it is also only natural to want to share these discoveries with others. It is when we try to convince others that this new-found knowledge is some how superior or are compelled to attack others for not agreeing with our philosophies or values that they their lives would be improved if only they would adopt another set of values, opinions or points of view. Yes -- natural simplicity can co-exist with sophistication. It requires us to be sophisticated enough to understand the difference, and the differences in our individual opinions, perspectives and points of view.
Hmmmm. Perverted and corrupt. Anyone besides me feeling a little more like a "sophisticate" today?


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This Arizona desert residence is located in an expansive golf community highlighting stunning desert views from almost every space in Scottsdale. Designed by Lake|Flato Architects and constructed by The Construction Zone, the site was truly challenging, but the architects managed to plan a 4,500 square foot home that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. According to the project developers, the house maximizes the desert views, allowing its inhabitants to fully enjoy their unique natural environment:
"The careful design makes this possible as views to neighboring houses are edited out focused instead on distant mountains. While the residence presents an unassuming, modest scale to the street, it steps down with the slope of the site allowing the spaces inside to become quite generous. Oversize pivot doors and large expanses of glass allow abundant light and air into these spaces while broad overhangs and shading devices protect them from the harsh desert sun."
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| August 6, 2010, 8:32 am
Finally, fresh plasma to The Five. Nudged off the list but not forgotten: "Cyrus" and "Salt."
1. "Restrepo": When Army combat vet and the Denver Post building's former security account manager Donald Blackwell watched this Afghanistan War doc, he gave the film his seal of authenticity. While Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's powerful doc doesn't require vetting, it's good to know its soldiers' story resonates. Read review of Restrepo and feature.
2. "The Other Guys": Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have good screwball chemistry in this cop buddy comedy that actually has some pretty grand ambitions about high finance and we, the "other guys." Read review of "The Other Guys.".


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A handful of significant sociological studies have been done to determine percentage of the population engages in SM activities.
"Researchers estimate that 5-10 percent of the U.S. population engages in sadomasochism for sexual pleasure on at least an occasional basis, with most incidents being either mild or stage activities involving no real pain or violence. Most often it is the receiver (the masochist), not the giver (the sadist), who sets and controls the exact type and extent of the couple's activities. It might also interest you to know that in many such heterosexual relationships, the so-called traditional sex roles are reversed -- with men playing the submissive or masochistic role. Sadomasochistic activities can also occur between homosexual couples."
June M. Reinisch, Ph.D. with Ruth Beasley, M.L.S (1990). Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex, St. Martin's Press: pg. 162-163.
A new Playboy poll by Dr. Marty Klein appeared in November, 1998, p. 81:
- 18% of the men and 20% of the women have used a blindfold during sex.
- 30% of the men and 32% of the women have tied someone up or have been tied up during sex.
- 49% of the men and 38% of the women have spanked or have been spanked as part of sex.
A survey by Hunt (1974) of 2,026 respondents found that:
- 4.8% of men and
- 2.1% percent of women had obtained sexual pleasure from inflicting pain and
- 2.5% of the men and
- 4.6% of the women obtained sexual pleasure from receiving pain.
These numbers are probably underestimates, because the erotic response to "pain" is only one aspect of SM. (M. Hunt, Sexual Behavior in the 1970s, Chicago: Playboy Press.)
A mid-1970s independent research organization poll funded by Playboy surveyed 3,700 randomly selected students from 20 colleges found that 12% women and 18% of the men had indicated a willingness to try bondage or master-slave role-playing. (Playboy, "What's Really Happening on Campus", October 1976.)
A survey by E. Hariton (1972) found that up to 49% of women fantasize about submissive scenarios during sexual intercourse with 14% doing so frequently. (E. Hariton, "Women's Fantasies During Sexual Intercourse with their Husbands: A Normative Study with Tests of Personality and Theoretical Models'" unpublished doctoral dissertation, City University of New York.)
Paul H. Gebhard, is an anthropologist and was the executive director of the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University from 1956 to 1983. Gebhard noted in Fetishism and Sadomasochism (Dynamics of Deviant Sexuality, 1969, pg. 79.) that "consciously recognized sexual arousal from sadomasochistic stimuli are not rare." The Institute for Sex Research found that one in eight females and one in five males were aroused by sadomasochistic stories.
In 1929, Hamilton's marriage habits survey reported that 28% of men and 29% of women admitted they derived "pleasant thrills" from having some form of "pain" inflicted in them. (G.V. Hamilton, A Research in Marriage, Boni, New York.)


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Bear Creek VFD Fire Chief Brian F. Romans said Tuesday the department is collecting donations for Mike and Tina Berry, who lost most of their possessions in the blaze, which began around 1:15 p.m. Monday at their residence on Queens Haven Road in Hubert.
A local volunteer fire department is collecting donations to help a Hubert family who lost their home in a fire this week.
Bear Creek VFD Fire Chief Brian F. Romans said Tuesday the department is collecting donations for Mike and Tina Berry, who lost most of their possessions in the blaze, which began around 1:15 p.m. Monday at their residence on Queens Haven Road in Hubert.
The department is collecting money, clothes, anything people want to donate; but Romans said they prefer monetary and gift card donations.
�The reason for the gift cards and monetary donations is because then there�s no confusion of what sizes people need, what food they like, medical concerns � they may not be able to eat some sort of foods,� he said. �We can just turn (the cards) directly over to the family.�
In addition, Romans said Petsmart or gift cards to benefit the family dog, Sadie, would be welcome. Romans mentioned Tuesday that he is looking into getting the dog some donations for grooming.
Romans said Officer Alex Douglas, of Onslow County Animal Services, brought Sadie to the Berrys Monday evening after crews rescued her from the fire and took her to the animal shelter.
�I called him and said, �Mom�s on her way home from work, can you bring the dog back out?�� Romans said. �Well, he was already home, he was already off shift. He went back to the office, bathed the dog, got the dog and brought the dog back out to mom. So that was a touching moment, because that gave her some sense of relief that she was able to have her baby.�
The house was determined a total loss by officials on Monday afternoon.
As of Tuesday, Romans said they had gone into the home and collected everything they would be able to recover, including collectibles and pictures. Romans said they were able to salvage some collectibles, ceramic kittens and items passed down from Mike Berry�s great-grandfather. They were also able to recover pictures of the Berry�s daughter and a collage of a grandchild, Romans said.
�Not a lot was salvageable, due to the fact that the fire concentration was in the master bedroom side of the house,� he said, adding that the Berrys would not be able to go back inside the home.
Romans said Tuesday that the cause of the fire was still under investigation, but he said it started in the general area of the back left corner of the house near the laundry room. Officials still have not determined if it started inside or outside the house.
Bear Creek VFD is also trying to find a house for the Berrys to rent, specifically one of two just to the right of the lot where their home currently sits.
Romans made a call Tuesday afternoon inquiring after one of the homes.
�Bear Creek would take care of them for a short amount of time,� he said. �Either through donations through the community or through membership dollars.�
Romans said 2,500 to 2,700 people live in the Bear Creek Fire District.
�It�s a very small community, so a lot of people know a lot of people ... The community will take care of them. We�ve already gotten an outpouring of support,� he said, noting people�s reactions on the department�s Facebook page and news websites Tuesday. �So the community�s going to � help put them up in a rental home for a while.�
Romans said Tuesday that the Berrys will be staying in the area. He said he doesn�t know if their plans include trying to rebuild the home, but he said they intend to remain on the site.
Romans also asked that people respect the family�s privacy during this time, specifically in regard to driving by the property taking pictures of the home.
Donations can be made by stopping in at VFD�s station at 677 Bear Creek Road in Hubert, by sending in donations to that address or by calling the department at 910-326-5999.
Others who responded to the fire in addition to Bear Creek included Hubert VFD, Swansboro FD, White Oak VFD, Swansboro Volunteer Rescue Squad, Piney Green VFD, Pumpkin Center VFD, Onslow County EMS, Onslow County Sheriff�s Office, Onslow County Emergency Services, JOEMC, Onslow County Animal Shelter, Western Carteret Fire & EMS, and the private citizens that assisted in setting some equipment at initial arrival.
Romans said 20 to 25 firefighters battled the fire with at least 5 of those from the Onslow County Emergency Responder Program. The Onslow County fire marshal and emergency responder coordinator responded to the scene as firefighters as well.


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A few people have asked whether there are any recorded demos of the MDM Workbench in the past. I've never found one so, after a bit of experimenting and far too many attempts for such a short clip, I've uploaded the least embarrassing take to developerWorks! This is just a general overview of the workbench to get some initial feedback:
Is this kind of video something that you would find useful, as a series showing how to perform specific tasks in the workbench for example? If you have any suggestions or feedback, please leave a comment below.
The recording is also available to download from the MDM Workbench file collection if it doesn't appear above. (Note: if you have any problem with a missing codec, try updating to a newer version of Windows Media Player. Version 11 should work on Windows XP.)
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The other day, the Baltimore Sun ran a perfectly ordinary news profile of Father Robert F. Leavitt, who is leaving his post as president and rector of St. Mary's University and Seminary after nearly three decades of leadership on that campus. The double-decker headline was standard fare: "Mentor to priests steps down -- As head of St. Mary's since 1980, the rector has guided the Catholic seminary through tremendous change."
The story deals with some hard subjects, as any news story about the Roman Catholic priesthood must do in this era. For example, we read about a crucial challenge for the seminary:
One goal -- develop priests who embody the ideals despite the credibility lost during the sexual abuse scandals.
"I take a lot of pride in building priests of character," Leavitt says. "I think that one of the things I would want to make part of my legacy is that character and strength and moral courage becomes a trademark of the priesthood again. It would take a lot of people to win that reputation back in the minds of the public at large."
Enrollment at St. Mary's peaked at 350 in the 1960s, but it fell to 150 when Leavitt became rector and has been cut in half since then. Not all of those clerics remained in the priesthood, Leavitt says.
These days, about 60 seminarians are enrolled in St. Mary's priestly formation program, which usually takes about six years. In the 1990s, graduating classes got as small as six or seven, Leavitt says, but now recruitment is better, perhaps inspired by Pope John Paul II. This summer, 13 seminarians were ordained, and classes have numbered between 13 and 16 for the last six or seven years.
Elsewhere in the story, Father Leavitt addresses another major influence on the past few decades at the seminary, which would be the leadership of a pope whom most people viewed as a traditionalist on moral issues.
Most of Leavitt's tenure as president-rector overlapped with that of Pope John Paul II. "I've tried to take the seminary in the direction that John Paul II took the church ... connected it with people who are concerned about God and faith and the world."
However, there is a problem -- as you would expect, since I am writing this post.
Suffice it to say that if one goes to Google and searches for the words "seminary," "Baltimore" and "Pink Palace" (go ahead, try it) you will quickly find out that this is, for many traditional Catholics, a very controversial seminary, a seminary at the heart of the hot, bitter and ongoing debates about whether there is a problem in the American priesthood linked to homosexuality. There are progressive Catholics who are worried about this "gay subculture", as well as conservatives.
How in the world can a journalist dig into this news story and not learn this basic fact about this seminary? I mean, didn't anyone from the Sun interview any conservative Catholics at all?
Actually, looking through the story, it does not appear that they did. Surprise.


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"Today we look at Al-Aqsa as it sighs beneath the yoke of the Jews, beneath the yoke of the sons of monkeys and pigs, brothers of monkeys and pigs. Destroy the Jews and their helpers."
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I was born in the Pacific Northwest and still live here, surrounded by green of every imaginable shade--the color of life itself. The royal blue foothills shadow me with quiet strength, sprinkled at the very tips with the pure white of snow, resting at the feet of the solitary mountains that rise here and there to touch clouds high above. Everything is kissed with the steady sprinkle of rain, the liquid sunshine that brings life and growth.
It was here I grew, and just as the world around me was gifted with life and beauty from the Creator, so He gifted me with a vivid imagination that soars as high as the birds I love to watch above me. My life has been one of confidence in the knowledge of belonging to God, and in belonging to a strong family filled with love.
My parents nurtured my creativity, though sometimes groaning when a simple chore turned into a great production when mixed so with fantasy! My two older sisters joined me in the creation of worlds, and even now as adults we discuss ideas of fiction and made-up languages.
Of course my life is not perfect, and my family has born perhaps more than its share of illness. I've struggled with health problems most of my young adult life and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in the summer of 2008. But even these trials join with my imagination, strengthens it, and makes it something real, able to touch others with a deep understanding.
So it is that I have always been a writer, since even before I could hold a pen, when Mom would transcribe for me. Yet for most of my life my imaginings only sporadically found their way to paper, staying mostly inside my head as constant companions. Then I found FaithWriters.com. At last, through the nurture, guiding, and contacts found there, my stories poured onto the page and many of my short stories, and even a few poems, were published in various anthologies, magazines, and e-zines.
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The idea of smaller, personalized hells of Chinese cosmology seemed much more interesting than the often generic fire and brimstone hells. Thus, do I present the Hell of Dry Bones to be listed along such other luminary hells as the Hell of Boiling Oil and the Hell of Being Skinned Alive. - Thank you
Deep in the underworld, beyond the quiesient cities of the dead, and deeper than the labyrinthine mazes that burrow deep into the cold stone of the underworld lies the Hell of Dry Bones. This is an open hell, one that is hungry, and very much likes visitors. Everything in this hell is comprised of bone, or the remnants of bone. The ground first appears like white beach sand, but it is in fact, pulverized bone, reduced to powder in some places. This powdered bone can rise into white storms when the winds are driven to frenzy.
Bones of all different sort litter the ground. Animals bones are the most common, but only because there are a greater variety of animals than of humans and other races. The hollow bones of birds crunch like brittle twigs, while the larger bones of beasts of burden can be used as clubs, or splintered into spears. Greatest of all are the bones of the long dead giants. No relation to the regular giants, these behemoths once strode the world with strides that could cover three leagues. All that is left are bones that measure hundreds of paces long, and monsterous not quite human skulls large enough to serve as palaces.
Often victims of this hell shelter themselves from the bone storms, and the hailstorms of teeth inside these giant skulls. Unfortunately for them, the demons of this hell often have culled these havens into their own private lounges and lairs.
Bone Eating Demons These are the least of the inhabitants of this hell. Each resembles a hybrid between a bull mastiff canine and a large armored crocodile. Nearly white, they are hard to spot among the bones of their home realm. As their name implies, they eat bone, but not the bone of the realm, only the fresh, wet bone of the mortal souls who inhabit the realm. Particularly strong, or cunning souls, or adventurers, can outsmart, or even kill a Bone Eating Demon as they have only minimal intelligence, and no supernatural powers. Victims consumed by a bone eating demon have the pleasure of being slowly ripped apart and eaten as the demon crunches on their bones. Three to five days after being eaten, the Hell of Dry Bones restores the body of the victim, only to be chased down and brutalized again and again.
Osseoliths - These are the greater demons of the Hell of Dry Bones and they keep personal retinues of their favorite souls, and packs of Bone Eating Demons. most are nine to ten feet tall and resemble thick bodied bone golems. They have multiple layers of ribs, as many as four to six arms, and stare at the world through a variety of skulls. Most are known by their skull and the demons take great pride in having the most rare, or exotic skull. The most powerful of the Osseoliths is known as Crack-Tooth Dragon as he has claimed the skull of a slain Dragon as his own. Most of the Osseoliths serve as administrators in this hell, making sure that all of the souls are suffering properly for their Hellish overlord. They hunt down safe houses, and deal with unexpected visitors in predictable fashion.
Gehenna - This is the Queen of the Hell of Dry Bones. It is said that during her mortal life she was a sorceress of some power, and sold her soul to the Hell Realms for power. Upon her death she descended to hell, where she defeated her demonic master, and turned his domain into the Hell of Dry Bones. This is the official story espoused by the Osseoliths, and half-verbalized by the Bone Eating Demons.
The truth is a little more interesting, and not quite so glorious. In life, Gehenna was a mortal who lived a life of brutal and unforgiving poverty. She lived for sixteen years, surviving as her peers perished to hunger and thirst, illness and violence. Then, in a stroke of fortune she was elevated to a much higher station in life. Perhaps she was even a queen for a time. Rather than remember her roots, and the hardship she endured, she forsook those who had helped her, and even turned to their persecution. In her own defense, none had openly helped her, she would simply keep the tradition alive.
Her cruelty and near barbarism ensured her of a swift passage to hell upon her death. She grew strong in the power of magic, and soon traversed the paths of the damned, defeating demons with wit and skill honed to razor edge by her previously brutal life on the street. She distilled demons into their vital essence, and consumed them. Each made her stronger, more cruel and less human. Eventually in her 300th year of rule, she was struck by a coalition of assassins who sought her death for the misery she espoused. Rather than die, she escaped to a small realm, and shaped it to her will, and peopled it with her first victims.
This action was not unnoticed by the August Personage of Heaven. Gehenna was given her place in the celestial heirarchy, for her hell was to serve a greater purpose than her own private pleasure and font of power. Those souls who had lived lives of cruel wealth and thought of blows of the fist and kicks as charity were relegated to her keeping. Thus do the souls of heartless nobles and cruel merchants wander her realm. They burn with mortal needs, food, water, passion. Their lives have become nothing more than the brutal and hateful lives of the criminally destitute. Their screams are a symphony to Gehenna's ears.
Gehenna appears as a woman, bone white, and beautiful in an alien fashion. If pressed, she can and will summon warrior caste Osseoliths to defend her. Only in the most dire need will she assume her true form, a writhing pillar of cracked and broken bones, topped with the head of a great hissing serpent.
Escaping from the Hell of Dry Bones
Escape is painfully easy, and almost impossible to find. There are precious few commodities in this hell, and as such charity does not exist in any form save for the giving and sharing of misery, pain, and death repeated. should a soul willingly offer something to another, in the spirit of true charity, their way has been opened. The soul is shortly thereafter taken away from the Hell of Dry Bones by the monitors of the celestial heirarchy. While not all knowing, they are able to cast divinations to auspicious times to observe certain souls in the hell, to witness either another failure and usually death or to escort the now kharmically balanced soul on to its next rebirth.
Alternately, the visitor who entered by accident, or on a mission rather than arriving due to soul debt, cannot escape in this fashion. There are two ways out. One, the visitor can gain release by Gehenna herself. This has NEVER, and will NEVER happen. Gehenna is a cruel and greedy demon and has no intention of allowing anyone who enters her realm to ever leave again. The second way is a daring infiltration into the Castle Ossuary, Gehenna's personal palace. Somewhere under the palace is a passage out of the hell and into a safer locale. As to be expected, this passage is well guarded by being in the fortress, but its existance is unknown to Gehenna. Some speculate that this is an expression of the August Personage of Heaven's will.
Plot Hooks
- This is the difficult part, unless you are playing in a game that regularly deals with traversing hells or the underworld.
To Speak with the Dead - The PCs must find a nugget of information, and only one soul in existance knows it. Unfortunately for the PCs, the soul passed on to the hell realms some time ago and now they must hunt out the soul of the dead sage in the Hell of Dry Bones. Once they gain said knowledge, they must then escape from the Hell without becoming a permanent resident.
A Brief Interlude - Rather than permanently damn a soul to such a hell, sometimes the powers that be will grant them a glimpse of what awaits them should they fail to ammend their ways. The PC, or PCs find themselves in a dreamlike, yet completely realm quest to escape the Hell of Dry Bones and return to their real lives.
Broken Mirrors - Gehenna has become increasingly hungry for more souls. Her minions, Osseoliths disguised as humans, have been spreading gospels of materialism and sadism to further her power. Perhaps the pinnacle of her power comes as a heretical church begins rituals that offer the souls of the living to her in exchange for temporal power. Can the PCs intercede, or due they fall for the lure of quick and easy power?


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Debra Gwartney is the winner of the 2017 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize for the memoir I'm a Stranger Here Myself (forthcoming in 2019), and the author of Live Through This. Her work has been published in Tin House, American Scholar, the Normal School, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. She teaches in the MFA programme at Pacific University and lives with her husband in Oregon.


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i am the sysadmin for a medium size company. working where i do has made me a bit paranoid.
am i the only one who doesn't have a problem with this?
the complaint itself is just riddled with factual errors. like he keeps insisting that the router connected to "his" network. my understanding is that this is a separate network that shares an access node. not the same thing. as for the electricity costs, what is that? a dollar a month?
i feel that people often complain about anything, and if you add a dose of ignorance, they start claiming moral authority too!
what if they gave the software away to anyone who wanted it? seems to me, it then becomes difficult to say that it is related to the insurance agreement.
"Establishes criminal penalties of up to 10 years in prison for intentional unauthorized access to data acquired under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by the United States;"
who is this directed at? employees of nsa? journalists?
am i the only one who thinks $9.99 for a month of people magazine or $19.99 for ny times is insane?
i think u misinterpreted the situation completely on this one. this isn't leahy talking to the people or in response to anything other than hollywoods threat to cut off money to the dem party. leahy is trying to lay blame on the repubs hoping that they take it up. then he can go back to hollywood and say look at what these nasty repubs are trying to do your business, be a shame if we weren't in power to stop it. hollywoods biggest mistake was trying to shake down a shake down artist.
so if i rip my movie off of a dvd and upload it for myself and then someone else uploads their rip but spreads the link for it far and wide, my copy should get deleted too?
"You draw conclusions and raise suspicions without access to a single piece of evidence. Again why?"
because of dajaz1 and rojadirecta and richard o'dwyer and sopa and coica and all the other times my government lied to me under hollywood's direction.
ANY track or music video done while 50 cent has been with UMG was funded at least in part by UMG. His contract stipulates that all of his *music* videos are released via the official label YT site. Basically all artists have this in their contract.
"GoDaddy's right to free speech has NOT been removed or taken away. There is no "intact in theory". It's intact and has remained so."
Sorry, but their free speech is being limited by the actions of those who are organizing a boycott. It isn't just a question of individuals choosing not to do business with Go Daddy, but people who are actively organizing to put pressure on others to do the same, and by such to force Go Daddy to change their position - aka, limiting their free speech.
Would you post the same post you just did if I told you that I would take away half your pay? Would you do it if I told you that your business would be shut down?
Chilling effects come in many forms. Disagreeing with Go Daddy's opinion is one thing, punishing them for having the balls to speak out is another thing altogether.
Similarly, some of you fanboys seem to think that my disagreeing with Mike about his notions means that I'm for censorship. Can't unscramble your will mis-take, nor your black-and-white, you rabid ankle-biter attack-on-sight yapping, but you're not actually adding to your numbers with these tactics.
i actually feel really bad for this woman. undoubtedly she took some really questionable actions, but she is a dentist not a lawyer. when medical justice pitched her with this scam, it probably sounded like a really good idea. protect your reputation from those few nutjobs out there who are never satisfied no matter what you do. in hindsight it is easy to see how dumb this was, but you know the sales pitch for this service was intense. witness all the doctors who signed up with it. when you compound that, with the fact that her lawyer is an incompetent idiot who gave her the worst advice possible and this is what you get. But i ask you, honestly, is mob justice destroying her professional career really deserved?
posted on yelp.
infringement is not theft. i think that this is the core principle that she and other music exec's just can't seem to get their heads around (or maybe they do understand and just don't care). when someone downloads a song illegally it is a selfish act, but when that same person uploads that song to the web, they are giving that artist exposure that they would not have otherwise gotten. are sales of that song impacted? maybe, and maybe not. most (honest) studies show that it is good for the artist to get as wide an exposure as possible. and here we come to the crux of the disagreement. this is where we see the disconnect between the interests of the artist and the interest of the studio. one benefits from as wide an exposure as possible while the other benefits from restricting every avenue of distribution to try and create an artificial exclusivity.
now i am going to give you an example of the non-zero sum power of sharing. i agree so completely with stephen t. stone's post from the previous article, that i am going to "steal" it and repost it here. an obvious case of me infringing on his work, and yet we are both better off for it.
"Ooooh, an actual RIAA-type person willing to put a name to their post! This is exciting; I've never gotten the chance to openly debate one of you before. Let's begin!
[M]y response was "Think analog" not as in analog policy vs digital policy but think of the real world we live in and the ethical issues we face every day.
In the real world, the RIAA has screwed over numerous artists with its favor-the-label accounting practices and copyright trickery (especially in regards to sampling), sued its own customers for daring to not go through a paywall to experience new music, and attempted to prevent MP3 players from becoming popular before they were popular. How's that for some real world ethics, hmm?
I have pirated music. I'm not afraid to admit it right to your face. But regardless of what you and the RIAA cronies might say about pirates to Congress or the Supreme Court or any other political forum, I don't do it to slight artists or "stick it to the man" -- I do it because I want to experience new music, and up until the proliferation of iTunes and Creative Commons-licensed music, I wasn't able to do so in a easy and timely manner. Napster -- the first P2P network I ever used -- made it easy for me to find new music (and old music), including obscure works by artists that the RIAA either passed over or forgot existed. I still pirate music from Japan on an irregular basis because, excluding buying said music from super-expensive CD importers, there is no legal method of obtaining this music in the United States.
If you want to talk about ethics, let me know what kind of ethics make the RIAA want to continually push copyright forward into infinity and make it harder for people to legally purchase/support musicians from around the world.
I don't think that gives me the right to take any of their clothes without paying just because I am an unhappy customer.
Simple question: when I pirate a song from SoulSeek, what have I taken? Has the original master recording of a song disappeared from its storage place? Has the artist behind the song lost the ability to perform it? What is being stolen when I pirate a song?
Oh. Right. "Theft" is a metaphor that you and the RIAA use to conflate stealing a physical product with illegally copying a copyrighted digital file that doesn't disappear when I download it off a server or someone else's computer via P2P. That's just the ethical thing to do, though, right?
(Note that I am not condoning or supporting piracy. I know it's illegal. I just choose not to give a flying goddamn about copyright law because I believe that copyright law only serves the interests of the corporations who rely on copyright law as a way of avoiding adapting to new business models.)
Do I think that the content industry has moved way too slowly in putting their content online? Absolutely. Do I think they could have been and should be more innovative? of course. But I also know that these are huge ships turning around in creeks and however easy the answers seem to you, they are often really hard.
Gee, I can't imagine how it got that way. It couldn't have anything to do with the RIAA bogging the waters with copyright law, bad accounting, and not giving a damn about artists' rights -- right?
[T]here is also stealing. Pure old simple unethical stealing.
Yeah, I bet that the RIAA can't stand it when technology steals the opportunity to set up a new walled garden for music.
To the writer or songwriter who makes their money on SALES, it is stealing. (Even if they might be thinking about making their money another way.)
"I was telling kids, 'Download it illegally, I don't care. I want you to hear my music so I can play live.'" ~ Kid Rock (an artist contracted by an RIAA label, last I checked)
I have no patience for big companies like Google who not only throw huge sums of money out there buying professors and economists and think tanks to kill any effort at copyright protection, they make a fortune on search advertising for those same illegal products.
Technology companies like Google should just be good little bitches and get back in the RIAA's kitchen, right? They should just lie back and take having their technology and their innovations stifled and legislated out of existence by politicians who are bought and paid for by the RIAA and the MPAA and other big media companies, right?
This sounds like more of those RIAA "ethics".
I have no patience for the finger pointing and nastiness of the so called tech fans in this debate.
We have no patience for people who support legislation that will fundamentally alter the foundation of a global communications network to protect a few legacy business models that said businesses can't (and won't) fix without being forced into it.
We have no patience for people who support the most heinous attack on the First Amendment in years just because they want us to "think of the artists" (the same artists that the RIAA has metaphorically bent over a chair).
We have no patience for people who don't want to see the future. We have no patience for people who want to revert technology back to the past. We have no patience for people who have no idea what the hell they're doing.
We have no patience for the RIAA. We have no patience for the MPAA. We have no patience for their lobbyists and their paid-for political representatives.
We have no patience for you and your kind.
The world has changed. The Internet has changed it. If the RIAA and the MPAA and the other big media corporations refuse to change with the rest of the world, then I believe that they should start digging corporate graves for each other.
We have the power to communicate, to share, to enable new experiences and come together as a society thanks to the Internet -- and the RIAA wants to destroy how the Internet works just to make sure Lady Gaga's next single doesn't get downloaded by even a single person?
You might want to rethink your "ethics", Miss Rosen."
"No, being anonymous (and lacking references) just means that the credibility score for his comment is very low.
no, what i am saying is that that is not a comment. it is an allegation of felony fraud.
Or are you seriously saying that you think readers may think the comment section on this (or any) site represents the undiluted truth, and would take some rash and unadviced action because of it? "
while i sympathize with ac fear of retaliation, what he is describing is accessory to criminal activity. i frequently post here and other places as anonymous, and believe the freedom to be ac is a vital part of any discussion, but imho, this "commenter" needs to put up or shut up.
what kind of society do we live in if everybody sees who stole my car, but nobody will stand up and give evidence against the thieves, for fear they will "get him"? and that is a very different thing than using ac to put forward an unpopular opinion.
i call bullshit on this one. whether true or not, that is not a comment, it is an allegation. as mike pointed out in the previous post, anonymous absolutely has a place in almost any discussion, but you, ac, are abusing it, and are exactly the reason, so many otherwise intelligent people, have such a hard time accepting it as legitimate.
I carry a 1967 Buick Skylark in my pants at all times. just in case.
i disagree with the tone of this story.
all the 100+ page documents apple makes everyone agree to before you can use an apple product really say is: apple can do what apple wants. but that is not a bad thing. apple built the whole iphone platform as a closed ecosystem. one with the apple rule(see above). the developers freely chose to build apps for it on those terms. the market will determine if that strategy is effective or not, but guys like this, that try to claim some kind of right to apple hosting their app get on my nerves.
does this mean e360 can take action against their lawyers for incompetence? seems to me if the judge hands down a ruling like this one, explicitly stating that i would have won if my lawyers weren't such douchebags, i would definitely be looking at whatever action i could take. unfortunately, that means hiring another lawyer, with no guarantee, the new is any better than the old. couldn't have happened to a better bunch of folks.
i'm missing sumthing here. how can a book sale like this one not qualify for first sale rights because it was not "lawfully made under this Title", but at the same time qualify as infringement under "this Title"?
that doesn't make any sense to me. can anyone clarify?
well, yes your honor, i did rob that bank. but i was only going to use the money for a research paper on, um...oh yeah, the distribution of dollars with specific serial numbers and their disbursement in the banking system.
that's a horrible story. by the way, what was she doing drinking with a bunch of teenagers. not saying she deserved what she got, but at the same time, if you play with fire, chances are high that at some point you are going to get burned.


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That looks very cool! I have always wondered about a project like this I'm not sure what to do with the files on your github though, are they visual studio files? Can't see anything for the arduinoThanks for sharing!
Fantastic! What I've always wanted hehe. However, which are the requirements for it to work? I downloaded the files from the /bin folder and it crashes upon start. I'm at work so I don't have my arduino board here, does it crash because of that? Thanks a lot for your effort,
port = new SerialPort("COM3", 9600, Parity.None, 8, StopBits.One);


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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to redouble his efforts to create a socialist system if re-elected in Sunday's election, saying the next six-year term would bring bigger changes.
Since taking office in 1999, Chavez has increased the government's role in the economy and has nationalized private businesses including cement plants, banks and retail stores. He has also used the country's oil wealth to bankroll social programs including cash benefits for poor families and state-run grocery stores.
"We've laid the foundations of 21st century socialism and today we launch, well, the second cycle," Chavez said. "We'll launch the second socialist cycle, from 2013 to 2019, with much more strength."
Chavez spoke while rallying a crowd in his native town of Sabaneta in the country's rural western plains. He nostalgically recalled selling sweets in the town plaza as a boy, and he broke into song while addressing supporters.
He waved to supporters from an open jeep on the way to another town.
Rival candidate Henrique Capriles has ridiculed Chavez for claiming to pursue socialist policies, saying the government has failed to solve basic problems such as a soaring murder rate, sporadic blackouts and poorly equipped hospitals.
Chavez has recently acknowledged that some may have complaints about his government, such as waiting for public housing or coping with sporadic power outages in some areas. But he's warned that the country's independence is at stake, describing Capriles' proposals as pro-wealthy, "neoliberal," and in line with U.S. interests.
Capriles rejects those labels, saying he would maintain social programs for the poor while welcoming private investment.
Speaking in Cojedes state, the president told a crowd of supporters: "Chavez has never failed you, and Chavez never will fail you."
Capriles said in a news conference on Monday that he has already chosen a vice president and a defense minister, saying his choice to lead the armed forces is an active general. He said he would reveal their names after the vote.
Some polls ahead of the election found Chavez with a lead of about 10 percentage points, while other surveys showed the two candidates roughly even.


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Outwood Institute of Education North
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PGCE with QTS full time
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PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) allows you to teach in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's also recognised internationally.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
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Monique Navarrette, an outreach educator and commissioned peace officer, said such victims can call the center's toll-free number (800-441-5555) for assistance and "a safe place" in a shelter. All services are free to both female and male victims.
Addressing the meeting at the Round Table Cafe in Gilmer, the speaker said she educates law enforcement officers on the center's services so "they can at least connect the victims to the resources" her organization offers.
(A former employee of the Cass County Sheriff's Office in Linden, Ms. Navarrette said she retains her peace officer commission.)
She said out that the center serves six area counties—Upshur, Marion, Harrison, Panola, Rusk and Gregg. With about 14 paid staff members, the organization is financed by state and federal grants, and sales from "Hope's Closet" stores in three area cities, she said.
The Women's Center offers programs to help women with abusive husbands, even if the women want to stay in their marriage, and services include paid counseling and job-ready programs, the speaker added.
If her group can give a victim "the skills she needs to be strong," she may obtain a protective order and "take the steps toward a positive, healthy life," Ms. Navarrette said.
Asked about women who fear their husbands will kill them if they enter a shelter, the speaker replied, "You never tell anyone that they're going to be safe. . . Even law enforcement can't promise that." But, she added, "We would work a safety plan with them."
She said a woman can call the 800 number without her husband knowing it.
"We never tell anybody what to do," she added.
There is no time limit on how long a woman and her children can stay in the shelter, and the center always has six to eight people with children, the speaker said.
Ms. Navarrette also noted that Uniform Crime Reporting from Austin shows Upshur County has the second- highest number of domestic violence calls in the 6-county area served by her organization—second only to Gregg. However, the figures could be skewed, she said.
She additionally pointed out that the state can now charge a man with domestic violence even if the woman doesn't want to file charges.
Men are also victims of domestic violence, and "get sexually assaulted in your county jail right here in your city," Ms. Navarrette said. She said her organization has several men at its center.
She indicated the center can help victims of homosexual rape, and underage boys who have had sexual relations with adult women, although men would be placed in a hotel rather than lodged at the shelter which houses females.
In addition, Ms. Navarrette said, her center donates to food banks, "so there's a lot we do." The organization's Gilmer office is located in the Roberts Building on the north side of the downtown square.
Cherokee Rose member Sherry Breedlove, a volunteer at the Women's Center, added some comments to Ms. Navarrette's.
Before Ms. Navarrette spoke, Karen Bunn, a candidate for Upshur County District Clerk in the 2014 Republican primary, briefly addressed the GOP women's group.
In addition, Republican Party of Upshur County Chairman Cynthia Ridgeway announced the county's GOP Executive Committee will meet Sept. 21.
Guest speakers will be State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) and Upshur County resident David Watts Jr., a candidate for the Republican nomination for state Land Commissioner, she said.


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I also visited the Luzerne County Historical Society and found a publication on this cemetery titled: "Trescott Cemetery." No date but it compares with the three publications found below. There was a description of where the cemetery was located:
"Located along the Highway at Harveyville, Pa. Abandoned Cemetery. Site is overgrow with trees and bushes."
The NE Pennsylvania Genealogical society had a reading of this cemetery on page 17 of their book dated Spring 1995. Cemetery Inscriptions - Old Goss Cemetery, Harveyville Knoll, Huntington Twp., Luzerne Co., PA.
A third reading was from the Bulletin of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society for 1940, Vol. 2, No. 1, page 11 - Old Harveyville Cemetery, Luzerne Co., PA. (Now called the Luzerne County Historical Society.)
"This cemetery was about 75 to 100 years ago the main burying ground for this part of the county. When the new road (No. 364) was laid out this old cemetery was left high on a hill. It is accessible only after a steep climb. Very few stones are left and these are broken and mostly fallen down. The place is covered with brambles and small-trees; a sadly neglected "God's Acre." No doubt many bodies or makers were removed to other cemeteries when this one was abandoned."
About a year before I arrived a group of volunteers in the area tried to clean up the cemetery and document the stones. There was an article in the newspaper "Times Leader" dated Sunday, June 24, 2007, were the efforts to save this cemetery were described. It was titled "Volunteers resurrecting a rundown cemetery," by and Edward Lewis.
There was a link to a Yahoo Group on line. Unfortunately the lead person past away and again the cemetery was left to return to nature. So by the time I arrived it was fast disappearing again.
I found several other readings of this cemetery in the files of the Luzerne County Historical Society.
It is not an easy cemetery to get to and that may be why it is not cared for. Although I was told by a person her father did try to keep it in shape. I do hope someone is caring for it.
Here is what I wrote on my on blog and some of my photographs:
A Tour of Huntington and Fairmount Twp., Luzerne Co., Part III
The Old Goss Cemetery (Trescott) below Harveyville
This cemetery is very difficult to find. From the Scott Cemetery continue on the Waterton Road till you get to the turn off for the Huntlock-Harveyville Road. It is a slight right. Take that road till you spot some rather new houses out in the open on your right. When you see them you know you are close. Once again you get back into a tree lined road and the buildings/houses are on the left. Continue along the road till you spot yellow markers. The cemetery is in the flat area between the yellow markers. There is a driveway but that is private property to the south of the area. There is no parking on the street unless you have a truck or 4 wheeled vehicle.
I visited this cemetery twice. The first time we did park in the driveway at the house to the south with permission but the second time I came there was a big black dog. I am sure he was friendly but I did not want to push my luck.
I would like to thank the Goss Cemetery group at Yahoo Groups for cleaning up this cemetery. I was told the leader of that group passed away. It was probably in worse shape last year but nature is trying to reclaim her again. I am grateful to them for taking pictures and posting them at the Goss Cemetery Group. Again you have to join Yahoo Groups to join the Cemetery group.
The first time I came I was not prepared to climb the steep knoll that is there. It also took me awhile to figure out a way to climb the little hill for it was slippery from the rain the night before. See the picture up above for the height from the street to the top. It was also overgrown again an that obscured the way up. I finally plunged in and climbed it. Once there you see the condition. I was not able to go very far. I thought I could walk along the chain link fence but the vegetation was a little to daunting. I did return a couple of days later with gloves a pruner and a stick. However, when I saw the big dog I decided it was not a good idea. I have the names from publications and information at the LCHS and NEPGS and I have the pictures at the Goss Cemetery group.
I did manage to get a couple of pictures of graves and found Titus Seward's. I really could have used my husband's sister regarding any poisonous plants for all I had on was a T-shirt and my arms were bare the first visit. I wanted the stick for balance to climb the hill and look for anything that might be hiding in the bushes.
The cemetery is marked by a wire gate that is sort of just sitting there and there are pieces of a chain link fence lying on the ground as well. I could see that chain link fencing did outline the area.
I declined to get out of my car with the dog there. I did get to stand there on the ground of the cemetery for a little while the first time. I was leaving on Wednesday to continue on my adventure. It is times like these when I wish I didn't live so far way. I would have been up there on the knoll cleaning up.
Make a note: bring dog biscuits next time!
Find A Grave only has 3 graves listed at this time:
I tried to see if Google Earth would reveal this cemetery but it is covered with trees.
More to come on this cemetery.


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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Monday the state was determined "to recover every area from the terrorists, and to rebuild," a comment that came during a tour of the Damascus suburb of Daraya, which was evacuated by rebels and returned to state control last month.
Assad prayed at a mosque in Daraya on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. The visit came hours before a U.S.-Russian cease-fire deal was due to take effect.
Daraya had been a major symbol of the uprising against Assad, and its surrender to government forces after years of siege marked a big blow to the rebellion.
Assad was pictured kneeling at prayer in a bare hall alongside other worshippers, including the state's grand mufti, in a photo published by state news agency SANA.


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What's eating Apple?
The question has been asked by nearly every Apple watcher following a brutal two-week stretch that began with a worse than expected earnings report, quickened after the ouster of a high-profile executive and culminated with news this week that it had fallen behind competitor Samsung in the smartphone wars.
For a company that could seemingly do no wrong up until a few short weeks ago, Apple'sdramatic reversal of fortune has jarred numerous analysts. Given that the company's successful updates to its wildly popular iPhone and iPad, Apple seemed poised to dominate that digital wars that pitted it against competitors like Google and Samsung Electronics.
Now, however, the tech giant's once high flying stock has fallen into a bonafide swoon. On Thursday, the shares descended into bear market territory before rebounding modestly on Friday. (Read more: Are the Best Days Over for Apple's Stock?)
Apple's cratering stock price – which hit an all-time high above $700 as early as September – has become a proxy for what some investors think is a declining outlook ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season.
In late October, Apple unfurled its fifth version of the iPhone, nearly a year after the unexpected demise of iconic CEO Steve Jobs. Simultaneously, newly installed CEO Tim Cook wowed market participants with a mini version of its market beating iPad that sold three million units immediately out of the gate. In theory, the company should be riding high. (Read more: Apple Unwraps iPad Mini Along With New, Full-Sized iPad.)
So what went wrong?
"There are obviously some very real issues the company is facing in terms of slowing growth, especially post iPhone 5 product cycle," said Andy Hargreaves, senior analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. "We've seen the first signs of the limits to how high their gross margins can go, which means your profit isn't going to grow the way it has in the past."
Although Hargreaves still maintains an "outperform" rating on the stock, calling it "pretty darn cheap" at its current levels, he identified several chinks in Apple's previously impervious armor.
The technology behemoth, Hargreaves argues, needs "hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of market activity just to continue to grow, and that's probably not going to happen."
Even as he declared the hand wringing over Apple's future as overdone, he said the smartphone market in developed markets has reached a saturation point that leaves only "incremental opportunity" for gains. (Read more: Apple Running Out of New Markets for iPhone, iPad: Pro.)
For nervous investors, incremental may not be enough. Despite a loyal consumer base willing to line up outside its cubic retail shops, Apple CEO Tim Cook is feeling the hot breath of several different competitors down his neck.
What would have been the triumphant launch of its iOS6 software in September quickly became a public relations embarrassment when Apple's popular Maps function fell flat with customers. The fiasco led to the ouster of widely respected software chief, Scott Forstall, just last month.
Douglas Kass, founder of fund manager Seabreeze Partners, told CNBC last week that the company is no longer a buy and that Apple's golden age is over.
With the stock looking increasingly vulnerable, Kass said, "Some of its competitors are growing agile and Apple is losing its first-mover advantage."
One of those heavyweights is Samsung – the Korean technology maker who has been locked in legal skirmishes with Apple for months, and is shaping up to be the tech giant's fiercest challenger in the smartphone market.
On Thursday, research firm Strategy Analytics said Samsung's Galaxy S3 had surpassed the iPhone as the world's bestselling smartphone model. The news heaped more pressure on Apple's already beleaguered stock.
The Galaxy S3 helped Samsung post a record $7.3 billion operating profit in the quarter ended September 30.
"Samsung's Galaxy S3 has proven wildly popular with consumers and operators across North America, Europe and Asia," said analyst Neil Mawston, adding the new iPhone 5 would likely reclaim the top spot for Apple in the current quarter.
Apple's mounting woes have made some warn that the company could face a similar fog of irrelevance that is shrouding both Microsoft and Yahoo! – both companies that, once upon a time, enjoyed dominant market share before falling from grace into an extended period of decline. (Read more: Apple Becoming Like Microsoft? Fears Grow After Miss.)
Yet others believe the gloom might be overdone. Apple's revenues –which it recently forecast would grow to $52 billion – makes its fundamentals attractive enough to lure back skeptical investors.
For that reason, Brian White, analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, thinks the stock could soon vault above $1000 per share once the pessimism lifts.
"It's very reasonable for a company that's growing at this rapid pace," said White recently told CNBC. He called Apple's stock "significantly undervalued", especially given a revenue outlook of $52 billion.
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Cloud Operating Model – How Does Your Cloud Run?
Wow, lots of excitement this week with all the news in the cloud space. All very interesting and very much validating of the work that our Intelligent Automation Solutions Business Unit is doing around automation of the cloud. Now on to actually showing ROI right now for your CIO.
We in the Cisco Intelligent Automation Solutions Business Unit define the cloud operating model as a set of behaviors that define the operational characteristics of your private or public cloud. Our Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud models a private cloud operation through a set of behaviors around the following areas:
- Catalog of Services
- Tenant / Organization Model
- Site / POD model
- Lease/Capacity management
- Network Segregation
- Roles
- Lifecycle management
- Administrative capabilities
- Installation
- Image Management
- Storage and Network Automation
Let's take a look at each of these items and show how this work in our Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition:
Catalog of Services:
In the Starter Edition we have the concept of 3 core services (Provision a VM, Provision a VM and PXE boot it, and PXE boot a physical server). We find these basic single VM and physical services are critical to the early "crawl" stage of a cloud. The catalog can be the same across all "consumers" or allow variation across organizational / tenant constructs. In the Starter Edition, we have implemented a single catalog across all the organization units.
Tenant / Organization Model
The tenancy model of a cloud is a critical design time consideration. The Starter Edition is targeted for a single company, with any number of organizations to which end users can be assigned. The Starter Edition is not build out of the box for a multi-tenant cloud (although many of our customers extend the Starter Edition into multi-tenant environments. My next blog (with a guest co-author) will go into this in much greater detail)
Site / Pod Model
A cloud needs to have a deployment model that aligns the functionality with the infrastructure model. The Starter Edition is set up for a single UCS POD and single vCenter instance. This in effect limits the Starter Edition to a single site, which is perfectly fine for most IT shops starting their cloud journey.
Lease/Capacity Management
Ensuring that once a VM is "spun up" that it is not lost for good and consume capacity when perhaps it is no longer needed is a top of mind concern of many cloud architects. In the starter edition the lease management is accomplished by a choice at order time (or through lifecycle services) to have a specific time for the lease of the particular VM or physical server. What happens to the end user as they approach the lease termination point is two reminder emails at pre-set times before termination. In addition there is a period post termination where the VM is powered down and only a lease extension can "reactivate control". After the final expiration time the VM is then deleted. Capacity management is indeed a complex topic with many levels of consideration. The Starter Edition has basic capacity management in that the self service and automation framework cannot provision over the top of the pool of resources available. We also show resource utilization in the Starter Edition cloud through the System Resources console.
Network Segregation
Different organizations (and tenants) may require some form of network isolation. Sometimes a single flat zone for an R&D cloud is good enough. Sometimes you want separation by organization or by tier in the application. If you are a service provider, you may require complete virtualized network separation through a highly functional and differentiated network container. Since the Starter Edition is focused on the entry cloud for enterprises, we have implemented a multi-organization cloud through assigning network VLAN to specific organizations in the cloud.
Our starter edition cloud has 3 basic roles: cloud administrator, organization administrator and end user. Obvious the operating model gets more complex as you move toward unified infrastructure management (pod administrator), multi-tenancy (tenant administrator), and business centricity (business account manager).
Lifecycle Management
Those end users will demand the ability to control the state of their infrastructure. Lifecycle management that provides the self service is critical to the low cost nature of end users controlling their resources.
Administrative Capabilities
Making a cloud easy to manage from an administrator perspective is critical. This extends from installation wizard, to post installation administrative console for changing the configuration of the cloud.
Image (and Template) Management
This is a fascinating area of standards. When you think about designing your cloud operating model, do you want to maintain a standards library of images (OS + application) and limit the options available to end users, or do you want to give some the ability to build images and load into the cloud, or do you decide to make it wide open and give the users the ability to create their own images in a self service fashion. In the Starter Edition we begin with the administrating controlling the library of images and other key templates available to end users: a great place to start gaining control of image sprawl.
Storage and Network Automation
Full Infrastructure as a Service requires Storage and Network automation to support the rich set of services in your private cloud. However, many cloud program entry points can be very successful based upon pre-provisioning storage and network. Over time and with the move to multi-tenancy you will want to perform the storage and network automation and self service.
With this blog about cloud operating model, you can see the nuances and some of the simple but yet very impactful decisions you will need to make about your operating model. Stay tuned for my next blog on multi-tenancy.
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Instant Pot Chicken with Cherries & Pumpkin Seed Wild Rice
Recipe by: Natural Chef Dana Miller
Serves 4-8
- 1 cup Balsamic vinegar
- ½ c evaporated palm sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 1 orange peeled and quartered
- 1 onion, julienned
- 12 chicken thighs
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 4 sprigs of rosemary
- 1 1/2 cups pitted and halved fresh Bing Cherries
Wild Rice
- 4 cups low sodium vegetable stock
- 1 1/3 cups wild rice, rinsed
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 onion, minced
- 2 plum tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup pitted and halved fresh Bing cherries ½ cup toasted pumpkin seeds Sea salt to taste
1. In the liner of the instant pot add the balsamic vinegar, evaporated palm sugar, molasses, butter, orange and onion. Mix well.
2. Add the chicken, salt and rosemary. Stir to coat.
3. Add the cherries. Place the lid on the pressure cooker and lock into place. Press the Meat/Stew button; adjust time so that the pressure time is 25 minutes.
4. When done and pressure has naturally released, remove the lid
For the rice while the chicken is cooking
5. Bring veggie stock to boil in a medium saucepan on the stove top. Add rinsed wild rice. Cover and simmer for 50 minutes.
6. In a large sauté pan, heat butter. Sauté onion until caramelized.
7. Add tomato and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes. Add onions and tomato to the rice.
8. Add cherries to the sauté pan and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes until soft and juicey.
9. Add cherries and toasted pumpkin seeds to the rice. Stir to incorporate. Add salt if needed.
10. To serve: Place wild rice on a serving platter and top with chicken. Pour juices from the chicken over the entire platter and garnish with rosemary.
I served with sautéed kale.
One Response to "Instant Pot Chicken with Cherries & Pumpkin Seed Wild Rice"
What is evaporated palm sugar and where do I purchase it? Also, is there a substitute?


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