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Seventeen Social Media Academy Alumni and founders decided to take enterprise social media to the next level and founded the Social Business Consulting Group to address the enterprise social media strategy market with a team of close to 80 and locations in the US, EMEA and APAC
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Social Business Consulting Group (Sobizco) Changes The Way Executives Look At Social Media
Seventeen Social Media Strategists Unite To Form The World's Largest Social Media Consulting Firm.
Mar 14, 2011 – Palo,Alto, The Social Media Consulting Group (Sobizco), founded by a team of 17 social media strategists from the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific, announced the launch of its consulting practice. All founding partners and an additional 20 social media consultants practice a unified methodology, as taught by the Social Media Academy. Different members of this global team have been working together for several years on diverse corporate social media consulting engagements and are now combining their experience to deliver enterprise-level social business consulting services worldwide."
The firm commences operations with a team of approximately 80 consultants, ending today's social media dilemma where tens of thousands of social media consultants don't speak "enterprise" and the traditional business consultants don't speak "social media". The Social Business Consulting Group focuses on social media audits, strategy development, engagement planning, solution implementation and strategy execution services. Each founding partner has profound management experience from companies such as BHP, Dell, Franklin Tempelton, Fujitsu, GE, IBM, Oracle, Rockwell, Southwest Airlines, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Synnex, and Western Union.
"Once an executive decides to transform their organization into a more engaging company, attracting more customers through advocacy and user-generated content, those leaders are quickly challenged to develop a strategy that works not only for hundreds of managers and thousands of employees, but also for possibly millions of customers. The Social Media Consulting Group offers a complete series of tried and tested methods, models and frameworks to tackle large and complex projects including the most challenging of situations facing businesses" states co-founder Axel Schultze.
"Social media has provided enormous economic benefits to businesses around the world including growth in market share, reduction in product launch cost, reduction in support costs, increased brand reputation, improved customer experience models, higher ROI on marketing expenditure, along with faster and more precise insights into market trends in B2B as well as B2C situations" explained co-founder Wendy Soucie.
The group is already working with progressive clients including SAP, EMC, Qwest, Oracle, which has necessitated the need for a much larger social media consulting organization that is capable and skilled to tackle global projects.
The firm can be reached via their website and social presences at http://sobizco.com/
News Release in 140 characters
#Sobizco team today announced formation of largest #socialmedia strategy consulting firm with global presence, team of 80 http://sobizco.com/
#Sobizco – world's largest social media #consulting firm, changing the way executives look @ #socialmedia http://Sobizco.com/
Global #sobizco team helping executives create competitive advantage with #socialmedia. Collaborate with unified methodologies
Executives challenged /w #socialmedia #strategy that works 4 100's of managers, 1000's of employees and millions of customers. #sobizco.com
The Social Business Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with focus on social media. The firm's purpose is to help executives create an exceptional competitive advantage by leveraging social media. The strategy consulting focuses on a holistic approach where all market facing departments leverage social media to create a mutually beneficial business relationship with the constituencies of their respective ecosystem.
Social Business Consulting Group is considered a thought leader in applying social media in large corporations. The consultants help business leaders and their teams to make strategic business decision and create measurable economic success.
The Social Business Consulting Group is based in Palo Alto, California. For more information go to http://www.sobizco.com


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Bar shaped and faceted on the bottom semi precious gemstone clear with black inclusions Amethyst Cacoxenite designer cabochon 55.5 mm by 10 mm and 8 mm thick.
This gorgeous Amethyst Cacoxenite cabochon does have natural surface and internal flaws. Major flaws are shown in the pictures.
This semi precious stone material is known as Cacoxenite or Cacoxenite Amethyst.
Quartz has a hardness of 7. Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and this material comes from Brazil.
Metaphysical Properties: In the metaphysical world this material is known as "Super Seven", "Melody's Stone" or "Sacred Stone". Although not always present or visible a piece of Super Seven is believed to retain all the healing properties of Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Cacoxenite, Rutile, Geothite and Lepidocrocite combined. Amethyst Cacoxenite is said to open all of your senses and to bring wellness on all levels.
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Topic : Taxi service invoice template. Author : Wes Henriksen.
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This fee is based on a number of factors, including your customers credit worthiness, the average terms, and the invoice number and size. However, generally, the invoice factoring fee is up to five percent of the invoice value. Technology is evolving at an incredible pace.


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In a sentence, RSS news feeds allow you and others to pick up news headlines from this site as soon as they're generated, and to include them in your own site or read them on your desktop using an RSS reader. An RSS feed can also be submitted to news sites and news aggregators - as well as discussion and blog sites - to give stories a far wider coverage and increase the number of people clicking through to read the full story.
Simply add this address to your news reader:
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As well as submitting the feed to under a general heading, it's a good idea to submit it under relevant subject headings. New Dry Patch headlines should automatically appear on the news site whenever they're added to this site.
To display the RSS news feed on your own site The huge benefits of displaying this feed on your own site are that you can integrate it fully into your site and manage its appearance any way you want. And because its headlines will update automatically, you only need to do the work once. It enables you, for example, to set up a 'News' column on your home page - or even a whole news page of its own - without having to create and manage an entire press centre.
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We are committed to being the real estate industry leader in environmental sustainability and energy management, both for our clients and ourselves. Our capabilities give us the opportunity to drive change that minimizes the impact of commercial real estate on the environment.
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Saturday is Vietnam Veterans Day
Evening Rotary hears Murphy exec
Kinston Evening Rotary Club Treasurer Bill Rose welcomed guest speaker Rich Phaneuf, general manager of River Landing Companies and senior vice president of Murphy Family Ventures, to a recent club meeting.
Based in the Wallace area, River Landing is home to one of the area�s premier event facilities, featuring golf, Clubhouse suites, convention centers and the Mad Boar Restaurant. Murphy Family Farms, started in 1964, operates one of the largest hog farm operations in the country. For more information, call Phaneuf at 910-285-4171.
Evening Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the House of Wang.
Saturday is Vietnam Veterans Day
Editor�s note: The following portion of the Presidential Proclamation for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day is a reminder to observe Vietnam Veterans Day Saturday.
On Jan. 12, 1962, United States Army pilots lifted more than 1,000 South Vietnamese service members over jungle and underbrush to capture a National Liberation Front stronghold near Saigon.
Operation Chopper marked America�s first combat mission against the Viet Cong, and the beginning of one of our longest and most challenging wars. Through more than a decade of conflict that tested the fabric of our Nation, the service of our men and women in uniform stood true. Fifty years after that fateful mission, we honor the more than 3 million Americans who served, we pay tribute to those we have laid to rest, and we reaffirm our dedication to showing a generation of veterans the respect and support of a grateful Nation.
The Vietnam War is a story of service members of different backgrounds, colors and creeds who came together to complete a daunting mission � of Americans from every corner of our Nation who left the warmth of family to serve the country they loved � of patriots who braved the line of fire, who cast themselves into harm�s way to save a friend, who fought hour after hour, day after day to preserve the liberties we hold dear.
From Ia Drang to Hue, they won every major battle of the war and upheld the highest traditions of our Armed Forces.
Eleven years of combat left their imprint on a generation. Thousands returned home bearing shrapnel and scars; still more were burdened by the invisible wounds of post-traumatic stress, Agent Orange, memories that would never fade. More than 58,000 laid down their lives ... Now and forever, their names are etched into two faces of black granite, a lasting memorial to those who bore conflict�s greatest cost.
Our veterans answered our country�s call and served with honor, and on March 29, 1973, the last of our troops left Vietnam. Yet, in one of the war�s most profound tragedies, many of these men and women came home to be shunned or neglected � to face treatment unbefitting their courage and a welcome unworthy of their example. We must never let this happen again.
Today, we reaffirm one of our most fundamental obligations: to show all who have worn the uniform of the United States the respect and dignity they deserve, and to honor their sacrifice by serving them as well as they served us. Half a century after those helicopters swept off the ground and into the annals of history, we pay tribute to the fallen, the missing, the wounded, the millions who served and the millions more who awaited their return. Our Nation stands stronger for their service, and on Vietnam Veterans Day, we honor their proud legacy with our deepest gratitude.


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Is this how you are going to cook in the New Year?
You know things have to change. The voice in your head is telling you so.
The way you eat, drink and loaf around just isn't sustainable. And in today's world, if it's not sustainable it's just plain evil.
The new year brings intense pressure to change — well, something. I'm not even sure if that voice in my head is me or some amalgamation of wisdom from earnest local foodies, diet gurus, ultra-lean raw foodists and the foundation formerly associated with Lance Armstrong.
This bit is real: A new study in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology found that adding a single extra serving of vegetables or fruit per day significantly reduces your risk of cancer.
The new year is time to turn over a new leaf, or possibly eat one for the first time in, um, too long.
That voice tells us it would be better if we ate seasonally, ate more fruits and vegetables, ate more organic foods and ate less meat. That voice probably drives sales of cookbooks designed to get us there.
Sadly most of these books seem to be written by smug Californians, who advise you go pick a few tomatoes from the garden in the chapter for March. The tomatoes we get in March at the grocery store are hard, flavourless facsimiles of the juicy, sweet-tart fruit we enjoy from the summer garden. They make me sad.
Happily, there are couple of glossy new cookbooks written by people right here in B.C. that might help you get that extra serving of veg on the plate. You might also lose a few pounds (my goal).
Or you might become an organic-vegan-raw foodist. It could happen.
The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook is not exactly a cookbook, but rather a lifestyle manual for seasonal vegetarian cooking. Food science graduate and Victoria-based gardening author Carolyn Herriot penned the volume as a companion to to her book The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food.
So if you are growing vegetables, this is a highly instructive guide to preparing, cooking, eating and preserving them. Each recipe is based on something that came from her garden, which in most cases are things that you can easily grow yourself or find at the farmers market.
What is particularly useful is the detail Herriot provides when the recipe requires unfamiliar technique or a skill set you might not have acquired, such as properly canning and pickling garlic, asparagus or peppers.
Herriot's book will supply you with loads of solid vegetarian sides and mains, useful if you are transitioning to a more sustainable diet.
Gorilla Food: Living Organic, Vegan and Raw is the official cookbook of the hipster/hippie/vegan café of the same name. Chef and author Aaron Ash — one-time chef to the Beastie Boys — has an approach to food that is totally unique. The result is a collection of dishes that have every bit of living energy, every vitamin and every enzyme intact.
Throw away all your notions about food. The heat used to "cook" Ash's dishes never rises above 117 F (47 C). Breads and crackers are made without cooking. "New-dles" are spun strands of fruits and vegetables.
You'll learn to prepare such new classics as zucchini linguine with cashew alfredo sauce, spicy raw vegan samosas and "ryce" made with chopped parsnips, broccoli and daikon. Plus, dozens of dressings, condiments, chutneys and vegetable-based "cheezes."
You will need equipment to cook this way. A juicer, a blender, a food processor and a mandoline or spirooli slicer at the minimum.
I sincerely hope there are a lot of food dehydrators under the Christmas tree this year. Both Ash and Herriot include quite a few recipes that require one.
If your raw and vegan experience begins and ends with a green salad, this book is a pretty big leap. But if you already do Meatless Mondays or the odd Vegan Saturday Night and you feel at home in a raw food restaurant, Ash is going to give you some pretty cool ideas.
And if the reviews of his restaurant are anything to go by, his no-cook desserts are killer.


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I haven't been to an old-fashioned fish fry in years. I guess the reason is that I don't know any fishermen anymore.
I remember going to an outdoor fish fry with my parents and feasting on catfish, hushpuppies and slaw. Usually the fish had been caught by the host of the party — usually in a local river. They didn't serve fillets at a fish fry. You had to get your hands dirty and pick the meat off the bones to eat it. That was some really good eating. A little tartar sauce and ketchup, and I was in heaven!
Nowadays, I eat fish because it's good for me, not just because it tastes good. Being raised on fish caught in local waters, I find the frozen fish in the grocery stores too strong and rather unpleasant. I guess I was spoiled.
When I decided to put fish on the Friday menu at the restaurant, Laura, my cook, suggested I try swai. I had never heard of swai and was very suspicious, but I ordered a small box and gave it a try. Much to my surprise, it had no smell and no aftertaste. We now serve it every Friday, baked and fried, and my customers rave about it.
I noticed a few weeks ago packages of swai were appearing in the grocery stores. I figured, like me, you probably had no idea what it was, so here's a quick course in swai:
Swai (Pangasius hypophthalmu) in its natural habitat is found in the waters of Southeast Asia and is a member of the shark catfish family. The fillets you find in the grocery store though are farm-raised, usually in Thailand or Vietnam. U.S. legislation was passed prohibiting swai from being labeled "catfish" to prevent its imports from cutting into American farmed-catfish sales.
You cook swai the same way you would other fillets, baked with a little Old Bay seasoning and lemon, grilled or battered and fried. Use it as a replacement in recipes calling for tilapia, whiting, white roughy or other mild white fish.
(I want to emphasize, though, this is an imported fish, and living in a coastal city, we need to buy locally and support our own. If it is in any way economical, local seafood is better for you and the taste is unsurpassed.)
Steve is the fish cooker in our house. The other night he prepared this recipe, adapting it from one of the Barefoot Contessa's. It was fantastic!
Teri Bell is co-owner of Miss Sophie's Marketplace at the Mighty Eighth in Pooler, Ga.. Go to sophiesmarketplace.com.
4 (8 ounce) swai fillets
8 ounces crème fraiche*
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
2 tablespoons minced shallots
2 teaspoons drained capers
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Place the fish fillets skin side down on the sheet pan. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
3. Combine the crème fraiche, 2 mustards, shallots, capers, 1 teaspoon salt and 12 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Spoon the sauce over the fillets, making sure to cover the fish completely. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees. Serve with sauce from the pan spooned over it.
4. Crème fraiche can be hard to find, so we made our own. Combine 1 cup heavy whipping cream and 1 tablespoon buttermilk in a jar with a lid and shake for 15 seconds. Set aside at room temperature for 24 hours or until very thick (yes, leave it on your counter overnight). Stir and refrigerate for 6-8 hours before using.


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Wed, 28 May 2008
Access and Benefit Sharing is intrinsically linked to the other two pillars - conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Delegates in Bonn agreed to continue work on an international regime for this issue.
Daniel Klein of IUCN's Environmental Law Centre explains why access and benefit sharing is a win-win situation for users and providers.
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Humanistic Studies Faculty Forum:
"Literature, the Humanities, and the University:
Three Democratic Institutions"
Bryan Vescio
Professor of Humanistic Studies and English
Friday, 21 November 2008
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Professor Vescio will present his "pragmatist" theory of literature and attempt to change the way we conceive of literature in such a way as to make it serve a modern, democratic society rather than older forms of social organization. What is "literature"? What makes literature distinctive within the humanities? Where is literature situated in humanistic studies and the university? For answers to these questions, be sure to attend the next Faculty Forum!


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Craigslist Trying To Destroy The Life Of Someone Who Made Posting To Craigslist Easier
from the and-harming-their-own-defense-at-the-same-time deptTwo years ago, we wrote about a lawsuit by Craigslist that we classified as dumb. It was against a company called Red Trumpet who provided a service to make posting to Craigslist a bit easier. Craigslist's obvious reason for filing the lawsuit was that it was upset about the increasing amount of spam on the site, some of which uses such tools. We understand and appreciate Craigslists' efforts to keep spam off the site, but attacking third party software and service providers on questionable theories is fraught with dangers... especially for Craigslist.
After all, this is the exact same Craigslist who keeps getting accused of being liable for prostitution ads on its site. And for years, Craigslist has correctly responded that it is not legally responsible for the actions of their users -- a position we support and agree with. Thus, it seems strange and dangerous for Craigslist to then make the exact opposite argument back at other service providers. It's the kind of thing that's going to come up in a court case sooner or later.
That was the biggest problem with the lawsuit, but there were three other problems with it, including what seemed like extremely questionable uses of copyright law, trademark law and the ever-popular anti-hacking law, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Here's what we wrote about all three at the time of the Red Trumpet lawsuit:
Craigslist is making a really weak DMCA claim here. It's claiming that its various anti-spam technologies (captchas, phone verification, etc.) act as "technological protection measures" that Red Trumpet is circumventing... and thus running afoul of the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules. But the circumvention has nothing to do with violating Craigslist's "copyright," though the lawsuit makes a half-hearted attempt to claim that it does.I hadn't followed the case very closely after that, but it looks like the company eventually settled with Craigslist.
Then, there's the trademark claims. There are a few different ones, but it argues that Red Trumpet is violating Craigslist's trademark by mentioning Craigslist on its website and in its ads. While again, you can see why this is annoying to Craigslist, if the company is accurately describing services it provides (the ability to post on Craigslist) it's difficult to see the "confusion" being caused. The ad in question doesn't appear to imply any endorsement at all by Craigslist. And, does Craigslist really want to open up a can of worms concerning trademarks being used in ads? After all, there must be a ton of posts on Craigslist that mention trademarks.
Finally, there's Craigslist claiming that Red Trumpet violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by accessing its site despite violating its terms of use. Does this sound familiar? It's the same argument that was used to try to punish Lori Drew, and was recently tossed out by a judge. Basically, it's claiming that if you happen to violate the terms of use of a site, and then still access the site, you've effectively "hacked" into the site. This is a really bad reading of the law, which is why it was good that the Drew ruling got tossed out. So why is Craigslist trying to re-establish that as a rule?
What I hadn't realized was that Craigslist had actually filed a bunch of similar, equally questionable, lawsuits against others. One of those others is a guy named Paul Hubert, who wrote some software that made it easier to manage your Craigslist postings. We've been in touch with Mr. Hubert... who did not find out that he was being sued at all, until months after the court already ruled in a default judgment against him. Default judgments happen when someone doesn't respond, but if you're never informed of the lawsuit, it's pretty difficult to respond at all. Hubert insists that he was never served, and the first he heard of the lawsuit was a couple months after the default judgment (for over $1.2 million) when someone tried to collect it from him.
Hubert makes it clear that his software was designed for legitimate uses of Craigslist, for those who needed better management tools. In fact, he makes it clear that he left out and/or disabled certain features if he realized they might be attractive to spammers. For example, after noticing that the Craigslist Personals section was hit with a lot of spam, and realizing that such a category probably wouldn't need such a management system, he blocked the software from posting to that category. Hubert claims that in 2007 Craig Newmark himself reached out to Hubert to ask for some details about the software. Hubert says that the emails were "encouraging" and never once did Newmark suggest any concerns or problems with the software, let alone ask Hubert to stop offering it. Hubert also notes that after running into more issues with spammers trying to use his software, he shut down the whole thing at the end of 2008.
Hubert, who is unemployed, is reasonably perplexed and upset about the whole thing. He never knew about the lawsuit, was never asked to stop offering his software (which he did anyway), and is now being told he has to pay $1.2 million which he doesn't have. He claims that the lawyer trying to collect the money has told him that Craigslist wants to "make an example" of him.
I'm greatly troubled by Craigslist's actions here. Having dealt with Craig and Jim Buckmaster a few times in the past, I reached out to them about this, and asked for any comment. It's been a couple days and no response has been forthcoming from either. From the profile page of lawyer Brian Hennessy, who appears to have represented Craigslist in both of the cases discussed here, it appears that Craigslist actually has filed a lot of other, similar cases.
I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed that Craigslist would do this. The company has usually represented a lot of the good of Silicon Valley, and to use questionable legal theories to attack various companies -- especially theories that are likely to come back to haunt Craigslist itself -- is just a bad idea. To then take it further and go after this guy who was never served and never even asked to stop -- and then pressing him for $1.2 million he doesn't have -- just feels downright shameful.
Filed Under: cfaa, copyright, default judgment, paul hubert, secondary liability, trademark
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Mel Watt nomination faces long odds
President Barack Obama's pick of Rep. Mel Watt to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is winning praise from liberals and brickbats from Republicans chiding the administration for still not having a plan for what to do with the bailed out mortgage giants.
The result: Watt's nomination is likely to be a casualty of the impasse in Washington over what to do about the future of housing policy.
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On Wednesday, Obama announced Watt (D-N.C.) is his nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency – the regulator of Fannie and Freddie.
Key Senate Republicans wasted little time in declaring their opposition to the pick, saying no one should be confirmed to lead the regulator until the administration puts forward a detailed plan on what housing finance system can replace taxpayer owned Fannie and Freddie.
"I could not be more disappointed in this nomination. This gives new meaning to the adage that the fox is guarding the hen house," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a senior member of the Banking Committee, said in a statement. "The debate around his nomination will illuminate for all Americans why Fannie and Freddie failed so miserably."
In an interview, Corker said he doesn't believe a politician should lead the agency.
"Politics is what led to the ruin of Fannie and Freddie," he said. "I hope that this is not a sign from the administration that they would move back to the way things were."
Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, the top Republican on the Banking Committee, raised similar concerns.
"By making a political appointment, the President is ignoring the importance that the head of the FHFA must be independent," he said in a release.
The president could eventually try to put Watt into the job through a recess appointment, but that practice is currently under scrutiny by the courts.
Regardless of its chances, the nomination of Watt allows Obama to address two criticisms aimed at his administration by liberals.
Congressional Democrats and housing groups have been fiercely critical of FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco after he rejected a Treasury proposal last year to help struggling borrowers by reducing balances on loans owned or guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie.
For months liberals have been urging the administration to nominate a new leader for the agency and challenge Republicans to block the pick.
"If [Republicans] block this, it's just an obstruction to progress," Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who along with other Democrat AGs has pressed Obama to replace DeMarco, said in an interview.
While the nomination of Watt won praise from liberals on and off Capitol Hill, it also fell short of their immediate demand that DeMarco be fired.
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With that, there are several things happening around the land of Graylo and Moonkin that I would like to talk about.
New Druid Forms:
The big druid news in recent weeks is the new Bear and Cat forms that will be released with 3.2. Unfortunately none of the other forms including Moonkin are being updated at this time, but seem to be in the queue for a later patch.
The druid forms have never been a big issue for me. I agree that its boring to look at the same form from level 10 to level 80 and look like every other druid you see, but what I looked like didn't really matter to me. That said, I like the new forms for the most part. The black Tauren Cat looks like a baboon to me. I would love it if they found a way to scale with gear, but I understand that that could be difficult. Now if they could just come up with some cool Moonkin forms, I might get a little more excited.
Moonkin Stats - Graylo vs Murmurs:
If you follow the Moonkin Repository you may have noticed that Murmurs and I have had a bit of a debate regarding the value Haste Rating and Crit Rating.
A month or so ago (its been a slow debate) Murmurs posted some shocking numbers regarding the value of Crit relative to Haste where Crit was actually worth more then Haste for a Lunar rotation. This goes so far against the conventional wisdom and the numbers that I had calculated that I was immediately sceptical of his results.
If your interested I suggest that you read through the thread. I had several issues with his math, but I had two primary concerns. First, I think his starting value of Crit Chance was way to low, and Murmurs conceded that point. The second concern I had was his numbers did not factor Eclipse or Set Bonuses into the value. He made some good points regarding here, but I still think its wrong to completely exclude them.
Obviously, I am supportive of my numbers. I did discover a couple of small issues with my model while arguing this debate so My lunar stats have changed a little bit, but not materially. However, you might find my last post in the thread very interesting.
Conceding the point about Set Bonuses I reran my model 4 times with various set bonuses to see how it affected the results. Here are the results:
|No Tier
|Hit Rating
|Spell Power
|Haste Rating
|Crit Rating
As you can see, the value of Crit Rating relative to Spell Power was fairly similar for all 4 runs. It was highest with no Tier bonuses, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are all within the margin of error.
What I found odd was how much the value of Haste Dropped with the introduction of 4T8. I new that 4T8 would devalue Haste but I didn't expect it to be by so much. However, its important not to overreact to this result. These results assume a T7.25 gear level with a ton of haste rating. Every BIS list I've seen produced for a Lunar rotation sees a significant drop in the amount of Haste being stacked. At my highest, I had about 628 Haste rating. I am already down below 500, and most of the BiS lists I've seen would put most people at about 425 -450. At the same time our Spell Power is going to go way up and our Crit Chance is going to go up. Since we are losing haste Rating, but gaining significant amounts of Spell Power and Crit Rating, the relative value of haste will be very similar to what I've reported in the past.
New Moonkin Blogger: Relevart's Druid Reliquary
I want to give a little support to a new Moonkin Blogger. Relevart's blog is still very new, but he has already gotten several good theorycrafting posts out and seems to be on the right track.
Most new moonkin bloggers I see fall in one of a couple of categories. They either post too generally without detail, don't provide reasonable explanations or support their conclusions, or stop writing after a couple of posts. Relevart on the other hand seems to be off to a good start.
If you like my blog, you may like his also. If you don't like my blog, why the heck are you still reading. :)
Graylo and the Alts Update:
Its been a long time since I did a toon update, so I thought I would give you a little update on how things are going for me in Ulduar and such. Our 25man group has cleared through Yogg on normal mode with medium mode kills on FL and IC. We were the fifth guild on my server to kill Yogg. That is a little behind what I had hoped, but is still impressive given that we raid only 9 hours a week and all of the guilds ahead raid at least 16 hours a week. This week we started on the Keeper Hard Modes. Our first target is Hodir, and it has been a little tougher then I expected. Our best attempts are getting him to 15% before the three minutes ticks off, which isn't bad after one night of attempts. I think if we can get a little better at stacking the buffs he should be down shortly.
From a 10man perspective, I was left high and dry for a little while. My late night group broke up because some of the members decided to raid at different times and there wasn't enough interest to fill the empty slots. So, I had a couple of weeks without any 10man action, but then the late night group was reformed.
Our 10man groups have been going very well. We killed Yogg very quickly and have been working on hard modes for a couple of weeks. Personally the only Hard Modes I have left are Mimiron, General, Yogg, FL+3, and FL+4. This is part of the reason I was surprised at how hard Hodir Hard mode is. The 10man versions have been much easier in most cases. That said, it is understandable why we are having less of an issue. We out gear the content because we are 25man raiders.
The biggest test we've had so far is Mimiron Hard mode. The fire's add a lot of complexity to an already complex fight. The main issues we seem to be having is range. We seem to be able to control the fires, but it isn't unusual for some one to die because they got separated from the raid. We need to work out our positioning a little more and pump out more DPS so that we limit the number of Plasma Blasts we get.
Hopefully we can get him soon, because would then be able to start working on Algalon.
Finally, there hasn't been much activity for the alts. Grayfel and Graypal have primarily been Profession Mules since 3.1 dropped. I have worked on my Mage some and he is up to about 45 now I think. I also transferred my shaman over. I know its a little stupid to transfer a level 16 toon, but I didn't want to start over. He is now up to level 22 or so.


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The Israeli government prohibited a former security official from testifying in a landmark anti-terrorism case in the US, court documents showed on Saturday, drawing accusations from victims of Palestinian violence that the country was caving in to political pressure from China.
In a petition to a US federal court, the government asked to quash the deposition subpoena issued to the witness, who could have tipped the scales in a case filed by families of victims of suicide bombers who accuse the Bank of China of facilitating terrorist funding via branches in the US.
In the motion, obtained by reporters, Israel said that by providing knowledge he has of specific Israeli counter-terrorism information, the witness could divulge state secrets that would endanger Israel's national security.
However, critics say Israel's actions are motivated by other considerations, namely that the testimony could jeopardize valuable trade ties with China.
"This motion asserts that Israel will forgive the supporters and perpetrators of acts of terror against Israelis and Jews. This is unacceptable," said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, a lawyer representing 22 families of people who were killed in Palestinian suicide bombings. "[Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, by turning his back on the victims of terror, is not only denying justice to those who have paid the ultimate price, but he is sending a message to the terrorists and the whole world that Jewish blood is cheap."
The families accuse the government-owned Bank of China, through its US branches, of serving as a key conduit in transfers of money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Palestinian groups that have killed hundreds of Israelis.
The family of Daniel Wultz, a 16-year-old American who was killed in a 2006 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv carried out by Islamic Jihad, is pursuing a separate, but related case against the bank. Adding to the high profile of the case, Wultz's mother, Sheryl, is a cousin of US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
A representative for the Wultz family declined comment because they have not yet received the motion.
However, Naftali Moses, whose son Avraham was murdered in a Jerusalem library in 2008, lashed out at the prime minister.
"Netanyahu's office promised to fight terror — and they are backing down," he said. "Netanyahu's office promised to aid us in our court case — and they have forgotten the victims of terror in favor of relations with the Chinese."
The families are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in US courts. With claims based in part on US anti-terrorism laws, a verdict against the bank could also potentially affect its ability to do business in the US.
The cases depend heavily on the testimony of the former counter-terrorism agent, named Uzi Shaya, who has emerged as a key witness in determining how much the Bank of China knew about the financial transfers.
According to court documents, Shaya was part of a delegation of Israeli counter-terrorism officials who met with Chinese officials in April 2005, warning them that Hamas and Islamic Jihad were transferring large sums of money to their militants through the Bank of China.
At that meeting, the Israelis asked Chinese officials to "take action" to prevent further transfers.
Shaya was scheduled to appear for questioning in New York on Monday next week. In an Aug. 29 letter to lawyers for the victims, Shaya said he wanted to testify, but did not yet have permission to do so.


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For people thinking about becoming more involved in the Perl community, this presents a sort of ladder of involvement. You can start small at a Perl Mongers meeting with almost no cost to yourself in dollars or time. If you like what you see, there are several more steps you can take before you ante up and fly to someplace like Vienna or Houston for the full YAPC experience.
There are a ton of brilliant people out there using Perl and I'll bet nearly all of them have something interesting to say about how they use Perl. But presenting is a skill and it can be tough to learn because you need to stand in front of people while you are learning. That's a very public learning curve and you can't write automated tests for it. Public speaking can be really hard, that's why there are organizations like Toastmasters and Dale Carnegie.
But Perl has an organizational structure to help you too. You can start by giving a small presentation at your local Perl Mongers group to people you probably know. As you work out the kinks, work up to a Workshop, then maybe a YAPC. In a few years you could find yourself traveling to other PM groups or presenting at OSCON.
There is also heavy demand for the prominent speakers in the Perl community. This strucure helps the community because it nurtures new people as they work on their presentation skills, especially when they already have the technical knowledge. You never know who could be the next Randal, brian, MJD, or Damian, but they might come from your PM group. OK, there won't be another Damian, but you get the idea.
And we always need organizers too. You say everything has been done in the Perl community and you don't know how to help out? Besides, you're not sure your Perl-foo is good enough to send in a patch for the DBI module? Well, there is no better way to support the Perl community than to host an event that brings together people who do want to do those things.
Hosting these events is just as time-consuming and important as putting things on CPAN. And as with speaking, there is a nice way to work your way up the ladder. I'm sure hosting YAPC would be a lot less intimidating if you already had a hackathon or workshop under your belt.
Read on for the types of Perl events out there and let me know if you have any additional input. In the future, I'd also like to add some details on how and when groups like TPF and YEF get involved in these events.
Perl Mongers MeetingsPerl Mongers meetings are the foundation of Perl knowledge sharing and networking.
- Usually free, sometimes they pass a hat for donations.
- Usually have local speakers.
- Sometimes bring in prominent speakers for special talks.
- Low barrier to attending and presenting.
- Great for demoing a talk or getting your feet wet presenting.
- Great for networking at the local level.
- Often monthly.
- Fairly easy to organize.
- Size varies from a few people to tens of people.
HackathonsThis newer addition to the organized event list brings people together to share physical space while working on projects. This often allows people who usually work separately to hash some things out in person.
- Low cost, usually paying your own room and some food. Sponsors cover some cost.
- Many locals plus some folks travel.
- Will usually have several prominent Perl coders present.
- Low barrier for attending and contributing.
- Great chance to learn about active projects and get involved by talking to some folks in person.
- More organization since it is for several days and there are venue details.
- Size in the 20's or 30's.
WorkshopsA workshop is a fully organized and scheduled event, but is compact and often takes place over a weekend.
- Some cost for attendance, typically very low.
- Draws from the surrounding region (could be a large region) with some folks traveling from further away.
- Have a mix of local presenters and prominent Perl trainers/presenters.
- Usually one or two days.
- Full schedule of talks, possibly two tracks.
- Size varies from high 10s (80-ish) to over 100.
- Great chance to learn about Perl and meet Perl people in a small setting.
- Much more organization because you have speaker/talk details, venue details, and attendee details. More people means more issues to deal with. More money means higher stakes for mistakes.
YAPCs (OSDC)Yet Another Perl Conferences are at the top of the Perl public event ladder on the grassroots side and they are the largest Perl events outside OSCON. Recent YAPCs from around the world have routinely drawn 400 attendees (YAPC::NA, EU, Asia, Brazil, etc.). Some YAPCs have morphed into Open Source Developer Conferences that have talks on other languages.
- Attendance fee, but still very low cost for a full conference.
- Draws from the larger region (country/continent) and world-wide.
- Mostly experienced presenters with some new presenters.
- For presenters, full conference-style presenting. Usually large rooms with possibility of a large audience. Often large screen display with PA system.
- Usually 3 days, with training and hackathons sometimes added on.
- Attendance varies from 150 to 400 or more.
- Full schedule of talks, keynotes, lightning talks, BOFs. Sometimes as many as 4 tracks.
- Extra features such as job fairs, special conference dinners, etc.
- Great chance to soak in pure Perl talk for 3 days.
- Oranization is full-blown. Takes 6 months to a year to fully organize. Many details to arrange for. Usually takes a full team like the local Perl Mongers group to support it. Large budget with many sponsors.


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Ed Lotterman: Water tax best response to California's drought
It is hot and dry in California. Water is scarce and is likely to get scarcer over the next months unless there is substantial precipitation. With an eighth of our nation's population and an enormous agricultural sector, severe water shortages in the state can affect the U.S. economy as a whole. So, unless it rains, California's response to this challenge will affect many, not just the state's residents or natural-resource economists.
Gov. Jerry Brown recently proclaimed a "drought state of emergency," ending administrative restrictions that might hamper developing additional water supplies or transferring existing ones. He also called for voluntary 20 percent reductions in water use, noting that mandatory conservation measures could be introduced if the situation worsens and voluntary stinting is not sufficient. Local units of government can impose limits as they need. Bans on lawn watering or car washing with anything other than a bucket are being talked about.
There is nothing wrong with all of this, but economists across the political spectrum would restate the obvious for Brown and other California policymakers: If the quantity supplied at a given price is not as great as the quantity demanded at that price, then the price is too low to be economically efficient; and if you have the specific objective of reducing the quantity used of something, the most economically efficient measure is to raise the price.
Finally, if producing or consuming some good imposes costs on others not involved either in the production or consumption activities, then society can be made better off and resources used more efficiently by imposing a tax on the good in question. This tax should be calibrated so that the cost of the good to purchasers, including the tax, is equal to the marginal cost to society of producing one more unit, including externalities.
Anyone who has had introductory econ knows that none of this is controversial among economists. It is straight out of any standard freshman microeconomics text, whether its author is a Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative. Of course, there are some politicians who are willing to sacrifice our nation's economic productivity on the altar of anti-tax demagoguery. But dealing with California's drought is an issue on which economists would present a united front.
There have been some increases in sundry water rates in California in recent months, and this is good. But I doubt that Brown or California lawmakers will pay much attention to any phalanx of intellectually united economists. Don't expect higher prices to be used as the primary tool for responding to this drought, or even as an important secondary one.
Instead, expect state or local government-imposed command-and-control regulations such as bans on lawn watering and car washing. Expect to see the usual TV news stories that some eatery has stopped giving out glasses of water to customers. This is a battle economists lose again and again.
So why do economists continue to agree on the importance raising price via a tax? Why is it still prescribed in all the textbooks? Why not rules restricting specific water uses?
The answer is the same one made against central planning in general. No one, government employee or private manager, has enough information to decide how important myriad different resources and even more numerous goods and services are to society. Given a lack of information, it is impossible for some planner to make sound decisions for the economy as a whole about what to produce, or how, using which resources or to whom it should be sold. But a private market can do that quite well.
Looking narrowly at water use, no elected officials or functionaries can ever know the varying benefits to society of each of the thousands of different ways in which businesses or households use water. And the cost of policing restrictions on such use would be enormous.
So governments resort to limits on a handful of visible public uses, such as car washing and lawn watering. But households also could do all sorts of things behind closed doors, from shorter showers and fewer but larger loads of laundry, to peeling potatoes in a basin of water rather than under a running tap, to shutting the water off while brushing teeth. Command and control cannot affect these uses, but people would respond to higher prices. And when one moves from household uses of water to commercial ones, the alternatives multiply many times over.
Economists' consensus solution would be for the state to impose a tax on all sales of water to final users. Those with the naive belief that unfettered markets never fail would decry this government "interference." But California water never has traded in a pure free market. It is beset with subsidies, administratively set prices, arbitrary allocations between different uses, government exercise of eminent domain to take water for municipal use and the like. And use of water, whether from surface sources or aquifers, has many external costs. So you are not going to achieve an efficient outcome without some government action.
Expect a knee-jerk reaction from those who obsess about taxes. But a tax on water need not cause a net increase in revenue. The object of the tax is to raise the price of water relative to all other consumer goods or industrial inputs. Tax water and then rebate all the money raised on a per capita basis. Some households will come out ahead and some behind. But they all still will face a money incentive to use less water.
I don't expect this to happen in response to this drought. But California's population continues to rise. Use of groundwater continues to exceed natural recharge. Desalinization is still expensive. And independent of climate change, we could be entering a dryer climatic period. So the problem of water scarcity isn't going to go away, and neither will the broad consensus among economists on the best way to address it.


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A great way to start an argument is to talk about America's best barbecue. It's a dispute that won't be resolved.
"A lot depends on where you were raised, because you get an emotional allegiance to one particular type of barbecue," says Peter Reinhart, chef on assignment in the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University's Charlotte, North Carolina, campus.
"You are tapping into the heritage—the cultural identity—of a region or town," he adds. "The meat, the mechanism for cooking, all have their proponents. If you can divorce yourself from the emotional side, you can enjoy it all."
The disagreements extend to barbecue's ancestry. Reinhart says American barbecue styles go back to the Caribbean islands and Native American cooking techniques.
There are even tales about pirates bringing barbecue to South Carolina's ports in the 16th century, he says. One frequently cited view on its history is that barbecue is derived from baribicu, or "sacred fire pit" for some indigenous Caribbean peoples. The pit cooked small game on a wooden stand.
This wasn't unique. Etchings of Frenchman Jacques le Moyne's mid-1500s drawings show Native Americans cooking similarly. One depicts natives roasting small prey on a platform enveloped in smoke from the wood fire below.
"It's cooking on low heat for a long period of time … with flavor from the wood," says Lake High Jr., president of the South Carolina Barbeque Association (SCBA), who offers a brief history of barbecue on the SCBA website.
Spanish explorers, who introduced pigs and other animals to the New World, renamed this barbacoa. Later, barbecue became the English word.
By the 20th century, barbecue had become a catchall term for a wide range of cooking styles, from using an earth or stone pit—something done worldwide for millennia—to quick backyard grilling of small pieces of meat over hot coals and flames. But real American barbecue involves slow-cooking meat over low heat, creating flavor-enhancing smoke with at least some burning wood or charcoal. It takes time to learn how to do this well, even with modern gas and electric pit smokers.
"You can go from A-plus to F barbecue quickly," says Roland Dickey Jr., president of Dallas-based Dickey's Barbecue Pit, the nation's largest limited-service barbecue chain. "As much as we may try to turn it into science, it's still very much an art form."
Most experts believe the cradle of 'cue is the Carolinas, where whole-hog cooking evolved over centuries. There are at least three other widespread American styles: Memphis, Texas, and Kansas City. The differences among regional styles are the sauces and types of meat.
"It's not like barbecue is patented," says Dan Huntley, who grew up watching pit masters preparing barbecue the old-fashioned way and now owns Dan the Pig Man food truck in Charlotte.
The barbecue tradition of cooking whole animals over wood coals continues today at some special events and restaurants. But at most eateries, barbecue is usually from a cut of meat—primarily pork shoulders or beef brisket—or entire chickens.
Huntley says modern barbecue developed from meals eaten by the poor. "The rich were eating high on the hog," with the best cuts from the back and upper legs, he says. "The poor … got the inferior cuts. They had to tenderize it, so they used the two things they had an abundance of: time and wood."
For the best Carolina barbecue, the pork should be cooked north of 12 hours at about 195 degrees, which is when the collagen breaks down and the fat is rendered out, Huntley says. The meat becomes tender and can be pulled apart; pulled pork is at the heart of Carolina barbecue.
Eastern North Carolina–style 'cue is still often made from whole hogs. The meat from all parts of the pig is mixed and often finely chopped so the crunchy skin, or cracklins, will be part of each bite. The sauce is a thin vinegar and pepper mix.
Among the great eastern North Carolina joints is the 65-year-old Skylight Inn in Ayden.
Here, barbecue is a craft. There are no temperature gauges in the cookhouses, where "we cook over wood the way our family has done since the mid-1800s," says Samuel Jones, a grandson of the original owner.
Dressed pigs are placed on rods in the pits, where they are cooked for 14–16 hours with heat provided mostly by oak wood, giving the meat a mild smoky flavor. After pulling the pork, "just enough" of a light vinegar and pepper sauce is added to keep the meat moist while being chopped, Jones says. "We want people to taste the time and energy."
Barbecue sandwiches are $3.50, with or without Skylight's sweet coleslaw. Platters of barbecue, slaw, and cornbread start at $5.50.
A modern take on Eastern North Carolina barbecue is found at Smithfield's Chicken 'N Barbecue. Founded in 1964, the Smithfield, North Carolina, business now has 14 company and 20
franchised units.
"In eastern North Carolina, vinegar is the signature sauce item," says Richard Averitte, director of operations and marketing. Smithfield's sauce has vinegar, red pepper, and salt.
Pork shoulders are cooked slowly overnight at low heat in electric ovens without wood. When done, the meat is hand pulled by managers or experienced staff.
"We have two meats—[pork] barbecue and fried chicken—and four sides. Our managers are trained to make those very well," he says. Pulled-pork sandwiches (about $3) are served with or without slaw on top, and platters with two sides are $6.39.
West of Raleigh, barbecue takes on a different flavor. Named for the small-but-restaurant-rich town, Lexington-style barbecue consists of pork shoulders with a vinegar-tomato sauce.
Smokey T's in Trinity, North Carolina, cooks pork shoulders 14 hours in a gas smoke room using hickory wood. "When we get them out, we nudge them and the meat comes right off," says co-owner Mike Tucker. The vinegar-tomato sauce is then added.
South Carolina echoes the styles of its northern neighbor, but has a third sauce: a yellow mustard variety that includes vinegar, brown sugar, and spices. It's a remnant of the state's German heritage, High says.
Midway BBQ, in Buffalo, South Carolina, features all three sauces. The most popular is its tomato-infused sauce, but the mustard sauce is a favorite among the restaurant's younger guests, says co-owner Jay Allen.
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President Lorenzo Snow, in speaking to a group of Relief Society sisters, said, "You have ever been found at the side of the Priesthood, ready to strengthen their hands and to do your part in helping to advance the interests of the kingdom of God" (Daughters in My Kingdom, 7). Since the Restoration, the Lord through His prophets has called women to direct the Relief Society. Click the images below to learn more about the women who have fulfilled this sacred responsibility.
"The larger part of the work of Relief Society today is 'to look after the spiritual welfare and salvation … of all the female members of the Church" (Handbook 2, 9.1.2).
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For an optimal use, 1200 (!) ligatures and alternative letters were created, directly accessible with OpenType functions.
This font at the beginning quite hard to use with the format Postscript ("a true gas factory"!" French people say, from where its name of "LeChaufferie") becomes — almost — childish to compose.
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Holiday Gift Guide: Little Star by Anthony DeStefano
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
In my family, I began reading to my children when they were babies. It's a tradition we've held onto ever since then. (My youngest is 11!)
Family Review Network presented me with the opportunity to review Little Star by Anthony DeStefano, and I jumped at the chance, not only for what I said above, but because it sounded like a great Christmas story.
About Little Star:
"I think I understand!" Little Star cried out. "The baby Jesus is a king! He's just little!"
A king is about to be born! The stars in the heavens are competing to shine the brightest to celebrate his birth. But when they see the poor family, the donkey, the shabby stable, the stars all think, That can't possibly be a king. We've been fooled.
All except one.
The smallest, loneliest star in the sky, Little Star, is the only one to understand what the king was about to bring to the world. But what can Little Star do for him?
Certain to become a Christmas classic, this delightful tale connects the star atop our Christmas trees to the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Jesus, in the hearts and minds of young children.
I'm impressed with this book. I never heard of any story like this. Who knew the reason why the stars go on top of our Christmas trees?! I sure didn't!
As you can see above, my daughter had a grand time reading this book! (She is a tad bit of a ham though!) She was shocked why the star goes on top of the Christmas tree too!
The story delighted us both and brought some tears to my eyes. I truly enjoy Christmas stories that focus on the true meaning of Christmas. I'm sure this will be a book we read in our home for many years to come, not only to my children, but to my younger cousins, nieces and nephews, and friends' children. It's a great story!
Have you read this book?
Disclaimer: This post was written for Family Review Network & Little Star who provided the complimentary product for review in exchange for my honest opinions.


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Make Good Choices continues to be one of the Crime Commission's most effective programs. Conceived and developed by the late Jerry Hoggatt, Commission Past President, as an awareness program to gain the attention of young people while encouraging them to consider the consequences of their choices. Over the years, the Make Good Choices committee has designed and produced a number of important messages which are displayed throughout all schools in Sedgwick County.
The Commission continues to work closely with Wichita Police high school School Resource Officers to sponsor bus trips for selected students to tour Kansas Correctional Facilities at Hutchinson and El Dorado. The cost of transportation for the students is paid from the Make Good Choices budget. This exceptional program provides selected students with an opportunity to hear from prison inmates how making bad choices damaged their lives. The Wichita Metro Crime Commission Make Good Choices golf tournament along with contributions received from many members underwrites the cost of the Make Good Choices Program.
Below you can read an actual letter received from one of the high school students who visited a nearby prison in March 2011.
Dear Inmates,
Thank you guys for telling me all your stories, a lot of them got to me because there so similar to my life right now. I to, am going through the system, only being 15. I have done a lot wrong in my life and plan to do more wrong, not because I want to but because its a part of life. Listening to everyone's stories helped me to know that I'm not the only one who makes mistakes. I always feel so alone going through the stuff I go through because my "so called homies" are never there when I'm down locked up or getting into trouble. It seems the people who claim to be this and that with you really aren't your true homies there only there when it's convenient for them, when they get something out of it. This last time I got arrested for possession at school (second possession charge) they were going to send me to the Boys Ranch but the court gave me intensive supervision progration and extended it to 3 more months and for me to serve a sanction over spring break starting this Friday March, 18th. I'll be in there until Friday March 25 and I'll be the first to tell you jail is not where it's at. I've spend an overall time of a year in there since i first got arrested. All kinds of other kids I know get arrested and go to J.I.A.C. (Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center) and think there hard and what not just because they been there. When half of those kids never go to J.D.F (Juvenile Detention Facility), which is where I'll be over spring break, and that place is really not where anyone wants to be. One of the things that got to me the most is when one of your stories talked about how school doesn't mean anything, this and that,that's exactly how I have been feeling about school. I feel it's so pointless sometimes but now I see why it's important. The last time i got arrested I decided to make a change in my life and so far have kept with the change. But thanks again for all of your stories today, it really helped me a lot.
Sincerely, D.
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I wrote briefly about how the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs exposed helped me realize that Dylan had SM. It was a very kind gesture on the part of Norma Inglis who writes the Breed Notes to add my story despite our ups and downs. It's in the paper now or you can see it online here: (near the end)


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Remember Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky?
Anyone over a certain age who follows politics does. She was the first-term Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania who cast the decisive 218th House vote for President Clinton's budget reconciliation bill in 1993 – and then went on to lose reelection in 1994.
Today, as the Democrats work to lock down just enough votes to pass an unpopular healthcare reform bill, "MMM" isn't far from thought. No one wants to be the MMM of 2010. But there are several who could suffer that fate.
One obvious place to look is the 49 Democrats elected in 2008 from districts that voted for Republican John McCain for president. Most of them, in fact, are fine; either they don't face tough opponents in the fall or they are otherwise secure in their seats.
Ultimately, "we're talking about a relative handful of members whose careers could be ended by the healthcare vote," says Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
What's happened in the past
But even a "no" vote on healthcare by a Democrat in a Republican-leaning district isn't a guarantee of reelection. Maybe he or she is likely to lose anyway, in a midterm cycle that typically punishes the president's party.
In 1994, six incumbent Democrats lost their seats anyway after voting "no" on the deficit reduction bill, recalls Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Hotline political website, who worked for MMM at the time. And there were six incumbent Democrats from swing districts who voted "yes" on deficit reduction and survived.
In fact, most Democrats survived reelection. But "those who lost office in '94 were disproportionately those who had supported Clinton on some tough votes and represented Republican-leaning districts," says Gary Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego.
Virginia alone has three Democratic House members currently in tough reelection fights – Tom Perriello (one of the biggest upset winners of 2008), Glenn Nye (another freshman upset winner), and Rick Boucher (a 14-term member who represents a very conservative part of the state).
Any of them could think, "Well, I'm going to lose anyway, so why not take one for the team, and vote for healthcare reform?"
But it's not so simple. No individual is guaranteed to lose, no matter how tough the odds. For example, in Congressman Perriello's race, there could be a "tea party" candidate or two in the mix, splitting the opposition and allowing Perriello to win reelection with 45 percent of the vote.
Charges of flip-flopping may accompany a changed vote
Another potential problem is the flip-flop charge: Some say that if a member voted "no" on health reform the first time around, it's safer to stick with "no."
"Is it better to take a hit and vote the same way, or take a different kind of hit by having to explain why you flip-flopped?" asks Mr. Sabato. "You're better going with your instincts, whatever they are."
Aside from wanting sweeping reform of the healthcare system, Democrats are eager for a major legislative victory to run on in November. But for Democrats from conservative-leaning districts, the best option may be to run on the Republican argument: "I could not support this expensive, big-government program."
In that case, a Republican challenger won't be able to use healthcare to beat up the Democratic incumbent as effectively as if the member had voted "yes."
But there's no guarantee that this Democrat would gain support by voting "no," says Mr. Jacobson.
On Wednesday, one of the big news flashes of the day came from Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio, who switched his "no" vote on healthcare to "yes." But Congressman Kucinich can afford to flip-flop. He occupies a safe Democratic seat. And his reason for changing his vote was atypical: He had opposed the Democratic reform plan because he prefers the more liberal government-run "single payer" healthcare system.
Most of the Democrats voting "no" on healthcare are in conservative-leaning districts.
And on a lighter note, former Congresswoman Margolies-Mezvinsky remains in the news for an entirely different reason: Her son Marc Mezvinsky is set to marry former first daughter Chelsea Clinton this summer.


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Belgium flag in vertical format, size 2x6 ft, manufactured from high-quality polyester.
On the pole side (left), the flag is reinforced with a white header, and the other edges have a double stitched hem for high resistance to tearing.
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I had my wac system for the 16,5 warrior and I went out in 8-10knots,
75 kg I used the new okiled board 160 and the loose ax 150.
Well the kite with wac becomes a little bit faster but u must take some time to figure out the difference of input. It becomes a different kite after u put on the wac. In 5knot the first day I had it I could do 360 on the beach. In this session I managed to do front and back loops with no problem and I could go upwind with both boards. I will still try it with more wind. The depower seems to work but I still need to test it with more wind. By pumping the bar I could create some apparent wind and I didn't have to sine to much. Jumping became fun. If u have a warrior 16,5 I recommend u do the wac upgrade. U will get a better kite. I'm always the first on the water and now I'm jumping nicely too with it.
Today there will probably be some wind. The forecast isn't too good. As soon as I test it again I will post a new message. I will test the okiled board again and in waves and I will tell u the outcome. I will also try to get some pics to show u.
Good winds to you all.
By the way the weather is getting better here, sunny day today I'm heading to the beach!!!!


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Airwaves Traffic Suite
Airwaves Traffic
Airwaves Traffic is the core product in the Airwaves Suite of products. Airwaves Traffic, used in more than 45 countries, is ready to serve your traffic needs. Airwaves Traffic's robust scheduling engine runs as many as 60 stations - from one database.
Airwaves Traffic is a multi-station traffic system with a myriad of scheduling, billing and reporting options. Airwaves Traffic contains a cutting edge copywriting system. Airwaves Traffic is supplied with customized contracts, invoices, statements and affidavits. Airwaves Traffic helps you manage clients, prospects and sales team call activity.
Airwaves Online
Airwaves Online is a fully featured web based solution that empowers your sales staff with the information and tools they need to do their job better. The highly secure Airwaves Online puts the power into the hands of the seller (no matter where they are) - a distributed sales force need not be isolated!
Airwaves Online sees everything in the Airwaves Traffic database. Instant updates on inventory, client data, rate changes, status of approval of proposals, call information, commission reports and account information. Airwaves Online gives the sales person the information they need without interrupting your traffic people, back at the station. Credit controllers can access data they need - right online, making approvals come faster. The interaction between management, traffic and sales comes together with Airwaves Online.
Airwaves Online integrates with 3rd party R&F engines in two countries. It imports quarter hour impact data to use in planning/scheduling. Additionally, Airwaves lets you import PPM data to manage writing proposals, schedules and reports with GRP, (Gross Rating Points). This commitment to working with audience data enables radio companies to sell their clients the right plan, deliver it and provide accountability.
Airwaves Online provides pipeline reporting, because all the proposals and advertising information is in one database. Live avails are presented behind the spot entry. So, oversell is minimized and available time is sold! You don't lose the buy because you didn't have inventory. Current rates are used by default and any manual variation is monitored. You are on top of your business like never before.
Airwaves Airmail
This product enables an Airwaves Booking house to talk to remote Airwaves Traffic databases by electronic transfer of contacts and bookings to multiple sites. Booking houses and agencies can book spots on hundreds of stations seamlessly. All scheduling data is automatically returned providing (by spot affidavit) information for all stations combined in a report, while maintaining the one contract to invoice aspect for the national client.
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Our Support department is legendary. All the people who help you solve your day to day problems are radio people, too. RCS Support never sleeps and is always open 24/7/365 for Airwaves users worldwide.
Airwaves Traffic
- Combine your multi-station traffic and invoicing system in one easy-to-use program.
- Manage your clients
- Controls scheduling and invoicing
- Edits and store scripts
- Output instant sales reports to streamline communications
Airwaves Online
- Airwaves Online, a web application for account managers, creates proposals online and submits them to Airwaves Traffic for review and scheduling.
- View avails for stations online; warnings will be displayed for days that are oversold or close to sell out.
- View Client details including credit and account balance information and see client sales figures for past months.
- Enter client calls, and print reminder reports to follow-up on sales leads.
Airwaves AirMail
- Integrate Airwaves traffic data between Booking House and Scheduling Station databases.
- Reduce data entry and eliminates double-handling of contracts.
- Return aired times and aired tapes to the Booking House for reconciliation and affidavit management.
- Manage corporate client expenditures and industry data along with demographic data.
- Invoice centrally (Booking House carries the debt) or locally (Scheduling Station carries the debt).
- Manage Booking House booking fees, discounts and commissions.
- Manage sales and client information.
- Provide comprehensive up-to-the-minute reporting.
Technical Requirements
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows 2000 Professional
No other operating systems are supported.
Other Software Required:
- MS SQL Server 2005. The Express edition is available for smaller radio stations please discuss with your RCS support staff.
- MS Office 97, 2000, XP with ODBC Drivers - for exporting data to Word for mail merge letters, and Excel for charts, etc.
Microsoft Outlook:
Airwaves reports and scripts emailed to a MAPI format, and for Airwaves Online (rejections notes), Microsoft Outlook is the only e-mail product supported. Also, an exclusive e-mail account is required on one Airwaves PC - if you will be using the AirMail email feature of Version 5 to send or receive remote AirMail bookings. Outlook Express is not supported.
Airwaves Traffic controls commercial scheduling and invoicing, edits and stores scripts, provides instant sales and revenue projection reports. It manages clients, contacts and client calls.
Airwaves Online is a web application with controlled access to the Airwaves database. This allows Account Managers to create proposals online, submit them to Airwaves Traffic for review and scheduling - with no re-keying! View station avails, search the Client Directory, and view client details for credit/account balance information and past sales figures. Enter client calls, and print follow-up reports for sales leads. Review proposals and print projected proposal revenue reports - according to your permissions as account manager. Your Sales team manager can gain access to review team members' records, anywhere, anytime, all via your web browser.
Radio/TV stations, booking houses for contract/schedule management and accounts receivable all benefit. Creative teams for script management and Sales teams for client management.
Airwaves maintains a database of clients information. The database tracks clients, prospects, and business contacts, Airwaves log sales calls and provides follow-up reminders for sales people. It categorizes and sorts clients as needed for targeted mail merge, direct mailing of newsletters, special event invitations or announcements.
Contracts are entered into Airwaves, or submitted from Airwaves Online to the ReviewBox for review and acceptance. Default codes from clients can be used to make data entry fast and accurate. Copy and Repeat functions help speed your work.
For example, one spot line can be split automatically across multiple stations. You can enter contracts as far into the future as needed - there is no time limit for future scheduling. Chargelines invoice package contracts and production fees, while Costlines track station costs for net revenue reporting.
All commercials are scheduled when entered, so available time reports are instant and always up-to-the-minute. Amending schedules is done by simply dragging and dropping spots directly on to the log. Client and product clashes are automatically highlighted. Schedules can be printed or exported to RCS Master Control or various other automation systems. Aired times for commercials can be imported from RCS Master Control or other automation systems for reconciliation.
Airwaves reports include:
- Schedules reports
- Sales and revenue projection reports
- Budget reports
- Commission reports
- Accounting reports
Reports can be displayed in a spreadsheet or graph format. With Airwaves' reporting system, you can compare sales/budgets by month/year - identify top clients and slow payers.
Within Airwaves, there is a complete Accounts Receivable system to handle invoicing, receivable amounts and overdue reports. Invoices and Statements can be customized with your company logo. Overdue account details can be exported for mail merge letters.
In the Copywriting section of Airwaves, scripts can be written and attached to the contracts and tape/cart/digital file for instant recall. It integrates completely with Microsoft Word® for full editing functionality. Print scripts or email them directly to the client for approval.
Airwaves Traffic provides an optional module called, "Airmail". This module gives you the ability to send email communications to Booking Houses and Advertising Agencies. This added feature eliminates the "double-handling" of data, which saves you time and gives the client instant input. Airmail promotes accuracy and makes the process more efficient.
See our Technical Requirements page for details.