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I really don't like doing draft grades this early but I think this draft class for the Washington Redskins is pretty special, so I figured I would get an early jump on it. With the Redskins going into the 2013 NFL draft without a 1st round pick due to trading up for Robert Griffin III last year, the Skins needed secondary help BAD after being in the bottom of the NFL in pass defense and the team knew what they had to address in the draft.
We all know how draft grades go, you grade the team on their overall draft and give them either a number out of 10 or A-F, but I'm going to go through every pick and give them individual grades instead. Feel free to drop your individual grades in the comments section below:
Round 2: David Amerson (CB) NC State
The first thing I noticed off the bat about Amerson is that he is a big kid. Amerson is 6'2…the Skins are not known for taking big corners. I feel that they might have saw what a team like the Seahawks did in taking Sherman and Browner and wanted to replicate the success their defense had. Amerson had a stellar 2011 season in playing all 13 games with 13 (that's right I said 13!) interceptions and 2 touchdowns, and had another nice year in 2012 also playing in all 13 games recording 5 interceptions.
The Good: Amerson is a very physical corner with the ability to make amazing plays on the ball. David is very fast running a 4.4 40 at his pro day, giving the Redskins an easy first choice for an opening day starter.
The Bad: It seems that Amerson is notvery good with double moves, being burned more than once on these stop and go plays. Amerson also likes to peek in the backfield and take his eyes off of the WR at the worst times.
Overall Grade: B (Amerson could be the Boom or Bust pick for the Redskins)
Round 3: Jordan Reed (TE) Florida
I really like this pick a lot. Some people didn't understand the pick but if you look at the Skins offense theyreally use the position a lot and could use another weapon. Reed is VERY athletic and will cause a mismatch when linebackers are put on him in the open field. A converted QB, Reed has made it known that he would do whatever it takes to win. Reed had a pretty good 2012 with Florida chalking up 559 yards on 45 receptions and 3 touchdowns.
The Good: Reed will be joining a crowded house with Fred Davis, Logan Paulsen and Niles Paul but I think he could challenge Paulsen for his number 2 position on the team. Jordan is 6'2 and 236 pounds and can snatch a ball out of the air like it had no business being up there in the first place.
The Bad: Jordan had a known run in with his coach, being benched for "bad attitude" and not being able to be "coachable". Hopefully that was only one time and will not happen again.
Overall Grade: C
Round 4: Phillip Thomas (S) Fresno State
I wanted the Redskins to take Thomas after the first time I watched him play! BALL HAWK! He has the ability to locate the ball like no other. At one timeThomas was projected as a first round pick but for some reason fell all the way to the 4th round where we gladly scooped him up."I knew that we needed a safety. I've been a Redskins fan my whole life," said Thomas on a media call. He is a raw talent that looks to start right away barring injury. Thomas had an AMAZING 2012 season with Fresno, Totaling 66 tackles with 4 sacks and 8 interceptions to go along with 3 touchdowns.
The Good: Thomas can play both safety positions and play them both well. Thomas is no stranger to playing center field or playing in the box. He is a turnover machine and looks to continue with that with the Redskins.
The Bad: Open field tackling is something that he himself has said that he has to work on at the next level…while not the greatest he still can square up and hit you!!
Overall Grade: A+ (great value on top of addressing a huge team need)
Round 5: Chris Thompson (RB) Florida State
Another pick that had the Redskins fans scratching their heads, but not me. I know that Roy Helu has a lingering injury that just won't heal and the fact that Evan Royster hasn't showed the Skins enough to be guaranteed a roster spot for next year lead to this pick. But even still, Thompson is no sure fire pick and comes along with injury question marks. Thompson had a pretty good career as a Seminole putting up good numbers: 276 attempts and 1,736 yard rushing with 14 TD's.
The Good: if Thompson makes the squad I could see him being a very nice change-of-pace back to accompany Morris in the back field. Chris has great speed and can stop on a dime. Thompson can also return kicks and punts next season which is always a plus.
The Bad: Will that back and ankle injury come back to haunt him?
Overall Grade: C+
Round 5: Brandon Jenkins (LB/DE) Florida State
With two Seminoles taken in the 5th round, Jenkins will be joining his college teammate Chris Thompson. A value pick for the Redskins, Jenkins is a guy that can take over a game if he very well wants to. Jenkins had a wonderful 2012 season with 41 tackles and 8 sacks, but a broken ankle derailed his 2013 season.
The Good: Thompson has awesome range and is very instinctive. He will most likely make the team in the absence of Lorenzo Alexander.
The Bad: The only thing that can slow Jenkins down is injuries….otherwise, I really like this pick!
Overall Grade: B-
Round 6: Bacarri Rambo (S) Georgia
RAMBO!! I was super excited about this pick when I found out that the Skins pulled his card. One of the better safeties in the draft, Rambo is a rangy and ball hawking safety that demands respect by opposing offenses. Not only does the man have the BEST name in the NFL, he might be one of the steals of the draft. Rambo has the ability to start right away but will probably share time with Brandon Merriweather, assuming he can return fully healthy from a torn ACL. Rambo had a solid 2012 tallying 34 tackles and reeling in 8 interceptions.
The Good: HIS NAME!…Next is the ball hawking instinct and the ability to strip the ball from a WR or a RB at anytime! Rambo has a very high ceiling and could have numbers that blow your mind in the near future.
The Bad: 2 drug suspensions, he'll need to steer clear of Fred Davis and Trent Williams.
Overall Grade: B
Round 7: Jawan Jamison (RB) Rutgers
A great kid with a wonderful story, Jamison came out in the draft as a sophomore because he wanted to do anything to help his Mother with her breast cancer treatments and to support her through it. Jamison is a bowling ball, low to the ground like a Ray Rice and the escape ability of a Maruice Jones-Drew. In two years Jawan tallied 1,972 yards and 13 touchdowns with the Scarlet Kinghts.
The Good: Another change-of-pace back for the Redskins that could also help out in the return game.
The Bad:I honestly couldn't think or find anything bad about this kid. He's a well rounded runner that has supreme pass blocking skills.
Overall Grade: C+


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Frat Boys Get Wet & Wild In Shirtless Charity Car Wash Ad!
Yowza! These University of Miami members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity spent their Saturday doing the kind of good deed we can ALL appreciate!
The brothers offered a free car wash to all-comers, though they happily accepted (and encouraged) donations for the Wounded Warrior Project!
From the looks of this video we're betting they made a killing!! Watch the boys get wet and wild!
Take all of our money!!!
Keep being charitable, guys!! We're all better for it!!
(H/T: The Gaily Grind)
I love that they are donating the money that they raise to the Wounded Warrior Project. Great job guys, I hope that you all had fun and raised some good money!!
I'm going on vacation to Miami and renting a car... just to drive it through this car wash about 10 times...

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Monday, August 11, 2008
Quick Pic: Jason Giambi as a young pup
This photo is roughly 18 years old, putting Jason Giambi in his very early 20's when it was taken.
The picture is from his time with the Alaska Goldpanners of the Alaska Baseball League.
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got damn, is dude about what? 160 pounds at most? wowzers...
August 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM
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Fuck The iPad And The Ridiculous Douchebags Lining Up To Buy One
April 3, 2010
Who the fuck are these ridiculous douchebags lining up for days to get a motherfucking iPad? Get a fucking grip on yourself asswipe: it's not going to "change everything". All it is is a small overpriced touchscreen laptop with no fucking keyboard.
76 Responses to "Fuck The iPad And The Ridiculous Douchebags Lining Up To Buy One"
April 3, 2010 at 3:54 pmAll it is is a small overpriced touchscreen laptop with no fucking keyboard.
Or conversely, a giant iPhone that doesn't make calls. No thanks!! I like Colbert's use–salsa maker!
April 3, 2010 at 5:56 pmIts a tech fan/Apple fan thing. Some people just get all weak in the knees when new tech comes out and there are pretty condescending Apple fans out there
April 3, 2010 at 8:20 pm$Apple fan thing only, a true tech fan should see it as the over priced feature lacking waste that it is.¢
April 3, 2010 at 11:21 pmyou kno fuckin what? FUCK THE FUCKIN FUCKS THAT BUY THIS FUCKIN THING! ALL IT FUCKIN IS-IS A FUCKIN FUCK IPHONE FUCK THAT HAS NO FUCKIN PHONE ON THE FUCKIN THING! WHAT THE FUCK! FUCK EM! THOSE FUCKIN FUCKS!
April 3, 2010 at 11:42 pmThe Ipad is nothing more than a bloated Iphone that cannot even make a call. Regardless of it's 3g data access. It has no voice communication abilities at all. Seeing as it uses an ARM processor its pretty screwed for multi-tasking, as in it does'nt. I don't know about you but my PC's have been multitasking since I had a 486, living without it now seems impossioble to me. Science forbid you run out of space; 64-gigs isnt shit, cause you will have no ability to upgrade. I can fill 64gigs in 20mins with the media I have and keep going. It says it does 720p high def. I dont see how this is possible with a native resolution of 1024×768. I could be wrong but was under the impression that tru 720p required a res of at least 1280×720 to be tru high def. Most devices in this range operate at 1366×768. Im not into psuedo def. A total lack of input/output ports and perhiperials makes this thing a 1 pound piece of shit. Why did apple stack memory in this thing using 2 small chips save the 1 big one. It cant be to help access time thats for sure. Finally, why the bluetooth, aside from headphones or WAY overpriced keyboard its absolutly worthless. Anyone interested should look to the New Lenovo Hybrid pads or the HP slate both should be out later this year with features abound. Yes you can be a huge tech fan without going proprietary or wasting huge amounts of money, I'm living proof. This device will outlive its usefullness in short amount of time.
Anyone who waited or paid money for the Ipad was nothing but an Ifool…..
April 5, 2010 at 12:18 amI'm just bitter because I wanted a fucking tablet Macbook! But all they offer me is a fucking giant IPod?! Fuck you I have an IPod and it's the appropriate size already1
April 5, 2010 at 9:36 amOmg, I cannot wait for the ipad mini to come out!!! I heard you will even be able to make phone calls with it.
Anyway, the garbage from tech junk is seriously some bad shit. I was reading a national geographic that talked about the rare metals mining that is needed for shit like phones and computers. The people doing the mining aren't treated very nicely. They showed some families in India who collect old electronics and melt down metal parts to resell for money, but they are doing in cooking pots and poisoning themselves. People replace their phones/gaming consoles/computers wayyyyyy too often. I had no idea how bad this kind of stuff is, I guess the problems are somewhat new.
Why the fuck does every news channel have a 'story' about this thing?
April 5, 2010 at 2:07 pmAt this point I'm pretty resigned to the Apple fans get all excited about the shiny new thing/haterz get all excited about hatin' cycle. Everybody gets what they came for, right? The Mac/PC wars aren't over yet?
April 5, 2010 at 11:56 pmMy question was aimed at calibrating "change everything".
On one hand, the iPod has changed forever our relationship with music, the iPhone is changing our relationship to information sources and communication, and the iPad might change how we _work_ with information. All of these are examples of beautiful design of human computer interaction.
On the other hand, perhaps these are all just electronic and improved forms of thumb-twiddling.
The Zune would not have existed without the iPod, and the Nexus One/Droid/Palm Pre would not of existed without the iPhone. Hopefully, the example of the iPad will inspire a well-designed and successful competitor.
April 6, 2010 at 11:20 amWhat "tech fan" would pay that much money for a pitifully limited machine? Indeed, what "tech fan" would buy any Apple product? Take the 15 inch Macbook Pro … it starts at $1699, and has an outdated processor, outdated graphics card, and a hard drive the size of those that come on netbooks. What tech savvy person could possibly think any of these products are worth the money?
April 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm"the Nexus One/Droid/Palm Pre would not of existed without the iPhone."
wtf, are you kidding me? I have a second hand phone that beats the shit out of the iphone, and its from two years before the iphone was released. If you mean that these things wouldn't exist as a popular culture must have kind of item without the fucking marketing the apple provides, then yes, you are right, but it is nothing to praise anyone for. I got my first mp3 player as a gift in 1999. Creative labs lead the way with mp3 players and made some damn good ones for a lot less than ipods. The only thing that apple has inspired with their shit is useless demand, which means more companies will churn out more sub par products while spending all their money on marketing. Who can blame them? People are so fucking stupid that it actually works. Apple is marketing, that is literally all they have going for them. I know a shit ton of people my age too fucking stupid to research anything (like when they type complete questions into google regularly), and they all do it from their iphones at work. This is the kind of idiocy that bing and KGB are trying to profit off of. People who are comfortable using a computer, but have no idea how to get anything out of it.
Oh, and hey, you know what happens when *everyone* buys an iphone? Old as people take pictures of their shit and shop it around to every health care professional they come in contact with (including me), asking my professional opinion about the whitish object in said shit being a worm or not. Fuck iphones.
April 6, 2010 at 10:34 pmcheck out the " sonys' new piece of shit thing" bit on the onion, very appropriate for the mindset of these fucking morons1!!!
April 7, 2010 at 8:08 amOld as people take pictures of their shit and shop it around to every health care professional they come in contact with (including me), asking my professional opinion about the whitish object in said shit being a worm or not.
This was not a problem with camera phones in general?
"the Nexus One/Droid/Palm Pre would not [have] existed without the iPhone."
wtf, are you kidding me? I have a second hand phone that beats the shit out of the iphone, and its from two years before the iphone was released.
Did it run arbitrary software applications from a library of thousands of such applications? Could those applications made available on the phone without carrier approval? Did your phone maker provide regular software updates that added features to the phone? For the phones listed (+Palm Pre) the answers are generally yes. Prior to the iPhone, I believe the answers were generally no (except for things like the Treo.)
Apple is marketing, that is literally all they have going for them.
Literally? IMHO, the iPhone marketing shows people exactly what the iPhone does, the exact user interface, generally in real time. What other phone marketing does that? See Nokia's recent N97 turd: http://www.mobileinc.co.uk/2010/03/nokia-n97-promotional-video-vs-real-life/
April 7, 2010 at 9:01 am@smmo: The iPad IS NOT a Mac fuckface. There's nothing Mac about the iPad. And fuck the iPhone. It didn't change a fucking thing, except for douchebag minded people's minds. I can still make phone calls and send text messages with my good old WinMo phone. If anything, WinMo phones changed everything. And they were here first. So fuck off. Macs are for stupid people that don't want to learn anything. My fucking goodness, when I installed Leopard and unchecked the printer driver box during install, it freed up 1.8 GB of space. WTF??? Are you kidding me? Is this what 'makes' an operating system? Not having to install a driver??? Who the fuck on the face of the planet has the need of 1.8 GB worth of printer drivers? BTW, that's all I'm really hearing about from PC 'experts' about Windows 7.
Bigger isn't better. BETTER IS BETTER!!!
April 7, 2010 at 4:25 pmPS – aren't any people that line up to buy anything at all on the first day stupid?
April 7, 2010 at 4:37 pmPPS, f.a.t.i.d.'s post is all the evidence anyone will ever need that computer obsessives are A. obsessive, B. boring as fuck, C. hostile (possibly due to A. and B.) and D. need to take a nice walk or something.
April 10, 2010 at 2:26 pmYou are all a bunch of dicks. The iPAD rocks man. Anything from Apple rocks. I may buy two of them; one for home and then another for work. I may buy a third for when I travel around too. Apple rule. The iPad is a revolution and is going to allow me to do everything and anything I could do on my iPhone and Windows machine and mac. Its going to be great for business productivity too. Thanks Steve and all you cool guys at Apple; you guys really rock! Take no notice of the wankers on this site that are just bitter that they cant afford an iPad. If they got a real job and out from behind their shitty PC's they could make enough money to buy one. I bet if you gave them one for free they would use it; dumb-ass turd burgers.
April 10, 2010 at 2:28 pmApple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck! Apple Rocks! iPad Rocks, you all suck!
April 16, 2010 at 6:16 pmThats a rather exaggerated reaction to a product that obviously threatens you for some reason. Are you afraid that it might be good? It costs apple 240 dollars to make the ipad making the price not that bad considering the mark up of most products in the technology market (anything made by dell especially so wile making odd shaped mother boards so you have to buy new parts from them). The ipad is fairly cool, the price isnt that bad at all considering adding the marketing costs etc on top of that, its functionality is mainly for casual browsing, a bit of book reading and some fun, well made user generated content, and yes, most of the content in the app store is infact user generated although vetted to make sure everything works well. End of the day I still dont see another product with same size, functionality and battery life from any other company, and jail breaking will add any features you want if your that way inclined and the add on full keyboard adds other functionality to it. Its like anything, some people will enjoy the product some wont. Peace out.
April 20, 2010 at 12:23 amFirst off, this made me roflmao!
To the Dude above.. it's still an.. oversized iPhone minus the phone! so it's a i!!
Android devices can multi-task, and windows Mobile been around since WAY before the iPhone and IT can multi-task/copy/paste. You try running 2 things at once, and see what the stinkPad will do.
And to the dude about giving them out for free, yea, I'll take it apart and re-use the 9″ LCD for something more productive. I'll leave the casing as a paper weight. 🙂 -
April 20, 2010 at 12:27 amOh wait, it only took them(Apple) 2 years to add the copy+paste function into the iPhone OS! So he's so excited about the new feature that he has to use it so many times.
April 20, 2010 at 12:32 amI spent it on something more useful, an i7 CPU + corresponding system parts, and a Nexus One, oh and a HD2, yea?
About your "they cant afford an iPad" theory?It's called, we'd rather spend it on something worthwhile, and practical.
Guess what, Apple is releasing a 3G version of the Pad too, you gonna wait on line and pay for that as well? Now, imagine holding that up to your ear for a phone call. No thanks!
April 20, 2010 at 12:38 amyou all forgetting this is a iPad not an iPhone we are talking about here, and also, Did you also forget about WindowsCE? This is what started everything, a Mobile OS, with Touchscreen, originally created by Microsoft and HP I believe.
April 21, 2010 at 4:28 pmThe Ipad can in fact multitask it just depends on the app, there are messenger programs that run in the background etc.
April 21, 2010 at 4:33 pmThought the iPad was a feminine hygiene product and it didn't work for shit!
May 12, 2010 at 10:48 pmnot sure if anyone said this yet. i can't get through the comments… but you can hack an ipad to make calls with it.
July 20, 2010 at 8:29 pmI'll beat the fuck out of every fucking one of you fucking cock suckers. Every fucking one of you, I promise.
October 21, 2010 at 10:10 am"Revolutionising everything" – and it has no camera. Nice one, Apple. It's one thing releasing new hardware four times a year because you can't implement good functionality all in one go; it's another to call something revolutionary when it lacks some of the most core features in portable computing hardware: right-clicking, multi-browser capability, and cameras.
November 2, 2010 at 8:12 pmfuck the ipad its just a big ipod. waste of fucken money. can't do shit with it. all apple is doing is ripping idiots off thats don't know shit.better off buying a laptop people.don't be a sucker!
December 22, 2010 at 2:49 pmI FUCKING AGREE, FUCK MACS AND STEVE JOBS CAUSE GATES' IS BETTER!!! W7 IS BETTER
December 22, 2010 at 2:50 pmFYI this was written on my girlfriends macbook. How ironic. Hahaha I'm stupid. hahaha
December 22, 2010 at 2:51 pmYeah she is right, but she should have spelled "macbook" as —-> "shitbook"
January 8, 2011 at 8:52 amIt destroyed real smartphones that were useful, leaving the market with iphone and look alike touchscreen pieces of junk that can't do nearly anything my old Nokia smartphones could do. But I have a beautiful animated icon that shortcuts me to the itunes. I had free programs, nintendo emulator, doom, full dictionary, access to a server, internet, microsoft office, camera, video conferencing. And the iphone at that time couldn't even mms message or send files via bluetooth, something the retarded 20$ phones can do. Now the mobile phone market is destroyed, I won't be buying any product until Google and Apple die off. Bunch of glory boys. Ooooooooooo touch screen!!! Animated icon. Eat shit losers.
January 8, 2011 at 8:58 am@moomoo
Ipad is just a oversized piece of shit version of the iphone, so what difference is there…
January 16, 2011 at 2:59 amGot one for my birthday; was very disappointed. I have tons of ebooks that this crap device does not support (PDF) files. Demands a credit card for everything, whereas Android does not require. It really is a useless bloated iPhone that you will have to jailbreak to make it worthwhile. Apple should give them out for free given the dependency on their products this device demands. Don't buy it. Waste of money.
February 13, 2011 at 11:13 amI swear, you're the only blogger I know who can get 58 comments on a 3-sentence blog post. lol
February 23, 2011 at 1:20 pmwel fuck u then wimp, u obviously got no life just complaining on stuff, u dont like it then piss off idiot
March 25, 2011 at 11:36 amTo the O.P. if you have hate in your heart, let it out! When people line up for the newest piece of monkey crap, someone should let a dog loose to corral those mindless sheep. They know damn well if they waited a couple of months the price would go down or if they waited another year an upgraded, somewhat useful version of monkeycrap would come out. But the marketing lures them in like moths to a flame and get burned on the price. Starbucks. I admit they make tasty stuff but again mindless sheep line up every day to spend their hard earned money on liquid monkey shit that you can make at home for close to nothing and has competitors that charge half the price. I'm not socialist but if Starfucks was government owned, the deficit would paid in 10 years and probably have mindless sheeple drinking Starbucks with Ipads surgically wired to their cerebral cortex!
July 9, 2011 at 10:16 pmI hate my ipad – just like a pad; it fucking stinks, is in the way and there are better products out there (right?, itampon…)
p.s. This is being typed on my piece of shit iPad!, which fucking capitalizes the p every fucking time, it doesn't even recognize it's own name!!!
July 9, 2011 at 10:19 pmOops I am the tard – the p is capitalIzed! I still hate the piece of iShit!
July 11, 2011 at 3:12 pmShit! Bloody iphone, cell phone is letting me off the hook when I most needed. Facky you iphone, cell phone !!!!. Hate it!
August 24, 2011 at 12:01 amYou are all so funny Apple products are over priced over hyped and barely functional but apple fanboys will buy them just to say they did. It reminds me of the old PT Barnum con where he tells people that there is something fantastic inside a trunk in a darkened room. They pay two bits to see it only to find out that it is an empty box so now they are in on the joke and they go out and try to get other people to put down their hard earned coins to see something that doesn't exist. Apple fanboys yelp the loudest because they have paid way to much and they don't want anyone to know they got ripped even themselves.
October 21, 2011 at 9:11 pmApple, don't get me started just don't get me started!!
Well Jobs is dead, DEAD!!! And he deserved every molecule of cancer that ate him away because he sold out, sold out first to Microshit and then to the modern consumerist ideologue of producing crap products that last 2 years at best. May he ROTT IN HELL!!!
If you want a phone buy a Nokia, or perhaps the new Motorola Atrix. Buy a spyphone and you take your own dignity and roll it in human excrement. But hey, the world is full of turds, turds eating their own shit for breakfast and their own vomit for lunch.The advertising tells them an eyephone is the best and like good little lemmings they walk off the cliff. We need a nuclear war, a REALLY BIG one to purge this planet of all the useless eaters, all the parasites. The bankers, the used house salespeople, the lawyers and accountants and fingernail buffers and dog-washers and advertising men and every other lowlife useless piece of dog-shit that sucks up the productive wealth of our nation and gives back nothing but useless services. Jobs is dead, ROTT IN HELL STEVE!!!!!
October 30, 2011 at 9:47 amwe find the thing about half as functional as any pc or lap top
more often than not it frustrates
RECENTLY IT TOOK 4 HOURS TO ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER 3 BOOKS FROM A yPod to the iPad. It didnt happean. next morning they were not there. Yet some hours later it was. We are not sure what happeaned. This lack of freedom to get into its guts is a pain.
as it was bought for someones birthday and she needed a small device, we did not sell it in the first hour, or smash it to bits, or insert it into anything looking remotely like an Apple Acolyte.
You can hardly ever go to where you want, see what you want, do what YOU WANT on it.
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March 11, 2012 at 7:23 pmFUCK POINTLESS TECHNOLOGY WE DON'T NEED!!!
Screw this, i'm going for a hike.
October 3, 2012 at 10:27 amoverflow:hidden does not work on iOS. divs do not render correctly on iOS, metrics are all over the fucking shop on iOS…iOS IS A FUCKING RETARDED PIECE OF SHITCUNTERY
December 1, 2012 at 5:51 amJust got my first ipad and I have say it is a huge waist of money and am returning it tomorrow. Fuck apple and there shit apps that other cost money or just simply don't work.
September 3, 2013 at 12:13 amI agree. I just call it all I-Shit. I have found that 100percent of the time that you need this shit to access something it cannot. The touch screen keyboard is worse than a piece of shit. It is almost useless and causes more frustration than usability. Fuck apple and all this shit. I want my blackberry back.


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A nice dihedral with a left side lay-back. The anchors are not very well suited for this route and the closer you get to the top the more you get pulled to the right. Have a balayer you can trust, because if you fall near the top, you are going to swing around the arete.Descent Options:
Rappel or walk-off
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A nice lay-back dihedral. It was a little sketchy at the top with the achors set up the way they are and having my daughter baleying me. I just taught her how to belay on Pre-School to the right, just before climbing this one.
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THE HAYES LAW FIRM, www.dhayeslaw.com
(After the initial publication of the following blog, a representative of Certified Senior Advisors contacted me. He objected to my use of the term "phony" and said: "We are very clear--and have the only disclosure statement in the industry that underscores our position--that the CSA designation is a supplement, not a substitute, for a professional's other licenses, credentials and education. To suggest otherwise is inaccurate.")Yesterday the U.S. Senate opened an investigation of the "source credibility" investment scam perpetrated against senior citizens. The "source credibility" scam is a growing trend in the securities and insurance industry. Financial Advisers are obtaining phony official-sounding titles in order to trick seniors citizens.
(See Charles Duhigg, Senate Panel Investigates How Insurers Sell to Elderly, July 20, 2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/business/20adviser.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
(See Gary S. Mogel, Senate eyes insurer sales to seniors, July 20, 2007) http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070720/REG/70720025 Earlier this year the NASD published NASD Investor Alert: Fraud Fighting 101: Smart Tips for Older Investors, which classified and labeled the common tactics employed by brokers during a sales pitch. One such tactic is the source credibility tactic:
The "Source Credibility" Tactic--trying to build credibility by claiming to be with a reputable firm or to have a special credential or experience. "Believe me, as a senior vice president of XYZ Firm, I would never sell an investment that doesn't produce."
NASD Investor Alert: Fraud Fighting 101: Smart Tips for Older Investors.
STEP ONE: A financial adviser working for an insurance company will pay a certain amount of money for a correspondence course to obtain an official sounding title. The course might take a couple of days or maybe a couple of hours. Then the adviser takes an easy multiple choice test and obtains the phony title.
STEP TWO: The financial adviser will use one of the above impressive-sounding titles to trick senior citizens into believing he has credentials and expertise. In reality the adviser may be an inexperienced novice in this area who simply took a phony on-line correspondence course.
STEP THREE: Once the adviser has fooled the senior into believing he is an expert, the adviser will earn big commissions by placing the senior in a bad investment, such as a deferred variable annuity.
When asked who the most common victim of securities fraud is, attorney Debra Hayes of The Hayes Law Firm said:
"It's typically the elderly, those that are retiring or are retired. In this day and time, many, many people are retiring at the age of 55 and that's not what we would normally think of as elderly. However, I would say that the victims tend to be from age 55 and up. The common sentiment is that people hire a broker that they trust and then they rely on them and accept their recommendations.
Many employees that are retiring meet with a broker that their company chooses. They're very trusting in that type of a situation and think, "Oh well, my company let this person speak to us, they must know that they're a good person. They must know what they're talking about."
These brokers are extremely good salesmen, which is what they are, salesmen. They really are not financial analyst, in my opinion, but they claim they are. So again, those that fall victim to that the most often are 55 and over, retirees and elderly people."
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is in the process of investigating Old Mutual Financial Network, Allianz Life, American Equity Investment Life Insurance, Society of Certified Senior Advisor's, Piece of Pie Strategic Coaching, and Senior Insurance Training Services. Senate hearings on the subject are expected in September. (See Charles Duhigg, Senate Panel Investigates How Insurers Sell to Elderly, July 20, 2007) (See Gary S. Mogel, Senate eyes insurer sales to seniors, July 20, 2007).
The "source credibility" occurs when the insurance company rep or the financial adviser tells the client he or she is an expert and then provide a phony official-sounding title. The NY Times provided a list of several of these phony titles to be on the look-out for:
- Certified Senior Adviser
- Certified Elder Planning Specialist
- Registered Financial Gerontologist
- Certified Retirement Financial Adviser
- Certified Senior Adviser
(See Charles Duhigg, Older Investors Swarmed by "Instant Experts").
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Let's face it wine is not an easy topic. When I started educating myself on wines, everyone drank Chardonnay. Now the big white is Pinot Grigio. It is easy to latch onto a trend and drink what everyone else is drinking because in all honesty, it can be quite reliable. My philosophy is take a risk because you are missing out on some of the truly fabulous wines out there if you don't. I was really not a wine drinker when I started learning about wines but I have to admit it was a job requirement. I never worried much about pretenses (and still don't), I just knew what I liked. At the time, I was in Texas and the restaurant I worked at was interested in introducing and educating its clientele on the local Texas wines. Come to think of it, this was probably my first introduction to buying local. Texas produces some pretty darn good wines but they are hard to find outside of the state.
I live in the state of Pennsylvania now and they do have wineries around here but they can't really compete with the west coast wines or, in my opinion, Texas wines. There are a couple of OK wines. Pennsylvania just doesn't have the right growing conditions and usually produce fruity, sweet wines that I am just not that fond of. PA also has some archaic liquor laws so generally you can't have wine shipped into the state. This was a difficult concept to swallow when I was standing in the middle of Napa Valley surrounded by incredible wines that I could only buy there or would be difficult to find in the keystone state.
This is a wall of champagne bottles that is going through its second fermentation. These bottles will eventually go through the process of remuage which is turning the bottles a quarter turn to collect the sediment from the spent yeast. This process at Schramsberg is still actually done by hand and prepares the bottles for the riddling process. These two processes are responsible for the clear champagnes that we drink today.
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Firstly, apologies if this is a dupe, I have tried to use the search option on my mobile and it just wasn't working. Anyways, just had a �190 tax refund (woop) which is a perfect sum to pick up a portable console, can anyone who owns either or both recommend one for me? To give a bit more info, I did have a DS so I do have a back catalogue to play, I also have a PS3 so I could dig into the PSP stuff and the cross-platform stuff as well. I really like RPGs so I can see that the 3DS would be good as it's got Pok�mon and Monster Hunter for the foreseeable future but the sheer number of other quality RPGs in the PSP back catalogue is obscene. Thanks all, any advice would be gratefully received. |
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Registered 14 years agoI'd say Vita but I'm not sure how much longer Sony can support it for (never mind the third parties) given how much its struggling sales-wise, even in Japan.
So, if you go Vita, get it because of the existing catalogue (and PSP back-catalogue) rather than for potential.
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Registered 14 years agoOwning both, I'd say the 3DS.
The Vita has very little exclusive to offer imo and there isn't much on the horizon. It's a lovely bit of kit, but its dreadfully supported.
The 3DS has a couple of essential games and then some very good ones. It's also truly portable, easily slips into a pocket, whereas the Vita is a chunky beast with a glorious screen you don't want to harm.
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Registered 7 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
Ditto ... although I no longer own both.
Owning both I'd say neither.
If push comes to shove, I would choose the 3DS simply because of the joy Super Mario 3D Land provided ... then again, Gravity Rush did the same thing for me on the PS Vita. -
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I'd always look at the software. I'd express a preference for 3DS as I prefer the software available, but if you look at what's out for Vita and think you'd prefer those then go for it Both have plenty to enjoy so I don't think there's a wrong answer. -
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I'm about to get rid of my Vita w/ 32gb mem card, if you're interested (it's no reflection on the console, I sold my 3DS 2 weeks ago)? PM me if you wanna chat. -
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The Vita's bigger, but I've usually got a bag being a complete Wendy so it's no big deal. I've found quite a lot on the Vita and I actually have a backlog. Having never owned a PSP helps I think. The value for money represented by Sony's Banzai suicidal PS+ deal is frankly astounding. Smacks of desperation and everybody knows Sony's in trouble but fuck it, nothing lasts for ever and it's suiting me fine.
For my tastes, there's been *nothing* on the 3DS that caught my attention. Found the 3DS uncomfortable to play on for any length of time, and the USP of 3D is a non-event. Their online PSN-a-like was also a overpriced and limited, though I haven't looked at it for ages.
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Registered 11 years agoGot both, play the vita lots and the 3ds not for months. 3ds battery is poor, vita's is decent and sleep mode doesn't drain like the 3ds. Screen on the vita is much nicer, after a while I don't even notice the 3d effect but I don't at the cinema either - I feel 3d will be a passing fad. I'd say the analogue stick on the 3ds is better, but you only get one as standard. Vita feels like luxury goods compared to the 3ds, and the games available are much more to my liking right now. It'll be interesting to see the sales figures for the Xmas period, there's a fair bit o anecdotal evidence that its sales are picking up and plenty of people here have taken the plunge recently, myself included.
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All the vitas will self destruct next year?
If you want the best console + games available now: Vita.
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Game saves take up an inconsequential amount of space though. The content (games, movies etc...) doesn't.
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Am I the Only Person Who Doesn't Understand Fear of Death?
When I received an invitation to write a guest post for the blog Sunstone's Cafe, I thought this would be a good opportunity to explain how I feel on the matter.
The author of the blog, Paul Sunstone, is a fan of my blog and you know me, I can't resist an opportunity for a guest post when one comes up. Despite the topic, this post is actually rather upbeat in tone, especially at the end.
I know that's highly surprising to regular readers, and I can almost hear the shock already. Me? Upbeat? Yes, it is possible.
Check out the post, Living Without Fear of Death at Sunstone's cafe, and make sure to stick around and read more of his blog, he is a great blogger, and one that I am proud to endorse.
As always, if you have an idea for a guest post, check out my submission guidelines first, then e-mail me your idea for a guest post to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It's funny, I think I'm going to be writing about this topic, too. I've had a few near-death experiences over the years, and my views on dieing have been stable.
ReplyDeleteSheldon -- No rush. Take as much time as you need.
As for fear of death, I don't believe in any kind of afterlife, which is both comforting and disconcerting. On one hand, if we cease to exist after death, there is no suffering, no hell, no unpleasant rebirth, which is a relief. On the other hand, I find the thought very unsettling because I can't wrap my head around not existing anymore. What will it feel like as I descend into nonexistence?
All of this is preferable to believing in a literal heaven and hell. The idea of death terrified me when I was younger because I was so afraid of eternal damnation after death.RepliesWhat would it feel like to descend into non existence? I see it like a light switch being turned off, it just merely happens, and we are not aware of it after it happens. Life just simply ends.
As the Aussie comedian Jim Jefferies put it:
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Working paper 2012/19 31 May 2012 |
High-level group for strategic developments in business architecture in statistics (HLG-BAS)
Meeting, 8 June 2012
Decisions requested from the HLG-BAS
The key decisions now requested from HLG-BAS as Project Sponsors in order to confirm planning and resourcing are:
1. Agreement to the business plan for the further development of GSIM V1.0 through to December 2012.
Confirmation of the business plan will complete Activity 2 of the GSIM Roadmap.
2. Acknowledgement and support for the project resource requirements and work program timeframes.
The support of HLG-BAS is crucial to ensure that the composition of the work teams includes the required expertise from national and international statistical agencies; and that these people have adequate time to contribute fully to the work. (See risks outlined in Section V: paragraphs 24 – 27).
3. Agreement in principle to the proposal for the Layer Integration Workshop
(See Annex 3).
GSIM Development Business Plan
I. Introduction
1. At a meeting on 26-27 April, HLG-BAS reviewed a roadmap outlining the work required to progress from GSIM V0.4, as delivered by Sprint 2, to GSIM V1.0 which could be applied in practice.
2. At this meeting, HLG-BAS agreed that work to develop GSIM should be run as the GSIM Development Project and requested a Business Plan to ensure the completion of GSIM V1.0 by December 2012.
3. This document presents the Business Plan requested by HLG-BAS. It addresses topics on the management and resourcing of the project.
II. Project overview
4. On 27 April, HLG-BAS considered the roadmap for the further development of GSIM. Figure 1 provides a high-level illustration of the proposed timeline for the GSIM Development Project and demonstrates the interdependencies between the project work-streams. Further detail on the ten high level tasks can be found in Annex 1.
Figure 1: High-level overview of the GSIM Development Project Roadmap
III. Governance and management of GSIM development project
5. HLG-BAS is the sponsor for the GSIM Development Project. Accordingly, project governance will be managed in line with the proposal in the HLG-BAS Strategy . It is suggested that five additional members join the HLG-BAS Secretariat to form a GSIM Development Steering Group (DSG) to oversee this project. This is in recognition of the significant leadership and investment of the Statistical Network (SN) in the GSIM development. SN members proposed to join the DSG are representatives from Sweden, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Italy.
6. A Project Manager (PM) will be appointed. They will be responsible for management, monitoring, co-ordination, reporting and delivery of all aspects of the project. A description of the Project Manager role is in Annex 2. The Project Manager will report regularly to the DSG.
7. The GSIM Integration Team (GIT) will provide specialist knowledge and expertise to ensure that a comprehensive, integrated product (GSIM V1.0) is derived from the work produced by the specialist teams. The Project Manager will convene the GIT.
Figure 2: Proposed governance structure for the GSIM development project
Project management and reporting arrangements
8. In order to be confident that the roadmap will be followed and produce GSIM V1.0 by December 2012, appropriate project management arrangements will be established quickly. This is essential so that activities along the critical path are completed on time. Work on the detailed Specification Layer is a particularly relevant in this regard.
9. Robust project management is needed to ensure the completion of the GSIM Development Project within the agreed timeframes. The project manager will ensure that:
Detailed project plans and reporting arrangements are in place for all activities;
Task teams are commissioned and briefed, team leaders are appointed and that teams follow a clear plan to ensure delivery of outputs by the due date;
Resource estimates reflect project requirements and are available to allow successful completion of all activities;
Agreed governance arrangements for the project overall and all activities within the project are implemented;
All project activities are aligned, integrated and deliver timely outputs consistent with expectations;
All stakeholders are appropriately informed about the progress of the project.
10. The project manager will develop standard, simple templates for the use of Task Team leaders for project planning, risk management and reporting.
Task Teams
11. A major program of work is required to complete the detailed work involved in the Specification Layer of the GSIM. For efficiency, four Specification Layer Task Teams (SLTTs), each with a focus on different parts of the GSIM model, will be commissioned to undertake this work. A draft of this detailed work will be completed by 31 August 2012.
12. A Modelling Team will be created to work with the SLTTs to develop a consistent, standards aligned, formal specification for GSIM. This team will also support the GSIM Integration Team in its work to develop GSIM V0.8.
13. Two smaller Task Teams will be appointed in late September 2012 to develop the User Guide to be released as part of GSIM V1.0 and the GSIM Communications Plan.
14. A full description of the role, deliverables, resourcing, scope and proposed membership for each Task Team is provided at Annex 2. Gaining commitment to membership for these groups is a critical dependency for the GSIM project.
Figure 3: Proposed Task Teams for completing initial design of GSIM Specification Layer
Managing Effective Collaboration and Communication
15. All project activities will be conducted through virtual communications, utilising online conferencing tools (i.e. Webex). The PM and team leaders will act as the contact points for communication across teams. All project working documents will be managed in a designated area on the UNECE wiki.
16. It is proposed that a one week workshop will be attended by members of the GSIM Integration Team, to review the consolidated design proposal for the Specification Layer and input received from external reviewers of GSIM V0.4. See Annex 3 for further details on the Layer Integration Workshop.
IV. Resource Requirements
Overview of Resources
17. Table 1 provides an overview of indicative resource requirements for the completion of major program activities through to the production of GSIM V1.0.
Table 1: Estimated Resource Requirements to deliver GSIM V1.0
Roles/Teams |
Headcount |
Duration of Task |
Team Leader |
Team members |
Project Manager |
1 |
11 Jun- 16 Nov 2012 (full-time) |
N/a |
N/a |
Modelling Team |
4 |
11 Jun – 16 Nov 2012 |
80 working days |
42 working days each |
GSIM Integration Team |
~10 |
11 Jun – 16 Nov 2012 |
GSIM Project Manager |
30 working days each |
Specification Layer Task Teams (4) |
~20 |
11 Jun – 31 Aug 2012 |
30 working days |
20 working days each |
Communications Plan Task Team |
3 |
1 Sept - 30 Nov 2012 |
10 working days |
5 working days each |
User Guide Task Team |
4 |
30 Sept - 1 Dec 2012 |
15 working days |
10 working days |
18. There are two streams of funding for this project. The project will predominantly be resourced through 'in kind' contributions from statistical organisations providing the required business expertise for specified roles and work tasks.
19. The second stream of funding will be through financial contributions from Member States. This funding will help to fund a contracted professional as the Project Manager and the contracted experts for the Modelling Team. Contracts for these resources will be organised by the UNECE.
Project Manager
20. A project manager will be appointed for the duration of the GSIM development project. The project manager will assume overall responsibility for the co-ordinated and successful completion of this multifaceted program of work. The project manager will have strong leadership and negotiation skills. A key part of the role will be to anticipate and resolve risks and issues for the project before these have a serious impact on delivery of the work program.
21. The level of remuneration for the project manager will be commensurate with the professional skills and abilities they will be required to provide and the level of responsibility for delivering results they are expected to assume.
Modelling Experts
22. Expert consultants will be engaged to lead and inform the modelling required to design the GSIM and ensure that it can be applied to all types of statistics, in all countries.
V. Risk management
23. The project faces challenges in its implementation, due to the accelerated development timeframe and the subject matter complexity. As such, the key risks associated with the project relate to resourcing, project co-ordination and communication.
24. A risk management plan will be developed by the Project Manager as an early priority. The project manager will report on risk management to the DSG. A critical risk to be brought to the attention of HLG BAS is outlined in paragraphs 24 – 27.
25. The project is predominately resourced by 'in kind' contributions from a limited and highly valuable pool of expertise. The timing of the project, with major workload occurring in the northern hemisphere summer, may impact availability of expertise.
26. The Specification Layer Task Teams constitute a major body of work and require the largest contribution of expertise. Delays in formation and work progress in these teams will impact on the critical path for the entire project and also delay the delivery of GSIM V1.0.
27. It is critical that the project attracts sufficient support from statistical organisations to make available the required business expertise for sufficient time to complete development within the project schedule.
28. HLG-BAS can have a significant mitigating role by supporting and encouraging contributions from suitable experts to these teams.
29. Effective coordination of project activities will be required to ensure efficient and coordinated deployment of valuable resources. Managing cross-project communications will be critical, as well as informing, engaging and resolving perspectives from a diverse range of interested stakeholders.
VI. Stakeholder engagement and communications
30. Throughout the GSIM Development project, it is essential to ensure that the project maintains effective communication with interested stakeholders as well as effectively attracting and managing feedback on the GSIM drafts. A separate communication strategy (Activity 8) will be developed for the completed GSIM V1.0.
31. The project manager will maintain and update a project stakeholder register. Previous Sprint team members as well as the Sprint practitioner group will be regularly consulted by the Task Teams to provide input and feedback.
32. GSIM Development Project communications will include the following activities:
Keeping all Stakeholders informed and involved
Raising awareness of stakeholders about V0.8 draft for consultation
Seek feedback from main stakeholders on V0.8
Keep track of all correspondence and collating feedback responses.
Annex 1: Roadmap for the Development of GSIM V1.0
Activity 1: Develop Specification Layer To be completed by 31 August 2012 |
This activity will take the longest elapsed time for the project and will require the most resources. The outputs from this work will feed into the Layer Integration Workshop. Responsible: The four Specification Layer Task Teams supported by a Modelling Team. |
Activity 2: Confirm management plan and resource plan for progressing from V0.4 to V1.0 To be completed by 8 June 2012 |
This Business Plan specifies the management plan for the GSIM Development Project and identifies the resources which must be made available in order to undertake it successfully. Responsible: HLG-BAS / Secretariat Team |
Activity 3: Establish and confirm an appropriate set of "use cases" for validation purposes To be completed by 25 June 2012 |
Practical, well documented and readily applied "use cases" (detailed examples of business processes that GSIM needs to support) have been essential to support and validate development of GSIM to date and will remain so when progressing from V0.4 to V1.0. Overall requirements for use cases, ensuring adequate representation of different types of production processes and different phases of the GSBPM, need to be established. The set of use cases defined to date can be assessed against these requirements and, if necessary, new use cases added and/or additional detail added to existing use cases. Practical business process use cases will be essential material for reference and validation purposes for the task teams that develop the Specification Layer. They will also be used more generally to validate V0.8 of GSIM and the proposed V1.0. Responsible: GSIM Development Steering Group / GSIM Integration Team |
Activity 4: Manage external review process for GSIM V0.4 To be completed by 7 July 2012 |
GSIM V0.4 was released for general review onto the METIS wiki on 11 May, with comments closing by 15 June 2012. The comments will be put into a disposition log so that they can be reviewed by the relevant SLTTs and the GIT. These teams will decide whether, and how, each comment should be reflected in the design of GSIM V0.8. Responsible: Project Manager / Specification Layer Task Teams / GSIM Integration Team |
Activity 5: Organise and conduct GSIM Layer Integration Workshop To be conducted 17-22 September 2012 |
A one-week 'Layer Integration' workshop will be held from 17-22 September. The Workshop will bring together GSIM experts to: review the initial consolidated design proposal for the Specification Layer review proposed updates to the Overview Layer and Communication Layer based on reviewer feedback on GSIM V0.4 Responsible: GSIM Development Steering Group / Project Manager |
Activity 6: Manage external review process for GSIM V0.8 To be completed by 29 October 2012 |
GSIM V0.8 will include all three layers, namely the Overview, Communication and Specification Layers. It will be released following the Layer Integration Workshop. Reviewer feedback on V0.8 is due by the end of October 2012 and will feed into GSIM V1.0. Responsible: GSIM Development Steering Group / Project Manager |
Activity 7: Confirm governance processes for GSIM V1.0 To be completed by 27 August 2012 |
Governance arrangements for GSIM V1.0 and beyond include two important main requirements: Identify the process which needs to be followed in order to have GSIM V1.0 "confirmed"/"endorsed" so that it becomes internationally recognised as the first complete version of GSIM Identify what arrangements will be put in place to maintain and support GSIM after it is released as V1.0. Responsible: GSIM Development Steering Group / HLG-BAS |
Activity 8: Develop communication plan for GSIM V1.0 To be completed by 29 October 2012 |
There are a significant number of stakeholders to be informed about GSIM V1.0, and encouraged to harness it in practice. A communication plan will ensure that: appropriate supporting material is available when GSIM V1.0 is released; and stakeholders are informed, engaged and encouraged appropriately once GSIM V1.0 is released. Responsible: Communication Plan Task Team |
Activity 9: Prepare GSIM User Guide To be completed by 29 October 2012 |
A User Guide will be developed to assist users in applying GSIM V1.0 for communication and specification purposes in a consistent and effective manner. Responsible: User Guide Task Team |
Activity 10: Finalise GSIM V1.0 Specifications To be completed by 17 December 2012 |
After comments have been received from GSIM V0.8, the GSIM Integration Team will analyse and address the external review feedback on all three layers of GSIM V0.8 (Activity 6). It will draft the proposed specification of GSIM V1.0; including making sure that there is alignment and consistency between all elements of the GSIM V1.0 specification package. It is essential that the Communication Plan (Activity 8) and User Guide (Activity 9) are fully consistent with the GSIM V1.0 specification and are appropriate to support its release. The final proposed specification for GSIM V1.0 would be introduced to HLG-BAS, and the expert groups associated with HLG-BAS, at the 2 nd annual workshop on Business Architecture for Statistics to be held on 7-8 November. The specification will then be submitted to the high level approval process (yet to be determined) for having GSIM V1.0 recognised internationally. Depending on the process required for final approval, GSIM V1.0 is targeted for official release on 17 December 2012. Responsible: GSIM Integration Team / GSIM Development Steering Group/ Project Manager |
Annex 2: GSIM Development Project Roles
Sponsor |
Reporting |
Business Plan endorsement 8 June 2012 HLG-BAS Workshop 7-8 November 2012 GSIM V1.0 submitted for endorsement as an international standard in mid-December 2012 |
Role |
Authorise the business plan for the Project Enact the process for endorsement of GSIM V1.0 Decommission the GSIM development project Agree and commission arrangements for GSIM V1.0 maintenance and support after its release. Reporting to CES on 6-8 June 2012 |
Leadership & Direction |
GSIM Development Steering Group (DSG) |
Membership |
HLG-BAS Secretariat + Statistical Network nominees from Sweden, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Italy. |
Lifecycle |
8 June -31 December 2012 |
Reporting |
Brief HLG-BAS on high level project progress Escalate project risks and issues to the attention of HLG-BAS where relevant (e.g. resourcing) |
Role |
Conduct regular monthly meetings Work with the Project Manager to provide guidance and support to ensure the authorized Business Plan is implemented; including making timely "out of session" decisions |
GSIM Project Manager (PM) |
Purpose |
The Project Manager has overall responsibility for the co-ordinated and successful completion of the activities required to complete development of GSIM V1.0, as documented in the Business Plan. |
Candidate |
To Be Confirmed |
Lifecycle |
8 June – 31 December 2012 |
Reporting |
Steven Vale, UNECE
GSIM Task Team leaders, GSIM Integration Team |
Milestones& Deliverables |
Detailed project plan Common methods and tools for task teams Weekly meetings with task team leaders Weekly status reports to steering group Weekly updates to risk and issue register Integrated documentation / files for GSIM Integration Team GSIM Project web site, mailing list(s) and communication |
Role |
Coordinate establishment of GSIM Task Teams and the nomination of team leaders Provide support to Task Teams in establishing their approach to the work using common methods and tools (to facilitate integration) Develop detailed project plan in collaboration with each task team leader Establish project management and reporting processes Develop a risk management plan Ensure deliverables are achieved within the agreed timeframe by monitoring progress of the teams, identifying risks and addressing any issues with support from project sponsors Provide regular status updates to project sponsors and stakeholders Coordinate communication between teams and steering group and with other stakeholders Maintain project web site and documentation Act as a point of contact for the GSIM Project and ensure stakeholders are kept informed |
Resource Commitment |
Full time role |
GSIM Integration Team (GIT) |
Purpose |
GIT is the overarching working group for completing development of GSIM V1.0 as an internationally recognised framework/standard. The group will ensure GSIM V1.0 is developed as a coherently designed, internally consistent, product which meets the needs of all its different audiences. |
Proposed Membership |
13 members drawn from business, methodology, IT and informatics backgrounds, including participants from Sprint 1 & 2. * Indicates unconfirmed /'wish list' participants 1. GSIM Project Manager 2. Alistair Hamilton (ABS) 3. Rob McLellan (Statistics Canada) 4. Adam Brown (Statistics New Zealand) 5. Steven Vale (UNECE) 6. * Jenny Linnerud (Statistics Norway) 7. Rudi Seljak & Tomaz Speh as a team (Statistics Slovenia) 8. * Eurostat representative 9. * Statistics Netherlands representative 10. * Statistics Sweden representative 11. .. |
Lifecycle |
8 June -31 December 2012 |
Milestones & Deliverables |
Integrated Specification Layer by 14 September 2012 GSIM V0.8 by 1 October 2012 GSIM V1.0 by 5 November 2012 (draft) GSIM V1.0 by 17 November 2012 |
Role |
In fulfilling their role, members of the GIT will: Act as a business reference group across the four Specification Layer task teams Analyse relevant feedback from reviewers in regard to GSIM V0.4 and V0.8 Attend the Layer Integration Workshop from 17-21 September. Assist in finalising the documentation of GSIM V0.8 and finalising GSIM V1.0 Members of GIT will finalise the proposed specification for GSIM V1.0. Identify experts who could usefully be consulted and/or validate design proposals to complete GSIM V1.0. |
Resource Commitment |
30 working days of effort 11 June -16 November 2012 Majority of effort will be required after 31 August 2012. |
Specification Layer Task Teams |
Purpose |
See next page |
Proposed Membership |
See next page |
Lifecycle |
From 8 June 2012 - 31 August 2012 |
Milestones & Deliverables |
Draft of GSIM Specification layer completed by 31 August 2012 |
Reporting |
Two hour weekly team meetings Weekly progress reports to PM Fortnightly feedback from the GSIM Integration Team on integrated modelling work. |
Role |
Create a first complete draft of a particular package of information objects (including relationships and standardised attributes) within the Specification Layer Build on the detailed but incomplete models delivered by GSIM Sprint 2 Identify implementation standards (eg SDMX, DDI, BPMN) which are relevant and reuse modelling constructs from existing standards where possible Be guided by relevant business cases |
Resource Commitment |
4-5 experts per team (including team leader) Each business expert: 20 working days between 11 June -31 August 2012; Team Leader: Additional 10 working days for the same period |
Task Team |
Purpose |
Proposed Composition * Indicates unconfirmed /'wishlist' participants |
Statistical Program and Acquisition Program |
This task team will focus on objects like: Information Request Data Resource Data Provider Instrument Program and Product This group will also consider information objects in Phases 1, 4 and 9 of the GSBPM (Specific Needs, Collect and Evaluate) which are not covered elsewhere. |
1. Juan Munoz (INEGI) 2. Michaela Denk (IMF) 3. Franck Cotton (INSEE) 4. *Bruce Fraser (ABS) 5. .. 6. .. |
Production |
This task team will focus on the objects like : Process Control Process Components Rules This group will also consider information objects in the GSBPM (Phases 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8) which are not covered elsewhere. |
1. Alistair Hamilton (ABS) 2. Piero Falorsi (ISTAT) 3. Johanne Jean-Baptiste (Statistics Canada) 4. Methodologist from Statistics New Zealand 5. *Statistics Netherlands representative 6. *Statistics Sweden representative |
Conceptual |
This task team will focus on objects like: Populations/ Units Concepts Variables Classifications |
1. Dan Gilllman (BLS) 2. Helen Toole (ABS) 3. Tim Dunstan (Statistics Canada) 4. Klas Blomqvist (Statistics Sweden) 5. Mogens Grosen Nielson (Statistics Denmark) |
Information and Dissemination Program |
This task team will focus on Dataset and objects like: Product/ Service Dimension Measure Logical Record This group will also consider information objects in Phase 7 of the GSBPM (Disseminate) which are not covered elsewhere. |
1. Jay Devlin/Keith Chung /Chris Seymour as a team (Statistics New Zealand) 2. John Machin (ABS) 3. Jenny Linnerud (Statistics Norway) 4. *Eurostat representative 5. *Office of National Statistics (UK) representative 6. .. |
Modelling Team |
Purpose |
To work with the SLTTs to develop consistent, standards aligned, formal specification, To support to GIT in the further evolution of the Specification Layer as part of the GSIM V0.8 specification for review To advise on the proposed GSIM V1.0 specification. The MT will provide advice and review outputs from the SLTTs to help improve the design but final decisions on design are made by the business experts (including input from the GIT). |
Proposed membership |
1. Chris Nelson 2. Arofan Gregory 3. J Gager 4. Pascal Hues |
Lifecycle |
Time-limited direction from 8 June 2012 - 31 December 2012 |
Milestones & Deliverables |
First completed draft of the Specification Layer completed by 31 August 2012 for handover to GIT GSIM V0.8 finalised by 17 September 2012 GSIM V1.0 for 30 November 2012 |
Reporting |
Weekly progress reports to PM Fortnightly feedback from the GSIM Integration Team on integrated modelling work. |
Role/s |
The Lead Modeller will incorporate the outputs and identify gaps and overlaps from each SLTT into the integrated model for the Specification Layer; 'In-posted" Modellers will work with the SLTTs to translate the ideas of the business experts into standards aligned, formal modelling specifications. |
Resource commitment |
Expert consultants are proposed as members of the MT. Total time requirements: Lead Modeller - 80 working days 'In-posted' modellers (3) – 42 working days each |
User Guide Task Team |
Purpose |
Develop GSIM user guide to act as a basis for delivery of training programs and inform various target user groups and; including business experts, methodologists, IT design and development experts; and the broader statistical industry, including vendors. |
Membership |
To be confirmed |
Lifecycle |
30 September 2012 to 16 December 2012 |
Reporting |
Weekly progress report to PM each week Feedback on content from the GSIM Integration Team |
Milestones & Deliverables |
Draft User Guide by 31 November 2012 Final User Guide released with GSIM V1.0 in December 2012. |
Role |
Consult with business experts and GIT to assess the requirements and content for the GSIM V1.0 User Guide Produce limited exposure draft for comment and feedback |
Resource commitment |
Each business expert: 10 working days - 30 Sept - 31 Nov 2012; Team Leader: Additional 5 working days |
Communication Plan Task Team |
Purpose |
Development of a communications plan to inform stakeholders about the progress in the development of GSIM and invite input and feedback and position and market GSIM V1.0 to relevant stakeholders |
Membership |
To be confirmed |
Lifecycle |
30 September 2012 to 16 December 2012 |
Reporting |
Weekly progress report to PM each week Feedback on content from the GSIM Integration Team |
Milestones & Deliverables |
Communication Plan for GSIM V0.8 by 17 September Management of feedback and communication processes associated with GSIM V0.8 through to GSIM V1.0 Communication Plan for GSIM V1.0 by 30 November 2012 |
Role |
Work with DSG, GIT and business experts to develop effective communications, positioning and marketing for V0.8 and V1.0 Develop appropriate branding, marketing collateral and supporting materials to promote GSIM to relevant stakeholders |
Resource commitment |
Each business expert: 5 working days between 30 Sept-31 Nov 2012 Team Leader: Additional 5 working days |
Annex 3: Layer Integration Workshop : 17-21 September 2012
Background |
The Specification layer of the Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM) is being developed by four virtual teams between June and August 2012. The work of these teams is to be integrated into a consistent and coherent document by the GSIM Integration Team. This team must also update the Overview and Communication layers of GSIM, reflecting feedback received on Version 0.4. These documents will be released for public comment as part of the next version of GSIM – Version 0.8 – at the end of September. |
Workshop objectives |
Peer review consolidated design proposal for the GSIM Specification layer Review feedback on GSIM V0.4 and complete disposition log Produce V0.8 of GSIM Overview, Communication and Specification layers |
Participants |
Independent facilitator (1 person) GSIM Integration Team (including GSIM Project Manager) (max. 13 people) |
Dates |
Monday 17 – Friday 21 September 2012 |
Venue |
The Hague (to be confirmed) |
Preparation |
Review documentation from the work of the four SLTTs Review feedback received on GSIM V0.4 |
Program |
Day 1: (A) Clarifying workshop objectives and program (B) Review and agree on addressing overarching feedback on V0.4 (C) Production – discuss outputs from SLTT; review feedback relating to objects in this group; agree on necessary changes; update documentation (follow same tasks for each group below) Day 2: (A) Production (continued) (B) Statistical Program and Acquisition Program (C) Identifying gaps and overlaps – discuss and develop process (D) Update specification document / disposition log Day 3: (A) Conceptual (B) Dissemination Program and Information (C) Update specification document / disposition log |
Day 4: (A) Address overlaps and gaps (B) Review Communication layer and agree on changes Day 5: (A) Finalise Communication layer for V0.8 (B) Finalise Specification layer for V0.8 (C) Finalise Overview layer for V0.8 |


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