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|The concepts that govern users and user groups in WebSphere CloudBurst are fairly basic, but I get asked about them enough that I believe they warrant a short discussion. First things first, you can define users in WebSphere CloudBurst and optionally define user groups to assemble users into logical collections. For both users and user groups, you can assign roles that define the actions a particular user or group of users can take using the appliance.
|All of that is straight forward, but it can get a bit tricky once we start considering the effects of user permissions when managing at the user group level. The basic premise is that when a user belongs to a group or groups, the user's effective permissions are a sum of the permissions to all of the groups to which they belong. While that is easy to say, and maybe even to understand, I feel like an example always helps.
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|Just one more thing, let's talk about what happens when I remove a user from a group and they no longer belong to any groups. Consider that I created the WCAGuy user with the permission to create catalog content as well as create and deploy patterns. Next, I added the user to the CloudAdmins group, meaning the user now has the permission to administer the cloud. I promptly decide that the user has no business with those permissions, so I remove the user from the CloudAdmins group. What happens? The user retains the permission set of the last group to which they belonged. In this case, that means the WCAGuy user retains cloud administration rights. I have to update the user's permission set if I want to take that right away, but in this case, it will not automatically disappear upon removing them from the CloudAdmins group.
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The 53 Chevy is my daily driver. I have three pro-street cars, the 53 chevy and two chevelles, a 64 an a 65. I got the 64 chevelle unburied and out from under the trees and ready to go into the garage before the snow flies. I have to power wash it before it gets inside the garage. The 37 Dodge has been sitting for 4 years now. The 65 chevelle I brought home last Feb. and the 64 chevelle I bought summer of 2002. I am still trying to get the digital camera and the memory thing to work??? This is the second docking station I bought and it still won't let me download my pictures from the memory card to the computer???? I really don't spend much time messing with the problem, its frustrating as hell and I don't want to be stressed!!!!! I will let one of the kids work it out when they need to download pictures then I will be able to use it too.
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Well it sounds like you will be focusing on the 65 chevelle, have fun, ...thinking about the rest of your projects is not going help you get the 65 done or them.
I just got done cleaning my garage up so I can focus on building my 400sbc, it has been sitting half way through a prefit assemble while I jump from one project to another trying to beat the weather, I guess I should'nt be giving any advice on focusing on one project.
I will be a nice guy and take the 65 chevelle off your hands (always wanted one) and you can finish up your wifes 69 Lemans, that would be two projects out of your hair.
Is the 53 chevy in your gallery yours, a full picture would be cool, from what I can see it look like a damn nice car.
Thanks for responding
Hello there Kevin, please don't push yourself to hard with that arm Buddy! Don't get to doing to much to soon at work or play.
Hemmie Dude, how ya been man? So what your saying is keep on keep-in on! At some time it will be done, right?
406chevelle and mike, my most important project is the 65 chevelle but the 37 need wired and started and an exhaust.....ect
and then there is the 64 chevelle, it needs floors and a motor dropped in and brakes and seats mounted and gas tank mounted and exhaust....ect
then the wife's 69 Lemans needs the paint stripped and repainted and interior installed...ect
Just like that one dudes moniker says 2manytocount!! So little time and I want to enjoy all of it! After all it is MY HOBBY! This should not be stressful!
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Hey TM...I'll trade ya attitudes. I haven't seen my car for about 6 mos. now and it was supposed to take 2 weeks to get it done. I was hoping to have it back on the frame by the time I had my arm surgery. Now that I had the surgery, therapy three times a week, medication, I don't even feel like going out to the garage and work on anything. I have the fridge, cable, telephone, all the necessities. I have everything except ambition. That pisses me off. Maybe when I get back to work here in a couple of weeks things will change and I'll have a different attitude. Keeping my fingers crossed on that. I need to do some worlk on my Silverado this winter so hopefully I can get my butt in gear and get it done before spring.
I'm with you there,I go out , putter around, look at whats left to do on the vette, get disgusted, and go back in the house.I've found out that i have the wrong intake, too restrictive an exhaust, and need a stall torque to have it where i want it, now i have to sell off some extra parts to buy the parts i need.
the body is sanded,there is no windshield in yet, the entire interior had to be swapped out yet,
IT seems we dont notice all thats done already , just what needs to be done yet.and to top it all off, my family think i'm nuts to spend so much time and money on a car.. yeah right.how do you explain "cause its a vette"to your 75 year old mom??mike
I know your pain tom.
I dont even have a garage and 2 items I sold on Ebay seems to have been on by 2 different non payers. Takes a lot to keep the faith. Just keep on reading these posts, shop for parts and look at other peoples finished projects. Thats what keeps me going. HG
Hobbies are hard to fit in these days
Decide which project is the most important to get working on, and which part of that project to start with, and most importantly set a time to work on it, take them on one at a time, that is the only way I can get things done.
I have 3 project vehicles, go to work 10 to 12 hours a day, remodeling my house top to bottom, landscaping the entire yard, have 3 kids, 2 dogs, 2 ferrets, 1 cat, Oh and a wife but she helps out quite a bit, or maybe it is me that helps out, I am sure a lot of you know all to well the busy life I am living.
I just divide up my spare time and take things one at a time.
You got it made tm454, get out there and get going, no stress and remember it is a hobby enjoy it.
Get up and go got up and went??
I have been looking foreword to the cold weather to jump on my projects and all I can do is walk out into the garage and just look??? I am overwhelmed I guess?? I did cover up one the engines I was working on with plastic. Checked all the running vehicles for antifreeze levels. and oil and trans fluid levels. Not that it really matters yet but I was hoping to make some plan as to how I would tackle the work??? This IS my hobby and IS supposed to be fun but its very disappointing to just do nothing all week and just wait for the weekend to do anything on my cars. Any suggestions guys/gals??
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Silly woots. How can you sell sheets without listing thread count?
Thread count? What's the thread count?!?!?!!?
$19.99 tonight
The best I can do is going to the Angelo:Home website, find sheets that are almost the same, and show you QVC selling it (and all they'll say is they sell no less than 300 count sheets):
with prices from $23 to $33. It's a guess as far as if these are directly comparable.
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100% polyester sheets.
CharlesP2009 wrote:Thread count? What's the thread count?!?!?!!?
When they're microfiber/polyester sheets they don't measure or list a thread count as they would with cotton. In my experience they never feel as soft as real cotton, and they don't breath.
TheMediaLies wrote:When they're microfiber/polyester sheets they don't measure or list a thread count as they would with cotton. In my experience they never feel as soft as real cotton, and they don't breath.
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That's really bizarre. I've never known microfiber products to be anything less than silky in texture, far softer than cotton.
Can't say about the sheets, but microfiber shirts and suits don't trap my body heat, and don't make me as sweaty as cotton.
If you like sweating like a rented mule, these are the sheets for you.
Pufferfishy wrote:If you like sweating like a rented mule, these are the sheets for you.
To the glue factory with you!
No long twin? Woot, you're ignoring a key demographic- dorm-bound college students.
Not sure what they are talking about above me, but this is a great time of year for microfiber.
I have found that they breathe fairly well, and are cool to the touch (if you do not have a blanket on top of you).
Not clingy like satin or silk sheets. But that is my opinion, take it or leave it.
Can someone tell me if these are deep-pocketed?
lichme wrote:Silly woots. How can you sell sheets without listing thread count?
These are 95 gsm.
ThunderThighs wrote:These are 95 gsm.
Wow! That's amazing!
It even says that right there in the specs!
How do you know how much the shipping charges are B4 you buy the item? Thanks! (-:
tymegoesby wrote:How do you know how much the shipping charges are B4 you buy the item? Thanks! (-:
Shipping at woot is always $5 per order (unless you need it expedited or its a shirt). Load up your cart with everything you want before you complete the checkout.
What does GSM mean, please?
carochel wrote:What does GSM mean, please?
Grams per Square Meter. Cheap sheets can be found at about 75 gsm. Good microfiber towels can go up to 300, but are usually about 250.
So, not cheap sheets, and not towels. Does that help?
I had to google it myself. GSM = Grams per Square Metre.
Understanding *commercial* linen:
According to this site it's not all about the thread count, because thread thickness is also a factor. 1000 TC (thread count) sheets doesn't mean the threads are thick and the sheets are nice.
Microfiber Sheet Set Guide:
Sheetworld.com says "Does a thicker fabric or a higher GSM mean a better quality sheet? No. The thickness of a fabric does not indicate the quality of the sheet. A cotton flannel sheet is obviously alot thicker than a cotton percale sheet, yet the quality and durability are comparable. "
Magauthe wrote:Wow! That's amazing!
It even says that right there in the specs!
To be fair, we added them.
thanson63 wrote:Can someone tell me if these are deep-pocketed?
Twin is 12.5" deep
Full/Queen/King 15.5" deep
I don't think they are deep pocketed. I was wondering the same thing and notices the measurement on the fitted sheet was 15 inches. The last time i bought deep pocketed sheets I think the depth was at lease 18 inches.
Where's the California King?
phokus wrote:Where's the California King?
Sleeping with a California Queen of course.
According to Zappos.com:
GSM stands for Grams Per Square Meter. GSM is typically used to determine the thread count on plush/thicker items such as towels, bath robes, and jersey-style sheets. To determine the GSM for such fabrics, you first multiply the length by the width (in meters) to get the square meter. Then take the weight of the item (in grams) and divide it by your square meter. The number you are left with would be the item's GSM. Like standard thread count, the higher your GSM number is, the softer and more plush the item is."
So these sheets are soft and plush.
Now tell us the thread count -please?
+1 on California King request
I actually have a set of these and while the color is pretty...that is the highpoint. I suppose some people might love these but I personally like a soft, hardy, cotton sheet. When you hold these up, you can kind of see through them. And for those of you who drool, you will have water spots everywhere...not that I drool...just sayin.
Nice and soft. Quality leaves a little to be desired. The set I was shipped has multiple errors, and pulled threads.


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The upside is that I don't have any carpet on the boat, so if it does take a little while for him to get used to the litter box, its easy to clean up. We will see how the little guy does.
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That is very good that he likes his travel box. He feels safe in there.
Cats are a lot easier to potty train than dogs. Cats are clean by nature. I really don't think you will have any problem with this on the boat.
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My list of thongs to do and get is getting longer by the day. No sooner have I come back from wally world to get something for the little guy there is another tip and trick on here
I think we are getting there now though. As far a litter training goes right now. Well here in this house he can't come inside as the dog is not fond of cats. So he has all of the US at the moment to do his bit in and He is going to think I am mad if I tried to get him to piddle in a tray out in the wild. So that one will have to wait till we get to the boat and I probably have to do the odd bit of cleaning before he gets the hang of it, butthats the situation so far. As far as his transport box goes, he spends most of the day in it and all of the nights. So that should not come a to big a shock to him when I take him on the trip back to the marina. As he is used to that thing now, its not going to be that difficult to take him to the vet either to have done what needs doing. So i guess we are well on the way now to a life on board for Velcro.
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Very funny!
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Maybe Ferret should look into one of those systems available to train the cat to use the head. That would be ideal and I have heard it works.
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Great cat pics!
The litter I use, The World's Best Cat Litter, is clumping and very easy to clean up. I use the three tray litter box with the screen layer. It makes changing litter very easy.
Maybe Ferret should look into one of those systems available to train the cat to use the head. That would be ideal and I have heard it works.
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I've had a cat for most of my life, and "Demon" is my current kitty and has been with me for the 10 years I lived aboard and now the 2 in the house. She loves the boat! Recently we had the house sprayed for spiders (I don't do spiders) and I evacuated her to the boat which she hadn't been on for a few months. She was thrilled to be back and immediately went to verify that the essentials were there:
Litter box? Check.
Food dish? Check.
Scratching post? Check.
Water? Check.
Demon used to fall overboard at the dock once or twice a year and be back out in seconds. At anchor I don't let her roam around the boat unless I'm aboard. We keep a long handled fishing net for cat retrieval if she were go over at anchor. Underway she stays below unless it's flat calm. Occcccasionally she will come up while under sail but will always stay near the companionway out of the wind.
The one time I had a mouse come aboard by running up my dockline Demon had eaten it by morning. Not before the little bugger had sampled 10 different food items though, but in the end he was the sample dish....
Cat tips:
Yes you do need to go to the vet and get him/her fixed and get shots. If you wanted you could skip some of the shots because Velcro will essentially be an indoor kitty and won't be fighting with other cats. On the other hand it's better to get all the shots for paperwork/visa purposes. Keep all vet records.
You will want him/her fixed. If it's a he, he'll be less likely to spray inside. If it's a she, well, having a cat in heat on a small boat is quite the experience. Ask me how I know....
I'm not a fan like Bob is of the natural litter. CLUMPING cat litter is the way. It takes the urine and turns it into easy to scoop chunks. Poop is already in chunks, so you scoop the box but rarely have to empty it. The non-clumping litters let the urine soak to the bottom and you have to empty and scrub the box periodically.
I've read about a cruiser that used aquarium pebbles instead of litter. They would scoop out the poop and then dump the pebbles into a mesh bag and wash it over the side. Not sure if it would work but I've been wanting to try it some day....
I would get a litter box now and put the cat in it periodically to train them to use it. They are born with an instinct/preference for sand/dirt/litter but you might still want to get him used to it. You can dig in it too to show him.
One last piece of advice. Get yourself some natural fiber rope, like manilla or hemp. Wrap your mast on the inside of your boat with the natural fiber rope. It'll look good, insulate your boat from the cold mast, and the cat will LOVE the scratching post/tree that he can climb. My mast rope is still going strong after being a full time scratching post for 10 years. I also made a hammock out of string and a piece of fleece and some safety pins and put the hammock up on the ceiling by a portlight next to the mast. The cat would race up the tree and jump into the hammock where she was high, warm, and could see out the window. Kitties love hammocks.
Enjoy your new crew!
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The lump on the bowsprit is "Demon". Stunts like this are why we now lock her below when at anchor, that an a bald eagle that was eyeing her once...
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Well Velcro is not going to get an overdose of car thats for sure
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Me thinks the ones that are outside at night have a more precarious existence.
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Bob it was just out of interest that I asked. I have had dogs in the past and when they passes on, I always said never to get another one, only to find myself with a puppy a few month later. In any event, I am going to try and do the best I can for Velcro in the time that we have together. Just came back in after serving breakfast to my new XO and he was still sleeping. I put one of my fleece jumpers into the travel box I got for him and he seems to have accepted it and is having a lay in this morning in that thing. I guess he is not going to be to disturbed when I take him on that 3 hour drive back to the boat on Saturday now that the travel box is something he is used to being in.
Thank you folks for all your input so far, it is a great help for both of us
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|Ecotonal changes and altered tree spatial patterns in lower mixed-conifer forests, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, U.S.A. Mast, J.N. ,Wolf, J.J. 2004
|Education In Ecological Restoration At Northern Arizona University * Covington, W.W. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,Alcoze, T.A. ,* Vance, R.K. 2000
|Effectiveness of fuel reduction treatments: Assessing metrics of forest resiliency and wildfire severity after the Wallow Fire, AZ * Waltz, A.E.M. ,* Stoddard, M.T.,* Kalies, E.L.,* Springer, J.D.,* Huffman, D.W. ,* Sanchez-Meador, A.J. 2014
|Effectiveness of Road Ripping in Restoring Infiltration Capacity of Forest Roads Luce, C.H. 1997
|Effect of a Prescribed Burn in Ponderosa Pine on Inorganic Nitrogen Concentrations of Mineral Soil Ryan, M.G.,* Covington, W.W. 1986
|The Effect of a Prescribed Burn in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine on Organic Matter and Nutrients in Woody Debris and Forest Floor * Covington, W.W. ,Sackett, S.S. 1984
|The effect of a prescribed fire on nutrient concentration and standing crop of understory vegetation in ponderosa pine Harris, G.R.,* Covington, W.W. 1982
|Effect of Periodic Burning on Soil Nitrogen Concentrations in Ponderosa Pine * Covington, W.W. ,Sackett, S.S. 1986
|Effect of Prescribed Burning on Mortality of Presettlement Ponderosa Pines in Grand Canyon National Park * Kaufmann, G.A. ,* Covington, W.W. 2001
|Effect of Restoration Thinning on Mycorrhizal Fungal Propagules in a Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forest: Preliminary Results * Korb, J.E. ,Johnson, N.C. ,* Covington, W.W. 2001
|Effects and Effectiveness of Seeding Following High-Severity Wildfires in Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests * Stella, K.A. 2009
|Effects of an intense prescribed fire on understory vegetation in a mixed conifer forest * Huisinga, K.D. ,* Laughlin, D.C. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,* Springer, J.D. ,* McGlone, C.M. 2005
|Effects of an intense prescribed forest fire: is it ecological restoration? * Fule, P.Z. ,* Cocke, A.E. ,* Heinlein, T.A. ,* Covington, W.W. 2004
|Effects of a Second-Entry Prescribed Fire in a Mixed Conifer Forest * Laughlin, D.C. ,* Roccaforte, J.P. ,* Fule, P.Z. 2011
|Effects of Climate Variability and Accelerated Forest Thinning on Watershed-Scale Runoff in Southwestern USA Ponderosa Pine Forests Robles, M.D.,Marshall, R.M.,O'donnell, F.,Smith, E.B.,Haney, J.A.,Gori, D.F. 2014
|Effects of Ecological Restoration Alternative Treatments on Nonnative Plant Species Establishment * Stoddard, M.T.,* McGlone, C.M. ,* Fule, P.Z. 2008
|Effects of Fire Interval Restoration on Carbon and Nitrogen in Sedimentary- and Volcanic-Derived Soils of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona Neary, D.G. ,Overby, S.T. ,Haase, S.M. 2003
|Effects of fire severity and pre-fire stand treatment on plant community recovery after a large wildfire * Kuenzi, A.M. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,Sieg, C.H. 2008
|The Effects of Forest Management on Small Mammal Community Dynamics in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems * Kalies, E.L. 2010
|Effects of Fuel-Reduction Treatments on Pollinators in a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland (Arizona) * Nyoka, S.E. 2010
|Effects of Livestock Grazing on Pre-Settlement Fire Regimes in New Mexico Touchan, R. ,Swetnam, T.W. ,Grissino-Mayer, H.D. 1995
|Effects of Long-term Livestock Grazing and Habitat on Understory Vegetation * Bakker, J.D. ,Rudebusch, F.,Moore, M.M. 2010
|The effects of repeated prescribed burning on pinus ponderosa growth. Peterson, D.L.,Sackett, S.S. ,Robinson, L.J.,Haase, S.M. 1994
|Effects of Restoration Thinning on Presettlement Pinus ponderosa in Northern Arizona Stone, J.E. ,Kolb, T.E. ,* Covington, W.W. 1999
|Effects of Slash on Herbaceous Communities in Pinyon–Juniper Woodlands of Northern Arizona * Stoddard, M.T. ,* Huffman, D.W. ,Alcoze, T.A. ,* Fule, P.Z. 2008
|Effects of Smoke and Fire-related Cues on Penstemon barbatus Seeds * Abella, S.R. 2006
|Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer forests * Abella, S.R.,* Springer, J.D. 2014
|Effects of vertebrate herbivores and shrub characteristics on arthropod assemblages in a northern Arizona forest ecosystem * Huffman, D.W.,* Laughlin, D.C. ,* Pearson, K.M. ,Pandey, S. 2009
|Effects of Wildlife on Timber and Forage Production in Arizona Pearson, H.A. ,Davis, J.R.,Schubert, G.H. 1972
|The Efficacy of Hazardous Fuel Treatments: A Rapid Assessment of the Economic and Ecologic Consequences of Alternative Hazardous Fuel Treatments * Ecological Restoration Institute 2013
|Efficacy of resource objective wildfires for restoration of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in northern Arizona * Huffman, D.W.,* Sanchez-Meador, A.J. ,Stoddard, M.T.,* Crouse, J.E. ,* Roccaforte, J.P. 2017
|El Ni˜no–Southern Oscillation effect on a fire regime in northeastern Mexico has changed over time *Yocom, L.L.,* Fule, P.Z.,Brown, P.M. ,Cerano, J.,Villanueva-Diaz, J.,Falk, D.A.,Cornejo-Oviedo, E. 2010
|Environmental and Vegetational Gradients on an Arizona Ponderosa Pine Landscape: Implications for Ecological Restoration * Abella, S.R. 2005
|ERE Spring-Summer 2014 Newsletter * Norton, H.W. 2014
|ERI December 2013 Newsletter Ecological Restoration Institute 2013
|ERI earmarked for permanent line of federal funding Muller, S. 2004
|ERI Fall 2007 Newsletter * Coquia, Krista 2007
|ERI Fall 2008 Newsletter * Coquia, K.P. 2008
|ERI Fall 2010 Newsletter * Coquia, K.P. 2010
|ERI Fall 2012 Newsletter * Coquia, K.P. 2012
|ERI Fall 2015 Newsletter Ecological Restoration Institute 2015
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|ERI is the grant leader at NAU Ghioto, G. 2002
|ERI November 2014 Newsletter Ecological Restoration Institute 2014
|ERI Proposed Program of Work in Response to the Wallow Fire: The proposed actions are based on recent lessons learned * Vosick, D.J. 2011
|ERI Spring 2008 Newsletter * Coquia, Krista 2008
|ERI Spring 2011 Newsletter * Coquia, K.P. 2011
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|ERI Spring 2016 Newsletter Ecological Restoration Institute 2016
|ERI Winter 2008 Newsletter * Coquia, Krista 2008
|Estimating Flagstaff Residents' Willingness to Pay for Forest Restoration in the Lake Mary and Upper Rio de Flag Watersheds: A Pilot Study Mueller, J.M. 2012
|Estimating forest-grassland dynamics using soil phytolith assemblages and 13C of soil organic matter. Kerns, B.K. ,Moore, M.M. ,Hart, S.C. 2001
|Estimating groundwater yield following forest restoration along the Mogollon Rim, Arizona. Master's thesis. School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability. Wyatt, C.J.W. 2013
|Estimating organic carbon from loss-on-ignition in northern Arizona forest soils * Abella, S.R.,Zimmer, B.W. 2007
|Estimating regional wood supply based on stakeholder consensus for forest restoration in northern Arizona. Hampton, H.M.,Sesnie, S.E.,Bailey, J.D.,Snider, G.B. 2011
|Estimating Soil Seed Bank Characteristics in Ponderosa Pine Forests Using Vegetation and Forest-Floor Data * Abella, S.R.,* Springer, J.D. 2008
|Estimating the value of watershed services following forest restoration. Mueller, J.M.,Swaffar, W.,Nielson, E.A.,Springer, A.E.,Masek Lopez, S. 2013
|Estimating willingness to pay for watershed restoration in Flagstaff, Arizona using dichotomous-choice contingent valuation. Mueller, J.M. 2014
|Evaluating CollaborativeNatural Resource Management Conley, A. ,* Moote, M.A. 2003
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|Evaluation of small-diameter ponderosa pine logs in bending Larson, D.S. ,Mirth, R. ,Wolfe, R. 2004
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|Evapotranspiration of two vegetation communities in a high-elevation riparian meadow at Hart Prairie, Arizona Springer, A.E. ,Amentt, M.A. ,Kolb, T.E. ,Mullen, R.M. 2006
|Evidence-based Approaches in Conservation * Covington, W.W. 2006
|Evidence-based Conservation Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Wet Meadow Restoration Projects Allen, J.A.,Ramstead, K. 2012
|Evidence-based Review of Seeding in Post-fire Rehabilitation and Native Plant Market Feasibility * Peppin, D.L. 2009
|Evidence for indirect effects of plant diversity and composition on net nitrification * Laughlin, D.C. ,Hart, S.C. ,Kaye, J.P. ,Moore, M.M. 2010
|Executive Summary: White Mountains Stewardship Project: Evaluating the Impacts of the Nation's First Long-term Stewardship Contract. Hurteau, S.R. 2016
|Expert: Forest restoration critics misuse his research Ghioto, G. 2000
|Experts fear backlash on prescribed forest fires Ghioto, G. 2000
|Exploring Barriers to Collaborative Forestry: Report from a workshop held at Hart Prairie, Flagstaff, Arizona, September 17-19, 2003. * Moote, M.A. ,Becker, D. 2003
|Exploring the Potential of Obtaining Carbon Credits for Restoration Activities on Navajo Tribal Forest Lands Huang, C.H.,Sorensen, C.D. 2010


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If you are coming from a different OS or simply are starting up with audio/music recording, there are number of things you must take into account before you set up your system and start buying audio recording gear.
Assuming that your computer hardware is fully supported by Linux, the next most important thing is to find audio recording hardware that is also compatible. Probably the most important one is that which interacts with your computer: a good sound card.
There is a huge variety of sound cards in the market, from cheap yet convenient kits to fully professional workhorses. Your needs will dictate which type of model you should go after. For example, an important criteria is whether you will be recording many tracks at once, only a few, or maybe only one at a time. There are obviously many other important things to keep in mind, such as the sampling rate capabilities, the quality of the AD/DA converters, etc., but those are maybe more relevant for the expert music producer.
Unfortunately for us Linux users, the main filter comes from the existing limitations in hardware support. For example, soundcards using firewire or USB ports are usually more problematic than PCI ones. Long story short, it is important that you do some research and make sure that whatever device you have in mind, Linux supports it. On top of that, it is also important that your recording software can manage that soundcard efficiently.
In this article I will be talking about Ardour as the main recording tool, so here are some examples of sound cards that I know work very well with Ardour and are natively supported in Linux:
- M-AUDIO Delta series, Models 1010, 1010LT, 66 and 44. These soundcards offer reasonable quality at very afordable prices. Perfect for starters that want to set up a small yet capable home studio or for solo musicians for whom multitracking is no big deal. I own a Delta 1010LT myself and I am quite happy with it.
- RME Hammerfall HDSP, Models 9632 and 9652. Another set of cards that are widely used among Linux users, offering higher quality, higher price tags, but still certainly affordable. One thing to keep in mind is that, while M-AUDIO Delta series usually include their own mic preamps, RME's don't, so you will need an extra device that covers that part.
Note that many other soundcards will probably be supported, but I am listing here those I have seen other Ardour users provide good feedback on. The ALSA project site does provide a list of preferred soundcards, which you can find HERE.
Another very important element for recording is a decent pair of speakers. Once again, there are hundreds of options available in the market, so pick whichever best fits your needs. My only recommendation is that you buy active speakers (unless you buy or already have a poweramp, passive monitors will not work) with a minimum of 50 watt power. Even if you are unlikely to get the most out of that power at home, believe me, the headroom is always welcome. Moreover, you will never be forced to push your speakers to their limit.
NOTE: When using your speakers, make sure you turn them on LAST in the boot order, and shut them down FIRST. In other words, start your computer and only turn on your monitors when you have logged in. Then, as you are about to close your session, shut them down first. That will avoid any cracks and pops that would surely damage your speakers.
So now you have a soundcard that can record and reproduce audio, and a set of speakers that can rock pretty loud, what else? If your soundcard does not include mic preams (as is the case with RME models), you need to get a mic preamplifier. Once again, there are lots of options out there, from very cheap solid state models to incredibly expensive tube ones. Whatever you decide, my recommendation would be that you buy tubes. They warm up the tone and make it sound less "digital". Finally, in order to capture sounds, you will need a microphone. The list of options available is once again endless, so your choice should be based on the instrument you plan to record and on your budget, of course.
As you can imagine, there will surely be other bits and pieces of recording gear required, such as mic stands, cables, etc. Those go beyond the scope of this article, so consult your music shop in case you are not sure about what you need.
The next important thing when starting up is to find out which distro would best cover audio recording basics. For the most part, if your soundcard is supported, good and current ALSA support is all you need to get going. Having said so, there is always a certain amount of manual tweaking required to get things really up and running. If you are a musician who simply wants to get going with audio recording in Linux, avoiding excessive manual tweaking, I recommend the following:
1.- Dedicated partition and installation. I consider it important to keep an isolated environment for my recording stuff. By doing so, I avoid mixing my day to day activities with my recording work, keeping the latter clean and fit by the time I hit the red button. If you can't get any free space for a new partition or don't feel confortable with partition management, I recommend buying a secondary drive (SATA drives are incredibly cheap nowadays) for the task.
2.- Allocate lots of space. Be sure to allow lots of disk space for your partition. I would say 100GB is the minimum you should aim for, but more is probably better. Keep in mind that audio files are very heavy, specially if recording at very high rates. If you add to that the fact that Ardour keeps unused sources, you could end up eating up your drive or partition very quickly. It is better to have excessive disk space than to have less than enough, which would most likely force you to start over.
3.- Use a specialized distro. Now that you have a location solely dedicated to audio recording, why not use a distro that has been designed for it? There are several options, Ubuntu Studio being one of the most popular ones and the one I will be presenting here.
Ubuntu Studio builds on the great Ubuntu foundations to create a distro with very specific goals in mind: Audio, video and photo manipulation. The installation of Ubuntu Studio is, as could be expected, fairly similar to what users get in standard Ubuntu. Please visit the project SITE to find out more about it. You will find screenshots, plenty of information and the downloadable ISO images, of course. To install Ubuntu Studio, burn the ISO into a DVD and run the installation by booting from the Live DVD. The instructions on screen should easily get you through the process.
Once installed, UbuntuStudio provides its own custom Look&Feel, iconset, wallpapers and window borders. The application catalog is huge, including all sorts of packages related with multimedia authoring and edition. As could be expected, GNOME is the desktop manager and most of the standard Ubuntu practices apply in Ubuntu Studio just fine. Software installation is managed from the Software Center or from Synaptic, Software updates are handled by the Update manager, etc. In other words, an Ubuntu user should feel right at home using Ubuntu Studio.
Before we can start recording, there are a number of things we need to configure in our newly installed Ubuntu Studio instance.
1.- Ensure your user is part of the Audio group: Simply go to System menu > Administration > Users and Groups and check the Audio group properties. If your user is not part of the group, add it.
2.- Edit the securitylimits.conf file: Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo gedit /etc/securitylimits.conf
Append the following at the end of the file:
@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - nice -19
@audio - memlock unlimited
3.- Save, exit and reboot.
All should now be ready to start using our audio recording applications, which I will cover in future installments of these series. In the next one, I will discuss a bit more about Ubuntu Studio basic navigation and applications and the JACK audio server. The Hydrogen drum machine and finally Ardour, the fabulous open source digital audio workstation, will play main roles in successive parts.
Thanks for reading!


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Re: Orange You Glad To See Me
The blue clouds just don't look right with the shirt's background color.
Re: Sac Le Blue Owl
Comments anyone? Pls
Re: Pride and Joy
This derby is about blues isn't it?
Jamezz93 wrote:Why is everyone so critical of shirts like this? Maybe it's not your personal favorite, but you can't deny that it has artistic ability. I can't believe there's such a big fuss over ramyb's work, when just about anyone could draw a 1-dimensional video-game reference shirt relating to any given derby theme and win, but few have this level of artistic ability.
You're joking, right? Right? .... Right?!?!!
(By the way, a shirt can't have artistic ability.)
Re: The Fix
New design coming in just a bit.... and yes it's parody
Re: come away from the blues
I really got a lot of inspiration from the "Fantastic Mr. Fox" movie trailer. It may be the very best movie...ever. It looks like it. Cross your fingers. If it turns out to be as inspirational as the trailer, then move over "Dark Crystal"!!!
Re: Color to your world
I don't see why this was rejected over other designs. I was looking forward to buying this one.
Draike wrote:It's not a bluebird, though. It's a bird that happens to be blue. If this bird was a Blue Jay, or an Eastern Bluebird or even a Macaw, and not some might-be-a-pheonix-we're-not-sure random bird, then it probably would have stayed.
My issue is that the design is pretty straight-forwardly about the blueness of the bird, something that seems to be clearly allowed in the rules. I'm baffled that it was ever rejected.
While I know a lot of people dislike certain artists or voting patterns, I think this contest is a much more enjoyable place to compete when the rules are the same for everyone and are enforced equally across the board. In this instance, that does not seem to be happening.
cindyscrazy wrote:When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought it was a fetus (didn't spell that right, I know)
You did spell it correctly and I feel the same.
I couldn't wear this (or vote for it) because it looks way too much like a fetus. I love the style, the colors, the concept and appreciate the nod to Picasso but I'd feel like a bad ad wearing this.
Radscoolian wrote:Yah, this is the first time I've tried something like this. I don't think it would print very well, but I don't think anyone has to worry about it printing at all.
It wasn't all that hard to do. I just downloaded some photoshop brushes at www.brusheezy.com, lowered the opacity and flow of my brush in photoshop, and painted in different layers with similar colors (blue, light blue etc.)
Then I changed each layer to halftones by changing the document from RGB to a bitmap using round halftone pattern at 20 dpi.
If you need more help, let me know
I love the texture as well, the mood and story are intriguing. The only suggestion I would have is making the composition edges a little less boxy with the fog/mist billowing and the waves splashing out... But, I still love the illustration and would wear as is!
i like to move it move it, you like ta move it!
Re: Night of the Blue Eyed Lemurs
Re: Bluer than Blue
"C" is for celery, the dog got fixed and Daddy needs a new pair of shoes. No wonder they're "Bluer than Blue!"
great colors! pops in my eye!
Re: Deep Blue Sea
Re: Dance of the Deceased
This rejection is stinks.
joelterrific wrote:I'd love to hear the artist's justification for this being on topic.
Well, here it goes. When I read the theme and was thinking of "blue" art themes I couldn't get that opening lyric from Don Mclean's song, Vincent/Starry Starry Night, out of my head:
starry night
paint your palette blue and gray
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul."
I finally figured that nothing typifies blue better than that piece. Not only the swirling blue and gray palette of the artist, but also the artist's feelings as he was painting it. The song hints at the darkness in his soul at being isolated and misunderstood by the art world, and obviously he later committed suicide. I tried to put a twist on this by making another "dark soul" (the witch) paint another canvas blue and gray, but this time instead of a literal canvas, her canvas is the night sky itself. Vincent has always been one of my favorite songs and has lent a sort of melancholy "blueness" to Starry Starry Night for me. I wanted to maintain that, but make it a little darker too. So there it is. That's my explanation. Thanks for giving me the chance to explain myself!
I'm the happy bird pretty much every morning... and I have a grumpy bird to remind me how annoying I can be. Love the design, the concept, and everything about this shirt. GMV, thanks.
Re: The Binge
Well I guess my last one didn't have enough parody this is all parody. What could have driven him to such lows.
great idea!
Re: Earth Juice
New design posted with 100% more parody
The Binge
shirtoffmyback wrote:Comments anyone? Pls
It's hard to give meaningful feedback with the compression issues you have there. Please make sure that you upload your jpegs at 240x240px for the design detail and 580x580px for the shirt comp.
Now with 100% more parody. What could have driven him to such lows...
I agree, I got one of my comps knoked out and I understand why but while I don't like this art it shouldn't have been rejected. The hummingbird and numerous other ones should be kicked then too, btw I reposted a design to make up for the kicked one. Now with 100% more parody
The Binge
Finding out this got rejected makes me very sad.
Disregard that last post, here's the correct one. Please please revote. Thanks
tjost wrote:Now with 100% more parody. What could have driven him to such lows...
lmao!! this is amaazzzingnggg!!! i love it. GMV !!! vote for this one people.
carouselonmars wrote:strange that some here would like to 'fix' the voting system. do you hear yourselves? corrupt much?
'supervotes' that 'force you to buy'? voter senority?
effin balderah.
this won't make woot, or anything else better.
the remedy for this growing complaint is simple. the winning artist should not be allowed to enter in the following derby.
it reduces the amount someone can make in a year by half, but it gives more artists a shot.
and it's better than ego-driven supervotes.
whoa hey, i believe u just called me corrupt...
it was an idea, maybe u dont love it but no need to try and hurt my feelings...
and im just trying to stop the people who vote for shirts they dont buy. that is all.
sekiyoku wrote:The whole purpose of the design is that there is a lifeless gray world and the bird, which contains color (blue), is being born into it. It is relevant to the theme because it focuses on the color. 'And whether you interpret the word "blue" in the subject matter, or make your design a study in the color blue, is up to you.'
Please remove the rejection. You posted this here but gave me only 5 minutes to respond before rejecting it anyway. What was the point of doing so?
Agree. Bad call by the rejectionator. I sincerely hope this gets reversed and you get your votes back, Seki.
Re: Blue Balls
Although you did a decent job of pictorially describing your point, this will soon fall victim to the rejectorator.
striker138 wrote:Blue ribbon. Such a simple idea. This shirt is for anyone who wants to be a winner!!
Even though he didn't invent that style of hand, he's made it woot-famous, so this reminds me of thatrobert's Best Loser award.
Kidgoldstein wrote:It's the same reason why Weird Al can rewrite any song (provided a humorous outcome) without the original artist's approval and make millions performing the songs. Also, it's why Mad TV and SNL do not get in trouble parodying other shows, songs, and movies.
Just a quick clarification, Al _could_ do parodies without the permission of the original artists, but he never does. He's a class act that way
Re: A Clue?
Our Movie Genre mr salt is dead?
Re: They Do Not Like Us
Not to be a downer but didn't you just have a green eggs and ham shirt print here back on June 7th, seems a bit repetitive. I liked the other one you did better, this one tried to be Seusian but didn't quite make it.
Assuming this is a phoenix, who the heck says a phoenix can't be blue? Phoenixes are associated with fire, and flames are blue if they burn hot enough. Essentially there was no thought put into this rejection. There have been more than enough intelligent arguments to legitimize the design. Don't make me lose my faith in the Woot democracy!
Re: BANJO BROTHERS
i like this fresh style. i want it rite now!!
Beautifully executed!
DTurd711 wrote:Assuming this is a phoenix, who the heck says a phoenix can't be blue? Phoenixes are associated with fire, and flames are blue if they burn hot enough. Essentially there was no thought put into this rejection. There have been more than enough intelligent arguments to legitimize the design. Don't make me lose my faith in the Woot democracy!
The artist, Sekiyoku, actually already addressed whether it was a phoenix or not, saying "It's not specifically supposed to be a phoenix". It is still a blue bird though of some sort,on a blue shirt, but I just wanted to let you know that the phoenix route wasn't quite what she had in mind.
blammoed wrote:So I realized I'd forgot to put strings on the guitar.. d'oh. The new version also has some other detail fixes, different placement and different colors.
Your comments and votes much appreciated.
Here is a larger image.
Don't even need the larger image to decide and for what it's worth blammoed, I'd wear this with pride( first time I've said that about a design in 4 years ). I predict you're gonna do well hereabouts( hopefully sooner than later ). Best of luck with your subs;]
Re: Blue, Its whats for dinner
I'm disappointed to see this got rejected. I know it didn't have many votes and wasn't going to come close to winning, but it deserved to survive. This shirt is completely different in style and execution than the one on threadless.
The "spicy meatball" shirt that won the other day was almost identical to one that was submitted in a previous derby. Two executions (one based on realism, one based on flora-centric parody), but they were rooted in the same one concept (Mario being eaten by a piranha plant). Somehow, that got printed and this got rejected.
Obviously uniqueness of concept isn't necessary, or that shirt would have been rejected too. I wonder why this one didn't also survive.
I really enjoy your drawing style, and I do enjoy the specific blues you chose for the colors, and I like how you've depicted all the characters....
It made me a little sad inside to see that you, too, played into the Cookie Monster, Blues clues, and sonic public appeal factor. You always do such nice work, and you have here as well, but it still made me just the teensiest bit sad.
I love the concept and how that blue feeling permeates the characters... lol...
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Thread: Beginner Training
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Beginner Training
Hey there. I'm new to the whole archery thing. I'm nearly 15 and living in Turkey. I've always had an interest in archery but the only place I could find to enroll was a training center that trains people for the national team. They barely took me on because they said I was actually a little to old to start. İt's a little intimidating, to have to work with small kids who know better than me and older teenagers that look down at the rookie.
Do you have any advice for me? Will I be able to adapt here? Should I quit this place and look for somewhere less serious?
Thanks in advance.
I know nothing about your country and archery there and I'm unaware of anyone from your country on the board here. I assume you have looked for local clubs and someone who shoots already? Anyways always good to see someone getting in to the sport - welcome.Bear Grizzly, Beman Centershot/Steelforce , Legacy Quiver
Black & Pink package for the Princess: Martin Mystic, Sword Apex, Limb Driver
FBSA emertus
Turkey is in....Aussie's are out
to 3d shoots
Are you shooting a recurve? IMHO recurves are harder to learn than the compounds most of us shoot. The compounds we use have so many gizmo's to eliminate all the hard parts about shooting a bow that if a brand new shooter hits the bow shop and buys all the latest and greatest they can be consistently hitting a 6" target within minutes of setting up a bow. Give the same people a recurve and it'll be 6 months before they can hit the target.
Post up we'ld like to hear more.
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Thanks for the welcoming Nice to learn this great sport.
İn my country, archery is, or atleast used to be very a sacred and important activity. Turks and the Huns that are related to them were very well known for their great horse archers. I've always been fascinated by archery since I learned about the role it plays in my countrys history.
Alas, here archery doesnt have the importance it used to anymore. I found one club, and now their training us for the national team.
Right now I'm using a recurve they gave me that has pretty much no "gizmos" attached to it. I didn't shoot an arrow with it yet though, their making practice drawing it fully without a finger ring, holding it for a few seconds, then gently letting go without releasing. It really hurt my fingers
Do you have advice for this budding archer? Should I get my own bow, and does it matter how big I am? I'm 180 cm (5.9 feet) and broad shouldered, does this affect what kind of bow I should use?
Sorry for all the questions
First thing you need to decide is what do you want to use it for; number 2 is do you want a compound or a recurve. No1 may answer No2; ie competition where compounds are not allowed as a possible example. Next would be draw weight - how much do you need for what you want to do with it; of course don't get more than you could reasonably expect to handle. Since you are just starting you won't be able to handle what you will be once you have some experience.Bear Grizzly, Beman Centershot/Steelforce , Legacy Quiver
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ok, i havent found anyone to answer this yet, so im resorting to asking the all powerful gods of wisdom and knowledge. (hey, a little gratuitous butt kissing never hurt anyone....)
ive put a full poly kit from energy suspension under the front of my duster. did it exactly as the directions said to, so i know that part is right. also, ive checked the seating of my torsion bars, the tightness of all the bolts, everything i could think of to check. it all checks out fine. the problem is this:
theres about 1/2 to 1 inch if space in the lower control arm bushing. it's not slop, its lateral movement, like where the big *** bolt goes from the center of the bushing through the k-frame, and the other end of the bushing where it mounts into the lower control arm. the big bolts tight, but the bushing "head" isnt seated against both parts of the suspension piece. is got space.
its doing this on both sides, and it almost kind of worries me. id like to know if its safe, or if i should be worried. also, what could cause it? ive checked everything i can think of. so you guys tell me if this is normal or not.
Did the stock bushings have a steel insert with a washer type head on it? Did the replacement?
I have noticed on some applications, that you are to remove and reuse these sleeves.
How much movement is in the lower arms? Did the front end tech say anything about the movement when aligned?
I would call their tech line first thing in the morning and see what they say.
ditto, on their truck body mounts you are supposed to re-use some of the factor hardware, i didn't because i couldn't see how it fit. (i used their 79 chevy set up on my 55 and put it together ala 55 specs. which didn't include the 79 hardware obviously).i'm no rod building genius but my cab is solid and vibration free. but i think you have a problem that should be addressed before you drive the car.sounds like way too much play
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Ninety percent of Wayne State University Law School graduates who took the state bar exam for the first time in February passed — the highest passage rate of any law school in the state.
The state average was 65 percent. Second after Wayne Law for first-time passage rates was the University of Michigan Law School, with a passage rate of 87 percent.
Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson said she is encouraged by the high first-time passage rate, and is strongly committed to further improving the rate for all of the school's graduates. In her February State of the Law School address, she outlined her plans for helping students reach their full potential, and improving the school's bar passage rate was among those goals.
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The Ottawa Senators, losers of five straight heading into tonight's huge game against the Canadiens, held an optional practice Sunday morning at the Bell Centre, and 16 players skated for an hour.
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A few months back I gave my lady friend a new Thunder 22 as a gift,,,
Before I gave it to her I took it to the range and ran 100 rounds through it,,,
It performed flawlessly so I had good confidence in the gun.
She told me that she went to the range and couldn't get one mag without the first round jamming.
Hhmmm, I said.
I went to the range with her and it turned out the problem was with her and not the gun,,,
She was loading the magazine correctly but when she put it in the pistol,,,
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She ran 12 mags without a misfeed.
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When the U.S. entered the space race in the 1960s, opponents expressed concerns with the massive waste of money on something like pure research. But in the end, their concerns were unfounded as the space race actually spurred a rapid development of hundreds of new items, ranging from Velcro to computers.
This type of downstream product innovation is now happening in the concrete industry. In the last few years, truck and mixer manufacturers have spent millions of dollars on research in an attempt to redesign the basic ready-mix truck to meet the tighter engine emission levels, increase driver safety, and enhance fuel efficiency. This investment has yielded a new high-tech delivery tool.
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Arsenal Ladies are well into their Japan Charity Tour and have been very busy since arriving in the Far East.
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The players took some time to peruse the sights of this historic city before heading back to their new base for a night of recuperation, Japanese-style.
Players donned kimonos in preparation for a banquet spread of traditional Japanese food. Plates of tofu, Matsutake mushrooms, tempura and bean curd were washed down with Japanese tea and... Coca-Cola.
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In her article, "Geography Lesson," Johnston reports that many developers are now drafting strategic plans based on a population trend developed from census information. There are 20 unique areas in the United States in which more than 5 million people will live by 2040, or almost double the current number. There are now 11 metropolitan regions with more than 5 million souls. (Atlanta is number 11 with 5.2 million people, followed by Seattle-Tacoma with 3.8 million people.)
Johnston cites Robert Lang, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech University, who believes this "megopolitan" trend is extremely important. He predicts that 66% of all U.S. citizens will live in these 20 zones, although these areas comprise only 10% of the nation's land. But for material suppliers there's another important fact. "Seventy percent of new housing is expected to be in these 20 megopolitans," said Lang. "They are the nation's biggest market opportunities."
The best way I can explain this is to have you look at the growth of the region around Atlanta from 1990-2005, when more than 1.8 million people moved there. The population almost doubled in 15 years. If Lang and his fellow geographers are correct, we will be witnessing the growth of 10 more Atlanta-size metropolitan areas in the next few years.
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So had to take a detour route from the bookstore (where I often study) and ended up driving through little Mexico where older 305 Trans Ams and Camaro's are plentiful.
I catch this dude at a light in his 305 V8 Camaro RS or whatever he keeps giving me hard looks. My friend got one of these as his first car so I know they are balls-ass slow and I just ignored him. He burns rubber coming away from the now green light and feels pretty good about himself I guess.
We catch another light where he then rolls down his window (I then roll down mine) and he says something along the lines of "what's in there? Don't feel bad I have a V8 and exhaust work done bro".
Apparently he thought he had beaten me
I held back my laughter and said I didn't give it my all but we should go again... if I go all out it should be a close race.
He agrees and starts reving.
Light goes green, I put ~ 10 car lengths on him upto 70mph and shut it down. He flew past me and then turned off.... I never got to see his face.
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Posted by JP Gownder on August 23, 2013
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that he will be retiring within 12 months. My Forrester colleague Ted Schadler laid out some of the strategic challenges his successor will face in coming years. Here, I add to Ted's analysis.
Microsoft remains one of the great global technology companies, a solid member of the Fortune 50. Although it no longer enjoys the reputation for innovation it did in the 1990s, it's a critical player in every aspect of end user computing (including devices, software, browsers, development platforms, and services) and of other technology product and service markets.
As CEO, Steve Ballmer solidified Microsoft's stronghold in enterprise solutions. Microsoft built and maintained — or built and made itself into a key challenger — in several enterprise markets. Microsoft Office remains a titanic success, even as it faces lower-cost competition from Google and others. Windows Azure has been cultivated into a full-fledged contender in the cloud services market. Exchange remains entrenched in enterprises, as do many of Microsoft's Server and Tools offerings. Microsoft remains the company to beat in some of these markets, and has become a formidable challenger (e.g. as Azure takes on Amazon Web Services) in others.


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|On campus this past spring, students learned that entrepreneurship means finding your passion, staying inquisitive, and being a leader.
In the dictionary, an entrepreneur takes on greater than normal financial risk to organize or operate a business.
On campus this past spring, students learned that entrepreneurship means finding your passion, staying inquisitive, and being a leader.
"I created a business based on what I'm good at and passionately feel should exist. I fell into my dream job, because I chased my strengths and passions," said Amanda Holt, founder of the website shatterbox, a social network and resource blog featuring video vignettes of young professionals telling how they found job fulfillment. She was one of more than a half-dozen speakers who brought their message and experiences to campus.
Since high school, her passion had been telling stories. After graduating from Duke, she spent one year at an advertising agency, another year at HBO, and still sought fulfillment.
"So I decided to take this career crisis into my own hands, using my long-term passion for storytelling and sit down with young people who love what they do," said Holt, who graduated from Duke in 2007.
"I wanted to figure out how people managed to find what they love and make it into a career. Learning so much from the people I met with, I decided to capture the stories on film and what eventually took shape was an online resource, shatterbox," which she started in 2009.
The entrepreneurs on campus included:
- An alumnus, Chris Burch '76.
- A parent of a current student, Richard Mott, father of Lindsay Mott '11.
- A local businesswoman who became an adjunct instructor after getting her MBA from Ithaca, Heather Lane '10.
- Holt, a contemporary of today's students, who appeared in Lane's class.
Hotdogs, pinball machines, trips to Bermuda, and sweaters were among the items Chris Burch '76 sold while an Ithaca student. The sweaters he bought from an importer for $9 and sold door to door for $18.
Still a student, he and his brother started Eagle's Eye. It grew into one of the largest branded sweater makers in the world, with $140 million in sales, before he sold it to Swire Group.
Today, as chairman of J. Christopher Capital, he relies on branding as he develops and invests in new luxury businesses.
"Make it cheap. Make it novel. Make it special," Burch told students at a campus lecture, "Brand Building for the Luxury Customer of the Future."
"Take time to make it perfect. Perfection is critical in everything we do," he said as he detailed how to launch a product. Next up for him is Poppin, a line of "hip and cool" office products.
One of the earliest investors in Internet Capital Group, a successful IPO in 1999, Burch was a co-founder in 2004, with his former wife, of the women's fashion label Tory Burch. His other investments include Voss of Norway bottled water, Aliph wireless accessories, Codfarmers AS branded food producer, and NextJump marketing services.
"Men buy 2 percent of all products," Burch said. "We do things that women buy. Always market to women."
Marketing is "the integration of voice and knowledge," he explained. "When people talk about it, they believe it." He advocates putting the product on reality shows, not movies, because "it's all about dialogue, not placement."
His market research method: "I spend my entire life thinking about what women do."
Every individual can become an entrepreneur and a leader, says Richard Mott. And the entrepreneur, whether a capitalist or a social worker, has a responsibility to make the world a better place.
Mott, a former medical device manufacturing executive and current consultant, hosted a gathering of upper-class students at his home in Trumansburg. About 25 students came for a light dinner and then heard presentations by Mott and Rick Larson of Vfd Technologies, a private equity firm, on leadership and entrepreneurship.
No matter what your current job, Mott said, "concentrate on becoming an expert today, and that's leadership."
Mott, who has a BS in ceramic engineering, joined Kyphon in 2002 as president and CEO. The company specializes in restoring spinal function through minimally invasive therapies. In five years, its sales grew from $36 million to more than $400 million. In 2008, Medtronic acquired Kyphon.
Mott has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Frost & Sullivan Technology Leadership Award. He's a principal Walkabout Consulting, a management consulting and private equity firm.
He identified three qualities of leadership for people entering the business world.
- "No matter what role, what position you have, you're always cast in a position of leadership, working with people to motivate others with different skill sets to lead a group or an individual to the goal they are tasked with."
- "It's very important to focus on your current role or set of opportunities. Focus on what you have to do today and let the future take care of itself."
- "You have to be grounded in your values." These include treating other people the way you want to be treated; being transparent and fair; and being disciplined with a sense of urgency to accomplish what you set out to accomplish.
A year ago, Heather Lane, owner of Purity Ice Cream Co. in downtown Ithaca, earned her MBA from Ithaca. This year, she taught a section of Management 397 on entrepreneurship and small business management.
Groover's Downstairs Cafe was her first entrepreneurial adventure. A year and a half into that ownership, she and her husband, Bruce, purchased Purity. He had asked her to marry him while they shared a sundae at Purity. Two weeks later, Purity's owners, who had rejected an earlier letter of interest, asked Heather and Bruce if they were still interested in buying.
Two years later, they bought a coffee shop in Collegetown and renamed it Eat Dessert First. They held onto it for three years, until the imminent arrival of Starbucks. It was time to sell.
For Management 397, Lane designed an interactive learning experience, inviting entrepreneurs from New York City, Colorado, and Ithaca to describe "their entrepreneurial rides." She sought young entrepreneurs "to give the students a feeling that it is possible and I can do this too. Many times we hear about entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, and it doesn't feel real. I wanted the 'real' to be there to touch."
Every speaker emphasized the main ingredient in success is passion, said Lane, "and it became a joke in class known as the 'P' word."
In the final class, she passed out T-shirts that declared, "Life, Add Passion, The Best Ingredient."
Passion is what Amanda Holt preaches.
"Plug in to what you care about. Wear it on your sleeve and you never know what may come of it," said the shatterbox founder. (Check out www.shatterbox.com.)
No matter how many items are on a person's to-do list for success, if the list lacks passion, success is elusive.
"You're far more likely to succeed in your career when you're not only good at what you do but when you care about it," Holt said. "You'll come up with better innovation, your days will fly by with excitement and progress, your engaged attitude will be obvious, and people will notice."
Students should never be afraid to ask, she said.
"When seeking a fulfilling career, seek out people who inspire you, talk to professors, contact a few alumni from your school in jobs that interest you. Consider that time a personal question-asking internship."
She offers this checklist for finding passion:
- Find out what matters to you.
- Locate what you're great at.
- Seek to learn what thrills you.
- Respect your work's impact.