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The Helen Wills Thread
Surely "Miss Poker Face" deserves a thread of her own. Helen Wills Moody may have been the best of them all, and certainly is high up or atop any "greatest of all-time" list.
Here's a thread dedicated to her:)
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Helen at the 1924 Olympics. This was her first visit overseas and she was eager for a chance to play the legendary Suzanne Lenglen. Unfortunately Lenglen was ill that year and withdrew from both the Olympics and Wimbledon.
At her first Wimbledon Helen blasted her way to the finals to meet Kitty Mckane Godfree. Wills led 4-1 in the third before experience and the British crowd got the better of her.
Wills said her concentration was so intense she didn't even know the score. Kitty said she won "because I never forgot it."
Miss Poker Face wrote (I'll look for her quote) something like "it was the last time I ever cried over a tennis match."
It was the only time Wills ever lost at Wimbledon!
Claim to all-time greatest status:
1. She has the longest unbeaten streak in tennis history, standing at over 150 matches. From 1927 until Wimbledon of 1933 Helen didn't even lose a SET, let alone a match. Dorothy Round took a set off Helen in the 33 Wimbledon final, and weeks later Wills streak was broken when she retired in the final vs. Jacobs at Forest Hills.
2. 4th on the list of all-time winners of grand slams at 19 (8 Wimbledons 7 US, and 4 French titles), plus the 1924 Olympics. This was accomplished without ever entering the Australian Chmps, a minor event in her day. If Aussie titles are discounted Wills heads the list of those who won "the big three", with 19 to Steffi Graf's 18.
3. A winning head to head record versus 99% of her competitors, the lone exception being Suzanne Lenglen, who beat her in their only meeting at Cannes in 1926.
Fashion Style
As a youngster she was derided by Europeans for lacking style-Helen was no risque flapper. Her attire in early years consisted of a middy blouse, a sort of schoolgirl uniform.
As she matured though Helen developed a definaite style.
1. Green eyeshade--she never went on court without it.
2. A visor-almost always worn.
3. A cardigan sweater. Sometimes she didn't take it off during the match.
Put it together and you got---Cover of Time magazine-1929
Wills also made the cover of Time in 1926, when she went up against Suzanne Lenglen in the "Battle of the Century".
On court playing Style
Fast and furious. She would fit in fine with today's big babes of tennis. Helen liked to pound the hell out of the ball on both sides. She used topspin oo hit flat on both the forehand and backhand, only learning to hit slice and the drop shot later on.
This was rare in the 20s and 30s. Not until Mo Connolly came along in the 50s was there someone with her style.
To top all that off she had a huge serve that kep opponents on their heels, a lot like Steffi Graf could. Elizabeth Ryan said that in an average game Helen would come up with two serves that were outright aces or unreturnable.
Wills was good at the net, winning more doubles majors than any other baseliner, but it was never her strength.
Helen's one big weakness was her movement. Descriptions of her play remind a reader of Lindsay Davenport-huge groundstrokes and a serve that kept the other woman on the run so she didn't have to.
Her personality remains an enigma to this day. She was famous for being emotionally reserved--showing no emotion at all on court no matter what the score was. It earned her the nickname "Miss Poker Face", or the less kind "Ice Queen".
As the years went by crowds got bored by her winning everything in sight. Critics pegged her a cold woman who never game of herself. They said her "poker face" was a mask with no brains behind it. Helen often decided to hang up her racquet for weeks or months and skip events to pursue "outside interests", mostly centering on art or partying with the rich and famous.
Just as Serena has had her star turns on television, Helen used her fame to have art exhibitions of her paintings. When she did a screen test for a possible Hollywood film she was deemed "too muscular".
Muscular or not, Helen was a beauty in her day. Mysterious and elusive, Ted Tingling called her "the Greta Garbo of tennis".
I don't think she was the Greta Garbo of anything. As far as beauty goes, she certainly got admirers from Europe and America. A physical player who could wear you down on the baseline. She is not mysterious though.
Then there were those who absolutely adored her (Don Budge and George Bernard Shaw for example) and those who hated her guts (Bill Tilden). I guess being loved or hated isn't amazing in itself-it's the intensity of the feeling.
Character-wise I feel she's hard to grasp.
On court the #1 mystery-controversy will always be the circumstances surrounding her default to Helen Jacobs at Forest Hills in 1933 at 0-3 in the third. Imagine the Henin-Mauresmo controversy multiplied 10 times. Was she really THAT hurt? Would she have stayed on court and lost if it hadn't been Helen Jacobs, her most bitter foe? Was she really so stupid or blind that she offered to play the doubles final with Elizabeth Ryan after defaulting? Ryan said there would have been a riot had that happened, and tellingly wrote there were things about that match she couldn't divulge, things she would take to her grave.
IMO it's all part and parcel of what you wrote in the other thread about this era being like a masonic order. There's a bit of mystery to masons, n'est pas?
The two Helens had a different story and a lot of history between each other. It wasn't a homosexual thing, she didn't like her for a lot for other reasons. Apparently they knew each other as kids.
I will take into consideration concerning Martina. But with Helen Jacobs, she kept beating her. I don't know why she felt threatned by her. I mean she quit with what she says a sore back she says but was ready to play doubles with Elizabeth Ryan.
[QUOTE=Sam L]WHAT? Helen was a big fan of Martina Navratilova. She said it as a compliment. And that she was happy to see Martina get the record..[QUOTE]
I agree. She did a long distance telephone interview with Bud Collins and Joanne Russell just prior to the start of the 1987 Wimbledon final, telecast on NBC, and she had wonderful things to say about Martina, and specifically, the quality of tennis she and Chris just played in the previous day's semi-final.
I'm still trying to figure out what planet this new guy/gal is from. Admittedly, a few much-needed sparks of conversation have erupted, but the excitement (at least for me) is frequently tempered by absolute make believe.
I asked Bud Collins on his web if Helen was asexual. No answer. I heard mixed reviews about Helen and that she was homophobic at times. What is her view towards sexuality?
Trivfun- have you read The Goddess and the American Girl- by Larry Engelmann? -it can often be had cheaply on Ebay and was a great book.
Helen was married twice and connected with a number of men. She usually met personal press questions with a "no comment" type attitude. It doesn't sound like someone who was asexual to me. If she had been that cold she hardly would have posed as a model for Diego Rivera's mural (see the 30s thread).
Engelmann's book throws out the theory that Helen was what you call "homophobic"-a possible reason for her "feud" with "Little Helen". Surely though most people at that time were-witness Don Budge and his disgust when Bill Tilden took him to a Berlin Caberet with all it's "oogly-googly boys".
Another theory runs that Wills disliked Jacobs middle-class background. As Ted Tinling put it, Wills father was a doctor, while Jacobs father was "in trade".
IMO it all boils down to a natural antipathy towards the next in line. Wills scanned the horizon and saw only one other American who refused to accept second place-and that woman was Jacobs.
The "why" may always remain a mystery. Helen's husband Freddy admitted she couldn't stand Jacobs, but he couldn't say exactly why.
Again, in the end Helen somehow managed to be a very private public figure.
It's that Mona Lisa type quality that intrigues me.
Anyway I had to share this-I recently bought Helen's autograph on Ebay. It was very distinctive, as Helen often drew little pictures of herselfwith the famous visor.
At any rate when got the autograph on Friday I showed it to my tennis buddy. We noticed writing on the back and flipped the sheet over. It looked like "John ??? Ford' to me, but it turned out to be JOAN CRAWFORD. That's right-the original "Mommy Dearest" herself! The person who sold it to me must have missed that!
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Proposal 12-1, The Emergency Manager Law
Okay, so this is the only one that I am stuck on which way to vote.
I see why it is needed, you have all of these cities that were run very poorly, and are now up the creek without a paddle about how to get out of their money problems. One person is appointed, and fixes things, to the best of their abilities and gets the city turned around, at least financially. They are appointed by the governor, who was elected by the people to run the state and do all the duties that come along with the position.
On the other hand, the Emergency Manager was never elected by the people of that city. The city council, and the mayor, who the people of that city elected, are stripped of their power, and in some cases, stripped of any pay that went along with their duties. The Emergency manager can sell just about anything that they feel is necessary to balance the budget. The Emergency Manager can void a union contract, which I am not sure should be right.
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That one is a tough call for me as well.
I guess the perspective I try to take is a person living in that city. For an emergency manager to take over obviously the local government has failed me for quite some time, repeatedly. If someone can come in and make things right, I think I would be all for it.
But I do hate the idea of the state having that much power over my local government. That's where I have my hang-up on this.
I'm still on the fence about this one. I think the intentions are good, but just like anything else this can be abused and this law would be in effect for any future governors. If Granholm had started assigning emergency managers with her agenda I would not like that.
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Ask Allen Park how putting all their eggs in the Movie Business turned out . . . I'm all for taking away power from idiots. I'm not sure who has enough sense in this age that can actually use the power for good instead of financial gain. . .
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I'm going to have to get one of my friends on these gigs, then we can loot a city like Detroit of all of the gems. I'd say if your not sure, vote no, nothing will change.
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New life. Sometimes you gotta let shit burn.
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I live in a town with an emergency manager. I think it is democracy at its finest. Its a social responsibility issue. As citizens of the state, we have a responsibility to the state at large so when the local government screws up, the state should take over the running of a city temporarily. Its just like raising children.
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For the people who say no, then what is the remedy? Should the state bail the locals out and just let them continue being irresponsible so we can bail them out again in another short period of time?
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I'm a fan of local government without big brother. If the locals screw it up, they need to fix it. However with that, if they can't get it right and are bleeding the state dry, something needs to change. IMO, stop giving them money and let them figure it out.
I know that sounds overly simplistic but at the end of the day our founding fathers set up our society to be governed locally.
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who does this manager answer too??? what makes anyone believe that a state appointed manager is going to be better than a locally elected official?? who is the person who decides if he/she IS doing a good job??
My city had "managers" for a long time in lieu of a mayor that actually had power. These managers were appointed by the local city council so at least the local interest was considered, but we started voting for strong mayors sometime during the 90's.
I'm also thinking it only takes exactly 1 "wack job radical" governor to start destroying a whole bunch of communities in record time by appointing a couple dozen of his buddies all across a state.
I'm compensating for my manhood.
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At least something like this gives the power to fix a continually failing situation to an entity that may actually do something about it.
The irritating thing is the people that liver in and run these failed cities want to have their cake and eat it too. They don't want "our" influence in their policies and practices, but the do want to continue to throw "our" good money after bad.
However like Jim said bigger government control isn't a good thing but unfortunately we live in the age of zero personal responsibility and simply expecting these cities to do the right things will never happen.
I like the idea of cutting their life lines but how well had that worked for welfare and unemployment? This may well be the best chance we have at moving towards being able to hit the disconnect for these cities.
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No one has mentioned the motivational effect of this law. Speak softly, and carry a big stick. Make the EM law (or whatever the alternative) a huge stick. The more painful the EM law, the more incentive the local communities have to fix their own problems.
1. Is the current EM law working as an incentive for localities to solve their own problems?
2. Is there a better alternative? (Not just general statements or ideas from armchair quarterbacks, we are talking fully thought out, detailed plans that could be implemented and executed with a minimum of confusion.)
3. Do the current EM rules work better as an incentive for localities to fix their own problems than reverting back?
4. If an EM has to be appointed, do the existing rules make resolving the situation easier, quicker and/or more efficient than with the old rules?
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Cutting off aid to an individual works most of the time. Cutting aid off to a city just doesn't work. Police, fire, and emt services still need money let alone all the other city services like water and stuff. Financial managers work great because they are a temporary manager and they don't have any ties to the community so they can make the hard calls.
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The city has less than 60 officers patrolling the shithole. The state's answer is to bring in more MSP.
MSP costs more than even the County Sheriff, and consists predominately of officers that have no real stake in the matter as they don't live in the area.
While some level of complacency and laziness has developed in all too many city governments with big union contracts, 20 and out pension plans and the like - a semi-local officer has a lot more incentive to protect and serve the local community than a ramp rooster forced to relocate from another area of the State.
Added bonus, you can get more officers on the street by hiring local than dealing with the elitism of the MSP. Some MSP Desk Jockey was recently quoted as referring to MSP as a Cadillac and local Sheriff as a Chevy.
Sorry, this is Flint. They don't need Cadillac they need a SHITON of Chevy's - and the elitism representative of all too many in MSP is just another example of how out of touch they often are.
So, here we have a State EM... that will probably appoint funds to bring in more MSP... all the while using the local funds.
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There is a lot of potential good that could result from the project, Mlada said, and that's one reason the council should consider the incentives. "There's a lot to like about it," he said. "Long-term, you could be talking about a return of a sizeable increment (increase in the tax base)." Even the strongest developer can fail, Mlada said, citing the case of Brookfield developer Vincent Kuttemperoor, whose plans to build a sprawling luxury development on the city's south side fell victim to the economic slowdown. Banks foreclosed on the hundreds of acres Kuttemperoor owned and are now trying to sell them. Van den Broek, representing Renew Port Holdings 1 LLC, plans to renovate the two buildings and constructing a new structure between them. The buildings would house five commercial spaces and 13 residential units that feature rooftop terraces, balconies and underground parking accessed from a lake-side municipal parking lot. The units range in price from $239,000 to $895,000 for two 2,750-square-foot penthouses that feature 18-foot ceilings and private rooftop gardens, van den Broek said. A small park would also be created along Franklin Street in front of the new building. Feasibility and market studies were used to refine the concept, van den Broek said, and led him to increase the size of the units, decrease the size of the lakeside decks and emphasize soundproofing between the units. There is a demand for high-quality residential units in the city, van den Broek said, and for high-quality residential units along the lake throughout the region. "The project is viable on paper," he told aldermen. "The feasibility is there. It works best as a public-private partnership." Van den Broek asked the council to help fund each of the two phases of his project. He requested $250,000 be available in September to help finance the first phase — renovation of the former M&I Bank building. That work could begin this fall and be completed by spring. Van den Broek did not have a dollar figure for the subsidy needed for the second phase, saying that would depend on the project budget. The total incentive, including the funding for phase one, would be 15% to 20% of the project cost, he said. The remainder of the financing would come from banks and other sources. The city funding for phase two would be contingent on a number of items, including Renew Port Holdings' obtaining financing for the entire project, Plan commission approval and the completion of phase one, van den Broek said. Van den Broek called the city funding critical to the project. "It would show a very strong commitment for the next steps of the project," he said, and "take the project from paper to reality. "The condo market is a tough market. Port Washington is also considered a tough market. This project would stand a better chance of success with TIF funding." The city's funding would show a level of investment and commitment that could draw other investors to the project, he added. An analysis by the city shows that the increased downtown tax base and the additional taxes generated by it would not only pay for the funds he's requesting but offer a net return for the city, van den Broek said. In addition to adding $6 million to the downtown tax base, he said, the development would add 10,000 square feet of commercial space and bring people to the central shopping district. "We truly believe this mixed use development downtown, in this particular location, is going to be a catalyst for downtown development," van den Broek said. Retail uses follow residential development, he said, and this will draw the residents needed to bring more shops downtown. If the city only approves the $250,000 to fund the renovations to the former bank, van den Broek said, he would move ahead with that work, creating both residential and retail space. 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Broadband speeds are always a contentious topic and now we're going to combine them with politics. What could go wrong...?
Speaking on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday shadow chancellor George Osborne claimed a Conservative government will bring speeds of 100Mbit/sec to "the majority" of homes by 2017. He accused Labour of playing "catch-up" having used its Digital Britain report to set a target of 2Mbit/sec national broadband by 2012.
How will the Tories more ambitious targets be met? 3.5 per cent of the BBC licence fee (£4.99 per person) which is currently being put towards the digital switchover (finished by 2012) will be set aside for the expansion. "In the 19th century we built the railways. In the 20th century we built the motorways," he said. "In the 21st century, let's build the super-fast broadband network that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs for Britain."
Is this realistic? It's debateable, but 2017 is a long way away and the likes of WiMAX, 300Mbit+ LTE and even 4G with its 1Gb/sec target (LTE is commonly described as 4G, but is in fact 3.9G) all likely to be common by then will we even need such a network anyway?
In related news cable broadband provider Virgin Media has announced it will become the country's first phone provider to give new and existing customers free calls to mobiles from home phone lines. The inevitable catch: it's Virgin phone line subscribers to Virgin Mobile subscribers only. Yep, you were way ahead of me. The service starts 1 April (no really).


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My 7 year old son had pdd nos, an ASD. He def. has boundary issues. We have a 2 year old that he constantly picks on by trying to pick up, hug, taunt, touch, etc which ends up with my 2 year old whining, yelping, screaming. And me at the end of my rope constantly reminding him about boundaries, respecting them, blah blah blah. It's not working. And no, I can't carry around a pillow for him to squeeze 24/7. Any advice? I end up yelling and it's not good. It's daily and it's often and my husband is in denial and doesn't think it's a big deal at all and gets defensive about him and says things like "he's just trying to hug him, play with him." Really?!????
ok well, suffice it to say, looks as though I'll be relying on Snowball, our Elf on the Shelf to straighten the kid out. Ha ha. Just kidding. But hey, it may work. December can't get here soon enough!
If you can't carry a pillow- would a smaller stim object help any? It could even be something he could wear on him so that way he always has access to it.
I'm sorry that you have to face this and especially that your husband isn't being helpful. I hope that the elf does help!
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this is just a moment in time, step aside and let it happen
You already know that you cannot control this with reminders, so your only real option is to provide as much physical separation as possible. Some suggestions include: hiring a mother's helper, like a local teen, to come and mind the 2 year old while you can focus on your older child, setting up "quiet time" during the day where your older child can find a quiet activity to do in his room while you tend to the younger one, setting up your day so that you can spend more time being physically present while the kids are together.
The strategy of having pillows around etc and redirecting him to those is great, and you should definitely include that as part of your plan. But the bottom line is that, until your 2 year old is a bit older and can go find some peace and quiet in a room by herself, you will have to make it a priority to be physically present around them when they are together. It is not only a safety issue from a physical standpoint, but your younger child needs to feel that her body is being respected, too. Believe me, I know how hard this is: I had to shadow my son for years because of his issues with pushing and shoving other kids, etc. But I can tell you that there will come a time, and it will seem to come soon, when you won't have to do this. But for now it is not fair to either of your children to expect that just talking and modelling will be enough. You should just make it a rule that when the kids are together (I'm assuming he is in school?) there is an adult around to give physical guidance to the older child (and it sucks that your DH won't support you in this).
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It sounds as if he's sensory seeking. I wonder if it would help him to wear a weighted vest. I have to remind my son about 'bubble space'. When he starts consistently needing physical contact, I have him use a sensory strategy. Right now, his favorite strategy is having his huge stuffed dog on top of him (got the dog at costco). Sometimes, I need to give him a firm, extended hug to give him the pressure he seeks.
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Can your two year old say "no" or "stop" when it's too much? My PPD NOS son would never stop if an adult told him too. It had to come from the offended party. In my son's mind an adult telling him to stop was the adult just trying to break up the fun. He really couldn't tell the other child wasn't enjoying it unless a clear "stop" or "no" came from the child themselves.
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Inside of a Dog, it's too Dark to Read: SOA and Business Variation
Groucho Marx once famously said "outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read"
The amusement is that the word "outside" is semantically ambiguous. What's less funny is the SOA Manifesto stating that they will follow the principle of "Pursue uniformity on the outside while allowing diversity on the inside." Much like the Groucho Marx quote, the antecedent for "outside" is ambiguous. Outside of what?!
(Picture of Groucho Marx looking a bit like Ron Schmelzer)
Why is this statement problematic?
First and foremost, I chastise this statement because it is sloppy. Sloppy architecture is what got us into this mess in the first place. But more importantly, this statement reflects a narrow, IT centric view of the scope of Architecture which leads down a dangerous path. Complexity theory has a term called a "holon". A holon is something that appears to be a whole–yet is a part of something larger (e.g an organism is part of a biosphere). By confusing the antecedent for "outside", the SOA Manifesto focuses on the holon of the service interface. If so, the reworded principle would be "Pursue uniformity on the outside (of the service interface) while allowing diversity on the inside (of the service interface)." The problem with this statement is that it ignores the concept of diversity on the outside (of the service interface).
Diversity on the outside solves the business complexity problem
Lest you think I'm splitting dog hairs here, why is this of any importance?
Because everyone is presently overfocused on the complexity of the IT Supply rather than the complexity of Demand on IT. The business is driven to compete, innovate and requires Internet style services that scale and can be consumed on any device in any language, anywhere and any time. They demand self-service, personalized, localized, mass-customized and differentiated customer experiences, and they require access to the same information whether it's in a customer contact center, on a web browser, an internal application, on a mobile device or at a branch office. Business demands complex consumption patterns on the outside of the service interface.
By ignoring the consumption pattern diversity, attention is only drawn to the IT problem of managing complex IT supply. One of the biggest flaws in SOA implementation, and arguably the reason why Anne Thomas Manes declared "SOA is Dead" is the lack of connection between SOA and the business solution. The ability to dynamically compose solutions into composite applications, mash-ups or business processes using business services is the central underpinning for agility and business transformation.
Managing Business AND IT Complexity
This requires the ability to solve the problems of Business Complexity and IT Complexity. Services are just tools that allow you to trade consumer complexity for trust, thereby improving manageability. Processes are tools that take full responsibility for complexity, thereby enabling optimization. The primary function of Services in this context is to manage the interaction between two specialized organizational subgroups. This allows one group such as business unit to consume the services of another group say, IT without having to know the gory details of the implementation of the service. Insulating the business from the complexity of IT is helpful, since the IT subgroup is highly specialized and therefore hard to understand. However, two implications arise, firstly that the business group is also highly specialized and therefore complex. Secondly that IT cannot abdicate its responsibility for IT Process, unless of course it is prepared to outsource the service. The provider view of a service is process-oriented, only the consumer view of service is service-oriented.
The "new normal" Business Environment
A good example of this complex consumption pattern is Software AG's recent partnership with Tom Tom Work–who are now able to offer fleet management as-a-service to their business customers. The ability to offer outsourced transportation and logistics management enables Tom Tom to provide a new differentiated service on top of the core competencies of their organization, namely location-based services. The power to dynamically recombine core capabilities into new product and service offerings while simultaneously offloading non-core competencies to partners reflects a "new normal" business environment. Complexity should be seen as a function of specialization, and organizations should identify which sources of complexity they want to embrace through process-orientation, and which sources of complexity they want to eschew through service orientation. Eschewing complexity through service-orientation requires the discipline of segmenting specialized Enterprise subgroups and actively deciding whether your organization wants to invest in world-class processes or divest services to outsourcers. No single person in the Enterprise can understand the total complexity of the value chain, but this does not lead to weakness as long as you can align internal and external subgroups through trust or by developing a trusted framework of operation.
Trusted Frameworks
A trusted framework allows you to manage complexity housed in many discrete silos without requiring explicit trust between specific providers and consumers. By externalizing trust into policies that are uniformly enforced, we create a trusted environment. An example is automobile traffic. Automobile traffic is exceedingly complex, and no single driver can understand what is in the minds of all the other drivers. In fact, when one goes on the road, it is not because one trusts each and every driver explicitly, rather that there are enforceable rules of the road that have been declared and enforced. Individual trust relationships between drivers is not scalable. So a driver trusts in the framework of policy enforcement. Similarly, trusted environments hold the key to enabling spontaneous networks of collaboration between Enterprise subunits and external partners and suppliers.
As such, the business and IT functions need to develop a framework of trust that creates the possibility of continuous improvement–an evolutionary paradigm that at the Enterprise scale requires continuous measurement, continuous optimization, continuous alignment and continuous collaboration. If SOA and Enterprise IT are going to bury their heads on the "inside of a dog", it will be much too dark to read the intentions of the business.
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Zetec in ZX2 the same as ZX3?
I have the predesessor to the Focus, the ZX2 with the s/r package. Is the Zetec engine in the ZX2 the same as what was put in the Focus? I'm looking to do some engine mods for track days/time trials and haven't found much on the ZX2 and would like to know what, if anything, is the same.
Some parts crossover but not the good parts.
Check out Teamzx2.com and zxTuner.com. You'll find lots of parts and help there specific to the zx2.
To my understanding the S/R had the same engine (with addition of the blue valve cover). It has a different ECU, intake and exhaust. The ZX2 and focus engines had different heads, cams and the ZX2 has VCT. I think the block and pistons are the same.
I had heard that you can swap the heads from a Focus to a ZX2 in order to eliminate the VTC on the exhaust cam?
Supposedly the VTC is just for emmisions and robs the engine of HP.
Yes you can, but that also requires custom tuning to disable the VCT Solenoid and fix the errors from the location change of the Cam Position Sensor.
Are you subject to class rules?
Can you post those rules?
It'd be easier to direct you in what changes to make if we first know what limitations your subject to and what your goals are.
Right now i don't have any class rules I need to follow as I'm using the car for open track days. Just looking for the most economical/practical method to increase HP. However, I will be looking into time trial/racing classes before i make any mods. I would love to eventually do wheel to wheel racing but it will more than likely be cost/wife prohibitive so right now I'm thinking mods are wide open.
The main reason I was looking into swapping heads is that it seems there are more options for the focus as far as cams, valves, ect. on the focus head than the ZX2 head?
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4148?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13395992#comment-13395992 ] Dawid Weiss edited comment on LUCENE-4148 at 6/18/12 4:10 PM: -------------------------------------------------------------- This looks good to me, although I'm wondering how much randomness do we really need -- those BigIntegers are worrying. I think this can be improved later if somebody wishes to dive into it. Btw. an interesting random number generator -- http://home.southernct.edu/~pasqualonia1/ca/report.html was (Author: dweiss): This looks good to me, although I'm wondering how much randomness do we really need -- those BigIntegers are worrying. I think this can be improved later if somebody wishes to dive into it. Btw. an interesting random number generator -- > _TestUtil should be able to generate random longs > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-4148 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4148 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: general/test > Reporter: Adrien Grand > Priority: Trivial > Attachments: LUCENE-4148.patch > > > It would be helpful in TestPackedInts at least, in order to generate random values (as a workaround, we currently generate a random int between 0 and {{min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, PackedInts.maxValue(bitsPerValue)}}). Moreover, it would help to fix {{nextInt}} for large ranges (calling {{nextInt(random, -10, Integer.MAX_VALUE)}} or even {{nextInt(random, 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE)}} currently fails because the range of values is {{> Integer.MAX_VALUE}}. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Students and employees at Northwestern Oklahoma State University are making final plans for homecoming contests and decorations.
The homecoming committee encourages clubs, organizations and offices to enter the spirit sheet sign and/or window/door contests in conjunction with homecoming.
Entries in all contests must reflect the theme of "A Century of Ranger Pride." They will be judged on adherence to the homecoming theme, originality and quality of workmanship.
Entries in the spirit sheet contest must be delivered to the Office of Student Services, FA126, no later than noon, Wednesday, Oct. 14. Entries are required to be on a twin sheet (66" x 96"), and decorated vertically. Sheets must clearly show the name of the organization and feature this year's theme, "A Century of Ranger Pride."
Prizes are $25 for first place and $15 for second place. Groups can be reimbursed for up to $25 for materials with receipts.
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Contact Yolanda Creswell, assistant director of the Walch Center, located in Shockley Hall, room 208 or (580) 327-8601 on the Alva campus, or with Lori Coonrod, coordinator of student services at the Enid campus, or Dr. Deena Fisher, dean of Northwestern-Woodward, to sign up to complete a door decoration.
Coonrod is located in room 102 and can be reached at (580) 213-3147, and Fisher can be reached at (580) 256-0047. Decorations must be in place by 8 a.m., Monday, Oct. 19.
The winning entries on the Alva campus will receive a free pizza from Chartwells, and the winning entries on the Enid and Woodward campuses will receive a free pizza from a local restaurant.
Clubs and organizations also may have fundraising booths on Alva's downtown square the morning of the homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 24. There is no charge for reserving a space. Off-campus organizations should contact Susan Hendricks at the Alva Chamber of Commerce at (580) 327-1647. All booths must be registered with Creswell or Hendricks by 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Entry forms and information about all homecoming activities can be found by going to Northwestern's Homecoming page at www.nwosu.edu/homecoming.
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Willi Stürtz Maschinenbau GmbH, the manufacturer of vinyl window and door production equipment, has filed for insolvency at its local court in Neuwied, Germany. Business operations and production continue, however, at its headquarters in Germany, and at its U.S. operation, Stürtz Machinery Inc., in Twinsburg, Ohio.
"The day to day business here in the States is unaffected," reports Ellis L. Dillen, VP and COO at the U.S. company. "We are a separate corporation so the court appointed overseer in Germany is not involved in our operation."
North American customers, he continues, are not seeing any impact from the filing. Stürtz Machinery is still delivering on all orders and remains on schedule with our backlog. Service operations remain the same as well. "We are building and delivering machinery," Dillen explains. "The process of the filing in Germany protects the workers and their salaries over there so the company can continue meeting delivery schedules and producing machinery."
Subsidiaries in France and Rumania, as well as operations at its international sales partners in Canada, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia and Poland, are also not affected, officials at Stürtz in Germany point out. During the coming weeks, management will be holding talks with potential investors "to free [Stürtz Maschinenbau] from its debts, improve and sustain liquidity and reestablish competitiveness for the specialists for the manufacture of machinery for uPVC window production."
"I believe this company of long-standing tradition has good chances of being able to continue business," says Jens Lieser, the court-appointed insolvency administrator. "Stürtz Maschinenbau has years of experience and know-how in the automated uPVC window production field as well as skilled employees and strong worldwide marketing."
"We will proceed with the reorganizational measures already started, because we believe in the future of the company," says Karl-Heinz Stürtz, manager and sole shareholder of the family business. "It is essential that we overcome this difficult phase in order to regain our strength and retain our position on the market."
"In the long run, Stürtz will come out of this stronger," says Dillen. "We all know that an organization and employees in that organization can sometimes become complacent. This type of 'awakening' can and most times does show areas of an organization that are producing extremely well, while also identifying areas where improvement is needed. Granted this is not the 'wake up call' we would have liked to receive, but it has been received and is being acted upon diligently."
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South Carolina Mulls Fire Sprinkler Mandate
South Carolina's routine process for updating the state's residential building code has hit a snag over the contentious issue of fire sprinklers in one-family and two-family houses. "The S.C. Building Code Council met Wednesday in Columbia to decide whether to adopt the International Residential Code, which mandates fire sprinklers in new homes built after July 2011," reported the Hilton Head Island-Packet in mid-May (" South Carolina debate over sprinklers in homes heats up," by Allison Stice). "Whatever the council decides, lobbying efforts will continue because the state's elected officials must ultimately sign off on the code." The South Carolina Building Code Council voted to adopt the 2012 IRC on May 23, "but members of the council will revisit the decision on August 22," the Island-Packet reported (" Decision on fire sprinkler mandate could take months," by Allison Stice). Meanwhile, "it's unlikely that the issue will make it onto the [legislative] agenda as the session draws to a close." For a look at firefighter arguments in support of the mandate, here's a link to the Fire Sprinkler Initiative web page " Faces of Fire," produced by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) with funding from a FEMA grant. Featured on the page are several South Carolina personalities, including Princella Lee Bridges of Greenville, S.C., a former operating room nurse who lost her career as a result of severe burns experienced in a house fire; Linda Chavis of Lexington, S.C., whose firefighter son died in the line of duty fighting a house fire; and Anderson County, S.C., fire chief Brian Black, who decided to install fire sprinklers in his own new house after losing his home to fire. Advocating for the other side, here's an opinion authored by Steve Mungo, president of Mungo Homes and 2010 president of the Home Builders Association of South Carolina (" Fire Sprinklers in Homes Will Make Housing Unaffordable," by Steve Mungo). Mungo's argument is that most house fire deaths and injuries occur in outdated older existing homes, which will not be helped by the IRC mandate because it only applies to new construction. On the other hand, raising the cost of a new house by adding a fire sprinkler mandate will prevent many home buyers from trading in their old houses on a new, safer structure, argues Mungo. And he says hard-wired smoke alarms with battery backup are a better and more cost-effective way of saving lives and preventing fire injury.


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Sail America has posted a "Call for Presentations" at its website for the fourth biannual Sail America Industry Conference.
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Historic Buildings of Bristol: Lorraine Building
Built before the 1930s, the commercial building at 176-178 Main Street in Bristol was given a new art deco facade in the 1930s with its new name, Lorraine, prominently displayed.
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Lawmakers set aside June 29 for possible budget vote
HARTFORD — At least one group of Connecticut legislators says it's pushing forward with a possible state budget vote before the fiscal year ends June 30, even though there's currently no agreement. Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives said Thursday their rank-and-file members prefer voting June 29 on a new two-year-budget rather than allowing Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to use his executive authority to temporarily run state government. If no budget agreement is ready next week, House Speaker […]
Pharmaceutical company denies drug to child in New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD — New Hartford parents, Eric and Edward Mumm, are pleading for the big name pharmaceutical company to continue making the seizure medication they say their son desperately needs. The company is reportedly pulling the drug off the market by the end of June 2017. Their son, Christian, celebrated his first birthday in April. He and his twin brother are the youngest of the five children in the family. Christian's official diagnosis came when he was about four months […]
Motorcyclist kicks car in road rage incident, triggers chain-reaction crash
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PITTSBURGH — A spokesman for Bill Cosby says a series of town halls is planned to help educate young people about the problems their misbehavior could create. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt tells a Birmingham, Alabama, TV station Cosby is eager to get back to work following a mistrial over the weekend in his suburban Philadelphia sexual assault trial. Wyatt said Thursday the issue "is bigger than Bill Cosby" and can affect any young person, especially young athletes. He says young people […]


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Getting down to business, our first editorial is written by yours truly. It is a counterpoint to Alex Toran's editorial regarding Final Fantasy 3, and goes a little in depth about opinions regarding video games.
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Third, an editorial remarking on opinions of gamers, covering essentially what I said in my own editorial, is brought to you by James Jones. They do say, that great minds think alike. :)
And finally, a counterpoint has been given to Sl0th's editorial, "I Miss The Good Old Days of RPGs", written by firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Since its founding in 1868, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine has been committed to education, research and patient care. Today it is the second-largest dental school in the country and its reputation for excellence in dental education and patient care extends around the world.
Changes in dental technology, methods of teaching and the dental-health-care delivery system mandate a continuous critical review of curriculum, programs and research efforts to ensure that the school develops in tempo with these changes and continues to lead the profession. Changes also require financial support.
Only with the support of alumni/ae and friends can the School of Dental Medicine meet the challenges of rapid change and an ambitious agenda for the future.
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The price tag for educating our students, supporting faculty research, maintaining and enhancing Tufts Dental's classrooms and clinical facilities is considerable – more than $50 million each year.
In this context, it's hard sometimes to believe that individual giving can make a difference, but it can – and at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, it does. In fact, Tufts Dental (annual giving reached almost $1.4 million) – a significant sum in any context
Think of it this way: one gift at a time, one student at a time. It all adds up.
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So much of what all of us – faculty, staff, alumni and friends – have worked together to achieve is in full view at the Tufts Dental clinics. Here, Tufts Dental's 350 faculty members – about half of whom work on a volunteer basis – bring their years of experience and areas of specialization to today's students. In a time when the dental profession is facing an increasing shortage of faculty, due to retirement or entry into private practice, new faculty positions were created last year, and filled. Recruitment, development and retention of faculty are priorities at Tufts.
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At the same time, many of Tufts Dental's students, inspired by the excellence of teaching they have received, are demonstrating their own commitment to academic research, teaching, and mentoring, as Tufts Dental strives to build a solid research program while maintaining our leadership in clinical education and patient care. As we continue to integrate teaching and research, new opportunities for cross-school and interdisciplinary collaboration knit together Tufts' professional schools, and DMD students are now able to pursue an MPH at the same time they are attending the Dental School. President Bacow has said that "we are a community committed to producing active, engaged and effective citizens who make the world better through their work." Tufts Dental alumni and friends are an integral part of that community.
Providing financial support through The Tufts Dental Fund helps the School maintain facilities and programs – and with upwards of 89% of students seeking financial aid, The Tufts Dental Fund plays a crucial role in providing the means to help make possible the decision for many to pursue a postgraduate education and follow their vocation into teaching.
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On Hannity & Colmes, another Corsi falsehood about Obama
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On Hannity & Colmes, author Jerome Corsi claimed that in his upcoming book, The Obama Nation, "I do a great deal of analysis of [Sen. Barack Obama's] autobiography." Corsi then asserted, "Obama first presents his father as a great hero, and the truth was, his father was a polygamist and a alcoholic." However, contrary to Corsi's suggestion that Obama did not address these issues in his memoir Dreams From My Father, he discusses his father's alcoholism and polygamy in multiple passages in the book.
On the July 31 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, author Jerome Corsi claimed that in his upcoming book, The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (Threshold Editions), "I do a great deal of analysis of [Sen. Barack Obama's] autobiography." Corsi then asserted, "Obama first presents his father as a great hero, and the truth was, his father was a polygamist and a alcoholic. He had abandoned the family in Africa when he met Obama's mother in Hawaii. He married Obama's mother without disclosing that he had not divorced this African woman," falsely suggesting that Obama did not address these issues in his memoir Dreams From My Father (Crown, 1995). After making his false suggestion, Corsi asserted, "I'm first criticizing that Obama was not straightforward in how he presented, really, a deception about his father as a goatherd who got his chance to go to, come and study in the United States because of John Kennedy."
Contrary to Corsi's suggestion, on Pages 125-126 (paperback) of Dreams From My Father, Obama recounts a conversation with his mother that addressed his father's polygamy:
She stuck her head out of the kitchen. "I hope you don't feel resentful towards him."
"Why would I?"
"I don't know." She returned to the living room and we sat there for a while, listening to the sounds of traffic below. The teapot whistled, and I stamped my envelope. Then, without any prompting, my mother began to retell an old story, in a distant voice, as if she were telling it to herself.
"It wasn't your father's fault that he left, you know. I divorced him. When the two of us got married, your grandparents weren't happy with the idea. But they said okay -- they probably couldn't have stopped us anyway, and they eventually came around to the idea that it was the right thing to do. Then Barack's father -- your grandfather Hussein -- wrote Gramps this long, nasty letter saying that he didn't approve of the marriage. He didn't want the Obama blood sullied by a white woman, he said. Well, you can imagine how Gramps reacted to that. And then there was a problem with your father's first wife ... he had told me they were separated, but it was a village wedding, so there was no legal document that could show a divorce ..."
Moreover, on Pages 212-217, Obama recounts a discussion with his half sister Auma about their father's alcoholism:
"The Old Man began to drink heavily, and many of the people he knew stopped coming to visit because now it was dangerous to be seen with him. They told him that maybe if he apologized, changed his attitude, he would be all right. But he refused and continued to say whatever was on his mind.
"I understood most of this only when I was older. At the time, I just saw that life at home became very difficult. The Old Man never spoke to Roy or myself except to scold us. He would come home very late, drunk, and I could hear him shouting at Ruth, telling her to cook him food. Ruth became very bitter at how the Old Man had changed. Sometimes, when he wasn't home, she would tell Roy and myself that our father was crazy and that she pitied us for having such a father. I didn't blame her for this -- I probably agreed. But I noticed that, even more than before, she treated us differently from her own two sons. She would say that we were not her children and there was only so much she could do to help us. Roy and I began to feel like we had no one. And when Ruth left the Old Man, that feeling was not so far from the truth.
"She left when I was twelve or thirteen, after the Old Man had had a serious car accident. He had been drinking, I think, and the driver of the other car, a white farmer, was killed. For a long time the Old Man was in the hospital, almost a year, and Roy and I lived basically on our own. When the Old Man finally got out of the hospital, that's when he went to visit you and your mum in Hawaii. He told us that the two of you would be coming back with him and that then we would have a proper family. But you weren't with him when he returned, and Roy and I were left to deal with him by ourselves.
"Because of the accident, the Old Man had now lost his job at the Water Department, and we had no place to live. For a while, we bounced around from relative to relative, but eventually they would put us out because they had their own troubles. Then we found a run-down house in a rough section of town, and we stayed there for several years. That was a terrible time. The Old Man had so little money, he would have to borrow from relatives just for food. This made him more ashamed, I think, and his temper got worse. Despite all our troubles, he would never admit to Roy or myself that anything was wrong. I think that's what hurt the most -- the way he still put on airs about how we were the children of Dr. Obama. We would have empty cupboards, and he would make donations to charities just to keep up appearances! I would argue with him sometimes, but he would just say that I was a foolish young girl and didn't understand.
"It was worse between him and Roy. They would have terrific fights. Finally Roy just left. He just stopped coming home and started living with different people. So I was left alone with the Old Man. Sometimes I would stay up half the night, waiting to hear him come through the door, worrying that something terrible had happened. Then he would stagger in drunk and come into my room and wake me because he wanted company or something to eat."
Further, on Pages 343-344, Obama recounts a discussion in which his half brother Mark called their father "a drunk":
The following week, I called Mark and suggested that we go out to lunch. He seemed a bit hesitant, but eventually agreed to meet me at an Indian restaurant downtown. He was more relaxed than he had been during our first meeting, making a few self-deprecatory jokes, offering his observations about California and academic infighting. As the meal wore on, I asked him how it felt being back for the summer.
"Fine," he said. "It's nice to see my mom and dad, of course. And Joey -- he's really a great kid." Mark cut off a bite of his samosa and put it into his mouth. "As for the rest of Kenya, I don't feel much of an attachment. Just another poor African country."
"You don't ever think about settling here?"
Mark took a sip from his Coke. "No," he said. "I mean, there's not much work for a physicist, is there, in a country where the average person doesn't have a telephone."
I should have stopped then, but something -- the certainty in this brother's voice, maybe, or our rough resemblance, like looking into a foggy mirror -- made me want to push harder. I asked, "Don't you ever feel like you might be losing something?"
Mark put down his knife and fork, and for the first time that afternoon his eyes looked straight into mine.
"I understand what you're getting at," he said flatly. "You think that somehow I'm cut off from my roots, that sort of thing." He wiped his mouth and dropped the napkin onto his plate. "Well, you're right. At a certain point, I made a decision not to think about who my real father was. He was dead to me even when he was still alive. I knew that he was a drunk and showed no concern for his wife or children. That was enough."
From the July 31 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
HANNITY: Walk us through those three phases, from his family, to his radical associations, to his views today.
CORSI: Well, even in his family, I do a great deal of analysis of the autobiography.
HANNITY: That's his father, right there.
CORSI: That's his father, and his father -- you know, Obama first presents his father as a great hero, and the truth was, his father was a polygamist and a alcoholic. He had abandoned the family in Africa when he met Obama's mother in Hawaii. He married Obama's mother without disclosing he had not divorced this African woman.
HANNITY: And by the way, in fairness, you don't, I would never hold it against him --
CORSI: I don't either.
HANNITY: -- the actions of his father, but you are giving it historical perspective.
CORSI: Well, first of all, Obama put the issue on the table in analyzing it and making it the core of his autobiography. And I'm first criticizing that Obama was not straightforward in how he presented, really, a deception about his father as this goatherd who got this chance to go to -- come to study in the United States because of John Kennedy. John Kennedy had nothing to do with his father coming to Hawaii. It was Tom Mboya.
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There are funny sewing stories and there are sad sewing stories. Today we are sharing one that's a little of both! Rachael from Imagine Gnats is always coming up with clever ways to use and reuse items, but this little story was just too good not to share. She made this gorgeous stockings out of a quilt that had been through the unspeakable. Head on over to Imagine Gnats to get the whole hilarious story!
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In a small saucepan, combine 2 cups water with the sugar and thyme; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature.
Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a large glass measuring cup; discard thyme. You should have 2 cups syrup. Cover with plastic; chill.
In a large serving pitcher, stir together lemon juice, vodka, and chilled syrup; garnish with thyme. Divide evenly among eight tumblers filled with ice; serve immediately. Serves 8.
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