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The Movie Stars With The Most To Gain (Or Lose) This Summer
Summer means blockbuster movies with massive budgets and big stars. A hit can make an up-and-comers career. A big miss can do an equal amount of damage.
Our list of the 10 Stars With The Most at Stake This Summer is presented in order of when each star's big summer movie hits theaters.
Lifetime box office gross is global and comes from Box Office Mojo.
Channing Tatum
Box Office Gross: $1.4 billion
Tatum is arguably the hottest star around. His romantic weepy The Vow was a surprise hit earning $195 million on a budget of $30 million. He followed that up with the successful comedy 21 Jump Street which brought in $190 million. His next film, Magic Mike is a risky bet though. It stars Tatum as a male stripper and is based on his life before he became a star. If the film is another hit, expect Tatum to start demanding much bigger paydays.
Mark Wahlberg
Box Office Gross: $2.5 billion
Wahlberg is on fire professionally right now. His recent hits run the gamut from serious Oscar bait (The Fighter) to straight-up comedy (The Other Guys). He's also making a nice name for himself with genre films like Contraband. This summer's Ted will mark the first time Wahlberg has headlined a comedy solo. The film stars Wahlberg as a grown man whose teddy bear came to life when he was a child. The bear is voiced by the film's director, Seth MacFarlane.
Andrew Garfield
Box Office Gross: $360 million
Garfield earned raves for his portrayal of Eduardo Saverin in 2010's The Social Network. This summer he'll have a chance to show that he can carry a major franchise with The Amazing Spider-Man. The film, which opens over the desirable 4th of July weekend, is reportedly on track for a $125 million opening weekend.
Tom Hardy
Box Office Gross: $1.2 billion
Hardy has mostly been an impressive presence on the sidelines of films like Inception and Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy. With this summer's The Dark Knight Rises, he's taking center stage as baddie Bane. It's a high-pressure role. The last villain Batman faced was Heath Ledger's The Joker. The actor won a posthumous Oscar for the role and helped The Dark Knight become one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
Anne Hathaway
Box Office Gross: $3.2 billion
Hathaway is stepping into the enigmatic role of Catwoman in the latest Batman film, taking on a darker character and the action genre for the first time. If she fails, it could be back to rom-coms for her.
Ben Stiller
Box Office Gross: $5.2 billion
With franchises like Meet the Parents and Night at the Museum, Stiller is a comedic hit-maker. But his last outing, Tower Heist, was a flop, bringing on only $152 million on a budget of $75 million. His latest film, The Watch, has already had marketing trouble. Originally titled Neighborhood Watch, Fox changed the name after Travon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch member in Florida.
Jeremy Renner
Box Office Gross: $2.6 billion
With Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol and The Avengers, Renner has appeared in two of the highest-grossing films of the last 12 months. But he has yet to headline a big film on his own. He'll get his chance in August when he takes over the Bourne franchise from Matt Damon with The Bourne Legacy.
Will Ferrell
Box Office Gross: $1.9 billion
To put it bluntly, Ferrell could use a massive hit. His last big movie, The Other Guys, did OK, bringing in $170 million, but it cost an estimated $100 million to produce. Before that, he had the disastrous Land of the Lost, which earned only $69 million at the global box office. Ferrell's next film is the well-timed political comedy The Campaign , co-starring Zach Galfianakis.
Meryl Streep
Box Office Gross: $2.8 billion
Streep has been on a roll lately, proving that despite what some studio executives seem to think, women are not box office poison. This summer, the three-time Oscar winner will flex her comedic muscles in Hope Springs opposite Steve Carell and Tommy Lee Jones. If the film is another hit, Streep will have a solid case for demanding a much higher paycheck.
Shia LaBeouf
Box Office Gross: $4.7 billion
It's been four years since LaBeouf starred in a non-sequel movie. That was Eagle Eye, which grossed $180 million at the global box office. Now that he is reportedly done with Transformers movies, LaBeouf needs to prove that he can make his mark in a movie without relying on a known franchise. This August's Lawless is the perfect opportunity. LaBeouf plays a bootlegger in the period film based on the book The Wettest County in the World.

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I don't know if we can say that this is an "entirely new world", in the sense that this is a fusion between two preexisting "parts" of the world, and that it is a return to a state the world was in during ancient times. Similarly, I don't think Griffith embodies the theme of being strong enough to make your own way without being dependent on others. He failed to achieve his goals, then sacrificed what was most dear to him in exchange for evil power that was bestowed to him by a higher entity that he now serves, directly or indirectly.
The Holy See worships the Falcon of Light. I don't think it's meant to be related to the Idea of Evil like that, although I also believe the Holy See's establishment was part of the IoE's scheme.
I don't think that comparison is apt. The way Schierke calls for the help of elemental spirits is radically different to how the God Hand, apostles and the Idea of Evil work. These latter entities are powered by human souls, and specifically by the evil of mankind. When they undergo their transcendence, the very soul of an apostle is infused with evil and irremediably changed. That is what gives them their power. It's really a completely different process
To quote it directly: "Humans desired reasons. Reasons for pain, reasons for sadness, reasons for life, reasons for death. Reason why their lives were filled with suffering... Reasons why their deaths were absurd. They wanted reasons for the destiny that kept transcending their knowledge."
As for Guts, I'm not sure I agree with calling him "brutish", but more importantly you should keep in mind that "struggler" is just a nickname the Skull Knight gave him. It's not some celestial role he fulfills. And no one was really "chosen by fate" either, unless it refers to the Idea of Evil's manipulation of the principle of causality.
Furthermore, they've been presented as being mostly equals so far in the story. Femto is their vanguard and has the main role in the corporeal world (which makes sense), but amongst them the de facto leader is Void.
Yes. In Young Animal #17 that will be released on August 26. It was stated early on in the thread, so you must not have searched for that answer very thoroughly.
I would reference back to the Egg Apostle whose own wish was to create a new world with his sacrifice being the old world. In volume 34 after the light spreads across the globe, there is a reference to the realization of mankind's desires coming to fruit and a reference to Fantasia. The intro to volume 35 states the "Sword of Actuation turned Ganishka into the source from which sprung a new world." The citizens of Midland when first seeing Falconia describe it as the capital of a new world. It would seem to me to be rather blatant what the reference is.
Interestingly enough, the page that first uses the term Fantasia references the creatures coming into the human world now as being the fantasies of mankind for millennia, plural. This could just be that Miura hadn't fleshed everything out fully.
How or what the Idea of Evil is remains obscure, obviously. At least in the lost chapter, it refers to itself as god. Griffith in the last panel of the preceding chapter also references, though there may just not be a way to cut it.
The comparison cannot be taken too far or too literally. It may be wrong entirely. I am aware of the four elementals, we also have Schierke making 'pacts' with the spirits she draws power from. I only meant that magic users are serving some larger purpose, even if not knowingly (at least all of them) to keep the worlds in balance. They aren't servants of some Idea of Good.
To me the good in this world seems somewhat chaotic. If causality is controlled by the Idea of Evil, then the opposite of that would be, I guess, people who struggle against it. Struggle against causality and try to change it. Those who resist destiny. So perhaps there is no overarching Idea of Good out there somewhere yet to be revealed, and we only have the four spirits representing the basic elementals (also sort of a throw back to Greek philosophy which gave way to Christianity). Magic users are tapping into that power of the other world to influence the world they live in which is somewhat similar to the way Apostles and God Hand are beneficiaries of causality.
The Idea of Evil says humans desired reasons, and that "I produce those...as it is what I have been brought into existence for." Whether the Idea of Evil has any particular motive isn't clear at all.
If humanity is yearning for a collective savior, a Griffith-type character would be the answer. And he would have to create something superficially resembling a utopia to provide the answers. A place where scarcity doesn't exist, where there is peace and everything is controlled by Griffith.
Perhaps the better way to phrase all of this is that there is an odd contrast between good and evil in Berserk. It flips standard or conventional notions of good and evil on their heads in many ways.
He is a man who, when he goes off to find his own path, can only come back to fighting and seeking out stronger challenges. He has incredible rage. He has killed mass amounts of people. In terms of brutishness, he is not a dumb brute. But he most definitely is viewed as brutish by many of the people he encounters. And that is how he will appear to Griffith. Griffith is a false savior, and I don't in anyway subscribe to the 'theory' that he is the real hero of the story or anything. But he presented as all-powerful, beautiful even to the men in the story, incredibly intelligent and outside his affinity for Guts/sleeping with Charlotte, nearly infallible. Guts by contrast is a cursed individual born from a corpse, generally treated like garbage, and comes off as a mad dog to people when they first meet him after everything he's been through.
Then there are the forces that seem 'good' or at least not evil in the Astral world. Back to those four elementals. They are simply representations of elements that don't seem to have a will.
The elementals are compared to the sole Idea of Evil chaotic, seemingly without any will, merely forming occasional pacts with people in-tune with the magical world.
Guts is an incredible exception in the story itself because of his strength. Most people could not live his way where regardless of what happens, he just keeps fighting. Most of them are the ones yearning out to the Idea of Evil.
This is just how I perceive the contrast right now. Griffith is established a rather artificial little safe haven for people that provides them seemingly everything they'd need. Their wants are met, they are safe, and nothing is left to chance. There's a hidden side to that in that Griffith created that scenario, but the world before was a pretty ugly place (though, again, manipulated by the Idea of Evil).
but there must be a place in the great ocean of souls were people with good karma go
How about becoming a spirit in some layer of astral world? I mean, we know its possible for wizards and witches to likely exist there in afterlife, but a lot of people with " good " karma tend to be mages in fact. In general people who associate with magic and natural order of the world seem to be largely free of the taint of society and evil in general. Not all though, those Kushan sorcerers didn't smell as " good " to me.
You make a good point though about the fact most of the people we've seen in Berserk seem to have bad karma.
I'd be curious to know how exactly karma operates in the world of Berserk because the specific mechanics of it can vary between Indian traditions. Though I seriously doubt Miura will give much if any additional time to expound on this as there are more important things to focus on.
Good idea! I agree, that'd be pretty cool to see.
One would think that the being who laid plans for Griffith's birth, rise, fall, and ascension, manipulating history for a thousand years to pave the way for him, would have seen such a thing coming.I think you're a bit confused here. The desire Griffith had as a human to take his own kingdom was born from his desire to rule. It's pretty simple, particularly given the context he provides in the speech you mention (though this happened not after the fight with Zodd, but in Volume 3, during an undisclosed time when they were still young). More than a kingdom, which is a symbol of the power he wants to wield, he wants to become one of the people who set the world in motion.
I don't feel that this vision now coincides with his original dream, on a subjective level.
Haha, I'm not sure I'd even really count those nameless Kushan guys as magic users given how low they were on the ladder. Farnese's a prodigy compared to them.
Haha, cmon, Pishaca were bloody cool. Especially Makara.
My comment still stands in the wider context provided (among other things) by the very episode whose thread this is. It isn't really an "entirely new world"
. And like I told you, the Holy See worships the Falcon of Light. That the Idea of Evil is referred to as God or a god does not mean the Holy See worships it. As far as we currently know, it doesn't. But it still serves Its designs by revering one of its agents (Griffith).
Yeah I'm sorry but no matter how far you take it or not, it's just incorrect. The process is completely different. But sure, magic users serve an important purpose, no doubt about that.
Anyway, I think it's specious to say that because the Idea of Evil manipulates the principle of causality to achieve its results, it must mean that chaos is good. People still suffered before the Idea of Evil was born, and in fact that's precisely why it was born. And is the current chaos outside of Falconia good, when humans can't survive there?
I guess my point is that the opposition between good and evil isn't as simplistic as you make it out to be.
I find it odd that someone wants to get so literal about this when the creator of the series has banged the point home multiple times, and it's even placed outside the story in descriptions of the volumes. [...] The dirt in the new world is the same as the old one, but for the people involved in the story, in the big picture, and the way it is being presented is as a new world. The old one with its order and the old reality as a whole are being torn apart and replaced.
Curious - do you think Griffith and Femto are one in the same, or is Femto different from Griffith in your view?
I interpret Berserk in terms of symbols and ideas based on what is presented in the manga. If there's evidence contradicting my views, I accept it and try to see what Miura is saying. But I don't think meaning is derived from treating what is said as encyclopedic.
What the Holy See worships remains unclear.
Yet its odd to think that the Idea of Evil brought about the Holy See in some way, presumably views itself as God given the content revealed so far, and yet it has no place in its religion.
There is an issue I have here where ideas get shot down definitively, and its not really based on the source material. So a statement such as as far as we currently know, this isn't true when we don't know at all doesn't hold water. We know nothing, and there's nothing indicating it isn't. There's at least some things I have pointed to that indicate there is some connection.
Except we just learned last chapter they are serving a greater purpose in maintaining order between the two worlds. And presumably intentionally. And they form pacts with the other world. If you want to view it as completely different, by all means. But I see parallels there.
1. As far as what's been revealed so far, it seems like the entire Astral world is created by man in a similar way as the Idea of Evil.
2. The world before wasn't 'good.' And I would reference that good in Berserk isn't really stereotypical good.
3. The outside, the chaos isn't purely good or evil. But there is freedom there.
Do you reject that Miura draws contrasts between Guts and Griffith? And if Griffith is the false savior, then perhaps what he's saving people from isn't all bad in Miura's view. But it isn't meant to be some cliche of good, either.
But you did say in your previous post that "[e]vil is pretty clear-cut in Berserk." So if Griffith is evil, an anti-savior, then it kind of makes sense that the world he is building, or however you want to describe his (new?) dream is evil. Whatever he is ushering in is called the Age of Darkness so that's not too ambiguous to me. So I would think the characteristics of what Griffith/Femto is building would be a good indicator of what Miura is trying to say with the story about evil.
My own beliefs may influence my interpretations here, but I see a pretty sterile existence where people are accepting the safety and luxury of Falconia blindly in exchange for presumably their freedom.
Looks like young animal will be releasing a berserk guidebook!Release Date Will be September 23
I'd like a map, or a mini map. I've always been curious to see what the countries and continent must look like. Especially Midland.
I've always wondered wether there's more than one continent.
A map of the entire world would be pretty awesome. I've always wondered wether there's more than one continent. Also more remote islands is always sweet.
As Aaz already said, we get a good look at the surrounding geography in Ep 305. I made these little images to provide a slightly better look: http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=10381.msg170647#msg170647


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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Risks and Opportunities with SAP's Platform Economics
Unless you hang around with SAP developers or independent SAP analysts, you may not be aware that there is a conflict brewing over how SAP wants to charge for its new technology platforms. Specifically, the Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP), which SAP acquired for developing mobile applications, and the SAP Netweaver Gateway, which SAP built to allow third-party applications and devices to connect seamlessly with SAP back-end processes.
The conflict is this: SAP wants to make money, on some basis, for SUP and the Netweaver Gateway, while any fees charged for these platforms discourage third-party development and increase the cost for customers.
Dennis Howlett has been hammering on this subject for many months, encouraging SAP (pleading might be a more appropriate word) to offer these platforms at low-cost or no-charge. He calls it the "Apple model," in recognition of how the free-nature of Apple's development platform has enabled thousands of developers to write third-party applications for Apple's iPhone and iPad. At SAP's annual user conference in Orlando this year, I heard him bring up this point directly with SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott. Bill appeared interested, but non-committal. After the conference, Dennis wrote about SAP's mobile platform, on a downbeat note:The main problem comes in the licensing model. I find it staggeringly backward thinking that SAP almost invariably finds it necessary to monetize everything that has running code attached to it. That world has been left behind. If SAP could mobilise itself to think differently to the way it is accustomed it could (almost) easily bulk up without having to find another mega acquisition that inevitably amplifies disruption.Now, just this week, Dennis called my attention to a post written by a third-party SAP developer Graham Robinson on SAP's own SDN site, which strongly confirms SAP's problem:So let's say I come up with my own killer app. It is an all-singing all-dancing mobile application that will provide huge business benefit to lots of SAP customers. In fact it is so good I can sell the idea to my favourite customers (those that trust me) with a business case that they will jump at. So I have the idea, I have the funding and foundation customer commitment - I am ready to go. So time to decide what technology I should use to build my application with. Let me focus on NetWeaver Gateway but I think similar arguments apply to the [Sybase] Unwired Platform.Read the whole thing, as Graham goes into more depth in his full post.
....I see NetWeaver Gateway as a programmer productivity tool. It provides a method for exposing SAP functionality using those standards mentioned - but we ABAP developers have been able to do that for years....I am not saying I am not interested in a toolset and/or framework from SAP that does this sort of thing as well, I am. But really the value proposition is that NetWeaver Gateway will save me development time on the backend in publishing the services I want to consume in my application.
BTW - I do not believe NetWeaver Gateway saves me any time developing the front end application despite all the great "app in a minute" demos we have seen. Whether I use NetWeaver Gateway to expose services or I handcraft my own as long as I conform to industry accepted standards the front end development tool should be able to introspect and the runtime consume these services identically.
So back to my killer app. Why should I take the funds my customer has committed to my app and pass some of them onto SAP? Even assuming I could get a straight answer from SAP on what the price would be - why should I do it unless the benefits outweigh the costs? How can a recurring pricing model on a piece of technology be weighed up against the value of saving me development time on a project I already have approval for? And why should I just let dollars go to SAP for my idea? And by the way my customers' employees (the target audience for my killer app) are already licensed to use SAP anyway. Why should they pay again? ....
Returning briefly to the [Sybase] Unwired Platform - how do I justify the cost (albeit unqualified) of this platform against the benefits of my single, albeit killer, app? I can't. And even if I could why would I confuse my customer with extra technology and extra licensing when I don't need to? I wouldn't
The real problem is that SAP are struggling to find a way to monetise the millions, probably billions, of users they envisage connecting to their customers' SAP systems via the internet. These will be their customers' customers, their customers' suppliers, their customers' prospects, Joe Average searching for the cheapest widget. Basically it could be everyone in the world with a smart phone.
This is a new-ish problem, but I am sure SAP looked for old business models to learn from. I suspect the business model they took on board is that of the utility companies. IDEA! Let's put a meter on the edge of the SAP landscape and charge for use just like the electricity, gas and water meters on the edge of everyones property. (In case I wasn't obvious enough - SAP NetWeaver Gateway is the meter) Kar-ching! Brilliant! [Emphasis mine.]
Some Monetization May Be AppropriateAfter reading Graham's post, I reconnected with Dennis Howlett on this subject. Interestingly, Dennis does see an opportunity for SAP to monetize these two platforms for a select group of customers--its largest customers, who will use these platforms for their own revenue generation. Dennis writes:SAP believes its largest customers will pay for SUP because they will use it to develop apps for their own purposes from which SAP would likely see little or no economic benefit. These companies - as Gartner has indicated - could easily turn into applications suppliers in their own right, building their own IP on the side of what SAP can offer for the benefit of their ecosystems. The nearest equivalent would be the proprietary EDI mechanisms the likes of Toyota and Dell created which went right through their supply chains.He concludes, "If SAP does that, then it will fulfill its promise of being a good citizen in the enterprise apps landscape."
That's a model I would expect to emerge because the value that can be driven is clear, clean and in the control of the channel master. Therefore, there is a case for SAP charging that fits their model and satisfies the needs of those very large customers. But it will be limited to SAP's top 400-500 customers and does not bring with it a sustainable model. At best it is a series of one-off deals that in total would likely be worth no more than $2 billion in license revenue and $450 million in annual maintenance, based upon past performance, Sybase pricing, discounts, bundling and the like.
However, such models cannot hope to cover all eventualities or for that matter the whole of the market. We can envisage thousands of situational, ad hoc, even one-off applications where the need for fast tracking is paramount or where value comes from volume usage. This is already happening in the Salesforce.com universe where cloud brokers like Appirio are working on a 4-6 week develop/release cadence for proof-of-concept to initial deployments. Having ready access (which has to include easy, clean, cheap licensing) is the only model framework that will encourage those types of developer shop to flesh out the 80% SAP claims it wants to see from its ecosystem. In other words, it is no longer about the fear of leaving money on the table. It is about investing now for benefit that accrues to everyone.
SAP at a Tipping PointI'm not sure SAP realizes how precarious its position is, and it works two ways.
SAP charging for the SUP and Netweaver Gateway further opens the door to competitors, such as Workday, who are bundling mobile applications at no charge. I fear that SAP is just giving customers another reason to consider alternatives to SAP.
- SAP charging for the SUP and Netweaver Gateway creates "friction" for both developers and customers. As Graham points out, he has no real economic incentive to develop for these platforms, which will eat into the budget his customers have allocated for his development projects.
- The desktop analogy: when you license SAP, do you pay an additional license fee to use your desktop computer as a user interface? Of course not. SAP customers are already paying maintenance fees for enhancements to their SAP products. Why should those customers have to pay SAP an additional license fee to use a mobile device instead of a desktop computer? Even if those mobile applications add functionality to the SAP applications the customer has licensed--isn't that what the customer is supposed to get by paying maintenance fees?
My own work with SAP customers tells me that, in many accounts, SAP is not at the center of the action as it thinks it is, especially when it comes to line-of-business users, which SAP hungers after. Many of these customers are actively looking for new functionality, and they generally take a look at SAP's offerings. But it doesn't take much to nudge them into the welcoming arms of another provider, whether it be for CRM, customer service, or --yes--mobility applications. SAP argues that the integrated nature of its Business Suite and ability to support end-to-end processes gives it a strong advantage with its installed base. My work with SAP customers tells me otherwise. Yes, there are benefits to integration. But that alone is not enough to keep customers in the SAP fold when there are strong economic incentives, or perceived functionality advantages, from competing solutions. Throw up an economic disincentive to adoption of SAP's SUP or Netweaver Gateway, and customers may be quick to look elsewhere. Many won't migrate away from SAP, but they'll wall it off and implement new stuff around it from competing suppliers.
The Entitlement MentalityWhat concerns me about SAP's attempt to monetize these two platforms is, once again, the mentality of entitlement. We saw it previously with the battle over SAP's attempt to increase its maintenance fees across the board to 22%. SAP consistently gives the impression that, because of its market dominance in the past, that it is somehow entitled, not only to continuing revenue from its customers, but an increasing share. It does not give the impression that it is concerned about losing ground to upstarts in the cloud, such as Workday or NetSuite, or its traditional competitors, such as Oracle, Microsoft, Infor, IFS, or dozens of others with niche industry functionality.
SAP apparently views its SUP platform and Netweaver Gateway as a way to gain new revenue. I view them primarily as a way of keeping the revenue it's already receiving.
SAP's OpportunityIf SAP can free itself from its entitlement mentality, it has an enormous opportunity with its installed base, which is the largest in the world, including many or most of the world's largest companies.
Such companies have a huge legacy investment in SAP, both in terms of historical data and business processes built around SAP software. Many of these customers would love to stick with SAP for mobile applications, which by most accounts will become the primary way that business users connect with business applications. If the SUP is low or no cost for the majority of customers, it will encourage thousands of developers, such as Graham, to embrace it, and tens of thousands of customers to make it part of their applications infrastructure. The same economics apply to the Netweaver Gateway. If SAP really wants to lock-in its customers, it should offer these platforms to the majority of its customers at low or no charge. This will liberate business value to SAP's installed base, ensuring SAP's relevance for years to come.
Whether SAP truly recognizes this risk and opportunity remains to be seen.
Updates: Others have been pounding away on these points for some time. Here are some other good perspectives on this subject.
I'll add more links as I come across them.
- Jarret Pazahanick: Is SAP Using the Right Mobility Strategy. Jarret, an SAP mentor, outlines several ways in which SAP could make more money by not charging for SUP.
- Dennis Howlett, John Appleby, and Vijay Vijayasankar discuss in this 13 minute video the need for SAP to roll out an Apple-style apps store model, including – in their view – the need to give away the platform. SAP's progress on mobility is assessed, and they ask, "Is SAP Listening?"
- Jon Reed covers a lot of ground in his post on SAP at the Crossroads, but be sure to read section 4 toward the bottom on "How Can SAP Win the Hearts and Minds of Developers?" As a bonus, there is an excellent video interview of Graham Robinson who makes many of the same points as he did in his blog post quoted at the top of this post.
Related PostsMad as hell: backlash brewing against SAP maintenance fee hike
SAP innovating with cloud, mobile and in-memory computingby Frank Scavo, 10/18/2011 02:50:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
Reader Comments:This is an excellent article Frank and glad to see both you and Dennis being publicly vocal on such an important topic. On that note I am a bit surprised the ASUG/DSAG groups have not come out and challenged SAP on their mobility pricing structure given how it will affect their customers.
I sometime wonder if SAP had a team of 5-6 mobile developers like a well known SaaS vendor vs the pressures of Wall Street to justify a 5.3B Sybase purchase would they be making the same decisions.
I also wrote and article on this topic last week called "Is SAP Using the Right Mobility Strategy"
Jarret, thank you. I think your post goes into much more depth on why it is actually in SAP's best interest *not* to charge for SUP. I linked it now in the main post, at the end, above. Thanks again.
Frank, this is a great article on the issues facing SAP and mobility. I echo Jarret's kudos to the independent technology media for holding SAP accountable. As an SAP customer this pricing model has "chilled" any of our plans to use SAP to provide meet our end users demand for mobile apps.
On a side note, SAP deserve some props for providing the SAP Community Network platform that allow this robust discussion to be engaged.
Kevin, I really agree. I meant to point that out. There is quite a bit of discussion right there on the SAP-sponsored SDN message board. SAP deserves credit for that. You would never, ever, see such a thing on a website sponsored by the other very large enterprise software vendor that will remain unmentioned for now.
Great article.
SAP make it extremely difficult for independant ISV's to add value to the SAP community and this is just another example.


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Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 2
Description: This is a copy of the second volume of "Dictionary of Music and Musicians," edited by Sir George Grove. This volume, published in 1880, is an encyclopedic work that contains the biographies of well-known composers as well as articles contributed by various authors on music topics, concepts and definitions starting alphabetically from: "I" (improperia) to "P" (plain song). The names of contributing authors appear in a list on pp.[v]-vii, signed "Bedford Street, Covent Garden, October 1, 1880." The titles of volumes I and II, indicate that the dictionary was issued in three volumes. However, the titles of the third and fourth volumes changed that statement to indicate that the publication of the dictionary was in four volumes.
Date: 1880
Creator: Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900.
Partner: UNT Music Library


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Saturday, December 27, 2008
A Skier's Christmas Carol by John Nicolich
Finally, Silver Mountain (about 2 hours drive from home) promised to open on Thursday December 18. They had about 10 inches of "snow" as a wind-scoured base and the temps were still in the brutal subzero range, but hey, at least it was skiing. On Wednesday night I attended my daughter's piano recital that's given every year at an old folks home to cheer the elderly. I was bitter and cold, and tired from a long P90X workout (now is a good time for a recovery drink!). As I sat in the room warming my frigid bones, I mingled with some of the residents.
When the Christmas songs started I suddenly found myself thinking back over Christmases past. It started with memories of gifts I received as a kid. I remember getting my first sleeping bag and practicing rolling it up again and again. I reminisced about the cool slot car set I got when I was nine. The songs of the concert kept rolling along but my memories went deeper and deeper. I could see my long dead grandparents, as they were when they were young and vibrant. I could taste the Christmas Eve seafood dinner and the laughs we had afterwards playing cards. My grandmother always cheated by feeding me her cards so I could win.
This was getting weird. I lost track of the present and was now flashing through the past in vivid, descriptive terms. I quickly scrolled through more recent times like my son's first Christmas and traveling with two babies and a diaper bag to get home for the holiday. When the recital was over, the elderly gal I was speaking with before looked over at me and winked knowingly. All this was strange enough, like scenes from "It's a Wonderful Life," but by the time we left for home it was snowing and there was an inch on the ground. The cold, hard wind had stopped and light flakes fell gently to the ground.
That night the news reported a winter storm warning. They advised that most schools would be closed and to keep off the highways unless absolutely necessary. I left my house at 6AM and entered the storm of the century. More than 2 feet of snow had fallen. The roads were caked with fluff higher than my car's clearance. The news reported that Spokane and Coeur d'Alene were crippled from the dump and they advised all non-essential vehicles to stay home. This was opening day. This was essential. I blazed a trail through the dark, emerging morning over mountain passes, past wrecked cars, and around slow moving semis. Winter storm warning my ass, I'd drive through the gates of hell (and jump the toll) for a good powder day.
I made it for First Chair with crazy expectations. The snow was thigh deep and the cold temps meant it was lean and light. The first descent was a straight-line, as the snow billowed up before me. The entrails splashed on to my chest, then over my head as I picked up speed. I was alternately laughing and choking as the cold white filled all space. Was it perfect? Non-believers would report on the rocks, stumps, and other unseen obstacles underneath the deep. They would comment on the lack of speed, and the need to walk out of any flat terrain. For me though, this day was perfect.
This day turned my spirit around. I came home and hugged my kids and kissed my wife. I laughed deeply as I described my day to any one that would listen. Most couldn't believe I would brave the elements and risk my life on this seemingly trivial pursuit. But really it saved me from despair. It also marked the beginning of a set of storms like no other. It's been cold and snowy ever since that day one week ago. I've been skiing everyday since. Seven days in a row.
Today I marvel that just one week ago everything seemed so bleak. Today I continue to live the dream. This afternoon, as I made my way through my favorite tightly spaced tree runs, it occurred to me that I could see nothing but the spaces. The trees were there, but my path through them was easy, unimpeded. As I made my way through I had no plan, no fixed route; I was just reacting to the terrain. There were no obstacles today; there were only opportunities and reaction. This is true freedom. This is the power of the addiction. This is my church and this is my religion.
So as this Christmas Morn looms, remember this true tale. If your spirit wavers you may be visited by the Ghosts of Christmas past. If you are truly blessed you will be rewarded with a gift. The gift may not be apparent at first, but if you recognize it, it can change your life. As for me, I'll be skiing with Jacob Marley tomorrow and I'll not worry a bit about the future. The Moment suits me just fine.
Peace and Merry Christmas to all.
12 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Tony, I'm interested in the P90X program. My question is: can we use push up bars in lieu of the chin up bars? Please advise. Thanks.
- Pamela said...
Hey Tony: Isn't it amazing how life brings those moments that turn us around just when we really need the attitude adjustment? After many months of struggle, I have to admit that you and P90X have definitely been big contributors to my AA. Thanks!!!!! BTW....you need to come ski Colorado. Vail back bowls....stellar!
Pamela McMcMaster (Mimigo)
- nick C. said...
Yes, the three P's: prayer, patience and persistence. Seems like your good buddy over there, J, had it all coming to him when he needed it most. His stalwart persistence and patience got him up onto those hollowed pillows of white, where he skied his heart out. Maybe his grandparents were able to pull a few strings upstairs, if you get my drift-;) One of the beauties of life lies in its ever-present mystery. Just when you think you're driving the car is when the car starts driving itself. Why is that?
Oh, BFT Combo Platter, it's the way to go!
- Don said...
I'm deployed overseas as a Gov't contractor and I am part of a group that is doing P90X training. So far, I'm down 11 lbs., 2% BF and 2 BMI points and I'm loving the program!
My point in writing is that my little Utah town of Liberty got 70 inches of Utah blower in 10 days! Yeah, you can read that again...you read it right the first time. All I can think about is getting back, ripping down a slope and filling my cheeks full of Utah pow (Snow Squirrels UNITE!!). Keep the workouts coming and have a very X New Year!!
- LisaErin82 said...
All these skiing stories are almost enough to make me want to go out and learn how to ski.
And then I have the almost-immediate self-reminder of the fact that I can't stand being cold; I don't like being bundled up; I love being at home, nestled under a blanket, warm, and next to a fire.
Almost :) I'll stick to learning how to water ski someday....As for snow skiing--I'll leave that insanity to you folks!! Safe skiing this season. Looks like it'll be a good winter for that :)
- CT Olson said...
It's hard to explain to someone who doesn't do it the wistful bliss skiing brings. It helps so much for me to get through those dark depressing winter months (think I got a bit of SAD disorder or something). But getting out in the fresh air in the glimmering whiteness (or even gray and icy) just replenishes the soul! The feeling of freedom and movement sliding on the snow is like no other I know.
- Christi N said...
Hey my name is Joe and I would love to know how to contact you without paying to join your club. I am a US Army Ranger and I work in Eglin AFB FL. I would like to talk to you about scheduling you to come here to promote/demonstrate your p90x program to our BN of Rangers. If you can shoot me an e-mail email@example.com that would be great.
- Charlotte Welcher said...
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I am a photographer based in the UK. The company has been running for just over a year and is beginning to get a name for itself for producing photographs with more care and originality than most of the competition. I want to rejig the front window of the company completely so that it oozes quality and style while still keeping it within the confines of what appeals to the target audience.
Our tagline, which doesn't need to be included is "Some things are worth remembering"
While we do do a lot of weddings I don't want to pigeon hole the design to weddings so that we are free to pursue other work. The average age of our target audience 28yrs so it needs to appeal to that age group. It needs to appeal to both men and women.
The logo needs to be instantly recognisable as we attempt to build a brand over the next few years. We want to pitch our services at the higher end of the market so it needs to be elegant, simple but clever. Please let your creativity run amok!
The trouble I've had in the past is the length of the name. It would be great to have a main logo but then have an element of it that is smaller but still recognisable as Just Imagine Photography for things like letterheads, business cards and display stands which need to attract people from a distance.
Please steer well clear of lenses, tripods, silhouettes of photographers and any clipart. I don't want the logo to have a cartoony or cliparty look at all. It needs to say :
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Thank you in advance for your talent and I look forward to seeing your designs!! Greg
PS I've uploaded the logo of another company (elementexample.jpg) This is an example of an element of their main logo that they use which I find clever, simple and recognisable.
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Military: Shows service record and that he died in action.
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Do you have his full military records - there are about 141 pages many which seem to be duplicated. If not they are available on the National Archives of Australia site: www.naa.gov.au/
I got your website from Cindy Thredgold who I contacted this week via ancestry. I asked about Henry Lee-Thomas as I also have Lee's on another side of my family. He signed his army papers as Henry Lee-Thomas and also was married under that name with his father's name as John Lee-Thomas. Did you know he had a tatoo?
Ruby Thredgold and my grandfather were 1st cousins and they were related via the Prewett line - Ruby's mother Ellen and my grandfather's mother was Sarah Prewett - they were sisters. I have several letters written by Ruby to my grandparents.
Love the picture of Henry Lee-Thomas.
I also live in Western Australia.
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Google To Help Take On Mexican Drug Cartels
from the do-no-evil deptNormally when we talk about Google 'round these parts, it's to discuss issues of privacy and piracy. But, according to an ABC News report, Google is going on the offensive to help take down Mexican drug cartels.
"Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has taken a keen interest in Mexico, where more than 47,500 people have been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against the cartels in 2006. Schmidt recently visited most of Mexico's most violent cities, Ciudad Juarez, where civic leaders asked if he could help.At the conference in California, put on by both Google and the Council on Foreign Relations, a variety of ways technology and Google could help the Mexican authorities tackle their drug cartel problem were discussed. Some of the strategies may raise eyebrows for privacy-minded citizens of any country: sharing real-time intelligence with police, identifying through Google's data how individuals are connected with one another, and even showing links between criminals or corrupt politicians and potentially implicated bank accounts.
"Defeated, helpless, these people have been so hardened in their experience with cartels that they have lost battles and they have lost hope," Schmidt told a conference on international crime this week. "They were looking for a universal hammer to protect them. For me the answer was obvious. It was technology.""
But, in my mind, the real winning ideas probably won't raise any of those privacy concerns: creating an anonymous network through which anyone can report drug cartel information or activity, so as to avoid reprisal, and creating community web platforms so citizens can share information about the criminals and publicly chastise them.
If I had to guess, that's where you're going to have the most success. Using technology to empower the police can be a good thing, but using technology to empower the citizenry, that's how you can really have an impact.
Of course, it will take more than Google's help to take down drug cartels, something Eric Schmidt recognizes:
""I think at the end of the day, there really are bad people, and you have to go in and arrest them and kill them," he said."Still, empowering the Mexican people with technology should produce a step forward in the fight against the drug cartels, and that's a good thing.


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Since I started writing Common Science in April of 2011, I have averaged 50 columns a year. Most weeks I have my topic selected by Monday, a first draft done by Wednesday and am ready to submit to my editor (she's not hard to find) by Friday. This routine keeps me on track to publish on Sunday afternoons. Once or twice a year something goes awry during the week, Friday morning rolls around and it's clear the column is not going to come together. Well, it's Friday morning now and this is one of those weeks. Maybe I can take a shot at fixing this week's first effort in the future, but in the meantime, let me tell you about a project I am working on. It should give you a little insight into how engineers spend their spare time, a question that I am sure has been plaguing you.
As I have mentioned in previous columns, I have a "farmette" west of Carrboro where I grow vegetables, generate my own electricity, raise chickens and bees, and am attempting to create a local pollinator refuge. Designing and building projects and systems for the farm is a relaxing and enjoyable hobby for me. Lately I have been working on improved systems for growing tomatoes. I love tomatoes and want to grow my own all year long. However, like most gardeners I know, I find the task of staking and trellising them to be tedious and the solutions offered for this by the local garden shop to be inadequate.
The staking problem can be resolved by growing tomatoes upside down. You can buy expensive planters for this approach if you like. I use inexpensive two gallon buckets hung from a pole with a hole drilled in the bottom. Here is a picture of some tomatoes hanging upside down in my greenhouse (more about the greenhouse below). At this early stage, the plants grow out to the sides of the buckets and then upwards towards the sun. Once the tomato fruits get large enough, the plants are weighed down and the vines hang below the buckets. It's a wonderful way to grow tomatoes, no staking and no weeding.
The primary flaw in the upside down tomato approach is that the buckets, being suspended in the air, subject the plant roots to much larger temperatures swings that they would experience if planted in the ground. This can quickly kill the plants either by freezing or frying the roots. In order to try to provide an environment with better temperature control, I built the green house pictured here. To keep costs down, it's built from some 2" by 3"s, a couple of shed wall panels, and the roof and top third of the walls are made from corrugated clear plastic panels. The cost for all of the materials was a little less than $250.
I started my first batch of tomatoes in the greenhouse last April. For a couple of months they looked beautiful and I was feeling like a gardening genius. Then we had a hot spell in June. The temperature in the greenhouse shot up to over 100 °F and the plants began to wither. I bought a thermostat and two exhaust fans which would run on the 12 VDC power coming from my solar electric station (1) to blow the hot air from the top of the greenhouse out while sucking in somewhat cooler air from vents near the ground. This helped a little bit, but by mid July I had lost all of the plants. Next summer I intend to purchase a reflective mesh to put over the roof to see if I can keep temperature below 90 °F while still letting in sufficient sunlight.
Meanwhile, I started a new batch in the green house in August and now have some promising-looking ¾" diameter, green tomatoes. (These are the ones pictured above.) My current concern is that before they have a chance to ripen, we will have a cold snap and the plants will freeze. To prepare for that possibility I started on a new project this week, a solar water-heating system for the greenhouse.
My first step was building the solar collector pictured here. The box is built from treated lumber. On the bottom is a 1" thick sheet of foam board insulation covered with aluminum which I painted black to absorb sunlight. (2) Next I constructed and installed the copper serpentine you see in the picture. Soon after this picture was taken I painted the copper piping black as well.
The next steps are to cover the collector with a sheet of glass – I am using an old window I bought at the Habitat for Humanity Restore (love that place) – face the collector to the south, tilt it to approximately 30° from verticle, and fill the serpentine with a water/antifreeze solution. When the sun warms the liquid in the tubes it will start to rise due to reduced density. The liquid coming out of the collector will flow through an insulated hose to a small tank located high within the greenhouse. From the tank the water will fall by gravity through another serpentine which will be embedded within a concrete block located inside greenhouse. As the liquid flows through the block it will warm the concrete. After passing through the concrete the liquid goes back to the bottom of the solar collector to be warmed again and the cycle continues. This sort of temperature-driven liquid flow is called a thermosyphon. Here is a simple schematic of the system.
If my calculations are correct, the heat stored in the concrete block should be sufficient to keep the air inside the greenhouse above freezing on even a cold Chapelboro night, and we'll be having fresh homegrown tomatoes for my birthday in January. I'll let you know how it works out.
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(1) Consistent readers will have noticed that I have been using more footnotes of late. As I write these columns a large number of tangential topics come to mind. I used to weave these into the narrative of the column which created for a fair bit of clutter. So I am trying to put more of those thoughts down here. In this case, I wanted to remark on the absolute joy of running equipment from electricity you make yourself. This is not difficult to do, and if you like tinkering around with things, I highly recommended it. Unfortunately, there is not a supplier of solar electric equipment in the area, nor is it easy to find equipment, thermostats, pumps, etc. which run on DC power.
(2) If you are installing a solar water collector to heat water for your house, you want to use expensive solar absorbing paint rather than just black spray paint.


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I'm part Native American... enough to claim it... but I don't. I literally have the papers to authenticate that claim... but I never really dealt with any issues related to that part of my ancestory. Ironically enough... of all my random ethnicities (black, german, puerto rican, native american), I feel the greatest affinity for native american culture... but I didn't grow up on a reservation.. I didn't hang with the tribe... so I didn't check it.
In the above post, it seemed as though your were suggesting that I somehow 'wrongly' claimed URM status. In addition to being native american, I'm also black, puerto rican, and german. Whenever race was an issue, I was treated as 'black'.... except when I was living in San Diego right after 9/11... then everyone was worried that I was a muslim of unknown ethnicity. Also, I grew up poor. So, the terms 'underrepresented minority" or "disadvantaged" would apply. I've also been very blunt about the role that race played in some of my acceptances. You think you're making any comment that hasn't already been made? Or that you're informing me of a fact that I have yet to consider? No. Of course not. You just felt compelled to point that out.... for what reason? Like I didn't already know... and like dozens of people on this website can't confirm that I've been entirely blunt about the situation? So there you go. Thanks for playing.


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Daryl Suckling's arrest in remote NSW in the late 1980s revealed his disturbing connections with the disappearance of Jodie Larcombe from Melbourne. Charged with the murder of Jodie, then a sex worker on St Kilda's streets, Suckling was allowed to walk free, as police investigators struggled to prove a homicide without a body. He'd previously escaped conviction more than once after brutally abducting several women.
I've been meaning to pick up KILLING JODIE since a friend, who knows her True Crime mentioned the book in glowing terms. I can see what she meant. This book probably told me more about the frustrations of investigating crimes and illustrated the dedication of members of Police more than any other True Crime book I've read in a while. It also provides a very poignant reminder that murder can devastate the lives of more than just the immediate victim(s).
The book is the story of the investigation into the activities of one Daryl Suckling. Accused of rape and kidnap, the tale that unfolds around Suckling's seeming luck in evading conviction is breathtaking (and not in a good way). The way that the original investigators stayed with the fate of Jodie Larcombe for as long as they did really was a profoundly reassuring aspect of this book. Extremely well written, the author, Janet Fife-Yeomans tells the story, she doesn't overtly editorialise, there's no overarching sign of her own voice in the book. The story is told carefully and sensitively, informatively and illustratively without the need to direct a reader's conclusions, emotions or reactions. The events do that perfectly well for themselves.
Drug user and part-time prostitute, Jodie Larcombe disappeared from St Kilda in December, 1987. It would have been easy for police to shrug their shoulders and put it down to her lifestyle. However, the detectives assigned to her case refused to give up on her.
They were certain she had been murdered. They knew who did it, but they just couldn't prove it to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Prosecutions.
This year I have read true crime books about crooks, books about crimes and books about the personalities involved, but this is the first book I've read that tells the story from, the perspective of the investigating officers.
KILLING JODIE is an in-depth nuts-and bolts look at the investigation. Because there was no body, not only did the detectives have to collect evidence proving the Suckling had commited murder, they also had to discount the inevitable claims that Jodie was still alive.
The author, Janet Fife-Yeomans became intrigued with the case when covering the story for The Australian newspaper. In her acknowledgements she states that "I have tried to take the reader inside the investigation so the evidence unfolds for the reader as it did for the police" and she has succeeded. KILLING JODIE reads like a police procedural. We share the ups and downs of the case with the investigating officers who refused to let go, the relationships formed with Jodie's family and other witnesses during the case and the impact it had on all their lives.
Fife-Yeomans had the co-operation of both police and family in writing KILLING JODIE and has written it in such a way that it is almost impossible not to become emotionally involved while reading the book.
KILLING JODIE is a must-read for true crime devotees. If you're not, perhaps this book will change your mind.


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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Steve joined the Powell High School band
6 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
Those hot, itchy band uniforms - how proud I was to wear one when I hit the 8th grade! You and Louise always looked so "spiffy" in yours. Poor Steve - he doesn't look real pleased to be modeling this one for you. Tells a story, though - little brother willing to be a model for his "big" brother.
- January 2, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Steve Blood said...
I sent a copy of this picture to my kids this year in their Christmas box, they all thought it a hoot. Hoot?
- January 2, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Ann said...
Cute picture - great subject. There must have been a bargain made between Dwight and Steve, such as "ok, you can sleep in my room, but you have to do what I tell you to"?
- January 2, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Dwight said...
No such luck. Steve had to do what I told him anyway.
- January 2, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Hoot? Is that an antiquated, colloquial term? However, we all know what you mean, Steve - it is in our Penrose vocabulary.
- January 2, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- Judy said...
How about a hoot n a holler?
Steve, Dwight was molding your future.
- January 2, 2010 at 5:42 PM


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Bladder exstrophy repair is surgery to repair a birth defect in which the bladder is inside out and sticks out of the abdominal wall. The pelvic bones are also separated.
Alternative Names
Bladder birth defect repair; Everted bladder repair; Exposed bladder repair; Repair of bladder exstrophy
Bladder exstrophy repair involves two surgeries: one to repair the bladder and another to attach the pelvic bones to each other.
The first surgery separates the exposed bladder from the abdomen wall and closes the bladder. The bladder neck and urethra are repaired. A flexible, hollow tube called a catheter is placed to drain urine from the bladder through the abdominal wall. A second catheter is left in the urethra to promote healing.
The second surgery, pelvic bone surgery, may be done along with the bladder repair, or it may be delayed for weeks or months.
A third surgery may be needed if there is a bowel defect.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
The surgery is recommended for children who are born with bladder exstrophy. Bladder exstrophy occurs more often in boys and is often associated with other birth defects.
Surgery is necessary to:
- Allow the child to develop normal urinary control
- Avoid future problems with sexual function
- Improve the child's physical appearance (genitals will look more normal)
- Prevent infection that could harm the kidneys
Sometimes the bladder is too small at birth, so the surgery will be delayed till the bladder has grown. In this case, the newborn is sent home on antibiotics and the bladder, which is outside the abdomen, must be kept moist.
It can take months for the bladder to grow to the right size. The infant will be followed closely by a medical team to determine when the surgery should take place.
Risks with this procedure may include:
- Chronic
urinary tract infections Erectile/sexual dysfunction
- Inadequate urinary control (incontinence)
- Kidney problems
- Need for future surgeries
Risks for any anesthesia are:
- Breathing problems
- Reactions to medications
Risks for any surgery are:
- Bleeding
- Infection
Before the Procedure
Most bladder exstrophy repairs are done when your child is only a few days old, before leaving the hospital. In this case, the hospital staff will prepare your child for the surgery.
If the surgery was not done when your child was a newborn, your child's health care provider may ask for the following when it is time to do the surgery:
- Urine test (urine culture and urine analysis) to check your child's urine for infection and kidney function
- Blood tests (complete blood count, electrolytes, and kidney tests)
- Record of urine output
- X-ray of your child's lower stomach and bones
- Ultrasound to check your child's kidneys
Always tell your child's health care provider what drugs your child is taking, even drugs or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the days before the surgery:
- Ten days before the surgery, your child may be asked to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen, warfarin (Coumadin), and any other drugs that make it hard for the blood to clot.
- Ask your health care provider which drugs your child should still take on the day of the surgery.
On the day of the surgery:
- Your child will usually be asked not to drink or eat anything for several hours before the surgery.
- Give the drugs your child's health care provider told you to give with a small sip of water.
- Your child's health care provider will tell you when to arrive.
After the Procedure
After pelvic bone surgery, your child will need to be in a lower body cast or sling for 4 to 6 weeks. This helps the bones heal.
After the bladder surgery, your child will have a tube that drains the bladder through the stomach wall (
Your child will also need pain management, wound care, and antibiotics. The health care providers will teach you about these things before you leave the hospital.
Due to the high risk of infection, your child will need to have a urinalysis and urine culture at every well-child visit, and at the first signs of an illness. Some children take antibiotics on a regular basis to prevent infection.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Urinary control usually happens after the neck of the bladder is repaired. This surgery is not always successful, and the child may need to repeat the surgery later on.
A few children, even with repeat surgery, will not have control of their urine and must use intermittent catheterization to have urinary control.
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Choosing the Right Law School / Re: LOCI and updated resume« on: April 01, 2009, 10:55:29 AM »
I'm doing the same thing for my WL schools along with LOR's from Alumni. I'm also thinking about sending a pre-emptive LOCI's to pending schools that I am really interested in. With deposits coming up shortly, I figure it can't hurt to show your enthusiasm.


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La Belle Hélène
1862 was not a good year for Jacques Offenbach. His theatre, Bouffes-Parisien, had gone bankrupt and Paris had been deprived of a vital and critical voice in opposition to the political and cultural establishment. Instead his music was applauded by European high society in the health resort Bad Ems, where Offenbach started collaborating with the local orchestra.
His efforts to find success on the opera stages of the world failed: the opera Die Rheinnixen was not much of a hit in Vienna in 1864. However, when Napoleon III suddenly decided to revoke his uncle's decree of government monopoly on theatre, anyone was free to open a theatre and perform whatever he or she wanted, wherever they wanted.
Offenbach sees his chance and puts his old librettists, Meilhac and Halévy, to work.
As Orpheus in the Underworld from 1857 had been such a huge hit, they decided to once again use the Ancient World as a theme when heckling the world around them. Work with the libretto took quite some time, but thanks to Offenbach's remarkable speed in composing the music – the third act of the opera was composed in 72 hours – Helen of Troy could open 17 December 1864. The opera was an enormous success and many people consider Helen of Troy his greatest work after Tales of Hoffman.
Offenbach's score has now been restored back to the original version, allowing us to hear the vitality, clarity and elegance that marks this piece of music, at the same time discovering that the political and cultural world has remained the same. Irony and satire are manifested in the same way now as 140 years ago.
In the lead role, the Göteborg Opera's own Helen of Troy – Helena Holmberg
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Helena, drottning av Sparta
Helena Holmberg
Bacchis, hennes kammarjungfru
Caisa-Stina Forssberg
Leona, hetär i Orestes följe
Marianne Schell
Parthenis, hetär i Orestes följe
Pia Svorono
Hermia, hovdam
Zorka Hunjak
Myrrine, hovdam
Elisabeth Persson
Iris, tärna
Carin Göransson
Ceres, tärna
Evalotta Åkesson
Paris, son till Priamus
Mattias Ermedahl
Orestes, son till Agamemnon
Tomas Lind
Kalchas, överstepräst
Hans Josefsson
Agamemnon, kungarnas kung
Peter Loguin
Menelaus, kung av Sparta
Sten Pernmyr
Akilles, kung av Phtia
Iwar Bergkwist
Ajax I, kung av Salamis
Ingemar Andersson
Ajax II, kung av Lokien
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SHARE program offers wild pig hunts at Bobcat Ranch in Yolo County
Bobcat Ranch is in Yolo County's Vaca Mountain foothills west of Winters, just under an hour drive north on Interstate 5.
The Department of Fish and Game has a little-known program called the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE). Under this program, opportunities are given to hunt areas otherwise inaccessible, including eight limited wild pig hunts on the ranch from March 13 through May 2.
Limited means you'll have to apply and be drawn to access the property chase down a wild pig. There will be six general-method hunts, one archery and one apprentice (junior).
Hunting the ranch under the SHARE program helps its long-term conservation management objectives, including providing public hunting opportunities and controlling the wild pig population.
Applications for the general and archery hunts must be in the DFG's hands by 3 p.m. Feb. 29, but the deadline for the apprentice hunt has passed. You must have a 2011-12 hunting license and wild pig tag to apply and be drawn.
Applications and additional information can be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/share/index.html.
You can apply once for each hunt but can only be drawn once, and only one application will be accepted for a party or individual. Parties can have up to two hunters, and non-hunters won't be allowed in a party for this hunt.
No more than six hunters will be allowed per hunt period. Taking a dog won't be allowed, and only certified non-lead ammunition for big game may be used.
If you're drawn, there will be a required orientation on the first day of each hunt. DFG personnel will be onsite, and checking in and out of the hunt area is required.
Two-day hunts will be held six consecutive weekends beginning March 20 and ending April 25; the archery hunt is May 1-2.
Current fishing
Folsom Lake: Bass fishing remains slow because it's just that time of year. Colder water put bass in their usual lethargic mode, and you have to awaken them somewhat to bite. Spooning, working a jig or drop-shotting will get you bit wherever you find a ball of bait on your screen.
Trout and salmon fishing is decent enough to launch the boat and troll. Top-lining a threaded crawler behind a dodger should get you bit by a rainbow. You need to get down as much as 50 feet to find a salmon bite, so top-line one, drop the other on a downrigger, and you could easily get both.
Clear Lake: It's the largest natural lake in California, which means there's a lot of water you can cover. You can pretty much have the lake to yourself this time of year. Point the boat to the Redbud region, work the water off the points, and you can hammer bass. Or, try Horseshoe Bend or the Oakes arm. Even the mid-lake area is showing rod-bending action. Drop-shotting and live bait are accounting for nice catches.
Sacramento River: Striper fishing has been slower than hoped for, and it's being blamed primarily on the colder water. However, the same conditions haven't affected a decent sturgeon fishery. A good sturgeon bite has been found from Garcia Bend downriver to Hood. There are boat-launching facilities at Garcia Bend and Merritt Island on the north side of the river just below Clarksburg. Further upriver, spots such as off Jefferson Boulevard, the Fremont Weir and to Verona also have produced.
The trick? Get on the river and get ghost shrimp or pile worms down on the bottom, then kick back and wait for the bite.
Caples Lake: Limits aren't the rule, but boring a hole through two feet of ice, dropping your bait to the bottom and making a couple of cranks up will still get you bit. Those fishing through the ice around the spillway are doing the best. Power Bait is always a good choice, but crawlers and bay shrimp are also favored by the lake's trout population.
Jenkinson Lake: That's the official name, but most people just say "Sly Park." Trolling has been slow, but shore anglers have scored on a few trout, mainly around the second boat ramp. With a plant scheduled for this week, rod-bending action should improve.
Camp Far West: Bass fishing actually has been good, but the bass are youngsters, mostly to 13 inches. Scrappy little things, though. Senkos and a variety of plastics are getting bit. The main body of the lake and creek arms have produced. Around the rocks of the dam-spillway should be a good bet right now.
Collins Lake: Not only is the DFG making a "catchables" plant, but lake management also is throwing in a truckload of trophy trout. Action should be great for boating traffic and those casting from shore.
The lake is in good shape, just 19 feet from the full mark. The warmer winter weather has put bass on a bite. One angler used live crawdads to limit on bass with the largest going nearly four pounds.
Lake Camanche: Downright good fishing, whether you troll or soak bait. They plant big fish weekly from the Mt. Lassen hatchery, so the pond and main body produce well. From shore, the points and coves at the North Shore will do you well, and trolling right outside the buoy line, the Narrows region at the upper end, around Hat Island to the dam and even Houseboat Cove have produced good stringer loads of big trout. One angler trolling in Houseboat Cove limited, and his two largest were more than five pounds.
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If you break a stick randomly in two places, what is the probability that you can form a triangle from the three pieces?If one of the pieces is too long, then the other two can't meet to form the triangle.
The lecture is only 33 minutes, and Professor Larson builds up a very pretty geometric proof, so I won't spoil it by posting the answer here. I will provide code for a simulation, though (yes, this is still a programming blog). See if you can guess the answer before running the simulation or watching the video.
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
public class BrokenStick {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Random random = new Random();
int trials = 10000;
int triangles = 0;
double[] breaks = new double[2];
double[] sides = new double[3];
for( int i=0; i < trials; ++i )
breaks[0] = random.nextDouble();
breaks[1] = random.nextDouble();
sides[0] = breaks[0];
sides[1] = breaks[1] - breaks[0];
sides[2] = 1.0 - breaks[1];
if( sides[2] < (sides[0] + sides[1]) )
System.out.println("Triangles: " + triangles);
System.out.println("Trials: " + trials);
double p = (double)triangles / trials;
System.out.println("Proportion: " + p);
The simulation breaks 10,000 sticks each into three random pieces using Java's Random class to come up with random lengths. If the longest piece of broken stick is longer than the two remaining pieces, a triangle can't be formed. Ten-thousand trials should be enough to accurately estimate the proportion of triangles made from the broken sticks to two decimal places. How close was your guess?
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I hopefully staying at the Courtyard by Marriot Downtown. I say hopefully because that where I thought I was staying at for C2 but ended up at the other Courtyard by the Captiol which was a little longer walk. I should be there by 5pm on Wedensday if my flights are on time.
What's j00? :P
I can never remember where we're staying. Somewhere across the street from the Convention Center. I'd have to sort through a couple thousand PMs and e-mails to figure it out...
Hampton Inn downtown... I'll be in Wednesday afternoon/evening to set up what I can for FFURG's C3 booth while my partner in crime gets our stuff unpacked, then she and I are going to trash Indianapolis... or at least get something to eat.
Then probably try to find Matt. I'm going to just look for the pink glow, and I suppose Hooters signs.
I have your Cell # in my phone Bob, so if you're gonna have it on I'll call you. Mike was supposed to give me a hand putting the FFURG Table up real quick (just the tables), but if you're around you can coordinate the effort. Act as foreman or whatever. :)
I'm doing that in the evening. I'm leaving Pittsburgh around 8 I hope... Probably just heading from my house down 66 to 70 and on our way then.
Lemme know if your plans are at all similar.
Staying at the Hilton Garden Inn with Bob and a few friends.
Staying at the Hilton Garden Inn with Bob and a few friends.
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