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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I know, I know-- how can I keep giving you dessert recipes when I'm on Weight Watchers?!! This time it was a vegan potluck dinner party last night, celebrating several birthdays! I have only had one slice of these desserts, by the way-- no seconds! (DH, too!)
The dinner party was held at our friends S and G's house and there were 5 vegan couples, as usual. S asked for a Mexican theme, and the weather cooperated! I made my Vegan Coconut-Lime Cake to stay with the tropical theme, and also some of my crusty no-knead bread.
It was a great evening of wonderful vegan food and wine, convivial atmosphere, laughter, and conversation. Here are some pictures, and then the cake recipe.
|DH snapping the other photographer!
|Friends conversing and enjoying freshly-made guacamole and tortilla chips
The Feast:
Crusty bread, vegan Chile Rellenos, Mexican Quinoa Salad, and, in foreground, Enchilada Bake--all scrumptious!
In back: Vegan Chile Rellenos, Mexican Quinoa Salad, spicy Arroz con Chipotle; In front: Enchilada Bake, and yummy Mango Salsa, and Roasted Corn Salsa
Checking out the raised-bed garden.
The dining pavillion-- doesn't it look like we're in the Mediterranean?
The lovely table in the dining pavillion
Toasting to good friends and good vegan food!
Preparing to cut the birthday cake
Printable Recipe
Servings: 12
The tangy Lime Curd filling contrasts deliciously with the sweet coconut cake and icing. You have a choice between two frostings and two fillings!
6 tablespoons vegan "butter" (try my palm oil-free Vegan Buttah!)
1 1/2 cups granulated organic unbleached sugar
2 tablespoons water
Dry Mix:
2 5/8 cups white pastry or cake flour (2 1/2 cups + 2 tablespoons) (DO NOT USE ALL-PURPOSE OR 'PLAIN" FLOUR OR THE CAKE WILL BE TOUGH!)
NOTE: To measure the flour, stir the flour in the bag or container, then spoon it out into the cup measure and level off with a knife. Do not sift or pack down.
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Wet Mix:
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup lite coconut milk
1/4 cup lime juice (fresh or organic, bottled)
finely grated zest of 3 small organic limes
Assembling the cake:
1/2 recipe Vegan Lime Curd (recipe below) OR, 1 cup of the lower- sugar, vegetable-based curd recipe
1 recipe Vegan Coconut-Lime "Buttercream" OR, the lower-fat lower-sugar option, Vegan Coconut-Lime Mock "Buttercream" Frosting (recipes below)
1 cup lightly-toasted unsweetened large flake coconut for garnish
Make the whichever Vegan Lime Curd you prefer and refrigerate until serving time.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare the pans by greasing two 8" round cake pans with non-hydrogenated shortening and then coating with flour (shake excess off). If you like, you can also line the bottoms of the pans with cooking parchment cut to fit the bottom.
To the bowl of a stand mixer, add the Creamed Mixture ingredients and beat together for about 3 minutes, stopping the machine and scraping down the sides a couple of times.
Mix the Dry Mix ingredients together with a whisk in a large mixing bowl.
Mix together the Wet Mix ingredients in a pitcher or large measuring cup.
Add the Dry Mix and the Wet Mix to the Creamed Mixture in the stand mixer alternately, using about 1/3 of each mix at a time, starting with the Dry Mix. Beat on medium in the stand mixer just until mixed. Do not over-beat. NOTE: This batter is runnier than ordinary cake batter, so don't worry!
Divide equally between the two prepared cake pans. Bake 25-35 minutes, or until cakes tests done.
Cool the cake layers in the pans on racks for 10 minutes. To remove from pans, first, run a thin knife to loosen the edge of the cake layer from the pan. Then, place a wire cake rack over the top of it and with a hand on each side of the baking pan and rack, quickly invert. Gently shake or tap the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon handle to help remove the cake layer . Carefully peel off the parchment liner, if you used one, and turn cake layer right-side-up to cool on the rack. Cool thoroughly before icing.
While the cake layers cool, make the whichever Frosting you prefer and refrigerate it. Toast the coconut flakes lightly in a dry cast iron pan over medium-high heat and set aside. (You can spread them on a plate-- leave the center empty-- and microwave 2-3 minutes.)
To assemble the cake:
Place the bottom layer on a plate with a slight raised edge, with the bottom, flat side of the cake layer facing up. Spread evenly with the Lime Curd. Top with the second layer, flat side down. Ice the whole cake with the Coconut-Lime Mock Buttercream or Coconut-Lime "Buttercream". Sprinkle the cake all over, top and sides, with the toasted coconut flakes.
Refrigerate until serving time. Just before serving, sprinkle the top with the remaining grated lime zest.
Nutrition Facts
#1) (Made with the vegetable-based Lime Curd recipe and the "Mock Buttercream":
Nutrition (per serving): 469.7 calories; 28% calories from fat; 14.9g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 278.4mg sodium; 233.5mg potassium; 81.8g carbohydrates; 2.3g fiber; 51.9g sugar; 79.4g net carbs; 3.9g protein; 10.2 points.
#2) (Made with the Vegan Lime Curd recipe below and the Coconut-Lime "Buttercream")
Nutrition (per serving): 563.0 calories; 32% calories from fat; 20.1g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 276.8mg sodium; 197.2mg potassium; 94.2g carbohydrates; 1.8g fiber; 66.6g sugar; 92.5g net carbs; 3.3g protein; 12.6 points.
Cooking Tips
BRYANNA'S VEGAN LIME CURD (or use the lower-sugar, vegetable-based curd recipe)
Servings: 12
Yield: 2 cups
This makes a lovely cake filling-quite tangy, so it contrasts with the icing. It's important to use freshly-squeezed lime juice in this recipe. Refrigerate the leftovers to spread on toast or scones, or to fill tarts.
1 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cups granulated organic unbleached sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch (you can get organic cornstarch)
1/8 tsp salt
grated zest of 2 small organic limes,
6 Tbs full fat soymilk, nut milk, coconut milk, or organic nondairy creamer
2 Tbs vegan "butter" (try my palm oil-free Vegan Buttah!)
In a blend, whiz together the juice, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Pour into a heavy saucepan with the zest. Whisk over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it comes to a full boil. Boil 1 minute, not stirring.
OR, what I usually do is microwave the mixture in a Pyrex bowl for 2 minutes, whisk, then 2 minutes more. It should be thick and translucent and have large bubbles on top. Remove from heat. Add soymilk or alternate and Earth Balance. Blend well with the whisk. Cool the curd, then refrigerate in a covered container. It thickens as it cools.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per 2 tablespoons = 2 tsp. serving): 129.8 calories; 13% calories from fat; 1.9g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 45.0mg sodium; 35.5mg potassium; 29.2g carbohydrates; 0.2g fiber; 25.5g sugar; 28.9g net carbs; 0.3g protein; 2.7 points.
BRYANNA'S COCONUT-LIME "BUTTERCREAM" (or use the lower-fat, lower-sugar icing recipe below this one)
Servings: 12
This is a creamy vegan "buttercream" with a lower percentage of fat than most "buttercreams". Chill until it's time to ice the cake.
(If you use this icing, the Nutrition Facts for a 12th of the cake are as follows: 563.0 calories; 32% calories from fat; 20.1g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 276.8mg sodium; 197.2mg potassium; 94.2g carbohydrates; 1.8g fiber; 66.6g sugar; 92.5g net carbs; 3.3g protein; 12.6 points.)
1/4 cup vegan "butter" (try my palm oil-free Vegan Buttah!)
1/4 cup solid coconut oil
(OR use 1/2 cup homemade palm oil-free Buttah" )
3/4 lb organic powdered sugar, sifted (have a bit more on hand in case the icing needs thickening-up)
1 tablespoon coconut milk
2 teaspoons lime juice (fresh or bottled organic)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
grated zest of one large organic lime
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the Earth Balance and shortening until smooth. Add 1 c. of the sugar and the remaining ingredients. Beat until creamy. It may look curdled-- don't worry! Add the remaining sugar, a little at a time, as you beat it, until it holds it shape well and you can see "trails" in it from the beaters. Refrigerate until using.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 43.9 calories; 92% calories from fat; 4.5g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 42.5mg sodium; 8.9mg potassium; 0.7g carbohydrates; 0.2g fiber; 0.4g sugar; 0.5g net carbs; 0.1g protein; 1.2 points.
This is a lower-fat, lower-sugar option.
Servings: 12
1 cup lite coconut milk
5 Tbs white unbleached flour
3/4 tsp agar powder
3 Tbs vegan butter (try my palm oil-free Vegan Buttah!) OR solid coconut oil
1 cup granulated organic unbleached sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
grated zest of 1 organic lime
1/8 tsp salt
Whisk milk into flour and agar in small saucepan until smooth (You can use a hand immersion blender if you wish, or even run it through the blender). Heat and stir until it boils and thickens.
MICROWAVE OPTION: Whisk the flour, agar and milk in a microwave-proof bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds, whisk, and repeat twice, or until thick.
Cool thoroughly (place in a small bowl inside of a larger bowl of cold water). It will get quite stiff-don't worry!
With an electric mixer beat the butter, sugar, vanilla lime zest, and salt until light and fluffy-- several minutes. Beat in the cooled flour paste with the electric beaters and mix until smooth and fluffy. Chill thoroughly before frosting. Use to frost any cooled cake. Keep the frosted cake refrigerated until serving time.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 118.9 calories; 31% calories from fat; 4.1g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 55.7mg sodium; 7.5mg potassium; 20.1g carbohydrates; 0.2g fiber; 17.0g sugar; 19.9g net carbs; 0.7g protein; 2.7 points.
13 comments:
wow that is quite a cake and it looks like a lot of work too!
i love coconut and lime together, good call!
- Thu Jun 11, 07:10:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Actually, it's not difficult to make. You can do the filling and the frosting the day before if you want to. The cake itself is very easy to make.
- Thu Jun 11, 07:21:00 AM PDT
- brown.eyez said...
Could you please post the mexican quinoa salad recipe it looks amazing. Also can you do me a favour and email me a slice of that cake, lol im drooling on the keyboard!
- Thu Jun 11, 11:01:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
brown.eyez, I'll ask my friend for her recipe!
- Thu Jun 11, 12:52:00 PM PDT
- mamafliz said...
Looking good M&B! The cake and feast look great too :-)
- Thu Jun 11, 03:07:00 PM PDT
- Søren said...
Great pictures, Bryanna! Looks like you were all enjoying yourself with all the wonderful food and good company.
- Fri Jun 12, 01:43:00 AM PDT
- HayMarket8 said...
WOW! This is awesome. I am officially jealous of your life.
- Fri Jun 12, 08:21:00 AM PDT
- Tammy said...
During a late nite surfing session, I stumbled across your blog, and WOW. I have been missing out! So happy to find it.
And, by the way, the title of this blog made me think of that 1970s song and I stop the opening lyrics from around in my head. Of course I had to goggle it and even the Chipmunks made a cover version of the song ..
Thanks for sharing all these great vegan recipes! Love the photos, too.
- Sat Jun 13, 09:52:00 AM PDT
- Wheeler's Crew said...
Thanks for the great recipe!! I've been using a lot of coconut/coconut milk recently so it's right up my alley! I can't wait to try it.
- Sat Jun 13, 04:12:00 PM PDT
Can't wait to make this cake!! Do you have the recipe for the Enchilada Bake??
- Sun Jun 14, 03:30:00 PM PDT
- Spice Island Vegan said...
I had been eating lots of coconut stuff, too, lately (coconut milk, coconut juice, coconut meat). They are yummy! Lots of fat, oh well, my bad. But they are tasty for sure.
Cake looks so delicious and the other dishes, too. I've been cooking lots of Vietnamese dishes and will blog them.
- Tue Jun 16, 03:46:00 PM PDT
- Michele said...
lovely post! the whole meal sounds delicious =)
- Wed Jun 17, 12:40:00 PM PDT
- Leigh said...
I made it!
I absolutely love it.
I made the lime curd and icing the night before and made the rest of the cake and assembled it the next day.
My only complaints are that it is a tiny bit sweet for my test (which can be easily fixed by adding less sugar)
and the lime curd didn't thicken up enough for me so I added some Arrowroot powder.
BEAUTIFUL and delicious!
Really original recipe. Thank you!
- Mon Jun 22, 12:07:00 PM PDT


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Friday, October 22, 2010
Best practices not always best
This article in Computerworld by my friend Tom Wailgum, The Trouble with Supply-Chain Best Practices, got me thinking again about this whole subject. What are best practices?
The problem, as I see it, is two-fold. First, the term best practices has at least two major and totally different definitions, and second, in many areas of business, there is not generally agreement on what are the best practices.
Two definitions
As just noted, practitioners often use the term best practices in two completely different ways, and you have to be sure you understand the context. The first is in the sense of "the best way to do something." The current definition in Wikipedia is typical:A best practice is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive, or reward which conventional wisdom regards as more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. when applied to a particular condition or circumstance.For example, conventional wisdom might define a best practice in recruiting new employees as establishing a formal employee-referral program, as this channel often results in the highest quality candidates, lowest cost of recruiting, and best retention rates.
The second definition, which I run into occasionally, has to do with best practices in the sense of metrics. Here, folks use the term not to describe the best way to do something, but the best performance that is attained among peers against some metric. For example, again using the recruiting example, the median retention rate after six months for newly-hired nurses in US hospitals might be (I'm making this up) 75%. But the "best practice" (i.e. the retention rate achieved by the best performing hospitals) might be 92%.
So, when someone asks, what are best practices for recruiting, you have to ask, do you mean what are the best policies, procedures, and practices in recruiting, or do you mean, what is the best performance against some metrics by the organizations that are the most successful in recruiting.
Best practices not always universally applicable
For now, let's go with the first definition. Are there really ways of doing business that are generally accepted as best? In some cases, yes, but in many cases no.
Let me illustrate with an experience I had several years ago. My consulting firm, Strativa, was bidding on a business process improvement project for a mid-size medical device manufacturing firm. Our first meeting with the selection committee went quite well. We outlined our approach to business process re-engineering and business improvement and described some case studies for similar projects.
Based on the committee's recommendation, we then scheduled a one-on-one meeting with the President. That didn't go so well, and it came down to this issue of best practices. After describing our proposed work plan for the project, he asked, "Where do you compare our practices against industry best-practices?" I indicated where such an evaluation could take place. He then asked, what are your sources for best practices? I indicated that there are a number of professional societies that are good sources for best practices, such as APICS, which is the generally accepted source for best practices in materials management. In addition, we would use our own knowledge and experience from other clients as to where this organization could be viewed as having a need for improvement.
We went back and forth on this subject for some time, and I had the feeling that he wasn't satisfied with my answer. In a debriefing session afterward, the VP of Information Systems, who was sitting in on the meeting, confirmed that the President didn't feel our approach to best practices was strong enough.
The VP was sympathetic and still hoping we could win the deal. So I shared with him why I felt that the President's emphasis on best practices might be misplaced.
I said, "Isn't it true that your company uses significant part numbers?"
I had learned earlier that this company had the practice of letting each each digit or character of the product item number stand for something meaningful. For example the first two characters might indicate the product family, the second two might indicate the sub-family, the third digit might indicate the size of the product, the fourth digit might indicate the material, and so forth.
The VP said, "Yes, that's right. We've always done it that way."
"That's not a best practice," I replied.
"Really, says who?" asked the VP.
"APICS," I said. "They've been preaching against the use of significant part numbers since the mid-197o's. The reason is that it creates all kinds of problems. Invariably, as companies grow and their product portfolio changes, they outgrow their numbering schemes. Either the part number becomes extraordinarily long, or people just give it up. If you want to describe the product, use other fields on the item master. You don't need to make the part number work that hard. "
I continued, "Now, here's my point. In spite of what I just said, if we do this project, we're probably NOT going to try to change your part-numbering scheme. You've got it, and it's probably too difficult to change at this time, even though it's not a best-practice. A good consultant will look at what you are doing and will weigh the pro's and con's of changing it. That's how you've got to apply so-called best practices."
You can't just go to some database of best practices and say, here's what you should be doing. You need to apply judgment, based on experience.
Of course, this approach does not scale for large consulting firms, who like to staff business improvement projects with a lot of junior associates. It's much easier to give them a database of best practices and tell them, find out if the client is doing these. If not, recommend they do them. It's much harder to go in and evaluate the situation according to the client's specific situation. But that's the way to create meaningful change.
Best performance not universally attainable
There are problems also with the second definition of best practices: the best performance attained among peers against some metric. The problem is that which is common to all benchmarking exercises: defining the peer group and identifying the reasons for superior performance.
For example, my IT research firm, Computer Economics, publishes metrics on IT spending and IT staffing ratios. In addition, we provide a IT spending benchmarking service where we calculate the client's metrics, compare them to our published ratios, and provide our analysis of the gaps in performance.
Invariably, there is almost always a significant amount of judgment that we need to apply in our analysis. For example, just recently, a benchmark client (a public utility) showed that the number of users per IT help desk staff member was near the 25th percentile in comparison with other organizations of this size. The number of PCs supported by each help desk staff member showed similar sub-standard performance.
However, when interviewing the client, we discovered that the agency had an online permitting system that builders and developers used to submit permit applications. The IT help desk, which normally would only serve internal users, was also serving the general public as users of this application. Knowing our data, we were sure that this was not the case with the majority of our survey respondents.
So this client was well under what we would consider a "best performance" (something at or above the 75th percentile for this metric). But when we factored in the percentage of help desk incidents fielded from the general public, we found that the agency was, in fact, well above the median.
The concept of best practices can be useful, if properly understood and applied with judgment. Certainly, in terms of how to do business, organizations can learn from one another. And in terms of measurements, it is quite useful to have a sense for what levels of performance are achieved by peer organizations, or even by organizations outside of one's own industry.
But in both cases, there's no magic formula.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Key success factor for SaaS suites: functional parity
As we all know, software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been one of the bright spots in the enterprise systems marketplace these days. The advantages are becoming more widely recognized: lower total cost, faster time-to-benefit, little to no capital expenditure, and less pain in system upgrades.
In fact, in some segments of the enterprise market, SaaS is already where most of the action is. For example, in CRM system selection it is difficult not to consider one of the leading SaaS solutions, such as Salesforce.com, Oracle's CRM On-Demand, RightNow.com and others. For HR management systems (HRMS), likewise, we see SaaS providers such as Workday, Taleo, and Success Factors gaining significant market share for net-new deals.
Reaching for full maturity
So, why haven't SaaS solutions completely taken over the enterprise software market, especially for full-suite ERP? Because there is one area where SaaS providers still lag behind: functional parity. For full-suite ERP, there are still precious few SaaS providers. And those that do attempt "full suite replacement" still have major gaps in their functional footprint.
However, the landscape is changing quickly. For example, until recently, we have been reluctant to short-list SaaS providers as full-suite options for manufacturing firms. Those that had ambitions to be full-suite providers simply lacked basic functionality needed for manufacturing, especially vertical-specific requirements. But we are now finding that SaaS providers at least deserve a look. These include the following:
- Plex Systems was the first SaaS provider out of the gate with a full-suite ERP offering for manufacturing firms. More on Plex in a minute.
- NetSuite is a full-suite provider. But until recently, it has only been a viable option for service businesses, because it lacked many fundamental features for manufacturers, such as standard costing, shop scheduling, capacity planning, and MRP. However, since I last visited this issue, a NetSuite partner, Rootstock, has been building extended manufacturing functionality on top of NetSuite's platform. I've spoken at length to the developers at Rootstock, whom I know from their previous work at Relevant (since acquired by Consona). They are making very fast progress, thanks to the ability to rapidly develop on NetSuite's platform. Rootstock's extensions to NetSuite are claimed to operate seamlessly with NetSuite's core financials and CRM.
The number of SaaS providers with full-suite offerings still pales in comparison to traditional on-premise ERP. Note, however, that I don't consider hosted versions of on-premise software in the SaaS category, such as hosted versions of Lawson's ERP products, or Oracle's E-Business Suite. Single-tenant hosted products simply do not offer the full benefits of SaaS outlined earlier.
- SAP is moving in the same direction with its Business ByDesign (ByD) offering. Although SAP has been slow to move the product into general release, you can't fault the objective, which is to become a full-suite offering. I especially like the use-case for large SAP installed-base customers, which have a hard time justifying use of SAP ERP in smaller divisions. Such organizations frequently adopt a "two-tier ERP" strategy, where SAP runs at the corporate office and in larger business units, while a smaller footprint ERP, such as Epicor, QAD, or Microsoft Dynamics AX, runs in the smaller divisions. The use of ByD in this scenario, should be an attractive alternative.
Update: Since this post was first published, I have learned that in FP 2.0 (released Sep. 2009), ByD now has what appears to be very complete functionality for manufacturing operations, including integrated quality control, as well as supply chain planning.
- Workday is a SaaS provider, currently serving the HRMS and financials functions, but they have ambitions to be a full ERP replacement, at least for services-based organizations. With Dave Duffield as one of the founders they appear to be following the path that Dave took at PeopleSoft: start with HR, add financials and purchasing, then fill out to become a full-suite offering. Personally, I think Workday is underestimating how long it will take them to get there, but I have little doubt they will reach the goal. And they are going after the large company segment, which is unusual for most SaaS providers.
- Update: Infor's Syteline is now being newly launched by Infor in a SaaS deployment model. Based on a lengthy briefing I received from Infor, it appears that Syteline qualifies as a full-suite SaaS offering. The new deployment option uses a single instance of Syteline's application server, with separate databases for each customer. While some might argue that it doesn't fully meet the pure definition of multi-tenancy, it more than makes up for it in functional parity with on-premise ERP suites, which is the point of this post. I'm hoping to write more on this new offering soon, as it appears to be another good option for those looking to go with SaaS for full-suite ERP.
- Update: Epicor Express is another full-suite SaaS offering. Running as a pure multi-tenant deployment of Epicor 9, the offering today is supporting about 15 live customers, with another 15 in implementation. Epicor is currently targeting this offering at small job shops, with customer friendly subscription terms and very low fixed-fee implementation services ($7,500, including a defined set of data migrations). But I can see this product being up-sold to larger customers with more complex requirements as well.
Full-suite SaaS gaining traction
Although the number of true multi-tenant full-suite SaaS offerings today is limited, they are rapidly becoming a viable alternative to on-premise products or single-tenant hosted offerings.
The latest example is a big win for Plex Systems, at Invensys Controls, one of three business units of UK-based Invensys plc. This business unit provides components, systems, and services used in appliance, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and residential thermostat products. It has locations in 15 countries which include 22 manufacturing sites, two distribution centers, and seven engineering centers--and Plex Online will be implemented in all of them.
It sounded like a pretty big deal for a SaaS provider, so I followed up with Plex to find out more. Here are the details:
Interestingly, according to my correspondence with Plex, Infor was de-selected as it did not have a true SaaS offering, and both SAP and Oracle were eliminated for non-response to the RFP. One can only speculate that Invensys may have become focused on going with a true SaaS offering, and neither SAP nor Oracle couldn't come up with one. If so, we may be coming to the point where even organizations as large as Invensys Controls see true multi-tenant SaaS as their preferred deployment option.
- Plex will be replacing 11 different traditional on-premise ERP systems in the various locations at Invensys Controls, which has revenue of approximately $900 million.
- The win by Plex comes not only against traditional on-premise ERP vendors--SAP, Infor, and Oracle, but also against NetSuite. So, Invensys actually was willing to consider two full-suite SaaS options: Plex and NetSuite.
- The decision in favor of Plex came down to two factors: (1) functionality--a single, comprehensive solution that covered all of their functional areas, and (2) the SaaS deployment model with associated benefits of cost-savings, speed of implementation, and scalability.
If that's the case, why didn't NetSuite win the deal? According to Plex, NetSuite had gaps in meeting key functional requirements. It would appear then that the deal came down to Plex versus NetSuite--two true SaaS offerings. If so, this underlines my point that the only thing holding back full-suite SaaS offerings from taking further market share is functional parity.
Back in the 1990s and early part of this decade, ERP selection often came down to long checklists of functionality, becoming more and more detailed as full-suite offerings matured. Eventually, such long checklists became less useful, especially for large deals, as the Tier I providers (SAP and Oracle) could pretty much check every box. (As a result, in our own ERP selection consulting at Strativa, we prefer these days to focus more on key differentiators and industry-specific requirements.)
Furthermore, in software selection deals we've worked lately, we are seeing much more interest on behalf of buyers in true SaaS deployment than we saw even one or two years ago. As buyers hear about the success of other companies with solutions such as Salesforce.com, the benefits of SaaS are much more well-understood, and the traditional objections (security, reliability, "where is my data," etc.) become less of an issue.
So, as the focus shifts to SaaS for full-suite ERP, we may be seeing functional requirements again becoming the key selection criteria. If the deployment option of true multi-tenant SaaS is superior to traditional on-premise deployment or single-tenant hosted offerings, then the only thing standing in the way of SaaS is functional parity. But, as development platforms such as NetSuite's make addition of new functionality much easier, the functional gaps are being closed much more rapidly than many realize.
Traditional on-premise vendors beware: the full-suite SaaS providers are catching up quickly.
Update, Oct. 15. Updated the post with newly-learned information about SAP's Business ByDesign and rearranged the sequence of solutions. Updated also to clarify Workday's intent to support services-based businesses with a full-suite offering.
Update, Oct. 21. Added information about Infor's Syteline offering in a SaaS deployment model.
Update, Nov. 17. Added information about Epicor Express, which is deployed as full multi-tenant SaaS offering.
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Friday, October 08, 2010
Ensuring win-win in SaaS aggregation of customer data
Proponents of software-as-a-service (SaaS) have been looking for reasons that shared architecture is superior to on-premise solutions. The latest argument is that a multi-tenant system (one where all customers share a common system instance) allows the SaaS provider to aggregate data from many customers and report general economic trends and or other statistics that add value beyond that of the service itself. Such aggregation of customer data is difficult if not impossible for on-premise vendors, which typically do not have ready access to each customer's system. It is also difficult for single-tenant SaaS providers, who would need to build an integration layer to access many separate instances of customer systems.
I first noticed this thought in the recently published book, The New Polymath, by my friend and associate Vinnie Mirchandani.
Vinnie writes in a section about a leading SaaS provider, NetSuite:"We have some of the best leading indicators on the economy. We can aggregate order value, cash flow, and several other metrics instantly in our base of over 6,000 customers and watch trends," gushes Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite.... Soon, those customers will be able to benchmark themselves against aggregated data of their peers. That would obviate the need for mailed-in surveys. That capability has been the domain of benchmarking firms like Hackett, not of the software industry, so that is another innovation NetSuite is working to deliver. Nelson explains: "Take those benchmarks and some of the creative BPO [business process outsourcing] partnerships we are exploring, ...and the industry could see SLAs [service-level agreements] that don't just monitor technical metrics like systems availability but business process metrics that have been elusive to codify."Dennis Howlett then picked up the thought in his post on ZDNet last month, where he wrote about the value of SaaS being beyond lower total cost-of-ownership. He wrote (emphasis mine):I have long argued that multi-tenant architectures offer transformational benefits from the ability to aggregate data. That is not possible in a single tenancy situation. Workday isn't ready to contemplate that notion just yet any more than any other vendor. Except perhaps NetSuite and a small handful of the very small business apps vendors that are building in these capabilities. I recall a conversation where it was said that NetSuite saw the recession coming before it became public knowledge by virtue of the transaction trends it saw in its customer portfolio. Try doing that from your single tenant application.This seemed like a bit of an overstretch to me, so I commented on Dennis's post:
How about selling anonymized data to banks, other financial institutions, telcos, insurance companies, healthcare organizations…the list goes on. Why would they buy these data? Application tech vendors tend to specialize in certain business sectors. Multi-tenant SaaS vendors are collecting prime data that has genuine value third parties cannot get.
A bank may see ins and outs of bank accounts but those numbers are meaningless without context. A first step I am seeing is where some vendors are suggesting giving client bank managers shared access to aggregated financial data in real-time. Why? Because the bank can marry what they are told with what they see and so make much better informed lending decisions. Add in the ability to offer comparative trend data and you've got something extremely powerful....
Long term, I believe the ability to powerfully slice, dice, form and reform data out of multi-tenant systems will become the place where customers see huge value that is way beyond TCO. If I can benchmark performance in real-time or spot trends and compare, again in real-time, then my ability to take corrective or revenue enhancing action is vastly improved. Do I maintain a competitive edge? Of course because it isn't the availability of data that matters but the ability to execute plans against what I am seeing.
Does this require careful handling to ensure that confidentiality is not breached? You betcha. But just as in the consumer world we have forgone privacy in the name of getting help from Google, there is no reason to believe the same won't hold true in the enterprise. The upside potential for benefit is simply too big to ignore.I am fully in agreement that multi-tenancy is in the client's best interest, for the simple reason that there is no way a vendor can deliver the service as cost effectively under a single tenant model.Now stirred up about this matter, I tweeted:
However...I am having a bit of a problem with this concept of "selling anonymized data to banks, other financial institutions, telcos, insurance companies, healthcare organizations." Whose data is it? It's the customer's. The vendor has no more right to take that data in any form, shape, or level of aggregation than a telco vendor has the right to intercept my phone call. The MT vendor is a carrier of the data, that's all.
I'm pretty sure vendors who want to do this have something in their contracts to allow it. But if I'm a customer of such a vendor, I'd either say no, or demand compensation for it.Having a problem with @dahowlett's view of MT vendors aggregating and selling customer data.An off-the-cuff, poorly-chosen example. NetSuite--monitoring Twitter--promptly called me about it, and assured me they are doing no such thing. So, I corrected the record on Twitter: NetSuite is not poking around customers' accounts receivable files.
Seriously, ppl go ballistic about Google showing ads based on content of Gmail. Now it's OK for NetSuite to poke around cust's AR files?"
Actual practices of SaaS providers
That out of the way, the folks at NetSuite then offered to brief me on their actual practices as well as how their customer contracts are written. NetSuite was even kind enough to let me review its standard contract, which I won't directly quote here out of respect for confidentiality. But I did tear into it pretty aggressively. In addition, I interviewed two other SaaS providers (Workday, plus one other) to gain a broader understanding of this issue. As you'll see, the actual practice lags far behind the vision of what's possible.
Obligatory disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, I do not practice law, and nothing in this post should be construed as legal advice.
Here's what I what I've been told, based on interviews with these SaaS providers:
Although my research only involved three SaaS providers, it does show that the actual practice today is lagging far behind what is possible in terms of customer data aggregation.
- Currently, NetSuite is only looking a customer activity in terms of usage: how many users are being added or removed and how often do they log-in, for example. NetSuite has nothing in place to look at actual customer transaction data (e.g. customer A/R files).
- NetSuite has considered the opportunity to let customers benchmark their own key metrics (e.g. average days sales outstanding in A/R) with those of other customers in aggregate, but it has not yet moved forward to do so. If it were to do so, it would allow customers to opt-in or opt-out of this service.
- NetSuite's standard contract for customers includes prohibitions against unauthorized disclosure of customer data and against unauthorized "use" of customer data by NetSuite. Anything that NetSuite would do in the future in the way of new services to aggregate customer data would be done in a way that is consistent with its customer contracts.
- Workday takes a similar approach. It considers customer data at three levels: (1) performance monitoring--e.g. response time, service levels, (2) usage data--e.g. what features customers use most often in the system, and (3) best practices--e..g. what is the average time for a customer to bring a new employee on-board.
- The only customer data that Workday accesses today is performance data, as described above. Workday is considering services that would involve aggregation of customer usage data and best practices, and under Workday's standard customer contract, this would require customers to opt-in.
- The third SaaS provider, who will remain unnamed, says the investment community has encouraged them strongly to develop customer data aggregation services, as they see this as increasing shareholder value. This provider has no current plans to develop such services, however.
- This third SaaS provider indicated that its standard contract explicitly gives them the right to aggregate customer data and report aggregate statistics. However, this clause often gets stricken by customers in contract negotiations.
Data aggregation not a new idea
This does not mean that there is no precedent for customer data aggregation, however. NetSuite pointed out to me that ADP, for example, has been reporting employment trends for many years, based on actual customer data in its payroll and HR systems. The description of ADP's National Employment Report shows the value of being able to aggregate a large sample of customer's day-to-day operational data.
In addition, Coremetrics, an online marketing SaaS provider, recently acquired by IBM, aggregates its retailer customers' data to provide its Coremetrics Benchmark, which it describes as follows:[A] peer-level benchmarking solution that measures online marketing results, including commerce data, against those of the competition. More than 500 leading U.S. retailers, contribute their analytics data to Benchmark. All data is aggregated and anonymized.Coremetrics also uses this data to provide its widely-quoted next-day flash results of sales from so-called Black Friday. ("Black Friday" is the major shopping day that occurs each year in the U.S. on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, when many retailers finally can report sales "in the black" for their year-to-date results.)
So, in fact, the aggregation of customer data by SaaS providers is not a new idea. It's just somewhat new to most new enterprise SaaS providers.
My take
I agree there can be great value in reporting statistics based on aggregated customer data. But that value should be shared between providers and customers.
In reviewing SaaS contracts, therefore, customers should consider the following:
There's a lot of innovation going on with SaaS providers these days, as they search for ways to add value. That's great. But SaaS providers are still vendors, and a SaaS agreement can be just as lopsided as on-premise software agreement. As I've said before, "you don't get a pass just because you're SaaS."
- Non-disclosure. At a minimum, be sure your SaaS contract ensures confidentiality of your data. Most if not all providers appear already to have addressed this point. But verify.
- Fair consideration. If your SaaS provider wants the right to aggregate your data with that of other customers, be sure that there is some quid pro quo for your participation. If the provider is somehow preparing benchmarks based on your data, you should be able to received the benchmarks either at a discount or at no charge in exchange for your participation. If the provider is proposing to sell aggregated statistics to third-parties, and this wasn't contemplated at the time you originally signed up, you should receive a discount against your subscription fees in exchange for your participation.
- Opt-out provisions. If you are not comfortable participating in data aggregation, you should have the right to opt out. You should also have the right to opt out of future aggregation after having previously opted-in. This is an important check against providers getting too creative in how they use aggregated data, for example, segmenting the data so finely that it becomes uncomfortably close to identifying specific customers.
Although I count myself as a SaaS proponent, first and foremost I am a customer advocate. Know what you're getting into with a SaaS provider and be sure you agree.
Considering a SaaS solution? Let me know if you would like assistance in evaluating SaaS providers or reviewing proposed agreements. My email is in the right-hand column.
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It's a busy night on the hardwood tonight, both in the NBA and in college.
There are 14 games in the NBA this evening, but none loom larger than the one in South Beach where the Miami Heat play host to intra-state rival Orlando. The Heat are riding a 15-game winning streak, haven't lost at home in over two months and have seemingly wrapped up the top spot in the Eastern Conference, while the Magic are riding out the string to see if they will wind up with the number one draft pick.
On paper, it looks like a no-brainer, but we'll just have to see if LeBron and company live up to the hype.
Here's a look at the entire sports schedule for today. All times Eastern:
Brooklyn at Charlotte 7 p.m.
Utah at Cleveland 7 p.m.
Boston at Indiana 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Miami 7:30 p.m.
New York at Detroit 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Memphis 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans 8 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota 8 p.m.
Houston at Dallas 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio 9 p.m.
Toronto at Phoenix 9 p.m.
Milwaukee at Los Angeles Clippers 10:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State 10:30 p.m.
NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25
(5) Georgetown at Villanova 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Georgia Tech at (6) Miami (FL) 9 p.m.
(7) Michigan at Purdue 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at (11) Florida 8 p.m.
(12) New Mexico at Nevada 10 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
(13) Oklahoma State at Iowa State 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
(16) Saint Louis at Xavier 9 p.m.
DePaul at (17) Syracuse 6 p.m.
Richmond at (21) Virginia Commonwealth 8 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
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European regulators are looking into Apple's deals with European carriers over antitrust fears. The European union were supposedly contacted by several cellphone carriers that sell the iPhone after they claimed that the deals throttled competition. The complaints are believed to have come from French carriers however other countries may be involved too. The news comes for The New York Times who have been speaking with people familiar with the matter.
In a statement, the European Commission, the union's administrative arm, which oversees antitrust enforcement in the 27-nation bloc, confirmed that it was examining Apple's carrier deals. But it said it had not begun a formal antitrust investigation. The commission is not obligated to act until it receives a formal complaint of anticompetitive behavior. That it is already examining the contracts suggests that it is taking the carriers' concerns seriously.
"We have been contacted by industry participants and we are monitoring the situation, but no antitrust case has been opened," said Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for Joaquín Almunia, competition commissioner of the European Union.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told The New York Times ,"Our contracts fully comply with local laws wherever we do business, including the E.U." So it looks like Apple has nothing to worry about. There is no doubt that Apple has some strict terms when dealing with carriers and if they want to sell the iPhone they have to agree to them. This has never been an issue so far, as carriers are usually desperate to have the iPhone on their networks; as it is a hugely popular device . These antitrust complaints appear to be confined to the European Union as American carriers seem happy with their deal with Apple although it has been described as aggressive but not unreasonable.
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The usssoccer.com Referee Week in Review is designed to address the issues facing referees at all levels by using video highlights from professional games as well as the U.S. National Teams. Written by U.S. Soccer Director of Referee Development Paul Tamberino and U.S. Soccer Manager of Assessment and Training Brian Hall, the Referee Week in Review will highlight specific areas of focus and current U.S. Soccer initiatives designed to improve performance and aid in the development of officials across the country.
Week In Review 2010
Week 8 – Ending May 16, 2010
This week in review will provide insight into two topics that have not been examined thus far this season: Second cautionable offenses and simulation/embellishment. Additionally, a tackle that lead to a penalty kick in a WPS game will be reviewed by exploring key points that should have steered the referee to recognize that the defender executed a fair challenge for the ball.
Week In Review Podcast: For each "Week In Review,†U.S. Soccer produces a related podcast that covers the topics of the week.
Receiving a Second Caution in the Same Match: Law 12 – Fouls and Misconduct
The Laws of the Game list seven offenses for which a player, substitute or substituted player may be sent-off. One of these offenses is receiving a second caution in the same match. Often times, it is referred to as the "second yellow card.†A second caution in the same match is given because a player who has previously received a yellow card (for one of the seven cautionable offenses) commits another offense that is cautionable misconduct. When administering the red card for receiving a second caution in the same match, the referee must first show the yellow card thereby letting all participants know that a cautionable offense has been committed. Once the yellow card has been raised, the referee immediately follows-up by exhibiting the red card. This process allows everyone to know that the offense for which the second yellow card is being issued was not a sending-off offense in and of itself.
In U.S. Soccer's 2009 Directive entitled "Game Management Model: Flow, Foul Selection/Discrimination and Game Control,â€Â the concept of 100 percent misconduct was introduced. The core of managing games involves safety, entertainment and 100 percent misconduct. In review, 100 percent misconduct involves game situations in which the referee must issue a red or yellow card. When these situations arise, the referee cannot ignore them and, for the good of the game must:
- Administer the appropriate misconduct (yellow or red) to the player(s) in question. 100 percent misconduct situations are those in which the Laws of the Game mandate that a yellow card or red card be issued. These are situations that are clear-cut, there is no gray area (the referee has no options). When 100 percent misconduct occurs, the referee is obligated to deal with the misconduct and cannot use the "big picture†to determine whether a card should be given or not.
Components of the "big picture†like the score, the time and the player cannot influence the referee's decision to issue a yellow or red card to a player when a 100 percent misconduct situation is presented. For the good of the game, the referee must issue the appropriate misconduct.
Note: Referees cannot use the "big picture†or atmosphere of the game as an excuse or reason when determining not to caution or send-off a player when a 100 percent misconduct situation exists.
The following two clips will provide an opportunity to compare and contrast two situations in which the referees were faced with an offense that could result in a player receiving the second caution in the same match. In both cases, the referee is presented with a 100 percent misconduct (a cautionable offense) but each referee responds differently.
This clip contains two situations and fouls involving the same Toronto (red jerseys) player. Just over 32 minutes separates each offense.
- At 60:46, the referee issues a yellow card to a player for persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game. The cautioned player was involved in two other careless challenges on the same opponent. As a result, the referee felt it appropriate to give a yellow card to the player to send an appropriate message that such conduct would no longer be tolerated. The referee calmly shows, with his hand gestures, that the caution is being issued for persistent infringement as he points to several locations. By doing this, the referee sends a "broadcast message†to everyone that the yellow card was not for the foul alone but for a series of challenges.
- As the game progresses in added time (90:00 + 3:00), the same player commits another foul that, by itself, is reckless and judged by the referee to be cautionable for unsporting behavior. The referee shows no hesitation in issuing the second yellow card. The referee's body language, urgency and confident approach "sells†the decisions to the players. Despite the "big picture†containing the following components, the referee correctly decides that the foul is a 100 percent misconduct situation and sends the player off for receiving a second caution in the same match:
- Score of 0-0: The referee did not let the fact that there was a close game impact his decision.
- Three minutes into added time: The fact that the game was almost complete did not deter the referee from doing what was best for the game – issuing the second yellow card and resulting red card.
Twelve minutes after being cautioned for unsporting behavior (reckless aerial challenge on an opponent), the same player commits a handling offense that is a clearly unsporting behavior. After issuing the first caution (at 14:24), the referee's hands are tied and he must issue the second yellow card to the same player at 24:53 as a result of a blatant handling offense (unsporting behavior). This is supported by FIFA's "Interpretation of the Laws and Guidelines for Referees†which states that referees are required to caution a player who:
"Handles the ball to prevent an opponent gaining possession or developing an attack (other than the goalkeeper in his own penalty area).â€
The referee must not consider the fact that the game is only at the 24:53 mark, with a 0-0 score line, and the team would be forced to play the remainder of the game shorthanded. "Big picture†concerns cannot be considered when there is no gray area in terms of the offense committed and the Law mandates the referee issue a card for misconduct.
Hence, the appropriate decision, in clip 2, is for the referee to issue a yellow card for the handling offense (unsporting behavior) which would be the player's second in the same match and, thus, the caution should be followed by issuance of the red card.
Deceiving the Referee by Pretending to Have Been Fouled (Simulation)
Players want an edge. Players will attempt to use gamesmanship to cheat the game and influence referee decisions. The use of diving, simulation and/or embellishment is a tool and tactic for a player to gain an unfair advantage. Players have become skilled at disguising their intentional actions so that even the trained eye struggles to differentiate the dive from a real foul. For this reason, an understanding of the attributes of simulation will help match officials identify and differentiate the play acting from a true event involving an unfair challenge and foul. Embellishment is also a concern as it is an extension of simulation. Both are used as actions to deceive the referee and result in a caution for unsporting behavior.
Note: Embellishment tends to be a reaction to minimal contact whereby the player is seeking to ensure the referee is aware of the contact. The contact can be fair or the result of a foul. Simply, the embellishing player is attempting to deceive the referee by making the contact look worse than it was (increasing the visual impact of the contact's severity).
As early as "Week In Review 15†from 2008, the concepts associated with simulation were addressed. The key remains the referee's ability to distinguish between a:
Human Act vs. Intentional Act
Human Act
Does the situation involve incidental contact?
Intentional Act
Is there deception involved? No contact or contact intentionally created by the attacker.
Referees must train their eyes, mind and responses. When evaluating a player's action to determine if it meets the criteria of simulation, consider the following signals:
Location on the field
Often times, players dive in or near the penalty area. The player is willing to take a chance that his cheating will go unnoticed by the officials and result in a penalty kick or dangerous free kick.
It is difficult to caution a player for simulation (unsporting behavior) when there is contact with the opponent. Hence, contact and who initiates it, must be taken into consideration. Do not mistake simulation for embellishment. Embellishment occurs when a player "play acts.†In other words, the player makes a minor infraction seem much grander in scale. Embellishment, is cautionable for unsporting behavior.
Score of the game
A team that is needing a goal to tie the game or to gain a lead, will attempt to garner a penalty or free kick in the "danger zone†(30 yards or so from goal).
The ball
Can the attacker get or play the ball? Attackers with the ball who have touched it too far in front of them will go down easily as a defender challenges them because they know they will not be able to get to the ball (it will go over the goal line or an opponent will get it) and they will lose possession.
The attacker's feet
As the player is going down, observe his feet. Does the player bring his feet together and drag them along the ground causing him to intentionally lose his balance and go to the turf?
The attacker's actions before he lands and when he lands
First, evaluate the attacker's eyes and head. As divers go down, they are likely to try to make eye contact with the referee. It is a natural reaction for players to look for the decision maker (the referee) and to see where he is positioned. Second, evaluate the attacker's arms – bracing the fall. Attackers who go down as a result of an unfair challenge, often times do not have the opportunity to brace their fall. Players who plan their fall, will look to cushion their fall by extending their arms out or by rolling on their shoulder.
Remember, players who utilize diving/simulation are cautioned for unsporting behavior.
This clip represents a clear case of simulation and attempting to deceive the referee by pretending to have been fouled. The referee acknowledges the attacker's attempt and does not call a foul. However, the attacker's actions warrant a caution for unsporting behavior since the dive/simulation is so clear. The referee must send a message that such behavior and attempting to cheat the game will not be tolerated.
Using the human act vs. intentional act concept, the following associated criteria clearly point to the attacker's actions being intentionally planned:
Location on the field
The simulation is inside the penalty area where the player can try to influence a decision to give a penalty kick.
Contact is not evident and any contact is incidental. The attacker goes down on his own volition. The opponent does not influence the attacker's fall to the ground. There is some contact on the edge of the penalty area before the attacker turns to goal with the ball, however, this is standard/normal/minor contact for this level and is not a foul.
Score of the game
Due to the late time (69:43) in the match and the score being 0-0, the attacker is looking for a break. He is looking for the one chance to get his team the win. A penalty kick would seemingly put his team in the driver's seat.
The ball
Due to the location on the field, the attacker's ability to do something with the ball is severely limited as he is on the goal line and has a poor angle to take a shot. The attacker's teammates are not well positioned to be on the receiving end of any pass. The attacker has also touched the ball too far in front of him and it is traveling over the goal line for a goal kick.
The attacker's feet
Watch as the attacker drags his toes and the top of his boots to the grass to initiate the fall to the ground.
Given these factors, the referee should award a goal kick and caution the attacker for unsporting behavior. In cases where the referee would stop play to issue a caution for unsporting behavior resulting from the dive/simulation, the game would be restarted with an indirect free kick from the spot of the misconduct.
Note: Referees must be aware that situations involving diving/simulation/embellishment can lead to aggravation, game disrepute and eventually mass confrontation. Face-to-face confrontations, amongst players, regularly result from attempts to deceive the referee. Consequently, referees need to ensure they have a positive physical presence when such scenarios occur. Preventative refereeing is vital. A quick display of the yellow card and an even faster signal of the direction of the restart can act as preventative tools.
This clip involves embellishment on the part of the attacker. The attacker "play acts†as though contact were made above the shoulder when, in fact, a foul at the professional level has not been committed. The attacker is not going to get to the ball (the pass is too long) so the attacker goes to the ground simulating a foul and embellishing the location of the contact.
The referee should stop play for the embellishment (unsporting behavior) and caution the attacker while restarting with an indirect free kick at the spot of the misconduct.
The assistant referee is over-involved in this situation. First, since the attacker creates the contact and goes down when he realizes he will not be able to get to the ball, the assistant referee (AR) should not flag a foul. Secondly, signaling misconduct (as the AR does) against the defender is inappropriate as the free kick should be awarded to the defending team. Before indicating a foul and misconduct to the referee, the AR needs to "feel†the game as a referee would.
The AR must possess the ability to read and assimilate the same signals that the referee would consider before deciding whether a foul and/or misconduct has occurred. For example, the ball is passed too far, the supporting defender will get to ball before the attacker, and the location and area of contact to the attacker and how the contact is made (arm/elbow low and not swung).
The referee should work harder to place himself in a better position to observe the embellishment through more anticipatory movement. Watch the referee at the beginning of the clip. The referee is not moving his feet and does not anticipate the next phase of play by moving in advance of play when it becomes obvious that the attacking team will have clear possession and will pass the ball forward. As a result, the referee is not as close as he could be to make a better decision.
Note: A well positioned referee, with a better angle of vision, should feel empowered to overrule the AR's flag in circumstances where he feels the flag is unwarranted. In such cases, the AR should lower the flag and continue on with the appropriate position. ARs must not take this as rejection but as the referee's interpretation of game control. This should be a learning topic for half time and full time referee crew discussions.
Foul or No Foul, Fair or Unfair
A lot of time has been spent thus far this year on differentiating different challenges. In no place is it more important for the referee to possess the ability to decipher the fair from the unfair than it is in the penalty area. It is vital that the referee be positioned with the optimal line of sight to all incidents in and around the penalty area given the magnitude of a penalty kick decision and its potential impact on the game.
Along with good sightlines, the referee must be able to distinguish a fair tackle from a tackle that is careless, reckless or committed with excessive force.
In this clip, a fair challenge results in a penalty kick. Although the referee is well positioned, she does not recognize the characteristics of a fair challenge that should have resulted in the awarding of a corner kick instead of a penalty kick.
What makes this tackle fair?
Ball was played
If a referee has any doubt as to whether the ball was played, he should observe the direction of the ball. Does the ball change direction from after it was last touched by an attacker? Or, does it continue on the same direct path? A ball that changes direction most likely means the defender made contact.
In this clip: The ball was played before any contact. Watch as the ball changes direction by over 30 degrees.
The angle of the tackle
The direction from which the opponent approaches the attacker and the tackle. Is the tackle directly from behind (increased likelihood of contact with the opponent before the ball)? Or, is it from an angle that gives the defender opportunity to make first contact with the ball?
In this clip: The tackler is not directly from behind. She is to the left, the same side as the ball as it is cut by the attacker.
Location of tackler's feet
If the feet are on the ground, there is an increased likelihood that the tackler is playing the ball over the tackler knowing there is no chance to get the ball so they raise their feet/foot to ensure the attacker does not get by.
In this clip: The tackler's feet are on the ground to play the ball and not the opponent. She does not raise the feet as she commits herself for the challenge.
Location of the ball
Is the ball in a location in which the opponent can play it without going through the attacker?
In this clip: Watch as the attacker cuts the ball to the left thereby exposing it to the tackler. The tackler uses her left foot to win the ball on the left which means she does not have to go through the attacker to play the ball.
This represents a fair challenge for the ball. The components of a safe, fair and controlled challenge have been executed by the defender.
Looking Forward – Week 9
Management of injuries plays an important role in player safety. Referees need to be diligent in ensuring trainers and medical staff (coaches in games without this staff) have sufficient time to assess an injury and then have the player removed without jeopardizing the player's safety or health. Players are not to be treated on the field but flexibility to manage this to the benefit of the player is available to the referee depending upon the level and/or age of play.
Once it is safe for a player to be removed, they and the medical staff or coaches (if permitted), should leave at the nearest point around the field. It is not necessary to leave at the halfway line in front of the benches. Referees should help to identify this point to the participants.
Note: Anyone entering the field to deal with an injured player may not use this time to coach players or argue with the referee. Additionally, referees should not put themselves in a position/location in which they are vulnerable to an upset coach or player. Referees should remove themselves from any potential "hot spot†while the injury assessment takes place and then return once it is becomes clearly evident the player can leave the field or to follow-up with personnel on the field attending to the player.
Finally, it is important to remember to immediately stop play for any serious injury especially to the head region.


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Propane is a colorless and odorless flammable gas.
This article discusses the harmful effects from breathing in or swallowing propane. Breathing in or swallowing propane can be harmful. Propane takes the place of oxygen in the lungs. This makes breathing difficulty or impossible.
This article is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or 1-800-222-1222 for a local poison control center.
Symptoms depend on the type of contact but may include:
- Burning sensation
- Cough
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Fever
- Heartbeat – irregular
Heartbeat – rapid Lightheadedness Loss of consciousness
- Nausea
- Nervousness
- Pain and numbness in arms and legs
- Skin irritation
Slow and shallow breathing Unconsciousness
- Vomiting
- Weakness
Touching propane results in
Home Treatment
Seek immediate medical help. If the person breathed in the poison, immediately move him or her to fresh air. If the person does not improve rapidly after moving to fresh air, call your local emergency number (such as 911).
If the chemical is on the skin or in the eyes, flush with lots of water for at least 15 minutes.
If the chemical was swallowed, immediately give the person water or milk, unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider. DO NOT give water or milk if the patient is having symptoms (such as vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness) that make it hard to swallow.
DO NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by Poison Control or a health care professional.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- Patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- Amount swallowed
Poison Control, or a local emergency number
In the United States, call 1-800-222-1222 to speak with a local poison control center. This hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. The patient may receive oxygen. Blood tests may be done to determine the severity of the poisoning.
Expectations (prognosis)
How well a patient does depends on the type of contact with the poison, and how quickly treatment was received. The faster a patient gets medical help, the better.
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1. Facher tells Schlickman the "the courtroom is not the place to look for the trith. Instead he should look for it in the bottom of a bottomless pit" What did he mean? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
2. At the end of the movie, the Bankruptcy judge asks Jan, "...where did it all go? the things... the things by which we measure ones life?" What did she mean? Do you agree or disagree that you must judge your life by 'Things'?
3. Was justice served?
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Prayer Points — Tower of London
These prayer points and points to ponder will be inserted at corresponding points of the Tower of London section of the Crime & Punishment chapter.
Point to Ponder – Tower of London
Dungeons, torture devices, beheadings and executions all seem like a thing of the past. The natural tendency when walking around the Tower grounds is to think, "Whew, glad I wasn't around when all of that was going on!" But did you know that torture of a different type takes place still today? Consider how often we place others in the prison of unforgiveness or use the torture of silent treatment or commit murder in our hearts.
In Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus says that if we are angry with our brother or speak harsh words to someone, we are just as deserving of judgment as someone who kills.
Pray that God will give us the strength to forgive as we have been forgiven and to love others with the same unselfish love that God has lavished on us (John 15:12).
Point to Ponder – Our Fortress and Strong Tower
King David often compared God to a fortress, a strong tower and a refuge in times of trouble. The Tower of London may have provided shelter for kings and been a stronghold against their enemies but it had flaws and weaknesses. On the other hand, we have a Fortress that never fails.
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower." (Psalm 18:2)
Point to Ponder – Crown Jewels
Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne! As you gaze at these emblems and symbols of the Kings and Queens of England, consider the glorious upcoming ceremony of the Coronation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Consider the words of Revelation 19:12, "… and on His head were many crowns."
Prayer Points – Tower of London
Matthew 6:13, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
Many of the power struggles in history, and the Tower of London's history in particular, were caused by the same vices that mar the human heart today.
- Pray against the Tower's pervasive legacy of hatred, greed, envy, pride, selfishness, caprice, murder, adultery and lies.
- Pray against the weapons of torture and imprisonment we use on one another through the silent treatment, bitterness, harsh words, gossip and resentment.
- Pray that power struggles between Christians would dissolve and that we would learn to love others as Christ has loved us.
- Pray against the murder we commit in our hearts through the thoughts we think and the words we speak.
Point to Ponder – Wall Walks
There are about 75 instances each of the words "fortress" and "strong tower" in the Bible, most of which are metaphors for God. Praise the Lord for his faithful protection in our times of crisis and need! Quote these verses as you walk along the walls of the Tower.
"And he said, the Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; the God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence." 2 Samuel 22:2-3,
"For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me." Psalm 31:3
"Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress." Psalm 71:3
"I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." Psalm 91:2
"My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me." Psalm 144:2
"For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy." Psalm 61:3
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." Proverbs 18:10


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Friday, August 10, 2007
Haskell Video: Simon Peyton-Jones' Tutorial at OSCON
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I haven't had a chance to watch yet (on a slow mobile line). But I really have strong beliefs that functional theories and trends are gonna find homes in the 'mainstream' programmers life in maybe a half decades time.
Functional thinking is made for sifting through large collections a breeze. The daily developer is gonna have to manage and analyze large data collections more and more.
What are your thoughts on F# ? It's seems like a practical application of functional theories.
The cameraman is an idiot. The focus is on Simon the whole time, and you rarely see the screen that he's talking about. I'll try and follow it all just by listening to Simon, but if you know where the slides are that would be helpful.ReplyDelete
I've heard the slides are available but I don't know where. I met the cameraman, though, and he was actually very smart.ReplyDelete
- Stephan BranczykAugust 17, 2007 at 2:25:00 AM PDT
This lecture is awesome. Thanks to Google, his slides can be found here.ReplyDelete


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It is so easy to dress up a little onesie like this WITHOUT a sewing machine! {some of my ladies get a little freaked out by that whole machine idea...}
Make a bunch of these with a matching burpie and keep them on hand for when the whole 'mating season' comes full term and you've got a bunch of friends with spring babies and/or fall babies coming. And believe me, I've kept track and THAT'S when I seem to be needing baby shower stuff the most! {some of you are blushing...}
You'll Need:
Onesies, washed, dried, and pressed
Fabric, washed, dried, and pressed
{that's enough work, isn't it?}
Heat'n'Bond Light Iron-On Adhesive
An Iron
Needle and contrasting thread - just regular spool thread.
Thimble for that middle finger - trust me, you'll want one. I use those rubbery ones for grip.
Step 1: So get some fabric with some cute shapes you can cut out. UNLIKE WHAT I DID HERE...DO NOT CUT OUT YOUR SHAPES. I'm an idiot - learn from my mistakes, okay.
You can also use a piece of solid color fabric or not-so-busy printed fabric and then wait for step #2. With solid colors you can cut out a silhouette of an animal, hearts, geometric shapes, etc. which would be cute.
Step 2: Cut off a piece of the gargantuan roll of Heat'n'Bond big enough to fit over your pieces. Follow the packaging directions - place the rough side of the paper onto the wrong side of your fabric, set your iron to "silk" without any steam, and press the adhesive onto the fabric, making sure all of it gets secured.
**NOTE: This stuff will get all over your ironing board cover if you are an idiot like me. Just make sure fabric is under the Heat'n'Bond at all times and you'll be okay.
Now you can cut out your shapes. Try to leave some white space on the perimeter of your shapes so you can stitch on those outer edges and have plenty of room.
If you're cutting out silhouettes, you can trace your shape on the paper backing of your adhered fabric, which is SO handy.
When your shapes are all cut out, you can peel off the paper backing, exposing more iron-on adhesive for the t-shirt.
Arrange your shapes and press into place firmly. Get them nice and secure.
And that's pretty much it!!! Now you can stitch them on, which I think is the fun part because it's quick and you get to sit and do something creative/mindless. perfect.
You COULD machine stitch, but it's a little difficult on these little onesies - but if you're that advanced, go for it. More power to you.
The way I threaded my needle: (cross-stitch style)
1.) take one long length of sewing thread; fold it in half on itself making a double strand with a loop at the bottom.
2.) Thread the needle with the doubled thread.
3.) With your needle, poke up from the bottom of the shirt wherever you'd like; don't pull the thread all the way through; keep a small loop there waiting...
4.) Make your stitch; go back down and then put your needle through the loop you made, securing it without having to tie a complicated knot.
I wish I had pictures, but seriously? WAY too much work for now!
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Heather Pendergast, at 31, honorary MFD member
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